January, 2026

• 5 January

  GNC Withdraws IPO Due to Market Conditions

  

  NEW YORK – GNC Corp., which sells vitamins, minerals and specialty supplements, on Friday withdrew its initial public offering citing rocky market conditions, according to a spokesman. “The market has not been very receptive to new issues in the last few weeks,” said Ben Pratt, Director of Corporate Communications for …

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• 5 January

  Cabinet: Lebanon Faces 'Real Annihilation,' Accuses Israel of Using Banned Weapons

  

  BEIRUT, Lebanon – Lebanon’s Cabinet issued a statement Sunday saying the country faces “real annihilation” by Israel, and accused the Jewish state of using banned weapons against Lebanese civilians. “We are facing a real annihilation carried out by Israel,” Information Minister Ghazi Aridi said after an emergency cabinet meeting. CountryWatch: …

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• 5 January

  Frist Won't Attach Estate Tax Cut to Pension Bill

  

  WASHINGTON – Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said Tuesday he had abandoned plans to attach an estate tax cut to pension-overhaul legislation, removing one of the biggest obstacles to reaching a compromise on that bill. Frist had earlier considered the pensions bill as the most likely vehicle for the estate …

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• 5 January

  Death of Heart Attack Victim Who Waited for Hours in Illinois Hospital Waiting Room Ruled Homicide

  

  WAUKEGAN, Ill. – A coroner’s jury has declared the death of a heart attack victim who spent almost two hours in a hospital waiting room to be a homicide. Beatrice Vance, 49, died of a heart attack, but the jury at a coroner’s inquest ruled Thursday that her death also …

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• 5 January

  Former Presidents Bush, Clinton to Raise Cash for New Jersey U.S. Senate Candidates

  

  ELIZABETH, N.J. – Republican Senate candidate Tom Kean Jr. was surprised to learn his fundraiser featuring former President Bush was happening the same day as Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez‘s fundraiser with former President Clinton. “Maybe they can car pool,” Kean joked during a recent conversation with The Associated Press. The …

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• 5 January

  Great Gift Watch

  

  Plate Patrol Ever get road rage? Wish there was a safe way to get back at that awful driver who cut you off, then slammed on his breaks? Now there is! Mark Buckman of Virginia has created www.platewire.com, a Web site where angry drivers can log on and vent about …

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• 5 January

  'Neck Breaking' Google Search Performed on Missing Florida Toddler's Family Computer

  

  “Neck breaking” and “household weapons” were among the Google searches done on a computer available to the mother of missing Florida toddler Caylee Anthony, newly released court documents show. The 3-year-old girl’s mother Casey Anthony is behind bars on first-degree murder, manslaughter and other charges. She has pleaded not guilty …

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• 5 January

  Nine Dead in Third Straight Day of Baghdad Bombings

  

  BAGHDAD – A series of bombings struck Baghdad for the third straight day Wednesday, killing nine people and wounding more than 30, police said. The attacks were part of an upswing of violence in the capital this month that has set back recent security gains. In the face of heightened …

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• 5 January

  Japanese Automakers Fear Detroit Disaster

  

  Even as General Motors and the entire U.S. auto industry teeters on the edge of collapse, its major rivals are hardly celebrating. Toyota and other Japanese carmakers say the bankruptcy of any of Detroit’s Big Three would spell serious trouble for them as well. Should that happen, “the damage to …

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• 5 January

  Four Recruiter Suicides Trigger U.S. Army Probe

  

  HENDERSON, Texas – Sgt. 1st Class Patrick Henderson, a strapping Iraq combat veteran, spent the last, miserable months of his life as an Army recruiter, cold-calling dozens of people a day from his strip-mall office and sitting in strangers’ living rooms, trying to sign up their sons and daughters for …

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