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Don Imus Back on the Air

NEW YORK (AP) -- Don Imus returned to the airwaves Monday eight months after he was fired for a racially charged remark about the Rutgers women's basketball team, and introduced a new cast that included two black comedians....

Crowded Agenda Greets Returning Congress

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush scolded Congress for its meager accomplishments as lawmakers returned Monday for an abbreviated holiday season session....

NASA Delays Atlantis Launch

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- NASA called off Thursday's launch of space shuttle Atlantis after detecting problems with a pair of fuel gauges in its big external tank, a recurring problem ever since the Columbia disaster....

Kanye, Winehouse Lead Grammy Noms

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Whether he wins or loses on Grammy night, the chances of more Kanye West awards show drama were high after he received a leading eight nominations Thursday....

Bush Sends Letter to N. Korean Leader

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush directly told North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in a letter that the United States expects the secretive regime to keep its promise to fully disclose all nuclear programs, the White House said Thursday....

Romney: No Religious Test for President

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) -- Republican Mitt Romney, confronting voters' skepticism about his Mormon faith, declared Thursday that as president he would "serve no one religion, no one group, no one cause," and said calls for him to explain and justify his religious beliefs go against the profound wishes of the nation's founders....

6 Employees Among Dead in Mall Shooting

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- The teenage gunman who went on a shooting rampage in a department store may have smuggled an assault rifle into the mall underneath clothing, Omaha police said Thursday....

Mortgage Rate Freeze Reached

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush announced on Thursday a plan to freeze interest rates for five years for hundreds of thousands of strapped homeowners whose mortgages are scheduled to rise in the coming months....

Mall Gunman Made Call About Suicide Note

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- Less than an hour before he killed eight people and himself in a mall shooting spree, a troubled teenage gunman called the woman who had taken him in to tell her about a suicide note - but she said Thursday she never thought he would hurt anyone but himself....

West, Winehouse Favored for Grammy Nods

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Grammy nominations will be announced later this morning in Los Angeles. Industry insiders say Kanye West and troubled singer Amy Winehouse will likely snag multiple nods....