Pakistan condemns US strikes in border regions

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- U.S. missile attacks on suspected militants in Pakistan's northwest near Afghanistan were undermining the war on terror and "helping the terrorists," the Muslim nation's Foreign Ministry said Friday....
Source: AP Top International News At 11:30 ... | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:47 pm

Asian markets follow Wall St. fall

Europe’s stock markets plunged Friday after Wall Street opened a breathtaking 7 percent lower, dragging the Dow below the 8,000 level.

Source: MSNBC.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:44 pm

Deadly bomb attack at Iraq market

An car bomb in the Iraqi capital Baghdad kills at least 12 people and injures many more, say police.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:43 pm

Gunmen kill many in Mexican bar

Gunmen open fire in a bar in northern Mexico, killing at least 11 people and wounding several others, officials say.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:41 pm

Kentucky's Internet Censorship Efforts

Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear is trying to seize the domain names of 141 offshore Internet poker and gambling sites, claiming that they're "stealing" business from Kentucky's horse racing industry. He plans to hold these domains hostage to force these companies to pay millions in damages. Fortunately, many freedom-lovers are fighting back!
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:40 pm

Foreigners count cost of Icelandic meltdown (Reuters)

Reuters - International investors counted the cost of their involvement with Iceland Friday after a meltdown in its banking system turned the country from a popular financial player to a pauper in just a few days.

Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:39 pm

Financial crisis will be resolved: Bush

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President George W. Bush insisted on Friday the raging global financial firestorm would be put out as panic-stricken markets suffered more staggering losses.
Source: AFP - Wire stories | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:39 pm

Wall Street’s wild rollercoaster ride continues

Wall Street extended its devastating losses Friday, but prices swung sharply as investors scooped up shares decimated by more than a week of intense and panicked selling.
Source: MSNBC.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:36 pm

Financial crisis will be resolved: Bush (AFP)

AFP - US President George W. Bush insisted on Friday the raging global financial firestorm would be put out as panic-stricken markets suffered more staggering losses.

Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:35 pm

Montgomery jailed on drugs charge

US sprinter Tim Montgomery is jailed for five years for dealing in heroin, months after being convicted of fraud.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:35 pm

Sens lose captain

Alfredsson to have arthroscopic knee surgery Friday; expected to miss 10-14 days
Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:33 pm

Watchdog seeks probe of 2 political groups' TV ads

A campaign finance watchdog group on Friday filed a complaint with federal regulators against two groups — one pro-Republican and the other pro-Democrat — alleging they violated the law by airing political ads during the presidential contest.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:32 pm

US stocks extend huge losses over credit concerns (AP)

AP - Wall Street extended its devastating losses Friday, but prices swung sharply as investors scooped up shares decimated by more than a week of intense and panicked selling. The Dow Jones industrials, down nearly 700 points in the opening minutes of trading, recovered to an advance of more than 100 before turning sharply lower again, and the other major indexes fluctuated sharply as well.

Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:30 pm

The Future of News

Kevin Rose talks at FOWA 08 (London) about where Digg has gone wrong and highlights unanswered questions in social news
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:30 pm

Man kills bear with stick (and he's got scars to prove it)

A Canadian man who was attacked by a bear while walking his dogs survived only after crushing the creature's skull with a stick. British Columbia resident Jim West needed 60 stitches on his head and body to close wounds from the terrifying attack.
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:30 pm

Fear grips global stock markets

Stock markets in London, Paris and Frankfurt again register big losses amid fears of an economic slowdown.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:29 pm

Bush vows to stabilise US economy

President George W Bush vows to work "aggressively" to restore economic stability, as world stock markets tumble.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:29 pm

Daddy Yankee takes on new role as debate moderator

Tom Brokaw, Jim Lehrer, Gwen Ifill — and Daddy Yankee?
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:28 pm

Bush says anxiety feeding market instability (AP)

AP - President Bush said Friday that the government's financial rescue plan was aggressive enough and big enough to work, but would take time to fully kick in. "We can solve this crisis and we will," he said in brief remarks from the White House Rose Garden.

Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:26 pm

Stocks extend huge losses over credit concerns

Prices swing wildly in a session that seems driven by investor panic. Foreign markets were pounded overnight.

NEW YORK -- The global stock sell-off grew more furious this morning, as selling begat selling and the Dow Jones industrial average plummeted more than 700 points in the first few minutes of trading.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:26 pm

Venezuela shuts down McDonald's

Caracas has ordered all McDonald's restaurants closed for 48 hours for what it calls irregularities in the financial books of the fast-food chain
Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:25 pm

Hurricane Norbert takes aim at Mexico

Forecasters say Hurricane Norbert has regained strength and become a Category 2 storm as it takes aim at Mexico's Baja California ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:21 pm

Peru rebels launch deadly ambush

At least 12 soldiers and seven civilians are killed in an ambush by Shining Path rebels in Peru, the defence ministry says.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:21 pm

Text of Bush's remarks Friday on the economy

Text of President Bush's remarks on the economy Friday, as provided by the White House:
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:20 pm

CTA plans 2009 fare increase - Chicago Tribune

Source: Google News | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:20 pm

President Bush vows action on financial crisis

'We can solve this crisis and he will,' he says in his latest public statement. He'll meet tomorrow with Group of Seven leaders to coordinate global solutions to the crisis.

WASHINGTON -- With stock markets tumbling all over the world, President Bush issued a statement from the Rose Garden today promising aggressive action in concert with other nations to shore up banks and stabilize markets.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:20 pm

President Bush's statement on the economy - MarketWatch

Source: Google News | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:19 pm

Mugabe's party 'wants mediation' - BBC News

Source: Google News | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:19 pm

Iraq police: 13 killed by car bomb

A car bomb killed 13 people Friday in a market in a Shiite enclave of southern Baghdad, police and hospital officials said. At ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:19 pm

Accounting board adopts guidance to ease crisis

The standard-setting board for corporate accounting adopted new guidance on Friday that will give banks a break in the distressed market and could boost their balance sheets.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:16 pm

McCain Pushes Guilt-by-Association Tie Between Ayers and Obama - Washington Post

Source: Google News | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:16 pm

NATO joins war on Afghan opium trade - AFP

Source: Google News | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:15 pm

World stocks slump on Dow open (AP)

AP - Europe's stock markets plunged Friday after Wall Street opened a breathtaking 7 percent lower — below the 8,000 level — but they soon recouped some of those losses when the Dow Jones index made a partial comeback.

Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:15 pm

Peru: 19 killed in bomb attack

Peru's military command says a bomb has killed 12 soldiers and seven civilians in the country's southeastern mountains, and that ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:14 pm

AIG United Guaranty not likely to be sold - Bizjournals.com

Source: Google News | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:14 pm

Iraqi PM discusses US pact with Shiite cleric

BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraq's most influential Shiite cleric indicated Friday he would not stand in the way of a long-term U.S. security deal if it's approved by the country's democratic institutions, the prime minister said....
Source: AP Top International News At 11:30 ... | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:13 pm

Iraqi PM discusses US pact with Shiite cleric

Iraq's most influential Shiite cleric indicated Friday he would not stand in the way of a long-term U.S. security deal if it's approved by the country's democratic institutions, the prime...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:13 pm

Mugabe's party 'wants mediation'

Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe's party has agreed to outside mediation over a deadlocked deal, a minister says.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:13 pm

Browns TE Winslow hospitalized - Sports Network

Source: Google News | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:12 pm

Bush: ‘We can solve this crisis and we will’

President George W. Bush said Friday that the U.S. government's financial rescue plan was aggressive enough and big enough to work, but would take time to fully kick in.

Source: MSNBC.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:12 pm

US Judge: No Hearing In Wachovia-Citi Dispute Friday; Maybe Monday - CNNMoney.com

Source: Google News | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:12 pm

Peru says 19 killed in bomb attack

Peru's military command says a bomb has killed 12 soldiers and seven civilians in the country's southeastern mountains, and that the Shining Path is likely responsible.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:12 pm

Henry Morgentaler receives controversial Order of Canada in Quebec City

QUEBEC - Abortion rights activist Henry Morgentaler has been awarded the Order of Canada. Morgentaler was one of about 20 recipients who received the award Friday at a ceremony in...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:12 pm

Federal regulators clear Wells Fargo-Wachovia deal

Federal antitrust regulators say they have cleared Wells Fargo's $11.7 billion acquisition of troubled bank Wachovia Corp.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:11 pm

India to get first female Roman Catholic saint

India is expected to get its first female Roman Catholic saint on Sunday at a time when Christians have increasingly come under attack in the predominantly Hindu country.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:11 pm

Morgentaler gets Order of Canada

Abortion rights activist is best known for taking his fight to have the country's abortion laws struck down to the Supreme Court.
Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:11 pm

Nobel Discovery Gave Green Light to Biomedicine Studies - U.S. News & World Report

Source: Google News | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:10 pm

Mushroom Enzyme Could Make Clean Fuel Cells

Even the most environmentally-conscious among us use batteries containing toxic heavy metals on a daily basis. But a discovery made by chemists at Oxford University could one day lead to cleaner batteries for everyone.
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:10 pm

Bush says U.S. moving quickly to solve market crisis (Reuters)

Reuters - President George W. Bush said on Friday the U.S. government was moving aggressively to address the financial markets crisis, but he acknowledged that anxiety was feeding on itself as stocks continued to plunge.

Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:08 pm

U.S. May Remove North Korea from Terrorism List

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice could announce as early as Friday that the United States will remove North Korea from its list of state sponsors of terrorism, FOX News learned Thursday
Source: FOXNews.com | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:07 pm

India to get first female Roman Catholic saint

India is expected to get its first female Roman Catholic saint on Sunday at a time when Christians have increasingly come under ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:05 pm

Bush: 'Uncertainty and fear' caused stock market plunge

President Bush blamed much of the stock market's "startling drop" on "uncertainty and fear" Friday as he sought to settle financial ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:05 pm

GM may announce production cuts, closings

General Motors is likely to announce more production cuts and possible plant closures as early as next week, according to a report.

Source: MSNBC.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:05 pm

Venezuela shuts down McDonald's

Venezuela shuts all branches of restaurant chain McDonald's for 48 hours, citing tax irregularities, officials say.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:04 pm

Holiday wars: Sony counts on games, Microsoft on price - Ars Technica

Source: Google News | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:04 pm

World finance chiefs grasp for solutions in firestorm

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Global finance chiefs gathered in Washington for crisis talks Friday in search of a solution to a growing financial firestorm as panic spread in global markets.
Source: AFP - Wire stories | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:04 pm

Pakistan condemns U.S. strikes in border regions

U.S. missile attacks on suspected militants in Pakistan's northwest near Afghanistan are undermining the war on terror and "helping ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:03 pm

'Gray' Friday? World Markets Tank, Dow Flails From High to Low

Dow turns sharply downward as President Bush speaks on the economy.
Source: ABC News: International | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:02 pm

Markets on a roller-coaster

A plunge, a recovery, and a dive again as markets await G7 meeting in Washington
Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:02 pm

Pakistan Condemns US Strikes Near Border

Pakistan condemns alleged U.S. strikes, says they 'help terrorists'.
Source: ABC News: International | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:00 pm

Beijing Bans Cars In High Pollution Days

Beijing will ban half of its 3.4 million cars from the roads during periods of very heavy pollution.
Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:00 pm

3 Dolphins teammates fined for celebrating

Ronnie Brown and two Miami Dolphins teammates have been fined $10,000 each by the NFL for excessive celebrating.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:00 pm

Bubbles and Space Walks...Did China Really Fake It?

