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• McCain visit to NH could help in South (Examiner.com)
  John McCain defied all sense of geography Sunday by going north and south at the same time.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586711~McCain_visit_to_NH_could_help_in_South.html
  
  
• Thailand lifts emergency, citing drop in tourism (Examiner.com)
  The Thai government ended a state of emergency imposed in the capital to control a violent political crisis, saying on Sunday it had only served to scare away tourists crucial to the country's economy.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586702~Thailand_lifts_emergency__citing_drop_in_tourism.html
  
  
• Families continue exodus from 'methane estate' (ABC Australia)
  Twenty families have now relocated from a housing estate south-east of Melbourne, where it is feared methane gas could cause an explosion.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/15/2364183.htm
  
  
• Younger evangelicals split over Palin choice as VP (Examiner.com)
  When Jessica Stollings learned on Facebook that John McCain had named Sarah Palin as his running mate, the 26-year-old from Bristol, Tenn., took the day off and picked up some campaign yard signs. Just like that, she went from "just a voter" to a McCain evangelist.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586689~Younger_evangelicals_split_over_Palin_choice_as_VP.html
  
  
• Lehman talks continue as Barclays emerges as buyer (Examiner.com)
  Government officials and top Wall Street bankers continued talks Sunday in a harried effort to sell Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and avoid a collapse of the beleaguered investment bank that could severely disrupt global markets.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586677~Lehman_talks_continue_as_Barclays_emerges_as_buyer.html
  
  
• Plight of fellow Iraqis shapes oud player's music (Examiner.com)
  Iraqi composer Naseer Shamma is such a master of the traditional Arab stringed instrument called the oud that he has taught himself to play one-handed.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586623~Plight_of_fellow_Iraqis_shapes_oud_player_s_music.html
  
  
• Gas prices rise across US after hurricane strikes (Examiner.com)
  From Florida to Tennessee, and all the way up to Connecticut, people far from Hurricane Ike's destruction nonetheless felt one of its tell-tale aftershocks: gasoline prices that surged overnight - to nearly $5 a gallon in some places.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586627~Gas_prices_rise_across_US_after_hurricane_strikes.html
  
  
• Russian jet crash kills 88; engine failure cited (Examiner.com)
  A passenger jet traveling from Moscow to the Ural Mountains city of Perm crashed as it was preparing to land early Sunday, killing all 88 people aboard, officials said, citing engine failure as a possible cause.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586612~Russian_jet_crash_kills_88__engine_failure_cited.html
  
  
• Jet Crash in Russia Mountains Kills 88 (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Officials: no indication of terrorism in the crash which killed all aboard.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~4/392326475" height="1" width="1"/>
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• Oh, Brothers: Feds Rush to Lehman's Aid (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Discussions between federal officials, suitors continue today.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~4/392326479" height="1" width="1"/>
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• Novelist David Foster Wallace Found Dead (my.abcnews.go.com)
  The author of "Infinite Jest" is the victim of an apparent suicide.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~4/392414459" height="1" width="1"/>
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• Fake Drugs, Real Problems: How to Tell (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Global black market, potential for health and safety issues concern officials.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~4/392326480" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~3/392326480/story
  
  
• Rescuing Those Who Ignored Ike Warnings: Can They Be Saved? (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Authorities try to rescue an estimated 140,000 Texans who ignored orders to flee<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~4/392424172" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~3/392424172/wireStory
  
  
• Green From the Ground Up at Ground Zero (my.abcnews.go.com)
  New buildings at World Trade Center site incorporate eco-friendly elements.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~4/392347295" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~3/392347295/story
  
  
• Ike Evacuees Face Long Stays in Makeshift Shelters (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Ike evacuees may soon have to choose between uncomfortable shelters, homes ravaged by floods<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~4/392424174" height="1" width="1"/>
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• Palin's Greatest Stump Hits Scrutinized (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Critics dispute Sarah Palin's claims about her political record.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~4/392382652" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~3/392382652/story
  
  
• Sickle-wielding vendor kills one in Japan rampage (ABC Australia)
  A Japanese festival stall-holder has killed one man and wounded six others in a sickle-wielding rampage after customers made fun of him, police said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/15/2364181.htm
  
  
• Bolivia army patrols town under martial law (ABC Australia)
  Bolivian troops patrolled a restive city in the impoverished nation's north before dawn, the mayor said, as the death toll rose to 30 from days of clashes between government and opposition supporters.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/15/2364179.htm
  
  
• Houston issues weeklong curfew after Hurricane Ike (Examiner.com)
  Houston officials have issued a weeklong curfew for the city devastated by Hurricane Ike.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586554~Houston_issues_weeklong_curfew_after_Hurricane_Ike.html
  
  
• Swan, Fielding to meet over luxury car tax (ABC Australia)
  The Federal Government will make another attempt this week to have its luxury car tax increase passed.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/15/2364180.htm
  
  
• Bush to visit Texas following hurricane (ABC Australia)
  President George W Bush will travel to Texas this week to offer support to those affected by Hurricane Ike, which caused flooding and damage after striking the US Gulf Coast.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2364173.htm
  
  
• Cowdrey breaks Chinese hearts with fourth gold (ABC Australia)
  Matt Cowdrey has reinforced his reputation as Australia's top performer at the Beijing Paralympics, winning his fourth gold medal for the Games in the 50 metres freestyle.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2364174.htm
  
  
• Afghanistan blames vendetta for civilian deaths (Examiner.com)
  An American military operation that killed up to 90 civilians was based on false information provided by a rival tribe and did not kill "a single Taliban," the president's spokesman said Sunday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586567~Afghanistan_blames_vendetta_for_civilian_deaths.html
  
  
• Nigerian militants declare oil war in delta (ABC Australia)
  Nigeria's most prominent militant group has declared an "oil war" in the restive Niger Delta after security forces launched a major operation against them.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2364170.htm
  
  
• Engine failure cited in deadly Russian jet crash (Examiner.com)
  A Russian investigator says the crash of a passenger jet that killed 88 people in a central Russian city was most likely caused by engine failure.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586583~Engine_failure_cited_in_deadly_Russian_jet_crash.html
  
  
• Bomb blast kills 6 children in Afghanistan (ABC Australia)
  A bomb blast in central Afghanistan has killed six children and wounded 12, some of them critically, a local official said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2364162.htm
  
  
• Unidentified foreign submarine spotted near Japan (Examiner.com)
  Japan was searching Sunday for an unidentified foreign submarine detected in its territorial waters earlier in the day, the Defense Ministry said.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586542~Unidentified_foreign_submarine_spotted_near_Japan.html
  
  
• Beijing Olympic car ban will not be made permanent: report (ABC Australia)
  Beijing has decided not to make measures that limited car use during the Olympics permanent, state media said, despite considerable public backing of curbs that brought the cleanest air in years.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2364161.htm
  
  
• Militants says clashes with Nigerian army mean war (Examiner.com)
  The main militant group in Nigeria's southern oil region declared a state of war Sunday after two days of clashes with government forces, launching reprisal raids and raising the specter of more conflict in Africa's biggest oil producer.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586574~Militants_says_clashes_with_Nigerian_army_mean_war.html
  
  
• Russian plane 'exploded before landing' (ABC Australia)
  Latest reports say the 737 that crashed in Russia exploded in mid-air as it came in to land.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2364156.htm
  
  
• Man-eating tigers stalk fishermen in Indian jungle (Examiner.com)
  The fishermen were hauling in the first net of the morning when the tiger pounced.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586578~Man_eating_tigers_stalk_fishermen_in_Indian_jungle.html
  
  
• My wife joked I should run for PM: Costello (ABC Australia)
  Former federal treasurer Peter Costello says it was the biggest mistake of his life not to listen to his wife's advice that he should make a run for the prime minister's job.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2364140.htm
  
  
• Obama camp says it raised $66 million in August (Examiner.com)
  Barack Obama's campaign says the Democratic presidential candidate raised $66 million in August, making for another record fundraising month. That tops the record $55 million Obama raised last February.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586569~Obama_camp_says_it_raised__66_million_in_August.html
  
  
• New Pakistan clashes kill 16 alleged militants (Examiner.com)
  Pakistani security forces killed 16 suspected militants and wounded 25 on Sunday in a besieged tribal region - the latest round of a military offensive with no end in sight, officials said.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586572~New_Pakistan_clashes_kill_16_alleged_militants.html
  
  
• Wax Hitler returns to Berlin museum after beheading (ABC Australia)
  A restored waxwork of Adolf Hitler has returned to Berlin's Madame Tussauds after a demonstrator ripped off its head when it went on show two months ago, the museum said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2364169.htm
  
  
• Greenspan: Tough decisions await in Lehman case (Examiner.com)
  Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan says the government may face a difficult choice as it tries to help arrange a rescue of Lehman Brothers without using public money.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586571~Greenspan__Tough_decisions_await_in_Lehman_case.html
  
  
• China inspects dairy regions after tainted milk (Examiner.com)
  China's food safety watchdog sent inspectors to the country's main dairy producing regions on Sunday after at least 432 babies were sickened by tainted milk powder produced by a Chinese company.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586534~China_inspects_dairy_regions_after_tainted_milk.html
  
  
• Japan hunts mystery submarine intruder (ABC Australia)
  Japan's navy has tracked a submarine that intruded into its waters for nearly two hours and then lost track of it without identifying its nationality, a military official said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2364154.htm
  
  
• Darfur villages, clinic destroyed in fighting: rebels (ABC Australia)
  Rebel fighters have accused government forces of burning three villages and destroying a health clinic in north Darfur during heavy clashes involving more than 100 vehicles.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2364151.htm
  
  
• ADF probing soldiers in E Timor crash (ABC Australia)
  Australian military police in East Timor have launched an investigation into a car accident involving two Australian soldiers.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2364146.htm
  
  
• It's race against time to save Ike stalwarts (Examiner.com)
  Rescue crews canvassed neighborhoods inundated by Ike's storm surge early Sunday morning, racing against time to save those who spent a second harrowing night trapped amid flattened houses, strewn debris and downed power lines.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586530~It_s_race_against_time_to_save_Ike_stalwarts.html
  
  
• 'Rush to judgment' in deadly LA rail crash? (Examiner.com)
  In a surprisingly swift assessment, the operators of the commuter train involved in the head-on crash that killed at least 25 people blamed its engineer for the horrific accident.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586488~_Rush_to_judgment__in_deadly_LA_rail_crash_.html
  
  
• Ike evacuees face long stays in makeshift shelters (Examiner.com)
  Hurricane Ike's deadly surge has kept thousands of evacuees holed up in some cramped quarters - shelters, RVs, even a warehouse - as they face the prospect of returning to flood-ravaged neighborhoods left dark without electricity.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586499~Ike_evacuees_face_long_stays_in_makeshift_shelters.html
  
  
• At 15 feet, Ike's storm surge less than predicted (Examiner.com)
  Forecasters warned of "certain death," a possible 25-foot surge of water that would wash across the Texas and Louisiana coast, wiping away towns in a white-capped, churning mess of debris.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586518~At_15_feet__Ike_s_storm_surge_less_than_predicted.html
  
  
• Britons stranded as another tour operator fails (ABC Australia)
  British tourists are facing more overseas chaos after a travel company specialising in tours to Turkey collapsed and all holidays were cancelled.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2364135.htm
  
  
• Indonesia detains 'unapproved' Aust group (ABC Australia)
  The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has confirmed that five Australians were detained in Papua for not having correct flight, security or immigration approvals.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2364138.htm
  
  
• India police raid slums after bombs (ABC Australia)
  Police officers have trawled slums and criminal hideouts in India's capital, rounding up suspects after serial bombings in New Delhi yesterday killed at least 21 people and wounded nearly 100.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2364131.htm
  
  
• Official: Jet crash in Russia mountains kills 88 (Examiner.com)
  A passenger jet traveling from Moscow to the Ural Mountains city of Perm crashed near residential buildings as it was preparing to land early Sunday, killing all 88 people aboard, officials said.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586514~Official__Jet_crash_in_Russia_mountains_kills_88.html
  
  
• Pope urges pilgrims at Lourdes to remain hopeful (Examiner.com)
  Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Mass on Sunday at the Lourdes shrine renowned for miracles, telling tens of thousands of faithful they should hold onto hope in a world full of evil, torture, suffering and injustice.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586498~Pope_urges_pilgrims_at_Lourdes_to_remain_hopeful.html
  
  
• Toddler killed in single-car crash (ABC Australia)
  A three-year-old boy has died in a car accident at Cobram, in northern Victoria.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2364126.htm
  
  
• Suicide bomber hits UN Afghan convoy, 3 dead (ABC Australia)
  A suicide bomber rammed a car into a United Nations convoy on Sunday morning (local time) as it drove through a market in southern Afghanistan, killing a driver and two local doctors, UN officials and police said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2364108.htm
  
  
• Zimbabwe opposition to get majority in Cabinet (Examiner.com)
  Zimbabwe's opposition will get more Cabinet posts than President Robert Mugabe's party in the long-sought unity government, state radio reported Sunday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586505~Zimbabwe_opposition_to_get_majority_in_Cabinet.html
  
  
• 20yo to face stabbing murder charge (ABC Australia)
  A man will face court tomorrow, charged over a stabbing murder at Clayton in Melbourne's south-east this morning.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2364122.htm
  
  
• GOP looking to limit Democratic gains in House (Examiner.com)
  Democrats have the money and reach to add substantially to their House majority in November, but public sentiment is moving in Republicans' direction, according to a poll that suggests the GOP could limit those gains.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586486~GOP_looking_to_limit_Democratic_gains_in_House.html
  
  
• Iraqi officials say Baghdad-area bombs kill 9 (Examiner.com)
  Roadside bombs killed five Iraqi policemen and injured eight others north of Baghdad on Sunday, an Iraqi official said.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586508~Iraqi_officials_say_Baghdad_area_bombs_kill_9.html
  
  
• Four killed in WA helicopter crash (ABC Australia)
  Four people have died in a helicopter crash in the north of Western Australia.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2364099.htm
  
  
• NRL trio implicated in alleged sex assault (ABC Australia)
  A trio of NRL players were allegedly involved in a Fortitude Valley sex assault.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2364083.htm
  
  
• McCain visit to Granite State could help in South (Examiner.com)
  John McCain defied all sense of geography Sunday by going north and south at the same time.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586492~McCain_visit_to_Granite_State_could_help_in_South.html
  
  
• Italy scrambles to save bankrupt airline Alitalia (Examiner.com)
  The Italian government is holding emergency talks with unions and investors over a plan to save Alitalia as the bankrupt airline risks having to ground flights for lack of fuel.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586512~Italy_scrambles_to_save_bankrupt_airline_Alitalia.html
  
  
• Pakistan: Fresh clashes kill 10 alleged militants (Examiner.com)
  Pakistani security forces taking part in fresh clashes near the Afghan border killed 10 suspected militants and wounded 25 others Sunday, a government official said.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586479~Pakistan__Fresh_clashes_kill_10_alleged_militants.html
  
  
• Body in dumpster identified as female (ABC Australia)
  Victorian police say a badly-burnt body, found in a dumpster south-east of the city, is that of a woman.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2364080.htm
  
  
• Obama camp suggests Palin has distorted record (Examiner.com)
  The question of whether Sarah Palin has ever been to Iraq pushed Obama aides Saturday to accuse the McCain campaign of outright lies, distortions and distractions to the American people.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586481~Obama_camp_suggests_Palin_has_distorted_record.html
  
  
• Chinese dairy blamed for delayed baby milk warning (Examiner.com)
  A New Zealand farmers' group that owns part of the Chinese dairy that produced tainted milk powder linked to the sickening of more than 430 babies said Sunday it urged the company to recall the product as early as six weeks ago.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586489~Chinese_dairy_blamed_for_delayed_baby_milk_warning.html
  
  
• Britain: Another travel company goes under (Examiner.com)
  A second British vacation company has gone bust, the aviation regulator said Sunday, the same week the country's third-largest tour operator collapsed.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586509~Britain__Another_travel_company_goes_under.html
  
  
• Nigerian militants clash with armed forces (Examiner.com)
  Militant groups battled Nigeria's armed forces for a second day Sunday and one main group said the escalation of fighting is in effect a war over the country's oil region.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586516~Nigerian_militants_clash_with_armed_forces.html
  
  
• NZ company 'knew of contaminated milk' before China recall (ABC Australia)
  New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra says it knew last month its Chinese joint venture partner was selling contaminated milk which has since caused at least one death.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2364087.htm
  
  
• Sanchez, McKnight lead USC past Ohio State 35-3 (Examiner.com)
  Southern California turned the game of the year into another Trojans' victory march.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586437~Sanchez__McKnight_lead_USC_past_Ohio_State_35_3.html
  
  
• K-Rod gets record 58th save as Angels top Mariners (Examiner.com)
  Francisco Rodriguez set the major league record with his 58th save this season, closing out the Los Angeles Angels' 5-2 win over Seattle on Saturday night.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586434~K_Rod_gets_record_58th_save_as_Angels_top_Mariners.html
  
  
• UNLV stuns No. 15 Arizona State 23-20 in OT (Examiner.com)
  Malo Taumua blocked a field goal to lift UNLV to a 23-20 overtime upset of No. 15 Arizona State on Saturday night.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586407~UNLV_stuns_No__15_Arizona_State_23_20_in_OT.html
  
  
• Rescuing Ike stalwarts a race against the clock (Examiner.com)
  Rescue crews canvassed neighborhoods inundated by Ike's storm surge early Sunday morning, racing against time to rescue those who faced a second harrowing night trapped amid flattened houses, strewn debris and downed power lines.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586444~Rescuing_Ike_stalwarts_a_race_against_the_clock.html
  
  
• Milwaukee gives a holler to favorite bowling alley (Examiner.com)
  The walls that line the pair of lanes in this tiny bowling alley seem close enough to make a bowler feel claustrophobic. But at a 100th anniversary party Saturday, the walls of Holler House felt like the wide-open arms of family.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586388~Milwaukee_gives_a_holler_to_favorite_bowling_alley.html
  
  
• Warriors shock Storm in finals stunner (ABC Australia)
  The New Zealand Warriors have pulled off one of the biggest upsets in NRL finals history, knocking over the Melbourne Storm 18-15 at Olympic Park.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2364068.htm
  
  
• Indonesia investigating Aust men 'as spies' (ABC Australia)
  Five Australians have been detained in Papua after their small plane landed in the town of Merauke allegedly without proper travel documents.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2364066.htm
  
  
• Two dead in Paris river crash: police (ABC Australia)
  Two people, who were seriously injured when a pleasure boat carrying 12 people sank in the River Seine in Paris, have died, police said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2364060.htm
  
  
• Official: Plane crash in Ural mountains kills 88 (Examiner.com)
  A passenger jet traveling from Moscow to the Ural Mountains city of Perm crashed near residential buildings as it was preparing to land early Sunday, killing all 88 people aboard, officials said.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586477~Official__Plane_crash_in_Ural_mountains_kills_88.html
  
  
• Prostate cancer diagnoses up, deaths down: study (ABC Australia)
  A major study of prostate cancer patients has found more men are being diagnosed with the disease, but fewer are dying from it.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2364065.htm
  
  
• Police: Bomber kills 2 Afghan doctors (Examiner.com)
  A suicide bomber in a vehicle attacked a convoy carrying Afghan doctors working for the United Nations in southern Afghanistan Sunday, killing two doctors and wounding 15 other people, a spolice chief said.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586461~Police__Bomber_kills_2_Afghan_doctors.html
  
  
• Carpenter stands down as WA Labor leader (ABC Australia)
  Alan Carpenter has resigned as Labor leader and conceded the defeat of the party in the WA state election.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2364032.htm
  
  
• Iraq: bomb kills 4 US-backed, Sunni fighters (Examiner.com)
  Iraqi officials say a bomb has killed the leader of a U.S.-backed, Sunni armed group in a western district of Baghdad.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586453~Iraq__bomb_kills_4_US_backed__Sunni_fighters.html
  
  
• DOCS inquiry gets deadline extension (ABC Australia)
  The deadline for the inquiry into child protection in New South Wales has been extended for another three months.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2364056.htm
  
  
• Ike moves on leaving extensive damage in its wake (ABC Australia)
  A weakened storm Ike has barrelled northward after slamming into the Texas coast as a hurricane.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2364054.htm
  
  
• Police detain several suspects in New Delhi blasts (Examiner.com)
  Police commandos carried out raids across New Delhi, detaining several people believed to be connected to a series of blasts that ripped through the Indian capital, killing at least 20 people and wounding about 100 others, police said Sunday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586451~Police_detain_several_suspects_in_New_Delhi_blasts.html
  
  
• The Simpsons wins 10th best cartoon Emmy (ABC Australia)
  The Simpsons has once again claimed US television's highest honour for a prime-time cartoon, at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards, extending the show's record winning streak.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2364078.htm
  
  
• State of emergency lifted in Bangkok (Examiner.com)
  Thailand's acting prime minister lifted a state of emergency in Bangkok on Sunday, urging all sides in a political standoff to find a peaceful compromise and restore the country's image as "The Land of Smiles."
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586468~State_of_emergency_lifted_in_Bangkok.html
  
  
• Rescuing Ike Stalwarts a Race Against the Clock (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Racing against time, crews try to reach those feared stranded in Hurricane Ike's floodwaters<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~4/392073098" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~3/392073098/wireStory
  
  
• LA train crash death toll rises to 25 (ABC Australia)
  An investigation is underway into a train crash outside the US city of Los Angeles as the death toll rises to 25 people and more than 100 others injured.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2364023.htm
  
  
• Sanchez, McKnight lead Trojans past Buckeyes 35-3 (Examiner.com)
  Southern California turned the game of the year into another Trojans' victory march.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586384~Sanchez__McKnight_lead_Trojans_past_Buckeyes_35_3.html
  
  
• Madame Tussaud's returns wax Hitler to Berlin (Examiner.com)
  Adolf Hitler has returned to Berlin.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585608~Madame_Tussaud_s_returns_wax_Hitler_to_Berlin.html
  
  
• Million-year-old camel bone unearthed in Syria (Examiner.com)
  Scientists have unearthed a camel jawbone in the Syrian desert that they think may be a previously unknown tiny species of the animal and say dates back a million years.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585412~Million_year_old_camel_bone_unearthed_in_Syria.html
  
  
• Angels' Francisco Rodriguez gets record 58th save (Examiner.com)
  Francisco Rodriguez set the major league record with his 58th save this season, closing out the Los Angeles Angels' 5-2 win over Seattle on Saturday night.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586367~Angels__Francisco_Rodriguez_gets_record_58th_save.html
  
  
• Clock ticking on rescuing Ike stalwarts in Texas (Examiner.com)
  Rescue crews canvassed neighborhoods inundated by Ike's storm surge early Sunday morning in a race against time to rescue those who faced a second harrowing night trapped amid flattened houses, strewn debris and downed power lines.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586396~Clock_ticking_on_rescuing_Ike_stalwarts_in_Texas.html
  
  
• Grenada blames slow nutmeg production on male tree (Examiner.com)
  The world's second-largest nutmeg industry is rebounding very slowly from a 2004 hurricane because Grenadian farmers unknowingly planted too many male trees, which do not produce as much fruit.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586373~Grenada_blames_slow_nutmeg_production_on_male_tree.html
  
  
• `SNL' debuts with Fey as Palin, Phelps as host (Examiner.com)
  Live from New York ... it's Tina Fey as Gov. Sarah Palin.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586368~_SNL__debuts_with_Fey_as_Palin__Phelps_as_host.html
  
  
• Ike shifts pair of Cubs-Astros games to Milwaukee (Examiner.com)
  Two games between the Chicago Cubs and Astros that were postponed this weekend in Houston because of Hurricane Ike will now be played in Milwaukee.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586184~Ike_shifts_pair_of_Cubs_Astros_games_to_Milwaukee.html
  
  
• At 13 1/2 feet, Ike's storm surge less than predicted (Examiner.com)
  Forecasters warned of "certain death," a possible 25-foot surge of water that would wash across the Texas and Louisiana coast, wiping away towns in a white-capped, churning mess of debris.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586358~At_13_1_2_feet__Ike_s_storm_surge_less_than_predicted.html
  
  
• Marquez floors Casamayor in big lightweight debut (Examiner.com)
  Juan Manuel Marquez needed about three rounds to get used to his new weight class. After that, he was nothing but bad news for Joel Casamayor.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586379~Marquez_floors_Casamayor_in_big_lightweight_debut.html
  
  
• Novelist David Foster Wallace found dead (Examiner.com)
  David Foster Wallace, the author best known for his 1996 novel "Infinite Jest," was found dead in his home, according to police. He was 46.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586307~Novelist_David_Foster_Wallace_found_dead.html
  
  
• Wheelchair-accessible mountain trail opens in Vt. (Examiner.com)
  This isn't just any wheelchair-accessible path - it's part of the Appalachian Trail.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586215~Wheelchair_accessible_mountain_trail_opens_in_Vt_.html
  
  
• Henry beaming with pride from double triumph (ABC Australia)
  New Zealand rugby union coach Graham Henry says the All Blacks' determination and drive to succeed inspired a come-from-behind win over Australia on Saturday evening to claim the Bledisloe Cup and Tri-Nations crown.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2363999.htm
  
  
• Cricket Australia reviewing India security (ABC Australia)
  India's cricket chiefs are hoping Australia's Test tour will begin as scheduled despite security concerns following a series of deadly bomb attacks in New Delhi.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2364020.htm
  
  
• 88 killed in plane crash in Russia (ABC Australia)
  A Boeing 737 jet has crashed near the Russian city of Perm in the central Ural mountains killing all 82 passengers and six crew on board, including 21 foreigners, the jet's owner Aeroflot has said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2364017.htm
  
  
• State of emergency lifted in Bangkok (ABC Australia)
  Thailand's caretaker government has lifted a state of emergency in the capital Bangkok nearly two weeks after it was declared following clashes between pro- and anti-government protesters.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2364018.htm
  
  
• Nationals hand WA election win to the Liberals (ABC Australia)
  The Western Australian Nationals have handed the Liberals victory in the state election.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2364004.htm
  
  
• Official: Plane crash in central Russia kills 88 (Examiner.com)
  A passenger jet carrying 88 people on board crashed as it was preparing to land in central Russia early Sunday, killing everyone on board, officials said.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586404~Official__Plane_crash_in_central_Russia_kills_88.html
  
  
• Man refused bail over 'spiritual cleansing' sexual assault (ABC Australia)
  A 61-year-old man has been refused bail in a Sydney court over the alleged sexual assault of a woman who went to him for spiritual cleansing.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2364010.htm
  
  
• Security tightened after Indian bomb blasts (ABC Australia)
  The Indian capital New Delhi is under tight security after five bomb blasts targeting markets, tourist areas, and the financial district killed at least 20 people.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2364002.htm
  
  
• Green Party activist Peter Camejo dies at 68 (Examiner.com)
  Peter Camejo, a Green Party leader who was a third-party candidate in three California gubernatorial elections before becoming Ralph Nader's running mate in the 2004 presidential race, has died. He was 68.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586226~Green_Party_activist_Peter_Camejo_dies_at_68.html
  
  
• Newspaper: 2 bomb blasts in central Myanmar kill 2 (Examiner.com)
  Two bombs exploded at a nightspot in a rural town in central Myanmar, killing two people, a state newspaper reported Saturday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586330~Newspaper__2_bomb_blasts_in_central_Myanmar_kill_2.html
  
  
• Feds, Wall Street race to try to save Lehman (Examiner.com)
  The field of possible buyers for Lehman Brothers narrowed Saturday, but the parties involved in the discussions over the wounded investment bank's future were at loggerheads over how to finance the rescue.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586337~Feds__Wall_Street_race_to_try_to_save_Lehman.html
  
  
• Thai officials lift state of emergency in Bangkok (Examiner.com)
  Thailand's acting prime minister has lifted a state of emergency in Bangkok that was imposed Sept. 2 amid an ongoing political crisis.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586348~Thai_officials_lift_state_of_emergency_in_Bangkok.html
  
  
• Hurricane Ike Leaves Texas Coast Underwater and 3 Million Without Power (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Officals say storm surge not as bad as feared, fate of many not known.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~4/392025779" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~3/392025779/wireStory
  
  
• Calif. Rail Agency: Engineer's Error Caused Wreck (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Calif. rail agency: Commuter train engineer's error caused wreck that killed 25 people<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~4/392040828" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~3/392040828/wireStory
  
  
• Writer David Foster Wallace Found Dead at Home (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Writer, novelist David Foster Wallace dies at age 46; police in S. Calif. say he hanged self<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~4/391992684" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~3/391992684/wireStory
  
  
• Case of the $5K designer umbrella ruled frivolity (Examiner.com)
  It's a rainy day for the Manhattan restaurateur who sued a supermodel claiming she intentionally damaged his designer umbrella, said to be worth $5,000.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586069~Case_of_the__5K_designer_umbrella_ruled_frivolity.html
  
  
• Cubs-Astros games shifted to Milwaukee (Examiner.com)
  Two games between the Chicago Cubs and Astros that were postponed this weekend in Houston because of Hurricane Ike will now be played in Milwaukee.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586117~Cubs_Astros_games_shifted_to_Milwaukee.html
  
  
• Cynthia Nixon, Tim Conway among Emmy winners (Examiner.com)
  Cynthia Nixon, who gained fame and an Emmy with "Sex and the City," added a second trophy Saturday for a guest role on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit."
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586144~Cynthia_Nixon__Tim_Conway_among_Emmy_winners.html
  
  
• Nady helps Yankees split doubleheader with Rays (Examiner.com)
  Xavier Nady hit a tiebreaking single in the seventh inning and the New York Yankees rallied to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-5 Saturday, salvaging a split of the day-night doubleheader.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586118~Nady_helps_Yankees_split_doubleheader_with_Rays.html
  
  
• Writer David Foster Wallace found dead at home (Examiner.com)
  David Foster Wallace, the author best known for his 1996 novel "Infinite Jest," was found dead in his home, according to police. He was 46.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586037~Writer_David_Foster_Wallace_found_dead_at_home.html
  
  
• Texas reporter apologizes for maternity ward probe (Examiner.com)
  No charges will be pursued in the case of a Lubbock television station reporter arrested last year after trying to gauge security at two Amarillo hospitals, according to an agreement announced Saturday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585926~Texas_reporter_apologizes_for_maternity_ward_probe.html
  
  
• Rees apologises to NSW after local backlash (ABC Australia)
  NSW Premier Nathan Rees has publicly apologised to voters for what he has described as the antics of the State Government over the past 18 months.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2363997.htm
  
  
• Iron Maiden singer rescues stranded UK tourists (ABC Australia)
  Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson has flown to the rescue of holiday-makers left stranded abroad after Britain's third largest tour operator collapsed, newspapers have reported.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2363998.htm
  
  
• Opposition denies pensioners' bill bungle (ABC Australia)
  The Federal Opposition denies it has bungled a move to increase payments to single aged pensioners.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2363994.htm
  
  
• Greens refer Sartor-approved developments to ICAC (ABC Australia)
  The Greens say they have referred six developments that were approved under former NSW planning minister Frank Sartor to the state's corruption watchdog.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2363993.htm
  
  
• Rescue effort underway after Ike leaves trail of devastation (ABC Australia)
  The largest rescue effort in Texas' history is underway after Hurricane Ike ripped through the area.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2363989.htm
  
  
• Russian plane crashes, 87 feared dead (ABC Australia)
  A Boeing 737 jet carrying 82 passengers and five crew has crashed near Russia's city of Perm.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2363990.htm
  
  
• Senior Liberals defuse leadership spill talk (ABC Australia)
  Federal Coalition MPs are playing down the likelihood of a leadership spill when Parliament resumes this week.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2363943.htm
  
  
• Intervention 'has ignored report recommendations' (ABC Australia)
  Rex Wild says the Federal Government is ignoring the report he co-authored into child sex abuse in Aboriginal communities.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2363960.htm
  
  
• Police investigate body bin find (ABC Australia)
  Homicide detectives have been called in to investigate the discovery of a body in a burning bin in south-east Melbourne.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2363940.htm
  
  
• Smith 'misleading' Australians over India uranium ban (ABC Australia)
  The federal Opposition has accused Foreign Minister Stephen Smith of misleading the Australian people by saying India is not upset at the Government's refusal to sell them uranium.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2363938.htm
  
  
• Govt criticised over children's hospital decision (ABC Australia)
  The Govt has been criticised over its decision to locate the state's new children's hospital at the Mater.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2363939.htm
  
  
• NSW Govt 'implosion' influenced local backlash: Moore (ABC Australia)
  Sydney Mayor Clover Moore says the NSW Govt's 'implosion' didn't help Labor at local council elections.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2363929.htm
  
  
• Joyce shrugs off Costello swipe (ABC Australia)
  Barnaby Joyce has shrugged off criticism from former treasurer Peter Costello.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2363930.htm
  
  
• Palin sticks to the familiar in first solo outing (Examiner.com)
  Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin made her first solo campaign appearance outside her home state Saturday, sticking largely to a speech that has boosted her popularity among Republican faithful but drawn criticism for having misstatements.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586083~Palin_sticks_to_the_familiar_in_first_solo_outing.html
  
  
• Plane crash in central Russia kills all 88 aboard (Examiner.com)
  A plane carrying 88 people has crashed in central Russia, killing all on board, an emergency official said Sunday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1586113~Plane_crash_in_central_Russia_kills_all_88_aboard.html
  
  
• Far from Ike's path, an aftershock is felt: $5 gas (Examiner.com)
  From Florida to Tennessee, and all the way up to Connecticut, people far from Hurricane Ike's destruction nonetheless felt one of its tell-tale aftershocks: gasoline prices that surged overnight - to nearly $5 a gallon in some places.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585864~Far_from_Ike_s_path__an_aftershock_is_felt___5_gas.html
  
  
• Death toll in Bolivia unrest reaches 18 (Examiner.com)
  President Evo Morales on Saturday accused an opposition governor of using foreign thugs against government supporters in violence that has claimed at least 18 lives and prompted him to declare martial law in a breakaway province.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585983~Death_toll_in_Bolivia_unrest_reaches_18.html
  
  
• JOHN MCCAIN IS A LIAR.
  John McCain has pushed his luck too far with his latest attacks on Senator Obama which have been universally slammed as lies.
  http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/13/10947/7907/734/597280
  
  
• Hurricane Ike postpones Ravens-Texans until Nov. 9 (Examiner.com)
  The Baltimore Ravens-Houston Texans game was rescheduled to Nov. 9 after Reliant Stadium was severely damaged by Hurricane Ike. The Texans' home opener was originally scheduled for Sunday, then postponed to Monday night as Ike approached the Gulf Coast.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585821~Hurricane_Ike_postpones_Ravens_Texans_until_Nov__9.html
  
  
• Moreno's TD rallies No. 2 Bulldogs past Gamecocks (Examiner.com)
  No. 2 Georgia and Knowshon Moreno made sure South Carolina didn't ruin a second-straight shot at a championship season. Moreno's sliding 4-yard touchdown run in the third quarter lifted the Bulldogs to a 14-7 victory over the Gamecocks on Saturday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585828~Moreno_s_TD_rallies_No__2_Bulldogs_past_Gamecocks.html
  
  
• Irish capitalize on 6 turnovers to beat Michigan (Examiner.com)
  Jimmy Clausen threw two touchdown passes and Notre Dame took advantage of six Michigan turnovers to get some revenge for consecutive blowout losses to the Wolverines with a 35-17 victory Saturday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585879~Irish_capitalize_on_6_turnovers_to_beat_Michigan.html
  
  
• Hall's 7 TD passes help No. 18 BYU crush UCLA 59-0 (Examiner.com)
  Max Hall tied a school record with seven touchdown passes and No. 18 BYU handed UCLA its worst loss in nearly 80 years, overwhelming the Bruins 59-0 Saturday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585902~Hall_s_7_TD_passes_help_No__18_BYU_crush_UCLA_59_0.html
  
  
• By air, boat and truck, search on for Ike victims (Examiner.com)
  Rescuers in boats, helicopters and high-water trucks set out across the flood-stricken Texas coast Saturday in a monumental effort to reach tens of thousands of people who stubbornly ignored warnings of "certain death" and tried to ride out Hurricane Ike.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585745~By_air__boat_and_truck__search_on_for_Ike_victims.html
  
  
• Phillies gain ground on wild card-leading Brewers (Examiner.com)
  Cole Hamels pitched 6 1-3 sharp innings, Jimmy Rollins homered and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Milwaukee Brewers 7-3 Saturday to move within two games of the NL wild-card leaders.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585772~Phillies_gain_ground_on_wild_card_leading_Brewers.html
  
  
• Calif. rail agency: Engineer's error caused wreck (Examiner.com)
  A commuter train engineer who ran a stop signal was blamed Saturday for the nation's deadliest rail disaster in 15 years, a wreck that killed 25 people and left such a mass of smoldering, twisted metal that it took nearly a day to recover all the bodies.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585904~Calif__rail_agency__Engineer_s_error_caused_wreck.html
  
  
• VA head: Surgeries at Illinois hospital months off (Examiner.com)
  The head of the nation's Veterans Affairs system said Saturday it still could be months before inpatient surgeries resume at a southern Illinois hospital. But rehabbing the site's image after a surge in patient deaths last year may take far longer.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585639~VA_head__Surgeries_at_Illinois_hospital_months_off.html
  
  
• Russia withdrawing from Georgia: reports (ABC Australia)
  Reports from Georgia say Russian troops have left positions near the Georgian Black Sea port of Poti, as agreed in a deal between Russia and the European Union earlier this month.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2363913.htm
  
  
• Death toll rises as authorities probe LA train crash (ABC Australia)
  Authorities say 24 people have died in a train collision outside Los Angeles.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2363902.htm
  
  
• Lyon hails the return of Saint Nick (ABC Australia)
  St Kilda coach Ross Lyon praised skipper Nick Riewoldt's five-goal contribution at the MCG on Saturday evening as the Saints stormed past Collingwood into a preliminary final against Hawthorn.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2363915.htm
  
  
• More bodies found after China mudslide (ABC Australia)
  China's state run news agency says dozens more bodies have been discovered from a landslide that engulfed a northern Chinese town last week.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2363886.htm
  
  
• Automotive industry calls for incentives to Govt recommendations (ABC Australia)
  The automotive industry body says incentives need to be in place for Australian car manufacturers to adopt new fuel-efficient technologies.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2363892.htm
  
  
• Tourist boat hits bridge, sinks in central Paris (ABC Australia)
  A boat transporting tourists has sunk after hitting the pillar of a bridge in central Paris, police and the emergency services at the city hall say.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2363885.htm
  
  
• 20yo dies in Melbourne party brawl (ABC Australia)
  Police are investigating a stabbing death at Clayton, in Melbourne's south-east.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2363883.htm
  
  
• Two men in stable condition after Sydney shooting (ABC Australia)
  Two men are in a stable condition in hospital after being shot in western Sydney.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2363884.htm
  
  
• Baby dies from Chinese milk powder contamination (ABC Australia)
  One baby has died and 432 others have fallen ill with kidney problems blamed on contaminated milk powder in China.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2363887.htm
  
  
• Man to face court over 'spiritual cleansing' assault (ABC Australia)
  A man will face a Sydney court today over the alleged sexual assault of a woman who went to him for spiritual cleansing.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2363874.htm
  
  
• Obama camp suggests lies over Palin visit to Iraq (Examiner.com)
  The question of whether Sarah Palin has ever been to Iraq pushed Obama aides Saturday to accuse the McCain campaign of outright lies, distortions and distractions to the American people.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585647~Obama_camp_suggests_lies_over_Palin_visit_to_Iraq.html
  
  
• Govt, Wall Street race to try to save Lehman (Examiner.com)
  The field of possible buyers for Lehman Brothers narrowed Saturday, but the parties involved in the discussions over the wounded investment bank's future were at loggerheads over how to finance the rescue.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585783~Govt__Wall_Street_race_to_try_to_save_Lehman.html
  
  
• Woman still in custody over Darwin stabbing death (ABC Australia)
  A 39-year-old woman is still in police custody over the stabbing death of another woman in Darwin this weekend.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2363873.htm
  
  
• Greenspan: No McCain tax cuts without reduction (Examiner.com)
  Alan Greenspan says the country can't afford tax cuts of the magnitude proposed by Republican presidential contender John McCain - at least not without a corresponding reduction in government spending.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585564~Greenspan__No_McCain_tax_cuts_without_reduction.html
  
  
• Jolie, Pitt top Hollywood power league (ABC Australia)
  Screen idols Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have moved to the top of the Hollywood power league toppling Tom Cruise and Jennifer Aniston, according to Guinness World Records.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2363932.htm
  
  
• What's worth saving at Lehman Brothers? (Examiner.com)
  With Lehman Brothers' survival in question, officials of major global banks and the U.S. government were in weekend negotiations aimed at resolving the investment bank's precarious financial situation. Wall Street CEOs were being asked to come up with a way to deal with Lehman's problems and avoid the risks they posed to the financial industry and the broader economy; one of the options being explored was a purchase of Lehman by one of its healthier competitors.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585641~What_s_worth_saving_at_Lehman_Brothers_.html
  
  
• Slumdog Millionaire wins top gong at Toronto Film Fest (ABC Australia)
  Danny Boyle's tribute to Mumbai has won the top prize at the Toronto Film Festival.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2363881.htm
  
  
• Ike may push gas prices close to $4 (Examiner.com)
  Hurricane Ike created a wave of price spikes at gas stations across the country Saturday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585788~Ike_may_push_gas_prices_close_to__4.html
  
  
• Gov. Palin’s Worldview
  As we watched Sarah Palin on TV the last couple of days, we kept wondering what on earth John McCain was thinking.
  http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/13/opinion/13sat1.html
  
  
• Hackers smash atom collider computer security (ABC Australia)
  Hackers claim to have broken into the computer system of the Large Hadron Collider.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2363914.htm
  
  
• Wall St. Waits: Will Fed Rescue Lehman? (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Feds and big banks hold emergency summit to discuss ailing Wall Street giant.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Business/~4/391817090" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Business/~3/391817090/wireStory
  
  
• SoCal Train Collision Death Toll Jumps to 24 (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Coroner's official says more bodies in LA train wreck after two trains collided.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~4/391794263" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~3/391794263/wireStory
  
  
• Victim Confronts Rapist to Keep Him Jailed (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Man was suspected of 53 rapes, but was only convicted of one.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~4/391794265" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~3/391794265/wireStory
  
  
• Pakistan Backs Down From Anti-U.S. Threat (my.abcnews.go.com)
  But militants say they will join Taliban to fight America in Afghanistan.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~4/391791939" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~3/391791939/wireStory
  
  
• Can These 12 Artists Revive Their Careers? (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Simpson, Ciara, Metallica & T. Pain: Some singers are starting anew this fall.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~4/391839762" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~3/391839762/story
  
  
• Alitalia set to cancel flights as collapse looms (ABC Australia)
  Italy's national airline has announced that it will not guarantee its flights from Monday because it can no longer afford to fill its planes with fuel
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2363872.htm
  
  
• Buckeyes' Wells out for game against No. 1 Trojans (Examiner.com)
  Ohio State running back Chris "Beanie" Wells will not play for the fifth-ranked Buckeyes against No. 1 Southern California on Saturday night because of his injured right foot.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585594~Buckeyes__Wells_out_for_game_against_No__1_Trojans.html
  
  
• Maryland provides wakeup call to No. 23 California (Examiner.com)
  Perhaps it was the trip across the country, the early kickoff or maybe even overconfidence. For whatever reason, No. 23 California was outplayed Saturday by Maryland, which held the Golden Bears without a touchdown until the closing minutes of a stunning 35-27 upset.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585567~Maryland_provides_wakeup_call_to_No__23_California.html
  
  
• Shields leads Rays past Yankees to open twinbill (Examiner.com)
  James Shields handed New York a lackluster loss in the opener of the final homestand at Yankee Stadium. Shields tossed eight shutout innings, Evan Longoria celebrated his return to the Tampa Bay Rays' lineup with a bases-loaded single and the AL East leaders beat the Yankees 7-1 Saturday in the first game of a day-night doubleheader.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585604~Shields_leads_Rays_past_Yankees_to_open_twinbill.html
  
  
• Snider, Blue Jays beat Red Sox in DH opener (Examiner.com)
  Late-season callup Travis Snider homered, doubled and drove in five runs, leading A.J. Burnett and the Toronto Blue Jays over the Boston Red Sox 8-1 Saturday in the first game of a day-night doubleheader.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585392~Snider__Blue_Jays_beat_Red_Sox_in_DH_opener.html
  
  
• Daniel unstoppable as No. 6 Tigers rough up Nevada (Examiner.com)
  Chase Daniel threw for 405 yards and four touchdowns and No. 6 Missouri scored on its first 10 possessions Saturday in a 69-17 win over Nevada.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585585~Daniel_unstoppable_as_No__6_Tigers_rough_up_Nevada.html
  
  
• No. 24 Illinois downs Louisiana-Lafayette 20-17 (Examiner.com)
  Daniel Dufrene had a career-high 126 yards rushing and Matt Eller's late field goal helped No. 24 Illinois hold off Louisiana-Lafayette for a 20-17 win Saturday. Dufrene rushed 19 times and caught a touchdown pass for Illinois (2-1), which took a 20-10 lead on Eller's 27-yard kick with 1:40 left.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585571~No__24_Illinois_downs_Louisiana_Lafayette_20_17.html
  
  
• Big Brown wins on turf! But just barely (Examiner.com)
  Big Brown opened a big lead and then showed courage down the stretch in capturing the $500,000 Monmouth Stakes on Saturday in his final prep race for the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585591~Big_Brown_wins_on_turf__But_just_barely.html
  
  
• Crews fan out in Texas to assess Ike's wrath (Examiner.com)
  Rescue crews in high-wheel trucks, helicopters and boats ventured out to pluck people from their homes Saturday in an all-out search for thousands of Texans who stubbornly stayed behind overnight to face Hurricane Ike.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585563~Crews_fan_out_in_Texas_to_assess_Ike_s_wrath.html
  
  
• Matt Damon, Wyclef Jean help Haitian storm victims (Examiner.com)
  Matt Damon and Wyclef Jean lightened the misery for Haiti's floods victims Saturday, arriving to hand out food and lend star power to relief efforts.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585502~Matt_Damon__Wyclef_Jean_help_Haitian_storm_victims.html
  
  
• Lewis, Riley lead Blue Devils past Midshipmen (Examiner.com)
  Thad Lewis threw three touchdown passes to Eron Riley and Vincent Rey returned a fumble for a score to help Duke beat Navy 41-31 on Saturday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585439~Lewis__Riley_lead_Blue_Devils_past_Midshipmen.html
  
  
• In harm's way: Ike floods force rescue of holdouts (Examiner.com)
  Even as they plucked people from rooftops and wrecked neighborhoods on Saturday, emergency responders grumbled over how many brushed off dire warnings and tried to ride out Hurricane Ike.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585592~In_harm_s_way__Ike_floods_force_rescue_of_holdouts.html
  
  
• Death toll in LA commuter rail crash reaches 24 (Examiner.com)
  Authorities have raised the confirmed death toll in the Los Angeles commuter rail disaster to 24 but they don't believe they have removed the last body from the wreckage.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585561~Death_toll_in_LA_commuter_rail_crash_reaches_24.html
  
  
• Pope leads 260,000 in Paris mass (ABC Australia)
  Pope Benedict XVI has prayed at one of the most revered Christian shrines hours after leading an open-air mass in central Paris attended by 260,000 people.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2363870.htm
  
  
• Hurricane Ike rakes Texas coast (ABC Australia)
  Hurricane Ike has flooded hundreds of kilometres of US coastline.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2363867.htm
  
  
• Greenspan: Country can't afford McCain's tax cuts (Examiner.com)
  Alan Greenspan says the country can't afford tax cuts of the magnitude proposed by Republican presidential contender John McCain - at least not without a corresponding reduction in government spending.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585485~Greenspan__Country_can_t_afford_McCain_s_tax_cuts.html
  
  
• Bombs claimed by Muslim militants kill 18 in India (Examiner.com)
  A series of bombs exploded at a park and crowded shopping areas across India's capital Saturday evening, killing at least 18 people and wounding dozens. Muslim extremists claimed to be behind the latest in a recent wave of attacks that has killed more than 100.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585377~Bombs_claimed_by_Muslim_militants_kill_18_in_India.html
  
  
• At least 18 killed in Indian bomb blasts (ABC Australia)
  A series of synchronised bomb blasts have rocked the Indian capital New Delhi, killing at least 18 people and injuring dozens more.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2363862.htm
  
  
• Forum sells 'Obama Waffles' with racial stereotype (Examiner.com)
  Activists at a conservative political forum snapped up boxes of waffle mix depicting Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama as a racial stereotype on its front and wearing Arab-like headdress on its top flap.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585481~Forum_sells__Obama_Waffles__with_racial_stereotype.html
  
  
• Russians troops leave west, but remain in Georgia (Examiner.com)
  Russian soldiers and armored vehicles pulled back from positions deep in western Georgia on Saturday, meeting a closely watched withdrawal deadline a month after the war between the former Soviet republics.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585375~Russians_troops_leave_west__but_remain_in_Georgia.html
  
  
• Families vow to keep searching for missing sailors (ABC Australia)
  The families of two sailors missing off the Australian east coast say they will not stop looking for the pair, even though authorities have decided to call off the search.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2363869.htm
  
  
• Death toll rises to 18 in LA train crash (ABC Australia)
  Rescue workers are combing the charred wreckage of a passenger train in LA as the death toll rises to 18.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2363861.htm
  
  
• Palin says farewell to home state to campaign solo (Examiner.com)
  Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, who came to the friendly turf of her home state for her first campaign venture without John McCain, told supporters at a farewell rally Saturday that she'd return at the end of the campaign.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585462~Palin_says_farewell_to_home_state_to_campaign_solo.html
  
  
• China says company knew of tainted milk for weeks (Examiner.com)
  China's health minister blamed a dairy Saturday for the delay in warning the public about tainted milk powder linked to kidney stones in infants and at least one death, as authorities increased the number of known sick babies to 432.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585376~China_says_company_knew_of_tainted_milk_for_weeks.html
  
  
• Deadly rock slide fuels Egyptian anger at gov't (Examiner.com)
  For years the shantytown grew in the shadow of a limestone cliff, its wooden shacks and shoddy brick apartments creeping up and spreading over the hill. The whole time, the limestone was cracking inside, slowly and invisibly, from the slum's own sewage.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585355~Deadly_rock_slide_fuels_Egyptian_anger_at_gov_t.html
  
  
• Ike Swamps Texas, Leaving Widespread Flooding; 3 Million Lose Power (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Officials say storm surge was not as bad as feared.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~4/391701020" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~3/391701020/story
  
  
• Bombings in India Claim 18 Lives (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Terrorist group reportedly took credit minutes before explosions took lives.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~4/391761940" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~3/391761940/story
  
  
• Full Excerpts: Gibson Interviews Sarah Palin (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Read from all three of ABC News' exclusive interviews with the GOP candidate.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Politics/~4/391705203" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Politics/~3/391705203/story
  
  
• FAA Denies It Rushed to Certify Small Jets (my.abcnews.go.com)
  After 30-day review, FAA says it properly certified Eclipse 500 jets.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~4/391735839" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~3/391735839/story
  
  
• Ike weakens to a tropical storm over eastern Texas (Examiner.com)
  Ike has weakened to a tropical storm over eastern Texas, but winds remain near 60 mph and heavy rains and tornadoes are still a threat.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585311~Ike_weakens_to_a_tropical_storm_over_eastern_Texas.html
  
  
• Ike damages Texans' stadium, Monday's game iffy (Examiner.com)
  Damage caused by Hurricane Ike will likely lead to the postponement of Monday night's NFL game at Reliant Stadium between the visiting Baltimore Ravens and the Houston Texans.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585294~Ike_damages_Texans__stadium__Monday_s_game_iffy.html
  
  
• SoCal train wreck death toll rises to 18 (Examiner.com)
  The death toll from the head-on collision of a commuter train and freight train rose Saturday as crews retrieved an 18th body and said they could see several more in the wreckage of the deadliest U.S. passenger train accident in 15 years.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585291~SoCal_train_wreck_death_toll_rises_to_18.html
  
  
• Longoria back in lineup for Rays for stretch run (Examiner.com)
  The Tampa Bay Rays put Evan Longoria in the lineup for the first time since he broke his right wrist last month and recalled highly touted prospect David Price from Triple-A Durham.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585174~Longoria_back_in_lineup_for_Rays_for_stretch_run.html
  
  
• Ike causes 'devastating' floods in southeast Texas (Examiner.com)
  Officials in one southeast Texas county say they are trying to rescue families trapped by devastating floods from Hurricane Ike.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585160~Ike_causes__devastating__floods_in_southeast_Texas.html
  
  
• Oklahoma City sells out NBA season tickets (Examiner.com)
  Season tickets for Oklahoma City's new NBA franchise have sold out in just five days.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585059~Oklahoma_City_sells_out_NBA_season_tickets.html
  
  
• Suspect in 4 NJ slayings surrenders to police (Examiner.com)
  Authorities say a suspect has surrendered in connection with the slayings of four people whose bodies were found in a burning house in Irvington, N.J.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585162~Suspect_in_4_NJ_slayings_surrenders_to_police.html
  
  
• Powell wins 100; Czech sets javelin world record (Examiner.com)
  Asafa Powell cruised to victory in the 100 meters and Olympic champion LaShawn Merritt won the 400 Saturday at the World Athletics Final, which included a world record in the women's javelin.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585281~Powell_wins_100__Czech_sets_javelin_world_record.html
  
  
• Homeless 90210: Slumming time and the livin's easy (Examiner.com)
  Being homeless in this upper crust enclave is not exactly like living on the street in other places. There are handouts of $2,000 and bottles of Dom Perignon, lucky finds of Gucci shoes and diamond-encrusted bracelets, a chance to rub shoulders with rich and famous locals such as Mark Wahlberg and Master P, even empty houses to live in.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585317~Homeless_90210__Slumming_time_and_the_livin_s_easy.html
  
  
• Suspect in Spokane rapes facing civil trial (Examiner.com)
  A jogger grabbed Julie Harmia as she was walking home from a bus stop, shoved his hand into her mouth, dragged her to a vacant lot and raped her.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585308~Suspect_in_Spokane_rapes_facing_civil_trial.html
  
  
• Pakistan pursues diplomacy with US on border raids (Examiner.com)
  Pakistan's government eased its rhetoric Saturday against unilateral U.S. attacks on militant havens near the Afghan border, saying it hopes quiet diplomacy will persuade Washington that the raids only inflame sentiment against leaders of both countries.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585249~Pakistan_pursues_diplomacy_with_US_on_border_raids.html
  
  
• Biden prepares for more prominent role in campaign (Examiner.com)
  The vice presidential nominee you aren't hearing so much about, Democrat Joe Biden, is planning a more prominent role to help validate Barack Obama among white working-class voters and criticize the Republican rival he's long called a friend.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585265~Biden_prepares_for_more_prominent_role_in_campaign.html
  
  
• Emergency meeting on Lehman rescue resumes (Examiner.com)
  With the global financial system holding its collective breath, the U.S. government scrambled Saturday to help devise a rescue for Lehman Brothers and restore confidence in Wall Street and the American financial structure.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585200~Emergency_meeting_on_Lehman_rescue_resumes.html
  
  
• Bombings hit New Delhi, killing 10, injuring 61 (Examiner.com)
  A coordinated series of bombings struck crowded shopping areas across India's capital Saturday evening, killing at least 10 people and wounding dozens, officials said. A Muslim extremist group claimed responsibility for the explosions.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585145~Bombings_hit_New_Delhi__killing_10__injuring_61.html
  
  
• Obama scales back campaign events in Ike's wake (Examiner.com)
  Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama asked his supporters Saturday to help with recovery from Hurricane Ike and canceled his plans to crack jokes on "Saturday Night Live" in the aftermath of the storm.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585221~Obama_scales_back_campaign_events_in_Ike_s_wake.html
  
  
• Gas prices spike overnight as Ike slams coast (Examiner.com)
  Gas prices jumped Saturday as Hurricane Ike pounded the refinery richregions of Texas and Louisiana, threatening to shut down the nation's vast energy complex in the Gulf of Mexico for days.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585252~Gas_prices_spike_overnight_as_Ike_slams_coast.html
  
  
• At least 18 killed in bombings, shootings in Iraq (Examiner.com)
  Gunmen on Saturday abducted and killed four employees of an Iraqi television station who were filming a program about the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, one of a series of attacks in Iraq that left at least 18 people dead.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585201~At_least_18_killed_in_bombings__shootings_in_Iraq.html
  
  
• Economic damage from Ike may be less than feared (Examiner.com)
  Because of where a weaker-than-expected Hurricane Ike landed, first impressions on Saturday were that the economic damage may not be as devastating as feared.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585169~Economic_damage_from_Ike_may_be_less_than_feared.html
  
  
• First US-Mex fence: fewer migrants, more violence (Examiner.com)
  There is a moment each evening, as the sun melts into the Pacific, when Colonia Libertad is at peace.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585264~First_US_Mex_fence__fewer_migrants__more_violence.html
  
  
• Night to Remember: Riding Out Ike (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Houston family spends terrifying night in a closet as Ike roared over them.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~4/391624703" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~3/391624703/wireStory
  
  
• Pope in Paris Condemns Love of Money (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Pope Benedict condemns modern thirst for money, power as 200,000 attend Paris outdoor Mass<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~4/391566497" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~3/391566497/wireStory
  
  
• At least seven killed by bombs in Indian capital (ABC Australia)
  Seven people were killed as a series of blasts hit the Indian capital New Delhi on Saturday (local time), television reports said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2363859.htm
  
  
• Ike blasts Texas coast, floods homes, cuts power (Examiner.com)
  Howling ashore with 110 mph winds, Hurricane Ike ravaged the Texas coast Saturday, flooding thousands of homes and businesses, shattering windows in Houston's skyscrapers and knocking out power to millions of people.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585124~Ike_blasts_Texas_coast__floods_homes__cuts_power.html
  
  
• Tina Fey 'likely' to play Sarah Palin on 'SNL' (Examiner.com)
  Tina Fey was "likely" to play Gov. Sarah Palin on "Saturday Night Live," said a person close to NBC's sketch comedy show.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585039~Tina_Fey__likely__to_play_Sarah_Palin_on__SNL_.html
  
  
• Houston family rides out Ike like many others (Examiner.com)
  Long before her windows started humming and the lanky pine trees began swaying, new mother Claudia Macias had second thoughts about her family's decision to ride out Hurricane Ike in their home on the far east side of Houston.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585090~Houston_family_rides_out_Ike_like_many_others.html
  
  
• SoCal train wreck toll rises to 17, with 135 hurt (Examiner.com)
  Emergency crews found more victims early Saturday, boosting the death toll to 17, as they delicately picked apart the mangled wreckage of a commuter train that collided head-on with a freight train on the same track.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585092~SoCal_train_wreck_toll_rises_to_17__with_135_hurt.html
  
  
• Pensioners may suffer with transport ticket changes (ABC Australia)
  The Victorian Opposition says some pensioners will suffer under changes to public transport tickets.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363838.htm
  
  
• Bush lifts restrictions on imported fuel due to Ike (ABC Australia)
  US President George W Bush has announced restrictions on imported gasoline have been suspended in response to Hurricane Ike, which had forced companies to abandon oil refineries along the Texas coast.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2363855.htm
  
  
• Saints march into prelims with Pies demolition (ABC Australia)
  St Kilda recovered from an embarrassing first-week finals performance to roar into the preliminary finals with a 34-point dismantling of Collingwood at the MCG on Saturday evening.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363830.htm
  
  
• Nigeria militants order oil workers to leave delta (ABC Australia)
  Nigeria's most prominent militant group has warned oil companies in the restive Niger Delta to withdraw their workers in the next 24 hours after a gunbattle with security forces.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363848.htm
  
  
• Dominant Sea Eagles slay Dragons (ABC Australia)
  Manly pummelled St George Illawarra into submission at Brookvale Oval on Saturday evening as Mark Gasnier and Nathan Brown were dealt an ignominious end to their time with the Dragons.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363832.htm
  
  
• Britain's Brown faces leadership challenge call (ABC Australia)
  British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is facing further challenges to his leadership.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363835.htm
  
  
• Explosions in New Delhi kill 8 (Examiner.com)
  A series of explosions across New Delhi killing at least eight people Saturday and injured 61, the mayor said. A Muslim militant group claimed responsibility.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585106~Explosions_in_New_Delhi_kill_8.html
  
  
• Labor suffers swings in local govt election (ABC Australia)
  It has been a bad night for Labor in NSW, with swings against the party in many of the local government elections.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363837.htm
  
  
• All Blacks edge Wallabies to secure double (ABC Australia)
  New Zealand wrenched the Tri-Nations and Bledisloe trophies from the Wallabies' grasp in a pulsating 28-24 win.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363826.htm
  
  
• Few safeguards for Mexican produce heading north (Examiner.com)
  At the end of a dirt road in northern Mexico, the conveyer belts processing hundreds of tons of vegetables a year for U.S. and Mexican markets are open to the elements, protected only by a corrugated metal roof.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585066~Few_safeguards_for_Mexican_produce_heading_north.html
  
  
• Vic Oppn calls for 'methane estate' inquiry (ABC Australia)
  The Victorian Opposition has called for an independent inquiry to find out why a housing estate was built next to a landfill, which is now leaking methane gas.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363819.htm
  
  
• In Ike's wake, Obama drops SNL, Biden skips rally (Examiner.com)
  Barack Obama's campaign toned down its events Saturday in response to Hurricane Ike, canceling plans for the Democratic presidential nominee to crack jokes on "Saturday Night Live" and for his running mate to appear at a joint rally.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585077~In_Ike_s_wake__Obama_drops_SNL__Biden_skips_rally.html
  
  
• At least 16 killed in bombings, shootings in Iraq (Examiner.com)
  Bombs and shootings killed at least 16 people in Iraq on Saturday, including four employees of an Iraqi television station who were abducted while filming a program about the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585080~At_least_16_killed_in_bombings__shootings_in_Iraq.html
  
  
• Mamma Mia! Sweden's ABBA museum hits snags (ABC Australia)
  A museum in Stockholm dedicated to legendary Swedish pop group ABBA has hit snags.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2363857.htm
  
  
• Germany urges US to find Lehman Brothers solution (Examiner.com)
  Germany called on U.S. authorities Saturday to find a solution for crisis-hit bank Lehman Brothers before Asian markets reopen for trading early Monday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585064~Germany_urges_US_to_find_Lehman_Brothers_solution.html
  
  
• Report: Bus crash in China kills 51 (Examiner.com)
  A state news agency says a fiery bus crash in China's mountainous southwest has killed 51 people.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585050~Report__Bus_crash_in_China_kills_51.html
  
  
• Rescue efforts continue at LA train crash site (ABC Australia)
  Rescuers have worked into the night at the scene of a passenger train smash outside Los Angeles.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363827.htm
  
  
• Palestinian stabs child in West Bank settlement (ABC Australia)
  A Palestinian stabbed a nine-year-old boy and burned down a house after sneaking into a West Bank settlement, Israeli and Palestinian security officials said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363823.htm
  
  
• Buckeyes' Wells out for game with Trojans (Examiner.com)
  Ohio State running back Chris "Beanie" Wells will not play for the fifth-ranked Buckeyes against No. 1 Southern California on Saturday night because of his injured right foot.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585000~Buckeyes__Wells_out_for_game_with_Trojans.html
  
  
• Report: Schools are offering fewer soft drinks (Examiner.com)
  Sugary soft drinks accounted for less than a quarter of the beverages sold in schools last year, demonstrating that a voluntary transition toward healthier drinks is working, the beverage industry said Wednesday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580312~Report__Schools_are_offering_fewer_soft_drinks.html
  
  
• Indians' Lee wins No. 22, beats Royals (Examiner.com)
  Cliff Lee won his 11th straight decision and moved a remarkable 20 games over .500 with his 22nd victory, leading the Cleveland Indians to a 12-5 win over the Kansas City Royals on Friday night.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585001~Indians__Lee_wins_No__22__beats_Royals.html
  
  
• Webb reaches 20 wins as Diamondbacks beat Reds 3-2 (Examiner.com)
  Brandon Webb tossed eight shutout innings to become the National League's first 20-game winner, and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Cincinnati Reds 3-2 on Friday night to end a six-game losing streak.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585002~Webb_reaches_20_wins_as_Diamondbacks_beat_Reds_3_2.html
  
  
• SoCal train wreck death toll rises to 17 (Examiner.com)
  Emergency crews found more victims early Saturday, boosting the death toll to 17, as they delicately picked apart the mangled wreckage of a commuter train that collided head-on with a freight train on the same track.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585028~SoCal_train_wreck_death_toll_rises_to_17.html
  
  
• Devastating Ike roars ashore in Galveston, Texas (Examiner.com)
  Massive Hurricane Ike ravaged southeast Texas early Saturday, battering the coast with driving rain and ferocious wind gusts as residents who decided too late they should have heeded calls to evacuate made futile calls for rescue.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585019~Devastating_Ike_roars_ashore_in_Galveston__Texas.html
  
  
• Bad milk powder affecting 432 Chinese babies: minister (ABC Australia)
  Some 432 Chinese babies have developed kidney stones blamed on contaminated milk powder, Health Minister Gao Qiang said, adding the manufacturer had been ordered to halt production.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363820.htm
  
  
• Sharks put Raiders to the sword (ABC Australia)
  Cronulla announced its arrival as a burgeoning attacking force in the NRL finals with a commanding 36-10 victory over a rudderless Canberra at Shark Park on Saturday evening.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363805.htm
  
  
• Cowdrey snares third gold in Beijing (ABC Australia)
  Australia's Matthew Cowdrey has won his sixth medal of the Beijing Paralympics, storming to victory in the 100 metres backstroke (S9).
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363818.htm
  
  
• Ten killed in Iraq bombings (ABC Australia)
  Insurgents set off two bomb attacks in Iraq on Saturday (local time), killing 10 people, most of them members of security forces, officials said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363806.htm
  
  
• Catania takes North West seat: WAEC (ABC Australia)
  The WA Electoral Commission (WAEC) has confirmed Labor candidate Vince Catania has claimed the seat of North West.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363811.htm
  
  
• NSW Independents, Greens faring well in early count (ABC Australia)
  Early counting in the NSW local government elections is showing a swing away from Labor.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363781.htm
  
  
• Russians troops pack up, leave western Georgia (Examiner.com)
  Hundreds of Russian forces packed up and withdrew from positions Saturday in western Georgia, and a Georgian official said Russia met a deadline for a partial pullout a month after the war between the two former Soviet republics.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585014~Russians_troops_pack_up__leave_western_Georgia.html
  
  
• Westpac says fixing internet banking system (ABC Australia)
  Westpac says it is working to restore its internet banking system after a hardware problem shut the service down earlier today.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363776.htm
  
  
• Wild elephant kills four in Nepal village: police (ABC Australia)
  A wild elephant has killed at least four people, including a 12-year-old girl, in a village in south-east Nepal, police said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363768.htm
  
  
• Pope in Paris condemns love of money, power (Examiner.com)
  Pope Benedict XVI condemned unbridled "pagan" passion for power, possessions and money as a modern-day plague on Saturday, as he led more than a quarter million Catholics at an outdoor Mass in Paris.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585016~Pope_in_Paris_condemns_love_of_money__power.html
  
  
• Truck wheels involved in Adelaide jogger's death (ABC Australia)
  Police are investigating how the wheels came free from a truck, hitting and killing a 36-year-old pedestrian.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363752.htm
  
  
• Wild weather warning for Victoria (ABC Australia)
  Thunderstorms expected to produce damaging winds and hailstones across parts of Victoria.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363751.htm
  
  
• EU finance ministers try to tackle soaring prices (Examiner.com)
  EU governments started talks Saturday on ways to curb soaring prices that have hit their economy hard by holding back consumer spending.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584995~EU_finance_ministers_try_to_tackle_soaring_prices.html
  
  
• Bombs kill 10 in Baghdad and near Iranian border (Examiner.com)
  A bomb concealed in a kiosk used to sell ice killed four people and wounded nine others Saturday at a security checkpoint in Baghdad, Iraqi authorities said.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585008~Bombs_kill_10_in_Baghdad_and_near_Iranian_border.html
  
  
• Chinese dairy knew milk fault weeks before recall (Examiner.com)
  A Chinese dairy that sold milk powder linked to kidney stones in infants and one death knew weeks before it ordered a recall that the product contained a banned chemical, the Health Ministry said Saturday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1585006~Chinese_dairy_knew_milk_fault_weeks_before_recall.html
  
  
• Pakistan pursuing diplomacy on cross-border raids (Examiner.com)
  Pakistan is backing off suggestions it might confront U.S. troops making raids into its territory in search of Islamic militants, saying Saturday it will deal diplomatically with Washington over the stepped-up tactics.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584983~Pakistan_pursuing_diplomacy_on_cross_border_raids.html
  
  
• Pilot makes 'historic' night landing in Antarctica (ABC Australia)
  A pilot has successfully landed an aircraft in Antarctica using night-vision goggles, a feat hailed as historic and one which could lead to year-round flights to the frozen continent.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363746.htm
  
  
• Devastating Ike roars ashore in Galveston (Examiner.com)
  A massive Hurricane Ike ravaged southeast Texas early Saturday, battering the coast with driving rain and ferocious wind gusts as residents who decided too late they should have heeded calls to evacuate made futile calls for rescue.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584962~Devastating_Ike_roars_ashore_in_Galveston.html
  
  
• Head-on train collision kills 12 in Los Angeles (Examiner.com)
  Leslie Burnstein heard screams of agony as she ran through a haze of smoke toward the twisted train wreckage where dozens of bloodied passengers were still trapped inside the cars.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584978~Head_on_train_collision_kills_12_in_Los_Angeles.html
  
  
• Ex-Antioch teachers launch school without campus (Examiner.com)
  In a wood-paneled basement filled with boxes of nuts, bolts and screws, a college journalism class is under way.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584969~Ex_Antioch_teachers_launch_school_without_campus.html
  
  
• CW says Doherty's '90210' adventure might continue (Examiner.com)
  Shannen Doherty has finished filming on CW's "90210," but don't bet that sequel to "Beverly Hills 90210" has seen the last of Brenda Walsh.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584797~CW_says_Doherty_s__90210__adventure_might_continue.html
  
  
• South Florida edges Kansas on dramatic field goal (Examiner.com)
  Freshman Maikon Bonani kicked a 43-yard field goal as time expired Friday night, giving No. 19 South Florida a 37-34 victory over No. 13 Kansas.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584959~South_Florida_edges_Kansas_on_dramatic_field_goal.html
  
  
• LA serial killer could be connected to other cases (Examiner.com)
  Investigators are reviewing at least 30 unsolved murder cases for possible links to an unidentified serial killer suspected in at least 11 slayings since 1985.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584967~LA_serial_killer_could_be_connected_to_other_cases.html
  
  
• US court reviews ruling in teen's terrorism death (Examiner.com)
  David Boim was standing at a bus stop in a West Bank town near Jerusalem 12 years ago when terrorists opened fire, fatally shooting the 17-year-old American teenager.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584937~US_court_reviews_ruling_in_teen_s_terrorism_death.html
  
  
• Suicide blast kills Afghan governor (ABC Australia)
  The governor of Afghanistan's Logar province has been killed in a suicide attack near Kabul, police said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363744.htm
  
  
• Spain 'to fight desertification' with 45m trees (ABC Australia)
  The Spanish Government says it will plant 45 million trees over the next four years to counter desertification caused by global warming.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363739.htm
  
  
• Ike makes landfall in Texas (ABC Australia)
  Hurricane Ike has made landfall in Galveston, Texas, driving a huge ocean surge over coastal areas.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363729.htm
  
  
• Polls closed in NSW local govt elections (ABC Australia)
  Polls have closed across New South Wales for the local government elections.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363742.htm
  
  
• Bomb kills Afghan governor, 3 others (Examiner.com)
  A remote control bomb that witnesses said was set off by two men on a nearby hilltop ripped through an Afghan provincial governor's vehicle on Saturday, killing the governor and three others, officials said.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584957~Bomb_kills_Afghan_governor__3_others.html
  
  
• Pair refused bail after airport drug bust (ABC Australia)
  Two men have been denied bail on drug import charges after their arrest at Sydney airport.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363734.htm
  
  
• Pakistan claims killing 72 militants in 3 days (Examiner.com)
  Pakistan's military said Saturday it killed at least 72 militants in three days of fighting near the Afghan border, where Taliban and al-Qaida militants are believed to be hiding.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584899~Pakistan_claims_killing_72_militants_in_3_days.html
  
  
• Meagher quits politics (ABC Australia)
  Former New South Wales health minister Reba Meagher has announced she has quit politics altogether.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363716.htm
  
  
• US Fed holds crisis talks as Lehman hunts for buyer (ABC Australia)
  The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has held emergency talks with officials of major Wall Street firms as concerns grew that Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc may fail to find a willing buyer to save the ailing institution.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363728.htm
  
  
• Russians apparently packing up in western Georgia (Examiner.com)
  Russian forces pulled out of the Black Sea port of Poti on Saturday and appeared to be preparing to withdraw from other positions in western Georgia weeks after a war in the ex-Soviet republic, eyewitnesses and officials said.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584889~Russians_apparently_packing_up_in_western_Georgia.html
  
  
• Vic pipeline deal sparks protests (ABC Australia)
  A day after the Fed Govt approved Victoria's north-south pipeline, opponents have held a protest at the proposed pump site.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363725.htm
  
  
• Hometown sees change with Palin's new role (Examiner.com)
  Ben Harrell waited for Gov. Sarah Palin to stop by at his Mocha Moose coffee house like she does most days she's back home. But things are different now when she's in town.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584926~Hometown_sees_change_with_Palin_s_new_role.html
  
  
• Huge crowd turns out for pope's visit to Paris (Examiner.com)
  Tens of thousands of people have turned out for Pope Benedict XVI's outdoor Mass in Paris.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584942~Huge_crowd_turns_out_for_pope_s_visit_to_Paris.html
  
  
• Walgreen offers $2.8B to buy Longs Drug Stores (Examiner.com)
  Walgreen Co. made an offer late Friday to buy Longs Drug Stores Corp. for $2.8 billion, hoping to unseat a rival offer from CVS Caremark Corp. that Longs had already accepted.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584639~Walgreen_offers__2_8B_to_buy_Longs_Drug_Stores.html
  
  
• Chinese dairy knew of milk contamination (Examiner.com)
  A dairy that sold milk powder linked to kidney stones in infants and one death knew in August it was tainted with a banned chemical, weeks before it ordered a recall, the Health Ministry said Saturday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584902~Chinese_dairy_knew_of_milk_contamination.html
  
  
• Decision to Twitter 3-Year-Old's Funeral Draws Fire (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Critics admonish a newspaper for live blogging a child's funeral.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Technology/~4/391102902" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Technology/~3/391102902/story
  
  
• Energetically Wrong (factcheck.org)
  Palin says Alaska supplies 20 percent of U.S. energy. Not true. Not even close.
  http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/energetically_wrong.html
  
  
• Did Sarah Palin sell the Alaska governor's jet on eBay? (factcheck.org)
  The jet was placed on eBay for sale, but it wasn't purchased from the site. The plane was eventually sold through an aircraft broker to businessman Larry Reynolds for less than the asking price and the original cost.
  http://www.factcheck.org/askfactcheck/did_sarah_palin_sell_the_alaska_governors.html
  
  
• Mexican police find 24 bodies dumped near capital (ABC Australia)
  Mexican police have found 24 bodies dumped near a small town close to the capital in one of the worst incidents yet amid a recent increase in drug gang killings, the local public prosecutor said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363706.htm
  
  
• Report: Titans' Young mentioned suicide (Examiner.com)
  The Tennessee Titans called police Monday night for help searching for Vince Young because his therapist told coach Jeff Fisher the quarterback mentioned suicide several times before driving away from his home with a gun.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584746~Report__Titans__Young_mentioned_suicide.html
  
  
• Colossal Hurricane Ike lashes Texas coast (Examiner.com)
  A monster-sized Hurricane Ike bore down on the Texas coast late Friday, threatening to rattle the sparkling skyscrapers of America's fourth-largest city, shut down the heart of the U.S oil industry for days and obliterate waterfront towns already flooded with waist-high water.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584721~Colossal_Hurricane_Ike_lashes_Texas_coast.html
  
  
• Webb reaches 20 wins as Arizona beats Cincy (Examiner.com)
  Brandon Webb tossed eight shutout innings to become the National League's first 20-game winner, and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Cincinnati Reds 3-2 on Friday night to end a six-game losing streak.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584796~Webb_reaches_20_wins_as_Arizona_beats_Cincy.html
  
  
• Freshman kicker gives USF dramatic win over Kansas (Examiner.com)
  Freshman Maikon Bonani kicked a 43-yard field goal as time expired Friday night, giving No. 19 South Florida a 37-34 victory over No. 13 Kansas.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584738~Freshman_kicker_gives_USF_dramatic_win_over_Kansas.html
  
  
• Tina Fey `likely' to play Sarah Palin on `SNL' (Examiner.com)
  Tina Fey is "likely" to play Gov. Sarah Palin on "Saturday Night Live," said a person close to NBC's sketch comedy show.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584745~Tina_Fey__likely__to_play_Sarah_Palin_on__SNL_.html
  
  
• Storms wreak havoc on baseball schedule (Examiner.com)
  Storm systems throughout the country wreaked havoc on the baseball schedule, postponing six games Friday night and creating a weekend full of doubleheaders.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584747~Storms_wreak_havoc_on_baseball_schedule.html
  
  
• LA prosecutor: Fashion designer was sex predator (Examiner.com)
  Fashion designer Anand Jon Alexander ditched his profession and turned into a serial predator, hunting for girls and young women to have humiliating and painful sex with him, a prosecutor said Friday during opening statements of his trial.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584765~LA_prosecutor__Fashion_designer_was_sex_predator.html
  
  
• Govt releases car emissions recommendations (ABC Australia)
  The Federal Government has put forward eight possible measures to reduce carbon emissions from Australian cars.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363701.htm
  
  
• Russian troops start withdrawal from Georgia (ABC Australia)
  Russian troops have left their first camp near the strategic port of Poti in western Georgia, in view of the accord concluded on September 8 between Russia and the European Union.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363700.htm
  
  
• Cyclist hit, killed in Cranbourne (ABC Australia)
  A cyclist is dead after being hit by a car at Cranbourne, in Melbourne's outer south-east.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363694.htm
  
  
• At least 10 dead, 100 hurt in LA train smash (ABC Australia)
  At least 10 people were killed and more than 100 injured after a freight train and commuter train collided head-on outside Los Angeles.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363691.htm
  
  
• Police find body at Blair Athol (ABC Australia)
  Adelaide police say they have found the body of a man at a business premises on Main North Road at Blair Athol.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363695.htm
  
  
• Two arrested after Sydney airport drug bust (ABC Australia)
  Two men have been arrested for allegedly trying to import into Australia cocaine concealed inside their bodies.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363684.htm
  
  
• South Australian MP to speak to WA Nationals (ABC Australia)
  A South Australian Nationals M-P, who's a minister in the Labor government, is in Perth as the WA Nationals meet to decide which major party they will support to form government.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363692.htm
  
  
• Restoring Labor confidence will take time: Rees (ABC Australia)
  NSW Premier Nathan Rees has cast his vote in the local council elections, saying he expects Labor will be punished with a protest vote.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363689.htm
  
  
• Nationals MPs meet over WA power-sharing deal (ABC Australia)
  National Party MPs have arrived at a Perth hotel for a meeting to discuss the power-sharing deals being put forward by the major parties.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363690.htm
  
  
• Police investigate fatal Athelstone smash (ABC Australia)
  Adelaide police are investigating a fatal crash at Athelstone this morning.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363685.htm
  
  
• Police investigate Echuca toddler's death (ABC Australia)
  Homicide detectives are investigating the suspicious death of a two-year-old girl at Echuca, on the Victoria-New South Wales border.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363681.htm
  
  
• Old boat given new lease on life (ABC Australia)
  Australia's oldest boat is being restored in an apple shed in the Huon Valley in southern Tasmania.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363687.htm
  
  
• Colossal Hurricane Ike Lashes Texas Coast (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Hurricane Ike batters Texas coast, cutting power, flooding roads, stranding stalwarts<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~4/391270022" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~3/391270022/wireStory
  
  
• At Least 10 Dead in LA Commuter Train Wreck (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Commuter and freight trains collide in LA; at least 10 dead, with 'victims on top of victims'<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~4/391270023" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~3/391270023/wireStory
  
  
• Fed Holds Meeting to Discuss Lehman Bros. (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Policymakers and major financial institutions meet to discuss ailing firm.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~4/391270024" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~3/391270024/wireStory
  
  
• FBI Wants More Tools to Fight Terror (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Bureau wants more latitude; critics say new rules could give FBI too much power.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~4/391197132" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~3/391197132/story
  
  
• Texas Terror: Monster Ike's Surge Threatens 'Catastrophic' Damage (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Hurricane batters coast, cutting power, flooding roads, stranding stalwarts.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~4/390603416" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~3/390603416/wireStory
  
  
• Cops: Mom Stole ID, Became Cheerleader (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Wis. mom, 33, charged after enrolling in school as her 15-year-old daughter.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~4/391197133" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~3/391197133/wireStory
  
  
• Iranian wheelchair basketball team withdraws from Paralympics (ABC Australia)
  The Iranian mens wheelchair basketball team has withdrawn from the Beijing Paralympics competition.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363680.htm
  
  
• Bolivia declares martial law in protest-hit region (ABC Australia)
  Bolivia's leftist government has declared martial law in an Amazon region where more than 10 people were killed in a wave of political violence sweeping the impoverished country.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363686.htm
  
  
• Palin defends record in Alaska, husband subpoenaed (ABC Australia)
  Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin has defended her record as governor of Alaska while an ethics panel subpoenaed her husband.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363682.htm
  
  
• Buckeyes' Wells is out for game with Trojans (Examiner.com)
  Ohio State running back Chris "Beanie" Wells will not play for the fifth-ranked Buckeyes against No. 1 Southern California on Saturday night because of his injured right foot.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584534~Buckeyes__Wells_is_out_for_game_with_Trojans.html
  
  
• Lee wins No. 22, beats Royals (Examiner.com)
  Cliff Lee won his 11th straight decision and moved a remarkable 20 games over .500 with his 22nd victory, leading the Cleveland Indians to a 12-5 win over the Kansas City Royals on Friday night.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584583~Lee_wins_No__22__beats_Royals.html
  
  
• Colossal Hurricane Ike bears down on Texas coast (Examiner.com)
  A monster-sized Hurricane Ike bore down on the Texas coast late Friday, threatening to rattle the sparkling skyscrapers of America's fourth-largest city, shut down the heart of the U.S oil industry for days and obliterate waterfront towns already flooded with waist-high water.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584673~Colossal_Hurricane_Ike_bears_down_on_Texas_coast.html
  
  
• Oprah to ask viewers to support Senate bill (Examiner.com)
  A few weeks after cheering presidential candidate Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention, Oprah Winfrey will take up a different kind of political activism.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584543~Oprah_to_ask_viewers_to_support_Senate_bill.html
  
  
• Ike brings hurricane-force gusts to Texas coast (Examiner.com)
  Hurricane-force gusts of at least 74 mph are lashing Galveston, Texas, as Hurricane Ike approaches.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584648~Ike_brings_hurricane_force_gusts_to_Texas_coast.html
  
  
• At least 10 killed in LA commuter train wreck (Examiner.com)
  A commuter train believed to have been carrying up to 350 people during the afternoon rush collided with a freight train Friday, killing at least 10 people, injuring dozens and trapping an unknown number of others in a mangled passenger car imploded by its own engine.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584689~At_least_10_killed_in_LA_commuter_train_wreck.html
  
  
• Group: Global warming could cost Ohio its buckeyes (Examiner.com)
  It's not the best-researched global-warming theory, but it could be the most horrifying to certain fans of college football: Environmentalists said Friday that climate change might push the growing range of Ohio's iconic buckeye tree out of the state, leaving it for archrival Michigan.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584328~Group__Global_warming_could_cost_Ohio_its_buckeyes.html
  
  
• 'Lost' star pleads no contest to DUI charges (Examiner.com)
  "Lost" star Daniel Dae Kim pleaded no contest to drunken driving charges and was ordered to pay a $500 fine. Whether his character on the popular castaway drama absorbs more punishment remains to be seen.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584531~_Lost__star_pleads_no_contest_to_DUI_charges.html
  
  
• Red Sox bounce back in rain with 7-0 victory (Examiner.com)
  Tim Wakefield pitched eight innings of shutout ball to bounce back from his shortest start in 15 years to help the Boston Red Sox stop their AL East slide with a 7-0 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584608~Red_Sox_bounce_back_in_rain_with_7_0_victory.html
  
  
• Hundreds of homes flood as Ike passes Louisiana (Examiner.com)
  Storm surge driven by Hurricane Ike breached levees in coastal Louisiana Friday and flooded hundreds of homes in areas along the Gulf of Mexico still recovering from Gustav.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584643~Hundreds_of_homes_flood_as_Ike_passes_Louisiana.html
  
  
• Serena Williams steps out for Simmons' runway show (Examiner.com)
  Serena Williams inspires her legion of fans as a world-class athlete, but for fashion inspiration, she turns to Kimora Lee Simmons.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584680~Serena_Williams_steps_out_for_Simmons__runway_show.html
  
  
• Rain, rain go away: Yankees and Rays postponed (Examiner.com)
  The final homestand at Yankee Stadium began Friday on a night as dreary as New York's season.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584473~Rain__rain_go_away__Yankees_and_Rays_postponed.html
  
  
• O.J. Simpson jury neither his dream nor nightmare (Examiner.com)
  It is not the jury of O.J. Simpson's dreams, but neither does it shape up to be his nightmare.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584439~O_J__Simpson_jury_neither_his_dream_nor_nightmare.html
  
  
• Calif. man charged with killing 4, burning house (Examiner.com)
  An 18-year-old man was charged Friday with murdering a woman and her three young daughters, then setting fire to their home, and authorities say they consider the man a "person of interest" in the death of a 90-year-old woman whose body was found in her burned home in May.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584255~Calif__man_charged_with_killing_4__burning_house.html
  
  
• Stranded freighter forced to ride out Ike (ABC Australia)
  Gale-force winds have forced the US Coast Guard to abort a rescue of 22 crew-members stranded aboard a freighter drifting in the Gulf of Mexico as Hurricane Ike barrelled toward the Texas coast, the Coast Guard said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363664.htm
  
  
• Moderate quake hits in Indonesia (ABC Australia)
  A moderate 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Indonesia on Saturday, geologists said, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363655.htm
  
  
• Medvedev compares Georgia conflict to Sept 11 attacks (ABC Australia)
  Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has described Georgia's attack against South Ossetia last month as Russia's equivalent of the September 11 terrorist attacks.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363643.htm
  
  
• Lawyer calls for improvements to Garibaldi victims' medical agreements (ABC Australia)
  An Adelaide lawyer who is representing 20 people affected by the 1995 Garibaldi food poisoning outbreak says he wants to improve aspects of their lifetime medical care agreement.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363665.htm
  
  
• Fire-hit Channel Tunnel reopens to freight trains (ABC Australia)
  The fire-hit Channel Tunnel rail link between Britain and France has reopened to freight services, a spokesman for operators Eurotunnel told AFP.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363631.htm
  
  
• Palin says Obama regrets bypassing Clinton (Examiner.com)
  Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin said Friday she thinks Barack Obama regrets not making Hillary Rodham Clinton his running mate.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584463~Palin_says_Obama_regrets_bypassing_Clinton.html
  
  
• Residents consider legal action over 'methane development' (ABC Australia)
  The Casey Council in Melbourne is yet to comment on revelations that an out-of-court settlement paved the way for a housing development near a council tip at Cranbourne, that could force residents from their homes.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363662.htm
  
  
• Two dead, 23 injured in Los Angeles train collision (ABC Australia)
  A passenger train has collided head-on with a freight train near Los Angeles, causing at least two deaths and 23 injuries, local firefighters said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363632.htm
  
  
• Biden's son quits lobbying work (Examiner.com)
  Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden's son Hunter has stopped working as a federal lobbyist, work that had made him a Republican target in the presidential contest.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584471~Biden_s_son_quits_lobbying_work.html
  
  
• Fed Opposition has 'zero faith' in pipeline deal (ABC Australia)
  The Federal Opposition says it doesn't trust the Victorian Government to conduct audits for the north-south water pipeline.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363603.htm
  
  
• Whites lift McCain to slim lead over Obama in poll (Examiner.com)
  An overwhelming advantage in experience and lopsided support from working-class and suburban whites have lifted Republican John McCain to a slender lead over Barack Obama less than two months from Election Day, a poll on the presidential race said Friday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584045~Whites_lift_McCain_to_slim_lead_over_Obama_in_poll.html
  
  
• Emergency meeting held to discuss Lehman Brothers (Examiner.com)
  The Federal Reserve Bank of New York held an emergency meeting Friday night with top Washington policymakers and major financial institutions to discuss the future of Lehman Brothers.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584582~Emergency_meeting_held_to_discuss_Lehman_Brothers.html
  
  
• Worries simmer over absent North Korean strongman (Examiner.com)
  The "Dear Leader" is ill and out of sight - at a time when North Korea is backtracking on a pledge to abandon its nuclear ambitions and is building a missile base that analysts say could put U.S. territory within range.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584431~Worries_simmer_over_absent_North_Korean_strongman.html
  
  
• Can I Ever Be Cured Of My Allergy? (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Dr. Jordan Josephson answers the question: 'Can I Ever Be Cured Of My Allergy?'<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~4/391007629" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~3/391007629/story
  
  
• Developing Seasonal Allergies As Adults? (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Dr. Katial answers the question: 'Developing Seasonal Allergies As Adults?'<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~4/391007645" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~3/391007645/story
  
  
• Atopic Dermatitis Versus Eczema? (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Dr. David Hauswirth answers the question: 'Atopic Dermatitis Versus Eczema?'<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~4/391007647" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~3/391007647/story
  
  
• Should Everyone Get A Flu Vaccine? (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Dr. James Conway answers the question: 'Should Everyone Get A Flu Vaccine?'<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~4/391007648" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~3/391007648/story
  
  
• Are There Foods To Help Prevent A Cold? (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Dr. Owen Hendley answers the question: 'Are There Foods To Help Prevent A Cold?'<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~4/391007649" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~3/391007649/story
  
  
• Sarah Palin Discusses Abortion, Hillary Clinton, Congressional Waste (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Vice presidential candidate talks with Charles Gibson in exclusive interview.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Politics/~4/390976794" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Politics/~3/390976794/story
  
  
• Wind, Rain, Floods: Hurricane Ike 'Catastrophic' (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Hurricane Ike is the "worst-case scenario," emergency officials say.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~4/390730444" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~3/390730444/story
  
  
• Is There A Natural Remedy for a Fever? (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Dr. Andrew Pavia answers the question: 'Is There A Natural Remedy for Fever?'<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~4/391007650" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~3/391007650/story
  
  
• Palin: Obama Regrets Not Picking Hillary (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Vice presidential candidate talks with Charlie Gibson in exclusive interview.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Politics/~4/391007561" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Politics/~3/391007561/story
  
  
• L.A. Commuter Rail, Freight Train Collide (my.abcnews.go.com)
  At least 2 are dead, many more feared injured from high-impact crash.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~4/391129982" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~3/391129982/wireStory
  
  
• Palin Interviews Pundits Give Mixed Reviews (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Pundits give mixed reviews to GOP VP nominee Sarah Palin's first interviews.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Politics/~4/390976795" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Politics/~3/390976795/story
  
  
• US, Latin America Diplomatic Crisis Heats Up (my.abcnews.go.com)
  A diplomatic fracas heats up with the populist leaders of Venezuela and Bolivia.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~4/391100445" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~3/391100445/wireStory
  
  
• Outrage After Reporter Twitters Funeral (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Critics admonish a newspaper for live blogging 3-year-old's funeral.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~4/391070547" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~3/391070547/story
  
  
• British MP sacked after challenging Brown's leadership (ABC Australia)
  British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is facing a challenge to his leadership from within his Government.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363600.htm
  
  
• Mom allegedly uses daughter's ID to be cheerleader (Examiner.com)
  A 33-year-old woman was charged with stealing her daughter's identity to attend high school and join the cheerleading team.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584228~Mom_allegedly_uses_daughter_s_ID_to_be_cheerleader.html
  
  
• Police: Search for Young because of suicide talk (Examiner.com)
  The Tennessee Titans called police Monday night for help searching for Vince Young because his therapist told coach Jeff Fisher the quarterback mentioned suicide several times before driving away from his home with a gun.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584355~Police__Search_for_Young_because_of_suicide_talk.html
  
  
• Authorities: Many stayed behind on Texas coast (Examiner.com)
  Authorities say tens of thousands have ignored evacuation orders and are staying behind as Hurricane Ike takes aim at the Texas coast.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584217~Authorities__Many_stayed_behind_on_Texas_coast.html
  
  
• NY charity turns down share of $3M lottery jackpot (Examiner.com)
  A New York charity says it has turned down a share of a $3 million lottery jackpot because accepting the money could send the wrong message to gambling addicts.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584005~NY_charity_turns_down_share_of__3M_lottery_jackpot.html
  
  
• FDA expands use of cervical cancer vaccine (Examiner.com)
  The cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil also works to prevent cancers of the vagina and vulva, federal health officials said Friday, as they approved expanding its use to protect against those diseases as well.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584241~FDA_expands_use_of_cervical_cancer_vaccine.html
  
  
• Hurricane Ike grows as it closes in on Texas (Examiner.com)
  Hurricane Ike, a colossal storm nearly as big as Texas itself, began battering the coast Friday, threatening to obliterate waterfront towns and give the skyscrapers, refineries and docks of the nation's fourth-largest city their worst pounding in a generation.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584347~Hurricane_Ike_grows_as_it_closes_in_on_Texas.html
  
  
• At least 2 dead in LA commuter train wreck (Examiner.com)
  The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department says two people have been killed in the collision of a Metrolink commuter train and a freight train.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584432~At_least_2_dead_in_LA_commuter_train_wreck.html
  
  
• UNICEF: child mortality down 27 percent since 1990 (Examiner.com)
  The U.N. Children's Fund said Friday the number of children who die before the age of five has declined by 27 percent over the last two decades, and the rate is expected to continue falling.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584337~UNICEF__child_mortality_down_27_percent_since_1990.html
  
  
• Yankees lose more ground, falling 5-2 to Mariners (Examiner.com)
  Jose Lopez hit two homers, Ryan Feierabend went from idle to impressive and the Seattle Mariners sent the New York Yankees tumbling into fourth place with a 5-2 victory on Sunday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575401~Yankees_lose_more_ground__falling_5_2_to_Mariners.html
  
  
• Cavaliers sign guard Delonte West (Examiner.com)
  Two prolonged contract holdouts early last season hurt the Cleveland Cavaliers, damaging their chances of getting back to the NBA finals.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584287~Cavaliers_sign_guard_Delonte_West.html
  
  
• 1900 hurricane changed Galveston _ and forecasting (Examiner.com)
  The storm came without a name - without warning - and it shaped the future of weather forecasting.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584233~1900_hurricane_changed_Galveston___and_forecasting.html
  
  
• Queen gives charity concert in Ukraine (Examiner.com)
  Queen sang to tens of thousands of Ukrainians in a charity concert meant to raise money and AIDS awareness in this ex-Soviet republic.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584256~Queen_gives_charity_concert_in_Ukraine.html
  
  
• Broncos' Marshall pleads guilty to reduced charge (Examiner.com)
  Broncos wide receiver Brandon Marshall pleaded guilty to a reduced charge in a drunken-driving case and was sentenced to a year of probation.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584279~Broncos__Marshall_pleads_guilty_to_reduced_charge.html
  
  
• Judge halts immigrant rental ban in Dallas suburb (Examiner.com)
  A federal judge on Friday stopped a Dallas suburb's latest attempt to drive away illegal immigrants, ruling that Farmers Branch cannot enforce a ban on home rentals to those who can't prove they live legally in the country.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584409~Judge_halts_immigrant_rental_ban_in_Dallas_suburb.html
  
  
• Woman who slashed Mo. mom, took baby gets 30 years (Examiner.com)
  A woman who slashed a young mother's throat and kidnapped her newborn in rural eastern Missouri, setting off a frantic search that drew national attention, was sentenced Friday to 30 years in prison.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584340~Woman_who_slashed_Mo__mom__took_baby_gets_30_years.html
  
  
• Retailers push for stronger self-defence laws (ABC Australia)
  Queensland's Attorney-General is being asked to change laws so shopkeepers have the right to arm themselves against violent thieves.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363601.htm
  
  
• Smith silent on possible Indian uranium request (ABC Australia)
  Foreign Minister Stephen Smith is not saying whether his Indian counterpart directly requested access to Australian uranium exports during talks in New Delhi.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363599.htm
  
  
• Wallabies promise relentless encounter against All Blacks (ABC Australia)
  Australia will attack New Zealand at pace in their deciding Tri-Nations match in Brisbane tonight, Wallabies coach Robbie Deans said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363560.htm
  
  
• Education Qld to survey sex-related incidents (ABC Australia)
  Education Queensland will head a state-wide survey into sex-related incidents at schools.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363567.htm
  
  
• Costello prepared acceptance speech: memoirs (ABC Australia)
  Peter Costello has revealed that he prepared an acceptance speech after being told he would soon be prime minister.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363565.htm
  
  
• Search for missing yacht called off (ABC Australia)
  The search for two men missing in a yacht off Australia's east coast has been called off.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363564.htm
  
  
• Labor backlash expected in NSW local elections (ABC Australia)
  NSW Premier Nathan Rees says Labor will struggle in today's local government elections.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363562.htm
  
  
• Obama ratchets up counterattacks on McCain (Examiner.com)
  Belittling John McCain as a relic of the disco age, Democrat Barack Obama pushed his campaign Friday to a new level of counter-punching "on the issues that matter" and directed his running mate to be tougher on their Republican opponents.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584260~Obama_ratchets_up_counterattacks_on_McCain.html
  
  
• Lehman may need a miracle to survive (Examiner.com)
  The Wall Street firm that started the U.S. cotton trade before the Civil War and financed the railroads that built a nation might soon fade into history.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584357~Lehman_may_need_a_miracle_to_survive.html
  
  
• Pakistan could end cooperation in war on terror (Examiner.com)
  The furor intensified Friday over Washington's decision to pursue Islamic militant targets inside Pakistan, with opposition lawmakers threatening the country could pull out of the war on terror if the U.S. refuses to respect its borders.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584056~Pakistan_could_end_cooperation_in_war_on_terror.html
  
  
• Nationals to make decision by Sunday (ABC Australia)
  The WA Nationals say they will decide who to side with by midday on Sunday.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363558.htm
  
  
• Volatile Wall Street mixed as Lehman future mulled (ABC Australia)
  Wall Street shares have zigzagged to a mixed finish in a market whipsawed by reports and speculation about the fate of two troubled financial firms, Lehman Brothers and Washington Mutual.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363557.htm
  
  
• Palin defends her pet project requests (Examiner.com)
  Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Friday defended the nearly $200 million in federal pet projects she sought as Alaska governor this year even as John McCain told a television audience she had never requested them.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584239~Palin_defends_her_pet_project_requests.html
  
  
• GM support grows to $10.6B in new plan for Delphi (Examiner.com)
  Delphi Corp. and General Motors Corp. said Friday they have reached a new deal on the automaker's role in Delphi's bankruptcy that puts the supplier on track to exit Chapter 11 by the end of the year.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584250~GM_support_grows_to__10_6B_in_new_plan_for_Delphi.html
  
  
• Pope, in France, cautions against fanaticism (Examiner.com)
  Pope Benedict XVI encouraged a greater role for religion in European society but cautioned against fanaticism as he met Friday with political, Jewish and Muslim leaders in his first papal visit to France.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584114~Pope__in_France__cautions_against_fanaticism.html
  
  
• Literary figures dismiss Costello memoirs (ABC Australia)
  Some of Australia's better-known literary figures have taken a swipe at Peter Costello's memoirs.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363556.htm
  
  
• Oil's fall to $100 won't change frugal energy use (Examiner.com)
  The worst oil shock since the 1970s has put a permanent mark on the American way of life that even a drop in oil's price below $100 a barrel won't erase.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584067~Oil_s_fall_to__100_won_t_change_frugal_energy_use.html
  
  
• English Channel tunnel reopens after fire (Examiner.com)
  Freight trains began rolling late Friday through the undersea tunnel that revolutionized travel between France and England, after firefighters extinguished an intense blaze that shut down service for more than a day.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584327~English_Channel_tunnel_reopens_after_fire.html
  
  
• Family writes apology to Thai king on behalf of son (ABC Australia)
  The family of an Australian man charged with insulting the king of Thailand has written an apology to the royal family.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363553.htm
  
  
• Thai government withdraws Samak nomination (ABC Australia)
  The governing party in Thailand has withdrawn the nomination of Samak Sundaravej as its candidate for Prime Minister.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363554.htm
  
  
• Texans urged to flee as Ike menaces coast (ABC Australia)
  Authorities have urged residents to flee the Texas coast, as Hurricane Ike nears.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363545.htm
  
  
• US expels Venezuelan ambassador (ABC Australia)
  The United States has expelled Venezuela's ambassador.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363546.htm
  
  
• Car bomb kills 30 north of Baghdad (ABC Australia)
  A car bomb has killed 30 people and wounded dozens in Dujail, north of Baghdad.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363544.htm
  
  
• Ike threatens to devastate Texas coastal towns (Examiner.com)
  A massive Hurricane Ike sent white waves crashing over a seawall and tossed a disabled 584-foot freighter in rough water as it steamed toward Texas Friday, threatening to devastate coastal towns and batter America's fourth-largest city.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584077~Ike_threatens_to_devastate_Texas_coastal_towns.html
  
  
• Citing faith and fate, some choose to ride out Ike (Examiner.com)
  At first, even the threat of "certain death" was not enough to persuade Bobby Taylor to flee this small town directly in the path of Hurricane Ike.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584092~Citing_faith_and_fate__some_choose_to_ride_out_Ike.html
  
  
• Hurricane Ike puts Houston's mayor in spotlight (Examiner.com)
  Houston's quiet-spoken mayor is hardly one for bold moves. But there was Bill White, telling Houstonians to ride out Hurricane Ike because it was too late to escape.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584003~Hurricane_Ike_puts_Houston_s_mayor_in_spotlight.html
  
  
• Emmys double up on Conrad; presenter, designer (Examiner.com)
  The Emmy Awards just can't get enough of Lauren Conrad. Conrad, made famous by the reality series "The Hills," has been tapped to present an award, the TV academy said. She'd already been called on to design a gown for one of the "trophy girls" who bring awards on-stage.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583939~Emmys_double_up_on_Conrad__presenter__designer.html
  
  
• Hurricane Ike deals a blow to Gulf Coast sports (Examiner.com)
  With Hurricane Ike surging toward Texas, three more college football games had to be rescheduled.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584074~Hurricane_Ike_deals_a_blow_to_Gulf_Coast_sports.html
  
  
• Ex-neighbor of Clintons on trial in wife's death (Examiner.com)
  A disbarred lawyer who lived three doors down from the Clintons and was down to $300 in his bank account executed his wife of 30 years to collect her nearly $900,000 life insurance policy, a prosecutor said Friday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583943~Ex_neighbor_of_Clintons_on_trial_in_wife_s_death.html
  
  
• Martha Stewart starts a new TV season back at home (Examiner.com)
  Martha Stewart is inviting everybody over.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583981~Martha_Stewart_starts_a_new_TV_season_back_at_home.html
  
  
• State looks into police action at ECU game (Examiner.com)
  The State Bureau of Investigation is looking into reports that some police used excessive force on football fans during East Carolina's dramatic win last weekend.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583940~State_looks_into_police_action_at_ECU_game.html
  
  
• 3 die in Neb. trench collapse trying to save 4th (Examiner.com)
  Officials in northeast Nebraska say four construction workers died in a collapsed trench after one of them fell in and his co-workers tried to rescue him.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584127~3_die_in_Neb__trench_collapse_trying_to_save_4th.html
  
  
• Dutch on edge as 'horror dentists' go on trial (Examiner.com)
  Just thinking about it is enough to rattle your teeth. The Dutch media are enthralled by the trials of two men dubbed the "horror dentists." They were caught separately practicing without licenses - and, according to the allegations, without much skill, either.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583824~Dutch_on_edge_as__horror_dentists__go_on_trial.html
  
  
• Judy Davis awarded interest in defamation case (Examiner.com)
  Judy Davis won more than $8,000 in interest Friday for damages she was awarded from a newspaper that ridiculed her as heartless for opposing a plan to erect floodlights in a park near her Sydney harbor-side home.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583812~Judy_Davis_awarded_interest_in_defamation_case.html
  
  
• Browns' WR Edwards gets speeding ticket (Examiner.com)
  A star-struck police officer who made a traffic stop on Cleveland Browns wide receiver Braylon Edwards let the player go without a speeding ticket, a suburban police chief said Friday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583955~Browns__WR_Edwards_gets_speeding_ticket.html
  
  
• Schwarzenegger facing criticism from all sides (Examiner.com)
  The summer's been a bummer for Arnold Schwarzenegger. Although he still likes to say being governor of California is the best job he's ever had, Schwarzenegger has faced near-constant criticism from all sides in the state's drawn-out fiscal crisis.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583944~Schwarzenegger_facing_criticism_from_all_sides.html
  
  
• Comcast to beef up its Fancast entertainment site (Examiner.com)
  Comcast Corp. has reached agreements with several major content providers to offer their shows on its entertainment Web site, Fancast.com.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584063~Comcast_to_beef_up_its_Fancast_entertainment_site.html
  
  
• Daniel Radcliffe prepares for the Broadway stage (Examiner.com)
  Daniel Radcliffe is talking about Alan Strang, the troubled young man he plays in "Equus," the Peter Shaffer drama now being revived on Broadway.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584120~Daniel_Radcliffe_prepares_for_the_Broadway_stage.html
  
  
• Redskins' Kendall, Giants' Pierce fined $5K each (Examiner.com)
  Washington Redskins guard Pete Kendall and New York Giants linebacker Antonio Pierce were each fined $5,000 by the NFL on Friday for their actions during a push-and-shove incident in the teams' season opener.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583989~Redskins__Kendall__Giants__Pierce_fined__5K_each.html
  
  
• 2 die in shooting at Philly youth basketball event (Examiner.com)
  Two gunmen fired on a group of people gathered for a trophy presentation after a neighborhood youth basketball game, killing the league's organizer and a teenager, and wounding four others.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584105~2_die_in_shooting_at_Philly_youth_basketball_event.html
  
  
• Writer Hirsi Ali emerges to accept award (Examiner.com)
  Best-selling author Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a prominent critic of Islam, said it's difficult living in isolation because of death threats from Muslims offended by her work.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583884~Writer_Hirsi_Ali_emerges_to_accept_award.html
  
  
• Rain washes out Cup qualifying (Examiner.com)
  Rain washed out NASCAR Sprint Cup qualifying for the second straight week. This time, though, Joey Logano gets to race.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584047~Rain_washes_out_Cup_qualifying.html
  
  
• Program helps fishermen turn junk gear into power (Examiner.com)
  When fishing gear is lost off boats, it's not really gone. In webs and rolling clumps, the nets, ropes and traps endure for decades as destructive artifacts of the fishery, suffocating life on the ocean floor, snaring fish and twisting into propellers.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583816~Program_helps_fishermen_turn_junk_gear_into_power.html
  
  
• Love or hate her, Palin's all we're talking about (Examiner.com)
  It's happening around the coffee machine at work and the dinner table at home. Your hear it at football games, cocktail parties and on supermarket lines. It's consuming unmeasurable chunks of cyberspace.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583924~Love_or_hate_her__Palin_s_all_we_re_talking_about.html
  
  
• Analysis: McCain sidekick grabs the limelight (Examiner.com)
  If there were any doubts that the sidekick was stealing the show, they were put to rest when Sarah Palin took off for Alaska with a wave from the tarmac by John McCain.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583915~Analysis__McCain_sidekick_grabs_the_limelight.html
  
  
• McCain supports highway bill (Examiner.com)
  John McCain supports an $8 billion infusion of funding for federal highway construction, his campaign said Friday, even though some of the money would cover pork barrel projects the Republican presidential candidate has vowed to stamp out.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584027~McCain_supports_highway_bill.html
  
  
• AP poll: Whites help McCain to slim lead (Examiner.com)
  An overwhelming advantage in experience and lopsided support from working-class and suburban whites have lifted Republican John McCain to a slender lead over Barack Obama less than two months from Election Day, a poll on the presidential race said Friday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584040~AP_poll__Whites_help_McCain_to_slim_lead.html
  
  
• Stocks mixed as energy sector rises, Lehman falls (Examiner.com)
  Stocks finished another volatile session narrowly mixed Friday, as gains in the energy, utilities and materials sectors helped offset some of Wall Street's angst over the fate of Lehman Brothers Holders Inc.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584021~Stocks_mixed_as_energy_sector_rises__Lehman_falls.html
  
  
• Court win opens way for Zuma presidency in SAfrica (Examiner.com)
  The man likely to be South Africa's next president emerged victorious Friday from a corruption case that dogged him eight years, getting a hero's welcome from supporters hungry for a charismatic leader who understands the pain of poverty.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583899~Court_win_opens_way_for_Zuma_presidency_in_SAfrica.html
  
  
• Fact Check: McCain misstates Palin earmarks record (Examiner.com)
  John McCain continued to laud his running mate, Sarah Palin, as a budget cutter on Friday, this time erroneously asserting that as governor of Alaska she had not sought congressional earmarks for her state.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584011~Fact_Check__McCain_misstates_Palin_earmarks_record.html
  
  
• Gasoline rises on Ike, but crude dips below $100 (Examiner.com)
  Gasoline prices jumped at the wholesale level Friday as Hurricane Ike swept through Gulf of Mexico, prompting companies along the Texas coast to shut down refining and drilling operations.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583949~Gasoline_rises_on_Ike__but_crude_dips_below__100.html
  
  
• Will Iraq squander the gains of the surge? (Examiner.com)
  The U.S. troop surge did what it aimed: Calm Iraq down. But now, an increasing number of U.S. officials are worried that the hard-won drop in violence may be only temporary.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583773~Will_Iraq_squander_the_gains_of_the_surge_.html
  
  
• Alaska lawmakers vote to subpoena Todd Palin (Examiner.com)
  Alaska lawmakers voted Friday to subpoena the husband of Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican vice presidential candidate, in a move that transformed a messy state personnel issue into a national campaign controversy.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584032~Alaska_lawmakers_vote_to_subpoena_Todd_Palin.html
  
  
• Cuomo: Fidelity to settle auction-rate probe (Examiner.com)
  Fidelity Investments will buy back $300 million worth of auction-rate securities from its customers to settle an investigation, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's office says.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583973~Cuomo__Fidelity_to_settle_auction_rate_probe.html
  
  
• Pope speaks to Muslims, others, about faith (Examiner.com)
  Pope Benedict XVI denounced fundamentalist fanaticism as he addressed cultural figures, including Muslim leaders, at the start of a French pilgrimage Friday, which enflamed debate in Paris over the influence religion should have on politics.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583922~Pope_speaks_to_Muslims__others__about_faith.html
  
  
• McCain fumbles Palin's record on earmark requests (Examiner.com)
  Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Friday defended two debunked television ads attacking Democrat Barack Obama and claimed erroneously that running mate Sarah Palin never sought money for lawmakers' pet projects as Alaska governor.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583876~McCain_fumbles_Palin_s_record_on_earmark_requests.html
  
  
• Sales slide in August while price pressures abate (Examiner.com)
  The largest drop in wholesale prices in nearly two years in August failed to spur consumers to spend more at the shopping malls, raising new worries about a possible recession as the temporary boost from tax rebate checks becomes a distant memory.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1584034~Sales_slide_in_August_while_price_pressures_abate.html
  
  
• Pentagon team to assess Georgia's military needs (Examiner.com)
  In a delicate mission, a U.S. Defense Department team is coming to assess Georgia's military needs after its war with Russia, a show of support that is certain to stoke Moscow's anger.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583983~Pentagon_team_to_assess_Georgia_s_military_needs.html
  
  
• Biden releases 10 years of personal tax records (Examiner.com)
  Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden and his wife on Friday released a decade of their personal financial records, showing a veteran U.S. senator who earned less than many of his congressional colleagues.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583655~Biden_releases_10_years_of_personal_tax_records.html
  
  
• Alaska Airlines to cut capacity, slash jobs (Examiner.com)
  Alaska Airlines said Friday it will cut capacity by 8 percent this winter and slash up to 1,000 jobs, as high fuel costs and a weak economy provide a "one-two punch" to the carrier's bottom line.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583933~Alaska_Airlines_to_cut_capacity__slash_jobs.html
  
  
• Thailand's Samak gives up bid for PM's job (Examiner.com)
  Thailand's ousted prime minister on Friday abandoned his bid to regain his job but the surprise move failed to appease protesters who responded with a call to purge the entire Cabinet.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583990~Thailand_s_Samak_gives_up_bid_for_PM_s_job.html
  
  
• Hurricane Ike makes economic landfall (Examiner.com)
  Hurricane Ike may still be in the Gulf of Mexico, but its economic impact has already made landfall, sending wholesale gasoline prices soaring Friday and straining the nation's fuel supply chain.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583797~Hurricane_Ike_makes_economic_landfall.html
  
  
• Mexico, US find no al-Qaida links since 9/11 (Examiner.com)
  Mexico says it has arrested 12 people on terrorism charges in the years since the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S., but an official said none were linked to Muslim extremist groups like al-Qaida nor were any planning to strike in the United States.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583769~Mexico__US_find_no_al_Qaida_links_since_9_11.html
  
  
• Car Bomb in Iraq Kills at Least 32 (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Iraqi officials say car bombing in the town of Dujail kills 32 and wounds 43.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~4/390929066" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~3/390929066/wireStory
  
  
• US Teacher Charged With Insulting Prophet (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Bahraini prosecutor charges American teacher with insulting Prophet Muhammad.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~4/390772655" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~3/390772655/wireStory
  
  
• Who Made Palin's Spectacular Specs? (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Kawasaki's frames have adorned the faces of Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~4/390864993" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~3/390864993/story
  
  
• Italian Language Police vs. 'Anglitaliano' (my.abcnews.go.com)
  As more Italians speak English, group lashes out against 'Anglitaliano.'<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~4/390740356" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~3/390740356/story
  
