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AP Poll: Economy still troubles most Americans (AP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2009 12:16 AM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2008 file photo, people work inside the Lehman Brothers headquarters in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, FILE)AP - One year after Wall Street teetered on the brink of collapse, seven out of 10 Americans lack confidence the federal government has taken safeguards to prevent another financial industry meltdown, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll.

Senate health care plan to create winners, losers (AP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2009 12:21 AM PDT

FILE - These various 2009 file photos shows members of the Senate Finance Committee dealing with health care. Top row, from left are, Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M.; Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont.; and Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D. Bottom row, from left are, Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo.; Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine; and the committee's ranking Republican Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa. (AP Photo/FILE)AP - Hospitals and drug makers like what they see in the early version of a health care plan that may evolve into the one that ends up on President Barack Obama's desk.

Police: Found body is likely missing Yale student (AP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2009 12:29 AM PDT

In this undated photo released by Yale University shows Annie Le. Connecticut State Police are using search dogs as they try to find the Yale graduate student missing since Tuesday Sept. 8, 2009. Twenty-four-year-old Le planned to get married Sunday. (AP Photo/ Courtesy of Yale University)AP - Just seven months before police found what they believe is Annie Le's body hidden in a Yale University building, the graduate student wrote a magazine article about how to stay safe on the streets around the Ivy League school.

Bin Laden reportedly calls Obama 'powerless' (AP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2009 12:11 AM PDT

AP - Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden described President Barack Obama as "powerless" to stop the war in Afghanistan, and Americans' inability to grasp why the Sept. 11 attacks occurred has "cost you a lot without any result whatsoever."

AP IMPACT: Illiteracy undermines Afghan army (AP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2009 12:04 AM PDT

In this photo taken Monday, July 20, 2009, Afghan National Army recruits are searched by army officers as they arrive at the Kabul Military Training Center in Kabul, Afghanistan. A massive effort is underway to train thousands of new troops to join the fight against the vicious Taliban-led insurgency. But the task is hobbled by the lack of mentors and high levels of illiteracy among the recruits. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)AP - Afghan army recruit Shahidullah Ahmadi can't read — and neither can nine out of 10 soldiers in the Afghan National Army.

4 killed in missile attack in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 13 Sep 2009 09:21 PM PDT

A US soldier patrols a bridge at the Dokalam Afghanistan-Pakistan border post in eastern Afghanistan. A US drone missile attack Monday killed four people in a remote Pakistani tribal town bordering Afghanistan, officials said.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AP - A missile fired from a suspected unmanned U.S. plane slammed into a car in a Pakistani tribal region close to the Afghan border on Monday, killing four people, intelligence officials and residents said.

Sebelius: Swine flu shots may start early October (AP)

Posted: 13 Sep 2009 05:34 PM PDT

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius gestures during a briefing about the upcoming seasonal flu season, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009, at the National Press Club in Washington. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)AP - The nation's first round of swine flu shots could begin sooner than expected, with some vaccine available as early as the first week of October, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Sunday.

Awards given for leukemia treatment, DNA advances (AP)

Posted: 13 Sep 2009 09:09 PM PDT

AP - Five scientists have won prestigious research awards for developing a life-saving leukemia treatment and for advances in "reprogramming" DNA, which led to a new kind of stem cell.

VMA chaos, as usual: Kanye upset, Jackson honored (AP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2009 12:39 AM PDT

Singer Kanye West takes the microphone from singer Taylor Swift as she accepts the 'Best Female Video' award during the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009 in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)AP - Taylor Swift was relishing her unlikely win of best female video at the MTV Video Music Awards. The 19-year-old knew that the network doesn't exactly make a habit out of giving their moonman trophies to country music stars.

Rodgers brings Pack back for 21-15 win over Bears (AP)

Posted: 13 Sep 2009 10:25 PM PDT

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (12) throws a pass with Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher applying pressure during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)AP - Brett who?

Obama tries to reinvigorate Wall Street reform (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Sep 2009 10:03 PM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama will try on Monday to revive a stalled push for stricter oversight of Wall Street, using the anniversary of Lehman Brothers' collapse to argue for sweeping regulatory changes.

Bin Laden warns U.S. on Israel ties: website (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Sep 2009 08:45 PM PDT

Reuters - Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden warned the American people over their government's close ties with Israel in an apparently new audio tape posted on an Islamist website on Monday.

U.S. envoy says hopes to finalize settlement deal (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Sep 2009 01:51 PM PDT

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem September 13, 2009. REUTERS/Gali Tibbon/PoolReuters - U.S. envoy George Mitchell said on Sunday he hoped to wrap up an agreement over the next few days in talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders on a settlement freeze and a revival of peace negotiations.

Four killed in U.S. missile strike in Pakistan (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Sep 2009 06:49 PM PDT

A US soldier patrols a bridge at the Dokalam Afghanistan-Pakistan border post in eastern Afghanistan. A US drone missile attack Monday killed four people in a remote Pakistani tribal town bordering Afghanistan, officials said.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)Reuters - A suspected U.S. drone fired a missile at a Taliban target in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region on Monday, killing at least four militants, intelligence officials and residents said.

Global poll sees support for spending stimulus (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Sep 2009 05:26 PM PDT

Reuters - Most people around the world support significantly increasing government spending to counter the economic crisis, according to a 20-nation opinion poll released on Monday.

Saudi foreign minister undergoes surgery in U.S. (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Sep 2009 01:36 AM PDT

Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal attends the opening of the 36th Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) of the Member States of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) in Damascus May 23, 2009. REUTERS/Khaled al-HaririReuters - Saudi Arabia's veteran foreign minister has undergone successful spine surgery in the United States, state media said.

U.S. soldier in Iraq arrested in contractor killing (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Sep 2009 06:23 PM PDT

Members of Iraq's anti-terrorist squad during a drill in the grounds of a former palace belonging to ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in the fortified Reuters - A U.S. soldier in Iraq was arrested on Sunday on suspicion of shooting dead a civilian contractor on the U.S. military's Camp Speicher, its main base in northern Iraq, a U.S. military spokesman said.

Rethink your ways, Bin Laden tells Americans (AFP)

Posted: 13 Sep 2009 11:07 PM PDT

Undated photo of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden told Americans in a new message Sunday that their support for Israel had prompted him to launch the September 11, 2001 attacks, a US-based terror monitoring group said.(AFP/File)AFP - Osama bin Laden has told Americans to rethink their policies, in a new message in which he links their support for Israel to the September 11 attacks in 2001, a US-based monitoring group said.

US strike kills four in Pakistan: officials (AFP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2009 12:03 AM PDT

A US Predator drone seen at a forward operating base in Afghanistan. A missile attack carried out by one of the aircraft on Monday killed four militants in a remote Pakistani tribal town bordering Afghanistan, officials said.(AFP/File/Joel Saget)AFP - A US missile slammed into a car killing four militants at dawn Monday in Pakistan's remote tribal belt near the Afghan border in the third attack in a week, Pakistani officials said.
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