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• Partial government shutdown, no budget in Michigan (AP)
• Economy sends numerous signals of rebound (AP)
• Ariz. man makes surprise confessions in 2 killings (AP)
• Search on for Tenn. baby snatched by fake agent (AP)
• Revamped Carter Museum opens Thursday in Atlanta (AP)
• FBI denies editing Oklahoma City bombing tapes (AP)
• Officials: NY men being watched in terrorism probe (AP)
• Some Chicago residents hoping Olympics bid a bust (AP)
• Key figure in Polanski documentary says he lied (AP)
• NY judge: CIA can keep 9/11 videotape info secret (AP)
• Police: Okla. mom accused of abuse has NYC record (AP)
• Ga. prosecutor: Boy, 6, begged his killers to stop (AP)
• Pilot killed when plane crashes into Ind. field (AP)
• Robbery suspect escapes from NYC courthouse (AP)
• Hopi, Navajos say environmentalists not welcome (AP)
• NYPD: Suspect in NYC stabbing found dead in Philly (AP)
• Calif. jail entrepreneur has checkered past (AP)
• Book about Conn. home invasion sparks complaint (AP)
• Killer of Fla. 9-year-old dies of natural causes (AP)
• 3 Texas commissioners looking into arson dismissed (AP)

Partial government shutdown, no budget in Michigan (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 10:17 PM PDT AP - One of the nation's most economically battered states remained without a budget and stumbled into a partial government shutdown Thursday as Michigan lawmakers failed to agree on a spending plan.

Economy sends numerous signals of rebound (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 09:17 PM PDT AP - Consumer spending, the bulwark of economic growth, is showing signs of life as the economy transitions from recession to recovery.

Ariz. man makes surprise confessions in 2 killings (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 08:28 PM PDT AP - An Arizona man being held on a murder charge made surprise confessions in two other killings, and told authorities he would have continued on a vigilante-style killing spree if he hadn't been caught, authorities said Wednesday.

Search on for Tenn. baby snatched by fake agent (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 09:03 PM PDT AP - A newborn snatched from a Nashville home was missing and his mother recovering from stab wounds she said she suffered in a struggle with the woman kidnapper posing as an immigration agent, authorities said Wednesday.

Revamped Carter Museum opens Thursday in Atlanta (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 10:03 PM PDT AP - The Jimmy Carter Library and Museum reopens Thursday on the former president's 85th birthday after an overhaul that devotes more space than any other presidential library to a commander-in-chief's time spent after the White House.

FBI denies editing Oklahoma City bombing tapes (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 09:43 PM PDT AP - The FBI says it did not edit videotapes of the aftermath of the 1995 bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building before turning them over to an attorney who is conducting an unofficial inquiry into the bombing.

Officials: NY men being watched in terrorism probe (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 06:41 PM PDT AP - A "handful" of men in New York are possible associates of the chief suspect in a suspected plot to use homemade bombs to attack New York City commuter trains, and investigators have them under heavy surveillance, law enforcement officials said Wednesday.

Some Chicago residents hoping Olympics bid a bust (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 06:39 PM PDT AP - The mayor, the president and Oprah Winfrey may hope to return to Chicago from Copenhagen with the 2016 Olympic Games, but some around town hope the International Olympic Committee deems the Second City the second city. As in second to Rio de Janeiro. Or Tokyo. Or Madrid.

Key figure in Polanski documentary says he lied (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 07:17 PM PDT AP - A former prosecutor said Wednesday he lied when he told a documentary film crew that he advised a judge handling Roman Polanski's sex case that he should send the director to prison.

NY judge: CIA can keep 9/11 videotape info secret (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 05:10 PM PDT AP - A judge cited national security concerns in ruling Wednesday that the CIA does not have to release hundreds of documents related to the destruction of videotapes of Sept. 11 detainee interrogations that used harsh methods.

Police: Okla. mom accused of abuse has NYC record (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 03:02 PM PDT AP - An Oklahoma mother accused of locking up her 14-year-old boy in a closet for 4 1/2 years was previously convicted in the death of her 2-year-old child in New York, investigators said Wednesday.

