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• Clues point to inside job in Yale killing (AP)
• Family of Mich. shooting suspect cites depression (AP)
• Publicist: Patrick Swayze dies at 57 (AP)
• Studies: Swine flu spreads long after fever stops (AP)
• NJ teens sue over 'God Bless America' ejection (AP)
• $30M bail set for Calif. kidnap suspect (AP)
• 3 New York residences raided in terrorism probe (AP)
• Police question woman in Blago fundraiser's death (AP)
• Mo. woman sentenced for kidnapping of Kansas girl (AP)
• 1st trial over FEMA trailer fumes opens in La. (AP)
• Calif. community mourns loss of Yale grad student (AP)
• Judge: King children must meet to discuss estate (AP)
• NFL players promise brains to concussion research (AP)
• Fla. police: No credible threat to runaway convert (AP)
• Pregnant NC teen fatally shot at school bus stop (AP)
• Military high court to hear Abu Ghraib appeals (AP)
• Some govs say Medicaid growth could hammer budgets (AP)
• Male bass in many US rivers feminized, study finds (AP)
• Prosecutor to pursue death penalty in Ga. slayings (AP)
• Contractor shot in Iraq worked with family on base (AP)

Clues point to inside job in Yale killing (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2009 08:40 PM PDT AP - Clues increasingly pointed to an inside job Monday in the slaying of a Yale graduate student whose body was found stuffed inside a wall five days after she vanished from a heavily secured lab building accessible only to university employees.

Family of Mich. shooting suspect cites depression (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2009 09:47 PM PDT AP - Relatives of a Michigan man charged with fatally shooting two people, including a well-known local abortion protester, said in a statement Monday that he had battled depression and was experiencing problems with his medications.

Publicist: Patrick Swayze dies at 57 (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2009 08:36 PM PDT AP - Patrick Swayze, the hunky actor who danced his way into moviegoers' hearts with "Dirty Dancing" and then broke them with "Ghost," died Monday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 57.

Studies: Swine flu spreads long after fever stops (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2009 03:30 PM PDT AP - When the coughing stops is probably a better sign of when a swine flu patient is no longer contagious, experts said after seeing new research that suggests the virus can still spread many days after a fever goes away.

NJ teens sue over 'God Bless America' ejection (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2009 03:32 PM PDT AP - Three teenagers who say they were tossed from a New Jersey ballpark over their refusal to stand during the song "God Bless America" are suing the minor league Newark Bears.

$30M bail set for Calif. kidnap suspect (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2009 06:06 PM PDT AP - A judge on Monday set bail at $30 million for a Northern California man accused of kidnapping a girl and holding her captive for 18 years.

3 New York residences raided in terrorism probe (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2009 06:19 PM PDT AP - FBI agents and police raided three apartments in New York City before dawn Monday during an investigation of a man suspected of being an al-Qaida associate. The searches came after the man, who was under surveillance for possible links to the terror network, visited New York City over the weekend and left the area, Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., said after receiving a briefing on the operation from federal law enforcement officials Monday.

Police question woman in Blago fundraiser's death (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2009 04:28 PM PDT AP - Police investigating the death of ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich's chief fundraiser questioned his girlfriend for more than an hour Monday, saying afterward she had cooperated but refusing to say in detail what was discussed.

Mo. woman sentenced for kidnapping of Kansas girl (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2009 04:10 PM PDT AP - A 43-year-old Missouri woman who already has been sentenced to nine consecutive life sentences for a 2006 crime spree has been given another one.

1st trial over FEMA trailer fumes opens in La. (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2009 03:44 PM PDT AP - For the first time since Hurricane Katrina left tens of thousands of families living in FEMA trailers, a federal jury heard allegations Monday that the government-issued shelters exposed Gulf Coast storm victims to hazardous formaldehyde fumes.

Calif. community mourns loss of Yale grad student (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2009 05:21 PM PDT AP - When those who knew her talk about Annie Le, they do so in superlatives — best student they ever had, most dedicated volunteer, smartest teenager they've ever known.

Judge: King children must meet to discuss estate (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2009 03:30 PM PDT AP - A judge has ordered the surviving children of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King to hold a shareholders' meeting to discuss their father's estate.

NFL players promise brains to concussion research (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2009 05:28 PM PDT AP - Three NFL players announced Monday they will donate their brains and spinal cord tissue to a Boston University medical school program that studies sports brain injuries.

Fla. police: No credible threat to runaway convert (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2009 03:16 PM PDT AP - An investigation by Florida authorities has found that there were no credible threats to a teenager who ran away from her Ohio home because she says she feared for her life after converting to Christianity from Islam.