  
• Excerpt: 'Jungle Jack: My Wild Life' (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Jack Hanna shares hilarious stories about life with the animals in new memoir.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~4/390807289" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~3/390807289/story
  
  
• U.S. and Venezuela Escalate Crisis (my.abcnews.go.com)
  CARACAS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States imposed sanctions on Venezuelan officials on Friday, escalating a diplomatic crisis between leftist Latin American leaders and Washington that raises the specter of an oil supply cutoff. The sanctions and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's threat to stop crude sales to the United States plunged ties between the superpower and one of its top energy suppliers to the lowest point in years. Chavez, who calls Cuba's Fidel Castro a mentor and sees Russia as a counterbalance to U.S. power, had warned on Thursday that world crude prices would immediately double to above $200 a barrel if he cuts oil to the United States. The clash was part of a long-brewing conflict between the United States and Latin America's bloc of left-wing leaders antagonistic to traditional U.S. dominance in the region. Tensions were already high after Chavez allowed two Russian long-range bombers to land in Venezuela and took Moscow's side in...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~4/390827435" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~3/390827435/wireStory
  
  
• Make Extra $$: Consignment Conventions (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Find out how to take part in these stadium-sized garage sales.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~4/390807290" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~3/390807290/story
  
  
• Gas Price Gouging Hits Hurricane States (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Officials are instituting emergency anti-price gouging laws in their states.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Business/~4/390918957" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Business/~3/390918957/story
  
  
• 'View' to a Grill: McCain vs. Joy, Whoopi (my.abcnews.go.com)
  GOP presidential nominee John McCain defends his campaign's ads on "The View."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~4/390918954" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~3/390918954/story
  
  
• Analysis: US Relations With Leftists Leaders Sour (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Analysis: Yankee, go home: Latin American leftists boot US ambassadors as relations sour<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~4/390827437" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~3/390827437/wireStory
  
  
• Read an Excerpt: 'The Necklace' (my.abcnews.go.com)
  The true tale of how one piece of jewelry changed 13 women's lives.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~4/390807293" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~3/390807293/story
  
  
• Boy's Breathing Tube Catches Fire (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Patient injured during routine surgery-- could it happen to you?<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~4/390918955" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~3/390918955/story
  
  
• Street Fights, Gas Disruptions Plague Bolivia (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Violent street clashes, natural gas disruptions assail Bolivia's volatile east<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~4/390827441" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~3/390827441/wireStory
  
  
• Palin Rollout Has Reached Next Phase (my.abcnews.go.com)
  What you see is what you want, and Obama gets aggressive -- again.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~4/165208951" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~3/165208951/story
  
  
• It's A Mess Out There (factcheck.org)
  There's slime in your inbox, attack ads on TV and falsehoods on the radio. Welcome to election season.
  http://www.factcheck.org/just-the-facts/its_a_mess_out_there.html
  
  
• Cops: 'Vacuum salesman' sucked up $25K in jewelry (Examiner.com)
  Police said a man pretending to be a door-to-door vacuum salesman stole $25,000 in jewelry after a widow let him into her Cypress home.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583622~Cops___Vacuum_salesman__sucked_up__25K_in_jewelry.html
  
  
• Champion eater to defend his grits title (Examiner.com)
  Pat Bertoletti has eaten 1.75 gallons of ice cream in 8 minutes, 266 pickled jalapenos in 15 minutes and 42 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches in 10 minutes, and 21 pounds of grits in 10 minutes.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583555~Champion_eater_to_defend_his_grits_title.html
  
  
• Giants, Jets cancel talks with Allianz (Examiner.com)
  The New York Giants and New York Jets ended naming-rights talks with a German insurance company that once had ties to the Nazis.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583749~Giants__Jets_cancel_talks_with_Allianz.html
  
  
• China blames dairy farms for tainted baby formula (Examiner.com)
  Investigators believe dairy farmers added a dangerous chemical to milk that has been linked to kidney stones in dozens of babies and one death in China's latest product safety problem.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583803~China_blames_dairy_farms_for_tainted_baby_formula.html
  
  
• Apple patches iPhone bugs, early response positive (Examiner.com)
  Apple Inc. updated the software that runs its iPhones on Friday in hopes of decreasing dropped calls, improving battery life and cutting the time it takes to synchronize the device with a computer.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583713~Apple_patches_iPhone_bugs__early_response_positive.html
  
  
• Du Toit wins 4th gold at Paralympics (Examiner.com)
  Natalie Du Toit of South Africa won her fourth gold medal in swimming at the Beijing Paralympics, taking the 400-meter freestyle on Friday in a world-record time for her disability group.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583534~Du_Toit_wins_4th_gold_at_Paralympics.html
  
  
• Hurricane Ike whips waves as it moves into Texas (Examiner.com)
  A massive Hurricane Ike sent white waves crashing over a seawall and tossed a disabled 584-foot freighter in rough water as it steamed toward Texas Friday, threatening to devastate coastal towns and batter America's fourth-largest city.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583766~Hurricane_Ike_whips_waves_as_it_moves_into_Texas.html
  
  
• Singer Kelis cleared of charges in 2007 incident (Examiner.com)
  Singer Kelis has been acquitted of all charges in an incident in Miami where she was accused of disrupting a police operation by rushing toward the officers while screaming racial profanities at them.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583552~Singer_Kelis_cleared_of_charges_in_2007_incident.html
  
  
• Man pleads guilty to selling drugs to NFL player (Examiner.com)
  A Massachusetts man has pleaded guilty to charges that he sold about 300 Oxycontin pills to New England Patriots lineman Nick Kaczur.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583623~Man_pleads_guilty_to_selling_drugs_to_NFL_player.html
  
  
• As Ike nears, chain asks for limit on gas buys (Examiner.com)
  A North Carolina-based convenience store chain is asking customers in 11 states - mostly across the Southeast - to limit gasoline purchases to 10 gallons as Hurricane Ike shuts down some refineries on the Gulf coast.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583298~As_Ike_nears__chain_asks_for_limit_on_gas_buys.html
  
  
• McCain talks up Palin as a reformer (Examiner.com)
  Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Friday running mate Sarah Palin has never asked for money for lawmakers' pet projects as Alaska governor when in fact she has sought nearly $200 million in earmarks this year.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583611~McCain_talks_up_Palin_as_a_reformer.html
  
  
• McCain takes slim lead over Obama in AP-GfK poll (Examiner.com)
  Republican John McCain has taken a modest lead over Barack Obama entering the final seven weeks of their presidential contest, buoyed by decisive advantages among suburban and working-class whites and a huge edge in how people rate each candidate's experience, a poll showed Friday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583612~McCain_takes_slim_lead_over_Obama_in_AP_GfK_poll.html
  
  
• Biden releases decade of financial records (Examiner.com)
  Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden and his wife on Friday released a decade of their personal financial records, showing a veteran U.S. senator who earned less than many of his congressional colleagues.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583652~Biden_releases_decade_of_financial_records.html
  
  
• Stocks fluctuate as energy rises, financials fall (Examiner.com)
  Stocks fluctuated Friday as gains by energy, utilities and materials companies at times offset losses among some financials.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583665~Stocks_fluctuate_as_energy_rises__financials_fall.html
  
  
• Bush quietly raises money for McCain (Examiner.com)
  President Bush played the role of invisible man on the campaign trail Friday, headlining a closed-door fundraising luncheon for John McCain and the Republican Party with tickets costing as much as $25,000.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583625~Bush_quietly_raises_money_for_McCain.html
  
  
• Chrysler to offer more workers buyouts, retirement (Examiner.com)
  Chrysler LLC said Friday it will make another round of early retirement and buyout offers to factory workers in the Detroit area to reduce the number who are on indefinite layoff due to slumping sales.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583700~Chrysler_to_offer_more_workers_buyouts__retirement.html
  
  
• Pakistan opposition angered by US attacks (Examiner.com)
  Pakistan's main opposition party said Friday the country could pull out of the war on terror over stepped-up attacks by U.S. forces in the restive tribal regions bordering Afghanistan.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583549~Pakistan_opposition_angered_by_US_attacks.html
  
  
• Palin's statements on climate change murky (Examiner.com)
  Vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's assertion that she believes humans contribute to global warming - made in her first major interview since joining the Republican ticket - is more definitive than her previous statements.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583663~Palin_s_statements_on_climate_change_murky.html
  
  
• AP Source: Fidelity to settle auction-rate probe (Examiner.com)
  Fidelity Investments was close to settling an investigation led by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo into the company's sales of auction-rate securities, a person close to the talks said Friday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583664~AP_Source__Fidelity_to_settle_auction_rate_probe.html
  
  
• Car bomb in Iraq kills at least 32, wounds 43 (Examiner.com)
  Iraqi officials say that at least 32 people have been killed when a car bomb targeted a police station in a mainly Shiite town north of Baghdad. A police officer said the explosives-laden car went off near a police station in a commercial area in the town of Dujail.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583707~Car_bomb_in_Iraq_kills_at_least_32__wounds_43.html
  
  
• FMG to appeal land access agreement decision (ABC Australia)
  Andrew Forrest's Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) will appeal against a court's decision that it failed to negotiate a mining lease in good faith.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363533.htm
  
  
• Obama mocks McCain as computer illiterate in ad (Examiner.com)
  John McCain is mocked as an out-of-touch, out-of-date computer illiterate in a television commercial out Friday from Barack Obama as the Democrat begins his sharpest barrage yet on McCain's long Washington career.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583434~Obama_mocks_McCain_as_computer_illiterate_in_ad.html
  
  
• Fuel prices rise as Ike bears down on Texas coast (Examiner.com)
  Crude oil and gasoline prices bounced higher Friday as Hurricane Ike swept through Gulf of Mexico, prompting companies along the Texas coast to shut down refining and drilling operations.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583591~Fuel_prices_rise_as_Ike_bears_down_on_Texas_coast.html
  
  
• `Chunnel' fire a reminder of UK's ties to Europe (Examiner.com)
  Above ground, the fire would have been minor. Breaking out deep below the English Channel, it has stranded thousands of travelers, imperiled millions of dollars in trade and starkly demonstrated the importance - and fragility - of Britain's only land link to Europe.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583694~_Chunnel__fire_a_reminder_of_UK_s_ties_to_Europe.html
  
  
• Investors walk out of rescue plan talks (Examiner.com)
  It may indeed take papal prayers to save Alitalia after Italian investors tapped to take over the bankrupt national carrier walked away from talks with unions on Friday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583566~Investors_walk_out_of_rescue_plan_talks.html
  
  
• Diplomats: Talks deadlock on S.Ossetia monitors (Examiner.com)
  Talks with Russia on sending more international monitors to South Ossetia and Abkhazia hit an impasse Friday, diplomats said, warning that Moscow's hard-line stance had thrown into question its pledge to withdraw troops.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583459~Diplomats__Talks_deadlock_on_S_Ossetia_monitors.html
  
  
• LAX Police Dupe Paps with Decoy Spears (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Paps are fooled by a look-alike Jamie Lynn Spears leaving LAX with police.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~4/390724667" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~3/390724667/wireStory
  
  
• Snoop Allowed to Travel Down Under (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Australia grants a visa to rapper Snoop Dogg after reviewing criminal record.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~4/390740350" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~3/390740350/wireStory
  
  
• First Reality TV, Then Fashion, Now Books (my.abcnews.go.com)
  "Hills" star Lauren Conrad, 22, inks deal to write 3 books based on her life.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~4/390763742" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~3/390763742/wireStory
  
  
• Storm Surge: Rescues Already Under Way for Trapped Texans (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Coast Guard deploys rescue teams to residents who chose to ride out Ike.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~4/390730414" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~3/390730414/story
  
  
• Paris Hilton: 'I'm Basically Being Judged' (my.abcnews.go.com)
  The socialite sounds off on her sex tape and being famous in a new documentary.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~4/388798907" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~3/388798907/wireStory
  
  
• Cops Need Warrant to Get Cell Phone Tracking Data (my.abcnews.go.com)
  To use your phone as a tracking device, police need a warrant, a court rules.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Technology/~4/390740344" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Technology/~3/390740344/story
  
  
• The Note: Palin Rollout Reaches Next Phase (my.abcnews.go.com)
  What you see is what you want, and Obama gets aggressive -- again.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~4/162646806" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~3/162646806/story
  
  
• Is Marijuana the Better Antibiotic? (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Cannabis plant extracts can effectively fight drug-resistant bacteria.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Technology/~4/390740347" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Technology/~3/390740347/story
  
  
• Branson Spends $$$ to Block BA-AA-Iberia Deal (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Virgin Atlantic begins a publicity blitz against proposed airline alliance.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Business/~4/390807295" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Business/~3/390807295/wireStory
  
  
• Palin Defends Experience, Softens Stance on Global Warming (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Charlie Gibson to sit down with McCain's vice presidential nominee again Friday.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Politics/~4/390730416" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Politics/~3/390730416/story
  
  
• School Scandal: Porn on Projector (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Teacher quits after allegedly showing porn to 13 students on classroom screen.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~4/390730415" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~3/390730415/story
  
  
• Brothers Bye Bye? Lehman Begs for Buyers (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Lehman Brothers seeks buyers as shares signal steep drop, confidence wanes.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~4/390603418" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~3/390603418/wireStory
  
  
• Mugabe to keep major powers under deal (ABC Australia)
  Robert Mugabe will head cabinet under Zimbabwe power-sharing deal, but MDC has more senior ministers.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363541.htm
  
  
• Aussies sprint to golden track trifecta (ABC Australia)
  Australia's sprinters bagged a gold medal trifecta at the Bird's Nest on day six of Paralympic competition.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363540.htm
  
  
• US plans to expel Venezuelan envoy: official (ABC Australia)
  The United States will expel Venezuela's ambassador in Washington to retaliate for the oil-exporting Latin American nation's decision to oust the US envoy in Caracas, a US official says.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363537.htm
  
  
• US firm ambushed again in Afghan south, 8 dead (ABC Australia)
  Taliban insurgents ambushed a US security firm convoy in south-western Afghanistan, killing four guards and four civilians, a provincial official said, the second attack on the firm in as many days.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363538.htm
  
  
• China blames milk suppliers in baby health scare (ABC Australia)
  China has questioned 78 people in a health scare involving tainted baby milk formula linked to the death of one infant and the development of kidney stones in dozens of others across the country, state media said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363534.htm
  
  
• Dad chases nude boy from daughter's room with pipe (Examiner.com)
  An angry Deltona father whacked his teenage daughter's boyfriend with a metal pipe after finding the boy naked in his daughter's room.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583547~Dad_chases_nude_boy_from_daughter_s_room_with_pipe.html
  
  
• Va. court strikes down anti-spam law (Examiner.com)
  The Virginia Supreme Court declared the state's anti-spam law unconstitutional Friday and reversed the conviction of a man once considered one of the world's most prolific spammers.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583477~Va__court_strikes_down_anti_spam_law.html
  
  
• Davydenko cleared by ATP in tennis betting probe (Examiner.com)
  Russian tennis star Nikolay Davydenko was cleared by the ATP on Friday after a yearlong investigation into suspicious betting patterns on a match he lost to a low-ranked opponent.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583427~Davydenko_cleared_by_ATP_in_tennis_betting_probe.html
  
  
• Ahead of the Bell: Game sales show deceleration (Examiner.com)
  For the first time in more than two years, data from market researcher NPD group showed that U.S. video game sales growth slowed to the single digits.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583373~Ahead_of_the_Bell__Game_sales_show_deceleration.html
  
  
• NCAA finds no new allegations at Florida State (Examiner.com)
  Florida State officials say the NCAA has found no new allegations of academic cheating by school athletes. The university in February reported the results of its own investigation into the scandal involving 61 athletes, including about 30 football players.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583421~NCAA_finds_no_new_allegations_at_Florida_State.html
  
  
• FIA to hear McLaren Belgian GP appeal (Examiner.com)
  Motor sports' governing body agreed to hear McLaren's appeal of the drive-through penalty that cost Lewis Hamilton the Belgian Grand Prix.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583322~FIA_to_hear_McLaren_Belgian_GP_appeal.html
  
  
• Resurgent Dogs tear Swans apart (ABC Australia)
  The Western Bulldogs brought Sydney's 2008 campaign to an abrupt end with a confident 37-point hammering at the MCG on Friday evening to move within four quarters of the AFL grand final.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2363512.htm
  
  
• Silver night for Aussies in pool (ABC Australia)
  Not too many people had heard of Peter Leek before these Paralympics, with much of the attention focused on South Australian superstar Matt Cowdrey.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2363519.htm
  
  
• Police arrest Malaysian blogger (ABC Australia)
  A prominent anti-government blogger in Malaysia has been detained under the country's harsh Internal Security Act.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2363518.htm
  
  
• Francis takes second gold-WR pair (ABC Australia)
  For Heath Francis, gold medals are not enough these days.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2363515.htm
  
  
• Stocks fall after drop in retail sales (Examiner.com)
  Stocks pulled back Friday following an unexpected slowdown at cash registers last month and as investors tried to glean insights into Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.'s race to sell itself or somehow shore up Wall Street's confidence.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583404~Stocks_fall_after_drop_in_retail_sales.html
  
  
• Former Polish leader faces criminal charges (ABC Australia)
  Poland's last communist leader, General Wojciech Jaruzelski, has gone on trial accused of committing a crime by imposing martial law in 1981.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2363513.htm
  
  
• Retail sales slide, producer prices drop in August (Examiner.com)
  Wholesale inflation plunged in August by the largest amount in nearly two years, reflecting a steep drop in energy prices. But in less positive news, retail sales remained in the doldrums in August.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583341~Retail_sales_slide__producer_prices_drop_in_August.html
  
  
• Samak pulls out of Thai PM vote (ABC Australia)
  Samak Sundaravej has withdrawn from next week's Thai parliamentary vote.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2363511.htm
  
  
• USDA cuts estimates for corn, soybean harvests (Examiner.com)
  The Agriculture Department on Friday reduced its forecast for this year's corn and soybean harvests due to dryer weather, potentially leading to higher commodity prices.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583328~USDA_cuts_estimates_for_corn__soybean_harvests.html
  
  
• Govt, EPA dodge question of 'methane estate' responsibility (ABC Australia)
  The residents of a Melbourne housing estate threatened by dangerous levels of flammable methane gas are pressing to know who is responsible.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2363521.htm
  
  
• Explosions rock giant Indonesian mine (ABC Australia)
  The giant Freeport gold and copper mine in Papua has been struck by two explosions.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2363503.htm
  
  
• Whether McCain broke 9/11 ad pledge is questioned (Examiner.com)
  An independent watchdog group says that Republican John McCain's campaign aired a negative TV ad on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, but a tracking company says there's no evidence of that yet.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583449~Whether_McCain_broke_9_11_ad_pledge_is_questioned.html
  
  
• Lehman shares fall amid race to find buyer (Examiner.com)
  Lehman Brothers' shares sank further on Friday as top executives raced to put a sale of the beleaguered investment bank in place.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583364~Lehman_shares_fall_amid_race_to_find_buyer.html
  
  
• Report: Kim well enough to brush his teeth (Examiner.com)
  Officials believe North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has recovered enough from a stroke to brush his own teeth but that sporadic spasms forced him to skip his country's 60th anniversary celebrations, reports said Friday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583250~Report__Kim_well_enough_to_brush_his_teeth.html
  
  
• Indian museum recreates Gandhi's loo: report (ABC Australia)
  A museum at a former home of Mahatma Gandhi has a new exhibit - a replica of the specially-built mobile lavatory used by the father of Indian independence.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2363514.htm
  
  
• British tour company goes bust, strands tourists (ABC Australia)
  Britain's third-largest tour operator has gone into administration, leaving tens of thousands of people without holidays and flights.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2363499.htm
  
  
• Palin's statements on climate change at odds (Examiner.com)
  Vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's assertion that she believes humans play a role in climate change - made in her first major interview since joining the Republican ticket - is at odds with her previous statements.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583411~Palin_s_statements_on_climate_change_at_odds.html
  
  
• 'Muslim Massacre' computer game blasted in Britain (ABC Australia)
  British Muslims have condemned as deeply offensive a computer game called Muslim Massacre, which trumpets itself as a "game of modern religious genocide."
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/13/2363530.htm
  
  
• Inventories up more than expected as sales slow (Examiner.com)
  Business inventories shot up in July by the most in four years as sales slowed.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583432~Inventories_up_more_than_expected_as_sales_slow.html
  
  
• Ousted Thai prime minister won't lead party (Examiner.com)
  Thailand's ousted prime minister has abandoned his bid for re-election and will give up his leadership of the country's ruling party, an aide said Friday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583395~Ousted_Thai_prime_minister_won_t_lead_party.html
  
  
• Trading in SAS shares halted in Stockholm (Examiner.com)
  Scandinavian airline group SAS AB said Friday it was in talks about "structural possibilities" for the group but didn't comment on speculation that Germany's Lufthansa was considering a takeover bid.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583415~Trading_in_SAS_shares_halted_in_Stockholm.html
  
  
• Zimbabwe deal gives opposition Cabinet, police (Examiner.com)
  Zimbabwe's breakthrough political deal gives the opposition control of the Cabinet and the police, who have terrorized opponents for years, two opposition officials said Friday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583406~Zimbabwe_deal_gives_opposition_Cabinet__police.html
  
  
• Hurricane Ike delays cargo for space outpost (ABC Australia)
  The Russian and US space agencies have decided to delay a cargo shipment from docking at the International Space Station after Hurricane Ike forced the evacuation of the mission's control centre in Texas.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2363523.htm
  
  
• Obama: McCain Doesn't Compute...Literally (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Democratic ad claims that McCain hasn't changed in decades.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~4/390603415" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~3/390603415/wireStory
  
  
• Survey: U.S. Disaster Planning IS Disaster (my.abcnews.go.com)
  One finding: parents would ignore evacuation orders to find their children.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~4/390603420" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~3/390603420/wireStory
  
  
• Cops Ask Court to Reverse Conviction (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Chicago cops tried to persuade court to free fellow officer in prison.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~4/390668865" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~3/390668865/wireStory
  
  
• A Million Run but Houston Stands Pat (my.abcnews.go.com)
  As Ike bears down, Houston passes on full evacuation.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~4/390655452" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~3/390655452/story
  
  
• Celebrities Sound Off on Sarah Palin (my.abcnews.go.com)
  She's a stranger to Hollywood, but stars can't stop talking about Sarah Palin.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~4/390645171" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~3/390645171/story
  
  
• 'Mad' Man Slattery Is One Happy First-Timer (my.abcnews.go.com)
  John Slattery's up for an Emmy for his role as Roger Sterling in "Mad Men."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~4/390645172" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~3/390645172/story
  
  
• Perjury May Have Convicted Rosenberg (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Grand jury transcripts suggest Ethel Rosenberg's execution was based on perjury.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~4/390668867" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~3/390668867/wireStory
  
  
• Fresh Protests in Indian Kashmir (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Muslims protest in Kashmir calling for Indian troops to region.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~4/390645181" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~3/390645181/wireStory
  
  
• Prescription 'Ultras': Newest Preteen High (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Four junior high school girls in Utah were treated for overdose of Tramadol.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~4/390623569" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~3/390623569/story
  
  
• Why Does Text Messaging Cost So Much? (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Senator takes cell phone companies to task for text message prices.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Technology/~4/390668872" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Technology/~3/390668872/story
  
  
• Latest Internet Scam: Homes for Rent (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Warning: if the landlord is in Nigeria, think twice.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Business/~4/390613253" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Business/~3/390613253/story
  
  
• Plant, Somali Workers Fight Over Prayer (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Dispute drags on between meatpacking plant, Somali workers over prayer breaks.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~4/390623538" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~3/390623538/wireStory
  
  
• Sheriff: Mexico to Extradite Laurean (my.abcnews.go.com)
  N.C. sheriff expects to have Marine charged with murder in custody in a week.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~4/390645182" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~3/390645182/story
  
  
• Ten Simple Ways to Stay Flu-Free (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Experts explain how to avoid catching the flu this season.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~4/390592464" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~3/390592464/story
  
  
• 'Take a Child Outside' Week Gains Ground (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Officials have a message for you and your family: Go take a hike.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~4/390603424" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~3/390603424/wireStory
  
  
• Google's Good Deed: Web Access in Africa (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Google and O3b's work in Africa didn't get the attention it deserved.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~4/390645186" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~3/390645186/story
  
  
• Study: Women Have Worst Nightmares (my.abcnews.go.com)
  A new study delves into the bad dreams that wake women up at night.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~4/390592466" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~3/390592466/story
  
  
• Will Lindsay Lohan Become Mrs. Ronson? (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Lohan BFF Samantha Ronson says "my love" will be Mrs. Ronson by year end.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~4/390592467" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~3/390592467/story
  
  
• S African court throws out Zuma graft case (ABC Australia)
  A South African court has thrown out a corruption case against ruling ANC party chief Jacob Zuma, who is at the forefront in the race to become the country's president.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2363482.htm
  
  
• Colo. plant and Somali workers fight over prayer (Examiner.com)
  Tensions have flared between Somali workers and officials at a Colorado meatpacking plant over when employees can break for prayer during the Muslim observance of Ramadan.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583220~Colo__plant_and_Somali_workers_fight_over_prayer.html
  
  
• Chicago cops ask court to reverse conviction (Examiner.com)
  About 40 Chicago police officers rode a bus from Chicago to Des Moines in hopes of persuading an appeals court to free a fellow police officer serving a prison sentence.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583167~Chicago_cops_ask_court_to_reverse_conviction.html
  
  
• In Hurricane Ike, bumpy ride with bird's-eye view (Examiner.com)
  Amid the engines' roar, the Air Force Reserve pilots and navigator worked calmly as their huge plane neared the eyewall of Hurricane Ike.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583214~In_Hurricane_Ike__bumpy_ride_with_bird_s_eye_view.html
  
  
• ND telepharmacy project expands across country (Examiner.com)
  As recently as three years ago, many elderly residents in this part of southeastern North Dakota were forced to order their medications by mail.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583191~ND_telepharmacy_project_expands_across_country.html
  
  
• 'Take a Child Outside' week gains some ground (Examiner.com)
  A large group of well-meaning officials from several states have a message for you and your family: Go take a hike.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583181~_Take_a_Child_Outside__week_gains_some_ground.html
  
  
• Paparazzi get duped by look-alike Spears at LAX (Examiner.com)
  Cameras flashing and films rolling, a crowd of paparazzi surrounded a police escort, trying to get the perfect shot of Britney Spears' little sister as she left the Los Angeles International Airport.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583199~Paparazzi_get_duped_by_look_alike_Spears_at_LAX.html
  
  
• DeJesus' RBI in 10th lifts Royals over Twins 3-2 (Examiner.com)
  David DeJesus hit the winning single in the 10th inning, and Minnesota's bullpen blew another one Thursday in a 3-2 victory by the Kansas City Royals over the Twins.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583241~DeJesus__RBI_in_10th_lifts_Royals_over_Twins_3_2.html
  
  
• Hawaii attack survivor tells tale of finicky shark (Examiner.com)
  A surfer who put his fingers into the mouth of a shark to pry himself free during an attack believes the fish took no further interest in him because it didn't like the taste of his leg.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583177~Hawaii_attack_survivor_tells_tale_of_finicky_shark.html
  
  
• Teenager Freney bags third bronze (ABC Australia)
  Jacqueline Freney has won her third bronze medal of the Beijing Paralympic games, in the women's S8 400 metres freestyle final.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2363474.htm
  
  
• Passenger misery as Channel tunnel remains closed (ABC Australia)
  Travellers between Britain and France face another day of misery as the Channel tunnel remains closed after a fierce fire, with many still struggling to make alternative arrangements.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2363471.htm
  
  
• Aussies to rely on pace to win India series (ABC Australia)
  Australia will look to an inexperienced pace attack rather than its spinners for success in next month's tour of India.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2363443.htm
  
  
• Aust man again refused bail for insulting Thai king (ABC Australia)
  The family of an Australian writer facing 15 years in jail for allegedly defaming Thailand's crown prince have appealed to Canberra to intercede after he was refused bail for a second time, his lawyer said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2363440.htm
  
  
• Soaring demand for Tasmanian vodka (ABC Australia)
  Vodka connoisseurs around the world can't get enough of a northern Tasmanian drop.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2363358.htm
  
  
• Byrne's boss 'tried to help investigate death' (ABC Australia)
  The trial for the man accused of murdering model Caroline Byrne has heard her employer, June Dally-Watkins, tried to help investigate her death.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2363452.htm
  
  
• 15 dead as bus plunges off bridge in Iran (ABC Australia)
  Fifteen people were killed when a passenger bus drove off a bridge into a river in Iran, apparently after the driver fell asleep, state television has reported.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2363430.htm
  
  
• Back-end Broncos boast premiership potential (ABC Australia)
  A second-half stampede led by Brisbane's experienced representative contingent catapulted the Broncos into the second week of the finals with a 24-16 win over the Roosters in Sydney on Friday evening.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2363489.htm
  
  
• Postcard Bandit's accomplice jailed for escape role (ABC Australia)
  A key figure in a notorious Queensland prison escape has been jailed for his role in the break-out.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2363434.htm
  
  
• UN figures show slight drop in young child deaths (ABC Australia)
  The United Nations Children's Fund says more than 9 million children died last year before reaching their fifth birthday.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2363428.htm
  
  
• Ramadge is new Age editor-in-chief (ABC Australia)
  Paul Ramadge has been appointed editor-in-chief of The Age and the Sunday Age, effective from today.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2363417.htm
  
  
• Cranbourne gas leak residents to get cash help (ABC Australia)
  The Government has increased emergency assistance for families relocating from a Melbourne housing estate where high levels of methane gas have been detected.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2363408.htm
  
  
• Labor prepares for drubbing in NSW council vote (ABC Australia)
  New South Wales Premier Nathan Rees has conceeded the Labor Party is likely to take a big hit in Saturday's local government elections.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2363403.htm
  
  
• Foreclosure filings increase, but at slower rate (Examiner.com)
  Foreclosure filings in August increased 27 percent compared to the same month a year ago, a significantly slower pace than in previous months, according to data released Thursday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583143~Foreclosure_filings_increase__but_at_slower_rate.html
  
  
• Pair face neglect charges over abandoned children (ABC Australia)
  Police have charged a man and a woman with neglecting eight children in the New South Wales Blue Mountains.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2363400.htm
  
  
• US stocks head for moderately lower open (Examiner.com)
  U.S. stocks headed for a moderately lower open Friday a day after a run-up and as investors awaited word on Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.'s race to sell itself.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583218~US_stocks_head_for_moderately_lower_open.html
  
  
• Diplomat: Talks with Russia on monitors collapse (Examiner.com)
  A senior Western diplomat says talks with Russia have collapsed on the sensitive issue of sending additional international monitors to two breakaway regions.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583237~Diplomat__Talks_with_Russia_on_monitors_collapse.html
  
  
• Pipeline approval 'environmental vandalism' (ABC Australia)
  Farmers, environmental groups and the Greens are angry about the Federal Government's decision to approve Victoria's controversial North-South water pipeline.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2363388.htm
  
  
• Oil rises as Ike bears down on Texas coast (Examiner.com)
  Oil prices rose over $102 a barrel Friday as Hurricane Ike swept up from the Gulf of Mexico, prompting companies along the Texas coast to shut down refining and drilling operations.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583244~Oil_rises_as_Ike_bears_down_on_Texas_coast.html
  
  
• Bolivian political clashes spark diplomatic crisis (Examiner.com)
  Violent clashes over this fractured nation's political future have claimed eight lives and unleashed a diplomatic crisis, with Bolivia and the U.S. expelling each other's ambassadors.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583154~Bolivian_political_clashes_spark_diplomatic_crisis.html
  
  
• Investigation into medical files (ABC Australia)
  A federal government office has launched an investigation into the way disused medical records are managed in SA.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2363397.htm
  
  
• GOP campaign downplays Palin book-banning inquiry (Examiner.com)
  The McCain campaign is defending Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's much-criticized inquiry into banning books at her hometown library, saying her questions were only hypothetical.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583149~GOP_campaign_downplays_Palin_book_banning_inquiry.html
  
  
• Deutsche Bank buys PostBank stake for almost $4B (Examiner.com)
  Deutsche Bank AG has agreed to buy a 29.75 percent stake in Postbank, Germany's biggest retail bank, from Deutsche Post AG for about $3.9 billion in cash.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583234~Deutsche_Bank_buys_PostBank_stake_for_almost__4B.html
  
  
• Pakistan opposition wants plan on border issue (Examiner.com)
  The main opposition party Friday called on parliament to meet in a joint session to devise a strategy to deal with cross-border attacks after the latest suspected U.S. missile strike killed 12 people in Pakistan's northwest.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583198~Pakistan_opposition_wants_plan_on_border_issue.html
  
  
• Joyce calls for Costello to leave Parliament (ABC Australia)
  Barnaby Joyce says Peter Costello should quit Parliament altogether now that he has confirmed he does not want the Liberal leadership.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2363377.htm
  
  
• Lawsuit could frustrate Nov. 4 voters in Wisconsin (Examiner.com)
  A lawsuit demanding Wisconsin election officials verify voters' identity before the November election could lead to frustration at the polls and exhausted clerks in a hotly contested state in the presidential race.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583147~Lawsuit_could_frustrate_Nov__4_voters_in_Wisconsin.html
  
  
• NXP Semiconductors to cut 4,500 staff (Examiner.com)
  NXP Semiconductors BV says it will close or sell four plants including one in Fishkill, New York, and three in Europe and cut 4,500 jobs.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583202~NXP_Semiconductors_to_cut_4_500_staff.html
  
  
• Mugabe gets defense in deal but some critical (Examiner.com)
  A breakthrough deal ending months of anguished negotiation gives the opposition control of the Cabinet and the police who have terrorized them, and makes removing draconian security and media laws a priority, two opposition officials said Friday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583171~Mugabe_gets_defense_in_deal_but_some_critical.html
  
  
• Prayers for pets are taxable business, court rules (ABC Australia)
  Saying a final goodbye to pets at a funeral is a special moment for owners, but the monks involved must still cough up money in taxes, Japan's top court has ruled.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2363419.htm
  
  
• ADFA cadet jailed over fatal crash (ABC Australia)
  An ACT Supreme Court judge has sentenced an ADFA cadet to a minimum of six months in jail after a fatal car accident in Canberra.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2363357.htm
  
  
• Montana governor's election comments draw fire (Examiner.com)
  When word surfaced this week that Gov. Brian Schweitzer suggested in a speech this summer that he influenced Montana's 2006 U.S. Senate race to help a fellow Democrat, Schweitzer apologized and said he was joking.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583193~Montana_governor_s_election_comments_draw_fire.html
  
  
• Labor minister expresses pessimism over Alitalia (Examiner.com)
  Labor Minister Maurizio Sacconi expressed pessimism Friday over Alitalia's future after talks were suspended on a plan to relaunch the bankrupt airline with a group of Italian investors.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583211~Labor_minister_expresses_pessimism_over_Alitalia.html
  
  
• Pope arrives in France for first visit as pontiff (Examiner.com)
  Pope Benedict XVI urged France to take Christianity into account despite its secular tradition, saying Friday on his first visit there as pontiff that church and state should be open to each other.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583197~Pope_arrives_in_France_for_first_visit_as_pontiff.html
  
  
• China industrial output growth lowest in 18 months (Examiner.com)
  China's industrial output growth rate fell to its lowest level in 18 months in August, adding to signs its rapid economic expansion faces a sharp downturn, according to data reported Friday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583212~China_industrial_output_growth_lowest_in_18_months.html
  
  
• Thai ruling party pulls ousted PM out of race (Examiner.com)
  Thailand's ruling party on Friday abandoned its bid to put its ousted Prime Minister back in power, raising hopes of an end to a political crisis that has tied up the country for months.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583233~Thai_ruling_party_pulls_ousted_PM_out_of_race.html
  
  
• Possible US Missile Strike Kills 8 in Pakistan (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Suspected US missile strike kills 8 in northwest Pakistan; 34 dead in clashes.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~4/390454094" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~3/390454094/wireStory
  
  
• Kim Reportedly Has Paralysis from Surgery (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Reports say Kim recovering from brain surgery, suggest partial paralysis.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~4/390475191" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~3/390475191/wireStory
  
  
• Thai Ruling Party Pulls Samak out of Race (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Thai ruling party pulls Samak out of race for prime minister's post.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~4/390546466" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~3/390546466/wireStory
  
  
• Chavez Says US Ambassador Must Leave (my.abcnews.go.com)
  President Hugo Chavez says US ambassador has 72 hours to leave Venezuela.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~4/390454095" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~3/390454095/wireStory
  
  
• 10 Militants Killed in Afghanistan (my.abcnews.go.com)
  U.S. coalition troops kill 10 militants in Afghanistan.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~4/390475192" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~3/390475192/wireStory
  
  
• Obama Ad: McCain Doesn't Compute (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Democratic ad claims that McCain hasn't changed in recent decades.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~4/390525880" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~3/390525880/wireStory
  
  
• Armed Killings Cost Nations Billions (my.abcnews.go.com)
  UN-Swiss study says armed killings cost nations billions of dollars each year.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~4/390475193" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~3/390475193/wireStory
  
  
• Houston Hunkers Down Instead of Fleeing (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Houston officials don't want fleeing residents to be caught on the road.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~4/390525881" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~3/390525881/wireStory
  
  
• 'Against Us': 7 Years Later, US Image Toxic (my.abcnews.go.com)
  ABC's Jim Sciutto looks at Muslim world's view of the U.S. 7 years after 9/11.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~4/390475195" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~3/390475195/story
  
  
• Lehman in Desperate Race to Find Buyer (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Nation's 4th Largest Bank Searching for Buyer Before All Value Erodes.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~4/390525882" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~3/390525882/wireStory
  
  
• China Vows Punishment in Formula Probe (my.abcnews.go.com)
  'Serious punishment' promised by China amid recall of baby formula.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~4/390475196" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~3/390475196/wireStory
  
  
• Disaster Planning in US Is a Disaster (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Parents would ignore emergency evacuation orders to find their children.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~4/390525883" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~3/390525883/wireStory
  
  
• Prescription 'Ultras': Newest High (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Four junior high school girls in Utah were treated for overdose of Tramadol.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~4/390525884" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~3/390525884/story
  
  
• Missile strike kills 12 in Pakistan (ABC Australia)
  Twelve people have been killed in Pakistan's tribal area in a suspected US missile strike, officials say.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2363353.htm
  
  
• K-Rod ties saves record in win over Mariners (Examiner.com)
  Francisco Rodriguez got the final three outs for his 57th save to tie Bobby Thigpen's major league record, and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Seattle Mariners 7-4 on Thursday night.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583049~K_Rod_ties_saves_record_in_win_over_Mariners.html
  
  
• Houston decides to stare down Ike instead of leave (Examiner.com)
  As a gigantic Hurricane Ike steamed through the Gulf of Mexico toward the Texas coast, officials in America's fourth-largest city made a bold decision: Instead of fleeing, residents here would stare down the storm.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583145~Houston_decides_to_stare_down_Ike_instead_of_leave.html
  
  
• Tressel says Wells doubtful for USC game (Examiner.com)
  Ohio State coach Jim Tressel said Thursday it is doubtful that starting tailback Chris "Beanie" Wells will play Saturday night against No. 1 Southern California.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583062~Tressel_says_Wells_doubtful_for_USC_game.html
  
  
• Survey finds holes in US disaster preparedness (Examiner.com)
  In a disaster such as an earthquake or terrorist attack, nearly two-thirds of U.S. parents would disregard orders to evacuate and would rush to pick up their kids from school, according to a new survey.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583141~Survey_finds_holes_in_US_disaster_preparedness.html
  
  
• High-tech wine labels track travel temperatures (Examiner.com)
  Sultry weather can be hard on any traveler, and for wine it can be disastrous.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583104~High_tech_wine_labels_track_travel_temperatures.html
  
  
• Jays, Marcum get back on track; beat White Sox 6-4 (Examiner.com)
  Shaun Marcum pitched effectively for 7 1-3 innings and the Toronto Blue Jays broke a scoreless tie with six runs in the eighth Thursday night in beating the Chicago White Sox 6-4 for their 11th win in 12 games.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583054~Jays__Marcum_get_back_on_track__beat_White_Sox_6_4.html
  
  
• Judge swears in all-white jury for O.J. trial (Examiner.com)
  An all-white jury will judge O.J. Simpson and a co-defendant on kidnapping and robbery charges after defense lawyers lost a contentious courtroom battle to include two African-American women on the panel.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583133~Judge_swears_in_all_white_jury_for_O_J__trial.html
  
  
• Snoop Dogg granted Australian visa (Examiner.com)
  Rapper Snoop Dogg has been granted a visa to enter Australia for a concert tour, the immigration department announced Friday after finishing a full character assessment of the entertainer.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583094~Snoop_Dogg_granted_Australian_visa.html
  
  
• Harden leads Cubs to series win over Cardinals (Examiner.com)
  Rich Harden worked six solid innings and Kerry Wood got Albert Pujols to pop up with two men on for the final out in a 3-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday night.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583058~Harden_leads_Cubs_to_series_win_over_Cardinals.html
  
  
• Colorado ranch owner accused in deaths of 32 bison (Examiner.com)
  Jeff Hawn, a software executive who owns a luxury home outside this old mining town, warned his neighbor, rancher Monte Downare, to keep his bison from roaming onto his property or risk having them hunted. Hawn later sued Downare, alleging the buffalo had turned his land into a feedlot.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583126~Colorado_ranch_owner_accused_in_deaths_of_32_bison.html
  
  
• New airline service welcomed (ABC Australia)
  Tasmania's tourism industry has welcomed a new airline service between Brisbane and Launceston.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2363303.htm
  
  
• Inquest into mine worker's death adjourned (ABC Australia)
  The inquest into the death of a mine worker in Queensland's central highlands last year has been adjourned.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2363229.htm
  
  
• Selectors snub Symonds but spring surprises (ABC Australia)
  All-rounder Andrew Symonds has been left out of Australia's 15-man cricket squad to tour India in October.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2363176.htm
  
  
• NZ opposition welcomes election date (ABC Australia)
  NZ's National Party has described Helen Clark as an "embattled" leader after she called a general election for November 8.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2363336.htm
  
  
• Suspected US missile strike kills 8 in Pakistan (Examiner.com)
  A suspected U.S. missile strike killed 12 people in northwestern Pakistan on Friday and fighting at another militant stronghold near the Afghan border killed dozens more, officials said.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583110~Suspected_US_missile_strike_kills_8_in_Pakistan.html
  
  
• Market rebounds after losing streak (ABC Australia)
  The Australian share market closed up 1.9 per cent, ending three days of losses, after talk the troubled US investment bank Lehman Brothers may be saved.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2363352.htm
  
  
• Timor toads aren't Aussies, says expert (ABC Australia)
  The species at the centre of the Timor toad row is not found in Australia but is common in Indonesia, an expert says.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2363323.htm
  
  
• Iraqi women take aim at expanded police roles (Examiner.com)
  The widow was nervous the first time she shot a loaded Kalashnikov rifle at the dusty Iraqi police academy north of Baghdad. But she was smiling after she fired 160 rounds at a black-and-white target.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583081~Iraqi_women_take_aim_at_expanded_police_roles.html
  
  
• Man refused bail over 'curse' sex charges (ABC Australia)
  A Sydney court has refused bail to a man accused of 69 sexual assault offences against a woman.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2363334.htm
  
  
• Port Adelaide legend dies (ABC Australia)
  Port Adelaide Football Club legend Bob Quinn has died, aged 93.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2363319.htm
  
  
• Obama mocks McCain as computer illiterate (Examiner.com)
  John McCain is mocked as an out-of-touch, out-of-date computer illiterate in a television commercial out Friday from Barack Obama as the Democrat begins his sharpest barrage yet on McCain's long Washington career.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583116~Obama_mocks_McCain_as_computer_illiterate.html
  
  
• Some unhappy with Zimbabwe power-sharing deal (Examiner.com)
  Zimbabwe opposition officials say some are unhappy with a complicated deal that finally has President Robert Mugabe agreeing to relinquish some power.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583106~Some_unhappy_with_Zimbabwe_power_sharing_deal.html
  
  
• Bluescope wants level playing field on carbon emissions (ABC Australia)
  The head of Australia's biggest steel firm says the introduction of an emissions trading scheme is the most important public policy issue facing the steel industry.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2363324.htm
  
  
• Voting success: NY, other states keep old machines (Examiner.com)
  Sometimes, it pays to be pokey. Going slow has paid the state of New York about $27 million and counting. New Hampshire and Oklahoma, too, are sitting on a pile of federal money.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583132~Voting_success__NY__other_states_keep_old_machines.html
  
  
• China vows 'serious punishment' in formula probe (Examiner.com)
  China's government vowed "serious punishment" on Friday after a major dairy recalled 700 tons of milk powder linked to a rash of illnesses in infants, and the case reignited fears about Chinese product safety.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583128~China_vows__serious_punishment__in_formula_probe.html
  
  
• School's possible cancer cluster 'likely a chance occurrence' (ABC Australia)
  A cancer expert says the cause for a possible cluster at a Brisbane high school may never be found.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2363198.htm
  
  
• Mass. lawmakers, unopposed, spend cash freely (Examiner.com)
  Car leases, holiday parties, new office furniture and meals at high-end restaurants are just some of the ways top Massachusetts lawmakers, unopposed at the ballot box, are choosing to spend their campaign donations.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583109~Mass__lawmakers__unopposed__spend_cash_freely.html
  
  
• First novel scoops $100k PM's prize (ABC Australia)
  A first-time novelist has beaten some of Australia's best known authors to take out the inaugural Prime Minister's Literary Awards.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2363379.htm
  
  
• 10 militants killed in Afghanistan (Examiner.com)
  U.S.-led coalition troops killed more than 10 militants and detained two others during two separate raids in Afghanistan, the coalition said Friday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583072~10_militants_killed_in_Afghanistan.html
  
  
• 2 explosions near Freeport mine in Indonesia (Examiner.com)
  Two suspected bombs went off early Friday on a road leading to a massive mine operated by Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. in eastern Indonesia, police said. No one was injured and there was little damage.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583114~2_explosions_near_Freeport_mine_in_Indonesia.html
  
  
• Houston Decides to Stare Down Ike Instead of Leave (my.abcnews.go.com)
  As Hurricane Ike steams toward Texas, Houston chooses to stare it down instead of flee inland<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~4/390358355" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~3/390358355/wireStory
  
  
• Belittling Palin? (factcheck.org)
  A McCain-Palin TV ad accuses Obama of being "disrespectful" of Palin, but it distorts quotes to make the case.
  http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/belittling_palin.html
  
  
• India understands uranium stance: Smith (ABC Australia)
  Foreign Minister Stephen Smith says Australia and India respect each other's position on the sale of uranium.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2363213.htm
  
  
• Thai Parliament delays PM vote (ABC Australia)
  Thailand's parliament has postponed a vote for a new prime minister, expected to be sacked leader Samak Sundaravej, after many MPs failed to turn up. House speaker Chai Chidchob pushed back the special House of Representatives session to next Wednesday.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2363178.htm
  
  
• Calvin Klein, Hilfiger show at NY Fashion Week (Examiner.com)
  How does a seemingly unusual trend - to wit, harem pants - end up on almost every runway at New York Fashion Week?
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582939~Calvin_Klein__Hilfiger_show_at_NY_Fashion_Week.html
  
  
• Marcum beats White Sox (Examiner.com)
  Shaun Marcum pitched effectively for 7 1-3 innings and the Toronto Blue Jays broke a scoreless tie with six runs in the eighth Thursday night in beating the Chicago White Sox 6-4 for their 11th win in 12 games.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582923~Marcum_beats_White_Sox.html
  
  
• 'Project Runway' winner shows at Fashion Week (Examiner.com)
  Christian Siriano means business.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582961~_Project_Runway__winner_shows_at_Fashion_Week.html
  
  
• Harden leads Cubs to series win (Examiner.com)
  Rich Harden worked six solid innings and Kerry Wood got Albert Pujols to pop up with two men on for the final out in a 3-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday night.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582936~Harden_leads_Cubs_to_series_win.html
  
  
• Texas prepares for a gigantic Hurricane Ike (Examiner.com)
  Cars and trucks streamed inland and chemical companies buttoned up their plants Thursday as a gigantic Hurricane Ike took aim at the heart of the U.S. refining industry and threatened to send a wall of water crashing toward Houston.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582905~Texas_prepares_for_a_gigantic_Hurricane_Ike.html
  
  
• Tyler Perry Holds on to His Past (my.abcnews.go.com)
  The multi-millionaire movie mogul hasn't gone Hollywood or forgotten his roots.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~4/389627862" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~3/389627862/story
  
  
• Hathaway's Ex Pleads Guilty, Faces Prison (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Anne Hathaway's ex Raffaello Follieri pleads guilty to swindling millions.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~4/388902046" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~3/388902046/story
  
  
• Sneezing Celebs: Big Names Battle Allergies (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Swelling, itching allergies can be a work hazard for celebs in the public eye.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~4/284624409" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~3/284624409/story
  
  
• As Oscar Race Begins, Which Films Lead? (my.abcnews.go.com)
  If new dramas fall flat, "The Dark Knight" could stand a chance.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~4/388622697" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~3/388622697/story
  
  
• Can Needle Exchanges Curb AIDS Rates? (my.abcnews.go.com)
  DC officials hope that needle exchange program will curb HIV growth.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~4/389633245" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~3/389633245/wireStory
  
  
• Bush, Babs to Unite in Night of Awkwardness (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Avowed democrat Barbara Streisand to be honored by Bush on heels of "W" debut.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~4/388798908" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~3/388798908/wireStory
  
  
• Boy's Heroic 911 Call Sends Mom to Jail (my.abcnews.go.com)
  DWI mother forces her 11-year-old to breathe into ignition interlock.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~4/388978795" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~3/388978795/story
  
  
• Police: Gary Coleman Hits Man With Truck (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Unclear if Coleman intended to hit the man after arguing in a bowling alley.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~4/386763017" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~3/386763017/wireStory
  
  
• 'The Day Our World Was Broken'; Nation Pauses for 9-11 (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Relatives, survivors and politicians gather at ground zero for 7th anniversary.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~4/389738207" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~3/389738207/wireStory
  
  
• 'No Country,' No Money? Jones Sues (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Actor says he's owed more than $10M for 2007 hit "No Country for Old Men."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~4/386711638" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~3/386711638/wireStory
  
  
• Tough new rules for NSW pet shops (ABC Australia)
  A three-day cooling off period for people who buy animals from pet shops comes into effect in New South Wales today.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2363117.htm
  
  
• Rate Expectations: Which Shows Will Rise? (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Your guide to the 14 new scripted shows coming to network TV this fall.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~4/386614505" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~3/386614505/story
  
  
• Deaths From Ground Zero Hazards...or Not? (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Seven years later, thousands of 9/11 rescuers still seek injury compensation.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~4/389593081" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~3/389593081/story
  
  
• Raptis Group negotiating funding (ABC Australia)
  Gold Coast-based development company Raptis Group has told the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) it could take a month to find a joint venture partner.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2363107.htm
  
  
• 'Entourage' Boys Are Back, but All's Not Well (my.abcnews.go.com)
  The cast of the HBO show says the fifth season will be more dramatic than ever.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~4/384399466" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~3/384399466/story
  
  
• Rare Condition Causes Giant Legs, Feet (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Mandy Sellars said she's endured taunts, questions about her unusual appearance.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~4/387785688" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~3/387785688/story
  
  
• Sale looms for North Burnett mine (ABC Australia)
  The administrator of a North Burnett mine anticipates it will be sold within the next six weeks.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362947.htm
  
  
• Dr. Greene Returns to 'ER,' Not From Dead (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Anthony Edwards reprises Dr. Greene in flashback for "ER's" final season.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~4/384251171" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~3/384251171/wireStory
  
  
• What to Do When You're Out of Sick Days (my.abcnews.go.com)
  What do you do when you're sick -- and your sick days have run out?<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~4/387629773" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~3/387629773/story
  
  
• Army Issues Report on Pregnant Soldier (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Military mistakes wouldn't have prevented pregnant soldier's death, report says.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~4/389781614" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~3/389781614/wireStory
  
  
• Police urge 'cursed' women to come forward (ABC Australia)
  Police say two Sydney men who sexually assaulted two women from the Greek community in Sydney's west may have preyed upon others.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2363097.htm
  
  
• Inside the Mind of John Malkovich (my.abcnews.go.com)
  John Malkovich dishes on his role in the Coen brothers' "Burn After Reading."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~4/388622698" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~3/388622698/story
  
  
• Cellulite Treatments: Do They Work? (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Who will rid me of this hideous cellulite? Plenty of promises, for a price.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~4/304517090" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~3/304517090/story
  
  
• Sacked Wriedt blasts Premier's 'lack of understanding' (ABC Australia)
  Paula Wriedt says she is deeply distressed by her abrupt sacking from Tasmania's Cabinet by Premier David Bartlett.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2363152.htm
  
  
• NSW students 'above average in all areas' (ABC Australia)
  New South Wales students have beaten the national average in every area of the first ever Australia-wide numeracy and literacy tests.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2363131.htm
  
  
• Ex-Gay Ministry Film Doesn't Parody (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Drama about gays and the religious right opens in select theaters this weekend.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~4/386614507" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~3/386614507/story
  
  
• Summer Skin SOS (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Fast fixes for the season's five biggest problems.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~4/303166556" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~3/303166556/story
  
  
• Army Reaches Record-High Suicide Rate (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Commanders look outside of the military for ways to cope with alarming increase.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~4/389597039" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~3/389597039/wireStory
  
  
• NSW premier dumps Noreen Hay (ABC Australia)
  Noreen Hay has been sacked from her role as the parliamentary secretary for health.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2363160.htm
  
  
• Nicolas Cage Dares to Be 'Dangerous' (my.abcnews.go.com)
  The actor dishes on his career and his starring role in "Bangkok Dangerous."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~4/384399467" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~3/384399467/story
  
  
• Can Indoor Tanning's Rays Kill? (my.abcnews.go.com)
  One major dermatology organization is making the case against indoor tanning.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~4/303166557" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~3/303166557/story
  
  
• NAB denies more write-downs imminent (ABC Australia)
  The National Australia Bank has denied reports it will be forced to write-down more bad debts.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2363087.htm
  
  
• Oasis' 'Morning Glory' Leads to World of Pain (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Band postpones gig after fan assaults Noel Gallagher during performance.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~4/388861102" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~3/388861102/wireStory
  
  
• Low Vitamin D May Worsen Breast Cancer (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Breast cancer tends to be more aggressive in patients deficient in the nutrient.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~4/291625911" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~3/291625911/story
  
  
• Wood told me model was depressed: Dally-Watkins (ABC Australia)
  A Sydney court has heard Gordon Wood told his girlfriend's employer she was so depressed she would jump off a cliff with a baby.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362938.htm
  
  
• Texans told to flee or 'face certain death' as Ike approaches (ABC Australia)
  The National Hurricane Centre in the United States has warned residents of Galveston, Texas, living in homes higher than a single storey that they "face certain death" if they do not flee before Hurricane Ike comes ashore from the Gulf of Mexico.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2363027.htm
  
  
• Spears Sweeps, Brand Bashes Bush at VMAs (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Britney won three awards; Russell Brand called Bush a "retard and cowboy fella."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~4/386614504" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~3/386614504/story
  
  
• Even After Stopping HRT, Risks Linger (my.abcnews.go.com)
  A higher risk of cancer is seen even in women who have stopped hormone therapy.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~4/245738961" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~3/245738961/story
  
  
• Drugs With Bad Reps Have Good Side (my.abcnews.go.com)
  From marijuana to ecstasy, scientists fight to study drugs' medical properties.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~4/389593084" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~3/389593084/story
  
  
• Roxon admits hospital system requires 'big rethink' (ABC Australia)
  Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon has acknowledged Australia's hospital system does not have the right mix of emergency services and acute care.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2363017.htm
  
  
• Madonna Dedicates 'Like a Virgin' to Pope (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Madonna: "I dedicate this song to the pope, because I'm a child of God."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~4/388622699" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~3/388622699/wireStory
  
  
• Avastin Ruling Will Affect Cancer Drug Industry (my.abcnews.go.com)
  The FDA is set to decide whether to approve the drug in breast cancer treatment.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~4/238990599" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~3/238990599/wireStory
  
  
• Courthouse Affair Sparks Outrage (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Death row inmate's appeal reveals affair between judge and prosecutor<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~4/389593085" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~3/389593085/story
  
  
• Garrett gives pipeline go ahead (ABC Australia)
  The Federal Government has given the green light to Victoria's controversial North-South Pipeline.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362951.htm
  
  
• Floriade comes of age (ABC Australia)
  Flower beds depicting great Aussie films are in full bloom for the start of Floriade.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2363005.htm
  
  
• Armed killings cost nations billions of dollars (Examiner.com)
  The United States leads the world in economic loss from deaths caused by armed crime, according to a global survey released Friday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582958~Armed_killings_cost_nations_billions_of_dollars.html
  
  
• Next 'Top Model': Amputee or Blind? (my.abcnews.go.com)
  A new reality TV modeling competition features physically disabled contestants.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~4/324198946" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~3/324198946/story
  
  
• How a Diary Can Double Your Weight Loss (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Those who keep track of what they eat lose weight twice as fast, a study says.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~4/329807413" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~3/329807413/story
  
  
• U.S., Iraq Reach 'Preliminary Agreement' (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Secretary Rice says withdrawal deal reflects Iraq's ability to defend itself.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~4/371173919" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~3/371173919/wireStory
  
  
• Indonesian fishermen win trepang case (ABC Australia)
  A Northern Territory Supreme Court judge has thrown out a case against three Indonesian fishermen accused of illegally taking trepang from an area owned by Australia.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362995.htm
  
  
• Joy of Sex 'bible' is back (ABC Australia)
  The Joy of Sex, the iconic 1970s book which became the bedroom (and elsewhere) bible for a generation, has been re-released in an updated version for the noughties.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2363032.htm
  
  
• Thailand's Samak isolated as friends desert him (Examiner.com)
  Political allies of Thailand's ousted prime minister deserted him Friday in his bid to return to power in a parliamentary vote, leaving him isolated following his removal by a court for violating conflict-of-interest rules.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582986~Thailand_s_Samak_isolated_as_friends_desert_him.html
  
  
• Is the Changing Face of Fashion Black? (my.abcnews.go.com)
  As Italian Vogue's July issue features all black models, will U.S. mags follow?<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~4/319687475" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~3/319687475/story
  
  
• The 10 Best Foods You Aren't Eating (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Doing your body a world of good is as easy as expanding your grocery list.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~4/330722111" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~3/330722111/story
  
  
• Russia Goes Nuclear Over U.S. Missile Shield (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Russian general says Poland's cooperation exposes it to attack, possibly nuclear<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~4/365644206" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~3/365644206/wireStory
  
  
• 2008 Deadliest Year for U.S. in Afghanistan (my.abcnews.go.com)
  U.S. death in Afghanistan makes 2008 deadliest year since 2001 invasion.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~4/389727375" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~3/389727375/wireStory
  
  
• Ohio Dems select tab mayor to replace late Rep. (Examiner.com)
  Democratic leaders on Thursday selected the mayor of a suburban Cleveland town to replace the late Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones on the Nov. 4 ballot.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582938~Ohio_Dems_select_tab_mayor_to_replace_late_Rep_.html
  
  
• Snoop Dogg wins visa fight (ABC Australia)
  Snoop Dogg has been granted a visa for his upcoming concert tour of Australia.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362936.htm
  
  
• Lehman racing to find buyer for beleaguered firm (Examiner.com)
  With Lehman Brothers' shares signaling another steep drop on Friday, top executives are racing to put a sale of the beleaguered investment bank in place before it loses further market value and confidence.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582985~Lehman_racing_to_find_buyer_for_beleaguered_firm.html
  
  
• Suspected missile strike kills 8 in Pakistan (Examiner.com)
  Pakistani intelligence officials say a suspected missile strike has killed at least eight people near the Afghan border.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582998~Suspected_missile_strike_kills_8_in_Pakistan.html
  
  
• Gisele, World's Top Supermodel Bares All (my.abcnews.go.com)
  The ultra-sexy supermodel dishes about everything from Tom Brady to thongs.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~4/318105247" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~3/318105247/story
  
  
• How to Eat Better on Less Money (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Healthy eating in a bad economy need not be pricey, says one nutritionist.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~4/315416083" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~3/315416083/story
  
  
• Will Your Moisturizer Give You Cancer? (my.abcnews.go.com)
  A new study on mice raises alarm over lotions, but some experts are skeptical.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~4/365003540" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~3/365003540/story
  
  
• WATCH: The Valley of Death; US Soldiers on the Front Lines (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Rare access shows tough going in the fight against terrorists in Afghanistan.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~4/389970173" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~3/389970173/story
  
  
• Oil rises in Asia as Ike bears down on Texas coast (Examiner.com)
  Oil prices rose Friday in Asia to above $101 a barrel as Hurricane Ike swept up from the Gulf of Mexico, prompting companies along the Texas coast to shut down refining and drilling operations.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1583029~Oil_rises_in_Asia_as_Ike_bears_down_on_Texas_coast.html
  
  
• China launches nationwide baby formula probe (Examiner.com)
  China's Health Ministry on Friday ordered a nationwide probe of milk powder linked to a rash of kidney stones in infants and one death and said those responsible "will face serious punishment."
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582996~China_launches_nationwide_baby_formula_probe.html
  
  
• EXCLUSIVE: Michael Jackson 'Young' at 50 (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Jackson tells "Good Morning America" he doesn't have an AARP card.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~4/378127842" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~3/378127842/story
  
  
• Do Obese People Worsen Global Warming? (my.abcnews.go.com)
  A letter in the Lancet medical journal sparks outrage from obesity experts.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~4/291625913" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~3/291625913/story
  
  
• Are Organ-Donating Infants Really 'Dead'? (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Doctors debate the merits and pitfalls of transplant procedures in infants.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~4/365003543" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~3/365003543/story
  
  
• ABC Reporter Inside the War on Terror (my.abcnews.go.com)
  In "Against Us," Jim Sciutto offers a perspective on terror war from the field.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~4/389627874" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~3/389627874/story
  
  
• Applegate's Breast Removal to Stop Cancer (my.abcnews.go.com)
  In an exclusive interview, Applegate speaks of her double mastectomy.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~4/368541960" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~3/368541960/story
  
  
• 10 Cosmetic Procedures You Should Avoid (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Some medical beauty procedures are not worth the risk.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~4/265628630" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~3/265628630/story
  
  
• Want to Be a Model? First, Lose 30 Pounds (my.abcnews.go.com)
  MTV's "Model Maker" may send the wrong message to girls about weight loss.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~4/371173920" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~3/371173920/story
  
  
• Missing Toddler's Body Found in Israel (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Mother, grandfather held in 4-year-old Rose Pizem's disappearance.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~4/389970175" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~3/389970175/story
  
  
• Cat 3 Ike Could Be a Texas-Sized Storm (my.abcnews.go.com)
  "I cannot overemphasize the danger," says Texas Gov. Rick Perry.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~4/389654917" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~3/389654917/wireStory
  
  
• Jenny From the Block to the Races (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Months after giving birth, Jennifer Lopez is getting in shape for a triathlon.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~4/368293847" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~3/368293847/story
  
  
• When Big Breasts Are a Big Pain (my.abcnews.go.com)
  While one woman seeks the world's largest breasts, others want theirs reduced.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~4/288667214" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~3/288667214/story
  
  
• Trade Gap Surges to 16-Month High (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Trade deficit rose to 16-month high in July as oil imports offset export growth.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Business/~4/389711279" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Business/~3/389711279/wireStory
  
  
• A Monster Discovery: Bigfoot or Big Hoax? (my.abcnews.go.com)
  The sasquatch-hunting community doesn't buy claim of three Bigfoot trackers.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~4/365686937" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~3/365686937/story
  
  
• Mbeki: Zimbabwe Leadership Deal Struck (my.abcnews.go.com)
  South African leader: Robert Mugabe agreed to share power with the opposition.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~4/390156612" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~3/390156612/wireStory
  
  
• Keepin' It Real: Reality TV Boot Camp (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Reality TV aspirants try to build a "unique" persona with "emotional immunity."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~4/348630299" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~3/348630299/story
  
  
• Some Lip Gloss May Promote Cancer (my.abcnews.go.com)
  There's no proof yet but lips at risk from sun, too<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~4/282094891" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~3/282094891/story
  
  
• Is Lehman Bros. Sale on the Horizon? (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Bankers: Lehman approaching rivals for possible sale of all or part of the firm.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Business/~4/389711281" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Business/~3/389711281/wireStory
  
  
• Texas Town OKs Teachers Packing Heat (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Texas school district becomes first in nation to allow teachers to carry guns.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~4/365821035" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~3/365821035/story
  
  
• China Landslide Toll Rises to 151 (my.abcnews.go.com)
  China landslide kills 151, buries town under mud; hundreds missing.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~4/389766501" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~3/389766501/wireStory
  
  
• George Michael: I Never Thought I Was Attractive (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Michael spends part of his time in Texas to be with his partner, Kenny Goss.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~4/344922137" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~3/344922137/story
  
  
• Bone-Lengthening for Disfiguring Disease (my.abcnews.go.com)
  A 9-year-old girl with a rare bone condition had successful arm-lengthening.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~4/210106818" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~3/210106818/story
  
  
• Christian Schools Want God for Credit (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Christian schools are fighting California credit standards as "discrimination."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~4/365821037" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~3/365821037/story
  
  
• Robbers Target Obama's Family in Kenya? (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Uncle: Thieves try to rob Barack Obama's relatives in Kenya, but are foiled.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~4/389766502" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~3/389766502/wireStory
  
  
• U.S., Bolivia, Venezuela in Diplomatic Row (my.abcnews.go.com)
  All three countries have ordered each other's ambassadors out.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~4/390201859" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~3/390201859/wireStory
  
  
• Gordon Ramsay: 'I'm Not Rude, I'm Honest' (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Award-winning chef says a culinary career is all about pressure and perfection.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~4/315633270" height="1" width="1"/>
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• Finally, a Reason Why Nice Guys Finish Last (my.abcnews.go.com)
  New research suggests a biological reason for why bad boys get all the girls.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~4/315416082" height="1" width="1"/>
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• Federal Judge Indicted in Sex Abuse Case (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Alleged victim "validated;" judge's lawyer says relationship was consensual.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~4/378032865" height="1" width="1"/>
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• Tunnel Fire Under English Channel (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Fire in tunnel under English Channel suspends traffic, passengers safe.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~4/389829762" height="1" width="1"/>
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• $8B Approved For Roadways, Bridges (my.abcnews.go.com)
  The nearly broke trust fund threatened building projects in every state.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~4/390099152" height="1" width="1"/>
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• It Ain't Over Till the Skinny Lady Sings (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Opera diva Deborah Voigt drops more than 100 pounds to win back her role.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~4/313150844" height="1" width="1"/>
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• Sex Change for Kids? Controversy Swirls (my.abcnews.go.com)
  A misunderstood procedure garners widespread attention.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~4/295219667" height="1" width="1"/>
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• Play Your Way to a Higher SAT Score (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Test-prep providers look to video games to help students get ready.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Technology/~4/389701528" height="1" width="1"/>
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• Could Mortgage Crisis Take Down WaMu? (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Analysts say that the U.S. mortgage crisis could sink the bank.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Business/~4/388920603" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Business/~3/388920603/story
  
  
• Revoked Bail, Back to Jail for Caylee's Mom? (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Bounty hunter says he thinks Casey Anthony was involved in her daughter's death.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~4/377457756" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~3/377457756/story
  
  
• Palin's Town Billed Rape Victims for Kits (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Lawmakers discovered rape victims were charged for kits and forensic exams.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~4/390259828" height="1" width="1"/>
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• Usher: Wife, Son 'Made Me a Man' (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Despite all his fame and fortune, R&B singer Usher says fatherhood is tops.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~4/299357639" height="1" width="1"/>
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• Opinion: When Biology Doesn't Explain Gay (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Researchers say gay brains are different; this bride says her brain is straight.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~4/318174656" height="1" width="1"/>
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• On-the-Go E-Mail for the Minimalist (my.abcnews.go.com)
  An e-mail-only pager called the "Peek" hits Target stores Monday.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Technology/~4/389701529" height="1" width="1"/>
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• Why It's Not So Bad to Be a 'Sell Out' (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Don't stress about trading that dream job for a paying one.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Business/~4/389582970" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Business/~3/389582970/story
  
  
• Harvard Cops Probed for Racial Profiling (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Campus police come under scrutiny as Harvard reviews its "diversity training."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~4/377091723" height="1" width="1"/>
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• A Test for Iraq as Govt Takes Over Patrols (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Sunni patrols kept violence down but will they last as government takes over?<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~4/389766503" height="1" width="1"/>
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• Teacher's Husband Guilty in Student Death (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Eric McClean guilty of reckless homicide in death of ex-wife's student lover.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~4/390259829" height="1" width="1"/>
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• Madonna Gives the Finger to Turning 50 (my.abcnews.go.com)
  At Cannes, the star opens up about men, motherhood, Malawi and aging gracefully.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~4/296000895" height="1" width="1"/>
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• When Chronic Pain Threatens Intimacy (my.abcnews.go.com)
  For some couples, the persistent pain of fibromyalgia can make sex a challenge.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~4/290294350" height="1" width="1"/>
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• States Battle Pesticides in Groundwater (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Pesticides recently ID'd in Oregon raise questions about federal oversight.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Technology/~4/388601066" height="1" width="1"/>
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• Palin Takes Hard Line on National Security, Softens Stance on Global Warming (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Republican VP candidate speaks with Charlie Gibson in exclusive interview.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Politics/~4/390074907" height="1" width="1"/>
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• Missing Rice Student Found Alive in Calif. (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Matthew Wilson disappeared from his college apartment eight months ago.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~4/365003535" height="1" width="1"/>
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• Bush's Final Stamp on War? 8K Troops Out (my.abcnews.go.com)
  President Bush keeping U.S. troop levels steady until next president takes over.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~4/387471448" height="1" width="1"/>
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• Kanye Hits Flashing Lights, Gets Arrested (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Rapper arrested at LAX airport after alleged altercation with photographer.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~4/389879986" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~3/389879986/story
  
  
• Stars, Skin, Scandal: Secrets of Us Weekly (my.abcnews.go.com)
  It's all about the right cover at the magazine that changed the celebrity beat.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~4/294207023" height="1" width="1"/>
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• 'It Makes Me Crazy': Woman Can't Forget (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Diane Sawyer talks to Jill Price, who re-lives her past and astounds doctors.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~4/286796523" height="1" width="1"/>
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• Facebook Gets a Makeover (my.abcnews.go.com)
  The social networking site's 100 million users must adapt to a new look Wed.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Technology/~4/388689720" height="1" width="1"/>
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• College Credit Students Can Do Without (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Students graduating with credit card debt turn to counselors.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Business/~4/389711282" height="1" width="1"/>
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• Palin Phenomenon Has Obama on Ropes (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Spotlight on Palin as Obama fights to regain campaign momentum.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Politics/~4/390031756" height="1" width="1"/>
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• Katrina 'Angel of Mercy' to Be Released (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Biological mother of the allegedly kidnapped kids took them home last night.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~4/359701211" height="1" width="1"/>
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• Journalist Escapes Assassination in Baghdad (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Iraqi journalist escapes assassination, parliament opens key session.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~4/387864122" height="1" width="1"/>
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• Spotted: Mom on Lam With New Identity (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Runaway mom says she left a controlling husband, but her daughter disagrees.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~4/389069009" height="1" width="1"/>
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• Ben Barnes Crowned Prince Caspian (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Starring in the scarier Narnia sequel, actor faces imminent stardom.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~4/290958325" height="1" width="1"/>
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• Ask Dr. Timothy Johnson (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Have a health question or concern? Ask Dr. Tim and tune in to News Now.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~4/162633895" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~3/162633895/story
  
  
• Pearl Flip Is First Blackberry That Folds (my.abcnews.go.com)
  The new "clamshell" design is a departure from previous Blackberries.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Technology/~4/388689722" height="1" width="1"/>
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• Iran, Venezuela Push for Higher Oil Prices (my.abcnews.go.com)
  In OPEC meeting, U.S. ally Saudi Arabia is told to cut back oil production.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Business/~4/388786877" height="1" width="1"/>
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• The Note: Obama, McCain Pause Silliness (my.abcnews.go.com)
  On a day of political pause, a race devolves into silliness.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Politics/~4/162653986" height="1" width="1"/>
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• Boy Reunited With Dad 7 Years After Kidnap (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Boy taken by mom in 2001 found in Mexico; dad tells other parents to keep faith.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~4/352886481" height="1" width="1"/>
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• Bakery Clues Help U.S. Foil Iraqi Terror Plot (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Unused bakery oven, empty water tank help unravel Iraqi terror tunnel plot.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~4/387448817" height="1" width="1"/>
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• S. Korea Says Kim Had Brain Surgery (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Kim reportedly recovering from a stroke and surgery, may be partially paralyzed.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~4/389512558" height="1" width="1"/>
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• Amy Poehler's 'Baby Mama' Drama (my.abcnews.go.com)
  The comedian on her new film role, and her portrayal of Sen. Hillary Clinton.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~4/273085560" height="1" width="1"/>
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• 2-foot, 9-inch Woman Survives Risky Pregnancy (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Christianne Ray has a rare form of dwarfism, but became a mom despite the risk.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~4/230311340" height="1" width="1"/>
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• Does Thinking Make Us Fatter? (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Mental tasks cause people to eat more, researchers find.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Technology/~4/388601067" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Technology/~3/388601067/story
  
  
• Fight Back Against College Costs (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Financial aid sags under tight credit, rising cost-of-living and tuition fees.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Business/~4/389113786" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Business/~3/389113786/story
  
  
• Seven Years Later: Terrorism Fears Low (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Poll: concerns about terrorist attack in U.S. subside to lowest since '97.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Politics/~4/389724342" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Politics/~3/389724342/story
  
  
• Man Arrested After Alleged Family Kidnap (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Man suspected of killing woman, arrested in NYC; 4 kids, mom safe.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~4/351167652" height="1" width="1"/>
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• OPEC Decides to Curb Overproduction (my.abcnews.go.com)
  OPEC oil ministers to curb overproduction by more than 500,000 barrels a day.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~4/388464495" height="1" width="1"/>
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• Hey, Bud, This Suit's for You (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Budweiser drinkers draft lawsuit to block sale to Belgian brewer.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~4/389512560" height="1" width="1"/>
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• Natalie Portman: Hollywood Royalty (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Star dishes on seduction and her relationship with Scarlett Johansson.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~4/242734616" height="1" width="1"/>
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• Kids Snoring? Could Be Sleep Apnea (my.abcnews.go.com)
  As much as 4 percent of U.S. children suffer from obstructive sleep apnea.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~4/162633917" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~3/162633917/story
  
  
• Apple Unveils 'Cleanest' iPod Yet (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Steve Jobs today revealed several new products, including a "toxic-free" Nano.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Technology/~4/388109193" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Technology/~3/388109193/story
  
  
• Brothers Grim: Lehman Loses $3.9 Billion (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Struggling investment bank sheds assets in an effort to shore up balance sheet.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Business/~4/388660741" height="1" width="1"/>
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• Obama: Lipstick Smear is Swift Boat Politics (my.abcnews.go.com)
  "Lipstick on a pig" phrase stirs increasingly negative presidential campaign.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Politics/~4/388776436" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Politics/~3/388776436/story
  
  
• Job Hunting: Get Your Foot in the Door (my.abcnews.go.com)
  "GMA" shares secrets to help you land the elusive job interview.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~4/388632303" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~3/388632303/story
  
  
• Man Accused of $46.7 Million Bank Heist (my.abcnews.go.com)
  An Irish man is accused of one of the biggest bank raids in UK history.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~4/388723777" height="1" width="1"/>
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• Is Palin Politicizing Son's Military Service? (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Three of four candidates have kids who have served in, or are headed to, Iraq.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~4/389942506" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~3/389942506/story
  
  
• Are They Too Young to Sing? (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Jordin Sparks and other young pop stars are damaging their voices.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~4/276214277" height="1" width="1"/>
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• Supermarket Picks Healthy Foods (my.abcnews.go.com)
  One New England grocery chain uses gold stars to affect purchases.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~4/162633918" height="1" width="1"/>
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• Forget to Lock Your Door? Do It by Remote (my.abcnews.go.com)
  A company now offers locks that can be wirelessly locked and opened.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Technology/~4/383229714" height="1" width="1"/>
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• Cheap Flight? Do Thanksgiving in October (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Can't afford to fly for Turkey Day? Consider an October feast, or book now.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Business/~4/388657570" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Business/~3/388657570/story
  
  
• Church Gets Ba Da Bling From Heaven (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Long Island church gets surprise $3 million donation from lottery winnings.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~4/378249552" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~3/378249552/story
  
  
• Feds' Mortgage Takeover Is $200B Bet (my.abcnews.go.com)
  With the federal government assuming the debt, interest rates may fall.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~4/387569979" height="1" width="1"/>
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• Somber Pentagon 9/11 Memorial Is Opened (my.abcnews.go.com)
  The first major memorial dedicated to 9/11 opens Thursday at the Pentagon.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~4/389814599" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~3/389814599/story
  
  
• 'Sex and the City' Star Beats Breast Cancer (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Cynthia Nixon, with girlfriend's support, braved cancer and became an advocate.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~4/270895194" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~3/270895194/story
  
  
• Popcorn May Cause Lung Disease (my.abcnews.go.com)
  An ingredient in microwave popcorn may cause potentially deadly lung problems.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~4/162633919" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~3/162633919/story
  
  
• Gadgets of the Future Almost Here (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Ear-sized iPod? Cell phone that finds your glasses? Future of gadgets is here.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Technology/~4/368059889" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Technology/~3/368059889/story
  
  
• Wind Power New? Not to One Minn. Town (my.abcnews.go.com)
  A small Minnesota town was years ahead of the country in embracing wind power.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Business/~4/363252445" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Business/~3/363252445/story
  
  
• Tight Race: Obama Leads in Crucial States (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Obama's ahead in Ohio and Pennsylvania, while McCain leads in Florida.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Politics/~4/389813674" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Politics/~3/389813674/story
  
  
• A Community Confronts Its Drug Dealers (my.abcnews.go.com)
  A new program in Hempstead, N.Y. helps crackdown on the drug trade.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~4/370033972" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~3/370033972/story
  
  
• Mexico's Post Office Goes Hot Pink (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Will the makeover pull often tardy postal service out of the red?<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~4/388464494" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~3/388464494/wireStory
  
  
• What Rescue? Lehman Stocks Still Tanking (my.abcnews.go.com)
  The bank's stocks continue to plunge despite its new survival strategy.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~4/389814601" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~3/389814601/story
  
  
• Excerpt: Celebs' Moms Dish on Life Lessons (my.abcnews.go.com)
  What makes a star? A new book talks to moms who shaped some stars.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~4/280380451" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~3/280380451/story
  
  
• Seeing the Body as Never Before (my.abcnews.go.com)
  An amazing look at the body at work, from fat cells to salivary glands.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~4/162633921" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~3/162633921/story
  
  
• Colbert's DNA to Be Sent Into Space (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Comic's DNA will be put in a time capsule at the International Space Station.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Technology/~4/386645376" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Technology/~3/386645376/wireStory
  
  
• The Dumbest Online Job Hunt Blunders (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Looking to ruin your job search? How about a YouTube striptease?<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Business/~4/351475671" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Business/~3/351475671/story
  
  
• Huckabee Yucks It Up About McCain Vetting (my.abcnews.go.com)
  In charity fundraiser, pols join pundits, journalists with standup routines.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Politics/~4/389891426" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Politics/~3/389891426/story
  
  
• Oil Exec: Energy Independence Unrealistic (my.abcnews.go.com)
  ExxonMobil CEO tells Charles Gibson, "there is no one solution" to oil crisis.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~4/364766339" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~3/364766339/story
  
  
• U.S. Military 'Not Convinced' of Afghan Win (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Joint chiefs chair calls for help from Pakistan to fight Taliban.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~4/388846820" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~3/388846820/story
  
  
• Drug Addicts Drill for Oil (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Oil field deaths are up dramatically thanks to young new workers and drug use.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~4/389727004" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~3/389727004/story
  
  
• Behind the Big Voice: David Archuleta (my.abcnews.go.com)
  The illness that changed "Idol" teen's voice forever and "stage dad" rumors.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~4/262726229" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~3/262726229/story
  
  
• Concussions Hurt Benoit Brain, Dad Says (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Doctors say test results on wrestler's brain may explain murder-suicide.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~4/162633922" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~3/162633922/story
  
  
• Virus Infects Space Station Laptops (Again) (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Viruses that steal passwords affected Space Station laptops in July.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Technology/~4/376254070" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Technology/~3/376254070/story
  
  
• Foreign Airlines Thrive as U.S. Flounders (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Start by charging $14,635 for first class and then offer an onboard shower.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Business/~4/355295082" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Business/~3/355295082/story
  
  
• Donaldson on Weathering 'Hurricane Palin' (my.abcnews.go.com)
  ABC News vet offers advice to Democrats on how to tackle the "Palin effect."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Politics/~4/389829784" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Politics/~3/389829784/story
  
  
• Saudi Arabia's First Female CFO (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Al Kuwaiz, 44, is a rising star in country where only 6 percent of women work.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~4/364766342" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~3/364766342/story
  
  
• 2 Afghan Civilians Killed by NATO Bomb (my.abcnews.go.com)
  2 Afghan civilians killed, 10 wounded when NATO bomb misses target.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~4/387720412" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~3/387720412/wireStory
  
  
• When Unprofessional Doctors Do Harm (my.abcnews.go.com)
  One doctor's experience: ethics, professionalism may be lacking in new doctors.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~4/388947725" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~3/388947725/story
  
  
• Counting Cards in Vegas (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Actor Jim Sturgess on his new movie, playing a casino cheater in "21."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~4/258334282" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~3/258334282/story
  
  
• Food 911: What to Do After Splurging (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Discover what you should do after indulging in your favorite foods.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~4/162633923" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~3/162633923/story
  
  
• Hurricane Could Delay Shuttle Launch (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Will Gustav stop Hubble Telescope rescue mission?<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Technology/~4/375226931" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Technology/~3/375226931/story
  
  
• Partners or Robber Barons of the Skies? (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Partnership could make trans-Atlantic flights easier, but airfares could spike.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Business/~4/374317247" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Business/~3/374317247/story
  
  
• Sneak Peek: Seventh Anniversary of 9/11 (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Is it time for a political pause?<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Politics/~4/164416111" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Politics/~3/164416111/story
  
  
• Five Cheap and Easy Ways to Stay Healthy (my.abcnews.go.com)
  You don't have to spend a lot of money to get healthy and stay that way.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~4/364149766" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~3/364149766/story
  
  
• South Ossetia Aims to Join Russia (my.abcnews.go.com)
  South Ossetian President Eduard Kokoity says the province will join Russia.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~4/389766504" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~3/389766504/wireStory
  
  
• Survey Predicts Primary Care Doc Shortage (my.abcnews.go.com)
  As med school grads choose lucrative specialties, family docs may become scarce.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~4/388775213" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~3/388775213/wireStory
  
  
• Celebs Give U.N. Star-Power Punch (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Bono, Angelina, George, Mia and more lead the way for celebrity charity.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~4/248846599" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Entertainment/~3/248846599/story
  
  
• Dumpster Diving Is the Life for Me (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Freegans eat food leftovers from restaurants and found in dumpsters.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~4/162633924" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~3/162633924/story
  
  
• Adventurer Takes Solar-Powered Joy Ride (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Man travels around the world in a car powered by nothing but the sun.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Technology/~4/385240520" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Technology/~3/385240520/story
  
  
• Transport Costs Could Alter World Trade (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Shipping products worldwide may come at a high price for global economy.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Business/~4/363052914" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Business/~3/363052914/story
  
  
• The Note's Must-Reads (my.abcnews.go.com)
  The first stop in Politics -- It's what you need to know<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Politics/~4/166780806" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Politics/~3/166780806/story
  
  
• Feds: Al Qaeda Mata Hari Wanted To Poison President Jimmy Carter (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Sources say Siddique wanted to put biological agents in Carter's water.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~4/364184753" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~3/364184753/story
  
  
• Georgian Reported Killed Near Russian Post (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Georgia police report a Georgian officer was shot dead near Russian checkpoint.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~4/388647168" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~3/388647168/wireStory
  
  
• Checking Your Privacy at the Border (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Because of new search laws, "snail mail" is more secure than your laptop.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~4/389727005" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~3/389727005/story
  
  
• Plastic Surgery Tackles Eyebrows, Feet (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Not happy with your eyebrows? Get transplants.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~4/162633925" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~3/162633925/story
  
  
• Bolder Than Bambi: Deer Take Over (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Homeowners battle to save their property from invading deer.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Technology/~4/350576987" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Technology/~3/350576987/story
  
  
• RSS Feed: Send News to Your Computer (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Get the latest business headlines from ABC News.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Business/~4/182395683" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Business/~3/182395683/story
  
  
• McCain on Palin: 'Exactly Who I Need' (my.abcnews.go.com)
  VP pick Palin praises Hillary; says "the women of America aren't done yet."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Politics/~4/378159317" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Politics/~3/378159317/story
  
  
• Stiller on the Making of 'Tropic Thunder' (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Ben Stiller said his film is a jab at self-important actors, not the disabled.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~4/364076779" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~3/364076779/story
  
  
• Russia to Pull out of Key Areas of Georgia (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Russia agrees to withdraw troops from key areas after EU monitors deploy.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~4/386752053" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~3/386752053/wireStory
  
  
• Sims Creator Releases New Epic Game (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Will Wright's Spore builds a social network out of players.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~4/389727006" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~3/389727006/story
  
  
• Did Forbidden Love Lead to Murder? (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Parents of a tight-knit family savagely murdered in their bedroom. Who did it?<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~4/364021168" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_US/~3/364021168/story
  
  
• Sunken Ships, Bomb Damage Scar Coast (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Sunken ships, ransacked buildings ruined tourism after war for Georgian coast.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~4/387569980" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_International/~3/387569980/wireStory
  
  
• We're Still Here! Atom Smasher Fires Up (my.abcnews.go.com)
  The world's biggest physics experiment has succeeded in its first major test.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~4/388457110" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~3/388457110/wireStory
  
  
• Research Links Allergies to Climate Change (my.abcnews.go.com)
  Scientists say climate change has made allergy season the worst yet.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~4/387612765" height="1" width="1"/>
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_TopStories/~3/387612765/story
  
  
• 'Hills' star Lauren Conrad inks book deal (Examiner.com)
  Lauren Conrad can add a new position to her resume: author.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582771~_Hills__star_Lauren_Conrad_inks_book_deal.html
  
  
• Obama to appear on 'Saturday Night Live' (Examiner.com)
  Oh how things have changed for Barack Obama since he last appeared on "Saturday Night Live."
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582903~Obama_to_appear_on__Saturday_Night_Live_.html
  
  
• It's a boy for Laila Ali and Curtis Conway (Examiner.com)
  Laila Ali and her husband, former Bears receiver Curtis Conway, are new parents of a baby boy whose name packs a familiar punch.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582761~It_s_a_boy_for_Laila_Ali_and_Curtis_Conway.html
  
  
• Fellow critic hits Ebert during film festival (Examiner.com)
  Film critic Roger Ebert on Thursday confirmed that a fellow critic yelled at him and whacked him on the knee with a program during a movie screening at the Toronto Film Festival last weekend, but said the incident was "blown out of proportion."
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582764~Fellow_critic_hits_Ebert_during_film_festival.html
  
  
• Howard hits 43rd and Phillies beat Brewers 6-3 (Examiner.com)
  Ryan Howard hit his major league-leading 43rd homer, Jamie Moyer pitched 5 2-3 effective innings and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-3 Thursday night to gain ground in the playoff race.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582867~Howard_hits_43rd_and_Phillies_beat_Brewers_6_3.html
  
  
• BET entertainment head Hudlin leaves after 3 years (Examiner.com)
  BET entertainment chief Reginald Hudlin, who boosted original programming at the channel known for music videos and reruns, is leaving the company, BET Networks said Thursday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582719~BET_entertainment_head_Hudlin_leaves_after_3_years.html
  
  
• Oswalt wins again, leads Astros to 6-0 win (Examiner.com)
  Roy Oswalt threw his second straight complete-game shutout and set a Houston record for consecutive scoreless innings, helping the surging Astros beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-0 Thursday night for their 14th win in 15 games.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582868~Oswalt_wins_again__leads_Astros_to_6_0_win.html
  
  
• Las Vegas jury seated in O.J. Simpson's trial (Examiner.com)
  A jury has been selected to decide whether O.J. Simpson and a co-defendant kidnapped and robbed two sports memorabilia dealers last year in Las Vegas.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582887~Las_Vegas_jury_seated_in_O_J__Simpson_s_trial.html
  
  
• On the Net: Celebrities blog about the election (Examiner.com)
  Paris Hilton is not alone.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582695~On_the_Net__Celebrities_blog_about_the_election.html
  
  
• Thousands fill arena for Haskins memorial (Examiner.com)
  Thousands of people filled the Don Haskins Center on Thursday night to remember the basketball coach in a memorial service that took on the atmosphere of a college game.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582807~Thousands_fill_arena_for_Haskins_memorial.html
  
  
• Woman pleads guilty in 1999 Michigan State arson (Examiner.com)
  A Detroit woman pleaded guilty Thursday to setting a New Year's Eve 1999 fire at Michigan State University, an act of eco-terrorism, and also admitted roles in 12 other incidents.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582697~Woman_pleads_guilty_in_1999_Michigan_State_arson.html
  
  
• Lehman sale speculation boosts local market (ABC Australia)
  Australian shares rallied this morning after overnight speculation that troubled US investment bank Lehman Brothers will be sold.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362915.htm
  
  
• Cabbies rally against Govt plans (ABC Australia)
  Canberra taxi drivers have taken part in a rally this morning to protest against ACT Government plans to issue another 25 taxi licences.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362888.htm
  
  
• Cabbies rally against licence plans (ABC Australia)
  Canberra taxi drivers have taken part in a rally this morning to protest against ACT Government plans to issue another 25 taxi licences.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362889.htm
  
  
• Students ace national literacy tests (ABC Australia)
  Students in New South Wales, Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory have recorded the best results in the first national literacy and numeracy tests.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362901.htm
  
  
• Ballot rejects tram pay offer (ABC Australia)
  Tram drivers have again rejected a 12.5 per cent pay rise offer from TransAdelaide.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362803.htm
  
  
• No pension rise until May: Swan (ABC Australia)
  Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan is telling pensioners they will have to wait until next year's May Budget to get any more money.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362881.htm
  
  
• Capilano to cut Maryborough jobs (ABC Australia)
  Honey company Capilano will make more than half of its Maryborough work force redundant before the end of the year.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362738.htm
  
  
• Parents furious over school cancer cluster scare (ABC Australia)
  Parents and students say they should have been told about a cancer cluster scare at a high school on Brisbane's north side, instead of hearing about it on radio.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362894.htm
  
  
• Mine rockfall not preventable: Inquest (ABC Australia)
  A manager at the Beaconsfield Gold mine has told an inquest he is convinced the fatal rockfall more than two years ago could not have been prevented.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362661.htm
  
  
• Security ramped up ahead of vote to reinstate Thai PM (ABC Australia)
  Heavy security is expected at Thailand's parliament today as MPs take part in a controversial vote which could reinstate sacked prime minister Samak Sundaravej.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362887.htm
  
  
• Tas Premier sacks Wriedt (ABC Australia)
  Tasmanian Premier David Bartlett has sacked Paula Wriedt from his Cabinet.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362841.htm
  
  
• Sex assault victim 'paid men to lift curses' (ABC Australia)
  Two Sydney men have been charged with more than 220 sex offences against a young woman who believed she was cursed.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362840.htm
  
  
• Accused rapist doctor fails bid to practice (ABC Australia)
  A Victorian doctor accused of raping a patient has failed in his bid to be reinstated as a registered medical practitioner.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362859.htm
  
  
• Putin warns against restarting arms race (ABC Australia)
  Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has warned the West against starting an arms race in Europe by stationing a US missile defence shield near Russia's borders.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362815.htm
  
  
• Brimble family united in pursuit of truth (ABC Australia)
  Dianne Brimble's family say they are determined for the truth about her death to come out.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362842.htm
  
  
• Clark announces NZ election (ABC Australia)
  New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark has called a general election for November 8.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362814.htm
  
  
• Alleged murderer faces court (ABC Australia)
  A 35-year-old New South Wales man charged with the murder of a man and woman in Canberra's north has appeared in court.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362793.htm
  
  
• Palin stirs passion in Hollywood (ABC Australia)
  Sarah Palin represents many things Hollywood liberals love to hate, from her opposition to gay marriage to her support for gun rights, yet she possesses two key qualities they admire - star appeal and a great script.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362879.htm
  
  
• Rees determined to weed out skeletons (ABC Australia)
  New South Wales Premier Nathan Rees says he knows it will take a long time for his Government to re-establish credibility after the scandal involving former police minister Matt Brown.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362795.htm
  
  
• UK's first Bollywood school opens (ABC Australia)
  In the latest sign of Bollywood's expanding reach, one of the industry's biggest stars opened a new acting school in London on Thursday that will tutor aspiring actors who hope to break into Indian film.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362884.htm
  
  
• Costello denies destabilising influence (ABC Australia)
  Peter Costello has pledged his full support to Brendan Nelson but won't say when he will leave Parliament.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362715.htm
  
  
• Palin tries to defend qualifications in interview (Examiner.com)
  John McCain running mate Sarah Palin sought Thursday to defend her qualifications but struggled with foreign policy, unable to describe President Bush's doctrine of pre-emptive strikes against threatening nations and acknowledging she's never met a foreign head of state.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582758~Palin_tries_to_defend_qualifications_in_interview.html
  
  
• Phelps 'nervous' ahead of SNL debut (ABC Australia)
  Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps has admitted to a case of nerves, but seems confident he won't be a fish out of water when he makes his acting debut on Saturday Night Live this coming weekend.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362863.htm
  
  
• Mounted police round up Gold Coast truants (ABC Australia)
  Police have come up with a novel way to catch Gold Coast children who are wagging school.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362766.htm
  
  
• Palin switches roles to send a son to Iraq (Examiner.com)
  Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin switched roles Thursday, shifting from Republican candidate for vice president to an anxious mom sending her son off to war in Iraq.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582777~Palin_switches_roles_to_send_a_son_to_Iraq.html
  
  
• Guerrilla epic Che finally finds a buyer (ABC Australia)
  More than three months after its underwhelming premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, director Steven Soderbergh's four-hour Che has finally found a buyer.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362843.htm
  
  
• Symonds becomes the lure of the Top End (ABC Australia)
  A fishing lure has been produced in Darwin in honour of controversial Australian cricketer Andrew Symonds.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362829.htm
  
  
• Pokie ATM restrictions to cost hundreds of millions: banks (ABC Australia)
  The Australian Bankers Association says plans to limit ATM withdrawals in gambling venues to $100 a day will cost hundreds of millions of dollars to implement, and the cost might have to be passed on to customers.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362677.htm
  
  
• McCain, Obama discuss views on public service (Examiner.com)
  Republican John McCain declined Thursday to disavow his campaign's tough criticism of Democrat Barack Obama's experience as a community organizer, saying politics is "tough business" even as he praised Obama's service.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582850~McCain__Obama_discuss_views_on_public_service.html
  
  
• Hills star Conrad to pen book series (ABC Australia)
  Lauren Conrad - star of the MTV reality show The Hills - has signed a book deal for a young adult fiction series based on her own transformation from regular California teen to celebrity darling, HarperCollins said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362819.htm
  
  
• Hurricane Ike bears down on busy Houston port (Examiner.com)
  Hurricane Ike threatened to wreak havoc with international commerce along the Gulf Coast, as the port of Houston - the nation's second busiest - prepared Thursday to shut down cargo operations through the weekend, and airlines canceled flights to the region.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582625~Hurricane_Ike_bears_down_on_busy_Houston_port.html
  
  
• Japan reports economy shrank 3 percent April-June (Examiner.com)
  Japan's economy shrank at a 3 percent annual rate in the April-June quarter, the government said Friday in a lowered revision of an already pessimistic reading for the world's second biggest economy.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582774~Japan_reports_economy_shrank_3_percent_April_June.html
  
  
• Venezuela's Chavez says US ambassador must leave (Examiner.com)
  President Hugo Chavez says the U.S. ambassador has 72 hours to leave Venezuela and he's recalling his ambassador from Washington.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582657~Venezuela_s_Chavez_says_US_ambassador_must_leave.html
  
  
• Bring your own light sabre: Uni launches Jedi course (ABC Australia)
  Belfast uni hosts the UK's first Jedi course teaching personal development through a Star Wars syllabus.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362719.htm
  
  
• Palin won't rule out war with Russia (ABC Australia)
  John McCain's running mate Sarah Palin won't rule out war with Russia over future attack on Georgia.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362710.htm
  
  
• Pirates free German and Japanese-run ships (ABC Australia)
  Pirates holding about a dozen boats off lawless Somalia have freed a German-owned cargo ship and a Japanese-operated chemical tanker after ransom payments were made, one of the owners and sources on the ground said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362665.htm
  
  
• Cubs-Astros games postponed because of Ike (Examiner.com)
  The first two games of this weekend's series between the Chicago Cubs and Houston Astros have been postponed because of the potential impact of Hurricane Ike.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582579~Cubs_Astros_games_postponed_because_of_Ike.html
  
  
• Owens says he got "too big" for McNabb (Examiner.com)
  Terrell Owens vividly recalls the fans chanting his name and the cheers he used to hear in Philadelphia - the ones he feels drove a wedge between himself and Donovan McNabb.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582430~Owens_says_he_got__too_big__for_McNabb.html
  
  
• Cars, trucks stream inland in Texas as Ike nears (Examiner.com)
  Cars and trucks streamed inland and chemical companies buttoned up their plants Thursday as a gigantic Hurricane Ike took aim at the heart of the U.S. refining industry and threatened to send a wall of water crashing toward Houston.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582609~Cars__trucks_stream_inland_in_Texas_as_Ike_nears.html
  
  
• Kanye West arrested in airport dustup with paps (Examiner.com)
  Kanye West's notoriously fickle temper boiled over Thursday, resulting in his arrest for apparently helping smash a paparazzo's camera on the floor at Los Angeles International Airport.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582550~Kanye_West_arrested_in_airport_dustup_with_paps.html
  
  
• Titans' Young says he never wavered about football (Examiner.com)
  Titans quarterback Vince Young insists he never wavered in his commitment to football. All that concern over his mental state? He says he was upset as he dealt with his first serious injury, and he didn't realize he had to tell his mother where he was going anymore. Then the media went overboard.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582452~Titans__Young_says_he_never_wavered_about_football.html
  
  
• Solemn rituals mark seventh anniversary of 9/11 (Examiner.com)
  Familiar rituals of grief marked the seventh anniversary of Sept. 11 on Thursday as thousands paid tribute at the attack sites, the presidential candidates laid flowers at ground zero and children mourned parents they can barely remember.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582519~Solemn_rituals_mark_seventh_anniversary_of_9_11.html
  
  
• Man suspected of sausage and spice attack set free (Examiner.com)
  A man suspected of breaking into the home of two California farmworkers, rubbing spices into the face of one man and smacking another with an 8-inch sausage has been set free.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582597~Man_suspected_of_sausage_and_spice_attack_set_free.html
  
  
• DMX extradited to Phoenix from Miami (Examiner.com)
  Rapper DMX is now in custody in a Phoenix jail on theft charges, Maricopa County Sheriff's officials said Thursday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582662~DMX_extradited_to_Phoenix_from_Miami.html
  
  
• Ravens-Texans to play on Monday night (Examiner.com)
  The Houston Texans' game against the Baltimore Ravens was moved to Monday night at 8:30 p.m. EDT because of Hurricane Ike.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582563~Ravens_Texans_to_play_on_Monday_night.html
  
  
• With Ike, size matters for killer storm surge (Examiner.com)
  Hurricane Ike's gargantuan size - not its strength - will likely push an extra large storm surge inland in a region already prone to it, experts said Thursday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582500~With_Ike__size_matters_for_killer_storm_surge.html
  
  
• Nevada game wardens seize illegal African frogs (Examiner.com)
  Authorities who seized scores of illegal African clawed frogs from Nevada residents say they have traced the creatures - banned because of their potential for ecological damage - to a company that sells tadpoles over the Internet.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582636~Nevada_game_wardens_seize_illegal_African_frogs.html
  
  
• FDA hires 1,300 new doctors and scientists (Examiner.com)
  The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it has hired more than 1,300 professional staffers in a move that officials hope will help the beleaguered agency better protect the public health amid rapid technological and scientific change.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582145~FDA_hires_1_300_new_doctors_and_scientists.html
  
  
• US video game sales rise 9 percent in August (Examiner.com)
  U.S. sales of video game hardware and software rose 9 percent in August to $994.8 million, boosted by the popularity of the newly released "Madden NFL 09."
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582620~US_video_game_sales_rise_9_percent_in_August.html
  
  
• Blue Collar Comedy's Ron White arrested for drugs (Examiner.com)
  Ron White of the "Blue Collar Comedy Tour" was late to a sold-out performance on Florida's Treasure Coast - but he had a good excuse.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582655~Blue_Collar_Comedy_s_Ron_White_arrested_for_drugs.html
  
  
• Williams negotiated his own contract deal (Examiner.com)
  Always one to go against the grain, Ricky Williams negotiated his own contract extension with Bill Parcells and the Miami Dolphins, including a verbal agreement regarding a performance bonus.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582333~Williams_negotiated_his_own_contract_deal.html
  
  
• O.J. Simpson's Nev. jury selection in home stretch (Examiner.com)
  The judge in the robbery and kidnapping trial of O.J. Simpson and a co-defendant approved the last of 40 jury prospects Thursday, including a man who wrote on his jury questionnaire that the former football star was "a murderer and got away with it."
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582578~O_J__Simpson_s_Nev__jury_selection_in_home_stretch.html
  
  
• Hamlisch named pops conductor for Colo. Symphony (Examiner.com)
  Marvin Hamlisch has been named principal pops conductor for the Colorado Symphony Orchestra for two seasons starting in 2009-10.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582658~Hamlisch_named_pops_conductor_for_Colo__Symphony.html
  
  
• Brewers' Gabe Kapler tears shoulder muscle (Examiner.com)
  Brewers right fielder Gabe Kapler has a torn muscle in his right shoulder and could miss the rest of the season.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582386~Brewers__Gabe_Kapler_tears_shoulder_muscle.html
  
  
• NY judge drops steroid case against Fla. pharmacy (Examiner.com)
  A New York judge threw out an indictment against five operators of a Florida pharmacy targeted almost two years ago in an investigation of illegal steroid sales over the Internet and by phone.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582419~NY_judge_drops_steroid_case_against_Fla__pharmacy.html
  
  
• No absentee voting for NSW council elections (ABC Australia)
  The New South Wales Electoral Commission is advising people who want to pre-poll before tomorrow's council elections they have until 6:00pm (AEST) today to cast their vote.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362643.htm
  
  
• Builders to walk off in Qld protest (ABC Australia)
  More than 2,000 construction workers are expected to walk off Queensland job sites this morning to protest against workplace laws.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362628.htm
  
  
• Bligh outlines Gladstone LNG challenges (ABC Australia)
  Premier Anna Bligh has told Parliament that Gladstone, in central Queensland, faces a number of issues as the liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry is developed.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362597.htm
  
  
• US rejects Israeli request for bunker-busters: report (ABC Australia)
  An Israeli newspaper is reporting that the US has rejected a request from Israel to provide it with advanced weapons, fearing they could be used against Iran.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362624.htm
  
  
• Call for coal mine impact funds to be extended (ABC Australia)
  A central Queensland mayor says the State Government's $100 million funding commitment to communities affected by coal mining could be extended to include the region's three major cities.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362593.htm
  
  
• War on terror not working: Indonesian terrorism expert (ABC Australia)
  Indonesia's head of counter-terrorism operations says the way Western governments have approached terrorism has made it more difficult for moderate Muslims to deal with it in their own countries.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362621.htm
  
  
• Parliament approves selling north Qld regional airports (ABC Australia)
  Queensland Parliament has passed legislation clearing the way for the sale of two regional airports.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362501.htm
  
  
• 8 killed in Bolivia as violence escalates (ABC Australia)
  At least eight people were killed and 34 wounded in a confrontation between pro and anti-Government groups in Bolivia, a Government official said, confirming early radio reports.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362613.htm
  
  
• Eade calls on captain courageous to lift Dogs (ABC Australia)
  Western Bulldogs coach Rodney Eade says he expects inspirational captain Brad Johnson to recapture his form in tonight's semi-final against Sydney.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362553.htm
  
  
• Truro mass killer sent to hospital (ABC Australia)
  Truro mass killer James Miller is suffering from a terminal illness and has been sent to hospital.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362608.htm
  
  
• Brimble family to speak after charges laid (ABC Australia)
  Dianne Brimble's family expected to speak today after decision to charge three men over her death in 2002.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362505.htm
  
  
• Queensland to boost Murray flows (ABC Australia)
  The Queensland Government will allow more than 10 billion litres of water to flow into the Murray-Darling.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362516.htm
  
  
• Kidman tops overpaid celeb list (ABC Australia)
  Nicole Kidman has been named the most overpaid celebrity in Hollywood in the second annual list of least bankable stars by US magazine Forbes.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362620.htm
  
  
• Palin says she's ready for high office (Examiner.com)
  Sarah Palin proposed NATO membership for Georgia and Ukraine, at risk of putting the U.S. in conflict with Russia, and declared her readiness for high office Thursday as she took a cautious step out of the protective bubble she's been in since joining John McCain's ticket.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582567~Palin_says_she_s_ready_for_high_office.html
  
  
• Estelle leads MOBO nominations (ABC Australia)
  British female artists dominate Britain's Music Of Black Origin (MOBO) nominations this year, with R and B singer Estelle in the running for five prizes.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362622.htm
  
  
• Angry residents demand answers (ABC Australia)
  Several hundred residents have attended a public meeting at Cranbourne in Melbourne's south-east, to seek more information about a build-up of methane gas from an old landfill.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362558.htm
  
  
• Downer helms Cyprus talks (ABC Australia)
  Rival Cypriot leaders have begun talks on how to share power in a future unified state, their first substantive negotiations in a bid to end the Mediterranean island's 34-year division.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362573.htm
  
  
• Palin leaves open option of war with Russia (Examiner.com)
  Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin left open the option Thursday of waging war with Russia if it were to invade neighboring Georgia and the former Soviet republic were a NATO ally.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582473~Palin_leaves_open_option_of_war_with_Russia.html
  
  
• NT museum to restore Indigenous artworks (ABC Australia)
  Curators and researchers are beginning a $300,000 restoration project of early artworks from the Papunya community in central Australia.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362616.htm
  
  
• Wall St rebounds on Lehman buyout speculation (ABC Australia)
  US stocks rose overnight after a last-minute rebound prompted by reports that troubled investment bank Lehman Brothers was in talks to find a buyer.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362563.htm
  
  
• Analysis: McCain's claims skirt facts, test voters (Examiner.com)
  John McCain's campaign keeps telling voters that Sarah Palin opposed a federally funded Bridge to Nowhere that, in fact, she originally supported. It accuses Democrat Barack Obama of calling Palin a pig, which did not happen.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582588~Analysis__McCain_s_claims_skirt_facts__test_voters.html
  
  
• Kanye West arrested after airport scuffle (ABC Australia)
  Kanye West was arrested at the Los Angeles international airport overnight after a scuffle with photographers and is expected to be charged with vandalism, an airport spokesman said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362527.htm
  
  
• Challenge unlikely as 'clock reset' on Lib leadership (ABC Australia)
  Sources say Brendan Nelson is unlikely to be challenged for the Liberal leadership next week.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362551.htm
  
  
• 'Extinct' frog found near Cairns (ABC Australia)
  A species of frog thought to be extinct has been found thriving in far north Queensland.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362564.htm
  
  
• Palin administration may fight subpoenas in court (Examiner.com)
  Gov. Sarah Palin's administration is threatening legal action to block any subpoenas by the Alaska Legislature as part of its investigation into whether she abused her authority in trying to have her former brother-in-law fired as a state trooper.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582349~Palin_administration_may_fight_subpoenas_in_court.html
  
  
• McCartney resists pressure to scrap Israel concert (ABC Australia)
  Paul McCartney reassures fans he will go ahead with his planned Tel Aviv concert.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362528.htm
  
  
• Deaths make 2008 deadliest for US in Afghanistan (Examiner.com)
  Insurgents killed two U.S. troops in Afghanistan on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks Thursday, making 2008 the deadliest year for American forces since U.S. troops invaded the country in 2001 for sheltering Osama bin Laden.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582280~Deaths_make_2008_deadliest_for_US_in_Afghanistan.html
  
  
• Govt to evacuate high school if cancer cluster confirmed (ABC Australia)
  The Qld Govt says it will evacuate a Brisbane high school if investigations confirm a cancer cluster on the site.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362507.htm
  
  
• PNG establishes air crash team after ABC probe (ABC Australia)
  Papua New Guinea's Government has moved to establish an accident investigation commission after a recent ABC report highlighted a number of air crashes and deaths which have not been investigated.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362557.htm
  
  
• Pentagon to campaigns: Troops, bases aren't props (Examiner.com)
  Before Sarah Palin spoke at a ceremony Thursday for her son's Army brigade, bound for Iraq, the Pentagon sent a message of its own to the Republican vice presidential candidate: Watch your language.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582498~Pentagon_to_campaigns__Troops__bases_aren_t_props.html
  
  
• Doco on Sarkozy's 'soap opera' life to be made (ABC Australia)
  Nicolas Sarkozy's "soap opera" love life will be the subject of a new documentary.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362526.htm
  
  
• WaMu says capital is sufficient to fund operations (Examiner.com)
  Washington Mutual says it will take another multibillion write-down for bad bets on mortgage securities but insists it has adequate capital to fund its operations amid concern about the thrift's financial stability.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582485~WaMu_says_capital_is_sufficient_to_fund_operations.html
  
  
• Mbeki says Zimbabwe power-sharing deal struck (Examiner.com)
  President Robert Mugabe agreed to share power with the opposition Thursday after more than two decades as Zimbabwe's unchallenged leader, South Africa's president announced.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582399~Mbeki_says_Zimbabwe_power_sharing_deal_struck.html
  
  
• Man to face court over double murder (ABC Australia)
  A Queanbeyan man will appear in the ACT Magistrates Court this morning charged over a double murder in Canberra.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362530.htm
  
  
• Palin-backed wilderness road passes Senate panel (Examiner.com)
  A remote Alaska road supported by Gov. Sarah Palin cleared a Senate panel Thursday, angering environmentalists who say it is unnecessary.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582459~Palin_backed_wilderness_road_passes_Senate_panel.html
  
  
• AC/DC to kick off world tour in US (ABC Australia)
  Aussie rockers AC/DC will launch their world tour on October 28 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362504.htm
  
  
• Stocks rebound as investors scrutinize Lehman (Examiner.com)
  Stocks made a sizable comeback Thursday, as investors snapped up some of the financial sector's stronger players and pumped money into the materials and transportation sectors. The Dow Jones industrial average rose more than 160 points.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582507~Stocks_rebound_as_investors_scrutinize_Lehman.html
  
  
• 14 injured in tunnel fire under English Channel (Examiner.com)
  A fire broke out Thursday on a train carrying trucks under the English Channel between England and France, injuring 14 people and shutting down traffic in the undersea rail tunnel, officials said.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582339~14_injured_in_tunnel_fire_under_English_Channel.html
  
  
• Settlement reached in AIG shareholder lawsuit (Examiner.com)
  Attorneys for a Louisiana pension fund reached a $115 million settlement Thursday in a shareholder lawsuit against former executives of insurance giant American International Group Inc.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582393~Settlement_reached_in_AIG_shareholder_lawsuit.html
  
  
• Georgia's Saakashvili warns NATO on Russia (Examiner.com)
  Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili urged NATO on Thursday not to push his country away in the wake of Moscow's military campaign, warning that showing weakness would cause a "never-ending story" of Russian aggression.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582600~Georgia_s_Saakashvili_warns_NATO_on_Russia.html
  
  
• Bush approves raids on Pakistan (ABC Australia)
  US President George W Bush has secretly signed off on orders that allow American troops to carry out cross-border raids from Afghanistan into Pakistan.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362503.htm
  
  
• Former UN employee jailed for underage rapes (ABC Australia)
  A French court has sentenced a former mechanic employed by the United Nations to nine years in prison for raping young girls when he was working in Africa.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362499.htm
  
  
• Aussie charged with insulting Thai king to seek bail (ABC Australia)
  An Australian man charged under Thailand's strict lese majesty laws is expected to seek bail in a Bangkok court this morning.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362494.htm
  
  
• Medvedev jabs US on 9/11 anniversary (ABC Australia)
  Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has offered his condolences to the United States on the seventh anniversary of the September 11 attacks, but used the occasion for a jibe about US support for Georgia.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362498.htm
  
  
• Ike gathers speed as it heads towards Texas (ABC Australia)
  Hurricane Ike will mushroom into a powerful Category 3 storm as it slowly swirls west across the Gulf of Mexico before slamming into the oil-rich Texas Coast early on Saturday (local time), the US National Hurricane Centre (NHC) forecast.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362496.htm
  
  
• British PM backs Australia's Afghan commitment (ABC Australia)
  British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says he is happy with Australia's contribution to the war effort in Afghanistan and its decision not to boost troop numbers.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362495.htm
  
  
• Pakistani forces 'kill 100 militants' (ABC Australia)
  Pakistani forces have killed up to 100 Al Qaeda-linked militants in fierce clashes near the Afghan border, a security official said, as tensions grew with the United States over how to tackle militancy.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362488.htm
  
  
• Lewd vandal leaves greasy imprints on Neb. town (Examiner.com)
  Boy, how people here wish their busiest vandal would find another way to make his mark. Beginning more than a year ago, some man has been skipping from one business to another at night, pressing his naked behind - sometimes his groin, sometimes both - on windows. Store owners, church workers and school janitors have had to wash lotion and petroleum jelly off the windows he selects.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582267~Lewd_vandal_leaves_greasy_imprints_on_Neb__town.html
  
  
• Tressel: RB Wells now doubtful for USC game (Examiner.com)
  Ohio State coach Jim Tressel said Thursday it is doubtful that starting tailback Chris "Beanie" Wells will play Saturday night against No. 1 Southern California.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581935~Tressel__RB_Wells_now_doubtful_for_USC_game.html
  
