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G-20 leaders push global economic reforms Friday (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 12:51 AM PDT

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama wait to receive guests at the G-20 summit dinner in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Leaders of the world's major economies are coming together on reforms to rein in greedy bankers, toughen financial regulations and guard against the dangerous imbalances that contributed to the worst global downturn since the 1930s.

AP IMPACT: School drinking water contains toxins (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 12:07 AM PDT

Jesus Lealstripe, left gets a drink of water from a dispenser at Lovell High School after playing basketball Monday, June 1, 2009 in Cutler, Calif. School administrators in the farmworker town of Cutler cannot fix chronic water problems at Lovell High School because funding is frozen due to the state's budget crisis. Signs posted above the kitchen sink warn students not to drink from the tap, because the water is tainted with nitrates, a potential carcinogen, and DBCP, a pesticide scientists say may cause male sterility. Over the last decade, the drinking water at thousands of schools across the country has been found to contain unsafe levels of lead, pesticides and dozens of other toxins that put the nation's students at risk. An Associated Press investigation found that contaminants have surfaced at public and private schools in all 50 states — in small towns and inner cities alike. But the problem has gone largely unmonitored by the federal government, even as the number of water safety violations has multiplied. (AP Photo/Gary Kazanjian)AP - Over the last decade, the drinking water at thousands of schools across the country has been found to contain unsafe levels of lead, pesticides and dozens of other toxins.

Obama-led UN council backs broad nuclear agenda (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 11:08 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama(R) greets UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon as he arrives to chair a Security Council meeting at the United Nations headquarters in New York. World powers Thursday adopted a landmark resolution seeking to rid the planet of nuclear arms at an unprecedented Security Council summit hosted by President Obama.(AFP/Emmanuel Dunand)AP - With President Barack Obama presiding, the U.N. Security Council on Thursday unanimously endorsed a sweeping strategy aimed at halting the spread of nuclear weapons and ultimately eliminating them, to usher in a world with "undiminished security for all."

In a first, an AIDS vaccine shows some success (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 11:00 PM PDT

This undated photo released by the U.S. Military HIV Research Program shows a researcher during the Thai phase III HIV Vaccine Trial, also known as RV 144, testing the 'prime-boost' combination of two vaccines: ALVAC HIV vaccine and AIDSVAX B/E vaccine at the Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (AFRIMS) in Bangkok, Thailand. For the first time, an experimental vaccine has prevented infection with the AIDS virus, a watershed event in the deadly epidemic and a surprising result. The study was done in Thailand because U.S. Army scientists did pivotal research in that country when the AIDS epidemic emerged there, isolating virus strains and providing genetic information on them to vaccine makers. (AP Photo/MHRP)AP - Scientists and government leaders have already started mapping out how to try to improve the world's first successful AIDS vaccine, which protected one in three people from getting HIV in a large study in Thailand.

Justice Ginsburg hospitalized after feeling faint (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 10:48 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 10, 2009 file photo, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks to law students at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. Ginsburg was hospitalized, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009, after feeling ill at work (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, FILE)AP - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was hospitalized Thursday after becoming ill in her office at the court following treatment for an iron deficiency.

Men accused of unrelated bomb plots in Ill., Texas (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 10:57 PM PDT

This undated photo released Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009 by the Illinois Department of Corrections shows Michael C. Finton. Finton, 29, also known as Talib Islam, was arrested Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009 and charged in a criminal complaint with one count of attempting to murder federal officers or employees after attempting to detonate what he thought was a bomb inside a van outside a federal courthouse. (AP Photo/Illinois Department of Corrections)AP - A man who idolized American born Taliban soldier John Walker Lindh and a Jordanian national who frequented extremist Web sites are charged in unrelated cases after attempting to detonate what they thought were bombs outside an Illinois courthouse and a Texas skyscraper, federal officials said.

Seniors' hopes, fears at center of health debate (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 10:37 PM PDT

The Senate Finance Committee's ranking Republican Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, right, makes a point on an amendment as committee chairman Sen. Max. Baucus, D-Mont. listen, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington as the committee continued their markup on health care legislation. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - For the moment, the health care fight is all about older folks.

Police: Ky. Census worker died from asphyxiation (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 12:53 AM PDT

In this undated 2008 photo, Bill Sparkman speaks to a 7th grade class during a lesson about sound waves. A law enforcement official says Sparkman, a U.S. Census worker found hanged from a tree near a Kentucky cemetery, had the word 'fed' scrawled on his chest, and the FBI is investigating whether he was a victim of anti-government sentiment. (AP Photo/The Times-Tribune)AP - Authorities confirmed a U.S. Census worker died by asphyxiation but were releasing few other details about the mysterious case nearly two weeks after Bill Sparkman's body — with the word "fed" scrawled on the chest — was found hanging from a tree near a family cemetery secluded by Appalachian forest.

