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NEW YORK – Al Roker (search) is going to the dogs for inspiration. The production company of the NBC “Today” show weatherman is making what it calls the first-ever dog reality television show. Roker is teamed with Tamar Geller, who’s built a living training celebrities’ dogs. Each show will have …

NEW YORK – Johnson & Johnson’s (JNJ) chief financial officer on Tuesday said the company is considering alternatives to its planned acquisition of troubled heart device maker Guidant Corp. as the health care company posted a 12 percent jump in third-quarter profit amid strong overseas sales. The acquisition, originally set …

NEW DELHI – Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (search) told Pakistan’s president there were indications of a foreign link to the bombings that struck two New Delhi markets, and he reminded the Pakistani leader of his country’s promise to fight terrorism, an official said. In Pakistan, President Gen. Pervez Musharraf …

NEW YORK – The rapper DMX (search) faces 60 days in prison after he pleaded guilty Tuesday to violating the conditions of his release following a car crash last year at John F. Kennedy International Airport, officials said. The rapper, who has acted in films including “Never Die Alone,” “Romeo …

JERUSALEM – Israel’s vice prime minister said Iran (search) should be expelled from the United Nations after its new president said Israel should be “wiped off the map,” and Britain summoned an Iranian diplomat Thursday to protest the remarks. Italy on Thursday also condemned the words of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad …

Want Greta’s blog delivered directly to your e-mail box? Click here to sign up! Update from the Associated Press on the discovery of a body in the Taylor Behl (search) investigation: RICHMOND, Va. — The mother of a missing college freshman said Thursday she believes a body found in a …

WASHINGTON – Federal Emergency Management Agency officials did not respond to repeated warnings about deteriorating conditions in New Orleans and the dire need for help as Hurricane Katrina struck, the first FEMA official to arrive conceded Thursday. Marty Bahamonde (search), a FEMA regional director, told a Senate panel investigating the …

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The author of a new state law that allows felony charges against owners of dangerous dogs was hospitalized over the weekend after his own dog attacked him. Bob Schwartz, who also is Gov. Bill Richardson’s (search) crime adviser, was hospitalized at University of New Mexico Hospital on …

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Delphi Corp.’s (search) bankruptcy could change the face of the U.S. auto industry, ratcheting up the pressure to produce cheaper auto parts overseas and forcing unprecedented cuts in union wages and benefits, industry analysts and autoworkers said. Delphi, the largest U.S. auto supplier, filed for bankruptcy …

WASHINGTON – Long before his criminal case gets a hearing in a court of law, Rep. Tom DeLay (search) is fighting in the court of public opinion. With his trademark zeal, he assails the prosecutor in one sentence and portrays himself as a victim in the next. And the media …