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WASHINGTON (AP) — It's the government's idea of a really bad day: Washington's Metro trains shut down. Seaport computers in New York go dark. Bloggers reveal locations of railcars with hazardous materials. Airport control towers are disrupted in Philadelphia and Chicago. Overseas, a mysterious liquid is found on London's subway. And that's just for starters. Those incidents were among dozens of detailed, mock disasters confronting officials rapid-fire in the U.S. government's biggest-ever "Cyber Storm" war game, according to hundreds of pages of heavily censored files obtained by The Associated Press. The Homeland Security Department ran the exercise to test the nation's hacker defenses, with help from the State Department, Pentagon, Justice Department, CIA, National Security Agency and others. The laundry list of fictional catastrophes — which include hundreds of people on "No Fly" lists suddenly arriving at airport ticket counters — is ...

Britney Spears took her new black Benz out for a spin last night when one of the paps gave her a "short cut" to get home. The short cut was through the hills and Brit Brit got scared. She got out of her car and started saying how she was " dizzy " and " scared " from being too close to the edge. She started whining about it and the paps agreed to lead her home. She spoke in that weird British accent the whole time, but it's not really British. It's like Chinese, British and some Chester Cheeto accent. It's basically gibberish. Brit's relationship with the paps is so fucking strange. She's standing there like a little girl and they are saying shit like " ooooh, it's ok Britney...it's ok...don't be scared " while snapping away. It's like they are petting her head and slapping her in the face at the same time. This comes just a few days after her latest meltdown after a fight with her new Boyfriend/handler. S...

BEIJING (AP) -- The "Watercube" swimming venue -- an iconic, futuristic structure for the 2008 Olympics that looks like a building covered in bubble wrap -- was unveiled Monday in Beijing. Beijing Olympic organizing committee president Liu Qi and Beijing Mayor Guo Jinlong both dipped their hands into the competition pool and seemed satisfied at the brief unveiling ceremony. Guo even put the pool water to his lips. Known officially as the National Aquatics Center, the Watercube has been dubbed the "cool" building of the Games because of its translucent, blue-toned outer skin that makes it look like a cube of bubbles. Forty-two gold medals will be up for grabs at the venue during the Olympics, which start Aug. 8. American Michael Phelps will be out to break Mark Spitz's record of seven gold medals. He just missed the mark in 2004, winning six in Athens. "There are many different buildings in the world, and I believe this could be one of the most significan...

WRIGHTWOOD, California (AP) -- Mountain avalanches killed an off-duty ski patrol worker and left another person missing Friday as California strained under nearly a week of snow and rain. One avalanche struck Friday afternoon at Wrightwood in the snow-laden San Gabriel Mountains. A 23-year-old employee of the Mountain High ski area was pulled from the debris but died at a hospital later that afternoon, a hospital spokeswoman said. His name was not released. As night fell, searchers were still looking for another person who was missing after a second avalanche about a half-mile from the first, on national forest land. "I'm sure that the avalanches are due to the amount of snow that has fallen over the past several days," said Tim Wessel, division chief for the San Bernardino County Fire Department. The avalanches were outside Mountain High's boundaries. The resort, which was closed by high winds a day earlier, remained open. An avalanche advisory was issued for t...

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DAVOS, Switzerland (CNN) -- Economic woes took a back seat at the World Economic Forum in Davos Friday as the meeting focused on corporate responsibility and business chiefs played down the possibility of a recession. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates set the tone by announcing grants of $306 million to develop farming in poor countries -- a new direction for his charitable foundation. Gates, who is stepping down as Microsoft chair later this year, received a standing ovation for his announcement at the suggestion of U2 frontman Bono. The move will help boost efforts by the annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland to shake off its image as a billionaire's talking shop that does little to solve the problems it discusses. "If we are serious about ending extreme hunger and poverty around the world, we must be serious about transforming agriculture for small farmers, most of whom are women," Gates said. "The challenge here is to design a system including profit and recog...