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US ready for direct talks with North Korea
PRESS TV - 56 minutes ago
The US has announced its readiness to hold direct talks with North Korea to persuade it to return to stalled negotiations on ending its nuclear program.
US 'ready for' direct N Korea talks Aljazeera.net
US accepts Iran's offer of talks with major powers
Reuters - - 4 hours ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Friday it would accept Iran's offer of wide-ranging talks with major powers despite the Islamic Republic's stated refusal to discuss its nuclear program.
Senator Calls for More Afghan Forces, Not US Troops
Voice of America - - 6 hours ago
President Obama is facing growing dissent within his own party on plans to commit more troops to the war in Afghanistan, even as American commanders say the situation on the ground has deteriorated.
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Census Bureau drops ACORN
Philadelphia Inquirer - 1 hour ago
WASHINGTON - The Census Bureau yesterday severed its ties with ACORN, a community organization that was accused by Republicans of voter-registration fraud and this week fired two employees caught in a private sting giving tax advice to a man posing as ...
Census Bureau Drops Acorn From 2010 Effort New York Times
Census Drops Acorn Partnership After Videos Surface Wall Street Journal
10:05 PMYale offers $10K reward for info on Annie Le
Newsday - 4 hours ago
Yale University announced it is offering a $10000 reward for information leading to the whereabouts of one of its own, Annie Le, a graduate student from California who vanished from a college lab on Tuesday - less than a week before she was to be ...
Yale announces reward for missing student CNN International
6 m ago8th anniversary of 9/11 attacks marked
Newsday - 5 hours ago
A woman holds a photograph as friends and relatives of the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks gather for a commemoration ceremony at Zuccotti Park, adjacent to ground zero, on the eighth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center ...
Video: Remembering 9/11
WPRI.com
WPRI.com
9/11 Anniversary Marks Eight Years Since Attacks The Epoch Times
China blasts US tire duties as protectionist
Washington Post - - 1 hour ago
BEIJING (Reuters) - China lashed a US decision to impose duties on Chinese-made tires, calling them flagrant protectionism that sent the wrong signal before the next G20 summit and risked a "chain reaction" that could slow global ...
Obama to impose strict tariffs on Chinese tires Los Angeles Times
In China Tires Case, Obama Strikes Middle Ground BusinessWeek
3 more bank failures bring 2009 total to 92
MarketWatch - - 3 hours ago
Chicago-based Corus Bank, which had $7 billion in assets and $7 billion in deposits as of June 30, the FDIC said. The bank's deposits have been assumed by MB Financial Bank, the FDIC added.
Dolphins owner may form bank to pursue condo lender MiamiHerald.com
Corus Bank Is the Latest to Be Seized by Regulators Wall Street Journal
ANALYSIS-Banks change CEOs, but will that make them safer?
Forbes - - 8 hours ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Morgan Stanley ( MS - news - people ) could be the first of many big banks to tap their more staid businesses for the next generation of leaders, but that might not be enough to contain the culture of ...
Video: Morgan Stanley Announces New CEO
Fox Business
Fox Business
M. Stanley's Mack, Gorman Look To Define Roles After Succession Wall Street Journal
Discovery glides to smooth California landing
CNET News - - 5 hours ago
Detoured by bad weather in Florida, the shuttle Discovery dropped out of orbit and swooped to a flawless California landing Friday to close out a successful space station resupply mission.
Video: Shuttle Discovery Lands in California
The Associated Press
The Associated Press
Shuttle Glides to a California Landing New York Times
Hands On: Motorola's New Android Phone Nails Design, Fumbles Software
Wired News - - 12 hours ago
Motorola announced its first Android operating system-based device, the Cliq yesterday. The hardware is beautifully designed while the software makes a serious attempt to incorporate social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook.
The new iPod Nano: More features, same size
Los Angeles Times - - 3 hours ago
It's a triumph of engineering and design that has managed to pack new features -- video camera, FM radio, microphone, speaker, dorky pedometer -- into an elegant device that's a pleasure to use.
Former Idols Love Ellen!
