Texas offensive lineman Buck Burnette, who was released from the team this week, has apologized to his teammates for posting an inflammatory text message regarding President-elect Barack Obama on his Facebook account.

The Rocky Mountain News responds to Department of Labor letters sent to Congressmen Mark Udall and Ed Perlmutter of Colorado and Tom Udall of New Mexico. The congressmen initially wrote to labor officials about the department's failure to respond to the

(Adds quotes.) PARIS (AFP)--France won't sign proposals for a trade pact as they stand in World Trade Organization talks in Geneva because they show no progress on " essential" matters, the government said here on Monday.

These are the main headlines of the local and international newspapers. The Times quotes Labour MP and surgeon Anthony Zammit saying that during the two-hour violent robbery in the early hours of Tuesday, robbers threatened to cut off his fingers.

Warrants have been frequently mentioned in the main stream news the last couple of weeks. Most recently warrants were being mentioned as a component in the failed $700 billion bailout plan.