Saudi oil summit...Philippines typhoon...Snowboarder bodies found

JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) Saudi Arabia is hosting a meeting today of oil producing and consuming nations, including the U.S.

The high cost of crude is the topic. U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman says oil production isn't keeping pace with demand.

MANILA, Philippines (AP) At least 80 people have been killed in a typhoon that's lashing the Philippines. The number of confirmed dead could jump sharply. A ferry carrying more than 740 people has capsized. There are only a few reported survivors.

FOLEY, Mo. (AP) Officials in the Midwest have a little extra cause for concern. Flood crests along the Mississippi River are higher than expected but still below old records. Towns in Missouri and Illinois are keeping their eyes on levees holding the water back.

RENO, Nev. (AP) A Nevada woman who was one of three who won millions in damages in a cancer lawsuit has died. Pamela Forrester and two others won 58 million dollars from pharmaceutical giant Wyeth. A jury ruled that the Wyeth drug Prempro caused their breast cancer. Forrester died at 65 Thursday of lung cancer.

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) Searchers in Washington state have found the bodies of three snowboarders who had been missing in the Cascades since early December. Searchers think the three men were killed in an avalanche.

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