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• Ga. man ordered to die in boy's molestation, death (AP)
• Same-sex marriage bill in DC appears unstoppable (AP)
• Abducted Tenn. baby's mom gets kids back (AP)
• Injured Tom DeLay hangs up his 'Dancing' shoes (AP)
• NY man convicted of hate crime in elderly muggings (AP)
• La. prosecutor probes ACORN after embezzlement (AP)
• Parents in prayer death get 6 months in jail (AP)
• Mo. man gets life for killing 3 at Texas farmhouse (AP)
• American Samoa tsunami victims receiving tents (AP)
• CIA records: Cuban exile informed on colleagues (AP)
• Twins complete comeback, beat Tigers 6-5 in 12th (AP)
• Prosecutor: Pediatrician molested male patients (AP)
• Feds: Biker gang plotted to kill, extort rivals (AP)
• Palin urges troop buildup in Afghanistan (AP)
• School closings may be root of Chicago teen deaths (AP)
• Floating house could ride New Orleans' floods (AP)
• Robert Gates: Borlaug a 'warrior against hunger' (AP)
• Del. GOP rep to seek Biden's former Senate seat (AP)
• Hold the mayo? Not when it comes to astute pilots (AP)

Ga. man ordered to die in boy's molestation, death (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2009 06:47 PM PDT AP - A Georgia man was sentenced to death Tuesday for molesting and strangling a 6-year-old boy inside a mobile home before the child's body was wrapped in trash bags and dumped near a road.

Same-sex marriage bill in DC appears unstoppable (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2009 03:43 PM PDT AP - A bill that would allow same-sex couples to marry in the nation's capital was introduced Tuesday, a measure that even opponents acknowledged seems almost unstoppable.

Abducted Tenn. baby's mom gets kids back (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2009 09:36 PM PDT AP - A mother was reunited Tuesday with her newborn son after losing him twice, first to a kidnapper and then to state custody after someone claimed a family member had tried to sell him.

Injured Tom DeLay hangs up his 'Dancing' shoes (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2009 06:57 PM PDT AP - It wasn't two left feet, but two fractured feet that forced Tom DeLay to hang up his dancing shoes on Tuesday.

NY man convicted of hate crime in elderly muggings (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2009 05:29 PM PDT AP - A New York City man was convicted of hate crimes Tuesday in connection with a series of muggings that included an assault on a centenarian on her way to church.

La. prosecutor probes ACORN after embezzlement (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2009 06:00 PM PDT AP - Louisiana's attorney general said Tuesday he has stepped up an investigation into embezzlement at ACORN nearly a decade ago, but the prosecutor and community activist group clashed over how much money was taken.

Parents in prayer death get 6 months in jail (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2009 06:28 PM PDT AP - A central Wisconsin couple who prayed rather than seek medical care for their 11-year-old dying daughter were sentenced Tuesday to six months in jail and 10 years probation in the girl's death.

Mo. man gets life for killing 3 at Texas farmhouse (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2009 05:34 PM PDT AP - A Texas jury spared a Missouri man the death penalty Tuesday, sentencing him to life in prison without parole for the 2005 slayings of a pregnant woman, her husband and son inside their farmhouse.

American Samoa tsunami victims receiving tents (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2009 05:47 PM PDT AP - Federal recovery teams were to deliver tents and other shelter materials to 75 American Samoa families from tsunami-ravaged villages who have been staying in emergency shelters, authorities said Tuesday.

CIA records: Cuban exile informed on colleagues (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2009 05:45 PM PDT AP - Recently released CIA files from the mid-1960s show Cuban exile and accused terrorist Luis Posada Carriles informed on violent Miami-based efforts to attack Fidel Castro's fledgling Cuban government even as he was deeply involved in helping them.

Twins complete comeback, beat Tigers 6-5 in 12th (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2009 10:04 PM PDT AP - The Metrodome erupted in a jet-like roar as Carlos Gomez zoomed home with the winning run to finish off an AL Central race — and a thrilling tiebreaker — that didn't want to end.

Prosecutor: Pediatrician molested male patients (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2009 05:23 PM PDT AP - A pediatrician performed oral sex on three teen patients and fondled a younger boy during office visits, slipping the teenagers cash payments of at least $200 as they left, a prosecutor told jurors Tuesday.

Feds: Biker gang plotted to kill, extort rivals (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2009 08:46 PM PDT AP - National Pagans Motorcycle Club leaders and more than 50 members and associates of the outlaw biker gang are accused of plotting to kill and extort rivals to consolidate the club's power in the eastern U.S., according to an indictment unsealed Tuesday.

Palin urges troop buildup in Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2009 05:09 PM PDT AP - Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is urging President Barack Obama to increase the number of U.S. troops stationed in Afghanistan.

