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Stranded actor Paul Hogan in Australia tax deal
(Reuters)
Reuters - Actor Paul Hogan, star of the "Crocodile Dundee" movies, has struck a deal with Australia's tax office which will allow him to return home to his family in Los Angeles, his lawyer said on Friday.
Irreverent Cuban movie promises zombie revolution
(AP)
 AP - What would you do if your entire city was taken over by flesh-eating zombies and communist leaders insisted it was nothing but a plot by U.S-backed dissidents to destabilize the government?
Calif landfill searched for possible murder victim
(AP)
 AP - Authorities searched a Northern California landfill Friday for signs of a missing man authorities said might be a fifth murder victim linked to a suspect who was shot and killed by police after a high-speed chase.
Toshiba Recall Signals Larger Trend for Hot Laptops
(PC World)
PC World - Toshiba is the latest laptop vendor to fall victim to overheating technology. The recall of approximately 41,000 laptops resulting from more than 100 reports of melting laptop cases and minor injuries follows similar issues and recalls from other laptop manufacturers, and illustrates the problem with cramming so much processing power into such a small space.
'Crocodile Dundee' to return to US amid tax fray
(AP)
 AP - Actor Paul Hogan, star of the "Crocodile Dundee" movie trilogy, has been cleared to return home to the United States after he was barred last month from leaving Australia because of a disputed tax bill, his lawyer said Friday.
Analysis: Special-ops on show to woo war skeptics
(AP)
 AP - The new top commander in Afghanistan is talking up a weapon that has been kept in the shadows for years â special operations missions to kill or capture key insurgents â to try to convince skeptics the war can be won.
Afghans continue pulling money from troubled bank
(AP)
 AP - Nervous Afghans pulled more deposits out of the nation's largest bank on Saturday, despite assurances from government leaders that their money was safe.
Prof in '03 plague scare sets off airport shutdown
(AP)
 AP - The suspicions airport security officials had when they saw the metal canister grew when they learned about the man who brought it in from the Middle East: a scientist who sparked a bioterrorism scare after he reported missing vials of plague samples seven years ago.
Burger King to stop buying oil from Indonesian co.
(AP)
AP - Environmentalists on Saturday praised Burger King's decision to stop buying palm oil from an Indonesian company accused of destroying rainforests.
95 snakes found in burst bag at Malaysia airport
(AP)
AP - A Malaysian man pleaded guilty to wildlife smuggling after his bag bursting with 95 live boa constrictors broke open on a luggage conveyer belt at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, an official said Friday.
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