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U.S. Prison's Closure Offers No Solace For One IraqiCamp Bucca, the largest U.S. prison camp in Iraq, closed this month. The U.S. military repeatedly held Ali Omar al-Mashhadani at the camp. The journalist, who worked for the BBC, Reuters and NPR, says he suffered psychological abuse during his detentions. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Source: NPR Topics: News | 5 Oct 2009 | 4:43 am Greek Socialists get to work on cabinet with big mandate - Reuters
Source: Top Stories - Google News | 5 Oct 2009 | 4:35 am Bomber kills 5 at Pakistani U.N. food agency office (Reuters)
Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 5 Oct 2009 | 4:35 am Greece's Socialists win snap pollGreece's opposition Socialists score a resounding win in a snap election, ousting the governing conservatives.Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 5 Oct 2009 | 4:34 am Samoans flock to churches to mourn tsunami victimsLALOMANU, Samoa (AP) -- Hundreds of survivors of the Samoas tsunami gathered at a church on high ground to mourn lost relatives, while pledging to rebuild their obliterated communities after a disaster that killed 177 people....Source: AP Top International News At 6:33 a... | 5 Oct 2009 | 4:33 am Samoans flock to churches to mourn tsunami victims (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 5 Oct 2009 | 4:33 am Ex-Interpol man denies corruptionSouth Africa's former police chief and ex-Interpol head pleads not guilty at the start of his landmark corruption trial.Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 5 Oct 2009 | 4:31 am Government report questions rescue claims (AP)AP - The credibility of the government's $700 billion financial rescue program was damaged by claims a year ago that all of the initial banks receiving support were healthy, a new report contends.Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 5 Oct 2009 | 4:30 am Pavlyuchenkova beats Venus againVenus Williams suffers a second-round loss to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova at the China Open - her second defeat by the Russian teenager in a week.Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 5 Oct 2009 | 4:29 am Analysis: Campaign vow meets harsh Afghan reality (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 5 Oct 2009 | 4:28 am Police look for 2 men in connection with NH deathMONT VERNON, N.H. - Police are looking for two men in connection with the death of a Mont, Vernon, N.H., in an attack at her home that also left her daughter severely injured. An...Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 5 Oct 2009 | 4:28 am Indonesia calls off search for missing survivorsPADANG, Indonesia (AP) -- Rescue workers called off the search Monday for life under the rubble left by a massive earthquake, focusing instead on bringing aid to survivors in the towns and hills of western Indonesia, despite being hampered by torrential rains....Source: AP Top International News At 6:33 a... | 5 Oct 2009 | 4:26 am Indonesia calls off search for missing survivors (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 5 Oct 2009 | 4:26 am David Ortiz eager for next part of yearThe playoffs are often referred to as the second season. But for David Ortiz, they're the third season. Ortiz' first season was a nightmare that lasted all...Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 5 Oct 2009 | 4:26 am Ship sinks as typhoon loiters off Philippines (Reuters)
Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 5 Oct 2009 | 4:25 am Search ends for Sumatra survivorsThe search for survivors in the rubble of Padang, Indonesia, is called off five days after an earthquake hit the city.Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 5 Oct 2009 | 4:25 am Americans Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider and Jack Szostak win Nobel medicine prizeSTOCKHOLM, Sweden - Americans Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider and Jack Szostak were named winners of the 2009 Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for research that has implications for...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 5 Oct 2009 | 4:25 am Afghan battle probe a reminder of war's challenges (AP)
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Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 5 Oct 2009 | 4:23 am German Chancellor Merkel to address Congress - The Associated Press
Source: Top Stories - Google News | 5 Oct 2009 | 4:22 am State cracks down on jury duty scofflawsBOSTON - Massachusetts is cracking down on people who skip jury duty. The Office of the Jury Commissioner installed new computer software in 2006 that among other things...Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 5 Oct 2009 | 4:21 am Suicide Bomber Kills 5 at UN Office in PakistanSuicide bomber kills 5 at UN food program offices in Pakistani capitalSource: ABC News: International | 5 Oct 2009 | 4:21 am 3 Americans share 2009 Nobel medicine prizeSTOCKHOLM (AP) -- Americans Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider and Jack Szostak were named winners of the 2009 Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for research that has implications for cancer and aging research....Source: AP Top International News At 6:33 a... | 5 Oct 2009 | 4:21 am 3 Americans share 2009 Nobel medicine prize (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 5 Oct 2009 | 4:21 am EU ministers discussing milk rowHundreds of farmers drive tractors into Brussels to put pressure on EU agriculture ministers meeting to discuss low milk prices.Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 5 Oct 2009 | 4:21 am CA Solar-Thermal Power Pjt Bumped For New National MonumentIn 2008 we learned BrightSource [was] to Build 500 Megawatts of Solar-Thermal Power in Mojave Desert. By fall the proposed project had become a very visible symbol of a bright future for concentrated solar power (CSP) in CA. Seems there has been a change of plans...The site of the proposed solar power tower project is in a remote wildland area...
