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07/12/2008 19:14

USA Today Editoweb 7 december 2008

NBC names David Gregory host of 'Meet the Press' - Up in smoke: Boston considers ban of tobacco bars - Sunny von Bulow dead after 28 years in coma.



NBC names David Gregory host of 'Meet the Press'

David Gregory's new job as moderator of "Meet the Press" was made official Sunday with an announcement on the long-running NBC interview program that he will take over starting next week.

Up in smoke: Boston considers ban of tobacco bars

Sometimes Justin Hegarty savors his cigars by himself, and sometimes he enjoys them in a cigar bar with friends. "Either way, it's relaxing," said Hegarty, soon after an afternoon smoke at Churchill's cigar lounge.

Sunny von Bulow dead after 28 years in coma

Martha "Sunny" von Bulow, an heiress who spent the last 28 years of her life in oblivion after what prosecutors alleged in a pair of sensational trials were two murder attempts by her husband, died Saturday at age 76.

OJ Simpson faces spartan prison as lawyers appeal

In the harsh light of the morning after his sentencing, O.J. Simpson's future was clear Saturday. His new home will be a prison cell in the Nevada desert with his door to freedom hinging on an appeal of a trial that his lawyers say was filled with errors.

Girl, 10, dies in Christmas parade float accident

A trailer carrying children in a Christmas parade struck and killed a 10-year-old girl who had jumped out of a pickup truck driving among the floats Saturday, police said.

Calif. city at loss to explain shackled teen case

City officials and child-abuse experts don't understand how the abduction and torture of a teenage boy could have gone undetected for more than a year in this middle-class community once dubbed the second-safest in Northern California.

Police: NYC woman disappears after leaving club

Authorities scoured a swath of upstate New York on Saturday in hopes of finding a woman last seen leaving a trendy Manhattan club with a registered sex offender.

Endeavour to begin return trip to Fla. on Monday

NASA says space shuttle Endeavour will begin its cross-country return trip to Florida on Monday, one day later than expected.

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