| Bank failures top 100, only part of industry woes (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2009 12:50 AM PDT  AP - The cascade of bank failures this year surpassed 100 on Friday, the most in nearly two decades. And the trouble in the banking system from bad loans and the recession goes even deeper than the number suggests.
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| Pilots missed Twin Cities by 150 miles - but how? (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2009 12:51 AM PDT  AP - Were the pilots distracted? Catching up on their sleep? Federal investigators struggled to determine what the crew members of a Northwest Airlines jetliner were doing at 37,000 feet as they sped 150 miles past their Minneapolis destination and military jets readied to chase them. Unfortunately, the cockpit voice recorder may not tell the tale.
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| Taliban call for Afghans to boycott runoff poll (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2009 12:55 AM PDT  AP - Taliban fighters warned Afghans not to take part in the war-wracked country's upcoming presidential runoff, threatening Saturday to launch a fresh wave of violence on polling day to stop them.
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| Analysis: Obama's consumer agency no sure deal (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2009 12:40 AM PDT  AP - Take a hard look now. A new agency that consumers were promised would make bankers, credit card companies and mortgage lenders treat them fairly will never look as strong again.
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| NJ priest slain in church rectory is mourned (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2009 12:46 AM PDT  AP - Services will be held Saturday at St. Patrick's Church in this tiny borough, a moment of continuity for a community rocked by the slaying of the Rev. Ed Hinds in the town's first violent death in 20 years.
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| US swine flu deaths surpass 1,000 (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2009 12:52 AM PDT  AP - More Americans have been vaccinated against seasonal flu this fall than ever before by this time of year, federal health officials said Friday.
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| Strict Oklahoma abortion laws spark court battles (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2009 12:53 AM PDT  AP - Two new laws being challenged in the Oklahoma courts would give the state some of the strictest abortion laws in the country by forcing women to answer questions about race and their relationships, and to listen to a doctor talk them through an ultrasound.
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| Clunkers leads to backlog at recycling yards (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2009 12:29 AM PDT  AP - Cash for Clunkers may be history for car shoppers, but the program's largesse lives on in recycling yards around the country.
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| Michelle Obama's gripe: president's tennis game (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2009 12:54 AM PDT  AP - What's President Barack Obama's most annoying habit?
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| NBA, referees agree to deal, ending lockout (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2009 12:55 AM PDT  AP - The regular referees made the call. They're coming back to work.
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| Home sales scale 2-year high in September (Reuters) Posted: 23 Oct 2009 01:56 PM PDT  Reuters - Sales of previously-owned U.S. homes jumped to a two-year high last month, according to data on Friday, though the looming expiry of a tax incentive for first-time home buyers was a major factor spurring sales.
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| Japan pushes for new East Asian bloc (Reuters) Posted: 24 Oct 2009 12:51 AM PDT  Reuters - Japanese and Chinese leaders entered talks on Saturday with their Asian counterparts focused heavily on whether the region should pursue an EU-style bloc, and whether Washington should be involved.
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| Iran ignores U.N. nuclear deadline (Reuters) Posted: 23 Oct 2009 12:34 PM PDT  Reuters - Iran ignored a U.N. deadline on Friday to respond to an international draft deal for it to cut an atomic stockpile the West fears could be used for weapons, and challenged the basis of the pact.
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| Democrats gauge options on public health plan (Reuters) Posted: 23 Oct 2009 12:14 PM PDT  Reuters - Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives struggled on Friday to agree on which version of a government-run health insurance plan to include in a reform bill, but said one was certain to be in the final legislation.
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| Abbas sets gamble on January 24 Palestinian election (Reuters) Posted: 23 Oct 2009 02:44 PM PDT  Reuters - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called on Friday for presidential and parliamentary elections on January 24, in a political gamble that could end in divorce for the divided Palestinian movement.
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| Mom admits to "Balloon Boy" hoax: court record (Reuters) Posted: 23 Oct 2009 04:34 PM PDT Reuters - The mother of a Colorado boy thought to be aboard a homemade helium balloon has admitted to investigators the whole thing was a hoax, according to a court document made public on Friday. |
| Karzai wants "better" Afghan vote, vows "inclusivity" (Reuters) Posted: 23 Oct 2009 04:20 PM PDT  Reuters - Afghanistan's Hamid Karzai said he wanted a better and cleaner presidential election run-off in November to bring stability at a time when Taliban violence is at its worst in eight years of war.
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| More evacuations as Puerto Rico oil blaze burns on (Reuters) Posted: 23 Oct 2009 09:24 PM PDT Reuters - Authorities in Puerto Rico on Friday ordered the evacuation of hundreds more residents from homes around a huge fire at an oil depot which spewed a column of toxic black smoke into the sky near the capital San Juan. |
| Taliban call for Afghan vote boycott, threaten violence (AFP) Posted: 24 Oct 2009 12:27 AM PDT  AFP - The Taliban called Saturday for a boycott of the upcoming run-off in Afghanistan's fraud-tainted presidential election as top US and UN envoys predicted fewer problems with the second round.
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| New German coalition gets set for government (AFP) Posted: 23 Oct 2009 08:02 PM PDT  AFP - Germany's newly elected coalition got set for government on Saturday after adopting a common programme in a late-night meeting aimed at guiding the country out of its worst recession since World War II.
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