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• Police: Fla. man shot fiancee 1 day before wedding (AP)
• Aye Carumba! Marge Simpson poses for Playboy cover (AP)
• 2 die, 19 overcome at Arizona retreat sweat lodge (AP)
• Company run by ex-con drops Montana jail plan (AP)
• Moon crash: Public yawns, scientists celebrate (AP)
• Lawsuit: Ind. teacher tried to sicken autistic boy (AP)
• Sheriff: Bones at Garrido home buried long ago (AP)
• Idaho jury acquits dad in girl's hypothermia death (AP)
• Instructors rushed to help UCLA stabbing victim (AP)
• Video shows cars, trucks tossed by tsunami waves (AP)
• Military says bug distracted ND missile driver (AP)
• Police: Wis. woman strips to avoid arrest (AP)
• Town abuzz: S. Ga. airport to be named for Carter (AP)
• CDC: 76 children dead of swine flu as cases rise (AP)
• NYC dad admits killing daughter found in boiler (AP)
• Source: Blago to appear on Trump reality TV show (AP)
• Son: Slain 100-year-old mom, roommate had tension (AP)
• Western NY friends wear out all-you-can-fly passes (AP)
• New survey shows rising support for civil unions (AP)
• New US law helps ill students keep health coverage (AP)

Police: Fla. man shot fiancee 1 day before wedding (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2009 09:10 PM PDT AP - A man who thought there was an intruder in his house shot and killed his fiancee the day before they were to be married, police said Friday.

Aye Carumba! Marge Simpson poses for Playboy cover (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2009 08:50 PM PDT AP - Aye Carumba!

2 die, 19 overcome at Arizona retreat sweat lodge (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2009 06:38 PM PDT AP - A sauna-like sweat lodge at an Arizona resort meant to provide spiritual cleansing became the scene of a police investigation Friday when more than a dozen people became ill during a two-hour session and two later died.

Company run by ex-con drops Montana jail plan (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2009 05:35 PM PDT AP - An obscure California company run by an ex-convict with a history of fraud has dropped its effort to take over a beleaguered Montana jail, days after state officials launched an investigation.

Moon crash: Public yawns, scientists celebrate (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2009 07:04 PM PDT AP - NASA's great lunar fireworks finale fizzled. After gearing up for the space agency's much-hyped mission to hurl two spacecraft into the moon, the public turned away from the sky Friday anything but dazzled. Photos and video of the impact showed little more than a fuzzy white flash.

Lawsuit: Ind. teacher tried to sicken autistic boy (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2009 06:39 PM PDT AP - The mother of an 8-year-old autistic boy with severe peanut allergies said Friday that an Indianapolis teacher gave her son a peanut-filled candy bar in hopes of making him sick so he wouldn't go on a field trip.

Sheriff: Bones at Garrido home buried long ago (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2009 06:04 PM PDT AP - The Contra Costa County Sheriff's office said Friday that bone fragments dug up from the backyard of kidnapping suspect Phillip Garrido's home and a neighboring property probably belonged to American Indians buried a long time ago.

Idaho jury acquits dad in girl's hypothermia death (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2009 04:20 PM PDT AP - An Idaho man who let his 11-year-old daughter walk several miles in freezing conditions along an isolated rural highway on Christmas Day was acquitted Friday of involuntary manslaughter in the girl's death from hypothermia.

Instructors rushed to help UCLA stabbing victim (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2009 09:21 PM PDT AP - Blood gushed from a student's neck and formed a puddle on the floor of a UCLA lab as instructors struggled to stanch the wound.

Video shows cars, trucks tossed by tsunami waves (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2009 04:35 PM PDT AP - The FBI on Friday released video footage showing waves rushing in and violently tossing cars and trucks in a parking lot as a deadly tsunami struck American Samoa last week.

Military says bug distracted ND missile driver (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2009 05:53 PM PDT AP - A truck driver who lost control of a semitrailer carrying missile parts from North Dakota's Minot Air Force Base was distracted by a "large insect" that flew in a window and landed on the driver's back, the military said in a report released Friday.

Police: Wis. woman strips to avoid arrest (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2009 06:49 PM PDT AP - Police say a Wisconsin woman stripped in front of her children in an attempt to avoid arrest for shoplifting, then scuffled with officers and exposed herself through a squad car window.

Town abuzz: S. Ga. airport to be named for Carter (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2009 03:29 PM PDT AP - Former President Jimmy Carter is no stranger to global conflicts; now he's the flashpoint in a small-town argument.