China successfully launched three taikonauts into Earth orbit and, on September 27th, the first Chinese national (41 year old fighter pilot Zhai Zhigang) walked in space. It can therefore be expected, as with space flight achievements by the US and Russia before, there will be some conspiracy theories out there…
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:00 pm

Pakistan condemns US strikes in border regions

U.S. missile attacks on suspected militants in Pakistan's northwest near Afghanistan are undermining the war on terror and "helping the terrorists," the Muslim nation's Foreign Ministry...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 10 Oct 2008 | 2:59 pm

Loonie continues its decline

Canadian dollar gets a brief lift from the strong jobs numbers, and then resumes its fall with other currencies
Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 10 Oct 2008 | 2:59 pm

Apple iPod Touch is T3's gadget of the year

Apple has swept the board at Britain's T3 technology magazine's annual awards, winning four top prizes, including gadget of the year for its iPod Touch.

Source: MSNBC.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 10 Oct 2008 | 2:58 pm

Obama offers plan to offer credit to small firms (Reuters)

Reuters - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Friday proposed a new loan program for small businesses, saying it would help stem job losses amid the deepening financial crisis.

Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 10 Oct 2008 | 2:57 pm

LEAD: Dow briefly slips below 8,000+

(Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING INFO) Panic selling continued to hit Wall Street on Friday morning, sending the Dow Jones index briefly below the 8,000 line for the first time since April 2003.
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 10 Oct 2008 | 2:57 pm

10 Dead, 50 Hurt By Pakistani Suicide Bomb

An official says a suicide bomber attacked a group of anti-insurgent tribesmen in a Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border, killing at least 10 and wounding more than 50.
Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 10 Oct 2008 | 2:54 pm

Mexico auctions off $3 billion to prop up peso

Mexico's central bank has auctioned off US$3 billion in foreign reserves to prop up the falling peso.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 10 Oct 2008 | 2:53 pm

NATO joins war on Afghan opium trade

BUDAPEST (AFP) - NATO forces will from now on directly target Afghanistan's opium trade to stop hundreds of millions of dollars in drug money from reaching Taliban-led insurgents, the alliance announced on Friday.
Source: AFP - Wire stories | 10 Oct 2008 | 2:53 pm

LEAD: 25 killed, 150 injured in suicide attack on Pakistan tribal council+

ISLAMABAD, Oct. 10 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING) At least 25 people were killed and 150 injured Friday in a suicide attack on a tribal council in the Orakzai Tribal Agency in northwestern
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 10 Oct 2008 | 2:52 pm

Sensitive Palin ethics report kept secret, for now

Sworn to secrecy, Alaska lawmakers have begun reviewing a lengthy and politically sensitive investigative report focusing on ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 10 Oct 2008 | 2:51 pm

LA Times Asks if South Park Went Too Far w/ Laughing at Rape

Parker and Stone tried to warn Spielberg and Lucas from even making a fourth "Indiana Jones" flick. Back in 2002, the series took the two to task for re-editing their films for the worse, hoping to prevent a ruining of "Raiders of the Lost Ark." But was continually, and graphically, having Spielberg and Lucas rape Indiana going too far?
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 10 Oct 2008 | 2:50 pm

Loonie falls 2.4 cents in early trading despite good economic news

TORONTO - Dropping oil prices and economic instability knocked the stuffing out of the loonie Friday, dragging down the currency to one of its biggest daily losses ever. The Canadian...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 10 Oct 2008 | 2:50 pm

Iraq: 8 Dead, 22 Wounded in Car Bombing

Police say 8 dead, 22 wounded in car bombing of southwestern Baghdad market.
Source: ABC News: International | 10 Oct 2008 | 2:49 pm

Global troubleshooter Ahtisaari wins Nobel Peace Prize

OSLO (AFP) - The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to former Finnish president Martti Ahtisaari, who has spent 30 years helping end conflicts in troublespots ranging from Kosovo to Namibia and Indonesia.
Source: AFP - Wire stories | 10 Oct 2008 | 2:49 pm

Blast hits Pakistan anti-insurgent group

A suicide bomber attacked an anti-insurgent group in a northwest Pakistan tribal area, killing at least 20 people, an official and a tribal elder said
Source: MSNBC.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 10 Oct 2008 | 2:48 pm

Iraq: 8 dead, 22 wounded in Baghdad car bombing

Iraqi police say eight people have been killed after a car bomb struck a market in a Shiite enclave in southwestern Baghdad. Police say 22 people have been wounded in Friday's blast....
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 10 Oct 2008 | 2:48 pm

Walgreen Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Rein retires

Drugstore chain Walgreen Co. said Friday Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Rein has retired from the company after 26 years.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 10 Oct 2008 | 2:47 pm

Space Tourist Braves Dangerous Ship

For $30 million, Richard Garriott gets two weeks in space and a risky ride home.
Source: ABC News: International | 10 Oct 2008 | 2:46 pm

Global troubleshooter Ahtisaari wins Nobel Peace Prize (AFP)

AFP - The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to former Finnish president Martti Ahtisaari, who has spent 30 years helping end conflicts in troublespots ranging from Kosovo to Namibia and Indonesia.

Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 10 Oct 2008 | 2:46 pm

Investors Look For Bottom To Stocks' Plunge

As U.S. and global markets continue to plunge, President Bush says the U.S. government's financial rescue plan is aggressive and big enough but will take time to work. Analysts seem to agree that at this point, the sell-off in the stock market is driven by emotion.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 10 Oct 2008 | 2:43 pm

An Interview with McCain and Obama (In the Year 2012)

Prologue: I have a time machine.
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 10 Oct 2008 | 2:40 pm

Ottawa buying $25-billion in mortgage pools

The federal government's move is designed to backstop Canadian banks' capacity to lend money – an acknowledgment that not even the country's strong system is immune to the global financial crisis
Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 10 Oct 2008 | 2:39 pm

Business lending tightens across Canada

Bank of Canada publicizes survey for the first time since it began in 1999
Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 10 Oct 2008 | 2:37 pm

Iceland for Sale -- Collect in Person

Iceland offered for sale as a wholesale lot on eBay on Friday.
Source: ABC News: International | 10 Oct 2008 | 2:36 pm

More prison time for sprinter

Montgomery sentenced Friday to five years on heroine charges
Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 10 Oct 2008 | 2:35 pm

Hong Kong: Boy sick after drinking tainted milk

A 10-year-old boy in Hong Kong has suffered from kidney stones after drinking Chinese-made milk tainted with the industrial chemical ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 10 Oct 2008 | 2:34 pm

U.S. space tourist confident ahead of blast-off

Richard Garriott, a U.S. space tourist due to travel to space on a Russian spaceship on Sunday, said he was unfazed by the prospect of a bumpy ride back to Earth, saying he expected to land safely.