Ga. prosecutor: Boy, 6, begged his killers to stop (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 05:29 PM PDT AP - Jurors in a Georgia courtroom Wednesday heard a horrific videotaped confession from a man who admitted he and his adult son stripped, sexually assaulted and strangled a 6-year-old boy inside a mobile home as the child pleaded with them to stop.

Pilot killed when plane crashes into Ind. field (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 05:14 PM PDT AP - A single-engine plane crashed into an Indiana cornfield Wednesday after the pilot, who was seen slumped over at the controls, lost consciousness and the aircraft flew out of control, officials said.

Robbery suspect escapes from NYC courthouse (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 04:46 PM PDT AP - Police are looking for a well-dressed robbery suspect who walked out of a Manhattan courthouse after an officer apparently mistook him for a lawyer.

Hopi, Navajos say environmentalists not welcome (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 04:31 PM PDT AP - The leader of the country's largest Indian reservation threw his support behind the neighboring Hopi Tribe, whose lawmakers declared environmental groups unwelcome on the reservation.

NYPD: Suspect in NYC stabbing found dead in Philly (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 05:05 PM PDT AP - A man suspected of killing someone he bumped into on a sidewalk outside New York City's main post office has been found dead in Philadelphia, police said Wednesday.

Calif. jail entrepreneur has checkered past (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 06:18 PM PDT AP - Michael Hilton pitched himself to officials in Hardin, Mont. as a military veteran turned private sector entrepreneur, a California defense contractor with extensive government contracts who promised to turn the rural city's empty jail into a cash cow.

Book about Conn. home invasion sparks complaint (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 04:37 PM PDT AP - A lawyer for one of two men charged with murder in a deadly home invasion in Connecticut wants the other defendant held in contempt of court for talking to an author about the case, saying it jeopardizes his client's right to a fair trial.

Killer of Fla. 9-year-old dies of natural causes (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 04:03 PM PDT AP - John Evander Couey, a convicted sex offender awaiting execution for kidnapping, raping and burying 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford alive, died of natural causes Wednesday.

3 Texas commissioners looking into arson dismissed (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 04:00 PM PDT AP - A report concluding a faulty investigation led to a Texas man's execution won't be reviewed by a state board as planned Friday after Gov. Rick Perry abruptly removed three people from the panel, forcing the meeting's cancellation.

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• Eyewitnesses: Samoa tsunami - BBC News
• Boxer, Kerry Launch Campaign to Pass Senate Cap-And-Trade Bill - New York Times
• US to Seek Rare Meeting With Iran on Nuclear Program - Washington Post
• Georgia says war report pins blame on Russia - Reuters
• Justices take on potentially landmark gun rights cases - CNN
• Minneapolis Fed gets new president - Chicago Tribune
• Hamas, Israel deal: 20 prisoners for soldier video - The Associated Press
• H1N1 Flu Vaccine: What You Need to Know - FOXNews
• Obama Announces $5 Billion For New Medical Research - New York Times

Eyewitnesses: Samoa tsunami - BBC News Posted: 30 Sep 2009 10:40 AM PDT BBC News Eyewitnesses: Samoa tsunami BBC News A tsunami triggered by a strong earthquake in the South Pacific has killed more than 100 people in Samoa and American Samoa. Here two eyewitnesses in American Samoa - one a DJ who was on air when the tsunami hit, and one a writer who fled for safety ... Tsunami deaths likely to rise in Pacific islandsReuters Tsunami death toll on Samoan islands rises to 99Los Angeles Times Typhoon Death Toll Rises in Southeast AsiaVoice of America Washington Post -Telegraph.co.uk -FOXNews all 6,963 news articles »

