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• Pie-splattered comedian Soupy Sales dies at 83 (AP)
• Garbage trucks lead to discovery of dead Fla. girl (AP)
• Largest US sting on drug cartel arrests 300-plus (AP)
• Airline crew overshot Minn. airport by 150 miles (AP)
• Wife of former AP general manager dies at 93 (AP)
• F-16 jettisons bombs at Hill AFB; no injuries (AP)
• Serial killer named suspect in 1984 Calif. killing (AP)
• Ex-Los Alamos lab physicist describes meetings (AP)
• Caretaker: Woman has changed torture story before (AP)
• Sheriff in Colorado balloon chase answers critics (AP)
• Paterson says gay marriage bill will pass in NY (AP)
• Census bureau says 2020 count could include gays (AP)
• Calif. man charged in 1989 killing of ex's child (AP)
• NC gov says 20 violent criminals won't be freed (AP)
• US unveils broad effort to limit executive pay (AP)
• Aluminum baseball bat safety on trial in Montana (AP)
• Volcker: Recovery won't be quick fix for job rates (AP)
• Gov. signs LA-area football stadium waiver bill (AP)
• Former NYC top cop discussed filing rights suit (AP)
• Accused triggerman guilty of slaying 7 in Indiana (AP)

Pie-splattered comedian Soupy Sales dies at 83 (AP) Posted: 22 Oct 2009 10:56 PM PDT 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.

Garbage trucks lead to discovery of dead Fla. girl (AP) Posted: 22 Oct 2009 09:28 PM PDT 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.

Largest US sting on drug cartel arrests 300-plus (AP) Posted: 22 Oct 2009 09:31 PM PDT AP - In the largest single strike at Mexican drug operations in the U.S., authorities arrested more than 300 people in a sting that demonstrates an upstart cartel's vast reach north of the border.

Airline crew overshot Minn. airport by 150 miles (AP) Posted: 22 Oct 2009 09:29 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.

Wife of former AP general manager dies at 93 (AP) Posted: 22 Oct 2009 10:03 PM PDT AP - Betty Gallagher, the wife of a former Associated Press general manager and president who helped him run the Berlin bureau after World War II, died Thursday. She was 93.

F-16 jettisons bombs at Hill AFB; no injuries (AP) Posted: 22 Oct 2009 10:30 PM PDT AP - An F-16 pilot jettisoned two 500-pound bombs and two fuel tanks before making an emergency landing at Hill Air Force Base on Thursday, officials said.

Serial killer named suspect in 1984 Calif. killing (AP) Posted: 22 Oct 2009 05:26 PM PDT AP - For 25 years, the unsolved murder of 9-year-old Mei Leung haunted San Francisco police homicide Inspector Holly Pera, a novice patrol officer at the time who now helps solve the department's cold cases.

Ex-Los Alamos lab physicist describes meetings (AP) Posted: 22 Oct 2009 07:06 PM PDT AP - It's a tale of intrigue, involving a nuclear weapons physicist at a national laboratory and a mystery man, supposedly from the Venezuelan embassy in Washington, fluent in Spanish and English.

Caretaker: Woman has changed torture story before (AP) Posted: 22 Oct 2009 06:17 PM PDT AP - A black Ohio woman who recanted allegations of being tortured by a group of white people in West Virginia has mental issues and has more than once changed her version of what happened, her current caretaker said Thursday.

Sheriff in Colorado balloon chase answers critics (AP) Posted: 22 Oct 2009 06:50 PM PDT AP - Spectators watching the alleged balloon boy hoax unfold on live TV suggested paragliders, skydivers, fishing hooks and more to bring down the flying saucer-shaped craft thought to be carrying a 6-year-old boy.

Paterson says gay marriage bill will pass in NY (AP) Posted: 22 Oct 2009 09:13 PM PDT AP - New York Gov. David Paterson said Thursday that he expects to sign a same-sex marriage bill into law in the coming weeks.

Census bureau says 2020 count could include gays (AP) Posted: 22 Oct 2009 09:22 PM PDT AP - The U.S. Census Bureau is making an unprecedented effort to include same-sex couples in next year's national population count, but legally married gay couples won't show up as such in the official once-a-decade tally, bureau representatives said Thursday.

Calif. man charged in 1989 killing of ex's child (AP) Posted: 22 Oct 2009 08:08 PM PDT AP - A San Diego attorney was charged with murder Thursday for allegedly killing his girlfriend's daughter 20 years ago so the mother could take custody of her granddaughters.

