Bomb attack hits Somali capital

A policeman and 13 civilians are killed in a suicide bomb attack in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, officials say.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 24 Jan 2009 | 12:09 pm

Obama aims to ink $825bln stimulus within a month

WASHINGTON, Jan 24, 2009 (AFP) - President Barack Obama said on Saturday he hoped to sign his 825-billion-dollar economic stimulus plan into law in less than a month, expressing confidence the US will emerge more prosperous than ever.
Source: AFP - Wire stories | 24 Jan 2009 | 12:06 pm

Obama: Economy plan means lower power bills

President Barack Obama on Saturday laid out more pieces of an economic plan he says would add 3,000 miles of electrical lines and double the United States' renewable energy capacity within three years.

Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 24 Jan 2009 | 12:04 pm

Obama pushes recovery plan (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama launched a drive on Friday to get his $825 billion economic recovery plan through Congress, predicting lawmakers would resolve differences before a mid-February deadline.

Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 24 Jan 2009 | 12:04 pm

Obama pushes recovery plan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama launched a drive on Friday to get his $825 billion economic recovery plan through Congress, predicting lawmakers would resolve differences before a mid-February deadline.
Source: Reuters: Top News | 24 Jan 2009 | 12:04 pm

IRAQ VIOLENCE

Relatives gather near the bodies of a Sunni family killed by gunmen at a morgue in Baqouba, 60 kilometers (35 miles) northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Jan. 24, 2009. The gunmen stormed the al-Karawi...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 24 Jan 2009 | 12:04 pm

Pope lifts excommunications of 4 bishops

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI has lifted the excommunications of four bishops consecrated without papal consent 20 years ago by the late French ultraconservative Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, the Vatican announced Saturday....
Source: AP Top International News At 7:05 a... | 24 Jan 2009 | 12:03 pm

Under Obama, US-China ties may face shaky start

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has said no nation is more important to the United States than China. But ties between the two powers may be off to...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 24 Jan 2009 | 12:02 pm

Gaza children back to school amid cease-fire

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Tens of thousands of children wearing uniforms and carrying satchels flocked back to schools in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, days after Israel ended...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 24 Jan 2009 | 12:00 pm

N. Korean leader's eldest son dismisses interest in successor issue+

(Kyodo) _ Kim Jong Nam, the eldest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, said in Beijing on Saturday that the question of who takes over the country's top post is up to his father and...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 24 Jan 2009 | 11:59 am

Missiles rain on al-Qaeda area, killing 18

ISLAMABAD - Suspected U.S. missiles killed 18 people on the Pakistan side of the Afghan border yesterday, security officials said, the first attacks on the al-Qaeda stronghold...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 24 Jan 2009 | 11:58 am

Gaza Strip smuggling tunnels rebuilt

RAFAH, Gaza Strip - Workers have started rebuilding and using the sophisticated network of smuggling tunnels targeted by Israel in its three-week offensive, smugglers said. ...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 24 Jan 2009 | 11:58 am

Obama pitches his plan to reverse economic slide

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Saturday laid out more pieces of an economic plan he says would add 3,000 miles of electrical lines, increase security at 90 ports and...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 24 Jan 2009 | 11:57 am

4 bolts may have broken at once in Oita shipyard gangway accident+

(Kyodo) _ All of the four bolts holding a hook that connected a gangway, which collapsed Friday at a shipyard in Oita, with a ship may have broken at the same time, local police and labor
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 24 Jan 2009 | 11:57 am

President Obama overturns international abortion-funding ban

WASHINGTON - President Obama yesterday struck down the Bush administration's ban on giving federal money to international groups that perform abortions or provide abortion...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 24 Jan 2009 | 11:55 am

Australia's thrill for the grill

Nick Bryant reflects on why the barbecue is a national pastime for many people down under.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 24 Jan 2009 | 11:52 am

The national hero dividing Germans

From Stuttgart, Dan Payne explores the debate stirred up by the release of the Tom Cruise film Valkyrie.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 24 Jan 2009 | 11:52 am

Obama hopes to sign stimulus plan in less than a month (AFP)

AFP - President Barack Obama said on Saturday he hopes to sign his 825-billion-dollar economic stimulus plan into law in less than a month, expressing confidence the US will emerge more prosperous than ever.

Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 24 Jan 2009 | 11:51 am

Migrants escape on Italian island

Hundreds of illegal immigrants on an Italian island break out of a detention centre which has been criticised by the UN.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 24 Jan 2009 | 11:48 am

Judge allows bail for Mass. church fire defendants

SPRINGFIELD - A U.S. district judge says three Massachusetts men accused of burning a black church hours after the election of President Barack Obama may be released on bail...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 24 Jan 2009 | 11:47 am

Gaza recovery in doubt as Israel pressures Hamas

GAZA (Reuters) - Israel dismissed on Friday international calls for a full reopening of border crossings with the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, leaving a shaky ceasefire and post-war reconstruction in doubt.
Source: Reuters: Top News | 24 Jan 2009 | 11:46 am

Texas board moves closer to new science standards

The State Board of Education moved a step closer to dropping a 20-year-old science curriculum requirement that critics say is used to undermine the theory of evolution.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 24 Jan 2009 | 11:46 am

Children of war

The scars left behind when the carnage ceases
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 24 Jan 2009 | 11:43 am

Mayor says car bomb kills 15 in Somali capital

The mayor of Mogadishu says a car-bomb attack near an African Union peacekeepers' base killed 15 civilians in the Somali capital.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 24 Jan 2009 | 11:40 am

Obama pitches his plan to reverse economic slide (AP)

AP - President Barack Obama on Saturday laid out more pieces of an economic plan he says would add 3,000 miles of electrical lines, increase security at 90 ports and double the United States' renewable energy capacity within three years.

Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 24 Jan 2009 | 11:40 am

Utah Jazz owner Larry Miller has legs amputated below knees

Longtime Utah Jazz owner Larry H. Miller's legs were amputated 6 inches below the knee on Friday. Jazz spokesman Jonathan Rinehart said Friday's surgery was the result of complications from Type 2 diabetes.

Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 24 Jan 2009 | 11:40 am

Now Hip-Hop, Too, Is Made in China

Home-grown rap, an avenue of self-expression for young Chinese, cannot get broadcast but its fan base is growing.

Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 24 Jan 2009 | 11:40 am

Hudson River pilot set for hero's homecoming

Friends and neighbors of the pilot who safely landed a crippled jetliner in New York's Hudson River planned to give him a hero's homecoming on Saturday.

Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 24 Jan 2009 | 11:39 am

Senegal clinic leads fight to wipe out leprosy

DAKAR (AFP) - Senegal's sole leprosy clinic bears witness to the will of the world's poorest continent to wipe out a disfiguring disease that once struck terror in human hearts and spelt misery and excommunication.
Source: AFP - Wire stories | 24 Jan 2009 | 11:38 am

Pope lifts excommunications of 4 bishops

Pope Benedict XVI has lifted the excommunications of four bishops consecrated without papal consent 20 years ago by the late French ultraconservative Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, the...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 24 Jan 2009 | 11:35 am

Herm Edwards Is Out: The View From Kansas City - New York Times

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Pope rehabilitates Holocaust denier, angering Jews - Reuters

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India, Kazakhstan sign nuclear fuel deal+

(Kyodo) _ India signed an agreement with Kazakhstan on Saturday for the supply of uranium fuel for its nuclear plants, the Indian Foreign Ministry said. A memorandum of understanding...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 24 Jan 2009 | 11:33 am

French tennis stars on track at Australian Open

MELBOURNE (AFP) - Rusty triple champion Serena Williams booked an Australian Open fourth round clash with rising teen star Victoria Azarenka Saturday as the men's French revolution gathered pace.
Source: AFP - Wire stories | 24 Jan 2009 | 11:33 am

Iran presidential adviser offers conditions for dialogue with U.S.+

(Kyodo) _ A top adviser to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad offered on Saturday a set of conditions for realizing direct dialogue with the United States. Mojtaba Samareh-Hashemi...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 24 Jan 2009 | 11:32 am

Brewing up lofts in Jamaica Plain

Hop on over to Jamaica Plain's American Brewery Lofts and you'll find 40 available units priced between $259,900 and $649,900. Commonwealth Ventures and the...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 24 Jan 2009 | 11:31 am

Pope lifts excommunications of 4 bishops

Pope Benedict XVI has lifted the excommunications of four bishops consecrated without papal consent 20 years ago by the late French ultraconservative Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre. ...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 24 Jan 2009 | 11:30 am

Inauguration Music Actually Recorde Days Ago,Not Played Live

The somber, elegiac tones before President Obama’s oath of office at the inauguration on Tuesday came from the instruments of Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman and two colleagues. But what the millions on the National Mall and watching on television heard was in fact a recording, made two days earlier by the quartet.

Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 24 Jan 2009 | 11:30 am

Aetna Fires You From You Job Without Your Company's Approval

Richard O'Connor, the Vice President of Marketing for Aetna, might want to rethink how his department handles its customer retention program in this economy, particularly when it comes to telling people that they're still valued even though they've been let go.

Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 24 Jan 2009 | 11:30 am

Murray dominates to advance at Australian Open (AP)

AP - Andy Murray ran off 11 straight games in another dominating performance, overwhelming Jurgen Melzer 7-5, 6-0, 6-3 Saturday to reach the fourth round of the Australian Open.

Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 24 Jan 2009 | 11:29 am

Pope rehabilitates Holocaust denier, angering Jews

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict Saturday rehabilitated a traditionalist bishop who denies the Holocaust, despite warnings from Jewish leaders that it would seriously harm...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 24 Jan 2009 | 11:28 am

Gaza children back to school amid cease-fire

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Tens of thousands of children wearing uniforms and carrying satchels flocked back to schools in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, days after Israel ended its fierce military operation against the territory's militant Hamas rulers....
Source: AP Top International News At 7:05 a... | 24 Jan 2009 | 11:27 am

Gaza children back to school amid cease-fire (AP)

AP - Tens of thousands of children wearing uniforms and carrying satchels flocked back to schools in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, days after Israel ended its fierce military operation against the territory's militant Hamas rulers.

Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 24 Jan 2009 | 11:27 am

Repeat abortions among teenage girls have risen by 70%

The number of abortions performed on teenage girls who have had at least one before has risen by almost 70 per cent since 1991, fuelling fears that terminations are being carried out for lifestyle reasons.

Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 24 Jan 2009 | 11:20 am

Gaza children return to school - Aljazeera.net

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China hits back at U.S. in currency row (Reuters)

Reuters - China's central bank on Saturday said U.S. accusations that it was manipulating the yuan currency were misleading, a day after Beijing cautioned incoming Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to handle their ties with care.

Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 24 Jan 2009 | 11:16 am

China hits back at U.S. in currency row

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's central bank on Saturday said U.S. accusations that it was manipulating the yuan currency were misleading, a day after Beijing cautioned incoming Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to handle their ties with care.
Source: Reuters: Top News | 24 Jan 2009 | 11:16 am

LEAD: Indian premier undergoes coronary bypass surgery successfully+

(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING WITH END OF SURGERY) Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh underwent coronary bypass surgery successfully on Saturday in a procedure that lasted nearly eight ...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 24 Jan 2009 | 11:15 am

Suicide car bomb kills 14 in Mogadishu: witnesses

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A suicide car bomb aimed at African Union peacekeepers in the Somali capital missed its target and killed 14 civilians on Saturday, witnesses said.
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 24 Jan 2009 | 11:13 am

Gaza children back to school amid cease-fire

Tens of thousands of children wearing uniforms and carrying satchels flocked back to schools in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, days after Israel ended its fierce military operation against...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 24 Jan 2009 | 11:07 am

Report: Kim's son hints no decision on successor

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- The eldest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il indicated his father has not yet named a successor, a news report said Saturday....
Source: AP Top International News At 7:05 a... | 24 Jan 2009 | 11:05 am

Iraq asks Iran opposition group to move voluntary

BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraq will not forcibly expel members of an Iranian opposition group living north of Baghdad, but the the group is not wanted and the government has urged them to leave the country voluntarily, an Iraqi spokesman said Saturday....
Source: AP Top International News At 7:05 a... | 24 Jan 2009 | 11:04 am

Town giving a hero's welcome to Hudson River pilot (AP)

AP - Friends and neighbors of the pilot who safely landed a crippled jetliner in New York's Hudson River planned to give him a hero's homecoming on Saturday.

Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 24 Jan 2009 | 11:02 am

China Jittery About Obama Amid Signs of Harder Line - New York Times

Source: Google News | 24 Jan 2009 | 11:00 am

Report: Kim's son hints no decision on successor

The eldest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il indicated his father has not yet named a successor, a news report said Saturday.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 24 Jan 2009 | 10:58 am

Police Detains Two People Involved In Travolta ‘Scam’ - TopNews United States

Source: Google News | 24 Jan 2009 | 10:55 am

Bahamas probes alleged plot to extort Travolta (AP)

AP - Authorities in the Bahamas have charged an island lawmaker and detained two other people in an alleged plot to extort money from actor John Travolta after the death of his son, police said Friday.

Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 24 Jan 2009 | 10:54 am

Top chefs push Obama to improve food policy (AP)

AP - Visiting one of his favorite Chicago restaurants in November, Barack Obama was asked by an excited waitress if he wanted the restaurant's special margarita made with the finest ingredients, straight up and shaken at the table.

Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 24 Jan 2009 | 10:54 am

Afghan students back in class after acid attacks

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) -- Teenage girls in blue and green burqas pour into the schoolyard, where they pull off their coverings, stuff them in their book bags and head to class. It almost seems as if the acid attacks never happened....
Source: AP Top International News At 7:05 a... | 24 Jan 2009 | 10:53 am

Iraq asks Iran opposition group to move voluntary

Iraq will not forcibly expel members of an Iranian opposition group living north of Baghdad, but the the group is not wanted and the government has urged them to leave the country voluntarily, an Iraqi spokesman said Saturday.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 24 Jan 2009 | 10:53 am

Afghan students back in class after acid attacks (AP)

AP - Teenage girls in blue and green burqas pour into the schoolyard, where they pull off their coverings, stuff them in their book bags and head to class. It almost seems as if the acid attacks never happened.

Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 24 Jan 2009 | 10:53 am

The woman fell ill after visiting a poultry market

A customer (L) checks a chicken at a small market in the city of Kaili in China's southwest Guizhou province. A 31-year-old Chinese woman has died of bird flu, becoming the country's fourth victim of the...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 24 Jan 2009 | 10:53 am

The woman was China's third avian flu victim in seven days

A Chinese man holds his fighting cockeral on a street in the city of Kaili in China's southwest Guizhou province. A 31-year-old Chinese woman has died of bird flu, becoming the country's fourth victim...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 24 Jan 2009 | 10:53 am

Family survives Gaza war, returns to destruction

BEIT LAHIYA, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Mohammed Zayid returned to his northern Gaza neighborhood after the war to find nothing as it was....
Source: AP Top International News At 7:05 a... | 24 Jan 2009 | 10:53 am

Finnair pilots begin overtime ban

Hundreds of Finnair pilots began an overtime ban Saturday and warned of possible strikes, seeking to speed negotiations in a labor dispute.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 24 Jan 2009 | 10:52 am

Afghan girls return to school after acid attacks

Teenage girls in blue and green burqas pour into the schoolyard, where they pull off their coverings, stuff them in their book bags and head to class. It almost seems as if the acid attacks never happened.

Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 24 Jan 2009 | 10:50 am

US, Afghan villagers differ over 15 killed in raid

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The U.S. coalition said Saturday that an overnight raid killed 15 Taliban militants but village elders who quickly traveled to speak with government officials said the dead were all civilians....
Source: AP Top International News At 7:05 a... | 24 Jan 2009 | 10:48 am

Town giving a hero's welcome to Hudson River pilot

Friends and neighbors of the pilot who safely landed a crippled jetliner in New York's Hudson River planned to give him a hero's homecoming on Saturday.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 24 Jan 2009 | 10:47 am

Belgian prosecutors question man over stabbings

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -- Judicial authorities say they are questioning a 20-year-old man suspected of carrying out a bloody rampage at a day care center in western Belgium, stabbing two babies and a female worker to death and seriously injuring 12 other people....
Source: AP Top International News At 7:05 a... | 24 Jan 2009 | 10:44 am

Fierce storms hit western France

One million homes in south-west France are without power after the region's strongest storms for a decade.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 24 Jan 2009 | 10:44 am

Somali pirates free a chemical tanker

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Somali pirates have freed a Liberian-flagged chemical tanker and its 28 crew, a diplomat said Saturday....
Source: AP Top International News At 7:05 a... | 24 Jan 2009 | 10:40 am

Facebook group to CC all email to Home Secretary

A UK Facebook group plans to protest the government's consultation into further communications monitoring by cc'ing Home Secretary Jacqui Smith on every one of their emails.

Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 24 Jan 2009 | 10:40 am

Video games linked to poor relationships

Study shows gamers more likely to drink, smoke weed, ignore friends

Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 24 Jan 2009 | 10:40 am

Andy Murray overpowers Melzer in 3rd-round win

Andy Murray has reached the fourth round at the Australian Open.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 24 Jan 2009 | 10:34 am

A Hands-on Preview with GTA 4 DLC: The Lost and the Damned

A first look into new content from Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto 4, featuring new music, weapons (auto-shotgun, grenade launcher, pipe bombs), characters, television programming, Internet, and minigames, as well as new multiplayer modes and "superpeds". Motorcycles have also been tweaked so that they’re much easier to ride and harder to fall off of.

Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 24 Jan 2009 | 10:30 am

Songs can cue specific memories

Thinking about a particular song -- no matter if the music of your life was doo-wop or disco -- can cue vivid memories of the past, U.S. researchers found.

Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 24 Jan 2009 | 10:30 am

Murray cruises to win over Melzer

Andy Murray books a fourth-round meeting with Fernando Verdasco after a 7-5 6-0 6-3 win over Jurgen Melzer.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 24 Jan 2009 | 10:29 am

Burning embers fall on the school in Beit Lahia which was hit in by an Israeli strike a week ago

Palestinian civilians and medics running to safety during an Israeli strike on a UN school in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip on January 17. Some 200,000 Gaza children have returned to school for...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 24 Jan 2009 | 10:25 am

Boys playing football in the playground at a UN-run school in Beit Lahia

Palestinian schoolboys play during recess at a school run by UNRWA in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip. Some 200,000 Gaza children have returned to school for the first time since Israel's offensive,...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 24 Jan 2009 | 10:25 am

Three UN schools sheltering displaced families were hit during Israel's 22-day blitz

Palestinian woman sit with their chidlren at the UN-run school in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip. Some 200,000 Gaza children have returned to school for the first time since Israel's offensive, many having...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 24 Jan 2009 | 10:25 am

Two girls find their school books amid the rubble of their home

Palestinian sisters Dunia, 10, and Dana, 5, discover their school books admid the rubble of their destroyed home in the southern part of Gaza City. Some 200,000 Gaza children have returned to school for...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 24 Jan 2009 | 10:25 am

UNRWA provides basic aid and services to most of Gaza's population of 1.5 million

A Palestinian UN staff inspects one of the classrooms of the UN-run school that was hit earlier today by an Israeli strike in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza. Some 200,000 Gaza children have returned to school...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 24 Jan 2009 | 10:25 am

Apple to pay $22.5M in suit over scratched iPod nanos

Apple has agreed to a settlement in a class action lawsuit brought by customers who experienced quality issues with the easily-scratchable surface of first generation iPod nanos.

Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 24 Jan 2009 | 10:10 am

U.S. military kills 15 Afghan militants

KABUL (Reuters) - U.S.-led coalition forces killed 15 militants, including a woman, during an operation targeting a Taliban commander in the eastern Afghan province of Laghman overnight, the U.S. military said Saturday.
Source: Reuters: Top News | 24 Jan 2009 | 10:05 am

Afghanistan raid leaves 15 dead

US-led forces killed 15 militants in eastern Afghanistan, the US military says, but local officials say civilians died in the raid.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 24 Jan 2009 | 10:01 am

Pfizer Bid May Spur Consolidation as Glaxo Goes Solo - Bloomberg

Source: Google News | 24 Jan 2009 | 9:53 am

India Republic Day Rehearsal

Indian Border Security Force soldiers march during the Republic Day parade rehearsal in Calcutta, India, Saturday, Jan. 24, 2009. India celebrates its Republic Day on Jan. 26. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 24 Jan 2009 | 9:52 am

Downturn accelerates as it circles the globe

The world economy is deteriorating more quickly than leading economists predicted only weeks ago, with Britain becoming the latest nation to surprise analysts with the depth of its economic pain.

Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 24 Jan 2009 | 9:50 am

Death toll hits 21 in 'US strikes' on Pakistan

MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (AFP) - Six more bodies were recovered from the rubble of an Al-Qaeda den hit by a suspected US missile, pushing the death toll in two separate strikes to 21, security officials said Saturday.
Source: AFP - Wire stories | 24 Jan 2009 | 9:50 am

Cleanup continues despite transition at Hanford

Each year, the federal government spends roughly $2 billion to rid the nation's most contaminated nuclear site of toxic and radioactive waste. Now, winds of change are blowing across southeast Washington's Hanford nuclear reservation.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 24 Jan 2009 | 9:42 am

Man charged in Belgian crèche stabbings

BRUSSELS (AFP) - A 20-year-old Belgian man has been charged with killing two infants and a 54-year-old female employee at a child daycare centre and has been remanded in custody, a prosecutor said on Saturday.
Source: AFP - Wire stories | 24 Jan 2009 | 9:41 am

Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich: Corruption charges are like ... - New York Daily News

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Al Harrington, bench help Knicks avoid letdown vs. lowly Grizzlies - New York Daily News

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Judges: Mom not guilty of drowning daughters

A mother charged with aggravated murder in the bathtub drownings of her two daughters was found not guilty by reason of insanity Friday.
Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 24 Jan 2009 | 9:27 am

Marines force of 20,000 seen for Afghanistan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Up to 20,000 U.S. Marines could be deployed in Afghanistan as part of a planned major troop build-up to battle worsening insurgent violence, the top U.S. Marine officer said on Friday.
Source: Reuters: Top News | 24 Jan 2009 | 9:10 am

Immigration raid spotlights rift of have-nots

The work has always been stupefying and hard. Hour after hour standing on the line, soldering or welding or drilling in screws until tears join streaming sweat and hands cramp in pain.

Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 24 Jan 2009 | 9:07 am

Malaysian premier Abdullah Badawi wants to bring home two Malaysians held at Guantanamo Bay detention facility

File photo shows a detainee being walked backed to his cell from a interrogation unit in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Malaysian premier Abdullah Ahmad Badawi wants to bring home two Malaysians held at the detention...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 24 Jan 2009 | 8:54 am

Mid-range condo buyers exit Hub real estate market

It's a tale of two cities. Actually, a tale of one city, but two moments in time. In what could be a troubling trend for downtown developers and Boston Proper homeowners,...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 24 Jan 2009 | 8:52 am

Under Obama, US-China ties may face shaky start

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has said no nation is more important to the United States than China. But ties between the two powers may be off to a rocky start just days into the Obama administration.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 24 Jan 2009 | 8:50 am

Top chefs push Obama to improve food policy

Visiting one of his favorite Chicago restaurants in November, Barack Obama was asked by an excited waitress if he wanted the restaurant's special margarita made with the finest ingredients, straight up and shaken at the table.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 24 Jan 2009 | 8:46 am

2 killed, 7 injured in Miami shooting

Two people were killed and seven injured during a shooting Friday night in a residential area in northwest Miami, authorities said.
Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 24 Jan 2009 | 8:43 am