School closings may be root of Chicago teen deaths (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2009 03:40 PM PDT AP - Even in the cold rain, Danielle Jones would rather stand on the street and wait for her father to pick her up from her high school on Chicago's South Side than walk or take the bus, fearing the fights that start in school will be settled later on the streets.

Floating house could ride New Orleans' floods (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2009 03:02 PM PDT AP - A house capable of floating atop rising floodwaters made its debut Tuesday in New Orleans alongside more than a dozen other homes built through actor Brad Pitt's Make It Right Foundation.

Robert Gates: Borlaug a 'warrior against hunger' (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2009 02:27 PM PDT AP - Colleagues and friends of Norman Borlaug remembered the Nobel Peace Prize winner on Tuesday as a humanitarian who "built armies of agricultural workers" to combat famine in the world's developing countries.

Del. GOP rep to seek Biden's former Senate seat (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2009 01:52 PM PDT AP - Republican U.S. Rep. Michael Castle announced Tuesday he will run for the U.S. Senate seat Democrat Joe Biden left to become vice president.

Hold the mayo? Not when it comes to astute pilots (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2009 02:26 PM PDT AP - Running a marathon, grab a carbohydrate bar. Lifting weights, gulp a protein shake. But climbing into a fighter jet? Butter-soaked lobster might help.

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• Swiss Reject Polanski Appeal Over Arrest - ABC News
• ANALYSIS-McChrystal is the talk of Washington - Reuters
• Delaware GOP Congressman to Run for Biden's Former Senate Seat - FOXNews
• Dalai Lama Honored in Washington With Human Rights Award - Voice of America
• Two More Plead Guilty in Pay-to-Play Probe - Wall Street Journal
• US justices question animal cruelty video law - Reuters
• Growing Number of GOP Leaders Encourage Health Reform - Washington Post
• Ohio considering bone, muscle for lethal injection - The Associated Press

Swiss Reject Polanski Appeal Over Arrest - ABC News Posted: 06 Oct 2009 09:06 AM PDT Telegraph.co.uk Swiss Reject Polanski Appeal Over Arrest ABC News ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss authorities rejected an appeal on Tuesday to release from jail Roman Polanski, the film director arrested last month after fleeing the United States in 1978 to avoid sentencing in an underage sex case. ... Swiss refuse bail for Roman PolanskiLos Angeles Times Swiss fight Polanski appeal against arrestCNN International Polanski Denied Bail Pending Swiss Extradition RulingBloomberg E! Online -Seattle Post Intelligencer -Voice of America all 1,095 news articles »

ANALYSIS-McChrystal is the talk of Washington - Reuters Posted: 06 Oct 2009 09:51 AM PDT Telegraph.co.uk ANALYSIS-McChrystal is the talk of Washington Reuters WASHINGTON, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Nothing gets Washington's attention like a loud public debate among powerful figures, which is why US Army General Stanley McChrystal is the talk of the town. The 55-year-old top commander of US forces in ... Obama Faces 'War of Appeasement' in Washington Over Afghanistan ...FOXNews US Defence Secretary hints at more troops to AfghanistanTimes Online Obama, Lawmakers Weigh Afghanistan Strategy as Violence MountsBloomberg Telegraph.co.uk -guardian.co.uk -msnbc.com all 2,291 news articles »

Delaware GOP Congressman to Run for Biden's Former Senate Seat - FOXNews Posted: 06 Oct 2009 09:36 AM PDT The Associated Press Delaware GOP Congressman to Run for Biden's Former Senate Seat FOXNews In a brief, exclusive interview with The Associated Press before his news conference, Castle said he's running because he can do more for Delaware in the Senate than in the House. AP WILMINGTON, Del. -- Delaware Republican congressman Michael Castle is ... Castle will seek Biden's Senate seatUSA Today Castle for Senate Coup Puts Democrats on Defensive in DelawareU.S. News & World Report Del. GOP rep to seek Biden's former Senate seatThe Associated Press Sussex Countian -KYW1060.com -CQPolitics.com all 282 news articles »

Dalai Lama Honored in Washington With Human Rights Award - Voice of America Posted: 06 Oct 2009 10:56 AM PDT Washington Post Dalai Lama Honored in Washington With Human Rights Award Voice of America By VOA News The Dalai Lama has received an award in Washington honoring his work for human rights around the world. The Dalai Lama, left, is congratulated by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, right, and Annette Lantos, widow of California Rep. ... Dalai Lama urges US to address rich-poor issueCNN White House: Delay of Dalai Lama meeting mutualThe Associated Press US lawmakers rally behind Dalai LamaAFP FOXNews -Washington Post -Times Online all 497 news articles »