Source: MSNBC.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 10 Oct 2008 | 2:34 pm

Police kill 2 in Kashmir protests

Police shot and killed two people and at least four protesters were wounded, as thousands of Muslims took to the streets of Indian ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 10 Oct 2008 | 2:33 pm

France markets arms to Iraq

France, which famously opposed the Iraq war, is in talks to resume sales of military equipment to Baghdad for the first time ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 10 Oct 2008 | 2:30 pm

Linux at 17 - What Windows promised to be

Linux has come a long way in those intervening 17 years, which are a bit like dog years with respect to how computer technology (both hardware and software) moves at an accelerated pace compared to other technologies and areas of the economy. It is hard to say if Linux is middle-aged or not, since the successors to OS/360 are still around...
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 10 Oct 2008 | 2:30 pm

McCain missing the mark with Hispanics (AP)

AP - Cindy Florez can't always remember the name of the man who will get her vote for president, but she knows his party and that's enough.

Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 10 Oct 2008 | 2:25 pm

Pressure on G7 leaders as Wall St. erratic at open (Reuters)

Reuters - Leaders of the world's leading economies confronted a financial system in shambles on Friday as they gathered in Washington with panic selling in the stock markets, credit frozen solid and the world teetering on recession.

Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 10 Oct 2008 | 2:24 pm

Israeli city 'calm' after riots

Extra Israeli police are deployed to Acre as a tense calm returns after two days of rioting involving Jews and Israeli Arabs.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 10 Oct 2008 | 2:24 pm

N. Korean media reports leader's comments on anniversary+

(Kyodo) _ North Korean media on Friday made the unusual move of reporting North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's comments from a month ago, as the country's ruling party marked the 63rd...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 10 Oct 2008 | 2:23 pm

NATO: Troops to Hit Afghan Drug Operations

NATO ministers agree troops can hit drug facilities financing Afghan insurgency.
Source: ABC News: International | 10 Oct 2008 | 2:22 pm

Tim Montgomery gets five years for heroin

Former track star Tim Montgomery has been sentenced to five years in prison on heroin charges in Virginia.

Source: MSNBC.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 10 Oct 2008 | 2:22 pm

NATO agrees on Afghan drug role for military

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) -- NATO defense ministers Friday authorized their troops in Afghanistan to attack drug barons blamed for pumping up to US$100 million (euro74 million) a year into the coffers of resurgent Taliban fighters....
Source: AP Top International News At 11:30 ... | 10 Oct 2008 | 2:22 pm

Former Finnish Prez Wins Nobel Peace Prize

Finland's former President Ahtisaari wins Nobel Peace Prize.
Source: ABC News: International | 10 Oct 2008 | 2:21 pm

Finland's Martti Ahtisaari wins Nobel Peace Prize

OSLO, Norway (AP) -- Finland's ex-president Martti Ahtisaari won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his efforts to build a lasting peace from Africa and Asia to Europe and the Middle East....
Source: AP Top International News At 11:30 ... | 10 Oct 2008 | 2:21 pm

Carpenter builds upon scary success in 'Quarantine'

Jennifer Carpenter scored a surprise hit with her first starring role - 2005's horror film "The Exorcism of Emily Rose." She's ready to ratchet up...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 10 Oct 2008 | 2:18 pm

Bush poised to talk about economic crisis

WASHINGTON - President Bush is ready to make a statement to the nation about the crisis in the credit markets that has caused substantial sell-offs on Wall Street. Bush...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 10 Oct 2008 | 2:18 pm

EU verifies Russia's withdrawal

Russian forces have fully withdrawn from buffer zones adjoining Georgia's breakaway regions, the EU says.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 10 Oct 2008 | 2:17 pm

Global mediator Ahtisaari wins Nobel Peace Prize

OSLO (Reuters) - Finland's former president Martti Ahtisaari won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for a decades-long career of peacemaking around the world from Namibia to Kosovo.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 10 Oct 2008 | 2:16 pm

Dr. Dog a healthy treat

Dr. Dog's just another band ripping off the classics. The Philadelphia five-piece - which plays a sold-out Middle East tonight - lifts harmonies from the Beach...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 10 Oct 2008 | 2:14 pm

European markets plunge amid massive selloffs

London exchange recovers slightly after falling early to its lowest level in five years. One analyst blames 'blind, panicked selling.'

LONDON -- The massive stock selloff that started in Asia today hit Europe with a vengeance as all the region's major stock markets recorded sharp losses almost from the first minute of trading.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 10 Oct 2008 | 2:14 pm

U.S. consumers lose faith in Fed, financial system

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The credit crisis has shattered U.S. consumers' faith in financial institutions, including a stunning loss of confidence in the Federal Reserve, and that is likely to trigger the biggest drop in consumer spending in more than three decades and a deep recession, according to a survey released on Friday.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 10 Oct 2008 | 2:13 pm

My crotchety grandmother, deciphered

She was cold and cranky - it was hate at first sight. But the more I learn, the more I find her fascinating
Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 10 Oct 2008 | 2:10 pm

Suicide blast kills 15 anti-Taliban tribesmen in Pakistan

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) - A suicide bomber killed at least 15 people when he blew himself up at a meeting of anti-Taliban tribal leaders in a Pakistani region on the Afghan border.
Source: AFP - Wire stories | 10 Oct 2008 | 2:09 pm

HONK! if you love street bands

Get ready for a brassier Honkfest to turn up the volume in Somerville's Davis Square this weekend. The event that launched a thousand brass blasts continues to grow...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 10 Oct 2008 | 2:06 pm

Russia's Putin gets tiger cub for his birthday

There's no doubt what Vladimir Putin's favorite birthday present is this year — a rare Ussuri tiger cub.

