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2nd quake shakes Indonesia after temblor kills 467 (AP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2009 12:14 AM PDT

Rescuers lead a sniffer dog to search for earthquake victims in Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009. A second earthquake with a 6.8 magnitude rocked western Indonesia Thursday, a day after the region was devastated by an undersea quake of 7.6 magnitude. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)AP - A second powerful earthquake rocked western Indonesia on Thursday as rescuers struggled to reach survivors of the previous day's temblor, which killed at least 467 people and left thousands trapped under collapsed buildings.

Death toll in Samoas tsunami reaches 149 (AP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2009 12:46 AM PDT

A beach-side road is half destroyed as debris litters the sand at Lalomanu, Samoa, as they search for bodies, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009, a day after a deadly tsunami rolled through several South Pacific island nations. A earthquake centered about 120 miles (193 kilometers) south of the islands of Samoa and American Samoa, triggered the tsunami early Tuesday. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)AP - Stunned Samoans dug through the sodden wreckage of their homes and told of the terror of being trapped underwater or flung inland by the tsunami that ravaged towns and killed at least 149 people in the South Pacific.

Advisers split complicates Obama's Afghan decision (AP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2009 12:41 AM PDT

In this photo released by the White House, President Barack Obama holds a review on Afghanistan in the Situation Room of the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/The White House, Pete Souza)AP - President Barack Obama is confronting a split among his closest advisers on Afghanistan, reflecting divisions in his own party over whether to send in thousands more U.S. troops and complicating his efforts to adopt a war policy he can sell to a public grown weary of the 8-year-old conflict.

Stop sign ahead for texting while driving? (AP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2009 12:33 AM PDT

UPDATES graphic to match write through status of states; graphic shows states with laws against texting while drivingAP - Targeting text messaging behind the wheel, the Obama administration plans to offer recommendations to address the growing traffic safety risk of distracted driving and the use of mobile devices by multitasking drivers.

Health care may hit House, Senate floor mid-month (AP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2009 12:40 AM PDT

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., left, gestures during the committee's hearing on health care overhaul reform legislation, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington. From left are, Baucus, the committee's ranking Republican Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa and Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - Historic health care legislation could be on the floor of both houses of Congress as early as mid-October as Democrats work to answer President Barack Obama's call for greater protections for those who have unreliable insurance or no coverage at all.

Economy sends numerous signals of rebound (AP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2009 12:28 AM PDT

Jobless university graduate David Rowe wears a sandwich board advertising his search for employment as he walks along Fleet Street in central London September 22, 2009. In a pinstripe suit, silk tie and with polished brogues, Rowe appears the epitome of a successful London city worker, except for one glaring difference - he's wearing a sandwich board that says AP - Consumer spending, the bulwark of economic growth, is showing signs of life as the economy transitions from recession to recovery.

GM to shut down Saturn after Penske walks away (AP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2009 12:29 AM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 19, 2009 file photo, a Saturn car is seen at a dealership in San Antonio. Penske Automotive Group, citing concerns about whether GM could continue to supply vehicles after a manufacturing contract with the automaker ran out, on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009 ended talks with GM to acquire the brand. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, file)AP - For those who expected General Motors' once-funky Saturn brand to live on with a new owner, Wednesday brought a sad twist. Saturn, once billed as a different kind of car company, appears as dead as Pontiac and Oldsmobile.

Supreme Court takes a fresh look at handgun laws (AP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2009 12:37 AM PDT

Chief Justice John Roberts sits for a new group photograph with other Supreme Court judges, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009, at the Supreme Court in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - The Supreme Court could ignite a vigorous new fight over state and local gun controls across the nation when it rules on a challenge to Chicago's handgun ban.

Asia readies for next storm as death toll rises (AP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2009 12:44 AM PDT

A child comes out of a flooded house by boat in Hoi An, Vietnam, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009 after Typhoon Ketsana passed. 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. (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki)AP - Asia had little respite Thursday from an already brutal storm season, with warnings the next tempest was en route to the Philippines while three nations counted their dead from the previous one, with the toll reaching 383.

Tigers beat Twins; move closer to AL Central title (AP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 11:59 PM PDT

Detroit Tigers' Magglio Ordonez, left, congratulates teammate Ramon Santiago after they defeated the Minnesota Twins 7-2 in a baseball game Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009, in Detroit. Santiago drove in the winning run with a two-run single in the second inning to give the Tigers a 4-2 lead. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson)AP - Magglio Ordonez hit a three-run double and the Detroit Tigers beat the Minnesota Twins 7-2 on Wednesday night to move closer to the AL Central title.