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 5 Oct 2009 | 4:20 am Suicide bomber kills 5 at UN office in PakistanISLAMABAD (AP) -- A suicide bomber disguised as a security officer struck the lobby of the U.N. food agency's Pakistan headquarters Monday, killing five people a day after the new leader of the Pakistani Taliban vowed fresh assaults, authorities and witnesses said....Source: AP Top International News At 6:33 a... | 5 Oct 2009 | 4:18 am Wawrinka, Greul advance to 2nd round at Japan OpenStanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland defeated American John Isner 6-4, 6-4 on Monday in the first round of the Japan Open.Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 5 Oct 2009 | 4:18 am US judge accused of sex with inmatesFormer Alabama judge Herman Thomas goes on trial accused of having sex with inmates in exchange for leniency.Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 5 Oct 2009 | 4:17 am 2ND LD: Gov't to submit 2nd extra budget to Jan. Diet session+(Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING QUOTES BY HATOYAMA IN LAST 2 GRAPHS) Japan's new government will likely submit a second extra budget for fiscal 2009 to the ordinary Diet session to start next...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 5 Oct 2009 | 4:15 am Nearly 60% of DPJ lawmakers consider future sales tax hike necessary+(Kyodo) _ (EDS: TO BE LED) Nearly 60 percent of lower house members from the ruling Democratic Party of Japan believe that the government will need to raise the consumption tax rate inSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 5 Oct 2009 | 4:15 am Last-minute Bengals slip past Browns 23-20 in OTThe Cincinnati Bengals were involved in yet another nail-biter — and it's a trend quarterback Carson Palmer would like to see end soon.Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 5 Oct 2009 | 4:15 am Phillies avoid sweep and get set for title defenseJimmy Rollins, Ryan Howard and Chase Utley got to rest. Up ahead, they get to defend.Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 5 Oct 2009 | 4:14 am German Chancellor Merkel to address CongressGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel will address the U.S. Congress in early November, ahead of ceremonies in Berlin marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 5 Oct 2009 | 4:11 am Mass. General Hospital professor wins share of Nobel PrizeSTOCKHOLM - Americans Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider and Jack Szostak were named winners of the 2009 Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for research that has implications...Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 5 Oct 2009 | 4:10 am France Telecom executive quits amid suicidesFrance Telecom SA said Monday that the company's second-in-command has quit, after weeks of mounting criticism over management's handling of a spate of suicides by employees.Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 5 Oct 2009 | 4:10 am Excerpts from 2009 Nobel medicine prizeExcerpts from the citation awarding the 2009 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine to awarded to Americans Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider and Jack Szostak. The Karolinska...Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 5 Oct 2009 | 4:09 am Key cases before US Supreme Court - BBC News
Source: Top Stories - Google News | 5 Oct 2009 | 4:08 am China visit sparks N Korea hopesNorth Korea indicates it may be ready to restart nuclear talks, as Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao spends a second day in the country.Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 5 Oct 2009 | 4:06 am 3 Americans share 2009 Nobel medicine prize
 Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 5 Oct 2009 | 4:06 am New LA Phil conductor's goal: Music for everybodyOn his second day as musical director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the man of the moment in classical music rehearsed with a group of middle schoolers who were having tempo problems.Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 5 Oct 2009 | 4:05 am Conn. man charged with killing neighborWINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. - A Windsor Locks man has been charged with murder in the killing of a neighbor, who died after his attacker slammed his head onto street pavement. Twenty-four-year-old...Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 5 Oct 2009 | 4:02 am Nobel prize for chromosome findThe Nobel prize for medicine goes to three US researchers over their work on chromosomes and the ageing process.Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 5 Oct 2009 | 4:02 am Thai Train Derails, Killing 10 People10 killed when train derails in heavy rains near Thai resort city of Hua HinSource: ABC News: International | 5 Oct 2009 | 4:02 am Smell has some cities ripping out ginkgo treesIOWA CITY, Iowa - The ginkgo tree is renowned for its hardiness - a few even survived an atomic bomb - but it may be undone by another trait - its smell. The odor reminds...Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 5 Oct 2009 | 4:02 am Saudi university critic loses jobSaudi King Abdullah sacks a senior cleric who criticised a new science and technology university allowing mixed-sex classes.Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 5 Oct 2009 | 4:01 am Kyodo economic news summary -4-+(Kyodo) _ ---------- IMF-World Bank panel begin meeting to review financial capacity ISTANBUL - A joint panel of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund began a one-day...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 5 Oct 2009 | 4:01 am Thai train derails, killing 10 peopleBANGKOK (AP) -- A train derailed during heavy rains Monday near Thailand's coastal city of Hua Hin, killing at least 10 people, including a 2-year-old girl, and injuring 88 others, officials said....Source: AP Top International News At 6:33 a... | 5 Oct 2009 | 4:01 am Thai train derails, killing 10 peopleA train derailed during heavy rains Monday near Thailand's coastal city of Hua Hin, killing at least 10 people, including a 2-year-old girl, and injuring 88 others, officials said. The...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 5 Oct 2009 | 4:01 am Smell has some cities ripping out ginkgo treesThe ginkgo tree is renowned for its hardiness, surviving everything from road salt to an atomic bomb, but it may be undone by another trait — it reeks.Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 5 Oct 2009 | 4:00 am Microsoft: Motion is the wave of the futureIt seems like Microsoft is placing a lot of confidence in their Project Natal and the impact it will have on the future of videogames. In fact, Microsoft Games Studios corporate vice president Phil Spencer thinks that motion control in games will become as pivotal a component in the future as multiplayer is today.
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 5 Oct 2009 | 4:00 am Coachella Time-Lapse: Everything Happening at the Same TimeEver wondered what a giant, sprawling, three-day music festival in the desert would look like if it were nano-crammed into five minutes?