Source: MSNBC.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 10 Oct 2008 | 2:06 pm

Pakistan condemn US strikes in border regions

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - U.S. missile attacks on suspected militants in Pakistan's northwest near Afghanistan are destabilizing the country and "helping the terrorists,"...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 10 Oct 2008 | 2:05 pm

CORRECTED: Dow briefly slips below 8,000+

(Kyodo) _ Panic selling continued to hit Wall Street on early Friday morning amid the growing global financial crisis, sending the Dow Jones index briefly slipping below 8,000. The...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 10 Oct 2008 | 2:05 pm

Detroit 3 put focus on fuel efficiency

DETROIT - Domestic automakers have retooled their marketing messages and are taking aim, when possible, at Honda and Toyota, in an attempt to change public perceptions of...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 10 Oct 2008 | 2:01 pm

Deer season off with a bang

BENNINGTON, Vt. - Vermont's archery deer season is off to a quick start, with 106 deer bagged in the first five days of the season. The season started Oct. 4. ...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 10 Oct 2008 | 1:59 pm

'Married' not engaging

In case you aren't sufficiently annoyed by the real weddings you can't wiggle out of, meet Rachel Buchman (Rosemarie DeWitt of "Mad Men") and her problem-child...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 10 Oct 2008 | 1:58 pm

Pressure on G7 leaders as Wall St. tanks at open

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Leaders of the world's leading economies confronted a financial system in shambles on Friday as they gathered in Washington with panic selling in the stock markets, credit frozen solid and the world teetering on recession.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 10 Oct 2008 | 1:57 pm

Pressure piles on G7 leaders for action

IMF readies bailouts as finance ministers, central bankers gather in Washington
Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 10 Oct 2008 | 1:57 pm

Mass. police looking for thief targeting churches

QUINCY - Quincy police are looking for a thief who has been targeting city churches. Purses, cash and other items have been taken in thefts from seven churches, and there...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 10 Oct 2008 | 1:56 pm

Oil prices plummet to a one-year low

Oil prices plummeted to a one-year low below $83 a barrel Friday in European trading amid investor fears of a severe global economic downturn.

Source: MSNBC.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 10 Oct 2008 | 1:56 pm

Dow slips below 9,000+

(Kyodo) _ Panic selling continued to hit Wall Street on early Friday morning amid the growing global financial crisis, sending the Dow Jones index slipping below 8,000. The 30-issue...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 10 Oct 2008 | 1:55 pm

Art mirrors life in 'Days'

Silvio Soldini's "Days and Clouds" tells the harrowing tale of a middle-aged Italian couple's sudden descent into financial ruin, despair, resentment,...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 10 Oct 2008 | 1:53 pm

Russia's Putin Given Rare Baby Tiger for 56th Birthday

There's no doubt what Vladimir Putin's favorite birthday present is this year — a rare Ussuri tiger cub.
Source: FOXNews.com | 10 Oct 2008 | 1:44 pm

A Juvenile Delinquent After My Own Heart! (PIC)

He's gonna be thinking long and hard about what he's done...
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 10 Oct 2008 | 1:40 pm

Apple Teases New Notebook, Rumored Under $1,000

Apple on Thursday sent out press invitations with the tease, The spotlight turns to notebooks -- and all signs are pointing toward the launch of a sub-$1,000 Mac notebook.
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 10 Oct 2008 | 1:40 pm

Finland's Martti Ahtisaari wins Nobel Peace Prize

Finland's ex-president Martti Ahtisaari received the Nobel Peace Prize today for his efforts to build a lasting peace from Africa and Asia to Europe and the Middle East.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 10 Oct 2008 | 1:20 pm

Somali pirates release 20 Filipino seamen

MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- Somali pirates freed 20 Filipino seamen from a hijacked ship they held for more than 80 days, officials said Friday, as the government doubled the pay of sailors passing through pirate-infested international waters....
Source: AP Top International News At 11:30 ... | 10 Oct 2008 | 1:17 pm

Some 32,000 people have arrived in Yemen this year after being smuggled across the Gulf of Aden from Somalia

A boat loaded with immigrants sails through the Gulf of Aden in 2002. The United Nations refugee agency says smugglers forced more than 130 people overboard on a boat carrying migrants from Somalia to...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 10 Oct 2008 | 1:15 pm

Wall St. woes spur new patterns on Main St.

GRAPEVINE, Texas (Reuters) - At one intersection of Wall Street and Main Street, retailers and shoppers say America's economic woes are spurring new patterns in consumer behavior.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 10 Oct 2008 | 1:14 pm

Union Leader Confronts Race Issue In Campaign

A top labor leader is making an unusually blunt pitch to working-class white voters in key battleground states. Richard Trumka, secretary-treasurer of the AFL-CIO, urges members to ignore race and vote for Barack Obama.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 10 Oct 2008 | 1:03 pm

U.N.: Migrants Forced Overboard Near Yemen

The U.N. refugee agency says 100 migrants are feared drowned after being forced overboard by smugglers in the Gulf of Aden.
Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 10 Oct 2008 | 1:00 pm

Pakistani tribesmen dance as they gather for a 2005 meeting in South Waziristan

Pakistani tribesmen dance as they gather for a 2005 meeting in South Waziristan. A suicide bomber killed at least 15 people when he blew himself up at a meeting of anti-Taliban tribal leaders close to...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 10 Oct 2008 | 12:36 pm

Liquidity Crisis Hampers Financial Rebound

One crucial element in understanding and fixing the financial crisis is liquidity. The waterfall of cash that buoyed the global economy in recent years has gone dry. Getting capital flowing again is proving to be an enormous, and so far unsuccessful, challenge.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 10 Oct 2008 | 12:33 pm

