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PORT ST. LUCIE — Police are investigating a woman who strangled a neighbor's Rottweiler after it attacked her Yorkshire terrier. Shortly after 5 p.m. Wednesday, the 130-pound Rottweiler, named Rox, bolted past owner Rebecca Hartley and grabbed Candy, a Yorkie owned by Robin Bush, in her mouth in the 2900 block of Southwest Ventura Street. Bush said she was in the kitchen talking on the phone while her son, Jacob, 10, took Candy, who weighs about eight pounds, and her Chihuahua outside. "I heard my son screaming and heard a cry from my Yorkie," she said. "It was a God-awful...

Fox Will Become Main News Source For Clear Channel By JOE FLINT Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL December 6, 2004; Page B4 News Corp.'s Fox News has reached an agreement to become the primary news provider to radio giant Clear Channel Communications Inc. The pact stands to greatly boost the radio presence of Fox News, which rolled out its service last year, as it looks to compete with the much more entrenched CBS Radio, a unit of Viacom Inc., and Walt Disney Co.'s ABC Radio. Under the terms of the five-year deal, which starts next year, as many...

Fried Green  Cucumbers It's been a rough few months for tomatoes. They've been swirled in California floods. They've been smashed by Florida hurricanes. They've been picked at by Mexican bugs. The result has been a national tomato shortage that has sent prices climbing like a vine seeking light. With costs up and quality down, some national restaurant chains are reconsidering their marketing strategies to keep the thought of juicy, tender tomatoes off customers' minds, or switching recipes to make up for the absence of certain hard-to-find varieties. The popular Juice Joint Cafe in Northwest Washington, meanwhile, has at least...