16 January 2007: Morning
By The Morning News
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U.N. raises 2006 Iraq death toll threefold--to more than 34,000 civilians.
California citrus producers say as much as 70 percent of its orange crops could have been destroyed by winter blast.
U.S. meets Iranian influence in Iraq with barbs, while Iraq welcomes it, diplomatically.
Five years on, and hundreds of "low-profile"--and possibly innocent--inmates are still held at Guantanamo, with no charges against them and no hope for release.
The egg-laying long-beaked echidna; the mouse-like long-eared jerboa which has the largest ear to body ratio of any mammal; and the world's smallest mammal, the bumblebee bat. Conservationists focus on protecting the world's rarest mammals.
Machinists, environmentalists in U.S. realize they're fighting the same fight, join forces.
Spitzer rallies support for bond initiative to pay for New York's stem-cell research.
Citing a 2,350 percent increase in pot dispensaries, L.A. police chief calls for hold on new facilities; physicians claim retail-based clinics offer inferior care, especially for children.
A company partly owned by a member of the governing party distributed tens of thousands of bags of contaminated blood to hospitals around the country. In Egypt, Condi Rice praises country for its support, avoids local issues.
Camper, missing for over a month, found alive and hungry--she hadn't eaten in three weeks.
Seinfeld's "Man Hands" marries.