Two More Plead Guilty in Pay-to-Play Probe - Wall Street Journal Posted: 06 Oct 2009 10:34 AM PDT New York Daily News Two More Plead Guilty in Pay-to-Play Probe Wall Street Journal Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced two more guilty pleas, both felonies, in his office's long-running pay-to-play investigation into alleged abuses of the New York state pension fund. Raymond Harding, former chairman of New York's ... Former NY power broker guilty in pension probeThe Associated Press Ex-Liberal Party Boss Harding Pleads GuiltyNew York Times Ray Harding, former head of NY Liberal party, pleads guilty to ...New York Daily News Newsday -NY1 -Politics on the Hudson all 158 news articles »

US justices question animal cruelty video law - Reuters Posted: 06 Oct 2009 11:02 AM PDT US justices question animal cruelty video law Reuters WASHINGTON, Oct 6 (Reuters) - A US law that makes it a crime to sell videos of animals being tortured or killed may be too broad as it possibly covers documentary films and depictions of hunting or bullfights, Supreme Court justices ... Justices talk dog-fighting videos, 'Human Sacrifice Channel'Los Angeles Times Court takes up free-speech case of pit bull videosThe Associated Press Animal Cruelty Law Questioned at US Supreme CourtBloomberg FOXNews -NPR -Pittsburgh Post Gazette all 183 news articles »

Growing Number of GOP Leaders Encourage Health Reform - Washington Post Posted: 06 Oct 2009 09:33 AM PDT HotIndieNews.com Growing Number of GOP Leaders Encourage Health Reform Washington Post California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday became the most prominent elected Republican to urge Congress to complete work on health-care reform, departing from the widely held GOP view that lawmakers should scrap the current ... An Effort to Put Republican Comments in a Republican ContextNew York Times Schwarzenegger supports health overhaul goalsThe Associated Press Schwarzenegger backs Obama on health care reformAFP TPM LiveWire -Kaiser Health News -Los Angeles Times all 169 news articles »

Ohio considering bone, muscle for lethal injection - The Associated Press Posted: 06 Oct 2009 10:50 AM PDT The Associated Press Ohio considering bone, muscle for lethal injection The Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio is considering new ways of administering lethal drugs to condemned inmates in the wake of a failed execution last month. A prisons department spokeswoman says one possible alternative is to inject drugs into inmates' bone marrow ... Ohio governor halts executionsguardian.co.uk Ohio Postpones Death Penalty CasesVoice of America REYNOLDS v. STRICKLANDLeagle, Inc. ChattahBox -CNN -WHIO Radio all 697 news articles »

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• North Korea considers return to nuclear talks (AP)
• Taliban claim responsibility for deadly UN blast (AP)
• Clinton, Gates say US goals steady in Afghanistan (AP)
• Sources: NYC suspect had senior al-Qaida contact (AP)
• Obama postpones meeting with Dalai Lama (AP)
• Voice heard in rubble 6 days after Indonesia quake (AP)
• Courts examine Ohio's lethal-injection procedures (AP)
• Court takes up free-speech case of pit bull videos (AP)
• Jokes, apologies from David Letterman on his show (AP)
• Favre takes it to the Packers: Vikings win 30-23 (AP)
• Gates blames past lack of troops for Taliban edge (Reuters)
• North Korea says ready to return to nuclear talks (Reuters)
• Gulf region to stay with dollar for oil: UAE central bank source (Reuters)
• Obama touts health plan to doctors, key vote nears (Reuters)
• Australia central bank raises rates, more expected (Reuters)
• Conde Nast magazines shut as review bites (Reuters)
• U.S. trio wins medicine Nobel for telomerase (Reuters)
• Suicide bomber kills 5 at Pakistani U.N. office (Reuters)
• NKorea willing to return to nuclear talks (AFP)
• Obama under fire for shunning Dalai Lama (AFP)

North Korea considers return to nuclear talks (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2009 12:57 AM PDT AP - North Korea's leader is offering to return to multinational disarmament talks in a renewed effort to draw Washington into one-on-one talks that the United States has yet to fully embrace.

Taliban claim responsibility for deadly UN blast (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2009 12:41 AM PDT AP - Taliban militants claimed responsibility Tuesday for the deadly suicide bombing at the U.N. food agency's heavily fortified compound in Islamabad, saying international relief work in Pakistan was not in "the interest of Muslims."

Clinton, Gates say US goals steady in Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2009 12:36 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama's top defense and diplomacy advisers said the United States retains the Afghanistan war goal that he outlined just two months into his presidency — to sideline al-Qaida — but changing circumstances require a reassessment of how to get there.

