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Quake triggers tsunami in the Samoas, killing 82 (AP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 12:25 AM PDT

An abandoned vehicle is shown shortly after a tsunami warning was issued in American Samoa on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009. Towering tsunami waves spawned by a powerful earthquake swept ashore on Samoa and American Samoa early Tuesday, flattening villages, killing at least 34 people and leaving dozens of workers missing at devastated National Park Service facilities. (AP Photo/Fili Sagapolutele)AP - A powerful earthquake in the South Pacific hurled massive tsunami waves at the shores of Samoa and American Samoa, flattening villages and sweeping cars and people out to sea, leaving at least 82 dead and dozens missing.

More thorny challenges ahead for health overhaul (AP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 12:51 AM PDT

Senate Finance Committee members Sen. Debbis Stabenow, D-Mich., left, and Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., listen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009, during the markup of health care legislation. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - A sweeping health overhaul bill has survived a major challenge from the left, but onslaughts loom from the right on thorny issues including abortion and insurance coverage for illegal immigrants.

Typhoon Ketsana wreaks havoc across Southeast Asia (AP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 12:31 AM PDT

People walk through a flooded street in Hue, central area in Vietnam, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009 during typhoon. Authorities evacuated over 150,000 people as Typhoon Ketsana approached and heavy winds began lashing Vietnam's central coast, officials said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Vietnam News Agency, Doan Huu Trung)AP - One of the most destructive storms in years extended its deadly path across Southeast Asia, blowing down wooden villages in Cambodia and crushing Vietnamese houses under mudslides after submerging much of the Philippines capital.

Toyota to recall 3.8M vehicles over floor mats (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 06:55 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2009 file photo, the company logo shines off the nose of an unsold 2010 Camry sedan at a Toyota dealership in Centennial, Colo. Toyota Motor Corp. on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009 said it will recall 3.8 million vehicles in the United States, the company's largest-ever U.S. recall, to address problems with a removable floor mat that could cause accelerators to get stuck and lead to a crash. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, file)AP - Toyota Motor Corp. said Tuesday it will recall 3.8 million vehicles in the United States, the company's largest-ever U.S. recall, to address problems with a removable floor mat that could cause accelerators to get stuck and lead to a crash.

US speeds Iraq withdrawal; 4,000 more headed home (AP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 12:07 AM PDT

General Ray Odierno, commander of U.S. forces in Iraq in Baghdad June 30, 2009. In his assessment of the war, General Ray Odierno will tell the House of Representatives Armed Services Committee that the United States is on track to withdraw all combat troops from Iraq by September 2010. REUTERS/Bassim Shati/FilesAP - The United States is speeding up its military withdrawal from Iraq, sending 4,000 more troops home next month, the top American commander there says.

Mom babysitting neighbor kids sparks debate over child care law (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 06:41 PM PDT

Lisa Snyder, left, watches kids play at their bus stop, which is also her driveway, Friday, Sept. 25, 2009 with other neighborhood mothers Francie Brummel, back left, and Mindy Rose, back right, in Middleville, Mich. Snyder has been notified by State of Michigan that she is breaking the law because she watches her neighbors' children each morning before they get on the school bus. State Department of Human Services officials told her last week that she was operating an illegal day care. (AP Photo/The Grand Rapids Press, Katy Batdorff)AP - Each day before the school bus comes to pick up the neighborhood's children, Lisa Snyder did a favor for three of her fellow moms, welcoming their children into her home for about an hour before they left for school.

NYC terror suspect pleads not guilty, kept in jail (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 06:41 PM PDT

In this photo released by the New York City Police Department, Najibullah Zazi, center, is escorted off an NYPD helicopter by U.S Marshals after being extradited from Denver, Colo., Friday, Sept. 25, 2009. Zazi was sent to New York to face charges of conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction in a plot law enforcement has said was focused on blowing up commuter trains. (AP Photo/New York City Police Department)AP - As a suspected al-Qaida operative pleaded not guilty Tuesday to plotting a bomb attack in New York, the city's police commissioner pronounced the threat neutralized and said there is nothing to fear from the defendant's three alleged accomplices.

Billionaire clown heads for space station (AP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 12:22 AM PDT

Canadian billionaire Quebec-born philanthropist Guy Laliberte, a crew member of the 21st mission to the International Space Station, ISS, jokes as he wears a clown nose prior to the launch of a Soyuz-FG rocket at the Russian leased Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009. Laliberte is due to stay at the International Space Station for nine days, before returning to earth on a Soyuz capsule on Oct. 11. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)AP - A billionaire Canadian circus tycoon is on his way to the International Space Station.

Being overweight can cut women's life expectancy (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 06:42 PM PDT

AP - Being fat in middle age may slash women's chances of making it to their golden years in good health by almost 80 percent, a new study says. American researchers observed more than 17,000 female nurses with an average age of 50 in the U.S. All of the women were healthy when the study began in 1976. Researchers then monitored the women's weight, along with other health changes, every two years until 2000.