  
• Man bills Michigan town $156 for cleaning bathroom (Examiner.com)
  A businessman said he was so frustrated with the condition of a public bathroom in the western Michigan tourist town of Saugatuck that he cleaned it himself, and billed the city $156 for his work.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582036~Man_bills_Michigan_town__156_for_cleaning_bathroom.html
  
  
• Titans QB Young says concern about him overblown (Examiner.com)
  Titans quarterback Vince Young insists he never wavered in his commitment to football. All that concern over his mental state? He says he was upset as he dealt with his first serious injury, and he didn't realize he had to tell his mother where he was going anymore. Then the media went overboard.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582182~Titans_QB_Young_says_concern_about_him_overblown.html
  
  
• Man accused of firing gun in dispute over plants (Examiner.com)
  Authorities say a 62-year-old man fired a gun and chased his neighbor with a machete after two arguments over watering plants on Tuesday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582207~Man_accused_of_firing_gun_in_dispute_over_plants.html
  
  
• DeJesus hits winner as Royals beat Twins 3-2 in 10 (Examiner.com)
  David DeJesus hit the winning single in the 10th inning, and Minnesota's bullpen blew another one Thursday in a 3-2 victory by the Kansas City Royals over the Twins.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582122~DeJesus_hits_winner_as_Royals_beat_Twins_3_2_in_10.html
  
  
• Woman fends off burglars with musical instrument (Examiner.com)
  A woman who lives near the Smoky Mountains used a musical instrument to scare away two men who broke into her home. The Knoxville News Sentinel quoted a Sevier County Sheriff's Office report that stated the victim awoke to find two men in her home in Seymour on Saturday morning. Her child was asleep in the home.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582028~Woman_fends_off_burglars_with_musical_instrument.html
  
  
• Ike forces Washington St-Baylor to Friday (Examiner.com)
  The Washington State-Baylor football game has been moved up to Friday night to avoid complications with Hurricane Ike on the Texas coast this weekend.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582065~Ike_forces_Washington_St_Baylor_to_Friday.html
  
  
• Thousands flee Texas coast as Ike approaches (Examiner.com)
  Authorities in the Houston area and along the Southeast Texas Gulf Coast ordered hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate Thursday as Hurricane Ike lumbered toward the coast and threatened to grow even stronger.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582083~Thousands_flee_Texas_coast_as_Ike_approaches.html
  
  
• Good girl! NYC pooch comes to sick neighbor's aid (Examiner.com)
  A fluffy little dog named Lexi is being called a hero for helping to rescue an 85-year-old neighbor who collapsed in his Brooklyn apartment.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582007~Good_girl__NYC_pooch_comes_to_sick_neighbor_s_aid.html
  
  
• Yahoo's home page, other sections to get makeover (Examiner.com)
  Yahoo Inc. is preparing to tweak several popular sections of its Web site, including its home page, during the next few months to accommodate more material from rival services as the Internet company tries to polish its tarnished franchise.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582251~Yahoo_s_home_page__other_sections_to_get_makeover.html
  
  
• Hurricanes sign Eric Staal to a 7-year extension (Examiner.com)
  The Carolina Hurricanes signed Eric Staal to a seven-year contract extension Thursday. The deal worth $57.75 million will pay the center an average of $8.25 million starting in 2009-10 and will last through the 2015-16 season.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582027~Hurricanes_sign_Eric_Staal_to_a_7_year_extension.html
  
  
• Hurricanes deplete Red Cross relief fund (Examiner.com)
  The wave of storms battering the U.S. has plunged the American Red Cross deep into debt as it rushes to prepare for Hurricane Ike, prompting a searching look at how to stabilize its finances.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582123~Hurricanes_deplete_Red_Cross_relief_fund.html
  
  
• Phone carriers reprise Gustav plans for Ike (Examiner.com)
  With Hurricane Ike bearing down on the Texas Gulf Coast, telecommunications providers are getting a quick opportunity to reprise the preparedness plans they activated last week to cope with Hurricane Gustav.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582160~Phone_carriers_reprise_Gustav_plans_for_Ike.html
  
  
• Saints release injured DT Thomas (Examiner.com)
  The New Orleans Saints reached a settlement with injured defensive tackle Hollis Thomas, allowing the 12-year veteran to come back later this season with the Saints or any other team.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581999~Saints_release_injured_DT_Thomas.html
  
  
• O.J. Simpson jury pool down to final 40 in Vegas (Examiner.com)
  The O.J. Simpson armed robbery-kidnapping trial has taken a large step toward picking a jury in Las Vegas.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582271~O_J__Simpson_jury_pool_down_to_final_40_in_Vegas.html
  
  
• Opening of ABBA museum delayed (Examiner.com)
  The opening of a museum dedicated to Swedish pop group ABBA has been delayed.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582111~Opening_of_ABBA_museum_delayed.html
  
  
• Magic's Pat Garrity retires from NBA (Examiner.com)
  Orlando Magic forward Pat Garrity is retiring from the NBA.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581747~Magic_s_Pat_Garrity_retires_from_NBA.html
  
  
• AP Enterprise: Drugs affect more drinking water (Examiner.com)
  Testing prompted by an Associated Press story that revealed trace amounts of pharmaceuticals in drinking water supplies has shown that more Americans are affected by the problem than previously thought - at least 46 million.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582070~AP_Enterprise__Drugs_affect_more_drinking_water.html
  
  
• Mugabe, Tsvangirai reach power-sharing deal (ABC Australia)
  Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's ruling party and the main opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) have reached a power sharing deal, MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai and a Government source said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362486.htm
  
  
• Palin takes small steps out of her campaign bubble (Examiner.com)
  Sarah Palin is taking cautious steps out of the bubble she's been in since becoming John McCain's running mate. But not many steps yet.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582196~Palin_takes_small_steps_out_of_her_campaign_bubble.html
  
  
• Bankers say Lehman approaching rivals for lifeline (Examiner.com)
  Lehman Brothers has approached other major financial institutions about a potential acquisition or investment in the battered securities firm, people close to the situation said Thursday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581928~Bankers_say_Lehman_approaching_rivals_for_lifeline.html
  
  
• Victorian lower house passes abortion law (ABC Australia)
  A law to decriminalise abortion in Victoria has been passed by the lower house of Parliament.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362487.htm
  
  
• Chemical truck fire shuts down Channel Tunnel (ABC Australia)
  A fire on a freight train in the Channel Tunnel between England and France has injured 14 people and forced the closure of the tunnel.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362485.htm
  
  
• Biden: 9/11 showed what it means to be an American (Examiner.com)
  Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden was riding a train into Washington and speaking by phone to his wife as the extent of the Sept. 11 attacks became clearer.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581952~Biden__9_11_showed_what_it_means_to_be_an_American.html
  
  
• Stocks fluctuate, with Lehman still a worry (Examiner.com)
  Stocks pulled off their lows Thursday but fluctuated in choppy trading as investors, still anxious about financials, pumped money into the materials and transportation sectors.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582090~Stocks_fluctuate__with_Lehman_still_a_worry.html
  
  
• Petraeus will never declare victory in Iraq (ABC Australia)
  General David Petraeus says Iraq still faces serious problems and he will never declare victory in Iraq.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362484.htm
  
  
• Bill Clinton predicts Obama will win 'handily' (Examiner.com)
  Barack Obama and former President Clinton talked for two hours on Thursday, their first meeting in a White House race that had once bitterly divided them. Clinton predicted that Obama will win the presidency "pretty handily."
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582092~Bill_Clinton_predicts_Obama_will_win__handily_.html
  
  
• Banks borrow more from Fed; Wall Street takes pass (Examiner.com)
  Banks borrowed more over the past week from the Federal Reserve's emergency lending program, while Wall Street firms took a pass for the sixth week in a row.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582194~Banks_borrow_more_from_Fed__Wall_Street_takes_pass.html
  
  
• Mbeki: Zimbabwe power-sharing deal struck (Examiner.com)
  South Africa's president said Thursday he has mediated a power-sharing deal between Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and the opposition.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582199~Mbeki__Zimbabwe_power_sharing_deal_struck.html
  
  
• FDA: Infant formula from China tainted by chemical (Examiner.com)
  Federal officials warned Thursday that tainted infant formula from China may be on sale at ethnic groceries in this country, even though it is not legally approved for importation.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1582004~FDA__Infant_formula_from_China_tainted_by_chemical.html
  
  
• Allies waver as Thai ruling party supports Samak (Examiner.com)
  Thailand's biggest party backed its leader Friday to resume the prime ministership, but support from allies eroded a day ahead of a parliamentary vote.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581878~Allies_waver_as_Thai_ruling_party_supports_Samak.html
  
  
• School Funding Misleads (factcheck.org)
  An Obama ad plays fast and loose with McCain's voting record on education and proposals as a presidential candidate.
  http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/school_funding_misleads.html
  
  
• Police arrest Kanye West at LA airport (Examiner.com)
  Police say they have arrested Kanye West at Los Angeles International Airport on suspicion of vandalism after an altercation with a photographer.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581762~Police_arrest_Kanye_West_at_LA_airport.html
  
  
• Reputed Miss. Klansman may soon walk out of prison (Examiner.com)
  Reputed Ku Klux Klansman James Ford Seale should be released from prison immediately because of his declining health and recent acquittal in the 1964 abduction and slayings of two black teenagers, his attorneys argue in a new court filing.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581705~Reputed_Miss__Klansman_may_soon_walk_out_of_prison.html
  
  
• `SNL' returns with spotlight on prez impersonators (Examiner.com)
  "You can just feel it simmering," says Darrell Hammond while walking down the hallways of Studio 8H with his hands out, as if he can touch the energy around the new season of "Saturday Night Live" pulsating from the walls.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581875~_SNL__returns_with_spotlight_on_prez_impersonators.html
  
  
• Fire injures 16 at complex for elderly, disabled (Examiner.com)
  A fire injured 16 people at an apartment building for the elderly and disabled early Thursday, forcing firefighters to use a ladder truck to rescue some residents from upper floors, officials said.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581838~Fire_injures_16_at_complex_for_elderly__disabled.html
  
  
• 2009 Tony Awards set for Sunday June 7 on CBS (Examiner.com)
  Stage actors, polish those performances. The 2009 Tony Awards will be held June 7 at Radio City Music Hall.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581865~2009_Tony_Awards_set_for_Sunday_June_7_on_CBS.html
  
  
• Tressel: RB Wells now 'doubtful' for USC game (Examiner.com)
  Ohio State coach Jim Tressel says it's doubtful that starting tailback Chris "Beanie" Wells will play Saturday night against top-ranked Southern California.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581901~Tressel__RB_Wells_now__doubtful__for_USC_game.html
  
  
• O.J. Simpson jury selection enters home stretch (Examiner.com)
  A judge who asked lawyers and prospective jurors to put in 10-hour days to get a jury for the O.J. Simpson kidnapping-robbery case suggested a panel to judge the former football star could be seated late Thursday or early Friday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581814~O_J__Simpson_jury_selection_enters_home_stretch.html
  
  
• Stocks fall but pare losses; Lehman still a worry (Examiner.com)
  Stocks pulled off their lows Thursday as investors fled financial stocks and pumped money into the materials, transportation and consumer discretionary sectors. The major indexes fluctuated between modest gains and losses.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581792~Stocks_fall_but_pare_losses__Lehman_still_a_worry.html
  
  
• AP source: Ford says it wants 4,200 fewer workers (Examiner.com)
  Ford Motor Co. has said that it wants to cut its blue-collar work force by another 4,200 employees, according to a person briefed on a presentation to union officials.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581777~AP_source__Ford_says_it_wants_4_200_fewer_workers.html
  
  
• Trade deficit surges, jobless claims remain high (Examiner.com)
  The U.S. trade deficit soared in July to the highest level in 16 months as oil imports hit an all-time high, offsetting strong export growth.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581690~Trade_deficit_surges__jobless_claims_remain_high.html
  
  
• Gasoline prices spike as Ike heads toward Texas (Examiner.com)
  Gasoline prices jumped to unprecedented levels in the wholesale markets Thursday as Hurricane Ike tore across the Gulf of Mexico, threatening to strike Texas and its refineries.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581735~Gasoline_prices_spike_as_Ike_heads_toward_Texas.html
  
  
• US deaths in Afghanistan makes 2008 deadliest year (Examiner.com)
  Militants killed two U.S. soldiers eastern Afghanistan on the anniversary of 9/11, making 2008 the deadliest year yet for American forces in the country that sheltered al-Qaida while it plotted the terror attacks on New York and Washington.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581771~US_deaths_in_Afghanistan_makes_2008_deadliest_year.html
  
  
• Zimbabwe talks stuck at the same point, says Mugabe (ABC Australia)
  Power-sharing talks between Zimbabwe's political rivals are still stuck at the same point, President Robert Mugabe says, despite his recent hints that a deal was imminent.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362468.htm
  
  
• Russian markets, banks under pressure (Examiner.com)
  Russia's top central banker warned Thursday the country's banking sector faces a liquidity shortage, just hours after President Dmitry Medvedev sought to restore calm to Russia's battered stock markets and boost its investment image.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581808~Russian_markets__banks_under_pressure.html
  
  
• Fukuda resignation shakes up Japan's ruling party (Examiner.com)
  Over the past 20 years, Japan has had 13 prime ministers. In a pattern rarely seen outside the communist world, individual leaders have come and gone, but the ruling party has remained the same.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581753~Fukuda_resignation_shakes_up_Japan_s_ruling_party.html
  
  
• Minchin slams Costello 'book promotion' talk (ABC Australia)
  The Federal Opposition's leader in the Senate has angrily defended the right of Peter Costello to write his memoirs while still in Parliament.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362464.htm
  
  
• Former GOP senator calls Palin a 'cocky wacko' (Examiner.com)
  Former Rhode Island Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee has called vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin a "cocky wacko" and said her selection as John McCain's running mate has energized supporters of Democrat Barack Obama.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581756~Former_GOP_senator_calls_Palin_a__cocky_wacko_.html
  
  
• 30-year mortgages dip to lowest level since April (Examiner.com)
  Rates on 30-year mortgages dropped sharply this week, falling to the lowest level in five months, as the government's dramatic takeover of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac had the hoped-for impact of lowering mortgage rates.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581718~30_year_mortgages_dip_to_lowest_level_since_April.html
  
  
• Tunnel fire under English Channel, 6 injured (Examiner.com)
  A fire broke out Thursday on a train shuttling trucks under the English Channel between England and France, injuring six people and suspending traffic in the undersea tunnel, officials said.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581844~Tunnel_fire_under_English_Channel__6_injured.html
  
  
• Bristol-Myers won't raise $60 offer for ImClone (Examiner.com)
  Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. on Thursday reiterated its $60 per share offer for ImClone Systems Inc., avoiding a bidding war for now even though the biotechnology company has said a secret suitor is offering $10 a share more.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581665~Bristol_Myers_won_t_raise__60_offer_for_ImClone.html
  
  
• Zoologists capture first photos of okapi in wild (Examiner.com)
  Zoologists have captured the first photos of the okapi in the wild, saying Thursday they offered evidence that the animal once mistaken for a unicorn has managed to survive war and poaching in a park in a lawless swath of Congo.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581798~Zoologists_capture_first_photos_of_okapi_in_wild.html
  
  
• Nation marks 7th anniversary of terror attacks (Examiner.com)
  The nation paused Thursday to mark the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks with a heartfelt ceremony at ground zero and other solemn remembrances around the country.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581615~Nation_marks_7th_anniversary_of_terror_attacks.html
  
  
• Choreographer Jacqui Landrum dies in L.A. at 64 (Examiner.com)
  Jacqui Landrum, who teamed with her husband to choreograph many Hollywood films, has died. She was 64.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581582~Choreographer_Jacqui_Landrum_dies_in_L_A__at_64.html
  
  
• Texas evacuates parts of Gulf Coast ahead of Ike (Examiner.com)
  Authorities in the Houston area and along the Southeast Texas Gulf Coast ordered hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate Thursday as Ike bore down with hurricane-force winds that stretched across more than 200 miles and could gain even more strength.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581590~Texas_evacuates_parts_of_Gulf_Coast_ahead_of_Ike.html
  
  
• Russian troops dismantle posts in Western Georgia (ABC Australia)
  Russian troops have dismantled positions near the western Georgian towns of Poti and Senaki in line with an agreement brokered in Moscow by EU leaders this week.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362455.htm
  
  
• Stocks fall on worries about Lehman, financials (Examiner.com)
  Stocks retreated early Thursday as investors remained worried about the soundness of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and other financial names and grappled with fresh concerns about the nation's unemployment rate. The major indexes declined more than 1 percent.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581545~Stocks_fall_on_worries_about_Lehman__financials.html
  
  
• Samak nominated for Thai prime ministership (ABC Australia)
  Thai MPs look set to reinstate Samak Sundaravej just two days after he was forced to step down as Prime Minister.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2362450.htm
  
  
• Jobless claims drop slightly, trade gap surges (Examiner.com)
  New applications for unemployment benefits fell less than expected last week, the U.S. government said Thursday, as the struggling economy continues to take a toll on workers.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581513~Jobless_claims_drop_slightly__trade_gap_surges.html
  
  
• Lehman plunges as investors doubt survival (Examiner.com)
  Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.'s rescue plan got a dismal reception from Wall Street on Thursday, with shares of the battered bank plunging about 40 percent.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581539~Lehman_plunges_as_investors_doubt_survival.html
  
  
• US death in Afghanistan makes 2008 deadliest year (Examiner.com)
  An insurgent attack on an eastern compound killed a U.S. soldier on Thursday, bringing the year's death toll to 112 and making 2008 the deadliest for American forces in Afghanistan since the U.S. invaded the country in response to the Sept. 11 attacks.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581603~US_death_in_Afghanistan_makes_2008_deadliest_year.html
  
  
• Suicide attack in Afghanistan kills two civilians (ABC Australia)
  A suicide car bomb has blown up near a convoy of private security guards in Afghanistan's southern city of Kandahar, killing two Afghan civilian passers-by, a governor's spokesman said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2362445.htm
  
  
• McCain and Obama commemorate 9/11 anniversary (Examiner.com)
  Republican presidential hopeful John McCain asked every person Thursday to "to be as good an American" as the passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 93. Democrat Barack Obama asked Americans to "renew that spirit of service and that sense of common purpose" that followed the Sept. 11 attacks.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581619~McCain_and_Obama_commemorate_9_11_anniversary.html
  
  
• Washington Mutual shares continue to plunge (Examiner.com)
  Shares of Washington Mutual Inc. continued a perilous plunge on Thursday as anxiety grew on Wall Street over the financial stability of the nation's largest thrift and its options for survival.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581579~Washington_Mutual_shares_continue_to_plunge.html
  
  
• US remembers Sept 11 attack victims (ABC Australia)
  Thousands have people have gathered in New York and Washington DC to pay tribute to the victims of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon on the seventh anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2362449.htm
  
  
• Public support of Afghanistan war at risk, says Fitzgibbon (ABC Australia)
  Joel Fitzgibbon says the war in Afghanistan is in danger of losing public support.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2362434.htm
  
  
• Infant's corpse found in Vietnam airline luggage (ABC Australia)
  A passenger about to board a plane in Vietnam was carrying a dead infant's body in his luggage, security officials at Ho Chi Minh airport said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2362443.htm
  
  
• Poll: Swing state voters approve of Palin (Examiner.com)
  THE POLL: Quinnipiac University poll, presidential race in Florida (27 electoral votes) among likely voters
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581596~Poll__Swing_state_voters_approve_of_Palin.html
  
  
• Campbell Soup says 4Q profit, sales rise (Examiner.com)
  The Campbell Soup Co. said Thursday its profit rose 46 percent from a year ago, as it raised prices and got a lift from an extra week in the latest reporting period.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581597~Campbell_Soup_says_4Q_profit__sales_rise.html
  
  
• China landslide kills 151, hopes fade for missing (Examiner.com)
  A landslide that unleashed a three-story wave of mud and iron ore waste at an illegal mining operation in China has killed at least 151 people and authorities fear the death toll could climb by hundreds more, state media said Thursday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581558~China_landslide_kills_151__hopes_fade_for_missing.html
  
  
• Whole Murray-Darling system needs rescue: Rann (ABC Australia)
  South Australian Premier Mike Rann says the sale of a large cotton farm in north-western New South Wales will have an impact on the overall health of the Murray-Darling system.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2362421.htm
  
  
• Film shows McCain's release from Vietnamese prison (Examiner.com)
  Swedish broadcaster SVT on Thursday released a previously unseen film clip purportedly showing the release of presidential candidate John McCain to the U.S. military in Hanoi in 1973.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581508~Film_shows_McCain_s_release_from_Vietnamese_prison.html
  
  
• JCDecaux in talks for News Outdoor Group in Russia (Examiner.com)
  French outdoor advertising firm JCDecaux SA said Thursday it is negotiating to buy Russian rival News Outdoor Group from global media company News Corp.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581571~JCDecaux_in_talks_for_News_Outdoor_Group_in_Russia.html
  
  
• Israeli divers find girl's remains in suitcase (Examiner.com)
  Israeli divers on Thursday found a red suitcase containing a small skull, bones and clothes, which police said may belong to a 4-year-old French girl whose grandfather is jailed in the slaying.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581559~Israeli_divers_find_girl_s_remains_in_suitcase.html
  
  
• Facebookers unhappy with new look site (ABC Australia)
  Facebook's new look has become mandatory in a shift to what the popular social networking website says is a faster, streamlined and more spam-resistant format that has some devotees in a state of rebellion.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2362454.htm
  
  
• Iraq ends talks with French oil company (Examiner.com)
  France's Total said Thursday that Iraq has ended negotiations to develop an oil field in southern Iraq, one of six reported cancellations of no-bid contracts with Western oil companies.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581564~Iraq_ends_talks_with_French_oil_company.html
  
  
• Uncle: Robbers target Obama's family in Kenya (Examiner.com)
  Suspected thieves tried to break into the home of Barack Obama's elderly step-grandmother in Kenya, the U.S. presidential candidate's uncle said Thursday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581436~Uncle__Robbers_target_Obama_s_family_in_Kenya.html
  
  
• 'Mythical' African okapi snapped in wild (ABC Australia)
  An African animal, so secretive it was once believed to be a mythical unicorn, has been caught on camera in the wild.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2362432.htm
  
  
• Inquest hears of seismic activity before fatal rockfall (ABC Australia)
  A Beaconsfield mine manager has told an inquest he knew seismic activity at the mine had increased in the week before a fatal rockfall.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2362413.htm
  
  
• Wilhelm to contest Brimble manslaughter charge: lawyer (ABC Australia)
  A senior defence lawyer says Adelaide man Mark Robin Wilhelm will contest a charge of manslaughter over the cruise ship death of Dianne Brimble in 2002.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2362422.htm
  
  
• Oil falls as Ike strengthens toward Texas (Examiner.com)
  VIENNA, Austria AP) - Oil prices slipped further Thursday despite concerns about Hurricane Ike's potential to harm refinery operations in the Gulf of Mexico, falling U.S. crude inventories and an OPEC decision to cut production by 500,000 barrels a day.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581409~Oil_falls_as_Ike_strengthens_toward_Texas.html
  
  
• Pakistan premier backs army chief's rebuke to US (Examiner.com)
  Pakistan's prime minister on Thursday backed a harsh rebuke of the U.S. by the Muslim nation's military chief, a sign of a strain in relations seven years after the Sept. 11 attacks forged the two countries' anti-terror alliance.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581406~Pakistan_premier_backs_army_chief_s_rebuke_to_US.html
  
  
• Obama calls on US to renew 9/11 spirit of service (Examiner.com)
  On the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama called on Americans to renew "that spirit of service and that sense of common purpose" that followed the terrorist assaults that killed nearly 3,000 people.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581387~Obama_calls_on_US_to_renew_9_11_spirit_of_service.html
  
  
• Stocks fall amid financial fears (Examiner.com)
  World stock markets fell Thursday as troubles at U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers fanned fears of more credit-market losses and drove down financial company shares across the region.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581405~Stocks_fall_amid_financial_fears.html
  
  
• North Korean leader may have partial paralysis (Examiner.com)
  North Korea's Kim Jong Il had brain surgery after a stroke last month and could have partial paralysis on one side, media reports said Thursday, after the South Korean government said the communist leader remained in control of his country.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581396~North_Korean_leader_may_have_partial_paralysis.html
  
  
• Leek smashes own record (ABC Australia)
  Peter Leek has written another chapter in his amazing Paralympic story, smashing another world record on the way to his second gold medal of the meet.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2362428.htm
  
  
• Thai ruling party renominates Samak (Examiner.com)
  Thailand's ruling party on Thursday endorsed ousted leader Samak Sundaravej to return as prime minister despite misgivings by some of its coalition partners, intensifying the country's political deadlock.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581408~Thai_ruling_party_renominates_Samak.html
  
  
• Israeli police say girl's body found in river (ABC Australia)
  Police have pulled a suitcase out of a murky Tel Aviv river and say it contains the body of a four-year-old girl whose disappearance has captivated Israel.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2362427.htm
  
  
• Raptis Group jitters spark workers' entitlement concerns (ABC Australia)
  The Construction Union says it is concerned the entitlements of workers on a Gold Coast building project will not be fully met.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2362409.htm
  
  
• US Govt officials in culture of 'substance abuse, promiscuity' (ABC Australia)
  US Government officials responsible for collecting revenue from oil companies have been accused of being involved in a culture of "ethical failure".
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2362418.htm
  
  
• Stocks head for lower open ahead of economic data (Examiner.com)
  U.S. stocks headed for a lower open Thursday as investors remained uneasy about the well-being of the financial sector and awaited readings on international trade and weekly unemployment claims.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581362~Stocks_head_for_lower_open_ahead_of_economic_data.html
  
  
• Thieves try to rob Barack Obama's Kenyan relatives (Examiner.com)
  Barack Obama's uncle says thieves tried to break into the home of the U.S. presidential candidate's Kenyan relatives.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581366~Thieves_try_to_rob_Barack_Obama_s_Kenyan_relatives.html
  
  
• Guinness to build new brewery west of Dublin (Examiner.com)
  Irish beer giant Guinness is going back to its country roots.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581368~Guinness_to_build_new_brewery_west_of_Dublin.html
  
  
• Lebanon leaders call for unity after car bombing (Examiner.com)
  Lebanese leaders urged for calm on Thursday after country's first political assassination in months threatened efforts to reconcile its divided factions.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581357~Lebanon_leaders_call_for_unity_after_car_bombing.html
  
  
• Ind. city looks for time capsule that time forgot (Examiner.com)
  Call it the time capsule that time forgot.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581327~Ind__city_looks_for_time_capsule_that_time_forgot.html
  
  
• Russian bombers land for training in Venezuela (ABC Australia)
  Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez says two Russian bombers have arrived in the country to carry out training flights.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2362397.htm
  
  
• Deadly Ike eyes Texas (ABC Australia)
  Thousands of people have fled the Texas Gulf coast as deadly Hurricane Ike bears down, growing in power after ravaging Cuba and the Caribbean.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2362395.htm
  
  
• E Timor's resistance fighters call for pension (ABC Australia)
  In East Timor, a group claiming to represent 200 former resistance fighters is demanding financial recognition for its contribution to the country's independence struggle.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2362367.htm
  
  
• Baby dies as milk powder scare rocks China (ABC Australia)
  A baby has died from kidney stones as a health scare involving possibly fake milk formula has spread across China.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2362363.htm
  
  
• Report: NKorea's Kim recovering from brain surgery (Examiner.com)
  North Korea's Kim Jong Il had brain surgery after a stroke last month and could have partial paralysis on one side, media reports said Thursday, after the South Korean government said the communist leader remained in control of his country.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581335~Report__NKorea_s_Kim_recovering_from_brain_surgery.html
  
  
• Israeli police locate missing girl's remains (Examiner.com)
  Israeli police believe they have found the body of a 4-year-old French girl whose disappearance has transfixed the nation.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581324~Israeli_police_locate_missing_girl_s_remains.html
  
  
• Thai ruling party re-nominates Samak (Examiner.com)
  Thailand's ruling party on Thursday endorsed ousted leader Samak Sundaravej to return as prime minister despite misgivings by some of its coalition partners, intensifying the country's political deadlock.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581344~Thai_ruling_party_re_nominates_Samak.html
  
  
• US marks 7th anniversary of 9/11 terrorist attacks (Examiner.com)
  As the nation pauses to mark the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the spotlight from a presidential campaign and a new memorial at the Pentagon are joining the familiar rituals of remembrance on this solemn day.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581314~US_marks_7th_anniversary_of_9_11_terrorist_attacks.html
  
  
• Sinosteel buys Murchison's share of Midwest (ABC Australia)
  Iron ore firm Murchison Metals has sold its 9 per cent stake in rival West Australian iron ore miner Midwest to China's Sinosteel.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2362362.htm
  
  
• Neill hails Socceroos' depth (ABC Australia)
  Australian football captain Lucas Neill says the squad is now strong enough to absorb the loss of key players, after an under-strength Socceroos defeated Uzbekistan 1-0 in a World Cup qualifier in Tashkent this morning.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2362079.htm
  
  
• DOCS thought father was with abandoned children (ABC Australia)
  The New South Wales Department of Community Services (DOCS) says it believed eight children found living alone in squalor in the Blue Mountains were being cared for by their father.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2362338.htm
  
  
• ACT women sought to bridge skills shortage (ABC Australia)
  A new campaign has been launched in the ACT to get more women to work in the construction industry.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2362337.htm
  
  
• Unemployment drop may curb rate cuts: experts (ABC Australia)
  Economists say a stronger than expected labour market will prompt the Reserve Bank to approach rate cuts with caution.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2362336.htm
  
  
• N Korea has second long-range missile launch site: analyst (ABC Australia)
  North Korea has established a second test site and launch pad for intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM), an independent analyst who has seen imagery of the site says.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2362332.htm
  
  
• Washington Mutual shares plunge to 17-year low (Examiner.com)
  Washington Mutual Inc. shares plunged to their lowest point in nearly two decades Wednesday after Lehman Brothers announced plans to sell off assets, leaving Wall Street on edge that other financial firms may be forced to take extreme measures in order to survive.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581304~Washington_Mutual_shares_plunge_to_17_year_low.html
  
  
• Pakistan premier backs army chief's US rebuke (Examiner.com)
  Pakistan's premier has backed the army chief's criticism of the U.S. following a deadly American-led ground assault in Pakistani territory.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581300~Pakistan_premier_backs_army_chief_s_US_rebuke.html
  
  
• Feds set fish shipment rules for Great Lakes (Examiner.com)
  Federal regulators trying to contain a fish-killing virus in the Great Lakes region have issued rules for shipping live fish across state lines that some wholesalers say will be financially devastating.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581297~Feds_set_fish_shipment_rules_for_Great_Lakes.html
  
  
• Stolen guns used in fatal Wash. shooting rampage (Examiner.com)
  Authorities said the man accused of a shooting rampage that left six people dead in northwest Washington stole the guns used in the attacks as well as a pickup truck involved in a high-speed chase.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581293~Stolen_guns_used_in_fatal_Wash__shooting_rampage.html
  
  
• Japan to withdraw troops from Iraq mission (ABC Australia)
  Japan says it is ending an air mission in Iraq, wrapping up a military deployment which was historic for the pacifist nation but deeply unpopular among the public.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2362326.htm
  
  
• Bali bombers in bid to avoid firing squad (ABC Australia)
  The Bali bombers have enlisted the help of former East Timor militia leader Eurico Guterres in a Constitutional Court bid to save them from the firing squad.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2362321.htm
  
  
• Police dogs wanted (ABC Australia)
  A shortage of german shepherds has forced South Australian police to turn to the public in the hopes of buying more of the dogs for police duties.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2362319.htm
  
  
• Double murder suspect to face ACT court (ABC Australia)
  A 35-year-old man is expected to face the ACT Magistrates Court tomorrow morning charged in connection with a double murder in Canberra's inner-north.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2362305.htm
  
  
• Services to mark 7th anniversary of Sept 11 attacks (ABC Australia)
  Memorial services will be held in the United States later today (local time) to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York and Washington.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2362308.htm
  
  
• Bush approves ground ops in Pakistan: report (ABC Australia)
  US President George W Bush has secretly approved orders allowing US forces to conduct ground operations in Pakistan without that government's prior approval, media reports say.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2362304.htm
  
  
• Israel cutting off access to Palestinian land: rights group (ABC Australia)
  An Israeli human rights group says Israel has annexed thousands of hectares of land in the West Bank beside its separation barrier with the Palestinians.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2362303.htm
  
  
• Deutsche Bank mulls stake in Deutsche Postbank (Examiner.com)
  Deutsche Bank AG, confirming market rumors and conjecture, said that it is in what it called advanced talks with Deutsche Post about taking a stake in Postbank, Germany's largest consumer retail bank.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581287~Deutsche_Bank_mulls_stake_in_Deutsche_Postbank.html
  
  
• `The Twist' is top song of Billboard Hot 100 era (Examiner.com)
  How's this for a twist: Of all the No. 1 songs in the 50 years of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, Chubby Checker's "The Twist" ranks as the most popular single.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581278~_The_Twist__is_top_song_of_Billboard_Hot_100_era.html
  
  
• Samak accepts nomination to return as Thai PM: spokesman (ABC Australia)
  Samak Sundaravej has accepted his party's nomination to return to power as Thailand's prime minister two days after a court removed him from the post, a spokesman says.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2362290.htm
  
  
• Wall St bank jitters shake local market (ABC Australia)
  The Australian banking sector has been shaken by the troubles of major US investment bank Lehman Brothers.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2362269.htm
  
  
• Candidates halt campaigns for Sept. 11 anniversary (Examiner.com)
  The seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks is supposed to bring the heated presidential race to a screeching halt. But just for a day.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581276~Candidates_halt_campaigns_for_Sept__11_anniversary.html
  
  
• Oil steady in Asia as Ike strengthens toward Texas (Examiner.com)
  Oil prices were steady near a 5-month low Thursday in Asia as Hurricane Ike strengthened as it headed through the Gulf of Mexico toward crude drilling and refining operations on the Texas coast.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581272~Oil_steady_in_Asia_as_Ike_strengthens_toward_Texas.html
  
  
• Raul Castro keeps out of sight as storms hit Cuba (Examiner.com)
  The day after Hurricane Gustav roared through western Cuba, families were salvaging belongings from their flattened homes when state-television cameras turned up.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581251~Raul_Castro_keeps_out_of_sight_as_storms_hit_Cuba.html
  
  
• 'Celebrity' dig reflects US culture, history (Examiner.com)
  When John McCain decided to cast Barack Obama as feckless upstart, an empty suit, he reached for the dirtiest word he could use: "celebrity."
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581250~_Celebrity__dig_reflects_US_culture__history.html
  
  
• Oil brokers sex scandal may affect drilling debate (Examiner.com)
  A scandal involving sex, drugs and - uh, offshore oil drilling. It's a strange mix, and it couldn't have come at a worse time for those in Congress pressing to expand oil and gas development off America's beaches while trying to stave off an election-year rush by Democrats to impose new taxes and royalties on the oil industry.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581263~Oil_brokers_sex_scandal_may_affect_drilling_debate.html
  
  
• Israeli leader to resign 'immediately' after vote (Examiner.com)
  A confidant of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says the Israeli leader will step down "immediately" after his party chooses a successor this month.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581275~Israeli_leader_to_resign__immediately__after_vote.html
  
  
• McCain-Palin Distorts Our Finding (factcheck.org)
  Those attacks on Palin that we debunked didn't come from Obama.
  http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/mccain-palin_distorts_our_finding.html
  
  
• Australian researchers discover elusive frog (Examiner.com)
  A tiny frog species thought by many experts to be extinct has been rediscovered alive and well in a remote area of Australia's tropical north, researchers said Thursday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581255~Australian_researchers_discover_elusive_frog.html
  
  
• Off Base on Sex Ed (factcheck.org)
  A McCain campaign ad claims Obama's "one accomplishment" was a bill to teach sex ed to kindergarten kids. Don't believe it.
  http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/off_base_on_sex_ed.html
  
  
• Is that a real photo of Sarah Palin holding a rifle and wearing a bikini? (factcheck.org)
  It's a fake - Palin's head on the body of a woman who posed for it in 2004 as a joke. We have the full story of how this image was created and spread like a virus, fooling many.
  http://www.factcheck.org/askfactcheck/is_that_a_real_photo_of_sarah.html
  
  
• Houston-Galveston could face major damage from Ike (Examiner.com)
  Gleaming skyscrapers, the nation's biggest refinery and NASA's Johnson Space Center lie in areas that could be vulnerable to wind and damaging floodwaters if Hurricane Ike crashes ashore as a major hurricane.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581254~Houston_Galveston_could_face_major_damage_from_Ike.html
  
  
• Does McCain want to ban "all" abortions? (factcheck.org)
  He has said he favors a Constitutional amendment that would outlaw abortion. He would allow exceptions in cases of rape, incest or when the life of the mother is at stake.
  http://www.factcheck.org/askfactcheck/does_mccain_want_to_ban_all_abortions.html
  
  
• Sliming Palin (factcheck.org)
  False Internet claims and rumors fly about McCain's running mate.
  http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/sliming_palin.html
  
  
• The Party's Over (factcheck.org)
  But the false claims and inaccuracies live to fight another day on the campaign trail.
  http://www.factcheck.org/just-the-facts/the_partys_over.html
  
  
• FactChecking McCain (factcheck.org)
  He made some flubs in accepting the nomination.
  http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/factchecking_mccain.html
  
  
• Did McCain crash five planes? (factcheck.org)
  No. Chain e-mails and Internet postings that make that claim are mistaken. And the Navy commended his piloting skills.
  http://www.factcheck.org/askfactcheck/did_mccain_crash_five_planes.html
  
  
• GOP Convention Spin, Part II (factcheck.org)
  Palin trips up on her facts, and Giuliani and Huckabee have their own stumbles on Night 3 of the Republican confab.
  http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/gop_convention_spin_part_ii.html
  
  
• Maverick Misleads (factcheck.org)
  A McCain ad comparing Palin to Obama isn't all above board.
  http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/maverick_misleads.html
  
  
• Nine denies Imparja takeover (ABC Australia)
  The manager of corporate and regulatory affairs at Channel Nine has denied reports that Imparja Television is going to buy out or sub-lease Channel Nine's Darwin operations.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2362234.htm
  
  
• Govt considers taxi fare increase (ABC Australia)
  The Essential Services Commission has recommended taxi fares be increased by six per cent.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2362226.htm
  
  
• Ports agreement allowed (ABC Australia)
  The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has cleared the way for a joint venture between Flinders Ports and container terminal operator DP World.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2362163.htm
  
  
• DPP recommends new charges in Brimble inquest (ABC Australia)
  The New South Wales Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has directed that charges should be laid against three men named as persons of interest in the Dianne Brimble inquest.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2362253.htm
  
  
• Cancer cluster scare hits Qld high school (ABC Australia)
  Health and education authorities are investigating a reported cancer cluster scare at a high school north of Brisbane.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2362230.htm
  
  
• Greens concede defeat in Mayo (ABC Australia)
  Greens candidate Lynton Vonow has conceded defeat in the Mayo by-election.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2362242.htm
  
  
• Ex-Bangladesh PM Zia released on bail: lawyer (ABC Australia)
  The army-backed Bangladesh Government has released former prime minister Khaleda Zia from jail as part of efforts to restore democracy in the country by the end of the year, according to her lawyer.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2362223.htm
  
  
• South Korea says Kim recovering from surgery (Examiner.com)
  North Korea's Kim Jong Il had brain surgery after a stroke last month and could have partial paralysis, media reported Thursday, after the South Korean government said he remained in control of his country.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581233~South_Korea_says_Kim_recovering_from_surgery.html
  
  
• Pakistan army chief lashes out over US raids (Examiner.com)
  Pakistan's military chief has criticized U.S. cross-border raids from Afghanistan, saying his country's sovereignty will be defended and warning that the assaults could stoke militancy.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581236~Pakistan_army_chief_lashes_out_over_US_raids.html
  
  
• Coverage guarantee can hit young the hardest (Examiner.com)
  Barack Obama's campaign promise should prove irresistible to the millions of uninsured: guaranteed access to affordable health coverage, regardless of illness or condition.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581246~Coverage_guarantee_can_hit_young_the_hardest.html
  
  
• Oil rises in Asia as Ike strengthens toward Texas (Examiner.com)
  Oil prices rebounded from a five-month low Thursday in Asia as Hurricane Ike strengthened as it headed through the Gulf of Mexico toward crude drilling and refining operations on the Texas coast.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581210~Oil_rises_in_Asia_as_Ike_strengthens_toward_Texas.html
  
  
• Thai ruling party re-nominates leader as PM (Examiner.com)
  Thailand's ruling party has re-nominated ousted leader Samak Sundaravej for the prime minister's post despite objections from its coalition partners.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581230~Thai_ruling_party_re_nominates_leader_as_PM.html
  
  
• Jubilant Alaskans welcome Gov. Sarah Palin home (Examiner.com)
  Gov. Sarah Palin arrived home to a chanting, cheering crowd, a blur of smiling supporters eager to embrace her after a whirlwind of national scrutiny since she was named Republican presidential nominee John McCain's running mate.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581202~Jubilant_Alaskans_welcome_Gov__Sarah_Palin_home.html
  
  
• China promises review of Coke bid for Huiyuan (Examiner.com)
  China's Commerce Ministry says it will enforce anti-monopoly rules in reviewing Coca-Cola Co.'s bid to buy a major Chinese juice producer but gave no indication what factors might affect its decision.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581217~China_promises_review_of_Coke_bid_for_Huiyuan.html
  
  
• Police: Bomb kills pro-Syria Lebanese politician (Examiner.com)
  A Druse politician in Lebanon who recently helped reconcile rival factions within his minority community was killed when a bomb tore through his car, police said.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581235~Police__Bomb_kills_pro_Syria_Lebanese_politician.html
  
  
• `Twist' named top song of Billboard Hot 100 era (Examiner.com)
  How's this for a twist: Of all the No. 1 songs in the 50 years of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, Chubby Checker's "The Twist" ranks as the most popular single.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581213~_Twist__named_top_song_of_Billboard_Hot_100_era.html
  
  
• Saints' Colston out 4-6 weeks with thumb injury (Examiner.com)
  Marques Colston, the New Orleans Saints' top receiver during the past two seasons, had surgery on his left thumb and will miss four to six weeks.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581225~Saints__Colston_out_4_6_weeks_with_thumb_injury.html
  
  
• Rock band Yes to tour with replacement singer (Examiner.com)
  The classic rock band Yes, which was forced to cancel their 40th anniversary tour this year due to the illness of its lead singer, has decided to relaunch the tour with an "understudy" - a Yes tribute band singer.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581224~Rock_band_Yes_to_tour_with_replacement_singer.html
  
  
• Pena's homer in 14th lifts Rays over Red Sox (Examiner.com)
  Carlos Pena hit a three-run homer in the 14th inning, then Tampa Bay reliever Jason Hammel escaped a major jam Wednesday night to give the AL East-leading Rays a 4-2 win over the Boston Red Sox.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581199~Pena_s_homer_in_14th_lifts_Rays_over_Red_Sox.html
  
  
• Ship builder buoyed by navy plan (ABC Australia)
  A Tasmanian shipbuilder is encouraged by the Prime Minister's plan to expand the Navy.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2362101.htm
  
  
• Estate may be unsafe for a year: EPA (ABC Australia)
  The EPA says it may take a year before a Cranbourne housing estate is safe from explosion due to a build-up of methane gas.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2362118.htm
  
  
• Palin's attorney: Investigator 'biased' (Examiner.com)
  A lawyer for Gov. Sarah Palin is taking another stab at derailing the Legislature's ethics investigation into the firing of her former public safety commissioner, accusing the retired prosecutor who is conducting it of acting unethically himself.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581177~Palin_s_attorney__Investigator__biased_.html
  
  
• IMF gives Govt ammunition for Costello criticism (ABC Australia)
  Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan says Treasury documents back up Labor's view that the former treasurer Peter Costello contributed to Australia's inflation problems.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2362146.htm
  
  
• Medical schools, journals fight industry influence (Examiner.com)
  Just about every segment of the medical community is piling on the pharmaceutical industry these days, accusing drugmakers of deceiving the public, manipulating doctors and putting profits before patients.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581161~Medical_schools__journals_fight_industry_influence.html
  
  
• New award may put shearers out to pasture (ABC Australia)
  There are fears talk of changing the Pastoral Act could force shearers out of the industry.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361985.htm
  
  
• Nats Senator may consider amended car tax bill (ABC Australia)
  Nationals Senator John Williams says he would consider voting for the Federal Government's contentious luxury car tax bill if it was changed to exempt rural Australians.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2362117.htm
  
  
• Pena's 3-run HR in 14th lifts Rays over Red Sox (Examiner.com)
  Carlos Pena hit a three-run homer in the 14th inning, then Tampa Bay reliever Jason Hammel escaped a major jam Wednesday night to give the AL East-leading Rays a 4-2 win over the Boston Red Sox.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581175~Pena_s_3_run_HR_in_14th_lifts_Rays_over_Red_Sox.html
  
  
• 'Please explain' sought over pulp mill (ABC Australia)
  A political analyst says those who lobbied members of Parliament to fast-track the assessment of Gunns' proposed pulp mill in Northern Tasmania should be held to account.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361972.htm
  
  
• Trial aborted for woman in Einfeld case (ABC Australia)
  The trial has been aborted for a Sydney woman accused of perverting the course of justice to help former federal court judge Marcus Einfeld avoid a speeding fine.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2362108.htm
  
  
• Council may be misinformed about waste: Marathon (ABC Australia)
  The chairman of uranium exploration company Marathon Resources says inaccurate information may have been behind the Flinders Ranges Council's decision not to allow exploration waste to be buried at the Hawker landfill in South Australia's northern Flinders Ranges.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361967.htm
  
  
• SAS soldier's remains identified in Vietnam (ABC Australia)
  The remains of an Australian soldier recovered in the Cam My District of Vietnam have been officially identified as Private David Fisher.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2362056.htm
  
  
• Jury discharged in terrorism book trial (ABC Australia)
  A Supreme Court jury has been discharged after failing to make a decision on a second charge against a Sydney man who compiled a book on terrorism.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2362037.htm
  
  
• NZ cash rate drops amid slowdown fears (ABC Australia)
  New Zealand's Reserve Bank has cut the official cash rate by 0.5 per cent, double the reduction forecast by analysts.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2362081.htm
  
  
• Street racer pleads guilty to manslaughter (ABC Australia)
  A man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter after he smashed into a car during a street race in western Sydney, killing its occupants.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361979.htm
  
  
• Tourism revival rests on success of Baz's Australia (ABC Australia)
  There's a lot riding on the soon-to-be-released Baz Luhrmann epic Australia - and it's not just the local film industry.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361975.htm
  
  
• Bennett advises against Gould pep talk (ABC Australia)
  Brisbane Broncos coach Wayne Bennett says the Roosters might have made a mistake bringing former coach Phil Gould in ahead of Friday night's qualifying final.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361918.htm
  
  
• Clark finds no reason to sack 'belligerent' Peters (ABC Australia)
  New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark has indicated she does not intend to sack her Foreign Minister, Winston Peters, despite the continuing investigation into undeclared political donations made to his New Zealand First Party.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361974.htm
  
  
• Palin welcomed to Alaska after whirlwind 2 weeks (Examiner.com)
  Gov. Sarah Palin arrived home to a chanting, cheering crowd, a blur of smiling supporters eager to embrace her after a whirlwind of national scrutiny since she was named Republican presidential nominee John McCain's running mate.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581184~Palin_welcomed_to_Alaska_after_whirlwind_2_weeks.html
  
  
• RSPCA launches nationwide hunt for kangaroo basher (ABC Australia)
  The RSPCA has launched an Australia wide search for a youth who was video taped beating a kangaroo as his friend looks on laughing.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361926.htm
  
  
• Toorale deal won't help lower lakes: Wong (ABC Australia)
  The Federal Water Minister says the Toorale deal is unlikely to provide immediate relief for the Murray's lower lakes.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361961.htm
  
  
• Lehman must convince Wall Street it can deliver (Examiner.com)
  Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. has presented its rescue plan, now it has to convince Wall Street it can make good on its promises.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581153~Lehman_must_convince_Wall_Street_it_can_deliver.html
  
  
• Japan's core machinery orders fall in July (Examiner.com)
  A key barometer of corporate capital spending in Japan fell for the second consecutive month in July, suggesting that manufacturers are bracing for slower demand in the months ahead.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580955~Japan_s_core_machinery_orders_fall_in_July.html
  
  
• Jubilant crowd welcomes Palin home (Examiner.com)
  Fairbanks is where it all began for Republican Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. Now, nearly two years after being sworn in as the state's first female governor, Palin returned Wednesday to Fairbanks - this time as John McCain's running mate.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581150~Jubilant_crowd_welcomes_Palin_home.html
  
  
• Interior employees accused in sex, gift scandal (Examiner.com)
  Government brokers responsible for collecting billions of dollars in federal oil royalties operated in a "culture of substance abuse and promiscuity" that included having sex with energy company employees, accepting lavish gifts and rigging contracts to favored firms, investigators said Wednesday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580916~Interior_employees_accused_in_sex__gift_scandal.html
  
  
• 'Twist' named top song of Billboard Hot 100 era (Examiner.com)
  How's this for a twist: Of all the No. 1 songs in the 50 years of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, Chubby Checker's "The Twist" ranks as the most popular single.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581145~_Twist__named_top_song_of_Billboard_Hot_100_era.html
  
  
• Party antics: Disgraced minister 'less than frank' (ABC Australia)
  NSW Premier Nathan Rees says he demanded the disgraced former police minister, Matt Brown's, resignation because he had been less than frank with him.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361896.htm
  
  
• Mining plans 'could devastate coastline' (ABC Australia)
  The New South Wales Greens are urging the State Government to refuse a gas exploration licence for the state's coastline, saying it could devastate beaches and the whale watching industry.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361894.htm
  
  
• MP knew of leadership deal: Costello memoirs (ABC Australia)
  A former senior Liberal, whom former treasurer Peter Costello has named as knowing about a leadership deal, says he is extremely disappointed that former prime minister John Howard did not hand over the top job.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361901.htm
  
  
• Far north tourism braces for more pain (ABC Australia)
  The far north Queensland region's peak tourism body says it is expecting tough times to continue into early next year.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361888.htm
  
  
• AWB wins bulk exports bid (ABC Australia)
  Former monopoly wheat exporter AWB has won the right to bulk export the grain under new federal laws.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361887.htm
  
  
• Asset Loans owes $28m: administrator (ABC Australia)
  Money lender Asset Loans Limited is another Gold Coast business which is facing an uncertain future.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361858.htm
  
  
• Buehrle, White Sox end Blue Jays' win streak at 10 (Examiner.com)
  Mark Buehrle outpitched Roy Halladay and the Chicago White Sox stopped Toronto's 10-game winning streak, holding off the Blue Jays 6-5 Wednesday night.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581097~Buehrle__White_Sox_end_Blue_Jays__win_streak_at_10.html
  
  
• Delgado, Wright help Mets to 2-game sweep of Nats (Examiner.com)
  David Wright hit a two-run homer and tied a career high with four hits, helping the New York Mets put away the pesky Washington Nationals 13-10 on Wednesday night after blowing a six-run lead.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581099~Delgado__Wright_help_Mets_to_2_game_sweep_of_Nats.html
  
  
• Tavern death victim suffered from heart disease, court hears (ABC Australia)
  The Supreme Court in Brisbane has heard a man allegedly killed by three Gold Coast bouncers suffered from heart disease which may have contributed to his death.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361837.htm
  
  
• London festival boasts Bond premiere (ABC Australia)
  The first public screening of the new James Bond movie will be the highlight of this year's London Film Festival.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361834.htm
  
  
• Exhibition to show how Picasso learned from masters (ABC Australia)
  Manet's Olympia, Titian's Venus Delighting Herself With Love And Music and Goya's La Maja Desnuda are to hang with other illustrious nudes alongside Picasso's very own in an unprecedented exhibition next month on "painting learning from painting."
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361830.htm
  
  
• SC Dem chief says sorry for Palin-abortion comment (Examiner.com)
  South Carolina's Democratic Party chairwoman said Wednesday that Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin's top qualification seems to be not having had an abortion. She later apologized.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580911~SC_Dem_chief_says_sorry_for_Palin_abortion_comment.html
  
  
• Peru archaeologists find pre-Inca sacrificial tomb (Examiner.com)
  Archaeologists in Peru say they have discovered the jawbone of a fetus among the remains of a sacrificed woman in a pre-Inca tomb, suggesting the Lambayeque culture practiced the atypical sacrifice of pregnant women and their children.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581078~Peru_archaeologists_find_pre_Inca_sacrificial_tomb.html
  
  
• San Antonio is going green with sewage (Examiner.com)
  The city plans to turn the stench of its residents' waste into sweet green cash and renewable energy.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581048~San_Antonio_is_going_green_with_sewage.html
  
  
• Delgado, Wright help Mets beat Nationals (Examiner.com)
  David Wright hit a two-run homer and tied a career high with four hits, helping the New York Mets put away the pesky Washington Nationals 13-10 on Wednesday night after blowing a six-run lead.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581065~Delgado__Wright_help_Mets_beat_Nationals.html
  
  
• Simpson trial judge say jury will be seated soon (Examiner.com)
  After a contentious day of lawyers sparring with prospective jurors in O.J. Simpson's kidnapping-robbery trial Wednesday, the judge said it appeared a jury would be seated by Friday or earlier.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580981~Simpson_trial_judge_say_jury_will_be_seated_soon.html
  
  
• OPI recommends pair face criminal charges (ABC Australia)
  The Office of Police Integrity (OPI) has recommended criminal charges against former Victorian policeman Paul Dale.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361696.htm
  
  
• UAW head chides McCain for Prius 'flip-flop' (Examiner.com)
  The head of the United Auto Workers union says Republican presidential nominee John McCain lost credibility by first saying he bought his daughter a Toyota Prius, then saying she bought it.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581003~UAW_head_chides_McCain_for_Prius__flip_flop_.html
  
  
• Report: Banks helped foreigners escape US taxes (Examiner.com)
  Big Wall Street investment banks have designed and marketed schemes enabling non-U.S. taxpayers, including offshore hedge funds, to evade millions of dollars in taxes each year on U.S. stock dividends, Senate investigators have found.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581012~Report__Banks_helped_foreigners_escape_US_taxes.html
  
  
• Magnitude 7.0 earthquake hits northern Japan (Examiner.com)
  A magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit northern Japan on Thursday morning, triggering a small tsunami that apparently caused no damage, Japan's Meteorological Agency said. There were no immediate reports of injuries.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581040~Magnitude_7_0_earthquake_hits_northern_Japan.html
  
  
• Gold Coast defies overseas tourism fall (ABC Australia)
  The Gold Coast has defied a downward trend in overseas visitor numbers to Queensland over the past year.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361782.htm
  
  
• Golden staph behind some SIDS deaths (ABC Australia)
  An Adelaide researcher says bacterial infection may be to blame for some SIDS cases.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361822.htm
  
  
• Business chamber up-beat about Raptis future (ABC Australia)
  The Southport Chamber of Commerce says it is confident leading Gold Coast high-rise developer Jim Raptis will be able to restructure his threatened business.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361770.htm
  
  
• Australian minister resigns over semi-naked dance (Examiner.com)
  An Australian state government minister was forced to quit his post following reports that he danced in his underwear at a parliamentary office party, the state premier said Thursday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581056~Australian_minister_resigns_over_semi_naked_dance.html
  
  
• Manager denies mine was 'bad ground' (ABC Australia)
  A Beaconsfied mine manager has denied the area where a miner died in 2006 was "bad ground".
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361759.htm
  
  
• Goddess-like one shoulder stars at NY Fashion Week (Examiner.com)
  At New York Fashion Week on Wednesday, the designers weren't just looking to their muses for inspiration - they were raiding the muses' closets.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581008~Goddess_like_one_shoulder_stars_at_NY_Fashion_Week.html
  
  
• Studio won't let Batman Oscar buzz die (ABC Australia)
  Batman wants an Oscar. To be precise, Warner Brothers wants a statuette - or 10 - for The Dark Knight. So the studio plans to re-release its blockbuster in January - the height of Academy Awards voting season.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361734.htm
  
  
• Govt to speed-up compo claims against Reeves (ABC Australia)
  The New South Wales Government has promised to expedite the compensation claims of women who have complained about the treatment they received from former doctor Graeme Reeves at hospitals on the south coast and Sydney.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361804.htm
  
  
• Jobless rate drops against predictions (ABC Australia)
  New figures show a surprise fall in the unemployment rate in August.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361799.htm
  
  
• Volunteer lit fires 'for the rush' (ABC Australia)
  A Rural Fire Service volunteer, who has pleaded guilty to 11 counts of arson, has told a Sydney court he lit the fires for the adrenaline rush of putting them out.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361786.htm
  
  
• Ike forces postponement of Arkansas-Texas game (Examiner.com)
  Hurricane Ike has pushed back the Arkansas-Texas football game to Sept. 27.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580989~Ike_forces_postponement_of_Arkansas_Texas_game.html
  
  
• Qld Govt urged to develop independent land monitor (ABC Australia)
  The Queensland Property Council has called on the State Government to establish an independent land monitoring authority.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361750.htm
  
  
• BHP to start work on Saraji project (ABC Australia)
  Mining company BHP Billiton says it will begin work immediately on a new coal project.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361736.htm
  
  
• Bligh calls for more clean coal research (ABC Australia)
  Queensland Premier Anna Bligh says Australia must decide as soon as possible if clean coal technology works or not.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361737.htm
  
  
• McCain, Palin to campaign together (Examiner.com)
  Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will spend much of the next few weeks campaigning with Sen. John McCain, a move that not only capitalizes on the Republican enthusiasm for the vice presidential nominee but also limits her exposure to the news media.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580994~McCain__Palin_to_campaign_together.html
  
  
• GOP House candidate in Alabama runs 1st Palin ad (Examiner.com)
  A Republican House candidate from Alabama began running a television ad Wednesday featuring vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, making it the first congressional campaign commercial to include the Alaska governor.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580969~GOP_House_candidate_in_Alabama_runs_1st_Palin_ad.html
  
  
• Study: 70,000 may suffer post-9/11 stress disorder (Examiner.com)
  New data from a public health registry that tracks the health effects of 9/11 suggest that as many as 70,000 people may have developed post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of the terrorist attacks.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1581004~Study__70_000_may_suffer_post_9_11_stress_disorder.html
  
  
• Opposition brands Toorale sale 'anti-rural' (ABC Australia)
  Opposition hits out over government buyout of Toorale Station near Bourke.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361762.htm
  
  
• Rogue Agency Arrests Stay-at-Home Utah Mom
  The scene in the Bradley’s neighborhood Tuesday was much like something you might expect to see on the big screen, or read about in one of those hard to believe mystery novels. But for Annie, her husband Randy and their eight children, it was a very real nightmare.
  http://fcd.freecapitalist.com/2008/09/08/rogue-agency-arrests-stay-at-home-utah-mom/354
  
  
• Missing cat returned home after 9 years (ABC Australia)
  An English couple have been reunited with their missing cat after nine years, Britain's RSPCA said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361767.htm
  
  
• Colts to waive DT Ed Johnson after drug arrest (Examiner.com)
  Less than 24 hours after Indianapolis Colts starting defensive tackle Ed Johnson was arrested on a drug possession charge early Wednesday, the team said it would waive him.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580958~Colts_to_waive_DT_Ed_Johnson_after_drug_arrest.html
  
  
• Ombudsman highlights international student exploitation (ABC Australia)
  The Federal Workplace Ombudsman says some international students working in Australia are getting underpaid and exploited.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361735.htm
  
  
• US ambassador ordered out of Bolivia (ABC Australia)
  Bolivian President Evo Morales has ordered the US ambassador expelled, accusing him of contributing to divisions in the country which the Government warns is headed towards "civil war."
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361726.htm
  
  
• Unsupervised kids found 'living in squalor' (ABC Australia)
  Police in the Blue Mountains have removed a family of unsupervised children from squalid conditions.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361708.htm
  
  
• Indonesia lifts tsunami alert after powerful quake (Examiner.com)
  Indonesia's geological agency has lifted a tsunami alert issued after a powerful earthquake rattled the country's northeast.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580965~Indonesia_lifts_tsunami_alert_after_powerful_quake.html
  
  
• Study: 70K may suffer post-9/11 stress disorder (Examiner.com)
  New data from a public health registry that tracks the health effects of 9/11 suggest that as many as 70,000 people may have developed post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of the terrorist attacks.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580960~Study__70K_may_suffer_post_9_11_stress_disorder.html
  
  
• Manager: 'Fletch' author Gregory Mcdonald dies (Examiner.com)
  Gregory Mcdonald, whose best-selling "Fletch" mystery books also were made into films, has died, according to his manager. He was 71.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580769~Manager___Fletch__author_Gregory_Mcdonald_dies.html
  
  
• Rob Thomas spends more time primping than his wife (Examiner.com)
  Rob Thomas says he spends more time primping than his wife, model Marisol.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580953~Rob_Thomas_spends_more_time_primping_than_his_wife.html
  
  
• Tsumani alerts in Indonesia, Japan (ABC Australia)
  Indonesian authorities have issued a tsunami alert after a 7.6-magnitude earthquake in the country's east.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361685.htm
  
  
• Angels clinch their 4th AL West title in 5 years (Examiner.com)
  The Los Angeles Angels became the first team in the majors to clinch a playoff spot this season, winning their fourth AL West title in five years Wednesday. Francisco Rodriguez earned his 56th save in closing out the Angels' 4-2 victory over the New York Yankees. Second-place Texas lost to Seattle 8-7 about an hour later, clinching the division for Los Angeles.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580854~Angels_clinch_their_4th_AL_West_title_in_5_years.html
  
  
• Spears's mum: I've made mistakes (ABC Australia)
  Lynne Spears says every mother makes mistakes, but she has no regrets about letting her daughters Britney and Jamie Lynn pursue their dreams of stardom.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361668.htm
  
  
• Metallica set for Death Magnetic launch (ABC Australia)
  Heavy metal kings Metallica are set to release their first new album in five years, Death Magnetic, tomorrow.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361661.htm
  
  
• Sarah McLachlan splits from husband (ABC Australia)
  Canadian pop singer Sarah McLachlan is splitting from her husband of 11 years, and is sharing her grief with fans in two new songs.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361657.htm
  
  
• Canada PM: Troops home from Afghanistan in 2011 (Examiner.com)
  Prime Minister Stephen Harper promised for the first time Wednesday that Canada's troops in Afghanistan will be withdrawn in 2011, as his minority government looks to win support in national elections next month.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580897~Canada_PM__Troops_home_from_Afghanistan_in_2011.html
  
  
• Magnitude 7 earthquake hits northern Japan (Examiner.com)
  Japan's Meteorological Agency says a magnitude 7 earthquake has hit northern Japan, and a tsunami warning has been issued.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580910~Magnitude_7_earthquake_hits_northern_Japan.html
  
  
• Powerful earthquake rattles northeastern Indonesia (Examiner.com)
  Indonesia's geological agency says a powerful earthquake in the country's northeast has triggered a tsunami alert.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580892~Powerful_earthquake_rattles_northeastern_Indonesia.html
  
  
• Lehman Brothers to restructure after failed bailout (ABC Australia)
  Troubled Wall Street investment bank Lehman Brothers says it plans to restructure after it posted its biggest loss on record.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361664.htm
  
  
• Teacher OK after crashing into bear on a bicycle (Examiner.com)
  A middle school teacher suffered some bruising and a big scratch on his back after he struck a bear while riding his bicycle to school.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580908~Teacher_OK_after_crashing_into_bear_on_a_bicycle.html
  
  
• Tourism council pushes for drop in airline fuel surcharge (ABC Australia)
  Queensland's Tourism Industry Council says it wants airlines to consider reducing fuel surcharges on airfares.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361656.htm
  
  
• Quality over quantity for SA-Russia wine exports (ABC Australia)
  South Australia is exporting higher quality wines to Russia.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361627.htm
  
  
• Rees moves quickly to replace disgraced minister (ABC Australia)
  New South Wales Premier Nathan Rees says Tony Kelly will be the state's new Police Minister following the resignation of Matt Brown, who has quit over allegations of inappropriate conduct during a Budget night party.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361646.htm
  
  
• IMF warned last Costello budget inflationary (ABC Australia)
  Treasury documents obtained by the Financial Review reveal a budget handed down by the former treasurer Peter Costello was considered inflationary by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361630.htm
  
  
• NZ policeman killed in drug bug sting (ABC Australia)
  A New Zealand police officer has been killed and another injured after they were shot during a anti-drugs operation in Auckland.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361628.htm
  
  
• Nelson digs heels in as Costello walks away (ABC Australia)
  Brendan Nelson reiterates that he is staying on as Liberal leader after former treasurer Peter Costello renounces his own leadership ambitions.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361620.htm
  
  
• Crews pull body from collapsed Va. building rubble (Examiner.com)
  A construction worker was killed Wednesday when a partially built retail and residential building collapsed in a Richmond suburb, officials said.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580818~Crews_pull_body_from_collapsed_Va__building_rubble.html
  
  
• NYC suspends school visits to UN over fire safety (Examiner.com)
  The city and the United Nations, which have tussled for years over parking tickets and property taxes, are now squabbling over schoolchildren - specifically, whether it's safe for them to visit U.N. headquarters.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580878~NYC_suspends_school_visits_to_UN_over_fire_safety.html
  
  
• Angels clinch AL West title (Examiner.com)
  The Los Angeles Angels became the first team in the majors to clinch a playoff spot this season, winning their fourth AL West title in five years Wednesday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580845~Angels_clinch_AL_West_title.html
  
  
• Autopsy: Mohammed died of heart disease, diabetes (Examiner.com)
  Heart disease and diabetes caused the sudden death of Imam W.D. Mohammed, the former Nation of Islam leader who abandoned some of its teachings decades ago to embrace mainstream Islam, authorities said Wednesday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580821~Autopsy__Mohammed_died_of_heart_disease__diabetes.html
  
  
• Lack of resources causes planning woes: Institute (ABC Australia)
  Tasmania's Planning Institute has dismissed recent criticism of the state's planning system, saying the rate of approvals is the second fastest in the nation.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361608.htm
  
  
• Questions over northern pump price (ABC Australia)
  Tasmania's main motoring body is at a loss to explain why Launceston's fuel prices have been persistently high since July.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361607.htm
  
  
• Rare earth mine planned near Alice Springs (ABC Australia)
  The chief executive of a mining company says Australia's first rare earth and phosphate mine will go ahead near Alice Springs.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361568.htm
  
  
• Palin family was ordered not to disparage trooper (Examiner.com)
  Sarah Palin's family was ordered by a judge three years ago not to disparage her sister's ex-husband, the Alaska state trooper at the center of an investigation into whether the governor abused her power trying to get him fired.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580812~Palin_family_was_ordered_not_to_disparage_trooper.html
  
  
• Cops: Twins tried to switch identities during stop (Examiner.com)
  Police in Hunterdon County say two twin brothers attempted to switch their identities during a motor vehicle stop. Readington Township police said a patrolman stopped Julio and Josel Rodriguez of Bethlehem, Pa., at 2 a.m. Wednesday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580808~Cops__Twins_tried_to_switch_identities_during_stop.html
  
  
• NASA new moon rocket passes early design test (Examiner.com)
  NASA's new moon rocket passed a key design milestone late Wednesday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580856~NASA_new_moon_rocket_passes_early_design_test.html
  
  
• Marilyn Monroe 'sex sofa' up for sale (ABC Australia)
  Marilyn Monroe and Glenn Ford's supposed sex sofa is to go under the hammer.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361519.htm
  
  
• Authenticity of Chagall paintings questioned (ABC Australia)
  A Japanese museum is pulling three oil paintings attributed to Franco-Russian avant-garde painter Marc Chagall after claims they are forgeries.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361516.htm
  
  
• Paris 'Not France' Hilton hits Toronto festival (ABC Australia)
  It's not easy being Paris Hilton, always being photographed by the paparazzi doing things as mundane as ordering a hamburger at a drive-in.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361517.htm
  
  
• Koons ruffles Versailles with eye-popping show (ABC Australia)
  A Jeff Koons exhibition at Versailles provokes protests in traditional French circles.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361515.htm
  
  
• Public liability boost for SA sports clubs (ABC Australia)
  Sports and recreational clubs will be offered greater protection from public liability claims under a South Australian Government proposal.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361552.htm
  
  
• Obama on defensive over 'lipstick on pig' jibe (ABC Australia)
  Barack Obama has lashed out at Republican rival John McCain's campaign, accusing it of "lies and phony outrage" over his quip about putting "lipstick on a pig".
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361550.htm
  
  
• Aird names dinner guests (ABC Australia)
  The Tasmanian Treasurer Michael Aird is willing to explore state-based disclosure laws to ensure all information about donations to politicians is transparent.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361494.htm
  
  
• US can't kill its way to Afghan victory: Pentagon boss (ABC Australia)
  The top military officer at the Pentagon has told a Congressional committee that US and international forces are not winning the war in Afghanistan.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361540.htm
  
  
• Buckeyes' Chris Wells practices, prepares for USC (Examiner.com)
  Ohio State tailback Chris "Beanie" Wells worked out with the team in pads and is on target to play against No. 1 Southern California on Saturday night. Jim Bollman, one of the Buckeyes' two offensive coordinators, said he was encouraged by Wells' play.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580739~Buckeyes__Chris_Wells_practices__prepares_for_USC.html
  
  
• Telstra defends job cuts (ABC Australia)
  Telstra has rejected a union claim that it is steadily downgrading its Tasmanian operations.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361545.htm
  
  
• Kosciuszko brumbies plan finalised (ABC Australia)
  A plan has been finalised to trap and relocate more than 100 wild brumbies in the Kosciuszko National Park.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361547.htm
  
  
• Nolasco strikes out 8, Marlins beat Phillies 7-3 (Examiner.com)
  Ricky Nolasco struck out eight in 7 2-3 innings and Luis Gonzalez homered to lead the Florida Marlins to a 7-3 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580751~Nolasco_strikes_out_8__Marlins_beat_Phillies_7_3.html
  
  
• US markets up despite dive in Lehman stocks (ABC Australia)
  A stronger US dollar and another fall in the price of oil pushed up US stocks overnight.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361538.htm
  
  
• Norwegian Govt fund blacklists Rio Tinto (ABC Australia)
  Rio Tinto has been blacklisted by Europe's biggest investor for "grossly unethical conduct" through its involvement in the world's biggest gold mine in Indonesia.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361534.htm
  
  
• Gov't officials probed about illicit sex, gifts (Examiner.com)
  Government officials handling billions of dollars in oil royalties partied, had sex with and accepted golf and ski outings from employees of energy companies they were dealing with, federal investigators said Wednesday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580591~Gov_t_officials_probed_about_illicit_sex__gifts.html
  
  
• Mum accused of trying to suffocate children (ABC Australia)
  Police have charged a woman from Hervey Bay in Queensland's south-east with attempting to suffocate her two children.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361380.htm
  
  
• Socceroos stand tall to secure vital victory (ABC Australia)
  Australia bagged an early goal then soaked up over an hour of pressure to earn a vital 1-0 win over Uzbekistan in their Asian World Cup qualifier in Tashkent early this morning (Australian time).
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361385.htm
  
  
• ABC plans prime-time Palin special (Examiner.com)
  Charles Gibson's interviews with Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin will form the basis of a special prime-time edition of "20/20" Friday, ABC said Wednesday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580730~ABC_plans_prime_time_Palin_special.html
  
  
• Titans eager to move past questions on QB's psyche (Examiner.com)
  If Vince Young isn't sure he wants to play football anymore, he didn't show it Wednesday. He reported to work, watched part of practice with a wrap around his sprained left knee and avoided reporters wanting to talk about his mother's comments indicating he doesn't want to play because of the negativity he's faced since being booed heavily during a 17-10 win over Jacksonville.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580648~Titans_eager_to_move_past_questions_on_QB_s_psyche.html
  
  
• Wells practices, seems ahead of pace for recovery (Examiner.com)
  Ohio State tailback Chris "Beanie" Wells worked out with the team in pads and is on target to play against No. 1 Southern California on Saturday night.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580734~Wells_practices__seems_ahead_of_pace_for_recovery.html
  
  
• Angels clinch at least share of AL West title (Examiner.com)
  The Los Angeles Angels clinched at least a share of their fourth AL West title in five years, with Robb Quinlan hitting a three-run double Wednesday in a 4-2 victory over the New York Yankees.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580707~Angels_clinch_at_least_share_of_AL_West_title.html
  
  
• Nolasco strikes out 8 in Florida win (Examiner.com)
  Ricky Nolasco struck out eight in 7 2-3 innings and Luis Gonzalez homered to lead the Florida Marlins to a 7-3 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580726~Nolasco_strikes_out_8_in_Florida_win.html
  
  
• Childhood memories hit Simpson trial in Las Vegas (Examiner.com)
  A prospective juror in O.J. Simpson's kidnap-robbery trial was just 8 when the former football star was acquitted of murder, but that doesn't mean he doesn't remember anything about it.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580653~Childhood_memories_hit_Simpson_trial_in_Las_Vegas.html
  
  
• Sex offender who posed as child pleads guilty (Examiner.com)
  A sex offender who posed as a 12-year-old boy to enroll in Arizona schools has pleaded guilty to seven criminal charges, two stemming from the charade he pulled for two years.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580695~Sex_offender_who_posed_as_child_pleads_guilty.html
  
  
• Housing estate at risk of gas explosion (ABC Australia)
  Residents of the Brookland Greens Housing Estate in Cranbourne have been advised to evacuate, because of high levels of methane gas from a near-by tip.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361440.htm
  
  
• Georgia accuses Russia of violating truce (ABC Australia)
  Georgia said one of its policemen was shot dead from a Russian position in violation of a fragile truce, as a major crack over the remit of EU observers appeared in the EU-brokered ceasefire.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361514.htm
  
  
• Battle over Alan Bond's Bell Group nearing an end (ABC Australia)
  The outcome of one of the country's longest running civil cases, the Bell Group trial, is expected to be known before the end of the month.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361451.htm
  
  
• Employers still hiring despite slowing economy (ABC Australia)
  Official figures to be released today are expected to show employers continued to hire in August despite the weakening economy.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361501.htm
  
  
• Forum spotlights mining's social impact (ABC Australia)
  The social impact of mining on regional communities will be discussed at a meeting in central Queensland today.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361462.htm
  
  
• President Clinton to hit campaign trail for Obama (Examiner.com)
  Barack Obama revealed Wednesday that former President Clinton, once the presidential nominee's nemesis, will campaign for him during the weeks leading up to Election Day.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580665~President_Clinton_to_hit_campaign_trail_for_Obama.html
  
  
• Costello gone, let's move on: Robb (ABC Australia)
  Andrew Robb says Liberal Party must look to the future and its "next generation" after Peter Costello leadership statement.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361478.htm
  
  
• Oil prices slip even after US inventories shrink (Examiner.com)
  Oil prices closed slightly lower in jittery trading Wednesday, as the strengthening dollar and signs of a slowing economy outweighed inventory drops and word that OPEC would cut production.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580626~Oil_prices_slip_even_after_US_inventories_shrink.html
  
  
• More rate cuts needed to boost housing: MBA (ABC Australia)
  The Master Builders Association (MBA) says further interest rate cuts are needed to restore confidence in Canberra's housing market.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361457.htm
  
  
• Police: Bomb kills Lebanese politician (Examiner.com)
  A bomb tore through a car in the hills east of Lebanon's capital on Wednesday, killing a Druse politician who recently helped reconcile rival factions within that minority community, police said.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580636~Police__Bomb_kills_Lebanese_politician.html
  
  
• Gold Coast developer feels credit crisis: Mayor (ABC Australia)
  Gold Coast Mayor Ron Clarke says high-rise developer Jim Raptis appears to have been caught short by the global credit crisis.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361437.htm
  
  
• CMC to investigate SE Qld water grid contractor (ABC Australia)
  The CMC has been asked to investigate a company contracted to build parts of the south-east Qld water grid.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361424.htm
  
  
• Mine needed longer bolts: Inquest (ABC Australia)
  A manager at the Beaconsfield Gold mine says history shows longer bolts should have been installed before a fatal rockfall more than two years ago.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361408.htm
  
  
• Saints WR Colston out 4-6 weeks with thumb injury (Examiner.com)
  Marques Colston, the New Orleans Saints' top receiver during the past two seasons, had surgery on his left thumb and will miss four to six weeks.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580532~Saints_WR_Colston_out_4_6_weeks_with_thumb_injury.html
  
  
• Bucs' Garcia out against Falcons; Griese to start (Examiner.com)
  Tampa Bay quarterback Jeff Garcia is out of Sunday's home opener against Atlanta because of a sprained ankle. He will be replaced by veteran backup Brian Griese.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580568~Bucs__Garcia_out_against_Falcons__Griese_to_start.html
  
  
• 49ers QB Smith's season ends with shoulder injury (Examiner.com)
  Alex Smith's season is over with another shoulder injury. The high-priced quarterback's short career with the San Francisco 49ers is probably finished as well.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580545~49ers_QB_Smith_s_season_ends_with_shoulder_injury.html
  
  
• MRI shows White Sox 1B Konerko has sprained MCL (Examiner.com)
  The Chicago White Sox say Paul Konerko has a sprained medial collateral ligament in his right knee and will be evaluated daily.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580567~MRI_shows_White_Sox_1B_Konerko_has_sprained_MCL.html
  
  
• Chertoff: Aviation still vulnerable to terror (Examiner.com)
  The nation's top domestic security official said Wednesday aviation remains vulnerable to terrorist attack seven years after 9/11.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580580~Chertoff__Aviation_still_vulnerable_to_terror.html
  
  
• Hathaway's ex pleads guilty in fraud case (ABC Australia)
  An Italian businessman who dated Hollywood star Anne Hathaway and did a deal with supermarket mogul Ron Burkle has pleaded guilty to charges of fraud in which he lied about links to the Vatican.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361455.htm
  
  
• Urban nominated for two country music awards (ABC Australia)
  Australia's Keith Urban has received two nominations for the US Country Music Association Awards, but Kenny Chesney dominates the list of finalists with seven nominations.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361425.htm
  
  
• Retrial ordered for liquid bomb plotters (ABC Australia)
  Seven men accused of being part of a cell that allegedly plotted to bring down transatlantic airliners will face a retrial, after a jury failed to reach verdicts this week, British prosecutors said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361413.htm
  
  
• Close check on public hospital cancer care (ABC Australia)
  Cancer support groups will watch closely the care in SA public hospitals.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361400.htm
  
  
• NSW Police Minister quits over wild office party (ABC Australia)
  NSW Police Minister Matt Brown has resigned just three days into his new portfolio over allegations of inappropriate conduct.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361405.htm
  
  
• Troop reduction signals 'end game' in Iraq (ABC Australia)
  The United States is now in the "end game" in Iraq but must move cautiously in drawing down its forces there despite a growing insurgency in Afghanistan, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361403.htm
  
  
• Mouth to Meow-th: Mass. firefighter revives cat (Examiner.com)
  A lucky cat in New Bedford owes one of its nine lives to a firefighter who revived it with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Al Machado rescued the cat from a burning apartment on Tuesday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580543~Mouth_to_Meow_th__Mass__firefighter_revives_cat.html
  
  
• Man arrested over Canberra double murder (ABC Australia)
  A man will face court today over a double murder in Canberra's inner-north.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361393.htm
  
  
• States can't be trusted to curb pokies: Fielding (ABC Australia)
  Family First Senator Steve Fielding, who is behind a push to drastically curb the impact of poker machines, says it has to be the Federal Government that addresses the problem.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361402.htm
  
  
• Six nominations give Cafe Tacuba 'great joy' (Examiner.com)
  Mexican alternative rock group Cafe Tacuba scored six Latin Grammy nominations Wednesday, including album of the year.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580541~Six_nominations_give_Cafe_Tacuba__great_joy_.html
  
  
• Vesuvius still an eruption risk: researchers (ABC Australia)
  French and Italian scientists said on Wednesday they could not rule out another cataclysmic explosion by Vesuvius, the volcano that destroyed Pompeii in AD79.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361395.htm
  
  
• Australia should clean up Timor cane toads: Greens (ABC Australia)
  The Greens say Australia should pay to eradicate cane toads from East Timor.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361391.htm
  
  
• Authorities to continue search for missing yacht (ABC Australia)
  A search will continue today for a yacht missing in waters off eastern Australia.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361386.htm
  
  
• Tour de France director leaves door open for Lance (Examiner.com)
  Tour de France organizers are hardly thrilled at the prospect of Lance Armstrong returning for a shot at an eighth victory in cycling's showcase event.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580519~Tour_de_France_director_leaves_door_open_for_Lance.html
  
  
• Evacuations begin in Texas ahead of Hurricane Ike (Examiner.com)
  The frail and elderly were put aboard buses Wednesday and authorities warned 1 million others to flee inland as Hurricane Ike steamed toward a swath of the Texas coast that includes the nation's largest concentration of refineries and chemical plants.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580550~Evacuations_begin_in_Texas_ahead_of_Hurricane_Ike.html
  
  
• Celtics give coach Doc Rivers 3-year extension (Examiner.com)
  Doc Rivers received a contract extension giving him three more years as coach of the Boston Celtics on Tuesday after leading them to an NBA title one year following the second worst season in team history.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580527~Celtics_give_coach_Doc_Rivers_3_year_extension.html
  
  
• Freshwater fish in N. America in peril, study says (Examiner.com)
  About four out of 10 freshwater fish species in North America are in peril, according to a major study by U.S., Canadian and Mexican scientists.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580558~Freshwater_fish_in_N__America_in_peril__study_says.html
  
  
• Company chiefs speak at mine death inquest (ABC Australia)
  A coronial inquest into the death of a mine worker in Queensland's central highlands last year will today hear evidence from senior mine officers.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361394.htm
  
  
• Bill Clinton concerned about 9/11 scholarship fund (Examiner.com)
  Former President Clinton has been in talks with the directors of a huge college scholarship fund for families of Sept. 11 victims to address complaints that the program has given out too little money.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580542~Bill_Clinton_concerned_about_9_11_scholarship_fund.html
  
  
• Rail union says QR has 'top-down' attitude to safety (ABC Australia)
  The rail union says it is concerned about Qld Rail's attitude to workplace health and safety.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361387.htm
  
  
• Democrats' advice for Obama: Tie McCain to Bush (Examiner.com)
  With John McCain gaining in the polls, Democrats have a short checklist for Barack Obama: Tie the Republican to an unpopular President Bush. Let no charge go unanswered. And stress plans to fix the economy.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580413~Democrats__advice_for_Obama__Tie_McCain_to_Bush.html
  
  
• Prisoner sues for pain, stress over moldy cookies (Examiner.com)
  A man who says he bought moldy cookies in the King County Jail is suing the county for pain, suffering and emotional distress. Moses Wiggins, 41, said he didn't notice the mold until he had eaten half a bag of cookies. He spent several days vomiting while suffering diarrhea and stomach cramps.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580451~Prisoner_sues_for_pain__stress_over_moldy_cookies.html
  
  
• Greek archaeologists unearth jewelry in cemetery (Examiner.com)
  New excavations at an ancient cemetery in northern Greece have yielded gold jewelry, copper and iron weapons and pottery.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580476~Greek_archaeologists_unearth_jewelry_in_cemetery.html
  
  
• VideoSurf hopes to ride Internet video wave (Examiner.com)
  There are plenty of places to watch online video, but still no easy way to find a particular clip without suffering through a lot of trial and error.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580473~VideoSurf_hopes_to_ride_Internet_video_wave.html
  
  
• Study says too many arthroscopic knee surgeries (Examiner.com)
  Two studies call into question whether many people with arthritis are needlessly undergoing one of the most common operations in America: arthroscopic knee surgery.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580457~Study_says_too_many_arthroscopic_knee_surgeries.html
  
  
• Creator of Web spots a flaw in Internet Explorer (Examiner.com)
  Tim Berners-Lee, the British-born inventor of the World Wide Web, says he doesn't like to express preferences among Web browsers. But he does have an issue with one of them: Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580496~Creator_of_Web_spots_a_flaw_in_Internet_Explorer.html
  
  
• SAT prep services get into video games (Examiner.com)
  With SAT scores at their lowest level in years, two of the country's largest test-prep course providers are pairing with video game companies for the first time, to give students another way to practice for these oft-dreaded exams.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580399~SAT_prep_services_get_into_video_games.html
  
  
• Rourke grapples back to form with `The Wrestler' (Examiner.com)
  Mickey Rourke's character in "The Wrestler" describes himself as a broken-down slab of meat, a man who's alone and deserves to be.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580372~Rourke_grapples_back_to_form_with__The_Wrestler_.html
  
  
• Boxer shorts bandit targets petrol station (ABC Australia)
  Police are searching for a scantily-clad robber who held up a petrol station in Hobart's northern suburbs late last night.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361363.htm
  
  
• Bucs' QB Garcia out against Atlanta (Examiner.com)
  Tampa Bay quarterback Jeff Garcia is out of Sunday's home opener against Atlanta because of a sprained ankle. He will be replaced by veteran backup Brian Griese.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580388~Bucs__QB_Garcia_out_against_Atlanta.html
  
  
• MRI shows Konerko has sprained MCL (Examiner.com)
  The Chicago White Sox say Paul Konerko has a sprained medial collateral ligament in his right knee and will be evaluated daily.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580377~MRI_shows_Konerko_has_sprained_MCL.html
  
  
• Bush declares state of emergency as Ike aims at Texas (ABC Australia)
  President George W Bush has declared an emergency in Texas and state authorities have begun ordering evacuations as deadly Hurricane Ike, which has strengthened to a powerful Category 2 storm, churned in the Gulf of Mexico toward the US state.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361372.htm
  
  
• Lebanese politician killed by car bomb (ABC Australia)
  Saleh Aridi, a member of Lebanon's opposition Democratic party, has been killed in a car bomb explosion in the vicinity of Aley town, south-east of Beirut, a Lebanese army spokesman and a security official said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361371.htm
  
  
• Campaign shocks! The Outrage Machine is on a roll (Examiner.com)
  Oh, the outrage.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580395~Campaign_shocks__The_Outrage_Machine_is_on_a_roll.html
  
  
• Analysis: McCain ad twists truth (Examiner.com)
  TITLE: "Fact Check."
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580401~Analysis__McCain_ad_twists_truth.html
  
  
• Stocks rise modestly as Street mulls Lehman plan (Examiner.com)
  Stocks ended a temperamental session moderately higher Wednesday as investors bought up the stocks of energy, materials and consumer-staple companies, but remained cautious about the beleaguered financial sector.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580394~Stocks_rise_modestly_as_Street_mulls_Lehman_plan.html
  
  
• Pakistan army chief criticizes US raid (Examiner.com)
  Pakistan's military chief on Wednesday lashed out at the United States over cross-border raids by American troops from Afghanistan and said his country's sovereignty will be defended "at all cost."
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580300~Pakistan_army_chief_criticizes_US_raid.html
  
  
• Democrats offer a checklist for Obama (Examiner.com)
  With John McCain gaining in the polls, Democrats have a short checklist for Barack Obama: Tie the Republican to an unpopular President Bush. Let no charge go unanswered. And stress plans to fix the economy.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580383~Democrats_offer_a_checklist_for_Obama.html
  
  
• At OPEC, cooling rivalries, extending a hand (Examiner.com)
  The just ended OPEC meeting was about more what a barrel of oil can fetch on the open market as the global economic picture grows dim.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580375~At_OPEC__cooling_rivalries__extending_a_hand.html
  
  
• IAEA head not running for new term (Examiner.com)
  The chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency, whose handling of Iran's nuclear defiance has provoked occasional U.S. displeasure, plans to step down later this year, according to a confidential document obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580328~IAEA_head_not_running_for_new_term.html
  
  
• Scientists beaming after test of big atom smasher (Examiner.com)
  A small blip on a computer screen sent champagne corks popping among physicists in Switzerland. Near Chicago, researchers at a "pajama party" who watched via satellite let out an early morning cheer.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580226~Scientists_beaming_after_test_of_big_atom_smasher.html
  
  
• Teacher OK after striking bear while riding bike (Examiner.com)
  A middle school teacher suffered some bruising and a big scratch on his back after he struck a bear while riding his bicycle to school.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580326~Teacher_OK_after_striking_bear_while_riding_bike.html
  
  
• Russia sends supply ship to intn'l space station (Examiner.com)
  Russian Mission Control says an unmanned Russian cargo ship has blasted off successfully carrying supplies, equipment and gifts for the international space station.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580366~Russia_sends_supply_ship_to_intn_l_space_station.html
  
  
• `Paris, Not France' reveals smarter side of Hilton (Examiner.com)
  Paris Hilton's new reality show, the documentary "Paris, Not France," reveals a not-so-simple life in which the dumb blonde of her TV infamy is scarcely to be found.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580369~_Paris__Not_France__reveals_smarter_side_of_Hilton.html
  
  
• Review: Peek is e-mail on the go, and that's it (Examiner.com)
  It's hard to remember now, but the first BlackBerry devices weren't phones. They were two-way e-mail pagers that couldn't be used for calls.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580323~Review__Peek_is_e_mail_on_the_go__and_that_s_it.html
  
  
• Catch a flick with your favorite celeb for $25 (Examiner.com)
  Sit beside Steve Martin for a screening of "The Jerk," share a theater with Mike Myers for a showing of "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery" or squirm in your seat alongside Jodie Foster during "The Silence of the Lambs."
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580330~Catch_a_flick_with_your_favorite_celeb_for__25.html
  
  
• Apple senior execs settle options case for $14M (Examiner.com)
  Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs and several other senior executives and board members have agreed to settle a lawsuit that claimed the company was damaged by their role in Apple's mishandling of stock option awards.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580351~Apple_senior_execs_settle_options_case_for__14M.html
  
  
• EU powerhouses headed for recession (ABC Australia)
  The European Commission predicts that Britain, Germany and France will all plunge into recession this year
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361370.htm
  
  
• Soderbergh's epic `Che' lands US distributor (Examiner.com)
  Steven Soderbergh's Che Guevara film biography "Che" has found a U.S. distributor that will release it in theaters this December to qualify for the Academy Awards.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580320~Soderbergh_s_epic__Che__lands_US_distributor.html
  
  
• Ike gets stronger as Texas begins evacuations (Examiner.com)
  Hurricane Ike strengthened in the Gulf's warm waters Wednesday and churned toward the Texas coast, and officials started to evacuate the first of millions of residents who could be in the storm's path. Ike bloomed to a Category 2 storm and was likely to grow even stronger before its predicted strike on the Texas coast early Saturday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580299~Ike_gets_stronger_as_Texas_begins_evacuations.html
  
  
• Principal regrets making students view excrement (Examiner.com)
  A Colorado Springs elementary school principal has apologized for making students look inside a bag of human feces and urine.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579793~Principal_regrets_making_students_view_excrement.html
  
  
• Colts starting DT Johnson arrested on drug charge (Examiner.com)
  Indianapolis Colts starting defensive tackle Ed Johnson was arrested early Wednesday on a drug possession charge.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580212~Colts_starting_DT_Johnson_arrested_on_drug_charge.html
  
  
• 11 killed in Pakistan Mosque attack (ABC Australia)
  At least 11 worshippers have been killed and dozens wounded when suspected militants hurled grenades into a Mosque in north-west Pakistan during evening prayers, an official said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361362.htm
  
  
• Crews search for victims in Va. building collapse (Examiner.com)
  Part of a retail and residential building under construction in a Richmond suburb collapsed Wednesday, and authorities were searching for up to 12 workers who may have been inside.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580204~Crews_search_for_victims_in_Va__building_collapse.html
  
  
• Pa. town where Flight 93 crashed looks to tourism (Examiner.com)
  Searching for an economic boost and home to perhaps the most compelling story of 9/11, rural Somerset County is trying to pull off a balancing act: Remembering the victims of United Airlines Flight 93 in a way that encourages development and job growth without devolving into tackiness and disrespect.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580244~Pa__town_where_Flight_93_crashed_looks_to_tourism.html
  
  
• Stocks rise as energy, consumer staples gain (Examiner.com)
  Stocks rose Wednesday, a day after a steep sell-off, as investors took positions in sectors such as energy, materials and consumer staples. The major indexes rose more than 1 percent, including the Dow Jones industrials, which logged a gain of about 125 points.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580196~Stocks_rise_as_energy__consumer_staples_gain.html
  
  
• Icahn says he has $70-per-share offer for Imclone (Examiner.com)
  Biotechnology company ImClone Systems Inc. said Wednesday it is considering a buyout offer worth $70 per share from an unidentified large pharmaceutical company, and rejected a $60-per-share bid from Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580236~Icahn_says_he_has__70_per_share_offer_for_Imclone.html
  
  
• Biden says McCain reprising 2000 attacks (Examiner.com)
  Joe Biden said Wednesday that Republican John McCain is aiming the same kind of attacks at Democratic nominee Barack Obama that Biden had defended McCain against during the 2000 White House race.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580191~Biden_says_McCain_reprising_2000_attacks.html
  
  
• Ford to cut 500 workers at Ontario crossover plant (Examiner.com)
  Ford Motor Co. said Wednesday it will eliminate 500 employees at its crossover assembly plant in Oakville, Ontario, as sales of the vehicles designed to woo SUV and truck buyers continue to slump.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580054~Ford_to_cut_500_workers_at_Ontario_crossover_plant.html
  
  
• Koons' zany sculptures go on display at Versailles (Examiner.com)
  At the palace of Versailles, a marble statue of Louis XIV now shares space with some unlikely interlopers: Michael Jackson and his pet chimp Bubbles, sculpted in porcelain.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580182~Koons__zany_sculptures_go_on_display_at_Versailles.html
  
  
• Pakistan army criticizes US cross-border raid (Examiner.com)
  Pakistan's military chief says his country's sovereignty will be defended "at all costs" after a raid by U.S. ground troops near the border with Afghanistan.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580185~Pakistan_army_criticizes_US_cross_border_raid.html
  
  
• Taliban to step up attacks ahead of Canadian election (ABC Australia)
  The Taliban has warned Canada that it can expect more attacks on its troops in the lead-up to next month's general election.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361361.htm
  
  
• Niners QB Smith on injured reserve again (Examiner.com)
  The San Francisco 49ers put quarterback Alex Smith on injured reserve with a shoulder injury, probably ending the former No. 1 draft pick's four-year career with the team.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580124~Niners_QB_Smith_on_injured_reserve_again.html
  
  
• Hurricane Ike gets stronger on a path to Texas (Examiner.com)
  Hurricane Ike strengthened in the Gulf's warm waters Wednesday and churned toward the Texas coast, and officials started to evacuate the first of millions of residents who could be in the storm's path.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580155~Hurricane_Ike_gets_stronger_on_a_path_to_Texas.html
  
  
• LSU to play in Tiger Stadium on Saturday (Examiner.com)
  LSU has scheduled its return to Tiger Stadium on Saturday night to host North Texas, one week after postponing its game with Troy because of Hurricane Gustav.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580147~LSU_to_play_in_Tiger_Stadium_on_Saturday.html
  
  
• AP IMPACT: US oilfield deaths rise sharply (Examiner.com)
  Less than two months into the job in the oilfields of West Texas, Brandon Garrett was sliced in half by a motorized spool of steel cable as he and other roughnecks struggled to get a drilling rig up and running.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580154~AP_IMPACT__US_oilfield_deaths_rise_sharply.html
  
  
• Another Fossett search winding up in Nevada (Examiner.com)
  The biggest search this year for Steve Fossett has ground to a halt with team members leaving a rugged mountain area without finding any sign of the aviator-adventurer who has been missing for a year.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580189~Another_Fossett_search_winding_up_in_Nevada.html
  
  
• Oil prices slip even after inventories US shrink (Examiner.com)
  Oil prices fell in jittery trading Wednesday, as the strengthening dollar and signs of a slowing economy outweighed inventory drops and OPEC's cutback of excess production.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580150~Oil_prices_slip_even_after_inventories_US_shrink.html
  
  
• Smugglers force African refugees off boat; 39 dead (Examiner.com)
  Smugglers threw two children overboard and forced dozens of other African refugees to swim to shore in the middle of the night, leaving more than three dozen dead, the U.N. and an aid group said Wednesday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580143~Smugglers_force_African_refugees_off_boat__39_dead.html
  
  
• Building collapses in Va.; 12 may be inside (Examiner.com)
  Authorities say part of a building under construction in a Richmond, Va. suburb has collapsed, and as many as 12 workers may be inside.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580085~Building_collapses_in_Va___12_may_be_inside.html
  
  
• 2 Russian strategic bombers land in Venezuela (Examiner.com)
  Two Russian strategic bombers landed in Venezuela on Wednesday as part of military maneuvers, the government said, announcing an unprecendented deployment to the territory of a new ally at a time of increasingly tense relations with the U.S.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580081~2_Russian_strategic_bombers_land_in_Venezuela.html
  
  
• McCain and Palin castigate the earmarks she seeks (Examiner.com)
  Republican presidential nominee John McCain and his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, equated lawmakers' requests for funding for special projects with corruption on Wednesday even though Palin herself has requested nearly $200 million in so-called "earmarks" this year.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580090~McCain_and_Palin_castigate_the_earmarks_she_seeks.html
  
  
• South Korea says Kim is on the road to recovery (Examiner.com)
  North Korea's Kim Jong Il is on the road to recovery from a stroke and still in control of his isolated country's communist regime, South Korea suggested Wednesday, disputing reports that the leader is gravely ill.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580110~South_Korea_says_Kim_is_on_the_road_to_recovery.html
  
  
• Play of the Day: Obama on campaign drawbacks (Examiner.com)
  Barack Obama says kids who want to be president one day might want to think again.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580067~Play_of_the_Day__Obama_on_campaign_drawbacks.html
  
  
• Former UnitedHealth CEO settles options lawsuit (Examiner.com)
  Former UnitedHealth Group Chief Executive William McGuire will pay $30 million and return stock options representing more than 3 million shares to settle a class-action lawsuit.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580035~Former_UnitedHealth_CEO_settles_options_lawsuit.html
  
  
• Quake in Iran kills 7, sends tremors across Gulf (Examiner.com)
  A strong earthquake rocked southern Iran on Wednesday, sending tremors across the Persian Gulf and shaking the skyscrapers of Dubai. Iranian state television reported that seven people were killed and 40 others were injured.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580111~Quake_in_Iran_kills_7__sends_tremors_across_Gulf.html
  
  
• Military helicopter crashes in Israel, killing 2 (Examiner.com)
  A military helicopter crashed at sundown Wednesday in northern Israel and burst into flames, the military said, and two crew members were killed, according to media reports.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580117~Military_helicopter_crashes_in_Israel__killing_2.html
  
  
• Cafe Tacuba leads Latin Grammy nominations (Examiner.com)
  Mexican alternative rock group Cafe Tacuba scored six Latin Grammy nominations Wednesday, including album of the year, the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences announced in Los Angeles.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580031~Cafe_Tacuba_leads_Latin_Grammy_nominations.html
  
  
• Ivan Rodriguez, Torii Hunter suspended for fight (Examiner.com)
  Yankees catcher Ivan Rodriguez and the Los Angeles Angels Torii Hunter were suspended two games each Wednesday for their roles in a bench-clearing scuffle.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1580009~Ivan_Rodriguez__Torii_Hunter_suspended_for_fight.html
  
  
• Stocks rise after Lehman announces plan (Examiner.com)
  Stocks rose Wednesday a day after a steep sell-off and as investors digested Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.'s plans to try to sell a majority stake in its investment management business and spin off its troubled mortgage assets.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579971~Stocks_rise_after_Lehman_announces_plan.html
  
  
• Israeli military helicopter crashes, killing 2 (Examiner.com)
  Two military helicopters flying in formation collided Wednesday and one of the aircraft crashed, killing two people, Israel's rescue service and a TV report said.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579969~Israeli_military_helicopter_crashes__killing_2.html
  
  
• Titans add Simms, another QB with Young out (Examiner.com)
  Chris Simms joined the Tennessee Titans' practice Wednesday after agreeing to terms to back up veteran Kerry Collins at least for one week while Vince Young's sprained left knee heals.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579957~Titans_add_Simms__another_QB_with_Young_out.html
  
  
• Teen arrested for 4 slayings in burned SoCal home (Examiner.com)
  A teenager was arrested for investigation of four counts of murder Wednesday in the killings of a woman and three girls whose bodies were found in a burning house, authorities said.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579940~Teen_arrested_for_4_slayings_in_burned_SoCal_home.html
  
  
• Bank of America settles securities probe (Examiner.com)
  Bank of America Corp. said Wednesday it will buy back about $4.5 billion worrh of auction-rate securities as part of a settlement agreement with Massachusetts regulators.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579943~Bank_of_America_settles_securities_probe.html
  
  
• Berkshire tightens insurance for bank deposits (Examiner.com)
  A Kansas company that is part of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has stopped selling private bank deposit insurance above the amount guaranteed by the federal government, signaling that billionaire investor Buffett may be worried about future bank failures.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579935~Berkshire_tightens_insurance_for_bank_deposits.html
  
  
• Paul says he turned down appeal to endorse McCain (Examiner.com)
  Republican Rep. Ron Paul, the libertarian-leaning Texas lawmaker who attracted a devoted following in the GOP primaries, said Wednesday he rejected an appeal to endorse John McCain's presidential bid.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579938~Paul_says_he_turned_down_appeal_to_endorse_McCain.html
  
  
• Former United Health CEO McGuire settles lawsuit (Examiner.com)
  Former UnitedHealth Group Chief Executive William McGuire will pay $30 million and return more than 3 million shares of unexercised stock options to settle a class-action lawsuit.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579945~Former_United_Health_CEO_McGuire_settles_lawsuit.html
  
  
• Obama opens schools debate with McCain (Examiner.com)
  Democrat Barack Obama reached for middle ground on education this week, opening a debate with John McCain over who would do more to put good teachers in classrooms and help parents find alternatives to bad schools.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579933~Obama_opens_schools_debate_with_McCain.html
  
  
• Sanofi names Viehbacher as new CEO (Examiner.com)
  Sanofi-Aventis named former GlaxoSmithKline executive Chris Viehbacher as new chief executive in a move aimed at redefining its strategy, the French drugmaker said Wednesday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579937~Sanofi_names_Viehbacher_as_new_CEO.html
  
  
• Businessman who dated Anne Hathaway pleads guilty (Examiner.com)
  A smooth-talking Italian businessman who once dated actress Anne Hathaway and claimed to have friends in high places at the Vatican is headed to prison after pleading guilty Wednesday in a Manhattan real estate fraud case.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579911~Businessman_who_dated_Anne_Hathaway_pleads_guilty.html
  
  
• Lehman tries to soothe Wall Street with asset sale (Examiner.com)
  Lehman Brothers, in a desperate bid to survive, announced plans Wednesday to sell a majority stake in its prized investment management business and said a sale of the entire company was possible.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579866~Lehman_tries_to_soothe_Wall_Street_with_asset_sale.html
  
  
• Oil prices slip even after inventory drops (Examiner.com)
  Oil prices fell in jittery trading Wednesday, as the strengthening dollar and signs of a slowing economy outweighed inventory drops and OPEC's cutback of excess production.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579871~Oil_prices_slip_even_after_inventory_drops.html
  
  
• British prosecutors seek retrial in airline plot (Examiner.com)
  British prosecutors said Wednesday they were seeking a retrial of seven men accused of plotting to down trans-Atlantic airliners using liquid explosives disguised as soft drinks.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579842~British_prosecutors_seek_retrial_in_airline_plot.html
  
  
• Britain's Brown denies endorsing Obama (Examiner.com)
  British Prime Minister Gordon Brown denied he was endorsing Barack Obama on Wednesday, despite praising the Democratic presidential candidate in a published commentary.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579868~Britain_s_Brown_denies_endorsing_Obama.html
  
  
• Global computer network behind the Big Bang probe (Examiner.com)
  The world's biggest physics experiment, the Large Hadron particle collider that began running Wednesday in a 17-mile tunnel below the French-Swiss border, produces so much data that even the massive computing power at the European Organization for Nuclear Research can't sift through it all.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579823~Global_computer_network_behind_the_Big_Bang_probe.html
  
  
• `Ghost Town': Gervais, Kinnear share spooky tales (Examiner.com)
  In real life, Ricky Gervais does not believe in ghosts. Put them on the big-screen, however, and he's more than game to see dead people.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579843~_Ghost_Town___Gervais__Kinnear_share_spooky_tales.html
  
  
• Celtics extend coach Doc Rivers' contract (Examiner.com)
  The Boston Celtics have extended the contract of coach Doc Rivers, who led the team to its first championship in 22 years.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579775~Celtics_extend_coach_Doc_Rivers__contract.html
  
  
• Colston out 4-6 weeks with thumb injury (Examiner.com)
  Marques Colston, the New Orleans Saints' top receiver during the past two seasons, had surgery on his left thumb and will miss four to six weeks.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579789~Colston_out_4_6_weeks_with_thumb_injury.html
  
  
• Patriots sign QB Gutierrez to practice squad (Examiner.com)
  The New England Patriots have signed quarterback Matt Gutierrez to their practice squad and could activate him for Sunday's' game at the New York Jets.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579805~Patriots_sign_QB_Gutierrez_to_practice_squad.html
  
  
• Police charge man in Philly subway hammer attack (Examiner.com)
  Police have arrested a man suspected of brutally attacking a dozing subway passenger with a hammer while other riders did nothing to stop the assault, the city's police commissioner said Wednesday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579802~Police_charge_man_in_Philly_subway_hammer_attack.html
  
  
• Teen arrested for 4 slayings in burned Calif. home (Examiner.com)
  Authorities in Southern California say an 18-year-old man has been arrested for investigation of murder in the killings of a woman and three girls whose bodies were found in a burning house.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579811~Teen_arrested_for_4_slayings_in_burned_Calif__home.html
  
  
• Obama accuses McCain camp of lies, phony outrage (Examiner.com)
  Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Wednesday accused Republican John McCain's campaign of using "lies and phony outrage and Swift-boat politics" in claiming he used a sexist comment against vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579829~Obama_accuses_McCain_camp_of_lies__phony_outrage.html
  
  
• Stocks trade mixed after Lehman announces plan (Examiner.com)
  Stocks fluctuated in and out of positive territory Wednesday a day after a steep sell-off and as investors digested Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.'s plans to try to sell a majority stake in its investment management business and spin off its troubled mortgage assets.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579803~Stocks_trade_mixed_after_Lehman_announces_plan.html
  
  
• Biden taps Granholm as Palin stand-in for debate (Examiner.com)
  Democrat Joe Biden has tapped Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm to be the stand-in for Sarah Palin as he prepares for next month's vice presidential debate.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579812~Biden_taps_Granholm_as_Palin_stand_in_for_debate.html
  
  
• Oil prices slip after OPEC vows to stick to quota (Examiner.com)
  Oil prices fluctuated in jittery trading Wednesday after the Energy Department reported larger-than-expected drops in the nation's crude and gasoline inventories.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579776~Oil_prices_slip_after_OPEC_vows_to_stick_to_quota.html
  
  
• Kim Jong Il believed to be recovering from stroke (Examiner.com)
  South Korea's presidential office says that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is believed to be recovering from an apparent stroke.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579818~Kim_Jong_Il_believed_to_be_recovering_from_stroke.html
  
  
• British prosecutors seek airliner plot retrial (Examiner.com)
  British prosecutors are seeking the retrial of seven men accused of plotting to down trans-Atlantic airliners using liquid explosives disguised as soft drinks.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579826~British_prosecutors_seek_airliner_plot_retrial.html
  
  
• Four dead as powerful quake hits southern Iran (ABC Australia)
  A powerful earthquake has jolted southern Iran, killing four people on an island in strategic Gulf waters and destroying some buildings, officials and news reports said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361349.htm
  
  
• Kenny Chesney leads CMA nominations with 7 (Examiner.com)
  Kenny Chesney, the Country Music Association's reigning entertainer of the year, dominated the CMA Award nominations on Wednesday, receiving seven, including album of the year.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579809~Kenny_Chesney_leads_CMA_nominations_with_7.html
  
  
• Twentieth Century Fox opens Asian studio (Examiner.com)
  Twentieth Century Fox said Wednesday it has established an Asian unit specializing in local productions, starting with India, becoming the latest Hollywood studio to venture into the region.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579782~Twentieth_Century_Fox_opens_Asian_studio.html
  
  
• QB's mother: Titans' Young 'hurting inside' (Examiner.com)
  The mother of Titans quarterback Vince Young said he's "hurting inside and out" and indicated he doesn't want to play football.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579727~QB_s_mother__Titans__Young__hurting_inside_.html
  
  
• Tour director leaves door open for Armstrong (Examiner.com)
  Tour de France organizers are hardly thrilled at the prospect of Lance Armstrong returning for a shot at an eighth victory in cycling's showcase event.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579713~Tour_director_leaves_door_open_for_Armstrong.html
  
  
• Hurricane Ike enters Gulf; on path for Texas (Examiner.com)
  As Hurricane Ike charged into the Gulf's fueling waters and toward the Texas coast, officials prepared Wednesday to evacuate the first of 1 million residents who could be in the way of the storm's path.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579708~Hurricane_Ike_enters_Gulf__on_path_for_Texas.html
  
  
• Paul rejects McCain's plea for endorsement (Examiner.com)
  Ron Paul says he rejected John McCain's appeal for his endorsement.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579754~Paul_rejects_McCain_s_plea_for_endorsement.html
  
  
• Quake in Iran kills 4, sends tremors across Gulf (Examiner.com)
  A strong earthquake rocked southern Iran on Wednesday, killing four people and sending tremors across the Persian Gulf to the skyscrapers of Dubai.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579751~Quake_in_Iran_kills_4__sends_tremors_across_Gulf.html
  
  
• Massive particle collider passes first key tests (Examiner.com)
  The world's largest particle collider passed its first major tests by firing two beams of protons in opposite directions around a 17-mile (27-kilometer) underground ring Wednesday in what scientists hope is the next great step to understanding the makeup of the universe.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579681~Massive_particle_collider_passes_first_key_tests.html
  
  
• Rosset, Kingston to receive honorary book awards (Examiner.com)
  Barney Rosset, the publisher and First Amendment defender whose battles on behalf of Henry Miller's "Tropic of Cancer" and other explicit works helped overturn U.S. censorship laws, has won an honorary National Book Award for "Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community."
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579738~Rosset__Kingston_to_receive_honorary_book_awards.html
  
  
• Scott takes silver in 800m final (ABC Australia)
  It was a night of drama for the Australians at the Bird's Nest stadium, with the team finishing with one track medal, but not from the expected source.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361347.htm
  
  
• Pension proposal will test Labor backbench: Oppn (ABC Australia)
  The federal Coalition is trying to up the pressure on Labor's backbench to back its proposal for an increase in the pension.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361348.htm
  
  
• IAEA chief won't seek another term (ABC Australia)
  International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director Mohamed ElBaradei plans to leave office after his third term expires in November 2009, according to an IAEA memo.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2361346.htm
  
  
• Stocks open higher after Lehman announces plan (Examiner.com)
  Stock prices rose early Wednesday, staging a partial rebound from a steep sell-off after investors grew encouraged that Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. is close to a deal to sell a majority stake in its investment management business and bring in much-needed capital.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579718~Stocks_open_higher_after_Lehman_announces_plan.html
  
  
• Woman, 3 girls found slain in Calif. house fire (Examiner.com)
  Firefighters found the bodies of four homicide victims - a woman and three girls - spread throughout a burning house, authorities said.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579711~Woman__3_girls_found_slain_in_Calif__house_fire.html
  
  
• PNG a difficult place to do business: survey (ABC Australia)
  A global survey has found that despite attracting huge foreign investment thorough its natural resources, Papua New Guinea is a difficult place to do business.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2361345.htm
  
  
• OPEC decides to curb overall output through quotas (Examiner.com)
  OPEC said Wednesday it would trim overall output by more than 500,000 barrels of oil a day by adhering closer to production quotas - a compromise meant to avoid a backlash from the biggest petroleum consuming nations and stop the rapid decline in oil prices.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579683~OPEC_decides_to_curb_overall_output_through_quotas.html
  
  
• Lehman Brothers takes quarterly loss of $US3.9b (ABC Australia)
  US investment bank Lehman Brothers have announced an estimated loss of $US3.9 billion ($4.81 billion) in the third quarter (June-August), but did not unveil plans for an injection of fresh capital for the ailing firm.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2361344.htm
  
  
• Pentagon delays $35B Air Force tanker decision (Examiner.com)
  The Defense Department will wait until the next administration to award a disputed $35 billion contract to build a new fleet of aerial refueling tankers.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579698~Pentagon_delays__35B_Air_Force_tanker_decision.html
  
  
• China landslide kills 128, hopes fade for missing (Examiner.com)
  Rescuers shoveled and hammered at debris Wednesday searching for survivors buried under sludge, mud and mining waste in northern China after a landslide that killed at least 128 people, but hopes of finding anybody alive were fading.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579700~China_landslide_kills_128__hopes_fade_for_missing.html
  
  
• OPEC production cut boosts oil prices (ABC Australia)
  Oil prices have rebounded back above $US100 after OPEC agreed to cut its output by half a million barrels a day to stem "dramatic" falls in the market.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2361334.htm
  
  
• Massive particle collider passes 2nd key test (Examiner.com)
  Scientists have successfully fired protons in both directions around a 17-mile (27-kilometer) underground ring in what some call the next great step to understanding the universe.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579675~Massive_particle_collider_passes_2nd_key_test.html
  
  
• AOL adding third-party content to AOL.com (Examiner.com)
  AOL wants you to check your Gmail and see what your Facebook friends are up to - the company just prefers you do these things from its site.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579264~AOL_adding_third_party_content_to_AOL_com.html
  
  
• Charges in 2006 death of 'Freedom Writers' actor (Examiner.com)
  Two Long Beach men have been charged with the murder of an actor who was gunned down two years ago shortly after he ended filming for "Freedom Writers," authorities said.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579699~Charges_in_2006_death_of__Freedom_Writers__actor.html
  
  
• Costello rules out leadership challenge (ABC Australia)
  Former federal treasurer Peter Costello has apparently ruled out any bid to lead the Liberal Party.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2361337.htm
  
  
• Police arrest man in Pa. subway hammer attack (Examiner.com)
  Police have arrested a man suspected of brutally attacking a dozing subway passenger with a hammer while other riders did nothing to stop the assault, the city's police commissioner said Wednesday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579642~Police_arrest_man_in_Pa__subway_hammer_attack.html
  
