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Ministers urged to cap aviation emissions to meet carbon targets
guardian.co.uk - 1 hour ago
An agreement to cap aviation emissions must be reached at the UN climate talks in Copenhagen if countries are to meet targets to combat global warming, according to the committee set up to advise the government on the issue.
Planes 'to reset climate targets' BBC News
4 Americans killed in attack in Afghanistan
The Associated Press - - 4 hours ago
KABUL - Four US troops died Tuesday in a militant attack in eastern Afghanistan, and NATO forces acknowledged for the first time that civilians were among the dozens killed in an airstrike on two hijacked fuel trucks.
German Lawmakers Question Involvement in Afghan Airstrike Washington Post
US Freezes Assets of 2 North Korean Bodies Over Nuclear Drive
Bloomberg - - 1 hour ago
Sept. 9 (Bloomberg) -- The US government moved to freeze the assets of two North Korean state bodies involved in the communist country's nuclear and missile programs, as part of sanctions against Kim Jong Il's regime.
US freezes N Korea firms' assets BBC News
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Massachusetts: Lawmaker Moves Toward Senate Bid
New York Times - 1 hour ago
By AP Representative Michael E. Capuano said he had taken out nomination papers and would announce next week whether he will join the race to succeed Edward M. Kennedy in the Senate.
Former Congressman Meehan decides against Senate run Boston Globe
AP source: Dodd rejects health panel chairmanship
The Associated Press - - 9 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - Sen. Christopher Dodd has decided against succeeding his friend Edward Kennedy as chairman of the Senate panel focused overhauling the nation's health care system, a Senate aide confirmed Tuesday.
Dodd Decides Against Taking Over Senate Health Committee Washington Post
Near-miss for Mikulski--but perhaps a consolation prize? Baltimore Sun
'Hillary' case: the legal stakes
Christian Science Monitor - - 2 hours ago
Three Supreme Court justices have already announced their willingness to overturn a pair of key precedents. By Warren Richey | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor In this March 20 file photo, David Bossie, leader of Citizens United and ...
Hillary: The Oral Argument Washington Post
Supreme Court to hear campaign finance case Bizjournals.com
OPEC Committee Recommends Keeping Oil Output Quotas Unchanged
Bloomberg - - 1 hour ago
Sept. 9 (Bloomberg) -- The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries should maintain existing output quotas and improve compliance when the 12-member group meets today, the group's production-monitoring committee ...
Consumer Credit Posts Record Drop
Wall Street Journal - - 46 minutes ago
Americans borrowed less for the sixth consecutive month in July, fueling concerns that strained consumers will stall an economic recovery.
Debt falls at fastest pace since D-Day MarketWatch
Kraft Said to Be in Talks to Finance $8 Billion for Cadbury Bid
Bloomberg - - 1 hour ago
Sept. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Kraft Foods Inc., the world's second-largest foodmaker, is in talks to arrange about $8 billion of financing for its bid to buy candy maker Cadbury Plc, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.
Hershey Challenge to Kraft Offer Looks Like a Tall Order Wall Street Journal
Last-minute iPod rumors reaffirm cameras for touch, nano
Apple Insider - - 1 hour ago
Though Apple is especially tight-lipped for its annual iPod event set for Wednesday, John Gruber has shared what little he has been told will be unveiled by the hardware maker in just hours.
11th-Hour Filings Oppose Google's Book Settlement
New York Times - - 1 hour ago
SAN FRANCISCO - After a flurry of last-minute filings on Tuesday, a federal judge must now begin untangling the mountain of competing claims about how a legal settlement granting Google the right to create the world's largest digital ...
NASA can't afford its schedule, space experts warn
Los Angeles Times - - 31 minutes ago
An independent panel endorses manned trips to the Moon, a nearby asteroid, even to Mars - but warns they would cost billions over the current budget.
Underfunding shackles Nasa vision BBC News
Remeet the Beatles
Los Angeles Times - 2 hours ago
The Beatles: Rock Band is just the latest to try a new way to interpret the legendary rock group. By ANN POWERS Pop Music Critic This week, the entertainment world is flush with excitement about a band that broke up nearly 40 years ago, whose songs are ...
