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Ahmadinejad Holocaust jibe 'totally unacceptable': Moscow
AFP - 9 hours ago
MOSCOW - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's statement that the Holocaust was "a myth" is "totally unacceptable", the Russian foreign ministry said in a statement Saturday.
Rival Rallies Turn Violent in Tehran Washington Post
Police: DNA confirms Noordin dead
CNN International - 14 hours ago
JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) -- Indonesian police say they have DNA evidence identifying the man they killed this week as Noordin Top, the nation's most-wanted terror suspect.
Video: Bali Bombing Mastermind Dead, DNA Confirms
The Associated Press
DNA Confirms Death of Terrorist Leader Noordin Top Voice of America
Japan mulls Afghan role after dropping naval mission
AFP - 15 hours ago
TOKYO - The Japanese government is considering a new role in Afghanistan, after dropping a naval refuelling mission in the Indian Ocean, a media report said Saturday.
New Japanese government declares war on powerful civil service Telegraph.co.uk
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Obama Rejects Race as Lead Cause of Criticism
New York Times - - 18 hours ago
WASHINGTON - President Obama said Friday that he did not believe his race was the cause of fierce criticism aimed at his administration in the contentious national debate over health care, but rather that the cause was a sense of ...
In media blitz, Obama says vitriol isn't racism-based Los Angeles Times
Huckabee Wins 2012 Straw Poll at Values Voters Summit
FOXNews - 1 hour ago
Prominent Republican leaders, including House Minority Leader John Boehner and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, took to the stage at the Value Voters Summit to blast President Obama's spending policies and announce the top 2012 presidential pick ...
Huckabee wins Values Voter's 2012 straw poll CNN Political Ticker
Huckabee is tops in conservatives' straw vote The Associated Press
Obama: G-20 summit should assess economic progress
The Associated Press - - 30 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama says the world's leading economic powers have made progress in stabilizing the global financial system but much work remains to produce needed jobs and growth.
Obama: World Leaders Working Together to Solve Financial Crisis Voice of America
Fed eyes new bank pay rules to fight risk
Reuters - - 2 hours ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve plans new rules on bank pay to curb the type of excessive risk-taking that sparked the global financial crisis and triggered international demands for action.
Fed's Plan on Banker Pay Divides Industry Wall Street Journal
Fed Preparing to Step Up Regulation of Banks' Pay Washington Post
Joblessness Spikes to 11.1% in DC, Eases in Va., Md.
Washington Post - - 21 hours ago
A jobs fair at FedEx Field in March. Data show Maryland and Virginia have more jobs per seeker than other states. (By Win Mcnamee -- Getty Images) By V. Dion Haynes The unemployment rate for the District rose dramatically to 11.1 percent in August, ...
California Joblessness Reaches 70-Year High New York Times
No Leader on Climate Change as Nations Prepare to Meet
New York Times - - 5 hours ago
UNITED NATIONS - Economists point to powerhouse countries like India to illustrate the hurdles facing some 100 world leaders due to gather in New York this Tuesday for the highest level summit meeting on climate change ever convened ...
9 hurdles to Copenhagen Chicago Tribune
DoJ Asks Court to Nix Google Book Search Settlement
Wired News - - 3 hours ago
The Justice Department, citing anti-trust and copyright concerns, asked a federal court judge late Friday to reject a controversial settlement that would have allowed Google to cut through knotty copyright issues in order to create the ...
Official: FCC to propose 'Net neutrality' rules
The Associated Press - - 1 hour ago
The head of the FCC plans to propose new rules that would prohibit Internet service providers from interfering with the free flow of information and certain applications over their networks, an official at the agency said Saturday.
FCC to propose new Internet net neutrality rules Afterdawn.com
More Evidence That Apple Really Did Reject Google Voice
TechCrunch (blog) - - 2 hours ago
At this point there shouldn't be any doubt in anyone's mind that Apple's response to the FCC over its ban of Google Voice was rife with half-truths and some complete falsehoods.
