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• AP source: NYC terror probe focuses on accomplices (AP)
• Video shows teens beating Chicago student to death (AP)
• Okla. teen claims he was held in closet for years (AP)
• 3 plead guilty in New Hampshire murder plot (AP)
• Palin finishes memoir, 'Going Rogue,' out Nov. 17 (AP)
• Stanford being moved from site of Texas jail fight (AP)
• Prominent family's troubles revisit a NY bridge (AP)
• Officials seek witnesses to fatal SC chopper crash (AP)
• Beleaguered SC gov seeks info on school plane use (AP)
• LA prosecutors: Polanski efforts go back decades (AP)
• Leaky dam causes flood worries in Seattle area (AP)
• LA harbor plan would mix leisure with industry (AP)
• Pastor shoots, wounds intruder at Detroit church (AP)
• Houston Ship Channel reopens after oil spill (AP)
• Video captures Jackman chiding cell phone offender (AP)
• Fla. conductor breaks back in opening-night fall (AP)
• Ex-CEO of Pa. drinks-maker charged in $806M fraud (AP)
• Fla. magnate's empire collapsed before shooting (AP)
• Texas trial begins for man accused of killing 6 (AP)
• Activists protest Va. strip club's Obama banner (AP)

AP source: NYC terror probe focuses on accomplices (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2009 06:10 PM PDT AP - After interrupting what they believed was a terrorist plot on New York City with a series of raids and arrests, authorities have intensified their focus on possible accomplices of the suspected al-Qaida associate at the heart of the case, a law enforcement official said Monday.

Video shows teens beating Chicago student to death (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2009 06:09 PM PDT AP - Cell phone footage showing a group of teens viciously kicking and striking a 16-year-old honors student with splintered railroad ties has ramped up pressure on Chicago officials to address chronic violence that has led to dozens of deaths of city teens each year.

Okla. teen claims he was held in closet for years (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2009 05:22 PM PDT AP - A woman was arrested after her 14-year-son told authorities he escaped from a home where he'd been kept for 4 1/2 years, spending most of his time locked in a bedroom closet, police said Monday.

3 plead guilty in New Hampshire murder plot (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2009 05:10 PM PDT AP - It was a murder plot hatched over what happened at a Wal-Mart.

Palin finishes memoir, 'Going Rogue,' out Nov. 17 (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2009 04:46 PM PDT AP - That was fast.

Stanford being moved from site of Texas jail fight (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2009 04:21 PM PDT AP - Texas financier R. Allen Stanford, awaiting trial on charges he ran a $7 billion Ponzi scheme, will be moved from the lockup where he got into a jail fight that resulted in him being hospitalized for a concussion.

Prominent family's troubles revisit a NY bridge (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2009 02:59 PM PDT AP - A family tragedy came eerily full circle in the waters of the Hudson River when the daughter of a newspaper heiress leapt to her death after parking her BMW on a busy bridge north of New York City.

Officials seek witnesses to fatal SC chopper crash (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2009 05:30 PM PDT AP - As federal investigators looked for witnesses to the crash of a medical helicopter, funeral services were set Monday for two of the three crew members killed in the rainy weekend accident.

Beleaguered SC gov seeks info on school plane use (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2009 03:07 PM PDT AP - South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford is reviewing how three state-funded universities use their airplanes even as he faces scrutiny for his own travel practices.

LA prosecutors: Polanski efforts go back decades (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2009 07:05 PM PDT AP - With Roman Polanski under arrest in Switzerland, American prosecutors Monday disputed a claim by the director that they had never tried to nab him after he fled overseas to escape sentencing on charges he had sex with an underage girl.

Leaky dam causes flood worries in Seattle area (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2009 02:41 PM PDT AP - For nearly 25 years Kathy Gladden has lived about 100 feet from the Green River, a normally placid stream that meanders past the many homes, offices, warehouses and shopping malls that blanket the area.

LA harbor plan would mix leisure with industry (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2009 12:36 PM PDT AP - The hulking container ships that ply the Port of Los Angeles already provide Southern California with a major source of revenue. Soon they could also provide the scenery for what port officials hope will be the region's newest tourist destination.

