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Donald Trump is considering running for governor, a leading Republican said Friday. Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno on Thursday suggested that a big-name candidate could be flirting with entering the 2006 contest. On Friday, he confirmed to News Channel 10 in Albany that he had been referring to Trump.

Apparently, the cat was paying attention when his owner tried to show him how to dial 911. A Columbus, Ohio, man was unable to call for help when he fell out of his wheelchair Thursday, but he says his cat did it for him.

Eighteen truckloads of water donated for hurricane relief efforts have been dumped down a sewer in Dallas. The Federal Emergency Management Agency says one million cans of drinking water were emptied because the water wasn’t used at Texas and Louisiana hurricane shelters.

Police say a woman accidentally ran over and killed her boyfriend on the highway near Sioux Narrows, Ont. Thursday. Ontario Provincial Police say the 39-year-old man and his girlfriend were driving from Whitefish Bay to Kenora on Ontario’s Highway 71.

Fashion model Beverly Peele was arrested on identity theft charges for allegedly buying around $10,000 worth of housewares, appliances and furniture by using credit card numbers without permission, authorities said Friday.

Hybrid cars are a good bet for tax breaks in 2006. The new year will bring more savings for buyers of at least 13 gas-electric vehicles, with those showing the most improvement in fuel efficiency securing bigger tax breaks for their new owners.

A national registry on Friday began accepting names of Americans who take the anti-acne drug Accutane, part of a federal effort to limit use of the birth- defect-causing drug by pregnant women.

A former army officer whose nationalistic stance has made him a contender in Peru‘s April 9 presidential race paraded with hundreds of supporters Friday to election offices to register as a candidate.

Retired Lt. Col. Ollanta Humala told …

The British honours list has come out for 2005, and among the honourees are the following:

• The singer Tom Jones gets a knighthood (finally!)
• Television presenter, Bruce Forsyth, becomes a CBE.
• The English cricket team: Michael Vaughan,

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