Texas slaps a tax on strip clubs (AP)
AP – Texas, where strip clubs have given rise to Anna Nicole Smith and many other less-generously endowed performers, is about to make it more expensive to watch a little bump and grind.
Police in NY groom shooting case want new venue (Reuters)
Reuters – Three New York City detectives due to be tried over the shooting death of an unarmed black man hours before his wedding plan to ask for the trial to be moved because they say an unbiased jury cannot be found locally.
US government denies CIA tapes showed Guantanamo torture (AFP)
AFP – US government lawyers flatly denied Friday that videotapes destroyed by the CIA contained any scenes of the torture of terror suspects in the Guantanamo Bay prison camp.
Gates says iraq security still supports troop cut (Reuters)
Reuters – The United States should be able to withdraw five combat brigades from iraq by mid-2008 because troops have held onto security gains made this year, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Friday.
Pakistan bombing kills at least 50 (AP)
AP – Pakistani police raided an Islamic school and arrested seven students Friday, hours after a suicide bomber killed at least 50 people inside a mosque packed with holiday worshippers at the home of the former interior minister.
Saudi police nab militants as pilgrims complete haj (Reuters)
Reuters – Saudi security forces arrested suspected al Qaeda militants planning attacks during the haj pilgrimage, a Saudi-owned television said on Friday as Muslim pilgrims performed the last rituals in Mecca.
Van Halen, Bertinelli divorce finalized (AP)
AP – After seven years of separation, Eddie Van Halen and Valerie Bertinelli have jumped forward and completed an amicable divorce. The Los Angeles Superior Court judgment Thursday didn’t provide details about a custody arrangement for their 16-year-old son, Wolfgang. The bass player is with his father on a Van Halen reunion tour.
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Rice: Huckabee wrong about Bush policy (AP)
AP – Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice stuck a toe in the presidential race Friday, taking strong issue after Republican Mike Huckabee accused the administration of having an “arrogant bunker mentality” on foreign policy.
Gunmen kill Guatemala lawmaker near tourist resort (Reuters)
Reuters – A newly elected opposition lawmaker was shot and killed outside a popular Guatemalan tourist resort on Friday, the latest politician to be gunned down in an election year marred by violence.
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