Pastor shoots, wounds intruder at Detroit church (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2009 02:39 PM PDT AP - A retired police officer-turned-pastor shot and wounded a man who broke into his Detroit church, police said Monday.

Houston Ship Channel reopens after oil spill (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2009 04:13 PM PDT AP - The Coast Guard says three miles of the Houston Ship Channel are reopened after a 10,500-gallon oil spill closed the section during the weekend.

Video captures Jackman chiding cell phone offender (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2009 01:19 PM PDT AP - Hugh Jackman knows how to stop the show.

Fla. conductor breaks back in opening-night fall (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2009 02:33 PM PDT AP - A Florida Panhandle conductor is recovering after falling 14 feet into the empty space below a moveable orchestra pit on the opening night of an opera he had written.

Ex-CEO of Pa. drinks-maker charged in $806M fraud (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2009 02:26 PM PDT AP - A federal grand jury accused the former chief executive officer of a defunct soft-drink-maker and four others connected to the company of perpetrating an $806 million bank fraud, much of which went to the ex-CEO and his family.

Fla. magnate's empire collapsed before shooting (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2009 02:30 PM PDT AP - The Orange County Jail is a far cry from J. Robert Ward's seven-bedroom, nine-bathroom home in the exclusive gated community that is home to Tiger Woods and Shaquille O'Neill.

Texas trial begins for man accused of killing 6 (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2009 12:17 PM PDT AP - A man accused of killing six people in two states called a friend the night of the first five killings and said he had "done something bad and there was no going back," the friend testified Monday as the man's murder trial began.

Activists protest Va. strip club's Obama banner (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2009 12:16 PM PDT AP - Activists gathered outside a downtown strip club Monday to denounce as racist a banner depicting President Obama as the Joker from Batman.

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• Polanski faces extradition - San Francisco Chronicle
• Chicagoans divided on Obama's trip to win 2016 Games - Reuters
• US calls Iran missile tests "provocative" - Reuters
• Honduras decree allows limits on media, public - CNN International
• Three teens charged in fatal beating of Chicago student - USA Today
• Xerox to Buy Affiliated Computer in Its Biggest Deal - Bloomberg

Polanski faces extradition - San Francisco Chronicle Posted: 28 Sep 2009 10:01 AM PDT guardian.co.uk Polanski faces extradition San Francisco Chronicle The arrest of director Roman Polanski in Switzerland on charges of fleeing sentencing for the statutory rape of a 13-year-old girl in Los Angeles pushed into the diplomatic realm a case that for 31 years existed, at least in America, chiefly in the ... France rushes to Polanski's defenseThe Associated Press Swiss legal battle awaits PolanskiBBC News France, Poland Want Polanski Released on BailWashington Post TIME -guardian.co.uk -Los Angeles Times all 3,286 news articles »

Chicagoans divided on Obama's trip to win 2016 Games - Reuters Posted: 28 Sep 2009 10:58 AM PDT FOXNews Chicagoans divided on Obama's trip to win 2016 Games Reuters CHICAGO (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's decision to personally lobby for Chicago to host the 2016 Summer Olympics was greeted with hope and skepticism on Monday, with some in his hometown wondering if he didn't have better things ... Brazil President: Rio can win 2016 Olympic bidThe Associated Press Olympics Photo WireESPN Obama plans Copenhagen trip to pitch Chicago's Olympic bidLos Angeles Times Atlantic Online -FOXNews -Newsweek all 1,228 news articles »

US calls Iran missile tests "provocative" - Reuters Posted: 28 Sep 2009 11:01 AM PDT Times Online US calls Iran missile tests "provocative" Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Monday called Iran's latest missile test-firings "provocative" and urged it to agree to allow immediate, unfettered access to its newly disclosed nuclear fuel plant at talks with world powers. ... Iran tests longest-range missilesBBC News Iran test-fires long-range Shahab-3, Sejil missilesPRESS TV Iran Test-Fires Its Most Advanced MissilesWashington Post Xinhua -Voice of America -Bloomberg all 2,785 news articles »

