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Power outage shuts down Miami police headquarters
An early morning power outage at Miami's downtown police headquarters Wednesday snapped off lights, phones and computers, and briefly re-routed emergency calls to county dispatchers.

After-school bus runs over Lauderdale Lakes man
Luis Esquilin and his bus full of high schoolers turned left onto State Road 7 in Lauderdale Lakes late Tuesday afternoon -- and right into a pedestrian.

Bags of electronics stolen from Fort Lauderdale toy store
Just hours before a Fort Lauderdale toy store opened its doors for Black Friday crowds, four robbers busted into the store and stole bags full of electronics.

Coral Gables' MasTec to pay less for Wanzek Construction
MasTec, a Coral Gables-based utility and communications infrastructure contractor, said Wednesday it will pay less cash for wind energy company Wanzek Construction and that other terms of the deal have been revised.

Seven-car wreck clogs freeway
A major crash on southbound I-95 near Ives Dairy Road Wednesday blocked four lanes after an accident involving an 18-wheeler and seven cars.

Car flips, slides down I-95, killing driver
A Pompano Beach man died late Tuesday after his car flipped and slid on its roof down Interstate 95. Everal Linton Williams, 49, was not wearing a seat belt, according to Florida Highway Patrol.

Nip in air should dissipate by afternoon
Although temperature records won't be broken Wednesday morning, South Florida will still experience quite the chill -- and a warm afternoon.

Hollywood to discuss downtown building ban
Hollywood will consider putting the brakes on the high-rise developments sprouting up near Young Circle Wednesday, with a proposed temporary moratorium on downtown building until commissioners approve a development blueprint commissioned several years ago -- but never ratified.

Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade fights migraine pre-game
Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade is a game-time decision Wednesday against the Utah Jazz, after missing this morning's shootaround to recover from a migraine.

Texas Tech AD says school negotiating with Leach
Texas Tech athletic director Gerald Myers says the school is negotiating a contract extension with Mike Leach, amid reports that the Red Raiders coach has met with the University of Washington about the Huskies' top job.

Giants suspend Super Bowl hero Plaxico Burress
The New York Giants expect Antonio Pierce to play in Sunday's game against Philadelphia while the team gathers information on the linebacker's involvement in a shooting that led to the season-ending suspension of star receiver Plaxico Burress.

Armstrong and Contador train together for 1st time
Tour de France champions Lance Armstrong and Alberto Contador trained together Wednesday for the first time since the American came out of retirement to join the Astana team.

Avalanche captain Sakic out at least 6 weeks
Joe Sakic thought long and hard about returning for a 20th NHL season after missing 38 games following hernia surgery last year.

Is Romo the answer? Cowboys will find out
The Dallas Cowboys will get a better idea Sunday what Tony Romo's return from a broken pinkie has done for their Super Bowl hopes.

Hampton signs 1-year deal with Astros
Oft-injured Mike Hampton finalized a one-year, $2 million deal with the Houston Astros on Wednesday, hoping to resurrect his career in the place where he became a prominent big league pitcher.

Red Sox give AL MVP Pedroia a 6-year, $40.5M deal
AL Most Valuable Player Dustin Pedroia and the Boston Red Sox agreed Wednesday to a $40.5 million, six-year contract. The deal includes a club option for 2015. He would not have been eligible for free agency until after the 2012 season.

Jaguars' CB Mathis out for season
Jaguars cornerback Rashean Mathis will miss the rest of the season after injuring his right knee.

Telecom Italia to cut 4,000 more jobs
Telecom Italia SpA will cut an additional 4,000 jobs by 2011 as it concentrates on core growth markets in Italy and Brazil to confront the deteriorating economic situation, CEO Franco Bernabe said Wednesday.

Group finds fewer toys with high lead levels
After the high-profile recalls of millions of lead-contaminated toys last year, a watchdog group said Wednesday that its tests found fewer toys with high levels of chemicals in them this year. But about a third of the toys tested still contained a worrisome level of chemicals.

Brazil's currency hits 3-year-low
Brazil's currency has fallen to its lowest point against the dollar in three years amid fears of a global recession.

Thai crisis defused but dangers ahead
Flights in and out of Bangkok resumed Wednesday after anti-government protests that paralyzed the capital's international airport for more than a week ended with the peaceful ouster of the prime minister.

British Airways passenger traffic drops 6 pct
British Airways said Wednesday that passenger traffic dropped nearly 6 percent in November from last year, with an even bigger fall in premium traffic.

P&G invests in British grocer
Procter & Gamble Co. has bought a small stake in a British online grocer, a move the consumer products maker says will add to its knowledge of Internet shopping.

AP Executive Morning Briefing
The top business news from The Associated Press for the morning of Wednesday, December 3, 2008:

Sibir offers $340M bailout to Russian shareholder
Shares in Russia-focused Sibir Energy plunged 60 percent in London on Wednesday after the oil company said it would buy most of shareholder Shalva Chigirinsky's remaining property assets in a $340 million rescue deal.

Canady to be sworn in at Fla. Supreme Court
Appellate Judge Charles Canady, who as a congressman helped prosecute then-President Bill Clinton at his 1999 impeachment trial, is being sworn in as a justice of the Florida Supreme Court.

Canady to be sworn in at Fla. Supreme Court
Appellate Judge Charles Canady, who as a congressman helped prosecute then-President Bill Clinton at his 1999 impeachment trial, is being sworn in as a justice of the Florida Supreme Court.

Man died after being hit by school bus
Officials have identified a man who died after being hit by a school bus in Lauderdale Lakes.

Historic sign returns in Miami
A historic sign is back up in the Miami sun.

