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- Lions fire Marinelli after winless year
The Detroit Lions fired coach Rod Marinelli on Monday, a day after the team became the first in NFL history to finish with an 0-16 record. - Yow to miss 2nd straight game for Wolfpack
North Carolina State women's basketball coach Kay Yow will miss her second straight game Monday due to health issues. - Stocks pull back amid Middle East tensions
Wall Street retreated Monday on concerns that Israel's attack on Gaza might disrupt oil production and shipments from the Middle East. - Israel says Gaza assault 'war to the bitter end'
Israel obliterated symbols of Hamas power on the third day of what the defense minister described Monday as a "war to the bitter end," striking next to the Hamas premier's home, and devastating a security compound and a university building. - Jets fire coach Eric Mangini after 3 seasons
The New York Jets fired coach Eric Mangini on Monday, a day after the team failed to make the playoffs. - Somali president quits amid international pressure
The president of Somalia's U.N.-backed government resigned Monday amid deepening international pressure, a move that could usher in more chaos as a strengthening Islamic insurgency scrambles for power. - Nearly 200,000 without power in Michigan
Crews were working to restore electricity to nearly 200,000 Michigan homes and businesses early Monday, a day after strong winds knocked down tree limbs and power lines, while residents in parts of the Northwest braced for another winter storm. - Jets' Mangini and Lions' Marinelli are sacked
Eric Mangini was fired as coach of the New York Jets in the wake of a disappointing 9-7 season, the team said Monday. - Stocks fall as Dow Chemical weighs
Stocks fell on Monday as the collapse of a joint venture between Kuwait and Dow Chemical overshadowed energy shares that gained alongside oil prices as violence flared in the Middle East. - Israel mounts third day of Gaza raids
Israeli aircraft destroyed a bastion of Hamas's rule over the Gaza Strip on Monday, the third day of an offensive that has killed more than 300 Palestinians in the deadliest violence in the territory in decades. - Hollywood's happy, even without a record year
Hollywood loves breaking box-office records, yet studio executives aren't griping that their 2008 lineup will fall a bit shy of the all-time high set a year earlier. - Hollywood's happy, even without a record year
Hollywood loves breaking box-office records, yet studio executives aren't griping that their 2008 lineup will fall a bit shy of the all-time high set a year earlier. - Oil pares gain after rise over $40 on Israel
Oil pared gains on Monday after a rise above $40 a barrel, in response to a weak dollar and Israeli attacks on Hamas that served as a reminder of tensions that could threaten Middle East crude oil supplies. - How one family's mortgage is linked to meltdown
Cynthia Goldrick's daughter is in and out of the hospital for brain surgery, her mother has Stage 4 lung cancer and her father has moved into a home for the elderly. - Delaney Bramlett dies in L.A.
Rock guitarist Delaney Bramlett, who collaborated with such artists as George Harrison and Eric Clapton, died in a Los Angeles hospital following gallbladder surgery. He was 69. - Delaney Bramlett dies in L.A.
Rock guitarist Delaney Bramlett, who collaborated with such artists as George Harrison and Eric Clapton, died in a Los Angeles hospital following gallbladder surgery. He was 69. - Cleveland Browns fire coach Romeo Crennel
The Cleveland Browns have fired coach Romeo Crennel following a 4-12 season. - Lehman bankruptcy filing wiped out billions: report
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc's emergency bankruptcy filing wiped out as much as $75 billion of potential value for creditors, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing an analysis by the bank's restructuring advisers. - Pro-Thaksin protesters ring Thai Parliament
Thousands of supporters of exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra ringed Thailand's Parliament on Monday, vowing to remain until the new government dissolves the legislature and calls general elections. - Rohm and Dow shares fall on investor concern over deal
Shares of Rohm & Haas plunged more than 17 percent in Monday pre-market trade a day after Kuwait decided to scrap a $17.4 billion joint venture deal with Dow Chemical , potentially upsetting the company's plans to buy rival Rohm & Haas. - Many teens don't keep virginity pledges, study finds
MONDAY, Dec. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Teens who take virginity pledges are just as likely to have sex as teens who don't make such promises -- and they're less likely to practice safe sex to prevent disease or pregnancy, a new study finds. - Gastric Bypass Halts Diabetes in Obese Teens
MONDAY, Dec. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Obese teenagers who have gastric bypass surgery not only lose weight but see their type 2 diabetes disappear, a new study finds. - Israel bombs Gaza in 'all-out war' on Hamas
Israel bombed Gaza for a third day Monday in an "all-out war" on Hamas, as tanks massed on the border and the Islamists fired deadly rockets in retaliation for the blitz that has killed at least 318 people. - Pakistan urges "de-escalation" with India
Pakistan and India should reduce tension inflamed by last month's militant attacks in Mumbai and resume a peace dialogue, Pakistani military chiefs told a visiting Chinese official on Monday. - Japan insurers seek merger as gloom over 2009 grows
Crumbling home and auto sales pushed three Japanese insurers into merger talks and data from Europe showed the region's economies faced a bleak 2009. - JC Flowers and others close to IndyMac deal: source
A consortium of private equity and hedge fund firms, including J.C. Flowers & Co, is close to a deal to buy the assets of failed mortgage lender IndyMac, a source familiar with the matter said on Sunday. - Liverpool's Gerrard arrested after bar fight
Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard was arrested early on Monday after a fight in a bar on Merseyside, reports and a police source said. - BET, TV One plan extensive inauguration coverage
BET and TV One, the television networks aimed primarily at a black audience, haven't paid much attention to presidential inaugurations before. This time will be different. - Police officer deaths drop in 2008, groups say
Fewer police officers died in the line of duty in 2008 compared to last year, reflecting better training and tactics, two law enforcement support groups reported Sunday. - TVA to test water wells, air purity near as