Boxer, Kerry Launch Campaign to Pass Senate Cap-And-Trade Bill - New York Times Posted: 30 Sep 2009 10:42 AM PDT ABC News Boxer, Kerry Launch Campaign to Pass Senate Cap-And-Trade Bill New York Times Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), John Kerry (D-Mass.) and nine Senate supporters kicked off the autumn global warming debate today with a campaign-style rally releasing their comprehensive climate bill. ... Senate Democrats Push Forward With Climate Bill Despite Full PlateFOXNews Senators Unveil Draft Climate BillWall Street Journal Obama says deeply committed to passing climate billReuters Bloomberg -AFP -Chicago Tribune all 561 news articles »

US to Seek Rare Meeting With Iran on Nuclear Program - Washington Post Posted: 30 Sep 2009 10:09 AM PDT Telegraph.co.uk US to Seek Rare Meeting With Iran on Nuclear Program Washington Post GENEVA, Sept. 30 -- US officials signaled Wednesday that they would seek a rare one-on-one meeting with Iranian diplomats during talks here on Thursday between Iran and other major powers on Tehran's nuclear program. ... ANALYSIS-Israel rethinks anti-Iran warningsReuters Why is Israel now quiet over Iran sanctions?Christian Science Monitor Iran must restore confidence on nuclear aims at talks: USAFP Xinhua -Telegraph.co.uk -Voice of America all 3,989 news articles »

Georgia says war report pins blame on Russia - Reuters Posted: 30 Sep 2009 10:39 AM PDT Novinite.com Georgia says war report pins blame on Russia Reuters TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgia said on Wednesday an EU-sponsored report on last year's war with Russia proved Moscow had been preparing for conflict all along. Spin machines in both countries went into action after publication of the report, ... EU: Russia, Georgia share responsibility for 2008 conflictCNN International European Report on Georgia War Faults Both SidesNew York Times European report blames start of S.Ossetia conflict on GeorgiaRIA Novosti The Associated Press -BBC News -Telegraph.co.uk all 891 news articles »

Justices take on potentially landmark gun rights cases - CNN Posted: 30 Sep 2009 10:29 AM PDT Dothan Eagle Justices take on potentially landmark gun rights cases CNN WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Setting the stage for a dramatic battle over gun rights, the Supreme Court on Wednesday accepted an appeal challenging the ability of state and local governments to enforce strict limits on handguns and other weapons. ... The US Supreme Court Takes on Gun Ban, Patriot Act ProvisionABC News Supreme Court to hear new firefighter discrimination caseLos Angeles Times Top court to decide how far gun rights extendReuters The Associated Press -Christian Science Monitor -POPDECAY all 632 news articles »

Minneapolis Fed gets new president - Chicago Tribune Posted: 30 Sep 2009 10:02 AM PDT Minneapolis Fed gets new president Chicago Tribune AP Narayana Kocherlakota (nair-ah-YAH'-nah koach-er-lah-KOH'-tah) will take over Oct. 8. He's an economics professor at the University of Minnesota, where he previously chaired the economics department, and has been a consultant to the Minneapolis Fed. ... Minneapolis Fed Appoints Kocherlakota as PresidentBloomberg Mpls. Federal Reserve Bank names new chiefKARE Minneapolis Fed names Kocherlakota as presidentMarketWatch Minnesota Public Radio -Reuters -Bizjournals.com all 34 news articles »

Hamas, Israel deal: 20 prisoners for soldier video - The Associated Press Posted: 30 Sep 2009 10:41 AM PDT BBC News Hamas, Israel deal: 20 prisoners for soldier video The Associated Press JERUSALEM — In a surprise deal announced Wednesday, Hamas will give Israel a videotape providing a first glimpse of a captured Israeli soldier to prove he is alive in return for the release of 20 Palestinian women held in Israeli prisons. ... Mass Palestinian Prisoner Release Being Negotiated, Hamas Leader SaysFOXNews Schalit family 'yearning for first sign of life from Gilad'Jerusalem Post Netanyahu: UN Gaza report spells death for peaceHa'aretz AFP -Jewish Telegraphic Agency -Ynetnews all 642 news articles »