People Magazine - - 17 hours ago
Carrie Underwood sums it up perfectly. “Everybody loves Ellen,” the season 4 winner tells PEOPLE. “I think she'll make a great addition [to American Idol]“ And Underwood isn't alone.
Video: Former Idols on Ellen Pick
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Tom Brady confirms baby on the way
Boston Herald - 4 hours ago
By Inside Track It will be playoff prep (we hope) and daddy duty for Tom Brady [stats] this December. The surgically repaired Patriots [team stats] QB/QT and his glamazon gal,Gisele Bundchen , are bracing for a baby, he tells ESPN .
Agreement Gives Leibovitz More Time to Repay Loans
New York Times - - 6 hours ago
In a 13th-hour agreement on Friday, the photographer Annie Leibovitz avoided having to give up her homes and her artistic property to the finance company that had lent her $24 million.
Annie Leibovitz deadline to repay $24M loan passes Daily Mail - Charleston
Pitching will carry Dodgers to postseason
MLB.com - 1 hour ago
SAN FRANCISCO -- The Los Angeles Dodgers are still going to reach the postseason. They are not getting to October in a gloriously one-sided, triumphant romp, but that kind of thing is not a requirement.
Rockies' rally saves streak Boston Globe
Kuroda, Dodgers deal costly blow to Giants FOXSports.com
Jordan thanks motivators
Boston Globe - - 1 hour ago
By Frank Dell'Apa SPRINGFIELD - Michael Jordan's emotions were on display last night. Jordan wept openly during the acceptance speech of Utah coach Jerry Sloan during Basketball Hall of Fame induction ceremonies.
Emotional Jordan Steals Show at Hall Washington Post
Michael Jordan's flight to Hall aided by Larry Bird Boston Herald
Yankees marvel at Jeter's feat
MLB.com - - 50 minutes ago
NEW YORK -- Collectively, they have 19 All-Star appearances, two Gold Gloves, an American League MVP and an AL Championship Series MVP.
Jeter breaks Gehrig's hit record Philadelphia Daily News
Jeter sets Yankees hit record in loss to Orioles The Associated Press
One Vaccine Shot Seen as Protective for Swine Flu
New York Times - - 4 hours ago
Defying the expectations of experts, clinical trials are showing that the new H1N1 swine flu vaccine protects with only one dose instead of two, so the vaccine supplies now being made will go twice as far as had been predicted.
Swine flu shot exceeds hopes Baltimore Sun
Doing the Math on the Uninsured
Atlantic Online - 10 hours ago
Peter Orszag walks us through the decision to downgrade the number of American citizens who cannot afford health insurance to "more than 30 million".
New Mexico Has Nation's 2nd Highest Uninsured Rate New York Times
Number of uninsured fuels part of debate The Daily Advertiser
Curbing medical lawsuits: What Obama really means
CNN - - 15 hours ago
The president gave a nod to Republicans with his pledge to tackle medical malpractice. But he's talking about it in a different way.
Health negotiators look at malpractice changes The Associated Press
Twenty Minutes With The President
Prison Planet.com - - Sep 8, 2009
I recently had the pleasure of sitting down with our 44 th President of the United States of America, Barack Hussein Obama, while he was out promoting his health care reform initiative.
Teenager invents £23 solar panel that could be solution to ...
Daily Mail - Sep 8, 2009
By Daily Mail Reporter A new type of solar panel using human hair could provide the world with cheap, green electricity, believes its teenage inventor.
Jon Gosselin in prime-time: anger, alcohol, Dr. Phil, and love: 'I ...
Entertainment Weekly - - Sep 8, 2009
Jon Gosselin dug himself into a deep hole this morning on Good Morning America with a clip of him saying of his wife Kate, “I despise her.
See Baby Discriminate
Newsweek - - Sep 5, 2009
Kids as young as 6 months judge others based on skin color. What's a parent to do? 2008 marked 40 years since the assassination of Dr.
Sick and Wrong
Rolling Stone - Sep 3, 2009
Let's start with the obvious: America has not only the worst but the dumbest health care system in the developed world. It's become a black leprosy eating away at the American experiment - a bureaucracy so insipid and mean and illogical that even our ...