Buffett overtakes Gates to top new Forbes list: report

(Reuters) - Warren Buffett has overtaken Bill Gates to become the richest American in the Forbes 400 list, Bloomberg said, citing a recalculated list to be published later this month.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 10 Oct 2008 | 12:24 pm

North Korea and U.S. near nuclear deal: reports

SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) - The United States and North Korea are near a compromise to save a crumbling nuclear deal, news reports said on Friday, while Japan said it could accept rewarding the North by taking it off a U.S. terrorism blacklist.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 10 Oct 2008 | 12:19 pm

Britain's Finance Minister: Fix Must Be Global Effort

Many of the world's financial leaders are meeting in Washington, D.C., to discuss how to restore something that has turned out to be easy to lose and hard to get back: confidence in the financial markets. Britain's Alistair Darling says governments around the world will have to work together to end the crisis and stop it from happening again.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 10 Oct 2008 | 12:15 pm

Global Investors Panic, Stocks Plummet

A massive sell-off on Wall Street and escalating fears of a global recession has sent global markets plunging, with Japan's benchmark index dropping more than 10 percent.
Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 10 Oct 2008 | 12:00 pm

Obama opens 5-point lead on McCain

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama has opened a 5-point lead over Republican rival John McCain in the White House race and expanded his support among women voters, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released Friday.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 10 Oct 2008 | 12:00 pm

Financial Meltdown

The stock price monitor shows today's result at a private security company Friday, Oct. 10, 2008, in Shanghai, China. Chinese shares dropped Friday for a fifth day, adding to Asian losses as financials...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 10 Oct 2008 | 11:53 am

McCain again raises Obama's ties with 1970s radical

WAUKESHA, Wisconsin (Reuters) - Trailing in opinion polls, Republican presidential nominee John McCain pressed his effort to raise doubts about Barack Obama's character on Thursday with a fresh attack on his Democratic rival's contacts with a former radical who became a college professor.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 10 Oct 2008 | 11:42 am

U.S. weighs backing bank debt, deposits: reports

SYDNEY (Reuters) - The U.S. government is weighing guaranteeing billions of dollars in bank debt and temporarily insuring al U.S. bank deposits, in a bid to unfreeze bank lending and staunch massive losses in equity markets, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 10 Oct 2008 | 11:22 am

Finland's Martti Ahtisaari Wins 2008 Nobel Peace Prize

Finland's ex-president Martti Ahtisaari received the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his efforts to build a lasting peace from Africa and Asia to Europe and the Middle East.
Source: FOXNews.com | 10 Oct 2008 | 11:12 am

22 Die in Thailand Bus Crash

At least 22 killed, 2 dozen injured in Thailand bus crash
Source: ABC News: International | 10 Oct 2008 | 10:57 am

UN: 100 migrants feared drowned off Yemen

GENEVA (AP) -- The U.N. refugee agency says 100 migrants are feared drowned after being forced overboard by smugglers in the Gulf of Aden....
Source: AP Top International News At 11:30 ... | 10 Oct 2008 | 10:55 am

Sources: US nears removing NKorea from terror list

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Bush administration is nearing a decision to remove North Korea from a terrorism blacklist and may do so as early as Friday in a bid to salvage faltering nuclear disarmament talks, The Associated Press has learned....
Source: AP Top International News At 11:30 ... | 10 Oct 2008 | 10:30 am

Martti Ahtisaari Wins Nobel Peace Prize

Martti Ahtisaari, a primary school teacher who joined Finland's Foreign Ministry in 1965 then went on to lead the country, has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his mediation between warring groups including Iraq's Shiites and Sunnis.
Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 10 Oct 2008 | 10:15 am

Serbs destroy a poster of UN envoy Martti Ahtisaari during a 2007 protest in Belgrade

Serbs destroy a poster of UN envoy Martti Ahtisaari during a 2007 protest in Belgrade. The Serbs were protesting against a UN plan for the future status of Kosovo. Ahtisaari -- who has helped mediate on...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 10 Oct 2008 | 10:12 am

The Norwegian Nobel Committee announce that Martti Ahtisaari has won the Nobel Peace Prize

Norwegian Nobel Committee chairman Ole Danbolt Mjoes (centre) announces that Martti Ahtisaari has won the Nobel Peace Prize. The Nobel Committee said Ahtisaari has helped bring peace to Aceh, Kosovo and...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 10 Oct 2008 | 10:12 am

Malik Mahmoud (left) and Jusuf Kalla (centre) listen to Martti Ahtisaari prior to talks in 2006

Free Aceh Movement (GAM) leader Malik Mahmoud (left) and Indonesia's Vice President Jusuf Kalla (centre) listen to UN envoy Martti Ahtisaari prior to talks in 2006.
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 10 Oct 2008 | 10:12 am

Martti Ahtisaari was Finland's first directly elected president in 1994

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to Martti Ahtisaari -- the UN special envoy for Kosovo.
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 10 Oct 2008 | 10:12 am

Martti Ahtisaari helped Finland join the European Union in 1995

Former Finnish president Martti Ahtisaari, seen here in 2007, has won the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize. Ahtisaari has helped mediate on conflict zones ranging from Kosovo to Indonesia.
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 10 Oct 2008 | 10:12 am

Aide says Dalai Lama's surgery ends successfully

NEW DELHI (AP) -- Surgeons successfully removed gallstones from the Dalai Lama on Friday, an operation that will not prevent the Tibetan spiritual leader from traveling again by the end of the month, a top aide said....
Source: AP Top International News At 11:30 ... | 10 Oct 2008 | 10:06 am

A pedestrian looks at a Hang Seng index monitor in Hong Kong

A pedestrian looks at a Hang Seng index monitor in Hong Kong. In the face of a growing financial firestorm finance chiefs from the Group of Seven nations were due to meet in Washington on Friday in search...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 10 Oct 2008 | 10:06 am

George W. Bush

US President George W. Bush speaks on the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 in Chantilly, Virginia on October 7. In the face of a growing financial firestorm finance chiefs from the Group of...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 10 Oct 2008 | 10:06 am