NC gov says 20 violent criminals won't be freed (AP) Posted: 22 Oct 2009 04:40 PM PDT AP - In the face of outrage from victims and their families, North Carolina's governor on Thursday challenged a quarter-century-old policy on prison good conduct credits, saying she would not free a group of violent inmates who were sentenced to life in prison.

US unveils broad effort to limit executive pay (AP) Posted: 22 Oct 2009 04:46 PM PDT AP - The government zeroed in on corporate excess and recklessness Thursday with deep, unprecedented cuts in executive compensation at companies living on taxpayer money and a move to wield veto power over pay policy at thousands of banks to limit risk-taking.

Aluminum baseball bat safety on trial in Montana (AP) Posted: 22 Oct 2009 03:52 PM PDT AP - Fighting off a Helena Senators' fifth-inning rally, pitcher Brandon Patch checked the runner on first base. The 18-year-old Miles City Mavericks' southpaw then went into his windup, delivering what looked sure to be another strike.

Volcker: Recovery won't be quick fix for job rates (AP) Posted: 22 Oct 2009 03:43 PM PDT AP - Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker warned Thursday that the country faces a "considerable slog" in recovering from a deep recession, and that any economic gains will be too mild for a while to make a big dent in stubbornly high unemployment rates.

Gov. signs LA-area football stadium waiver bill (AP) Posted: 22 Oct 2009 04:18 PM PDT AP - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Thursday he has signed a bill allowing the construction of a 75,000-seat stadium that developers hope will lure an NFL team back to the Los Angeles area.

Former NYC top cop discussed filing rights suit (AP) Posted: 22 Oct 2009 03:33 PM PDT AP - Former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik, jailed and awaiting trial on federal corruption charges, says he is under indescribable stress and has considered filing a lawsuit "to redress the civil wrongs I believe I have suffered," according to newly unsealed court papers.

Accused triggerman guilty of slaying 7 in Indiana (AP) Posted: 22 Oct 2009 02:57 PM PDT AP - A man charged in one of the worst mass slayings in Indianapolis history was convicted Thursday of killing seven members of one family, including three children, in a bloody rampage prosecutors said stemmed from a quest for drugs and cash that didn't exist.

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• Consumer Agency Passes Key Hurdle - Wall Street Journal
• 'Family values' of Mexico drug gang - BBC News
• Liberals Open Fire on Harry Reid - CBS News
• Bloomberg Promises a Staff Shake-Up - New York Times
• Body of Missing Florida Girl Is Found - New York Times
• At least 30 anti-BNP protesters break into BBC Television Centre - Times Online
• Sri Lanka war victims sue Rajaratnam in U.S. court - Reuters

Consumer Agency Passes Key Hurdle - Wall Street Journal Posted: 22 Oct 2009 10:03 AM PDT Bakersfield Now Consumer Agency Passes Key Hurdle Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON -- A House panel voted Thursday in favor of a new consumer financial protection agency, giving the Obama administration an early boost in its effort to overhaul regulation of the financial-services ... US House panel shortens consumer watchdog's leashReuters House committee backs creation of Consumer Financial Protection AgencyLos Angeles Times Consumer Financial Agency Cleared Amid Industry FightBloomberg The Associated Press -Boston Globe -The Detroit News all 926 news articles »

'Family values' of Mexico drug gang - BBC News Posted: 22 Oct 2009 11:00 AM PDT AFP 'Family values' of Mexico drug gang BBC News The "Familia" cartel is perhaps the most extreme example of the paradoxical enemy which Mexico faces as it tries to defeat organised crime. It is a fight which would be much easier if the cartels were simply maverick gangs on the ... Drug raids targeting Mexican cartel nab 300-plusThe Associated Press US Arrests 300 In Raids on Mexican Drug CartelNew York Times US cracks down on Mexican drug cartels, 300 arrestedAFP CNN International -Seattle Times -msnbc.com all 597 news articles »

Liberals Open Fire on Harry Reid - CBS News Posted: 22 Oct 2009 06:23 AM PDT CBS News Liberals Open Fire on Harry Reid CBS News CBS News Capitol Hill Correspondent Nancy Cordes and Capitol Hill Producer Jill Jackson join Sharyl Attkisson to break down everything you need to know about the five health care bills in the House and Senate. ... WH leaning towards public optionPolitico The Day After: Fallout From the 'Doc Fix' VoteNew York Times Where We Stand on Health Care ReformPsychiatric Times Los Angeles Times -Wall Street Journal -Huffington Post (blog) all 941 news articles »

