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Police: Kidnapped newborn found safe in Alabama (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 10:47 PM 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 - An 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: 02 Oct 2009 10:48 PM 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 accused of filming surreptitious nude videos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews in a hotel room was arrested at Chicago's O'Hare airport Friday night, the FBI said.

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.

Bible verses banned from Ga. school football field (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 10:20 PM PDT

AP - The Warriors of Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High took the field on Friday night without any Bible verses written on the cheerleaders' banner.

More earthquakes shake California's Owens Valley (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 08:31 PM PDT

AP - Earthquakes up to magnitude 5.2 struck Friday evening in a remote area of eastern California that was been shaken by a sequence of temblors a day earlier.

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.

Iraq war objector leaves Army (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 08:24 PM PDT

File - 1st Lt. Ehren Watada poses for a photograph in his Lacey, Wash., apartment, in this Feb. 2, 2007 file photo. The Army is allowing the first commissioned officer to be court-martialed for refusing to go to Iraq to resign from the service, his attorney said late Friday Sept. 25, 2009. (AP Photo/John Froschauer, File)AP - An Army lieutenant who refused to deploy to Iraq in 2006, saying he believed the war was illegal, has officially left the service.

Northern Marianas brace for Typhoon Melor (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 08:30 PM PDT

AP - Residents of the Northern Mariana Islands braced themselves Saturday as Typhoon Melor churned across the Western Pacific.

Calif teen gets 15 years in death of passenger (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 09:05 PM PDT

AP - A judge sentenced an unlicensed teenage driver to 15 years to life in the death of a classmate after he drank several shots of rum and crashed his mother's car.

Lone llama rescued after month on Pikes Peak (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 08:32 PM PDT

In this Sept. 20, 2009 photo provided by Southwest Llama Rescue a llama walks near the cog railway tracks near the summit of Pike's Peak near Colorado Springs, Colo. Southwest Llama Rescue is coordinating efforts to capture the llama before it falls prey to mountain lions, coyotes or the coming winter. (AP Photo/Southwest Llama Rescue, Rachel Javorsek)AP - A lone llama wandering near the summit of Pikes Peak for a month has been captured and is heading to a new home.

Gate splits border community, unites it in disdain (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 04:15 PM PDT

A person is shown standing near the U.S.-Canadian border in Derby Line, Vt., on Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. Border officials say gates in Derby Line, Vermont and Stanstead, Quebec, are necessary to stem the tide of smugglers and illegal aliens who take advantage of unguarded streets, which run perpendicular to the border and through both communities. (AP Photo/Alison Redlich)AP - For decades, the towns of Derby Line, Vt., and Stanstead, Quebec, have functioned as one community.

Todd Palin resigns from oil job on North Slope (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 08:48 PM PDT

In this July 25, 2009, Todd Palin, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's husband, holds their son Trig at the governor's picnic in Anchorage, Alaska. Todd Palin resigned as a production operator for oil giant BP PLC effective Sept. 18. 2009 to spend time with his family. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)AP - The husband of former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has quit his oil field job on the North Slope. Todd Palin's resignation as a production operator for oil giant BP PLC comes almost two months after his wife stepped down as Alaska governor and shortly before the release of her highly anticipated memoir in a deal rumored to be worth millions.

The joke's on Letterman after on-air confession (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 05:02 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 17, 2008 file photo, television talk show host David Letterman walks out of The Ed Sullivan Theater during a taping of 'The Late Show with David Letterman', in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)AP - So a late-night talk show host, married and a dad, walks on stage and admits to workplace hanky-panky. The punchline? He has long reveled in mocking politicians for their sexual trespasses.

Second City winds up fourth in Olympics bid (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 05:14 PM PDT

A Chicago 2016 supporter reacts during the announcement from the 121st International Olympic Committee on the host city for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Chicago, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. Chicago was eliminated after the first vote in Copenhagen. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - So much for Da Games.

Ill. man charged in slaying of ex-wife's family (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 04:45 PM PDT

Tazwell County Emergency Service and Disaster Agency members look for a weapon or clues in a soybean field in Beason, Ill., Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009, after five members of a family were found slain in their home. A search is still under way for a suspect. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)AP - An Illinois man was charged with first-degree murder Friday in the slayings of five members of his ex-wife's family, while his stepmother defended him as a gentle man not capable of the crime.

