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Adviser downplays threat of renewed al-Qaida haven (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 10:43 PM PDT

U.S. Marine Cpl. Matthew Doherty, of Bastrop, Texas, with 3rd Platoon, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion 5th Marines, walks on a joint patrol with the Afghan Army, in Nawa district, Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)AP - A top U.S. commander's public plea for more troops in Afghanistan prompted a mild rebuke Sunday from the White House national security adviser, as the administration heads into a second week of intensive negotiations over its evolving Afghan strategy.

Government report questions rescue claims (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 12:06 AM PDT

AP - The credibility of the government's $700 billion financial rescue program was damaged by claims a year ago that all of the initial banks receiving support were healthy, a new report contends.

Samoans flock to churches to mourn tsunami victims (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 12:20 AM PDT

A cross adorns the beach where a tsunami came ashore in the village of Leone in American Samoa, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009. Ten people, including three children, were killed in the village when a tsunami swept them out to sea. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)AP - Hundreds of survivors of the Samoas tsunami gathered at a church on high ground to mourn lost relatives, while pledging to rebuild their obliterated communities after a disaster that killed 177 people.

Indonesia calls off search for missing survivors (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 12:38 AM PDT

An Indonesian villager walks on a felled palm tree as she surveys an area severely hit by landslides during last Wednesday's earthquake in the Sumatran Island village of Jumanak, in Padang Pariaman, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009. Officials said hundreds of people were buried and presumed dead in the hillside villages in Padang Pariaman district on the western coast of Sumatra island following the 7.6 magnitude earthquake last week. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)AP - Rescue workers called off the search Monday for life under the rubble left by a massive earthquake, focusing instead on bringing aid to survivors in the towns and hills of western Indonesia, despite being hampered by torrential rains.

World Food Program office in Pakistan bombed (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 12:47 AM PDT

AP - A bomb inside the offices of the World Food Program in the Pakistani capital killed at least two people and wounded several others Monday, police and witnesses said.

3 dead, 4 seriously injured in NY speedboat crash (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 12:40 AM PDT

AP - Three people were killed and four others seriously injured when their 40-foot powerboat plowed onto marshland on a moonlit Sunday night off Long Island's southern shore, authorities said.

Government finds higher autism figure: 1 in 100 (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 10:02 PM PDT

AP - Two new government studies indicate about 1 in 100 children have autism disorders — higher than a previous U.S. estimate of 1 in 150.

Twins, Tigers set for 1-game playoff in AL Central (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 12:37 AM PDT

Minnesota Twins and Kansas City Royals line-up on the base lines during the national anthem prior to their baseball game Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009 in Minneapolis. This is the last regular season game that will be played at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. (AP Photo/Tom Olmscheid)AP - The chase for the AL Central championship once again is going to extra innings.

Steelers hold off Chargers rally, win 38-28 (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 12:36 AM PDT

Pittsburgh Steelers receiver Santonio Holmes, left, runs after a catch as San Diego Chargers' Antonio Cromartie (31) moves in to make the tackle in the first quarter of an NFL football game in Pittsburgh on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)AP - Ben Roethlisberger's throwing got fast-starting Pittsburgh going on its first two drives, Rashard Mendenhall surpassed his previous career total with 165 yards rushing and two scores and the Steelers opened a 28-point lead, then held on to beat the San Diego Chargers 38-28 on Sunday night.

Even as layoffs persist, some good jobs go begging (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 05:05 PM PDT

In this photo made Monday, Sept. 28, 2009, Anthony Washington gives instructions to new employees during orientation at Clarian Health's Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)AP - In a brutal job market, here's a task that might sound easy: Fill jobs in nursing, engineering and energy research that pay $55,000 to $60,000, plus benefits.

China vows to stand by isolated North Korea (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 10:51 PM PDT

A photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Il inspecting an ostrich farm on the outskirts of Pyongyang. The country has recently been stressing its claim that it needs atomic weapons as a shield against US hostility while also demanding formal recognition as a nuclear-armed state.(AFP/KCNA/KNS/File)Reuters - China pledged to strengthen bonds with isolated North Korea on Monday, calling their relationship a boon to peace, while reports of swoops on North Korean ships underscored strains behind a recent easing of tension.

Eight U.S. soldiers killed in east Afghan battle (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 08:45 AM PDT

Soldiers from the U.S. Army's Charlie troop, 371 Cavalry, 3rd brigade of 10th Mountain Division based in Fort Drum, New York, take positions on top of the hill during patrol in Kherwar district in Logar province October 3, 2009. REUTERS/Nikola SolicReuters - U.S. forces in Afghanistan suffered their worst losses in more than a year when fighters stormed remote outposts near the Pakistan border, cutting off contact with police, authorities said on Sunday.

Some schools reopen in quake-hit Indonesia city (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 12:23 AM PDT

A relative of a victim, who died inside the Ambacang Hotel which collapsed, cries after hearing news of the death in the earthquake-hit area of Padang, West Sumatra province October 4, 2009. REUTERS/Nicky LohReuters - Markets reopened and some children attended school in the earthquake-shattered city of Padang on Monday, but inland hamlets engulfed by landslides were to be left as mass graves to focus on getting aid to survivors.

California town evacuated as wildfire approaches (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 10:56 PM PDT

Reuters - A wildfire fanned by erratic winds chased thousands of people from their homes in a mountaintop town 80 miles east of Los Angeles, officials said on Sunday.

U.S. court term has major gun rights, business cases (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 05:26 AM PDT

Reuters - The U.S. Supreme Court will again consider gun rights and decide an important case that could loosen restrictions on corporation spending in political campaigns in its new term beginning on Monday.

Typhoon stalls, dumps rain on northern Philippines (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 12:45 AM PDT

A resident uses an improvised raft to transfer a pig from a backyard swine farm, after his house was affected by floodwaters caused by continuous rain brought by Typhoon Parma, in La Union province, north of Manila October 4, 2009. REUTERS/StringerReuters - A powerful storm hovered off the Philippines' northwestern coast on Monday, two days after thrashing remote mountain areas on the main island Luzon and killing 22 people, officials said.

Swine flu vaccination effort starts Monday: CDC (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 08:03 PM PDT

Reuters - Healthcare workers in Indiana and Tennessee will be among the first to get swine flu vaccines in the United States on Monday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.

U.S. sees advance in Iran nuclear cooperation (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 08:41 AM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama's top security adviser on Sunday dismissed a report that Iran was closer to making an atomic bomb and said Iranian cooperation in the last few weeks was good for nuclear non-proliferation.

Bomb inside UN office kills three in Pakistan (AFP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 12:35 AM PDT

Two Pakistani women and one foreign national were killed when a bomb exploded inside a United Nations office in the Pakistani capital Islamabad on Monday,(AFP/Graphic)AFP - Two Pakistani women and one foreign national were killed Monday in a bomb blast inside a United Nations office in the capital Islamabad, senior police officials said.

China, NKorea vow to strengthen friendship (AFP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 12:42 AM PDT

A photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Il inspecting an ostrich farm on the outskirts of Pyongyang. The country has recently been stressing its claim that it needs atomic weapons as a shield against US hostility while also demanding formal recognition as a nuclear-armed state.(AFP/KCNA/KNS/File)AFP - China and North Korea vowed Monday to strengthen a friendship which they said preserved regional peace, as Premier Wen Jiabao pressed on with a mission to bring Pyongyang back to nuclear disarmament talks.
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