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Pakistan celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr with religious fervour
Xinhua - - 2 hours ago
ISLAMABAD, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- Eid-ul-Fitr is being celebrated throughout Pakistan Monday with great religious fervour and festivity, marking the culmination of the holy month of Ramazan, the official news agency APP reported.
Ahead of G20, climate change deadlock kicks up a flurry of proposals
Christian Science Monitor - - 1 hour ago
Japan, Australia, and Britain offered plans and urged action Monday to overcome divisions - mainly between rich and developing nations - and forge a global pact to cut emissions.
Obama to Meet With Mideast Leaders
New York Times - - 4 hours ago
JERUSALEM - After a frustrating week of shuttle diplomacy here in which the Obama administration failed to persuade Israelis and Palestinians to renew peace talks, leaders of the two sides are heading to the United States to make their ...
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Colo. terror plot suspect due in federal court
The Associated Press - - 7 minutes ago
DENVER - An Afghanistan-born Colorado man, his father and a New York City imam are expected to make initial court appearances on Monday on charges of lying to federal authorities in a terrorism probe.
Father, imam involved in terrorist investigation Denver Post
Nation Digest: Dead Wife's Husband Has Left U.S. for Haiti
Washington Post - 1 hour ago
The husband of a woman found dead along with her five young children in a Florida apartment boarded a flight for Haiti, police said Sunday.
Mother and 5 Children Found Dead in Florida New York Times
Sheriff: Captured inmate duped pal during escape
Washington Post - - 2 hours ago
AP SEATTLE -- An insane killer was recaptured Sunday, three days after he slipped away from the staff of a mental institution during a trip to a county fair more than 180 miles away from the side of a highway where he eventually was found.
Friend helps officers locate escaped patient The Spokesman Review
IRS to Extend Leniency for UBS Offshore Disclosures
Bloomberg - - 4 hours ago
Sept. 21 (Bloomberg) -- The Internal Revenue Service will extend until Oct. 15 the ability of Americans with undeclared offshore accounts at UBS AG and other banks to avoid criminal prosecution and some fines if they disclose their ...
Amnesty Deadline Extended for Offshore Account Holders New York Times
IRS Extends Deadline to Declare Foreign Accounts Wall Street Journal
Wynn Macau's Net Profit Slips
Wall Street Journal - - 1 hour ago
HONG KONG -- Casino operator Wynn Macau Ltd. recorded a 33% decline in first-half net profit as restrictions on Chinese tourists and the global downturn led to a fall in gambling revenue, according to its listing prospectus seen Monday by ...
Dollar Rises Against Euro, Yen as Fed May Signal End of Stimulus ...
Bloomberg - - 1 hour ago
Sept. 21 (Bloomberg) -- The dollar advanced against the euro and the yen on speculation US policy makers will this week signal they may withdraw economic stimulus measures, boosting the appeal of the nation's assets.
WORLD FOREX: Dollar Up Vs Euro, Yen; Key Mkts Closed Wall Street Journal
FCC moving to require 'net neutrality' by providers
USA Today - - 4 hours ago
The federal government Monday plans to propose rules that would bar Internet service providers - phone, cable, satellite and wireless - from blocking or hobbling online services in any fashion.
FCC 'Net Neutrality' Rules Expected to Advance Washington Post
‘Net neutrality’ rules proposal coming soon Sierra Vista Herald
Google Working to Revise Digital Books Settlement
New York Times - - 7 hours ago
For months, Google and its partners in a class-action settlement that would allow the company to create a vast digital library appeared unmoved by a rising tide of opposition.
Google Books' Latest Foe BusinessWeek
Digital-Rights Signatories Revisit Google's Deal Wall Street Journal
Young, old see shuttle land
Amarillo.com - - 27 minutes ago
The Space Shuttle Discovery piggybacking on a modified Boeing 747 taxis and prepares to take off on the next leg of its trip across country at Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport Sunday, September 20, 2009.
Video: Raw Video: Discovery Begins Flight to Florida
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Fla.-bound space shuttle Discovery stops in Texas The Associated Press
'Cloudy' gets just a little sunshine
Los Angeles Times - - 4 hours ago
Sony's animated film opens at No. 1, but its $30.1 million is so-so. Three other movies have soft debuts. By Ben Fritz Sony's efforts to gain a foothold in the highly competitive computer-generated animation market continue to generate mixed results, ...
