HEADLINE: Double whammy: Heating, holiday bills landEXCERPT: "The $560 in government aid they recently received for their energy bill helped their situation, but the holiday gifts that siphoned off cash did not." TEDLINE: Christmas gift tags should have read, "From: Taxpayers"
HEADLINE: Third Turkish child dead from bird flu, more illEXCERPT: "Doctors said some of the victims had been playing with the severed heads of infected birds." TEDLINE: Turkey head colds blamed on hacky sack shortage
HEADLINE: Sunnis cry foul over Iraq voteEXCERPT: "We will not accept this. We will go to the streets and call for demonstrations. We might also boycott the new parliament." TEDLINE: Sunnis learn game of politics from Democrat Party
HEADLINE: New Orleans in chaos, rescue plan under fireEXCERPT: "I need reinforcements. I need troops, man. I need 500 buses, man," he said in a radio interview. "Now get off your asses and fix this. Let's do something and let's fix the biggest goddamn crisis in the history of this country." TEDLINE: New Orleans Mayor incompetent, unprofessional, should be recalled
HEADLINE: Storm may shut refineries for months-GovtEXCERPT: "Some refineries likely (will be) able to restart their operations within the next 1 to 2 weeks, while others will likely be down for a more extended period, possibly several months," the Energy Information Administration said. TEDLINE: Some refineries back on-line soon
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