  
• Lipstick put to more than one use in campaign (Examiner.com)
  Lipstick has more than one use in the presidential campaign. To Sarah Palin, it's part of a joke. To Barack Obama and John McCain, it's part of a gibe suggesting an old policy revisited.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579645~Lipstick_put_to_more_than_one_use_in_campaign.html
  
  
• Lehman plans asset sales, reports huge 3Q loss (Examiner.com)
  Another of Wall Street's renowned firms is taking drastic steps to try to outrun the nation's worst financial crisis since the Depression.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579651~Lehman_plans_asset_sales__reports_huge_3Q_loss.html
  
  
• Quake in Iran kills 3, sends tremors across Gulf (Examiner.com)
  A strong earthquake rocked southern Iran on Wednesday, killing three people and sending tremors across the Persian Gulf to the skyscrapers of Dubai.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579665~Quake_in_Iran_kills_3__sends_tremors_across_Gulf.html
  
  
• Oyster lunch yields 26 pearls for Lebanese couple (Examiner.com)
  Lebanese restaurant owner Raymond Salha and his wife were having oysters for lunch when she made a stunning discovery - a cluster of 26 pearls inside an oyster on her plate.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579633~Oyster_lunch_yields_26_pearls_for_Lebanese_couple.html
  
  
• Carrie Underwood, Kenny Chesney among CMA nominees (Examiner.com)
  Carrie Underwood, Kenny Chesney and Alan Jackson were each nominated for two or more Country Music Association Awards on Wednesday, including album of the year.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579672~Carrie_Underwood__Kenny_Chesney_among_CMA_nominees.html
  
  
• British Govt sacks consulting firm over data loss (ABC Australia)
  The British Government has sacked a consulting firm which lost the details of every prisoner in England and Wales in the latest Whitehall data security breach.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2361335.htm
  
  
• Powerful quake hits southern Iran (ABC Australia)
  A powerful earthquake has jolted a major port city on the Gulf in southern Iran, destroying some buildings in the area, news reports said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2361328.htm
  
  
• First beam sent around particle smasher (ABC Australia)
  The world's most ambitious science experiment has got off to a successful start near Geneva on the Swiss-French border.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2361322.htm
  
  
• Lehman plans asset sales, expects 3Q loss (Examiner.com)
  Struggling to survive the credit crisis, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. plans to sell a majority stake in its prized investment management division, slashed its dividend and may even consider selling the entire company.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579613~Lehman_plans_asset_sales__expects_3Q_loss.html
  
  
• Stock futures signal mixed open after Lehman plan (Examiner.com)
  U.S. stock futures came off their highs and pointed to a mixed open Wednesday after Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.'s plans to shore up its balance sheet failed to calm Wall Street's worries about the well-being of the company.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579616~Stock_futures_signal_mixed_open_after_Lehman_plan.html
  
  
• S. Korea: N. Korea's Kim recovering from surgery (Examiner.com)
  North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is believed to be recovering from recent surgery, South Korea's spy agency said Wednesday, as the communist nation rejected reports questioning Kim's health as a "conspiracy plot."
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579608~S__Korea__N__Korea_s_Kim_recovering_from_surgery.html
  
  
• South Korean ship hijacked off Somali coast (Examiner.com)
  Pirates hijacked a South Korean bulk carrier with 21 crew off Somalia's coast Wednesday but were thwarted in a separate attempt to seize a Greek ship, a maritime official said.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579602~South_Korean_ship_hijacked_off_Somali_coast.html
  
  
• NSW, Cwth buy irrigation property in bid to save Darling (ABC Australia)
  The New South Wales and Commonwealth governments have purchased a 91,000 hectare irrigation property in north-western New South Wales in a bid to save the Darling River.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2361320.htm
  
  
• More Australian medals in the pool (ABC Australia)
  Australia has won another three medals in the pool on night four of competition at the Water Cube.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2361321.htm
  
  
• China mudslide death toll jumps to 128 (ABC Australia)
  The death toll from an industrial mudslide that swept through a town in northern China has more than doubled to 128.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2361311.htm
  
  
• Man charged over phone row on flight (ABC Australia)
  Queensland police have charged a 54-year-old man after an incident on a Jetstar flight from Sydney to Hervey Bay.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2361312.htm
  
  
• Lehman shuffles assets, expects 3Q loss (Examiner.com)
  Lehman Brothers says it will sell a majority stake in its prized investment management business and spin off its commercial real estate operations in a dramatic effort aimed at helping it survive the credit crunch.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579592~Lehman_shuffles_assets__expects_3Q_loss.html
  
  
• Stock futures pull off highs on Lehman plan (Examiner.com)
  U.S. stock futures have come well off their highs following Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.'s announcement that it plans to sell a majority stake in its investment management division and would consider selling itself.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579596~Stock_futures_pull_off_highs_on_Lehman_plan.html
  
  
• Oil barely budges as traders parse OPEC decision (Examiner.com)
  Oil prices edged just slightly higher Wednesday after OPEC vowed to abide by its quotas but decided not to take the more dramatic step of slashing production targets.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579578~Oil_barely_budges_as_traders_parse_OPEC_decision.html
  
  
• SKorea: NKorea's Kim is recovering from surgery (Examiner.com)
  North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is believed to be recovering from recent surgery, South Korea's spy agency said Wednesday, as the communist nation rejected reports questioning Kim's health as a "conspiracy plot."
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579597~SKorea__NKorea_s_Kim_is_recovering_from_surgery.html
  
  
• Nearly 200 officials punished over China quake relief (ABC Australia)
  China has received thousands of complaints over misconduct among officials involved in Sichuan earthquake relief work, resulting in the punishment of nearly 200 cadres, state press said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2361308.htm
  
  
• Five countries account for all child executions: rights group (ABC Australia)
  Five countries, led by Iran, account for all executions of children in the world, Human Rights Watch said, urging an end to the practice.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2361304.htm
  
  
• China to resume restrictions on foreign journalists (ABC Australia)
  China has confirmed that reporting rules for foreign journalists relaxed for the Beijing Olympics will not continue.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2361305.htm
  
  
• Oil rises in Asia after OPEC vows to lower output (Examiner.com)
  Oil prices rose Wednesday in Asia after OPEC said it would cut more than 500,000 barrels a day of production that exceed its self-imposed output quotas.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579460~Oil_rises_in_Asia_after_OPEC_vows_to_lower_output.html
  
  
• Lehman expected to announce plans, KDB ends talks (Examiner.com)
  Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. says it will outline plans Wednesday to shore up its balance sheet and calm investor concern that it's running out of options to raise badly needed capital now that state-run Korea Development Bank has ended talks to buy a stake in the embattled investment bank.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579536~Lehman_expected_to_announce_plans__KDB_ends_talks.html
  
  
• Russia threatens to target missiles at US sites (ABC Australia)
  Russia has threatened to target planned US missile shield sites in Europe as tensions mounted over Georgia, with the shooting of a policeman and discord over the remit of EU observers.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2361298.htm
  
  
• US stocks point higher after sell-off (Examiner.com)
  U.S. stocks headed for a moderately higher open Wednesday a day after a sell-off and as investors awaited an announcement from Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. about its plans to shore up its balance sheet.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579539~US_stocks_point_higher_after_sell_off.html
  
  
• Four killed in Indonesian landslide: official (ABC Australia)
  Four people were killed in a landslide triggered by heavy rains in the eastern Indonesian province of Maluku, a health ministry official said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2361296.htm
  
  
• Azerbaijan leads business reformers, report says (Examiner.com)
  Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the Caucasus, led by Azerbaijan, made more changes than any other region to make doing business easier over the past year, according to annual rankings of 181 countries by the World Bank.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579562~Azerbaijan_leads_business_reformers__report_says.html
  
  
• Receiver appointed to Raptis Group (ABC Australia)
  A receiver has been appointed to Raptis Group companies associated with the Southport Central project on the Gold Coast.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2361264.htm
  
  
• Rudd's comments fuelling 'arms race', analyst says (ABC Australia)
  A defence analyst has warned that Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's tough new stance on defence could fuel an arms race with Asia.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2361291.htm
  
  
• Cairo rockslide toll climbs to 61 (ABC Australia)
  At least 61 people were killed in a massive rockslide that crushed dozens of homes in a Cairo slum over the weekend, the health ministry said, with the toll expected to rise further.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2361271.htm
  
  
• S Korean ship kidnapped off Somalia: report (ABC Australia)
  A South Korean cargo ship with Korean and foreign sailors aboard has been hijacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia, Yonhap news agency says.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2361272.htm
  
  
• O.J. Simpson jury selection set to resume (Examiner.com)
  Prosecutors and defense lawyers are vying for an edge as they try to shape a jury that will decide whether O.J. Simpson and a friend robbed two sports memorabilia dealers at gunpoint in a casino hotel room a year ago.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579504~O_J__Simpson_jury_selection_set_to_resume.html
  
  
• China's inflation eases as trade gap grows (Examiner.com)
  China's politically sensitive inflation eased to a 14-month low in August while export growth dipped, the government reported Wednesday, and analysts said Beijing might shift from fighting price rises to revving up the slowing economy.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579502~China_s_inflation_eases_as_trade_gap_grows.html
  
  
• Malaysia official suspended for racial remarks (Examiner.com)
  Malaysia's ruling party has suspended an official whose racially charged tirade against the ethnic Chinese minority raised fears of a split in the multiethnic ruling coalition.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579493~Malaysia_official_suspended_for_racial_remarks.html
  
  
• NW Pakistan raid kills 11 militants: military (ABC Australia)
  Pakistani security forces backed by artillery have killed 11 Islamist militants and wounded seven in an offensive in the north-western Swat Valley, the military says.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2361245.htm
  
  
• Mugabe 'optimistic' as power sharing talks resume (ABC Australia)
  Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe says he is "optimistic" as negotiations resume with the opposition for a long-awaited power-sharing deal amid speculation it could be signed soon.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2361226.htm
  
  
• Kimberley gas hub sites to be announced soon (ABC Australia)
  A shortlist of potential sites for a gas hub in the Kimberley is expected to be announced after the election result is known.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2361249.htm
  
  
• New Archives boss pushes private sector funding (ABC Australia)
  The new chief executive of the National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA) says he has big plans for the home of Australia's audiovisual heritage.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2361244.htm
  
  
• Inquiry recommends QR complaints be heard in court (ABC Australia)
  An inquiry into a workplace double fatality in central Queensland last year has recommended four complaints against Queensland Rail (QR) be heard in court.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2361220.htm
  
  
• Gillard attacks Nelson over Costello's 'sniping' (ABC Australia)
  Former prime minister John Howard has found an unlikely ally in Labor's Julia Gillard as Peter Costello prepares to release his memoirs.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2361241.htm
  
  
• Help people fleeing intervention: Katter (ABC Australia)
  An independent Federal MP has called for more Commonwealth funding to help the Queensland town of Mount Isa deal with an influx of Aborigines fleeing the Northern Territory.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2361234.htm
  
  
• Wisconsin man has eaten 23,000 Big Macs since 1972 (Examiner.com)
  Talk about a Big Mac attack! Don Gorske says he has eaten 23,000 of the burgers in 36 years.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579474~Wisconsin_man_has_eaten_23_000_Big_Macs_since_1972.html
  
  
• Airline seeks bald men as walking billboards (Examiner.com)
  New Zealand's national airline is offering to pay bald travelers to use their heads - literally - in a new advertising campaign.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579465~Airline_seeks_bald_men_as_walking_billboards.html
  
  
• Largest particle collider conducts successful test (Examiner.com)
  The world's largest particle collider successfully completed its first major test by firing a beam of protons all the way around a 17-mile (27-kilometer) tunnel Wednesday in what scientists hope is the next great step to understanding the makeup of the universe.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579471~Largest_particle_collider_conducts_successful_test.html
  
  
• Franken, Coleman look to Nov. after primary wins (Examiner.com)
  With a pair of easy primary victories behind them, comedian-turned-politician Al Franken and Sen. Norm Coleman wasted no time diving into the homestretch of their already long-running Minnesota Senate battle.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579453~Franken__Coleman_look_to_Nov__after_primary_wins.html
  
  
• Successful test for Europe's Big Bang collider (Examiner.com)
  The world's biggest physics experiment has succeeded in its first major test as a beam of protons was successfully fired all the way around a 17-mile tunnel beneath the Swiss-French border.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579459~Successful_test_for_Europe_s_Big_Bang_collider.html
  
  
• Aust scientists keyed up over particle smasher (ABC Australia)
  Three decades after it was conceived, the world's most powerful physics experiment has begun on the outskirts of Geneva.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2361197.htm
  
  
• 'Witch' attacked for causing PNG floods: report (ABC Australia)
  An elderly Papua New Guinean woman was attacked by local villagers after they accused her of using witchcraft to cause deadly floods, a report said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2361200.htm
  
  
• Telstra cuts more jobs in Tasmania (ABC Australia)
  Telstra has sacked another 14 Tasmanian workers.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2361181.htm
  
  
• Murray Goulburn says strike will disrupt production (ABC Australia)
  Dairy cooperative Murray Goulburn says industrial action will disrupt production at its Victorian factories and losses could be passed on to dairy farm shareholders.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2361178.htm
  
  
• WA's AAA credit rating 'at risk' (ABC Australia)
  The Department of Treasury and Finance has issued a veiled warning that the Nationals' royalties for regions Policy could put Western Australia's AAA credit rating at risk.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2361184.htm
  
  
• Regional arms race a real threat: defence expert (ABC Australia)
  An Australian defence expert says the Prime Minister is right to warn of a regional arms race.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2361182.htm
  
  
• Vic abortion bill clears first hurdle (ABC Australia)
  The Victorian Parliament has moved closer to accepting a bill to decriminalise abortion.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2361180.htm
  
  
• Obama opens education debate with McCain (Examiner.com)
  Democrat Barack Obama reached for middle ground on education this week, opening a debate with John McCain over who would do more to put good teachers in classrooms and help parents find alternatives to bad schools.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579431~Obama_opens_education_debate_with_McCain.html
  
  
• Report: N. Korea officials deny leader Kim is ill (Examiner.com)
  North Korea denied Wednesday that leader Kim Jong Il is seriously ill, granting a Japanese news outlet a rare chance to interview top officials who dismissed widespread reports questioning Kim's health.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579414~Report__N__Korea_officials_deny_leader_Kim_is_ill.html
  
  
• Texas begins evacuating medically fragile (Examiner.com)
  Some Texas residents who have special medical needs in the Corpus Christi area were being told to evacuate in advance of Hurricane Ike as it steams into the Gulf of Mexico.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579404~Texas_begins_evacuating_medically_fragile.html
  
  
• Palin's split with Alaska GOP opened opportunity (Examiner.com)
  Sarah Palin thought her star had burned out early, a promising political career dead thanks to the wayward ethics of Alaska's Republican boss.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579413~Palin_s_split_with_Alaska_GOP_opened_opportunity.html
  
  
• Democrats pushing 2nd stimulus, GOP resisting (Examiner.com)
  With the economy the No. 1 issue just eight weeks from Election Day, majority-party Democrats are trying to push a second stimulus package through Congress to follow the tax rebate checks sent out earlier this year.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579416~Democrats_pushing_2nd_stimulus__GOP_resisting.html
  
  
• Ike gains strength over Gulf, aims for Texas (Examiner.com)
  Hurricane Ike barreled across the warm, energizing waters of the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday on its way toward the Texas coast after crashing through Cuba's tobacco country and toppling aging Havana buildings.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579410~Ike_gains_strength_over_Gulf__aims_for_Texas.html
  
  
• Scientists start world's largest particle collider (Examiner.com)
  Scientists fired the first beam of protons around a 17-mile tunnel on Wednesday in science's next great step to understand the makeup of the universe.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579430~Scientists_start_world_s_largest_particle_collider.html
  
  
• ASX trading down despite Monday surge (ABC Australia)
  The Australian share market was wracked with gloom today, all but evaporating Monday's 4 per cent surge.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2361159.htm
  
  
• Report: NKorea officials deny leader Kim is ill (Examiner.com)
  North Korea denied Wednesday that leader Kim Jong Il is seriously ill, granting a Japanese news outlet a rare chance to interview top officials who dismissed widespread reports questioning Kim's health.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579401~Report__NKorea_officials_deny_leader_Kim_is_ill.html
  
  
• Lab set to start world's largest particle collider (Examiner.com)
  Scientists hope to fire the first beam of protons around a 17-mile tunnel on Wednesday in science's next great step to understand the makeup of the universe.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579397~Lab_set_to_start_world_s_largest_particle_collider.html
  
  
• Trujillo will remain at Telstra's helm: Burgess (ABC Australia)
  Telstra's departing public policy chief Phil Burgess says fellow American Sol Trujillo will stay at the company as chief executive "until the job is done".
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2361149.htm
  
  
• Officials: Al-Qaida operatives killed in Pakistan (Examiner.com)
  Two top al-Qaida operatives were among four foreign militants killed in a suspected U.S. missile strike in Pakistan's volatile northwest, Pakistani intelligence officials said Wednesday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579353~Officials__Al_Qaida_operatives_killed_in_Pakistan.html
  
  
• Ethier, Ramirez lead Dodgers to 6-2 win over Pods (Examiner.com)
  Andre Ethier drove in four runs, Manny Ramirez quieted the boos with a line-drive homer and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the last-place San Diego Padres 6-2 on Tuesday night to extend their NL West lead to 2 1/2 games.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579382~Ethier__Ramirez_lead_Dodgers_to_6_2_win_over_Pods.html
  
  
• Jordan urges healthy eating during holy month (Examiner.com)
  The public-service TV ads deliver a cheerful, yet pointed, message to Muslims observing Ramadan's traditional dawn to dusk fast: "Don't overeat" when night comes. "Exercise and stay healthy."
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579398~Jordan_urges_healthy_eating_during_holy_month.html
  
  
• EU tugs at Ukraine amid concerns about Russia (Examiner.com)
  The European Union is drawing a line in the sand with Russia: the bloc isn't going to let Ukraine get dissected like Georgia.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579399~EU_tugs_at_Ukraine_amid_concerns_about_Russia.html
  
  
• Woman among Japanese PM hopefuls (ABC Australia)
  Japan's next prime minister could be a woman, with a female candidate in the running to become leader of the ruling party.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2361093.htm
  
  
• Britain promises $165b aid to Bangladesh (ABC Australia)
  Britain is giving $165 billion to help Bangladesh prepare for the impact of climate change.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2361095.htm
  
  
• Study sees longterm benefit of blood-sugar control (Examiner.com)
  Diabetics who tightly control their blood sugar - even if only for the first decade after they are diagnosed - have lower risks of heart attack, death and other complications 10 or more years later, a large follow-up study has found.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579400~Study_sees_longterm_benefit_of_blood_sugar_control.html
  
  
• Two dead in Aceh gun battle: police (ABC Australia)
  Two people have been shot dead during a gun battle between police and suspected criminals in Indonesia's Aceh province, officers said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2361051.htm
  
  
• Man gets 22 years' jail for unprovoked stabbing (ABC Australia)
  A man who stabbed a fellow commuter to death in an unprovoked attack on a Melbourne train has been sentenced to 22 years in jail.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2361069.htm
  
  
• Vic Parliament rejects euthanasia bill (ABC Australia)
  The Victorian Parliament has rejected a bill that would have permitted euthanasia for terminally ill patients.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2361064.htm
  
  
• Deadly abalone virus travels to Tasmania (ABC Australia)
  A virus that has wiped out abalone stocks in waters off Victoria has been detected in Tasmanian fish.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2361031.htm
  
  
• Fundraiser 'no big deal': Premier (ABC Australia)
  Tasmania's Premier David Bartlett has described a fundraising dinner held by the Treasurer Michael Aird in January as 'no big deal'.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2361032.htm
  
  
• Inquest told shuttle car should have been realigned (ABC Australia)
  Questions have been raised at a coronial investigation in Mackay about the experience of the team working on the day that a miner was killed at a central Queensland mine.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360913.htm
  
  
• Uranium, copper top SA search interest (ABC Australia)
  The State Government says it is doing all it can to capitalise on record mineral exploration in South Australia.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360909.htm
  
  
• Seven suffer due to cancer treatment error (ABC Australia)
  Seven patients may have suffered because of incorrect cancer care at an Adelaide hospital.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360927.htm
  
  
• Rees braves Sydney's rail network (ABC Australia)
  NSW Premier Nathan Rees has braved Sydney's public transport system to find out what commuters think.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360773.htm
  
  
• Giralang shops plan rejected (ABC Australia)
  The ACT Planning and Land Authority (ACTPLA) has rejected a controversial plan to redevelop the Giralang shops in north Canberra.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360850.htm
  
  
• Loyal Costello would make great PM, says co-author (ABC Australia)
  The co-author of Peter Costello's memoirs says the former treasurer would make a great prime minister and has plenty of ambition left.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360938.htm
  
  
• Abandoned newborn found at Bird's Nest toilets (ABC Australia)
  A visitor to Beijing's National "Bird's Nest" Stadium was shocked to find a newborn baby abandoned in one of the venue's toilets, local media has reported.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2361014.htm
  
  
• Appeal lodged over Battery Point plans (ABC Australia)
  Another proposed multi-million dollar development is destined for the appeals tribunal.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360686.htm
  
  
• FARC rebels 'recruiting students' in video footage (ABC Australia)
  Video footage taken in a university in the Colombian capital Bogota appears to confirm widespread fears among the country's security forces that left-wing rebels are trying to recruit students.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360982.htm
  
  
• Union claims Xstrata trying to stop collective bargaining (ABC Australia)
  A mining union claims Xstrata Coal is trying to stop collective bargaining agreements in the coal industry.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360629.htm
  
  
• Ear disease costs health system millions: report (ABC Australia)
  The latest economic study into the impacts of middle ear disease has found the annual bill to the Australian health system runs into the hundreds of millions of dollars.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360933.htm
  
  
• Tonga extends area under emergency powers (ABC Australia)
  The South Pacific kingdom of Tonga has reimposed emergency regulations and extended its powers, officials said, nearly two years after a violent rampage left eight people dead.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360932.htm
  
  
• Shopping centre scraps dress code ban (ABC Australia)
  A Tweed Heads shopping centre has scrapped a plan to ban customers wearing hats and hoods during night-time shopping hours.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360620.htm
  
  
• Jury finds Sydney man guilty of terrorist book charge (ABC Australia)
  A Supreme Court jury has found a man guilty of one of two terrorism-related offences and is still considering its verdict on a second terrorism-related charge.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2361055.htm
  
  
• SeaLink buys stake in NZ freight firm (ABC Australia)
  The SeaLink Travel Group, which operates the Kangaroo Island ferry service in South Australia, has bought a majority share of a New Zealand freight company.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360598.htm
  
  
• AEC boss to head Veterans' Affairs (ABC Australia)
  The head of the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC), Ian Campbell, has been made the secretary of the Veterans' Affairs Department.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360918.htm
  
  
• Baldwin puts political ambitions on hold for now (ABC Australia)
  Actor Alec Baldwin says if he ever ran for public office, he might have to think about changing his name to something more ethnic.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360835.htm
  
  
• Big oil 'milking consumers' with high petrol prices (ABC Australia)
  A leading motorists' group says petrol prices should be about 7 cents a litre cheaper, according to the oil industry's own benchmark.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360597.htm
  
  
• Former doctor refused bail over mutilation charges (ABC Australia)
  Former New South Wales doctor Graeme Reeves has been refused bail on charges of sexually assaulting and mutilating female patients.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2361012.htm
  
  
• OPEC announces oil production cut (ABC Australia)
  The OPEC group of oil-producing nations has announced it is going to cut production by 500,000 barrels a day.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360756.htm
  
  
• North-West Metro 'still on the table' (ABC Australia)
  Deputy Premier Carmel Tebbutt says public transport remains a top priority and all options will be considered.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360490.htm
  
  
• Historic dig begins for Macarthur's hut (ABC Australia)
  An archaeological dig is underway at the birthplace of Australian agriculture at Camden in Sydney's south-west.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360900.htm
  
  
• The shine comes off the gold price (ABC Australia)
  The price of gold has dropped sharply.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360776.htm
  
  
• ADF needs more funds, tighter focus: analyst (ABC Australia)
  A leading defence analyst says the Government is trying to do too much with too little money in its push to overhaul Australia's Defence Force.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360867.htm
  
  
• Artist 'made to dance' by Israeli security (ABC Australia)
  Israeli airport security officers allegedly made an African-American member of the New York-based Alvin Ailey dance troupe perform steps for them before letting him enter the country.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360718.htm
  
  
• Kim Jong ill but not dead: South Korea (ABC Australia)
  North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has collapsed, a South Korean Government official is quoted as saying, but analysts said it was not clear how serious his condition might be.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360684.htm
  
  
• Business favours rail over road upgrade (ABC Australia)
  The Tasmanian Chamber of Commerce claims a fast passenger rail service between Hobart and Launceston could be developed for nearly half the cost of adding another two lanes to the Midland Highway.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360568.htm
  
  
• Merriman pulls plug on season, will have surgery (Examiner.com)
  Star outside linebacker Shawne Merriman pulled the plug on his 2008 season on Tuesday when he told the San Diego Chargers he'll have surgery on the two torn ligaments in his left knee.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579202~Merriman_pulls_plug_on_season__will_have_surgery.html
  
  
• Haiti assesses damage as Ike aims for Texas (ABC Australia)
  Hurricane Ike is heading across the Gulf of Mexico towards Texas.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360892.htm
  
  
• Paris doc shows confessional side of Hilton (Examiner.com)
  One clear fan of a new Paris Hilton documentary has a familiar name: Paris Hilton.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578947~Paris_doc_shows_confessional_side_of_Hilton.html
  
  
• Rural maternity care 'needs action, not words' (ABC Australia)
  The Rural Doctors Association says the state of Australia's maternity services needs action, not another Federal Government discussion.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360785.htm
  
  
• Coalition to push $30 pension boost bill (ABC Australia)
  The Federal Opposition will next week introduce legislation into Parliament to lift the single rate of the aged pension by $30 a week.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360902.htm
  
  
• Historic Brisbane cinemas to become film and TV centre (ABC Australia)
  Brisbane's historic Regent Theatre will be preserved and used as a base for film and television training.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360514.htm
  
  
• Ban Ki-moon alarmed over escalation of Sri Lankan conflict (ABC Australia)
  UN leader Ban Ki-moon has expressed alarm over escalating strife between Government troops and rebels in northern Sri Lanka and reminded the parties of their obligations to ensure the safety of civilians. Earlier, the United Nations announced it was withdrawing its aid workers from Sri Lanka's north ahead of a major military onslaught.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360634.htm
  
  
• Bait advertisers face expensive snag (ABC Australia)
  Stores that used "bait advertising" on Father's Day shoppers could face the first ever legal action in the Northern Territory over the practice.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360570.htm
  
  
• Rays beat Red Sox 5-4, increase lead in AL East (Examiner.com)
  Pinch-hitter Dan Johnson homered off Jonathan Papelbon in the ninth inning to tie it, and Dioner Navarro doubled in the go-ahead run Tuesday night as the Tampa Bay Rays rallied past the Boston Red Sox 5-4 to snap a four-game skid and extend their lead in the AL East.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579211~Rays_beat_Red_Sox_5_4__increase_lead_in_AL_East.html
  
  
• Texas officials weigh evacuations as Ike nears (Examiner.com)
  With Hurricane Ike steaming into the Gulf of Mexico, Texas emergency officials Tuesday stood ready to order 1 million people evacuated from the impoverished Rio Grande Valley and tried to convince tens of thousands of illegal immigrants that they have less to fear from the Border Patrol than from the storm.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579228~Texas_officials_weigh_evacuations_as_Ike_nears.html
  
  
• Analysis: Obama is back on defense against McCain (Examiner.com)
  Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has found himself in a position he hasn't been in during many long months of campaigning - on defense against Republican rival John McCain.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579266~Analysis__Obama_is_back_on_defense_against_McCain.html
  
  
• Closer scrutiny for toy imports, summit hears (ABC Australia)
  Manufacturers, retailers and government regulators have called for tighter policing for toy imports at a National Toy Summit in Brisbane.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360824.htm
  
  
• Bush, Babs to find common ground in Kennedy (Examiner.com)
  Barbra Streisand can start watching the mailbox for her invitation to the White House, even if it comes a little earlier than she might've hoped.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579182~Bush__Babs_to_find_common_ground_in_Kennedy.html
  
  
• Aussie dollar drops below 80 US cents (ABC Australia)
  The Australian dollar has fallen below 80 US cents for the first time since August last year.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360757.htm
  
  
• 'New baby boom' behind midwifery overhaul plan (ABC Australia)
  The Federal Health Minister says Australia's mid-wifery services need to be updated because the nation is on the cusp of a small baby boom.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2361016.htm
  
  
• Organised religions attacked in new doco (ABC Australia)
  A new doco that pokes fun at organised religions is sure to spark protests in the US.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360591.htm
  
  
• Treasurer defends fund raising dinner (ABC Australia)
  Tasmania's Treasurer is under pressure to reveal the details of a dinner which raised $22,000 in election campaign funds.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360429.htm
  
  
• Fisher: Titans couldn't wait on safety of QB Young (Examiner.com)
  Jeff Fisher said Tuesday night the Tennessee Titans didn't have the luxury of waiting to be sure about the safety of their quarterback Vince Young before calling police for help in finding him.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578923~Fisher__Titans_couldn_t_wait_on_safety_of_QB_Young.html
  
  
• Al Franken wins Senate nod amid 7 state primaries (Examiner.com)
  Comedian Al Franken grabbed the Democratic nomination Tuesday for U.S. Senate in Minnesota, setting up a showdown with Republican Sen. Norm Coleman.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579252~Al_Franken_wins_Senate_nod_amid_7_state_primaries.html
  
  
• OPEC decides to curb overall output; prices rise (Examiner.com)
  OPEC oil ministers agreed Wednesday to trim overall output by more than 500,000 barrels a day in a compromise meant to avoid new turmoil in crude markets while seeking to bolster falling prices.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579187~OPEC_decides_to_curb_overall_output__prices_rise.html
  
  
• Doctor to face court on mutilation charges (ABC Australia)
  Former NSW doctor Graeme Reeves will face a Sydney court today over allegations of sexual abuse and genital mutilation.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360626.htm
  
  
• Glorious NYC lawsuit ruling for 'Borat' filmmakers (Examiner.com)
  A New York judge has tossed out lawsuits brought by a driving instructor and two etiquette school teachers who said the makers of the movie "Borat" deceived them.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578868~Glorious_NYC_lawsuit_ruling_for__Borat__filmmakers.html
  
  
• $1m reward for info on informant's murder (ABC Australia)
  Victoria Police are offering $1 million for information that will help solve the murders of Christine and Terrence Hodson.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360400.htm
  
  
• Oasis postpones Canadian gig (ABC Australia)
  British rock band Oasis has postponed a concert scheduled to take place in the Canadian city of London tonight, two days after guitarist Noel Gallagher was attacked by a fan on stage in Toronto.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360585.htm
  
  
• Haiti hurricane death toll tops 100 (ABC Australia)
  More than 100 bodies have been found since Monday in Gonaives, the Haitian city hardest hit by Tropical Storm Hanna and Hurricane Ike, Vicky Delore-Ndjeuga, a spokesman for the UN Mission in Haiti said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360479.htm
  
  
• Dollar falls to one-year low (ABC Australia)
  The Australian dollar is trading around its lowest level in more than a year against the greenback.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360532.htm
  
  
• Delgado's 2 homers lead Mets to 10-8 win over Nats (Examiner.com)
  Carlos Delgado hit two impressive homers for the second straight game, Carlos Beltran had a go-ahead shot to reach 100 RBIs and the New York Mets increased their NL East lead by beating the scrappy Washington Nationals 10-8 Tuesday night.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579193~Delgado_s_2_homers_lead_Mets_to_10_8_win_over_Nats.html
  
  
• New 9/11 museum building design evokes twin towers (Examiner.com)
  The latest design for the Sept. 11 memorial entrance pavilion has a facade that evokes the World Trade Center's twin towers, and builders still hope the memorial will open by the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578885~New_9_11_museum_building_design_evokes_twin_towers.html
  
  
• Alaska trooper not contacted by investigator (Examiner.com)
  The Alaska state trooper at the heart of a legislative investigation into whether Gov. Sarah Palin abused her power said Tuesday he has not been contacted by the man overseeing the inquiry.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579258~Alaska_trooper_not_contacted_by_investigator.html
  
  
• Oil rises in Asia after OPEC vows to cut output (Examiner.com)
  Oil prices rose Wednesday in Asia after OPEC said it would cut more than 500,000 barrels a day of production that exceed its self-imposed output quotas.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579306~Oil_rises_in_Asia_after_OPEC_vows_to_cut_output.html
  
  
• 'Big Bang' experiment hailed as scientific milestone (ABC Australia)
  An Australian physicist says a science experiment which begins in Switzerland today is a major milestone in the history of scientific discovery.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360921.htm
  
  
• CSIRO study links climate change, wild weather (ABC Australia)
  New research has found a link between climate change and more extreme weather in southern Australia.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360859.htm
  
  
• No fanfare planned for Guy Ritchie's 40th birthday (Examiner.com)
  Guy Ritchie already celebrated a milestone birthday this year: wife Madonna's 50th. So the filmmaker isn't thinking much about his own milestone birthday on Wednesday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578854~No_fanfare_planned_for_Guy_Ritchie_s_40th_birthday.html
  
  
• Govt seeks review for 'shield' laws for journalists (ABC Australia)
  The Qld Govt will ask legal experts for advice on possible measures to protect journalists' sources.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360621.htm
  
  
• Iron ore boost lifts mining export income (ABC Australia)
  A big boost in the value and amount of iron ore exports has helped drive mining export earnings to a record level.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360976.htm
  
  
• Postie caught hoarding 20,000 letters (ABC Australia)
  A young Scotsman working as a postal carrier in Germany failed to deliver the mail for over a year and hoarded or disposed of at least 20,000 letters, police said Tuesday.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360525.htm
  
  
• Elbow win Britain's Mercury music prize (ABC Australia)
  Elbow say their Mercury Prize victory is "the best thing that has ever happened."
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360441.htm
  
  
• McCain on change like lipstick on a pig: Obama (ABC Australia)
  Barack Obama launches his most scathing attack yet on his White House rivals' reformist credentials.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360438.htm
  
  
• Fortescue Metals face court over mining deaths (ABC Australia)
  Fortescue Metals Group is one of eight companies due to face the Perth Magistrates Court today over the deaths of two workers at a Pilbara camp site.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360451.htm
  
  
• Scutaro, Rolen homers lift Jays over White Sox (Examiner.com)
  The Toronto Blue Jays are on such a good run they think they can make the playoffs.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579161~Scutaro__Rolen_homers_lift_Jays_over_White_Sox.html
  
  
• Judge says part of bankruptcy law unconstitutional (Examiner.com)
  A federal judge on Tuesday partially blocked one element of the nation's recently overhauled bankruptcy law, saying that a provision restricting the advice lawyers can give is unconstitutional.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578836~Judge_says_part_of_bankruptcy_law_unconstitutional.html
  
  
• McCain criticizes Obama vote on sex ed legislation (Examiner.com)
  Republican John McCain's presidential campaign released a new television ad Tuesday that says Democratic rival Barack Obama is bad for families because he supports sex education for kindergarteners. Obama's campaign called the ad a "shameful" distortion.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579185~McCain_criticizes_Obama_vote_on_sex_ed_legislation.html
  
  
• Japan wholesale prices rise 7.2 percent in August (Examiner.com)
  Japan's corporate goods prices rose 7.2 percent in August, driven up by the soaring costs of energy and raw materials, the Bank of Japan said Wednesday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579060~Japan_wholesale_prices_rise_7_2_percent_in_August.html
  
  
• IP laws creating 'bare medicine chest' (ABC Australia)
  The world's intellectual property (IP) system is broken and the benefits of biotechnology are being blocked by patent laws, according to the authors of a seven-year study.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360875.htm
  
  
• Pearl Flip is first BlackBerry that folds up (Examiner.com)
  Research in Motion Ltd., the maker of BlackBerry phones, is set to reveal Wednesday a phone that folds in half, a departure from the slab-like design that has defined its products.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579237~Pearl_Flip_is_first_BlackBerry_that_folds_up.html
  
  
• Man jailed over 'thousands' of child porn images (ABC Australia)
  A 53-year-old Perth man will spend at least eight months behind bars for possessing tens of thousands of images of child pornography featuring children as young as 12 months.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360840.htm
  
  
• Sarandon's daughter says mom's fashion-challenged (Examiner.com)
  Eva Amurri says she has nothing in common with mother Susan Sarandon when it come to style.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578978~Sarandon_s_daughter_says_mom_s_fashion_challenged.html
  
  
• Emerging artists dominate ARIA noms (ABC Australia)
  Teen singing sensation Gabriella Cilmi dominates this year's ARIA Award nominations.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360618.htm
  
  
• Rivkin staffer denies 'toy boy' claim (ABC Australia)
  The trial for the man accused of murdering Sydney model Caroline Byrne has heard his employer owned 40 cars and gave his staff expensive gifts.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360886.htm
  
  
• Greens cast doubt over budget blow-out (ABC Australia)
  The NSW Greens say new private investment in electricity shoots a hole in the Govt's budget blow-out claim.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360423.htm
  
  
• Pujols leads Cardinals to 4-3 win over Cubs (Examiner.com)
  Albert Pujols homered for the third straight game and pinch-runner Brendan Ryan slid in just ahead of the tag on a ninth-inning grounder against a drawn-in infield in the St. Louis Cardinals' 4-3 victory over the faltering Chicago Cubs on Tuesday night.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579217~Pujols_leads_Cardinals_to_4_3_win_over_Cubs.html
  
  
• Texas appeals court stop scheduled execution (Examiner.com)
  Attorneys for a killer who had been scheduled to die Wednesday say he should get a new trial because his trial judge and the prosecutor admitted having a secret sexual relationship that began years before his murder convictions.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578912~Texas_appeals_court_stop_scheduled_execution.html
  
  
• McCain camp: Obama's 'lipstick' remark disgraceful (Examiner.com)
  What's the difference between the presidential campaign before and after the national political conventions? Lipstick. The colorful cosmetic has become a political buzzword, thanks to Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin's joke in her acceptance speech that lipstick is the only thing that separates a hockey mom like her from a pit bull.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578990~McCain_camp__Obama_s__lipstick__remark_disgraceful.html
  
  
• US airlines not planning to cut fuel surcharges (Examiner.com)
  Although oil prices have dropped over the past few weeks, U.S. airlines have no immediate plans to reduce fuel surcharges that they tack on to the price of a ticket.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578779~US_airlines_not_planning_to_cut_fuel_surcharges.html
  
  
• Kim Jong Il may be gravely ill, jeopardizing talks (Examiner.com)
  North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il may be gravely ill, perhaps the victim of a stroke, U.S. and other Western officials said Tuesday after he failed to appear for a major national parade. If so, it could jeopardize the already troubled international effort to get his nation to abandon nuclear weapons.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579267~Kim_Jong_Il_may_be_gravely_ill__jeopardizing_talks.html
  
  
• A trip to the beginning of the universe (ABC Australia)
  The atom-smashing Large Hadron Collider designed to replicate the moment after the Big Bang will be turned on today.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360382.htm
  
  
• Cold water rings dinner bell for West Coast salmon (Examiner.com)
  A federal oceanographer says a flip-flop in atmospheric conditions is creating a feast for salmon and other sea life off the West Coast, reversing a trend that contributed to a virtual shutdown of West Coast salmon fishing this summer.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579055~Cold_water_rings_dinner_bell_for_West_Coast_salmon.html
  
  
• Facebook unveils new look with a new approach (Examiner.com)
  Since he started Facebook in college 4 1/2 years ago, Mark Zuckerberg has learned - sometimes painfully - that he can't make significant changes to the popular online hangout without triggering an uproar among indignant users who preferred the status quo.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579275~Facebook_unveils_new_look_with_a_new_approach.html
  
  
• Hurley's lawyers ask for Coroner's findings be set aside (ABC Australia)
  Lawyers representing Queensland Police Senior Sergeant Chris Hurley have asked the District Court in Townsville to set aside all the findings of Acting Coroner Christine Clements.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360842.htm
  
  
• Defiant Nelson reads riot act over leadership (ABC Australia)
  A defiant Brendan Nelson warns Liberal colleagues that he is not prepared to be "verballed" over his leadership.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360478.htm
  
  
• ABC head pushes for digital 'democracy' channel (ABC Australia)
  ABC managing director Mark Scott wants the ABC to run a digital channel to broadcast uncut media conferences, parliamentary hearings and public addresses.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2361002.htm
  
  
• 12 valuable paintings stolen from Calif. home (Examiner.com)
  A dozen valuable paintings including works by Marc Chagall, Diego Rivera and Emil Nolde were stolen from the home of an elderly couple, and police issued an international alert to recover them.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1579034~12_valuable_paintings_stolen_from_Calif__home.html
  
  
• Wiggles still Australia's highest-paid entertainers (ABC Australia)
  Their biggest fans may be toddlers, but The Wiggles are proof that the children's entertainment business is a profitable one.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2361028.htm
  
  
• Interest rate cut boosts consumer confidence (ABC Australia)
  Consumer confidence appears to have been boosted by this month's cut in official interest rates.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360632.htm
  
  
• Inglis stays loyal to Storm (ABC Australia)
  Melbourne Storm star Greg Inglis has re-signed with the NRL club until the end of 2012.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2361025.htm
  
  
• Artist cleared of offending Hindu faith (ABC Australia)
  India's most celebrated artist MF Husain looks set to return from voluntary exile after the Supreme Court found no grounds to prosecute him for obscenity and offending religious feelings.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360395.htm
  
  
• US offers aid to Cuba (ABC Australia)
  The United States has renewed an offer to send experts to Cuba to see how much more disaster aid is needed after the island was hit twice by Hurricane Ike.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360434.htm
  
  
• Film producers reach settlement with IRA informant (ABC Australia)
  After weeks of sturm and drang, producers of an IRA drama based on the life story of a former British spy have settled a legal fight ahead of its premiere at the Toronto Film Festival on Wednesday - and all it took was 20,000 pounds ($43,850).
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360390.htm
  
  
• Beyonce to release new album in November (ABC Australia)
  R and B singer Beyonce will release her third solo album in November, her Columbia Records label says.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360383.htm
  
  
• Qantas urged to cut fuel surcharge (ABC Australia)
  Consumer advocates have urged Qantas to consider reducing its fuel surcharge in the wake of falling jet fuel costs.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360430.htm
  
  
• Brody, Weisz steam up screen at Toronto festival (ABC Australia)
  A kiss is sometimes just a kiss, unless it's Adrien Brody smacking Halle Berry's lips after his Oscar win in 2002 for The Pianist or his latest smooch with co-star Rachel Weisz in The Brothers Bloom.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360384.htm
  
  
• Roxon flags maternity service overhaul (ABC Australia)
  Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon says Australia's maternity services need to be overhauled.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360426.htm
  
  
• London hosts major Bacon retrospective (ABC Australia)
  The Tate museum in London is to mark the 100th anniversary of Francis Bacon's birth with a major exhibition of some of the legendary British painter's finest works.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360356.htm
  
  
• New film breaks senior sex taboos (ABC Australia)
  New German film Cloud 9 explicitly looks at a love triangle among senior citizens.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360354.htm
  
  
• Merriman decides to have surgery, after all (Examiner.com)
  Chargers linebacker Shawne Merriman has decided to have surgery on the two torn ligaments in his left knee and will miss the rest of the season.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578749~Merriman_decides_to_have_surgery__after_all.html
  
  
• Former Nation of Islam leader W.D. Mohammed dies (Examiner.com)
  Imam W.D. Mohammed, who succeeded his father as leader of the Nation of Islam but abandoned its teachings of black supremacy and moved thousands of its followers into mainstream Islam, died Tuesday. He was 74.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578720~Former_Nation_of_Islam_leader_W_D__Mohammed_dies.html
  
  
• NY gov: GOP insinuates race into Obama criticism (Examiner.com)
  New York Gov. David Paterson said Tuesday that there were racial overtones in the Republican presidential ticket's criticism of Democrat Barack Obama's work as a community organizer.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578740~NY_gov__GOP_insinuates_race_into_Obama_criticism.html
  
  
• Battered Lehman to announce 'key' initiatives (Examiner.com)
  Lehman Brothers says it will unveil a set of "key strategic initiatives" early Wednesay as the embattled investment bank faces down investor concerns that it's running out of options to raise badly needed capital.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578754~Battered_Lehman_to_announce__key__initiatives.html
  
  
• Fright terminal promises Tennant mining boost (ABC Australia)
  Mining companies working in the Barkly region say a special freight terminal in Tennant Creek, in central Australia, would allow them to ramp up their operations in the region.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360369.htm
  
  
• Young winery wins top award (ABC Australia)
  Chalkers Crossing at Young in the New South Wales southern highlands has taken out the Canberra region's top wine prize.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360353.htm
  
  
• Govt may seek to strike out pulp mill case (ABC Australia)
  The Supreme Court in Hobart has heard the State Government could apply to strike out a case concerning the pulp mill approval process.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360325.htm
  
  
• Investment bank slump pulls Wall St down (ABC Australia)
  US stocks have fallen as shares in Wall Street investment bank Lehman Brothers plunged by almost half, after talks about a possible investment from the Korea Development Bank broke down.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360377.htm
  
  
• Pitt, Clooney dumb down for Coens' `Burn' (Examiner.com)
  Joel and Ethan Coen know their idiots.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578684~Pitt__Clooney_dumb_down_for_Coens___Burn_.html
  
  
• Zimbabwe close to power-sharing deal: Mugabe (ABC Australia)
  Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe says the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) could agree to a power-sharing deal as early as tomorrow.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360357.htm
  
  
• National toy safety summit begins in Brisbane (ABC Australia)
  Australia's first national summit on toy safety will be held in Brisbane today.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360352.htm
  
  
• Burnett leads Blue Jays to 3-1 win over White Sox (Examiner.com)
  A.J. Burnett allowed one hit in seven innings - a hard drive off his third baseman - and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Chicago White Sox 3-1 in the opener of Tuesday's day-night doubleheader to extend their winning streak to nine.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578651~Burnett_leads_Blue_Jays_to_3_1_win_over_White_Sox.html
  
  
• Hurricane Ike takes aim at South Texas (Examiner.com)
  With Hurricane Ike steaming into the Gulf of Mexico, Texas emergency officials Tuesday stood ready to order 1 million people evacuated from the impoverished Rio Grande Valley and tried to convince tens of thousands of illegal immigrants that they have less to fear from the Border Patrol than from the storm.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578707~Hurricane_Ike_takes_aim_at_South_Texas.html
  
  
• Parliamentary Speaker rules Bligh Govt copied Oppn Bill (ABC Australia)
  The Speaker of Queensland Parliament has ruled that the State Government copied an Opposition Bill.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360351.htm
  
  
• Red Wings re-sign veteran Chris Chelios (Examiner.com)
  The Detroit Red Wings re-signed 46-year-old defenseman Chris Chelios for one year on Tuesday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578667~Red_Wings_re_sign_veteran_Chris_Chelios.html
  
  
• Some in jury pool can't put aside Simpson's past (Examiner.com)
  With other prospective jurors listening, a woman lectured O.J. Simpson on his behavior as a celebrity Tuesday and declared, "I felt he got away with murder."
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578665~Some_in_jury_pool_can_t_put_aside_Simpson_s_past.html
  
  
• Teen's passenger killed after smashing into pole (ABC Australia)
  A car driven by a 16-year-old girl has crashed in Sydney's north-west, killing one of her passengers and injuring another.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360347.htm
  
  
• Texas court stops execution set for Wednesday (Examiner.com)
  The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has stopped Wednesday's scheduled execution of a convicted killer whose attorneys questioned the fairness of his trial because of an alleged affair between the judge and prosecutor.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578656~Texas_court_stops_execution_set_for_Wednesday.html
  
  
• Nursing homes may fix hospital bed shortage: Robertson (ABC Australia)
  The State Govt says it is considering using Qld's publicly owned nursing homes to fix the hospital bed shortage.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360324.htm
  
  
• Former Bega doctor arrested (ABC Australia)
  Police have arrested former New South Wales doctor Graeme Reeves over allegations of sexual assault and female genital mutilation.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360346.htm
  
  
• Big Bang II to start in Switzerland today (ABC Australia)
  The world's biggest and most sophisticated science experiment begins in Switzerland later today when scientists attempt to test the Big Bang theory.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360337.htm
  
  
• Fox's coverage of GOP convention No. 1 on cable (Examiner.com)
  Rankings for the top 15 programs on cable networks as compiled by Nielsen Media Research for the week of Sept. 1-7. Day and start time (EDT) are in parentheses:
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578564~Fox_s_coverage_of_GOP_convention_No__1_on_cable.html
  
  
• Qld Rail defends safety record despite leaked report (ABC Australia)
  Queensland Rail (QR) says there is plenty of room for improvement in safety procedures in the organisation, but insists it is the safest rail network in the country.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360316.htm
  
  
• Victim's colleagues to speak at mine death inquest (ABC Australia)
  A coronial inquest into a central Queensland mining death will today hear evidence from two of the victim's colleagues.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360317.htm
  
  
• Govt announces south-east industrial hub (ABC Australia)
  The Queensland Government has declared that a 15,000 hectare site near Beaudesert will become an industrial hub for the south-east.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360304.htm
  
  
• Decision on LSU-No. Texas game on Wednesday (Examiner.com)
  LSU athletic director Joe Alleva will announce on Wednesday where the Tigers' football game against North Texas will be played on Saturday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578535~Decision_on_LSU_No__Texas_game_on_Wednesday.html
  
  
• Tourism council up-beat about far north (ABC Australia)
  The Australian Tourism Export Council (ATEC) says it is optimistic about the far north Queensland tourism industry after meeting local operators in Cairns yesterday.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360296.htm
  
  
• Lead detective says Collier was targeted when shot (Examiner.com)
  The lead detective in the shooting of Jacksonville Jaguars tackle Richard Collier says investigators believe the player was targeted.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578504~Lead_detective_says_Collier_was_targeted_when_shot.html
  
  
• RI, federal agency in deal on immigrant prisoners (Examiner.com)
  Rhode Island's prison system has entered into an agreement with U.S. immigration authorities that allows for the early release of illegal immigrants imprisoned for nonviolent offenses if they agree to be deported, Gov. Don Carcieri said Tuesday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578557~RI__federal_agency_in_deal_on_immigrant_prisoners.html
  
  
• Armstrong confirms pro cycling return (ABC Australia)
  Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong has confirmed he will return to professional cycling as part of a campaign to raise global awareness of cancer.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360314.htm
  
  
• OPEC suggests production will be left untouched (Examiner.com)
  OPEC oil ministers will likely decide to keep output at present levels, the group's president said Tuesday, suggesting that most members could accept prices at $100 a barrel.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578558~OPEC_suggests_production_will_be_left_untouched.html
  
  
• China mudslide death toll rises (ABC Australia)
  Officials in China say the death toll from a mudslide in the country's north has risen to 56, with another 35 people injured.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360311.htm
  
  
• Ike gives Cuba final kick, moves to Gulf of Mexico (Examiner.com)
  Hurricane Ike moved into the warm waters of the Gulf and took aim at the U.S. and Mexican coasts Tuesday after bringing down aging buildings in Havana and tearing through western Cuba's tobacco country.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578559~Ike_gives_Cuba_final_kick__moves_to_Gulf_of_Mexico.html
  
  
• New technology heats up cold cases (ABC Australia)
  Major developments in DNA and forensic technology in the past five years have revolutionised the way criminal investigators go about their work.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360298.htm
  
  
• Council blocks uranium explorer's dumping plan (ABC Australia)
  A council has now decided to ban uranium explorer Marathon Resources from dumping any waste at the Hawker dump in the northern Flinders Ranges of South Australia.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360312.htm
  
  
• Probe continue into explosives delivery to scrap metal yard (ABC Australia)
  Investigations are continuing into why more than 300kgs of highly explosive material was delivered to a scrap metal yard.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360308.htm
  
  
• OPEC president says production cut unlikely (ABC Australia)
  After hitting a peak of $US147 per barrel in July, the price of oil appears to be headed back below $US100, with OPEC's president saying a cut in supply is unlikely.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360302.htm
  
  
• Debris not part of missing yacht (ABC Australia)
  The Australian Maritime Safety Authority says there is no connection between debris found floating in seas off the Gold Coast on Monday, and a missing yacht which is overdue on a trip from Noumea.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360299.htm
  
  
• Call for fishing ban in Coral Sea (ABC Australia)
  A group of leading marine scientists is calling for the Federal Government to ban fishing in a 1 million square kilometre area of the Coral Sea.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360300.htm
  
  
• NYC hot lines accept videos, cell phone pictures (Examiner.com)
  It's a new era for tipsters as officials announced Tuesday that city hot lines are now able to receive photos and video from computers and cell phones.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578560~NYC_hot_lines_accept_videos__cell_phone_pictures.html
  
  
• Pro football helps carry NBC to ratings win (Examiner.com)
  With most scripted series still in repeats and few new fall series unveiled yet, pro football drew the biggest audiences.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578550~Pro_football_helps_carry_NBC_to_ratings_win.html
  
  
• List of top 20 shows in prime-time Nielsen ratings (Examiner.com)
  Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for Sept. 1-7. Listings include the week's ranking, with viewership for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses. An "X" in parentheses denotes a one-time-only presentation.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578552~List_of_top_20_shows_in_prime_time_Nielsen_ratings.html
  
  
• Lance Armstrong coming out of retirement for Tour (Examiner.com)
  Lance Armstrong is getting back on his bike, determined to win an eighth Tour de France. Armstrong's return from cancer to win the Tour a record seven consecutive times made him a hero to cancer patients worldwide and elevated cycling to an unprecedented level in America.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578427~Lance_Armstrong_coming_out_of_retirement_for_Tour.html
  
  
• Beanie's back and practicing with Buckeyes (Examiner.com)
  Ohio State will have its Beanie back for Southern California.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578484~Beanie_s_back_and_practicing_with_Buckeyes.html
  
  
• Analysis: Obama is back on defense (Examiner.com)
  Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has found himself in a position he hasn't been in during many long months of campaigning - on defense against Republican rival John McCain.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578530~Analysis__Obama_is_back_on_defense.html
  
  
• Paul: Reject the major parties, go for a third (Examiner.com)
  Libertarian-leaning congressman Ron Paul is urging voters to reject John McCain and Barack Obama and support one of the third-party candidates for president.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578470~Paul__Reject_the_major_parties__go_for_a_third.html
  
  
• No clear successor to Kim seen in North Korea (Examiner.com)
  North Korea's Kim Jong Il - reclusive, eccentric and mercurial - has revealed little about who might succeed him as leader.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578501~No_clear_successor_to_Kim_seen_in_North_Korea.html
  
  
• Police seek shoplifting swimming suspect (Examiner.com)
  Pierre police are looking for a shoplifting suspect who got away by swimming across a narrow part of the Missouri River. An assistant police chief said officers responded to the call Monday afternoon at a clothing store and found the suspect, who gave a false name.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578400~Police_seek_shoplifting_swimming_suspect.html
  
  
• Telstra pulls virtual Uluru ads (ABC Australia)
  Telstra BigPond says it has removed its logo from billboards that appeared outside Uluru in the virtual internet world Second Life.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360295.htm
  
  
• Rudd foreshadows Pacific defence build-up (ABC Australia)
  Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has foreshadowed an expansion of Australia's defence forces to counter a wider military build-up in the Asia-Pacific region.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360293.htm
  
  
• Vic MPs debate abortion through the night (ABC Australia)
  Victorian MPs debated the Abortion Law Reform Bill into the early hours of this morning.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360294.htm
  
  
• Senator examining rising text messaging rates (Examiner.com)
  A key member of the Senate Judiciary Committee is asking the nation's top four wireless carriers to justify the "sharply rising rates" they charge people to send and receive text messages.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578458~Senator_examining_rising_text_messaging_rates.html
  
  
• Minnie Driver reportedly gives birth to son (Examiner.com)
  Minnie Driver has given birth to a not-so-little one. Henry Story Driver was born in Los Angeles on Friday and weighed in at a hearty 9 lbs., 12 oz, her publicist Jessica Kolstad told People magazine.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578261~Minnie_Driver_reportedly_gives_birth_to_son.html
  
  
• Film director Spike Lee to head Babelgum Fest jury (Examiner.com)
  Spike Lee again is on the prowl for new filmmaking talent in his second year heading the jury of the Babelgum Online Film Festival.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578459~Film_director_Spike_Lee_to_head_Babelgum_Fest_jury.html
  
  
• `One Tree Hill' survives for sixth season (Examiner.com)
  When "One Tree Hill" debuted in the fall 2003, creator Mark Schwahn remembers, the ratings were so low that "even my mother didn't know we were on the air."
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578505~_One_Tree_Hill__survives_for_sixth_season.html
  
  
• Congo frees jailed goats (ABC Australia)
  A minister in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has ordered the release of a dozen goats that were being held illegally in a Kinshasa prison cell.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360292.htm
  
  
• Armstrong coming out of retirement for Tour (Examiner.com)
  Lance Armstrong is getting back on his bike, determined to win an eighth Tour de France.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578413~Armstrong_coming_out_of_retirement_for_Tour.html
  
  
• Agent: Titans QB Vince Young was at friend's house (Examiner.com)
  Vince Young is awaiting results of an MRI exam on his sprained left knee Tuesday, hours after the Tennessee Titans sought police help in finding the quarterback the team described as "emotionally down."
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578381~Agent__Titans_QB_Vince_Young_was_at_friend_s_house.html
  
  
• Belichick says he's in no rush to sign new QB (Examiner.com)
  New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick says he's in no rush to sign a new quarterback.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578357~Belichick_says_he_s_in_no_rush_to_sign_new_QB.html
  
  
• Bryant: No surgery on pinkie finger (Examiner.com)
  Kobe Bryant will not have surgery on his right pinkie because recovery would take too long.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578380~Bryant__No_surgery_on_pinkie_finger.html
  
  
• Banking union concerned over ANZ restructuring plans (ABC Australia)
  The banking sector union says its members are concerned by ANZ's plans to restructure the business.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360283.htm
  
  
• Wie enters Q-school for LPGA Tour (Examiner.com)
  Unable to earn her card through sponsor exemptions, Michelle Wie has entered the LPGA Tour qualifying school and will play the first stage next week on the California course where she first rose to fame at age 13.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578365~Wie_enters_Q_school_for_LPGA_Tour.html
  
  
• Washington president: Give football coach time (Examiner.com)
  The president of the University of Washington says Husky fans need to give football coach Tyrone Willingham a break.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578340~Washington_president__Give_football_coach_time.html
  
  
• W.D. Mohammed dies; son of Nation of Islam founder (Examiner.com)
  A nephew says Imam W.D. Mohammed, the son of Nation of Islam founder Elijah Muhammad, has died.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578440~W_D__Mohammed_dies__son_of_Nation_of_Islam_founder.html
  
  
• Report: Palin tapped travel allowance at home (Examiner.com)
  Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has charged her state a daily allowance, normally used for official travel, for more than 300 nights spent at her home, The Washington Post reported Tuesday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578393~Report__Palin_tapped_travel_allowance_at_home.html
  
  
• Wall Street ends lower on concerns over Lehman (Examiner.com)
  Wall Street ends the day with a deep loss on fresh concerns about the stability of Lehman Brothers, with the Dow losing nearly 300 points.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578376~Wall_Street_ends_lower_on_concerns_over_Lehman.html
  
  
• Lehman stock plunges as Street waits for next move (Examiner.com)
  Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. shares plunged to their lowest level in more than a decade Tuesday amid investor concerns that the battered investment bank is running out of options to raise capital.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578414~Lehman_stock_plunges_as_Street_waits_for_next_move.html
  
  
• Mexico's postal blues remade in hot pink (Examiner.com)
  Mexico's notoriously unreliable postal service is getting the shock treatment - shocking pink, that is.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578351~Mexico_s_postal_blues_remade_in_hot_pink.html
  
  
• Off-target NATO bomb kills 2 Afghan civilians (Examiner.com)
  A NATO bomb mistakenly hit a house 1 1/2 miles off target Tuesday, killing two civilians and wounding 10 even as Afghanistan's president was saying that terrorism cannot be defeated if innocents are killed in coalition operations.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578418~Off_target_NATO_bomb_kills_2_Afghan_civilians.html
  
  
• Bush 'tinkering around the edges' on troops: Obama (ABC Australia)
  Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says President George W Bush's plans for a limited military redeployment from Iraq to Afghanistan are woefully insufficient.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360284.htm
  
  
• Fewer US med students choosing primary care (Examiner.com)
  Only 2 percent of graduating medical students say they plan to work in primary care internal medicine, raising worries about a looming shortage of the first-stop doctors who used to be the backbone of the American medical system.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578335~Fewer_US_med_students_choosing_primary_care.html
  
  
• Few hospitals meet colon cancer care standard (Examiner.com)
  Nearly two-thirds of hospitals fail to check colon cancer patients well enough for signs that their tumor is spreading, says a study that advises patients to ask about this mark of quality care before surgery.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578354~Few_hospitals_meet_colon_cancer_care_standard.html
  
  
• Study finds errors in Pa. VA hospital treatments (Examiner.com)
  Some 55 prostate cancer patients were given too-low doses of radiation treatment at the local Veterans Affairs hospital in the past six years, and federal investigators want to know why.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578360~Study_finds_errors_in_Pa__VA_hospital_treatments.html
  
  
• Agent: Titans QB Steve Young was at friend's house (Examiner.com)
  Vince Young is awaiting results of an MRI exam on his sprained left knee Tuesday, hours after the Tennessee Titans sought police help in finding the quarterback the team described as "emotionally down."
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578272~Agent__Titans_QB_Steve_Young_was_at_friend_s_house.html
  
  
• QB Mauk loses appeal for 1 more year (Examiner.com)
  An Ohio judge has ruled that former Cincinnati quarterback Ben Mauk can't play another season with the Bearcats.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578215~QB_Mauk_loses_appeal_for_1_more_year.html
  
  
• Palin's nomination adds fuel to abortion debate (Examiner.com)
  The abortion debate is gaining a higher campaign profile this year than in other recent general elections, partly because of divisive ballot measures and partly because of Sarah Palin.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578336~Palin_s_nomination_adds_fuel_to_abortion_debate.html
  
  
• Minnesota's leading rusher out for season (Examiner.com)
  Minnesota running back Duane Bennett will miss the rest of the season because of a knee injury.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578249~Minnesota_s_leading_rusher_out_for_season.html
  
  
• Retired Texas judge questioned in death row case (Examiner.com)
  A day before a convicted killer is set to die, his lawyers on Tuesday questioned the judge who presided over his 1990 trial about whether she and the prosecutor were involved in a legally improper romance at the time.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578319~Retired_Texas_judge_questioned_in_death_row_case.html
  
  
• No questions, please; Palin sticks to her script (Examiner.com)
  John McCain took a risk in picking little-known Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as a running mate, but now the campaign's playing it safer. She's sticking to a greatest hits version of her convention speech on the campaign trail and steering clear of questions until she's comfortable enough for a hand-picked interviewer later this week.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578342~No_questions__please__Palin_sticks_to_her_script.html
  
  
• Former Ark. lieutenant governor, war hero, dies (Examiner.com)
  Nathan Green Gordon, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for rescuing 15 fellow airmen during World War II and later served 20 years as lieutenant governor, has died, a relative said Tuesday. He was 92.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578297~Former_Ark__lieutenant_governor__war_hero__dies.html
  
  
• Obama: Bush's Afghanistan, Iraq plan isn't enough (Examiner.com)
  Barack Obama said President Bush isn't acting quickly or forcefully enough to get more U.S. forces into Afghanistan and out of Iraq. Bush "is tinkering around the edges and kicking the can down the road to the next president" with his decision Tuesday to bring home only 8,000 combat and support troops from Iraq by February, said Obama, who hopes to be that next president.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578285~Obama__Bush_s_Afghanistan__Iraq_plan_isn_t_enough.html
  
  
• OPEC president says crude output to stay same (Examiner.com)
  OPEC oil ministers will likely decide to keep output at present levels, the group's president said Tuesday, suggesting that most members could accept prices at $100 a barrel.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578290~OPEC_president_says_crude_output_to_stay_same.html
  
  
• New York AG: 8 student lenders adopt new code (Examiner.com)
  Eight student loan companies agreed to adopt a code of conduct that bans deceptive marketing practices - such as offering prizes to students who sign up for loans - following an investigation by the state of New York, the state attorney general said Tuesday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578305~New_York_AG__8_student_lenders_adopt_new_code.html
  
  
• Cooking show stint derails Thai prime minister (Examiner.com)
  A Thai court removed the prime minister Tuesday for taking pay to host a TV cooking show, setting off wild celebrations by protesters occupying his office compound. But rejoicing could be short-lived - the ruling party vowed to put him back in power.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578267~Cooking_show_stint_derails_Thai_prime_minister.html
  
  
• Police: Man blames bad driving on spilled beer (Examiner.com)
  A man with four previous drunken driving convictions who was stopped for weaving in and out of traffic on Interstate 40 was ready with an excuse for his poor driving: his passenger spilled his beer.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578255~Police__Man_blames_bad_driving_on_spilled_beer.html
  
  
• Kim Jong Il: a familiar face but a mystery to most (Examiner.com)
  Unpredictable, eloquent, a film buff and a gourmand. North Korea's Kim Jong Il is infamous for ruling his impoverished country with a "military first" policy since the death of his father, but little is known about his daily life.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578307~Kim_Jong_Il__a_familiar_face_but_a_mystery_to_most.html
  
  
• Cops arrest photo radar van driver for alleged DUI (Examiner.com)
  Police in Scottsdale say they've arrested a man driving a photo-enforcement van on suspicion of drunken driving. Sgt. Mark Clark said the van owned by Scottsdale-based Redflex Traffic Systems was spotted driving erratically by a citizen Saturday evening.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578329~Cops_arrest_photo_radar_van_driver_for_alleged_DUI.html
  
  
• German firefighters use net to capture kangaroo (Examiner.com)
  An escaped kangaroo kept police and firefighters busy after fleeing its owner's home and bounding through a small town near Cologne. The animal was eventually caught in a net and returned to its owner on Tuesday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578310~German_firefighters_use_net_to_capture_kangaroo.html
  
  
• Man says he's eaten 23,000 Big Macs since 1972 (Examiner.com)
  A 54-year-old man says his obsessive-compulsive disorder drove him to eat 23,000 Big Macs in 36 years. Fifty-four-year-old Don Gorske says he hit the milestone last month, continuing a pleasurable obsession that began May 17, 1972 when he got his first car.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578278~Man_says_he_s_eaten_23_000_Big_Macs_since_1972.html
  
  
• Jose Canseco could lose street name in Miami (Examiner.com)
  At least one Miami-Dade official thinks it's an embarrassment to have a street named after retired baseball star Jose Canseco.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578317~Jose_Canseco_could_lose_street_name_in_Miami.html
  
  
• Scientists in Switzerland to do the monster smash (Examiner.com)
  Scientists will launch an experiment in a tunnel deep beneath the French-Swiss border Wednesday, hoping to find evidence of extra dimensions, invisible "dark matter," and an elusive particle called the "Higgs boson."
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578287~Scientists_in_Switzerland_to_do_the_monster_smash.html
  
  
• House panel knocks VA over destroyed lab specimens (Examiner.com)
  Lawmakers on Tuesday castigated Veterans Administration health officials for ordering the destruction of biomedical specimens on Legionnaires' disease and other infectious diseases that two prominent researchers had collected over a quarter-century.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578166~House_panel_knocks_VA_over_destroyed_lab_specimens.html
  
  
• Historic Havana battered by resurgent Ike (ABC Australia)
  Hurricane Ike toppled decrepit buildings in Havana and raked over western Cuba still recovering from the more powerful Gustav as it made a second landfall on the island on a path that may steer it away from the heart of Gulf of Mexico oilfields.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360277.htm
  
  
• Russia, Sth Ossetia publish conflict death tolls (ABC Australia)
  The Georgian government has said in an official report that 295 people had been confirmed killed during its conflict with Russia, while the Russian-backed province of South Ossetia said more than 500 had died there.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360276.htm
  
  
• Roddick leads US Davis Cup roster, Blake off team (Examiner.com)
  James Blake was dropped from the defending champion U.S. Davis Cup team and replaced by Sam Querrey.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578218~Roddick_leads_US_Davis_Cup_roster__Blake_off_team.html
  
  
• AP IMPACT: Stimulus checks boost child support (Examiner.com)
  Deadbeat dads and moms around the country are discovering that their economic stimulus checks from Washington - intended to encourage the purchase of TVs, cars and other goods - are being intercepted and funneled toward the support of their children.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578227~AP_IMPACT__Stimulus_checks_boost_child_support.html
  
  
• Billions to be shared by Enron shareholders (Examiner.com)
  A federal judge has approved a plan to distribute more than $7.2 billion recovered as part of a lawsuit by Enron Corp. shareholders and investors in connection with the company's collapse.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578210~Billions_to_be_shared_by_Enron_shareholders.html
  
  
• McLaren appeals penalty that cost Hamilton a win (Examiner.com)
  McLaren appealed the time penalty that cost Lewis Hamilton the victory at the Belgian Grand Prix.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578123~McLaren_appeals_penalty_that_cost_Hamilton_a_win.html
  
  
• After complaints, McCain moves rally from school (Examiner.com)
  Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Tuesday moved a campaign rally from a Fairfax County high school following complaints that the school was hosting a partisan political event during classroom hours.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578198~After_complaints__McCain_moves_rally_from_school.html
  
  
• Apple unveils new iPods but shares slip (Examiner.com)
  Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs took the wraps off a revamped line of iPods on Tuesday and trumpeted a truce with NBC Universal that means the TV network will begin selling programs again on iTunes.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578158~Apple_unveils_new_iPods_but_shares_slip.html
  
  
• 'SVU's Chris Meloni is game to be 'Gym Teacher' (Examiner.com)
  Christopher Meloni is starting his 10th season as steely sex-crimes Detective Elliot Stabler on NBC's "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit." For six seasons on HBO's prison drama "Oz," he played for the other side as a murderous psychopath jailed for life.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578138~_SVU_s_Chris_Meloni_is_game_to_be__Gym_Teacher_.html
  
  
• Iowa files child labor charges against meat plant (Examiner.com)
  The Iowa attorney general's office filed child labor charges Tuesday against the owner and managers of the Agriprocessors kosher meatpacking plant, the site of one of the nation's largest workplace immigration raids.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578128~Iowa_files_child_labor_charges_against_meat_plant.html
  
  
• Biden says only McCain would think economy is good (Examiner.com)
  Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden said Tuesday that only Republican John McCain would think that Missouri is enjoying good economic times.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578084~Biden_says_only_McCain_would_think_economy_is_good.html
  
  
• Franken seeks Senate nod amid 7 state primaries (Examiner.com)
  After millions of dollars and 19 months pursuing a U.S. Senate seat, comedian Al Franken sought Tuesday to nail down the Democratic nomination in his childhood home of Minnesota.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578122~Franken_seeks_Senate_nod_amid_7_state_primaries.html
  
  
• Omaha's electoral vote draws Obama's attention (Examiner.com)
  Reliably Republican, Nebraska has been giving the GOP all its electoral votes in every presidential election since 1964. Democratic candidate Barack Obama is trying to take just one of its five votes this year by focusing on Omaha, the state's biggest, most diverse city.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578148~Omaha_s_electoral_vote_draws_Obama_s_attention.html
  
  
• Pakistan's Zardari sworn in as new president (Examiner.com)
  Repeatedly paying homage to his assassinated wife, new President Asif Ali Zardari declared Tuesday that he has a comprehensive plan to fight terrorism and said Pakistan's people are behind him.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578066~Pakistan_s_Zardari_sworn_in_as_new_president.html
  
  
• Lehman plunges on concerns about capital levels (Examiner.com)
  Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. shares plunged to their lowest level in more than a decade amid investor concerns Tuesday the battered investment bank is running out of options to raise capital.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578126~Lehman_plunges_on_concerns_about_capital_levels.html
  
  
• Rebels attack army base in northern Sri Lanka (Examiner.com)
  Tamil Tiger rebels launched an air raid and a ground assault led by a team of suicide commandos on a military complex in northern Sri Lanka early Tuesday. The military said 25 people, including a civilian, were killed in the attack.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578110~Rebels_attack_army_base_in_northern_Sri_Lanka.html
  
  
• American performer: Israeli security made me dance (Examiner.com)
  A performer with the famed American Alvin Ailey dance troupe on Tuesday said he was twice forced to perform steps for Israeli airport security officers to prove his identity before he was permitted to enter the country.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578125~American_performer__Israeli_security_made_me_dance.html
  
  
• Apple ends beef with NBC over iTunes shows (Examiner.com)
  Apple Inc. has lured the NBC television network back to the iTunes online media service. This ends a year of acrimony over the prices Apple charges for shows it sells over iTunes.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578114~Apple_ends_beef_with_NBC_over_iTunes_shows.html
  
  
• Apple's Jobs jokes about rumors about his health (Examiner.com)
  Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs joked about the speculation on his health Tuesday, kicking off an Apple event by flashing a message on a screen that "The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated."
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578099~Apple_s_Jobs_jokes_about_rumors_about_his_health.html
  
  
• Iowa files child labor charges against plant (Examiner.com)
  The Iowa attorney general's office has filed child labor charges against the owner and managers of the Agriprocessors kosher meatpacking plant, the site of one of the largest workplace immigration raids in U.S. history.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578059~Iowa_files_child_labor_charges_against_plant.html
  
  
• OPEC chief says output likely to remain unchanged (Examiner.com)
  OPEC's president says oil ministers will likely decide to maintain crude output at present levels.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578025~OPEC_chief_says_output_likely_to_remain_unchanged.html
  
  
• Woman pleads guilty to 1976 Michigan prison escape (Examiner.com)
  A California woman who escaped from a Michigan prison more than 30 years ago and remade her life as a suburban mother pleaded guilty to escape Tuesday after a judge said he would give her probation.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578061~Woman_pleads_guilty_to_1976_Michigan_prison_escape.html
  
  
• Former NY mayor: Palin 'scares the hell out of me' (Examiner.com)
  Saying that Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin "scares the hell out of me," former New York Mayor Ed Koch endorsed fellow Democrat Barack Obama on Tuesday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578053~Former_NY_mayor__Palin__scares_the_hell_out_of_me_.html
  
  
• New York AG says 8 student lenders adopt reforms (Examiner.com)
  Eight student loan companies have agreed to adopt broad reforms following an investigation by the state of New York into deceptive marketing practices, the attorney general said Tuesday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578067~New_York_AG_says_8_student_lenders_adopt_reforms.html
  
  
• Va. school makes exception for McCain-Palin rally (Examiner.com)
  A Fairfax County high school is hosting a rally for Republican presidential candidate John McCain and his running mate, Sarah Palin, in spite of a policy banning political events during school hours.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578035~Va__school_makes_exception_for_McCain_Palin_rally.html
  
  
• Feds warns Ford owners about recalled vehicles (Examiner.com)
  The government is urging owners of 5 million recalled Ford vehicles to bring them to dealerships to repair a cruise control switch system that has been tied to engine fires.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578032~Feds_warns_Ford_owners_about_recalled_vehicles.html
  
  
• TV journalist escapes assassination in Baghdad (Examiner.com)
  An Iraqi journalist for one of the Middle East's best-known satellite television stations escaped assassination Tuesday when a bomb was found under the seat of his car as he prepared to leave home for work.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1578052~TV_journalist_escapes_assassination_in_Baghdad.html
  
  
• Oil down as Ike shifts course, OPEC mulls output (Examiner.com)
  Oil prices slipped below $104 a barrel Tuesday for the first time since early April as traders bet that Hurricane Ike would miss critical Gulf Coast oil installations and in Vienna, Saudi Arabia's oil minister signaled OPEC won't cut production.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577989~Oil_down_as_Ike_shifts_course__OPEC_mulls_output.html
  
  
• NY attorney general settles with 8 student lenders (Examiner.com)
  The New York state attorney general says eight student loan companies have agreed to pay $1.4 million and adopt broad reforms as part of a settlement over deceptive marketing practices.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577971~NY_attorney_general_settles_with_8_student_lenders.html
  
  
• Justice signals challenge to Google-Yahoo deal (Examiner.com)
  In a possible blow to Yahoo Inc.'s hopes for an advertising partnership with Google Inc., the Justice Department has hired an antitrust litigator to review evidence for what could become a legal challenge to the deal.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577946~Justice_signals_challenge_to_Google_Yahoo_deal.html
  
  
• Titans asked for police help to find QB Young (Examiner.com)
  Vince Young is awaiting an MRI exam on his sprained left knee Tuesday, hours after the Tennessee Titans sought help in finding the quarterback described to police as "emotionally down."
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577945~Titans_asked_for_police_help_to_find_QB_Young.html
  
  
• Wall Street retreats as financials weaken (Examiner.com)
  Stocks turned lower Tuesday after fresh worries about the stability of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. touched off renewed jitters about the overall financial sector.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577928~Wall_Street_retreats_as_financials_weaken.html
  
  
• Obama: Bush plan for Afghanistan not enough (Examiner.com)
  Barack Obama says President Bush's announcement that he'll send more forces into Afghanistan is too slow and insufficient.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577939~Obama__Bush_plan_for_Afghanistan_not_enough.html
  
  
• Oil down as Ike shifts coarse, OPEC mulls output (Examiner.com)
  Oil prices slipped below $104 a barrel Tuesday for the first time since early April as traders bet that Hurricane Ike would miss critical Gulf Coast oil installations and in Vienna, Saudi Arabia's oil minister signaled OPEC won't cut production.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577965~Oil_down_as_Ike_shifts_coarse__OPEC_mulls_output.html
  
  
• Zardari sworn in as Pakistan's new president (Examiner.com)
  Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of assassinated former Pakistani leader Benazir Bhutto, began his term as Pakistan's new president Tuesday by declaring the war on terrorism a chance for the country to overcome its economic problems.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577931~Zardari_sworn_in_as_Pakistan_s_new_president.html
  
  
• Obama vows to double funding for charter schools (Examiner.com)
  Barack Obama promised Tuesday to double funding for charter schools, pay teachers based on performance and replace those who aren't up to the job, embracing education proposals normally more popular with Republican candidates.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577944~Obama_vows_to_double_funding_for_charter_schools.html
  
  
• Lehman plunges on concerns about buyout talks (Examiner.com)
  Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. shares plunged to a new low Tuesday on a report that talks with state-owned Korea Development Bank ended without any deal for a badly needed capital injection.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577953~Lehman_plunges_on_concerns_about_buyout_talks.html
  
  
• Hurricane Ike roars ashore in Cuba south of Havana (Examiner.com)
  Hurricane Ike roared ashore south of Cuba's densely populated capital of aging buildings Tuesday after tearing across the island nation, ravaging homes, killing at least four people and forcing 1.2 million to evacuate.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577920~Hurricane_Ike_roars_ashore_in_Cuba_south_of_Havana.html
  
  
• UN to pull out from Sri Lanka rebel-held territory (Examiner.com)
  The United Nations said Tuesday it would begin withdrawing its staff from rebel-held areas this week after a government decision banning foreign aid workers from the area.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577910~UN_to_pull_out_from_Sri_Lanka_rebel_held_territory.html
  
  
• US to cut troops in Iraq, boost Afghan forces (ABC Australia)
  President Bush has confirmed that the US will boost its troop levels in Afghanistan while reducing force numbers in Iraq.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360269.htm
  
  
• Pilfered primate outstanding in Vt. cornfield (Examiner.com)
  An 8-foot-tall mechanical gorilla that was swiped in broad daylight from its longtime location outside a store has turned up several hundred miles away - with an apologetic ransom demand.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577942~Pilfered_primate_outstanding_in_Vt__cornfield.html
  
  
• Kim Jong-II 'possibly suffered stroke' (ABC Australia)
  North Korean leader Kim Jong-II has apparently suffered a health setback, "possibly a stroke," a US intelligence official said, noting he had not appeared at a 60th anniversary parade.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360265.htm
  
  
• Dalai Lama recovers from illness (ABC Australia)
  The Dalai Lama has returned to his northern Indian home-in-exile after recovering from a stomach illness that put him in hospital for four days, an aide of the Tibetan leader said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360266.htm
  
  
• Mother convicted in kids' drownings free on parole (Examiner.com)
  Illinois prison officials say a woman convicted in the drowning deaths of her three children has been released on parole after serving part of a 10-year sentence.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577891~Mother_convicted_in_kids__drownings_free_on_parole.html
  
  
• Sept. 11 memorial dedicated at Boston airport (Examiner.com)
  A $3.5 million memorial honoring those who died when terrorists hijacked two planes from Boston and crashed them into New York's World Trade Center seven years ago has been dedicated at Logan International Airport.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577857~Sept__11_memorial_dedicated_at_Boston_airport.html
  
  
• Wall Street retreats after home data (Examiner.com)
  Wall Street moved slightly lower on Tuesday after a disappointing reading on pending home sales offset another plunge in oil prices.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577865~Wall_Street_retreats_after_home_data.html
  
  
• McDonald's same-store sales rise 8.5 pct in August (Examiner.com)
  Overseas consumers spent more at McDonald's Corp. in August than Wall Street expected, leading the nation's No. 1 hamburger chain to surprise investors by posting a big rise in global same-store sales on Tuesday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577863~McDonald_s_same_store_sales_rise_8_5_pct_in_August.html
  
  
• Western officials suggest NKorean leader is ill (Examiner.com)
  There was no sign of Kim Jong Il at a closely watched parade Tuesday marking the 60th anniversary of North Korea's founding, and Western officials said the dictator - who has not appeared publicly for a month - may be gravely ill.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577893~Western_officials_suggest_NKorean_leader_is_ill.html
  
  
• Tamil Tigers deny plane shot down (ABC Australia)
  Tamil Tiger rebels have denied Sri Lankan Government claims that a guerrilla plane was shot down, and said the aircraft which bombed a military base in the island's north had "safely returned home".
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360263.htm
  
  
• Two dead, dozens hurt in South Sumatra quake (ABC Australia)
  Two people died and 60 were injured in an earthquake in Indonesia's South Sumatra province, a government official said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360262.htm
  
  
• Israel minister suggests kidnapping of Ahmadinejad (ABC Australia)
  A former top agent of Israel's intelligence agency Mossad has suggested that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad be snatched and dragged before the International Court of Justice.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360259.htm
  
  
• Strong quake hits Solomons (ABC Australia)
  A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 has struck off the Solomon Islands, seismologists said, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360258.htm
  
  
• Barnett remains hopeful of Libs-Nats coalition (ABC Australia)
  Western Australian Liberal leader Colin Barnett says he is still optimistic that his party will form government.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360260.htm
  
  
• Pending home sales fall 3.2 percent (Examiner.com)
  The National Association of Realtors says pending U.S. home sales fell more than expected in July as the housing market's struggles continued.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577818~Pending_home_sales_fall_3_2_percent.html
  
  
• Turkey bus crash kills 16 Iranian tourists (ABC Australia)
  Sixteen Iranian tourists were killed and 32 injured when their bus careered off a bendy road in eastern Turkey, state news agency Anatolian said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/10/2360261.htm
  
  
• Astana: No plans for Armstrong to ride with team (Examiner.com)
  Is Lance Armstrong coming back to cycling?
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577805~Astana__No_plans_for_Armstrong_to_ride_with_team.html
  
  
• Estimates say fed budget deficit nearing $407B (Examiner.com)
  The federal government will run a near-record deficit of $407 billion for the budget year ending Sept. 30, according to the latest Capitol Hill estimates.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577820~Estimates_say_fed_budget_deficit_nearing__407B.html
  
  
• Fed auctions another $25 billion in loans to banks (Examiner.com)
  The Federal Reserve has auctioned another $25 billion in loans to squeezed banks to help them overcome credit problems.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577811~Fed_auctions_another__25_billion_in_loans_to_banks.html
  
  
• Reynolds American to cut 570 jobs, realign brands (Examiner.com)
  Reynolds American Inc. and its subsidiary R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. said Tuesday they were cutting about 10 percent of their American work force as the company restructures its portfolio.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577823~Reynolds_American_to_cut_570_jobs__realign_brands.html
  
  
• NKorean leader's absence raises question on health (Examiner.com)
  There was no sign of Kim Jong Il at a closely watched parade Tuesday marking the 60th anniversary of North Korea's founding, and U.S. officials said the dictator - who has not appeared publicly for a month - may have suffered a stroke.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577825~NKorean_leader_s_absence_raises_question_on_health.html
  
  
• Oil falls as OPEC expected to maintain targets (ABC Australia)
  Oil fell to a new five-month low as expectations OPEC would leave formal output targets steady outweighed concerns over the threat of Hurricane Ike to US Gulf of Mexico energy infrastructure.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2360249.htm
  
  
• Debutante Toltz makes Booker Prize shortlist (ABC Australia)
  Australian Steve Toltz is among six other authors shortlisted for the 2008 Booker Prize for his debutante novel A Fraction of The Whole.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2360248.htm
  
  
• Nadal to lead Spain against US in Davis Cup (Examiner.com)
  Top-ranked Rafael Nadal will lead Spain when it hosts the defending champion United States in the Davis Cup semifinals.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577787~Nadal_to_lead_Spain_against_US_in_Davis_Cup.html
  
  
• Wall Street dips ahead of economic data (Examiner.com)
  Wall Street edged lower Tuesday as investors awaited readings on pending home sales and wholesale trade and as oil prices extended their decline.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577796~Wall_Street_dips_ahead_of_economic_data.html
  
  
• Budget deficit nears record under latest estimates (Examiner.com)
  The federal government will run a near-record deficit of $407 billion for the budget year ending Sept. 30, according to the latest Capitol Hill estimates.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577792~Budget_deficit_nears_record_under_latest_estimates.html
  
  
• McDonald's same-store sales rise in August (Examiner.com)
  McDonald's Corp., the nation's No. 1 hamburger chain, said Tuesday its global same-store sales rose 8.5 percent in August, helped by a big jump in overseas sales.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577773~McDonald_s_same_store_sales_rise_in_August.html
  
  
• Russia to keep 7,600 troops in 2 Georgia regions (Examiner.com)
  Russia will station nearly 8,000 troops in two breakaway Georgian provinces, officials said Tuesday, announcing an imposing long-term presence less than a day after agreeing to pull forces back from areas surrounding the provinces.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577777~Russia_to_keep_7_600_troops_in_2_Georgia_regions.html
  
  
• Google promises EU better privacy rules (Examiner.com)
  Google Inc. said Tuesday it will further cut the amount of time it stores data about users' search requests, to meet European privacy demands.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577756~Google_promises_EU_better_privacy_rules.html
  
  
• Analyst group: Some companies cutting IT spending (Examiner.com)
  Many large companies, especially those in the financial services, utilities and telecommunications industries, have cut their technology budgets this year because of the economic slowdown.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577751~Analyst_group__Some_companies_cutting_IT_spending.html
  
  
• Lynne Spears: You're still my brave little girl (Examiner.com)
  The mother of Britney Spears says that the singer has overcome the tabloid nightmares of the past few years and believes that that little by little, her daughter is regaining her "glorious voice."
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577779~Lynne_Spears__You_re_still_my_brave_little_girl.html
  
  
• World wants Obama as president: poll (ABC Australia)
  US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama may be struggling to nudge ahead of his Republican rival in polls at home, but people across the world want him in the White House, a BBC poll said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2360240.htm
  
  
• Google moves to ease search privacy concerns (ABC Australia)
  Internet giant Google has moved to calm privacy concerns, with plans to halve the time it keeps users' web search data on record following pressure from European regulators.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2360246.htm
  
  
• Patriots must regroup without QB Tom Brady (Examiner.com)
  Opponents expecting the New England Patriots to fall apart as a result of Tom Brady's season-ending knee injury would be wise to remember the last time the team had to turn to its backup quarterback.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577741~Patriots_must_regroup_without_QB_Tom_Brady.html
  
  
• Storm-fatigued Gulf Coast in crosshairs again (Examiner.com)
  The Gulf Coast watched anxiously as Hurricane Ike trudged toward areas still cleaning up after Gustav, with disasters pre-declared in much of eastern Texas and Louisianans urged to stock up - again - on supplies.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577748~Storm_fatigued_Gulf_Coast_in_crosshairs_again.html
  
  
• Saudi comment suggests steady OPEC output (Examiner.com)
  Comments by OPEC powerhouse Saudi Arabia suggested Tuesday that the 13-nation cartel would likely keep crude production steady, despite plunging oil prices.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577750~Saudi_comment_suggests_steady_OPEC_output.html
  
  
• Orford hangs on to claim Dally M (ABC Australia)
  Manly half-back Matt Orford won rugby league's prestigious Dally M Medal on Tuesday evening, holding off a late challenge from Storm full-back Billy Slater.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2360239.htm
  
  
• 7,600 Russian troops to stay in Georgia regions (ABC Australia)
  Russian Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov says Russia will keep 7,600 troops in total in South Ossetia and Abkhazia after it withdraws from the rest of the country.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2360223.htm
  
  
• Kim fails to show at N Korea birthday celebrations (ABC Australia)
  North Korea celebrated its 60th birthday with a triumphal military parade just as the hermit state appears to be backing away from a disarmament deal, but leader Kim Jong-II failed to appear, Kyodo news reported.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2360216.htm
  
  
• BG Group drops Origin bid (Examiner.com)
  British natural gas producer BG Group PLC on Tuesday abandoned its hostile takeover bid for Origin Energy Ltd., Australia's second-largest power retailer.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577713~BG_Group_drops_Origin_bid.html
  
  
• Malaysia to punish official for racist remarks (Examiner.com)
  A senior official will be punished for his racist outburst warning Malaysia's ethnic Chinese minority not to become greedy for political and economic power, the prime minister said Tuesday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577726~Malaysia_to_punish_official_for_racist_remarks.html
  
  
• Rogue roo sparks chase in German town (ABC Australia)
  A rogue kangaroo has boxed its way out of its enclosure in a small German town and set off a chase with baffled emergency responders, the local fire brigade said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2360219.htm
  
  
• Kim Jong Il reportedly absent from national parade (Examiner.com)
  North Korean leader Kim Jong Il failed to attend a closely watched parade marking the country's 60th anniversary of its founding Tuesday, news reports said, amid recent speculation that he may be ill.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577703~Kim_Jong_Il_reportedly_absent_from_national_parade.html
  
  
• 2 Afghan civilians killed, 10 wounded by NATO bomb (Examiner.com)
  A NATO bomb missed its target by more than 1.5 miles and hit a house Tuesday, killing two Afghan civilians and wounding 10 at a time of rising tension between the Afghan government and international troops over the use of airstrikes.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577698~2_Afghan_civilians_killed__10_wounded_by_NATO_bomb.html
  
  
• Ike kills 4 in Cuba, takes aim at Mexico, US Gulf (Examiner.com)
  Hurricane Ike roared south of Cuba's densely populated capital of fragile historic buildings after forcing 1.2 million Cubans to evacuate, killing at least four and ravaging homes across the island nation. Residents in Texas and northern Mexico braced for Ike's next wallop.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577695~Ike_kills_4_in_Cuba__takes_aim_at_Mexico__US_Gulf.html
  
  
• Three US-led soldiers, 28 rebels killed in Afghanistan (ABC Australia)
  Three US-led soldiers and an Afghan working with them were killed in a bomb blast in Afghanistan as government officials reported that 28 rebels, some of them foreigners, were killed in air strikes.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2360205.htm
  
  
• Pakistan, Afghanistan leaders to unite in terrorism fight (ABC Australia)
  Pakistan's new President Asif Ali Zardari and his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai said they would stand together in the fight against terrorism.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2360204.htm
  
  
• Oil dips as Ike weakens, OPEC mulls holding steady (Examiner.com)
  Oil prices sank Tuesday as Hurricane Ike appeared less like to strike Gulf of Mexico energy installations and Saudi Arabia suggested OPEC will not cut output later in the day.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577654~Oil_dips_as_Ike_weakens__OPEC_mulls_holding_steady.html
  
  
• Stock futures point toward moderately higher open (Examiner.com)
  U.S. stocks headed for a moderately higher open Tuesday as investors awaited readings on pending home sales and wholesale trade and as oil prices resumed their decline.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577648~Stock_futures_point_toward_moderately_higher_open.html
  
  
• Study: California home to priciest housing markets (Examiner.com)
  Californians rave about year-round sunshine, temperate climate and easy access to surfing, snowboarding and everything in between. But when it comes to getting the most out of their homebuying dollar, they've got nothing on homeowners in the Midwest, a new study suggests.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577656~Study__California_home_to_priciest_housing_markets.html
  
  
• EdF lifts stake in US partner Constellation (Examiner.com)
  French nuclear power giant Electricite de France SA said Tuesday it has nearly doubled its stake in electric utility Constellation Energy to almost 10 percent in a move to strengthen its position ahead of expected growth in the U.S. nuclear power industry.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577659~EdF_lifts_stake_in_US_partner_Constellation.html
  
  
• Online dating new tool for zoos with rare species (Examiner.com)
  Attention, amorous guys: Killarney's an Australian cutie, but woo her with care.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577650~Online_dating_new_tool_for_zoos_with_rare_species.html
  
  
• Lengthy Boeing strike could harm US exports (Examiner.com)
  If the Boeing strike drags on for more than three months, there could be long-lasting harm to the country's exports, economists said.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577139~Lengthy_Boeing_strike_could_harm_US_exports.html
  
  
• Thai leader forced to resign over TV cooking show (Examiner.com)
  Thailand's prime minister was forced to resign along with his Cabinet on Tuesday after a court ruled that he had violated the constitution by hosting TV cooking shows while in office.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577632~Thai_leader_forced_to_resign_over_TV_cooking_show.html
  
  
• Malaysia to punish official for race remarks (Examiner.com)
  Malaysia's prime minister says the ruling party will punish a senior official who made racially tinged remarks against the minority Chinese and Indians.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577664~Malaysia_to_punish_official_for_race_remarks.html
  
  
• ElectraFlyer-C electric mini plane makes flying cheaper than driving
  Most notable benefits, apart from the low flying cost, are the reliable electric motor which requires very little maintenance compared to a typical lightweight gasoline engine, less mess, less noise and therefore and no earbuds for the pilot and no pissed off neighbors.
  http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/electraflyer-c-electric-mini-plane-makes-flying-cheaper-than-driving/
  
  
• Amphetamine use on the rise in Asia, Mideast (Examiner.com)
  Demand for amphetamines, Ecstasy and other synthetic drugs appears to have stabilized in the West, but the problem is worsening in Asia and spreading to new markets in the Middle East, a U.N. report said Tuesday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577639~Amphetamine_use_on_the_rise_in_Asia__Mideast.html
  
  
• Report: Minnie Driver gives birth to son in L.A. (Examiner.com)
  Minnie Driver has given birth to a not-so-little one.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577636~Report__Minnie_Driver_gives_birth_to_son_in_L_A_.html
  
  
• Deal not yet in sight for Zimbabwe talks: main parties (ABC Australia)
  Zimbabwe's political rivals appear far from reaching a deal during talks, despite a proposal floated by South African mediator Thabo Mbeki to unlock a power-sharing stalemate.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2360197.htm
  
  
• UN to pull out of Sri Lanka's rebel-held territory (Examiner.com)
  The United Nations says it will begin withdrawing its staff from rebel-held territory this week following a government decision banning foreign aid workers from the area.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577630~UN_to_pull_out_of_Sri_Lanka_s_rebel_held_territory.html
  
  
• 116 psychiatric inmates escaped in UK last year (ABC Australia)
  At least 116 inmates escaped from medium and low security British psychiatric hospitals last year, according to freedom of information data published by the BBC.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2360189.htm
  
  
• Coalition: 3 soldiers die in Afghan roadside blast (Examiner.com)
  The U.S. coalition says a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan has killed three coalition soldiers and an Afghan contractor.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577619~Coalition__3_soldiers_die_in_Afghan_roadside_blast.html
  
  
• Thai PM must resign over cooking show scandal: court (ABC Australia)
  Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej and his entire cabinet must resign over the scandal surrounding his TV cooking show, the Constitutional Court said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2360186.htm
  
  
• Election fundraiser for Treasurer (ABC Australia)
  The Treasurer Michael Aird's re-election bid next year will be bankrolled by big business.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2360147.htm
  
  
• CLP resurrects Qld-Darwin power line plan (ABC Australia)
  Country Liberals member Dave Tollner has resurrected a CLP proposal for a 3,000-kilometre power line linking Darwin to the eastern seaboard power grid.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2360128.htm
  
  
• Jury selection continues in O.J. Simpson trial (Examiner.com)
  Defense lawyers in the O.J. Simpson kidnapping and armed robbery trial are fighting to seat a racially diverse panel that hasn't prejudged whether the former pro football star and his golfing buddy should go to prison.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577600~Jury_selection_continues_in_O_J__Simpson_trial.html
  
  
• Thai PM cooks up recipe for political ouster (Examiner.com)
  A Thai court has ruled that the country's prime minister violated the constitution when he hosted TV cooking shows while in office and must resign his post.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577613~Thai_PM_cooks_up_recipe_for_political_ouster.html
  
  
• Ethnic cracks widen in Malaysia's ruling coalition (Examiner.com)
  Malaysia's governing coalition sought to defuse a political crisis Tuesday after a Malay official made a stunning outburst by warning the ethnic Chinese minority not to become greedy for political and economic power.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577606~Ethnic_cracks_widen_in_Malaysia_s_ruling_coalition.html
  
  
• Greens, Opposition pan 'cruel' pensioner bonus delay (ABC Australia)
  Greens leader Bob Brown has challenged Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to try living on the aged pension himself for a fortnight.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2360157.htm
  
  
• 3yo recovering after 'miraculous' drain rescue (ABC Australia)
  A three-year-old girl is recovering after being sucked down a storm drain, swept along a pipe and hurled into a swollen river as she splashed in puddles in a park, police said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2360131.htm
  
  
• Vietnam limits golf courses to save rice land: report (ABC Australia)
  Vietnam has suspended giving out licences for new golf courses in an effort to maintain soil for rice cultivation and protect poor farmers, reports say.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2360129.htm
  
  
• Russia to keep troops in Georgia breakaway regions (Examiner.com)
  Russia's foreign minister says that Russian troops will stay in Georgia's breakaway provinces of Abkhazia and South Ossetia for a long time to come.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577593~Russia_to_keep_troops_in_Georgia_breakaway_regions.html
  
  
• Authorities to resume yacht search tomorrow (ABC Australia)
  There is still no sign of a yacht that is overdue on a trip from Noumea.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2360127.htm
  
  
• Rescuers comb China's mudslide site (ABC Australia)
  A large search and rescue operation is taking place in northern China after a mudslide which killed 34 people.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2360126.htm
  
  
• Asia, Middle East fuelling growing drug trade: UN (ABC Australia)
  The United Nations' top drugs body says fast-growing economies in Asia and the Middle East are fuelling the global demand for synthetic drugs.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2360123.htm
  
  
• UN report says amphetamine use on the rise (Examiner.com)
  Demand for amphetamines, Ecstasy and other synthetic drugs appears to have stabilized in the West, but the problem is worsening in developing countries and rapidly spreading to new markets in the Middle East, a U.N. report said Tuesday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577569~UN_report_says_amphetamine_use_on_the_rise.html
  
  
• Labor unlikely to win in own right: Carpenter (ABC Australia)
  The Premier, Alan Carpenter, says it is looking increasingly unlikely that the Labor Party will win enough seats to win government.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2360103.htm
  
  
• Explosives 'accidentally' delivered to Brisbane business (ABC Australia)
  Police say it appears a large quantity of explosive material was accidentally delivered to a scrap metal yard in Brisbane today.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2360101.htm
  
  
• Briton fails to turn up for Dubai 'sex on the beach' trial (ABC Australia)
  The Dubai trial of two Britons accused of having sex on a beach in the booming Gulf emirate has been adjourned again after the woman defendant and the main witness failed to show up.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2360109.htm
  
  
• Ex-Govt employee faces jail over child porn (ABC Australia)
  A former Federal Government employee is facing a maximum 14-year prison term for using his daughter's 12-year-old friend to make child pornography.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2360093.htm
  
  
• Govt needs some confidentiality: Rudd (ABC Australia)
  The Prime Minister says changes to Freedom of Information (FOI) laws will not stop future tensions between media organisations and the Government.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2360084.htm
  
  
• KFC shoring up security for secret recipe (Examiner.com)
  Pssst. The secret's out at KFC. Well, sort of. Colonel Harland Sanders' handwritten recipe of 11 herbs and spices was to be removed Tuesday from safekeeping at KFC's corporate offices for the first time in decades. The temporary relocation is allowing KFC to revamp security around a yellowing sheet of paper that contains one of the country's most famous corporate secrets.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577557~KFC_shoring_up_security_for_secret_recipe.html
  
  
• Hurricane Ike kills 4 in Cuba, takes aim at Havana (Examiner.com)
  Hurricane Ike roared toward Cuba's densely populated capital of fragile historic buildings after forcing 1.2 million people to evacuate, killing at least four and ravaging homes elsewhere on the island nation.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577563~Hurricane_Ike_kills_4_in_Cuba__takes_aim_at_Havana.html
  
  
• Oil falls below $106 in Asia as Ike weakens (Examiner.com)
  Oil prices fell below $106 a barrel Tuesday in Asia on expectations a weakening Hurricane Ike may not disrupt Gulf of Mexico drilling and refining operations.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577570~Oil_falls_below__106_in_Asia_as_Ike_weakens.html
  
  
• Pakistan's Zardari sworn in as president (Examiner.com)
  The widower of assassinated former Pakistani leader Benazir Bhutto took office as the country's new president Tuesday, facing immediate pressure to crack down on Islamic militants and address daunting economic problems.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577566~Pakistan_s_Zardari_sworn_in_as_president.html
  
  
• Relief for LPG motorists (ABC Australia)
  Motorists using LPG should have some relief at the bowser, as production at Santos's Port Bonython plant starts to return to normal.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2360090.htm
  
  
• Henry retains same side, Deans optimistic (ABC Australia)
  All Blacks coach Graham Henry retained the same winning combination from New Zealand's last two Tri-Nations matches for Saturday's decider against Australia in Brisbane.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2360055.htm
  
  
• SA business confidence levels low: report (ABC Australia)
  Acting Premier Kevin Foley says a report showing South Australian businesses have the lowest confidence levels in the nation is an emotional response to global economics.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2360080.htm
  
  
• Chinese back King Island scheelite mine (ABC Australia)
  The redeveloped scheelite mine on King Island has passed its final hurdle, after the project received the backing of the Chinese Government.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2360037.htm
  
  
• Rudd unconcerned by Garnaut report criticism (ABC Australia)
  The PM says he is not surprised by criticism of Ross Garnaut's proposed emissions reduction targets.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2360071.htm
  
  
• Mother gets life after baby microwave murder (ABC Australia)
  A mother who murdered her one-month-old daughter by burning her to death in a microwave oven has been sentenced to life in prison without parole.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2360032.htm
  
  
• Ike kills 4 in Cuba, takes aim at Havana (Examiner.com)
  Hurricane Ike roared toward Cuba's densely populated capital of fragile historic buildings after forcing 1.2 million people to evacuate, killing at least four and ravaging homes elsewhere on the island nation.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577546~Ike_kills_4_in_Cuba__takes_aim_at_Havana.html
  
  
• Dollar slumps as Aust market slips (ABC Australia)
  The Australian share market has reversed some of yesterday's 3.9 per cent surge, and the dollar hit a new low for 2008 against the greenback.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2360041.htm
  
  
• Bhutto widower takes office as Pakistan president (Examiner.com)
  The widower of assassinated former Pakistani leader Benazir Bhutto has taken office as the country's new president.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577543~Bhutto_widower_takes_office_as_Pakistan_president.html
  
  
• Storm-fatigued Gulf Coast facing another hurricane (Examiner.com)
  The Gulf Coast watched anxiously as Hurricane Ike trudged toward areas still cleaning up after Gustav, with disasters pre-declared in much of eastern Texas and Louisianans urged to stock up - again - on supplies.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577536~Storm_fatigued_Gulf_Coast_facing_another_hurricane.html
  
  
• Death spreads to storm shelters in Haiti (Examiner.com)
  Nine people died in shelters in this marooned city desperate for relief supplies, even as waters from Hurricane Ike receded and a U.S. Navy ship dispatched amphibious boats to deliver food.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577517~Death_spreads_to_storm_shelters_in_Haiti.html
  
  
• Congress weighs the fate of Fannie, Freddie (Examiner.com)
  Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Congress should view the next few months as a "time out" in the highly charged debate over what to do with mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577510~Congress_weighs_the_fate_of_Fannie__Freddie.html
  
  
• Israeli minister: It's OK to kidnap Iran president (Examiner.com)
  An Israeli Cabinet minister and onetime spy who helped kidnap Nazi mastermind Adolf Eichmann and bring him to trial thinks the same tactic could be used on Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577531~Israeli_minister__It_s_OK_to_kidnap_Iran_president.html
  
  
• Oil market fairly well balanced: Saudi oil minister (ABC Australia)
  The oil market is fairly well balanced, Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Nuaimi said as he arrived in Vienna for the meeting of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2360031.htm
  
  
• Obama embraces charter schools in education plan (Examiner.com)
  Barack Obama is promising to double funding for charter schools and replace inferior teachers, embracing education reform proposals normally more popular with Republican candidates.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577524~Obama_embraces_charter_schools_in_education_plan.html
  
  
• Obama puts heat on Palin as she boosts GOP ticket (Examiner.com)
  Listening to Barack Obama, it can seem like Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin is the main person standing between him and the White House instead of John McCain.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577520~Obama_puts_heat_on_Palin_as_she_boosts_GOP_ticket.html
  
  
• Healthy Cutler leads Broncos past Raiders 41-14 (Examiner.com)
  Jay Cutler's strength and rocket arm are back like never before now that his diabetes is under control.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577490~Healthy_Cutler_leads_Broncos_past_Raiders_41_14.html
  
  
• Auto safety group: States should raise driving age (Examiner.com)
  Taking aim at a longstanding rite of passage for 16-year-olds, an influential auto safety group is calling on states to raise the age for getting a driver's license to 17 or even 18.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577487~Auto_safety_group__States_should_raise_driving_age.html
  
  
• Rural Virginia town goes high-tech, draws Obama (Examiner.com)
  The southwest Virginia town of Lebanon got an economic boost when two high-tech companies moved in - making it an attractive site for Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama to bring his messages of hope and change.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577519~Rural_Virginia_town_goes_high_tech__draws_Obama.html
  
  
• It's near the campaign's end _ send in the lawyers (Examiner.com)
  Four years after Ohio's near meltdown on Election Day, state officials had a novel idea: Put all the political lawyers in one room and ask them to work things out in advance this time.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577508~It_s_near_the_campaign_s_end___send_in_the_lawyers.html
  
  
• Tamil Tiger rebels attack army base in north (Examiner.com)
  The Sri Lankan military says 11 troops, 10 rebels and one civilian are dead after Tamil fighters attacked a military complex in the north.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577506~Tamil_Tiger_rebels_attack_army_base_in_north.html
  
  
• Two killed in attacks in Thailand's south: police (ABC Australia)
  Separatist militants in Thailand's troubled south have killed two men in separate attacks, provincial police said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359996.htm
  
  
• ANZ flags job cuts with overhaul (ABC Australia)
  ANZ Bank has announced it is overhauling its business model in a move that is likely to see jobs go.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359995.htm
  
  
• Church group denies Hillsong recruitment in schools (ABC Australia)
  The evangelical organisation to which the Hillsong Church belongs has denied Hillsong is using New South Wales public schools to recruit new members.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359983.htm
  
  
• China's rulers look to space to maintain Olympic pride (ABC Australia)
  China's rulers are looking to catapult overflowing pride and patriotism from the Beijing Olympics into another stratosphere when the nation's first "taikonaut" walks in space this month.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359991.htm
  
  
• No plans to increase troops for Afghanistan: Fitzgibbon (ABC Australia)
  Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon says Australia has no intention of sending more troops to Afghanistan while troop numbers from European nations remain steady.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359978.htm
  
  
• Malaria researcher among Heinz Award winners (Examiner.com)
  A molecular biologist who is searching for a cure for malaria is among five people being named Heinz Award winners on Tuesday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577436~Malaria_researcher_among_Heinz_Award_winners.html
  
  
• Qld man killed in Pacific Highway collision (ABC Australia)
  Police say a 46-year-old Queensland man has been killed in a collision between a truck and a car on the Pacific Highway at Woodburn on the New South Wales north coast.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359979.htm
  
  
• Search continues for missing sailors (ABC Australia)
  Searchers are continuing to scour the ocean between the Gold Coast and Forster in New South Wales for signs of a missing yacht.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359977.htm
  
  
• Melbourne Myer store evacuated after fire in lift shaft (ABC Australia)
  The Myer store in Melbourne's CBD has been evacuated after fire broke out in a lift shaft.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359963.htm
  
  
• Crash delivers Dawes another chance (ABC Australia)
  A dramatic crash in the women's 5,000 metre T54 wheelchair event last night has forced the withdrawal of the race results and a rerun of the event.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359928.htm
  
  
• Australia 'stalling' due to innovation neglect (ABC Australia)
  The Federal Government has been urged to fund the full cost of university research, with a report warning that Australia's commitment to innovation is stalling development.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359958.htm
  
  
• Mine manager makes risk admission (ABC Australia)
  A former Beaconsfield mine manager has admitted he did no formal risk assessment when the mine changed its methods before a fatal rockfall.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359905.htm
  
  
• Interest rates forcing home loan grants down (ABC Australia)
  Official figures show the number of home loans taken out by owner occupiers has fallen nine times in the last 12 months.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359942.htm
  
  
• Pakistan set to swear in new president (ABC Australia)
  The widower of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, Asif Ali Zardari, is set to be sworn in as Pakistan's president.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359943.htm
  
  
• Ergon rejects allergic reaction uniforms (ABC Australia)
  Ergon Energy has told its uniform supplier it will not accept 14,000 items of protective clothing after 178 staff suffered allergic reactions.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359924.htm
  
  
• Cuba to evacuate 170,000 from Ike's wrath (ABC Australia)
  Cuban authorities have announced plans to evacuate some 170,000 people from vulnerable parts of Havana, with Hurricane Ike still thrashing the island more than 24 hours after it made landfall Sunday (local time).
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359927.htm
  
  
• Police evacuate Brisbane street after explosives found (ABC Australia)
  Police have declared an emergency situation on Brisbane's northside after the discovery of a quantity of explosives.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359901.htm
  
  
• Obama: Kill terrorists, but give prisoners rights (Examiner.com)
  Barack Obama poked some fun at his Arabic-derived first name to explain the need for the constitutional right of prisoners to appeal their detention.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577449~Obama__Kill_terrorists__but_give_prisoners_rights.html
  
  
• Medicare should help private patients too, says ANU (ABC Australia)
  A professor from the Australian National University (ANU) is calling for Medicare to be extended to include private hospital patients.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359881.htm
  
  
• Air Force personnel offered bonuses to stay on (ABC Australia)
  Around 150 Air Force traffic controllers will be offered $30,000 to stay on in their jobs for an extra year.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359877.htm
  
  
• Govt urged to support state care youth (ABC Australia)
  There is pressure on the Federal Government to provide support for young people who have been in state care.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359878.htm
  
  
• Credit crunch, wild weather hurting insurers (ABC Australia)
  Severe weather and the global credit crisis appear to have hit the bottom line of Australian insurers.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359882.htm
  
  
• Resources Council keen to fast-track clean coal viability (ABC Australia)
  The Queensland Resources Council (QRC) says the coal industry needs to know as soon as possible if clean-coal technology is viable.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359848.htm
  
  
• 'Land banking' report must be independent: developers (ABC Australia)
  A group representing Queensland developers says the Local Government Association (LGAQ) should ensure that a new report into so-called land banking is independent.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359845.htm
  
  
• Credit union merger backed (ABC Australia)
  South Australian-based Savings and Loans credit union will merge with Victoria's Austral Credit Union.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359827.htm
  
  
• Oppn defends highway costs (ABC Australia)
  The State Opposition says the Government has greatly exaggerated the cost of upgrading the Midland Highway to four lanes.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359802.htm
  
  
• NSW Premier, Treasurer at odds over tax stance (ABC Australia)
  The NSW Premier refuses to rule out raising taxes to deal with a $1 billion budget shortfall, but his Treasurer says differently.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359847.htm
  
  
• Australians short-changed at the pump: academic (ABC Australia)
  An academic says Australians are paying at least 10 cents per litre too much for fuel.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359850.htm
  
  
• Hurricanes add to Gulf seafood industry woes (Examiner.com)
  Hurricane Gustav left shrimp rotting on vessels across southeastern Louisiana, where fishing communities without power also lack ice.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577406~Hurricanes_add_to_Gulf_seafood_industry_woes.html
  
  
• Gonzo's homer helps Padres beat Mad Dog, Dodgers (Examiner.com)
  Adrian Gonzalez hit a two-run homer off former teammate Greg Maddux and the last-place San Diego Padres beat NL West leader Los Angeles 4-0 on Monday night, snapping the Dodgers' eight-game winning streak.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577427~Gonzo_s_homer_helps_Padres_beat_Mad_Dog__Dodgers.html
  
  
• Oil falls below $106 in Asia on stronger dollar (Examiner.com)
  Oil prices fell below $106 a barrel Tuesday in Asia on a strengthening dollar and expectations a weakening Hurricane Ike may not disrupt Gulf of Mexico drilling and refining operations.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577398~Oil_falls_below__106_in_Asia_on_stronger_dollar.html
  
  
• 2008 a tough year so far for hedge funds (Examiner.com)
  The economic downturn has spread to hedge funds, according to survey results that show slowing growth in assets at the exotic investment vehicles.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577416~2008_a_tough_year_so_far_for_hedge_funds.html
  
  
• Google, NBC Universal ink ad deal (Examiner.com)
  Internet search leader Google Inc. and NBC Universal said Monday they're teaming up to allow Google to sell advertisements on some of NBC's cable channels such as MSNBC, Oxygen and the Sci Fi network.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577163~Google__NBC_Universal_ink_ad_deal.html
  
  
• Julie Andrews joins Tooth Fairy cast (ABC Australia)
  Julie Andrews will join Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Ashley Judd in the family comedy Tooth Fairy.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359684.htm
  
  
• Art imitates life for political satirists (ABC Australia)
  A group of political satirists say the New South Wales Government's reshuffle has proved challenging for the writers and actors involved in their current show.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359648.htm
  
  
• Pratt wins court battle on documents (ABC Australia)
  Lawyers for billionaire businessman, Richard Pratt, have won access to Government documents spanning three years, in their bid to have criminal charges against him thrown out of court.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359766.htm
  
