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Senate bill may have public insurance plan (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2009 12:45 AM PDT

President Barack Obama signs the Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - The Senate has long been seen as opposed to the federal government selling health insurance in competition with private industry, but now senior Senate Democrats and White House officials are strongly considering including such a measure in health care overhaul legislation, officials say.

Strong rebound seen for home sales (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 10:51 PM PDT

In a photo made Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009, a 'sold' sign is shown in front of a home in Carmel, Ind. With homebuyers rushing to complete their purchases before a tax credit for first-time owners expires, a report Friday, Oct. 23, 2009 is expected to show strong September sales. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)AP - With homebuyers rushing to complete their purchases before a tax credit for first-time owners expires, a report Friday is expected to show strong September sales.

Pakistan: 2 bombs kill 7, wound 8 (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2009 12:46 AM PDT

Map locates Kamra, Pakistan, where a suicide attacker hit a military complexAP - Police say a bomb blast has ripped through the parking lot of a restaurant in northwestern city of Peshawar.

Pie-splattered comedian Soupy Sales dies at 83 (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2009 12:18 AM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 17, 1966 file photo, Soupy Sales rehearses for his Broadway debut in 'Come Live With Me', in New York. Soupy Sales, the rubber-faced comedian whose anything-for-a-chuckle career was built on 20,000 pies to the face and 5,000 live TV appearances across a half-century of laughs, has died, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. He was 83. (AP Photo/File)AP - Soupy Sales, the rubber-faced comedian whose anything-for-a-chuckle career was built on 20,000 pies to the face and 5,000 live TV appearances across a half-century of laughs, has died. He was 83.

Neighbors look for answers in Fla. girl's death (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2009 12:23 AM PDT

Family members of Somer Renee Thompson hang a sign in the front yard of her home in Orange Park, Fla., Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. A body found under trash in a landfill is that of 7-year-old Somer Thompson, a north Florida girl who vanished on her walk home from school, authorities said Thursday. (AP Photo/Jake Roth)AP - Somer Thompson's face, with chubby cheeks and thick brown bangs, still smiled from missing person posters plastered on nearly every utility pole along the mile-long route from her elementary school to her home.

Scientists seek origins of obesity in the womb (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2009 12:11 AM PDT

Two versions; cut-and-paste graphic shows the top five and bottom five states? obesity prevalence with the option to incorporate own state; map shows state rankings; three sizes; 1c x 3 3/8 inches; 46.5 mm x 85.7 mm; 1c x 3 3/4 inches; 46.5 mm x 95.3 mm; 2c x 3 1/2 inches; 96.3 mm x 88.9 mmAP - When Kathy Perusse had weight-loss surgery and shed 120 pounds, she may have done more than make her own life easier.

Garbage trucks lead to discovery of dead Fla. girl (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 10:57 PM PDT

This undated photo released by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement shows Somer Renee Thompson, 7, who was last seen Monday Oct. 19, 2009 in Orange Park, Fla. A Florida Ambert Alert has been issued for Somer Thompson. (AP Photo/Florida Department of Law Enforcement)AP - After 7-year-old Somer Thompson vanished on her way home from school, investigators tailed nine garbage trucks from her neighborhood to a Georgia landfill nearly 50 miles away, then picked through the trash as each rig spilled its load.

Airline crew overshot Minn. airport by 150 miles (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 10:58 PM PDT

AP - Two Northwest Airlines pilots failed to make radio contact with ground controllers for more than an hour and overflew their Minneapolis destination by 150 miles before discovering the mistake and turning around.

McChrystal to brief NATO defense ministers (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 11:00 PM PDT

Head of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, U.S. Gen. Stanley McChrystal, right, is seen during meeting with Commanders of Regional Command - North and Afghan National Security Force, ANSF, delegation in Mazar-e-Sharif, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)AP - The top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan planned an unexpected appearance Friday at a meeting of NATO defense ministers focused on making Afghan security forces responsible for fighting the war there.

Angels answer Yankees' rally, extend ALCS (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 10:35 PM PDT

New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez, right, and Derek Jeter react as they watch the ninth inning of Game 5 of the American League Championship baseball series against the Los Angeles Angels Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009, in Anaheim, Calif. The Angels won 7-6. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)AP - Mere moments after the Los Angeles Angels unleashed their leaping, screeching, rambunctious Rally Monkey on the scoreboard, they erased a late deficit and saved their season. Surely that monkey business was just a coincidence. He's just a marketing gimmick, a video star and a plush toy — right?