Bloomberg Promises a Staff Shake-Up - New York Times Posted: 22 Oct 2009 10:41 AM PDT New York Daily News Bloomberg Promises a Staff Shake-Up New York Times Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said on Tuesday that he would shake up his top staff if he wins a third term, noting that many senior managers in his administration had served under him since he was first elected in 2001. ... NYC mayor's foe has not closed gapWCAX Thompson Slides in Marist Poll to 16 Points »New York Daily News NY Mayor Says Job Losses in City Not as Bad as ExpectedWorkforce Management Gay City News -New York Post -Newsday all 133 news articles »

Body of Missing Florida Girl Is Found - New York Times Posted: 22 Oct 2009 10:48 AM PDT ABC News Body of Missing Florida Girl Is Found New York Times A nationwide, two-day search for a missing 7-year-old Florida girl ended when her body was discovered in a southeast Georgia landfill on Wednesday afternoon, and investigators on Thursday intensified their search for a suspect in the ... Sheriff: Clothes, birthmark ID Fla. girl's bodyThe Associated Press Body of Somer Thompson found in landfill; autopsy underwayNECN Body found in Georgia landfill is missing Florida girlBrandon News and Tribune News4Jax.com -WJBF-TV -Newsday all 1,721 news articles »

At least 30 anti-BNP protesters break into BBC Television Centre - Times Online Posted: 22 Oct 2009 09:03 AM PDT guardian.co.uk At least 30 anti-BNP protesters break into BBC Television Centre Times Online Anti-BNP protesters breached security and broke into BBC Television Centre tonight ahead of Nick Griffin's controversial appearance on Question Time. Around 30 people rushed through the main gates of the BBC's broadcasting headquarters in West London. ... Protests ahead of BNP appearanceBBC News Protesters Breach Security Ahead of BBC ShowWall Street Journal Protests storm BBC over far-right leader's TV slotAFP FOXNews -Ha'aretz -Telegraph.co.uk all 2,194 news articles »

Sri Lanka war victims sue Rajaratnam in U.S. court - Reuters Posted: 22 Oct 2009 10:01 AM PDT BBC News Sri Lanka war victims sue Rajaratnam in U.S. court Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters) - Accused billionaire Raja Rajaratnam, founder of the Galleon hedge fund, and his family's foundation were sued in a US court on Thursday over allegations they provided $5 million to Tamil Tigers militants in his native Sri Lanka. ... Victims of Tamil Tiger attacks sue US hedge fund bossAFP Tamil Tigers Terror Victims Sue Galleon's RajaratnamWall Street Journal Rajaratnam Financed Tamil Tigers, Victims Say in SuitBloomberg New York Daily News -RIA Novosti -The Associated Press all 465 news articles »

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• Key senators may rebuff Obama on health care (AP)
• Army officer, soldier killed in Pakistan capital (AP)
• Treasury to order bailed-out firms to slash pay (AP)
• Congress moves to expand financial oversight (AP)
• Gates: N.Korea still threat to international peace (AP)
• Friend: Balloon mom will 'go down with the ship' (AP)
• Education chief calls for teacher prep overhaul (AP)
• Production of swine flu vaccine is way behind (AP)
• Judge orders retrial in Travolta extortion case (AP)
• Phillies beat Dodgers 10-4, return to World Series (AP)
• Gates says moving ahead on Afghan troop policy (Reuters)
• Pakistan braces for attacks as offensive continues (Reuters)
• Top pay at bailed out companies to be cut (Reuters)
• Poland ready to take part in Obama missile defense (Reuters)
• More Americans plan to delay retirement: surveys (Reuters)
• Gates pledges nuclear umbrella to counter North Korea (Reuters)
• Israelis say deal near with U.S. on Mideast talks (Reuters)
• Obama wades into Democrats' tough governor races (Reuters)
• UN details 'devastating' impact of Afghan opium (AFP)
• At least 17 killed in Mogadishu shelling: medics (AFP)

Key senators may rebuff Obama on health care (AP) Posted: 22 Oct 2009 12:22 AM PDT AP - The Democrats' control of a hefty majority in the Senate — plus the House — would suggest that President Barack Obama is within reach of overhauling the nation's health care system this fall.

Army officer, soldier killed in Pakistan capital (AP) Posted: 21 Oct 2009 11:53 PM PDT AP - Suspected militants on a motorbike shot and killed a soldier and a senior army officer in the Pakistani capital Thursday, striking at security forces as they pressed ahead with a major anti-Taliban offensive in the northwest.