H1N1 Flu Vaccine: What You Need to Know - FOXNews Posted: 30 Sep 2009 10:44 AM PDT Aljazeera.net H1N1 Flu Vaccine: What You Need to Know FOXNews For months we've have been waiting for the H1N1 vaccine to arrive in the US – and now it looks like that wait is almost over. The new vaccine should be in some doctors' offices as early as Monday, according to US ... Many swine flu deaths linked with second infectionReuters Arizona orders first H1N1 flu dosesBizjournals.com Many swine flu deaths linked to pneumoniamsnbc.com ABC News -U.S. News & World Report -Newsinferno.com all 2,465 news articles »

Obama Announces $5 Billion For New Medical Research - New York Times Posted: 30 Sep 2009 09:35 AM PDT RTE.ie Obama Announces $5 Billion For New Medical Research New York Times By REUTERS The latest on President Obama, the new administration and other news from Washington and around the nation. Join the discussion. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - US President Barack Obama announced a plan on Wednesday to spend $5 billion on medical ... Obama announces $5 billion in research grantsCNN International Obama says $5B in grants will aid medical researchThe Associated Press Obama announces stimulus funds for research during NIH visitBaltimore Sun Los Angeles Times -ABC News -Washington Post all 441 news articles »

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• Quake triggers tsunami in the Samoas, killing 82 (AP)
• More thorny challenges ahead for health overhaul (AP)
• Typhoon Ketsana wreaks havoc across Southeast Asia (AP)
• Toyota to recall 3.8M vehicles over floor mats (AP)
• US speeds Iraq withdrawal; 4,000 more headed home (AP)
• Mom babysitting neighbor kids sparks debate over child care law (AP)
• NYC terror suspect pleads not guilty, kept in jail (AP)
• Billionaire clown heads for space station (AP)
• Being overweight can cut women's life expectancy (AP)
• Central-leading Tigers beat Twins 6-5 to split DH (AP)
• Tsunami smashes Pacific islands, over 100 feared dead (Reuters)
• Climate control debate heats up in Senate (Reuters)
• Iran says to enter Geneva talks with good intentions (Reuters)
• U.S. Senate panel rejects public healthcare option (Reuters)
• Ex-U.S. military officials press to close Guantanamo (Reuters)
• Beijing locked down ahead of national day parade (Reuters)
• Vietnam fights floods after typhoon, toll hits 40 (Reuters)
• U.S. envoy in Cuba met with officials, citizens (Reuters)
• Dozens dead as Samoa quake, tsunami hits villages (AFP)
• Typhoon kills dozens in Vietnam, Cambodia (AFP)

Quake triggers tsunami in the Samoas, killing 82 (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 12:25 AM PDT AP - A powerful earthquake in the South Pacific hurled massive tsunami waves at the shores of Samoa and American Samoa, flattening villages and sweeping cars and people out to sea, leaving at least 82 dead and dozens missing.

More thorny challenges ahead for health overhaul (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 12:51 AM PDT AP - A sweeping health overhaul bill has survived a major challenge from the left, but onslaughts loom from the right on thorny issues including abortion and insurance coverage for illegal immigrants.

Typhoon Ketsana wreaks havoc across Southeast Asia (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 12:31 AM PDT AP - One of the most destructive storms in years extended its deadly path across Southeast Asia, blowing down wooden villages in Cambodia and crushing Vietnamese houses under mudslides after submerging much of the Philippines capital.

Toyota to recall 3.8M vehicles over floor mats (AP) Posted: 29 Sep 2009 06:55 PM PDT AP - Toyota Motor Corp. said Tuesday it will recall 3.8 million vehicles in the United States, the company's largest-ever U.S. recall, to address problems with a removable floor mat that could cause accelerators to get stuck and lead to a crash.

US speeds Iraq withdrawal; 4,000 more headed home (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 12:07 AM PDT AP - The United States is speeding up its military withdrawal from Iraq, sending 4,000 more troops home next month, the top American commander there says.

Mom babysitting neighbor kids sparks debate over child care law (AP) Posted: 29 Sep 2009 06:41 PM PDT AP - Each day before the school bus comes to pick up the neighborhood's children, Lisa Snyder did a favor for three of her fellow moms, welcoming their children into her home for about an hour before they left for school.