CDC: 76 children dead of swine flu as cases rise (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2009 07:09 PM PDT AP - Health officials said Friday that 76 U.S. children have died of swine flu, including 19 new reports in the past week — more evidence the new virus is unusually dangerous for the young.

NYC dad admits killing daughter found in boiler (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2009 01:52 PM PDT AP - A father pleaded guilty Friday to strangling his 14-year-old daughter, who was 12 weeks pregnant with his child, then stuffing her body into his apartment building's boiler and partially burning it.

Source: Blago to appear on Trump reality TV show (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2009 01:04 PM PDT AP - Out of work since he was impeached by Illinois lawmakers, Rod Blagojevich is taking his job search to TV's toughest boss — Donald Trump.

Son: Slain 100-year-old mom, roommate had tension (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2009 01:43 PM PDT AP - The roommate of a 100-year-old woman found strangled in her bed at a nursing home had made "threatening" remarks to the centenarian, her son said Friday, and the slain woman's family had sought to have the women split up.

Western NY friends wear out all-you-can-fly passes (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2009 03:31 PM PDT AP - Two adventure-seeking college buddies are back on the ground in Buffalo after squeezing 50,000 miles — and a marriage proposal and new careers — out of a pair of all-you-can-fly plane tickets that took them to 30 cities in 31 days.

New survey shows rising support for civil unions (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2009 11:56 AM PDT AP - An increasing majority of Americans favors allowing same-sex couples to obtain most of the same rights as married straight couples, but only 39 percent support legalization of same-sex marriage, according to a poll released Friday.

New US law helps ill students keep health coverage (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2009 01:31 PM PDT AP - A federal law inspired by a New Hampshire woman's courage and enacted through her mother's determination took effect Friday, sparing seriously ill or injured college students from having to choose between taking time off and keeping their health insurance.

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• Obama's Nobel Is Premature, Historians and Political Scientists Say - FOXNews
• NASA Moon Bomb Stirs Up Cloud - InformationWeek
• The Forewoman of the Astor Jury Weighs In - New York Times
• Scenes of carnage in Peshawar bazaar - BBC News
• France Arrests Physicist for Qaeda Ties - New York Times
• Deluge in rain-soaked Philippines kills over 160 - The Associated Press

Obama's Nobel Is Premature, Historians and Political Scientists Say - FOXNews Posted: 09 Oct 2009 10:49 AM PDT FOXNews Obama's Nobel Is Premature, Historians and Political Scientists Say FOXNews The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to President Obama is an "embarrassment" to the process, a presidential historian told foxnews.com. By Joshua Rhett Miller Giving President Obama the Nobel Peace Prize is a "premature canonization" and an ... Obama Wins Nobel Prize in Part for Confronting 'Great Climatic Challenges'New York Times Israeli, Palestinian leaders mostly praise peace prize for ObamaLos Angeles Times Obama's remarks on winning Nobel Peace PrizeThe Associated Press ABC News -Boston Globe -Washington Post all 6,265 news articles »

NASA Moon Bomb Stirs Up Cloud - InformationWeek Posted: 09 Oct 2009 10:47 AM PDT guardian.co.uk NASA Moon Bomb Stirs Up Cloud InformationWeek Stargazers who weren't able to get a live view of a NASA spacecraft slamming into the moon will be able to view images of the event at their leisure thanks to a couple of Web giants' cloud computing efforts. Both Microsoft and Google ... NASA's moon crash doesn't produce a spectacle, but it still might be a hitLos Angeles Times NASA "Moon Bombing" a Hit, But LCROSS Impact Invisible?National Geographic NASA's Big Hit: LCROSS Impacts On The MoonWired News Computerworld -The Associated Press -eWeek all 2,819 news articles »

The Forewoman of the Astor Jury Weighs In - New York Times Posted: 09 Oct 2009 10:30 AM PDT ABC News The Forewoman of the Astor Jury Weighs In New York Times The forewoman of the jury in the Astor case, Kristina Jezycki, 43, added her voice on Friday to accounts of what went on during deliberations in the epic case. Standing outside her apartment building on East 63rd Street, dressed to go ... Brooke Astor's son found guiltyLos Angeles Times Astor trial: The blue blood of Anthony and Charlene Marshall was ice coldNew York Daily News Astor disasterExaminer.com ABC News -Wall Street Journal -New York Times all 711 news articles »

