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Friend of America's poor? Chavez shuts off free oil (McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News)
CARACAS â€” Venezuela's state oil company is suspending a much-promoted program that provided free heating oil to hundreds of thousands of poor people throughout the U.S., the company announced Monday.

Drivers can enjoy free tolls, free weight-loss book (Montgomery Advertiser)
Commuters will get a chance to drop some pounds and save a little money today when free tolls and a complimentary weight loss book will be offered at Wetumpka Emerald Mountain and Millbrook Montgomery Expressways from 6:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

Elusive Beatle Downloads Now Free as a Bird (NBC Philadelphia)
Norway got its two minutes of fame in the Beatles' classic "Norwegian Wood." Now the country may earn a bigger spot in the Fab Four pantheon by offering free -- and apparently legal -- downloads...

Hugo ChÃ¡vez shuts off free heating oil to U.S. poor (Miami Herald)
Hugo Chávez shuts off free heating oil to U.S. poor Venezuela's state oil company is suspending a much-promoted program that provided free heating oil to hundreds of thousands of poor people throughout the United States, the company announced Monday.

Madoff Remains Free as Judge Considers Prison Request (Update3) (Bloomberg)
Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Bernard Madoff, awaiting trial for securities fraud, remained free on bail while a federal judge considered a request by prosecutors to send him to prison for mailing $1 million of valuables in violation of an asset freeze.

Madoff Remains Free While Judge Considers Request for Prison (Bloomberg)
Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Bernard Madoff remained free on bail while a federal judge considered a request by prosecutors that he be imprisoned for transferring $1 million of valuables in violation of an asset freeze order.

Digital TV subsidy program short on money (Reno Gazette-Journal)
WASHINGTON -- The Feb. 17 transition from analog to digital television broadcasts looms and as many as 8 million households are still unprepared, but the government program that subsidizes crucial TV converter boxes is about to run out of money.