NYC terror suspect pleads not guilty, kept in jail (AP) Posted: 29 Sep 2009 06:41 PM PDT AP - As a suspected al-Qaida operative pleaded not guilty Tuesday to plotting a bomb attack in New York, the city's police commissioner pronounced the threat neutralized and said there is nothing to fear from the defendant's three alleged accomplices.

Billionaire clown heads for space station (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 12:22 AM PDT AP - A billionaire Canadian circus tycoon is on his way to the International Space Station.

Being overweight can cut women's life expectancy (AP) Posted: 29 Sep 2009 06:42 PM PDT AP - Being fat in middle age may slash women's chances of making it to their golden years in good health by almost 80 percent, a new study says. American researchers observed more than 17,000 female nurses with an average age of 50 in the U.S. All of the women were healthy when the study began in 1976. Researchers then monitored the women's weight, along with other health changes, every two years until 2000.

Central-leading Tigers beat Twins 6-5 to split DH (AP) Posted: 29 Sep 2009 08:24 PM PDT AP - Justin Verlander kept the Detroit Tigers on top in the AL Central, pitching eight innings in a 6-5 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night that salvaged a split of their critical doubleheader.

Tsunami smashes Pacific islands, over 100 feared dead (Reuters) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 12:46 AM PDT Reuters - A series of tsunamis smashed into the Pacific island nations of American and Western Samoa killing possibly more than 100 people, some washed out to sea, destroying villages and injuring hundreds, officials said on Wednesday.

Climate control debate heats up in Senate (Reuters) Posted: 29 Sep 2009 10:07 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama's drive to tackle global warming gets a boost on Wednesday, when Democrats in the Senate are expected to unveil a bill aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions over the next four decades.

Iran says to enter Geneva talks with good intentions (Reuters) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 12:43 AM PDT Reuters - Iran is entering talks with six world powers this week with good intentions, the Islamic Republic's chief nuclear negotiator said on Wednesday as he left Tehran for the one-day meeting in Geneva.

U.S. Senate panel rejects public healthcare option (Reuters) Posted: 29 Sep 2009 07:47 PM PDT Reuters - A U.S. Senate panel on Tuesday rejected a government-run "public" insurance option as part of a broad healthcare overhaul, handing insurers an early victory and setting the stage for a long fight over one of the bill's most contentious issues.

Ex-U.S. military officials press to close Guantanamo (Reuters) Posted: 29 Sep 2009 03:42 PM PDT Reuters - Top former U.S. military officials are lobbying for U.S. President Barack Obama to advance plans to close the controversial military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Beijing locked down ahead of national day parade (Reuters) Posted: 29 Sep 2009 09:53 PM PDT Reuters - The Chinese capital Beijing is under lockdown on the eve of a massive military parade to mark six decades of Communist Party rule, with gun-toting police manning street corners to ensure nothing spoils the event.

Vietnam fights floods after typhoon, toll hits 40 (Reuters) Posted: 29 Sep 2009 11:49 PM PDT Reuters - Vietnam's central provinces battled the biggest floods in decades on Wednesday caused by a powerful typhoon that swept into the country after wreaking havoc in the Philippines.

U.S. envoy in Cuba met with officials, citizens (Reuters) Posted: 29 Sep 2009 09:37 PM PDT Reuters - A senior U.S. diplomat who participated in recent talks in Havana about resuming bilateral mail service with Cuba stayed around to meet with Cuban officials and other Cubans in the latest sign of thawing U.S.-Cuba relations.

Dozens dead as Samoa quake, tsunami hits villages (AFP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 12:07 AM PDT AFP - A huge earthquake churned up a giant tsunami that devastated the Samoa islands on Tuesday, killing at least 53 people as it tore through resorts and villages.

Typhoon kills dozens in Vietnam, Cambodia (AFP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 12:23 AM PDT AFP - Typhoon Ketsana extended its trail of destruction across Southeast Asia Wednesday, killing at least 49 people in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos and unleashing some of the worst floods in a decade.

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