  
• Death sentence delayed to probe alleged courtroom romance (ABC Australia)
  A Texas court has delayed the execution of a convicted murderer so that it could hear testimony about an alleged romantic link between the trial judge and the prosecutor in the case.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359736.htm
  
  
• In rain-soaked Haiti, no identifying the dead (Examiner.com)
  Nine people died at shelters, including two children, even as floodwaters from Hurricane Ike receded from Gonaives and a U.S. Navy hospital ship equipped with helicopters and amphibious boats arrived in the capital to deliver food and water to cities still marooned by flooding.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577405~In_rain_soaked_Haiti__no_identifying_the_dead.html
  
  
• China mudslide death toll rises, hundreds may be missing (ABC Australia)
  The death toll from a mud and rock slide in northern China has climbed to 34, state media said on Tuesday, but hundreds may be missing after the slip which triggered the collapse of a warehouse filled with mine waste.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359738.htm
  
  
• No bonus pension payment until 2009: Rudd (ABC Australia)
  The PM says the Federal Government will not be issuing a bonus payment for pensioners before next year.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359734.htm
  
  
• 23andMe slashes price on personal genetics test (Examiner.com)
  A Google-backed startup that analyzes customers' genetic makeup to predict health risks and provide ancestry information has slashed the price on its personal DNA test, the company announced Tuesday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577388~23andMe_slashes_price_on_personal_genetics_test.html
  
  
• Sprint to help customers understand their phones (Examiner.com)
  Sprint Nextel Corp. is making a big push to help customers understand their phones, creating a formal program to make store employees available to explain their products and set them up for buyers.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577386~Sprint_to_help_customers_understand_their_phones.html
  
  
• Deans swings axe for All Blacks tussle (ABC Australia)
  Coach Robbie Deans has made five changes to the starting line-up for Saturday's Tri-Nations decider against New Zealand in Brisbane.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359447.htm
  
  
• Mine death inquest hears safety review worries (ABC Australia)
  An inquest has heard more could have been done to prevent the death of a central Queensland coal miner.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359714.htm
  
  
• NSW Opp calls for tunnel risk disclosure (ABC Australia)
  The New South Wales Opposition says it wants to know what public risk was posed by the construction of the Cross City Tunnel, after it was revealed RailCorp made the builder insure against a possible collapse of train tracks at Town Hall.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359710.htm
  
  
• Jones sues for share of No Country profits (ABC Australia)
  Tommy Lee Jones is suing Paramount, claiming the studio owes him at least $US10 million in box office bonuses and back-end compensation for his work in this year's best picture Oscar winner No Country For Old Men.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359541.htm
  
  
• Greens 'astounded' CSIRO not involved in Murray rescue plan (ABC Australia)
  Greens Senator Rachel Siewert says she cannot understand why the Federal Government has not asked the CSIRO to provide advice on ways to save the lower reaches of the Murray River.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359701.htm
  
  
• China praises N Korea on 60th anniversary (ABC Australia)
  China has offered unqualified praise for its sometimes troublesome neighbour North Korea on the reclusive state's 60th birthday, saying the country had made "obvious achievements" and ignoring its nuclear program.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359695.htm
  
  
• Rees confirms billion dollar blow-out (ABC Australia)
  New South Wales Premier Nathan Rees says there is a $1 billion shortfall in the State Government's revenue.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359686.htm
  
  
• Clueless China uranium smugglers spared jail (ABC Australia)
  Three Chinese men have been spared jail after they smuggled a ball of depleted uranium into the country, ignorant the 274-kilogram shiny lump was a health threat, local media reported.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359683.htm
  
  
• Business confidence finally ticks up (ABC Australia)
  Business conditions and confidence have improved slightly for the first time this year, according to a new survey.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359677.htm
  
  
• CMC rules debated: journalists may face jail terms (ABC Australia)
  Changes to the Crime and Misconduct Act could force journalists to reveal their sources or face a jail term.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359650.htm
  
  
• Military intervention 'brought cane toads to E Timor' (ABC Australia)
  The Australian Defence Force (ADF) says it is aware of claims cane toads were introduced by Australia's first military intervention in East Timor in 1999.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359624.htm
  
  
• Greens' report says Adel desal not needed (ABC Australia)
  The Greens have released a report they say shows that Adelaide's water supply can be secured without spending more than $1 billion on a desalination plant.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359621.htm
  
  
• Rodgers solid in Packers' 24-19 win over Vikings (Examiner.com)
  Aaron Rodgers passed his first test as the Green Bay Packers' new quarterback, throwing for 178 yards and a touchdown and scoring on a game-clinching sneak in a 24-19 victory over the Minnesota Vikings on Monday night.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577303~Rodgers_solid_in_Packers__24_19_win_over_Vikings.html
  
  
• ABC learning appoints new CFO (ABC Australia)
  Childcare operator ABC Learning has hired a new chief financial officer.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359590.htm
  
  
• Retail sector sees surprise spending rise (ABC Australia)
  There has been a bigger-than-expected rise in the level of consumer spending in August.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359584.htm
  
  
• Uranium explorer gets dumping approval (ABC Australia)
  Authorities approve letting Marathon Resouces dispose of waste in the SA Flinders Ranges.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359574.htm
  
  
• Customer warning on ham scam (ABC Australia)
  Consumer group Choice says packaged ham products sold in Australia are loaded with water to bump up the price.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359573.htm
  
  
• Gilchrist to chair Australia Day council (ABC Australia)
  Retired Australian cricketer Adam Gilchrist has been appointed the chairman of the National Australia Day Council.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359589.htm
  
  
• Upgrade for freight rail line to Port of Melbourne (ABC Australia)
  The Victorian and Federal Governments are upgrading freight rail infrastructure at the Port of Melbourne.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359557.htm
  
  
• RACV's billion dollar plan for Melbourne roads (ABC Australia)
  The RACV wants $3.2-billion spent on road projects in outer Melbourne.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359482.htm
  
  
• Obama on cable: duel of softballs vs. shout-downs (Examiner.com)
  Barack Obama competed against himself Monday with interviews airing simultaneously on two different networks. They might as well have been two different galaxies.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577289~Obama_on_cable__duel_of_softballs_vs__shout_downs.html
  
  
• Rodgers solid as Packers beat Vikings 24-19 (Examiner.com)
  Aaron Rodgers passed his first test as the Green Bay Packers' new quarterback, throwing for 178 yards and a touchdown and scoring on a game-clinching sneak in a 24-19 victory over the Minnesota Vikings on Monday night.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577269~Rodgers_solid_as_Packers_beat_Vikings_24_19.html
  
  
• Red Sox move within half-game of Rays with 3-0 win (Examiner.com)
  Jon Lester pitched into the eighth inning, Jason Bay homered in a three-run first and the surging Boston Red Sox beat the Tampa Bay Rays 3-0 on Monday night to move within a half-game of the struggling AL East leaders.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577232~Red_Sox_move_within_half_game_of_Rays_with_3_0_win.html
  
  
• Werth, Rollins helps Phils move within 1 1/2 of Mets (Examiner.com)
  Jayson Werth hit a three-run homer, Jimmy Rollins had three hits and three steals and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Florida Marlins 8-6 on Monday night.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577261~Werth__Rollins_helps_Phils_move_within_1_1_2_of_Mets.html
  
  
• Study: Houston police used Tasers more on blacks (Examiner.com)
  Houston police officers have used Tasers more on black suspects than any other group of individuals, according to a city study released Monday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577228~Study__Houston_police_used_Tasers_more_on_blacks.html
  
  
• Husband admitted shooting wife's teen lover (Examiner.com)
  A teacher's husband accused of killing his wife's teen lover told interrogators in a videotape that was played in court Monday that he had only a hazy recollection of killing the teen.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577221~Husband_admitted_shooting_wife_s_teen_lover.html
  
  
• Obama objects to severance for ousted CEOs (Examiner.com)
  Barack Obama objected to reports Monday that the ousted heads of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac may receive lucrative severance packages and asked the Bush administration to ensure their "poor leadership" isn't rewarded.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577264~Obama_objects_to_severance_for_ousted_CEOs.html
  
  
• Hurricane Ike smashes Cuba, killing at least 4 (Examiner.com)
  Hurricane Ike roared down Cuba's spine Monday and toward the island's densely populated capital of fragile historic buildings after ravaging homes, forcing 1.2 million people to evacuate and killing at least four. U.S. residents from Florida to Texas braced for Ike's next wallop.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577254~Hurricane_Ike_smashes_Cuba__killing_at_least_4.html
  
  
• Officer 'wrongly located Byrne's body' (ABC Australia)
  A Sydney court has heard police incorrectly identified the location of Caroline Byrne's body during a re-enactment.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359514.htm
  
  
• Rudd 'the last of the newsprint Mohicans' (ABC Australia)
  Kevin Rudd says he is the only person in his family who still bothers to pick up a newspaper every morning.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359496.htm
  
  
• Whistleblowers hung out to dry: report (ABC Australia)
  The Federal Government says it is considering a new report which has found whistleblowers in the public service need greater support and protection.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359501.htm
  
  
• Group sues to prevent Cheney from destroying personal records (ABC Australia)
  A group has filed suit in a Washington court seeking to ensure that the records of secretive US Vice-President Dick Cheney are retained for public examination after he leaves the White House in January.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359503.htm
  
  
• Yacht search covers huge area (ABC Australia)
  A search for two men missing in a yacht off Australia's east coast now covers about 80,000 square nautical miles.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359487.htm
  
  
• Minnie Driver becomes a mum (ABC Australia)
  British actress Minnie Driver has delivered a baby boy, celebrity magazines report.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359377.htm
  
  
• Simpson's Vegas trial opens without past fanfare (Examiner.com)
  O.J. Simpson went on trial for kidnapping and robbery Monday with a judge determined to find a jury unaffected by his long-ago "Trial of the Century."
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577204~Simpson_s_Vegas_trial_opens_without_past_fanfare.html
  
  
• McCain uses Palin as fundraising tool (Examiner.com)
  Republican John McCain seized on running mate Sarah Palin's popularity to raise money for the party, telling donors at a fundraiser Monday that he's overwhelmed by the buzz she's generating for his White House bid.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577206~McCain_uses_Palin_as_fundraising_tool.html
  
  
• Hillsong 'using schools for recruitment' (ABC Australia)
  The Christian evangelical church Hillsong has been accused of secretly making a push to convert public school students in New South Wales.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359449.htm
  
  
• Ike's first pass leaves 4 dead in Cuba (ABC Australia)
  Hurricane Ike left four people dead after the huge storm crossed eastern Cuba, according to an official report on Cuban television.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359421.htm
  
  
• Growing fears for man missing in Hawaii (ABC Australia)
  There are growing concerns for the welfare of a central Victorian man missing on the Hawaiian island of Oahu.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359414.htm
  
  
• Early bilingualism may increase stutter risk (ABC Australia)
  Children who are bilingual before the age of five are more likely to stutter than non-bilingual counterparts and also find it harder to shed this impediment, according to a British study published on Tuesday.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359406.htm
  
  
• Atom-smashing scientists hope for the unexpected (ABC Australia)
  Scientists preparing to turn on "Big Bang" particle accelerator rubbish claims that it could destroy the universe.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359378.htm
  
  
• Rourke's `Wrestler' acquired by Fox Searchlight (Examiner.com)
  Darren Aronofsky's "The Wrestler," a drama starring Mickey Rourke that won top honors last weekend at the Venice Film Festival, was picked up Monday for U.S. distribution by Fox Searchlight.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577190~Rourke_s__Wrestler__acquired_by_Fox_Searchlight.html
  
  
• NY lawsuit claims 'Disturbia' copied short story (Examiner.com)
  A lawsuit claims Steven Spielberg, DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures Corp. ripped off "Rear Window" when they made the movie "Disturbia." The 2007 thriller "Disturbia" stars Shia LaBeouf as a kid who spies on neighbors, including a man he suspects is a serial killer.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577171~NY_lawsuit_claims__Disturbia__copied_short_story.html
  
  
• Federer beats Murray for 5th US Open, 13th major (Examiner.com)
  No matter what anyone else said or thought, Roger Federer knew he was still capable of elite tennis.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577156~Federer_beats_Murray_for_5th_US_Open__13th_major.html
  
  
• MRI on Vince Young's knee rescheduled for Tuesday (Examiner.com)
  While defending their quarterback from critics worried about his mental state on Monday, the Tennessee Titans had to reschedule a test on Vince Young's sprained left knee. Detractors claimed Young quit on his team in the season opener.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577153~MRI_on_Vince_Young_s_knee_rescheduled_for_Tuesday.html
  
  
• Army units honing their conventional war skills (Examiner.com)
  Army units spending 18 months or more at home are being asked to spend part of that time honing conventional warfare tactics, Gen. George Casey said Monday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577178~Army_units_honing_their_conventional_war_skills.html
  
  
• Police: Montana mom kept dead son in car trunk (Examiner.com)
  The body of a toddler found in the trunk of his mother's car may have been there for months as she drove around town, evaded questions about him and was even arrested, police said.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577149~Police__Montana_mom_kept_dead_son_in_car_trunk.html
  
  
• For Palin, fundraising as usual in Calif. (Examiner.com)
  Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, a self-described government reformer, is dabbling in a little politics as usual.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577165~For_Palin__fundraising_as_usual_in_Calif_.html
  
  
• Cuba blames Hurricane Ike for 4 deaths on island (Examiner.com)
  The Cuba government is blaming Hurricane Ike for the first four deaths of the 2008 hurricane season. State television reported Monday that two men have been killed removing an antenna before Ike's arrival. Another man died when a tree fell on his house and knocked down a wall, and a woman perished when the roof of her house collapsed.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577167~Cuba_blames_Hurricane_Ike_for_4_deaths_on_island.html
  
  
• Sri Lanka military says jets shot down rebel plane (Examiner.com)
  The Sri Lankan military says its fighter jets have shot down a small plane used by the Tamil Tiger rebels.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577166~Sri_Lanka_military_says_jets_shot_down_rebel_plane.html
  
  
• Australian surfer says he was towed by shark (Examiner.com)
  A large shark entangled itself in a surfer's leg rope in Australia and began towing him and his board out to sea, the surfer said Tuesday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577140~Australian_surfer_says_he_was_towed_by_shark.html
  
  
• Officer faces court on child sex, porn charges (ABC Australia)
  A New South Wales police officer has briefly appeared in the Downing Centre Local Court charged with having sex with a child and accessing and possessing child pornography.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359321.htm
  
  
• Sydney's homeless deserve better: Rees (ABC Australia)
  Nathan Rees has used his first official engagement as Premier to give his support for an initiative to help Sydney's homeless.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359299.htm
  
  
• Zinc mine shut down a one-off (ABC Australia)
  The Minerals Council does not expect other zinc mines to follow Intec's lead and suspend their Tasmanian operations.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359242.htm
  
  
• Roozendaal casts doubt over metro plan (ABC Australia)
  New South Wales Treasurer Eric Roozendaal has cast doubt over the future of Sydney's North-West Metro rail line.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359220.htm
  
  
• NY lawsuit claims `Disturbia' copied short story (Examiner.com)
  A lawsuit claims Steven Spielberg, DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures Corp. ripped off "Rear Window" when they made the movie "Disturbia."
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577133~NY_lawsuit_claims__Disturbia__copied_short_story.html
  
  
• Man charged with assault on Oasis' Noel Gallagher (Examiner.com)
  Oasis rocker Noel Gallagher was attacked at a concert, and the alleged assailant was charged Monday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577143~Man_charged_with_assault_on_Oasis__Noel_Gallagher.html
  
  
• Bush to send more troops to Afghanistan (ABC Australia)
  The United States will boost its troop strength in Afghanistan over the coming months, while reducing numbers in Iraq.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359244.htm
  
  
• Tamil Tigers mount air raid (ABC Australia)
  Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels have staged another air strike in the island's north and carried out a long-range artillery barrage, local residents and officials said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359235.htm
  
  
• Origin reveals $9.6b joint venture gas plan (ABC Australia)
  Origin Energy has announced a $9.6 billion joint venture to develop its Queensland gas resources.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359223.htm
  
  
• Mets closer Wagner likely out through 2009 season (Examiner.com)
  Billy Wagner is out for the rest of this season and likely all of next.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577112~Mets_closer_Wagner_likely_out_through_2009_season.html
  
  
• Biden courts workers, Catholics, Packers fans (Examiner.com)
  Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will eventually have to defend "some fairly extreme views" on climate change when she starts granting interviews as Republican presidential hopeful John McCain's running mate, her Democratic rival Joe Biden said Monday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577116~Biden_courts_workers__Catholics__Packers_fans.html
  
  
• Russia agrees to pull out of key areas of Georgia (Examiner.com)
  Russia's president pledged Monday to withdraw troops from key areas of Georgia after 200 European Union monitors deploy later this month as part of a revised cease-fire agreement.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577122~Russia_agrees_to_pull_out_of_key_areas_of_Georgia.html
  
  
• Microsoft Zune to start Wi-Fi downloads, streaming (Examiner.com)
  Microsoft Corp. said Monday that it is updating its Zune digital media player so the product can wirelessly download and stream songs when users have access to Wi-Fi networks.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577070~Microsoft_Zune_to_start_Wi_Fi_downloads__streaming.html
  
  
• Hollywood hype low at Toronto festival (ABC Australia)
  The stars are there, but the Oscar hype is on low volume at the Toronto Film Festival this year as major studios hold their promotional fire for movies looking to win awards until later in the year.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359098.htm
  
  
• `The Fly' fails to soar in US premiere at LA Opera (Examiner.com)
  There is much to admire in the operatic version of "The Fly."
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577034~_The_Fly__fails_to_soar_in_US_premiere_at_LA_Opera.html
  
  
• Green group pays $3.5m to protect endangered fish (ABC Australia)
  Land conservation group Bush Heritage Australia has paid $3.5 million for a property in western Queensland to protect Australia's most endangered freshwater fish.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359033.htm
  
  
• Fuel watch variation suggested by SA Libs (ABC Australia)
  A fuel security watch scheme has been suggested for South Australia as a way to give drivers advance warning of any problems with fuel supplies.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359184.htm
  
  
• Industry welcomes Gunns' extension (ABC Australia)
  Tasmania's Forest Industries Association has welcomed the extension given to Gunns to enable it to get Commonwealth approval for its planned Tamar Valley pulp mill.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359131.htm
  
  
• 4 dead in shooting-arson in NJ apartment building (Examiner.com)
  Authorities who rushed to a burning home Monday morning found three people dead and a fourth fatally wounded, and said the fire apparently was set to cover up a shooting.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577031~4_dead_in_shooting_arson_in_NJ_apartment_building.html
  
  
• Dad accused of leaving son while fleeing police (Examiner.com)
  A Memphis man is accused of leaving his 3-year-old son behind while running from police on foot after a traffic accident. A 46-year-old man was charged with driving under the influence and child endangerment after a minor traffic accident Sunday night.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576997~Dad_accused_of_leaving_son_while_fleeing_police.html
  
  
• Camden residents deny 'racist double standard' (ABC Australia)
  A residents' group that fought against a proposed Muslim school at Camden, in Sydney's south-west, has denied its support for a proposed Catholic school demonstrates a double standard in the community.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359178.htm
  
  
• Federer nails fifth straight US Open title (ABC Australia)
  Roger Federer has clinched his fifth successive US Open crown and 13th grand slam title with a 6-2, 7-5, 6-2 victory over British sixth seed Andy Murray in New York.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359148.htm
  
  
• Slipper promotes merger over split (ABC Australia)
  Queensland Federal MP Peter Slipper says a split in the Coaltion is not the best way for the Opposition to regain power.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359117.htm
  
  
• ABC says no issue off table for Palin (Examiner.com)
  Charles Gibson's producer says no issue is off the table for Sarah Palin's first TV interview as a vice presidential candidate, which ABC is hoping it can air in part on Thursday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1577023~ABC_says_no_issue_off_table_for_Palin.html
  
  
• Federer wins 5th straight Open, 13th major title (Examiner.com)
  Back at his best, back at the top, Roger Federer beat Andy Murray 6-2, 7-5, 6-2 Monday to win his fifth consecutive U.S. Open championship and 13th Grand Slam title overall. Federer is the first man since Bill Tilden in the 1920s to win the tournament that many times in a row. He also moved within one major championship of tying Pete Sampras' career record of 14.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576984~Federer_wins_5th_straight_Open__13th_major_title.html
  
  
• Astana team: No plans for Lance to ride with us (Examiner.com)
  Lance Armstrong's reported comeback won't take place with the Astana cycling team. "He is no part of our team," Astana team press officer Philippe Maertens told The Associated Press in an e-mail. "Team Astana has no plans with him."
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576931~Astana_team__No_plans_for_Lance_to_ride_with_us.html
  
  
• Faulty transponder blamed for race confusion (Examiner.com)
  IndyCar Series champion Scott Dixon was initially shown as the winner of the season's final race because of a faulty transponder on his race car, the Indy Racing League said Monday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576765~Faulty_transponder_blamed_for_race_confusion.html
  
  
• Simpson: A tale of two very different trials (Examiner.com)
  O.J. Simpson went on trial for kidnapping and robbery Monday with a judge determined to find a jury unaffected by his long-ago "Trial of the Century."
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576958~Simpson__A_tale_of_two_very_different_trials.html
  
  
• Man gets life without parole in Porter death (Examiner.com)
  A man who pleaded guilty in the beating death of former Villanova basketball star Howard Porter last year was sentenced Monday to life in prison without parole.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576790~Man_gets_life_without_parole_in_Porter_death.html
  
  
• DA, judge ordered to testify about romance claims (Examiner.com)
  The judge and prosecutor from a condemned man's murder trial have been ordered to testify under oath about allegations they were romantically involved during the case.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576938~DA__judge_ordered_to_testify_about_romance_claims.html
  
  
• Student GOP leader resigns over Obama remark (Examiner.com)
  The leader of a statewide group of college Republicans has been forced to resign after posting racially insensitive comments about Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama on the Internet.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576947~Student_GOP_leader_resigns_over_Obama_remark.html
  
  
• US Navy reaches Haiti as floodwaters recede (Examiner.com)
  The sun came out in Haiti on Monday as waters from Hurricane Ike receded and a U.S. Navy hospital ship equipped with helicopters and amphibious boats was arriving in the capital to deliver food and water to cities still marooned by flooding.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576914~US_Navy_reaches_Haiti_as_floodwaters_recede.html
  
  
• Public comment invited on lead removal (ABC Australia)
  The Department of Environment and Conservation is inviting the public to comment on a plan to remove lead from a shed in the port at Esperance.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359076.htm
  
  
• Regions boost without special fund, pledges SA Govt (ABC Australia)
  South Australia's Resources Minister Paul Holloway says regional areas will benefit significantly with or without a mining royalties scheme that has been suggested by the National Party.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359095.htm
  
  
• Mine death inquest to hear more evidence (ABC Australia)
  A senior miner will continue giving evidence today into last year's fatal mine accident in Queensland's central highlands.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359093.htm
  
  
• Alice welcomes more Japan charter flights (ABC Australia)
  The general manager of the Alice Springs Airport says he is pleased Japanese travel agencies are planning more charter flights back to central Australia.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359080.htm
  
  
• RIM captures more than half of smartphone market (Examiner.com)
  Research in Motion Ltd. captured more than 50 percent of the U.S. smartphone market in the second quarter, up sharply from first-quarter levels, according to figures released Monday by technology research firm IDC.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576929~RIM_captures_more_than_half_of_smartphone_market.html
  
  
• Ferry work to cope with falling river (ABC Australia)
  River ferries will be modified in SA to cope with the falling water level of the Murray.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359048.htm
  
  
• Govt accuses Liberals of driving votes (ABC Australia)
  The State Government has accused the Liberals of playing populist politics with their promise to upgrade the Midland Highway to a four-lane road.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359051.htm
  
  
• Frazer wins Balzan Prize for cervical cancer vaccine (ABC Australia)
  Australian medical researcher Ian Frazer has won a major international prize in Italy.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359097.htm
  
  
• Coalition dismayed by poll numbers: Abbott (ABC Australia)
  Federal Opposition frontbencher Tony Abbott says there is dismay in the Coalition's ranks over consistent poor opinion poll results.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359085.htm
  
  
• Ellis eats humble pie over Olympics bet (ABC Australia)
  Australian Sports Minister Kate Ellis has lived up to her side of a losing bet with Great Britain while attending the Paralympics.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359068.htm
  
  
• Bendigo man missing in Hawaii (ABC Australia)
  A 77-year-old man from Bendigo has gone missing in Hawaii.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359067.htm
  
  
• Armstrong to ride 2009 Tour: report (ABC Australia)
  American cyclist Lance Armstrong will come out of retirement and bid for an eighth Tour de France title, cycling website VeloNews has reported.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359050.htm
  
  
• Caine to take on vigilante role (ABC Australia)
  Michael Caine and Emily Mortimer have signed on to star in Harry Brown - a British vigilante thriller.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359035.htm
  
  
• Beatles bring back happy memories: study (ABC Australia)
  Major study shows Beatles music is a powerful trigger of happy memories.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359036.htm
  
  
• Hurricane Ike turns west, away from Florida Keys (Examiner.com)
  Residents in the Florida Keys breathed a sigh of relief Monday as a fierce Hurricane Ike turned west on a path away from the low-lying island chain. But Gulf Coast states watched anxiously to see if the storm was gunning for them instead.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576823~Hurricane_Ike_turns_west__away_from_Florida_Keys.html
  
  
• High notes for Allen's opera debut (ABC Australia)
  Woody Allen, the New York movie director best known for his comedies, earned high praise on Monday from music critics after his debut at the weekend as the director of a classical opera.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359020.htm
  
  
• Pats QB Tom Brady out for season with knee injury (Examiner.com)
  The New England Patriots have come back from injuries before, winning three Super Bowls and reaching a fourth despite losing Rodney Harrison, Richard Seymour, Junior Seau and Drew Bledsoe. Now they will try to do it without Tom Brady.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576873~Pats_QB_Tom_Brady_out_for_season_with_knee_injury.html
  
  
• Prison guards threaten Schwarzenegger with recall (Examiner.com)
  The union representing California's prison guards said Monday it was starting a recall attempt against Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who took office after the previous governor was recalled in 2003.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576845~Prison_guards_threaten_Schwarzenegger_with_recall.html
  
  
• Hirst to shake up art market with auction (ABC Australia)
  Damien Hirst hopes his auction of new works will shake up the traditional art market.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359017.htm
  
  
• Chiefs' Pollard regrets season-ending hit on Brady (Examiner.com)
  The man who delivered the hit that ended Tom Brady's season insists he was not trying to hurt last year's NFL MVP.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576837~Chiefs__Pollard_regrets_season_ending_hit_on_Brady.html
  
  
• Ohio mom gets life for killing baby in microwave (Examiner.com)
  A woman was sentenced Monday to life in prison without the chance for parole for burning her baby daughter to death in a microwave after fighting with her boyfriend. Common Pleas Judge Mary Wiseman lashed out at 28-year-old China Arnold, who opted to watch her sentencing from a side room on a monitor.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576827~Ohio_mom_gets_life_for_killing_baby_in_microwave.html
  
  
• Russian prosecutors in bid to ban South Park (ABC Australia)
  Russian prosecutors begin a bid to ban "extremist" US cartoon South Park.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359013.htm
  
  
• Obama accuses Republican rivals of dishonesty (Examiner.com)
  Barack Obama broadly accused his Republican rivals of dishonesty Monday, citing former lobbyists working for John McCain, Sarah Palin's shifting stance on the "Bridge to Nowhere" and their promise to change Washington.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576891~Obama_accuses_Republican_rivals_of_dishonesty.html
  
  
• Washington Mutual removes CEO Kerry Killinger (Examiner.com)
  Washington Mutual Inc., ravaged by losses from sour mortgages, removed Kerry Killinger as chief executive of the nation's largest savings and loan on Monday, adding him to the growing list of banking bosses ousted by their boards.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576903~Washington_Mutual_removes_CEO_Kerry_Killinger.html
  
  
• Rowling wins battle to stop Potter book (ABC Australia)
  JK Rowling wins a legal battle to get a Potter encyclopedia banned from publication.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359009.htm
  
  
• UK jury finds 3 men guilty in bombing plot (Examiner.com)
  Three British Muslims with ties to Pakistan were found guilty Monday of conspiracy to murder in a terrorist bombing campaign but jurors failed to reach a verdict on whether they plotted to blow up multiple trans-Atlantic airliners with liquid explosives disguised as soft drinks.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576849~UK_jury_finds_3_men_guilty_in_bombing_plot.html
  
  
• Medical researcher honour for cervical cancer vaccine (ABC Australia)
  Australian medical researcher Ian Frazer has won a major international prize in Italy.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359070.htm
  
  
• Noel Gallagher attacked on stage (ABC Australia)
  Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher was taken to hospital after being shoved onto his speaker during a concert in Toronto, Canada, at the weekend.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359007.htm
  
  
• Administrators finalise Monto Minerals closure (ABC Australia)
  The administrators of a North Burnett mine will discuss its closure at a meeting with creditors today.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359032.htm
  
  
• Garnaut too soft on emissions target: expert (ABC Australia)
  A leading Australian climate scientist has criticised the greenhouse gas reduction targets proposed by the Government's climate change adviser Professor Ross Garnaut.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359058.htm
  
  
• Researchers probe bank heists without holdups (Examiner.com)
  With a startling success rate, security researchers disguised as fire inspectors, exterminators or government safety monitors were able to slip past tellers in nearly 1,000 bank branches and steal confidential data about customers, according to a study being released Tuesday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576870~Researchers_probe_bank_heists_without_holdups.html
  
  
• Budget blow-out: NSW 'on the edge' (ABC Australia)
  The New South Wales Premier says the Budget deficit blow-out could be even greater than the Opposition is projecting.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359047.htm
  
  
• Report: Armstrong to return for '09 Tour de France (Examiner.com)
  Lance Armstrong will end his retirement and hopes to compete in the 2009 Tour de France, according to a cycling journal report.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576763~Report__Armstrong_to_return_for__09_Tour_de_France.html
  
  
• Mets closer Wagner will be out through 2009 season (Examiner.com)
  New York Mets closer Billy Wagner needs elbow surgery that likely will sideline him through the 2009 season.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576778~Mets_closer_Wagner_will_be_out_through_2009_season.html
  
  
• Chiefs safety Pollard regrets Brady's injury (Examiner.com)
  The man who delivered the hit that ended Tom Brady's season insists he was not trying to hurt last year's league MVP.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576729~Chiefs_safety_Pollard_regrets_Brady_s_injury.html
  
  
• Jeff Fisher: 1st X-rays negative on Young's knee (Examiner.com)
  No diagnosis on Vince Young's sprained left knee was available from the Tennessee Titans on Monday. Jeff Fisher did not have the results of the tests on Young's knee when the coach met the media in the afternoon.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576777~Jeff_Fisher__1st_X_rays_negative_on_Young_s_knee.html
  
  
• Ike may force change of stadium for LSU-North Tex. (Examiner.com)
  LSU's athletic director says he wants the North Texas game to be played in Tiger Stadium on Saturday night as scheduled, but adds that other venues are being considered in case Hurricane Ike forces a change.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576615~Ike_may_force_change_of_stadium_for_LSU_North_Tex_.html
  
  
• Welcome to Key West: Have a beer, watch the storm (Examiner.com)
  KEY WEST, Fla. - This beautiful small island is like its own country: People don't like to be ordered around, especially when it disrupts commerce. And business here is all about tourism, fishing and drinking.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576744~Welcome_to_Key_West__Have_a_beer__watch_the_storm.html
  
  
• Concerns abound over voter access in November (Examiner.com)
  The Justice Department pledged Monday to send election monitors around the country to help ensure access to the polls in November, even while acknowledging its limited power to enforce election laws.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576795~Concerns_abound_over_voter_access_in_November.html
  
  
• Mortgage rates drop after Fannie, Freddie takeover (Examiner.com)
  Mortgage rates fell sharply Monday, as investors reacted to the government's takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. And that's exactly what homeowners like Jim Chereskin had been waiting for.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576776~Mortgage_rates_drop_after_Fannie__Freddie_takeover.html
  
  
• Debris yet to be confirmed as missing yacht (ABC Australia)
  Authorities say it is too early to say if debris found in seas off the Gold Coast is connected with two missing sailors.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359027.htm
  
  
• Labor backbencher in pension revolt (ABC Australia)
  Labor backbencher joins Opposition calls for more money for aged pensioners.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359025.htm
  
  
• Wall St surges after Fannie-Freddie bailout (ABC Australia)
  US stocks have surged more than 2.5 per cent after the US Government takeover of mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359021.htm
  
  
• Carpenter takes blame for electoral rout (ABC Australia)
  The West Australian Premier Alan Carpenter says he is responsible for the Labor Party's poor election result.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359016.htm
  
  
• Can `Dark Knight' compete with Oscar heavyweights? (Examiner.com)
  The last time a movie topped a half-billion dollars at the domestic box office, it sailed away with most of the Oscars.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576716~Can__Dark_Knight__compete_with_Oscar_heavyweights_.html
  
  
• Spielberg ripped off Hitchcock classic: lawsuit (ABC Australia)
  Steven Spielberg and major Hollywood studios stole the plot from Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1954 film Rear Window in making last year's Disturbia, a lawsuit filed in Manhattan Federal Court said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359002.htm
  
  
• DeGeneres returns with first show since marriage (Examiner.com)
  Ellen DeGeneres premiered her sixth season as host of "Ellen" with two notable changes: a new studio and a wedding ring.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576709~DeGeneres_returns_with_first_show_since_marriage.html
  
  
• Palin delivers poll boost for McCain (ABC Australia)
  Sarah Palin delivers opinion poll boost for John McCain with eight weeks to go in race for White House.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359014.htm
  
  
• Game news: 'GTA IV' hits 10 million, EA meets ESPN (Examiner.com)
  Real news from the virtual world:
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576749~Game_news___GTA_IV__hits_10_million__EA_meets_ESPN.html
  
  
• Al Qaeda chief says Iran and US collaborating: report (ABC Australia)
  Al Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahiri has launched a vitriolic attack on Iran, using a video message broadcast by Al-Jazeera to accuse it of collaborating with Washington in Afghanistan and Iraq.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359004.htm
  
  
• Darwin 'could be home to Port Moresby-style ghettos' (ABC Australia)
  Researchers are warning Darwin's demographics could soon resemble those of Papua New Guinea's troubled capital Port Moresby.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359008.htm
  
  
• A Hillary vs. Sarah smackdown? Don't bet on it (Examiner.com)
  Anyone wanting a Hillary vs. Sarah smackdown might be in for a letdown.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576723~A_Hillary_vs__Sarah_smackdown__Don_t_bet_on_it.html
  
  
• Fisher: First X-rays were negative on QB's knee (Examiner.com)
  No diagnosis on Vince Young's sprained left knee was available from the Tennessee Titans on Monday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576718~Fisher__First_X_rays_were_negative_on_QB_s_knee.html
  
  
• Police say Fort Hood soldier killed his lieutenant (Examiner.com)
  A Fort Hood soldier shot to death his lieutenant during a confrontation at his off-base apartment Monday, then killed himself, police said.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576696~Police_say_Fort_Hood_soldier_killed_his_lieutenant.html
  
  
• Obama visits Michigan to talk about the economy (Examiner.com)
  Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama said Monday his Republican opponent will continue President Bush's economic policies of the last eight years that have made it harder for middle-class families to get by.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576664~Obama_visits_Michigan_to_talk_about_the_economy.html
  
  
• Obama, McCain on the issues (Examiner.com)
  A look at where Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain stand on a selection of issues:
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576720~Obama__McCain_on_the_issues.html
  
  
• Hurricane Ike weakens to Cat. 1 along Cuba coast (Examiner.com)
  The National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Ike has weakened to a Category 1 storm as it moves along Cuba's southern coast.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576748~Hurricane_Ike_weakens_to_Cat__1_along_Cuba_coast.html
  
  
• Syrian economy opens _ will its politics follow? (Examiner.com)
  At the hip Costa coffeehouse downtown, young Syrians chat over cappuccinos and lattes, laptops propped before them. Shoppers at nearby boutiques try on Prada and Armani designs. Tourists stream in and out of the Four Seasons Hotel.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576717~Syrian_economy_opens___will_its_politics_follow_.html
  
  
• Authorities: Burglar wakes men with spice rub (Examiner.com)
  Authorities say they've arrested a man who broke into the home of two California farmworkers, stole money, rubbed one with spices and whacked the other with a sausage before fleeing.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575465~Authorities__Burglar_wakes_men_with_spice_rub.html
  
  
• Soldiers intimidated Angolan voters: EU observer (ABC Australia)
  European Union observers in Angola say the weekend's election was transparent, but they have stopped short of calling it free and fair.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359001.htm
  
  
• Rudd made 'big mistakes' on economy: Costello (ABC Australia)
  Former treasurer Peter Costello says Labor largely to blame for Australia's economic downturn.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359000.htm
  
  
• Jury selection begins in OJ trial (ABC Australia)
  Jury selection has begun in the Las Vegas robbery and kidnapping trial of OJ Simpson, and the judge told prospective panelists to put the former football star's 1990s murder trial out of their minds.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2358999.htm
  
  
• Business confidence low despite easing of costs (ABC Australia)
  A new survey has found business confidence in Australia remains low although concerns about petrol costs have eased.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2358996.htm
  
  
• Consumers unwilling to pay for green energy: survey (ABC Australia)
  A survey has found consumers are deeply concerned about the environment, but many are unwilling to pay the higher costs that would accompany an emissions trading scheme.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2358995.htm
  
  
• Ike slams Cuba, Havana braced for return bout (ABC Australia)
  Cuban meteorologists say the latest hurricane to hit the Caribbean region has moved back over water south of the country, and could strengthen due to the high sea temperatures there.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2358994.htm
  
  
• Ike set to bypass Keys, but Gulf Coast worries (Examiner.com)
  Residents in the Florida Keys breathed a sigh of relief Monday as a fierce Hurricane Ike turned west on a path away from the low-lying island chain. But Gulf Coast states watched anxiously to see if the storm was gunning for them instead.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576637~Ike_set_to_bypass_Keys__but_Gulf_Coast_worries.html
  
  
• Report: Lance to return for '09 Tour de France (Examiner.com)
  Lance Armstrong will end his retirement and hopes to compete in the 2009 Tour de France, according to a cycling journal report.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576568~Report__Lance_to_return_for__09_Tour_de_France.html
  
  
• Jury selection begins in OJ Simpson robbery case (Examiner.com)
  Jury selection for O.J. Simpson's robbery-kidnap trial began Monday with the judge trying to head off any influence from the former football star's 1995 acquittal on double-murder charges.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576616~Jury_selection_begins_in_OJ_Simpson_robbery_case.html
  
  
• Final defendants settle RI nightclub fire lawsuits (Examiner.com)
  The final defendants to settle lawsuits over a 2003 nightclub fire that killed 100 people have agreed to pay survivors and victims' relatives more than $250,000, according to court papers filed Monday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576642~Final_defendants_settle_RI_nightclub_fire_lawsuits.html
  
  
• Stocks rally on plan for mortgage giants (Examiner.com)
  Stocks rallied Monday as investors placed bets that a recovery in the financial and housing sectors is more likely to occur following the U.S. government's move to bail out mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The Dow Jones industrials gained nearly 300 points.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576624~Stocks_rally_on_plan_for_mortgage_giants.html
  
  
• Kuwait says no need for OPEC to cut production (Examiner.com)
  Kuwait's oil minister says there is no need for OPEC to cut production, despite falling crude prices.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576587~Kuwait_says_no_need_for_OPEC_to_cut_production.html
  
  
• What are the odds? Son gets same dorm room as dad (Examiner.com)
  Following in his father's footsteps at Michigan State University is one thing. But moving into in the same dorm room his dad did three decades ago has been a coincidence like no other for Mike Robell.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576581~What_are_the_odds__Son_gets_same_dorm_room_as_dad.html
  
  
• Oregon man captures 6-foot-long lizard in his yard (Examiner.com)
  An Oregon man playing in the yard with his toddler sons captured a 6-foot-long lizard capable of killing pets and injuring humans. Ryan Nelson said he thought it was a crocodile when he first spotted the Nile monitor by the rose bushes.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576567~Oregon_man_captures_6_foot_long_lizard_in_his_yard.html
  
  
• Got a fat gene? Get active for 3-4 hours a day (Examiner.com)
  CHICAGO (AP - Maybe you CAN blame being fat on your genes. But there's a way to overcome that family history - just get three to four hours of moderate activity a day. Sound pretty daunting? Not for the Amish of Lancaster County, Pa., who were the focus of a new study on a common genetic variation that makes people more likely to gain weight. It turns out the variant's effects can be blocked with physical activity - lots of it.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576595~Got_a_fat_gene__Get_active_for_3_4_hours_a_day.html
  
  
• Google copying, storing more stories fit for print (Examiner.com)
  Google Inc. is trying to expand the newspaper section of its online library to include billions of articles published during the past 244 years, hoping the added attraction will lure even more traffic to its leading Internet search engine.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576610~Google_copying__storing_more_stories_fit_for_print.html
  
  
• Teena Marie, Chaka Khan honored with Pioneer Award (Examiner.com)
  Teena Marie was first recognized as an R&B talent in the 1970s when she signed a recording deal with Motown at the tender age of 19.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576611~Teena_Marie__Chaka_Khan_honored_with_Pioneer_Award.html
  
  
• Sarkozy brokers Russian withdrawal agreement (ABC Australia)
  Russian agrees to pull its troops out of Georgia proper within a month under deal brokered by France's President Nicolas Sarkozy.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2358988.htm
  
  
• Carpenter takes blame for WA result (ABC Australia)
  Western Australia Premier Alan Carpenter has taken responsibility for Labor's poor result in Saturday night's election.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2358989.htm
  
  
• NY Gov likens legislators to Count Dracula (Examiner.com)
  Gov. David Paterson said Monday that some New York state lawmakers are like Count Dracula, showing pleasant faces to lull citizens' advocates but then becoming bloodsuckers when the sun goes down.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576573~NY_Gov_likens_legislators_to_Count_Dracula.html
  
  
• Alaska senator to retain oversight of Palin probe (Examiner.com)
  A Republican effort has failed to unseat the Alaska state senator overseeing the ethics investigation into whether Gov. Sarah Palin abused her power when she dismissed the state's public safety commissioner.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576513~Alaska_senator_to_retain_oversight_of_Palin_probe.html
  
  
• Tom Brady out for season (Examiner.com)
  New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is out for the season with a left knee injury that will require surgery.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576524~Tom_Brady_out_for_season.html
  
  
• Civil rights group sues over NYC surveillance plan (Examiner.com)
  A civil rights group sued the New York Police Department on Monday seeking to learn more about a plan to use license plate readers and a network of 3,000 surveillance cameras to help protect lower Manhattan from terrorist threats.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576517~Civil_rights_group_sues_over_NYC_surveillance_plan.html
  
  
• Biden: Palin will have to defend climate views (Examiner.com)
  Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will eventually have to defend "some fairly extreme views" on climate change when she starts granting interviews as Republican presidential hopeful John McCain's running mate, her Democratic rival Joe Biden said Monday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576540~Biden__Palin_will_have_to_defend_climate_views.html
  
  
• Bush, Cheney give Palin thumbs-up (Examiner.com)
  There's nothing stopping Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin from serving well in the White House, according to the men who now hold the nation's highest offices.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576580~Bush__Cheney_give_Palin_thumbs_up.html
  
  
• Oil edges higher with Ike still aiming for Gulf (Examiner.com)
  Crude oil prices finished modestly higher Monday, but only after seesawing wildly as nervous traders watched the Hurricane Ike approach the Gulf's oil facilities.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576528~Oil_edges_higher_with_Ike_still_aiming_for_Gulf.html
  
  
• 3 found guilty of 2006 UK terrorist plot (ABC Australia)
  <br>Three members of an Islamist cell accused of plotting to blow up transatlantic aircraft with liquid explosives in 2006 have been found guilty by a court in London.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2358987.htm
  
  
• Hubble shuttle flight faces higher space junk risk (Examiner.com)
  Next month's shuttle flight to the Hubble Space Telescope faces an increased risk of getting hit by space junk because it will be in a higher, more littered orbit than usual, NASA said Monday. Managers at NASA's highest levels will need to sign off on the mission because of the increased risk.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576535~Hubble_shuttle_flight_faces_higher_space_junk_risk.html
  
  
• More flu vaccine aimed at key flu spreaders: Kids (Examiner.com)
  Lots of youngsters on your street? Watch out: Flu may strike your community sooner and harder than it hits the hip singles neighborhood down the road. Flu-shot season begins this month, and for the first time vaccination is being pushed for virtually all children - not just those under 5.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576521~More_flu_vaccine_aimed_at_key_flu_spreaders__Kids.html
  
  
• Madea comes to theaters early (Examiner.com)
  Here comes Madea, a few months early.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576545~Madea_comes_to_theaters_early.html
  
  
• Cinema central: Toronto film fest builds a nest (Examiner.com)
  After decades as one of the world's leading cinema showcases, the Toronto International Film Festival finally is getting a home of its own.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576544~Cinema_central__Toronto_film_fest_builds_a_nest.html
  
  
• `Project Runway' winner has designs on Emmy Awards (Examiner.com)
  It has the makings of a reality show: both "Project Runway" winner Christian Siriano and "The Hills" star Lauren Conrad are creating gowns for this month's Emmy Awards.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576536~_Project_Runway__winner_has_designs_on_Emmy_Awards.html
  
  
• 2 arrested in SC deputy's shooting death (Examiner.com)
  Two people have been arrested and charged in the slaying of a sheriff's deputy who was gunned down while responding to an early morning burglary last month, authorities said Monday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576478~2_arrested_in_SC_deputy_s_shooting_death.html
  
  
• Mets' Billy Wagner will be out through 2009 season (Examiner.com)
  New York Mets closer Billy Wagner needs elbow surgery that will sideline him through the 2009 season.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576489~Mets__Billy_Wagner_will_be_out_through_2009_season.html
  
  
• Pa. official: Clothes do not make the voter (Examiner.com)
  Wearing campaign buttons or a T-shirt with candidates' names at a polling place is not grounds for preventing anyone from voting, the Pennsylvania Department of State says.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576457~Pa__official__Clothes_do_not_make_the_voter.html
  
  
• Consumer borrowing slows to weakest in 7 months (Examiner.com)
  Borrowing by consumers slipped in July to the weakest pace in seven months, reflecting a big slowdown in demand for car loans.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576509~Consumer_borrowing_slows_to_weakest_in_7_months.html
  
  
• US finds clues in bakery to foil Iraqi terror plot (Examiner.com)
  Lt. Christopher Hanes knew something was wrong as soon as he stepped into the Friends bakery. The oven was unused, the water tank was empty and a large concrete bin was full of dirt that the two employees claimed was used to cool cakes.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576449~US_finds_clues_in_bakery_to_foil_Iraqi_terror_plot.html
  
  
• Altria aims to be No. 1 in smokeless with UST deal (Examiner.com)
  Altria, the U.S. leader in cigarettes, wants to be No. 1 in smokeless products too.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576490~Altria_aims_to_be_No__1_in_smokeless_with_UST_deal.html
  
  
• Videos show dead Afghan children after US raid (Examiner.com)
  The bodies of at least 10 children and many more adults covered in blankets and white shrouds appear in videos obtained by The Associated Press on Monday, lending weight to Afghan and U.N. allegations that a U.S.-led raid last month killed more civilians than the U.S. reported.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576451~Videos_show_dead_Afghan_children_after_US_raid.html
  
  
• Russia vows Georgia pullout when EU sends monitors (Examiner.com)
  Russian President Dmitry Medvedev pledged Monday to withdraw Russian troops from key areas of Georgia after 200 European Union monitors are deployed later this month.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576447~Russia_vows_Georgia_pullout_when_EU_sends_monitors.html
  
  
• More flu vaccine aimed at key flu spreaders _ kids (Examiner.com)
  Lots of youngsters on your street? Watch out: Flu may strike your community sooner and harder than it hits the hip singles neighborhood down the road.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576439~More_flu_vaccine_aimed_at_key_flu_spreaders___kids.html
  
  
• 59-year-old in France gives birth to triplets (Examiner.com)
  Hospital officials in France say a 59-year-old woman has given birth to triplets after going abroad to get donated eggs.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576430~59_year_old_in_France_gives_birth_to_triplets.html
  
  
• Judge rejects plea deal for Broadcom's Samueli (Examiner.com)
  A federal judge Monday rejected a plea deal that had called for Broadcom Corp. co-founder Henry Samueli to get probation rather than prison for his role in a stock options backdating case that led to the largest corporate writedown of its kind.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576464~Judge_rejects_plea_deal_for_Broadcom_s_Samueli.html
  
  
• 4 dead after NJ house fire, 2 victims were shot (Examiner.com)
  Three bodies were found after a house fire Monday morning and a fourth person died later, and at least two of them had been shot, authorities said.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576404~4_dead_after_NJ_house_fire__2_victims_were_shot.html
  
  
• Group dangles $50K for Jews who move to Ala. town (Examiner.com)
  Larry Blumberg is looking for a few good Jews to move to his corner of the Bible Belt.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576402~Group_dangles__50K_for_Jews_who_move_to_Ala__town.html
  
  
• Foes try to block city's illegal immigrant ban (Examiner.com)
  Opponents of a Dallas suburb's ordinance aimed at barring illegal immigrants from renting housing asked a federal judge Monday for a temporary restraining order to block its enforcement.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576409~Foes_try_to_block_city_s_illegal_immigrant_ban.html
  
  
• Fact Check: Palin and the Bridge to Nowhere (Examiner.com)
  A new ad from John McCain's presidential campaign contends his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, "stopped the Bridge to Nowhere." In fact, Palin was for the infamous bridge before she was against it
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576418~Fact_Check__Palin_and_the_Bridge_to_Nowhere.html
  
  
• Washington Mutual replaces CEO Kerry Killinger (Examiner.com)
  Washington Mutual Inc., ravaged by losses from sour mortgages, replaced Kerry Killinger as chief executive of the nation's largest savings and loan on Monday, adding him to the growing list of banking bosses ousted by their boards. Its shares sank almost 22 percent.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576371~Washington_Mutual_replaces_CEO_Kerry_Killinger.html
  
  
• Wilmington, NC becomes the first to go digital (Examiner.com)
  With the flick of an eight-foot switch at midday Monday, this Southern city became the first market in the U.S. to make the change to digital-only broadcasting.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576348~Wilmington__NC_becomes_the_first_to_go_digital.html
  
  
• Judge: Jury should decide fate of Pickford Oscars (Examiner.com)
  A jury should decide the fate of two Oscars won by silent film star Mary Pickford, a judge ruled Monday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576349~Judge__Jury_should_decide_fate_of_Pickford_Oscars.html
  
  
• Judge: Pa. mass killer too unstable to be executed (Examiner.com)
  A Pennsylvania judge says mass murderer George Banks is too mentally ill to be executed.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576312~Judge__Pa__mass_killer_too_unstable_to_be_executed.html
  
  
• Ohio ministers challenge political pulpit plan (Examiner.com)
  A group of ministers in Ohio has filed a complaint with the Internal Revenue Service to stop a conservative group from encouraging pastors to take political sides.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576319~Ohio_ministers_challenge_political_pulpit_plan.html
  
  
• McCain, Palin criticize Obama on earmarks (Examiner.com)
  John McCain and Sarah Palin are criticizing Democrat Barack Obama over requesting money for his home state of Illinois even though the Alaska governor's record is mixed.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576309~McCain__Palin_criticize_Obama_on_earmarks.html
  
  
• 3 guilty in London plot that caused airline chaos (Examiner.com)
  A British jury has found three men guilty of conspiracy to murder in a terrorist bombing campaign that could have killed hundreds with liquid explosives.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576310~3_guilty_in_London_plot_that_caused_airline_chaos.html
  
  
• Blasts kill 9 in Pakistan militant stronghold (Examiner.com)
  Missiles fired from U.S. drone aircraft hit a seminary and houses associated with a Taliban commander, killing at least nine people, including both militants and civilians, officials and witnesses say.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576324~Blasts_kill_9_in_Pakistan_militant_stronghold.html
  
  
• Shuttle flight to Hubble faces higher debris risk (Examiner.com)
  Next month's shuttle flight to the Hubble Space Telescope faces an increased risk from orbiting debris.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576272~Shuttle_flight_to_Hubble_faces_higher_debris_risk.html
  
  
• Life in prison for Ohio mom in microwave-baby case (Examiner.com)
  A woman in Dayton, Ohio, has been sentenced to life in prison without a chance of parole for killing her baby daughter in a microwave oven.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576273~Life_in_prison_for_Ohio_mom_in_microwave_baby_case.html
  
  
• Shots fired on Pa. university campus; nobody hurt (Examiner.com)
  Officials at Indiana University of Pennsylvania say someone fired gunshots into the air on the school's campus early Monday but no one was hurt.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576293~Shots_fired_on_Pa__university_campus__nobody_hurt.html
  
  
• Stocks mostly advance on plan for mortgage giants (Examiner.com)
  Stocks mostly advanced Monday as investors rushed to lay bets on a recovery in the financial and housing sectors following the weekend announcement that the U.S. government will bail out mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The Dow Jones industrials gained more than 100 points but the technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index declined.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576241~Stocks_mostly_advance_on_plan_for_mortgage_giants.html
  
  
• Sunken ships and bomb damage scar Georgian coast (Examiner.com)
  Bomb craters scar Georgia's devastated naval port, and Russian forces dig in at a bustling base nearby. Half-empty beach resorts count the losses from a ruined summer season.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576291~Sunken_ships_and_bomb_damage_scar_Georgian_coast.html
  
  
• Hurricane Ike on track to veer away from Keys (Examiner.com)
  Authorities called off evacuation orders for the Florida Keys on Monday as a ferocious Hurricane Ike shifted south over Cuba and appeared on track to miss the low-lying U.S. island chain.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576204~Hurricane_Ike_on_track_to_veer_away_from_Keys.html
  
  
• Deadly Ike smashes Cuba; Is US Gulf Coast next? (Examiner.com)
  Deadly Hurricane Ike roared across Cuba on Monday, blowing homes to rubble and sending waves crashing over apartment buildings. Some 900,000 Cubans evacuated, and forecasters said it could hit Louisiana or Texas later this week.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576230~Deadly_Ike_smashes_Cuba__Is_US_Gulf_Coast_next_.html
  
  
• Oil slips as Ike weakens over Cuba, dollar rises (Examiner.com)
  Oil prices slipped Monday as Hurricane Ike weakened over Cuba and the U.S. dollar strengthened.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576189~Oil_slips_as_Ike_weakens_over_Cuba__dollar_rises.html
  
  
• 3 men convicted in trans-Atlantic bomb plot (Examiner.com)
  A British jury has found three men guilty of conspiracy to murder thousands by plotting to down at least seven trans-Atlantic airliners bound for the United States.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576197~3_men_convicted_in_trans_Atlantic_bomb_plot.html
  
  
• 3 dead, 1 injured at NJ house fire, 2 were shot (Examiner.com)
  Three bodies and one injured person were found after a house fire Monday morning and detectives said at least two of the four victims had been shot.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576151~3_dead__1_injured_at_NJ_house_fire__2_were_shot.html
  
  
• Reported US missiles hit Taliban center; 9 killed (Examiner.com)
  Missiles fired from U.S. drone aircraft hit a seminary and houses associated with a top Taliban commander on Monday, killing at least nine people, including militants and civilians, officials and witnesses said.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576138~Reported_US_missiles_hit_Taliban_center__9_killed.html
  
  
• Oil rises as Ike approaches Gulf of Mexico (Examiner.com)
  Oil prices slipped Monday as Hurricane Ike weakened over Cuba and the U.S. dollar strengthened.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576176~Oil_rises_as_Ike_approaches_Gulf_of_Mexico.html
  
  
• Medvedev: European monitors to deploy to Georgia (Examiner.com)
  European Union monitors will deploy to regions surrounding South Ossetia and Abkhazia by next month and Russian troops will pull out after that, President Dmitry Medvedev said Monday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576166~Medvedev__European_monitors_to_deploy_to_Georgia.html
  
  
• SKorea regulator urges caution over Lehman stake (Examiner.com)
  South Korea's financial regulator urged state-owned Korea Development Bank on Monday to be cautious over any investment in Lehman Brothers.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576119~SKorea_regulator_urges_caution_over_Lehman_stake.html
  
  
• Cooking show lands Thai PM in hot water (Examiner.com)
  Thailand's prime minister, who has survived two weeks of militant street protests demanding his resignation, could be booted out of office for a handful of appearances on a cooking show where he whipped up dishes like "salmon coconut soup."
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576141~Cooking_show_lands_Thai_PM_in_hot_water.html
  
  
• Deadline for disgraced mayor to leave mansion (Examiner.com)
  Detroit's mayor has a deadline for moving out of the city's official mayoral residence now that he has pleaded guilty and is resigning.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576095~Deadline_for_disgraced_mayor_to_leave_mansion.html
  
  
• 3 dead at NJ house, 1 had been shot (Examiner.com)
  Officials in New Jersey say three bodies were found after a house fire in Irvington and at least of the three had been shot.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576061~3_dead_at_NJ_house__1_had_been_shot.html
  
  
• Giant Buddha statue found in Afghanistan (ABC Australia)
  Archaeologists in Afghanistan have discovered a giant Buddha statue buried near the site where the world-famous Bamiyan Buddhas were destroyed by the Taliban in 2001.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2358976.htm
  
  
• Pats' quarterback to get MRI on injured knee today (Examiner.com)
  New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, the NFL's reigning MVP and one of the most consistent starters in league history, is scheduled for an MRI on Monday amid reports that he sustained a season-ending injury to his left knee.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576039~Pats__quarterback_to_get_MRI_on_injured_knee_today.html
  
  
• 1 hospitalized after cyanide leak at Mass. company (Examiner.com)
  Officials in Attleboro, Mass., say one person has been hospitalized after a cyanide leak at a business that makes gold and silver alloys.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576032~1_hospitalized_after_cyanide_leak_at_Mass__company.html
  
  
• More glory for Australia's Paralympians (ABC Australia)
  Australia finished with another 10-medal haul thanks to spectacular performances in athletics, swimming and track cycling on the second day of Paralympic competition in Beijing.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2358974.htm
  
  
• Prisoner killed in Egypt shooting (ABC Australia)
  Unknown gunmen have opened fire on a prison in the southern Egyptian city of Assiut, killing an inmate and wounding 13 guards and prisoners, a security official said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2358973.htm
  
  
• Video shows dead Afghan children after US raid (Examiner.com)
  The bodies of several children lay dead in two videos that show the aftermath of a U.S.-led operation the Afghan government and U.N. say killed 90 civilians.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576031~Video_shows_dead_Afghan_children_after_US_raid.html
  
  
• Altria Group buying UST for about $10.3B (Examiner.com)
  After failing to grab much consumer attention for its own smokeless tobacco products, Altria Group said Monday it would buy the maker of Skoal and Copenhagen for about $10.3 billion.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576048~Altria_Group_buying_UST_for_about__10_3B.html
  
  
• NKorea readies military parade for national day (Examiner.com)
  North Korea is preparing to stage a military parade Tuesday to mark the communist state's 60th anniversary this week, an official said.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576022~NKorea_readies_military_parade_for_national_day.html
  
  
• Thai PM vows to fight on despite court threat (ABC Australia)
  Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej has vowed not to resign or dissolve parliament ahead of a court ruling that could force him from power in less than 24 hours.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2358966.htm
  
  
• Fannie, Freddie shares tumble, debt rallies on bailout (ABC Australia)
  United States mortgage finance firms Fannie Mae's and Freddie Mac's stocks took a dive while their debt soared, as investors bet the US Government's takeover of the firms would wipe out shareholders but fully guarantee their bonds.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2358967.htm
  
  
• Iraq confirms cholera outbreak south of Baghdad (Examiner.com)
  Cholera has broken out in a province south of Baghdad and at least 20 cases of the waterborne disease have been confirmed there, a Health Ministry official said Monday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576054~Iraq_confirms_cholera_outbreak_south_of_Baghdad.html
  
  
• Wilmington, NC readies for its digital close-up (Examiner.com)
  If the nation's looming transition to digital broadcasting turns out to be a train wreck, as some in Congress fear, this Southern city will be the first car to jump the track.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576001~Wilmington__NC_readies_for_its_digital_close_up.html
  
  
• Cassel fills in for injured Brady on radio show (Examiner.com)
  Matt Cassel is ready to fill in for Tom Brady as the New England Patriots quarterback - next week against the New York Jets and longer, if necessary.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575995~Cassel_fills_in_for_injured_Brady_on_radio_show.html
  
  
• Stocks surge on plan for mortgage giants (Examiner.com)
  Stocks are opening sharply higher as investors rush to lay bets on a broad economic recovery following the weekend announcement that the U.S. government is bailing out mortgage lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The Dow Jones industrial average jumped more than 325 points.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576014~Stocks_surge_on_plan_for_mortgage_giants.html
  
  
• She's No. 1 again: Serena Williams wins US Open (Examiner.com)
  On the very first point of the match, Serena Williams hit a backhand so hard that her earring flew off.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575822~She_s_No__1_again__Serena_Williams_wins_US_Open.html
  
  
• Altria Group buys UST for about $10.3B (Examiner.com)
  After failing to grab much consumer attention for its own smokeless tobacco products, Altria Group said Monday it would buy the maker of Skoal and Copenhagen for about $10.3 billion.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575990~Altria_Group_buys_UST_for_about__10_3B.html
  
  
• Ablett voted MVP in player's poll (ABC Australia)
  AFL players have voted Geelong's Gary Ablett the game's most valuable player for the second straight year.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358949.htm
  
  
• Oil tops $109 as Ike threatens Gulf of Mexico (Examiner.com)
  Oil prices rose above $109 a barrel Monday as Hurricane Ike took aim at the Gulf of Mexico, delaying efforts to bring oil and gas production back online, and Iran's oil minister said he thinks there is too much crude on the market.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576025~Oil_tops__109_as_Ike_threatens_Gulf_of_Mexico.html
  
  
• OPEC in Vienna _ a call for production cuts (Examiner.com)
  There is too much crude on global oil markets, senior oil officials from Iran and Libya said Monday, and added that OPEC was reviewing supply levels.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576011~OPEC_in_Vienna___a_call_for_production_cuts.html
  
  
• Sarkozy in Moscow talks, pushes for EU monitors (Examiner.com)
  French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday pressed Moscow to honor its pledge to withdraw troops from Georgia, while Russian soldiers prevented international aid convoys from visiting Georgian villages in a tense zone around the breakaway province of South Ossetia.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1576010~Sarkozy_in_Moscow_talks__pushes_for_EU_monitors.html
  
  
• World record gold for superfish Cowdrey (ABC Australia)
  Australia's Matthew Cowdrey has won a gold medal and set a new world record in the men's S9 100 metres individual freestyle final.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358959.htm
  
  
• Russia to send battleship to Caribbean Sea (ABC Australia)
  Russia will send a nuclear-powered battleship to the Caribbean for a joint naval exercise with Venezuela, Russia's Foreign Ministry said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358962.htm
  
  
• 'Garage surgery' lands French plastic surgeon in jail (ABC Australia)
  A French court has sentenced a cosmetic surgeon to four years in prison for mutilating and endangering the lives of dozens of his patients.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358960.htm
  
  
• Road blast kills six Afghan civilians (ABC Australia)
  Six civilians were killed in a roadside bomb blast in Afghanistan while guards separately shot dead a would-be suicide bomber, officials said, in fresh Taliban-linked unrest.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358956.htm
  
  
• Computer glitch halts London stock exchange (ABC Australia)
  Trading on the London Stock Exchange was suspended for two hours tonight after a computer fault.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358953.htm
  
  
• 'Comfort women' memorial unveiled in Japan (ABC Australia)
  A memorial has been unveiled in Japan commemorating the sacrifice of women forced to work as sex slaves during the World War II.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358952.htm
  
  
• Powerful Hurricane Ike may swipe Florida Keys (Examiner.com)
  Most storm-hardened residents of the Florida Keys stayed put Monday despite day-old instructions to evacuate as a ferocious Hurricane Ike ripped across Cuba and stayed on track to swipe the low-lying island chain.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575985~Powerful_Hurricane_Ike_may_swipe_Florida_Keys.html
  
  
• Cheney sees nothing stopping Palin from doing job (Examiner.com)
  There's nothing stopping Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin from being an effective vice president, according to a man who would know.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575969~Cheney_sees_nothing_stopping_Palin_from_doing_job.html
  
  
• Ike flooding kills 58 more in rain-soaked Haiti (Examiner.com)
  Hurricane Ike's torrential rains swelled rivers across Haiti and sent floodwaters gushing into homes in the dead of night in one eastern town, killing at least 58 people.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575968~Ike_flooding_kills_58_more_in_rain_soaked_Haiti.html
  
  
• Russia to send naval squadron, planes to Venezuela (Examiner.com)
  Russia said Monday it will send a naval squadron and anti-submarine patrol planes to Venezuela this year for a joint military exercise in the Caribbean, a deployment that comes amid increasingly tense relations with the United States.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575979~Russia_to_send_naval_squadron__planes_to_Venezuela.html
  
  
• Drug scandal sours Japanese sumo (ABC Australia)
  There is turmoil in Japan in the sport of sumo, with the head of the sport quitting and two Russian wrestlers banned after testing positive for drugs.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358951.htm
  
  
• Death toll rises after Philippines landslide (ABC Australia)
  Rescuers using picks and shovels have unearthed four more bodies from a southern Philippine village buried by a landslide, raising the death toll to at least 16, officials said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358950.htm
  
  
• Mine mudslide kills 26 in northern China (ABC Australia)
  A mud and rock slide has killed 26 people in northern China after it triggered the collapse of a warehouse filled with mine waste, the official Xinhua agency said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358947.htm
  
  
• Mbeki to meet rival Zimbabwe parties (ABC Australia)
  South African President Thabo Mbeki will meet Zimbabwe's rival parties in Harare amid growing doubts over his chances of securing a power-sharing deal to end the political crisis.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358944.htm
  
  
• Death toll rises in Pakistan after missile attack (ABC Australia)
  Missiles fired by US drones killed 16 people, including Pakistani and Afghan Taliban fighters, in a strike targeting a religious school founded by an old friend of Osama bin Laden, intelligence officials and Pakistani villagers said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358943.htm
  
  
• Deadly Ike rakes Cuba, could hit Havana head-on (Examiner.com)
  Hurricane Ike roared across Cuba on Monday, tearing off roofs and sending waves crashing into buildings, as 900,000 Cubans fled to shelters or higher ground and Havana residents in decaying historic buildings prepared for a direct hit.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575948~Deadly_Ike_rakes_Cuba__could_hit_Havana_head_on.html
  
  
• Georgia seeks emergency decision from World Court (Examiner.com)
  Georgia accused Russia on Monday of a "campaign of harassment and persecution" in its two separatist regions and called on the International Court of Justice to impose emergency measures to halt killings and forced expulsions.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575938~Georgia_seeks_emergency_decision_from_World_Court.html
  
  
• Washington Mutual ousts CEO Kerry Killinger (Examiner.com)
  Washington Mutual is ousting Chief Executive Kerry Killinger as the beleaguered savings and loan moves to overhaul its business, which has been ravaged by sour mortgage loans.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575943~Washington_Mutual_ousts_CEO_Kerry_Killinger.html
  
  
• Landslide in China kills 26, destroys warehouse (Examiner.com)
  A landslide triggered by heavy rain killed at least 26 people in northern China on Monday, while an unknown number of others remained trapped, a state news agency reported.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575951~Landslide_in_China_kills_26__destroys_warehouse.html
  
  
• Yacht searchers recover debris off Gold Coast (ABC Australia)
  Helicopters involved in the search for a missing yacht have located and recovered some debris floating in Gold Coast waters.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358936.htm
  
  
• Fearnley sets Bird's Nest alight (ABC Australia)
  Australian wheelchair track star Kurt Fearnley has sounded a warning to his competitors, streaking away to win his heat of the men's 5,000m.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358925.htm
  
  
• Georgia accuses Russia of strengthening checkpoints (ABC Australia)
  Georgia has accused Russia of sending additional troops to key checkpoints as French President Nicolas Sarkozy visited the region to push for Moscow to withdraw more of its forces from the country.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358922.htm
  
  
• 59yo French woman has triplets (ABC Australia)
  A 59-year-old woman has given birth to triplets at a Paris hospital after seeking fertility treatment in Vietnam, a hospital spokeswoman said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358921.htm
  
  
• World stocks soar after Freddie, Fannie bailouts (Examiner.com)
  World stock markets soared Monday after Washington announced a bailout of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac - a move that could help bolster a shaky U.S. housing market and renew global investor confidence.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575899~World_stocks_soar_after_Freddie__Fannie_bailouts.html
  
  
• Altria Group buys UST for about $10B (Examiner.com)
  Altria Group says it will buy UST for nearly $10 billion in a deal that will give the maker of Marlboro cigarettes access to the smokeless tobacco market.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575905~Altria_Group_buys_UST_for_about__10B.html
  
  
• Suspected US missile strike in Pakistan kills 9 (Examiner.com)
  Missiles from a suspected U.S. drone aircraft struck a house and seminary linked to a key Taliban commander on Monday, killing at least nine people, officials and witnesses said.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575915~Suspected_US_missile_strike_in_Pakistan_kills_9.html
  
  
• China to review Coca Cola bid for juice maker (Examiner.com)
  Coca-Cola Co. will have to submit its bid to buy a Chinese juice producer for review under China's new anti-monopoly law, state television reported, setting up the first major test of the legislation.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575921~China_to_review_Coca_Cola_bid_for_juice_maker.html
  
  
• Democrats lose seats in Hong Kong polls (Examiner.com)
  Hong Kong's pro-democracy politicians lost several legislative seats according to final election results announced Monday, but held onto their veto power over major legislation as they push for greater political freedoms in the Chinese territory.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575876~Democrats_lose_seats_in_Hong_Kong_polls.html
  
  
• Fish flies out of lake, breaks Arkansas teen's jaw (Examiner.com)
  It's a fishing tale that packs a wallop so strong it broke the jaw of a southeastern Arkansas teen and covered him in fish blood and guts.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575529~Fish_flies_out_of_lake__breaks_Arkansas_teen_s_jaw.html
  
  
• Civilian deaths 'undermining Afghan Govt support' (ABC Australia)
  Campaign group Human Rights Watch has warned that the growing number of civilian deaths in Afghanistan caused by international forces is greatly undermining support for the Afghan Government.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358920.htm
  
  
• Rocket fuel experiment by NASA engineer blows up (Examiner.com)
  A retired NASA engineer looking to develop an inexpensive way for people to travel to space might have to go back to the drawing board after one of his experiments exploded Saturday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575111~Rocket_fuel_experiment_by_NASA_engineer_blows_up.html
  
  
• Ex-Pakistani PM Sharif assures support to Zardari (ABC Australia)
  Former Pakistan premier Nawaz Sharif has met President-elect Asif Ali Zardari to congratulate him on his election victory and pledge support in tackling the country's problems, officials said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358915.htm
  
  
• Hurricane Ike weakens over Cuba (ABC Australia)
  Hurricane Ike has weakened into a Category 2 storm after roaring ashore in north-east Cuba.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358913.htm
  
  
• Gallagher takes men's cycling gold, Australia's fourth (ABC Australia)
  Australian cyclist Michael Gallagher has won a gold medal in the 4,000 metres men's individual pursuit at the Paralympics in Beijing.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358817.htm
  
  
• World markets soar after Freddie, Fannie bailouts (Examiner.com)
  World stock markets soared Monday after Washington announced a bailout of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac - a move that could help bolster a shaky U.S. housing market and renew global investor confidence.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575854~World_markets_soar_after_Freddie__Fannie_bailouts.html
  
  
• US government takes on big role in mortgage market (Examiner.com)
  Uncle Sam has just become the 800 pound gorilla in the U.S. mortgage market. The Bush administration's announced Sunday it was seizing troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in a bid to help reverse a prolonged housing and credit crisis.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575895~US_government_takes_on_big_role_in_mortgage_market.html
  
  
• US stock futures surge on plan for mortgage giants (Examiner.com)
  U.S. stock futures pointed to a huge rally Monday as investors rushed to lay bets on a broad economic recovery following the weekend announcement that the U.S. government plans to bail out mortgage lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. U.S. stock futures jumped more than 2 percent.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575886~US_stock_futures_surge_on_plan_for_mortgage_giants.html
  
  
• At least 9 killed in Pakistan militant stronghold (Examiner.com)
  Explosions reportedly caused by missiles fired from drone aircraft hit a house and seminary linked to a key Taliban commander in northwest Pakistan on Monday, killing at least nine people, officials and witnesses said.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575888~At_least_9_killed_in_Pakistan_militant_stronghold.html
  
  
• Australia's St. George agrees to Westpac takeover (Examiner.com)
  St. George Bank Ltd., Australia's fifth-largest bank, agreed to a revised 17.3 billion Australian dollar ($14.4 billion) takeover proposal by larger rival Westpac Banking Corp. on Monday, in what would be the biggest banking acquisition in Australian history.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575882~Australia_s_St__George_agrees_to_Westpac_takeover.html
  
  
• World Court begins Georgia-Russia case (Examiner.com)
  Georgia accused Russia on Monday of a "campaign of harassment and persecution" in its two separatist regions and called on the International Court of Justice to impose emergency measures to halt killings and forced expulsions.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575875~World_Court_begins_Georgia_Russia_case.html
  
  
• Xinhua: Landslide in northern China kills 26 (Examiner.com)
  The Xinhua News Agency says at least 26 people are dead after a landslide in northern China.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575896~Xinhua__Landslide_in_northern_China_kills_26.html
  
  
• Carpenter was already considering Nationals alliance (ABC Australia)
  WA Premier Alan Carpenter says he has been contemplating an alliance with the Nationals since the beginning of the year.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358883.htm
  
  
• Ike lashes Cuba, weakens to Category 2 hurricane (Examiner.com)
  Hurricane Ike's winds and massive storm surge ripped apart houses and toppled trees Monday as the deadly storm roared across Cuba toward Havana and its historic but decaying old buildings.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575868~Ike_lashes_Cuba__weakens_to_Category_2_hurricane.html
  
  
• Russia opposes EU monitoring in Georgia (Examiner.com)
  A Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman says Moscow is against an independent European Union monitoring mission in Georgia.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575867~Russia_opposes_EU_monitoring_in_Georgia.html
  
  
• Gen Y shop till they drop: survey (ABC Australia)
  A researcher from the University of Tasmania has found people born between 1977 and 1995 are more brand and image conscious shoppers than any other generation.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358854.htm
  
  
• Obama and McCain have big economic differences (Examiner.com)
  Job No. 1 for the next president? In the minds of an overwhelming number of Americans, it's fixing what ails the sick economy. What the voters will have to sort out are very different approaches offered by Barack Obama and John McCain.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575844~Obama_and_McCain_have_big_economic_differences.html
  
  
• Oil rises in Asia as Ike threatens Gulf of Mexico (Examiner.com)
  Oil prices rose Monday in Asia as Hurricane Ike looked poised to slam into the Gulf of Mexico later this week, delaying efforts to bring oil and gas production back online in a region still recovering from Hurricane Gustav.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575835~Oil_rises_in_Asia_as_Ike_threatens_Gulf_of_Mexico.html
  
  
• Hurricane Ike weakens to Cat. 2 storm over Cuba (Examiner.com)
  The National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Ike has weakened to Category 2 storm as it moves over Cuba.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575849~Hurricane_Ike_weakens_to_Cat__2_storm_over_Cuba.html
  
  
• Martin confirmed as new ACOSS chief (ABC Australia)
  Australia's peak welfare group has confirmed that former Northern Territory chief minister Clare Martin will move to Sydney to take up a role with the organisation.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358830.htm
  
  
• Death toll from Egypt rockslide rises to 38 (ABC Australia)
  A total of 38 people were killed in a massive weekend rockslide in Egypt which flattened homes in a north Cairo shantytown, according to the latest toll given by the health ministry on Monday.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358831.htm
  
  
• Santos announces more LPG problems (ABC Australia)
  A shortage of LPG is set to continue after Santos reported more problems.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358834.htm
  
  
• Elderly Vic man missing in Hawaii (ABC Australia)
  A search has begun in Hawaii for a missing 77-year-old Victorian man who has not been seen since setting out for a hike last Thursday.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358823.htm
  
  
• Grape grower given suspended sentence in winery blast case (ABC Australia)
  A Victorian grape grower who planned to blow up a rival winery in the state's north-east has been given a suspended sentence.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358804.htm
  
  
• Cooking show adds to Thailand PM's troubles (Examiner.com)
  Thailand's prime minister defended himself Monday against accusations he violated the constitution by hosting a televised cooking show while in office, potentially the most damaging of a line of troubles confronting him.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575826~Cooking_show_adds_to_Thailand_PM_s_troubles.html
  
  
• Govt unveils $130m Melbourne arts revamp plan (ABC Australia)
  The Victorian Government has unveiled plans for a redevelopment of Melbourne's arts precinct on St Kilda Road and in Southbank.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358805.htm
  
  
• Man gets 15yrs for murdering Aussie in Bali (ABC Australia)
  A man who stabbed an Australian woman to death in her Bali villa in February has escaped being jailed for life.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358816.htm
  
  
• State Govt must do O'Bahn review: union (ABC Australia)
  The Transport Workers' Union is calling for the State Government to do an immediate risk review of the Adelaide O'Bahn bus service.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358812.htm
  
  
• Brumby urges Fed Govt to rescue Vic manufacturing (ABC Australia)
  Victorian Premier John Brumby says it is up to the Federal Government to help the Victorian manufacturing industry.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358799.htm
  
  
• Truss steps back from Coalition split call (ABC Australia)
  Federal Nationals leader Warren Truss is no longer calling for his party to consider breaking the Coalition.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358794.htm
  
  
• Thai PM faces court for cooking show appearances (ABC Australia)
  Thailand's embattled Prime Minister, Samak Sundaravej, has appeared in court today facing charges that he breached the constitution by appearing on a television cooking show.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358792.htm
  
  
• Trial of Garuda crash pilot to proceed (ABC Australia)
  An Indonesian court will proceed with the trial of the Garuda pilot charged with deliberately crashing a passenger jet.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358775.htm
  
  
• Strong quake hits off Vanuatu (ABC Australia)
  A strong earthquake hit off the coast of the South Pacific island of Vanuatu on Monday, but Australian seismologists said it was unlikely to trigger a tsunami or cause other damage.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358762.htm
  
  
• Obama and McCain: Big economic differences (Examiner.com)
  Job No. 1 for the next president? In the minds of an overwhelming number of Americans, it's fixing what ails the sick economy. What the voters will have to sort out are very different approaches offered by Barack Obama and John McCain.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575812~Obama_and_McCain__Big_economic_differences.html
  
  
• 6 Afghan civilians killed in explosion (Examiner.com)
  A roadside blast in southern Afghanistan killed six civilians Monday, and a Canadian soldier died in another explosion in the same region, officials said.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575813~6_Afghan_civilians_killed_in_explosion.html
  
  
• Still no result in Mayo by-election (ABC Australia)
  The Liberal Party has held onto the lead in the Mayo by-election as votes continue to be counted.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358755.htm
  
  
• MTV VMAs find few surprises as Britney steals show (Examiner.com)
  LOS ANGELES - No Madonna kiss. No Michael Jackson cameo. No flying Howard Stern. Not even a Kanye tantrum.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575785~MTV_VMAs_find_few_surprises_as_Britney_steals_show.html
  
  
• Libs pledge four-lane Midland highway (ABC Australia)
  The State Liberals are promising to give Tasmania a four-lane Midland Highway if they win the 2010 state election.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358728.htm
  
  
• Fla. Keys residents weigh evacuation ahead of Ike (Examiner.com)
  As a ferocious Hurricane Ike ripped across Cuba, residents from Key West to the Gulf Coast watched the storm's unpredictable path, worrying it could hit anywhere in the U.S. from Texas to Florida.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575778~Fla__Keys_residents_weigh_evacuation_ahead_of_Ike.html
  
  
• Land developers group says no evidence of 'land banking' (ABC Australia)
  The Local Government Association and developers are at odds over claims of anti-competitive behaviour in so-called land banking.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358720.htm
  
  
• Jury selection to begin in OJ Simpson robbery case (Examiner.com)
  Nearly a year after O.J. Simpson walked into a casino hotel room intent on reclaiming some sports memorobilia, lawyers in his robbery-kidnapping trial are finally set to begin picking a jury.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575777~Jury_selection_to_begin_in_OJ_Simpson_robbery_case.html
  
  
• Several explosions in Pakistan's northwest kill 6 (Examiner.com)
  Several explosions, reportedly caused by missile strikes from unmanned U.S. drone aircraft, hit a house and seminary linked to a key Taliban commander in northwestern Pakistan, officials said.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575792~Several_explosions_in_Pakistan_s_northwest_kill_6.html
  
  
• Flooding from Ike kills 58 in rain-soaked Haiti (Examiner.com)
  Hurricane Ike's torrential rains swelled rivers across Haiti and sent floodwaters gushing into homes in the dead of night in one eastern town, killing at least 58 people.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575768~Flooding_from_Ike_kills_58_in_rain_soaked_Haiti.html
  
  
• Gadhafi rehabilitation sealed at Rice dinner (Examiner.com)
  Once, he was one of America's most feared bogeymen: a Mideast thug who unleashed terrorist goons on U.S. interests around the world. Now, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is breaking bread with the secretary of state in his kitchen and plying her with gifts.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575787~Gadhafi_rehabilitation_sealed_at_Rice_dinner.html
  
  
• Yacht searchers spot debris off Gold Coast (ABC Australia)
  Searchers will retrieve debris from the ocean off the Gold Coast to determine if it is from the missing yacht the Blessed Be.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358711.htm
  
  
• Real-estate site expands ad deal with newspapers (Examiner.com)
  Real-estate Web site Zillow.com is expanding its partnership with 282 newspapers to give national advertisers new ways to reach local markets, changes that the news companies hope will allow them to raise their fees for online ads.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575701~Real_estate_site_expands_ad_deal_with_newspapers.html
  
  
• Colon cancer patients not getting follow-up care (Examiner.com)
  Many colon cancer patients aren't getting the screenings recommended after surgery to make sure the disease hasn't returned, new research shows.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575750~Colon_cancer_patients_not_getting_follow_up_care.html
  
  
• Esquire magazine unveils cover with electronic ink (Examiner.com)
  Although readers keep shifting to the Internet, Esquire magazine's editor is sure print isn't dying, and he aims to prove it Monday by unveiling a 75th-anniversary issue with a cover that features electronic ink.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575698~Esquire_magazine_unveils_cover_with_electronic_ink.html
  
  
• Stephen Colbert to have his DNA sent into space (Examiner.com)
  Should this world ever cease to exist, Stephen Colbert will live on.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575747~Stephen_Colbert_to_have_his_DNA_sent_into_space.html
  
  
• MSNBC says Olbermann, Matthews won't anchor (Examiner.com)
  MSNBC said Sunday it is replacing Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews as co-anchors of political night coverage with David Gregory, and will use the two newsmen as commentators.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575709~MSNBC_says_Olbermann__Matthews_won_t_anchor.html
  
  
• Serena Williams beats Jankovic for 3rd Open title (Examiner.com)
  Serena Williams flung her racket straight up and jumped for joy, hopping and skipping and screaming and generally looking like someone who had just won her first U.S. Open title or earned her debut at No. 1.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575742~Serena_Williams_beats_Jankovic_for_3rd_Open_title.html
  
  
• US forces blamed for Pakistan village strike (ABC Australia)
  US forces are being blamed for a deadly missile strike in Pakistan's border region where the injured were mainly women and children.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358705.htm
  
  
• Fannie-Freddie takeover pushes local market higher (ABC Australia)
  Stocks have surged after the US Government's takeover of ailing mortgage firms Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358704.htm
  
  
• Ike hits Cuba as dangerous Category 3 hurricane (Examiner.com)
  Hurricane Ike's winds and massive storm surge ripped apart houses and toppled trees Monday as the deadly storm roared across Cuba toward Havana and its historic but decaying old buildings.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575753~Ike_hits_Cuba_as_dangerous_Category_3_hurricane.html
  
  
• Asian stocks soar after Freddie, Fannie bailouts (Examiner.com)
  Asian stock markets soared Monday after Washington announced a bailout of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac - a move that could help bolster a shaky U.S. housing market and renew global investor confidence.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575757~Asian_stocks_soar_after_Freddie__Fannie_bailouts.html
  
  
• Blasts reported in Pakistan's troubled northwest (Examiner.com)
  Several explosions, reportedly caused by missile strikes, rocked the Miran Shah area in Pakistan's troubled northwest Monday, injuring at least 12 people, officials said.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575759~Blasts_reported_in_Pakistan_s_troubled_northwest.html
  
  
• Gunns welcomes new pulp mill deadline (ABC Australia)
  Gunns has welcomed an extended deadline to meet Commonwealth approvals for its pulp mill proposal.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358656.htm
  
  
• Rees 'has delivered more of the same' with Cabinet line-up (ABC Australia)
  The New South Wales Opposition says new Premier Nathan Rees has failed his first big test by keeping Joe Tripodi in Cabinet and rewarding him with extra responsibilities.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358685.htm
  
  
• Govt giving Gunns special treatment: Greens (ABC Australia)
  The Greens say the Federal Government is captive to the timber company Gunns.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358655.htm
  
  
• Business investment should curb jobless rate: ANZ (ABC Australia)
  Economists say unemployment should rise only modestly despite a big fall in the number of jobs advertised last month.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358642.htm
  
  
• Kim Jong-Il 'died in 2003' (ABC Australia)
  There are allegations that North Korea's leader Kim Jong-il has in fact been dead for five years.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358528.htm
  
  
• Aust stands firm on India uranium sales (ABC Australia)
  The Federal Government will not reverse its ban on selling uranium to India, despite supporting a new agreement that allows the United States to do so.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358595.htm
  
  
• Barnett offers to make Grylls deputy Premier (ABC Australia)
  The Liberal Leader, Colin Barnett, has offered the Nationals Leader, Brendon Grylls, the position of Deputy Premier as part of their negotiations today on forming an alliance.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358572.htm
  
  
• Call for urgent planning revamp (ABC Australia)
  The Housing Industry Association has joined the growing list of industry bodies calling for urgent action to rein in the State's appeals process.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358547.htm
  
  
• Jury in terrorism book trial retires to consider verdict (ABC Australia)
  The jury in the trial for a Sydney man accused of terrorism offences has retired to consider its verdict.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358552.htm
  
  
• Keelty defends handling of Haneef case (ABC Australia)
  Mick Keelty says he has cooperated fully with the inquiry into the handling of the case of Indian-born doctor Mohamed Haneef.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358513.htm
  
  
• Public service cuts hit 'struggling' government agencies (ABC Australia)
  A federal parliamentary inquiry into public service funding cuts has heard government agencies are struggling under an increased workload.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358491.htm
  
  
• State Library unveils language 'treasure trove' (ABC Australia)
  The State Library of New South Wales has launched a list of rare Indigenous languages on its website.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358472.htm
  
  
• St George backs sweetened Westpac offer (ABC Australia)
  St George Bank has approved a revised takeover bid from Westpac.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358471.htm
  
  
• Britney sweeps at otherwise tame VMAs (Examiner.com)
  It took a year, but Britney Spears got the comeback she was seeking from the MTV Video Music Awards - and she didn't even have to sing or dance.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575717~Britney_sweeps_at_otherwise_tame_VMAs.html
  
  
• Russell Simmons, T.I. get political at MTV Awards (Examiner.com)
  The MTV Video Music Awards are all about unique collaborations and blowout performances, but a few show guests Sunday added a touch of politics in this hot election year.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575720~Russell_Simmons__T_I__get_political_at_MTV_Awards.html
  
  
• Barossa worries on vineyard tax break (ABC Australia)
  The Barossa Valley wine industry will lobby the Federal Government to stop companies from planting new vines for the tax breaks offered.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358466.htm
  
  
• RBA to show caution on easing rates (ABC Australia)
  Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens is hosing down expectations of deep cuts to interest rates over the coming months.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358416.htm
  
  
• Spears makes triumphant return at VMAs (ABC Australia)
  Once troubled singer Britney Spears has nabbed her first-ever MTV "Moonman".
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358339.htm
  
  
• Serena beats Jankovic for 3rd Open title, 9th Slam (Examiner.com)
  Serena Williams flung her racket straight up and jumped for joy, hopping and skipping and screaming and generally looking like someone who had just won her first U.S. Open title or earned her debut at No. 1 in the rankings.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575707~Serena_beats_Jankovic_for_3rd_Open_title__9th_Slam.html
  
  
• Broadway Brett wins debut, helps Jets top Dolphins (Examiner.com)
  Brett Favre hardly looked like the retiring type, raising his arms to signal a touchdown, then leaping and skipping to the bench, where he vaulted into the arms of two teammates.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575689~Broadway_Brett_wins_debut__helps_Jets_top_Dolphins.html
  
  
• Bears' D turns tables on Colts in 29-13 victory (Examiner.com)
  Chicago rediscovered its winning formula Sunday night. Play tough defense, control the ball and make no major mistakes.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575687~Bears__D_turns_tables_on_Colts_in_29_13_victory.html
  
  
• Thai PM faces court battle over cooking show (Examiner.com)
  Thailand's embattled prime minister appeared in court Monday to defend himself against accusations he violated the constitution by hosting a televised cooking show while in office.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575682~Thai_PM_faces_court_battle_over_cooking_show.html
  
  
• Review: Russell Brand hosts the VMAs with candor (Examiner.com)
  Russell Brand seemed a little out of place as the host at the MTV Video Music Awards.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575671~Review__Russell_Brand_hosts_the_VMAs_with_candor.html
  
  
• Smith: Labor could govern in own right (ABC Australia)
  The Federal Labor Member for Perth Stephen Smith says there is a possibility the ALP could form a minority government in Western Australia in its own right.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358382.htm
  
  
• Serena powers to third US Open title (ABC Australia)
  Fourth-seeded American Serena Williams has won her ninth grand slam title by beating tenacious Serb Jelena Jankovic 6-4, 7-5 in a high-quality US Open women's final.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358375.htm
  
  
• Officers 'ignored inmates as man died' (ABC Australia)
  An inquest has heard the fellow inmates of a man who died at a Sydney police centre had tried to get him medical help but were ignored by prison officers.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358350.htm
  
  
• Pats QB Brady hurts knee in victory over Chiefs (Examiner.com)
  Tom Brady went from the disappointment of a Super Bowl loss to the devastation of an injury that could keep him out for the rest of the season.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575633~Pats_QB_Brady_hurts_knee_in_victory_over_Chiefs.html
  
  
• Opposition calls for immediate pension boost (ABC Australia)
  The Federal Opposition has used the Treasurer's admission that he could not survive on the pension to renew its call for the payment to be boosted.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358348.htm
  
  
• Delgado, Santana lead Mets past Phils for DH split (Examiner.com)
  Carlos Delgado hit two long homers and drove in four runs, backing a big win by Johan Santana as the New York Mets beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-3 on Sunday night for a doubleheader split.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575645~Delgado__Santana_lead_Mets_past_Phils_for_DH_split.html
  
  
• Wong announces $400m Murray-Darling buy-back (ABC Australia)
  Federal Climate Change Minister Penny Wong has announced a new $400 million tender to buy water entitlements in the northern section of the Murray-Darling Basin.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358341.htm
  
  
• PNG phone deal under scrutiny (ABC Australia)
  A telecommunications deal involving Papua New Guinea's state-owned Telikom and foreign investors is being investigated by the Independent Consumer and Competition Commission (ICCC).
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358343.htm
  
  
• Police Hummers to patrol Melbourne streets (ABC Australia)
  Victorian police will patrol Melbourne's inner-city streets in Hummers to try to curb violence.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358308.htm
  
  
• Rail rorts: ICAC recommends charges (ABC Australia)
  The ICAC has made corruption findings against four former RailCorp employees in two separate reports.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358301.htm
  
  
• Manager denies safety breach (ABC Australia)
  The former underground manager at the Beaconsfield gold mine has denied he ordered a miner to break a safety rule in the lead-up to a fatal rock fall.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358318.htm
  
  
• Killer Ike hits Cuba after lashing Bahamas, Haiti (Examiner.com)
  Hurricane Ike roared into Cuba on Sunday after destroying houses and crops on low-lying islands, and worsening floods in Haiti that have already killed more than 300 people.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575624~Killer_Ike_hits_Cuba_after_lashing_Bahamas__Haiti.html
  
  
• One More Time: Britney sweeps MTV VMAs (Examiner.com)
  It took a year, but Britney Spears' comeback on the MTV Video Music Awards is finally a reality.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575657~One_More_Time__Britney_sweeps_MTV_VMAs.html
  
  
• Justin Timberlake goes for 'Mr. Sexy Backwoods' (Examiner.com)
  Justin Timberlake is shaking his "Mr. Sexy Back" reputation for something more like "Mr. Sexy Backwoods."
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575628~Justin_Timberlake_goes_for__Mr__Sexy_Backwoods_.html
  
  
• Eva Longoria Parker talks fashion at Fashion Week (Examiner.com)
  Eva Longoria Parker is running a tight schedule.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575642~Eva_Longoria_Parker_talks_fashion_at_Fashion_Week.html
  
  
• Vineyards anger over road plan (ABC Australia)
  The director of a Coonawarra winery is angry about a plan to build a bypass road to through part of its South Australian vineyards.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358269.htm
  
  
• Ike batters Cuba (ABC Australia)
  Hurricane Ike has hit Cuba, packing 120kph winds and huge waves.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358249.htm
  
  
• Ergon recalls uniforms after severe allergic reactions (ABC Australia)
  Ergon Energy is recalling about 3,000 protective suits issued to staff amid concerns over allergic reactions.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358259.htm
  
  
• Einfeld's co-accused stands trial (ABC Australia)
  A trial is underway for the Sydney woman accused of helping judge Marcus Einfeld avoid a speeding fine.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358218.htm
  
  
• Poland wins Eurovision dance title (ABC Australia)
  Poland waltzed off with the Eurovision dance contest title on Saturday in a glitzy final watched by millions of viewers across the continent.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358191.htm
  
  
• Election could revive Ord Stage 2 (ABC Australia)
  There is renewed hope in the Kimberley that the state election result could revive the Ord Stage 2 development.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358239.htm
  
  
• A locket for 'Leezza' from 'mad dog' Gaddafi (ABC Australia)
  Moamar Gaddafi gave US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice some unique gifts to remember their first encounter, including a necklace with a locket that included a picture of the Libyan leader.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358236.htm
  
  
• Chris Brown busy writing songs for Britney Spears (Examiner.com)
  Chris Brown was tied to two of the hottest women at the MTV Video Music Awards: Rihanna and Britney Spears.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575607~Chris_Brown_busy_writing_songs_for_Britney_Spears.html
  
  
• Website showcases Canoes community (ABC Australia)
  New website hosts a collection of stories told through the eyes of the Ramingining people.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358196.htm
  
  
• Maxitrans workers sue over union lockout (ABC Australia)
  Workers at a Victorian trucking firm are taking legal action after the company refused to allow union involvement in a new pay deal.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358221.htm
  
  
• WA election 'a huge setback' for Labor: Tanner (ABC Australia)
  Federal Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner says Labor's loss in the Western Australia state election at the weekend will make Prime Minister Kevin Rudd cautious about calling an early election.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358235.htm
  
  
• 'Rent' brings down the curtain on Broadway run (Examiner.com)
  They cheered, they cried and gave the show a standing ovation even before the first note was sung.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575614~_Rent__brings_down_the_curtain_on_Broadway_run.html
  
  
• New visual arts curator (ABC Australia)
  The Adelaide Festival has appointed an internationally-recognised art curator for its visual arts program.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358160.htm
  
  
• Gunns gets more time (ABC Australia)
  The Federal Environment Minister, Peter Garrett, has given Gunns more time to prove its proposed Tamar Valley pulp mill can meet environmental guidelines.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358197.htm
  
  
• Mine shuts down (ABC Australia)
  The Hellyer Zinc Mine in Tasmania's north-west has closed suddenly, putting almost 50 people out of work.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358192.htm
  
  
• Palin and McCain’s Shotgun Marriage
  Op-ed column by Frank Rich
  http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/opinion/07rich.html
  
  
• Ike's floods kill 58, add insult to Haiti's misery (Examiner.com)
  Haitians took to their roofs to escape rising floodwaters for the second time in a week on Sunday as squalls from Hurricane Ike killed 58 people and collapsed a bridge that cut the last land route into the starving city of Gonaives.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575585~Ike_s_floods_kill_58__add_insult_to_Haiti_s_misery.html
  
  
• Plan to ban booze from Melbourne strip clubs (ABC Australia)
  Strip clubs in Melbourne's King Street could be forced to stop serving alcohol under measures being considered by the State Government.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358193.htm
  
  
• US re-opens Afghan massacre inquiry (ABC Australia)
  US forces in Afghanistan are re-opening an investigation into an air attack last month that reportedly killed up to 90 civilians.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358195.htm
  
  
• Court told of delays for food poisoning victims (ABC Australia)
  A SA court hears there are still delays facing food poisoning victims from 13 years ago.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358175.htm
  
  
• Teson Trims in voluntary administration (ABC Australia)
  Financially-troubled Victorian car component company Teson Trims has gone into voluntary administration.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358110.htm
  
  
• Going, going gone: JetBlue auctions flights on Web (Examiner.com)
  JetBlue Airways Corp. is auctioning off more than 300 roundtrip flights and six vacation packages this week on eBay, with opening bids set between 5 and 10 cents.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575574~Going__going_gone__JetBlue_auctions_flights_on_Web.html
  
  
• Haskins, Hall of Fame basketball coach, dies (Examiner.com)
  Don Haskins, credited with helping break color barriers in college sports in 1966 when he used five black starters to win a national basketball title for Texas Western, died Sunday. He was 78.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575563~Haskins__Hall_of_Fame_basketball_coach__dies.html
  
  
• WA election deadlock: Barnett and Grylls in crucial talks (ABC Australia)
  The Liberal leader Colin Barnett is showing signs he may backflip on his earlier refusal to meet the WA Nationals demand for more money for the state's regions.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358161.htm
  
  
• US re-examines Afghan civilian deaths from attack (Examiner.com)
  The U.S. military said Sunday it has new evidence about civilian casualties from an American attack that Afghanistan says killed scores of women and children and it is sending a senior officer to the country to review its initial finding that no more than seven civilians died.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575572~US_re_examines_Afghan_civilian_deaths_from_attack.html
  
  
• No surprises: Roozendaal in, Costa out (ABC Australia)
  New South Wales Premier Nathan Rees has unveiled his new look Cabinet, appointing former roads minister Eric Roozendaal the state's new Treasurer.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358126.htm
  
  
• Court overturns Underbelly ban (ABC Australia)
  Supreme Court judge gives go ahead for Underbelly to be screened in Victoria - but only the first five episodes.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358116.htm
  
  
• Stocks surge after Fannie-Freddie bailout (ABC Australia)
  Australian stocks have surged in response to the US Government's plan to take control of mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358118.htm
  
  
• Man 'kicked officer during league brawl' (ABC Australia)
  A man has been charged with assaulting a police officer during a football match on the New South Wales north coast yesterday.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358107.htm
  
  
• Hope remains for missing sailors (ABC Australia)
  Authorities say they are hopeful two Australian sailors, missing off the south-east Queensland coast, are still alive.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358109.htm
  
  
• Royal Women's hospital putting lives at risk: Oppn (ABC Australia)
  Victoria's Opposition says internal documents from the new Royal Women's Hospital show lives are being put at risk.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358093.htm
  
  
• SA drivers urged to ration LPG use (ABC Australia)
  The Motor Trade Association (MTA) says it is unsure when gas supplies will return to normal at South Australian service stations.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358071.htm
  
  
• Top-ranked Nadal knocked off by Murray at US Open (Examiner.com)
  Rafael Nadal hunched over, his chest heaving, his hopes of reaching his first U.S. Open final fading fast. No one ever seems to run Nadal ragged. Andy Murray managed to do just that.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575550~Top_ranked_Nadal_knocked_off_by_Murray_at_US_Open.html
  
  
• Authorities ban underage fans from all-ages concert (ABC Australia)
  Underage music fans are demanding an explanation after being banned from a concert last night at the Arena in Brisbane's Fortitude Valley.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2357999.htm
  
  
• Bettany, Connelly to star in Darwin biopic (ABC Australia)
  Real-life husband and wife Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly have signed on to play a married couple in Creation, director Jon Amiel's film about the life of Charles Darwin.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2357994.htm
  
  
• RBA governor defends rate rises (ABC Australia)
  Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Glenn Stevens says it was necessary to raise interest rates earlier in the year to control inflation.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358065.htm
  
  
• College basketball pioneer Don Haskins dies at 78 (Examiner.com)
  Don Haskins, credited with helping break color barriers in college sports in 1966 when he used five black starters to win a national basketball title for Texas Western, died Sunday. He was 78.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575520~College_basketball_pioneer_Don_Haskins_dies_at_78.html
  
  
• Killer Ike blasts Bahamas, floods Haiti, hits Cuba (Examiner.com)
  Hurricane Ike bore down on Cuba after roaring across low-lying islands Sunday, tearing apart houses, wiping out crops and worsening floods in Haiti that have already killed more than 300 people.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575501~Killer_Ike_blasts_Bahamas__floods_Haiti__hits_Cuba.html
  
  
• Review should fix planning woes: Premier (ABC Australia)
  The Premier David Bartlett is concerned that businessman Dick Smith is recommending investors avoid Tasmania because of its planning laws.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2357991.htm
  
  
• Rates cut unlikely to improve sales: REI (ABC Australia)
  The ACT Real Estate Institute (REI) says the recent interest rate cut is not expected to improve sluggish property sales in a hurry.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2357938.htm
  
  
• Bus attack prompts safety review (ABC Australia)
  The company that runs the O-Bahn bus service says it will review track and bus safety after a molotov cocktail attack on a bus last Friday.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2357937.htm
  
  
• Greek Postmen top oddest book title list (ABC Australia)
  A competition to find the strangest book title of the past 30 years has declared Greek Rural Postmen And Their Cancellation Numbers the oddest.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2357976.htm
  
  
• Counting resumes in the WA election today (ABC Australia)
  Counting is set to resume in the WA election today but it could still be several days before a result is known.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2357989.htm
  
  
• Fitzgibbon signals possible infantry combat role (ABC Australia)
  Joel Fitzgibbon has not ruled out using Australian infantry in combat for the first time since the Vietnam war.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2357961.htm
  
  
• Pensioners living on dog food: Fielding (ABC Australia)
  Family First Senator Steve Fielding savages Wayne Swan over refusal to lift aged pension.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2357971.htm
  
  
• NSW 'extreme makeover' not enough (ABC Australia)
  The New South Wales National Party is backing calls by Federal Opposition Leader Brendan Nelson for a fresh state election following the resignation of Morris Iemma.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2357978.htm
  
  
• Thrill-seeker pays 1.5m pounds to fly with Red Arrows (ABC Australia)
  <br>A British woman has paid 1.5 million pounds in a charity auction to fly with the Royal Air Force's aerobatic Red Arrows display jets, the Help for Heroes charity said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2357969.htm
  
  
• Canadian soldier killed in Afghanistan (ABC Australia)
  A Canadian soldier was killed and seven were injured in a roadside blast in southern Afghanistan, bringing Canada's death toll in the war-torn country to 97 since 2002, the military announced.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2357921.htm
  
  
• Delhomme, Panthers stun Chargers as time expires (Examiner.com)
  Jake Delhomme came back with a jolt that the San Diego Chargers won't soon forget. Delhomme threw a 14-yard touchdown pass to tight end Dante Rosaraio as time expired to lift the Carolina Panthers to a shocking 26-24 win over the Chargers on Sunday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575458~Delhomme__Panthers_stun_Chargers_as_time_expires.html
  
  
• Cowboy Up: Owens, Romo lead Dallas past Browns (Examiner.com)
  T.O. and his talented teammates were way too much for the Browns. Terrell Owens caught a 35-yard touchdown pass, Tony Romo effortlessly picked apart Cleveland's secondary, Marion Barber scored on a pair of 1-yard runs and the Dallas Cowboys opened a season they expect to end with a Super Bowl title by overwhelming the Browns 28-10 on Sunday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575461~Cowboy_Up__Owens__Romo_lead_Dallas_past_Browns.html
  
  
• Castroneves wins IRL Chicago, but Dixon gets title (Examiner.com)
  Helio Castroneves won the race in the second closest finish in the history of the IndyCar Series, but it wasn't enough to stop Scott Dixon from taking his second championship.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575375~Castroneves_wins_IRL_Chicago__but_Dixon_gets_title.html
  
  
• McCain campaign hits Albuquerque restaurant (Examiner.com)
  After a week of getting Republicans fired up about their campaign, presidential nominee John McCain and running mate Sarah Palin stocked up on some of the hot stuff.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575469~McCain_campaign_hits_Albuquerque_restaurant.html
  
  
• Keys residents weigh evacuation, Gulf Coast next? (Examiner.com)
  With powerful Hurricane Ike on an uncertain course toward the Gulf of Mexico, many on these low-lying islands took a wait-and-see approach to evacuation orders Sunday, perhaps a harbinger of the attitudes to come from Louisiana and Texas residents returning from an arduous evacuation and already showing signs of "hurricane fatigue."
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575265~Keys_residents_weigh_evacuation__Gulf_Coast_next_.html
  
  
• Obama plans extended meeting with Bill Clinton (Examiner.com)
  Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama plans to lunch with former President Clinton this week in what will be their first extended face-to-face meeting since the bitter primary season.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575430~Obama_plans_extended_meeting_with_Bill_Clinton.html
  
  
• Torres, Timberlake make splash at NY Fashion Week (Examiner.com)
  The stars descended on New York Fashion Week on Sunday, with Olympian Dara Torres hitting the catwalk, Justin Timberlake putting on a runway show and the likes of Jennifer Lopez and Uma Thurman lining the front rows.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575381~Torres__Timberlake_make_splash_at_NY_Fashion_Week.html
  
  
• Maguire, Raimi back for Spider-Man sequels (ABC Australia)
  Tobey Maguire and Spider-Man director Sam Raimi plan to reunite for the fourth and fifth installments of the comic book franchise, dispelling speculation that a new actor would play the crime-fighter.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2357884.htm
  
  
• George Washington biopic gets green light (ABC Australia)
  Nicholas Meyer will pen a screenplay about the life of George Washington for Paul Allen's Vulcan Prods.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2357880.htm
  
  
• Madonna makes dedication to Pope (ABC Australia)
  Madonna courts controversy by dedicating Like A Virgin to Pope Benedict.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2357883.htm
  
  
• Call to ban childrens' food additives (ABC Australia)
  An open letter calling for several food additives to be banned is being sent to Australia's food regulator today.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2357927.htm
  
  
• Downsized mill seeks workers (ABC Australia)
  A north-east sawmiller has advertised vacancies for tradespeople, two months after axing 135 jobs.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2357891.htm
  
  
• Tarantino's WWII drama draws fire in Germany (ABC Australia)
  A leaked script of Quentin Tarantino's WWII epic draws ire from the German press.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2357881.htm
  
  
• Controversial Jewel Of Medina finds publisher (ABC Australia)
  Beaufort Books has bought a novel about the Prophet Mohammed's child bride a month after Random House cancelled its release, citing fears it could "incite acts of violence".
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2357882.htm
  
  
• Villegas wins BMW Championship with clutch putts (Examiner.com)
  Camilo Villegas gave golf fans a real reason to pay attention to him - a trophy.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575333~Villegas_wins_BMW_Championship_with_clutch_putts.html
  
  
• Wall Street may cheer Fannie, Freddie bailout (Examiner.com)
  Wall Street finally got what it's been angling for: a bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that could aid a recovery of the broken U.S. housing market and arrest a slide in stock and credit markets worldwide.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575408~Wall_Street_may_cheer_Fannie__Freddie_bailout.html
  
  
• Fannie, Freddie deal helps some borrowers, not all (Examiner.com)
  The government's historic bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on Sunday will be good news to homebuyers and some homeowners hoping to refinance if it leads to lower mortgage rates, as experts expect.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575410~Fannie__Freddie_deal_helps_some_borrowers__not_all.html
  
  
• Killer Ike blasts Bahamas, lashes Cuba (Examiner.com)
  Hurricane Ike roared across low-lying islands and bore down on Cuba, destroying homes, sweeping away boats and bringing more rain to waterlogged communities in Haiti, where it killed 48 more people.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575371~Killer_Ike_blasts_Bahamas__lashes_Cuba.html
  
  
• Rice: Not wise to end Cuban economic embargo now (Examiner.com)
  The Bush administration said Sunday it sees no wisdom now in ending an economic embargo against Cuba, a longtime demand the Havana government renewed as a way to speed aid after Hurricane Gustav swamped the island.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575384~Rice__Not_wise_to_end_Cuban_economic_embargo_now.html
  
  
• Ergon uniforms making workers sick (ABC Australia)
  Some Qld electricity industry workers are having severe allergic reactions to their new uniforms.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2357907.htm
  
  
• Murray upsets Nadal to reach first slam final (ABC Australia)
  Sixth-seeded Briton Andy Murray has reached his first grand slam final, upsetting world number one Rafael Nadal 6-2, 7-6, 4-6, 6-4 at the US Open.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2357863.htm
  
  
• Bligh backs Shoalwater Bay coal terminal snub (ABC Australia)
  Premier Anna Bligh says it is now up to Waratah Coal to come up with an acceptable alternative to export coal from a proposed mine near Alpha in central Queensland.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2357878.htm
  
  
• Advertising group opposes Yahoo-Google pact (Examiner.com)
  A group representing big-spending national advertisers said Sunday it sent a letter to the Justice Department asserting an online ad partnership between Yahoo Inc. and Google Inc. will stifle competition and likely raise prices.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575348~Advertising_group_opposes_Yahoo_Google_pact.html
  
  
• Murray stuns No. 1 Nadal in US Open semifinals (Examiner.com)
  Andy Murray finished a stunning, rain-interrupted victory over No. 1 Rafael Nadal 6-2, 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-4 at the U.S. Open on Sunday to reach his first Grand Slam final.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575320~Murray_stuns_No__1_Nadal_in_US_Open_semifinals.html
  
  
• Villegas wins BMW Championship (Examiner.com)
  Camilo Villegas has won the BMW Championship, a wire-to-wire victory made possible by three big putts Sunday on the back nine at Bellerive for his first PGA Tour title.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575307~Villegas_wins_BMW_Championship.html
  
  
• Castroneves wins race; Dixon takes title (Examiner.com)
  Helio Castroneves won the race in the closest finish in the history of the IndyCar Series, but it wasn't enough to stop Scott Dixon from taking his second championship.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575316~Castroneves_wins_race__Dixon_takes_title.html
  
  
• Titans QB on crutches after hurting knee (Examiner.com)
  Vince Young was on crutches Sunday after spraining his left knee late in the Titans' 17-10 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575323~Titans_QB_on_crutches_after_hurting_knee.html
  
  
• Owner: Ride's over at Coney Island amusement park (Examiner.com)
  When reports circulated over the weekend of a last-minute deal to keep Coney Island's historic Astroland amusement park open for another year, owner Carol Hill Albert was not amused.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575343~Owner__Ride_s_over_at_Coney_Island_amusement_park.html
  
  
• US re-examines Afghan attack that killed civilians (Examiner.com)
  The U.S. military said Sunday it has "new information" about an American attack that Afghanistan says killed 90 civilians and it is sending a senior military officer to the country to review its initial investigation that concluded no more than seven civilians died.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575287~US_re_examines_Afghan_attack_that_killed_civilians.html
  
  
• NSW Cabinet: 'Different jockeys, same horses' (ABC Australia)
  The New South Wales Labor Government's new Cabinet will be officially sworn in this morning at Government House in Sydney amid concerns Labor's powerbrokers are still calling the shots.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2357855.htm
  
  
• Probe of 41 SA child care centres (ABC Australia)
  The South Australian Government is investigating complaints made against child care centres.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2357853.htm
  
  
• Yacht search moves further north (ABC Australia)
  A search will resume this morning for two men and their yacht believed to be missing off Queensland.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2357854.htm
  
  
• Govt to brief Cairns on tourism rescue plan (ABC Australia)
  The far north Queensland tourism sector is expected to hear more details about a Government rescue plan for the industry today.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2357841.htm
  
  
• WA result fuels talk of Nats-Libs split (ABC Australia)
  Nationals consider abandoning their federal coalition with the Liberal Party after a strong showing in the WA election.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2357831.htm
  
  
• Nationals in WA box seat after voter backlash (ABC Australia)
  Western Australian Liberal leader Colin Barnett will meet Nationals leader Brendan Grylls this morning in the hope they can broker a deal to form government.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2357828.htm
  
  
• Mayo environment message for major parties: Greens (ABC Australia)
  The Greens say their strong result in the Mayo by-election gives an environment message to the major parties.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2357811.htm
  
  
• Brady suffers knee injury, Pats beat Chiefs 17-10 (Examiner.com)
  Tom Brady limped off the field under the worried stares of Patriots fans. The thing they feared most finally happened - losing the NFL's reigning MVP to injury.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575219~Brady_suffers_knee_injury__Pats_beat_Chiefs_17_10.html
  
  
• Tsvangirai wants election to solve Zimbabwe deadlock (ABC Australia)
  Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) says it will not sign a power-sharing agreement with President Robert Mugabe unless his powers are reduced.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2357814.htm
  
  
• Favre throws 2 TDs, leads Jets past Dolphins 20-14 (Examiner.com)
  Brett Favre hardly looked like the retiring type, raising his arms to signal a touchdown, then leaping and skipping to the bench, where he vaulted into the arms of two teammates.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575242~Favre_throws_2_TDs__leads_Jets_past_Dolphins_20_14.html
  
  
• More funding needed to combat golden staph: health experts (ABC Australia)
  Health experts are calling on the Federal Government to provide more funding to combat "golden staph" in hospitals, amid fears of a possible epidemic.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2357813.htm
  
  
• Johnson wins 2nd straight to charge into Chase (Examiner.com)
  Not so fast, Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards. Jimmie Johnson has no intention of giving up his title without a fight.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575211~Johnson_wins_2nd_straight_to_charge_into_Chase.html
  
  
• Tata gets go ahead for world's cheapest car (ABC Australia)
  India's Tata Motors can go ahead with making the world's cheapest car in the east of the country after talks yielded a compromise ending violent protests against its factory, officials said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2357812.htm
  