Finland's Martti Ahtisaari Wins Nobel Peace Prize

The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced Friday that Finland's former president, Martti Ahtisaari, has won the Nobel Peace Prize. He was cited for his long career of peace mediation work including a 2005 accord between Indonesia and rebels in its Aceh province.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 10 Oct 2008 | 10:00 am

Pakistanis Flee Military Crackdown On The Taliban

Thousands of Pakistanis are fleeing to Afghanistan to avoid a military launch against the Taliban. Pakistani soldiers are going door-to-door in the area demanding that Afghan refugees, many of whom have lived in Pakistan for decades, go back to Afghanistan as well. Afghan officials question how many more refugees they can house and feed in the midst of a food shortage.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 10 Oct 2008 | 10:00 am

Investors Looking For Safety Abandon Mutual Funds

Wall Street's meltdown is taking a huge toll on U.S.-managed mutual funds. Last month, investors pulled a record $72 billion from those funds and looked for safer places to stash their cash.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 10 Oct 2008 | 10:00 am

7 protest leaders freed from custody in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- Seven leaders of a protest movement seeking to unseat Thailand's government were freed from police custody Friday just hours after turning themselves in on criminal charges, as other opponents of the prime minister called for his resignation or a military coup....
Source: AP Top International News At 11:30 ... | 10 Oct 2008 | 9:24 am

China: 2nd Lawsuit Filed in Bad Milk Scandal

Migrant worker files 2nd lawsuit against dairy company in tainted milk scandal.
Source: ABC News: International | 10 Oct 2008 | 9:22 am

Second lawsuit filed in tainted milk scandal

BEIJING (AP) -- A second lawsuit has been filed against a Chinese dairy company at the heart of the tainted milk crisis, an attorney said Friday, as more than 10,000 children remained hospitalized after drinking milk powder laced with an industrial chemical....
Source: AP Top International News At 11:30 ... | 10 Oct 2008 | 9:12 am

Doctors Remove Gallstone From Dalai Lama

Surgeons have successfully removed a gallstone from the Dalai Lama just days after doctors had cleared the Tibetan spiritual leader during a medical checkup, a spokesman says.
Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 10 Oct 2008 | 9:10 am

Thai protest leaders granted bail, vow new rallies

BANGKOK (AFP) - Leaders of Thai anti-government protests were granted bail Friday after surrendering to police and immediately vowed new rallies, raising fears of mounting turmoil days after deadly street clashes.
Source: AFP - Wire stories | 10 Oct 2008 | 8:03 am

Asian markets plunge after huge Wall Street losses

Japan's Nikkei stock average falls 9.6% to 8,276, the worst one-day loss since the crash in 1987.

SHANGHAI — Panic swept Asian markets today on the heels of Wall Street's selloff, as Japan's stock index plunged nearly 10% and shares throughout the region tumbled.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 10 Oct 2008 | 7:55 am

Obama warns against fear and panic as stocks tumble

PORTSMOUTH, Ohio (AFP) - Democratic White House front-runner Barack Obama warned against "fear or panic" and called for quick action on the Wall Street bailout after world stocks went into free-fall.
Source: AFP - Wire stories | 10 Oct 2008 | 7:44 am

Obama Sees New Mexico As Must-Win State

New Mexico's Hispanic voters helped put George Bush in the White House in 2004. Barack Obama's supporters are out in force to try to keep the state from going Republican again in 2008.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 10 Oct 2008 | 7:27 am

Nightmare on Wall Street

The Dow suffers its biggest one-day percentage loss in more than two decades.

The fear gripping the stock market escalated Thursday as panicky investors pushed the Dow Jones industrial average to its biggest one-day percentage loss in more than two decades and worries grew that efforts to ease the global credit crisis wouldn't work.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 10 Oct 2008 | 7:00 am

Phillies' power surge stuns Dodgers

Chase Utley and Pat Burrell homer in the sixth inning to lift Philadelphia to the Game 1 win.

PHILADELPHIA -- For the first time this October, the Dodgers showered and dressed in silence.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 10 Oct 2008 | 7:00 am

L.A. tax measures could be a tough sell on Nov. 4

With so much economic uncertainty, voters are telling politicians they're unsure they can handle an additional financial burden.

With rising unemployment, falling home values and a sinking stock market, four Los Angeles city and county tax increases on the Nov. 4 ballot have become a tougher sell than some of their backers envisioned a few months ago.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 10 Oct 2008 | 7:00 am

Former gang member is first to be taken off injunction list by L.A.

The unidentified person completes a new removal petition process. City Atty. Rocky Delgadillo says 'those who reform need a second chance.'

For the first time ever, the Los Angeles city attorney's office has removed a former gang member from one of its numerous gang injunctions, which cover more than 11,000 people.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 10 Oct 2008 | 7:00 am

Making math uncool is hurting America, report says

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans may like to make fun of girls who are good at math, but this attitude is robbing the country of some of its best talent, researchers reported on Friday.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 10 Oct 2008 | 5:57 am

Afghanistan Facing "Downward Spiral"

The situation in Afghanistan now is the worst since the U.S.-led invasion of 2001 and the country is in danger of a "downward spiral" into violence and chaos, according to an intelligence report draft.
Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 10 Oct 2008 | 5:30 am

U.S. Missile Strike Suspected In Pakistan

A suspected U.S. missile strike targeted two areas in a Pakistani tribal region near the Afghanistan border on Thursday, killing at least nine people, Pakistani intelligence officials said.
Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 10 Oct 2008 | 4:30 am

U.S., N. Korea Reportedly Make Nuke Deal

The United States and North Korea have agreed on a compromise to get the communist nation to resume dismantling its nuclear program, a news report said Friday.
Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:30 am

Palin flummoxed by question on Alaska's oil exports

WASHINGTON - Alaska Governor and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, promoted by Republican presidential nominee John McCain as his expert on energy, seemed to have problems yesterday explaining whether the government bans oil...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 10 Oct 2008 | 1:35 am