Feds: Suspect hit beauty stores for bomb supplies (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 12:50 AM PDT

File - Terrorism suspect Najibullah Zazi arrives at the offices of the FBI in Denver for questioning in this Sept. 17, 2009 file photo. Zazi plotted for more than a year to detonate homemade bombs in the United States, an indictment charged Thursday Sept. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, File)AP - An Afghan immigrant trained in explosives by al-Qaida traveled from the terrorist camps of Pakistan to the beauty shops of suburban Denver for chemical ingredients to make bombs, authorities charged in papers describing one of the most significant post-Sept. 11 terror threats to the United States.

Gamecocks pull Top 5 surprise, beat Ole Miss 16-10 (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 11:11 PM PDT

South Carolina's Moe Brown (9) celebrates with fans after South Carolina's 16-10 win over No. 4 Mississippi in an NCAA college football game Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain)AP - Mississippi wasn't ready for the Top 5 — or South Carolina's defense. Star passer Jevan Snead was hounded all game and the fourth-ranked Rebels never got in gear, losing to South Carolina 16-10 Thursday night.

G20 takes center stage in new economic world order (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 10:41 PM PDT

Signs are seen near the site of the upcoming G20 Pittsburgh Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania September 23, 2009. REUTERS/Eric ThayerReuters - The Group of 20 rich and developing countries were set to anoint themselves as caretakers of the global economy on Friday, giving rising stars such as China and India more say in world affairs.

Protests, clashes hit G20 summit city (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 10:40 PM PDT

A demonstrator runs after police threw pepper gas canisters during a protest prior to the start of the G20 Pittsburgh Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania September 24, 2009. REUTERS/Carlos BarriaReuters - Protesters smashed shop windows and threw rocks at police on Thursday as police used pepper gas and batons to disperse marches against capitalism at the Group of 20 summit in Pittsburgh.

U.N. calls for nuclear disarmament, Obama presides (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 08:18 PM PDT

President Barack Obama addresses the 64th United Nations General Assembly, at the U.N. headquarters in New York, September 23, 2009. REUTERS/Mike SegarReuters - The U.N. Security Council, at a summit chaired by U.S. President Barack Obama, unanimously approved a resolution on Thursday that envisaged a world without nuclear weapons.

Myanmar's Suu Kyi gives backing to U.S. engagement (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 12:29 AM PDT

Reuters - Myanmar's detained Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi will support U.S. plans to engage with the isolated nation but only if opposition groups are involved in any dialogue, her party said.

U.S. charges Afghan-born man with bombing plot (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 09:32 PM PDT

Reuters - A Colorado airport shuttle bus driver was charged under federal anti-terrorism laws with plotting to set off explosives in the United States and accused of acquiring the same bomb-making chemicals used in the 2005 London transit attacks.

U.S. Senate panel backs health insurance requirement (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 05:52 PM PDT

Supporters of the health care reform hold signs outside a health care town hall meeting with U.S. congressman Kendrick Meeks (R-FL) in Miami, Florida September 3, 2009. Democrats in the U.S. Congress hope to pass President Barack Obama's overhaul of the country's $2.5 trillion healthcare system amid mounting public skepticism and unified opposition from Republicans. REUTERS/Carlos BarriaReuters - A U.S. Senate panel considering a sweeping healthcare overhaul upheld a requirement on Thursday that individuals purchase health insurance and rejected a proposal that could have scuttled an $80 billion White House deal with drugmakers.

California gay marriage groups launch ballot fight (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 12:39 AM PDT

Gay couple Ethan Collings (L), 32, and his spouse Stephen Abate, 36, hug as they celebrate their one-year wedding anniversary in West Hollywood, California, June 16, 2009. REUTERS/Lucy NicholsonReuters - Gay rights activists hoping to win back the right to marry in California submitted a ballot proposal on Thursday for the November 2010 election -- a date deep-pocketed advocates have said is too soon.

Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg taken to hospital (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 06:31 PM PDT

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg stands as Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States pose for a 2006 class photo inside the Supreme Court in Washington in this March 3, 2006 file photo.Reuters - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was taken on Thursday to a Washington hospital for evaluation after she experienced lightheadedness and fatigue, a Supreme Court spokeswoman said in a statement.

G20 becomes main world economic forum (AFP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 11:56 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama wait for arriving leaders before an opening reception at the Pittsburgh G20 Summit. World leaders announced Friday the Group of 20 developed and developing nations would become the top economic forum, spreading influence to emerging powers such as China and India(AFP/Pool/Philippe Wojazer)AFP - World leaders announced Friday the Group of 20 developed and developing nations would become the top economic forum, spreading influence to emerging powers such as China and India.

Ex-Israeli PM Olmert makes first court appearance (AFP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 12:51 AM PDT

Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert, shown in a file picture, appeared in a Jerusalem court on Friday for an arraignment hearing on three counts of graft, the first premier to face criminal charges.(AFP/Pool/File/Yonathan Weitzman)AFP - Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert on Friday made his first court appearance on charges of graft, vowing he would prove his innocence.
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