  
• Underdogs no more: E Carolina storms into Top 25 (Examiner.com)
  East Carolina can't play the underdog role anymore. After opening the season by upsetting two ranked teams, the Pirates earned themselves a place in the AP Top 25 for the first time in nine years.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575226~Underdogs_no_more__E_Carolina_storms_into_Top_25.html
  
  
• McNabb's 3 TDs lead Eagles to 38-3 rout over Rams (Examiner.com)
  This is what a healthy Donovan McNabb looks like. McNabb threw for 361 yards and three touchdowns, rookie DeSean Jackson had an impressive debut and the Philadelphia Eagles routed the St. Louis Rams 38-3 on Sunday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575239~McNabb_s_3_TDs_lead_Eagles_to_38_3_rout_over_Rams.html
  
  
• David Purcey helps Blue Jays shut out Rays 1-0 (Examiner.com)
  David Purcey pitched eight shutout innings and the Toronto Blue Jays completed a three-game sweep with a 1-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday, extending their winning streak to eight games.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575234~David_Purcey_helps_Blue_Jays_shut_out_Rays_1_0.html
  
  
• Indians' Lee picks up 21st win, beats Royals 3-1 (Examiner.com)
  Cliff Lee won his 10th straight decision, the longest winning streak in the majors this season, and the Cleveland Indians beat the Kansas City Royals 3-1 on Sunday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575267~Indians__Lee_picks_up_21st_win__beats_Royals_3_1.html
  
  
• Massa wins Belgian GP after Hamilton is penalized (Examiner.com)
  Felipe Massa was declared the winner of Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix after Lewis Hamilton was penalized for cutting a corner during a late duel with world champion Kimi Raikkonen.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575210~Massa_wins_Belgian_GP_after_Hamilton_is_penalized.html
  
  
• For now, Bengals' Johnson can't wear Ocho Cinco (Examiner.com)
  Chad Johnson has changed his name, but his jersey remained the same Sunday. The Cincinnati Bengals receiver legally changed his name from Chad Johnson to Chad Ocho Cinco, but the NFL decided against allowing him to put his name on his jersey.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575225~For_now__Bengals__Johnson_can_t_wear_Ocho_Cinco.html
  
  
• ABC News' Gibson lands first Palin interview (Examiner.com)
  Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has agreed to sit down with ABC's Charles Gibson later this week for her first television interview since John McCain chose her as his running mate more than a week ago.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575276~ABC_News__Gibson_lands_first_Palin_interview.html
  
  
• Olympic swimmer Dara Torres models at Fashion Week (Examiner.com)
  After winning three silver medals in Beijing, Olympic swimmer Dara Torres has mastered another daunting challenge: walking the runway at New York Fashion Week.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575235~Olympic_swimmer_Dara_Torres_models_at_Fashion_Week.html
  
  
• Police: Gary Coleman hit man with truck in Utah (Examiner.com)
  Actor Gary Coleman hit a pedestrian with his truck after arguing with him in a local bowling alley, police said.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575193~Police__Gary_Coleman_hit_man_with_truck_in_Utah.html
  
  
• Patriots beat Chiefs 17-10 after losing Brady (Examiner.com)
  Tom Brady limped off the field under the worried stares of Patriots fans. The thing they feared most finally happened - losing the NFL's reigning MVP to injury.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575119~Patriots_beat_Chiefs_17_10_after_losing_Brady.html
  
  
• Jets' Favre throws for 2 TDs, beats Dolphins 20-14 (Examiner.com)
  Brett Favre hardly looked like the retiring type, raising his arms to signal a touchdown, then leaping and skipping to the bench, where he vaulted into the arms of two teammates.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575142~Jets__Favre_throws_for_2_TDs__beats_Dolphins_20_14.html
  
  
• Ryan and Turner have quite a debut in Atlanta (Examiner.com)
  Matt Ryan threw for a 62-yard touchdown with his first NFL pass, Michael Turner set an Atlanta record with 220 yards rushing and the Falcons began a new era with a 34-21 victory over the Detroit Lions on Sunday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575109~Ryan_and_Turner_have_quite_a_debut_in_Atlanta.html
  
  
• McNabb leads Eagles to rout over Rams (Examiner.com)
  This is what a healthy Donovan McNabb looks like.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575137~McNabb_leads_Eagles_to_rout_over_Rams.html
  
  
• Online job ads drop as economy slows (ABC Australia)
  A survey of online jobs has shown the nation's annual growth rate is at its lowest in eight years.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2357794.htm
  
  
• Bush: Takeover of housing giants 'critical' (Examiner.com)
  President Bush said Sunday that the historic federal government takeover of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is needed to keep them from failing, a risk he called "unacceptable" for an economy battered by housing and credit crises.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575148~Bush__Takeover_of_housing_giants__critical_.html
  
  
• Petraeus to hand over Iraq command on Sept 16 (ABC Australia)
  US General David Petraeus, the man credited with curbing sectarian violence in Iraq, will hand the command of US-led forces in Iraq to General Raymond Odierno on September 16, his spokesman said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2357795.htm
  
  
• Gulf oil and gas producers give Ike a serious look (Examiner.com)
  Efforts to bring oil and gas production back online in the Gulf of Mexico slowed Sunday as Hurricane Ike barreled toward the nation's energy complex, likely to be the second hurricane to slam into the Gulf in as many weeks.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575187~Gulf_oil_and_gas_producers_give_Ike_a_serious_look.html
  
  
• US has new information on Afghan civilian deaths (Examiner.com)
  The U.S. military says it has "new information" about allegations that an American attack last month killed scores of Afghan women and children and is sending a senior officer to Afghanistan to review its initial conclusion that only up to seven civilians died.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575200~US_has_new_information_on_Afghan_civilian_deaths.html
  
  
• Adam Jones starts for Cowboys in place of Newman (Examiner.com)
  Dallas Cowboys cornerback Adam Jones was listed as the starter Sunday against the Cleveland Browns with cornerback Terence Newman inactive.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575076~Adam_Jones_starts_for_Cowboys_in_place_of_Newman.html
  
  
• Purcey helps Blue Jays shut out Rays 1-0 (Examiner.com)
  David Purcey pitched eight shutout innings and the Toronto Blue Jays completed a three-game sweep with a 1-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday, extending their winning streak to eight games.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575099~Purcey_helps_Blue_Jays_shut_out_Rays_1_0.html
  
  
• US Government takes over mortgage giants (Examiner.com)
  The Bush administration seized control Sunday of troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, aiming to stabilize the housing market turmoil that is threatening financial markets and the overall economy.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575121~US_Government_takes_over_mortgage_giants.html
  
  
• Obama says he was too flip on abortion question (Examiner.com)
  Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama acknowledged Sunday that he was probably too flip when he said it was "above my pay grade" to answer a question about when is a baby entitled to human rights.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575088~Obama_says_he_was_too_flip_on_abortion_question.html
  
  
• Wall Street wobbles as economic landscape shifts (Examiner.com)
  The stock market has lurched back near its July lows - but Wall Street's concerns are a bit different now than they were then.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575101~Wall_Street_wobbles_as_economic_landscape_shifts.html
  
  
• Killer Ike blasts Bahamas, aims at Cuba (Examiner.com)
  Ike roared across low-lying islands Sunday as a Category 4 hurricane, destroying homes, sweeping away boats and bringing more rain to waterlogged communities in Haiti, where at least 10 more people drowned.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575130~Killer_Ike_blasts_Bahamas__aims_at_Cuba.html
  
  
• Egypt rock slide toll rises to 32 (Examiner.com)
  Hopes diminished Sunday for finding survivors among hundreds of people believed trapped beneath massive boulders that destroyed an impoverished neighborhood on Cairo's outskirts, killing at least 32 people, including whole extended families.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575126~Egypt_rock_slide_toll_rises_to_32.html
  
  
• Hurricane Ike takes aim at Cuba (ABC Australia)
  Ferocious Hurricane Ike ripped off roofs in the southern Bahamas as Cuba scrambled to move hundreds of thousands of people inland, away from a storm eventually headed toward the US Gulf oilpatch and possibly New Orleans.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2357790.htm
  
  
• Hamilton stripped of Belgian F1 win (ABC Australia)
  McLaren's Lewis Hamilton has been controversially stripped of his Belgian Formula One Grand Prix win, after stewards handed the British driver a 25-second race penalty.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2357791.htm
  
  
• Police recommend Israeli PM be indicted (ABC Australia)
  Israeli police have recommended indicting beleaguered Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on corruption charges in two different cases, but the Premier's lawyers dismissed the move as irrelevant.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2357788.htm
  
  
• Nepal abolishes slave labour system (ABC Australia)
  Nepal's Maoist-led coalition Government has abolished the Haliya system, a slavery-like condition, by freeing about 20,000 poor people from the hands of moneylenders and landlords, a cabinet minister said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2357789.htm
  
  
• 'Bangkok Dangerous' reaches No. 1 in slow weekend (Examiner.com)
  The Nicolas Cage action-thriller "Bangkok Dangerous" needed just $7.8 million to take the top spot at the box office in what was the slowest movie weekend in five years, according to studio estimates released Sunday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575075~_Bangkok_Dangerous__reaches_No__1_in_slow_weekend.html
  
  
• 'Rent' to bring down the curtain on Broadway run (Examiner.com)
  Broadway prepared to say goodbye Sunday to "Rent," 12 years and 5,124 performances after it first became a rock musical with a message for theatergoers of all ages.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575095~_Rent__to_bring_down_the_curtain_on_Broadway_run.html
  
  
• Patriots QB Brady out of opener vs. Chiefs (Examiner.com)
  New England quarterback Tom Brady left Sunday's game against Kansas City after being hit on the left leg, depriving the Patriots of the reigning NFL MVP.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575062~Patriots_QB_Brady_out_of_opener_vs__Chiefs.html
  
  
• Cruise lines change course to cut fuel (Examiner.com)
  When the 1,020-foot Explorer of the Seas cruises through North Atlantic waters next year, it'll spend more time off the coast of New England and less time near Canadian shores, and it's not because of better vistas.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575071~Cruise_lines_change_course_to_cut_fuel.html
  
  
• Side events bring out celebs in advance of VMAs (Examiner.com)
  Though the MTV Video Music Awards are the main event in town this weekend, some celebrities are satisfied enough with the side activities connected to the extravaganza.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575055~Side_events_bring_out_celebs_in_advance_of_VMAs.html
  
  
• Old Web idea of micropayments finally finds a home (Examiner.com)
  Seventeen-year-old Alexis Corocan spends about $5 a month on clothes, accessories and eyes of various shapes and shades for her online persona on IMVU, a popular Internet hangout.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575061~Old_Web_idea_of_micropayments_finally_finds_a_home.html
  
  
• Police say Gary Coleman involved in Utah accident (Examiner.com)
  Authorities in Utah say a truck driven by actor Gary Coleman hit a man on his foot after the two argued in a bowling alley.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575039~Police_say_Gary_Coleman_involved_in_Utah_accident.html
  
  
• US govt takes control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (ABC Australia)
  The US Government has seized control of mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, launching what could be its biggest federal bailout ever, in a bid to support the US housing market and ward off more global financial market turbulence.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2357787.htm
  
  
• Pats QB Brady injures knee, limps off field vs. KC (Examiner.com)
  New England quarterback Tom Brady left Sunday's game against Kansas City after being hit on the left leg, depriving the Patriots of the reigning NFL MVP.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575019~Pats_QB_Brady_injures_knee__limps_off_field_vs__KC.html
  
  
• US government seizes control of mortgage giants (Examiner.com)
  The Bush administration seized control Sunday of troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, aiming to stabilize the housing market turmoil that is threatening financial markets and the overall economy.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575052~US_government_seizes_control_of_mortgage_giants.html
  
  
• Broncos LB Williams signs five-year extension (Examiner.com)
  The Denver Broncos signed linebacker D.J. Williams to a five-year contract extension Sunday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575028~Broncos_LB_Williams_signs_five_year_extension.html
  
  
• Palin offers first TV interview to ABC News (Examiner.com)
  Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin plans to sit down later this week for her first television interview since John McCain chose her as his running mate more than a week ago.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575042~Palin_offers_first_TV_interview_to_ABC_News.html
  
  
• Foodmakers plan big ad campaigns in down economy (Examiner.com)
  Foodmakers may be worried about higher costs for key ingredients, pushing through price increases and still maintaining their profits. But for big names like Sara Lee, Kraft and others, these slim times don't mean doing away with their advertising budgets.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574950~Foodmakers_plan_big_ad_campaigns_in_down_economy.html
  
  
• McCain targets GOP and Bush along with Obama (Examiner.com)
  Barack Obama isn't John McCain's only opponent. Sometimes McCain sounds like he's running almost as hard against President Bush and the Republican Party as he is against Obama, his Democratic rival for the White House.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575027~McCain_targets_GOP_and_Bush_along_with_Obama.html
  
  
• Taiwan leaders seek to ease economic concerns (Examiner.com)
  Taiwanese leaders sought to ease mounting complaints about the island's slowing economy on Sunday, the latest in a string of public apologies and promises to prop up consumer demand and investment.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575031~Taiwan_leaders_seek_to_ease_economic_concerns.html
  
  
• Hong Kong votes in legislative elections (Examiner.com)
  Hong Kong voters turned out in thinner numbers Sunday for legislative elections that threatened to set back the pro-democracy opposition and its push for greater political freedoms in the Chinese-ruled territory.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575044~Hong_Kong_votes_in_legislative_elections.html
  
  
• Georgian president vows to reclaim 2 provinces (Examiner.com)
  On the eve of a European Union shuttle mission to convince Russia to pull its troops back to prewar positions, Georgia's president vowed Sunday to regain control of two breakaway provinces with the help of "the rest of the world."
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575038~Georgian_president_vows_to_reclaim_2_provinces.html
  
  
• East Carolina Pirates storm Top 25 (Examiner.com)
  East Carolina can't play the underdog role anymore.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574982~East_Carolina_Pirates_storm_Top_25.html
  
  
• Iraqi Cabinet approves initial gas deal with Shell (Examiner.com)
  Iraq's Cabinet approved an initial gas agreement Sunday between the Oil Ministry and Royal Dutch Shell PLC to invest in a joint venture to tap natural gas in southern Iraq, a government statement said.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575010~Iraqi_Cabinet_approves_initial_gas_deal_with_Shell.html
  
  
• McCain takes on GOP and Bush along with Obama (Examiner.com)
  Barack Obama isn't John McCain's only opponent. Sometimes McCain sounds like he's running almost as hard against President Bush and the Republican Party as he is against Obama, his Democratic rival for the White House.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574999~McCain_takes_on_GOP_and_Bush_along_with_Obama.html
  
  
• Long-term plan aids marketing of Michael Phelps (Examiner.com)
  Olympian Michael Phelps' record-setting performance in Beijing has led to multimillion-dollar endorsement deals, but his road to marketing gold was paved years before he swam a lap in China.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1575000~Long_term_plan_aids_marketing_of_Michael_Phelps.html
  
  
• Ike's floods add insult to Haiti's misery, kill 10 (Examiner.com)
  Haitians took to their roofs to escape rising floodwaters Sunday for the second time in a week as squalls from Hurricane Ike added insult to their misery, inundating homes and collapsing a bridge on the last open land route for aid to the desperate city.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574995~Ike_s_floods_add_insult_to_Haiti_s_misery__kill_10.html
  
  
• Iraqi parliament faces urgent national issues (Examiner.com)
  Iraqi lawmakers end their summer break this week facing urgent tasks of approving a new election law and signing off on a still-unfinished security pact with the U.S. - key steps in laying the foundation for a lasting peace.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574997~Iraqi_parliament_faces_urgent_national_issues.html
  
  
• Tom Brady goes down (Examiner.com)
  New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, the reigning NFL MVP, limped off the field in the first quarter of Sunday's game against the Kansas City Chiefs.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574971~Tom_Brady_goes_down.html
  
  
• For now, Chad Johnson can't wear Ocho Cinco (Examiner.com)
  Chad Johnson has changed his name, but his jersey remained the same Sunday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574943~For_now__Chad_Johnson_can_t_wear_Ocho_Cinco.html
  
  
• Once-powerful Pa. senator faces long fraud trial (Examiner.com)
  A longtime power broker in Pennsylvania politics earned nearly $100,000 a year as a state senator, up to $1 million a year as a rainmaking lawyer and millions more from the sale of a family bank.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574975~Once_powerful_Pa__senator_faces_long_fraud_trial.html
  
  
• Falcons QB throws TD on first NFL pass (Examiner.com)
  Falcons rookie quarterback Matt Ryan threw for a 62-yard touchdown with his first NFL pass Sunday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574970~Falcons_QB_throws_TD_on_first_NFL_pass.html
  
  
• Deadly crashes bring FAA focus on Reno air races (Examiner.com)
  It's billed as "the world's fastest motor sport."
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574941~Deadly_crashes_bring_FAA_focus_on_Reno_air_races.html
  
  
• Rudi Johnson active for Lions' opening game (Examiner.com)
  Newly signed running back Rudi Johnson was in uniform for Detroit's opening game against the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574949~Rudi_Johnson_active_for_Lions__opening_game.html
  
  
• Afghan tribal leader set for trial in NYC (Examiner.com)
  By his own account, former Afghan tribal leader Bashir Noorzai resisted the Soviet Union's invasion of his country three decades ago, then put down his weapons when U.S. forces showed up following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574936~Afghan_tribal_leader_set_for_trial_in_NYC.html
  
  
• Palin offers first television interview to ABC (Examiner.com)
  Republican vice presidential running mate Sarah Palin is offering her first televised interview to ABC News in the coming week in Alaska.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574959~Palin_offers_first_television_interview_to_ABC.html
  
  
• Obama's stump speech plays to fears, hopes (Examiner.com)
  As Barack Obama paces before 15,000 people with a hand-held microphone, it's easy to assume his 30-minute talk is more or less a free-associating string of talking points and applause lines.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574954~Obama_s_stump_speech_plays_to_fears__hopes.html
  
  
• OPEC considers cutting oil production (Examiner.com)
  With oil prices off nearly 30 percent from their highs of almost $150 a barrel, OPEC oil ministers are considering what was unthinkable just a few weeks ago - cutting back output to prop up the price of crude.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574969~OPEC_considers_cutting_oil_production.html
  
  
• Health chiefs battle to bring back Iraqi doctors (Examiner.com)
  A kidney specialist who fled Iraq's bombings, kidnappings and sectarian killings 20 months ago has reported back to work at his Baghdad hospital - one of some 800 doctors who have returned over the summer.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574925~Health_chiefs_battle_to_bring_back_Iraqi_doctors.html
  
  
• Massa declared winner of Belgian GP (Examiner.com)
  Felipe Massa has been declared winner of the Belgian Grand Prix after Lewis Hamilton was given a 25-second penalty for an illegal maneuver.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574906~Massa_declared_winner_of_Belgian_GP.html
  
  
• China's new prosperity fuels fitness craze (Examiner.com)
  Several days a week, Wu Ruiyao hits the gym, where she sweats on a treadmill, tones her abs in a group exercise or stretches under the guidance of a personal trainer.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574913~China_s_new_prosperity_fuels_fitness_craze.html
  
  
• Sorenstam places 3rd in her European finale (Examiner.com)
  Annika Sorenstam ended her pro golf career in Europe by finishing third at the Nykredit Masters tournament won by Martina Eberl on Sunday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574919~Sorenstam_places_3rd_in_her_European_finale.html
  
  
• Much has changed in Wash. elections since 2004 (Examiner.com)
  Washington state's last governor's race ended in controversy with three counts, a court challenge and an astonishingly close margin of victory for the current governor.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574933~Much_has_changed_in_Wash__elections_since_2004.html
  
  
• Sarkozy: unlikely diplomat in Russia-Georgia fight (Examiner.com)
  He's not known for his diplomatic graces, but blunt-talking French President Nicolas Sarkozy looks like Europe's best bet for making peace between Russia and Georgia.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574904~Sarkozy__unlikely_diplomat_in_Russia_Georgia_fight.html
  
  
• WWE wrestles for share of Japanese market (Examiner.com)
  Posing for a snapshot with a glittery championship belt in a packed theater, Seigi Nishiyama was among some 600 fans who can't get enough of World Wrestling Entertainment.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574917~WWE_wrestles_for_share_of_Japanese_market.html
  
  
• CERN fires up new atom smasher to near Big Bang (Examiner.com)
  It has been called an Alice in Wonderland investigation into the makeup of the universe - or dangerous tampering with nature that could spell doomsday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574899~CERN_fires_up_new_atom_smasher_to_near_Big_Bang.html
  
  
• 50,000 villagers in flooded India refuse to leave (Examiner.com)
  At least 50,000 people in India have refused to abandon their homes in flood-ravaged northern Indian despite pleas by authorities to evacuate, an official said Sunday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574903~50_000_villagers_in_flooded_India_refuse_to_leave.html
  
  
• Multi-network cancer telethon donations top $100M (Examiner.com)
  Spurred by an historic telethon Friday night, viewers stood up to cancer and pushed total donations for research to battle the disease past the $100 million mark.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574910~Multi_network_cancer_telethon_donations_top__100M.html
  
  
• Obama: Recession could delay rescinding tax cuts (Examiner.com)
  Democrat Barack Obama says he would delay rescinding President Bush's tax cuts on wealthy Americans if he becomes the next president and the economy is in a recession, suggesting such an increase would further hurt the economy.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574901~Obama__Recession_could_delay_rescinding_tax_cuts.html
  
  
• AP IMPACT: Liver disease plagues obese adolescents (Examiner.com)
  In a new and disturbing twist on the obesity epidemic, some overweight teenagers have severe liver damage caused by too much body fat, and a handful have needed liver transplants.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574897~AP_IMPACT__Liver_disease_plagues_obese_adolescents.html
  
  
• One More Time: Britney returns to MTV VMAs (Examiner.com)
  Another year, another attempted comeback for Britney Spears at the MTV Video Music Awards.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574891~One_More_Time__Britney_returns_to_MTV_VMAs.html
  
  
• Villegas takes the lead in St. Louis (Examiner.com)
  Camilo Villegas gave himself his best chance of winning on the PGA Tour with a 12-foot birdie Sunday morning to complete a 4-under 66 and take a one-shot lead going into the final round of the BMW Championship.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574853~Villegas_takes_the_lead_in_St__Louis.html
  
  
• Biden says he looks forward to debate with Palin (Examiner.com)
  Democrat Joe Biden says he's debated "an awful lot of tough, smart women" throughout his career and that next month's vice presidential debate with Republican Sarah Palin will be no exception. But he'd like to know where she stands on issues.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574875~Biden_says_he_looks_forward_to_debate_with_Palin.html
  
  
• Officials announce takeover of mortgage giants (Examiner.com)
  The Bush administration, acting to avert the potential for major financial turmoil, announced Sunday that the federal government was taking control of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574890~Officials_announce_takeover_of_mortgage_giants.html
  
  
• Biden: Protect taxpayers in mortgage rescue (Examiner.com)
  Joe Biden says the government's rescue of the big mortgage companies Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae should not mean bailing out shareholders at the expense of taxpayers.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574850~Biden__Protect_taxpayers_in_mortgage_rescue.html
  
  
• Ike blasts Turks and Caicos, floods Haiti again (Examiner.com)
  Ike ripped off roofs, sank boats and blocked the road for aid to reach a flooded Haitian city on Sunday as it roared over the southern Bahamas as a ferocious Category 4 hurricane. The Florida Keys evacuated and Cuba prepared for a direct hit.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574858~Ike_blasts_Turks_and_Caicos__floods_Haiti_again.html
  
  
• Iraqi police: Roadside bombs wound 14 in Baghdad (Examiner.com)
  A series of roadside bombs wounded at least 14 people Sunday in eastern Baghdad, police said, in a sign of the ongoing security threats despite a sharp reduction of violence in the Iraqi capital.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574851~Iraqi_police__Roadside_bombs_wound_14_in_Baghdad.html
  
  
• Canadian PM calls snap elections (ABC Australia)
  Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has called an election for October 14 in a bid to strengthen his hold on power after two and a half years in charge of a minority Conservative Party government.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2357779.htm
  
  
• Lewis Hamilton wins rain-splashed Belgian GP (Examiner.com)
  Lewis Hamilton has won the Belgian Grand Prix in a rain-splashed finish to extend his lead in the championship standings.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574833~Lewis_Hamilton_wins_rain_splashed_Belgian_GP.html
  
  
• Auto industry to press Congress for $50B in loans (Examiner.com)
  Auto industry allies hope to secure up to $50 billion in government loans this month that would pay to modernize plants and help struggling car makers build more fuel-efficient vehicles.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574837~Auto_industry_to_press_Congress_for__50B_in_loans.html
  
  
• Twin suicide blasts rock Afghan police building (ABC Australia)
  Two Taliban suicide bombers blew themselves up at Kandahar police headquarters in southern Afghanistan, leaving at least two people dead and dozens wounded, officials said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357776.htm
  
  
• Malkovich gets mad in Coens' 'Burn After Reading' (Examiner.com)
  The Coen brothers' new movie gave John Malkovich a chance to blow off some steam. Malkovich's seething character in "Burn After Reading" bursts out in perpetual tantrums, a nice exercise in anger management, according to the actor.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574829~Malkovich_gets_mad_in_Coens___Burn_After_Reading_.html
  
  
• Olmert promotes West Bank settler buyout plan (ABC Australia)
  Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says it is time to consider offering compensation to Jewish settlers who volunteer to leave parts of the West Bank that Israel would hand to the Palestinians in a statehood deal.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357774.htm
  
  
• Canada's prime minister calls early election (Examiner.com)
  Canada's prime minister dissolved Parliament on Sunday and called an early election next month in hopes of strengthening his Conservative minority government's hold on power.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574819~Canada_s_prime_minister_calls_early_election.html
  
  
• Deal must strip Mugabe of some power: MDC (ABC Australia)
  Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) says it will not sign any power-sharing deal that gives President Robert Mugabe sweeping powers.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357773.htm
  
  
• India jubilant over nuclear trade waiver (Examiner.com)
  India's government and business groups were jubilant Sunday over a hard-won endorsement from nations that supply nuclear material and technology, a decision that paves the way for a landmark civil nuclear energy accord between India and the United States.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574814~India_jubilant_over_nuclear_trade_waiver.html
  
  
• Two charged over punching death (ABC Australia)
  Two men have been charged after a man who was assaulted at a Melbourne nightclub this morning died in hospital.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357769.htm
  
  
• Immigrant death sparks riots in Spanish town (ABC Australia)
  Immigrants have gone on a rampage in a southern Spanish town, throwing stones and bottles at police after a Senegalese man was stabbed to death, police and Spanish media said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357770.htm
  
  
• 10 killed, 30 injured in Croatia coach crash (ABC Australia)
  At least 10 people have been killed and 30 injured in a coach crash on a motorway in Croatia, the national news agency Hina reported quoting a local prosecutor.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357754.htm
  
  
• Canada's PM dissolves Parliament, calls election (Examiner.com)
  Canada's prime minister has dissolved Parliament and called an early election.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574813~Canada_s_PM_dissolves_Parliament__calls_election.html
  
  
• Carpenter upbeat over possible Labor-Nats coalition (ABC Australia)
  WA Labor leader Alan Carpenter says he is excited about the possibility of forming government with the support of the Nationals.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357745.htm
  
  
• Landslide kills 9 in Philippines (ABC Australia)
  A mudslide has killed at least 9 people in the southern Philippines and rescue workers are scrambling to find another 14 still missing after monsoon rains loosened soil and buried about 20 makeshift houses near a mining town.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357735.htm
  
  
• Ike damages 80 percent of homes on Grand Turk (Examiner.com)
  The Turks and Caicos premier says Hurricane Ike has damaged 80 percent of the homes on Grand Turk island.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574794~Ike_damages_80_percent_of_homes_on_Grand_Turk.html
  
  
• Egypt rock slide toll rises to 31, others buried (Examiner.com)
  Egyptian police on Sunday moved shanty town residents from the site of a rock slide that killed at least 31 and left countless more buried, after concerns that more rocks could tumble from the unstable cliffs overhead.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574798~Egypt_rock_slide_toll_rises_to_31__others_buried.html
  
  
• From garage to globe, Google celebrates 10th anniversary (ABC Australia)
  The world's leading internet search engine Google is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its existence.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357736.htm
  
  
• At least 600,000 stranded in Bangladesh floods: minister (ABC Australia)
  At least 600,000 people have been stranded and some 14,000 are sheltering in relief centres after floods across Bangladesh dramatically worsened, a minister said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357729.htm
  
  
• Man dies after being punched in head (ABC Australia)
  A man who was assaulted at a Melbourne nightclub this morning has died in hospital.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357730.htm
  
  
• Cheney holds talks in Italy on Georgia crisis (Examiner.com)
  Vice President Dick Cheney renewed his call for cooperation between Europe and Washington over the Georgia crisis, Italy's foreign minister said Sunday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574788~Cheney_holds_talks_in_Italy_on_Georgia_crisis.html
  
  
• Algae-dyed polar bears puzzle Japan zoo visitors (Examiner.com)
  Green-colored polar bears are drawing questions from puzzled visitors at a Japanese zoo.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574787~Algae_dyed_polar_bears_puzzle_Japan_zoo_visitors.html
  
  
• Tommy Lee Jones seeks $10M in 'No Country' lawsuit (Examiner.com)
  Tommy Lee Jones is suing the makers of "No Country for Old Men" for more than $10 million that the Oscar-winning actor claims he is owed for starring in the 2007 hit crime thriller.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573941~Tommy_Lee_Jones_seeks__10M_in__No_Country__lawsuit.html
  
  
• Serbian opposition leader steps down (ABC Australia)
  The leader of Serbia's main opposition group, the Radical Party, has resigned after senior party members refused to back the Government's efforts to join the European Union.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357721.htm
  
  
• Residents clash with police after Cairo rock slide (ABC Australia)
  Furious residents of a Cairo shanty town have hurled stones and insults at authorities for &quot;inefficient&quot; rescue efforts after a massive rock slide flattened homes and buried whole families under the rubble.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357720.htm
  
  
• Briggs plays down swing against Liberals (ABC Australia)
  The Liberal candidate in the federal seat Mayo, Jamie Briggs, has played down the swing against his party his yesterday's by-election.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357722.htm
  
  
• Storm clinch third straight minor premiership (ABC Australia)
  The Melbourne Storm have won a third consecutive NRL minor premiership with a 42-4 thrashing of South Sydney.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357719.htm
  
  
• Polls open in Hong Kong (ABC Australia)
  Polls have opened in Hong Kong for elections which are expected to benefit pro-China parties.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357697.htm
  
  
• Nationals deny Lyne loss a threat to party (ABC Australia)
  The federal Nationals are coming to terms with another loss on the New South Wales north coast after Rob Oakeshott's commanding victory in yesterday's Lyne by-election.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357695.htm
  
  
• Police: Bombs explode at Afghan police HQ, 6 dead (Examiner.com)
  Two suicide attackers detonated bombs inside the police headquarters in Afghanistan's second-largest city Sunday, killing six policemen, officials said.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574784~Police__Bombs_explode_at_Afghan_police_HQ__6_dead.html
  
  
• Official: Egypt rock slide toll rises to 31 (Examiner.com)
  Egyptian authorities say they have pulled 31 bodies out of the rubble of a Cairo shanty town crushed by massive boulders.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574779~Official__Egypt_rock_slide_toll_rises_to_31.html
  
  
• China to launch space mission in late September (Examiner.com)
  China will launch its third manned space mission in late September, featuring its first-ever space walk, a state news agency said.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574777~China_to_launch_space_mission_in_late_September.html
  
  
• Scott takes gold in individual pursuit (ABC Australia)
  Cyclist Christopher Scott has won Australia's first gold medal on the opening day at the Paralympic Games in Beijing.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357692.htm
  
  
• Hanna rolls into Connecticut with heavy rain (Examiner.com)
  Tropical Storm Hanna rolled into Connecticut on Sunday, bringing heavy rain, wind gusts and oppressive humidity.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574771~Hanna_rolls_into_Connecticut_with_heavy_rain.html
  
  
• Afghanistan: Blasts explode at Kandahar police HQ (Examiner.com)
  Afghan police say two blasts have gone off at the police headquarters in Afghanistan's second-largest city. Casualties are feared.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574772~Afghanistan__Blasts_explode_at_Kandahar_police_HQ.html
  
  
• Israel's government discusses evacuation bill (Examiner.com)
  Israel's government is holding its first discussion of legislation that would pay Jewish settlers to leave their homes in the West Bank even before a peace deal is signed with the Palestinians.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574766~Israel_s_government_discusses_evacuation_bill.html
  
  
• Smith urges Pakistan's Zardari to focus on security (ABC Australia)
  Australia has welcomed the democratic resolution of Pakistan's leadership as it urged the country's new president to focus on security issues, particularly in the Afghan border region.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357690.htm
  
  
• British minister orders inquiry into prison data loss (ABC Australia)
  British Justice Minister Jack Straw has ordered an urgent inquiry into the loss of a computer disk carrying personal details of thousands of justice staff, including some prison officers.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357691.htm
  
  
• Hurricane Ike ravages Caribbean islands (ABC Australia)
  Hurricane Ike has lashed the Turks and Caicos Islands and threatened to unleash its fury on the Bahamas, Cuba and the US Gulf Coast, as Tropical Storm Hanna continued to batter the US east coast.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357685.htm
  
  
• AirAsia takes risks with expansion amid downturn (Examiner.com)
  AirAsia, the region's biggest budget carrier, is making a risky bet.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574747~AirAsia_takes_risks_with_expansion_amid_downturn.html
  
  
• Pakistan suicide blast death toll reaches 35 (Examiner.com)
  The death toll in a massive suicide blast in Pakistan's militant-plagued northwest reached 35, officials said Sunday, as the country prepared for Benazir Bhutto's widower to take over as president.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574751~Pakistan_suicide_blast_death_toll_reaches_35.html
  
  
• WWE steps up push in Japan market (Examiner.com)
  Posing proudly for a snapshot with a glittery championship belt, Seigi Nishiyama is among some 600 other sports fans packing a Tokyo theater who can't get enough of World Wrestling Entertainment.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574750~WWE_steps_up_push_in_Japan_market.html
  
  
• Thai leader dismisses talk of military coup (Examiner.com)
  Thailand's embattled prime minister denied a rift with the army Sunday and dismissed the possibility of a coup when he travels to the U.N. General Assembly in New York later this month.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574736~Thai_leader_dismisses_talk_of_military_coup.html
  
  
• Wanted: Ride to Mojave Desert for wayward tortoise (Examiner.com)
  Sadie the desert tortoise needs a ride to an adoptive home in the Mojave Desert - the sooner the better.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574745~Wanted__Ride_to_Mojave_Desert_for_wayward_tortoise.html
  
  
• Labor and Nationals hold talks on forming government in WA (ABC Australia)
  A meeting today has raised the prospect of a coalition between the Labor Party and the Nationals to form Government in Western Australia.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357677.htm
  
  
• Rashad Evans knocks out Chuck Liddell (Examiner.com)
  Chuck Liddell was the face of the Ulimate Fighting Championship. Rashad Evans is part of the changing of the guard in mixed martial arts.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574691~Rashad_Evans_knocks_out_Chuck_Liddell.html
  
  
• Powerful Hurricane Ike looms as trouble for Gulf (Examiner.com)
  Powerful Hurricane Ike rolled down an uncertain path Sunday that may lead to the U.S. Gulf Coast late this week, forcing emergency officials to pay attention and leaving millions of people from Florida to Mexico to wonder where it will eventually strike.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574738~Powerful_Hurricane_Ike_looms_as_trouble_for_Gulf.html
  
  
• Factions keeping Rees under the thumb: Opposition (ABC Australia)
  The new Premier of New South Wales has been accused of being under the thumb of factional warlords after a Cabinet reshuffle today.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357672.htm
  
  
• Cats storm into prelims with Saints shellacking (ABC Australia)
  Defending premiers Geelong responded to Hawthorn's finals challenge with a 58-point demolition of St Kilda on Sunday afternoon, to progress to within one game of the grand final.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357668.htm
  
  
• WA Labor, Nationals coalition on the cards (ABC Australia)
  A meeting today has raised the prospect of a coalition between the Labor Party and the Nationals to take government in Western Australia.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357669.htm
  
  
• Tigers roll Titans in dead rubber (ABC Australia)
  Wests Tigers finished a disappointing 2008 season on a high with a 28-12 win over the Titans on the Gold Coast on Sunday afternoon, in a match which had no bearing on the make-up of the NRL finals.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357664.htm
  
  
• Authorities narrow search for missing sailors (ABC Australia)
  Rescue authorities have shifted the search for two Australian sailors after spending several days looking in the wrong area.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357667.htm
  
  
• Wilderness railway blocked by rockfall (ABC Australia)
  A rockfall that's partially blocked Tasmania's West Coast Wilderness Railway may not be cleared until the end of next month.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357654.htm
  
  
• Bulldogs take spoon as Raiders clinch sixth (ABC Australia)
  The Raiders emerged as a semi-finals wildcard with an emphatic 52-28 victory over the Bulldogs at Canberra Stadium on Sunday afternoon in a thrilling fixture featuring 16 tries and two hat-tricks.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357650.htm
  
  
• Silent film star Anita page dies (ABC Australia)
  Anita Page, one of the last remaining American actresses who starred in silent films as an adult, has died aged 98.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357641.htm
  
  
• Flood in China coal mine traps 23 people (Examiner.com)
  Twenty-three people were trapped in a flooded coal mine in central China, authorities said Sunday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574674~Flood_in_China_coal_mine_traps_23_people.html
  
  
• Silent screen siren Anita Page dies at 98 (Examiner.com)
  Anita Page, an MGM actress who appeared in films with Lon Chaney, Joan Crawford and Buster Keaton during the transition from silent movies to talkies, has died. She was 98.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574640~Silent_screen_siren_Anita_Page_dies_at_98.html
  
  
• New England braces for Hanna's drenching rains (Examiner.com)
  Southern New England is bracing for drenching rain and gusts near 50 mph as Tropical Storm Hanna runs up the Eastern Seaboard.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574652~New_England_braces_for_Hanna_s_drenching_rains.html
  
  
• Blast, clashes in northwest Pakistan kills 59 (Examiner.com)
  A pickup truck packed with explosives blew up a police security checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan Saturday, killing at least 35 people and injuring dozens more, the day after a foiled militant kidnap attempt led to another 24 deaths in the volatile region.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574615~Blast__clashes_in_northwest_Pakistan_kills_59.html
  
  
• WA Nationals to decide the state's new Government (ABC Australia)
  The Nationals leader Brendon Grylls has emerged from a meeting with party strategists to announce he will not back down on hard ball negotiations to decide the next Government of WA.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357626.htm
  
  
• Big waves leave whale watchers in hospital (ABC Australia)
  Ten people were taken to hospital after a whale watching boat was hit by several large waves on the Gold Coast this morning.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357617.htm
  
  
• Voters give WA Greens record vote (ABC Australia)
  WA Greens MP Giz Watson says she is very pleased with the party's record success at the poll.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357614.htm
  
  
• Swan, Bennet kick off Child Protection Week (ABC Australia)
  National Child Protection Week has been launched in Brisbane, with organisers choosing Father's Day to highlight the role parents play in influencing and protecting their children.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357610.htm
  
  
• Murray-Darling crisis may push rare owl to extinction (ABC Australia)
  The National Parks Association says the barking owl species is facing extinction because of the state of the Murray-Darling Basin.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357611.htm
  
  
• US Govt to take over mortgage giants (ABC Australia)
  US media reports say mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae are set to be put under government control in an attempt to rescue the firms.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357613.htm
  
  
• Thome homers in 15th to pass Mantle, lift ChiSox (Examiner.com)
  Jim Thome homered in the 15th inning to pass Mickey Mantle on the career list and give the Chicago White Sox a 7-6 victory over the Los Angeles Angels that extended their AL Central lead Saturday night.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574586~Thome_homers_in_15th_to_pass_Mantle__lift_ChiSox.html
  
  
• Gators snap 6-game losing streak to Miami, 26-3 (Examiner.com)
  Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow was good early and even better late, enough to help No. 5 Florida snap a six-game losing streak against rival Miami. Tebow threw two touchdown passes, speedster Percy Harvin ran for a score and the Gators used a swarming defensive effort to beat the Hurricanes 26-3 Saturday night at The Swamp.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574548~Gators_snap_6_game_losing_streak_to_Miami__26_3.html
  
  
• SF Bay area officer, 2 others killed in gun fight (Examiner.com)
  Three people including a police officer are dead after a reported domestic disturbance at a hair salon turned into a gun fight, police in this San Francisco Bay area community said Saturday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574520~SF_Bay_area_officer__2_others_killed_in_gun_fight.html
  
  
• Ike blasts Turks and Caicos as Category 4 storm (Examiner.com)
  Hurricane Ike slammed into the Turks and Caicos on Saturday as a ferocious Category 4 storm, raking the low-lying island chain with shrieking winds as people hunkered down at home or in emergency shelters.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574544~Ike_blasts_Turks_and_Caicos_as_Category_4_storm.html
  
  
• Report: Flood in China coal mine traps 20 people (Examiner.com)
  A state-run news agency says 20 people are trapped after a coal mine flooded in central China.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574445~Report__Flood_in_China_coal_mine_traps_20_people.html
  
  
• Illinois kindergarten golfer has ace (Examiner.com)
  Look out Tiger Woods, 5-year-old Drew Gray's got game.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574417~Illinois_kindergarten_golfer_has_ace.html
  
  
• High-resolution satellite launched in California (Examiner.com)
  A super-sharp Earth-imaging satellite that can detail an area the size of a baseball diamond's home plate from space has been launched into orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base on the Central California coast.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574572~High_resolution_satellite_launched_in_California.html
  
  
• Coal mine flood traps Chinese miners (ABC Australia)
  About 20 workers are trapped underground after a coal mine in central China flooded, in the latest accident to hit the country's notoriously dangerous mining industry.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357607.htm
  
  
• Arm paramedics with capsicum spray: union (ABC Australia)
  The ambulance union is calling for extra security measures for paramedics after two officers were attacked in the Melbourne suburb of Pascoe Vale last night.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357608.htm
  
  
• Kingmaker: Leaders jostle for National support (ABC Australia)
  Colin Barnett and Alan Carpenter will both hold crucial talks with Brendon Grylls today as they attempt to form a government.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357605.htm
  
  
• Soriano hits 3 HRs, Cubs outslug Reds to end slide (Examiner.com)
  Alfonso Soriano homered three times at the top of Chicago's retooled batting order, and the first-place Cubs emerged from their longest losing streak of the season by keeping their composure and beating the Cincinnati Reds 14-9 on Saturday night to end a six-game slide.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574438~Soriano_hits_3_HRs__Cubs_outslug_Reds_to_end_slide.html
  
  
• Boating officers in pay dispute for Harbour patrols (ABC Australia)
  Boating safety officers are in a dispute with the New South Wales Maritime authority over pay for night patrols of Sydney Harbour.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357593.htm
  
  
• Another upset: East Carolina stuns No. 8 WVU 24-3 (Examiner.com)
  Skip Holtz followed his biggest coaching victory at East Carolina with an even more impressive one. Jonathan Williams had two short touchdown runs, quarterback Patrick Pinkney was nearly perfect and the Pirates routed No. 8 West Virginia 24-3 on Saturday for their third straight win over a ranked team.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574408~Another_upset__East_Carolina_stuns_No__8_WVU_24_3.html
  
  
• US tops Cuba 1-0 in 1st trip to island in 61 years (Examiner.com)
  Clint Dempsey scored late in the second half and the United States held on to beat Cuba 1-0 in a sloppy and low-energy World Cup qualifier Saturday night, their first match on the communist-run island since 1947.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574405~US_tops_Cuba_1_0_in_1st_trip_to_island_in_61_years.html
  
  
• US holds off on civilian nuclear pact with Russia (Examiner.com)
  Now is not the right time for the U.S. to move forward on a once-celebrated deal for civilian nuclear cooperation with Russia, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Saturday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574437~US_holds_off_on_civilian_nuclear_pact_with_Russia.html
  
  
• US-Russia tensions deepen over Georgia (ABC Australia)
  United States-Russia tensions over Georgia have deepened with US Vice President Dick Cheney casting Moscow as a brutal regime that aims to recapture its Soviet-era dominance.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357594.htm
  
  
• Voters 'came together' to support Oakeshott (ABC Australia)
  The new independent federal member for the seat of Lyne on the New South Wales mid-north coast says he has been supported from voters from all political persuasions.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357591.htm
  
  
• Swan rules out interim pension boost (ABC Australia)
  Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan says the amount of money granted to single-aged pensioners is totally inadequate, but he has ruled out any interim increase.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357592.htm
  
  
• Powerful storm raises fears from Caribbean to Gulf (Examiner.com)
  "Extremely dangerous" Hurricane Ike grew to fierce Category 4 strength Saturday as it roared on an uncertain path that forced millions from the Caribbean to Florida, and Louisiana to Mexico, to nervously wonder where it would eventually strike.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574278~Powerful_storm_raises_fears_from_Caribbean_to_Gulf.html
  
  
• Clinton limits Palin criticism while campaigning (Examiner.com)
  Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton marched for labor and stumped with Democrats on Saturday, but sidestepped questions about the woman who has taken her place as the nation's most-talked-about female leader.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574334~Clinton_limits_Palin_criticism_while_campaigning.html
  
  
• Talks fail; machinists strike Boeing Co. (Examiner.com)
  Striking Boeing Co. production workers hunkered down Saturday for what could be along, bruising battle with costly repercussions for both sides.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574058~Talks_fail__machinists_strike_Boeing_Co_.html
  
  
• Haitians flee Gonaives before Ike reaches island (Examiner.com)
  Hundreds of people fled this waterlogged city Saturday for higher ground as powerful Hurricane Ike threatened to unleash heavy rain and compound a disaster caused by a previous storm. Food was distributed to famished residents, including to emaciated inmates at the local jail.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574016~Haitians_flee_Gonaives_before_Ike_reaches_island.html
  
  
• 'Soap opera over' as Rees names new cabinet (ABC Australia)
  New South Wales planning minister Frank Sartor has been dumped under a reshuffle of the New South Wales cabinet.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357579.htm
  
  
• Serbia's opposition leader quits over failed EU push (ABC Australia)
  The head of the main opposition party in Serbia has resigned after senior colleagues refused to back the country's efforts to join the European Union.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357576.htm
  
  
• Greens still refuse to concede defeat in Mayo (ABC Australia)
  The Greens are refusing to concede defeat in the Mayo by-election.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357577.htm
  
  
• Voters unimpressed with Carpenter's candidates (ABC Australia)
  The Premier Alan Carpenter's move to install his preferred candidates in several seats has backfired.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357564.htm
  
  
• Another upset as E Carolina stuns No. 8 WVU 24-3 (Examiner.com)
  Skip Holtz followed his biggest coaching victory at East Carolina with an even more impressive one. Jonathan Williams had two short touchdown runs, quarterback Patrick Pinkney was nearly perfect and the Pirates routed No. 8 West Virginia 24-3 on Saturday for their third straight win over a ranked team.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574186~Another_upset_as_E_Carolina_stuns_No__8_WVU_24_3.html
  
  
• Jim Furyk atop leaderboard at BMW Championship (Examiner.com)
  Jim Furyk only wanted to give himself a chance in the BMW Championship, and it took 36 holes to do it on a marathon Saturday at Bellerive that put him atop the leaderboard for the first time all year.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574248~Jim_Furyk_atop_leaderboard_at_BMW_Championship.html
  
  
• Another upset for E Carolina, 24-3 over No. 8 WVU (Examiner.com)
  Skip Holtz followed his biggest coaching victory at East Carolina with an even more impressive one.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574150~Another_upset_for_E_Carolina__24_3_over_No__8_WVU.html
  
  
• Wounded digger in stable condition in Germany (ABC Australia)
  An Australian soldier who received life-threatening injuries in an ambush in Afghanistan last week is in a stable condition in hospital.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357544.htm
  
  
• Hurricane Ike upgraded to powerful category 4 (ABC Australia)
  A powerful hurricane which is bearing down on Haiti, Cuba and neighbouring parts of the Caribbean has strengthened to a category 4 storm.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357543.htm
  
  
• NSW Labor meltdown has Nelson flagging early election (ABC Australia)
  Federal Opposition Leader Brendan Nelson says he will examine the constitutional arrangements in New South Wales to see if there is any chance of an early election.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357545.htm
  
  
• London calling at New York Fashion Week (Examiner.com)
  Designers at New York Fashion week heard London calling - from 1975.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573959~London_calling_at_New_York_Fashion_Week.html
  
  
• '40-Year-Old Virgin' actor faces new charges (Examiner.com)
  Prosecutors have brought additional charges against Hollywood actor accused of stabbing his ex-girlfriend 20 times.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573986~_40_Year_Old_Virgin__actor_faces_new_charges.html
  
  
• BYU holds back Washington on last-second PAT block (Examiner.com)
  Jan Jorgensen busted through the line and blocked Ryan Perkins' 35-yard extra-point attempt with 2 seconds left in regulation, and No. 15 BYU held on to a 28-27 win over Washington on Saturday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574131~BYU_holds_back_Washington_on_last_second_PAT_block.html
  
  
• Swank's late FG gives Wake 30-28 win over Ole Miss (Examiner.com)
  Sam Swank kicked a 41-yard field goal with 3 seconds left to cap a dramatic final minute and give No. 20 Wake Forest to a 30-28 win over Mississippi on Saturday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574100~Swank_s_late_FG_gives_Wake_30_28_win_over_Ole_Miss.html
  
  
• Ramirez, Billingsley lead Dodgers into first place (Examiner.com)
  The Arizona Diamondbacks gave Manny Ramirez three chances to hurt them Saturday. He came through twice, and that was enough for the streaking Los Angeles Dodgers.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574115~Ramirez__Billingsley_lead_Dodgers_into_first_place.html
  
  
• Zaun's game-ending grand slam lifts Jays past Rays (Examiner.com)
  Gregg Zaun hit a game-ending grand slam in the 13th inning and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-4 on Saturday to extend their season-high winning streak to seven.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574072~Zaun_s_game_ending_grand_slam_lifts_Jays_past_Rays.html
  
  
• Manager Lou Piniella juggles Cubs' slumping lineup (Examiner.com)
  With the Chicago Cubs' losing streak up to six games and the batting order failing to produce, manager Lou Piniella shook up his lineup Saturday, giving center fielder Jim Edmonds and right fielder Kosuke Fukudome a day off.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574119~Manager_Lou_Piniella_juggles_Cubs__slumping_lineup.html
  
  
• Truss plays down likelihood of WA coalition (ABC Australia)
  The federal Nationals leader has rejected the option of forming a coalition with the Liberal Party in Western Australia in order to claim victory in the state's election.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357533.htm
  
  
• Tragic Mickey Rourke film wins in Venice (ABC Australia)
  Hollywood outsider Mickey Rourke has capped his big screen comeback with The Wrestler, in which he plays a lonely, washed out fighter, by winning the Golden Lion for best film at the Venice festival.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357522.htm
  
  
• Rudd to blame for WA result: Hockey (ABC Australia)
  Senior federal Liberal Joe Hockey has laid the result of the Western Australian election squarely at the feet of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, but federal Labor has rejected the claim.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357520.htm
  
  
• Racegoers turn out for Birdsville Cup (ABC Australia)
  Racegoers have converged on Birdsville for the annual cup, which has been run and won in the small outback Queensland town.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357496.htm
  
  
• Lawmaker accused of politicizing Palin probe (Examiner.com)
  The Alaska lawmaker leading an investigation into Gov. Sarah Palin's dismissal of her public safety commissioner should be removed because he appears to be manipulating the probe to damage her vice presidential candidacy, a Republican legislator says.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574060~Lawmaker_accused_of_politicizing_Palin_probe.html
  
  
• No. 15 BYU holds on for 28-27 win over Washington (Examiner.com)
  Jan Jorgensen busted through the line and blocked Ryan Perkins' 35-yard extra-point attempt with 2 seconds left in regulation, and No. 15 BYU held on to a 28-27 win over Washington on Saturday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574028~No__15_BYU_holds_on_for_28_27_win_over_Washington.html
  
  
• Obama, McCain call for changes in mortgage giants (Examiner.com)
  Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama said Saturday that any government takeover of troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac must put the interests of taxpayers and homeowners first. His opponent, GOP nominee John McCain, said it was essential to restructure the mortgage giants.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1574017~Obama__McCain_call_for_changes_in_mortgage_giants.html
  
  
• Zaun's game-ending grand slam lifts Jays to win (Examiner.com)
  Gregg Zaun hit a game-ending grand slam in the 13th inning and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-4 on Saturday to extend their season-high winning streak to seven.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573992~Zaun_s_game_ending_grand_slam_lifts_Jays_to_win.html
  
  
• Bills Pro Bowl LT Peters ends holdout, joins team (Examiner.com)
  Buffalo Bills Pro Bowl left tackle Jason Peters has ended his holdout and reported to the team.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573978~Bills_Pro_Bowl_LT_Peters_ends_holdout__joins_team.html
  
  
• Rock slide in Cairo shantytown kills 24 (Examiner.com)
  Massive boulders crashed down on a shantytown on the outskirts of Cairo Saturday, killing at least 24 people and burying many more under tons of rubble, Egyptian authorities said.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573976~Rock_slide_in_Cairo_shantytown_kills_24.html
  
  
• Kayaker phones in own rescue (ABC Australia)
  A kayaker has been rescued from waters off the coast of Port Gawler, north of Adelaide, thanks to his mobile phone.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357477.htm
  
  
• Federer through to US Open final as Nadal, Murray washed out (ABC Australia)
  Roger Federer has moved within one victory of his fifth consecutive US Open title, firing 20 aces to overpower Serbian third seed Novak Djokovic 6-3, 5-7, 7-5, 6-2.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357476.htm
  
  
• World leaders congratulate Pakistan's new leader (ABC Australia)
  Western nations and Pakistan's neighbours are are congratulating Asif Ali Zardari on his election as Pakistan's new President.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357480.htm
  
  
• Hundreds feared trapped in Egypt rockslide (ABC Australia)
  Up to 200 people are believed to be trapped under rubble after a rockslide in Egypt, however residents say authorities have been to slow to respond.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357478.htm
  
  
• No. 3 Buckeyes survive scare from unheralded Ohio (Examiner.com)
  Beanie Wells didn't play. The Ohio Bobcats sure did. Lightly regarded even in the Mid-American Conference, Ohio put a scare into No. 3 Ohio State before the Buckeyes righted things in the fourth quarter and went on to win 26-14 Saturday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573921~No__3_Buckeyes_survive_scare_from_unheralded_Ohio.html
  
  
• Big Unit scratched from start with sore shoulder (Examiner.com)
  Arizona's Randy Johnson, six wins shy of 300 career victories, was scratched from Sunday's start against the Los Angeles Dodgers because of a sore left shoulder. Johnson, who turns 45 on Wednesday, will be replaced by right-hander Max Scherzer.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573926~Big_Unit_scratched_from_start_with_sore_shoulder.html
  
  
• Badgers score 51 straight points to rout Marshall (Examiner.com)
  No. 11 Wisconsin had to rally from an early two-touchdown deficit to Marshall, reeling off 51 straight points to turn a potential upset into a 51-14 walkover Saturday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573928~Badgers_score_51_straight_points_to_rout_Marshall.html
  
  
• Rays activates 3B Evan Longoria from 15-day DL (Examiner.com)
  Evan Longoria was activated off the 15-day disabled list Saturday after the Tampa Bay slugger said he felt "almost 100 percent" following 30 swings with a regular bat.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573952~Rays_activates_3B_Evan_Longoria_from_15_day_DL.html
  
  
• Villegas holds BMW lead despite double bogey (Examiner.com)
  Camilo Villegas overcame a four-putt double bogey and birdied his final hole for a 4-under 66 that gave him a one-shot lead over Jim Furyk after the second round of a marathon Saturday at the BMW Championship.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573947~Villegas_holds_BMW_lead_despite_double_bogey.html
  
  
• Palin church promotes converting gays (Examiner.com)
  Gov. Sarah Palin's church is promoting a conference that promises to convert gays into heterosexuals through the power of prayer.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573949~Palin_church_promotes_converting_gays.html
  
  
• Fannie, Freddie blind to the bubble (Examiner.com)
  Mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac - despite their robust cadre of economists and mortgage experts - failed to heed warnings that the most dramatic housing bubble in U.S. history would burst.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573942~Fannie__Freddie_blind_to_the_bubble.html
  
  
• Growing Ike nears Turks and Caicos, south Bahamas (Examiner.com)
  A strengthening Hurricane Ike loomed over this low-lying island chain Saturday as a dangerous Category 4 storm, prompting thousands of people to evacuate while those staying behind hunkered down and hoped for the best.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573927~Growing_Ike_nears_Turks_and_Caicos__south_Bahamas.html
  
  
• No. 11 Wisconsin rallies to beat Marshall 51-14 (Examiner.com)
  No. 11 Wisconsin had to rally from an early two-touchdown deficit to Marshall, reeling off 51 straight points to turn a potential upset into a 51-14 walkover Saturday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573813~No__11_Wisconsin_rallies_to_beat_Marshall_51_14.html
  
  
• Obama: Takeover should put taxpayers first (Examiner.com)
  Barack Obama lays out his benchmarks for a government takeover of troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, but says he'll withhold judgment until he sees the Bush administration plan.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573887~Obama__Takeover_should_put_taxpayers_first.html
  
  
• Candidates weigh in on stabilizing Fannie, Freddie (Examiner.com)
  The historic takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which could come as soon as this weekend, moved to the forefront of the presidential campaign Saturday as candidates and congressional leaders seized on the enormous implications for taxpayers and the economy.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573869~Candidates_weigh_in_on_stabilizing_Fannie__Freddie.html
  
  
• Meagher resigns to avoid Rees demotion (ABC Australia)
  The ABC understands NSW health minister Reba Meagher was advised to stand down, before she could be dumped.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357471.htm
  
  
• Mergers tipped as AWB scraps dual share structure (ABC Australia)
  Wheat exporter Australian Wheat Board (AWB) says it is now free to compete equally in the new world of deregulated wheat marketing, after finally winning shareholder approval to scrap its complex dual share structure.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357468.htm
  
  
• Authorities step up search for missing sailors (ABC Australia)
  Authorities are stepping up the search for two sailors, missing off the Queensland-New South Wales coast.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357469.htm
  
  
• Buckeyes survive Ohio's threat, 26-14 (Examiner.com)
  Beanie Wells didn't play. The Ohio Bobcats sure did.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573833~Buckeyes_survive_Ohio_s_threat__26_14.html
  
  
• Tassie devil's top Fathers' Day with new joey (ABC Australia)
  Healesville Sanctuary in Victoria is celebrating Father's Day with one of its Tasmanian devils becoming a father for the first time.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357470.htm
  
  
• Johnson scratched from start with sore shoulder (Examiner.com)
  Arizona's Randy Johnson, six wins shy of 300 career victories, was scratched from Sunday's start against the Los Angeles Dodgers because of a sore left shoulder.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573827~Johnson_scratched_from_start_with_sore_shoulder.html
  
  
• McCain-Palin becoming Palin-McCain? (Examiner.com)
  The banners, buttons and signs say McCain-Palin, but the crowds say something else.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573843~McCain_Palin_becoming_Palin_McCain_.html
  
  
• At least 30 killed in Pakistan car bomb (ABC Australia)
  A suicide car bombing on a police post in Pakistan's north-western city of Peshawar has killed at least 30 people and injured dozens others.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357465.htm
  
  
• Death toll rising in storm-devastated Haiti (ABC Australia)
  Aid is slowly trickling in to Haiti, where hundreds have been found dead and more bodies are being found hourly, following the latest in a battery of storms which have crushed the country.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357464.htm
  
  
• High-resolution satellite launched in Calif (Examiner.com)
  A super-sharp Earth-imaging satellite has been launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base on the Central California coast.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573796~High_resolution_satellite_launched_in_Calif.html
  
  
• McCain, Palin head to battleground West (Examiner.com)
  John McCain and Sarah Palin are riding their post-convention wave into competitive Western states, where Democrats have made gains in traditional Republican strongholds.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573779~McCain__Palin_head_to_battleground_West.html
  
  
• 40 years after capture, USS Pueblo crew reunites (Examiner.com)
  Ralph McClintock expected only a three-week mission when he boarded the USS Pueblo in January 1968.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573728~40_years_after_capture__USS_Pueblo_crew_reunites.html
  
  
• House explosion kills 2 in Chicago suburb (Examiner.com)
  Authorities in northern Illinois say an explosion has destroyed a house and the bodies of the elderly couple who occupied the home have been found in the wreckage.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573749~House_explosion_kills_2_in_Chicago_suburb.html
  
  
• Obama rebukes Palin on earmarks (Examiner.com)
  Barack Obama made his first direct criticism of Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin on Saturday, saying she pretends to oppose spending earmarks when she actually has embraced them.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573764~Obama_rebukes_Palin_on_earmarks.html
  
  
• Rep. Frank: gov't will stabilize Fannie, Freddie (Examiner.com)
  A top House Democrat confirmed Saturday that the government is planning to intervene to stabilize troubled mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573758~Rep__Frank__gov_t_will_stabilize_Fannie__Freddie.html
  
  
• Suicide bomber kills 6 at outdoor market in Iraq (Examiner.com)
  A suicide car bomber blasted an outdoor market Saturday in a northern Iraqi city, killing six people and wounding 54, police and hospital authorities said.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573669~Suicide_bomber_kills_6_at_outdoor_market_in_Iraq.html
  
  
• Lindsay and Samantha rock the runway crowd (Examiner.com)
  Nobody draws attention like Lindsay Lohan and gal pal Samantha Ronson.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573744~Lindsay_and_Samantha_rock_the_runway_crowd.html
  
  
• 'The Wrestler' wins Venice Film Fest top award (Examiner.com)
  Darren Aronofsky's "The Wrestler" has won the top award at the Venice Film Festival.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573746~_The_Wrestler__wins_Venice_Film_Fest_top_award.html
  
  
• Federer beats Djokovic to reach US Open final (Examiner.com)
  Roger Federer pulled away to beat Novak Djokovic 6-3, 5-7, 7-5, 6-2 in the semifinals Saturday, leaving him one win from a fifth consecutive U.S. Open championship and 13th Grand Slam title overall.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573724~Federer_beats_Djokovic_to_reach_US_Open_final.html
  
  
• Tampa Bay activates Longoria off DL (Examiner.com)
  Evan Longoria was activated off the 15-day disabled list Saturday after the Tampa Bay slugger said he felt "almost 100 percent" following 30 swings with a regular bat.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573678~Tampa_Bay_activates_Longoria_off_DL.html
  
  
• Don't take it off _ end near for NYC smut palace (Examiner.com)
  The end may be near for Scores, the legendary strip club that has attracted celebrities while withstanding Mafia infiltration, FBI raids and ex-Mayor Rudy Giuliani's crusade against smut.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573736~Don_t_take_it_off___end_near_for_NYC_smut_palace.html
  
  
• 45-nation group OKs landmark US-India nuke deal (Examiner.com)
  The U.S. gained key international backing Saturday for a bitterly contested plan to sell peaceful nuclear technology to India - a South Asia powerhouse that has tested atomic weapons but has refused to sign global nonproliferation accords.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573705~45_nation_group_OKs_landmark_US_India_nuke_deal.html
  
  
• Pitt plays dumb in Coens' 'Burn After Reading' (Examiner.com)
  Brad Pitt has wanted to work with the Coen brothers for ages. Then he got wind of the birdbrain they had written for him to play.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573680~Pitt_plays_dumb_in_Coens___Burn_After_Reading_.html
  
  
• Ron Reagan, son of late president, back on radio (Examiner.com)
  Ron Reagan, the liberal son of the late President Ronald Reagan, is going back on the radio.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573671~Ron_Reagan__son_of_late_president__back_on_radio.html
  
  
• Kentucky works to keep embattled institution open (Examiner.com)
  Physically, Deron Dickerson was a 38-year-old man. Mentally, he was a toddler who needed constant supervision.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573654~Kentucky_works_to_keep_embattled_institution_open.html
  
  
• Bills: Pro Bowl LT Peters joins team (Examiner.com)
  Buffalo Bills Pro Bowl left tackle Jason Peters has ended his holdout and reported to the team.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573649~Bills__Pro_Bowl_LT_Peters_joins_team.html
  
  
• 4th Pa. teen charged in killing of immigrant (Examiner.com)
  Authorities in Pennsylvania say a fourth teenager has been charged in the fatal beating of a Mexican immigrant.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573592~4th_Pa__teen_charged_in_killing_of_immigrant.html
  
  
• Analysis: Hire me, fire GOP is Obama's pitch (Examiner.com)
  The challenge for Barack Obama is to make himself acceptable enough to disgruntled voters eager to toss Republicans from the White House if they see a comfortable, competent alternative.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573639~Analysis__Hire_me__fire_GOP_is_Obama_s_pitch.html
  
  
• Blast, clashes in northwest Pakistan kills 54 (Examiner.com)
  A pickup truck packed with explosives blew up a police security checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan Saturday, killing at least 30 people and injuring dozens more, the day after a foiled militant kidnap attempt led to another 24 deaths in the volatile region.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573646~Blast__clashes_in_northwest_Pakistan_kills_54.html
  
  
• Hanna dumps rain on mid-Atlantic, heads north (Examiner.com)
  Tropical Storm Hanna accelerated toward New England on Saturday after the storm's whipping winds and rain didn't linger long enough over the Southeast to cause much more than some isolated flooding and power outages.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573608~Hanna_dumps_rain_on_mid_Atlantic__heads_north.html
  
  
• FBI's civil rights initiative: no trials yet (Examiner.com)
  Flanked by officials from the NAACP and the Southern Poverty Law Center, FBI Director Robert Mueller last year announced with considerable fanfare a new partnership between his agency and civil rights organizations.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573598~FBI_s_civil_rights_initiative__no_trials_yet.html
  
  
• Police: Rock slide in Egyptian village kills 24 (Examiner.com)
  Massive boulders crashed down on an Egyptian shantytown Saturday on the outskirts of the capital, killing at least 24 people, authorities said. Rescuers were digging by hand to reach any survivors.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573618~Police__Rock_slide_in_Egyptian_village_kills_24.html
  
  
• 7 years on, Sept. 11 is so far and yet so close (Examiner.com)
  It is not a tidy anniversary this year. Seven years between that awful day and this Sept. 11, the terrorist attacks linger somewhere between the immediate, a conscious part of our days, and the comfortable remove of the distant past. No longer yesterday and not yet history.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573612~7_years_on__Sept__11_is_so_far_and_yet_so_close.html
  
  
• Historic White House race enters final stretch (Examiner.com)
  They embody four uniquely American stories. They offer messages of transformation with two distinct world views. They pursue one goal.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573569~Historic_White_House_race_enters_final_stretch.html
  
  
• Blast, clashes in northwest Pakistan kills 41 (Examiner.com)
  A pickup truck packed with explosives blew up a police security checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan Saturday, killing at least 17 people and injuring 80, the day after a foiled militant kidnap attempt led to another 24 deaths in the volatile region.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573600~Blast__clashes_in_northwest_Pakistan_kills_41.html
  
  
• McCain, Obama plan joint stop at Ground Zero (Examiner.com)
  Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama said Saturday they will put aside partisan politics for a joint appearance at Ground Zero to mark the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573630~McCain__Obama_plan_joint_stop_at_Ground_Zero.html
  
  
• In Israel, era of mass immigration ends (Examiner.com)
  Melissa Schwab is no Zionist zealot. She's not an Orthodox Jew seeking to be nearer to God. She didn't flee anti-Semitism.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573617~In_Israel__era_of_mass_immigration_ends.html
  
  
• Gators try to snap losing streak against Miami (Examiner.com)
  Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow is too young to have witnessed much of the history of the Miami-Florida rivalry, and the teams don't play often enough for him to hear about it, either.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572594~Gators_try_to_snap_losing_streak_against_Miami.html
  
  
• ECU, tropical storm threaten to slow No. 8 WVU (Examiner.com)
  With West Virginia's speedy offense coming to town, Skip Holtz jokingly asked East Carolina's groundskeepers to leave the sprinklers on at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium and turn the grass field into a mud pit.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573567~ECU__tropical_storm_threaten_to_slow_No__8_WVU.html
  
  
• Phillies-Mets postponed to Sunday by heavy rains (Examiner.com)
  The Philadelphia Phillies and New York Mets will play a day-night doubleheader Sunday after heavy rain washed out Saturday's game between the top teams in the NL East.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573560~Phillies_Mets_postponed_to_Sunday_by_heavy_rains.html
  
  
• Hanna washes out Game 1 of A's-O's doubleheader (Examiner.com)
  A steady rain, courtesy of Tropical Storm Hanna, has forced the postponement of the opener of a scheduled day-night doubleheader between the Oakland Athletics and Baltimore Orioles.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573547~Hanna_washes_out_Game_1_of_A_s_O_s_doubleheader.html
  
  
• Police: Bomb scare on train in NJ was hoax (Examiner.com)
  Authorities in New Jersey say a bomb scare involving a package on a freight train appears to have been a hoax.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573586~Police__Bomb_scare_on_train_in_NJ_was_hoax.html
  
  
• China opens Paralympics, pledges disabled rights (ABC Australia)
  Beijing has opened the Paralympic Games in spectacular fashion, an event China's leaders hope will show them in a compassionate light.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357450.htm
  
  
• WA election: cliffhanger delivered (ABC Australia)
  Neither major party leader has claimed victory in a nail-biting WA election, with Premier Alan Carpenter predicting a hung parliament.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357449.htm
  
  
• Historic race alters landscape, breaks the mold (Examiner.com)
  They embody four uniquely American stories. They offer messages of transformation with two distinct world views. They pursue one goal.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573562~Historic_race_alters_landscape__breaks_the_mold.html
  
  
• Hanna postpones Georgetown-Howard to Sunday (Examiner.com)
  The first meeting between Washington, D.C., schools Georgetown and Howard was postponed Saturday because of Tropical Storm Hanna. The game has been rescheduled to Sunday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573541~Hanna_postpones_Georgetown_Howard_to_Sunday.html
  
  
• Questions remain on Palin vetting (Examiner.com)
  John McCain's presidential campaign did not speak with the Alaska House speaker and other leading Republicans before McCain tapped Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573530~Questions_remain_on_Palin_vetting.html
  
  
• Jermaine Dupri party helps kick of MTV VMA bashes (Examiner.com)
  Don't let the celebrities at a Jermaine Dupri party distract you from partying, or you might get an admonishment from the host himself.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573548~Jermaine_Dupri_party_helps_kick_of_MTV_VMA_bashes.html
  
  
• EU calls for Georgia conflict probe (ABC Australia)
  EU foreign ministers have stepped up calls for an independent inquiry into the outbreak of the Russia-Georgia conflict as they met for talks on the crisis in southern France.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357441.htm
  
  
• Palin: More and less than she seems (Examiner.com)
  The mother kneels in the snow, cheerfully posing beside her bundled up daughter, behind the bloody, dead caribou the mom just shot.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573535~Palin__More_and_less_than_she_seems.html
  
  
• Timberlake, Cyrus among the stars at Fashion Rocks (Examiner.com)
  Justin Timberlake, Miley Cyrus and Charlize Theron were among the celebrities who appeared at the fifth annual Fashion Rocks concert celebrating the relationship between music and fashion.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573328~Timberlake__Cyrus_among_the_stars_at_Fashion_Rocks.html
  
  
• Bowler feels no loyalty to ALP (ABC Australia)
  The former Labor MP-turned independent John Bowler has declared victory in the seat of Kalgoorlie.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/07/2357440.htm
  
  
• 6 killed in Philippines landslide (ABC Australia)
  Six people have been killed and at least seven others are missing after a landslide triggered by heavy rains buried houses in the southern Philippines, officials said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357420.htm
  
  
• Nine killed, 50 wounded in Iraq violence (ABC Australia)
  At least nine people were killed in three attacks in Iraq on Saturday, including a car bomb in a northern Iraq market that claimed six lives and wounded 50, police and security said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357407.htm
  
  
• Bhutto widower elected Pakistani president (Examiner.com)
  The widower of slain former premier Benazir Bhutto became Pakistan's new president Saturday after winning a landslide election victory that makes him a critical partner of the West against international terrorism.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573514~Bhutto_widower_elected_Pakistani_president.html
  
  
• Nuclear suppliers approve US-India deal (ABC Australia)
  Forty-five nuclear supplier states have approved a US proposal to drop a ban on trade with India, advancing a US-Indian atomic energy deal, diplomats in the closed meeting said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357401.htm
  
  
• Delegates: 45-nation group OKs US-India nuke deal (Examiner.com)
  The Nuclear Suppliers Group approved a contentious U.S. plan to sell peaceful nuclear material technology to India, delegates at the 45-nation talks said Saturday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573448~Delegates__45_nation_group_OKs_US_India_nuke_deal.html
  
  
• Labor in 'tight spot' in WA vote (ABC Australia)
  Foreign Minister Stephen Smith says Labor is in a tight spot as counting continues in the Western Australian election.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357410.htm
  
  
• Police: Rock slide in Egyptian village kills 18 (Examiner.com)
  Massive boulders peeled away from a cliff and buried dozens of homes in an Egyptian shanty town Saturday, killing at least 18 people, authorities said. Rescuers were digging by hand to reach any survivors.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573484~Police__Rock_slide_in_Egyptian_village_kills_18.html
  
  
• Cliffhanger predicted as WA counting underway (ABC Australia)
  Counting of votes is underway in the Western Australian election, after about 1.3 million people turned out to polling stations.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357383.htm
  
  
• Medvedev accuses West of warship provocation (ABC Australia)
  Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has accused the West of acting provocatively in and around the Black Sea, where the United States is using warships to deliver humanitarian aid to Georgia.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357371.htm
  
  
• Price increases push US soy beyond reach of poor (Examiner.com)
  With the dollar a day he earns scrounging for scrap metal and paper, Jumadi can't buy his family beef or even chicken. But until now, the rail-thin scavenger could at least afford soy.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573512~Price_increases_push_US_soy_beyond_reach_of_poor.html
  
  
• British police probe latest teen knife murder (ABC Australia)
  British police have launched a murder inquiry after a 17-year-old boy was stabbed to death in Manchester, Greater Manchester Police said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357368.htm
  
  
• Labor loses power in nail-biting WA vote (ABC Australia)
  The Labor Party has lost the Western Australian election, breaking the party's hold on state, territory and federal governments around the country.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357436.htm
  
  
• Rice presses Tunisia to make democratic changes (Examiner.com)
  Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pressed for democratic changes in Tunisia during a meeting Saturday with Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, president of this American ally and partner in the fight against terrorism.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573494~Rice_presses_Tunisia_to_make_democratic_changes.html
  
  
• Leaders predict tight result in WA election (ABC Australia)
  Polling in the Western Australian election is drawing to a close, with party leaders saying they expect a tight result.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357358.htm
  
  
• Dalai Lama's brother dies in US (ABC Australia)
  The Dalai Lama's brother, a Buddhist monk turned CIA translator who helped train Tibetan resistance fighters in a guerrilla war against Chinese rule, has died at his US home. He was 86.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357366.htm
  
  
• Zardari wins Pakistan presidential election (ABC Australia)
  Pakistani politicians have elected Asif Ali Zardari as the country's 13th president.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357396.htm
  
  
• Hanna rakes Carolinas with rain, wind, some floods (Examiner.com)
  Tropical Storm Hanna sailed easily over the beaches of Carolinas' coast and moved inland Saturday, blowing hard and dumping rain in eastern North Carolina but causing little damage beyond isolated flooding as it quickly headed north toward New England.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573490~Hanna_rakes_Carolinas_with_rain__wind__some_floods.html
  
  
• Peacekeepers, aid workers race to feed Haitians (Examiner.com)
  Receding waters in the starving Haitian city of Gonaives revealed the bodies of more victims in floods from Tropical Storm Hanna, as U.N. peacekeepers and aid groups struggled to feed thousands of people.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573385~Peacekeepers__aid_workers_race_to_feed_Haitians.html
  
  
• Polling closes in WA election (ABC Australia)
  Polling has closed in the Western Australian election, and analysts are expecting a tight result.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357377.htm
  
  
• Crash with suspect SUV kills Phila. police officer (Examiner.com)
  Authorities in Philadelphia say an allegedly drunken teen motorist has smashed into a police car during a pursuit and one of the officers has died.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573510~Crash_with_suspect_SUV_kills_Phila__police_officer.html
  
  
• Obama hits McCain on Social Security (Examiner.com)
  Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama criticized Republican John McCain's approach to Social Security on Saturday, saying it would undermine the government program aimed mainly at retirees.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573498~Obama_hits_McCain_on_Social_Security.html
  
  
• Police: Blast in northwestern Pakistan kills 13 (Examiner.com)
  A pickup truck packed with a large amount of explosives blew up a security checkpoint in Pakistan's volatile northwest Saturday, killing at least 13 people and injuring nearly 60 in an attack that may have been intended for a more important target, police said.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573444~Police__Blast_in_northwestern_Pakistan_kills_13.html
  
  
• US, Libya talk discuss 'fruitful' diplomatic ties (ABC Australia)
  US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has met face to face with the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and has talked of a new relationship between the two countries.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357341.htm
  
  
• Briggs claims Mayo by-election victory (ABC Australia)
  The Liberal candidate Jamie Briggs has claimed victory in the Federal by-election for the Adelaide Hills-based seat of Mayo, despite a large drop in his party's primary vote.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357411.htm
  
  
• Ethier, Dodgers win to cut D'backs' NL West lead (Examiner.com)
  Andre Ethier went 5-for-5 and drove in a career-high five runs, Derek Lowe held Arizona to two hits over eight innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers cut the Diamondbacks' NL West lead to a half-game with a 7-0 victory Friday night.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573383~Ethier__Dodgers_win_to_cut_D_backs__NL_West_lead.html
  
  
• 2nd trial starting for infamous Texas KFC murders (Examiner.com)
  When Darnell Hartsfield saw the inside of a Texas prison cell for the first time in 1984, it was for an aggravated robbery he committed the previous year. But prosecutors contend the Tyler man was involved in a far more heinous crime just three days before his arrest for that September 1983 robbery.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573423~2nd_trial_starting_for_infamous_Texas_KFC_murders.html
  
  
• Democrats post big gains in voter registration (Examiner.com)
  Five days a week, Linda Graham trolls tattered neighborhoods of this once thriving steel city outside Pittsburgh for unregistered voters she can sign up as Democrats - one of thousands of unknown volunteers whose work outside the limelight has already altered the basic arithmetic of the November election.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573475~Democrats_post_big_gains_in_voter_registration.html
  
  
• Contract talks fail; machinists strike Boeing Co. (Examiner.com)
  Boeing Co. machinists walked out on strike Saturday after contract talks arbitrated by a federal mediator failed to produce an agreement.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573446~Contract_talks_fail__machinists_strike_Boeing_Co_.html
  
  
• Mexico undergoes legal revolution (Examiner.com)
  Mexico is in the midst of a legal revolution, and Cristal Gonzalez is on the front lines.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573503~Mexico_undergoes_legal_revolution.html
  
  
• Police Assoc backs officers over fatal crash (ABC Australia)
  The New South Wales Police Association says it is confident officers will be cleared of any wrongdoing after a fatal crash in Sydney's north-west today.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357317.htm
  
  
• 6 dead in Pakistan bombing: police (ABC Australia)
  At least six people have been killed and about 40 have been injured after a bomb-laden vehicle destroyed a security checkpost and nearby market in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar, police said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357339.htm
  
  
• Oakshott declares victory in Lyne by-election (ABC Australia)
  The independent Robert Oakshott has declared victory in the by-election for the federal seat of Lyne on the New South Wales mid-north coast.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357384.htm
  
  
• Yellowstone RV park full despite fuel costs (Examiner.com)
  In the heart of the park here on a recent warm day, all 358 spaces at the Fishing Bridge Recreational Vehicle Park were jammed with RVs and camping equipment.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573440~Yellowstone_RV_park_full_despite_fuel_costs.html
  
  
• Analysis: Obama's pitch ... Fire GOP, hire me (Examiner.com)
  With two months left, the presidential election seems likely to turn on whether Barack Obama can make himself sufficiently acceptable to millions of disgruntled Americans eager to toss Republicans from the White House if they see a safe, competent alternative.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573405~Analysis__Obama_s_pitch_____Fire_GOP__hire_me.html
  
  
• Report: Nomura considering stake in Lehman (Examiner.com)
  Nomura Holdings Inc., Japan's largest brokerage group, is considering buying a stake in U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers, a Japanese newspaper reported Saturday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573410~Report__Nomura_considering_stake_in_Lehman.html
  
  
• Swazis hold 40th birthday of king, independence (Examiner.com)
  The Swazi king entered a stadium in an open-topped BMW to cheers and flag-waving Saturday, marking his 40th birthday and his country's 40th independence anniversary.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573451~Swazis_hold_40th_birthday_of_king__independence.html
  
  
• Meagher bails out of NSW frontbench (ABC Australia)
  NSW Health Minister Reba Meagher has announced she will not be contesting a frontbench position in the new Premier's Cabinet.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357314.htm
  
  
• Counting begins in Mayo by-election (ABC Australia)
  Polls have closed and counting has begun in the federal by-election of Mayo in South Australia, where the Liberals are expected to maintain their record.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357331.htm
  
  
• 22 killed in Cairo landslide (ABC Australia)
  Twenty-two people were killed and 23 injured when a rockslide hit a shanty town in Cairo, security sources said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357364.htm
  
  
• Pakistan presidential election overshadowed by protests (ABC Australia)
  The election of a new Pakistani president has been overshadowed by a protest against international forces based in Afghanistan.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357311.htm
  
  
• Polling in Mayo by-election draws to an end (ABC Australia)
  Polls will close soon for the Federal by-election of Mayo in South Australia.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357310.htm
  
  
• Hanna lashes US coast as Hurricane Ike looms (ABC Australia)
  Tropical Storm Hanna has made landfall on the border of the US states of South and North Carolina, US meteorologists said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357350.htm
  
  
• Moderate quake hits Pakistan (ABC Australia)
  A 5.7-magnitude earthquake has jolted northern and central Pakistan, forcing residents to leave their homes, officials and witnesses said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357308.htm
  
  
• Rees signals tough economic decisions to come (ABC Australia)
  The New South Wales Premier Nathan Rees says difficult decisions have to be made to fix the state's economic problems.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357283.htm
  
  
• Armed police force end to PNG logging protest (ABC Australia)
  A protest by Greenpeace activists who were preventing an export ship loading logs in Papua New Guinea has ended.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357307.htm
  
  
• Spacecraft flies by remote asteroid, camera stops (Examiner.com)
  The European deep space probe Rosetta successfully completed a flyby of an asteroid millions of miles from earth, but its high resolution camera stopped shortly before the closest pass, space officials said Saturday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573506~Spacecraft_flies_by_remote_asteroid__camera_stops.html
  
  
• Ferocious Pies send Crows packing (ABC Australia)
  Collingwood eliminated Adelaide from the AFL finals with a 31-point win at Football Park on Saturday afternoon.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357309.htm
  
  
• Paralympics opening ceremony begins (ABC Australia)
  The opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games is under way in Beijing, with more than 4,000 athletes taking part.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357413.htm
  
  
• Counting underway in Lyne by-election (ABC Australia)
  Vote counting has begun following today's by-election in the federal seat of Lyne in NSW.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357318.htm
  
  
• Fighting Swans end Kangaroos' season (ABC Australia)
  Sydney booked a semi-final date with the Western Bulldogs and brought an end to North Melbourne's season with a hard-fought 17.8 (110) to 11.9 (75) win at the Olympic stadium on Saturday night.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357419.htm
  
  
• Police to investigate own role in fatal Sydney crash (ABC Australia)
  New South Wales police have launched an investigation into the role a police-pursuit played in a fatal crash in Sydney's north-west this morning.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357295.htm
  
  
• Ethier powers Dodgers to 7-0 win over Arizona (Examiner.com)
  Andre Ethier went 5-for-5 and drove in a career-high five runs, Derek Lowe held Arizona to two hits over eight innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers cut the Diamondbacks' AL West lead to a half-game with a 7-0 victory Friday night.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573284~Ethier_powers_Dodgers_to_7_0_win_over_Arizona.html
  
  
• 'Abortion on demand' protesters rally in Melbourne (ABC Australia)
  Anti-abortion campaigners have been rallying in central Melbourne to protest against proposed legislation to decriminalise abortion.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357281.htm
  
  
• Cassini detects partial rings with Saturn's moons (Examiner.com)
  The latest images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft show faint, partial rings orbiting with two of Saturn's small inner moons, scientists said Friday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573223~Cassini_detects_partial_rings_with_Saturn_s_moons.html
  
  
• Candidates go to the polls in Mayo by-election (ABC Australia)
  Candidates for the federal seat of Mayo have cast their votes at polling booths around the Adelaide Hills in today's by-election.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357276.htm
  
  
• French pop artist Alain Jacquet dies at 69 (Examiner.com)
  Alain Jacquet, a French pop artist known for his reinterpretations of famous paintings, has died, the French Embassy said.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573241~French_pop_artist_Alain_Jacquet_dies_at_69.html
  
  
• Minor earthquake rattles San Francisco Bay area (Examiner.com)
  A minor earthquake rattled the San Francisco Bay area Friday night.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573256~Minor_earthquake_rattles_San_Francisco_Bay_area.html
  
  
• Pakistani lawmakers start voting on next president (Examiner.com)
  Lawmakers began casting votes Saturday in Pakistan's presidential election, a race where the favorite by far is the scandal-tainted pro-U.S. widower of slain ex-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573268~Pakistani_lawmakers_start_voting_on_next_president.html
  
  
• Leaders vote in WA state election (ABC Australia)
  Western Australia Premier Alan Carpenter has cast his vote in the state election and says the fate of his Government now rests with the public.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357267.htm
  
  
• AL home run leader Quentin breaks wrist (Examiner.com)
  American League home run leader Carlos Quentin has a broken right wrist stemming from his own temper, and the Chicago White Sox left fielder will have surgery Monday that could sideline him for the rest of the season.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573076~AL_home_run_leader_Quentin_breaks_wrist.html
  
  
• Beckett, Lowell come back big for Red Sox (Examiner.com)
  Josh Beckett and Mike Lowell had an immediate impact in their return to the lineup for the AL wild card-leading Boston Red Sox.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573126~Beckett__Lowell_come_back_big_for_Red_Sox.html
  
  
• Boeing, machinists talks fail; Union to strike (Examiner.com)
  Despite a 48-hour contract extension, negotiations between Boeing Co. and Machinists union officials failed Friday and the union said a strike was set to begin at 12:01 a.m. PDT Saturday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573162~Boeing__machinists_talks_fail__Union_to_strike.html
  
  
• As unemployment spikes, companies weigh options (Examiner.com)
  U.S. companies have cut more than 550,000 jobs so far in 2008 as they try to preserve their profits in a slumping economy, but analysts say such downsizing must be done carefully for corporations to have any long-term benefits.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573173~As_unemployment_spikes__companies_weigh_options.html
  
  
• No Porplyzia, no worries: Craig (ABC Australia)
  Neil Craig is confident Adelaide can cope without Jason Porplyzia in its elimination final against Collingwood today.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357270.htm
  
  
• Panthers deflect Elliott exit talk (ABC Australia)
  Penrith officials have slammed speculation that Matthew Elliott is to be replaced as head coach by Stephen Kearney.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357271.htm
  
  
• Carlos Quentin breaks wrist hitting own bat (Examiner.com)
  American League home run leader Carlos Quentin has a broken right wrist stemming from his own temper, and the Chicago White Sox left fielder will have surgery Monday that could sideline him for the rest of the season.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573084~Carlos_Quentin_breaks_wrist_hitting_own_bat.html
  
  
• Bruce's grand slam leads Reds over Cubs 10-2 (Examiner.com)
  Jay Bruce hit his first career grand slam and Joey Votto added a two-run homer Friday night, an all-rookie power display that sent the Cincinnati Reds to a 10-2 victory on a day when nothing went right for the first-place Chicago Cubs.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573044~Bruce_s_grand_slam_leads_Reds_over_Cubs_10_2.html
  
  
• Villegas' 65 gives him lead at BMW Championship (Examiner.com)
  Camilo Villegas and Steve Stricker were excited to be playing golf Friday for different reasons, and it showed during a soggy start to the BMW Championship.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573070~Villegas__65_gives_him_lead_at_BMW_Championship.html
  
  
• New York Fashion Week starts with a message: Relax (Examiner.com)
  The glamorous set had a message for economic worrywarts as New York Fashion Week kicked off Friday: Chill out.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573115~New_York_Fashion_Week_starts_with_a_message__Relax.html
  
  
• Morneau's grand slam helps Twins beat Tigers 10-2 (Examiner.com)
  Justin Morneau hit a grand slam and Francisco Liriano threw seven solid innings to help the Minnesota Twins snap their three-game losing streak with a 10-2 win over the Detroit Tigers on Friday night.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573083~Morneau_s_grand_slam_helps_Twins_beat_Tigers_10_2.html
  
  
• Police: Suspect in Illinois bank standoff dead (Examiner.com)
  A gunman who took a dozen hostages in a suburban Chicago bank after wresting a gun from a police officer Friday died after shooting himself in the head, police said.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573112~Police__Suspect_in_Illinois_bank_standoff_dead.html
  
  
• Government may soon back troubled mortgage giants (Examiner.com)
  The government is expected to take over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as soon as this weekend in a monumental move designed to protect the mortgage market from the failure of the two companies, which together hold or guarantee half of the nation's mortgage debt, a person briefed on the matter said Friday night.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573125~Government_may_soon_back_troubled_mortgage_giants.html
  
  
• UC Berkeley begins felling disputed trees (Examiner.com)
  The University of California, Berkeley has begun cutting down trees at the center of a dispute over its plans to clear the area to make way for a new sports center.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573029~UC_Berkeley_begins_felling_disputed_trees.html
  
  
• Subpoenas to be issued for Palin-trooper probe (Examiner.com)
  The Alaska Legislature is hastening its ethics investigation into Gov. Sarah Palin's firing of her public safety commissioner, making it far more likely it will be completed before November's election.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573119~Subpoenas_to_be_issued_for_Palin_trooper_probe.html
  
  
• Silver State Bank in Nevada is shut (Examiner.com)
  Nevada regulators have shut down Silver State Bank. It was the 11th failure this year of a federally insured bank.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573134~Silver_State_Bank_in_Nevada_is_shut.html
  
  
• Many flee Turks and Caicos as 'Ike' approaches (Examiner.com)
  Hurricane Ike barreled toward the Turks and Caicos as a powerful Category 3 storm on Friday, prompting an exodus of tourists and even longtime residents from the normally idyllic Atlantic island chain.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573152~Many_flee_Turks_and_Caicos_as__Ike__approaches.html
  
  
• Authorities probe Townsville chopper crash (ABC Australia)
  An investigation is underway into a helicopter crash in north Queensland.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357265.htm
  
  
• Myers, Dobbs lead Phillies past Mets in opener (Examiner.com)
  Brett Myers buzzed through the New York Mets' lineup, pitching eight dominant innings and leading the Philadelphia Phillies to a 3-0 victory Friday night that cut their NL East deficit to two games.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573018~Myers__Dobbs_lead_Phillies_past_Mets_in_opener.html
  
  
• Bruce's slam leads Reds over Cubs 10-2 (Examiner.com)
  Jay Bruce hit his first career grand slam and Joey Votto added a two-run homer Friday night, an all-rookie power display that sent the Cincinnati Reds to a 10-2 victory on a day when nothing went right for the first-place Chicago Cubs.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1573036~Bruce_s_slam_leads_Reds_over_Cubs_10_2.html
  
  
• 'Blade Runner' vows to put disputes on hold (ABC Australia)
  Oscar Pistorius, nicknamed "Blade Runner", has vowed to put a spat with South Africa's sporting chiefs aside and focus on winning gold in the Paralympics starting this weekend in Beijing.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357254.htm
  
  
• Austrian finds Jagger's lost ring (ABC Australia)
  Human rights activist Bianca Jagger's $351,000 ring which she lost last month in Salzburg in Austria has been recovered, local police say.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357249.htm
  
  
• Police: Suspect in Wheaton bank standoff is dead (Examiner.com)
  A gunman who took a dozen hostages in a suburban Chicago bank after wresting a gun from a police officer Friday died after shooting himself in the head, police said.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572817~Police__Suspect_in_Wheaton_bank_standoff_is_dead.html
  
  
• Villegas in the lead, Ryder Cup duo in the hunt (Examiner.com)
  Camilo Villegas and Steve Stricker were excited to be playing golf Friday for different reasons, and it showed during a soggy start to the BMW Championship.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572793~Villegas_in_the_lead__Ryder_Cup_duo_in_the_hunt.html
  
  
• Wash. rampage suspect in court: 'I kill for God' (Examiner.com)
  "I kill for God. I listen to God," a man accused of a northwest Washington shooting rampage said Friday at a hearing where six charges of first-degree murder and four of first-degree assault were filed against him.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572865~Wash__rampage_suspect_in_court___I_kill_for_God_.html
  
  
• McCain, Palin get a rousing welcome in Mich., Wis. (Examiner.com)
  John McCain and Sarah Palin got a rousing welcome Friday to the final two months of the presidential campaign, stressing themes of a strong America and concern about the sinking economy. "Tough times all over America," McCain said.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572944~McCain__Palin_get_a_rousing_welcome_in_Mich___Wis_.html
  
  
• Bomb scare spurs search of freight train in NJ (Examiner.com)
  Authorities in New Jersey are searching a freight-train car after a woman reported that a Federal Express package containing a bomb might be aboard.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572905~Bomb_scare_spurs_search_of_freight_train_in_NJ.html
  
  
• Rocker Bon Jovi hosts Obama fundraiser (Examiner.com)
  Unlike his Republican opponent, Democrat Barack Obama is still raising money for his presidential campaign, and he turned Friday to rock legend Jon Bon Jovi for help.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572956~Rocker_Bon_Jovi_hosts_Obama_fundraiser.html
  
  
• Wheelchair robber rolls in and rips off condoms (Examiner.com)
  A wheelchair getaway at a 7-Eleven has police looking for an unusual robbery suspect. Authorities said Friday that a man in a wheelchair entered a Dallas convenience store this week, rolled straight toward the cash register and began hitting it with a baseball bat.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572857~Wheelchair_robber_rolls_in_and_rips_off_condoms.html
  
  
• 495 bodies found as Haiti floodwaters recede (ABC Australia)
  Haitian police have found 495 corpses after muddy floodwaters began to recede from the port city of Gonaives, following days of heavy rain from tropical storm Hanna, the town's police commissioner said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357248.htm
  
  
• Missing Canberra woman found alive in bushland (ABC Australia)
  A 31-year-old Canberra woman missing for three nights has been found alive in bushland in the Namadgi National Park.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357246.htm
  
  
• Entrepeneur has had enough (ABC Australia)
  Entrepeneur Dick Smith says he won't be involved with any more developments in Tasmania after experiencing extended delays to gain approval for an eco-lodge on the Tasman Peninsula.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357239.htm
  
  
• 'The Nanny' takes on US diplomacy role (ABC Australia)
  Television star Fran Drescher will serve as the newest envoy for United States public diplomacy, with trips planned later this month to eastern Europe, the State Department announced.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357245.htm
  
  
• Hopes Rees will displace 'factional warlords' (ABC Australia)
  New South Wales Labor MP Paul Pearce says he hopes the new Premier and his Deputy will break the hold of right-wing powerbrokers in the party.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357243.htm
  
  
• Fittler laments Mason loss as Broncos showdown looms (ABC Australia)
  Sydney Roosters coach Brad Fittler has paid tribute to the impact of key forward Willie Mason, who limped out of the club's pivotal 10-0 victory over the Dragons on Friday night.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357234.htm
  
  
• Teen dies in Britain's floods (ABC Australia)
  A 17-year-old girl has died as torrential rain floods homes and causes transport chaos in Britain.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357228.htm
  
  
• Almost 27,000 Boeing workers to strike (ABC Australia)
  Nearly 27,000 members of Boeing's largest labour union are to go on strike after last-ditch contract talks failed, the US aviation giant and labor unions said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357229.htm
  
  
• Man arrested for locking girlfriend in cabin for 9 years (ABC Australia)
  A 58-year-old man has been remanded in custody on suspicion that he held a woman suffering from multiple sclerosis captive in a tiny cabin in southern Sweden for nine years.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357219.htm
  
  
• Scientists warn Pyrenees will melt by 2050 (ABC Australia)
  Leading global warming scientists say the 21 remaining glaciers in the Pyrenees mountains in Europe will melt by the year 2050.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357213.htm
  
  
• Qantas blames staff over delays (ABC Australia)
  The latest figures from the federal Transport Department show Qantas' rates of on-time departure and arrival are at their lowest in a year.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357220.htm
  
  
• Flag focus unwavering for red-hot Hawks (ABC Australia)
  Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson says his players must be prepared to do whatever it takes during this month's AFL finals series to secure a place in the 2008 grand final.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357204.htm
  
  
• 2-time champ Serena Williams back in US Open final (Examiner.com)
  Serena Williams wound up and smacked a shot directly at Dinara Safina early in the second set of their U.S. Open semifinal.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572741~2_time_champ_Serena_Williams_back_in_US_Open_final.html
  
  
• AL HR Carlos Quentin breaks wrist hitting own bat (Examiner.com)
  American League home run leader Carlos Quentin has a broken right wrist stemming from his own temper, and the Chicago White Sox left fielder will have surgery Monday that could sideline him for the rest of the season.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572717~AL_HR_Carlos_Quentin_breaks_wrist_hitting_own_bat.html
  
  
• Hanna washes out NASCAR at Richmond (Examiner.com)
  Steady rain that began Friday night and expectations that it would continue through Saturday with Tropical Storm Hanna moving in forced NASCAR to postpone Saturday night's Sprint Cup Series race at Richmond International Raceway.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572682~Hanna_washes_out_NASCAR_at_Richmond.html
  
  
• Serena advances to final against Jankovic (ABC Australia)
  Serena Williams will return to the US Open final for the first time in six years after sweeping away sixth-seeded Dinara Safina 6-3, 6-2 in a windblown semi-final in New York this morning (AEST).
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357194.htm
  
  
• Ky. governor bans steroids in race horses (Examiner.com)
  Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear signed an emergency regulation Friday banning steroids for the state's thoroughbred and standardbred races.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572729~Ky__governor_bans_steroids_in_race_horses.html
  
  
• Aid arrives after storm devastates Haiti (ABC Australia)
  The first significant aid delivery has arrived in Haiti to help tens of thousands of people struggling after last week's tropical storm caused widespread flooding.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357175.htm
  
  
• McCain says it's `tough times' in America (Examiner.com)
  John McCain and Sarah Palin got a rousing welcome Friday to the final two months of the presidential campaign, stressing themes of a strong America and concern about the sinking economy. "Tough times all over America," McCain said.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572781~McCain_says_it_s__tough_times__in_America.html
  
  
• Report: Gov't may soon back Fannie, Freddie (Examiner.com)
  Shares of mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac tumbled in after-hours trading Friday following a report by The Wall Street Journal that the government may soon step in to provide a financial boost to the two companies.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572791~Report__Gov_t_may_soon_back_Fannie__Freddie.html
  
  
• Waratah to challenge Garrett's Shoalwater ruling (ABC Australia)
  Mining company Waratah Coal says the federal Environment Minister has exceeded his authority by rejecting a proposed coal terminal in central Queensland.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357196.htm
  
  
• Suspect in deaths of 3 Wis. teens pleads insanity (Examiner.com)
  A Michigan man accused in a shooting rampage that killed three teenage swimmers at a river on the Wisconsin-Michigan border pleaded insanity to 10 felonies Friday, including new counts that he tried to kill six other teens.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572720~Suspect_in_deaths_of_3_Wis__teens_pleads_insanity.html
  
  
• McCain, Obama tied in TV audiences (Examiner.com)
  As a television draw, John McCain was every bit the equal of Barack Obama.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572790~McCain__Obama_tied_in_TV_audiences.html
  
  
• GE may face civil action on securities violations (Examiner.com)
  General Electric Co. said Friday it has been informed that the Securities and Exchange Commission may recommend fines and other action for possible violations of securities law related to accounting changes the company made.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572677~GE_may_face_civil_action_on_securities_violations.html
  
  
• Rice meets Gadhafi on historic visit to Libya (Examiner.com)
  The United States and Libya sealed a historic turnaround after decades of terrorist killings, American retaliation, suspicions and insults with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's peacemaking visit Friday with Moammar Gadhafi, Libya's mercurial strongman.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572735~Rice_meets_Gadhafi_on_historic_visit_to_Libya.html
  
  
• Eyes on key seats as WA prepares to vote (ABC Australia)
  Today's election in Western Australia is expected to go down to the wire, according to latest polling.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357195.htm
  
  
• UK market has worst falls in six years (ABC Australia)
  The British stock market has registered its worst week of falls in six years.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357176.htm
  
  
• Prosecutors: Loss in AIG scheme exceeds $1B (Examiner.com)
  Federal prosecutors in Connecticut say a scheme to manipulate the financial statements of the world's largest insurance company, American International Group Inc., resulted in a loss of more than $1 billion to investors.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572678~Prosecutors__Loss_in_AIG_scheme_exceeds__1B.html
  
  
• Canada imposes sanctions against Zimbabwe (Examiner.com)
  Canada has joined the U.S. and European Union in imposing sanctions on Zimbabwe's authoritarian regime headed by President Robert Mugabe.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572655~Canada_imposes_sanctions_against_Zimbabwe.html
  
  
• Aust can survive global instability: Rio Tinto boss (ABC Australia)
  Rio Tinto chief executive Tom Albanese says Australia is well placed to ride out the global economic downturn.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357179.htm
  
  
• Wall Street bounces back from jobs figures (ABC Australia)
  Wall Street shares recovered from steep early losses and ended mainly higher overnight, after a jump in United States unemployment prompted renewed talk of recession in the world's biggest economy.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357174.htm
  
  
• Murder trial opens in Tenn. love triangle case (Examiner.com)
  A prosecutor described a schoolteacher's husband as a jealous, calculating killer as trial opened Friday on charges he murdered his wife's teenage lover. But a defense lawyer told the jury that the defendant was a victim himself of a spouse who flaunted her infidelity.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572603~Murder_trial_opens_in_Tenn__love_triangle_case.html
  
  
• Hootie frontman Rucker a hit with country radio (Examiner.com)
  Darius Rucker says he's always been a sucker for a country shuffle.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572632~Hootie_frontman_Rucker_a_hit_with_country_radio.html
  
  
• Alaskans to receive state payouts topping $3,200 (Examiner.com)
  It's the season for Alaskans to be rewarded just for living here and this year's take is extra sweet: $3,269, a record share of the state's oil wealth combined with a special cash payout to help with stratospheric energy prices.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572590~Alaskans_to_receive_state_payouts_topping__3_200.html
  
  
• Jail terms for 4 San Diego men in surfer's death (Examiner.com)
  Four San Diego men have been sentenced to between 90 and 349 days in jail for their roles in the beating death of professional surfer Emery Kauanui (kow-ah-NOO'-ee) last year.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572600~Jail_terms_for_4_San_Diego_men_in_surfer_s_death.html
  
  
• Unemployment climbs to 5-year high of 6.1 percent (Examiner.com)
  The nation's unemployment rate bolted above the psychologically important 6 percent level last month for the first time in five years - and it's likely to go even higher in the months ahead, possibly throwing the economy into a tailspin as Americans pick a new president.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572625~Unemployment_climbs_to_5_year_high_of_6_1_percent.html
  
  
• GE says SEC probing possible securities violations (Examiner.com)
  General Electric Co. says the Securities and Exchange Commission staff has notified the company it may recommend fines and other action for possible violations of securities laws.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572619~GE_says_SEC_probing_possible_securities_violations.html
  
  
• Thrillseekers left hanging in Adelaide show blackout (ABC Australia)
  Royal Adelaide Show-goers were left in the dark last night when a tripped circuit breaker cut power to much of the grounds at Wayville.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357170.htm
  
  
• Van Damme returns for Midnight Madness at Toronto festival (ABC Australia)
  Forget red carpets and polite Hollywood stars, mayhem reigns at the Toronto film festival's Midnight Madness movies that kicked off, literally, with an early morning screening of JCVD in which aging action hero Jean-Claude Van Damme pokes fun at his own career.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357171.htm
  
  
• Oakeshott confident ahead of Lyne by-election (ABC Australia)
  Voters in the federal seat of Lyne on the New South Wales mid north coast will go to the polls today.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357167.htm
  
  
• Bollywood stars to raise funds for flooded India (ABC Australia)
  Major Bollywood stars will hold a charity concert to raise money for India's flood victims, where more than three million people have been left homeless from the deluge.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357168.htm
  
  
• Athletes hit Beijing for Paralympics (ABC Australia)
  Athletes from almost 150 countries and regions are gearing up for the opening of the Beijing Paralympic Games.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357165.htm
  
  
• Disgraced dope cheat Jones released from prison (ABC Australia)
  Marion Jones, the former athletics star unmasked as a disgraced dope cheat, was released from a US federal prison overnight after serving a six-month sentence.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357164.htm
  
  
• Jankovic reaches first US Open final (ABC Australia)
  Serbian Jelena Jankovic battled into the final of the US Open with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over fifth seed Elena Dementieva in a blustery encounter in New York.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357163.htm
  
  
• Plastics chemical 'harms brain function in monkeys' (ABC Australia)
  Scientists have reported new evidence that low doses of the chemical bisphenol A (BPA), widely used to make plastic food and drinking containers, can impair brain function in primates, extending the findings of previous research conducted in rats.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357158.htm
  
  
• Jankovic beats Dementieva at Open for 1st GS final (Examiner.com)
  Jelena Jankovic is finally a Grand Slam finalist. Overcoming a slow start, Jankovic used fantastic defense and steady groundstrokes to beat Olympic gold medalist Elena Dementieva 6-4, 6-4 Friday in the U.S. Open semifinals.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572546~Jankovic_beats_Dementieva_at_Open_for_1st_GS_final.html
  
  
• Bolt runs 9.77 in cold, wet conditions for win (Examiner.com)
  Usain Bolt rallied against cold, wind and Asafa Powell to win the 100 meters in 9.77 seconds Friday at the Van Damme Memorial.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572506~Bolt_runs_9_77_in_cold__wet_conditions_for_win.html
  
  
• Review panel criticizes Great Lakes health study (Examiner.com)
  Substandard science has hurt a federal agency's seven-year effort to document possible links between industrial pollution and health problems in the Great Lakes region, an independent review panel said Friday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572556~Review_panel_criticizes_Great_Lakes_health_study.html
  
  
• Newman questionable for Cowboys opener (Examiner.com)
  Dallas Cowboys cornerback Terence Newman is listed as questionable for the season opener at Cleveland.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572468~Newman_questionable_for_Cowboys_opener.html
  
  
• David Pryor tapped to head Ark. Democratic Party (Examiner.com)
  Former Arkansas governor and U.S. Sen. David Pryor will lead the state Democratic Party after the shooting death of its chairman, Bill Gwatney.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572561~David_Pryor_tapped_to_head_Ark__Democratic_Party.html
  
  
• Most Clinton backers say Palin's too far a stretch (Examiner.com)
  Sandy Goodman was deeply disappointed when Hillary Rodham Clinton didn't get the Democratic nomination, then again when she was bypassed for the VP spot. So Goodman, a longtime Florida Democrat, flirted with thoughts of shunning Barack Obama, and perhaps even voting Republican.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572577~Most_Clinton_backers_say_Palin_s_too_far_a_stretch.html
  
  
• Obama, seeing hope in Ohio, shifts schedule there (Examiner.com)
  So much for the 50-state strategy.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572534~Obama__seeing_hope_in_Ohio__shifts_schedule_there.html
  
  
• Intervention gave Indigenous children vital health care: Chalmers (ABC Australia)
  The head of the Northern Territory emergency response says compulsory health checks for children have given a record number of Indigenous children much needed medical attention.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357157.htm
  
  
• Mayo by-election tipped to be close contest (ABC Australia)
  An independent candidate in the federal by-election for the seat of Mayo believes the result might not be known for some days.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357156.htm
  
  
• Team dumps logo near buttocks after 70-0 loss (Examiner.com)
  The Idaho Vandals football team is dumping the letter "I" from the buttocks region of players' new pants following a season-opening 70-0 loss to the Arizona Wildcats.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572487~Team_dumps_logo_near_buttocks_after_70_0_loss.html
  
  
• Doctor fired for allegedly drinking on the job (Examiner.com)
  A Massachusetts doctor has been fired and lost the right to renew his medical license for allegedly trying to give a pregnant woman an epidural while drunk.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572467~Doctor_fired_for_allegedly_drinking_on_the_job.html
  
  
• Pakistan warns US of retaliation over strikes (ABC Australia)
  Pakistan's army has issued a warning that it will retaliate if the United States launches another ground assault into its territory.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357152.htm
  
  
• ESA spacecraft completes flyby of Steins asteroid (Examiner.com)
  A deep space probe launched by the European Space Agency has successfully completed a flyby of an asteroid millions of miles from earth.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572485~ESA_spacecraft_completes_flyby_of_Steins_asteroid.html
  
  
• Russia challenges US over Georgia aid mission (ABC Australia)
  Russia has lashed out at the United States for sending a Navy flagship to a key Georgian port which has been patrolled by Russian troops.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357153.htm
  
  
• Tech firms fare better than most in jobs slump (Examiner.com)
  Technology appears to be one of the least hard-hit sectors in an economy beset by unemployment at a five-year high.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572464~Tech_firms_fare_better_than_most_in_jobs_slump.html
  
  
• Olmi wins lifetime award at Venice film festival (Examiner.com)
  Italian director Ermanno Olmi received the Venice Film Festival's Golden Lion for lifetime achievement on Friday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572513~Olmi_wins_lifetime_award_at_Venice_film_festival.html
  
  
• Palin's son's job to guard his commanders in Iraq (Examiner.com)
  Iraq is about to become an unusual common ground for the presidential candidates, despite its divisiveness as a campaign issue. Sons of both vice presidential nominees are expected to arrive there soon to join the fighting.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572435~Palin_s_son_s_job_to_guard_his_commanders_in_Iraq.html
  
  
• Obama: McCain focused on biography, not economy (Examiner.com)
  Democrat Barack Obama called Republican rival John McCain's acceptance speech the final piece of an out-of-touch convention that focused on its nominee's biography instead of the struggles of the middle class.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572500~Obama__McCain_focused_on_biography__not_economy.html
  
  
• Stocks mostly rise as investors snap up financials (Examiner.com)
  Stocks reversed a steep sell-off to end mostly higher Friday as fears about a worrisome jobs report gave way to bargain hunting in sectors like financials and consumer staples.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572491~Stocks_mostly_rise_as_investors_snap_up_financials.html
  
  
• NJ cops kick in door over bird's cries for help (Examiner.com)
  Cries for help inside a Trenton, N.J., home turned out to be for the birds. Neighbors called police Wednesday morning after hearing a woman's persistent cry of "Help me! Help me!" coming from a house. Officers arrived and when no one answered the door, they kicked it in to make a rescue.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572402~NJ_cops_kick_in_door_over_bird_s_cries_for_help.html
  
  
• Parrots wreak havoc at New Zealand bird sanctuary (Examiner.com)
  A gang of unruly teenage bush parrots have wrought havoc at a bird sanctuary in New Zealand by using their powerful beaks to destroy nesting boxes.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572424~Parrots_wreak_havoc_at_New_Zealand_bird_sanctuary.html
  
  
• W.Va. man accused of drunk driving on a tractor (Examiner.com)
  A Charleston man faces drunken driving charges after police spotted him riding a farm tractor on a highway without lights or proper warning signs. Kanawha County sheriff's deputies arrested 22-year-old Joshua David Postalwait early Friday morning.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572430~W_Va__man_accused_of_drunk_driving_on_a_tractor.html
  
  
• Hey! You have a snake hanging from your car! (Examiner.com)
  Think rush hour is bad enough? What if a three-foot python were part of the drive home? The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Friday that biochemical engineer Marika Suominen-Yeh got the surprise of her life last week when a motorist flagged her down after seeing a snake drop from beneath her minivan.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572366~Hey__You_have_a_snake_hanging_from_your_car_.html
  
  
• Ohio preacher, 71, avoids jail in road rage case (Examiner.com)
  A 71-year-old Cincinnati preacher convicted of waving a gun and threatening another driver won't be going to jail. A Hamilton County judge on Thursday sentenced Thomas Howell to two years' probation and 100 hours of community service on his conviction for aggravated menacing.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572376~Ohio_preacher__71__avoids_jail_in_road_rage_case.html
  
  
• Oldest gorilla in captivity dies in Dallas at 55 (Examiner.com)
  The oldest gorilla in captivity, a 55-year-old female named Jenny, has died at the Dallas Zoo - her home for more than half a century, a spokesman said Friday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572364~Oldest_gorilla_in_captivity_dies_in_Dallas_at_55.html
  
  
• Speedy Tropical Storm Hanna charges for Carolinas (Examiner.com)
  Tropical Storm Hanna picked up speed Friday as it cruised toward the Carolinas, promising to deliver gusty winds and heavy rain during a dash up the Eastern Seaboard that could wash out the weekend for millions of people.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572401~Speedy_Tropical_Storm_Hanna_charges_for_Carolinas.html
  
  
• 3 killed, 1 missing in Coast Guard copter crash (Examiner.com)
  Rescuers on Friday searched for a missing crew member from a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter that crashed in ocean waters off Oahu, killing the three others on aboard.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572433~3_killed__1_missing_in_Coast_Guard_copter_crash.html
  
  
• Bank of America ready to settle securities probes (Examiner.com)
  Bank of America Corp. said Friday it is ready to settle federal and state investigations into sales of risky auction-rate securities, joining eight other big investment banks that have agreed to buy back a total of more than $50 billion of the securities.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572395~Bank_of_America_ready_to_settle_securities_probes.html
  
  
• Rice, Gadhafi meet in house US bombed 22 years ago (Examiner.com)
  The United States and Libya sealed a historic turnaround in their troubled relations with a meeting between Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572373~Rice__Gadhafi_meet_in_house_US_bombed_22_years_ago.html
  
  
• Angola's first vote since 1992 plagued by problems (Examiner.com)
  Angola stumbled on the road to democracy Friday, voters waiting for hours to take part in the first election in 16 years as ballot shortages and a lack of voting officials played havoc at the polls.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572408~Angola_s_first_vote_since_1992_plagued_by_problems.html
  
  
• Rice makes historic Libyan visit (ABC Australia)
  United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has arrived in Libya on the first such visit in more than half a century, marking a new chapter in Washington's reconciliation with the former enemy state.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357150.htm
  