Indonesia quake death toll may be thousands (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 10:38 PM PDT

A video grab shows a foot among the wreckage of a building following an earthquake in Padang on Indonesia's Sumatra island September 30, 2009. REUTERS/Metro TV via Reuters TVReuters - Rescue teams struggled in heavy rain on Thursday to find people trapped under debris after a powerful earthquake hit the Indonesian city of Padang, possibly killing thousands.

China marks 60 years with spectacle of power (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Oct 2009 12:39 AM PDT

A worker covers the red carpet with a plastic sheet in front of Beijing's Tiananmen Gate September 30, 2009. REUTERS/Jason LeeReuters - China celebrated its wealth and rising might with a show of goose-stepping troops, gaudy floats and nuclear-capable missiles in Beijing on Thursday, 60 years after Mao Zedong proclaimed its embrace of communism.

U.S. and Iran to face off at six-power nuclear talks (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 10:54 PM PDT

Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili speaks with journalists at Tehran's Imam Khomeini airport September 30, 2009, before his departure for talks in Geneva. REUTERS/Caren FirouzReuters - Six world powers gather in Switzerland on Thursday for a meeting with Iran's chief nuclear negotiator and U.S. officials said there could be an opportunity for a rare bilateral meeting with the Iranians.

U.S. senators vote to encourage healthy behavior (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 06:46 PM PDT

Paul Hochfeld, an emergency room doctor from Corvallis, Ore., attends a rally hosted by The Mad As Hell Doctors tour to raise support for health care reform and a single payer system, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009 at Lafayette Park in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)Reuters - A U.S. Senate panel on Wednesday adopted a measure aimed at rewarding healthy behavior in a sweeping healthcare overhaul sought by President Barack Obama as lawmakers pushed to complete the legislation.

Honduras' Micheletti backs off Brazil deadline (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 09:30 PM PDT

John Biehl, Organization of American States, OAS, representative is seen through of window of a gate at the Brazilian embassy, before a meeting with Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya in Tegucigalpa, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009. Business and political leaders who backed the coup overthrowing President Manuel Zelaya now are considering the unthinkable: returning him to office with limited powers. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)Reuters - De facto Honduran leader Roberto Micheletti on Wednesday backed away from a deadline set for Brazil to decide on the fate of ousted leader Manuel Zelaya, who has been holed up at the Brazilian embassy for more than a week after sneaking back from exile.

Climate control debate heats up in the Senate (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 05:47 PM PDT

President Barack Obama makes remarks about climate change legislation at the White House in Washington, June 29, 2009. REUTERS/Jim YoungReuters - President Barack Obama's drive to fight global warming got a boost on Wednesday as Democrats in the U.S. Senate unveiled a bill aimed at slashing greenhouse gas emissions in the next four decades.

Obama hears opinions on new strategy in Afghanistan (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 05:38 PM PDT

United Nations special envoy Kai Eide during a press conference in Kabul on September 16. UN chief Ban Ki-moon has dismissed the deputy UN special envoy to Afghanistan who has been involved in a row with his boss, Eide, over the country's fraud-tainted election.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)Reuters - President Barack Obama heard opinions from top advisers on how to reverse the deteriorating Afghanistan war on Wednesday as part of a sweeping strategy review that could lead to more U.S. troops.

U.S. officials worry about homegrown terrorism plots (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 01:36 PM PDT

Najibullah Zazi (C) is escorted by U.S. Marshals after a helicopter landing at a New York Police Department facility in Brooklyn, New York, September 25, 2009. REUTERS/New York Police DepartmentReuters - Top Obama administration officials on Wednesday said recent arrests in alleged bombing plots highlight the challenges they face combating "self-radicalized, homegrown extremists" as well as foreigners in the United States determined to carry out attacks.

Thousands feared dead in Indonesian quake (AFP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 11:46 PM PDT

People search for survivors from a collapsed shop in Padang, west Sumatra, on October 1, after a 7,9 strong earthquake hits the area. Thousands of people were likely killed in the huge earthquake that struck Indonesia's island, according to the Health Ministry.(AFP/Bay Ismoyo)AFP - A massive earthquake in Indonesia is feared to have killed thousands, authorities said Thursday as rescue workers dug with their bare hands to reach those trapped alive under rubble.

Iran pressed to clear up nuclear aims at talks (AFP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2009 12:03 AM PDT

Two Iranian technicians at the zirconium production plant in Isfahan. The United States pressed Iran to prove it has peaceful nuclear ambitions ahead of crunch talks with six world powers in Geneva on Thursday aimed at breaking a deadlock.(AFP/File/Henghameh Fahimi)AFP - The United States pressed Iran to prove it has peaceful nuclear ambitions ahead of crunch talks with six world powers in Geneva on Thursday aimed at breaking a deadlock.
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