Asian Markets Waiver on Economic Worries, Dow Futures Down

Asian markets plunge as bailouts in U.S., Europe fail to ease fears.
Source: ABC News: International | 10 Oct 2008 | 1:18 am

Dalai Lama hospitalised

NEW DELHI - The Dalai Lama has been hospitalised in New Delhi just days after a medical check-up cleared the Tibetan spiritual leader to resume foreign travel. His spokesman, Tenzin Taklha, said early today that the Dalai Lama...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 9 Oct 2008 | 11:54 pm

Palin's family ties include Princess Diana

WASHINGTON US vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin has a family connection to Britain's Princess Diana. Roosevelt is Palin's ninth cousin once removed. Their common ancestor is Rev. John Lothrop, who came to Massachusetts...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 9 Oct 2008 | 11:12 pm

Libya Starts Paying U.S. Terror Victims

Libya has started making payments into a nearly $2 billion fund to compensate the families of American victims of Libyan-linked terror attacks in the 1980s, the State Department said.
Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 9 Oct 2008 | 11:00 pm

Oh, joy! EU Parliament formalises EU anthem

BRUSSELS - What do you think about when you hear Beethoven's Ode to Joy ? Bureaucrats in Brussels? Long-winded lawmakers? No? Well, maybe you should. New life was breathed into plans to make Ode to Joy , the fourth movement...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 9 Oct 2008 | 10:13 pm

French Novelist Awarded Nobel Literature Prize

French novelist Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio has been awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize for literature. Antoine Compagnon, a professor of French Literature at Columbia University, says there are two periods in Le Clezio's work: it was more experimental in the 1960s and '70s, and later it featured traveling and exoticism.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 9 Oct 2008 | 10:08 pm

Treasury Plan For Capital Injections Examined

The White House says the Treasury Department is "actively considering" capital injections into troubled banks. David McCormick, the undersecretary for international affairs at the Department, says the move is different from nationalization because the government would be a minority shareholder in the institutions.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 9 Oct 2008 | 8:49 pm

Fresh al Qaeda concerns

There is real danger Islamic extremist groups such as al Qaeda and Hizbollah could form alliances with powerful Latin American drug lords to launch terrorist attacks, United States officials said. Extremist group operatives have...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 9 Oct 2008 | 8:15 pm

Slowing up to save whales

To save a slow-moving species of whale that lives along the Atlantic coast, the United States Government is telling ships to slow down from December. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration yesterday issued a 18.5km/h...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 9 Oct 2008 | 7:15 pm

Live fish pedicures banned in Texas

Texas has banned fish pedicures, meaning salon customers can no longer enjoy the pleasure of hundreds of small fish nibbling away dead skin from their feet. The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation said it was concerned...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 9 Oct 2008 | 6:15 pm

Not enough digits on clock to record US$10 trillion debt

NEW YORK - In a sign of the times, the National Debt Clock in New York City has run out of digits to record the growing figure. As a short-term fix, the digital dollar sign on the billboard-style clock near Times Square has been...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 9 Oct 2008 | 6:00 pm

Libya, Iran: OPEC Eyeing Early Meeting on Oil Slump

Libya's oil chief called on oil producing nations to cut output and, along with Iran, said OPEC was thinking about holding an emergency meeting next month to tackle the slump in global crude prices.
Source: FOXNews.com | 9 Oct 2008 | 5:35 pm

Lie detector suggestion for US candidates

Two challengers for an Indiana congressional seat have agreed to be hooked up to lie detectors during a debate, but an official with the incumbent's Democratic Party dismisses the idea as "bizarre". Ninth District Republican Party...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 9 Oct 2008 | 5:15 pm

Blasts Aimed at Pakistan Police Kill 10, Wound 4

Bombings killed 10 people and wounded at least four in Pakistan on Thursday, including an attack in a police complex in the capital the same day lawmakers huddled for a private briefing on the militant threat facing the country.
Source: FOXNews.com | 9 Oct 2008 | 4:55 pm

Administration ponders ownership stakes in banks

WASHINGTON -- News that the Bush administration is considering taking part ownership in a number of U.S. banks helped restore a relative calm over global financial markets today.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 9 Oct 2008 | 4:54 pm

Robbery by Blue Bunny, Gun-Toting Buddy Backfires

A man dressed in a blue bunny costume and an accomplice toting a shotgun were arrested after a failed attempt to rob a currency exchange office in Sweden, The Local reported Thursday.
Source: FOXNews.com | 9 Oct 2008 | 4:38 pm

Norbert Weakens to Category 3 Storm

Hurricane Norbert weakened to a Category 3 storm early Thursday as it lumbers on a path expected to take it to Mexico's southern Baja California peninsula over the weekend.
Source: FOXNews.com | 9 Oct 2008 | 4:05 pm

McCain targets Obama's background

After forgoing character attacks during the second presidential debate, Republican John McCain sought yesterday to sow doubt about Democrat Barack Obama's background and character. Obama, meanwhile, accused the McCain campaign of...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 9 Oct 2008 | 4:00 pm

Politician Spent Gov't $ Using Fortunetellers as Advisers

A Norwegian Labor Party politician took voluntary sick leave Thursday and said she wouldn't seek re-election after running up big phone bills at Parliament's expense by turning to an unusual set of advisers: fortunetellers.
Source: FOXNews.com | 9 Oct 2008 | 3:06 pm

Animal Rights Groups Furious Over Cat-Eating Festival

Animal rights groups are up in arms over an annual festival in Peru that serves up hundreds of fried cats to locals.
Source: FOXNews.com | 9 Oct 2008 | 2:15 pm

Driver Puts Out Lit Cigarette in Officer's Eye Over Ticket

An angry driver in Canada extinguished a lit cigarette in the eye of a police officer writing him a parking ticket on Tuesday, the Vancouver Sun reported.
Source: FOXNews.com | 9 Oct 2008 | 2:01 pm