Regulators close banks in Colorado, Mich., Minn. (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 05:52 PM PDT

AP - Regulators have shut Warren Bank in Warren, Mich., and two small banks in Colorado and Minnesota, boosting the number of failed U.S. banks this year to 98 as loan defaults rise in the worst financial climate in decades.

Soldier gets 3-year prison term for kidnap hoax (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 02:27 PM PDT

AP - A Fort Hood soldier who tried to fake his kidnapping by a Mexican drug cartel after he went AWOL was sentenced Friday to three years in prison and dishonorably discharged.

Texas jury convicts handyman of 2 slayings in '07 (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 02:57 PM PDT

AP - A handyman accused of killing six people in a cross-country spree was convicted Friday in two of the deaths, and could face the death penalty.

Bloomberg has spent $64.8 million on 3rd campaign (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 02:25 PM PDT

AP - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has spent $64.8 million of his own money in his bid for a third term and, since midsummer, has been spending campaign cash at a rate of $15,000 per hour.

Beaten Ohio man is shot during self-defense lesson (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 10:53 PM PDT

This Sept. 28, 2009 photo shows Ralph Needs, 80, who was the victim of a home invasion on Sept. 20, in Groveport, Ohio recovering at a relative's home in Lancaster, Ohio. In the assault, he was tied up and pistol-whipped when at least three intruders broke into his Columbus area home. Needs' nose was broken and his pickup truck, a computer and credit cards were taken. Four days later, Needs was shot in the hand during a self-defense lesson. A 9 mm pistol went off as one of his sons was loading it. (AP Photo/The Columbus Dispatch, Jeff Hinckley)AP - An 80-year-old Ohio man is recovering from a week in which he was beaten during a home invasion and then shot while trying to learn about guns.
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Chicago Shocked by IOC's Quick Rejection - Washington Post

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 10:50 AM PDT


guardian.co.uk
Chicago Shocked by IOC's Quick Rejection
Washington Post
CHICAGO, Oct. 2 -- The drama ended in stunned silence just as the party was supposed to start. Thousands of believers in Chicago's bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics, many of them confidently waving signs that ...
Rio wins 2016 Olympic Games in landslide over MadridUSA Today
Ready for an Olympic Party, Chicago Loses Its DateNew York Times
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Man accused in David Letterman extortion is indicted - Reuters

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 10:35 AM PDT


Globe and Mail
Man accused in David Letterman extortion is indicted
Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A television producer accused of attempting to extort $2 million from talk show host David Letterman was indicted on charges of attempted grand larceny, the Manhattan prosecutor said on Friday. The popular host of "Late Show with ...
Letterman creates brilliant hour of TV from woesThe Associated Press
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Jobs Cuts Unexpectedly Accelerate - Wall Street Journal

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 10:17 AM PDT


The Associated Press
Jobs Cuts Unexpectedly Accelerate
Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON -- Employers eliminated more jobs than expected last month as the unemployment rate climbed to 9.8%, another sign that a rapid recovery in the labor market is unlikely. Nonfarm payrolls declined by 263000 in September ...
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GOP Senate leader stays mum on Ensign's troubles - The Associated Press

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 10:11 AM PDT


CBS News
GOP Senate leader stays mum on Ensign's troubles
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell passed on several opportunities to defend two embattled GOP senators Friday as a new report raised questions about Sen. John Ensign's efforts to cover up his affair with a campaign aide. ...
GOP Leader Tightlipped on EnsignWashington Post
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Arrests made in Cape Cod slaying - Boston Globe

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 10:47 AM PDT


WHDH-TV
Arrests made in Cape Cod slaying
Boston Globe
By Globe Staff A 44-year-old Ipswich man has been charged with murder and attempted robbery in the death of his brother-in-law, who was found dead in a Hyannis home on Wednesday. Robert Upton has been charged in the death of Aris E. Manoloules, 47, ...
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Israeli soldier held three years by Hamas appears healthy in video - Los Angeles Times

