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• Picture emerges of Yale suspect as controlling (AP)
• Colo. man faces more questioning in terror probe (AP)
• Mass. House approves Sen. Kennedy succession bill (AP)
• AP IMPACT: Gov't stands by as mercury taints water (AP)
• Wis. paper faces backlash for outing Web critic (AP)
• Jewish leaders calling for ethical renewal (AP)
• Lawyers try to stop second Ohio execution try (AP)
• Indiana court strikes down tough voter ID law (AP)
• Kentucky coach acquitted in rare player death case (AP)
• NYC synagogue bomb defendants may claim entrapment (AP)
• DA: Word of video led NY rape accuser to recant (AP)
• Pick up the phone! It's Rex Ryan, and he wants you (AP)
• NC doctor removes plastic fragment lodged in lung (AP)
• Coldest place in the solar system? Right nearby (AP)
• Identified amnesia patient doesn't know who he is (AP)
• Calif. jury says father who drowned son was sane (AP)
• Some businesses near G-20 protest camp to close (AP)
• Wis. passes tougher drunken driving bill (AP)
• Feds fight for key evidence against Bonds (AP)
• Magazine signed by John Lennon sells for $12,713 (AP)

Picture emerges of Yale suspect as controlling (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 10:30 PM PDT AP - As police charged a Yale animal lab technician with murdering a graduate student who worked in his building, a portrait began to emerge Thursday of an unpleasant stickler for the rules who often clashed with researchers and considered the mice cages his personal fiefdom.

Colo. man faces more questioning in terror probe (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 10:30 PM PDT AP - A man identified by law enforcement as having a possible link to al-Qaida has ended a second day of questioning in a terrorism probe but has been asked to return for more interviews, his attorney said Thursday.

Mass. House approves Sen. Kennedy succession bill (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 10:27 PM PDT AP - The Massachusetts House of Representatives approved a bill Thursday allowing Gov. Deval Patrick to name an interim appointment to the Senate seat left vacant by the death of Edward Kennedy.

AP IMPACT: Gov't stands by as mercury taints water (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 10:28 PM PDT AP - Abandoned mercury mines throughout central California's rugged coastal mountains are polluting the state's major waterways, rendering fish unsafe to eat and risking the health of at least 100,000 impoverished people.

Wis. paper faces backlash for outing Web critic (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 01:42 PM PDT AP - Getting named the local paper's Person of the Year was supposed to be an honor for small-town politician Dean Zuleger. But the award only enraged many townspeople.

Jewish leaders calling for ethical renewal (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 03:05 PM PDT AP - Jewish leaders are calling on U.S. rabbis to emphasize the faith's ethical requirements in their sermons during Rosh Hashana in response to recent financial scandals involving its members, including Bernard Madoff.

Lawyers try to stop second Ohio execution try (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 08:09 PM PDT AP - Lawyers plan state and federal lawsuits and a request to Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland to stop next week's unprecedented second execution attempt of a man whose lethal injection failed on Tuesday.

Indiana court strikes down tough voter ID law (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 07:22 PM PDT AP - The state Court of Appeals on Thursday struck down an Indiana law requiring government-issued photo identification for voters, overturning on state constitutional grounds a strict law previously upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Kentucky coach acquitted in rare player death case (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 07:20 PM PDT AP - A former Kentucky high school football coach was found not guilty Thursday in the death of a player who collapsed at a practice where the team was put through a series of sprints on a hot summer day.

NYC synagogue bomb defendants may claim entrapment (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 04:24 PM PDT AP - Four ex-convicts accused of plotting to bomb synagogues and shoot down military planes apparently will claim they were lured into the conspiracy with gifts including cash and fried chicken.

DA: Word of video led NY rape accuser to recant (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 02:15 PM PDT AP - A Hofstra University freshman who had claimed she was raped by five men in a dormitory bathroom changed her story after prosecutors confronted her with the revelation that a video of the encounter may have been recorded, a prosecutor said Thursday.

Pick up the phone! It's Rex Ryan, and he wants you (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 06:14 PM PDT AP - Pick up the phone! Rex Ryan is calling, and he wants you.

NC doctor removes plastic fragment lodged in lung (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 06:24 PM PDT AP - Doctors say a North Carolina man who was plagued with coughing fits should be OK now that they have removed a 1-inch piece of plastic from his lung, where it had rested since he apparently inhaled it nearly two years ago while sucking down a soft drink at a Wendy's restaurant.