Washington Post Foreign Service
Washington Post - - 2 hours ago
HAVANA, Sept. 20 -- Rock-and-roll diplomacy came to the communist isle on a smoldering afternoon, as hundreds of thousands of Cubans filled the Plaza of the Revolution on Sunday and sang along to a dozen international musical acts led by the Colombian ...
Cuba 'Peace Concert' Draws Multitudes New York Times
Cubans pack 'peace concert' Philadelphia Inquirer
New Jenna Elfman sitcom vaguely amusing
Reuters - - 2 hours ago
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - To film critic Billie, there are three stages of womanhood: "Meg Ryan in 'Sleepless in Seattle,' Meg Ryan in 'You've Got Mail' and Meg Ryan in the grocery store saying, 'No, really, I'm Meg Ryan.
'Accidentally': No Big Oops; No Big Whoop Washington Post
Review: 'Accidentally on Purpose' on CBS Los Angeles Times
Dallas Cowboys' Romo expects to learn from errors
Dallas Morning News - - 34 minutes ago
ARLINGTON - As the New York Giants worked their way down the field, Tony Romo could only sit on the bench, cutting a lonely figure feeling hopeless.
Same ol' Romo: Big plays and big errors SportingNews.com
Sanchez showed poise
Boston Globe - - 1 hour ago
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ -- It looked for a while like there was a rookie playing quarterback for the Jets yesterday. One half into his first AFC East game, Mark Sanchez showed little of the accurate arm and fancy footwork that have brought such ...
Sanchez leads Jets past Brady, Pats San Francisco Chronicle
Jets...16 Patriots...9 Los Angeles Times
Purdy: It was ugly, but 49ers coach loved it
San Jose Mercury News - - 1 hour ago
San Francisco 49ers' Frank Gore, left, en route to the end zone for a 79-yard touchdown against the Seattle Seahawks in the first quarter at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, Calif.
Seahawks seek early control in NFC West Seattle Post Intelligencer
Knapp: 49ers' vow to run pays off well for Gore San Francisco Chronicle
Global Alzheimer's cases expected to rise sharply
USA Today - - 4 hours ago
The number of people with Alzheimer's disease isn't creeping up, it's briskly rising, according to a new report. The 2009 World Alzheimer's Report, released today, estimates 35 million people worldwide are living with ...
Plea for £15m dementia fund boost BBC News
Walkers take on Alzheimer's one step at a time Northwest Herald
New York Health Care Workers Resist Flu Vaccine Rule
New York Times - - 7 hours ago
When she cleans the rooms of patients with swine flu symptoms, Jana Newton, a housekeeper at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, has to suit up for her own protection in a mask, gloves, gown and hairnet.
Health officials offer tips to stave off flu Arizona Daily Wildcat
Healthcare and PUC
PUC Chronicle - - 1 hour ago
Health care reform, it's all over the news, there are articles about it all over the Internet, and people across the country know it's an immense issue to tackle but the question remains… what are the straight up facts about this bill?
DeGette targets insurance companies Denver Daily News
Op-Ed Columnist No, It's Not About Race
New York Times - - Sep 17, 2009
You wouldn't know it to look at me, but I go running several times a week. My favorite route, because it's so flat, is from the Lincoln Memorial to the US Capitol and back.
The Nightmare of Christianity
The Nation. - - Sep 9, 2009
A few miles down the road from Colorado Springs, [a home to James Dobson's Focus on the Family], in the quiet bedroom community of Eldredge, a deeply disturbed young man named Matthew Murray followed the unfolding debacle at New Life ...
Amazon hijacked: 10 funniest review threads
Telegraph.co.uk - Sep 14, 2009
Reviews posted by Amazon customers have become one of the online retailer's most useful and popular features. But they are open to abuse by mischievous commenters.
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.
Why capitalism fails
Boston Globe - - Sep 12, 2009
Since the global financial system started unraveling in dramatic fashion two years ago, distinguished economists have suffered a crisis of their own.