Week in pictures

Some striking images from around the world
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 24 Jan 2009 | 8:31 am

Salmonella may have contributed to 7 deaths

Health officials say the death of a Minnesota woman has been linked to the nationwide salmonella outbreak and now the infection ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 24 Jan 2009 | 8:31 am

UN reopens schools in Gaza Strip

UN schools in Gaza, used to shelter Palestinians during the recent Israeli offensive, reopen for classes.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 24 Jan 2009 | 8:21 am

Portland mayor to decide soon whether to resign

About 400 supporters gathered Friday night outside City Hall to urge Portland's mayor to stay on the job despite an intensifying ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 24 Jan 2009 | 8:17 am

Rep. Gillibrand Chosen For Clinton Senate Seat - Washington Post

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Two dead, 7 hurt in Miami shooting

Two people were killed and seven injured during a shooting Friday night in a residential area in northwest Miami, authorities ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 24 Jan 2009 | 8:05 am

Flight 1549 engine, recovered from Hudson, is inspected - Newsday

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United States, Afghan villagers differ over 15 killed in raid

The U.S. coalition said Saturday that an overnight raid killed 15 Taliban militants but village elders who quickly traveled to ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 24 Jan 2009 | 7:59 am

As U.S. emerges from dark age, Canada's scientific edge fades

U.S. approval of human stem-cell trial heralds research renaissance, which worries Canadians: 'We could be left in the dust'

Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 24 Jan 2009 | 7:45 am

Indian PM undergoes heart bypass surgery

NEW DELHI (AFP) - India's 76-year-old Prime Minister Manmohan Singh underwent heart bypass surgery Saturday, raising questions about his political future with general elections looming.
Source: AFP - Wire stories | 24 Jan 2009 | 7:41 am

Hamas says it's back in control of the Gaza Strip

Bearded Hamas men on Friday delivered an envelope with five crisp $100 bills to a veiled woman whose house was damaged during ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 24 Jan 2009 | 7:34 am

Australia boosts economic stimulus to save 50,000 jobs

SYDNEY (AFP) - The Australian government Saturday unveiled a four-billion-dollar (2.6-billion-US) stimulus plan for the building industry, taking its spending to combat the global economic crisis to 40 billion dollars.
Source: AFP - Wire stories | 24 Jan 2009 | 7:28 am

Serena William cruises at Aussie Open

Three-time champion defeats Shuai 6-1, 6-4, faces Azarenka next.

Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 24 Jan 2009 | 7:27 am

James' buzzer-beater lifts Cavs past Warriors

LeBron James stepped back under pressure and knocked down a 19-footer to lift the Cleveland Cavaliers to a wild 106-105 victory over the Golden State Warriors on Friday night.

Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 24 Jan 2009 | 7:21 am

Economist magazine pegs MacKay for role as NATO chief

Defence Minister considered a potential candidate, although experts say it's probably a long shot

Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 24 Jan 2009 | 7:01 am

Afghan woman given refuge in Canada

‘She seemed like the future of a democratic Afghanistan,' minister says after granting unique protection to fleeing activist whose grandfather ruled as king for 40 years

Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 24 Jan 2009 | 6:56 am

Everything but the kitchen sink

An angry Boston woman allegedly hurled the contents of her kitchen at an unidentified male Wednesday, scratching his face with silverware and cutting him with glass from shattered...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 24 Jan 2009 | 6:49 am

The wrongfully convicted get a rightful donation

Million-dollar gift from retired judge will help non-profit advocacy group work to overturn unjust convictions

Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 24 Jan 2009 | 6:41 am

Chinese FM, Clinton talk about bilateral relations

BEIJING (AP) -- Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi has renewed China's resolve to work with the United States to strengthen bilateral ties during a telephone call to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the official Xinhua News Agency said....
Source: AP Top International News At 7:05 a... | 24 Jan 2009 | 6:37 am

Chinese foreign minister, Clinton talk diplomacy

Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi has renewed China's resolve to work with the United States to strengthen bilateral ties during a ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 24 Jan 2009 | 6:23 am

Abducted without a trace

Six weeks on, there has been no sign of Canadians Robert Robert Fowler and Louis Guay, who vanished oustide of Niger's capital Niamey

Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 24 Jan 2009 | 6:04 am

AHL player has seizure after fight, hospitalized

Injury likely to intensify debate if fisticuffs should be banned in hockey

Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 24 Jan 2009 | 5:49 am

Alleged acid disposal man for Mexico gang nabbed

Santiago Meza Lopez claims he dissolved the bodies of 300 people in acid

Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 24 Jan 2009 | 5:41 am

North Korean leader makes first public appearance in half a year

Meets with senior Chinese envoy; says country is still committed to dismantling nuclear weapons program

Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 24 Jan 2009 | 5:32 am

Missouri dad charged with incest, killing infant

A man suspected of fathering four children with his teenage daughter faces charges of killing at least one after human remains ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 24 Jan 2009 | 5:26 am

Obama's speech was a cliched dud

Where was Martin Luther King?

Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 24 Jan 2009 | 5:12 am

Ontario's back is to the wall

Its industrial pillars crumbling, our most populous province is calling for relief. Will Ottawa listen?

Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 24 Jan 2009 | 5:12 am

AHL player suffers seizure during fight

Philadelphia Phantoms forward Garrett Klotz was taken to hospital Friday after suffering a seizure during a first-period fight against Manchester Monarchs forward Kevin Westgarth

Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 24 Jan 2009 | 4:38 am

Man charged with faking plane death: I can't remember

A financial adviser accused of trying to fake his death in a plane crash said he has been under psychiatric care and claims not ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 24 Jan 2009 | 4:19 am

Ill. gov.'s attorney to resign from criminal case

Gov. Rod Blagojevich's chief defense attorney announced Friday that he is bailing out of the fraud and bribery case against ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 24 Jan 2009 | 3:48 am

Pakistan: 18 killed in suspected US missile strike

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Suspected US missiles killed 18 people on the Pakistan side of the Afghan border, security officials said, the first attacks on the al-Qaida stronghold since President Barack Obama took office. At least five...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 24 Jan 2009 | 3:00 am

Pfizer-Wyeth deal talks heat up: sources

NEW YORK/PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc, the world's largest drugmaker, is in talks to buy Wyeth, sources familiar with the situation said on Friday, and one source put the possible value of the deal at about $67 billion.
Source: Reuters: Top News | 24 Jan 2009 | 2:51 am

Crews hoist plane's engine from Hudson River

The battered, twisted left engine of the U.S. Airways plane that crash-landed in the Hudson River was recovered Friday, after ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 24 Jan 2009 | 2:43 am

Rampage at Belgian daycare centre leaves 3 dead, 12 injured

DENDERMONDE, Belgium - A young man with a gruesomely painted black-and-white face went on a rampage at a Belgian daycare centre yesterday, stabbing two babies and a female worker to death and seriously wounding 12 others. Sobbing...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 24 Jan 2009 | 2:39 am

3 Killed at Belgian Day Care Center

Man in painted face attacks nursery in Belgium, kills 3, wounds 12.
Source: ABC News: International | 24 Jan 2009 | 2:31 am

Taliban Talks Tough About U.S. Escalation

CBS News traveled deep into Taliban territory -- where they're preparing for a new battle with U.S. forces. CBS News correspondent Elizabeth Palmer reports.
Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 24 Jan 2009 | 2:00 am

Rangers battle to save whales beached in Tasmania

HOBART, Australia - Rescuers trying to keep seven stranded sperm whales alive in Australia said they hoped to move the animals out to sea at the next high tide, despite difficulty navigating numerous sandbars. A team of six wildlife...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 24 Jan 2009 | 1:15 am

Pope Launches YouTube Channel

The Vatican said that with a new YouTube channel, it hoped to broaden the pope's audience - an estimated 1.4 billion people are online worldwide - while giving the Holy See better control over the pope's Internet image.
Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 24 Jan 2009 | 1:00 am

Blagojevich says coming impeachment trial unfair

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, charged with trying to sell the U.S. Senate seat formerly held by President Barack Obama, said on Friday he will not take part in an impeachment trial that could remove him from office.
Source: Reuters: Top News | 24 Jan 2009 | 12:29 am

Rumour mill runs hot after Kennedy pulls out of race

ALBANY: Caroline Kennedy's mysteriously abrupt decision to abandon her Senate bid gave rise to an ugly swirl of accusations yesterday and feverish speculation over whether she jumped or was pushed. The 51-year-old daughter of President...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 24 Jan 2009 | 12:00 am

Ex-NY state Senate leader faces corruption charges

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York state's former Republican Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno was indicted on Friday by a federal grand jury on corruption charges.
Source: Reuters: Top News | 23 Jan 2009 | 11:52 pm

Senate Democrats seek $365 billion in new spending

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Democrats on Friday unveiled their proposal to spend $365 billion to help the sagging U.S. economy, just slightly more than the $358 billion proposed by their counterparts in the House of Representatives.
Source: Reuters: Top News | 23 Jan 2009 | 11:50 pm

Obama Ends Global Family Planning Restrictions

As promised, President Barack Obama signed an executive order Friday rescinding the policy that since 2001 has barred U.S. financial aid to international family planning groups that "perform or promote" abortion.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 23 Jan 2009 | 11:47 pm

President Stresses Unity On Economic Plan

Thousands of new layoffs greeted President Obama in his first few days in office. And while on some difficult issues he can sign executive orders demanding change, on the economy, the president is as much cheerleader in chief as he is commander.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 23 Jan 2009 | 11:46 pm

Kim Jong Il Meets With Chinese Official

North Korea's reclusive leader turned up for talks with a senior Chinese envoy Friday, making his first such appearance in nearly a half year in an apparent bid to show he is fit despite reportedly suffering a stroke last August.
Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 23 Jan 2009 | 11:30 pm

Will U.S. Troops Intensify Taliban Ire?

A buildup of U.S. troops are taking aim at the Taliban around Kabul in Afghanistan. They're hoping to clear the path toward peace there, but some local leaders are skeptical that they might only spur more danger, Elizabeth Palmer reports.
Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 23 Jan 2009 | 11:30 pm

Obama Reverses Abortion Funds Policy

President Barack Obama on Friday quietly ended the Bush administration's ban on giving federal money to international groups that perform abortions or provide information on the option.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 23 Jan 2009 | 11:29 pm

The Fight To Keep A Treehouse — Or 'Love Shack'

Pete Nelson, who built a tree house in Fall City, Wash., without a building permit, was under fire from the county for breaking the rules. But now that he has approval, Nelson wants to turn it into a B&B and build more of what he calls a "love shack."

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 23 Jan 2009 | 11:14 pm

John Roughan: Can President reinvent capitalism? Yes he can

Never in my life has the world seemed more like one place. Through satellite television people everywhere could watch events in Washington on Wednesday and not since World War II, I imagine, have people everywhere had so much of their...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 23 Jan 2009 | 11:00 pm

Police Probe Travolta Extortion Plot

Police in the Bahamas have detained an island lawmaker and a paramedic in an alleged plot to extort money from actor John Travolta.
Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 23 Jan 2009 | 10:30 pm

Time Running Out For A Two-State Solution?

Former Palestinian and Israeli politicians say a two-state solution is not possible, reflecting the attitudes of a growing number of their people. 60 Minutes correspondent Bob Simon reports, this Sunday, Jan. 25, at 7 p.m. ET/PT.
Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 23 Jan 2009 | 10:30 pm

Democratic Rep. McCarthy Blasts Gillibrand Pick

Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) says she will challenge Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand, New York Gov. David Paterson's choice to fill Hillary Clinton's Senate seat, in a 2010 primary. McCarthy says Gillibrand's 100 percent positive rating from the National Rifle Association makes her unacceptable.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 23 Jan 2009 | 10:18 pm

Second Suspected US Strike in Pakistan

Officials: Second suspected US missile strike hits northwest Pakistan.
Source: ABC News: International | 23 Jan 2009 | 10:11 pm

Where Will All the Gitmo Detainees Go?