Coldest place in the solar system? Right nearby (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 06:30 PM PDT AP - Astronomers have found the coldest spot in our solar system and it may be a little close for comfort. It's on our moon, right nearby. NASA's new Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is making the first complete temperature map of the moon. It found that at the moon's south pole, it's colder than far away Pluto. The area is inside craters that are permanently shadowed so they never see sun.

Identified amnesia patient doesn't know who he is (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 12:10 PM PDT AP - It was seven weeks ago that Edward Lighthart walked out of a Seattle park with no idea of who he was and how he got there, the apparent victim of a bizarre case of amnesia.

Calif. jury says father who drowned son was sane (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 02:22 PM PDT AP - An Orange County jury says a father was legally sane when he drowned his 4-year-old son in a bathtub.

Some businesses near G-20 protest camp to close (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 02:42 PM PDT AP - Barely a block from a parking lot where Pittsburgh will house protesters of the Group of 20 summit is one of the city's most eclectic neighborhoods — a strip of mom-and-pop, homegrown grocery stores, restaurants and businesses that exemplify the kind of world the protesters say they want.

Wis. passes tougher drunken driving bill (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 02:33 PM PDT AP - Unlike the criminal penalties it can draw elsewhere, a first-time drunken driving offense in Wisconsin will still mean a mere traffic ticket under a proposal lawmakers have touted as getting tough on the issue.

Feds fight for key evidence against Bonds (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 03:18 PM PDT AP - Federal prosecutors urged a federal appellate court to reverse a trial judge and let them present critical evidence they say shows Barry Bonds knowingly used steroids.

Magazine signed by John Lennon sells for $12,713 (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 10:24 AM PDT AP - A 1966 magazine signed by John Lennon containing his remark that the Beatles were more popular than Jesus has sold for $12,713.

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• ANALYSIS-US firms, others may gain from shield pullback - Reuters
• After he's charged with murder of Annie Le, Yale lab tech Raymond ... - New York Daily News
• Pelosi Questions Cost Of Coverage In Senate Health Bill - Wall Street Journal
• Kabul Suicide Attack Kills Italian Soldiers, Afghan Civilians - Voice of America
• Nuts to Acorn - Wall Street Journal
• Somali Opposition Fighters Offer Terms for Release of French Hostage - Voice of America
• A Terrorist Mastermind Whose Luck Ran Out - New York Times

ANALYSIS-US firms, others may gain from shield pullback - Reuters Posted: 17 Sep 2009 10:01 AM PDT New York Times ANALYSIS-US firms, others may gain from shield pullback Reuters LONDON, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Investors could see some long-term trade and other benefits if a US move to back away from a missile shield in Eastern Europe yields improvements in relations with Russia. ... US Changes Course on Eastern European Nuclear-Missile ShieldWall Street Journal US missile rethink a huge shiftBBC News Obama scraps Bush's European missile defense planThe Associated Press MiamiHerald.com -Los Angeles Times -Washington Post all 2,313 news articles »

After he's charged with murder of Annie Le, Yale lab tech Raymond ... - New York Daily News Posted: 17 Sep 2009 10:57 AM PDT guardian.co.uk After he's charged with murder of Annie Le, Yale lab tech Raymond ... New York Daily News Yale lab technician Raymond Clark is under arrest for the murder of Annie Le (below). Yale grad student Annie Le's accused killer has been tossed into solitary confinement in a Connecticut jail, where he has been somber and silent, an official told the ... What does 'person of interest' mean? NothingCNN Lab tech charged with Yale grad student's murderThe Associated Press Lab Technician Arrested in Death of Yale StudentNew York Times Reuters -Newsday -Security Management all 10,941 news articles »

Pelosi Questions Cost Of Coverage In Senate Health Bill - Wall Street Journal Posted: 17 Sep 2009 09:49 AM PDT The Associated Press Pelosi Questions Cost Of Coverage In Senate Health Bill Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on Thursday questioned whether a Senate health-care proposal was affordable for the middle class and expressed concerns about its effect on the elderly. ... Pelosi worried about angry health care rhetoricThe Associated Press Pelosi Wells Up While Recalling Political MurdersNew York Times Pelosi gets emotionalmsnbc.com San Francisco Chronicle -Politico -CQPolitics.com all 213 news articles »

