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Big police depts back anti-terror citizen watch (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 12:24 AM PDT

This undated handout image provided by iWatch.org shows the cover of the I-Watch report, a program of anti-terrorism indicators for police. The nation's big city police chiefs are expected to endorse an anti-terrorism community watch program to educate more people than ever about what behavior is truly suspicious and ought to be reported to police. Police Chief William Bratton of Los Angeles, whose department developed the program, known as iWATCH, calls it the 21st century version of Neighborhood Watch. (AP Photo/iWatch.org)AP - The nation's big city police chiefs are backing an anti-terrorism community watch program to educate people about what behavior is truly suspicious and ought to be reported to police.

2nd typhoon lashes northern Philippines (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 12:19 AM PDT

Residents go on with their normal life amidst floodwaters in Taytay township, Rizal province, east of Manila, Philippines Friday Oct. 2, 2009. Tropical storm Ketsana brought the worst flooding in metropolitan Manila and neighboring provinces in more than 40 years that left more than 250 people dead and dozens more missing. The Philippines is bracing for the super typhoon Parma which is expected to hit the northern part of the country Saturday. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)AP - Powerful winds toppled power poles and trees Saturday in the northern Philippines as the second typhoon in eight days bore down on the country. Farther north, Taiwan began evacuating villages also in the path of the storm.

Police: Kidnapped newborn found safe in Alabama (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 12:21 AM PDT

This photo provided by the Nashville Police Department shows Yair Anthony Carillo of Nashville, Tenn. The baby's mother, Maria Gurrolla, said her newborn son was taken from her home Tuesday by a woman who stabbed Gurrolla multiple times when Gurrolla answered the door. Gurrolla said the woman claimed to be an immigration agent. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)AP - A newborn infant kidnapped from his mother in Tennessee was found safe in Alabama on Friday, and a woman suspected of abducting the baby was arrested, police said.

FBI: Man arrested in ESPN reporter nude video case (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 12:54 AM PDT

FILE -- This is a July 15, 2009 file photo showing Erin Andrews arriving at the ESPY Awards in Los Angeles. FBI officials in Los Angeles, where the charges were filed, say 48-year-old Michael Barrett of Westmont, Ill. was arrested at O'Hare Airport Friday night Oct. 2, 2009. Barrett is charged with interstate stalking to harass, intimidate and cause emotional distress to the victim, ESPN reporter Erin Andrews, who was identified in the complaint as E.A. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)AP - A Chicago-area man arrested at O'Hare airport who is accused of taping surreptitious nude videos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews was due to appear in federal court late Saturday morning, authorities said.

Samba! Rio wins right to host the 2016 Olympics (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 12:51 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama kisses his wife the U.S. first lady Michelle Obama after she made an address during the Chicago 2016 bid presentation at the 121st International Olympic Committee session at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo are competing for the right to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. The IOC will choose the winning city in a vote on Friday in Copenhagen. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, Pool)AP - The country's president was blunt. "It is," Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said, "Brazil's time."

Health overhaul closer than ever - and yet far off (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 10:53 PM PDT

Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell of Ky. gestures during a news conference on health care reform legislation, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - Eight months in office, Barack Obama has now pushed closer than any other president in generations to creating a basic health care safety net for working Americans. Yet the fate of legislation delivering on his goal is far from certain: Republicans are nearly unified in opposition, Democrats hardly united in support.

Obama meets with Afghanistan commander in Denmark (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 10:58 PM PDT

This photo provided by the White House shows President Barack Obama meeting with Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top commander in Afghanistan, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009, aboard Air Force One in Copenhagen, Denmark. (AP Photo/White House, Pete Souza)AP - At a pivotal point in the administration's Afghanistan strategy, President Barack Obama and his top Afghan war commander met privately aboard Air Force One Friday for a talk the White House described as productive.

DA: Man charged in Letterman plot was deep in debt (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 09:47 PM PDT

Robert J. Halderman appears in State Supreme Court in New York, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009, for an arraignment on an attempted grand larceny charge. Halderman, a CBS producer, pleaded not guilty to trying to blackmail David Letterman for $2 million in a plot that spurred the TV host to acknowledge sexual relationships with women who worked on his show. AP Photo/Pool, Marc A. Hermann)AP - A CBS newsman who prosecutors said was desperate and deep in debt was charged Friday with trying to blackmail David Letterman for $2 million in a plot that forced the late night comic to acknowledge having sex with some of the women who have worked for him.

Polanski agreed to $500,000 payment in civil suit (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 10:59 PM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 14 2008 file photo, Polish-born filmmaker Roman Polanski arrives for the opening ceremony at the 8th Marrakech Film Festival in Marrakech. Film director Roman Polanski agreed to pay his sexual assault victim $500,000 to settle a lawsuit 15 years after he fled the United States, according to court documents (AP Photo/Abdeljalil Bounhar, File)AP - Film director Roman Polanski agreed to pay his sexual assault victim $500,000 to settle a lawsuit 15 years after he fled the United States, according to court documents provided to media outlets Friday.