President will close Guantanamo, but the fates of 248 detainees are unknown.
Source: ABC News: International | 23 Jan 2009 | 9:44 pm

New Ethics Policy Stalls Defense Pick's Confirmation

Two days after President Obama issued new ethics rules for top administration officials, a coalition of watchdog groups is calling on a Senate committee to reject his choice for a key position at the Defense Department. William Lynn III was a registered lobbyist for Raytheon within the past two years, so his approval would violate the new policy.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 23 Jan 2009 | 9:44 pm

Paterson Picks Gillibrand For Senate

New York Gov. David Paterson named two-term Democratic Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand the next U.S. Senator from New York. Gillibrand is considered relatively conservative, in step with her Upstate New York district's rural constituents.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 23 Jan 2009 | 9:37 pm

Year Of The Ox Looking Very Un-Bullish

Chinese fortunetellers say fire is essential to financial well-being. And fire is nowhere to be found in the mythology of this coming Year of the Ox, the Chinese lunar year that begins Monday.
Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 23 Jan 2009 | 9:30 pm

Congo Rebel Leader Arrested

Congolese Tutsi rebel leader Laurent Nkunda has been arrested by Congolese and Rwandan forces. Nkunda's rebel forces exacerbated the turmoil in eastern Congo late last year, displacing 250,000 people. His actions prompted some of his own commanders to turn against him.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 23 Jan 2009 | 9:00 pm

Blagojevich Launches Media Offensive

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has started a media blitz, just before the opening of his trial before the state Senate on Monday. Blagojevich is expected to be removed from office within about a week.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 23 Jan 2009 | 9:00 pm

Suspected U.S. Missiles Kill 18 In Pakistan

Controversial attacks across Afghanistan border are the first since Barack Obama took office; at least five casualties are suspected foreign militants.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 23 Jan 2009 | 8:43 pm

3 Dead In Belgium Day Care Knife Attack

An unidentified man entered a day care center in Belgium and went on a stabbing spree, killing two young children and a female worker and sending 10 others to the hospital, officials said. The suspect was later apprehended.
Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 23 Jan 2009 | 8:30 pm

Rwanda Arrests Congo Rebel Leader Nkunda

Congolese official says Rwanda arrests Congo rebel leader Laurent Nkunda
Source: ABC News: International | 23 Jan 2009 | 8:27 pm

Mayor jailed over killing

A Colombian judge has sentenced a former mayor to 28 years in prison for ordering the April 2003 killing of a journalist who had repeatedly denounced the politician as corrupt. It was the first time the mastermind of a journalist's...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 23 Jan 2009 | 8:15 pm

Pakistan Strike First On Obama's Watch

Officials in Pakistan are now reporting two suspected U.S. missile strikes in Pakistan near the Afghan border, in which as many as 18 people died. These mark the first such strikes since President Barack Obama was inaugurated.
Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 23 Jan 2009 | 8:00 pm

NY governor names Clinton's Senate successor

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Gov. David Paterson appointed Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand on Friday to fill the Senate seat vacated by newly confirmed Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Source: Reuters: Top News | 23 Jan 2009 | 7:35 pm

China shuts down 1250 websites

China has closed down 1250 websites in its latest crackdown on online pornography but still faces an uphill task in regulating the unwieldy internet for vulgar content, an official said yesterday. Liu Zhengrong, deputy director...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 23 Jan 2009 | 7:15 pm

Japanese Learn English, Thanks To Obama

Aspiring English speakers in Japan have made President Barack Obama's book of speeches and accompanying CD a national best-seller.
Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 23 Jan 2009 | 7:00 pm

Hospital shelled by Lankan military

The Sri Lankan military shelled a hospital and a village inside a government-declared "safe zone" for displaced families, killing at least 30 people in the deadliest attack on civilians in two years, health officials said. Yesterday's...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 23 Jan 2009 | 6:15 pm

Adopt-a-Gitmo-detainee!

Now that President Obama has ordered the closure of Gitmo, the elephant in the room is cuffed, wearing an orange jumpsuit. Where will we put these detainees? Some of them are real terrorists, while others are Canadian. Most US senators are doing the ole NIMHS (not in my home state), while an editor at The Pitch, a Kansas City newspaper, is practically begging for a chance to guard detainees at Fort Leavenworth:

"I, for one, would be proud if Fort Leavenworth took [detainees]. Recalling George W. Bush's famous phrase, I say: Bring 'em on." (h/t Andrew Sullivan)

Interesting. However, let us not forget that Leavenworth is in Kansas. Haven't these terrorists been tortured enough?

Source: 23/6 - Some of the News, Most of the Time | 23 Jan 2009 | 6:14 pm

Pope Launches Own YouTube Channel

Vatican to broadcast the pope's addresses online, hoping to appeal to youth.
Source: ABC News: International | 23 Jan 2009 | 5:55 pm

WATCH: Efforts to Save Beached Whale Pod

Source: ABC News: International | 23 Jan 2009 | 5:31 pm

23/6 Is Moving

23/6 is moving, transitioning from a stand-alone site to a comedy-centric section on the Huffington Post. Many of the features you've enjoyed on 23/6, like Dickipedia and our group comedy blog, will continue at our new home. You will still receive a weekly email of the best comedic content from the site, but now it will come from HuffPost. You can opt out of receiving these emails from HuffPost by clicking "Unsubscribe" at the bottom of this message before January 29. After that, you can easily opt out at any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link found in the weekly email.

Source: 23/6 - Some of the News, Most of the Time | 23 Jan 2009 | 5:16 pm

MP blasts police actions

Senior Victorian MP Theo Theophanous says police have denied him justice in his fight against a rape charge. The former Cabinet minister appeared in court yesterday to face a charge of raping a woman at Parliament House in 1998....
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 23 Jan 2009 | 5:15 pm

FAQ: human stem cells

The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first-ever human trials of embryonic stem cell research. Scientists at the Geron Corporation will be injecting special nerve cells, developed from human stem cells, into patients who have suffered severe spinal cord injuries. The subjects will be observed to determine both the health effects of the procedure, as well as any improvement in the patients' condition.