Kabul Suicide Attack Kills Italian Soldiers, Afghan Civilians - Voice of America Posted: 17 Sep 2009 10:29 AM PDT Telegraph.co.uk Kabul Suicide Attack Kills Italian Soldiers, Afghan Civilians Voice of America Italy has suffered the deadliest attack on its troops in Afghanistan, when suicide bombers struck a military convoy in the Afghan capital, Kabul. At least six Italian soldiers and 10 civilians were killed. ... Car Bomb Kills NATO Troops, Civilians in KabulWashington Post Kabul Car Bomb Kills Six Italian Soldiers, 9 CiviliansBloomberg Six Italians paratroopers killed in Kabul bombTelegraph.co.uk BBC News -Xinhua -New York Times all 773 news articles »

Nuts to Acorn - Wall Street Journal Posted: 17 Sep 2009 10:11 AM PDT Boston Globe Nuts to Acorn Wall Street Journal Acorn, the union-backed activist group that's landed in a scandal involving its offices in several cities aiding and abetting prostitution, is trying to change the subject. Yesterday, Bertha Lewis, the chief organizer of Acorn, ... White House says ACORN must be held accountableReuters Acorn in Senate's Sights AgainNew York Times ACORN vows to look into, correct flapNew York Daily News Washington Post -WNYC -Philadelphia Inquirer all 1,193 news articles »

Somali Opposition Fighters Offer Terms for Release of French Hostage - Voice of America Posted: 17 Sep 2009 10:51 AM PDT Daily Nation Somali Opposition Fighters Offer Terms for Release of French Hostage Voice of America By VOA News The Somali radical Islamist militant group al-Shabab has issued a high set of demands for the release of a French security advisor it continues to hold captive. The list includes the discontinuation of all French support for the ... Suicide bombers use UN disguise in Somali attackCNN International Somali insurgents kill peacekeepers in double suicide bombingguardian.co.uk African Union Base in Somalia Is HitNew York Times Telegraph.co.uk -Aljazeera.net -Xinhua all 587 news articles »

A Terrorist Mastermind Whose Luck Ran Out - New York Times Posted: 17 Sep 2009 09:58 AM PDT Voice of America A Terrorist Mastermind Whose Luck Ran Out New York Times BANGKOK — Over the past six years, Noordin Muhammad Top, considered to be the most violent Islamist militants in the region, had become an almost mythical figure among both those who sheltered him on the run and those who pursued him and ... Noordin Top's death: The impact on Southeast Asia's battle with ...Christian Science Monitor Indonesia: Bali bomber Noordin Top is deadTelegraph.co.uk Q+A: Noordin Mohammad Top and Islamic militancy in IndonesiaReuters guardian.co.uk -The Associated Press -CNN all 1,350 news articles »

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News

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• New health proposal is industry's favorite so far (AP)
• Deep divisions over long-awaited health care plan (AP)
• Medical examiner says Yale student was suffocated (AP)
• Afghan president defends vote, admits some bias (AP)
• PROMISES, PROMISES: Much lobbyist help undisclosed (AP)
• AP sources: US to reveal Euro missile defense plan (AP)
• First-time jobless claims expected to rise (AP)
• 4 suspected militants killed in Indonesian raid (AP)
• Mary Travers of Peter, Paul and Mary dead at 72 (AP)
• Rockies beat Giants 4-3 to extend wild-card lead (AP)
• Obama to reassure G20 on Wall Street reform (Reuters)
• Afghan leader says election fraud exaggerated (Reuters)
• U.S. to shelve Europe missile shield plans: report (Reuters)
• California lawmaker plans hearings on soda-obesity link (Reuters)
• Senator's plan joins heated healthcare debate (Reuters)
• FBI question Colorado man linked to NY raid (Reuters)
• U.S. says seeking 60-day delay in Guantanamo trials (Reuters)
• Bright start for Japan's new PM as economy improves (Reuters)
• Afghan president denies major vote fraud (AFP)
• Terror mastermind said among 4 dead in Indonesia raid (AFP)

New health proposal is industry's favorite so far (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 12:22 AM PDT AP - The latest health overhaul plan circulating on Capitol Hill gives health insurers, drug makers and large employers reasons to heave sighs of relief, sparing them the higher costs and more burdensome rules included in other Democratic-written alternatives.

Deep divisions over long-awaited health care plan (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 12:24 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama's call for an overhaul of the nation's health care system gained fresh momentum with the introduction of long-delayed Senate legislation to rein in spiraling medical costs and require nearly everyone to be carry health insurance.

Medical examiner says Yale student was suffocated (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 12:46 AM PDT AP - Police were awaiting the results of DNA tests on evidence taken from a Yale University animal research technician before determining whether to charge him with killing a graduate student who worked in the same lab.