  
• AL home run leader Carlos Quentin has broken wrist (Examiner.com)
  American League home run leader Carlos Quentin has a broken wrist, and the Chicago White Sox said the left fielder will have surgery next week.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572333~AL_home_run_leader_Carlos_Quentin_has_broken_wrist.html
  
  
• Rangers' Kinsler having season-ending surgery (Examiner.com)
  Texas Rangers All-Star second baseman Ian Kinsler will have season-ending surgery to repair a sports hernia.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572284~Rangers__Kinsler_having_season_ending_surgery.html
  
  
• Tropical Storm Hanna set to soak US East Coast (Examiner.com)
  Beach vacationers in the Carolinas packed up and headed inland Friday as Tropical Storm Hanna cruised steadily toward the coast, teetering on the verge of becoming a hurricane before an expected overnight landfall.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572286~Tropical_Storm_Hanna_set_to_soak_US_East_Coast.html
  
  
• ESA spacecraft begins flyby of Steins asteroid (Examiner.com)
  Scientists at the European Space Agency's Operations Center say the deep space Rosetta satellite has stopped sending its signal. It's an important and welcome step as the satellite begins a flyby of an asteroid millions of miles from earth.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572345~ESA_spacecraft_begins_flyby_of_Steins_asteroid.html
  
  
• Microsoft deploying in-store customer-service reps (Examiner.com)
  NEW YORK - As part of its new $300 million marketing campaign and image makeover, Microsoft Corp. plans to deploy its own customer-service representatives at retailers like Best Buy and Circuit City to help people with their PC purchases.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572292~Microsoft_deploying_in_store_customer_service_reps.html
  
  
• Bolt runs 9.77 in cold, wet conditions (Examiner.com)
  Usain Bolt battled the cold and a headwind, and was forced to come from behind to beat Asafa Powell in 9.77 seconds in a season farewell 100 meters at the Van Damme Memorial.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572298~Bolt_runs_9_77_in_cold__wet_conditions.html
  
  
• Pa. dentist charged with dumping medical waste (Examiner.com)
  A Pennsylvania dentist has been charged with dumping medical waste that sullied a New Jersey beach at the height of vacation season.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572229~Pa__dentist_charged_with_dumping_medical_waste.html
  
  
• Rees vows to restore confidence in NSW Govt (ABC Australia)
  The new Premier of New South Wales, Nathan Rees, has acknowledged he has a hard task ahead of him in winning back the public's confidence in his Government.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357149.htm
  
  
• Branch out for Seattle; Locklear unlikely to play (Examiner.com)
  The return of Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Deion Branch is going to wait at least a week.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572313~Branch_out_for_Seattle__Locklear_unlikely_to_play.html
  
  
• Voters in 11 states to choose governors this fall (Examiner.com)
  Although most Americans are focused on the presidential campaign, voters in 11 states are also choosing governors this fall in races that offer an important prelude to 2010, when most of the nation's governors' offices are up for grabs.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572314~Voters_in_11_states_to_choose_governors_this_fall.html
  
  
• Last dance: Ga. town closes its only strip club (Examiner.com)
  The windowless building that once housed the town's only strip club sits empty in the middle of a sprawling gravel parking lot, made all the uglier by the scars from its final party.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572304~Last_dance__Ga__town_closes_its_only_strip_club.html
  
  
• Analysis: McCain, Obama now focus on swing votes (Examiner.com)
  Now it gets real.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572316~Analysis__McCain__Obama_now_focus_on_swing_votes.html
  
  
• Stocks fluctuate as investors snap up financials (Examiner.com)
  Stocks fluctuated Friday, pulling off steep losses that followed a worrisome reading on the nation's job market as investors sought bargains in sectors like financials and consumer staples.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572320~Stocks_fluctuate_as_investors_snap_up_financials.html
  
  
• Iraq govt reacts sharply to US spying allegations (Examiner.com)
  The Iraqi government reacted sharply Friday to published allegations that the U.S. spied on Iraq's prime minister, warning that future ties with the United States could be in jeopardy if the report were true.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572332~Iraq_govt_reacts_sharply_to_US_spying_allegations.html
  
  
• US flagship reaches Georgian port held by Russia (Examiner.com)
  The flagship of the U.S. Navy's Mediterranean fleet anchored Friday outside this key Georgian port, defiantly delivering humanitarian aid to the war-ravaged U.S. ally in a slap at Moscow.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572308~US_flagship_reaches_Georgian_port_held_by_Russia.html
  
  
• US jobs rate hits 5 year low, signalling recession (ABC Australia)
  An unexpectedly steep 84,000 United States jobs were lost in August and the unemployment rate hit a five-year high of 6.1 per cent, fanning worry ahead of November's presidential vote that the economy is near recession.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357148.htm
  
  
• First aid ship arrives in flooded Haitian city (Examiner.com)
  A ship carrying 33 tons of U.N. relief supplies docked in Gonaives on Friday, the first significant aid delivery to tens of thousands of people who have gone with little food or clean water for four days.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572263~First_aid_ship_arrives_in_flooded_Haitian_city.html
  
  
• McCain says 'it's over' for special interests (Examiner.com)
  John McCain and Sarah Palin on Friday cast the new Republican presidential ticket as a team of determined reformers eager to challenge Washington's political establishment. "John McCain doesn't run with the Washington herd," said Palin, the 44-year-old Alaska governor and surprise pick as McCain's running mate.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572253~McCain_says__it_s_over__for_special_interests.html
  
  
• AP IMPACT: Afghans fed up with government, US (Examiner.com)
  The bearded, turbaned men gather beneath a large, leafy tree in rural eastern Nangarhar province. When Malik Mohammed speaks on their behalf, his voice is soft but his words are harsh.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572259~AP_IMPACT__Afghans_fed_up_with_government__US.html
  
  
• New Seinfeld ad draws negative reviews online (Examiner.com)
  No soup for Microsoft?
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572246~New_Seinfeld_ad_draws_negative_reviews_online.html
  
  
• Disgraced sprinter Marion Jones freed from prison (Examiner.com)
  Disgraced sprinter Marion Jones was released Friday from federal prison after completing most of her six-month sentence for lying about her steroid use.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572244~Disgraced_sprinter_Marion_Jones_freed_from_prison.html
  
  
• Obama: McCain focused on biography over economy (Examiner.com)
  Democrat Barack Obama called Republican rival John McCain's acceptance speech the final piece of an out-of-touch convention that focused on its nominee's biography instead of the struggles of the middle class.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572204~Obama__McCain_focused_on_biography_over_economy.html
  
  
• Pakistan's Zardari marked by corruption, tragedy (Examiner.com)
  The likely next president of unstable, nuclear-armed Pakistan following Saturday's election is a horse-loving aristocrat who has spent more years in prison than in politics - a novice leader lifted to prominence by his marriage to Benazir Bhutto and propelled into power by her murder.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572239~Pakistan_s_Zardari_marked_by_corruption__tragedy.html
  
  
• Divorce papers reveal Hulk Hogan's net worth (Examiner.com)
  Hulk Hogan and his estranged wife are wrangling over how much money the celebrity wrestler is worth. According to financial affidavits filed in divorce court near Tampa, Florida, Hogan claims his net worth is $32 million; his wife claims it's $26.7 million.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572250~Divorce_papers_reveal_Hulk_Hogan_s_net_worth.html
  
  
• CBS sues NFL Players over fantasy football (Examiner.com)
  CBS Interactive has filed a federal lawsuit in Minneapolis to clarify who can use the statistics that underlie fantasy football leagues.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572226~CBS_sues_NFL_Players_over_fantasy_football.html
  
  
• Poll: Only 4 in 10 say Palin has enough experience (Examiner.com)
  Just four in 10 say Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin has enough experience to be president, while nearly two-thirds say so about Joe Biden, her Democratic counterpart, a poll showed Friday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572181~Poll__Only_4_in_10_say_Palin_has_enough_experience.html
  
  
• Lingering tensions slow Iraqi withdrawal plans (Examiner.com)
  Concern over upcoming elections and widening tensions among Iraq's religious and ethnic groups appear behind the U.S. military's recommendation to put the brakes on withdrawing more American troops from Iraq despite improvements in security.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572222~Lingering_tensions_slow_Iraqi_withdrawal_plans.html
  
  
• Subpoenas to be issued for Troopergate probe (Examiner.com)
  The Alaska Legislature will work to complete its ethics investigation into Gov. Sarah Palin's firing of her public safety commissioner earlier than expected, weeks before the national election.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572270~Subpoenas_to_be_issued_for_Troopergate_probe.html
  
  
• US warship to Georgian port partly held by Russia (Examiner.com)
  The flagship of the U.S. Navy's Mediterranean fleet anchored outside a key Georgian port Friday, defiantly bringing in tons of humanitarian aid to a city still partly occupied by hundreds of Russian troops.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572240~US_warship_to_Georgian_port_partly_held_by_Russia.html
  
  
• Georgia GOP congressman calls Obamas `uppity' (Examiner.com)
  Democrats are calling on a Republican congressman from Georgia to apologize for referring to Barack and Michelle Obama as "uppity," but the lawmaker stood by his comments and said he meant no offense.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572176~Georgia_GOP_congressman_calls_Obamas__uppity_.html
  
  
• Stocks pull back on disappointing jobs report (Examiner.com)
  Wall Street fell for a second straight session Friday following a worrisome reading on the nation's job market, but stocks pulled off of steep losses as investors sought bargains in sectors like financials and consumer staples.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572177~Stocks_pull_back_on_disappointing_jobs_report.html
  
  
• Rice to dine in Gadhafi's tent in historic visit (Examiner.com)
  Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday that her historic visit to former pariah state Libya proves that the U.S. never writes off another nation forever.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572265~Rice_to_dine_in_Gadhafi_s_tent_in_historic_visit.html
  
  
• Canada's prime minister to call Oct. 14 election (Examiner.com)
  A spokesman says Canada's prime minister will dissolve Parliament on Sunday and call an early election to be held next month.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572267~Canada_s_prime_minister_to_call_Oct__14_election.html
  
  
• 2 out of 3 people worldwide tuned in for Olympics (Examiner.com)
  More than two out of three people worldwide tuned in for the Beijing Olympics.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572086~2_out_of_3_people_worldwide_tuned_in_for_Olympics.html
  
  
• Tropical Storm Hanna set to soak East Coast (Examiner.com)
  Beach vacationers in the Carolinas prepared to pack up and head inland Friday as Tropical Storm Hanna cruised steadily toward the coast, while others decided to ride out the fast-moving storm that had only a slight chance to become a small hurricane before crashing ashore overnight.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571934~Tropical_Storm_Hanna_set_to_soak_East_Coast.html
  
  
• Trembley to return as Orioles manager in 2009 (Examiner.com)
  Dave Trembley will get another chance to coax a winning season out of the Baltimore Orioles in 2009.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572173~Trembley_to_return_as_Orioles_manager_in_2009.html
  
  
• Charges dismissed against cyclist in YouTube shove (Examiner.com)
  A judge dismissed charges Friday against the bicyclist who was body-checked and knocked to the pavement by a police officer in a widely viewed YouTube video.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572132~Charges_dismissed_against_cyclist_in_YouTube_shove.html
  
  
• Iraq govt says it will ask US if it spied on PM (Examiner.com)
  The Iraqi government reacted sharply Friday to published allegations that the U.S. spied on Iraq's prime minister, warning that future ties with the United States could be in jeopardy if the report is true.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572094~Iraq_govt_says_it_will_ask_US_if_it_spied_on_PM.html
  
  
• LPGA backs down on English requirement (Examiner.com)
  The LPGA Tour has backed off plans that would have suspended players who could not efficiently speak English.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572041~LPGA_backs_down_on_English_requirement.html
  
  
• BHP operations begin again. (ABC Australia)
  BHP Billiton is gradually bringing its Pilbara iron ore operations back on-line after the death of a worker at its Yandi mine site.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2357051.htm
  
  
• Union concerned about cut to bus services (ABC Australia)
  The Rail, Tram and Bus Union is concerned about the high number of Metro bus services cut in Launceston this week.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2357026.htm
  
  
• Death-faking canoeist appeals against jail term (ABC Australia)
  John Darwin, jailed for faking his death in a canoeing accident so his wife could claim on his life insurance, has appealed against his sentence.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357140.htm
  
  
• Garrett rejects Shoalwater Bay coal terminal proposal (ABC Australia)
  Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett has rejected a proposed rail line and coal terminal at Shoalwater Bay in central Queensland.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2356941.htm
  
  
• 12 dead in China mine blast: report (ABC Australia)
  A coal mine gas blast in south-west China's Sichuan province has killed 12 people and left six others missing, state media reported.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2357138.htm
  
  
• Miners, banks drag domestic market down (ABC Australia)
  The Australian share market has reversed August's gains this week.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2356969.htm
  
  
• Gunns shares recover ground (ABC Australia)
  Shares in the Tasmanian timber company Gunns rallied late this afternoon to close at $1.40.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2356963.htm
  
  
• US to free 3,000 Iraq detainees during Ramadan (ABC Australia)
  The US military says it plans to free 3,000 detainees held in Iraq during the month of Ramadan, taking the number of those released so far this year to more than 15,000.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2357137.htm
  
  
• James Hardie executives to face civil proceedings: ASIC (ABC Australia)
  ASIC says former James Hardie executives will not face a criminal trial for allegedly breaking company law, but they will face civil proceedings.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2356940.htm
  
  
• Lord mayors agree to help homeless (ABC Australia)
  The lord mayors of capital cities have announced their support for an event that aims to connect homeless people with health, housing and welfare services.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2356868.htm
  
  
• Mine's money woes 'misinterpreted' (ABC Australia)
  The former underground manager at the Beaconsfield gold mine says presentations he gave to workers about its financial position before a fatal rockfall were misinterpreted.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2356690.htm
  
  
• Rees, Tebbutt sworn in (ABC Australia)
  Nathan Rees and Carmel Tebbutt have been sworn in as the state's new premier and deputy premier.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2356881.htm
  
  
• Brumby promises big spending on transport (ABC Australia)
  The Victorian government is promising massive investments in infrastructure to address transport problems.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2356772.htm
  
  
• 34 killed in Sri Lanka violence (ABC Australia)
  Sri Lankan troops have killed at least 34 separatist Tamil Tiger guerrillas in the latest phase of an advance into rebel-held turf that has produced some of the bloodiest fighting in a decade, the military said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2357131.htm
  
  
• Rudd, Bligh welcome Bryce's 'Queensland touch' (ABC Australia)
  Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says there is no one more qualified to be Australia's new Governor-General than Quentin Bryce.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2356832.htm
  
  
• 'Weak' Garnaut carbon target under fire (ABC Australia)
  Climate change adviser Professor Ross Garnaut has been criticised for recommending a soft pollution reduction target.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2356828.htm
  
  
• Qantas passengers stranded (ABC Australia)
  Three Qantas flights between Melbourne and Sydney have been cancelled after fumes were detected in the cabin of a flight this morning.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2356112.htm
  
  
• Kidnapped UK schoolgirl's mum pleads not guilty (ABC Australia)
  The mother of Shannon Matthews, the Yorkshire schoolgirl who disappeared earlier this year sparking a massive police hunt, pleaded not guilty to kidnap and false imprisonment charges in court.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2357124.htm
  
  
• ADF chief denies conflict of interest over frigate party (ABC Australia)
  The head of the Defence Force has rejected suggestions there was conflict of interest when a Navy frigate was used to host a sponsorship party involving a company he had shares in.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2356749.htm
  
  
• FDA posts list of potential problem drugs (Examiner.com)
  In an effort to improve communication with doctors and patients on prescription drug safety, the government Friday began posting a list of medications under investigation for potential problems.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571943~FDA_posts_list_of_potential_problem_drugs.html
  
  
• McCain introduces vp candidate Palin in Wisconsin (Examiner.com)
  Republican presidential candidate John McCain and running mate Sarah Palin have received a rousing reception in their first joint appearance in a politically vital state after the GOP convention.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572022~McCain_introduces_vp_candidate_Palin_in_Wisconsin.html
  
  
• Angola votes in parliamentary election (ABC Australia)
  Voting is taking place in Angola in the first parliamentary polls for 16 years.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2357123.htm
  
  
• Greens urge Murray power shift (ABC Australia)
  Greens MPs have called for urgency in securing water supplies for the Murray-Darling Basin.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2356734.htm
  
  
• Soprano Anna Netrebko gives birth to baby boy (Examiner.com)
  Anna Netrebko has a new tenor in her life.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572058~Soprano_Anna_Netrebko_gives_birth_to_baby_boy.html
  
  
• Continental to charge $15 for 1st checked bag (Examiner.com)
  Continental Airlines Inc. said Friday it is charging some coach customers $15 for a first checked bag, matching a similar fee imposed by most other major U.S. carriers.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571956~Continental_to_charge__15_for_1st_checked_bag.html
  
  
• Biden says Obama would cut taxes for nearly all (Examiner.com)
  Vice presidential nominee Joe Biden is promoting the Democrats' economic plan as he visits southeastern Pennsylvania.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572062~Biden_says_Obama_would_cut_taxes_for_nearly_all.html
  
  
• Garnaut's emissions targets to 'crush' the economy (ABC Australia)
  The Federal Government is facing strong resistance from key business groups to a deep carbon emissions reduction target.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357143.htm
  
  
• Iemma leaves politics (ABC Australia)
  Outgoing New South Wales premier Morris Iemma has announced he is leaving politics altogether.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2356685.htm
  
  
• Former sprinter released from prison (Examiner.com)
  Disgraced sprinter Marion Jones has been released from federal prison after completing her sentence for lying about her steroid use.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1572011~Former_sprinter_released_from_prison.html
  
  
• Southeast states brace for Tropical Storm Hanna (Examiner.com)
  Tropical storm watches or warnings were extended from Georgia to areas just south of New York City on Friday as states along the Atlantic braced for Tropical Storm Hanna.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571668~Southeast_states_brace_for_Tropical_Storm_Hanna.html
  
  
• US warship carries aid to Georgian port of Poti (Examiner.com)
  The flagship of the U.S. Navy's Mediterranean fleet anchored outside the key Georgian port of Poti on Friday, bringing in tons of humanitarian aid to a port still partially occupied by hundreds of Russian troops.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571694~US_warship_carries_aid_to_Georgian_port_of_Poti.html
  
  
• McCain and Obama campaigns grapple for 'change' (Examiner.com)
  Invigorated by back-to-back political conventions, Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama grappled for the mantle of change Friday as the fall race for the presidency took off in states teeming with the independent voters they needed to win.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571882~McCain_and_Obama_campaigns_grapple_for__change_.html
  
  
• Stocks fall as jobs data stirs fear about economy (Examiner.com)
  Selling swept across Wall Street for a second straight session Friday on news that the economy shed jobs for the eighth straight month in August and at a faster-than-expected pace. The Dow Jones industrial average fell about 100 points.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571884~Stocks_fall_as_jobs_data_stirs_fear_about_economy.html
  
  
• Ritchie rocks again with crime romp `RocknRolla' (Examiner.com)
  Crime just never stops paying for Guy Ritchie.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571733~Ritchie_rocks_again_with_crime_romp__RocknRolla_.html
  
  
• Reef Cove developers surprised by federal moratorium (ABC Australia)
  The company in charge of a controversial tourism development in far north Queensland says it is surprised by the Federal Government's moratorium on the project.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2356524.htm
  
  
• Bodies-in-barrel mastermind jailed for 32 years (ABC Australia)
  The woman who masterminded the murder of a couple on the NSW south coast has been jailed for at least 24 years.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2356480.htm
  
  
• Detroit mayor, soon off to jail, talks of comeback (Examiner.com)
  Only hours after agreeing to resign and serve time in jail as part of plea deal, Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick expressed regret for the scandal that has engulfed the city - and left the door open for a return to public life.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571595~Detroit_mayor__soon_off_to_jail__talks_of_comeback.html
  
  
• Pakistan restores 3 judges ousted by Musharraf (Examiner.com)
  Pakistan's Supreme Court on Friday reinstated three judges ousted by Pervez Musharraf, cementing political divisions in the country a day before it elects a new president.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571862~Pakistan_restores_3_judges_ousted_by_Musharraf.html
  
  
• Review: McCain can't match week's best speeches (Examiner.com)
  After back-to-back convention weeks with some soaring oratory and flawless television productions, John McCain's crowning night had neither.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571941~Review__McCain_can_t_match_week_s_best_speeches.html
  
  
• Giants kick off Super Bowl defense with win (Examiner.com)
  The New York Giants won the Super Bowl with defense and they kicked off defense of that title with more of the same.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571373~Giants_kick_off_Super_Bowl_defense_with_win.html
  
  
• Jobless rate jumps to 5-year high of 6.1 percent (Examiner.com)
  The nation's unemployment rate zoomed to a five-year high of 6.1 percent in August as employers slashed 84,000 jobs, dramatic proof of the mounting damage a deeply troubled economy is inflicting on workers and businesses alike.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571973~Jobless_rate_jumps_to_5_year_high_of_6_1_percent.html
  
  
• Jacksons reunite at BMI Urban Awards (Examiner.com)
  The Jacksons were crowned icons at the BMI Urban Awards, but the King of Pop was an absentee.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571605~Jacksons_reunite_at_BMI_Urban_Awards.html
  
  
• Qantas ads under scrutiny in the UK (ABC Australia)
  Britain's advertising watchdog is investigating print and television advertisements by Qantas.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2356519.htm
  
  
• Thai PM to review state of emergency (ABC Australia)
  Thailand's Prime Minister says he will consider lifting a state of emergency in Bangkok amid anti-government protests because it was being ignored.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2357115.htm
  
  
• Weekend elections may bring fresh blood to Parliament (ABC Australia)
  Three elections today could see significant changes to the political landscape at the state and federal level.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/06/2357145.htm
  
  
• Garnaut wants 10pc emissions cut by 2020 (ABC Australia)
  Ross Garnaut says Government must aim to cut greenhouse emissions by 10 per cent by 2020.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2356450.htm
  
  
• Philly school rekindles same-sex education debate (Examiner.com)
  Calling all ninth-grade boys! Raise your hand if this school sounds like fun: wearing jackets and ties every day, staying until 5 p.m., learning Latin and - to top it all off - no girls.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571564~Philly_school_rekindles_same_sex_education_debate.html
  
  
• Rice primed for historic Libya visit (Examiner.com)
  Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says she's excited about a landmark trip she will make to Libya on Friday, becoming the highest-ranking American official to visit the North African country in more than a half-century.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571700~Rice_primed_for_historic_Libya_visit.html
  
  
• Analysis: McCain talks unity while allies attack (Examiner.com)
  John McCain preached bipartisanship and unity from a stage retooled to carry him out to the Republican faithful. He didn't have to be biting: On the previous night, his attack dogs had paved the way.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571608~Analysis__McCain_talks_unity_while_allies_attack.html
  
  
• Djokovic, angered by Roddick, beats him at US Open (Examiner.com)
  That litany of health issues Novak Djokovic dealt with earlier in the week - hip, ankle, stomach and more - seemed a tad humorous to Andy Roddick.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571559~Djokovic__angered_by_Roddick__beats_him_at_US_Open.html
  
  
• Home loan troubles break records again (Examiner.com)
  A record 9 percent of American homeowners with a mortgage were either behind on their payments or in foreclosure at the end of June, as damage from the housing crisis continues to mount, the Mortgage Bankers Association said Friday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571903~Home_loan_troubles_break_records_again.html
  
  
• Rogen shows some skin in Smith's `Zack and Miri' (Examiner.com)
  All Seth Rogen really wanted when he came to Hollywood was to make a movie with Kevin Smith.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571855~Rogen_shows_some_skin_in_Smith_s__Zack_and_Miri_.html
  
  
• Texas UPS driver goes 1 million miles, no crashes (Examiner.com)
  A routine package delivery turned into a milestone for a UPS driver in East Texas.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571628~Texas_UPS_driver_goes_1_million_miles__no_crashes.html
  
  
• Protesters converge on transport summit (ABC Australia)
  Anti-road tunnel protesters have gathered outside a transport conference in Melbourne to voice their opposition to the east-west tunnel proposed for Melbourne's north.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2356447.htm
  
  
• Disabled woman locked in room for years: police (ABC Australia)
  A woman with multiple sclerosis was imprisoned in a room measuring just 15 square metres for several years, Swedish police said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2357103.htm
  
  
• Qantas flights cancelled over fumes in cabin (ABC Australia)
  Qantas says three flights between Melbourne and Sydney have been cancelled today after fumes were detected in the cabin of a flight this morning.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2356628.htm
  
  
• US Coast Guard helicopter crashes off Hawaii (Examiner.com)
  A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter has crashed in waters five miles south of Honolulu, and officials say three crewmembers have been recovered and one remains missing. Officials aren't releasing the recovered crewmembers' conditions.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571742~US_Coast_Guard_helicopter_crashes_off_Hawaii.html
  
  
• Cheney to Ukraine: US supports your security (Examiner.com)
  U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney has pledged U.S. support for Ukraine following last month's war between neighboring Russia and Georgia.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571692~Cheney_to_Ukraine__US_supports_your_security.html
  
  
• McCain makes bipartisan pitch as leader for all (Examiner.com)
  Not merely a Republican. Not merely a candidate. John McCain cast himself as a leader for all Americans, regardless of party or status.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571465~McCain_makes_bipartisan_pitch_as_leader_for_all.html
  
  
• Quarterback Daunte Culpepper retires from NFL (Examiner.com)
  Daunte Culpepper summed up his thoughts Thursday in two words, which ushered in the start of a new era for the former Pro Bowl quarterback. "Farewell NFL," he wrote.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571272~Quarterback_Daunte_Culpepper_retires_from_NFL.html
  
  
• Oil prices drop as jobs data add to demand worries (Examiner.com)
  Oil prices sank below $106 a barrel Friday as a jump in the U.S. unemployment rate signaled to traders that Americans might keep paring back their energy use to save money.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571915~Oil_prices_drop_as_jobs_data_add_to_demand_worries.html
  
  
• Pavarotti to be remembered around the world (Examiner.com)
  The world will mark the first anniversary of the death of Luciano Pavarotti with a series of concerts, an exhibit and other events, organizers and his family announced Friday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571976~Pavarotti_to_be_remembered_around_the_world.html
  
  
• Black bear busts secret Utah pot farm (Examiner.com)
  One Utah community is cheering a special bear - but don't call him Smokey.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571674~Black_bear_busts_secret_Utah_pot_farm.html
  
  
• Wounded digger still critical in Afghanistan (ABC Australia)
  An Australian soldier who suffered life threatening injuries in a recent ambush is still in a critical condition at a base in Afghanistan.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2357080.htm
  
  
• Mine manager rejects safety claims (ABC Australia)
  The former underground manager at the Beaconsfield Gold Mine has dismissed claims he put production ahead of safety in the lead up to a fatal rockfall.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2356369.htm
  
  
• US Navy flagship delivers aid to Georgia (ABC Australia)
  The flagship of the US Navy's Sixth Fleet has dropped anchor off Georgia's Black Sea port of Poti to deliver aid.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2357094.htm
  
  
• Calls for more Govt action on homelessness (ABC Australia)
  The peak national body for homelessness has called for a coordinated Commonwealth response to homelessness.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2357060.htm
  
  
• Rees confirmed as new NSW premier (ABC Australia)
  Labor MP Nathan Rees has confirmed that he has been unanimously chosen to be the next premier of NSW.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2356548.htm
  
  
• Gunman's rampage shows pitfalls for mentally ill (Examiner.com)
  Isaac Zamora's mother begged him to get help when he was released from jail a month ago. State and federal laws prevented her from doing much more for the man who has now been arrested after a shooting spree in rural northwest Washington that left six people dead and four wounded.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571655~Gunman_s_rampage_shows_pitfalls_for_mentally_ill.html
  
  
• Egyptian ship with 25 crew hijacked near Somalia (Examiner.com)
  A maritime official says an Egyptian cargo ship with 25 crew has been hijacked by pirates in the Gulf of Aden near Somalia.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571710~Egyptian_ship_with_25_crew_hijacked_near_Somalia.html
  
  
• Palin's lawyer has already questioned 2 witnesses (Examiner.com)
  So far, the lawyer for Sarah Palin, the Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential candidate, has done a masterful job of handling a controversy known as "Troopergate."
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571590~Palin_s_lawyer_has_already_questioned_2_witnesses.html
  
  
• Report: Jags' Collier making gradual improvement (Examiner.com)
  Jaguars offensive tackle Richard Collier is making gradual improvement from gunshot wounds but is "not out of the woods yet," his agent told a newspaper Thursday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571288~Report__Jags__Collier_making_gradual_improvement.html
  
  
• Report: Samsung working to acquire SanDisk (Examiner.com)
  Samsung Electronics Co. is pursuing an acquisition of U.S. computer memory card maker SanDisk Corp., a South Korean online business newspaper reported Friday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571856~Report__Samsung_working_to_acquire_SanDisk.html
  
  
• Fashion designer Mila Schoen dies in Italy (Examiner.com)
  Mila Schoen, an Italian designer of elegant, impeccably tailored clothes, died early Friday at her villa in northern Italy at the age of 91.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571902~Fashion_designer_Mila_Schoen_dies_in_Italy.html
  
  
• Greek rural postmen top odd book title list (Examiner.com)
  It may not be a best-seller, but "Greek Rural Postmen and Their Cancellation Numbers" has won a literary accolade: oddest book title of the past 30 years.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571616~Greek_rural_postmen_top_odd_book_title_list.html
  
  
• Mozart, Metallica fans kindred spirits after all: research (ABC Australia)
  Heavy metal fans and lovers of classical music have more in common than they like to think, according to research by a British university.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2357087.htm
  
  
• India flood evacuation rescues 800,000: official (ABC Australia)
  Rescue workers in flood-hit northern India have brought over 800,000 people to safety, but tens of thousands more are still believed to be trapped, officials said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2357071.htm
  
  
• Holden exports luxury to South Korea (ABC Australia)
  Holden has announced it will start exporting luxury cars to South Korea.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2356326.htm
  
  
• UK hotel shamed for shunning injured soldier (ABC Australia)
  A British hotel was forced to apologise for turning away an injured soldier on leave from Afghanistan, after it provoked public outrage and an intervention from a government minister.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2357090.htm
  
  
• PNG police end Greenpeace logging protest (ABC Australia)
  In Papua New Guinea, police have ended a three day protest by Greenpeace activists, who were blocking a shipment of logs to China.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2357135.htm
  
  
• No use chasing Firepower's offshore funds: IMF (ABC Australia)
  The litigation funder IMF believes shareholders in the fuel technology firm Firepower would be better off following the money trail in Australia rather than pursuing its interests offshore.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2356592.htm
  
  
• San Francisco delays rollout of ID card program (Examiner.com)
  San Francisco is delaying a controversial program that would provide identification cards to all residents regardless of legal status.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571627~San_Francisco_delays_rollout_of_ID_card_program.html
  
  
• UN agency hikes food aid in southern Philippines (Examiner.com)
  A U.N. official said Friday his agency has increased food supplies to hundreds of thousands of people displaced by fighting between government troops and Muslim separatist rebels in the southern Philippines.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571681~UN_agency_hikes_food_aid_in_southern_Philippines.html
  
  
• Arrests mark last anti-war march of convention (Examiner.com)
  Percussion grenades, tear gas and nearly 400 arrests marked the final anti-war march during the Republican National Convention. More than 800 arrests were reported during a week of sometimes peaceful, sometimes violent dissent.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571891~Arrests_mark_last_anti_war_march_of_convention.html
  
  
• Cubs ace Zambrano gets shot for tendinitis (Examiner.com)
  Cubs ace Carlos Zambrano has right rotator cuff tendinitis and inflammation, an MRI confirmed Thursday, a potential obstacle to Chicago's chances of winning the World Series for the first time in a century.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571295~Cubs_ace_Zambrano_gets_shot_for_tendinitis.html
  
  
• Greenspan: Don't use Fed as a 'magical piggy bank' (Examiner.com)
  Troubled by the Bear Stearns debacle, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan is advocating a new way of dealing with government bailouts of companies whose sudden collapse could wreak havoc on the country's economic and financial stability.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571429~Greenspan__Don_t_use_Fed_as_a__magical_piggy_bank_.html
  
  
• Stand Up to Cancer telethon takes over network TV (Examiner.com)
  After seeing what "An Inconvenient Truth" did for environmental awareness, Hollywood producer Laura Ziskin wanted to make a documentary about cancer, a disease she has fought since 2004.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571636~Stand_Up_to_Cancer_telethon_takes_over_network_TV.html
  
  
• New Zealand parrots wreak havoc at bird sanctuary (Examiner.com)
  A gang of unruly teenage bush parrots have wrought havoc at a bird sanctuary in New Zealand by using their powerful beaks to destroy nesting boxes.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571540~New_Zealand_parrots_wreak_havoc_at_bird_sanctuary.html
  
  
• Moore to release documentary free on web (ABC Australia)
  Michael Moore will release his latest documentary exclusively on the internet for free.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2356431.htm
  
  
• Two charged over UK teen's murder (ABC Australia)
  Two teenagers have been charged with murdering 14-year-old Shaquille Smith who was stabbed to death in east London last weekend, police said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2357057.htm
  
  
• East-west rail link set to re-open (ABC Australia)
  The east-west rail line across Australia is set to re-open after urgent repairs.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2356327.htm
  
  
• Mozart, Metallica fans kindred spirits after all: research (ABC Australia)
  Heavy metal fans and lovers of classical music have more in common than they like to think, according to research by a British university.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2357087.htm
  
  
• Doomed Spanair jet had wing problems: report (ABC Australia)
  The Spanair jet that crashed last month in Madrid, killing 154 people, attempted to take off with faulty wing flaps, but the pilots were unaware of the problem, El Mundo newspaper reported.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2357139.htm
  
  
• Grave fears for missing bushwalker (ABC Australia)
  Police hold grave fears for a bushwalker missing in the Namadgi National Park south of Canberra.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2356576.htm
  
  
• Remains of 3 sailors from Pearl Harbor identified (Examiner.com)
  Two-thirds of a century ago, Kathleen Wyman drove her brother to California to join the Navy. From there, he shipped out to the USS Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571591~Remains_of_3_sailors_from_Pearl_Harbor_identified.html
  
  
• Pakistani officials report missile strike (Examiner.com)
  An explosion possibly caused by a missile strike killed five suspected foreign militants near the Afghan border on Friday, Pakistani officials said.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571641~Pakistani_officials_report_missile_strike.html
  
  
• It's GOP's world; elitists just live in it (Examiner.com)
  Snowmobiles are good. NASCAR is very good. Football metaphors about God are better. "Sam's Club Republicans" are the salt of the American earth. Hollywood, the media and academics are suspect at best, subversive at worst. Though not as bad as European ideas.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571570~It_s_GOP_s_world__elitists_just_live_in_it.html
  
  
• Vandy finally beats ranked SEC team on own turf (Examiner.com)
  Chris Nickson threw for a touchdown and ran for another and Vanderbilt finally beat a ranked opponent on its own field Thursday night, upsetting No. 24 South Carolina 24-17 in the Southeastern Conference opener for both teams.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571447~Vandy_finally_beats_ranked_SEC_team_on_own_turf.html
  
  
• Boeing, machinists union meet with mediator (Examiner.com)
  Representatives from Boeing Co. and the machinists union met with a federal mediator Thursday as the clock ticked on an unusual two-day contract extension after union production workers soundly rejected a contract offer and voted to strike.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571490~Boeing__machinists_union_meet_with_mediator.html
  
  
• Michael Moore to release new film online for free (Examiner.com)
  Inspired by Neil Young and Radiohead, Michael Moore will release his new film online and for free.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570538~Michael_Moore_to_release_new_film_online_for_free.html
  
  
• Cats rescued after apparently starting house fire (Examiner.com)
  Chattanooga firefighters rescued several cats during a house fire that investigators say was probably caused by the cats themselves.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570853~Cats_rescued_after_apparently_starting_house_fire.html
  
  
• Kanye ends MTV awards boycott (ABC Australia)
  Kanye West has ended a boycott and will close the MTV Video Music awards in Hollywood.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2356042.htm
  
  
• Air strike kills 7 in Afghanistan: official (ABC Australia)
  Seven people, including two children, have been killed in an air strike in western Afghanistan that was aimed at the house of a Taliban commander, a district official said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2357058.htm
  
  
• More pressure for Gunns' share price (ABC Australia)
  A market analyst does not believes timber firm Gunns' successful capital raising is a sign of confidence in the company.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2356276.htm
  
  
• Wounded digger still critical in Afghanistan (ABC Australia)
  An Australian soldier who suffered life threatening injuries in a recent ambush is still in a critical condition at a base in Afghanistan.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2357080.htm
  
  
• Indian Govt, Maoist rebels 'exploiting child soldiers' (ABC Australia)
  A human rights group is demanding the Indian Government and Maoist rebels stop using child fighters, and is calling for a rehabilitation scheme.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2357114.htm
  
  
• Bryce sworn in as G-G (ABC Australia)
  Quentin Bryce has been officially sworn in as Australia's first female Governor-General.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2356263.htm
  
  
• FEMA to cover hotel costs for some Gustav evacuees (Examiner.com)
  Victims of Hurricane Gustav who can't return to their homes over the next month because of storm damage or power outages can have their hotel costs covered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, officials said Thursday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571377~FEMA_to_cover_hotel_costs_for_some_Gustav_evacuees.html
  
  
• Rescuers can't get aid to starving Haitian city (Examiner.com)
  The convoy rumbled out of the U.N. base toward a flooded, starving and seething city Thursday, carrying some of the first food aid since Tropical Storm Hanna killed 137 Haitians and drowned Gonaives in muddy water three days ago.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571459~Rescuers_can_t_get_aid_to_starving_Haitian_city.html
  
  
• Cindy McCain sets tone for GOP fashion (Examiner.com)
  Not since Jacqueline Kennedy first donned her signature pillbox hats have fashionistas paid such close attention to what the women of politics are wearing.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571467~Cindy_McCain_sets_tone_for_GOP_fashion.html
  
  
• California lawmaker questions LPGA language policy (Examiner.com)
  A California state senator said Thursday that he's seeking a legal opinion to determine whether the LPGA Tour's language requirement for players violates state or federal law.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571225~California_lawmaker_questions_LPGA_language_policy.html
  
  
• Lloyd's of London push into emerging markets (Examiner.com)
  Lloyd's of London, the world's biggest insurance market, signaled its intention to push its business in emerging markets in Asia and Latin America and oil rich countries in the Gulf, warning on Friday that a shift in world power can not be ignored.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571478~Lloyd_s_of_London_push_into_emerging_markets.html
  
  
• Man gets prison for crime at Dunst's NYC hotel (Examiner.com)
  A drug addict who was arrested on charges of burglarizing Kirsten Dunst's New York City hotel penthouse suite has been sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570948~Man_gets_prison_for_crime_at_Dunst_s_NYC_hotel.html
  
  
• Google reigns as world's most powerful 10-year-old (Examiner.com)
  When Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google Inc. on Sept. 7, 1998, they had little more than their ingenuity, four computers and an investor's $100,000 bet on their belief that an Internet search engine could change the world.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571945~Google_reigns_as_world_s_most_powerful_10_year_old.html
  
  
• ESA spacecraft set for flyby of Steins asteroid (Examiner.com)
  Scientists at the European Space Agency are preparing for the first fly-by of an asteroid by their deep-space explorer, Rosetta, on a mission to solve the mystery of the birth of the solar system.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571604~ESA_spacecraft_set_for_flyby_of_Steins_asteroid.html
  
  
• Boy doles out hundreds of fake $20 bills at school (Examiner.com)
  Authorities say an 8-year-old boy was handing out hundreds of dollars in fake $20 bills at an Ocala elementary school. School officials reported the boy to police on Tuesday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570558~Boy_doles_out_hundreds_of_fake__20_bills_at_school.html
  
  
• New Kids hope new album is right stuff (ABC Australia)
  New Kids On The Block are all grown up and hoping they still have the "right stuff".
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2356020.htm
  
  
• Aust Govt left rebel Reinado's lover 'on a limb' (ABC Australia)
  The former lover of Alfredo Reinado says delays by the Australian Govt are preventing her from defending herself.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2356968.htm
  
  
• Construction activity slows for sixth month (ABC Australia)
  The construction industry has slowed for the sixth month in a row.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2356269.htm
  
  
• India flood evacuation rescues 800,000: official (ABC Australia)
  Rescue workers in flood-hit northern India have brought over 800,000 people to safety, but tens of thousands more are still believed to be trapped, officials said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2357071.htm
  
  
• Envoys hold emergency talks over N Korea nukes (ABC Australia)
  Envoys from South Korea, Japan and the United States are holding an emergency meeting in Beijing, amid signs of growing concern over North Korea's nuclear intentions.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2357122.htm
  
  
• Iemma rolled amid Labor turmoil (ABC Australia)
  Morris Iemma resigns as NSW Premier after sacking Michael Costa.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2356267.htm
  
  
• Americans get to know once-obscure Alaska governor (Examiner.com)
  Doug Watts, a painter from Phoenix, watched in spite of himself. There was Sarah Palin on television, and he found himself mesmerized.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570915~Americans_get_to_know_once_obscure_Alaska_governor.html
  
  
• Blair to AP: West Bank downward spiral halted (Examiner.com)
  Tony Blair toured a Palestinian aluminum factory Thursday and was told it runs at one-third capacity because of Israeli import restrictions. He promised he'll take it up with Israeli authorities.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571553~Blair_to_AP__West_Bank_downward_spiral_halted.html
  
  
• Obama says GOP avoiding issues on voters' minds (Examiner.com)
  Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Thursday that Republicans at their national convention are attacking him to avoid talking about the sagging economy and housing problems.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571007~Obama_says_GOP_avoiding_issues_on_voters__minds.html
  
  
• Bengals' WR Chad Johnson now Ocho Cinco (Examiner.com)
  Call him Ocho Cinco on the field, too.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570768~Bengals__WR_Chad_Johnson_now_Ocho_Cinco.html
  
  
• Informa shares fall after it rejects takeover bid (Examiner.com)
  Shares at Informa PLC, the London-based publisher of Lloyd's List maritime newspaper, fell almost 6 percent on Friday after the company rejected a reduced $3.4 billion takeover bid from a private equity consortium.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571743~Informa_shares_fall_after_it_rejects_takeover_bid.html
  
  
• Stars wish they were in Dorothy's shoes (Examiner.com)
  It's been 70 years since Judy Garland first clicked her ruby slippers in "The Wizard of Oz," yet even the well-heeled celebrities who inhabit the wonderful land of Hollywood still find the shoes a thing of beauty.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571693~Stars_wish_they_were_in_Dorothy_s_shoes.html
  
  
• Nokia warns 3Q market share will fall; shares dive (Examiner.com)
  Nokia Corp. warned Friday its third-quarter global market share will decline from second-quarter levels, sending its U.S. shares tumbling more than 10 percent.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571848~Nokia_warns_3Q_market_share_will_fall__shares_dive.html
  
  
• Feds warn climate change could harm giant sequoias (Examiner.com)
  Federal researchers are warning that warming temperatures could soon cause California's giant sequoia trees to die off more quickly unless forest managers plan with an eye toward climate change and the impact of a longer, harsher wildfire season.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571676~Feds_warn_climate_change_could_harm_giant_sequoias.html
  
  
• Man shows up in Pa. court with loaded handgun (Examiner.com)
  A central Pennsylvania man faces additional charges after showing up for a hearing on summary charges of public drunkenness and disorderly conduct with a loaded handgun.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570546~Man_shows_up_in_Pa__court_with_loaded_handgun.html
  
  
• Who you gonna call? Ghostbusters - part III (ABC Australia)
  Hollywood studio Columbia is reportedly planning to revive its hit 1980s franchise Ghostbusters, with a third film that will reunite stars Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2356374.htm
  
  
• Hanna rolls toward US coast, as hurricane looms (ABC Australia)
  Tropical Storm Hanna has closed in on the south-eastern US coast after leaving 136 dead in Haiti, as a powerful hurricane sweeps across the Atlantic, posing a potential threat to Caribbean islands and the United States.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2357040.htm
  
  
• Inquest told miners not reporting rockfalls (ABC Australia)
  The technical geologist at the Beaconsfield Gold mine has revealed he was frustrated that miners were not formally reporting rockfalls before a fatal collapse two years ago.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2356251.htm
  
  
• Rees to have a 'red hot go' at fixing NSW (ABC Australia)
  The political landscape in NSW has changed completely in the space of a day, with Morris Iemma quitting and Nathan Rees being sworn in as Premier.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2357039.htm
  
  
• India flood evacuation rescues 800,000: official (ABC Australia)
  Rescue workers in flood-hit northern India have brought over 800,000 people to safety, but tens of thousands more are still believed to be trapped, officials said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2357071.htm
  
  
• Religious order defends sex abuse handling (ABC Australia)
  The order that runs St Stanislaus school in the NSW central west has defended its handling of abuse allegations.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2356506.htm
  
  
• Judge sentences Jonesboro shooter to 4 years (Examiner.com)
  A man who as a teen helped shoot and kill five people in a schoolyard ambush was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison on an unrelated federal weapons charge.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571026~Judge_sentences_Jonesboro_shooter_to_4_years.html
  
  
• US naval flagship to arrive in Georgian port (Examiner.com)
  The U.S. Embassy says the flagship of the U.S. Navy's Mediterranean fleet is to arrive in the Georgian port of Poti on Friday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571582~US_naval_flagship_to_arrive_in_Georgian_port.html
  
  
• Drilling for oil a hot topic at GOP (Examiner.com)
  It may have been in vogue in Alaska forever, but drilling for oil has never been so hot with Republicans as it was on the floor during the final night of the Republican National Convention.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571629~Drilling_for_oil_a_hot_topic_at_GOP.html
  
  
• Rays end 2-game skid, beat Yankees 7-5 (Examiner.com)
  Scott Kazmir allowed one hit in six scoreless innings, and Tampa Bay's bullpen weathered ninth-inning home runs by Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez to hang on for a 7-5 victory over the New York Yankees on Thursday night.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571315~Rays_end_2_game_skid__beat_Yankees_7_5.html
  
  
• German industrial production fell in July (Examiner.com)
  German industrial production fell 1.8 percent in July compartede with June, with the three main categories of output showing declines, the ministry of the economy said Friday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571814~German_industrial_production_fell_in_July.html
  
  
• Dr. Green returns in `ER' final-season flashback (Examiner.com)
  Dr. Mark Greene is coming back to "ER," but he's not coming back from the dead.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570959~Dr__Green_returns_in__ER__final_season_flashback.html
  
  
• Russia's MTS to sell Apple iPhone (Examiner.com)
  Russia's number one cell operator MTS said Friday it has signed a deal with Apple Inc. to sell the iPhone in Russia.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1571796~Russia_s_MTS_to_sell_Apple_iPhone.html
  
  
• Asian soot, smog may boost global warming in US (Examiner.com)
  Smog, soot and other particles like the kind often seen hanging over Beijing add to global warming and may raise summer temperatures in the American heartland by three degrees in about 50 years, says a new federal science report released Thursday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570858~Asian_soot__smog_may_boost_global_warming_in_US.html
  
  
• Mass. police arrest pair wearing stolen clothing (Examiner.com)
  Police say two Springfield residents who cleared a downtown clothing store of its entire inventory were easy to nab - they were arrested wearing some of the stolen clothing with price tags still attached.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570535~Mass__police_arrest_pair_wearing_stolen_clothing.html
  
  
• MP held at gunpoint over 'cocaine' stash (ABC Australia)
  A British MP trekking in Colombia was held at gunpoint in the jungle and forced to eat coffee whitener from a jar in his backpack after soldiers mistook it for cocaine.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2357129.htm
  
  
• Hendrix's burnt guitar fetches $600,000 (ABC Australia)
  The first guitar that rock legend Jimi Hendrix burned on stage has fetched $604,000 at a London auction.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2356180.htm
  
  
• McCain pledges 'change' in Washington (ABC Australia)
  Republicans John McCain and Sarah Palin have kicked off a two-month battle for the White House.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2357028.htm
  
  
• Market, dollar both fall (ABC Australia)
  Share market plunges in early trade after heavy losses on global stock markets overnight.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2356232.htm
  
  
• Calls for more Govt action on homelessness (ABC Australia)
  The peak national body for homelessness has called for a coordinated Commonwealth response to homelessness.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2357060.htm
  
  
• MP held at gunpoint over 'cocaine' stash (ABC Australia)
  A British MP trekking in Colombia was held at gunpoint in the jungle and forced to eat coffee whitener from a jar in his backpack after soldiers mistook it for cocaine.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2357129.htm
  
  
• Drought threat to rare emu-wren (ABC Australia)
  The Environment Department says ongoing drought is significantly affecting the almost-extinct mallee emu-wren.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2356503.htm
  
  
• Research to identify women at risk of premature birth (ABC Australia)
  Newcastle University researchers are part of a team developing new computer technology to determine which women are more likely to give birth prematurely.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2356310.htm
  
  
• Mozart, Metallica fans kindred spirits after all: research (ABC Australia)
  Heavy metal fans and lovers of classical music have more in common than they like to think, according to research by a British university.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2357087.htm
  
  
• French war photographer Demulder dies (ABC Australia)
  Francoise Demulder, a celebrated French photojournalist who was the first woman to win the World Press Photo of the Year award, has died at the age of 61, the French Culture Ministry said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2356113.htm
  
  
• Suspected US drone attack kills 5 in Pakistan (ABC Australia)
  Five Islamist militants have been killed in a missile attack by a suspected US drone in Pakistan's North Waziristan region, the second such attack in as many days, security officials said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2357003.htm
  
  
• Connex scraps rusty trains (ABC Australia)
  The train operator Connex has taken old Hitachi trains out of service because of rust problems, but denies it will put an additional squeeze on services.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2356158.htm
  
  
• Two charged over UK teen's murder (ABC Australia)
  Two teenagers have been charged with murdering 14-year-old Shaquille Smith who was stabbed to death in east London last weekend, police said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2357057.htm
  
  
• Buddy boots Hawks past Dogs (ABC Australia)
  Hawthorn wunderkind Lance Franklin produced another imperious September display to kick eight goals and lead Hawthorn to an 18.19 (127) to 11.10 (76) rout of the Western Bulldogs at the MCG on Friday night.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2357128.htm
  
  
• Justice group claims NT intervention increasing murders (ABC Australia)
  The North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency (NAAJA) is blaming the federal intervention for an increase in the number of murder cases it is defending in the Northern Territory.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2356460.htm
  
  
• Gene domino effect behind brain, pancreatic tumors (Examiner.com)
  Scientists have mapped the cascade of genetic changes that turn normal cells in the brain and pancreas into two of the most lethal cancers. The result points to a new approach for fighting tumors and maybe even catching them sooner. Genes blamed for one person's brain tumor were different from the culprits for the next patient, making the puzzle of cancer genetics even more complicated.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570494~Gene_domino_effect_behind_brain__pancreatic_tumors.html
  
  
• Man accused of making license plate 'disappear' (Examiner.com)
  New York authorities didn't see this one coming. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey says the driver of a tractor-trailer rigged the front license plate of his vehicle so that it would "disappear" as he drove through a toll plaza, allowing him to avoid paying the $40 fee.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570444~Man_accused_of_making_license_plate__disappear_.html
  
  
• Thai PM pushes referendum to end political crisis (ABC Australia)
  Thailand plans to hold a national referendum to end a political crisis over street protests against the Government, Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej announced after rejecting calls to quit.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2355968.htm
  
  
• Cheney offers US backing for Georgia's NATO bid (Examiner.com)
  Vice President Dick Cheney insisted that Georgia will join NATO and backed its attempts to rebuild from its war with Russia on Thursday, using a trip to former Soviet republics as a show of U.S. support for their pro-Western leaders.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570413~Cheney_offers_US_backing_for_Georgia_s_NATO_bid.html
  
  
• Terror claims against NJ Muslim leader rejected (Examiner.com)
  An influential New Jersey Muslim leader accused by some federal officials of having terrorist ties but praised by others as being an important ally won his fight to gain permanent U.S. residency Thursday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570376~Terror_claims_against_NJ_Muslim_leader_rejected.html
  
  
• China says flaws may have led to school collapses (Examiner.com)
  Nearly four months after China's devastating earthquake, a government scientist acknowledged Thursday that a rush to build schools in recent years likely led to construction flaws causing so many of them to collapse.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570404~China_says_flaws_may_have_led_to_school_collapses.html
  
  
• McCain giving conventional finale speech (Examiner.com)
  John McCain embarks on his final drive for the White House Thursday night, accepting the Republican presidential nomination and addressing the party's national convention from a stage that workers were hastily rebuilding to fit his "town hall" approach.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570366~McCain_giving_conventional_finale_speech.html
  
  
• Simpson goes to trial in Vegas, dogged by his past (Examiner.com)
  Once upon a time O.J. Simpson was a national sports hero, showered with adulation and endorsement contracts. He was the "Juice" - a Hall of Fame football star, actor, TV commentator and pitchman with a beautiful wife, two children and a Rolls Royce.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570400~Simpson_goes_to_trial_in_Vegas__dogged_by_his_past.html
  
  
• Syria makes peace proposal to Israel (Examiner.com)
  Syria's leader said Thursday he offered a proposal for peace with Israel but also refused to break off ties with Hezbollah and militant Palestinians - a key Israeli demand.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570409~Syria_makes_peace_proposal_to_Israel.html
  
  
• 102 arrested after GOP convention's third night (Examiner.com)
  Police arrested 102 protesters in downtown Minneapolis early Thursday following a concert by the rock group Rage Against the Machine, raising to more than 400 the number arrested in demonstrations related to the Republican National Convention.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570440~102_arrested_after_GOP_convention_s_third_night.html
  
  
• Zambrano has shot for tendinitis (Examiner.com)
  Cubs ace Carlos Zambrano has right rotator cuff tendinitis and inflammation, an MRI confirmed Thursday, a blow to Chicago's chances of winning the World Series for the first time in a century.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570419~Zambrano_has_shot_for_tendinitis.html
  
  
• McCain to take centre stage at Republican Convention (ABC Australia)
  White House candidate John McCain is set to crown an unlikely political comeback when he formally accepts the Republican presidential nomination after a fabled American journey.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2355967.htm
  
  
• Tressel: No. 3 Ohio State's Wells out for Ohio (Examiner.com)
  Ohio State coach Jim Tressel said tailback Chris "Beanie" Wells will not play when the third-ranked Buckeyes take on Ohio on Saturday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570405~Tressel__No__3_Ohio_State_s_Wells_out_for_Ohio.html
  
  
• Oil's climb forced companies to become leaner (Examiner.com)
  Conventional wisdom had long held that some industries would collapse if oil topped $100 a barrel. As oil neared $150, sending costs higher for everything from jet fuel to plastic jars, the question was how many companies would succumb.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570363~Oil_s_climb_forced_companies_to_become_leaner.html
  
  
• 'Fringe,' 'Privileged' and 'Do Not Disturb' on tap (Examiner.com)
  The new TV season's official start date (Sept. 21) is weeks away, but one of the most anticipated shows, "90210," has already arrived. Now comes the other: Fox's weird-science thriller "Fringe," which premieres Tuesday at 8 p.m. EDT. So what's left this fall? Well, CW's sunny youth drama "Privileged," debuting Tuesday at 9 p.m. EDT, offers evidence there are pleasant surprises ahead. But Fox's sitcom "Do Not Disturb," on tap for Wednesday at 9:30 p.m. EDT, isn't one of them.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570361~_Fringe____Privileged__and__Do_Not_Disturb__on_tap.html
  
  
• NASA moves space shuttle Atlantis to launch pad (Examiner.com)
  NASA moved shuttle Atlantis to the launch pad on Thursday for a flight next month to the Hubble Space Telescope after being waylaid by a pair of tropical storms.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570410~NASA_moves_space_shuttle_Atlantis_to_launch_pad.html
  
  
• Afghan anti-drugs judge murdered (ABC Australia)
  The head of Afghanistan's anti-drug court was shot at on his way to work on Thursday and died later in hospital, his office said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/05/2355966.htm
  
  
• Chaos, desperation from Hanna's floods in Haiti (Examiner.com)
  Floodwaters frustrated efforts by Argentine peacekeepers to distribute food at orphanages marooned by Tropical Storm Hanna on Thursday. They hunkered down in their base as desperate people begged for food and water outside the gates.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570335~Chaos__desperation_from_Hanna_s_floods_in_Haiti.html
  
  
• In macho Israel, woman within reach of premiership (Examiner.com)
  For the first time since Golda Meir more than three decades ago, a woman is within reach of becoming the prime minister of Israel, a nation dominated by macho military men and a religious establishment with strict views on the role of women.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570333~In_macho_Israel__woman_within_reach_of_premiership.html
  
  
• Stocks plummet after retail, unemployment data (Examiner.com)
  Wall Street dove sharply lower Thursday, sending the Dow Jones industrials down over 300 points on more disappointing economic news: Sluggish back-to-school sales and a jump in unemployment claims.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570339~Stocks_plummet_after_retail__unemployment_data.html
  
  
• Swaziland's 40th anniversary bash hits sour note (Examiner.com)
  Swaziland and its king are throwing a joint 40th birthday bash this weekend, but the mood is far from celebratory in this small southern African land of paupers and princes, mud huts and palaces.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570352~Swaziland_s_40th_anniversary_bash_hits_sour_note.html
  
  
• Analysis: Palin more than her resume _ much more (Examiner.com)
  Being a mayor of 9,780 is nothing like leading 305 million. Living next to Russia does not make you a foreign policy whiz. And presidential competence is rarely measured in square miles.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570358~Analysis__Palin_more_than_her_resume___much_more.html
  
  
• Tressel: No. 3 Ohio State's Wells out for Sat. (Examiner.com)
  Ohio State coach Jim Tressel said tailback Chris "Beanie" Wells will not play when the third-ranked Buckeyes take on Ohio on Saturday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570278~Tressel__No__3_Ohio_State_s_Wells_out_for_Sat_.html
  
  
• FDA orders stronger warnings for 4 arthritis drugs (Examiner.com)
  The Food and Drug Administration ordered stronger warnings Thursday on four medications widely used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and other serious illnesses, saying they can raise the risk of possibly fatal fungal infections.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570273~FDA_orders_stronger_warnings_for_4_arthritis_drugs.html
  
  
• Russell Brand brings a British twist to MTV awards (Examiner.com)
  America, meet Russell Brand.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570317~Russell_Brand_brings_a_British_twist_to_MTV_awards.html
  
  
• FDA orders stronger warnings for 4 arthritis drugs (Examiner.com)
  The Food and Drug Administration ordered stronger warnings Thursday on four medications widely used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and other serious illnesses, saying they can raise the risk of possibly fatal fungal infections.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570273~FDA_orders_stronger_warnings_for_4_arthritis_drugs.html
  
  
• Iran bill to ease polygamy angers women (Examiner.com)
  A bill that would allow Iranian men to take additional wives without the consent of their first wife has angered women and the country's top justice official, who say it would undermine women's rights and could be a government attempt to more deeply enshrine its strict Islamic interpretation into law.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570265~Iran_bill_to_ease_polygamy_angers_women.html
  
  
• Biden, others hit the airwaves to counter Palin (Examiner.com)
  Democrats shot back at GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Thursday, saying her convention speech was laden with partisan attacks but devoid of substantive answers about where the Republican ticket would take the nation.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570226~Biden__others_hit_the_airwaves_to_counter_Palin.html
  
  
• Biden to vigorously challenge Palin on issues (Examiner.com)
  Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden said Thursday that he will vigorously challenge Republican Sarah Palin on the issues, but will refrain from personal attacks.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570244~Biden_to_vigorously_challenge_Palin_on_issues.html
  
  
• Dynamic duo Griffin, Rickles paired for Emmy show (Examiner.com)
  Kathy Griffin, who shook up an Emmy ceremony last year with her rowdy acceptance speech, is bringing her act to this year's prime-time awards show.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570238~Dynamic_duo_Griffin__Rickles_paired_for_Emmy_show.html
  
  
• 3-term councilman ready to become Detroit mayor (Examiner.com)
  The man who will succeed Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has had months to prepare for the possibility of taking over as head of the nation's 11th largest city, and said last week that he was ready for the job.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570213~3_term_councilman_ready_to_become_Detroit_mayor.html
  
  
• 30-year mortgages dip slightly to 6.35 percent (Examiner.com)
  Rates on 30-year mortgages fell for a third straight week, dropping to the lowest level since mid-July.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570214~30_year_mortgages_dip_slightly_to_6_35_percent.html
  
  
• First round of BMW Championship a washout (Examiner.com)
  The first round of the BMW Championship has been washed out by steady rain that has deluged Bellerive Country Club, adding to the string of bad luck for golf in St. Louis.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570179~First_round_of_BMW_Championship_a_washout.html
  
  
• European, British central banks hold rates steady (Examiner.com)
  The European Central Bank and the Bank of England left their key interest rates unchanged Thursday, reluctant to move them lower as rising prices offset the fear of weaker growth and recession.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570212~European__British_central_banks_hold_rates_steady.html
  
  
• Fashion store sues Winfrey's mom for unpaid bill (Examiner.com)
  A high-end clothing store in Brookfield, Wisconsin, is suing Oprah Winfrey's mother for failing to pay her bill.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570181~Fashion_store_sues_Winfrey_s_mom_for_unpaid_bill.html
  
  
• Palin's national guard faces a crisis in personnel (Examiner.com)
  The Alaska National Guard, which Republicans are pointing to as an important national-security credential for vice presidential choice Sarah Palin, has personnel shortages that make its aviation units the most poorly staffed in the nation.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570170~Palin_s_national_guard_faces_a_crisis_in_personnel.html
  
  
• Thai PM offers referendum to end political crisis (Examiner.com)
  Thailand's prime minister refused again on Thursday to cede to protesters determined to oust him, but offered an unconventional compromise - a referendum on his fate aimed at ending the political crisis that has paralyzed the government and raised fears of economic chaos.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570153~Thai_PM_offers_referendum_to_end_political_crisis.html
  
  
• A look at speakers for Thursday's GOP convention (Examiner.com)
  Major speakers scheduled for Thursday's final session of the Republican National Convention. The GOP nominee, Sen. John McCain of Arizona, is set deliver his acceptance speech.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570158~A_look_at_speakers_for_Thursday_s_GOP_convention.html
  
  
• Daunte Culpepper retires from NFL (Examiner.com)
  Daunte Culpepper, who starred for the Minnesota Vikings before a major knee injury in 2005 curtailed his career, retired from the NFL on Thursday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570152~Daunte_Culpepper_retires_from_NFL.html
  
  
• Detroit Mayor Kilpatrick pleads guilty, resigns (Examiner.com)
  Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick pleaded guilty to felony charges Thursday in a sex scandal and will step down after months of defiantly holding onto his job leading the nation's 11th-largest city. He was ordered jailed for four months and fined $1 million.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570145~Detroit_Mayor_Kilpatrick_pleads_guilty__resigns.html
  
  
• 2 US soldiers killed in Baghdad roadside bomb (Examiner.com)
  A roadside bomb killed two American soldiers patrolling eastern Baghdad on Thursday, the U.S. military said, announcing the first combat deaths in the capital in a week.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570127~2_US_soldiers_killed_in_Baghdad_roadside_bomb.html
  
  
• Obama campaign hits back against Palin comments (Examiner.com)
  Barack Obama's top strategist dismissed Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin's prime-time convention address as dishonest about Obama's record and suggested Thursday that John McCain's running mate was only parroting what she'd been told.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570164~Obama_campaign_hits_back_against_Palin_comments.html
  
  
• Browns LB Antwan Peek out for season (Examiner.com)
  Cleveland Browns linebacker Antwan Peek has suffered a season-ending knee injury.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570081~Browns_LB_Antwan_Peek_out_for_season.html
  
  
• Oil down on lower-than-expected US gas supplies (Examiner.com)
  Oil prices fell for a fifth straight session Thursday after a lower-than-expected drop in U.S. gasoline supplies fed beliefs that a cooling economy is curbing fuel demand in the world's thirstiest consumer.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570120~Oil_down_on_lower_than_expected_US_gas_supplies.html
  
  
• Mountain jumper survives crash after chute problem (Examiner.com)
  A Norwegian BASE jumper said he learned a hard lesson about tempting fate after surviving a spine-chilling crash from a mile-high mountain.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570115~Mountain_jumper_survives_crash_after_chute_problem.html
  
  
• McCain to give big speech on rebuilt stage (Examiner.com)
  Convention workers hurriedly rebuilt the stage where John McCain will formally accept the Republican Party's presidential nomination Thursday night, embarking on his final drive for the White House after a vigorous sendoff boost from running mate Sarah Palin.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570084~McCain_to_give_big_speech_on_rebuilt_stage.html
  
  
• Stocks plunge after retail, unemployment data (Examiner.com)
  Wall Street tumbled Thursday on more disappointing economic news - retailers posted sluggish back-to-school sales reports and the government said the number of workers seeking unemployment benefits spiked last week. The Dow Jones industrials fell more than 200 points.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570065~Stocks_plunge_after_retail__unemployment_data.html
  
  
• Rev. Jesse Jackson hospitalized for stomach pains (Examiner.com)
  The Reverend Jesse Jackson is being treated at a Chicago hospital after experiencing severe stomach pains.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570087~Rev__Jesse_Jackson_hospitalized_for_stomach_pains.html
  
  
• Biden to vigorously challenge Palin (Examiner.com)
  Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden says he'll vigorously challenge Republican Sarah Palin on the issues, but will refrain from personal attacks.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570104~Biden_to_vigorously_challenge_Palin.html
  
  
• Oil down after US gasoline supplies report (Examiner.com)
  Oil prices are falling after the government reported a smaller-than-expected drop in U.S. gasoline supplies.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570071~Oil_down_after_US_gasoline_supplies_report.html
  
  
• Suspected missile strike in Pakistan kills 4 (Examiner.com)
  Pakistani intelligence officials say a missile strike is suspected in a blast that killed four people in a tribal region near Afghanistan.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570017~Suspected_missile_strike_in_Pakistan_kills_4.html
  
  
• Afghan leader vows punishment for deadly US raid (Examiner.com)
  The Afghan president said a deadly raid on a village by American and Afghan commandos has put new strain on relations with the United States and promised Thursday to punish those responsible.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570047~Afghan_leader_vows_punishment_for_deadly_US_raid.html
  
  
• Stocks retreat after retail, unemployment data (Examiner.com)
  Wall Street fell sharply Thursday on more disappointing economic news - retailers posted sluggish back-to-school sales reports and the government said the number of workers seeking unemployment benefits spiked last week.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570002~Stocks_retreat_after_retail__unemployment_data.html
  
  
• Detroit mayor pleads guilty, will resign (Examiner.com)
  Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick pleaded guilty to felony charges Thursday in a sex-and-misconduct scandal and will step down after months of defiantly holding onto his job leading the nation's 11th-largest city. He was ordered jailed for four months and fined $1 million.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570051~Detroit_mayor_pleads_guilty__will_resign.html
  
  
• China says flaws caused quake schools to collapse (Examiner.com)
  China said Thursday a rush to build schools in recent years could have led to construction flaws that caused so many of them to collapse during May's massive earthquake.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569606~China_says_flaws_caused_quake_schools_to_collapse.html
  
  
• New Redskins present new problems for NY Giants (Examiner.com)
  Despite having played Washington at least twice a year since 1970, the Super Bowl champion New York Giants are going to be playing somewhat of a guessing game against the Redskins in the kickoff game to the NFL season.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569643~New_Redskins_present_new_problems_for_NY_Giants.html
  
  
• Oil prices near $109 ahead of US inventory data (Examiner.com)
  Oil prices hovered near $109 a barrel Thursday ahead of a report on U.S. crude supplies that could show whether an economic slowdown is still curbing fuel usage in the world's thirstiest consumer.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570023~Oil_prices_near__109_ahead_of_US_inventory_data.html
  
  
• Pop star writes of friendship with ex-priest (Examiner.com)
  Pop star Cliff Richard has written about his relationship with a former Roman Catholic priest in an autobiography excerpted in a British newspaper on Thursday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1570045~Pop_star_writes_of_friendship_with_ex_priest.html
  
  
• Stocks lower after service sector data (Examiner.com)
  Wall Street is showing little reaction to a report that the nation's service sector was slightly stronger than expected last month.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569976~Stocks_lower_after_service_sector_data.html
  
  
• Serena edges Venus in all-Williams US Open quarter (Examiner.com)
  Serena Williams watched the final shot sail beyond the baseline, and immediately her sister called for an instant-replay challenge. At that point, Venus Williams really had nothing else to lose. So more than 20,000 fans hushed Wednesday night, looking at the giant video boards high above Arthur Ashe Stadium. A moment later, the call was confirmed and the crowd roared: Serena had won this family affair at the U.S. Open.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569772~Serena_edges_Venus_in_all_Williams_US_Open_quarter.html
  
  
• Services grow on increasing orders, less inflation (Examiner.com)
  The U.S. service sector grew unexpectedly in August for the first time in three months as new orders improved and inflation moderated, a private trade group said Thursday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569992~Services_grow_on_increasing_orders__less_inflation.html
  
  
• US readies for T.S. Hanna; Cat. 4 Ike close behind (Examiner.com)
  Residents moved boats and booked inland hotel rooms while National Guard troops prepared to deploy along the Southeastern coast as Tropical Storm Hanna plowed through the Atlantic on Thursday, with Category 4 Hurricane Ike trailing a few days behind.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569971~US_readies_for_T_S__Hanna__Cat__4_Ike_close_behind.html
  
  
• Oklahoma City's NBA team to be called Thunder (Examiner.com)
  Thunder can be heard from miles away, an early warning that a storm is about to arrive. So, perhaps it's only fitting that the name of Oklahoma City's NBA team didn't sneak up on anyone.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569179~Oklahoma_City_s_NBA_team_to_be_called_Thunder.html
  
  
• Sony recalls laptops for possible overheating (Examiner.com)
  Sony Corp. is recalling 440,000 Vaio laptop computers worldwide because of a wiring flaw that could cause overheating.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569916~Sony_recalls_laptops_for_possible_overheating.html
  
  
• Stocks open lower after retail, unemployment data (Examiner.com)
  Wall Street is down sharply in early trading after retailers posted sluggish back-to-school sales reports and the government said the number of workers seeking unemployment benefits spiked last week.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569937~Stocks_open_lower_after_retail__unemployment_data.html
  
  
• Jobless claims jump, productivity soars (Examiner.com)
  The number of newly laid off workers seeking unemployment benefits jumped unexpectedly last week, the government said Thursday, reversing three weeks of declines.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569920~Jobless_claims_jump__productivity_soars.html
  
  
• Detroit mayor expected to make plea in court (Examiner.com)
  Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, his lawyers and the Wayne County prosecutor appeared briefly in court before going behind closed doors, leading to speculation a plea deal was imminent in the mayor's criminal case.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569949~Detroit_mayor_expected_to_make_plea_in_court.html
  
  
• Biden says Palin family is off limits to critics (Examiner.com)
  Republican presidential nominee John McCain began his final drive for the White House on Thursday with a boost from running mate Sarah Palin while Democratic opponent Joe Biden declared her family "off limits" and suggested that some news media coverage of her had been sexist.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569946~Biden_says_Palin_family_is_off_limits_to_critics.html
  
  
• Oil prices steady ahead of US inventory data (Examiner.com)
  Oil prices were little changed at just above $109 a barrel Thursday as investors waited for a weekly U.S. crude inventory report to see if slowing economic growth has cut demand.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569922~Oil_prices_steady_ahead_of_US_inventory_data.html
  
  
• NFL season kicks off with free NYC concert (Examiner.com)
  Usher, Keith Urban and Natasha Bedingfield are kicking off the NFL season with a free concert that's expected to draw thousands to Manhattan's Columbus Circle.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569934~NFL_season_kicks_off_with_free_NYC_concert.html
  
  
• Cheney slams Russia for war against Georgia (Examiner.com)
  Demonstrating Washington's support for war-ravaged Georgia, U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney condemned Russia for what he called an "illegitimate, unilateral attempt" to redraw this U.S. ally's borders by force.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569901~Cheney_slams_Russia_for_war_against_Georgia.html
  
  
• Jobless claims jumped unexpectedly last week (Examiner.com)
  The number of newly-laid off workers seeking unemployment benefits jumped unexpectedly last week, the government said Thursday, reversing three weeks of declines.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569873~Jobless_claims_jumped_unexpectedly_last_week.html
  
  
• Pakistani parliament condemns US-led attack (Examiner.com)
  Parliament passed resolutions Thursday condemning an American-led attack in Pakistani territory after the government summoned the U.S. ambassador to protest the unusually bold raid that officials say killed at least 15 people.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569898~Pakistani_parliament_condemns_US_led_attack.html
  
  
• McCain to kick off final drive for presidency (Examiner.com)
  Republican presidential nominee John McCain begins his final drive for the White House with a jump-start from running mate Sarah Palin that cast the 72-year-old senator as the obvious choice for a nation hungry for change.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569850~McCain_to_kick_off_final_drive_for_presidency.html
  
  
• Many retailers report sluggish August sales (Examiner.com)
  Many of the nation's retailers struggled with a sluggish back-to-school season, though Wal-Mart posted higher August sales Thursday as shoppers focused on buying essentials amid persistent worries about high gas and food prices.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569883~Many_retailers_report_sluggish_August_sales.html
  
  
• Gaza hospitals strain under pressure of strikes (Examiner.com)
  A walkout of medical staff throughout Gaza has strained services at hospitals and clinics throughout the territory, the latest in a series of crippling strikes that are deepening bitter divisions between Gaza's militant Hamas rulers and loyalists of moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569866~Gaza_hospitals_strain_under_pressure_of_strikes.html
  
  
• Cindy McCain parts with Palin on abortion, sex ed (Examiner.com)
  The wife of Republican presidential nominee John McCain doesn't agree with vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's opposition to abortion in cases of rape and incest.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569867~Cindy_McCain_parts_with_Palin_on_abortion__sex_ed.html
  
  
• Productivity up strongly while labor costs dip (Examiner.com)
  Americans' productivity soared in the spring while labor costs declined, two welcome outcomes that should relieve concerns that inflation is getting out of hand.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569881~Productivity_up_strongly_while_labor_costs_dip.html
  
  
• Cheney backs Georgia NATO bid, blasts Russia (ABC Australia)
  US Vice-President Dick Cheney has said Russia's actions in its recent conflict with Georgia have cast grave doubt on its reliability as an international partner.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355949.htm
  
  
• SES urges caution in Qld floodwaters (ABC Australia)
  Queensland Emergency Services Minister Neil Roberts is reminding residents in the south-east to stay out of floodwaters.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355938.htm
  
  
• SES urges caution in Qld floodwaters (ABC Australia)
  Queensland Emergency Services Minister Neil Roberts is reminding residents in the south-east to stay out of floodwaters.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355938.htm
  
  
• Toll Brothers posts 3Q loss as revenue falls (Examiner.com)
  Toll Brothers says it swung to a loss in its third quarter as its sales fell amid the housing slump. But the home builder says it sees signs that the market is stabilizing.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569829~Toll_Brothers_posts_3Q_loss_as_revenue_falls.html
  
  
• ECB, Bank of England keep interest rates unchanged (Examiner.com)
  The European Central Bank and the Bank of England are keeping their key interest rates unchanged in the face of mounting inflation fears and slowing growth across Europe.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569834~ECB__Bank_of_England_keep_interest_rates_unchanged.html
  
  
• Blair bodyguard left loaded gun in cafe: police (ABC Australia)
  A police officer guarding former British prime minister Tony Blair left her loaded gun in a London coffee shop where it was found by a member of the public, police and media reports.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355933.htm
  
  
• Mr. Jalopy gets the Maker Movement up and running (Examiner.com)
  Some may say, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it," but a Do-it-Yourself guru known only as Mr. Jalopy puts a new spin on the worn out phrase as he heads up an unlikely phenomenon called the Maker Movement.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569831~Mr__Jalopy_gets_the_Maker_Movement_up_and_running.html
  
  
• US stocks head to lower open as oil advances (Examiner.com)
  Wall Street headed for a lower open Thursday with higher oil prices, the release of August retail sales reports and pending economic data keeping investors on the sidelines.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569838~US_stocks_head_to_lower_open_as_oil_advances.html
  
  
• Blair bodyguard left loaded gun in cafe: police (ABC Australia)
  A police officer guarding former British prime minister Tony Blair left her loaded gun in a London coffee shop where it was found by a member of the public, police and media reports.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355933.htm
  
  
• Pakistan's Zardari vows to work with US, defeat Taliban (ABC Australia)
  Pakistan's likely next president, Asif Ali Zardari, has vowed that the country will continue to work with the United States to defeat terrorism if he is elected on Saturday.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355925.htm
  
  
• Poor construction behind China quake schools' collapse: Govt (ABC Australia)
  China has acknowledged that some of the schools that collapsed in the devastating Sichuan earthquake may have been of substandard construction.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355936.htm
  
  
• Thai PM refuses to resign, call elections (ABC Australia)
  Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej has refused to resign or call snap elections, and lashed the protesters besieging his offices for 10 days as a &quot;doomsday cult.&quot;
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355932.htm
  
  
• 'Cremated' father reunited with family (ABC Australia)
  A father mistakenly declared dead after going missing eight years ago has been reunited with his family after his son spotted him on television, police said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355939.htm
  
  
• Retailers report sluggish August sales (Examiner.com)
  Many of the nation's retailers are reporting a sluggish start to the back-to-school season as shoppers focused on buying essentials in August amid persistent worries about high gas and food prices, a slumping housing market and a weak job market.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569801~Retailers_report_sluggish_August_sales.html
  
  
• Hendrix, Beatles, Elvis memorabilia up for auction (Examiner.com)
  A guitar burned onstage by Jimi Hendrix and The Beatles' first contract with Brian Epstein are up for sale Thursday, and auctioneers predict bidding could run to hundreds of thousands of dollars.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569798~Hendrix__Beatles__Elvis_memorabilia_up_for_auction.html
  
  
• Afghan chief speaks to Bush about civilian deaths (Examiner.com)
  President Hamid Karzai has spoken to President Bush about a recent raid in which Afghan officials accused American forces of killing up to 90 civilians, his office said.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569795~Afghan_chief_speaks_to_Bush_about_civilian_deaths.html
  
  
• Michigan man accused of planning anti-GOP attack (Examiner.com)
  Federal prosecutors have charged a Michigan man as part of what they say was a scheme to use Molotov cocktails to attack the main arena for the Republican National Convention.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569231~Michigan_man_accused_of_planning_anti_GOP_attack.html
  
  
• BofE holds rates steady, ECB expected to do same (Examiner.com)
  The Bank of England left its benchmark interest unchanged on Thursday, a move that analysts expected the European Central Bank would echo as both face mounting inflation and slowing growth.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569792~BofE_holds_rates_steady__ECB_expected_to_do_same.html
  
  
• Oscar for Capra's 'Prelude to War' given to Army (Examiner.com)
  The Army, with a hand from Hollywood, has received a long-lost Oscar back into its ranks.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569796~Oscar_for_Capra_s__Prelude_to_War__given_to_Army.html
  
  
• Neb. man sues prosecutor to get his leg back (Examiner.com)
  After being shot five times, a western Nebraska man had to go to court to get his prosthetic leg back from prosecutors.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569752~Neb__man_sues_prosecutor_to_get_his_leg_back.html
  
  
• Oil edges higher ahead of US inventory report (Examiner.com)
  Oil prices edged up to almost $110 a barrel Thursday as the dollar weakened slightly and investors waited for a weekly U.S. crude inventory report for evidence that slowing economic growth has cut demand.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569766~Oil_edges_higher_ahead_of_US_inventory_report.html
  
  
• US stocks head to lower as oil advances (Examiner.com)
  Wall Street headed for a lower open Thursday with higher oil prices, the release of August retail sales reports and pending economic data keeping investors on the sidelines.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569775~US_stocks_head_to_lower_as_oil_advances.html
  
  
• DOJ: Ex-KBR chief pleads guilty to bribery charges (Examiner.com)
  A former chief executive of construction firm KBR Inc. has pleaded guilty to federal bribery charges in connection with the company's natural gas operations in Nigeria from 1995 to 2004.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569770~DOJ__Ex_KBR_chief_pleads_guilty_to_bribery_charges.html
  
  
• Kokoda Track 'body' in tree just a branch: ADF (ABC Australia)
  The Defence Force says reports of a body, believed to be an airman from World War II on the Kokoda Track are mistaken.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355921.htm
  
  
• Cheney slams Russia over war against Georgia (Examiner.com)
  Demonstrating Washington's commitment to beleaguered Georgia, U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney flew in Thursday and condemned Russia for what he called an "illegitimate, unilateral attempt" to redraw Georgia's borders by force.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569767~Cheney_slams_Russia_over_war_against_Georgia.html
  
  
• London Taxi's famed black cabs made in China (Examiner.com)
  London Taxis are as British as bowler hats and Big Ben. But the latest models coming off this new assembly line are unlikely to ever touch an English road.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569655~London_Taxi_s_famed_black_cabs_made_in_China.html
  
  
• Taliban trophy photos shock France (ABC Australia)
  A French magazine has published photos of Taliban fighters with trophies taken from French soldiers killed last month in Afghanistan, setting off a new round of pained debate about France's presence there.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355920.htm
  
  
• Thai Govt proposes referendum on political future (ABC Australia)
  Thailand's Government is proposing to hold a referendum on its future, as anti-government protesters refuse to back down after a 10-day long sit-in at Government House.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355873.htm
  
  
• Byrne's body found in unusual position, court told (ABC Australia)
  The trial of Gordon Wood, who is accused of murdering model Caroline Byrne, has heard her body was found in an unusual position at The Gap in eastern Sydney.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355911.htm
  
  
• New superbug strain loose in the community (ABC Australia)
  There is a new super strain of the superbug, which began in Queensland and has spread throughout Australia - and not just in hospitals.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355881.htm
  
  
• Firepower shareholders told to stick together (ABC Australia)
  About 70 Firepower shareholders have been told it is unlikely they will see the tens of millions of dollars they have invested in the fuel technology company, unless they work together.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355876.htm
  
  
• Firepower shareholders told to stick together (ABC Australia)
  About 70 Firepower shareholders have been told it is unlikely they will see the tens of millions of dollars they have invested in the fuel technology company, unless they work together.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355876.htm
  
  
• ADF scraps plan to buy unmanned planes (ABC Australia)
  The Defence Force has dropped its plans to buy unmanned planes from Boeing.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355875.htm
  
  
• Cheney condemns Russia over Georgian war (Examiner.com)
  Vice President Dick Cheney has condemned Russia for what he says is an "illegitimate, unilateral attempt" to change Georgia's borders by force.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569731~Cheney_condemns_Russia_over_Georgian_war.html
  
  
• Chinese report says 24 killed in mine accident (Examiner.com)
  A gas explosion inside a mine in northeast China on Thursday killed 24 people and injured six, local authorities and state media said. Three others were trapped inside.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569754~Chinese_report_says_24_killed_in_mine_accident.html
  
  
• Palin revs up Republicans at convention for McCain (Examiner.com)
  The Republican presidential nomination his at last, John McCain makes his case for the presidency to the GOP convention and the nation after his surprise choice for vice president, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, energized delegates with a rousing speech.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569753~Palin_revs_up_Republicans_at_convention_for_McCain.html
  
  
• Boeing pact extended despite strike vote (Examiner.com)
  A last-minute move to avert a potentially bruising strike that could cost more than 27,000 workers weeks of pay would usually be met with unalloyed relief.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569733~Boeing_pact_extended_despite_strike_vote.html
  
  
• Poll shows Japanese want snap elections (Examiner.com)
  Two new candidates indicated Thursday they would join the race to replace Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda after his abrupt resignation this week, but a new poll suggests voters want their say in national elections.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569743~Poll_shows_Japanese_want_snap_elections.html
  
  
• Today on the presidential campaign trail (Examiner.com)
  IN THE HEADLINES
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569740~Today_on_the_presidential_campaign_trail.html
  
  
• Unilever: Nestle executive to take CEO job (Examiner.com)
  Unilever NV/PLC, the maker of Dove soaps, Axe deodorants and Ben & Jerry's ice cream, said Thursday it will appoint Paul Polman, currently an executive for Nestle SA, as chief executive officer.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569757~Unilever__Nestle_executive_to_take_CEO_job.html
  
  
• Gillard defends strike increase (ABC Australia)
  Federal Workplace Relations Minister Julia Gillard says the latest strike figures reflect a spike in the number of agreements up for re-negotiation.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355874.htm
  
  
• Some Risdon inmates in solitary confinement for years: reports (ABC Australia)
  Hobart's Risdon Prison is under investigation for possible breach of international human rights standards.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355861.htm
  
  
• Eagles dump Armstrong (ABC Australia)
  In the AFL, the West Coast Eagles have dumped Premiership forward Steven Armstrong.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355863.htm
  
  
• Elephant beats heroin habit with detox (ABC Australia)
  A once drug-addled elephant fed heroin-laced bananas by illegal traders will return home after emerging clean from a three-year detox program on China's tropical island province of Hainan.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355860.htm
  
  
• Hanna takes aim at Bahamas, Ike next in line (Examiner.com)
  While officials from Nassau to South Carolina were keeping an eye on Tropical Storm Hanna, behind it, Hurricane Ike was gaining strength as it lumbered across the Atlantic as a powerful Category 4 storm.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569704~Hanna_takes_aim_at_Bahamas__Ike_next_in_line.html
  
  
• Cheney condemns over Georgian war (Examiner.com)
  Vice President Dick Cheney has condemned Russia for what he says is an "illegitimate, unilateral attempt" to change Georgia's borders by force.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569708~Cheney_condemns_over_Georgian_war.html
  
  
• TV official: US military arrests cameraman in Iraq (Examiner.com)
  The U.S. military arrested an Iraqi cameraman and three of his family members Thursday during a raid on their home in Baghdad, an official with Baghdad TV said.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569723~TV_official__US_military_arrests_cameraman_in_Iraq.html
  
  
• Facebook to test New Jersey's Web safety icon (Examiner.com)
  The popular social networking Web site Facebook has agreed to test replacing its own link for reporting abuse with a bigger one developed by the New Jersey Attorney General's Office.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569707~Facebook_to_test_New_Jersey_s_Web_safety_icon.html
  
  
• Palin attacks Obama in acceptance speech (ABC Australia)
  Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin used her speech to the party's national convention to launch a blistering attack on Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355858.htm
  
  
• 7 killed in Dubai chopper crash (ABC Australia)
  A helicopter has crashed off the coast of Dubai killing all seven people on board, the civil aviation authority said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355848.htm
  
  
• 23 die in China coal mine explosion: state media (ABC Australia)
  Twenty-three people have been killed in a gas explosion at a coal mine in north-east China, state media reported.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355846.htm
  
  
• Investors reach compromise at TNK-BP (Examiner.com)
  BP PLC and its billionaire Russian partners have reached a deal over TNK-BP, signaling an end to a bitter struggle for control at the Russian-British joint venture, a Russian official said Thursday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569693~Investors_reach_compromise_at_TNK_BP.html
  
  
• 23 die in China coal mine explosion: state media (ABC Australia)
  Twenty-three people have been killed in a gas explosion at a coal mine in north-east China, state media reported.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355846.htm
  
  
• Bail for teen charged with manslaughter (ABC Australia)
  A magistrate has granted bail to a teenager accused of killing a young footballer at a party in Hallett Cove in Adelaide's south in May.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355845.htm
  
  
• Boeing to advise on Mitsubishi Regional Jet (Examiner.com)
  Boeing Co. will serve as consultant to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for its mid-sized regional jet - the first "made in Japan" passenger aircraft in three decades, the Japanese machinery maker said Thursday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569687~Boeing_to_advise_on_Mitsubishi_Regional_Jet.html
  
  
• Bartlett keen to encourage car pooling (ABC Australia)
  A car pooling website for Tasmania's public servants is the only idea so far to receive government backing, after today's fuel summit in Launceston.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355838.htm
  
  
• Ex-policeman faces NT court on child porn charges (ABC Australia)
  A committal hearing has heard allegations that a Northern Territory police officer was in possession of child pornography and distributed images depicting child sex abuse.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355830.htm
  
  
• Ex-policeman faces NT court on child porn charges (ABC Australia)
  A committal hearing has heard allegations that a Northern Territory police officer was in possession of child pornography and distributed images depicting child sex abuse.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355830.htm
  
  
• NZ court hears details of Xue's wife's murder (ABC Australia)
  A court in New Zealand has heard details about the death of the mother of the little girl who was abandoned at a Melbourne train station earlier this year.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355831.htm
  
  
• PNG logging protest continues amid conflicting ownership reports (ABC Australia)
  Greenpeace activists are still preventing an Asian export ship from loading logs bound for China at a remote port on Papua New Guinea's south coast.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355832.htm
  
  
• Antiwar march planned for last day of RNC (Examiner.com)
  As John McCain accepts his party's presidential nomination Thursday night, protesters calling for an end to the Iraq war plan to march outside the Xcel Energy Center.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569673~Antiwar_march_planned_for_last_day_of_RNC.html
  
  
• Report: Investors near compromise at TNK-BP (Examiner.com)
  BP PLC is close to reaching a deal with its billionaire Russian partners in the TNK-BP, signaling an end to a bitter struggle for control at the Russian-British joint venture, a newspaper reported Thursday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569675~Report__Investors_near_compromise_at_TNK_BP.html
  
  
• Tassie wine best in the world (ABC Australia)
  The Tasmanian wine industry's profile has been boosted with a local sauvignon blanc being recognised as the best in the world.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355813.htm
  
  
• SE Qld braces for flash floods (ABC Australia)
  Emergency services are preparing for a busy night as south-east Queensland experiences some heavy weather.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355785.htm
  
  
• Miners drag domestic market down (ABC Australia)
  Falls by the big miners have pushed the Australian share market lower today.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355798.htm
  
  
• NT intervention failing to curb abuse: child advocate (ABC Australia)
  The head of one of Australia's peak Aboriginal child protection agencies says the federal intervention has failed to achieve one of its key goals.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355790.htm
  
  
• Miners drag domestic market down (ABC Australia)
  Falls by the big miners have pushed the Australian share market lower today.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355798.htm
  
  
• Crime Commission urged to make major changes (ABC Australia)
  A joint parliamentary committee has called for significant changes to the Australian Crime Commission (ACC).
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355788.htm
  
  
• New Orleans residents returning home after Gustav (Examiner.com)
  City and state officials tried to hold them off, but New Orleans resident would have none of it. After Hurricane Gustav brushed by the city, they wanted back in, and now.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569650~New_Orleans_residents_returning_home_after_Gustav.html
  
  
• Vice President Dick Cheney arrives in Georgia (Examiner.com)
  Vice President Dick Cheney has arrived in Georgia, in a show of support for the South Caucasus nation and its pro-Western president.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569653~Vice_President_Dick_Cheney_arrives_in_Georgia.html
  
  
• Atlantic Coast watches Hanna's shifting trek (Examiner.com)
  Coastal residents moved boats and booked inland hotel rooms while National Guard troops prepared to deploy along the Southeastern coast as Tropical Storm Hanna plowed through the Atlantic on a shifting track toward the U.S.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569646~Atlantic_Coast_watches_Hanna_s_shifting_trek.html
  
  
• Chinese report says 23 killed in mine accident (Examiner.com)
  A Chinese news agency has reported that 23 people have been killed in a gas explosion in a mine in the country's northeast.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569652~Chinese_report_says_23_killed_in_mine_accident.html
  
  
• Potential plea deal in the works for Detroit mayor (Examiner.com)
  After months of defiantly holding onto his office, Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick appeared ready to give it up as part of a plea deal with prosecutors in a sex-and-misconduct scandal that has embarrassed the nation's 11th-largest city for months.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569654~Potential_plea_deal_in_the_works_for_Detroit_mayor.html
  
  
• US was told N. Korea would restore nuke operation (Examiner.com)
  Before workers began moving mothballed equipment back into place, North Korea informed U.S. personnel at its Yongbyon nuclear plant it would start reassembling its nuclear facilities, a South Korean official said Thursday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569659~US_was_told_N__Korea_would_restore_nuke_operation.html
  
  
• At least 85 arrested after protest group concert (Examiner.com)
  Police arrested more than 80 protesters in downtown Minneapolis early Thursday following a concert by the political rock group Rage Against the Machine.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569651~At_least_85_arrested_after_protest_group_concert.html
  
  
• Montana loses disease-free status for cattle (Examiner.com)
  Montana has lost its federal disease-free status for brucellosis, triggering mandatory testing of cattle being shipped out of state.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569638~Montana_loses_disease_free_status_for_cattle.html
  
  
• Mugabe to form cabinet if MDC doesn't sign deal (ABC Australia)
  Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has said he will go ahead and form a cabinet if opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai does not sign a power-sharing deal today (local time), state media reports.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355778.htm
  
  
• Neal 'menacing' towards Nelson on plane (ABC Australia)
  Deputy Opposition Leader Julie Bishop has described as "menacing" Belinda Neal's behaviour during an alleged incident between the MP and Brendan Nelson on a plane.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355779.htm
  
  
• Olmert likely to be indicted soon: reports (ABC Australia)
  Police are likely to recommend indicting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on corruption charges within three days, Israeli media reported today.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355781.htm
  
  
• Brown pushes for biosequestration boost (ABC Australia)
  The Greens leader Bob Brown says lifting Australia's reserves of native forests should be part of the Federal Government's solution to climate change.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355767.htm
  
  
• Environmentalists can't corral Palin (Examiner.com)
  At the National Governors Association conference where she first met John McCain, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin had other business: making her case to Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne against classifying the polar bear as a threatened species.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569635~Environmentalists_can_t_corral_Palin.html
  
  
• Few minorities on GOP podium (Examiner.com)
  The Republican National Convention showcased a Native American color guard, a black preacher and video footage of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks, all part of its effort to present the GOP as a picture of diversity. What it hasn't offered is many minorities speaking from the podium in prime time, or sitting among the delegates.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569636~Few_minorities_on_GOP_podium.html
  
  
• Conservatives hyped over Palin (Examiner.com)
  Sarah Palin has done in five days what John McCain has never been able to do - fire up the Republican Party's conservative base.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569637~Conservatives_hyped_over_Palin.html
  
  
• Kids in the public eye: Where does the line lie? (Examiner.com)
  The review was scathing. "She cannot sing very well," it said. "She is flat a good deal of the time." So the singer's father did what any loyal dad might. He put pen to paper and dashed off a blistering nastygram.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569627~Kids_in_the_public_eye__Where_does_the_line_lie_.html
  
  
• Palin revs up Republicans for McCain (Examiner.com)
  The Republican presidential nomination his at last, John McCain makes his case for the presidency to the GOP convention and the nation after his surprise choice for vice president, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, energized delegates with a rousing speech.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569626~Palin_revs_up_Republicans_for_McCain.html
  
  
• US was told NKorea would restore nuke operation (Examiner.com)
  Before workers began moving mothballed equipment back into place, North Korea informed U.S. personnel at its Yongbyon nuclear plant it would start reassembling its nuclear facilities, a South Korean official said Thursday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569616~US_was_told_NKorea_would_restore_nuke_operation.html
  
  
• At convention, it was all love for Palin (Examiner.com)
  Feeling mounting scrutiny since becoming John McCain's running mate, Sarah Palin enjoyed a respite with Republican delegates who showered her with love and cheered her status as a working mother and her experience running Alaska's government.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569628~At_convention__it_was_all_love_for_Palin.html
  
  
• Zardari says global terror Pakistan's priority (Examiner.com)
  The front-runner in Pakistan's presidential election says global terrorism is the biggest challenge facing the country and that it will continue to stand by the United States.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569592~Zardari_says_global_terror_Pakistan_s_priority.html
  
  
• Alaska National Guard faces personnel crisis (Examiner.com)
  The Alaska National Guard, which Republicans are pointing to as an important national-security credential for vice presidential choice Sarah Palin, has personnel shortages that make its aviation units the most poorly staffed in the nation.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569631~Alaska_National_Guard_faces_personnel_crisis.html
  
  
• Serena beats Venus at US Open; Nadal reaches semi (Examiner.com)
  So little to separate them over their careers, so little to separate them on this night. Serena Williams barely got the better of older sister Venus Williams in a U.S. Open quarterfinal that was fit for a final, coming back in each set to win 7-6 (6), 7-6 (7) Wednesday and break a tie in their head-to-head series.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569607~Serena_beats_Venus_at_US_Open__Nadal_reaches_semi.html
  
  
• Thailand suggests referendum on crisis (Examiner.com)
  Thailand's Cabinet agreed Thursday to hold a referendum on a civic group's street campaign to oust the prime minister, which has paralyzed the government for the last 10 days and raised fears of violence and economic chaos.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569625~Thailand_suggests_referendum_on_crisis.html
  
  
• Pentecostalism obscured in Palin biography (Examiner.com)
  Sarah Palin often identifies herself simply as Christian.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569634~Pentecostalism_obscured_in_Palin_biography.html
  
  
• Patriots' Brady participates in practice (Examiner.com)
  New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick expects Tom Brady to be ready Sunday for the season opener against Kansas City after the NFL's reigning MVP missed all four exhibition games.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569581~Patriots__Brady_participates_in_practice.html
  
  
• Luxury car tax fight not over (ABC Australia)
  The Federal Government says it will reintroduce its defeated luxury tax bill and has attacked the Opposition over its actions which will take over $500 million from the Budget surplus.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355644.htm
  
  
• Carmel Tebbutt named NSW deputy premier (ABC Australia)
  Labor MP Carmel Tebbutt has been chosen as the next deputy premier of New South Wales.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355637.htm
  
  
• Good times didn't dent homeless figures: ABS (ABC Australia)
  The Australian Bureau of Statistics says the number of homeless people remained at about .5 per cent in the five-year period of economic growth ending in 2006.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355616.htm
  
  
• Palin mocks Obama; McCain claims nomination (Examiner.com)
  Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin claimed her historic spot as the Republican Party's vice presidential nominee Wednesday night, uncorking a smiling, sarcastic attack on Barack Obama and winning cheers of acceptance and approval after a tumult-filled first week on the national stage.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569526~Palin_mocks_Obama__McCain_claims_nomination.html?cid=rss-Top_News
  
  
• New Orleans reluctantly opens doors after Gustav (Examiner.com)
  Thousands of people who fled Hurricane Gustav forced New Orleans to reluctantly open its doors Wednesday, but more than a million homes and businesses across three states were still without electricity and officials said it could take as long as a month to fully restore power.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569284~New_Orleans_reluctantly_opens_doors_after_Gustav.html?cid=rss-US
  
  
• US confirms raid inside Pakistan (Examiner.com)
  American forces launched a raid inside Pakistan Wednesday, a senior U.S. military official said, in the first known U.S. ground assault in Pakistan against a suspected Taliban haven. The government condemned the attack, saying it killed at least 15 people.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569535~US_confirms_raid_inside_Pakistan.html?cid=rss-World
  
  
• Palin mocks Obama; McCain claims nomination (Examiner.com)
  Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin claimed her historic spot as the Republican Party's vice presidential nominee Wednesday night, uncorking a smiling, sarcastic attack on Barack Obama and winning cheers of acceptance and approval after a tumult-filled first week on the national stage.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569526~Palin_mocks_Obama__McCain_claims_nomination.html?cid=rss-Politics
  
  
• Palin delivers star-turning performance at RNC (Examiner.com)
  Sarah Palin delivered. An embattled vice presidential candidate, a novice on the national stage, the head of a family suffering its "ups and downs," the first-term Alaska governor rocked the GOP convention with a star-turning performance.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569564~Palin_delivers_star_turning_performance_at_RNC.html?cid=rss-Top_News
  
  
• Report: US drug use shows little change in 2007 (Examiner.com)
  Cocaine and methamphetamine use among young adults declined significantly last year as supplies dried up, leading to higher prices and reduced purity, the government reports. Overall use of illicit drugs showed little change.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569519~Report__US_drug_use_shows_little_change_in_2007.html?cid=rss-US
  
  
• Tropical Storm Hanna takes aim at Bahamas (Examiner.com)
  Tropical Storm Hanna knocked out power to the southern Bahamas on Wednesday and officials from Nassau to South Carolina warned residents to prepare for possible evacuations as it moves north and grows into a hurricane.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569466~Tropical_Storm_Hanna_takes_aim_at_Bahamas.html?cid=rss-World
  
  
• Palin delivers star-turning performance at RNC (Examiner.com)
  Sarah Palin delivered. An embattled vice presidential candidate, a novice on the national stage, the head of a family suffering its "ups and downs," the first-term Alaska governor rocked the GOP convention with a star-turning performance.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569564~Palin_delivers_star_turning_performance_at_RNC.html?cid=rss-Politics
  
  
• Serena beats Venus in all-Williams US Open quarter (Examiner.com)
  So little to separate them over their careers, so little to separate them on this night. Serena Williams barely got the better of older sister Venus Williams in a U.S. Open quarterfinal that was fit for a final, coming back in each set to win 7-6 (6), 7-6 (7) Wednesday night and break a tie in their head-to-head series.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569528~Serena_beats_Venus_in_all_Williams_US_Open_quarter.html?cid=rss-Sports
  
  
• Boeing workers back strike; pact extended 2 days (Examiner.com)
  Boeing Co. aircraft assembly workers voted overwhelming to reject the company's contract offer and strike for an unprecedented second time in three years.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569570~Boeing_workers_back_strike__pact_extended_2_days.html?cid=rss-Business
  
  
• Greens introduce junk food ad ban bill (ABC Australia)
  The Greens have introduced a bill in the Senate to ban junk food advertisements on television during peak children viewing times.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355615.htm
  
  
• US confirms ground assault inside Pakistan (Examiner.com)
  American forces launched a raid inside Pakistan Wednesday, a senior U.S. military official said, in the first known U.S. ground assault in Pakistan against a suspected Taliban haven. The government condemned the attack, saying it killed at least 15 people.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569479~US_confirms_ground_assault_inside_Pakistan.html?cid=rss-Top_News
  
  
• Plea deal near in Detroit mayor perjury case (Examiner.com)
  Prosecutors accusing Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick of lying on the witness stand to cover up an extramarital affair said Wednesday that a plea deal is expected soon, a surprise development that appeared likely to cost him his job.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569320~Plea_deal_near_in_Detroit_mayor_perjury_case.html?cid=rss-US
  
  
• NKorea informed US it would restore nuke operation (Examiner.com)
  North Korea told the United States this week it would start restoring its nuclear facilities before it began to move mothballed equipment for reinstatement, a South Korean official said Thursday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569565~NKorea_informed_US_it_would_restore_nuke_operation.html?cid=rss-World
  
  
• Republicans nominate McCain for president (Examiner.com)
  Republicans have nominated Sen. John McCain for president, handing the senator the prize that eluded him eight years ago.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569518~Republicans_nominate_McCain_for_president.html?cid=rss-Politics
  
  
• LSU postpones game against Troy in wake of Gustav (Examiner.com)
  LSU postponed its football game against Troy after Hurricane Gustav damaged Tiger Stadium and battered Louisiana's capital city far worse than anticipated.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569147~LSU_postpones_game_against_Troy_in_wake_of_Gustav.html?cid=rss-Sports
  
  
• Kiss bassist Gene Simmons sued over IndyCar deal (Examiner.com)
  A Los Angeles man claims in a lawsuit that Gene Simmons took him for a ride on a marketing deal with the Indy Racing League.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569360~Kiss_bassist_Gene_Simmons_sued_over_IndyCar_deal.html?cid=rss-Entertainment
  
  
• Oil steady in Asia ahead of US inventory report (Examiner.com)
  Oil prices were steady Thursday in Asia above $109 a barrel as investors waited for a weekly U.S. crude inventory report for evidence that slowing economic growth has cut demand.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569546~Oil_steady_in_Asia_ahead_of_US_inventory_report.html?cid=rss-Business
  
  
• 19-square-mile ice sheet breaks loose in Canada (Examiner.com)
  A chunk of ice shelf nearly the size of Manhattan has broken away from Ellesmere Island in Canada's northern Arctic, another dramatic indication of how warmer temperatures are changing the polar frontier, scientists said Wednesday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569092~19_square_mile_ice_sheet_breaks_loose_in_Canada.html?cid=rss-Science
  
  
• Study: New way to spot breast cancer shows promise (Examiner.com)
  A radioactive tracer that "lights up" cancer hiding inside dense breasts showed promise in its first big test against mammograms, revealing more tumors and giving fewer false alarms, doctors reported Wednesday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1568877~Study__New_way_to_spot_breast_cancer_shows_promise.html?cid=rss-Health
  
  
• Report: US drug use shows little change in 2007 (Examiner.com)
  Cocaine and methamphetamine use among young adults declined significantly last year as supplies dried up, leading to higher prices and reduced purity, the government reports. Overall use of illicit drugs showed little change.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569519~Report__US_drug_use_shows_little_change_in_2007.html?cid=rss-Top_News
  
  
• Tropical Storm Hanna takes aim at Bahamas (Examiner.com)
  Tropical Storm Hanna knocked out power to the southern Bahamas on Wednesday and officials from Nassau to South Carolina warned residents to prepare for possible evacuations as it moves north and grows into a hurricane.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569466~Tropical_Storm_Hanna_takes_aim_at_Bahamas.html?cid=rss-US
  
  
• Thai prime minister refuses to resign (Examiner.com)
  Embattled Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej called the political crisis in Thailand a shameful embarrassment for the country but vowed not to resign or dissolve Parliament, saying Thursday it was his job to protect democracy.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569414~Thai_prime_minister_refuses_to_resign.html?cid=rss-World
  
  
• Giuliani, other also-rans go to bat for McCain (Examiner.com)
  Rudy Giuliani, mayor of New York during the Sept. 11 attacks, said Wednesday night that Barack Obama and the Democrats "are in a state of denial" about the threat of terrorism against the United States.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569395~Giuliani__other_also_rans_go_to_bat_for_McCain.html?cid=rss-Politics
  
  
• A-Rod homer upheld by replay, Yankees beat Rays (Examiner.com)
  Alex Rodriguez's ninth-inning homer was upheld in baseball's first use of instant replay, and the New York Yankees beat the AL East-leading Tampa Bay Rays 8-4 on Wednesday night.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569392~A_Rod_homer_upheld_by_replay__Yankees_beat_Rays.html?cid=rss-Sports
  
  
• Spears to open MTV Video Music Awards (Examiner.com)
  It's Britney, baby, one more time. Despite her train-wreck performance at the MTV Video Music Awards last year, the network confirms Spears will kick off the show once again.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569094~Spears_to_open_MTV_Video_Music_Awards.html?cid=rss-Entertainment
  
  
• Cablevision completes first phase of WiFi buildout (Examiner.com)
  Cablevision Systems Corp. said Thursday it has finished the first phase of its wireless network buildout in New York and remains on track to complete the project in two years.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569532~Cablevision_completes_first_phase_of_WiFi_buildout.html?cid=rss-Business
  
  
• Israeli diggers uncover parts of ancient wall (Examiner.com)
  Israeli archaeologists say they have uncovered new sections of Jerusalem's ancient walls, continuing a project started more than a century ago.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1568064~Israeli_diggers_uncover_parts_of_ancient_wall.html?cid=rss-Science
  
  
• Report: US drug use shows little change in 2007 (Examiner.com)
  Cocaine and methamphetamine use among young adults declined significantly last year as supplies dried up, leading to higher prices and reduced purity, the government reports. Overall use of illicit drugs showed little change.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569519~Report__US_drug_use_shows_little_change_in_2007.html?cid=rss-Health
  
  
• Alleged credit card thief signs name on receipts (Examiner.com)
  Iowa City police say they didn't have much trouble finding a man accused of using a stolen credit card - he signed his own name to the receipts.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569166~Alleged_credit_card_thief_signs_name_on_receipts.html?cid=rss-Strange
  
  
• Study: Workers to pay more for health care (Examiner.com)
  Get ready for another hike in copays and deductibles.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569503~Study__Workers_to_pay_more_for_health_care.html?cid=rss-Top_News
  
  
• Organizers call off 2-day Chicago school boycott (Examiner.com)
  Organizers called off a boycott of Chicago Public Schools Wednesday, saying they want students to return to class and for Gov. Rod Blagojevich to meet to discuss the state's education funding system.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569448~Organizers_call_off_2_day_Chicago_school_boycott.html?cid=rss-US
  
  
• French businesses loath to end 35-hour work week (Examiner.com)
  It's being called the coup de grace for France's decade-long experiment with a 35-hour work week - a policy that inspired both envy and ridicule in Europe and the U.S., and even some copycats.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1568686~French_businesses_loath_to_end_35_hour_work_week.html?cid=rss-World
  
  
• McCain cites Palin's energy, mayoral experience (Examiner.com)
  Republican John McCain said Wednesday that Sarah Palin is a solid running mate because she's "in charge of 20 percent of America's energy supply" as Alaska's governor, has served as a mayor and the voters in her state have evaluated her and approved of her at the ballot box.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569097~McCain_cites_Palin_s_energy__mayoral_experience.html?cid=rss-Politics
  
  
• Patriots QB Tom Brady participates in practice (Examiner.com)
  New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick expects Tom Brady to be ready Sunday for the season opener against Kansas City after the NFL's reigning MVP missed all four exhibition games.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569153~Patriots_QB_Tom_Brady_participates_in_practice.html?cid=rss-Sports
  
  
• Levine on track to make return at the Met (Examiner.com)
  Conductor James Levine is on track to return to the podium this month at New York's Metropolitan Opera after cancer surgery.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569276~Levine_on_track_to_make_return_at_the_Met.html?cid=rss-Entertainment
  
  
• Study: Workers to pay more for health care (Examiner.com)
  Get ready for another hike in copays and deductibles.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569503~Study__Workers_to_pay_more_for_health_care.html?cid=rss-Business
  
  
• Cablevision completes first phase of WiFi buildout (Examiner.com)
  Cablevision Systems Corp. said Thursday it has finished the first phase of its wireless network buildout in New York and remains on track to complete the project in two years.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569532~Cablevision_completes_first_phase_of_WiFi_buildout.html?cid=rss-Technology
  
  
• Tropical quartet: 4 storms with more to come (Examiner.com)
  The tropics seem to be going crazy what with the remnants of Gustav, the new threat from Hanna, a strengthening Ike and newcomer Josephine. Get used to it.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1566664~Tropical_quartet__4_storms_with_more_to_come.html?cid=rss-Science
  
  
• Study: Workers to pay more for health care (Examiner.com)
  Get ready for another hike in copays and deductibles.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569503~Study__Workers_to_pay_more_for_health_care.html?cid=rss-Health
  
  
• Gunshot victim sues to get prosthetic leg back (Examiner.com)
  After being shot five times last weekend, a western Nebraska man had to go to court to get his prosthetic leg back from prosecutors. The Box Butte County Attorney's office gave Val McCabe's leg back Wednesday after a judge ordered it returned.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569255~Gunshot_victim_sues_to_get_prosthetic_leg_back.html?cid=rss-Strange
  
  
• New Orleans reluctantly opens doors after Gustav (Examiner.com)
  Thousands of people who fled Hurricane Gustav forced New Orleans to reluctantly open its doors Wednesday, but more than a million homes and businesses across three states were still without electricity and officials said it could take as long as a month to fully restore power.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569284~New_Orleans_reluctantly_opens_doors_after_Gustav.html?cid=rss-Top_News
  
  
• Investigators puzzled by trail of Wash. killings (Examiner.com)
  A somber police motorcade carried a slain deputy's body away from the scene of a bloody rampage Wednesday as investigators tried to determine what set off a shooting and stabbing spree that left six people dead and four wounded.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569319~Investigators_puzzled_by_trail_of_Wash__killings.html?cid=rss-US
  
  
• Some flooded Indian villagers refuse evacuation (Examiner.com)
  Spotting a family stranded on the roof of a partly submerged house, two Indian navy commandos swept in over the muddy floodwaters in a black rubber dinghy to save them Wednesday - only to be shooed away.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1568309~Some_flooded_Indian_villagers_refuse_evacuation.html?cid=rss-World
  
  
• Palin: Iraq war 'a task that is from God' (Examiner.com)
  Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin told ministry students at her former church that the United States sent troops to fight in the Iraq war on a "task that is from God."
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569271~Palin__Iraq_war__a_task_that_is_from_God_.html?cid=rss-Politics
  
  
• MLB's scoring committee rules against Sabathia (Examiner.com)
  Upon further review, the play stands. Major League Baseball's scoring review committee ruled Wednesday that official scorer Bob Webb did not err when he decided that Pittsburgh's Andy LaRoche singled against Brewers pitcher CC Sabathia in the bottom of the fifth inning of Milwaukee's 7-0 win on Sunday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569189~MLB_s_scoring_committee_rules_against_Sabathia.html?cid=rss-Sports
  
  
• Judge refuses to dismiss case against Spears (Examiner.com)
  A judge on Wednesday refused to dismiss a misdemeanor driving without-a-valid-license case against Britney Spears. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge James A. Steele issued his ruling after reviewing statutes cited by prosecutors and Spears' attorney, J. Michael Flanagan.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569067~Judge_refuses_to_dismiss_case_against_Spears.html?cid=rss-Entertainment
  
  
• ECB, BoE expected to leave interest rates steady (Examiner.com)
  The European Central Bank and Bank of England will likely leave interest rates unchanged on Thursday as they face mounting inflation and slowing growth.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569507~ECB__BoE_expected_to_leave_interest_rates_steady.html?cid=rss-Business
  
  
• Review: Google Chrome lacks polish under the hood (Examiner.com)
  Google Inc.'s new Web browser, called Chrome, does much of what a browser needs to do these days: It presents a sleek appearance, groups pages into easy-to-manage "tabs" and offers several ways for people to control their Internet privacy settings.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1567489~Review__Google_Chrome_lacks_polish_under_the_hood.html?cid=rss-Technology
  
  
• Atlanta panda cub put in incubator for monitoring (Examiner.com)
  The only panda born at a U.S. zoo so far this year was placed in an incubator on Monday for closer monitoring by zookeepers after visitors flocked to watch mother and child on a live video feed at Zoo Atlanta.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1565503~Atlanta_panda_cub_put_in_incubator_for_monitoring.html?cid=rss-Science
  
  
• Study: No link between measles vaccine and autism (Examiner.com)
  New research further debunks any link between measles vaccine and autism, work that comes as the nation is experiencing a surge in measles cases fueled by children left unvaccinated.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569138~Study__No_link_between_measles_vaccine_and_autism.html?cid=rss-Health
  