Pregnant NC teen fatally shot at school bus stop (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2009 02:14 PM PDT AP - A pregnant 15-year-old was shot in the head and killed Monday as she waited at a North Carolina school bus stop, and her baby was in critical condition.

Military high court to hear Abu Ghraib appeals (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2009 01:54 PM PDT AP - The U.S. military's highest court has scheduled oral arguments next month on two appeals stemming from the abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.

Some govs say Medicaid growth could hammer budgets (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2009 01:41 PM PDT AP - States with high levels of poverty and unemployment have been struggling with growing Medicaid budgets during the recession, and some governors worry their financial burdens could get worse as Congress works on a comprehensive health care bill.

Male bass in many US rivers feminized, study finds (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2009 02:54 PM PDT AP - Government scientists figure that one out of five male black bass in American river basins have egg cells growing inside their sexual organs, a sign of how widespread fish feminizing has become.

Prosecutor to pursue death penalty in Ga. slayings (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2009 01:43 PM PDT AP - A prosecutor says he will seek the death penalty for a 22-year-old man charged with killing his father and seven others inside the family's mobile home in coastal Georgia.

Contractor shot in Iraq worked with family on base (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2009 01:21 PM PDT AP - Lucas "Trent" Vinson was due home from Iraq for a break in October. Instead, the 27-year-old civilian contractor's father will accompany his body on a flight back to the United States.

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• Obama Presses for Financial Reform - BusinessWeek
• Bail set at $30 million in Dugard kidnap case - Reuters
• US Senate Health-Care Bill Costs Below $880 Bln - Sen Conrad - Wall Street Journal
• FBI: Murder, violent crime dropped in 2008 - The Associated Press
• Microsoft Updates Bing with 'Visual Search' Feature - PC World
• Bin Laden tape mocks 'powerless' Barack Obama - Telegraph.co.uk
• Kanye West's Interruption Of Taylor Swift At VMAs Angers Fans - MTV.com
• At Least 19 Killed in Ramadan Food Stampede - New York Times
• Iran Agrees to Talks With Major Powers in October - Voice of America

Obama Presses for Financial Reform - BusinessWeek Posted: 14 Sep 2009 10:54 AM PDT FOXNews Obama Presses for Financial Reform BusinessWeek US President Barack Obama delivers a major speech on the finacial crisis at Federal Hall in New York, NY, September 14, 2009. JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images By Jane Sasseen One year after Lehman Brothers collapsed, triggering the worst economic tumult ... Obama seeks Wall Street OK on reformBizjournals.com Ex-Bear chief sees Lehman silver liningCNNMoney.com A Year After Lehman's Collapse, 5 Reasons to WorryAtlantic Online Bloomberg -New York Times -Wall Street Journal all 2,445 news articles »

Bail set at $30 million in Dugard kidnap case - Reuters Posted: 14 Sep 2009 11:01 AM PDT New York Daily News Bail set at $30 million in Dugard kidnap case Reuters SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A California judge set $30 million bail on Monday for a man accused of kidnapping, raping and holding captive an 11-year-old girl for 18 years. El Dorado County Superior Court Judge Douglas Phimister called ... Bail Set at $30 Million for Accused Jaycee Dugard KidnapperABC News Phillip Garrido bail set at $30 millionSan Jose Mercury News Judge sets suspect Phillip Garrido's bail at $30 million in Jaycee ...New York Daily News The Associated Press -AFP -BBC News all 794 news articles »

US Senate Health-Care Bill Costs Below $880 Bln - Sen Conrad - Wall Street Journal Posted: 14 Sep 2009 10:53 AM PDT National Post US Senate Health-Care Bill Costs Below $880 Bln - Sen Conrad Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--Senators worked Monday toward unveiling health-care legislation that one lawmaker said would cost "below $880 billion." A bipartisan group of six members of the Senate Finance Committee ... Baucus Makes Last Health-Care Bid After Obama AddressBloomberg Baucus says expects healthcare reform bill this weekReuters Near deadline, health care negotiators pare costsThe Associated Press New York Times -Examiner.com -California Healthline all 416 news articles »

FBI: Murder, violent crime dropped in 2008 - The Associated Press Posted: 14 Sep 2009 10:49 AM PDT KFGO FBI: Murder, violent crime dropped in 2008 The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Murder and manslaughter dropped almost 4 percent last year, as reported crime overall fell around the country, according to new data released Monday by the FBI. The 3.9 percent decline in killings reported to police was part of a ... Violent crime fell 1.9 percent in '08, FBI saysCNN Violent crime on the decline in Detroit, FBI statistics showThe Detroit News Violent crimes in Detroit, nation dip in '08Detroit Free Press Boston Herald -Sun-Sentinel.com -Grand Forks Herald all 332 news articles »