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 10:29 AM PDT


Washington Post
Israeli soldier held three years by Hamas appears healthy in video
Los Angeles Times
In the televised video, Staff Sgt. Gilad Shalit appeals to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to negotiate his release. Official response doesn't suggest a swift resolution. By Richard Boudreaux Reporting from Jerusalem - Israelis today saw the first ...
Israel's captured youths: Gilad Shalit and a Palestinian girl with ...Christian Science Monitor
UN rights council postpones vote on damning Gaza reportAFP
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Texting while driving banned for federal workers - Los Angeles Times

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 12:00 AM PDT


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Texting while driving banned for federal workers
Los Angeles Times
Obama signs an executive order preventing government workers from text messaging while driving on the job or in a government-owned vehicle. A billboard in Indianapolis encourages motorists not to send text messages. The practice is illegal in 18 states ...
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Dems ease impact of health bill, big advance nears (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 12:13 AM PDT

Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., right, shakes hands with Sen. John Rockefeller, D-W.V., left, as Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., center, looks on following the conclusion of a hearing on heath care reform legislation on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009, (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - Capping months of struggle, Democrats pushed health care legislation atop President Barack Obama's agenda to the brink of a major Senate advance early Friday after last-minute changes to ease the impact on working-class families. The most far-reaching overhaul in decades aims to protect millions who have unreliable insurance coverage or none at all.

Obama makes pitch for Olympics (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 12:59 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks 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/Matt Dunham)AP - In a hometown pitch for the world's biggest sporting event, President Barack Obama lobbied Olympic leaders to give the 2016 Summer Games to Chicago, saying the U.S. "is ready and eager to assume that sacred trust."

Teenager buried by quake rescued 40 hours later (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 12:32 AM PDT

A man covers his face near the rubbles of a collapsed building in Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. Across this coastal provincial capital, hardest hit by the latest earthquake to devastate Indonesia, mourners, survivors and rescue workers alike clawed through heaps of concrete in searches for thousands still missing. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)AP - Rescuers pulled a teenager alive from her collapsed college about 40 hours after a powerful earthquake devastated western Indonesia, while elsewhere they heard cries for help Friday from people trapped under a collapsed hotel.

Letterman's affairs at center of extortion arrest (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 01:07 AM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2005 file photo Late night talk show host David Letterman makes a surprise appearance at the Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)AP - A CBS News employee is under arrest for trying to extort $2 million from David Letterman, forcing the late-night host to admit in an extraordinary monologue before millions of viewers that he had sexual relationships with female employees.

First swine flu vaccine on the way, still limited (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 12:33 AM PDT

A sign offering regular flu shots hangs on a Carr's grocery store in Anchorage, Alaska Wednesday Sept. 30, 2009. Department of Health and Social Services spokesman Greg Wilkinson says the first doses of swine flu vaccine may not reach state health centers until the week of Oct. 12 and decisions on distribution will be made on a community-by-community basis. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)AP - The long-awaited first vaccinations against swine flu — the squirt-in-the-nose kind — begin early next week in parts of the country, and states are urging people to be patient until more arrives.

Military searches for bodies, brings aid to Samoas (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 01:03 AM PDT

People gather for a funeral for seven victims, including three children is held in the highlands above Lalomanu, Samoa, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009, two days 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 - Some frightened Samoans who fled to the hills as a tsunami tore through their seaside villages vowed never to return to the coastline, while aid workers delivered water and medicine amid the growing stench of decay.

Unemployment rate to rise, could hit 10 percent (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 12:52 AM PDT

In this Sept. 25, 2009 photo, Khaliha Adger, from left, Gregory King, and Fred Jenkins fill out applications for positions at a new bar and restaurant in Detroit. he Labor Department said Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009, first-time claims for jobless benefits rose more than expected last week, a sign employers are reluctant to hire and the job market remains weak.(AP Photo/Paul Sancya )AP - The unemployment rate hasn't topped 10 percent since June 1983, but it could return to that painful level soon — possibly as early as Friday, when the Labor Department issues its monthly jobs report.

Thousands evacuated ahead of Philippine storm (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 12:50 AM PDT

Sporting's Adrien, right, celebrates with Miguel Veloso after scoring the opening goal against Hertha Berlin during their Europa League group D soccer match Thursday, Oct. 1 2009, at Sporting's Alvalade stadium in Lisbon. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)AP - Thousands of villagers fled the likely path of a powerful typhoon bearing down Friday on the Philippines, as the government braced for the possibility of a second storm disaster just days after one that killed hundreds.

