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Get ready for a minute with 61 seconds. Scientists are delaying the start of 2006 by the first "leap second" in seven years, a timing tweak meant to make up for changes in the Earth's rotation. http://www.worthyweirdandwacky.com/zone/re...SECOND-DC-html/

Police in Berlin made their easiest arrest of the year at their annual Christmas party, after spotting a man rummaging through the pockets of their coats in the cloakroom. http://www.worthyweirdandwacky.com/zone/re...POCKET-DC-html/

South Koreans may look at their mobile phones with some trepidation in the new year because prosecutors will start telling people they have been indicted via text messages, an official said Monday. http://www.worthyweirdandwacky.com/zone/re...PHONES-DC-html/

Looking for the perfect outfit for your guinea pig? Well, a Winona woman may have what you're after. Carly Austin-Kukowski designs and sells guinea pig gear ranging from leopard-print dresses to elf costumes with reindeer hats. http://www.worthyweirdandwacky.com/zone/ne...orld-headlines/

For half a century, the military agency dedicated to detecting threats against the United States and Canada has reported Santa's sleigh ride to curious youngsters around the world. http://www.worthyweirdandwacky.com/zone/cn...-ap-index-html/

A lovers' dispute over a cell phone ended suddenly when the woman swallowed the phone whole, police said. http://www.worthyweirdandwacky.com/zone/ab...ory-id-1439399/

Australian farmers could be about to get an unusual new weapon to protect their crops from rampaging kangaroos. http://www.worthyweirdandwacky.com/zone/ne...ic-4554640-stm/

Iran denied on Sunday that it had received from Russia a proposal for moving its uranium enrichment facilities to Russian territory, a compromise Europe is seeking to resolve controversy over Iran's nuclear program. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...ticle%2FPrinter

The US Congress has approved 0 million for joint US-Israeli military projects and military procurement from Israel. The allocation, part of the US defense budget for the 2006 fiscal year, passed its final hurdle in the Senate and House of Representatives last Thursday. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...043176&fid=1725

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell on Sunday supported government eavesdropping to prevent terrorism but said a major controversy over presidential powers could have been avoided by obtaining court warrants. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...,179733,00.html

Israelis began the eight-day festival of Hanukkah at sundown Sunday with a warning against overdoing the holiday culinary specialties from someone who should know — Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...,179728,00.html

Newly-elected Likud Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu apparently has his mind set on having the Likud ministers quit the coalition immediately after the party's Central Committee convention, scheduled to be held throughout Monday and Tuesday, party officials told Ynet. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...3189885,00.html

Clandestine FBI and Energy Department teams have monitored private property in the United States for signs of radiation without warrants, U.S. officials said yesterday. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...2301524_pf.html

Most American Jews (78 percent) believe that the goal of the Arabs is not the return of occupied territories but rather the destruction of Israel, a new annual survey of The American Jewish Committee revealed. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...3189119,00.html

Bomb squads searched for explosives Saturday at churches in the capital Jakarta and its satellite cities hours before Christmas Eve celebrations amid fears that terrorists might carry out attacks to mar the holiday. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...rint?id=1439217

In JK Rowling's world of wizards, witchcraft and goblins, a world that involves flying on broomsticks and where you can learn how to make potions … lies a mystical spell. According to a new study, the books that teach about magic are magic. http://abcnews.go.com/Health/print?id=1433430

In JK Rowling's world of wizards, witchcraft and goblins, a world that involves flying on broomsticks and where you can learn how to make potions … lies a mystical spell. According to a new study, the books that teach about magic are magic. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...rint?id=1433430

In JK Rowling's world of wizards, witchcraft and goblins, a world that involves flying on broomsticks and where you can learn how to make potions … lies a mystical spell. According to a new study, the books that teach about magic are magic. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...rint?id=1433430

In JK Rowling's world of wizards, witchcraft and goblins, a world that involves flying on broomsticks and where you can learn how to make potions … lies a mystical spell. According to a new study, the books that teach about magic are magic. http://www.worthynews.com/news/abcnews-go-...int-id-1433430/

In JK Rowling's world of wizards, witchcraft and goblins, a world that involves flying on broomsticks and where you can learn how to make potions … lies a mystical spell. According to a new study, the books that teach about magic are magic. http://www.worthynews.com/news/abcnews-go-...int-id-1433430/

In JK Rowling's world of wizards, witchcraft and goblins, a world that involves flying on broomsticks and where you can learn how to make potions … lies a mystical spell. According to a new study, the books that teach about magic are magic. http://www.worthynews.com/zone/abcnews-go-...int-id-1433430/

Following a long dispute, the two factions of the Palestinian Fatah movement has reached an agreement Thursday to unite the group under the leadership of jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti, Arab-Israeli weekly al-Sinara reported on Friday. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...3189064,00.html

Seventy U.S. senators on Wednesday called on President George W. Bush to make it clear to Palestinian leaders of Hamas and other groups that the United States wants terrorist organizations to disarm or be banned from upcoming Palestinian elections. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...3189069,00.html

Backers of "intelligent design" have been advising school boards to avoid lawsuits by encouraging criticism of evolution rather than mandating that students learn about intelligent design. But a judge's ruling this week has given ammunition to those fighting challenges to evolution in three states. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...gn_x.htm?csp=34

South Korean researcher Hwang Woo-suk resigned from his position as a university professor on Friday after his school said he had damaged the scientific community by fabricating the results of at least nine of 11 stem-cell lines he claimed to have created. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...rint?id=1436089