Honduras decree allows limits on media, public - CNN International Posted: 28 Sep 2009 09:24 AM PDT guardian.co.uk Honduras decree allows limits on media, public CNN International TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (CNN) -- The Honduran government has issued an emergency decree that allows authorities to limit constitutional rights such as freedoms of expression, travel and gathering in public. A Honduran policeman stands guard Monday at the ... Zelaya's return to Honduras 'irresponsible': US officialAFP Troops raid Honduran media groupsBBC News Soldiers raid Honduran media outletsThe Associated Press Aljazeera.net -guardian.co.uk -Washington Post all 1,262 news articles »

Three teens charged in fatal beating of Chicago student - USA Today Posted: 28 Sep 2009 10:51 AM PDT HULIQ Three teens charged in fatal beating of Chicago student USA Today CHICAGO — Three teens have been charged with first-degree murder in last week's beating death of a Chicago honor student, authorities said. Silvonus Shannon, 19, Eugene Riley, 18, and Eric Carson, 16, ... Three charged with murder in beating death of Chicago teenCNN Three teens charged in fatal Fenger High beatingChicago Sun-Times Teens charged in beating death of Chicago studentThe Associated Press MyFox Illinois -eNews Park Forest -BET all 308 news articles »

Xerox to Buy Affiliated Computer in Its Biggest Deal - Bloomberg Posted: 28 Sep 2009 09:34 AM PDT Siliconrepublic.com Xerox to Buy Affiliated Computer in Its Biggest Deal Bloomberg Sept. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Xerox Corp. agreed to buy Affiliated Computer Services Inc. for $6.4 billion in its biggest purchase, shifting to technology services as sales of its printing equipment drop. The acquisition will help triple ... Xerox to buy ACS for $6.4BBizjournals.com S&P puts Xerox on negative credit watchMarketWatch Look for Copycat Xerox DealsBarron's Reuters -BusinessWeek -Insurance Networking News all 918 news articles »

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• Iran conducts third round of missile tests (AP)
• Germany's Merkel preparing for new government (AP)
• Gadhafi strengthens relationship with Chavez (AP)
• Facing extradition, Polanski gets Swiss lawyer (AP)
• Honduras restricts liberties to prevent rebellion (AP)
• Leaders warn time running out for climate deal (AP)
• US officials: Digging, clues revealed Iranian site (AP)
• More than half million kids get bad drug reactions (AP)
• Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom get married (AP)
• Manning carves up Cardinals, Colts win 31-10 (AP)
• U.S. commander offers troop options for Afghanistan (Reuters)
• Iran test-fires Shahab 3 missile: state TV (Reuters)
• Madoff sons, brother, niece to be sued: report (Reuters)
• Honduras vows to close Brazil embassy, cracks down (Reuters)
• Merkel aims for quick coalition deal with FDP (Reuters)
• Filmmaker Roman Polanski's arrest to spark extradition fight (Reuters)
• Philippines seeks typhoon aid, battles to avoid backlash (Reuters)
• Iran test-fires long-range Shahab missile (AFP)
• Philippines desperate flood relief effort (AFP)

Iran conducts third round of missile tests (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2009 12:22 AM PDT AP - Iran state television says the powerful Revolutionary Guard has fired one of the longest-range missiles in its arsenal in a third round of tests meant to demonstrate the country's preparedness for an attack.

Germany's Merkel preparing for new government (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2009 12:24 AM PDT AP - Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday set about laying the groundwork for her new, center-right coalition with the pro-business Free Democrats after German voters returned her to office for a second term.

Gadhafi strengthens relationship with Chavez (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2009 12:39 AM PDT AP - Moammar Gadhafi and Hugo Chavez are strengthening their relationship and finding common ground as two radical former military men who both want to challenge the "imperialism" of wealthy nations and aspire to speak for many poor nations.

Facing extradition, Polanski gets Swiss lawyer (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2009 12:49 AM PDT AP - A Zurich law firm says movie director Roman Polanski has hired a Swiss attorney to represent him while he is held in Swiss custody for possible extradition to the United States.