Scenes of carnage in Peshawar bazaar - BBC News Posted: 09 Oct 2009 07:01 AM PDT New York Daily News Scenes of carnage in Peshawar bazaar BBC News The Khyber bazaar in Peshawar is one of the busiest and most densely-populated places in the city. Militants behind the attack will have targeted the market for precisely this reason. The power of the blast was immediately obvious. ... Bomb Blasts NW Pakistan Market, Kills 49Voice of America Peshawar Blast Comes Ahead of Military OffensiveNew York Times Car bomb in Peshawar market kills 49Los Angeles Times Bloomberg -Christian Science Monitor -CNN all 963 news articles »

France Arrests Physicist for Qaeda Ties - New York Times Posted: 09 Oct 2009 10:43 AM PDT Swissinfo France Arrests Physicist for Qaeda Ties New York Times PARIS — The French authorities have arrested a physicist who had worked for years at CERN, the huge nuclear research center in Switzerland, on suspicion of links to Al Qaeda's affiliate in North Africa, ... France arrests engineer at nuclear lab over 'Qaeda links'AFP Al Qaeda suspect worked at Swiss nuclear labReuters India Physicist held in France over 'terror links'CNN The Associated Press -guardian.co.uk -The Press Association all 219 news articles »

Deluge in rain-soaked Philippines kills over 160 - The Associated Press Posted: 09 Oct 2009 09:00 AM PDT Telegraph.co.uk Deluge in rain-soaked Philippines kills over 160 The Associated Press MANILA, Philippines — Driving rain on the heels of back-to-back storms triggered dozens of landslides across the northern Philippines on Friday, burying more than 160 people, washing away villages and leaving almost an entire province under water. ... Philippines Gets US Aid as Floods, Landslides Leave 135 DeadBloomberg More than 160 Killed in Landslides in PhilippinesNew York Times Rain, floods in N. Philippines kill over 100Washington Post BBC News -Times Online -CNN all 949 news articles »

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• Obama, Democrats court women on health overhaul (AP)
• Philippine mudslides, floods kill estimated 100 (AP)
• Troop request could be topic of meeting with Obama (AP)
• Watchdog doubts goals of Obama loan relief plan (AP)
• Moonstruck: Making one giant thud for mankind (AP)
• Astor's son convicted of looting her $200M fortune (AP)
• Hunter homers, Lackey pitches Angels past Red Sox (AP)
• AP sources: FBI eyes terror suspect's travel talk (AP)
• Police stop more than 1 million people on street (AP)
• Swine flu put many hospitalized patients into ICU (AP)
• Bernanke sees tighter policies as economy heals (Reuters)
• General wants 40,000 more U.S. troops for Afghanistan (Reuters)
• Clinton to talk Iran, Afghanistan on Russia trip (Reuters)
• Blast in Pakistan's Peshawar kills 30: minister (Reuters)
• U.S. healthcare reform gathers steam in Congress (Reuters)
• Top Indian diplomat in Afghanistan after blast (Reuters)
• Myanmar's Suu Kyi meets Western diplomats (Reuters)
• Father of New York bomb plot suspect is indicted (Reuters)
• At least 20 dead in Pakistan bomb blast: police (AFP)
• US hints may put Al-Qaeda, not Taliban, in crosshairs (AFP)

Obama, Democrats court women on health overhaul (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2009 12:52 AM PDT AP - The White House and top Democrats, intensifying their push to build support for their party's health overhaul proposals, are increasingly targeting women, a politically crucial group with strong opinions on health care that polls suggest has yet to be sold on the changes.

Philippine mudslides, floods kill estimated 100 (AP) Posted: 08 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT AP - Dozens of landslides in the rain-soaked mountains of the northern Philippines killed an estimated 100 people, as a lingering storm and excess water from dams turned a portion of one province into "one big river," officials said Friday.

Troop request could be topic of meeting with Obama (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2009 12:38 AM PDT AP - The latest in a series of top-level White House meetings about the war in Afghanistan could provide a venue for the first discussion of the troop request submitted by the U.S. commander there.

Watchdog doubts goals of Obama loan relief plan (AP) Posted: 08 Oct 2009 09:50 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration's effort to help homeowners avoid foreclosure may not achieve its goal of helping 3 million to 4 million borrowers and may simply delay mortgage defaults for many, a government watchdog group says.

Moonstruck: Making one giant thud for mankind (AP) Posted: 08 Oct 2009 10:58 PM PDT AP - For as long as man has looked up, the moon has inspired romance, poetry and songs. Man also likes blowing things up. Now we get to do both — in the name of science.

Astor's son convicted of looting her $200M fortune (AP) Posted: 08 Oct 2009 09:41 PM PDT AP - Brooke Astor's 85-year-old son was convicted Thursday of exploiting his philanthropist mother's failing mind and helping himself to her nearly $200 million fortune.

