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Indonesian terrorist used veil to elude police
The Associated Press - - 1 hour ago
JAKARTA, Indonesia - The death of Indonesia's most-wanted terror leader in a raid this week closes one of the country's biggest manhunts - a seven-year chase for a charismatic militant who taught followers to build bombs and wore veils to elude capture ...
Indonesia: Terrorist threat remains Aljazeera.net
Canadian, American troops killed in Afghanistan
The Associated Press - - 36 minutes ago
KABUL - A US service member and a Canadian soldier were killed in separate roadside bombings in southern Afghanistan, officials said Friday, the latest in a wave of Taliban attacks.
Video: Italian soldiers killed by blast in Afghanistan
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worldfocusonline
US envoy resumes push for Israel settlement deal
Reuters - - 35 minutes ago
JERUSALEM, Sept 18 (Reuters) - United States and Israeli officials began a third meeting in Jerusalem on Friday to try to reach agreement on a West Bank settlement freeze that could restart peace talks with the Palestinians.
World Digest: us Rejects Proposal by un's Gaza Panel Washington Post
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Washington backlash against ACORN grows
Chicago Tribune - - 1 hour ago
WASHINGTON - -- Trying to quell a building conservative firestorm, the House and Senate made clear in separate and lopsided votes Thursday that the beleaguered community-based nonprofit advocacy organization ACORN ...
Video: House Votes to Deny Federal Funds for ACORN
The Associated Press
The Associated Press
House Prohibits Federal Money to Acorn New York Times
Alleged NYC Terror Plot Suspect to Be Questioned for 3rd Day
ABC News - - 32 minutes ago
Zazi and his attorney Arthur Folsom entered the Byron G. Rogers Federal Building in downtown Denver at about 2:30 pm Thursday. They were whisked out of the building by FBI agents ...
Colorado man's home searched in FBI terrorism inquiry Los Angeles Times
Reasons Unclear for Terrorist Fears New York Times
Cadaver dogs show interest at Garrido property
San Francisco Chronicle - - 2 hours ago
(09-17) 18:24 PDT ANTIOCH -- Two police dogs trained to locate human remains showed interest Thursday in a spot on the half-acre property near Antioch where Phillip Craig Garrido and his wife, Nancy Garrido, allegedly held kidnap victim Jaycee Dugard ...
Video: Cadaver Dogs Hit on Scent in Kidnap Suspect Yard
The Associated Press
The Associated Press
Search dogs detect something on Garrido property San Jose Mercury News
Seven Years for Guilty Hong Kong Banker
Wall Street Journal - - 51 minutes ago
HONG KONG -- A Hong Kong judge on Friday sentenced former Morgan Stanley banker Du Jun to seven years in prison and fined him 23.3 million Hong Kong dollars ($3 million) after he was convicted of insider dealing last week.
Lloyds Considers Alternatives to UK Government's Asset Protection ...
Bloomberg - - 28 minutes ago
Sept. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Lloyds Banking Group Plc, the UK's biggest mortgage lender, is in discussions with the Treasury over possible alternatives to entering into a program to insure 260 billion pounds of risky assets.
Lloyds Still In Talks Over Joining Govt Asset Plan Wall Street Journal
Google launches exchange for display ads
guardian.co.uk - 44 minutes ago
It has already made untold profits from web search advertising, making scores of millionaires and turning its founders into some of the richest people in the world.
Google Aims to Wrest Display Ads From Yahoo New York Times
Google Launches DoubleClick Ad Exchange BusinessWeek
Unveiled: The Surprisingly Small Precursor of T. Rex
Washington Post - - 6 hours ago
The discovery of the Raptorex, a tiny precursor to the gigantic Tyrannosaurus rex, raises the question of whether other jumbo dinosaurs had budget-sized versions.
First-Gen T. Rex Was No Bigger Than You Wired News
Palm dumps Windows Mobile
Inquirer - - 33 minutes ago
PALM HAS SAID that it will be dropping the Windows Mobile operating system in favour of its own webOS platform. Speaking at its quarterly earnings conference call Palm's chief executive said that the company was going to focus ...
Palm losses mount despite the Pre CNET News
Google Offers 2 Million Digital Book Titles for the Espresso Book ...
eWeek - - 3 hours ago
Google agrees to provide 2 million non-copyrighted book titles for On Demand Books printing and cutting using its high-speed Espresso Book Machine.
DOJ to Air Concerns With Google Books Settlement Wall Street Journal
The Informant! (R)
Chicago Sun-Times - - 35 minutes ago
By Roger Ebert Mark Whitacre was the highest-ranking executive in US history to blow the whistle in a case of corporate fraud. He ended up with a prison sentence three times longer than any of the criminal executives ...