Central-leading Tigers beat Twins 6-5 to split DH (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 08:24 PM PDT

Detroit Tigers starter Justin Verlander pitches against the Minnesota Twins in the second inning of Game 2 of a baseball doubleheader Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson)AP - Justin Verlander kept the Detroit Tigers on top in the AL Central, pitching eight innings in a 6-5 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night that salvaged a split of their critical doubleheader.

Tsunami smashes Pacific islands, over 100 feared dead (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 12:46 AM PDT

A tsunami warning was issued for New Zealand and other small Pacific islands after a major 7.9 magnitude quake struck in the ocean off American Samoa, U.S. government agencies said on Tuesday. REUTERS/GraphicsReuters - A series of tsunamis smashed into the Pacific island nations of American and Western Samoa killing possibly more than 100 people, some washed out to sea, destroying villages and injuring hundreds, officials said on Wednesday.

Climate control debate heats up in Senate (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 10:07 PM PDT

The Pittsburgh skyline is seen from Mount Washington, September 22, 2009. REUTERS/Jim YoungReuters - President Barack Obama's drive to tackle global warming gets a boost on Wednesday, when Democrats in the Senate are expected to unveil a bill aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions over the next four decades.

Iran says to enter Geneva talks with good intentions (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 12:43 AM PDT

European Union foreign policy Chief Javier Solana speaks at a news conference during an informal EU Defence Minister meeting in Goteborg September 28, 2009. REUTERS/Bjorn Larssson Rosvall/ScanpixReuters - Iran is entering talks with six world powers this week with good intentions, the Islamic Republic's chief nuclear negotiator said on Wednesday as he left Tehran for the one-day meeting in Geneva.

U.S. Senate panel rejects public healthcare option (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 07:47 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama delivers a speech on healthcare reform before a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, September 9, 2009. REUTERS/Molly RileyReuters - A U.S. Senate panel on Tuesday rejected a government-run "public" insurance option as part of a broad healthcare overhaul, handing insurers an early victory and setting the stage for a long fight over one of the bill's most contentious issues.

Ex-U.S. military officials press to close Guantanamo (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 03:42 PM PDT

In this photo, reviewed by the U.S. military, U.S. troopers are pictured inside the exercise yard at Guantanamo Camp 5 detention facility at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba, May 31, 2009. REUTERS/Brennan Linsley/PoolReuters - Top former U.S. military officials are lobbying for U.S. President Barack Obama to advance plans to close the controversial military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Beijing locked down ahead of national day parade (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 09:53 PM PDT

A paramilitary policeman stands guard behind a security fence and in front of decorations on Beijing's Tiananmen Square September 30, 2009 after it was closed to the public for the National Day celebrations starting October 1. REUTERS/David GrayReuters - The Chinese capital Beijing is under lockdown on the eve of a massive military parade to mark six decades of Communist Party rule, with gun-toting police manning street corners to ensure nothing spoils the event.

Vietnam fights floods after typhoon, toll hits 40 (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 11:49 PM PDT

Residents wade in floodwaters caused by Typhoon Ondoy in Cainta Rizal east of Manila September 27, 2009. REUTERS/Erik de CastroReuters - Vietnam's central provinces battled the biggest floods in decades on Wednesday caused by a powerful typhoon that swept into the country after wreaking havoc in the Philippines.

U.S. envoy in Cuba met with officials, citizens (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 09:37 PM PDT

Reuters - A senior U.S. diplomat who participated in recent talks in Havana about resuming bilateral mail service with Cuba stayed around to meet with Cuban officials and other Cubans in the latest sign of thawing U.S.-Cuba relations.

Dozens dead as Samoa quake, tsunami hits villages (AFP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 12:07 AM PDT

An expert at Indonesia's tsunami early warning division in Jakarta points to a strong earthquake that triggered a tsunami near the islands of Samoa, as he attempts to estimate the potential threat to Indonesia. A huge earthquake churned up a giant tsunami that devastated the Samoa islands on Tuesday, killing at least 53 people as it tore through resorts and villages.(AFP/Bay Ismoyo)AFP - A huge earthquake churned up a giant tsunami that devastated the Samoa islands on Tuesday, killing at least 53 people as it tore through resorts and villages.

Typhoon kills dozens in Vietnam, Cambodia (AFP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 12:23 AM PDT

A local tries to get in his flooded house following the passage of the Typhoon Ketsana in the tourist town of Hoi An in central Vietnamese. Ketsana extended its trail of destruction across Southeast Asia Wednesday, killing at least 49 people in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos and unleashing some of the worst floods in a decade.(AFP/Hoang Dinh Nam)AFP - Typhoon Ketsana extended its trail of destruction across Southeast Asia Wednesday, killing at least 49 people in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos and unleashing some of the worst floods in a decade.
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