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 5 Oct 2009 | 4:00 am America's Afghan Bases Targeted In Deadly AttackIn a remote part of Afghanistan over the weekend, one of the deadliest attacks against American bases there killed eight U.S. troops and three Afghan soldiers, as well as an Afghan policeman. The fierce battle highlights the difficulty U.S. forces face in defending Afghans and themselves against a growing insurgency. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Source: NPR Topics: News | 5 Oct 2009 | 4:00 am Poland minister quits in scandalPoland's Sports Minister Miroslaw Drzewiecki resigns amid claims he was involved in lobbying for the gambling industry.Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 5 Oct 2009 | 3:55 am Teen faces charges in delivery man's deathLAWRENCE - A high school student charged with murder in connection with the beating death of a food delivery driver in Lawrence this summer is set to face a judge. Seventeen-year-old...Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 5 Oct 2009 | 3:55 am Three Americans Share Nobel Medicine PrizeThe 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Americans Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider and Jack Szostak, who made key discoveries about how living cells age. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Source: NPR Topics: News | 5 Oct 2009 | 3:55 am BSO shines with Julian Kuerti, Shi-Yeon SungThere were beginnings and endings at the Boston Symphony Orchestra performance Saturday evening at Symphony Hall. Just not the kind you'd expect. The beginnings...Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 5 Oct 2009 | 3:54 am Excerpts from 2009 Nobel medicine prizeExcerpts from the citation awarding the 2009 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine to awarded to Americans Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider and Jack Szostak. The Karolinska Institute says the trio was honored for research that has implications for cancer and aging research.Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 5 Oct 2009 | 3:53 am Britain's new Supreme Court swings into actionLONDON (AP) -- Britain's most powerful judges take up their first case this week with new robes, new titles, a new courtroom and - some argue - more power....Source: AP Top International News At 6:33 a... | 5 Oct 2009 | 3:53 am Britain's new Supreme Court swings into actionBritain's most powerful judges take up their first case this week with new robes, new titles, a new courtroom and _ some argue _ more power. Monday marks the hearing of the first case...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 5 Oct 2009 | 3:53 am Lesson 1: Saying 'sorry'Gov. Deval Patrick has been distancing himself from those nanny-state regulations established recently by his own early-education team, and for actual nannies that's...Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 5 Oct 2009 | 3:51 am Conservatives on 'crusade' to help poorest in society Michael Gove saysThe Conservatives are focused on helping the poorest people in Britain improve their situation Michael Gove said as the Tories open their annual conference in Manchester.Source: Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World | 5 Oct 2009 | 3:50 am Nobel prize for chromosome find - BBC News
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Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 5 Oct 2009 | 3:45 am Three Americans win 2009 Nobel for medicineSTOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Three American scientists won the 2009 Nobel prize for medicine or physiology for their discovery of how chromosomes are copied and protected against degradation, the prize awarding institute said on Monday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 5 Oct 2009 | 3:42 am Poland's sports minister resigns amid allegationsPoland's sports minister says he is resigning over allegations he illegally tried to influence a new gambling law.Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 5 Oct 2009 | 3:42 am United Nations shuts offices in Pakistan after suicide bombingThe UN has temporarily closed its offices in Islamabad after a suicide bomber killed three people in an attack on the World Food Programme.Source: Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World | 5 Oct 2009 | 3:42 am 40th Anniversary Special: 20 Greatest Clips of Monty PythonThe comedy of Python was streaks ahead of its time. Famous for its innovation and radical splendor, Python sketches broke the mould of building to a specific punchline, delivering some of the funniest and most enduring sketches of our lifetime.
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 5 Oct 2009 | 3:40 am How to tell if your Gecko is on drugsA giant leaf-tailed gecko. Photo credit: Piotr Naskrecki.
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 5 Oct 2009 | 3:40 am 3 Americans share 2009 Nobel medicine prizeAmericans Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider and Jack Szostak were named winners of the 2009 Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for research that has implications for cancer and aging research.Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 5 Oct 2009 | 3:37 am Samoans Flock to Churches to Mourn Tsunami VictimsSamoans flock to churches to mourn tsunami victims; mass burials prepared.Source: ABC News: International | 5 Oct 2009 | 3:34 am Iran says it will be 'positive' in nuclear talks - AFP
Source: Top Stories - Google News | 5 Oct 2009 | 3:32 am LEAD: IMF-World Bank panel begin meeting to review financial capacity+(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING) A joint panel of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund began a one-day meeting Monday in Istanbul to review the World Bank's financial capacity...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 5 Oct 2009 | 3:30 am T. Rex On Sale for Cool $8MSampson, a fossilized Tyrannosaurus rex, is made up of 170 bones discovered about 17 years ago in South Dakota. The 40-foot long skeleton represents what was a 7.5 ton dinosaur that lived 66 million years ago.
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 5 Oct 2009 | 3:30 am Milky Way Center Region MosaicThis image is a 1 billion pixel RVB mosaic of the galactic center region (340 millions pixels in each R,V and B color). It shows the region spanning from Sagittarius (with the Milky Way center and M8/M20 area on the left) to Scorpius (with colorful Antares and Rho Ophiuchus region on the right) and cat paw nebula (red nebula at the bottom).