Another Soderbergh Puzzle! New York Times
You won't hunger for 'Meatballs'
Boston Herald - - 39 minutes ago
Author Judi Barrett's beloved children's book “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” is the latest victim. This 3-D creation sets out to explain the lip-smacking weather systems hovering over the mysterious hamlet of Chew and swallow ...
Sony hopes for clearer outlook with 'Cloudy With a Chance of ... Los Angeles Times
Family Films: 'Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs' Washington Post
Movie Review: 'Love Happens' Is a Heartfelt, if Too Quirky, Rom-com
Washington Post - - 4 hours ago
Aaron Eckhart as a grief-stricken author of self-help books and Jennifer Aniston as the florist he falls for in "Love Happens.
'Love Happens' Los Angeles Times
Love Happens' Kansas City Star
Umps report verbal abuse by Halos
MLB.com - - 3 hours ago
BOSTON -- Manager Mike Scioscia denied accusations by umpire Rick Reed that his coaches acted unprofessionally following a controversy-filled 9-8 loss to the Red Sox on Wednesday night at Fenway Park.
Road to World Series goes through Boston for Angels Los Angeles Times
Angels have no chance? You're nuts Boston Herald
Miami puts emphatic end to Tech hex, 33-17
The Associated Press - - 54 minutes ago
MIAMI - Randy Shannon rarely reveals much in the way of emotion. Miami's coach couldn't help himself Thursday night. Jacory Harris completed 20 of 25 passes for 270 yards and three touchdowns, and the 20th-ranked Hurricanes snapped a four-game losing ...
Miami is back (and that's a good thing) FOXSports.com
Jackets handed first loss by Hurricanes Atlanta Journal Constitution
Rhodes: Jets want to 'embarrass' Pats
FOXSports.com - 1 hour ago
by FOXSports.com The New York Jets are turning up the verbal heat on the New England Patriots before their Sunday meeting in the Meadowlands.
Brady set to face Jets aggressive defense The Associated Press
Swine flu's tendency to strike the young is causing confusion
Los Angeles Times - 3 hours ago
Even as health officials anticipate a new onslaught of H1N1 cases, the pattern of the pandemic influenza strain -- which tends to be fatal for the middle-aged but not the elderly -- remains a mystery.
Political Memo Rockefeller Stands Up for Liberals on Health Care
New York Times - - 1 hour ago
WASHINGTON - On Tuesday, John D. Rockefeller IV, a leading Senate liberal on health issues, said he would oppose a new Democratic proposal intended to win elusive Republican support to remake the health system.
Video: Breaking Down the Baucus Plan
Fox Business
Fox Business
Obama urges students to rally behind health care effort
Baltimore Sun - - 1 hour ago
COLLEGE PARK - - A University of Maryland arena built for cheering Terps basketball rocked instead Thursday to mentions of "the public option" and "pre-existing condition," as President Barack Obama sought to ...
Video: Raw Video: Obama Heckled at Health Care Rally
The Associated Press
The Associated Press
It's all about cost in health care debate Detroit Free Press
Is Happiness Catching?
New York Times - - Sep 11, 2009
EILEEN BELLOLI KEEPS very good track of her friends. Belloli, who is 74, was born in Framingham, Mass., which is where she met her future husband, Joseph, when they were both toddlers.
20 most bizarre Craigslist adverts of all time
Telegraph.co.uk - Sep 8, 2009
Craigslist, the anarchic classifieds website, has developed a reputation for hosting some of the oddest adverts on the internet. Earlier this year the website agreed to drop its "erotic services" section over claims that it promoted pornography, ...
Megan Fox Branded 'Dumb-As-A-Rock' And 'Classless' By ...
Huffington Post (blog) - Sep 13, 2009
Megan Fox was the target of an open letter from unnamed 'Transformers' crew members slamming her as thankless, classless, graceless, dumb, trailer trash, and ungracious after she likened director Michael Bay to Hitler in an interview.
Revealed: The ghost fleet of the recession
Daily Mail - - Sep 12, 2009
The biggest and most secretive gathering of ships in maritime history lies at anchor east of Singapore. Never before photographed, it is bigger than the US and British navies combined but has no crew, no cargo and no destination - and is ...
Obama Calls Kanye West a 'Jackass'
FOXNews - Sep 14, 2009
President lashes out at the hip-hop artist in an off-the-record comment during a television interview, an ABC News anchor reported Monday evening on Twitter.