Afghan president defends vote, admits some bias (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 12:54 AM PDT AP - Afghanistan's president defended the integrity of last month's election Thursday, but said some government officials "were partial toward me."

PROMISES, PROMISES: Much lobbyist help undisclosed (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 12:26 AM PDT AP - Few members of Congress are disclosing that lobbyists are helping them raise campaign cash despite a new law that was supposed to shed light on the ties between lawmakers and the capital's influence brokers, an Associated Press review found.

AP sources: US to reveal Euro missile defense plan (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 12:28 AM PDT AP - The Obama administration is expected to announce Thursday that it will shelve many of the components of a European missile defense plan that has been a major irritant in relations with Russia.

First-time jobless claims expected to rise (AP) Posted: 16 Sep 2009 11:06 PM PDT AP - The number of newly laid-off workers seeking unemployment benefits likely rose last week, evidence that jobs remain scarce.

4 suspected militants killed in Indonesian raid (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 12:30 AM PDT AP - Police hunting for suspects in Jakarta hotel bombings raided a hideout in central Indonesia, sparking gunfire and an explosion Thursday that left four suspected militants dead, officials said. Three alleged terrorists also were captured.

Mary Travers of Peter, Paul and Mary dead at 72 (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 12:19 AM PDT AP - Mary Travers, one-third of the popular 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary who were perhaps best known for their hit "Puff (The Magic Dragon)," died in a Connecticut hospital after battling leukemia for several years. She was 72.

Rockies beat Giants 4-3 to extend wild-card lead (AP) Posted: 16 Sep 2009 11:25 PM PDT AP - Jorge De La Rosa pitched eight scoreless innings to win his sixth straight start against San Francisco and Troy Tulowitzki homered to help the Colorado Rockies avoid a three-game sweep against the Giants with a 4-3 victory Wednesday night.

Obama to reassure G20 on Wall Street reform (Reuters) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 12:27 AM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama will pledge U.S. action on financial regulatory reform at the Group of 20 summit in Pittsburgh and underscore the need for global coordination on the issue, a senior aide said on Wednesday.

Afghan leader says election fraud exaggerated (Reuters) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 12:46 AM PDT Reuters - Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Thursday he believed reports of fraud in the country's presidential election had been exaggerated and he firmly believed in the integrity of the process.

U.S. to shelve Europe missile shield plans: report (Reuters) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 12:14 AM PDT Reuters - The White House will shelve U.S. plans to build a missile-defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic, a move likely to ease tensions with Russia, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.

California lawmaker plans hearings on soda-obesity link (Reuters) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 12:09 AM PDT Reuters - The California lawmaker who spearheaded a high-profile anti-obesity effort across the country's most populous state is now training his sights on sugar-sweetened drinks.

Senator's plan joins heated healthcare debate (Reuters) Posted: 16 Sep 2009 04:33 PM PDT Reuters - Senator Max Baucus unveiled a long-awaited healthcare overhaul on Wednesday that would dramatically revamp insurance rules but does not include a government-run option backed by liberal Democrats.

FBI question Colorado man linked to NY raid (Reuters) Posted: 16 Sep 2009 07:49 PM PDT Reuters - Federal agents conducting an anti-terrorism probe on Wednesday questioned a suspected al Qaeda sympathizer whose recent visit to New York City preceded a series of law enforcement raids there earlier in the week.

U.S. says seeking 60-day delay in Guantanamo trials (Reuters) Posted: 16 Sep 2009 12:56 PM PDT Reuters - The Obama administration said on Wednesday it would seek a two-month delay for all military trials for terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay while Congress weighs new rules for the proceedings and the White House considers trying them in U.S. courts.

Bright start for Japan's new PM as economy improves (Reuters) Posted: 16 Sep 2009 11:03 PM PDT Reuters - Japan's new prime minister got some good news on his first full day in office on Thursday as the central bank said the struggling economy was showing signs of recovery from its worst recession since World War Two.

Afghan president denies major vote fraud (AFP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 12:36 AM PDT AFP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai denied Thursday that major electoral fraud took place last month and urged foreign allies not to interfere over investigations into mounting allegations of vote-rigging.

Terror mastermind said among 4 dead in Indonesia raid (AFP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 12:23 AM PDT AFP - Armed Indonesian police stormed an Islamic militant hideout early Thursday in a raid strongly suspected to have left terror mastermind Noordin Mohammed Top dead, police said.

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