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 5 Oct 2009 | 3:30 am China, North Korea laud ties on scrutinized visitChina and North Korea cheered their close if strained relations Monday during a visit by the Chinese premier that is being watched to see if Pyongyang will agree to return to nuclear...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 5 Oct 2009 | 3:24 am The World's Best Companies 2009A commitment to innovation, diversified portfolios, aggressive expansion, strong leadership, and a clear vision for the future—these are just some of the strategies employed by the best companies to get to the top of the World's Best Companies/Global Top 40 list compiled for BusinessWeek
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 5 Oct 2009 | 3:20 am REFILING: Chief prosecutor apologizes to man wrongfully imprisoned for murder+UTSUNOMIYA, Japan, Oct. 5 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: FIXING 1ST GRAF. NO CHANGE IN CONTENTS) The chief public prosecutor in Tochigi Prefecture on Monday apologized to a man who had been jailed...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 5 Oct 2009 | 3:18 am Bomb kills 3 at Pakistani U.N. food agency officeISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A suspected suicide bomber attacked an office of the U.N. World Food Program (WFP) in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, on Monday killing three staff and wounding several, police and the agency said.Source: Reuters: Top News | 5 Oct 2009 | 3:18 am Japan, France agree to cooperate over N. Korea abduction, nuke issues+(Kyodo) _ Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada and French special envoy for North Korea Jack Lang agreed Monday to closely cooperate over North Korea's nuclear standoff and resolving...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 5 Oct 2009 | 3:16 am UN: Russia should reform immigration practicesMOSCOW (AP) -- Russia should ease barriers to immigration in order to reduce the impact of labor shortages, slower economic growth and other pressures brought on by its ongoing demographic crisis, a United Nations report said Monday....Source: AP Top International News At 6:33 a... | 5 Oct 2009 | 3:15 am Johnson backs treaty consultation - BBC News
Source: Top Stories - Google News | 5 Oct 2009 | 3:15 am 2 NATO soldiers reported killed in AfghanistanKABUL (AP) -- Bombs killed two NATO troopers, including one American, following the deadliest attack against U.S. forces in Afghanistan in more than a year, military officials said Monday....Source: AP Top International News At 6:33 a... | 5 Oct 2009 | 3:12 am Texas Eases 'Zero Tolerance' LawsThe history of zero-tolerance for misbehavior rules is littered with absurd examples. Last spring, Texas acted to make its law more reasonable
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 5 Oct 2009 | 3:10 am Toll climbs to 608 in Indonesian quakes - CNN
Source: Top Stories - Google News | 5 Oct 2009 | 3:05 am George Papandreou's socialist Pasok party swept the ruling conservative New Democracy party out of officeGreece's new socialist prime minister George Papandreou waves to his supporters outside his party's headquarters in Athens after winning the general elections on October 4. Papandreou was to piece together...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 5 Oct 2009 | 3:00 am Costas Karamanlis immediately announced his resignation as leader of the New Democracy partyOutgoing prime minister Costas Karamanlis is seen here in Athens on October 4. Greece's new socialist prime minister George Papandreou was to piece together a team to launch a 100 day programme to rescue...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 5 Oct 2009 | 3:00 am The socialists are expected to have 160 deputies in the 300-seat parliamentGraphic showing partial results of the Greek parliamentary election. Greece's new socialist prime minister George Papandreou was to piece together a team to launch a 100 day programme to rescue the economy...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 5 Oct 2009 | 3:00 am Socialists trounce conservatives in Greek electionATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greece's Socialist leader George Papandreou trounced the governing conservatives in a landslide election victory after a campaign focused on dramatically different visions of how to dig the country out of its worst economic crisis in years....Source: AP Top International News At 6:33 a... | 5 Oct 2009 | 2:58 am Taliban under attack in area where US soldiers killed - Reuters
Source: Top Stories - Google News | 5 Oct 2009 | 2:57 am Taliban under attack in area where U.S. soldiers killedASADABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Foreign and Afghan forces launched an assault on Monday against a group of Taliban in an area of eastern Afghanistan where the militants killed eight American soldiers at the weekend, an official said.Source: Reuters: Top News | 5 Oct 2009 | 2:54 am Bomb at UN Food Office in Pakistan Kills at Least 3 - New York Times
Source: Top Stories - Google News | 5 Oct 2009 | 2:53 am Pakistan Bomber Hits World Food ProgramAt Least 3 Killed by Suspected Taliban Suicide Bomber in Office of United Nations' Food Aid AgencySource: Latest World Headlines - CBS News | 5 Oct 2009 | 2:51 am Blast Kills 3 At U.N. Food Agency In IslamabadA suicide bomber blew himself up Monday in the World Food Program lobby, killing three people just a day after the new leader of the Pakistani Taliban vowed fresh attacks to avenge U.S. missile strikes in the northwest, police and witnesses said. The U.N. temporarily closed its Pakistan offices as a precaution. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Source: NPR Topics: News | 5 Oct 2009 | 2:46 am Thailand Train Derails, At Least 10 KilledOfficials Say 88 More Injured as Train Crashes in Heavy Rain; Latest in Series of Similar DerailmentsSource: Latest World Headlines - CBS News | 5 Oct 2009 | 2:43 am Skype: People want total control over mobile phone appsAngry at being barred from some mobile 3G networks by wireless operators, Skype is pushing hard for the FCC to mandate new openness rules for handsets and it says that public opinion is on its side.