Sources: NYC suspect had senior al-Qaida contact (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2009 12:33 AM PDT AP - Just weeks before the eighth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, an Afghan immigrant with ties to a senior al-Qaida operative drew the attention of U.S. intelligence organizations, intelligence officials familiar with the investigation say.

Obama postpones meeting with Dalai Lama (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2009 12:20 AM PDT AP - A decision by Barack Obama to postpone his first meeting as president with the Dalai Lama is overshadowing a visit to Washington this week by the exiled spiritual leader of Tibet's Buddhists.

Voice heard in rubble 6 days after Indonesia quake (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2009 12:28 AM PDT AP - Workers stopped demolishing a hotel damaged by a powerful earthquake in Indonesia six days ago as an Australian search-and-rescue team looked for a woman who was reportedly heard crying out beneath the rubble.

Courts examine Ohio's lethal-injection procedures (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2009 12:48 AM PDT AP - The national impact of the unprecedented halting of a rapist's execution after two hours and temporary reprieves for other condemned inmates likely will become clear over the next few months as courts examine the state's lethal-injection procedures, experts say.

Court takes up free-speech case of pit bull videos (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2009 12:54 AM PDT AP - The Supreme Court is hearing arguments Tuesday in a case that is shaping up as a major fight over free speech rights and shines a spotlight on discomfiting videos depicting pit bull fights and other acts of animal cruelty.

Jokes, apologies from David Letterman on his show (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2009 12:49 AM PDT AP - David Letterman, days after revealing on air that he'd been sexually involved with women from his television program, apologized to his wife on Monday's "Late Show," saying she had been "horribly hurt by my behavior" and stating flat-out those affairs "are in the past."

Favre takes it to the Packers: Vikings win 30-23 (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2009 12:59 AM PDT AP - Brett Favre added another feat to his overflowing resume: He's the first quarterback in history to beat all 32 NFL teams.

Gates blames past lack of troops for Taliban edge (Reuters) Posted: 05 Oct 2009 11:28 PM PDT Reuters - Defense Secretary Robert Gates blamed the Taliban's revival on a past failure to deploy enough troops to Afghanistan and said U.S. forces would not withdraw whatever the result of President Barack Obama's strategy review.

North Korea says ready to return to nuclear talks (Reuters) Posted: 06 Oct 2009 12:20 AM PDT Reuters - North Korea on Tuesday signaled it could return to nuclear disarmament talks it had declared dead six months ago, but a report it was near restoring its atomic plant underlined the secretive state would keep the stakes high.

Gulf region to stay with dollar for oil: UAE central bank source (Reuters) Posted: 06 Oct 2009 12:54 AM PDT Reuters - Gulf Arab oil exporters will stay with the dollar as the currency for trading crude, a source in the United Arab Emirates central bank said on Tuesday.

Obama touts health plan to doctors, key vote nears (Reuters) Posted: 05 Oct 2009 02:52 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama gathered doctors from every U.S. state at the White House on Monday to press his case for healthcare reform in a week when the sweeping overhaul could clear a major hurdle in Congress.

Australia central bank raises rates, more expected (Reuters) Posted: 05 Oct 2009 11:41 PM PDT Reuters - Australia's central bank raised its key cash rate by 25 basis points to 3.25 percent on Tuesday and heralded more to come, saying it was safe to row-back on stimulus now that the worst danger for the economy had passed.

Conde Nast magazines shut as review bites (Reuters) Posted: 05 Oct 2009 03:01 PM PDT Reuters - Conde Nast will close four magazines -- Modern Bride, Elegant Bride, Gourmet, and Cookie -- following a review the publisher undertook to find ways to reduce costs and staff in the face of a slump in advertising.

U.S. trio wins medicine Nobel for telomerase (Reuters) Posted: 05 Oct 2009 02:38 PM PDT Reuters - Three Americans won the Nobel prize for medicine on Monday for revealing the existence and nature of telomerase, an enzyme that helps prevent the fraying of chromosomes that underlies aging and cancer.

Suicide bomber kills 5 at Pakistani U.N. office (Reuters) Posted: 05 Oct 2009 07:35 AM PDT Reuters - A suicide bomber dressed as a paramilitary soldier attacked an office of the U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) in the Pakistani capital on Monday, killing five staff, government and U.N. officials said.

NKorea willing to return to nuclear talks (AFP) Posted: 06 Oct 2009 12:53 AM PDT AFP - North Korea said Tuesday it was willing to return to six-nation nuclear disarmament negotiations, but only on condition it first holds talks with the United States to improve "hostile relations".

Obama under fire for shunning Dalai Lama (AFP) Posted: 05 Oct 2009 10:55 PM PDT AFP - US President Barack Obama was facing criticism he succumbed to Chinese pressure as the Dalai Lama opened his first visit to Washington in nearly two decades without a presidential meeting.

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