Honduras restricts liberties to prevent rebellion (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2009 12:49 AM PDT AP - Interim government leaders have suspended constitutionally guaranteed civil liberties in a pre-emptive strike against widespread rebellion Monday, three months to the day since they ousted President Manuel Zelaya in a military-backed coup.

Leaders warn time running out for climate deal (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2009 12:11 AM PDT AP - U.N. climate talks kicked off Monday in Bangkok with leaders calling for delegates to break the deadlock over a global warming deal and warning failure to act would leave future generations fighting for survival.

US officials: Digging, clues revealed Iranian site (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2009 12:14 AM PDT AP - Seven years ago, when Iran revealed the existence of its first secret uranium enrichment site at Natanz, U.S. intelligence agencies had a hunch it wouldn't be Iran's last attempt to illicitly produce fuel that might one day power a nuclear warhead.

More than half million kids get bad drug reactions (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2009 12:47 AM PDT AP - More than half a million U.S. children yearly have bad reactions or side effects from widely used medicines that require medical treatment and sometimes hospitalization, new research shows.

Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom get married (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2009 12:45 AM PDT AP - Lamar Odom and Khloe Kardashian have tied the knot.

Manning carves up Cardinals, Colts win 31-10 (AP) Posted: 27 Sep 2009 08:52 PM PDT AP - Peyton Manning and Kurt Warner have thrown for miles and miles in their NFL careers, yet their paths crossed for only the second time on Sunday night.

U.S. commander offers troop options for Afghanistan (Reuters) Posted: 27 Sep 2009 09:42 PM PDT Reuters - The commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan planned to offer options for policymakers to try to stem Taliban gains, including sending up to 30,000 to 40,000 additional combat troops and trainers, according to defense and congressional officials.

Iran test-fires Shahab 3 missile: state TV (Reuters) Posted: 28 Sep 2009 12:26 AM PDT Reuters - Iran test-fired a missile on Monday which defense analysts have said could hit Israel and U.S. bases in the Gulf region, state television reported.

Madoff sons, brother, niece to be sued: report (Reuters) Posted: 27 Sep 2009 04:42 PM PDT Reuters - Epic swindler Bernard Madoff's two sons, his brother and a niece will be sued this week for $198 million, the trustee winding down the Madoff firm told CBS News' "60 Minutes" broadcast on Sunday.

Honduras vows to close Brazil embassy, cracks down (Reuters) Posted: 27 Sep 2009 09:21 PM PDT Reuters - Honduras' de facto government Sunday suspended some civil liberties and threatened to close Brazil's embassy for harboring ousted President Manuel Zelaya, defying pressure to cede power.

Merkel aims for quick coalition deal with FDP (Reuters) Posted: 27 Sep 2009 11:25 PM PDT Reuters - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives vowed on Monday to seal a coalition deal, including tax cuts, with the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) within a month after Sunday's election victory.

Filmmaker Roman Polanski's arrest to spark extradition fight (Reuters) Posted: 27 Sep 2009 06:04 PM PDT Reuters - Fugitive director Roman Polanski, whose tumultuous life has overshadowed his film career, was arrested this weekend in Zurich after U.S. authorities sought to have him extradited to face sentencing for having sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977.

Philippines seeks typhoon aid, battles to avoid backlash (Reuters) Posted: 27 Sep 2009 02:11 AM PDT Reuters - The Philippines appealed for international aid to help tens of thousands marooned by flashfloods, and apologized for the delays in rescue efforts to avoid potential political fallout from the crisis.

Iran test-fires long-range Shahab missile (AFP) Posted: 28 Sep 2009 12:34 AM PDT AFP - Iran on Monday test-fired its long-range Shahab-3 missile which it says could hit targets in arch-foe Israel, as the Revolutionary Guards staged missile war games for the second straight day.

Philippines desperate flood relief effort (AFP) Posted: 27 Sep 2009 11:27 PM PDT AFP - Philippine rescue workers struggled through knee-deep mud and putrid water Monday in a desperate effort to help nearly half a million people displaced by devastating floods, as the death toll hit 100.

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