The remastered Beatles: You've got to get this into your life
USA Today - - 1 hour ago
"Number nine, number nine, number nine," an engineer's voice intones over Revolution 9, the loopy loops-laden experimental track on The Beatles' self-titled 1968 album.
Review: New Beatles product dazzling, expensive The Associated Press
Movie review: A dark and stormy '9'
San Francisco Chronicle - 2 hours ago
Animated sci-fi action. Starring the voices of Elijah Wood, Christopher Plummer, John C. Reilly and Martin Landau. Directed by Shane Acker.
Movie review: In the world of '9,' less was more Chicago Tribune
Murray Swept Out Of US Open by Cilic
Washington Post - - 49 minutes ago
FLUSHING MEADOWS, NY, Sept. 8 -- Andy Murray had so much in his favor when he arrived in New York for the season's final major.
Surprises Infiltrate the Men's Draw, Too New York Times
Murray's US Open ends early; Clijsters-Williams II The Associated Press
Clijsters to face Serena in semi
BBC Sport - 41 minutes ago
BBC coverage: Live text commentaries on the website from 1600 BST each day, regular updates on 5 live, full commentary on 5 live sports extra in week two, both finals on 5 live.
Clijsters keeps moving forward at US Open The Canadian Press
Serena Williams sets up SF against Kim Clijsters The Associated Press
Giants ace Lincecum scratched due to back injury
USA Today - 2 hours ago
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - San Francisco Giants ace Tim Lincecum (FSY) was scratched from his scheduled start Tuesday night against San Diego with inflammation in the lower left side of his back.
Giants' Lincecum scratched from Tuesday start because of bad back San Jose Mercury News
Fighting Flu Without Big Gun
Wall Street Journal - - 1 hour ago
The Obama administration, worried that tens of thousands of people could fall ill with H1N1 swine flu before a new vaccine is available later this fall, is urging Americans to adopt a series of preventive actions to slow ...
Video: CDC Says Tamiflu for the Sick, Not a Preventive
The Associated Press
Antiviral Drugs Should Be Used Cautiously to Fight Flu, US Says U.S. News & World Report
Proposed cuts to Medicare private plans worry seniors
MiamiHerald.com - - 3 hours ago
MIAMI - Besides giant retirement communities and early bird specials, seniors here have embraced something else: privately run Medicare health plans that are an alternative to the traditional government-run program.
A foundation for health reform Minneapolis Star Tribune
Data Fuel Regional Fight on Medicare Spending New York Times
Liposuction leftovers make easy stem cells: study
Reuters - - 3 hours ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fat sucked out of chunky thighs or flabby bellies might provide an easy source of stem cells made using new and promising technology, US researchers reported on Tuesday.
Stanford scientists turn liposuction leftovers into embryonic-like... San Jose Mercury News
Liposuction Fat Turned Into Stem Cells, Study Says National Geographic
Hands-on with The Beatles: Rock Band
CNET News - - Sep 5, 2009
On September 9, classic rock fans will have a chance to strap on a plastic guitar and jam along with the biggest act in popular music history.
Keeping That New PC Clean and Pure
New York Times - - Sep 2, 2009
School starts soon, and many people are getting spanking-new computers. Ah, the joy of a new and more powerful toy - and a clean slate.
Girlfriend's Heartbreaking Goodbye to DJ AM
People Magazine - - Sep 4, 2009
Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein and Haley Wood may have been on-again, off-again before his sudden death on Aug. 28 - but the love the two shared was clear when she spoke at his emotional memorial service in Los Angeles Thursday.
Did Texas execute an innocent man?
New Yorker - - Aug 30, 2009
Cameron Todd Willingham in his cell on death row, in 1994. He insisted upon his innocence in the deaths of his children and refused an offer to plead guilty in return for a life sentence.
A Dream Interrupted at Boeing
New York Times - Sep 5, 2009
Inside a 787 Dreamliner. Boeing says it botched progress on the plane by outsourcing too much. More Photos > By CHRISTOPHER DREW The plant in Everett, Wash.