Jackson autopsy could pose problems for his doctor (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 12:40 AM PDT

FILE - In this March 17, 2005 file photo, pop star Michael Jackson arrives at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse in Santa Maria, Calif. (AP Photo/Michael A. Mariant, file)AP - Michael Jackson's autopsy report was surprising as much for what it didn't contain as for what it did: The singer was in relatively good health for a man his age and no illegal drugs were detected in his system.

Rockies clinch playoff spot, NL West within reach (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 12:52 AM PDT

Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Aaron Cook works against the Milwaukee Brewers during the first inning of a baseball game in Denver on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)AP - It's a Rocktober redux for the Colorado Rockies, who are back in the playoffs after a one-year hiatus.

"Super typhoon" bears down on flood-ravaged Philippines (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Oct 2009 11:16 PM PDT

Reuters - The Philippines declared a nationwide state of calamity on Friday as a "super typhoon" bore down days after flash floods killed nearly 300 people in and around Manila.

Fresh quake near Tonga, tsunami toll nears 200 (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 12:58 AM PDT

Samoan police carry the body of a tsumani victim found in the waters near Matavai on the southern coast of Western Samoa September 30, 2009. REUTERS/Tim WimborneReuters - Grieving Samoans buried their dead in unmarked beachside graves on Thursday as the gruesome task of recovering bodies from villages destroyed by four tsunamis continued and an aftershock shook the region.

U.S. Senate panel set to advance healthcare overhaul (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Oct 2009 11:57 PM PDT

Reuters - The U.S. Senate Finance Committee on Friday wrapped up debate on a massive overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system and prepared to vote on the legislation next week.

Obama arrives at IOC to promote Chicago bid (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Oct 2009 11:31 PM PDT

Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama arrived on Friday at a meeting of the International Olympic Committee in the Danish capital to support Chicago's bid to hold the 2016 Games.

Israel awaits video, begins releasing prisoners (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 12:56 AM PDT

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a financial conference in Tel Aviv September 8, 2009. REUTERS/Oded Balilty/Pool/FilesReuters - Israel began releasing 19 Palestinian women from its jails on Friday in the first part of a deal with Hamas, in return for a video showing proof that a captured Israeli soldier being held by the group is alive.

Senate Democrats seek to win climate moderates (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Oct 2009 02:26 PM PDT

The sun sets over the Manhattan skyline during the U.S. Open in New York, September 5, 2009. REUTERS/Shaun BestReuters - Democrats in the U.S. Senate, who this week sketched out legislation to tackle global warming, now face the hard part -- convincing enough fence-sitters to join their cause.

U.S. House votes to block Guantanamo transfer (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Oct 2009 03:33 PM PDT

In this photo, reviewed by the U.S. military, an American flag flutters in the wind, pictured through a broken window from inside an unused airplane hangar used for media activities at Camp Justice, the site of the U.S. war crimes tribunal compound, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba, July 16, 2009. REUTERS/Brennan Linsley/PoolReuters - In a blow to President Barack Obama, the U.S. House of Representatives voted on Thursday to prohibit his administration from transferring terrorism suspects from the Guantanamo Bay military prison to face prosecution in the United States.

Myanmar judges reject Suu Kyi's appeal: lawyers (AFP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2009 11:56 PM PDT

A Myanmar activist holds a portrait of Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi during a protest at the Chinese embassy in Bangkok in August. Judges rejected an appeal by pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi Friday against her extended house arrest, a Myanmar official said.(AFP/File/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul)AFP - A Myanmar court on Friday rejected an appeal by pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi against her extended house arrest, in a move likely to disappoint the US after it re-engaged with the junta-ruled country.

Ireland votes on pan-European treaty (AFP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 12:05 AM PDT

A bookmaker in Clara, Ireland, offers odds on the Lisbon Treaty referendum. Polling stations opened Friday as Ireland voted for a second time on whether to adopt the European Union's Lisbon Treaty(AFP/Peter Muhly)AFP - Ireland was voting Friday on the EU's Lisbon Treaty in a crunch second referendum which Europe's leaders hope will overturn last year's No vote and avoid plunging the bloc into chaos.
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