Treasury to order bailed-out firms to slash pay (AP) Posted: 21 Oct 2009 10:03 PM PDT AP - The Treasury Department is expected in the next few days to order companies that received huge government bailouts last year to slash the base salaries of their top executives by an average of 90 percent and cut their total compensation in half, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Congress moves to expand financial oversight (AP) Posted: 22 Oct 2009 12:41 AM PDT AP - Congress wants another government regulator to cut through the red tape and protect your pocketbook. But there's plenty of fine print that will limit the new agency's reach.

Gates: N.Korea still threat to international peace (AP) Posted: 22 Oct 2009 12:06 AM PDT AP - The U.S. defense secretary said Thursday that North Korea continues to pose a grave threat to international peace and pledged to protect South Korea with Washington's full military might, including its nuclear capabilities.

Friend: Balloon mom will 'go down with the ship' (AP) Posted: 22 Oct 2009 12:40 AM PDT AP - On an episode of ABC's "Wife Swap," Mayumi Heene pounds her fists and shouts in frustration because she believes her co-star isn't paying enough attention to one of his sons.

Education chief calls for teacher prep overhaul (AP) Posted: 21 Oct 2009 08:20 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration is calling for an overhaul of college programs that prepare teachers, saying they are cash cows that do a mediocre job of preparing teachers for the classroom.

Production of swine flu vaccine is way behind (AP) Posted: 21 Oct 2009 06:34 PM PDT AP - The federal government originally promised 120 million doses of swine flu vaccine by now. Only 13 million have come through.

Judge orders retrial in Travolta extortion case (AP) Posted: 21 Oct 2009 10:18 PM PDT AP - The trial of two people accused of trying to extort John Travolta following the death of his son in the Bahamas has ended in a mistrial after a lawmaker suggested the still-deliberating jury had acquitted one of the defendants.

Phillies beat Dodgers 10-4, return to World Series (AP) Posted: 22 Oct 2009 12:23 AM PDT AP - Ryan Howard and the defending champs are back in the World Series — proving last year was no fluke and looking even more dangerous this time around.

Gates says moving ahead on Afghan troop policy (Reuters) Posted: 22 Oct 2009 12:19 AM PDT Reuters - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Thursday he is moving ahead with his recommendation on whether to send more troops to Afghanistan and would first tell the president before a NATO defense ministers meeting this week.

Pakistan braces for attacks as offensive continues (Reuters) Posted: 22 Oct 2009 12:39 AM PDT Reuters - Suspected Taliban militants shot and killed a Pakistani army brigadier and his driver in the capital on Thursday as the military continued a major offensive against the insurgents in their strongholds near the Afghan border.

Top pay at bailed out companies to be cut (Reuters) Posted: 21 Oct 2009 11:47 PM PDT Reuters - Top earners at financial and auto companies bailed out by the U.S. government will see their pay slashed under an Obama administration plan aimed at addressing public outrage over eye-popping paychecks, two sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.

Poland ready to take part in Obama missile defense (Reuters) Posted: 21 Oct 2009 09:25 AM PDT Reuters - Poland stands ready to take part in a revamped missile defense system unveiled by Washington last month, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said after meeting U.S. Vice President Joe Biden Wednesday.

More Americans plan to delay retirement: surveys (Reuters) Posted: 21 Oct 2009 10:23 PM PDT Reuters - More Americans plan to delay retirement following steep drops in the value of their savings accounts, data from several new surveys show.

Gates pledges nuclear umbrella to counter North Korea (Reuters) Posted: 21 Oct 2009 09:26 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Thursday that North Korea poses a threat to Washington's allies in North Asia and promised to protect them under the U.S. nuclear umbrella.

Israelis say deal near with U.S. on Mideast talks (Reuters) Posted: 21 Oct 2009 02:03 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama's Middle East envoy is close to a deal with Israel on terms for resuming peace talks with the Palestinians, Israeli officials said on Wednesday.

Obama wades into Democrats' tough governor races (Reuters) Posted: 21 Oct 2009 04:27 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama threw himself into the role of "campaigner in chief" on Wednesday, making appeals for Democratic candidates in two state governor races that some see as a referendum on his performance in the White House.

UN details 'devastating' impact of Afghan opium (AFP) Posted: 22 Oct 2009 12:03 AM PDT AFP - Afghan opium is unleashing a "devastating" impact across the world, according to a new UN report, funding the Taliban and other terror groups and killing thousands in consumer countries.

At least 17 killed in Mogadishu shelling: medics (AFP) Posted: 21 Oct 2009 11:33 PM PDT AFP - Seventeen civilians were killed and 58 people wounded Thursday in Mogadishu in an exchange of mortar and artillery fire between insurgents and African peacekeepers, medical sources said.

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