President Obama is expected to loosen the restrictions placed on stem cell research under the Bush administration, hopefully opening doors to treatment for Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other diseases. But what exactly is a stem cell and what are the implications of this research? We got our lovable Q&A team back together to get the answers.

Source: 23/6 - Some of the News, Most of the Time | 23 Jan 2009 | 5:11 pm

Team in Australia Tries to Save 7 Stranded Whales

Rescuers trying to keep seven stranded sperm whales alive said Friday they were having difficulty navigating numerous sandbars but hoped to move the animals out to sea at the next high tide.

Source: FOXNews.com | 23 Jan 2009 | 4:56 pm

Ethnic Violence Erupts Among Fans at Australian Open

Ana Ivanovic's hopes of a return trip to the Australian Open final fell apart in a barrage of mistakes Friday as Russia's Alisa Kleybanova ousted her 7-5, 6-7 (5), 6-2 in the third round. They could not control fan riots.

Source: FOXNews.com | 23 Jan 2009 | 4:50 pm

PNG decision to delay forum throws Pacific leaders' plans into chaos

A crucial meeting on Fiji's future in the Pacific Islands Forum has been thrown into chaos after Papua New Guinea decided to postpone it at the last minute against the wishes of other countries, including New Zealand. The Herald...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 23 Jan 2009 | 4:00 pm

Life For Sale! Program This Woman's Days

Underwhelmed Chinese woman put her life up for grabs online rather than end it.
Source: ABC News: International | 23 Jan 2009 | 3:53 pm

Obama taking attention away from where it belongs: the White House press corps

In case you were worried that the press was gonna give Obama a free ride, you can rest easy: they're already all up in Obama's face. So what are they mad about? Not enough information about the bailout? Being restricted from showing what's really going on in Iraq and Afghanistan? No, who care about those things -- this was about something important: they were shut out of the second swearing-in. Actually, they weren't even shut out -- only the TV reporters were shut out, as four print reporters were on hand to witness it. But that didn't stop the press from devoting nearly half of the Robert Gibbs' first press conference to the exciting details of the second swearing in.

But according to Politico, there is "growing media frustration" with Obama. CNN's crack reporter Ed Henry was especially angry: "It is ironic, the same day that the president is talking about transparency, we were not let in." Because, you know, if it's not on TV, and the TV reporters aren't there to come on right after and tell you what you've just seen -- and end with some cutesy insightful toss like "The Obama team 'swears' this will be the last one. Back to you Wolf" -- it didn't actually happen.

Thank God the press is going to be there to keep the Obama team honest and focused on what's really important. Like the second swearing in. But that's not all that's angered them so far. Here's the breakdown of what's making the press breakdown...

Source: 23/6 - Some of the News, Most of the Time | 23 Jan 2009 | 3:32 pm

Al Qaeda Chief Was Released by U.S. From Gitmo

An Internet posting purportedly by Al Qaeda in Yemen says a Saudi national released from Guantanamo in 2008 is now the group's second in command.

Source: FOXNews.com | 23 Jan 2009 | 3:11 pm

Say it ain't so, Yo Yo!

Was anything at that sham inauguration real? First we hear that the oath of office wasn't valid. Now we learn that the music played by Yo Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman and some other guys, was a recording. They were just finger-syncing!

Was anything about that inauguration for reals? Here's a rundown of inauguration fact versus inauguration fiction:

Source: 23/6 - Some of the News, Most of the Time | 23 Jan 2009 | 3:10 pm

Man Kills Wife for Changing Facebook Status to 'Single'

A man murdered his estranged wife after he became “enraged” that she had changed her marital status to single on the social networking site Facebook.

Source: FOXNews.com | 23 Jan 2009 | 3:01 pm

West Trying to Prevent Iran From Nuclear Reloading

Diplomatic sources believe that Iran’s stockpile of yellow cake uranium, produced from uranium ore, is close to running out and could be exhausted within months

Source: FOXNews.com | 23 Jan 2009 | 2:49 pm

Another Assault on Journalists in Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan editor, wife attacked; president orders probe into media assaults.
Source: ABC News: International | 23 Jan 2009 | 2:48 pm

Learning English By Listening to Obama

Japanese use of Obama speeches to study English make his book a best-seller.
Source: ABC News: International | 23 Jan 2009 | 2:25 pm

Rwanda Arrests Rebel Leader in Congo

Rwanda has arrested Congo rebel leader Laurent Nkunda after he fled a joint operation launched by the armies of the two nations, military officials said Friday.

Source: FOXNews.com | 23 Jan 2009 | 2:20 pm

'India's Enron' Blitzes U.N. Procurement Divisions

What kind of special relationship has Satyam Computer Services Ltd., the Indian-based computer giant at the center of a $1 billion fraud scandal, been trying to cultivate with the United Nations?

Source: FOXNews.com | 23 Jan 2009 | 2:08 pm

Thais Abandoned Migrants at Sea

Illegal migrants tell rights group Thai navy detained, beat and left them at sea
Source: ABC News: International | 23 Jan 2009 | 1:39 pm

Chair-Throwing Melee, Streaker Disrupt Australian Open

It was a busy day for police at the Grand Slam event in Melbourne

Source: FOXNews.com | 23 Jan 2009 | 1:12 pm

Jews Outraged Over Holocaust Comments Made by Bishop

The Vatican's relations with Jews risked a new crisis after an excommunicated British bishop — reportedly in line for rehabilitation — said that historical evidence "is hugely against 6 million Jews having been deliberately gassed" during World War II.

Source: FOXNews.com | 23 Jan 2009 | 12:21 pm

Hamas Declares Victory, Control Over Gaza Strip

Bearded Hamas leaders on Friday delivered an envelope with five crisp $100 bills to a veiled woman whose house was damaged during Israel's invasion of Gaza, the first of promised relief payments by the militant group.

Source: FOXNews.com | 23 Jan 2009 | 11:42 am