Google Releases A Nuke. Apple Won't Win This Fight. Washington Post
Walt Disney Studios chief Dick Cook abruptly leaves the company
Los Angeles Times - - 17 hours ago
The news stuns the entertainment industry for its suddenness, revealing a rift between Cook and Disney CEO Robert Iger. Dick Cook, then head of Walt Disney Studios, at a news conference in 2007 in Mumbai, India, with Yash Chopra, chairman of Yash Raj ...
Film Chief at Disney Steps Down New York Times
HBO's new series will have audiences 'Bored to Death'
New York Daily News - - 14 hours ago
Jonathan Ames may be bored to death, but that's no reason he has to take the rest of us with him. Ames, played by Jason Schwartzman, is the hero of the new HBO sitcom "Bored to Death.
'Bored to Death' Los Angeles Times
Review: 'Bored To Death' Is Anything But Pop Culture Zoo
John Travolta to Testify at Extortion Trial
People Magazine - - 8 hours ago
Since the death of his 16-year-old son, Jett, last January, John Travolta has rarely been seen in public, choosing instead to grieve in private.
John Travolta Will Testify At Extortion Trial Radar Online
John Travolta Expected To Testify At Bahamas Trial Access Hollywood
Updates from Tennessee-Florida and other afternoon action
USA Today - 2 hours ago
There are some big games with national implications set to start at 3:30 pm The headliner is Tennessee-Florida, where months of talk has preceeded the game between bitter rivals.
College Football Report Philadelphia Inquirer
CompuBox: Mayweather likely tops Marquez easily
FOXSports.com - 6 minutes ago
by CompuBox, BoxingScene.com Saturday's showdown between former pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather Jr. and consensus No. 2 Juan Manuel Marquez is filled with intrigue, storylines and questions.
No. 5 Penn St. defeats Temple 31-6
The Associated Press - - 3 hours ago
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - Evan Royster ran for 134 yards and a touchdown, and No. 5 Penn State revived its rushing attack in a 31-6 win Saturday over Temple.
Royster runs No. 5 Penn State past Temple Seattle Post Intelligencer
Penn State pounces on the Owls Temple News
Surviving Swine Flu
Newsweek - - 4 hours ago
As I type these words my brain is swarming with mind-twisting immune-system chemicals called cytokines: I am in day six of the swine flu.
Health Matters Wall Street Journal
Senate Democrats Take Aim At Health Insurance Excise Tax Plan
Wall Street Journal - - 1 hour ago
WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--Senate Finance Committee Democrats are taking aim at the excise tax on high-dollar insurance premiums that is the central funding source for the health overhaul legislation proposed by Finance ...
Toughest test coming up for health care overhaul The Associated Press
The Amendments Are In — All 564 of Them New York Times
GOP lawmaker warns of dangers in health overhaul
The Associated Press - 30 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - A GOP congresswoman grateful for quick detection of her breast cancer says Democratic health overhaul plans could mean life-threatening delays in treatment.
Why You Can't Get a Good Phone With Verizon
Wired News - - Sep 16, 2009
Verizon Wireless gets plaudits for its coverage and call quality, but consistently loses out to AT&T, T-Mobile and even Sprint when it comes to getting the newest high-end handsets.
Meet the man who changed Glenn Beck's life
Salon - - Sep 15, 2009
Cleon Skousen was a right-wing crank whom even conservatives despised. Then Beck discovered him By Alexander Zaitchik W. Cleon Skousen, left foreground, and Glenn Beck, center.
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, ...
The Holy Grail of the Unconscious
New York Times - - Sep 16, 2009
This is a story about a nearly 100-year-old book, bound in red leather, which has spent the last quarter century secreted away in a bank vault in Switzerland.
Skip Williams/Icon SMI
SI.com - Sep 16, 2009
Stewart, will this conference boasting thing ever go away? Saturday, all three of Michigan's biggest rivals (Ohio State, Michigan State and Notre Dame) lost in wonderfully excruciating fashion, and I couldn't even fully enjoy it.