Microsoft Updates Bing with 'Visual Search' Feature - PC World Posted: 14 Sep 2009 10:45 AM PDT ReadWriteWeb Microsoft Updates Bing with 'Visual Search' Feature PC World Microsoft's Bing search engine is stepping up its assault on Google with the introduction of a unique beta search and shopping tool called Visual Search. The Visual Search feature offers an alternative to lists of blue links that are often delivered by ... Hands on: Bing gains Silverlight-only Visual Search featureArs Technica Microsoft launches Bing 'Visual Search'CNET News Microsoft Adds Visual Search to BingPC Magazine The Associated Press -Seattle Times -paidContent.org all 58 news articles »

Bin Laden tape mocks 'powerless' Barack Obama - Telegraph.co.uk Posted: 14 Sep 2009 10:38 AM PDT Daily Nation Bin Laden tape mocks 'powerless' Barack Obama Telegraph.co.uk Osama bin Laden has mocked President Barack Obama as unable to finish off the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and called him a pawn in the hands of American neoconservatives. By Richard Spencer In a taped message posted online to "the American people", ... Alleged Osama bin Laden recording released onlineguardian.co.uk New Message Reported From bin LadenNew York Times Bin Laden calls Obama 'powerless' in Afghan warThe Associated Press CNN -Jewish Telegraphic Agency -Christian Science Monitor all 1,284 news articles »

Kanye West's Interruption Of Taylor Swift At VMAs Angers Fans - MTV.com Posted: 14 Sep 2009 09:44 AM PDT guardian.co.uk Kanye West's Interruption Of Taylor Swift At VMAs Angers Fans MTV.com Kanye West is used to being controversial by making music and statements that divide even his biggest fans. But when he crashed Taylor Swift's acceptance speech Sunday night at the VMAs, 'Ye might have finally come up with the one look ... Russell Brand Comes to Kayne's DefensePeople Magazine VMA chaos, as usual: Kanye upset, Jackson honoredThe Associated Press Kanye West apologizes for outburst at VMAsmsnbc.com Los Angeles Times -Billboard -New York Times all 1,992 news articles »

At Least 19 Killed in Ramadan Food Stampede - New York Times Posted: 14 Sep 2009 10:24 AM PDT The Associated Press At Least 19 Killed in Ramadan Food Stampede New York Times Rescue workers carried the body of a woman who died in a stampede while collecting food items in Karachi, Pakistan, on Monday. By SALMAN MASOOD ISLAMABAD, Pakistan— At least 19 women died in a stampede in one of the poorest neighborhoods of the ... 18 Pakistani women die in stampede for free flourThe Associated Press Pakistan stampede kills up to 20 women, children: officialsAFP stampede lifts lid on povertyBBC News CNN International -Aljazeera.net all 260 news articles »

Iran Agrees to Talks With Major Powers in October - Voice of America Posted: 14 Sep 2009 09:15 AM PDT Daily Nation Iran Agrees to Talks With Major Powers in October Voice of America By VOA News Iran has agreed to start talks with six world powers on global economic and security problems next month - in what would be the first such discussions in more than a year. A spokeswoman for European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana ... Six accused in Iran protest trialBBC News Iran agrees to restart nuclear talksABC Online EU chief to get details next month on Iran's nuclear planCNN guardian.co.uk -The Associated Press -PRESS TV all 1,374 news articles »

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• AP Poll: Economy still troubles most Americans (AP)
• Senate health care plan to create winners, losers (AP)
• Police: Found body is likely missing Yale student (AP)
• Bin Laden reportedly calls Obama 'powerless' (AP)
• AP IMPACT: Illiteracy undermines Afghan army (AP)
• 4 killed in missile attack in Pakistan (AP)
• Sebelius: Swine flu shots may start early October (AP)
• Awards given for leukemia treatment, DNA advances (AP)
• VMA chaos, as usual: Kanye upset, Jackson honored (AP)
• Rodgers brings Pack back for 21-15 win over Bears (AP)
• Obama tries to reinvigorate Wall Street reform (Reuters)
• Bin Laden warns U.S. on Israel ties: website (Reuters)
• U.S. envoy says hopes to finalize settlement deal (Reuters)
• Four killed in U.S. missile strike in Pakistan (Reuters)
• Global poll sees support for spending stimulus (Reuters)
• Saudi foreign minister undergoes surgery in U.S. (Reuters)
• U.S. soldier in Iraq arrested in contractor killing (Reuters)
• Rethink your ways, Bin Laden tells Americans (AFP)
• US strike kills four in Pakistan: officials (AFP)

AP Poll: Economy still troubles most Americans (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2009 12:16 AM PDT 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Reuters - 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 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 Reuters - 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 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 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 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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