Jimenez sharp, Rockies close gap on Dodgers (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 12:08 AM PDT

Colorado Rockies' Troy Tulowitzki, right, hits a two-run home run as Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Russell Martin looks on during the seventh inning of their Major League Baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)AP - A day after the Colorado Rockies clinched at least a wild-card spot, Ubaldo Jimenez gave them a chance to win the NL West.

Rio wins 2016 Games as IOC rebuffs Obama (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 01:57 PM PDT

Reuters - Rio de Janeiro won a resounding vote on Friday to stage the first Olympics in South America in 2016, rebuffing U.S. President Barack Obama, who had personally lobbied for his adopted hometown Chicago.

U.S. jobless rate hits 26-year high of 9.8 percent (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 02:52 PM PDT

U.S. employers cut a deeper-than-expected 263,000 jobs in September, lifting the unemployment rate to 9.8 percent, according to a government report on Friday that fueled fears the weak labor market could undermine economic recovery. REUTERS/GraphicsReuters - U.S. employers unexpectedly cut more jobs in September than in August, underscoring the fragility of the economy's recovery from its worst recession in 70 years as businesses remain cautious about the future.

Gasps greet Chicago's ouster from Games bid (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 12:09 PM PDT

People react in Chicago's Daley Plaza at the announcement that their city was eliminated to host the 2016 Summer Olympics by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), in Chicago, Illinois, October 2, 2009. REUTERS/John GressReuters - Gasps and tears greeted the announcement on Friday that Chicago had lost its bid to host the 2016 Summer Games, as the city went from favorite to also-ran in the multibillion-dollar Olympics sweepstakes.

ElBaradei bound for Iran to pin down Geneva accord (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 12:23 PM PDT

International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei attends a board of governors meeting in Vienna June 18, 2009. REUTERS/Herwig PrammerReuters - The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog will head to Iran this weekend to pin down an Iranian pledge, made at talks with big powers on Thursday, to open a newly revealed uranium enrichment site to inspections. The Geneva meeting, which also yielded agreement on follow-up talks before the end of October, lowered tensions a notch in a protracted standoff over suspicions that Iran is secretly trying to develop nuclear weapons.

Indonesia quake levels villages, eight trapped in hotel (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 09:48 PM PDT

A villager collects his belongings from the ruins of his house in Pariaman, a coastal town in the West Sumatra province of Indonesia October 2, 2009. REUTERS/Crack PalinggiReuters - Eight people were believed to be still alive in the ruins of a hotel on Saturday, nearly three days after a strong quake hit Indonesia's port city of Padang.

Honduras leader says met OAS chief, ready to talk (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 07:14 PM PDT

Honduras' interim President Roberto Micheletti gestures during an interview with Reuters at the Presidential House in Tegucigalpa September 30, 2009. REUTERS/Henry RomeroReuters - Honduran de facto president, Roberto Micheletti, said on Friday he had held talks in Honduras with Organization of American States chief Jose Miguel Insulza as a step toward negotiating an end to a post-coup crisis.

Typhoon changes course, to only clip Philippines (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 09:32 PM PDT

Children look out from a window of a partially submerged house in floodwaters brought on by Typhoon Ketsana, known locally as Ondoy, in San Pedro Laguna, south of Manila September 30, 2009. REUTERS/Erik de CastroReuters - A powerful typhoon bearing down on the Philippines may not be as destructive as feared since it has changed course and should only clip the far north of the archipelago later on Saturday, officials said.

Indonesian disaster leaves whole villages buried (AFP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 11:14 PM PDT

An Indonesian woman mourns the death of her family members at the site where they were buried alive in the Sumatran city of Tandiket, on October 3, after a 7.6-magnitude earthquake hit the area. Whole villages in the quake zone were found obliterated by landslides, as rescuers searched desperately for up to 4,000 people believed still trapped in the disaster area.(AFP/Manan Vatsyayana)AFP - Whole villages in Indonesia's quake zone were found obliterated by landslides Saturday, as rescuers searched desperately for up to 4,000 people believed still trapped in the disaster area.

UN atomic chief due in Iran as pressure mounts (AFP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 12:46 AM PDT

Director General of the International Atomic Energy (IAEA) Mohamed ElBaradei delivers a speech during the International Conference on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy 2009 in New Delhi. ElBaradei is expected in Tehran this weekend after Washington and its allies demanded progress this month from Tehran in revived talks on the nuclear standoff.(AFP/File/Raveendran)AFP - The head of the UN atomic watchdog was expected to arrive in Tehran at the weekend after Washington and its allies demanded quick progress from Tehran in revived talks on the nuclear standoff.
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