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Yoko Ono says her next book will be a memoir, to be published in 2015.

Bob Barker was among the early Hollywood converts to the animal rights movement. When Paul Watson told him that for $5 million he could end Japanese whaling, Barker responded 'Let's get it on.'

AP - The Christmas airline bombing suspect was flagged for extra screening after he was already on the plane and headed for Detroit, officials said Thursday, as President Barack Obama got ready to outline government missteps in the near-catastrophe and order fixes.

AP - Snow was piled so high in Iowa that drivers couldn't see across intersections and a North Dakota snowblower repair shop was overwhelmed with business as heavy snow and wind chills as low as 52 below zero blasted much of the Midwest on Thursday.

AP - A government report Thursday on claims for unemployment aid signaled that layoffs are easing and that the economy could be on the verge of posting the first monthly gain in jobs in two years.