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 5 Oct 2009 | 2:40 am newspoliticspublic option is alive and well: Sen. Schumer insists ... - New York Daily News
Source: Top Stories - Google News | 5 Oct 2009 | 2:39 am Three people died in the blastMap locating Islamabad in Pakistan. A suicide bomber was responsible for the blast at a United Nations office in Islamabad which left three people including a foreign national dead, a senior police official...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 5 Oct 2009 | 2:15 am Blast at aid office in Pakistan kills 3Police in Islamabad say the suicide bomber was 22 to 25 years old and detonated his explosives in the lobby of the World Food Program.ISLAMABAD — A suicide bomber blew himself up in the lobby of the World Food Program in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad today, killing three people and wounding several others, police and witnesses said.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 5 Oct 2009 | 2:14 am Supreme court term has major gun rights, business casesWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court will again consider gun rights and decide an important case that could loosen restrictions on corporation spending in political campaigns in its new term beginning on Monday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 5 Oct 2009 | 2:08 am Rescue workers look for injured passengers after it derailed near the southern Thai city of Hua HinRescue workers look for injured passengers after it derailed near the southern Thai city of Hua Hin. An overnight passenger train derailed in Thailand killing seven people and injuring scores of others,...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 5 Oct 2009 | 2:06 am Map locating Hua Hin in Thailand where a train derailed 13 kilometres south of the resort town Monday killing sevenMap locating Hua Hin in Thailand where a train derailed 13 kilometres south of the resort town Monday killing seven people and injuring scores of others.Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 5 Oct 2009 | 2:06 am Rescue workers lower an injured passenger through a train window after it derailed near Hua HinRescue workers lower an injured passenger through a train window after it derailed near the southern Thai city of Hua Hin. An overnight passenger train derailed in Thailand killing seven people and injuring...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 5 Oct 2009 | 2:06 am A man shouts during a speech by Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah in KabulA man shouts during a speech by Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah in Kabul in late September. The fraud accusations that have dogged the Afghan vote have dismayed leaders of the international...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 5 Oct 2009 | 1:55 am Afghan politician Abdullah Abdullah, main rival to President Hamid Karzai, has made vote-rigging accusationsAfghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah, main rival to President Hamid Karzai, has around 28 percent of the vote in Afghanistan and has been at the forefront of vote-rigging accusations against...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 5 Oct 2009 | 1:55 am A man passes in front of a wall of torn electoral posters in KabulA man passes in front of a wall of torn electoral posters in Kabul in late September. Afghans went to the polls on August 20 to elect their president for the next five years, but allegations of widespread...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 5 Oct 2009 | 1:55 am Typhoon stalls, dumps rain on northern PhilippinesMANILA (Reuters) - A powerful storm hovered off the Philippines' northwestern coast on Monday, two days after thrashing remote mountain areas on the main island Luzon and killing 22 people, officials said.Source: Reuters: Top News | 5 Oct 2009 | 1:45 am China vows to stand by isolated North KoreaBEIJING (Reuters) - China pledged to strengthen bonds with isolated North Korea on Monday, calling their relationship a boon to peace, while reports of swoops on North Korean ships underscored strains behind a recent easing of tension.Source: Reuters: Top News | 5 Oct 2009 | 1:25 am Some schools reopen in quake-hit Indonesia cityPADANG, Indonesia (Reuters) - Markets reopened and some children attended school in the earthquake-shattered city of Padang on Monday, but inland hamlets engulfed by landslides were to be left as mass graves to focus on getting aid to survivors.Source: Reuters: Top News | 5 Oct 2009 | 1:23 am 8 GIs Killed as Afghan Strategy DebatedTaliban Overwhelm Remote Bases in Siege that Could Influence this Week's Strategy Sessions in WashingtonSource: Latest World Headlines - CBS News | 5 Oct 2009 | 1:14 am China's premier begins 3-day visit to North KoreaAs Wen Jiabao meets with Kim Jong Il, hope stirs that North Korea will be persuaded to return to nuclear disarmament talks. China is North Korea's main link to the outside world.Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang on Sunday, kicking off a three-day visit that could indicate whether reclusive North Korea will return to the negotiating table over its nuclear weapons program.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 5 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am Indonesians shaken and struggling after devastating earthquakeThe rebuilding has begun, but there is little power, fuel or clean water, the tourism industry is badly damaged, and hopes for those buried alive are fading.Uly Marisa picked up her broom and swept away broken glass and shattered pottery Sunday as the wail of noon prayers rang out over her battered neighborhood in Padang. The radio station employee has lived through several earthquakes since she moved to this port city of 900,000 people several years ago. But Wednesday's magnitude 7.6 quake, which killed hundreds of people, was the worst by far. It left her deeply shaken and reflective.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 5 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am Latinas using social networking sites to share experiencesSocial networking sites are popping up for Latinas nationwide, and a few from Canada and Mexico. They gather to network, share ...
Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 5 Oct 2009 | 12:44 am Cashing in on ruined bills with murky originsAmong transactions involving mutilated money, Bureau of Engraving and Printing gets mysteries.
Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 5 Oct 2009 | 12:43 am Sandra Day O'Connor says rulings are being 'dismantled'Retired Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O'Connor says she regrets that some of her decisions "are being dismantled" by the current ...
Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 5 Oct 2009 | 12:22 am Report: 1 In 10 Babies Born Premature WorldwideNearly one in 10 of the world's babies is born premature, and about 1 million infants die each year as a result, says a startling first attempt to measure a toll that in much of the world is hidden. The vast majority of the nearly 13 million preemies born each year are in Africa and Asia, according to the report by the March of Dimes. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Source: NPR Topics: News | 5 Oct 2009 | 12:14 am California town evacuated as wildfire approachesLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A wildfire fanned by erratic winds chased thousands of people from their homes in a mountaintop town 80 miles east of Los Angeles, officials said on Sunday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 4 Oct 2009 | 11:56 pm Billions in aid never reached Pakistan armyBetween 2002 and 2008, while al-Qaida regrouped, only $500 million of the $6.6 billion in American aid actually made it to the Pakistani military, two army generals tell The Associated Press.
Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 4 Oct 2009 | 11:54 pm Second-hand retailers score during recessionDALLAS/PHOENIX (Reuters) - The recession has taken its toll on many large U.S. retailers but smaller ones catering to the second-hand market are flourishing as the cash-strapped seek the holy grail of the American consumer: a bargain.Source: Reuters: Top News | 4 Oct 2009 | 11:47 pm Mendenhall runs wild, Steelers outlast Chargers
Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 4 Oct 2009 | 10:57 pm Taliban attack tests new U.S. strategyEight American troops and two Afghan security officers are killed in day-long siege of outpost, marking highest toll for U.S. forces in over a year.
Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 4 Oct 2009 | 10:41 pm Greek PM Ousted in Landslide ElectionSocialists Trounce Governing Conservative Party; Voters React to Corruption, EconomySource: Latest World Headlines - CBS News | 4 Oct 2009 | 10:21 pm On the Web, forever <br/>has a due dateIf GeoCities -- once the most popular face of personal Websites -- can disappear, what about YouTube, Google Docs and Facebook?
Source: The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed | 4 Oct 2009 | 10:01 pm Autism is more widespread, U.S. studies show, but why?Two government studies suggest autism spectrum disorders are becoming more common in children. However, it is not clear how ...
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Source: The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed | 4 Oct 2009 | 10:00 pm Magical moments amid the mayhemFrom wild rides to unscripted synchronicity, this year's Nuit Blanche shows what Toronto is really all about, Sarah Milroy writes
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Source: The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed | 4 Oct 2009 | 10:00 pm Quintessential ArdenWith Free, her new fusion-style release, singer Jann Arden delivers a sound both new and immutably the same all at once
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Source: The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed | 4 Oct 2009 | 10:00 pm Credibility of U.S. bank rescue program hurt by government's inaccurate claims: reportSpecial Inspector General says then-Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson was wrong to contend all nine institutions receiving first round of TARP support were sound
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Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 4 Oct 2009 | 9:46 pm Typhoon dodges recovering Philippine capitalThis time, the prayers of the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception were answered.
Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 4 Oct 2009 | 9:45 pm More colleges develop classes on how to treat war veteransUniversities are creating classes to train students in how to treat combat veterans and their families suffering from war-related ...
Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 4 Oct 2009 | 9:44 pm American Samoa pauses to grieveDisaster relief workers paused recovery operations Sunday at the request of Gov. Togiola Tulafono to allow residents to remember ...
Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 4 Oct 2009 | 9:43 pm Thai derailment leaves 8 deadA train derailed during heavy rains early Monday near a popular seaside resort in central Thailand, killing at least eight people ...
Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 4 Oct 2009 | 9:36 pm Supreme Court tackles animal-abuse tapes as free speech testIn 2005, Stevens, of Virginia, became the first person to go to trial and be convicted under the law. His appeal, to be argued ...
Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 4 Oct 2009 | 9:35 pm Somali Pres. Condemns Terror RecruitingYoung Men Drawn from Minnesota's Large Somali Community to Fight; Several Have DiedSource: Latest World Headlines - CBS News | 4 Oct 2009 | 9:23 pm Most lobbyist money going to DemsFundraising by Washington lobbyists so far this year has chiefly benefited the Democratic Party, according to a USA TODAY analysis ...
Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 4 Oct 2009 | 9:06 pm Swine flu vaccination effort starts Monday: CDCWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Healthcare workers in Indiana and Tennessee will be among the first to get swine flu vaccines in the United States on Monday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.Source: Reuters: Top News | 4 Oct 2009 | 9:03 pm Four dead in Thai train crashBANGKOK - A medical official says at least four people have been killed and 23 others hospitalised when a train derailed during heavy rains near Hua Hin in central Thailand.Chatree Charoencheewakun, director of the Emergency Medical...Source: nzherald.co.nz - World | 4 Oct 2009 | 8:59 pm El Nino portends cold winter for East CoastThe USA's East Coast could shiver under a blanket of unusual cold this winter, according to forecasters.
Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 4 Oct 2009 | 8:55 pm Tsunami: Looting hardest to take ? NZ victimA New Zealand woman whose family home and possessions were washed away by the tsunami in Samoa found the toughest thing to deal with was the looting that followed.Samoa was hit by a tsunami following a 8.3-magnitude undersea quake...Source: nzherald.co.nz - World | 4 Oct 2009 | 8:34 pm 8 Americans Dead in Fierce Afghan BattlesHundreds of Militants Attack Remote Outposts Near Pakistan Border; Taliban Claims Responsibility for AttacksSource: Latest World Headlines - CBS News | 4 Oct 2009 | 8:30 pm Video: Afghan War Heating UpU.S. forces are hunting down a terrorist network in Afghanistan, while 8 Americans die at a remote outpost. As Mandy Clark reports, the debate is heating up over U.S. policy.Source: Latest World Headlines - CBS News | 4 Oct 2009 | 6:15 pm Video: Paraplegic Conquers KilimanjaroAfter a grueling 7-day climb, paraplegic, Chris Waddell triumphed over Mt. Kilimanjaro on a custom made 4-wheel mountain bike. As Karen Brown reports, he climbed the tallest African peak to be heard.Source: Latest World Headlines - CBS News | 4 Oct 2009 | 6:14 pm Ireland Says Yes To European UnionThe people of Ireland have overwhelmingly approved a document known as the Lisbon Treaty, which some are calling a new constitution for the European Union. But it seems the debate about how much sovereignty European countries cede to Brussels is far from over. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Source: NPR Topics: News | 4 Oct 2009 | 6:01 pm Australia tries to curb numbers of criminals fleeing its bordersMelbourne - Two families, the Mitchells of Melbourne and the Hofstees from the Gold Coast do not know each other but became linked by tragedy this year.Luke Mitchell (29), and Dean Hofstee (19), both went out at night in Melbourne...Source: nzherald.co.nz - World | 4 Oct 2009 | 5:59 pm Killers fleeing Aussie via planeMelbourne - Two families, the Mitchells of Melbourne and the Hofstees from the Gold Coast do not know each other but became linked by tragedy this year.Luke Mitchell (29), and Dean Hofstee (19), both went out at night in Melbourne...Source: nzherald.co.nz - World | 4 Oct 2009 | 5:58 pm In Afghanistan, U.S. Troops Target HaqqaniMissions to Upend Al Qaeda-Linked Tribal Leader Continue Despite Deadliest Day for U.S. in More than a YearSource: Latest World Headlines - CBS News | 4 Oct 2009 | 5:55 pm Desperate actions save baby's lifeAs the water receded Ioka Fa'aliga-Fauena Yi clutched the body of her lifeless baby, said a prayer and sucked his nose."I was so desperate. I just put my mouth over his nose and sucked out the water. I thought I was holding a...Source: nzherald.co.nz - World | 4 Oct 2009 | 5:35 pm Aussie ute record attempt bogged upSYDNEY - A NSW town's shot at the world record for the largest parade of legally-registered utes has become bogged in the mud, with organisers forced to postpone the attempt until next year because of heavy rains.Deniliquin in...Source: nzherald.co.nz - World | 4 Oct 2009 | 5:23 pm Video: Aiding IndonesiaDays after deadly earthquakes struck the Indonesian island of Sumatra. International aid is arriving. As Celia Hatton reports, rescue crews are straining to reach uncharted quake territory.Source: Latest World Headlines - CBS News | 4 Oct 2009 | 5:15 pm PHOTOS: Indonesia Hit by Second EarthquakeEarthquake shakes Padang to its core, hundreds killed, thousands trapped.Source: ABC News: International | 4 Oct 2009 | 5:15 pm Who knew? Saints use ‘D’ to shut down Jets
Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 4 Oct 2009 | 5:12 pm UK paedophile 'scum' says spouseThe husband of nursery paedophile Vanessa George has branded her "cold, calculating scum".Andrew George (41) has reportedly urged his wife to confirm to police which children she abused and end parents' misery."I would say...Source: nzherald.co.nz - World | 4 Oct 2009 | 5:10 pm Aussie starved daughter to deathSYDNEY, Australia - An Australian woman has been sentenced to life in prison for the starvation death of her 7-year-old daughter.Justice Robert Allan Hulme called the girl's death "unimaginably heartless and cruel" as he sentenced...Source: nzherald.co.nz - World | 4 Oct 2009 | 5:01 pm Sarah Palin book deal worth millionsANCHORAGE, Alaska - Sarah Palin's highly anticipated memoir "Going Rogue" has already catapulted to No. 1 on Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.com after HarperCollins announced it had moved the release date of 1.5 million copies forward...Source: nzherald.co.nz - World | 4 Oct 2009 | 4:40 pm 'Bluehenge' discovered near StonehengeLondon - Archaeologists have discovered a smaller prehistoric site near Britain's famous circle of standing stones at Stonehenge.Researchers have dubbed the site 'Bluehenge', after the colour of the 27 Welsh stones that were laid...Source: nzherald.co.nz - World | 4 Oct 2009 | 4:30 pm Socialists Trounce Conservatives In Greek ElectionGreece's Socialists trounced the governing conservatives in a landslide election Sunday, with voters angered by scandals and a faltering economy ousting Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis halfway through his second term. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Source: NPR Topics: News | 4 Oct 2009 | 4:22 pm 2.6 million on incapacity benefits to face tough new Tory testsHundreds of thousands of the 2.6 million claimants will have their payments cut by almost a third if they fail tests under proposals to be announced by the Conservatives.Source: Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World | 4 Oct 2009 | 4:21 pm Kate’s lawyer: Jon took $200,000 from bank
Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 4 Oct 2009 | 3:26 pm Twins force 1-game playoff with Detroit
Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 4 Oct 2009 | 3:22 pm Taxpayers lose billions in deal to sell Armed Forces homesBillions lost in deal to sell Armed Forces housing to a private equity company controlled by one of Britain's richest men.Source: Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World | 4 Oct 2009 | 3:06 pm Firefighters make stand to save WrightwoodFirefighters were making an all-out assault to prevent a fast-moving brush fire in the San Gabriel Mountains from reaching the community of Wrightwood.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 4 Oct 2009 | 3:04 pm Former Japanese Finance Minister Found DeadShoichi Nakagawa, who stepped down after appearing to be drunk at an overseas news conference, was found dead in his home Sunday, police said, ruling out foul play. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Source: NPR Topics: News | 4 Oct 2009 | 1:10 pm Head of UN nuclear watchdog sees Iran cooperationTEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- The visiting head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog set Oct. 25 as the date for his inspectors to check Iran's newly revealed uranium enrichment site and struck an upbeat note Sunday, saying Tehran's confrontation with the West is shifting gears to more cooperation and transparency....Source: AP Top International News At 6:33 a... | 4 Oct 2009 | 1:02 pm Adviser Downplays Threat Of Renewed Al-QaidaRetired Gen. James Jones, the White House national security adviser, said that Afghanistan is not in imminent danger of falling to the Taliban, and he downplayed fears that the insurgency could set up a renewed sanctuary for al-Qaida. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Source: NPR Topics: News | 4 Oct 2009 | 12:51 pm Girl's Harrowing Escape From Swine FluTexas has been hit hard by swine flu. While most who get it recover just fine, others aren't so lucky. NPR's Wade Goodwyn has the story of one girl who fought back from near-death. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Source: NPR Topics: News | 4 Oct 2009 | 11:52 am Al Qaeda Leader Praises Dead Militant in New VideoAl Qaeda's deputy leader in a video released Sunday paid tribute to a senior militant who was held in U.S. secret prisons and once gave information about links between the terror group and Iraq that was later deemed false.Source: FOXNews.com | 4 Oct 2009 | 11:30 am Chinese Premier Meets With Kim Jong Il on State VisitChina's premier was given a gala welcome to Pyongyang on Sunday by North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, bolstering indications that the North is preparing to rejoin talks over its nuclear weapons programs.Source: FOXNews.com | 4 Oct 2009 | 10:54 am Search Teams Lose Hope of Finding Survivors in IndonesiaSearch teams lost hope of finding any more survivors under the rubble left by a massive earthquake, as torrential rains on Sunday held up aid delivery in the remote hills of western Indonesia where several villages were wiped out.Source: FOXNews.com | 4 Oct 2009 | 10:45 am Afghanistan: Bob Ainsworth tells soldier 'we can't meet US call for more troops'Defence Secretary admits to soldiers in Afghanistan that Britain will struggle to meet US requests for extra manpower.Source: Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World | 4 Oct 2009 | 10:38 am UN praise for Iran over nuclear inspectionsHead of the UN nuclear watchdog has praised Iran for agreeing to open its newly disclosed uranium enrichment plant to inspection.Source: Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World | 4 Oct 2009 | 10:00 am Palestinians Enraged Abbas Dropped U.N. War Crime ReportPalestinian President Mahmoud Abbas faced growing outrage at home Sunday over his decision to withdraw support for a U.N. report that alleged Israel and Hamas committed war crimes in last winter's Gaza war.Source: FOXNews.com | 4 Oct 2009 | 9:49 am Afghanistan: Eight US soldiers killed as Taliban storm outpostNatoled forces have suffered their bloodiest attack in more than a year after a multipronged assault on outposts near the Pakistan border.Source: Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World | 4 Oct 2009 | 9:40 am Italian PM Vows to Rebuild Homes for Mudslide VictimsItalian Premier Silvio Berlusconi promised Sunday to build new houses for the victims of massive mudslides in Sicily that killed at least 22 people and left more than 500 homeless.Source: FOXNews.com | 4 Oct 2009 | 9:39 am India: Detained North Korean Ship Allowed to LeaveIndia's navy said Sunday that a Pakistan-bound North Korean ship would be allowed to leave Indian waters after a search of the vessel yielded "nothing incriminatory," news reports said.Source: FOXNews.com | 4 Oct 2009 | 8:27 am Spain: Pirates Took Hijacked Boat to Port in SomaliaThe Spanish government says a hijacked trawler has been taken to port in Somalia with pirates still in charge of the vessel.Source: FOXNews.com | 4 Oct 2009 | 7:54 am Greek Man With Gun Arrested at Pakistan AirportAirport security officers in Pakistan arrested a Greek man Sunday on accusations he tried to smuggle a handgun hidden in a laptop computer onto a plane.Source: FOXNews.com | 4 Oct 2009 | 7:40 am Latest Asia Typhoon Kills 16 in PhilippinesLandslides buried two families in the Philippines as they sheltered in their homes from Asia's latest deadly typhoon, which killed at least 16 people and left more than a dozen flooded villages cut off Sunday.Source: FOXNews.com | 4 Oct 2009 | 7:27 am 8 U.S. Troops Killed in Attack on Afghanistan OutpostsHundreds of insurgents armed with automatic rifles and rocket-propelled grenades stormed a pair of remote outposts near the Pakistan border, killing eight U.S. soldiers and capturing more than 20 Afghan security troops.Source: FOXNews.com | 4 Oct 2009 | 7:24 am UN to inspect Iran's secret nuclear plant this monthUN nuclear watchdog chief has announced that inspectors will visit Iran's uranium enrichment plant on October 25.Source: Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World | 4 Oct 2009 | 4:50 am
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