St. Pete photographer sues Chris Brown, Rihanna
A photographer with tbt, a St. Petersburg alternative publication, is suing R&B singers Chris Brown and Rihanna, saying their bodyguards beat him and broke his camera.

1 Mega Money player wins $2 million top prize
One ticket matched the four winning numbers plus the Mega Ball number to collect $2 million in the Mega Money game, the Florida Lottery said Wednesday.

No one picks correct Fantasy 5
No tickets matched all five "Fantasy 5" numbers, meaning the 268 tickets with four numbers correct are worth $555 each, the Florida Lottery said Wednesday.

Correction: Jeb Bush-Rayonier story
In a Dec. 1 story about former Gov. Jeb Bush sitting on the Rayonier, Inc.'s board of directors, The Associated Press erroneously reported that board members receive $40,000 each quarter. Board members receive $40,000 annually in $10,000 quarterly payments.

Texas time warp? State criticized for mental care
For more than a century, thousands of mentally disabled Americans were isolated from society, sometimes for life, by being confined to huge public hospitals.

21 illegal immigrants claim abuse by Texas captors
Twenty-one Guatemalan immigrants told authorities they were abducted from a Texas smuggler's safehouse and threatened, beaten and in some cases raped.

Polygamist Jeffs appeals 2007 Utah conviction
Attorneys for polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs are asking the Utah Supreme Court to reverse his 2007 criminal conviction and direct a 5th District judge to order a new trial.

Court upholds $156M Palestinian terror verdict
A federal appeals court has upheld a $156 million judgment against three Palestinian charities accused of bankrolling terrorism, but dropped a Chicago man from the long-running civil suit.

Ind. soldiers sue over chemical exposure in Iraq
Sixteen Indiana National Guard soldiers have filed a federal lawsuit against a defense contractor they say knowingly allowed them to be exposed to a toxic chemical in Iraq.

Jewish mission makes Chabad a target
It must have been easy for the terrorists, rampaging through Mumbai, to find the Chabad Jewish center where they slaughtered six people.

6 people arrested in African ivory smuggling ring
Federal authorities say six people have been arrested on charges of conspiring to smuggle the ivory of African elephants into the United States.

Lungs from NJ church shooting victim transplanted
Lungs from a good Samaritan killed in a New Jersey church shooting are breathing new life thanks to a transplant.

Camels found wandering in Mexican border city
It may have seemed like a mirage: Two camels nibbling on a pine tree along a street in this desert metropolis on the Texas border. Police tried lassoing the animals, which lunged at the officers with snapping teeth as onlookers chuckled.

China denies alleged attack on foreign journalists
Local Chinese officials on Wednesday denied allegations by a Belgian television crew that they had been attacked while trying to report on the HIV epidemic in a hard-hit rural village, state media said.

Officials: Mumbai gunman promised cash for family
The only gunman captured during the terror attack on Mumbai says he was promised that his impoverished family would get $1,250 if he died fighting for militant Islam, security officials said Wednesday.

German priest finds live baby laid in manger
Police say a baby boy whose troubled mother laid him in the manger of a church nativity in hopes that someone would find and care for him is doing well.

Obama's election brings hope to climate talks
Barack Obama's upcoming presidency has infused a sense of hope in the current U.N. climate talks that the United States - one of the world's biggest polluters - may soon emerge as a global leader in saving the planet from environmental disaster.

US envoy in Singapore for talks with North Korea
Ironing out how to verify North Korea's promised nuclear disarmament will dominate talks Thursday between the United States and North Korea, the top U.S. envoy to international talks on the North's nuclear program said.

Reconciliation needed in Iraq's most violent city
It's a dirty, numbing, dangerous job in Iraq's deadliest city, and pays a modest $500 a month. But when the police department recently advertised for college graduates to fill 200 positions as traffic policemen, it was deluged with 2,000 applications.

Police had no warrant in lawmaker search
Britain's House of Commons Speaker Michael Martin said Wednesday the chamber's head of security gave police the go-ahead to raid a lawmaker's office without a search warrant.

Review: `Frost/Nixon' depicts tense TV showdown
"No holds barred," Richard Nixon urges to David Frost as the two prepare to sit down for a series of interviews in 1977.

St. Pete photographer sues Chris Brown, Rihanna
A photographer with tbt, a St. Petersburg alternative publication, is suing R&B singers Chris Brown and Rihanna, saying their bodyguards beat him and broke his camera.

Bonnaroo set to rock June 11-14 in Tennessee
The 8th annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival will be held June 11-14.

Kid Rock upset at Ga. judge's ruling
Kid Rock is upset that he can't pick the good deed that will serve as his punishment for a brawl at a Georgia Waffle House.

Seth MacFarlane named the smartest person in TV
Who says cartoons are for kids? "Family Guy" and "American Dad" creator Seth MacFarlane tops Entertainment Weekly's list of the 25 smartest people in television.

`Maude' star among TV Hall of Fame inductees
"Maude" and "Golden Girls" star Bea Arthur is happily poised to enter the TV Academy Hall of Fame, but she acknowledges it's her own fault the recognition didn't come sooner.

Daniel Gatti conducts La Scala premiere
Conductor Daniele Gatti grew up in Milan soaking up world-class musical performances from La Scala's uppermost balconies. So conducting Verdi's "Don Carlo" for the gala season premiere Sunday night at his hometown opera house is nothing less than a dream.

'Da Vinci Code' publisher leaves Random House
The economy has crashed down on a supposedly recession-proof industry - book publishing - with consolidation at Random House Inc., and layoffs at Simon & Schuster and Thomas Nelson Publishers.

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