Hunter homers, Lackey pitches Angels past Red Sox (AP) Posted: 08 Oct 2009 11:33 PM PDT AP - Right when Torii Hunter's three-run homer hit the rock pile beyond center field at Angel Stadium, two bursts of fireworks shot up from the artificial boulders. The moment hardly needed the pyrotechnic punctuation. After several years of playoff frustrations against the Boston Red Sox, the Angels finally have a breakthrough.

AP sources: FBI eyes terror suspect's travel talk (AP) Posted: 08 Oct 2009 09:46 PM PDT AP - An Afghan immigrant accused of plotting a terror attack in New York City contacted accomplices there while making a cross-country drive from Denver, raising concerns among investigators that he was sending instructions to purchase more bomb-making chemicals, officials familiar with the case said.

Police stop more than 1 million people on street (AP) Posted: 08 Oct 2009 09:47 PM PDT AP - A teenager trying to get into his apartment after school is confronted by police. A man leaving his workplace chooses a different route back home to avoid officers who roam a particular street. These and hundreds of thousands of other Americans in big cities have been stopped on the street by police using a law-enforcement practice called stop-and-frisk that alarms civil libertarians but is credited by authorities with helping reduce crime.

Swine flu put many hospitalized patients into ICU (AP) Posted: 08 Oct 2009 09:48 PM PDT AP - One quarter of Americans sick enough to be hospitalized with swine flu last spring wound up needing intensive care and 7 percent of them died, the first such study of the early months of the global epidemic suggests. That's a little higher than with ordinary seasonal flu, several experts said.

Bernanke sees tighter policies as economy heals (Reuters) Posted: 09 Oct 2009 12:45 AM PDT Reuters - The U.S. Federal Reserve must continue to prop up the economy for an extended period but can't do so indefinitely for fear of triggering an inflationary surge, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned on Thursday.

General wants 40,000 more U.S. troops for Afghanistan (Reuters) Posted: 08 Oct 2009 08:59 PM PDT Reuters - The top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan has recommended an increase of 40,000 troops as the minimum necessary to prevail, two sources familiar with his recommendations said on Thursday.

Clinton to talk Iran, Afghanistan on Russia trip (Reuters) Posted: 08 Oct 2009 10:02 PM PDT Reuters - Iran and Afghanistan will dominate talks by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton next week on a trip to Britain and Russia that could also spur progress on a new nuclear arms reduction treaty with Moscow.

Blast in Pakistan's Peshawar kills 30: minister (Reuters) Posted: 09 Oct 2009 12:41 AM PDT Reuters - A car bomb blew up on Friday next to a bus in the Pakistani city of Peshawar killing 30 people, a provincial government minister said.

U.S. healthcare reform gathers steam in Congress (Reuters) Posted: 08 Oct 2009 03:29 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama's push for healthcare reform gathered steam on Thursday as a Senate panel scheduled a key vote for next week and Democrats in the House of Representatives moved closer to unveiling a bill.

Top Indian diplomat in Afghanistan after blast (Reuters) Posted: 09 Oct 2009 12:38 AM PDT Reuters - A top Indian diplomat arrived in Kabul on Friday to inspect the site of a huge bomb attack on the Indian embassy a day earlier that killed 17 people and renewed focus on India's tense relations with Pakistan.

Myanmar's Suu Kyi meets Western diplomats (Reuters) Posted: 08 Oct 2009 10:51 PM PDT Reuters - Myanmar's ruling junta allowed detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to meet with Western diplomats on Friday, a week after she asked for talks about sanctions on the isolated country.

Father of New York bomb plot suspect is indicted (Reuters) Posted: 08 Oct 2009 03:34 PM PDT Reuters - The father of an Afghan immigrant accused of plotting one of the most serious security threats to the United States since the September 11 attacks was indicted on Thursday on charges of lying to the FBI, federal prosecutors said.

At least 20 dead in Pakistan bomb blast: police (AFP) Posted: 09 Oct 2009 12:45 AM PDT AFP - A car bomb ripped through a crowded bazaar in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Friday leaving at least 20 people dead, police officials said.

US hints may put Al-Qaeda, not Taliban, in crosshairs (AFP) Posted: 09 Oct 2009 12:06 AM PDT AFP - The Taliban poses less of a threat to US security than Al-Qaeda, the White House said, raising speculation that President Barack Obama may not opt for a vastly increased counter-insurgency force in Afghanistan.

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