U.S. cuts pay at bailed out firms, BofA hits back (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 03:43 PM PDT

A man protests outside the New York Stock Exchange, October 13, 2008. REUTERS/Shannon StapletonReuters - The U.S. pay czar on Thursday slashed compensation for top earners at seven bailed-out companies for the final two months of the year, and was immediately slammed by the country's largest bank which claimed the cuts could send talent fleeing.

U.S. arrests 300 in raids on Mexican drug cartel (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 06:05 PM PDT

Reuters - U.S. law enforcement agencies arrested 303 people in 19 states over the past two days in the largest strike against a major Mexican drug trafficking cartel in the United States, officials said on Thursday.

Suicide bomber kills eight in Pakistan (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Oct 2009 12:22 AM PDT

Policemen stand guard at the scene of a shooting, which killed two military personnel, in Islamabad October 22, 2009. Gunmen shot and killed a Pakistani army brigadier and his driver in the capital, Islamabad, on Thursday as the military continued an offensive against Taliban targets, police said. REUTERS/Adrees LatifReuters - A Taliban suicide bomber killed eight people outside a key Pakistani airforce facility on Friday, with officials quick to deny suggestions the target was linked to the country's nuclear program.

Calpers reviewing relationship with Apollo: report (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 07:56 PM PDT

Reuters - Calpers, the biggest U.S. public pension fund, is reviewing its business relationship with Apollo Global Management, examining fees, performance and the "relationship as a whole," the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing documents outlining the review.

U.S. airliner loses contact, overflies destination (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 03:44 PM PDT

Reuters - A Northwest Airlines flight carrying 144 passengers from San Diego to Minneapolis lost contact with air controllers for more than an hour and overflew its destination by 150 miles, officials said on Thursday.

Japan PM says no need to rush U.S. base decision (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 11:15 PM PDT

An aerial view shows coral reef along the front of the U.S. Marine base Camp Schwab, off the tiny hamlet of Henoko in Nago on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa, October 13, 2009. Japan said on Thursday it could not sign off on a planned reorganisation of U.S. troops in the country before President Barack Obama visits Tokyo next month, after the U.S. defense secretary bluntly called for the deal to be implemented. Picture taken October 13, 2009. REUTERS/KyodoReuters - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said Friday there was no need to rush a decision on implementing a deal to reorganize U.S. troops in the country, as tension grows over an issue that risks fraying ties with Washington.

U.S. should engage with North Korea economy: report (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 01:00 PM PDT

Defense Secretary Robert Gates (R) shakes hands with his South Korean counterpart Kim Tae-young during Security Consultative Meeting (SCM) at the Defense Ministry in Seoul October 22, 2009. REUTERS/Ahn Yooung-joon/PoolReuters - Ambitious U.S. economic engagement with North Korea would help end Pyongyang's isolation and moderate its behavior, aiding efforts to rid that country of nuclear arms, a task force report said on Thursday.

Huge blast rocks Pakistan city Peshawar: witnesses (AFP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2009 12:19 AM PDT

File photo shows Pakistani soldiers cordoning off an area following a blast near Peshawar. A huge car bomb has ripped through an upmarket neighbourhood of Pakistan's main northwestern city wounding 10 people, a police official said.(AFP/File/Tariq Mahmood)AFP - A huge car bomb ripped through an upmarket neighbourhood of Pakistan's main northwestern city of Peshawar wounding 10 people on Friday, a police official said.

US cracks down on Mexican drug cartel, 300 arrested (AFP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 11:42 PM PDT

The body of a man hangs from a bridge in Tijuana, Mexico, near the border with the US. Mexico has welcomed a massive US operation targeting Mexican drug gangs that included the arrest of 303 people and the seizure of tonnes of narcotics over two days of raids(AFP/File/Said Betanzos)AFP - Mexico has welcomed a massive US operation targeting Mexican drug gangs that included the arrest of 303 people and the seizure of tonnes of narcotics over two days of raids.
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