  
• Cross-dressing thief leaves fake breast behind (Examiner.com)
  Police in Port St. Lucie are on the lookout for a cross-dressing man who snatched a 74-year-old woman's purse. As if that weren't odd enough, they're depending on a strange clue. The suspect left behind a condom filled with water he had been using as a fake breast.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1568421~Cross_dressing_thief_leaves_fake_breast_behind.html?cid=rss-Strange
  
  
• 19-square-mile ice sheet breaks loose in Canada (Examiner.com)
  A chunk of ice shelf nearly the size of Manhattan has broken away from Ellesmere Island in Canada's northern Arctic, another dramatic indication of how warmer temperatures are changing the polar frontier, scientists said Wednesday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569092~19_square_mile_ice_sheet_breaks_loose_in_Canada.html?cid=rss-Top_News
  
  
• La. gov and New Orleans mayor are praised (Examiner.com)
  If Hurricane Katrina was one big lesson in government bungling, Gustav has been an open-book test of whether the politicians learned anything from the disaster.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1568868~La__gov_and_New_Orleans_mayor_are_praised.html?cid=rss-US
  
  
• Big turbine delivered to Afghan aid project (Examiner.com)
  It was a weeklong journey through Afghanistan's most dangerous Taliban territory, dodging persistent attacks by insurgents and bumping over rough desert terrain riddled with mines.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1568874~Big_turbine_delivered_to_Afghan_aid_project.html?cid=rss-World
  
  
• Attacks, praise stretch truth at GOP convention (Examiner.com)
  Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her Republican supporters held back little Wednesday as they issued dismissive attacks on Barack Obama and flattering praise on her credentials to be vice president. In some cases, the reproach and the praise stretched the truth.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569483~Attacks__praise_stretch_truth_at_GOP_convention.html?cid=rss-Politics
  
  
• Wolf, Wigginton send Astros to 8th straight win (Examiner.com)
  Randy Wolf pitched a six-hitter for his eighth career shutout and Ty Wigginton homered Thursday night as the Houston Astros won their eighth straight with a 4-0 victory over the slumping Chicago Cubs, who've lost a season-high five in a row.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569366~Wolf__Wigginton_send_Astros_to_8th_straight_win.html?cid=rss-Sports
  
  
• Mackenzie Phillips charged with drug possession (Examiner.com)
  Mackenzie Phillips was charged Wednesday with felony possession of drugs for allegedly carrying narcotics at Los Angeles International Airport.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569056~Mackenzie_Phillips_charged_with_drug_possession.html?cid=rss-Entertainment
  
  
• Lehman rises on reports of capital injections (Examiner.com)
  Shares of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. rose Wednesday as investors weighed reports that the embattled investment bank might find a fresh source of capital.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569568~Lehman_rises_on_reports_of_capital_injections.html?cid=rss-Business
  
  
• New music site gives fans a cut of tune sales (Examiner.com)
  Being a trendsetter can be pricey. As any fashionista or gadget hound knows, the latest frocks and tech toys don't pay for themselves. But a new Web site is trying to make it profitable for music lovers to stay ahead of the curve - by paying them when other people purchase MP3s they've bought.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1567934~New_music_site_gives_fans_a_cut_of_tune_sales.html?cid=rss-Technology
  
  
• Border Patrol also guards against foreign bugs (Examiner.com)
  Alishia Beckham is on the front lines defending the United States from foreign invaders - armed with weapons that include a hand mirror and a flashlight.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1564908~Border_Patrol_also_guards_against_foreign_bugs.html?cid=rss-Science
  
  
• Heart defibrillator shock can signal more trouble (Examiner.com)
  A lifesaving shock from an implanted heart defibrillator provides relief that a crisis was avoided, but new research suggests it can also be a sign that more trouble is ahead.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1568687~Heart_defibrillator_shock_can_signal_more_trouble.html?cid=rss-Health
  
  
• Jaywalker allegedly moons motorists after ticket (Examiner.com)
  Athens-Clarke police have arrested a woman who they say started mooning motorists after she received a ticket for jaywalking. An officer stopped the 23-year-old woman and a friend about 1:10 a.m. Saturday after they walked diagonally across the intersection in downtown Athens.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1568401~Jaywalker_allegedly_moons_motorists_after_ticket.html?cid=rss-Strange
  
  
• 'Peanuts' animator Bill Melendez dies at 91 (Examiner.com)
  Bill Melendez, the animator who gave life to Snoopy, Charlie Brown and other "Peanuts" characters in scores of movies and TV specials, has died. He was 91.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569262~_Peanuts__animator_Bill_Melendez_dies_at_91.html?cid=rss-Top_News
  
  
• Immigration issues resurface on some state ballots (Examiner.com)
  In a high school classroom, Xavier Chavez is trying to teach a group of restless teenagers about Manifest Destiny - the 19th century belief that the United States was divinely fated to stretch from sea to shining sea.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1568713~Immigration_issues_resurface_on_some_state_ballots.html?cid=rss-US
  
  
• US troops mistakenly kill 6 Iraqis (Examiner.com)
  U.S. troops on boats in the Tigris river mistakenly killed six Iraqis Wednesday in an exchange of fire between the two sides north of Baghdad, Iraqi officials said.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1567919~US_troops_mistakenly_kill_6_Iraqis.html?cid=rss-World
  
  
• Analysis: GOP contradicts self on Palin family (Examiner.com)
  People: Make up your minds.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569484~Analysis__GOP_contradicts_self_on_Palin_family.html?cid=rss-Politics
  
  
• Red Sox overcome 4-run deficit to beat Orioles 5-4 (Examiner.com)
  AL batting leader Dustin Pedroia homered in the seventh inning to begin Boston's comeback from a four-run deficit, and the Red Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-4 Wednesday when pitcher Jim Miller threw away a bunt for a game-ending error.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1568953~Red_Sox_overcome_4_run_deficit_to_beat_Orioles_5_4.html?cid=rss-Sports
  
  
• Judge nixes claims in Heath Ledger tape lawsuit (Examiner.com)
  A judge on Wednesday dealt a serious but possibly temporary blow to a lawsuit filed by a celebrity magazine reporter who has accused a paparazzi agency of secretly filming Heath Ledger doing drugs in her hotel room.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1568993~Judge_nixes_claims_in_Heath_Ledger_tape_lawsuit.html?cid=rss-Entertainment
  
  
• Argentina's Senate approves airline takeover (Examiner.com)
  Argentina's Senate approved the nationalization of Aerolineas Argentinas and its subsidiary on Wednesday, moving to return the financially troubled Spanish-owned airlines to state hands.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569571~Argentina_s_Senate_approves_airline_takeover.html?cid=rss-Business
  
  
• New eBay site has social, environmental aim (Examiner.com)
  Most consumers probably associate eBay Inc. more with vintage lunch boxes and low-priced electronics than with laptop bags made from recycled plastic by women in New Delhi.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1567478~New_eBay_site_has_social__environmental_aim.html?cid=rss-Technology
  
  
• This ain't no jive, particle physics rap is a hit (Examiner.com)
  Who says science doesn't turn people on? Kate McAlpine is a rising star on YouTube for her rap performance - about high-energy particle physics.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1564936~This_ain_t_no_jive__particle_physics_rap_is_a_hit.html?cid=rss-Science
  
  
• Smoking riskier to women's hearts than men's (Examiner.com)
  Women typically get heart disease much later than men, but not if they smoke, researchers said Tuesday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1567216~Smoking_riskier_to_women_s_hearts_than_men_s.html?cid=rss-Health
  
  
• Woman accused of crashing her SUV into a home (Examiner.com)
  Portland police say the Labor Day weekend got off to a rough start for a Westbrook woman accused of deliberately crashing her SUV into a home during an angry dispute over money.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1568625~Woman_accused_of_crashing_her_SUV_into_a_home.html?cid=rss-Strange
  
  
• Irrigators talk at lower lakes (ABC Australia)
  There has been a passionate exchange of views between irrigators from the northern and southern reaches of the Murray-Darling Basin during a tour of South Australia's lower lakes today.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355575.htm
  
  
• Boeing workers back strike; pact extended 2 days (Examiner.com)
  Boeing Co. aircraft assembly workers voted overwhelming to reject the company's contract offer and strike for an unprecedented second time in three years.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569570~Boeing_workers_back_strike__pact_extended_2_days.html?cid=rss-Top_News
  
  
• RI nightclub owners reach settlement in fatal fire (Examiner.com)
  The owner of the radio station that ran ads for a concert where a fire killed 100 people agreed to pay $22 million. A beer distributor that helped promote the show agreed to $16 million.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1568989~RI_nightclub_owners_reach_settlement_in_fatal_fire.html?cid=rss-US
  
  
• 19-square-mile ice sheet breaks loose in Canada (Examiner.com)
  A chunk of ice shelf nearly the size of Manhattan has broken away from Ellesmere Island in Canada's northern Arctic, another dramatic indication of how warmer temperatures are changing the polar frontier, scientists said Wednesday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569092~19_square_mile_ice_sheet_breaks_loose_in_Canada.html?cid=rss-World
  
  
• Report: Palin sent e-mails complaining of trooper (Examiner.com)
  Gov. Sarah Palin sent e-mails to the state's top police official, criticizing Alaska State Troopers for their investigation of an officer who went through a bitter divorce with her sister, a newspaper reported Wednesday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569330~Report__Palin_sent_e_mails_complaining_of_trooper.html?cid=rss-Politics
  
  
• Ravens quarterback Kyle Boller will miss season (Examiner.com)
  Kyle Boller was placed on injured reserve Wednesday by the Baltimore Ravens, ending his season and raising the question of whether the quarterback will throw another pass for the team. Boller has been sidelined since hurting his shoulder in Baltimore's second preseason game against the Minnesota Vikings on Aug. 16.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1568428~Ravens_quarterback_Kyle_Boller_will_miss_season.html?cid=rss-Sports
  
  
• Reggaeton's 'El Father' turns to The Father (Examiner.com)
  A Puerto Rican reggaeton star announced Wednesday he will give up his role as a rapper known for lyrics about violence and womanizing to devote his life to God.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1568559~Reggaeton_s__El_Father__turns_to_The_Father.html?cid=rss-Entertainment
  
  
• Remnants of Gustav slow attempts to restore power (Examiner.com)
  Torrential rains and the threat of tornadoes in the wake of Hurricane Gustav slowed attempts to rebuild Louisiana's broken transmission and distribution systems even as hundreds of thousands of residents who had fled the storm return to homes that may be without power for weeks.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569524~Remnants_of_Gustav_slow_attempts_to_restore_power.html?cid=rss-Business
  
  
• Internet traffic grows 53 percent from mid-2007 (Examiner.com)
  International Internet traffic kept growing in the last year, but at a slower rate than before, and carriers more than kept pace by adding more capacity, a research firm said Wednesday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1568465~Internet_traffic_grows_53_percent_from_mid_2007.html?cid=rss-Technology
  
  
• UN chief: Next US president must lead on climate (Examiner.com)
  The next U.S. president must show greater leadership than previous administrations in tackling climate change, the head of the United Nations said Sunday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1563920~UN_chief__Next_US_president_must_lead_on_climate.html?cid=rss-Science
  
  
• Modest brain test benefit seen with brisk walking (Examiner.com)
  Brisk walking led to slight improvements on mental tests for older people with memory problems in what is billed as the first rigorous test of exercise on the aging brain. The results from the small Australian study were only modest. But they back up observational studies showing potential mental benefits from physical activity.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1566522~Modest_brain_test_benefit_seen_with_brisk_walking.html?cid=rss-Health
  
  
• Man accused of igniting sleeping man's pants (Examiner.com)
  A man was freed on $20,000 bond after being accused of setting another man's pants on fire. Joseph Hornsey, 21, was charged with aggravated battery.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1568660~Man_accused_of_igniting_sleeping_man_s_pants.html?cid=rss-Strange
  
  
• Serena beats Venus in all-Williams US Open quarter (Examiner.com)
  So little to separate them over their careers, so little to separate them on this night. Serena Williams barely got the better of older sister Venus Williams in a U.S. Open quarterfinal that was fit for a final, coming back in each set to win 7-6 (6), 7-6 (7) Wednesday night and break a tie in their head-to-head series.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569528~Serena_beats_Venus_in_all_Williams_US_Open_quarter.html?cid=rss-Top_News
  
  
• Ohio mom spared death penalty for microwaving baby (Examiner.com)
  A woman convicted of murdering her infant daughter by microwaving her was spared the death penalty Wednesday by a jury that couldn't reach a unanimous decision.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569259~Ohio_mom_spared_death_penalty_for_microwaving_baby.html?cid=rss-US
  
  
• Congo army leaves national park, rebels stay (Examiner.com)
  More than 1,000 soldiers have left a national park that has been on the front lines of fighting in eastern Congo in a move the park director said was intended to preserve an environment that is home to endangered gorillas, hippos and active volcanoes.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1568266~Congo_army_leaves_national_park__rebels_stay.html?cid=rss-World
  
  
• Huckabee assails media coverage of GOP (Examiner.com)
  Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has harshly criticized media coverage of Republican presidential politics.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569267~Huckabee_assails_media_coverage_of_GOP.html?cid=rss-Politics
  
  
• Jags try to cope with teammate Collier's shooting (Examiner.com)
  Jaguars linebacker Clint Ingram spent about 14 hours at the hospital Tuesday, waiting with teammates, coaches and Richard Collier's family and friends.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1568787~Jags_try_to_cope_with_teammate_Collier_s_shooting.html?cid=rss-Sports
  
  
• Network TV's anchor trio join the cancer fight (Examiner.com)
  Katie Couric, Charles Gibson and Brian Williams have something in common besides their jobs: Each has lost loved ones to cancer - which gives them something in common with nearly everybody.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1568472~Network_TV_s_anchor_trio_join_the_cancer_fight.html?cid=rss-Entertainment
  
  
• Bahir flood exposes vulnerable children to trafficking (ABC Australia)
  Human traffickers are targeting vulnerable children in India's flood-affected Bihar state, and it appears to be going largely unchecked as authorities struggle to handle evacuation and relief operations.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355566.htm
  
  
• Wall Street mixed on global economic worries (Examiner.com)
  Wall Street finished mixed in fickle trading Wednesday, with investors unsettled about the economy ahead of Friday's employment report and only somewhat relieved about sliding commodities prices.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1568814~Wall_Street_mixed_on_global_economic_worries.html?cid=rss-Business
  
  
• Google polishes product line with Chrome browser (Examiner.com)
  The new Web browser that Google Inc. released Tuesday is designed to expand its huge lead in the Internet search market and reduce Microsoft Corp.'s imprint on personal computers.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1567226~Google_polishes_product_line_with_Chrome_browser.html?cid=rss-Technology
  
  
• Plague threatens prairie dogs, endangered ferrets (Examiner.com)
  On the grasslands a few miles from the pinnacles and spires of Badlands National Park, federal wildlife officials have been waging a war since spring to save one of the nation's largest colonies of endangered black-footed ferrets.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1562535~Plague_threatens_prairie_dogs__endangered_ferrets.html?cid=rss-Science
  
  
• Teen suicides dip, experts worry rate remains high (Examiner.com)
  The number of teen suicides has fallen slightly but the rate remains disturbingly high, researchers said, possibly fueled by drug warnings that have scared many from using antidepressants.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1566619~Teen_suicides_dip__experts_worry_rate_remains_high.html?cid=rss-Health
  
  
• Cat survives 70-mile trip under owner's truck (Examiner.com)
  A cat survived a 2 1/2-hour trip on a spare tire under her owner's truck. Gil Smith recently drove from his Gilbert home 70 miles away for a business meeting in Kearny. When he got out of the truck, he heard a cat in distress and realized it was his.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1566538~Cat_survives_70_mile_trip_under_owner_s_truck.html?cid=rss-Strange
  
  
• Buckeyes RB Wells injured big toe, hopes to play (Examiner.com)
  Ohio State tailback Chris "Beanie" Wells is not taking contact or putting pressure on his injured right foot but still holds out hope of playing in the Buckeyes' next game.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1569128~Buckeyes_RB_Wells_injured_big_toe__hopes_to_play.html?cid=rss-Sports
  
  
• NBC stayed on top last week, with viewership down (Examiner.com)
  What a difference the Olympics makes, especially when it's over.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1568975~NBC_stayed_on_top_last_week__with_viewership_down.html?cid=rss-Entertainment
  
  
• BHP's Rio takeover faces Japanese scrutiny (ABC Australia)
  BHP Billiton's proposed takeover of mining rival Rio Tinto is facing more scrutiny by regulators, this time in Japan.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355567.htm
  
  
• August auto sales fall but some say worst is over (Examiner.com)
  Nearly every major automaker saw its U.S. sales drop in August, but many are seeing signs that the worst slump in recent history may have bottomed out.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1568714~August_auto_sales_fall_but_some_say_worst_is_over.html?cid=rss-Business
  
  
• Struggling Alcatel-Lucent names new top executives (Examiner.com)
  At Britain's BT Group, Ben Verwaayen was lauded for transforming the money-losing phone company into a profitable and aggressive leader in broadband Internet access.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1566202~Struggling_Alcatel_Lucent_names_new_top_executives.html?cid=rss-Technology
  
  
• Amazon deforestation on the rise (Examiner.com)
  Amazon deforestation jumped 69 percent in the past 12 months - the first such increase in three years - as rising demand for soy and cattle pushes farmers and ranchers to raze trees, officials said Saturday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1562643~Amazon_deforestation_on_the_rise.html?cid=rss-Science
  
  
• Doctors say Vytorin-cancer link can't be ruled out (Examiner.com)
  Results so far from three studies of the cholesterol-lowering drug Vytorin are not enough to prove or rule out a possible link to a higher risk of cancer, so the drug should be used with caution until more is known, editors of a leading medical journal urged Tuesday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1566115~Doctors_say_Vytorin_cancer_link_can_t_be_ruled_out.html?cid=rss-Health
  
  
• 8-foot mechanical ape missing, owner mystified (Examiner.com)
  An 8-foot mechanical gorilla standing outside a flea market store could move its arms but not much else, and it was heavy.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1567939~8_foot_mechanical_ape_missing__owner_mystified.html?cid=rss-Strange
  
  
• Ad targeting based on ISP tracking now in doubt (Examiner.com)
  It sounded like a winning proposition - free money - for Internet access providers. By tracking their subscribers' personal Web surfing habits, they could help deliver ads targeted to the consumers' interests, and claim a share of the burgeoning online advertising market dominated by Internet search companies. But those efforts to sniff out consumers' interests are running into the ditch.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1564559~Ad_targeting_based_on_ISP_tracking_now_in_doubt.html?cid=rss-Technology
  
  
• Ad targeting based on ISP tracking now in doubt (Examiner.com)
  It sounded like a winning proposition - free money - for Internet access providers. By tracking their subscribers' personal Web surfing habits, they could help deliver ads targeted to the consumers' interests, and claim a share of the burgeoning online advertising market dominated by Internet search companies. But those efforts to sniff out consumers' interests are running into the ditch.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1564559~Ad_targeting_based_on_ISP_tracking_now_in_doubt.html?cid=rss-Technology
  
  
• Lights out? Experts fear fireflies are dwindling (Examiner.com)
  Preecha Jiabyu used to take tourists on a rowboat to see the banks of the Mae Klong River aglow with thousands of fireflies.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1562425~Lights_out__Experts_fear_fireflies_are_dwindling.html?cid=rss-Science
  
  
• E. coli outbreak in Oklahoma kills 1, sickens 200 (Examiner.com)
  An E. coli outbreak linked to a restaurant in northeastern Oklahoma has sickened more than 200 people and killed at least one person, state health officials said Tuesday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1566711~E__coli_outbreak_in_Oklahoma_kills_1__sickens_200.html?cid=rss-Health
  
  
• Suspected car burglar gets a dirty dumping (Examiner.com)
  A 22-year-old suspected truck burglar made a dirty mistake after he tried to hide inside a portable toilet on Saturday. Tampa police said the man broke into two pickup trucks at a parking lot and the owner of the second truck fought the suspect and chased him to a nearby construction site.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1566434~Suspected_car_burglar_gets_a_dirty_dumping.html?cid=rss-Strange
  
  
• Man charged over sale of pirated DVDs (ABC Australia)
  The Australian Federal Police have arrested a 63-year-old man from the Melbourne suburb of Caulfield in connection with the sale of more than $220,000 worth of pirated movie and music DVDs.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355465.htm
  
  
• Iowa man accused of offering bribe with sandwich (Examiner.com)
  Iowa City police said a man who was driving drunk tried to bribe a police officer - with a sandwich. Police said a 25-year-old man was charged with drunken driving early Sunday morning after an officer saw him driving with his headlights off and pulled him over.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1566589~Iowa_man_accused_of_offering_bribe_with_sandwich.html?cid=rss-Strange
  
  
• Arctic melt heralds more cyclones and floods: expert (ABC Australia)
  There are more signs of rapid climate change in the Arctic.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355478.htm
  
  
• Russian archaeologists find long-lost Jewish capital (ABC Australia)
  Russian archaeologists say they have found the long-lost capital of the Khazar kingdom in southern Russia, a breakthrough for research on the ancient Jewish state.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/03/2354822.htm
  
  
• Xue pleads not guilty to wife's murder (ABC Australia)
  The father of the three-year-old girl abandoned on a platform at Melbourne's Spencer Street Station a year ago has pleaded not guilty to killing his wife.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355437.htm
  
  
• NZ city evicts 'gang birds' (ABC Australia)
  A group of noisy and aggressive pukeko birds are being evicted from a city in New Zealand's North Island.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/03/2354726.htm
  
  
• 'No big deal': shark fin protester hangs from piercings (ABC Australia)
  A British woman was suspended from the ceiling of a London shop by hooks put through her skin, in protest Wednesday against the practice of slicing fins from sharks and throwing them back into the ocean alive.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355288.htm
  
  
• Melbourne's Grayson snares Dobell Prize (ABC Australia)
  Melbourne artist Virginia Grayson has won the Dobell Prize for drawing.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355335.htm
  
  
• IMF approves $750m loan to Georgia: MP (ABC Australia)
  The International Monetary Fund has approved a $US750 million stand-by loan for Georgia following its brief war with Russia, Georgian Economic Development Minister Eka Sharashidze said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/03/2354826.htm
  
  
• SE Qld downpour tipped to spark floods (ABC Australia)
  The weather bureau says heavy rain is expected across south-east Queensland over the next 24 hours.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355425.htm
  
  
• CSIRO welcomes BHP exec as new chief (ABC Australia)
  The CSIRO Staff Association says the announcement of a new chief executive is an opportunity to move in new directions.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/03/2354612.htm
  
  
• Swiss company making diamonds from the dead (ABC Australia)
  Diamonds really are forever - Algordanza, a small company based in the mountainous south-east of Switzerland, uses the ashes of dead people to make diamonds as a permanent memento for their nearest and dearest.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/03/2354828.htm
  
  
• Man charged over sale of pirated DVDs (ABC Australia)
  The Australian Federal Police have arrested a 63-year-old man from the Melbourne suburb of Caulfield in connection with the sale of more than $220,000 worth of pirated movie and music DVDs.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355465.htm
  
  
• Fed Govt boosts Aust research by $250m (ABC Australia)
  The Federal Government will spend nearly $250 million over the next five years trying to lure the world's top researchers to work in Australian universities.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/03/2354595.htm
  
  
• NZ city evicts 'gang birds' (ABC Australia)
  A group of noisy and aggressive pukeko birds are being evicted from a city in New Zealand's North Island.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/03/2354726.htm
  
  
• 2Pac tops 'overrated' music list (ABC Australia)
  Dead rapper Tupac "2Pac" Shakur, the hip-hop icon who sold more records after he was murdered than during his brief career, is the most overrated person in music, according to music magazine Blender.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355243.htm
  
  
• Breakdown shuts down Rio's Pilbara port (ABC Australia)
  Rio Tinto has shut down operations at part of its Cape Lambert iron ore port after a machinery break down.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355420.htm
  
  
• Breakdown shuts down Rio's Pilbara port (ABC Australia)
  Rio Tinto has shut down operations at part of its Cape Lambert iron ore port after a machinery break down.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355420.htm
  
  
• BHP exec gets top job at CSIRO (ABC Australia)
  A BHP Billiton executive has been appointed as the new chief executive of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO).
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/03/2354083.htm
  
  
• Big crowd expected for outback yabby races (ABC Australia)
  Hundreds of people are expected to line the main street of Windorah, in south-west Queensland tonight, to cheer on yabbies racing as part of an unusual outback event.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/03/2353789.htm
  
  
• Slim pickings as Venice film festival enters home stretch (ABC Australia)
  Jurors at the Venice film festival have only three days left to make their pick for the coveted Golden Lion after many of the 21 movies in competition failed to live up to expectations.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355100.htm
  
  
• Xue pleads not guilty to wife's murder (ABC Australia)
  The father of the three-year-old girl abandoned on a platform at Melbourne's Spencer Street Station a year ago has pleaded not guilty to killing his wife.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355437.htm
  
  
• Fielding under fire for car tax shutdown (ABC Australia)
  The Greens accuse Family First Senator Steve Fielding of inexperience for killing off the luxury car tax bill before further debate.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355412.htm
  
  
• Fielding under fire for car tax shutdown (ABC Australia)
  Greens Leader Bob Brown has accused Family First Senator Steve Fielding of inexperience for killing off the luxury car tax bill before it could be further debated.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355412.htm
  
  
• Google challenges Microsoft with new browser (ABC Australia)
  Google has launched its own internet browser, opening up a new challenge to Microsoft and its dominant Internet Explorer.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/03/2353925.htm
  
  
• 'Give us a plug' UK university asks TV soaps (ABC Australia)
  Cambridge University is asking script-writers of popular soaps like EastEnders to give it a plug to help break down its elitist image.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/03/2353756.htm
  
  
• TMAG overhaul means demolition of 60's gallery (ABC Australia)
  A Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery trustee doesn't believe there will be significant opposition to the removal of a 1960's building as part of a major overhaul.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355061.htm
  
  
• Palin's speech earns Republicans' praise (ABC Australia)
  Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin has accepted her nomination as vice-presidential running mate to Republican John McCain.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355381.htm
  
  
• Ex-MP promises Sydney climate policy (ABC Australia)
  The ALP's candidate for Sydney for this month's local government elections says councils have an important role to play in tackling climate change.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355394.htm
  
  
• Palin's speech earns Republicans' praise (ABC Australia)
  Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin has accepted her nomination as vice-presidential running mate to Republican John McCain.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355381.htm
  
  
• Vets welcome Hendra virus review (ABC Australia)
  The Australian Veterinary Association (AVA) has welcomed an independent review of the handling of the most recent outbreak of Hendra virus in Queensland.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/03/2353831.htm
  
  
• Aardvarks top zebras in spam stakes (ABC Australia)
  A British researcher has found that email addresses that start with 'a' get the highest proportion of spam.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/01/2351766.htm
  
  
• Peanuts animator Melendez dies (ABC Australia)
  Bill Melendez, best known for bringing the Peanuts characters to life, has died at the age of 91.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355090.htm
  
  
• Logging giant denies Greenpeace's illegal harvest claims (ABC Australia)
  A Malaysian logging company says it does not own the ship at the centre of a Greenpeace campaign.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355305.htm
  
  
• Stokes still seeking two positions on WAN board (ABC Australia)
  The Chairman of Western Australia's daily newspaper says a dispute over whether Channel 7 will have representation its board still has not been resolved.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355370.htm
  
  
• Melbourne's Grayson snares Dobell Prize (ABC Australia)
  Melbourne artist Virginia Grayson has won one of Australia's most prestigious art awards, the Dobell Prize for drawing.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355335.htm
  
  
• Serena rallies to reach US Open semis (ABC Australia)
  Two-time US Open champion Serena Williams rallied in both tie-breakers to beat sister Venus in 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (9-7) in their quarter-final in New York today.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355477.htm
  
  
• New computer program predicts emergency dept loads (ABC Australia)
  Townsville Hospital will trial a computer program that predicts how many patients will turn up at emergency depts.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/03/2353778.htm
  
  
• Putin 'saves TV crew from tiger' (ABC Australia)
  Vladimir Putin buffs his action man credentials as he saves TV crew from angry tiger in Russia's far east.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/01/2351315.htm
  
  
• Mummy director unwraps new Tarzan (ABC Australia)
  The director of the first two Mummy movies is taking a swing at Tarzan.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2354943.htm
  
  
• 'No big deal': shark fin protester hangs from piercings (ABC Australia)
  A British woman was suspended from the ceiling of a London shop by hooks put through her skin, in protest Wednesday against the practice of slicing fins from sharks and throwing them back into the ocean alive.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355288.htm
  
  
• Trade deficit a 'big shock' to market (ABC Australia)
  Australia's trade balance has gone from surplus to deficit in July, largely due to an increase in fuel imports.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355323.htm
  
  
• Bushwalker missing in Namadgi (ABC Australia)
  Police are searching for a bushwalker missing in the ACT's Namadgi National Park.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355170.htm
  
  
• Man charged over sale of pirated DVDs (ABC Australia)
  The Australian Federal Police have arrested a 63-year-old man from the Melbourne suburb of Caulfield in connection with the sale of more than $220,000 worth of pirated movie and music DVDs.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355465.htm
  
  
• Radar experts look at border security (ABC Australia)
  An international conference will consider how radar can best be used for border protection.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/02/2352746.htm
  
  
• Malaysian man gets nut stuck around penis (ABC Australia)
  A Malaysian welder had to have a nut removed from around his penis after an attempt to lengthen it before he gets engaged next week went embarrassingly wrong, a news report said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/31/2351244.htm
  
  
• Hendrix's burnt guitar leads London rock auction (ABC Australia)
  The first guitar that rock legend Jimi Hendrix burned on stage, the only remaining fingerprints of Elvis Presley and the first contract signed by The Beatles all go on sale today in a major auction of music memorabilia.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2354932.htm
  
  
• Indian flood rescue effort enters critical stage (ABC Australia)
  Efforts to rescue tens of thousands of villagers still cut off by a monsoon-swollen river in northern India have entered a critical stage, aid workers and evacuees say.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355244.htm
  
  
• Logging giant denies Greenpeace's illegal harvest claims (ABC Australia)
  A Malaysian logging company says it does not own the ship at the centre of a Greenpeace campaign.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355305.htm
  
  
• Trade deficit a 'big shock' to market (ABC Australia)
  Australia's trade balance has gone from surplus to deficit in July, largely due to an increase in fuel imports.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355323.htm
  
  
• Ancient burial chamber found in Egypt (ABC Australia)
  Egyptian archaeologists have uncovered the burial chamber and coffin of King Senusret II who was believed to have ruled Egypt from 1897 BC to 1878 BC, the official MENA news agency reported.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/01/2352151.htm
  
  
• Swedish 'Nessie' possibly caught on film (ABC Australia)
  Sweden's own version of the Loch Ness monster, the Storsjoe or Great Lake monster, has been caught on film by surveillance videos, an association that installed the cameras said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/30/2350777.htm
  
  
• Horse Whisperer author recovering after poisoning (ABC Australia)
  The author of the international best-selling book The Horse Whisperer is recovering after falling ill from eating poisonous mushrooms.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2354921.htm
  
  
• US troops could be out of Baghdad by next July: Petraeus (ABC Australia)
  American combat troops could be out of Baghdad by July 2009, the outgoing top US general in Iraq said in an interview.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355226.htm
  
  
• Call for ideas on bringing down fuel costs (ABC Australia)
  The Tasmanian Premier David Bartlett has committed to providing funding to develop ideas to bring down fuel prices.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355266.htm
  
  
• 'Blinding' rapist may get lesser sentence (ABC Australia)
  A Sydney court has heard a rapist who tried to blind one of his victims with glue and gunpowder could be given a discounted sentence because of his guilty plea.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355322.htm
  
  
• ABC News: Breakdown shuts down Rio's Pilbara port
  Rio Tinto has shut down operations at part of its Cape Lambert iron ore port after a machinery break down.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355420.htm
  
  
• Aardvarks top zebras in spam stakes (ABC Australia)
  A British researcher has found that email addresses that start with 'a' get the highest proportion of spam.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/01/2351766.htm
  
  
• Swedish mag 'regrets' poison cake recipe (ABC Australia)
  Ten thousand copies of a food magazine were recalled in Sweden after a mistake in one of its recipes left four people poisoned, the magazine said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/29/2350367.htm
  
  
• Gurrumul named NT's top Indigenous singer (ABC Australia)
  North-east Arnhem Land singer Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu has been named the Northern Territory's top Indigenous singer.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/31/2351059.htm
  
  
• Laos jungle survivor not well enough to travel (ABC Australia)
  The father of a man who was lost for 11 days in a jungle in Laos says it is too early to say when his son will be well enough to return to Australia.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355128.htm
  
  
• Irwin zoo denies cattle grazing claims (ABC Australia)
  Australia Zoo denies claims it wants to expand cattle grazing on the Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355205.htm
  
  
• Logging giant denies Greenpeace's illegal harvest claims (ABC Australia)
  A Malaysian logging company says it does not own the ship at the centre of a Greenpeace campaign.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355305.htm
  
  
• ABC News: Melbourne's Grayson snares Dobell Prize
  Melbourne artist Virginia Grayson has won the Dobell Prize for drawing.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355335.htm
  
  
• Beware swooping magpies: DSE (ABC Australia)
  Wildlife experts are urging people to be patient with swooping birds, as breeding season gets underway.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/01/2351404.htm
  
  
• Air-born baby's flying start comes to end (ABC Australia)
  An airline says it cannot give free lifetime travel to a baby born on its aircraft.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/29/2349987.htm
  
  
• Ledger voted top movie villain (ABC Australia)
  A new poll has named Heath Ledger's Joker best movie villain of the American summer.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2354835.htm
  
  
• More heavy fighting to come in Afghanistan: Fitzgibbon (ABC Australia)
  Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon says Australian soldiers are expecting more fierce fighting in Afghanistan.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2354936.htm
  
  
• Resource stocks pull market down (ABC Australia)
  The local sharemarket has been pulled down by a decline in resources and energy stocks after another fall in the price of oil.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355272.htm
  
  
• Upstream irrigators view lower Murray plight (ABC Australia)
  Murray-Darling irrigators from NSW, Victoria and Queensland are viewing the lower Murray's plight.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355296.htm
  
  
• ABC News: Fielding under fire for car tax shutdown
  The Greens accuse Family First Senator Steve Fielding of inexperience for killing off the luxury car tax bill before further debate.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355412.htm
  
  
• Calls for screening for heart disease gene (ABC Australia)
  Health authorities could prevent costly heart disease cases with a targeted genetic screening program, experts say.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/30/2350865.htm
  
  
• Museum defies Pope over crucified frog (ABC Australia)
  Italian museum refuses Pope Benedict's request to remove crucified frog sculpture.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/29/2349749.htm
  
  
• Afghan President meets Jude Law (ABC Australia)
  Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai has met British actor Jude Law and flimmaker Jeremy Gilley and praised their efforts to promote peace in his war-torn country, the President's office said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/03/2354823.htm
  
  
• LA posts reward for 'Grim Sleeper' serial killer (ABC Australia)
  Los Angeles city officials have announced up to $US500,000 in rewards for information leading to the arrest of a serial killer believed to be responsible for 11 murders.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355103.htm
  
  
• Beaconsfield manager questioned about lack of cameras (ABC Australia)
  The Beaconsfield Gold mine's geotechnical manager has been questioned on why the mine allegedly didn't follow expert advice to use underground cameras in the lead-up to the fatal Anzac Day rockfall.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355242.htm
  
  
• Court told Xue bought axe after wife left him (ABC Australia)
  A court has been told accused murderer Michael Xue bought an axe after his wife left him.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355207.htm
  
  
• ABC News: SE Qld downpour tipped to spark floods
  The weather bureau says heavy rain is expected across south-east Queensland over the next 24 hours.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355425.htm
  
  
• Powerful telescope to 'open new window in universe' (ABC Australia)
  Scientists at Canberra's Mount Stromlo Observatory will control and process data from a new type of astronomical telescope known as Skymapper.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/30/2350770.htm
  
  
• Dutch say Pisa no longer Europe's most leaning tower (ABC Australia)
  The Tower of Pisa is being challenged by a lesser-known 12th Century building, in the northern Dutch town of Bedum, as Europe's most steeply leaning tower.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/29/2349680.htm
  
  
• New art gallery will be 'as iconic as Sydney Opera House' (ABC Australia)
  David Bartlett has unveiled the redevelopment plan for the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery on Hobart's waterfront.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/03/2354760.htm
  
  
• Palin to address Republican convention (ABC Australia)
  Controversial Republican vice-presidential pick Sarah Palin to address national conference today as daughter's boyfriend flies in.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2354853.htm
  
  
• Gunns improves balance sheet through share offer (ABC Australia)
  Tasmanian timber giant Gunns has announced it has raised $336 million through an institutional entitlement offer.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355062.htm
  
  
• Irwin zoo denies cattle grazing claims (ABC Australia)
  Australia Zoo denies claims it wants to expand cattle grazing on the Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355205.htm
  
  
• ABC News: Bushwalker missing in Namadgi
  Police are searching for a bushwalker missing in the ACT's Namadgi National Park.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355170.htm
  
  
• Colliding galaxies shed light on dark matter (ABC Australia)
  Astronomers have captured images of a powerful collision of galaxy clusters and say it may shed light on the behaviour of dark matter.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/28/2349412.htm
  
  
• Slice of Diana wedding cake sells for 1,200 pounds (ABC Australia)
  A piece of 27-year-old cake from the wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Diana has been sold to an anonymous bidder at auction in Britain for 1,200 pounds ($A2,540).
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/28/2349635.htm
  
  
• Ticket sales slump for Western acts in Russia (ABC Australia)
  The once seemingly insatiable Russian appetite for Western music is showing signs of subsiding, with several big-name acts, including Kylie Minogue, struggling to sell concert tickets in the region this summer.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/03/2354243.htm
  
  
• Global warming forces Dutch to strengthen dykes (ABC Australia)
  The Netherlands will be forced to spend about $170 billion to extend and strengthen its dykes to protect the country from rising sea levels.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2354978.htm
  
  
• Xenophon laments missed chance as Senate rejects car tax (ABC Australia)
  The Federal Government's luxury car tax bill has been defeated in the Senate after Family First Senator Steve Fielding and the Opposition combined to vote against it.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355088.htm
  
  
• Wood 'cried softly' as police retrieved body (ABC Australia)
  A court has heard the man accused of murdering Sydney model Caroline Byrne cried as her body was recovered.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355279.htm
  
  
• ABC News: Trade deficit a 'big shock' to market
  Australia's trade balance has gone from surplus to deficit in July, largely due to an increase in fuel imports.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355323.htm
  
  
• GMO ban extension (ABC Australia)
  Tasmania's ban on genetically modified food crops is to continue.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/28/2349017.htm
  
  
• Woman goes down airport baggage chute (ABC Australia)
  An elderly woman misunderstood instructions while checking in at Sweden's main airport and was whisked down a baggage chute after she placed herself instead of her luggage on the belt, media reported.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/27/2348451.htm
  
  
• Rodgers & Hammerstein show tunes catalogue for sale (ABC Australia)
  The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organisation is in talks to sell its catalogue of Broadway musical show tunes and standards to major music companies for between $150 million and $200 million ($240.5 million).
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/03/2354241.htm
  
  
• Downer mediates new Cyprus peace talks (ABC Australia)
  The Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders have begun formal peace talks to reunite their divided island.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2354946.htm
  
  
• NAB appoints new risk management head (ABC Australia)
  The National Australia Bank (NAB) has appointed a new head of risk management.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355204.htm
  
  
• 'No big deal': shark fin protester hangs from piercings (ABC Australia)
  A British woman was suspended from the ceiling of a London shop by hooks put through her skin, in protest Wednesday against the practice of slicing fins from sharks and throwing them back into the ocean alive.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355288.htm
  
  
• ABC News: 'Blinding' rapist may get lesser sentence
  A Sydney court has heard a rapist who tried to blind one of his victims with glue and gunpowder could be given a discounted sentence because of his guilty plea.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355322.htm
  
  
• Xue pleads not guilty to wife's murder (ABC Australia)
  The father of the three-year-old girl abandoned on a platform at Melbourne's Spencer Street Station a year ago has pleaded not guilty to killing his wife.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355437.htm
  
  
• New diabetes drug hits the shelves (ABC Australia)
  Australian patients will have access to a new way to treat type two diabetes.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/28/2348796.htm
  
  
• Poor struggle as rat meat prices soar (ABC Australia)
  The price of rat meat has quadrupled in Cambodia this year as inflation puts other meat beyond the reach of poor people, officials say.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/27/2348348.htm
  
  
• Wagner offspring win epic family battle for opera (ABC Australia)
  Two great-granddaughters of composer Richard Wagner will take control of Germany's Wagner opera festival after winning an epic family power struggle.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/03/2354237.htm
  
  
• Curbishley quits West Ham post (ABC Australia)
  Alan Curbishley has resigned as the manager of West Ham United after falling out with the English Premier League club's owners over their transfer policy.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2354919.htm
  
  
• Miner says Mt Isa safe despite second lead legal claim (ABC Australia)
  Mining company Xstrata has repeated its assurance that people can live in Mount Isa, in north-west Queensland, safely.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355191.htm
  
  
• Hornet repair bill could fall by $500 million: Fitzgibbon (ABC Australia)
  Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon says testing on the Royal Australian Air Force's F/A-18 Hornets has revealed fewer of the planes may need to be rebuilt, saving nearly $500 million.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355271.htm
  
  
• ABC News: Upstream irrigators view lower Murray plight
  Murray-Darling irrigators from NSW, Victoria and Queensland are viewing the lower Murray's plight.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355296.htm
  
  
• Melbourne's Grayson snares Dobell Prize (ABC Australia)
  Melbourne artist Virginia Grayson has won one of Australia's most prestigious art awards, the Dobell Prize for drawing.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355335.htm
  
  
• US museum urged to return Indigenous remains (ABC Australia)
  Traditional Arnhem Land owners want a major US museum to return their ancestors' remains.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/27/2347753.htm
  
  
• 'Prudish' council bans nude artwork entries (ABC Australia)
  A SA council rejects two nude artwork entries because children may see them.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/27/2347993.htm
  
  
• Voice-over king LaFontaine dead at 68 (ABC Australia)
  Don LaFontaine, who voiced more than 5,000 movie trailers during a career that saw him dubbed "The King of Voiceovers," has died in Los Angeles, his agent confirmed Tuesday. He was 68.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/03/2354233.htm
  
  
• Philippine Govt scraps MILF negotiations (ABC Australia)
  The Government of the Philippines has scrapped negotiations with the country's largest Muslim rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2354891.htm
  
  
• Merger sees Dalby well placed for resources boom: Bligh (ABC Australia)
  The Premier says the benefits of the local government amalgamation process will be most evident in the Dalby region, in southern Queensland, as it confronts the Surat Basin resources boom.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355168.htm
  
  
• Resource stocks pull market down (ABC Australia)
  The local sharemarket has been pulled down by a decline in resources and energy stocks after another fall in the price of oil.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355272.htm
  
  
• ABC News: Irwin zoo denies cattle grazing claims
  Australia Zoo denies claims it wants to expand cattle grazing on the Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355205.htm
  
  
• Man charged with smuggling live fish (ABC Australia)
  A man has been charged with trying to smuggle live fish into Australia.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/27/2347446.htm
  
  
• Cat survives being walled in under bath for 7 weeks (ABC Australia)
  A four-year-old cat called Bonny has survived after being walled in beneath a bathtub in Germany for seven weeks, its owner said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/27/2347664.htm
  
  
• Sculptor wins Blake Prize for Hindu procession (ABC Australia)
  David Tucker has won the 2008 Blake Prize for Religious Art for his sculpture based on a Hindu goddess.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/03/2354108.htm
  
  
• Power still out as New Orleans residents return home (ABC Australia)
  Two million evacuees are on their way back to southern Louisiana after fleeing the path of Hurricane Gustav.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2354889.htm
  
  
• Sawmill closure to cut jobs (ABC Australia)
  Up to 70 people will lose their jobs when a sawmill in the North Burnett, in south-east Queensland, closes in November.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355115.htm
  
  
• Indian flood rescue effort enters critical stage (ABC Australia)
  Efforts to rescue tens of thousands of villagers still cut off by a monsoon-swollen river in northern India have entered a critical stage, aid workers and evacuees say.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355244.htm
  
  
• Palin's speech earns Republicans' praise (ABC Australia)
  In a speech weaving together humour, toughness and a folksy touch, Sarah Palin, the Republican Governor of the US state of Alaska, has accepted her party's nomination as vice-presidential running mate to John McCain.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355381.htm
  
  
• ABC News: Wood 'cried softly' as police retrieved body
  A court has heard the man accused of murdering Sydney model Caroline Byrne cried as her body was recovered.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355279.htm
  
  
• New technology to sniff out graffiti threat (ABC Australia)
  New technology that can alert authorities to graffiti vandals by detecting their paint fumes is being showcased at a security exhibition in Sydney.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/26/2346978.htm
  
  
• Fan passes scary movie test (ABC Australia)
  An Indian filmgoer reportedly rented out an entire cinema to disprove a director's claim that his latest horror movie is so scary no one can watch it alone.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/27/2347455.htm
  
  
• Covers off museum revamp (ABC Australia)
  The State Government will today unveil plans to revamp the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery in Hobart.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/03/2353955.htm
  
  
• Aussie activist stranded in Gaza (ABC Australia)
  An Australian woman is among four peace activists who have been stranded in the Gaza Strip.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2354868.htm
  
  
• Retailers warned against bait advertising for Fathers Day (ABC Australia)
  Authorities are on the lookout for any retail stores luring in Fathers Day shoppers under the premise of discounted products without making sure there is a reasonable amount of stock. It is illegal for shops to advertise discounted items and fail to ensure they are in supply, so that customers are led into buying more expensive products.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355099.htm
  
  
• Xenophon laments missed chance as Senate rejects car tax (ABC Australia)
  The Federal Government's luxury car tax bill has been defeated in the Senate after Family First Senator Steve Fielding and the Opposition combined to vote against it.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355088.htm
  
  
• Trade deficit a 'big shock' to market (ABC Australia)
  Australia's trade balance has gone from surplus to deficit in July, largely due to an increase in fuel imports.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355323.htm
  
  
• ABC News: Hornet repair bill could fall by $500 million: Fitzgibbon
  Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon says testing on the Royal Australian Air Force's F/A-18 Hornets has revealed fewer of the planes may need to be rebuilt, saving nearly $500 million.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355271.htm
  
  
• Research ship cuts 'endangering research' (ABC Australia)
  Australia's marine scientists say cuts to the national research ship's sailing days are critically compromising world class research.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/25/2345119.htm
  
  
• Computer with banks' customer data sold on Ebay (ABC Australia)
  Three banks in Britain are investigating how a computer with the personal data of one million bank customers was sold on the internet auction site Ebay.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/26/2347276.htm
  
  
• 'Guitar Man' Jerry Reed dies at 71 (ABC Australia)
  Singer and actor Jerry Reed, known as "The Guitar Man" of country music, has died at the age of 71.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/03/2353924.htm
  
  
• Turkish President to make historic visit to Armenia (ABC Australia)
  President Abdullah Gul will become the first Turkish head of state to visit Armenia on Saturday, and Ankara hopes his trip to attend a football match will heal old wounds over the massacre of Armenians by Turkish forces.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2354867.htm
  
  
• Diesel fuel runs low in SA (ABC Australia)
  Civil contractors say work could be at risk because SA diesel fuel supplies are low.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2354895.htm
  
  
• US troops could be out of Baghdad by next July: Petraeus (ABC Australia)
  American combat troops could be out of Baghdad by July 2009, the outgoing top US general in Iraq said in an interview.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355226.htm
  
  
• Fielding under fire for car tax shutdown (ABC Australia)
  Greens Leader Bob Brown has accused Family First Senator Steve Fielding of inexperience for killing off the luxury car tax bill before it could be further debated.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355412.htm
  
  
• ABC News: Resource stocks pull market down
  The local sharemarket has been pulled down by a decline in resources and energy stocks after another fall in the price of oil.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355272.htm
  
  
• Scientist recognised for work on rare diseases (ABC Australia)
  Professor John Hopwood has been named the 2008 South Australian Scientist of the Year.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/23/2344395.htm
  
  
• Buckets of sea water thrown into ailing Murray (ABC Australia)
  Locals throw buckets of sea water into the lower reaches of the Murray in SA.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/26/2347153.htm
  
  
• Portman makes directing debut in Venice (ABC Australia)
  Natalie Portman presented her debut as a director at the Venice film festival overnight.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/03/2353802.htm
  
  
• IRA no longer a threat to peace, watchdog says (ABC Australia)
  The Irish Republican Army's (IRA) ruling Army Council is no longer operational and the guerrilla group does not pose a threat to peace in Northern Ireland, an independent watchdog says.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2354854.htm
  
  
• Fielding defends car tax stance (ABC Australia)
  Family First Senator Steve Fielding has defended his decision to block the proposed tax increase on luxury cars, and says he will vote against the bill again this morning.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355036.htm
  
  
• NAB appoints new risk management head (ABC Australia)
  The National Australia Bank (NAB) has appointed a new head of risk management.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355204.htm
  
  
• Wood 'cried softly' as police retrieved body (ABC Australia)
  The New South Wales Supreme Court has heard it took a high-powered torch for police to locate the body of Sydney model Caroline Byrne at bottom of The Gap in Sydney's east.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355279.htm
  
  
• ABC News: Xenophon laments missed chance as Senate rejects car tax
  The Federal Government's luxury car tax bill has been defeated in the Senate after Family First Senator Steve Fielding and the Opposition combined to vote against it.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355088.htm
  
  
• Aussie scientists lead fight against wheat rust (ABC Australia)
  Australian scientists are leading the way in the global fight against a devastating wheat disease which could accelerate the world food crisis.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/23/2344330.htm
  
  
• Polly Woodside moves to new temporary home (ABC Australia)
  The historic tall ship, Polly Woodside has been moved for the first time in 33 years.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/26/2346792.htm
  
  
• Egypt tycoon charged with ordering hit on pop star (ABC Australia)
  Egyptian tycoon Hisham Talaat Mustafa was charged overnight with paying $US2 million for the brutal killing of Lebanese pop singer Suzanne Tamim, reportedly his one-time lover.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/03/2353796.htm
  
  
• US commandos blamed for 'botched' raid inside Pakistan (ABC Australia)
  Suspected US commandos blamed for killing 20 people in Pakistan were acting on faulty intelligence that was never shared with Pakistani forces inside the country, a Pakistani official said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2354852.htm
  
  
• Tests play down iron ore spill impact (ABC Australia)
  Port Lincoln Council has been told any iron ore spill off the coast would have virtually no impact on the environment.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355030.htm
  
  
• Miner says Mt Isa safe despite second lead legal claim (ABC Australia)
  Mining company Xstrata has repeated its assurance that people can live in Mount Isa, in north-west Queensland, safely.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355191.htm
  
  
• Xenophon laments missed chance as Senate rejects car tax (ABC Australia)
  The Federal Government's luxury car tax bill has been defeated in the Senate after Family First Senator Steve Fielding and the Opposition combined to vote against it.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355088.htm
  
  
• ABC News: NAB appoints new risk management head
  The National Australia Bank (NAB) has appointed a new head of risk management.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355204.htm
  
  
• Kids with pets grow up to be snorers: study (ABC Australia)
  Thinking of buying a pet for junior? Consider this: children who grow up in the company of cats, dogs or other furry friends are more likely to become snoring adults, according to a new study.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/22/2344263.htm
  
  
• Tall ship on the move (ABC Australia)
  The Polly Woodside tall ship will be moved today for the first time in 25 years.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/26/2346297.htm
  
  
• 'Give us a plug' UK university asks TV soaps (ABC Australia)
  Cambridge University is asking script-writers of popular soaps like EastEnders to give it a plug to help break down its elitist image.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/03/2353756.htm
  
  
• Rice releases $US1b for Georgia (ABC Australia)
  US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced Wednesday a $US1 billion ($1.2 billion) aid package for Georgia after its conflict with Russia, of which $US570 million ($680 million) will be delivered before the end of the year.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2354851.htm
  
  
• Claim and counter claim in CFMEU elections (ABC Australia)
  Nominations for the election to win control of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) close today amid legal challenges and complaints to the West Australian Electoral Commission.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2354972.htm
  
  
• Officer posing as 12yo 'catches child-groomer' (ABC Australia)
  A Sydney man has been charged with grooming a child for sex after allegedly having explicit online conversations with a West Australian police officer, who was posing as a 12-year-old girl.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355164.htm
  
  
• Logging giant denies Greenpeace's illegal harvest claims (ABC Australia)
  A Malaysian logging company at the centre of a Greenpeace protest in Papua New Guinea has rejected claims that it harvests timber illegally.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355305.htm
  
  
• ABC News: Miner says Mt Isa safe despite second lead legal claim
  Mining company Xstrata has repeated its assurance that people can live in Mount Isa, in north-west Queensland, safely.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355191.htm
  
  
• Bucket brigade to top up Murray (ABC Australia)
  Lower Murray locals plan to bucket sea water into the drought-striken waterway.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/26/2346252.htm
  
  
• UK museum buys iconic Rolling Stones artwork (ABC Australia)
  The Victoria and Albert Museum in London says it had bought the original artwork of the Rolling Stones' iconic red lips and tongue logo at auction in the United States.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/02/2353751.htm
  
  
• 600 Germans involved in paedophile network: authorities (ABC Australia)
  Six hundred Germans are involved in an internet paedophile network uncovered in Switzerland, where four men have already been arrested in connection with the affair, judicial authorities said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2354833.htm
  
  
• Slow growth figures rattle skittish US investors (ABC Australia)
  Trade was volatile on Wall Street overnight after signs of sluggish growth in the US rattled investors.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2354912.htm
  
  
• Fisherman search finds body at Port Pirie (ABC Australia)
  A body is found at Port Pirie in SA where there had been a search for an overdue fisherman.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355171.htm
  
  
• 'Blinding' rapist may get lesser sentence (ABC Australia)
  A Sydney court has heard a rapist who tried to blind one of his victims with glue and gunpowder could be given a discounted sentence because of his guilty plea.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355322.htm
  
  
• ABC News: Officer posing as 12yo 'catches child-groomer'
  A Sydney man has been charged with grooming a child for sex after allegedly having explicit online conversations with a West Australian police officer, who was posing as a 12-year-old girl.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355164.htm
  
  
• Thai foreign minister hands in resignation (ABC Australia)
  Thai Foreign Minister Tej Bunnag has handed in his resignation but it has yet to be accepted by the Prime Minister, an aide said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/03/2354830.htm
  
  
• Luxury car tax headed for defeat in Senate (ABC Australia)
  The Government's luxury car tax increase is likely to be voted down in the Senate today.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2354836.htm
  
  
• Husband charged over 22-year-old murder (ABC Australia)
  Victoria Police have charged a Sunbury man over the death of his wife, Marlene McDonald, 22 years ago.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2354931.htm
  
  
• Upstream irrigators view lower Murray plight (ABC Australia)
  About 40 irrigators from Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria are touring the lower lakes at the mouth of the drought-stricken Murray in South Australia.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355296.htm
  
  
• ABC News: Fisherman search finds body at Port Pirie
  A body is found at Port Pirie in SA where there had been a search for an overdue fisherman.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355171.htm
  
  
• Hanna leaves 61 dead in Haiti, Ike now a hurricane (ABC Australia)
  Tropical Storm Ike has strengthened into a hurricane in the open Atlantic and Tropical Storm Hanna threatened to do the same as it swirled over the Bahamas toward the south-east US Coast.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355138.htm
  
  
• Court told Xue bought axe after wife left him (ABC Australia)
  A court in New Zealand has been told that accused murderer Michael Xue bought an axe because he was angry his wife had left him.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355207.htm
  
  
• ABC News: Husband charged over 22-year-old murder
  Victoria Police have charged a Sunbury man over the death of his wife, Marlene McDonald, 22 years ago.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2354931.htm
  
  
• Murray roars into maiden grand slam semi (ABC Australia)
  Sixth seed Andy Murray battled into his first grand slam semi-final at the US Open this morning when he won a grudge match against Argentina's Juan Martin Del Potro 7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (7-1), 4-6, 7-5.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355232.htm
  
  
• ABC News: WWF names and shames power firms
  WWF accuses Australian power generators of doing next to nothing to prepare for a low-carbon future.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2354973.htm
  
  
• ABC News: Safework Australia bill goes to Parliament
  Legislation setting up a national body to oversee occupational health and safety and workers compensation has been introduced to federal Parliament.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355143.htm
  
  
• ABC News: Land Council director urges Senate to reinstate permit system
  The Central Land Council is calling for the reinstatement of the permit system for Aboriginal land.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2354869.htm
  
  
• ABC News: Qld students below average on numeracy, literacy
  Queensland's Education Minister says results of literacy and numeracy tests are 'disturbing'.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355135.htm
  
  
• ABC News: Govt introduces legislation to end same-sex discrimination
  Legislation to end discrimination for same-sex couples under Commonwealth law has been introduced in Federal Parliament.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355134.htm
  
  
• ABC News: Man charged over teen's abduction, bashing
  Police have charged a 20-year-old man over the abduction, assault and robbery of a 17-year-old on the New South Wales far north coast last week.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355131.htm
  
  
• Govt outlines aged care plans
  The Federal Government says an extra 2,500 aged care beds will be created.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/03/22/2196562.htm
  
  
• Defence cuts may 'undermine national security'
  Critics say the Federal Government's plan to cut $10 billion from the Defence Department could undermine national security.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/03/23/2196852.htm
  
  
• Japan's new professional seducers
  Her boyfriend thinks she’s a secretary. In fact she is one of Japan’s new breed of professional seducers, hired by embittered spouses to entrap their straying partners. And she’ll stop at nothing to get the desired results.
  http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/relationships/article4619389.ece
  
  
• Scientists uncover key to boosting carbon capture
  Buried under a giant stand of bamboo in northern New South Wales, two Australian soil scientists have made a discovery they believe will help save the planet.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/02/2352913.htm
  
  
• Mars rover clambers out of Victoria Crater
  NASA's Opportunity rover has successfully climbed out of Victoria Crater, the gaping basin it has been exploring for nearly a year. Now it will explore the area around the crater, studying rocks thought to have been gouged out of the surface in powerful meteorite impacts.
  http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn14632-mars-rover-clambers-out-of-victoria-crater.html
  
  
• When glaciers disappear, the bugs move in
  Primitive bacteria step in to colonise the area, enrich the soil with nutrients, and even cement the ground, preventing landslides, say researchers who have studied the process in the Peruvian Andes.
  http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/dn14611-when-glaciers-disappear-the-bugs-move-in.html
  
  
• Microsoft to buy up to $100M in Novell SUSE Linux support vouchers
  Microsoft Corp., which two years ago agreed to buy and resell $240 million worth of enterprise support subscriptions for Novell Inc.'s SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating system, will buy and resell up to another $100 million of vouchers, the two companies said today.
  http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9112979
  
  
• Does Bush Believe McCain Was Tortured?
  he torture that was deployed against McCain emerges in all the various accounts. It involved sleep deprivation, the withholding of medical treatment, stress positions, long-time standing, and beating. Sound familiar? According to the Bush administration's definition of torture, McCain was therefore not tortured.
  http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/08/was-mccain-tort.html
  
  
• FBI: Medical student hoped to breed sex slave society
  A Pennsylvania medical student told a classmate he was trying to recruit a New Zealand woman and her 4-year-old daughter to start a society of sex slaves that would live on a farm or island, the FBI said.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1544715~FBI__Pa__student_hoped_to_breed_sex_slave_society.html
  
  
• Abandoned baby whale mistakes yacht for its mother
  Australian conservationists bid to rescue confused humpback lost in bay near Sydney
  http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/19/abandoned.whale.sydney
  
  
• Electric bikes provide greener commute
  The surging cost of gasoline and a desire for a greener commute are turning more people to electric bikes as an unconventional form of transportation. They function like a typical two-wheeler but with a battery-powered assist, and bike dealers, riders and experts say they are flying off the racks.
  http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/ptech/08/15/electric.bikes.ap/index.html
  
  
• Ouch at the Olympics
  This is the moment Hungarian weightlifter Janos Baranyai's first Olympics ended in agony when he dislocated his right elbow in the ugliest moment yet of the Olympic weightlifting competition.
  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1044258/Pictured-The-horrific-moment-Olympic-weightlifter-turns-elbow-front.html
  
  
• Misspelled Tattoos: Spelling Mistakes For Life
  Typos happen. People misspell things. We all make mistakes, but you really should be extra careful when getting a tattoo. I mean a typo in your tattoo may not be forever the way it was before laser tattoo removal, but it is an expensive and painful spelling mistake to fix!
  http://www.typobuddy.com/blog/index.php/2008/08/12/great-misspelled-tattoos-listings-spelling-mistakes-for-life/
  
  
• Man says he's porn inspector, demands free videos
  A man claiming to be a police detective tried to get an adult novelty shop to give him free X-rated videos, saying he wanted to make sure the performers weren't underage, authorities said.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1531892~Man_says_he_s_porn_inspector__demands_free_videos.html
  
  
• Fox News Host Refuses To Talk About Russia-Georgia War, Insists On Covering Edwards’ Affair
  Fox News has decided which story is worthy of more coverage. Today, host Gregg Jarrett interviewed PBS’s Bonnie Erbe. “We have these huge stories going on like the one you’re reporting in Georgia,” Erbe noted when asked about Edwards. Jarrett, however, completely ignored Erbe’s comment on Georgia and continued to talk about Edwards, offering praise for the National Enquirer. Includes a youtube video that you just have to watch to believe. Gregg Jarrett, You Suck!
  http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/09/fox-news-edwards/
  
  
• Alleged pickup thief loses truck to carjacker
  A pickup truck thief lost his purloined Chevy Silverado to an armed carjacker during a 7-Eleven stop. Police Cmdr. Kelly McMillin said "you couldn't make up something stranger than this."
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1520513~Alleged_pickup_thief_loses_truck_to_carjacker.html
  
  
• Kids need the adventure of 'risky' play
  A major study says parents harm their children's development if they ban tree-climbing or conkers
  http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2008/aug/03/schools.children
  
  
• OOPS Images
  These images were found using keyword “OOPS”.
  http://olesiafx.com/news/archives/1245
  
  
• NY girl falls 14 stories, saved by sooty landing
  A 12-year-old girl fell into a chimney on the roof of her apartment building, plummeted 14 stories down the flue and landed almost unscathed in a pile of furnace soot.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1518238~NY_girl_falls_14_stories__saved_by_sooty_landing.html
  
  
• Are we heading for a human-powered future?
  Would you still watch your favorite television program if you had to cycle for an hour before you could view it?
  http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/08/01/Human.power/index.html
  
  
• Black Tesla Roadster #6 Crash Photos
  The unnamed owner (for now because of shame) of the Black Tesla Roadster #6 was back at the Menlo Park dealership awaiting news from his insurance company after rear ending a Mercedes Benz C-Class.
  http://www.loqu.com/black-tesla-roadster-6-crash-photos/blogs/caton-1487
  
  
• Preacher killed wife, stuffed body in freezer, police say
  An evangelical preacher killed his wife several years ago and stuffed her body in a freezer after she caught him abusing their daughter, according to police and court documents.
  http://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/07/31/preacher.freezer/index.html
  
  
• 'Extreme Makeover' house faces foreclosure
  More than 1,800 people helped demolish the Harper family's decrepit home and replace it with a sparkling four-bedroom mini-mansion that towered over ranch and split-level homes in their Clayton County neighborhood. But three years later, the Harper's home has become the latest victim of the foreclosure crisis after the family used it as collateral for a $450,000 loan. The two-level home is set to go to auction on the steps of the Clayton County Courthouse Aug. 5.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1508909~_Extreme_Makeover__house_faces_foreclosure.html
  
  
• Man deposits millions, one tattered bill at a time
  The businessman arrived at the Treasury Department carrying a suitcase stuffed with about $5.2 million in petrified, nearly unrecognizable bills. He asked to swap it for a cashier's check.
  http://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/07/28/buried.millions.ap/index.html
  
  
• Flowerpot's spontaneous combustion blamed for fire
  Fire investigators said a fire that destroyed a Mendota Heights home last week was caused by a flowerpot. Fire Chief John Maczko said a flowerpot on the home's deck spontaneously combusted.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1492599~Flowerpot_s_spontaneous_combustion_blamed_for_fire.html
  
  
• Child bride gets divorced after rape, beatings
  Nujood Ali is 10 years old, but she already has been married and divorced. It was an arranged marriage in which she said a husband three times her age routinely beat and raped her.
  http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/15/yemen.childbride/index.html
  
  
• Balloons carried gun away in Red Lobster executive's 'CSI'-like suicide
  Thomas Hickman drove through New Mexico, police say, until his Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo ran out of gas. Then the 55-year-old North Richland Hills man walked into a field, tied helium balloons to a gun, covered his mouth with duct tape, and shot himself in the back of the head, according to New Mexico State Police.
  http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/071608dnmethickman.3d76e7d.html
  
  
• We Don't Have an Energy Crisis, We Have a Transportation Crisis
  Turon points out that oil is used primarily for transport, whereas electricity powers everything else. While his argument is not without problems, (like the need for a lot more electricity generation from all kinds of sources) his main point is crucial- there are lots of alternatives to gasoline if you realize that the problem lies almost entirely with transport.
  http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/07/we-dont-have-an-energy-crisis.php
  
  
• Hit-and-run duo sentenced to life in prison
  Two elderly women were sentenced to life in prison without parole Tuesday for murdering two indigent men to collect insurance policies taken out on their lives.
  http://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/07/15/insurance.killing.sentence.ap/index.html
  
  
• Betrayed by Obama
  I've admired Obama, but I never confused him with a genuine progressive leader. Today I don't admire him at all. His collapse on FISA is unforgivable. The only thing Obama has going for him this week is that McCain is matching him misstep for misstep.
  http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/election_2008/2008/07/10/obama_fisa/index.html?source=newsletter
  
  
• President George Bush: 'Goodbye from the world's biggest polluter'
  The American leader, who has been condemned throughout his presidency for failing to tackle climate change, ended a private meeting with the words: "Goodbye from the world's biggest polluter." He then punched the air while grinning widely, as the rest of those present including Gordon Brown and Nicolas Sarkozy looked on in shock.
  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/2277298/President-George-Bush-'Goodbye-from-the-world's-biggest-polluter'.html?funny=not
  
  
• Solar-powered asteroids make their own moons
  Most asteroids with moonlets started off as solitary bodies that split in two while sunbathing, new computer simulations suggest.
  http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn14281-solarpowered-asteroids-make-their-own-moons.html
  
  
• Jupiter's third red spot torn apart by siblings
  Jupiter's third giant red storm has been chewed up by a collision with the planet's other two red spots and may not survive.
  http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn14290-jupiters-third-red-spot-torn-apart-by-siblings.html
  
  
• Missing Vermont girl found dead, police say
  BURLINGTON, Vermont (AP) -- The body of a missing 12-year-old Vermont girl was found Wednesday, hours after documents surfaced that accused her uncle of planning to initiate her into a child sex ring, authorities said.
  http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/07/02/missing.vermont.girl.ap/index.html
  
  
• Birthday party snub sparks debate
  An eight-year-old boy has sparked an unlikely outcry in Sweden after failing to invite two of his classmates to his birthday party.
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7479758.stm
  
  
• Acid rain may be reason for no 4-bln-year-old rocks
  The reason scientists can't find rocks more than 4 billion years old is they may not have been able to handle the weather -- stinging acid rains -- and an intensely warm surface.
  http://www.hitechwave.com/2008/06/acid-rain-may-be-reason-for-no-4-bln.html
  
  
• Clues from Homer classic help date 'Odyssey' slaughter
  Using clues from star and sun positions mentioned by the ancient Greek poet Homer, scholars think they have determined the date when King Odysseus returned from the Trojan War and slaughtered a group of suitors who had been pressing his wife to marry one of them.
  http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/06/24/Homerstudy.ap/index.html
  
  
• How I nearly lost my business after refusing to hire a Muslim hair stylist who wouldn't show her hair
  It seems too lunatic to be true. But here a hair salon boss reveals how she was driven to the brink of ruin - and forced to pay £4,000 for 'hurt feelings' - after refusing to hire a Muslim stylist who wouldn't show her hair at work
  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1027300/How-I-nearly-lost-business-refusing-hire-Muslim-hair-stylist-wouldnt-hair.html
  
  
• Company removes 788 rats from Oregon house
  Police Chief Tom Boggs informed the Sutherlin City Council this week that a pest-removal company has trapped and removed 788 rats from an infested house. An exterminator will be brought in to poison any remaining rodents.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1438430~Company_removes_788_rats_from_Oregon_house.html
  
  
• NASA Plans to Visit the Sun
  For more than 400 years, astronomers have studied the sun from afar. Now NASA has decided to go there.
  http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/10jun_solarprobe.htm?list208336
  
  
• Girls found dead near small Oklahoma town
  The bodies of two girls were found shot to death in rural Oklahoma along a dirt road the best friends walked dozens of times to play and go to sleepovers.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1434667~Girls_found_dead_near_small_Oklahoma_town.html
  
  
• Worker finds military rocket on Tenn. golf course
  A man working on a bulldozer discovered a live military ordinance on a golf course in Jackson. Freddie McGee described the device as an old military-type rocket that looked like something you'd see in a war movie.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1433076~Worker_finds_military_rocket_on_Tenn__golf_course.html
  
  
• 'Moon missiles' survive high-impact tests
  A UK plan to drive four 'missiles' into the Moon to study its internal structure recently got a boost when tests suggested the missiles' instruments would survive the violent impact.
  http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn14083-moon-missiles-survive-highimpact-tests.html
  
  
• What do you call the person who graduates fifth from the bottom of his class at Annapolis?
  The Republican Party nominee for President. That's right. Senator John McCain actually graduated 894th out of 899 middies at the Naval Academy. Only five other crew cuts achieved less than John McCain did in his class at Annapolis.
  http://www.236.com/blog/w/alec_sokolow/middie_mccain_more_moron_than_5544.php
  
  
• Science World Won't Be Sorry to See Bush Go
  When a nation has been the world leader at something as vital as, say, medical research and regulation, and annual funding is flat or declining when it used to go up, then money may matter.
  http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/06/portfolio_0604
  
  
• Man's 'Tumor' Turned Out to Be 25-Year-Old Towel
  Surgeons in Japan thought they were removing a tumor from a 49-year-old man who was suffering from abdominal pain in late May. Instead, they found a 25-year-old surgical towel that had crumpled into what looked like a softball-shaped tumor.
  http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,362844,00.html
  
  
• Obama: I will be the Democratic nominee
  In what he called a "defining moment for our nation," Sen. Barack Obama on Tuesday became the first African-American to head the ticket of a major political party. Obama's steady stream of superdelegate endorsements, combined with the delegates he received from Tuesday's primaries, put him past the 2,118 threshold, CNN projects.
  http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/03/election.democrats/index.html
  
  
• To boldly grow where no one has grown before
  So what's on the menu at Moon Base One? Well, initial crops would need to be small in stature and grow well in controlled environments with artificial light. Plants such as peppers and tomatoes are already extensively grown hydroponically, while lettuce, with its short lifecycle, would yield fast returns for pioneering space colonists.
  http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/05/20/ceac.wheeler/index.html
  
  
• The Difference Between Men and Women in a Conversation
  A little story that shows the essential differences between a man and a woman:
  http://blameitonthevoices.blogspot.com/2008/05/difference-between-men-and-women-in.html
  
  
• NASA's Phoenix Spacecraft Reports Good Health After Mars Landing
  A NASA spacecraft today sent pictures showing itself in good condition after making the first successful landing in a polar region of Mars.
  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/news/phoenix-20080525c.html
  
  
• Star dies an explosive death
  In a stroke of cosmic luck, astronomers for the first time witnessed the start of one of the universe's most fiery events: the end of a star's life as it exploded into a supernova.
  http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/05/21/star.explosion.ap/index.html
  
  
• Why is MySQL more popular than PostgreSQL?
  There is much discussion of why MySQL is more widely adopted than PostgreSQL. The discussion I’ve heard is mostly among the PostgreSQL community members, who believe their favorite database server is better in many ways, and are sometimes puzzled why people would choose an inferior product.
  http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2008/05/18/why-is-mysql-more-popular-than-postgresql/
  
  
• Iran busts CIA terror network
  TEHRAN - The Intelligence Ministry on Saturday released details of the detection and dismantling of a terrorist network affiliated to the United States.
  http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=168823
  
  
• Carl Icahn will destroy Yahoo
  Shareholders of Yahoo Inc. are now being confronted by Carl Icahn and the slate of directors he has to replace the current board. The thinking is that the company's directors screwed up an opportunity to sell to Microsoft Corp.
  http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/carl-icahn-destroy-yahoo/story.aspx?guid={B3DF0AF7-2898-428F-9AD7-FE0E9766BA9B}
  
  
• Woman sat dead in front of TV for 42 years
  The remains of a woman have been found sitting in front of her TV - 42 years after she was reported missing.
  http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/2008/05/16/woman-dead-in-front-of-telly-since-1966-86908-20419070/
  
  
• Ants swarm over Houston area, fouling electronics
  In what sounds like a really low-budget horror film, voracious swarming ants that apparently arrived in Texas aboard a cargo ship are invading homes and yards across the Houston area, shorting out electrical boxes and messing up computers.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1390968~Ants_swarm_over_Houston_area__fouling_electronics.html
  
  
• Police say men trying to steal power lines shocked
  Two Somerset County men are charged with trying to steal live power lines that were still attached to a transformer and utility poles.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1393272~Police_say_men_trying_to_steal_power_lines_shocked.html
  
  
• Surreal paintings of Jacek Yerka
  Words don't really describe this art. Must see.
  http://www.zuzafun.com/surreal-paintings-of-jacek-yerka
  
  
• Molecular Visualizations of DNA
  Amazing CGI visualization of molecular biology's central dogma. It shows animations of DNA coiling, replication, transcription and translation.
  http://sciencehack.com/videos/view/4PKjF7OumYo
  
  
• Connecticut Man Says Cops Broke Into His Home and Ripped Out His Catheter
  A man alleges that police entered his home illegally and ripped a catheter from his body during a child pornography investigation that led to the arrest of two neighbors.
  http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,354837,00.html
  
  
• My 'Racial Harassment' Nightmare
  In November, I was found guilty of "racial harassment" for reading a public-library book on a university campus.
  http://www.nypost.com/seven/05092008/postopinion/opedcolumnists/my_racial_harassment_nightmare_110119.htm
  
  
• Father's last act protected 4-year-old from crash
  With an out-of-control car bearing down, Joseph Richardson grabbed his 4-year-old daughter and held her up out of harm's way. It was his last act -- and one that apparently saved his daughter's life.
  http://www.suntimes.com/news/24-7/935688,CST-NWS-dad07.article
  
  
• Tracy Ingle: Another Drug War Outrage
  About a month ago I got a call from a reporter for the Arkansas Times inquiring about my research into paramilitary drug raids. He'd been reporting on a raid in North Little Rock involving a 40-year-old man named Tracy Ingle. When he told me the story over the phone, I was floored, even given all the abuses and mistakes I've reported and read about over the last few years. What makes the case especially egregious is not that the police may have gotten the wrong home, that they shot a man, or that they were covering it up or going silent. We've seen all that before. What's mind-blowing about this one is that they've continued abusing the poor guy, even after it should have been clear for some time now that they made a mistake.
  http://reason.com/blog/show/126284.html
  
  
• Hillary Clinton: The Psycho Ex-Girlfriend of the Democratic Party
  Despite all the math counting her out, Hillary Clinton fervently remains in the race to become the Democratic nominee for president in 2008. She has become the Democratic Party's psycho ex-girlfriend, and she's not going away without a restraining order.
  http://madatoms.com/2008/05/edit-hillary-clinton-psycho-ex.html
  
  
• Son wrecks dad's prized Ferrari
  It's never fun calling dad after crashing his car - but when you've just wrecked his prized Ferrari you can bet you're in for an earful.
  http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/son-wrecks-dads-prized-ferrari/2008/05/05/1209839515331.html
  
  
• Top 10 Declassified Secrets
  These secrets that occured decades ago are pretty shocking. I shudder to think at the shocking secrets that will be revealed decades from now about this time.
  http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/top-10-declassified-secrets/
  
  
• Pa. Gaming Board is a bad joke
  Sen. Jeffrey Piccola last week wrote a letter to the Gaming Control Board asking for the background report used to award a license to Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs Casino in 2006. Piccola told no one about it. He didn't copy anyone. Within 24 hours, a lobbyist for Mohegan Sun showed up at Piccola's office asking why he was looking for the information.
  http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/opinion/columnists/bumsted/s_565663.html
  
  
• Hillary Clinton Doesn't Listen to Economists
  When asked this morning by ABC News' George Stephanopoulos if she could name a single economist who backs her call for a gas tax holiday this summer, HRC said "I'm not going to put my lot in with economists.”
  http://robertreich.blogspot.com/2008/05/hillary-clinton-doesnt-listen-to.html
  
  
• Tesla rolls out its long-awaited electric sports car
  After several years of development, the Roadster - with sleek lines like a Ferrari or Porsche and a sticker price of $109,000 - officially moves from the drawing boards to the market next week when Tesla's first store opens.
  http://www.sacbee.com/114/story/907095.html
  
  
• The Science of Swine
  Pigs not only inspire scientists via delicious, brain-sustaining pork products. See the latest pig-influenced developments in medicine and tech, from diabetes treatments to pig-urine-flavored cigarettes.
  http://www.popsci.com/inspired-nature/article/2008-05/science-swine
  
  
• 15th-century shipwreck laden with treasure found
  JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) -- The ship was laden with tons of copper ingots, elephant tusks, gold coins -- and cannons to fend off pirates lurking off Africa some five centuries ago.
  http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/05/01/Namibia.shipwreck.ap/index.html
  
  
• Baby snatching by Arlington County
  Arlington County social workers used unproven allegations of neglect in April 2005 to justify removing then-3-week-old Sabrina from her parent’s home. Her parents were accused - anonymously - of starving Sabrina. And they were deemed unable to care properly for their daughter, even with the frequent help of Nancy Hey’s mother and a full-time nanny. After more than two years of legal wrangling with the county’s Child Protective Services (CPS), Arlington Circuit Court Judge James Almand terminated the couple’s parental rights in June 2007.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1347693~Baby_snatching_by_Arlington_County.html
  
  
• Man accused of trying to cash check written for $360,000,000,000 in Fort Worth
  A man has been accused of attempting to pass a $360 billion check, which he claims was given to him by his girlfriend’s mother to start a record business, Fort Worth police said.
  http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/050108dnmetbillion.b623795f.html
  
  
• Dumb as We Wanna Be
  It is great to see that we finally have some national unity on energy policy. Unfortunately, the unifying idea is so ridiculous, so unworthy of the people aspiring to lead our nation, it takes your breath away. Hillary Clinton has decided to line up with John McCain in pushing to suspend the federal excise tax on gasoline, 18.4 cents a gallon, for this summer’s travel season. This is not an energy policy. This is money laundering: we borrow money from China and ship it to Saudi Arabia and take a little cut for ourselves as it goes through our gas tanks. What a way to build our country.
  http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/30/opinion/30friedman.html?_r=2&hp&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
  
  
• A Crushing Issue: How to Destroy Brand-New Cars
  Within hours the metallic blue sedan will be drained, gutted, squished and shredded -- one of thousands to meet the same fate here. The cars are so new, most don't even have 10 miles on the odometer.
  http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120942873506551291.html?mod=hpp_us_inside_today#
  
  
• Newspaper carrier finds woman pinned by husband's dead body
  Newspaper carrier Bruce Pitts knew the elderly couple only by the prayers the wife made for him while he was working at night and in bad weather, but he felt something was wrong when the papers piled up outside their home. "It was never like them to leave a newspaper in their tube," Pitt said Tuesday. "That wonderful, small voice inside me said, `This isn't right.'"
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1366983~Newspaper_carrier_finds_woman_pinned_by_husband_s_dead_body.html
  
  
• True Love...
  Short, amusing story on a young mans altered perspective of true love.
  http://www.thisisby.us/index.php/content/true_love_5
  
  
• Police say Austrian man raped daughter, fathered 6 children
  A woman who went missing in 1984 was found by police over the weekend and told investigators that she had been held by her father in a cellar, where she was repeatedly raped and gave birth to at least six children, police said Sunday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1363262~Police_say_Austrian_man_raped_daughter__fathered_6_children.html
  
  
• Solar system could go haywire before the Sun dies
  How will life on Earth end? The answer, of course, is unknown, but two new studies suggest a collision with Mercury or Mars could doom life long before the Sun swells into a red giant and bakes the planet to a crisp in about 5 billion years.
  http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn13757-solar-system-could-go-haywire-before-the-sun-dies.html
  
  
• Surgeons remove 125-pound belly from Russian woman
  When Natalya M. was rushed to a hospital in Voronezh, Russia, the doctors didn’t believe their eyes – the woman had a gigantic skin-fat growth on her belly that didn’t let her walk normally. It was 36 inches long and weighed 125 pounds.
  http://english.pravda.ru/science/health/104995-belly_russian_woman-0
  
  
• The First Salvo In The Next Nuremberg
  A Daily Kos diarist and several other citizens were able to question John Ashcroft last night on the subject of torture. His denials were outright revealing and show the nervousness these people feel.
  http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/first-salvo-in-next-nuremberg-by-dday.html
  
  
• Priest floats off under party balloons
  A CATHOLIC priest who floated away under hundreds of helium balloons in a bid to raise money for his parish is missing off Brazil. Only pieces of the party balloons have been found by searchers looking for Reverend Adelir Antonio de Carli off the coast of Santa Catarina state, the Associated Press reported.
  http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23579179-2,00.html
  
  
• Stephen Hawking: Alien but primitive life likely
  Famed astrophysicist Stephen Hawking has been thinking a lot about the cosmic question, "Are we alone?" The answer is probably not, he says.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1352529~Stephen_Hawking__Alien_but_primitive_life_likely.html
  
  
• Disembowelled, then torn apart: The price of daring to teach girls
  The gunmen came at night to drag Mohammed Halim away from his home, in front of his crying children and his wife begging for mercy. The 46-year-old schoolteacher tried to reassure his family that he would return safely. But his life was over, he was part-disembowelled and then torn apart with his arms and legs tied to motorbikes, the remains put on display as a warning to others against defying Taliban orders to stop educating girls.
  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/disembowelled-then-torn-apart-the-price-of-daring-to-teach-girls-426241.html
  
  
• Open Letter to a victim of Ben Stein's lying propaganda
  Richard Dawkins responds to a letter sent to him by a Jew who had just watch Ben Steins movie "Expelled".
  http://www.richarddawkins.net/article,2488,Open-Letter-to-a-victim-of-Ben-Steins-lying-propaganda,Richard-Dawkins
  
  
• 10,000yo spruce is world's oldest tree
  Researchers have discovered a spruce with genetic material dating back 9,550 years in the Fulu mountain in Dalarna, central Sweden, according to Leif Kullman, a professor of physical geography at Umeaa University. That would mean it had taken root in roughly the year 7,542 BC.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/18/2221489.htm
  
  
• Researchers eye farm waste as energy
  A team of researchers including Washington University professor Muthanna Al-Dahhan used imaging technology to study how microorganisms break down manure. They found that vigorous mixing helps the process. The goal is to produce a simple method that farmers can use to treat their waste and generate energy.
  http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/04/17/waste.fuel.ap/index.html
  
  
• Man who claimed dog was imposter reunited with right pooch
  Ken Griggs finally brought the right dog home. More than two weeks after the Lake Oswego man claimed a boarding kennel returned the wrong dog after spring break, he and his family were reunited with their black Labrador named Callie.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1346806~Man_who_claimed_dog_was_imposter_reunited_with_right_pooch.html
  
  
• 13-year-old charged with felony
  A Morton Middle School eighth-grader faces felony charges after putting crumbled peanut butter cookies in the lunch box of another student with a severe allergy to peanuts.
  http://www.kentucky.com/779/story/380893.html
  
  
• Blind Man Barred From Train
  Mark McClenaghan, was barred from boarding a train with his guide dog Tuesday. Mark, who is blind, was on his way home to Edinburgh from Aberdeen in Scotland when First Scotway officials prevented him from boarding a sleeper train. He was told that his guide dog could not board because she might pass on fleas, germs, or mites.
  http://www.disaboom.com/Blogs/disabled_politico/archive/2008/04/18/blind-man-barred-from-train.aspx
  
  
• Turning the Tables
  A CITIZEN who watched a cop illegally park, then walk into a Chinese restaurant to wait for his food, has issued the officer a series of citizen-initiated parking violations.
  http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/Content?oid=753233&category=22101
  
  
• Drunk Russian sleeps off knifing
  A Russian man trying to sleep off a night of after-work drinking failed to notice a six-inch (15-cm) knife in his back - until his wife woke him up.
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7353025.stm
  
  
• Suspending Life
  If almost every species on Earth was killed some 250 million years ago, how did our ancient ancestors survive and evolve into us?
  http://www.seedmagazine.com/news/2008/04/suspending_life.php
  
  
• Obama calls elitism attack "political silly season"
  Presidential hopeful Barack Obama, accused of being elitist for remarks he made about small-town American voters, said on Tuesday the slap at his background is amusing and signals a nation in the midst of "political silly season."
  http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN1516902320080415
  
  
• The world's rubbish dump: a garbage tip that stretches from Hawaii to Japan
  A "plastic soup" of waste floating in the Pacific Ocean is growing at an alarming rate and now covers an area twice the size of the continental United States, scientists have said. The vast expanse of debris – in effect the world's largest rubbish dump – is held in place by swirling underwater currents. This drifting "soup" stretches from about 500 nautical miles off the Californian coast, across the northern Pacific, past Hawaii and almost as far as Japan.
  http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/the-worlds-rubbish-dump-a-garbage-tip-that-stretches-from-hawaii-to-japan-778016.html
  
  
• Clinton Heckled, Obama Cheered Over 'Bitter' Remarks
  The Clinton and Obama campaigns clearly have one thing in common in the wake of Barack Obama's "bitter" remarks: both sides believe the incident provides their candidates with the means to go on the offensive, with Clinton working to paint Obama as "elitist" and Obama seeking to demonstrate that he is "in touch" with the needs of working-class America.
  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/14/need-headline_n_96578.html
  
  
• Nuked coral reef bounces back
  What does a coral reef look like 50 years after being nuked? Not so bad, it seems. Coconuts growing on Bikini Atoll haven't fared so well, however.
  http://environment.newscientist.com/article/dn13668-nuked-coral-reef-bounces-back.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news1_head
  
  
• Virgin Media CEO attacks net neutrality
  Virgin Media CEO Neil Berkett has attacked the principle of net neutrality, whereby internet service providers do not interfere with or degrade the speed at which content is delivered from websites to consumers, branding it as "bollocks".
  http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/digitaltv/a93556/virgin-media-ceo-attacks-net-neutrality.html
  
  
• Tree man 'who grew roots' hopes to marry after 4lb of warts removed
  The 'The Tree Man of Java’ is hoping to get married after doctors performed four major operations to hack away the bark-like tissue sprouting from his hands and feet.
  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/11/wtreeman111.xml
  
  
• Two hundred-millionaires attack Obama for being “out of touch”
  A quick glance at the estimated net worth of each candidate pretty much tells you all you need to know about who is closest to the average American. I’ll go out on a limb and guess that neither Hillary Clinton nor John McCain have driven a vehicle for themselves, folded their own laundry, or gone into a grocery store and purchased a carton of milk in decades.
  http://trainwreckpolitics.com/2008/04/12/two-hundred-millionaires-attack-obama-for-being-out-of-touch/
  
  
• Judge Doubles Bond For Teen Suspects In Videotaped Beating
  On their own videotape, six Polk County girls laughed in another girl's face as they beat her so badly she was hospitalized. Friday in court, they hung their heads in shame.
  http://www.wftv.com/news/15858324/detail.html
  
  
• Catch the Moment
  Remember to always have a camera with you because you never know what shot will become the next most viewed picture on the Internet.
  http://funtasticus.com/20080409/catch-the-moment/
  
  
• The Man Who Lost His Name—and His Genetic Identity
  An inspiring story about a man who had his identity stolen while he was fighting for his life against cancer.
  http://discovermagazine.com/2008/apr/09-the-man-who-lost-his-name-and-his-genetic-identity
  
  
• The Fabulous Fraudulent Life of Jocelyn and Ed
  They took the ultimate criminal joy ride — two college-age kids on a nonstop jet-set scam to flaunt their outlaw romance all over the world
  http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/19614813/the_fabulous_fraudulent_life_of_jocelyn_and_ed
  
  
• Girl dies after being beaten with video game controller
  A 2-year-old girl died after being beaten with a video game controller by her mother's boyfriend, police said Tuesday.
  http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/08/toddler.beater.ap/index.html
  
  
• Costa Rica Is 99% Powered By Renewable Energy
  Costa Rica is a country rich with renewable energy. In fact, it gets about 99% of all its electrical energy from clean sources, and it’s aiming to be the first country to become carbon neutral (more about that below). Some of Costa Rica’s energy sources include geothermal energy, the burning of sugarcane waste and other biomass, solar and wind energy. However, the largest source of energy is hydroelectricity — its hydroelectric dams provide more than 82% of the country’s electricity.
  http://www.metaefficient.com/renewable-power/costa-rica-is-99-powered-by-renewable-energy.html
  
  
• How I Ruined My Neighbor's Christmas, New Years, and Birthdays for Years to Come...
  An amusing writeup about a homeowner catching his neighbor stealing from his garage.
  http://www.ubersite.com/m/81738
  
  
• Joe Biden Just Obliterated Every Administration Argument About Iraq
  That was a very significant moment at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings with Amb. Ryan Crocker and Gen. David Petraeus. Joe Biden asked Amb. Crocker where it would be better for American national security interests to eliminate Al Qaeda in Iraq or Al Qaeda along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. Crocker had nowhere to hide with that question.
  http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/4/8/16713/15995/923/492332
  
  
• Affidavit: Report of child brides led to raid
  Tipped that girls as young as 13 were being forced to enter "spiritual marriages," have sex and bear children, Texas officials raided an isolated polygamist retreat in West Texas, according to court documents released Tuesday.
  http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/08/texas.ranch/index.html
  
  
• Millions in cash found hidden in walls
  BUNDLES of cash totalling as much as $5 million, discovered in police raids, are believed to be the profits from drug dealing and gun trafficking.
  http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23510587-5001028,00.html
  
  
• Bees swarm police in sting operation
  ABOUT 100 police officers in Mexico were forced to bolt from an open-air firing range when they were attacked - and stung - by swarming killer bees.
  http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23511149-5001028,00.html
  
  
• Look at Me! I'm a Big Strong Boy!
  Steroids make you big and strong and throw a ball like Roger Clemens. Do you know what else happens? A firsthand account from a man who will never do it again.
  http://www.esquire.com/features/steroids-0408
  
  
• How it Used to Look Like 100 Years Ago
  A revealing and fascinating set of pictures, showing how things looked 100 years ago compared to how they look now.
  http://www.uphaa.com/blog/index.php/old-building/
  
  
• Pizza Delivery guy shoots teens who attempt to rob him.
  A pizza delivery driver shot two teens who tried to rob him east of downtown Detroit Thursday night, Detroit Police said.
  http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080327/NEWS01/80328001/1003
  
  
• Newly discovered 'superinsulators' promise to transform materials research, electronics design
  Superinsulation may sound like a marketing gimmick for a drafty attic or winter coat. But it is actually a newly discovered fundamental state of matter created by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory in collaboration with several European institutions. This discovery opens new directions of inquiry in condensed matter physics and breaks ground for a new generation of microelectronics.
  http://www.matternews.com/research/Newly_discovered_superinsulators_promise_to_transform_materials_research_electronics_design.asp
  
  
• Why I Let My 9-Year-Old Ride the Subway Alone
  Was I worried? Yes, a tinge. But it didn’t strike me as that daring, either. Isn’t New York as safe now as it was in 1963? It’s not like we’re living in downtown Baghdad.
  http://www.nysun.com/news/why-i-let-my-9-year-old-ride-subway-alone
  
  
• Faith-healing parents charged in baby's death
  OREGON CITY, Ore. - A couple whose church preaches against medical care are facing criminal charges after their young daughter died of an infection that authorities said went untreated.
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23882698/
  
  
• Is Microsoft really any more trustworthy?
  Lately, Microsoft has been trying really, really hard to appear as open source's best friend. All I can say is: "With friends like these, who needs enemies?"
  http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS5008032165.html
  
  
• Algae: 'The ultimate in renewable energy'
  Texas may be best known for "Big Oil." But the oil that could some day make a dent in the country's use of fossil fuels is small. Microscopic, in fact: algae. Literally and figuratively, this is green fuel.
  http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/04/01/algae.oil/index.html
  
  
• Ancient Gold Necklace Discovered in Peru
  The earliest known gold jewelry made in the Americas has been discovered in southern Peru. The gold necklace, made nearly 4,000 years ago, was found in a burial site near Lake Titicaca, researchers report in Tuesday's issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1312253~Ancient_Gold_Necklace_Discovered_in_Peru.html
  
  
• Clay tablet holds clue to asteroid mystery
  British scientists have deciphered a mysterious ancient clay tablet and believe they have solved a riddle over a giant asteroid impact more than 5,000 years ago.
  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/03/31/scitablet131.xml
  
  
• Archaeologists Start Stonehenge Dig
  Some of England's most sacred soil was disturbed Monday for the first time in more than four decades as archaeologists worked to solve the enduring riddle of Stonehenge: When and why was the prehistoric monument built?
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1311982~Archaeologists_Start_Stonehenge_Dig.html
  
  
• What Every American Should Know About the Middle East
  Most in the United States don’t know much about the Middle East or the people that live there. This lack of knowledge hurts our ability to understand world events and, consequently, our ability to hold intelligent opinions about those events. For example, frighteningly few know the difference between Sunni and Shia Muslims, and most think the words “Arab” and “Muslim” are pretty much interchangeable. They aren’t. So here’s a very brief primer aimed at raising the level of knowledge about the region to an absolute minimum.
  http://dmiessler.com/blog/what-every-american-should-know-about-the-middle-east
  
  
• Why the female flirt is wasting her time
  Some girls merely flutter their eyelashes. Others snuggle up close and play footsie, while the really forward type might venture a touch on the thigh. But whatever the method of flirting it just doesn't work with most men, claim researchers.
  http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=550208&in_page_id=1770
  
  
• The Last Fishing
  The bunch of guys have came for some fishing. They parked their cars and went to the frozen lake to make some holes and enjoy the process. But when they got back it came out that the lake was not so frozen.
  http://englishrussia.com/?p=1823
  
  
• Woman Killed By Stingray in Keys
  A 75-pound stingray killed a Michigan woman Thursday when it flew out of the water and struck her in the face as she rode in a boat in the Florida Keys, officials said.
  http://wjno.com/cc-common/iteam/blog/?p=12
  
  
• Student Urinates in Lunch Box in Class
  A teacher was put on paid leave Tuesday while officials investigate why a student urinated in a lunch box during her class.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1287124~Student_Urinates_in_Lunch_Box_in_Class.html
  
  
• A few thoughts on cat baths…by The Cat
  Some great pictures of cats in the bath. If you've ever tried to give a cat a bath... you'll understand.
  http://emailfromgrandma.com/2008/03/17/washing-cats/
  
  
• Enticing elderly to give up driving
  TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo businesses are to start offering benefits to elderly people who give up their drivers' licences, backing a police effort to cut back on the ballooning number of traffic accidents caused by drivers over 65.
  http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSN1818484520080318
  
  
• For Sale: My life in Oz... including a house, job, motorbike, clothes, and, of course, a barbie!
  Ian Usher loves his life in Perth, Australia. But since his wife, Laura, was part of that life and the couple have split up, he has decided to offer it, lock, stock and barrel to the highest bidder.
  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/for-sale-my-life-in-oz-including-a-house-job-motorbike-clothes-and-of-course-a-barbie-796864.html
  
  
• Brother 'confessed to killing parents', court told
  A Sydney man on trial for the stabbing murders of his mother and father has told the New South Wales Supreme Court his brother confessed to the killings before setting their mother's body on fire.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/03/18/2192667.htm
  
  
• Contractor warned city about crane but was blown off
  A retired contractor warned the city 12 days ago the doomed crane on E. 51st St. wasn't properly braced, but the Buildings Department blew him off after making a cursory check.
  http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2008/03/16/2008-03-16_contractor_warned_city_about_crane_but_w.html
  
  
• Crane Topples in Manhattan, Killing at Least 4 People
  A large crane at a construction site on Manhattan’s East Side collapsed Saturday afternoon, killing at least four people and injuring more than 10, officials at the scene said.
  http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/15/nyregion/15cnd-crane.html
  
  
• 'Spam king' pleads guilty to federal wire fraud
  SEATTLE - A man once described as one of the world's top e-mail spammers pleaded guilty Friday to federal charges of mail fraud, wire fraud and failure to file a tax return.
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23641660/
  
  
• Funny News Stories
  Here are a lot of funny/weird news blurbs and headlines.
  http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/quotes/funny_news.html
  
  
• Navy to focus only on open systems
  The Navy will acquire only systems based on open technologies and standards. Vice Adm. Mark Edwards, deputy chief of naval operations for communications. “The days of proprietary technology must come to an end,” he said. “We will no longer accept systems that couple hardware, software and data.”
  http://www.fcw.com/online/news/151858-1.html
  
  
• Case of Illinois Mother on Trial for Leaving Child in Car for Minutes Sparks Debate
  Treffly Coyne was out of her car for just minutes and no more than 10 yards away. But that was long and far enough to land her in court after a police officer spotted her sleeping 2-year-old daughter alone in the vehicle; Coyne had taken her two older daughters to pour $8.29 in coins into a Salvation Army kettle.
  http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,337012,00.html
  
  
• Tatt artist fed up with parking
  Tales of parking-ticket woes are bountiful in Baltimore, but none might equal the travails of local tattoo artist Seth Ciferri, 33, whose ongoing battle with the city’s parking agents landed him in jail, on probation and thousands of dollars poorer.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1075062~Tatt_artist_fed_up_with_parking.html
  
  
• Goth clothes 'prompted killing'
  A 15-year-old boy kicked and stamped to death a woman because she was dressed as a Goth, a court heard.
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/lancashire/7291985.stm
  
  
• Woman spent 2 years sitting on boyfriend’s toilet
  A 35-year-old woman who apparently spent two years in her boyfriend's bathroom in Ness City had become stuck to the toilet seat, authorities said Wednesday.
  http://www.kansascity.com/news/breaking_news/story/527676.html
  
  
• Man rushing for medical help arrested and jailed
  Tampa, Florida - "It's awful that he was treated like that, it's inhumane if you ask me." That's how Randy Brannon describes what happened to his father as he was trying to drive to a walk-in doctor's clinic on Monday to be treated for pneumonia. Mark Brannon, whose family says he blacked out as he was driving, allegedly told the deputy he was sick and in need of medical help. But instead of getting medical assistance, Brannon -- who does take pain medication -- was arrested for DUI.
  http://www.tampabays10.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=75927
  
  
• 11 Examples Of Redneck Improvisation
  Just because you don’t have exactly what you need for a job doesn’t mean you should quit. Square pegs, round holes, who gives a damn amirite?
  http://www.photobasement.com/11-examples-of-redneck-improvisation/
  
  
• If Celebs Moved to Oklahoma
  Some pictures of celebrities if they lived in oklahoma. Funny.
  http://www.wintrest.com/if-celebs-moved-to-oklahoma/
  
  
• Thrift store worker finds $30,000 in cash, returns it
  A thrift store worker in Southern California says she didn't think twice about returning $30,000 she found in donated clothing.
  http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/09/money.found.ap/index.html
  
  
• Senators: Where is Iraq's oil money going?
  Two senators are asking congressional investigators to look at Iraq's oil revenues and see if the war-ravaged nation can pay for its own reconstruction, an effort that has been bankrolled to this point mostly by U.S. taxpayers.
  http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/08/iraq.main/index.html
  
  
• Crews digging out in Midwest as storm roars east
  Highway and utility crews worked overtime Sunday to recover from the huge storm that buried Ohio and other parts of the Midwest in snow and tore down power lines elsewhere.
  http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/03/08/march.snowstorm.ap/index.html
  
  
• California cows start passing gas to the grid
  Imagine a vat of liquid cow manure covering the area of five football fields and 33 feet deep. Meet California's most alternative new energy.
  http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSN0440606220080305?rpc=64&pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0
  
  
• Police Follow Footprints to Nab Suspect
  When wintery weather strikes, police don't spend all their time dealing with motorists who can't adapt. On Tuesday in Springdale, an alarm sounded at 5 a.m. at a Papa John's Pizza outlet. Police saw that the door had been forced, but a better clue was on the ground - footprints in the snow.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1260792~Police_Follow_Footprints_to_Nab_Suspect.html
  
  
• Earth's rotation may account for wayward spacecraft
  A mysterious phenomenon causing small, unexpected deviations in robotic spacecraft trajectories near Earth may be a step closer to an explanation. Scientists have come up with a mathematical formula that successfully reproduces all the known occurrences of the effect, and they suspect the Earth's rotation may somehow be to blame.
  http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn13411-earths-rotation-may-account-for-wayward-spacecraft.html
  
  
• The cold price of hot blood
  A devastating new book reveals that Iraq will cost the U.S. at least $3 trillion. Will Americans check their pocketbooks the next time a president tries to sell them on a cheap, glorious war?
  http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2008/03/04/trillion_dollar_war/index.html
  
  
• How Insanely Lucky Is This Guy?
  After losing control on a patch of ice, this pickup truck is literally hanging on with only a tiny piece of metal. It's a 70 foot drop to the bottom of the river.
  http://www.wreckedexotics.com/special/pickup/
  
  
• Earth and Moon, from Mars
  We were 192 million kilometers (115 million miles) from Mars when HiRISE turned around and took this picture.
  http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2008/03/03/earth-and-moon-from-mars/
  
  
• Feds warn states of ID deadline, travel hassles
  Homeland Security officials are pushing recalcitrant states to adopt stricter driver's license standards to end a standoff that could disrupt domestic air travel.
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23456198/
  
  
• Uncle beheads toddler in supermarket
  A MAN beheaded his 15-month-old nephew in front of his mother in a supermarket in Saudi Arabia apparently after a family dispute, newspapers reported.
  http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23316075-401,00.html
  
  
• Man Gets Shot to Avoid Work
  What happened to faking a cough? Sheriff's detectives in Franklin County said a man had his friend shoot him in the shoulder so he wouldn't have to go to work.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1255904~Police__Man_Gets_Shot_to_Avoid_Work.html
  
  
• History's Greatest Replies
  Any attempt to compile history's greatest replies—or history's greatest anything, for that matter—is fraught with difficulty, so it might be more accurate to refer to the replies that follow as simply my all-time favorites.
  http://www.drmardy.com/repartee/historygreatreplies.shtml
  
  
• Teens jailed for child porn photographs
  The court was dismissing an appeal by a former student caught at a prestigious private school with photographs of his girlfriend raping her nine-year-old sister.
  http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23315728-2,00.html
  
  
• Cannibals Jailed For Eating Dinner Party Friend
  The monsters told cops: "We had nothing against him personally - we just wanted to see what human meat tasted like."
  http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/2008/03/01/cannibals-jailed-for-eating-dinner-party-friend-86908-20336133/?
  
  
• Canadian blues guitarist Jeff Healey dies at 41
  Legendary blues and jazz guitarist Jeff Healey has died, his publicist said Sunday. The Canadian musician had battled cancer his entire life.
  http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080302/jeff_healey_080302/20080302?hub=TopStories
  
  
• Worst parents in the world punk kid into thinking he got an Xbox 360
  When you were a kid did your parents ever do anything mean to you for their own amusement? Whatever it was, something tells us it wasn't as evil as what Jonathan's (above) family did on Christmas morning, having him unwrap an empty Xbox box with some shirts inside -- while on video, mind you -- and then everyone laughing at him when he got upset and cried over being hoodwinked.
  http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/29/worst-parents-in-the-world-punk-kid-into-thinking-he-got-an-xbox/
  
  
• Another Full Iron Man Trailer Launches - Holy Shit!
  Just when you thought this incredible day was over, Iron Man decides to drop in and make one hell of an appearance! A brand new two-and-a-half minute trailer for Iron Man has just launched over at MySpace and it's epic.
  http://www.firstshowing.net/2008/02/28/another-full-iron-man-trailer-launches-holy-sht/
  
  
• Hospital: 5 injured in explosion at Illinois shopping plaza
  Mannequins, broken glass and debris littered the street Thursday after a midday explosion at a small strip mall that injured several people, collapsed roofs and left mounds of rubble in a Chicago, Illinois, suburb.
  http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/02/28/plaza.explosion/index.html
  
  
• 'American Hot Rod' star dead
  Car-building legend Boyd Coddington, whose testosterone-injected cable TV reality show "American Hot Rod" introduced the nation to the West Coast hot rod guru, has died. He was 63.
  http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/28/obit.coddington.ap/index.html
  
  
• Mummified nuns found in convent walls
  The mummified remains of two nuns, the head of one lying on the shoulder of the other, have been found in the walls of a Sao Paulo convent in Brazil, media reported
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/02/28/2175082.htm
  
  
• Treasure hunters dig for Hitler's gold
  Digging has resumed at a site in the southeastern German town of Deutschneudorf, where treasure hunters believe there are almost 2 tons of Nazi gold and possibly clues to the whereabouts of the legendary Amber Room, a prize taken from a Russian castle during World War II.
  http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/02/26/nazi.gold/index.html
  
  
• Voyager 1 - Still Operational After 31 Years In Space
  The Voyager 1 spacecraft, launched September 5, 1977, is still operational today. It visited Jupiter and Saturn years ago and is now the farthest human-made object from Earth, traveling away from both the Earth and the Sun at a relatively faster speed than any other probe. At the current distance, signals from Voyager 1 take more than fourteen hours to reach the Earth.
  http://www.galaxiki.org/web/main/_blog/all/voyager-1---still-operational-after-31-years-in-space.shtml
  
  
• German Cleans Up Glacier Graffiti
  WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A German tourist caught spraying graffiti on the rocks and ice face of New Zealand's Franz Josef Glacier was forced to clean up his handiwork, local media reported Tuesday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1241545~German_Cleans_Up_Glacier_Graffiti.html
  
  
• Computers still confused by the apostrophe
  It can stop you from voting, destroy your dental appointments, make it difficult to rent a car or book a flight, even interfere with your college exams.
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23284094/
  
  
• Top 5 most anticipated games of 2008
  Last year was a blockbuster year for video games and, amazingly, 2008 is shaping up to be even bigger. Here’s a look at some of the upcoming titles we can’t wait to get our hands on.
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23268719/
  
  
• Microsoft pulls plug on HD DVD players
  Microsoft Corp. said it will stop making HD DVD players for its Xbox 360 video game system after Toshiba Corp. ceded the high-definition video format battle to Sony Corp.'s Blu-ray.
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23323919/
  
  
• Virgin Flies Biofueled Jet From London
  The world's first commercial flight powered by biofuel has taken off from Heathrow Airport.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1239013~Virgin_Flies_Biofueled_Jet_From_London.html
  
  
• Man Clings to Girlfriend's Car in Fight
  A man fighting with his girlfriend clung to a car roof and punched her through the window as she drove more than a mile on a busy road, hitting several other cars, police said.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1239035~Man_Clings_to_Girlfriend_s_Car_in_Fight.html
  
  
• Marlins want fat men who can dance
  MIAMI - The Florida Marlins are looking for some footloose fat men. The National League team is creating an all-male, plus-size cheerleading squad to be dubbed the Manatees. Tryouts were scheduled for Sunday.
  http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080223/ap_on_fe_st/odd_fat_cheerleaders
  
  
• When two galaxies collide!
  These two mighty galaxies are pulling each other apart. Known as " The Mice" because they have such long tails, each spiral galaxy has likely already passed through the other.
  http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080224.html
  
  
• Tunnel House
  Incredible and beautiful installation by artists Dan Havel and Dean Ruck a few months before this house was to be demolished…. I’m guessing they saw any opportunity to do something freaking crazy cool to a space that was going to be destroyed and turned this old house into a trippy wooden warp zone!
  http://www.designverb.com/2007/06/11/tunnel-house
  
  
• Running out of gas?
  Today, rising oil prices and global warming are convulsing an industry addicted to cheap, abundant petroleum. Auto companies, already hurt in 2007 by the lowest U.S. demand in a decade, are struggling to perfect cars that run on ethanol, diesel, natural gas, hydrogen and household electricity.
  http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2004197471_oil24.html
  
  
• Let us bow our heads in thanks for atheists
  Nonbelievers know a lot about Christianity and Judaism, most having been raised in religious families. Believers, however, are somewhat less clued-in about atheists. Here are a few simple truths about who they are, and aren’t.
  http://www.kansascity.com/273/story/501516.html
  
  
• Is Ricky Really a Sex Offender?
  When Ricky was 16, he went to a teen club and met a girl named Amanda, who said she was the same age. They hit it off and were eventually having sex. At the time Ricky thought it was a pretty normal high school romance. Two years later, Ricky is a registered sex offender, and his life is destroyed.
  http://www.lacitybeat.com/cms/story/detail/is_ricky_really_a_sex_offender/6726/
  
  
• Baby left to die for 8 days
  Benjamin Sargent died with his eyes open, fists clenched and strapped into a car seat after eight days without food or water, the county's top prosecutor said Wednesday.
  http://www.pjstar.com/stories/022108/TRI_BFRH57AL.064.php
  
  
• Man Fired for Posting 'Dilbert' Comic at Work
  An Iowa man fired for posting a "Dilbert" comic strip at work that made fun of bosses is getting the last laugh — with the help of "Dilbert's" creator. In the fall, Dave Steward posted the comic strip on an office bulletin board at the Catfish Bend Casino in Iowa. In the comic, Dilbert asks, "Why does it seem as if most of the decisions in my workplace are made by drunken lemurs?"
  http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/WaterCooler/story?id=4323900
  
  
• The Milky Way is twice the size we thought it was
  It took just a couple of hours using data available on the internet for University of Sydney scientists to discover that the Milky Way is twice as wide as previously thought.
  http://www.usyd.edu.au/news/84.html?newsstoryid=2163
  
  
• Neighbors Clash Over Trees, Solar Power
  In an environmental dispute seemingly scripted for eco-friendly California, a man asked prosecutors to file charges against his neighbors because their towering redwoods blocked sunlight to his backyard solar panels.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1231540~Neighbors_Clash_Over_Trees__Solar_Power.html
  
  
• A4 Papercut
  Extreme paper craft. Very cool.
  http://www.petercallesen.com/index/A4PAPERCUT_000.htm
  
  
• Netflix opts for Blu-ray high-def DVDs
  Netflix Inc., the online movie rental company, said Monday it is switching exclusively to the Blu-ray format for high-definition DVDs, following four major movie studios in selecting the Sony technology over one pushed by Toshiba Corp.
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23110291/
  
  
• Hopes rise for finding alien Earths
  Rocky planets like Earth could be found around most sunlike stars in our galaxy, new research suggests, further raising hopes that scientists will someday find E.T. or at least primitive life beyond our solar system.
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23212185/
  
  
• Hi-def battle ends as Toshiba quits HD DVD
  Toshiba said Tuesday it will no longer develop, make or market HD DVD players and recorders, handing a victory to rival Blu-ray disc technology in the format battle for next-generation video.
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23204819/
  
  
• Ailing Castro steps down as Cuba’s leader
  Ailing leader Fidel Castro resigned as Cuba’s president early Tuesday after nearly a half-century in power, saying in a letter published in online official media that he would not accept a new term when the newly elected parliament meets on Sunday.
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23229795/
  
  
• How Not To Release A Bear
  These guys are 'attempting' to release a bear into the wild...
  http://www.rense.com/general80/bear.htm
  
  
• Some very nice photography of junkyard cars.
  Night photography of the abandoned west.
  http://www.designshed.com/lostamerica/index.html
  
  
• James Bond fanatic creates underwater car
  Q would have been proud - 30 years after James Bond disappeared under the waves in a specially adapted Lotus, car designers have done it for real.
  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/02/14/ncar114.xml
  
  
• Why YOU should want to legalize marijuana
  Informative article on reasons why YOU should want marijuana legalized. Even if you don't support marijuana consumption, the resources used to control this harmless plant is ridiculous and could be better used on other things, such as reducing violent crimes.
  http://classicilliterature.blogspot.com/2008/02/why-you-should-want-to-legalize.html
  
  
• 18 shot, gunman killed self at Northern Illinois University
  A person shot 18 people Thursday at Northern Illinois University's DeKalb campus outside Chicago, then fatally shot himself, the school said, citing police. Many victims were shot in the head, said Theresa Comitas, spokeswoman for Kishwaukee Community Hospital, about 10 minutes from the school.
  http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/02/14/university.shooting/index.html
  
  
• top 9 unique structures soon to be built
  9 strange and unique structures which have either been approved or are in the final stages of approval. some have already been partially constructed.
  http://deputy-dog.com/2007/11/22/top-9-unique-structures-soon-to-be-built/
  
  
• Sometimes you get the tree, sometimes the tree gets you.
  some cool picture of things “swallowed” by trees
  http://elitefeet.com/2008/02/12/seen-while-running-eaten-by-trees/
  
  
• Farthest Galaxy Found, Perhaps
  Astronomers have glimpsed what may be the farthest galaxy we've ever seen, providing a picture of a baby galaxy born soon after the beginning of the universe.
  http://www.livescience.com/space/scienceastronomy/080212-farthest-galaxy.html
  
  
• Gunman's note: 'The truth will come out'
  A gunman carrying a grudge against City Hall left a suicide note on his bed warning "the truth will come out in the end," before he went on a deadly shooting spree at a council meeting, his brother told The Associated Press on Friday
  http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080208/ap_on_re_us/missouri_shooting;_ylt=AtlOq2Hf05rruUbFHpc0ONms0NUE
  
  
• Body Lay in UK Apartment for 8 Years
  Workers responding to neighbors' complaints of a bad smell coming from an apartment in western England discovered a body that lay decomposing on a couch for years while another resident lived there, officials said Friday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1209444~Body_Lay_in_UK_Apartment_for_8_Years.html
  
  
• Boy, 15, Charged With Killing Family
  A 15-year-old boy was charged with murder Sunday in the shooting deaths of his parents and two younger brothers in their suburban Baltimore home.
  http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gkB1qlkpwvAGlNzXgfDTPP3f1OSgD8UJ1F401
  
  
• US Navy Tests High-Powered Electromagnetic Railgun
  A futuristic weapon getting a trial run by the Navy demonstrated its destructive power at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Dahlgren. In the demonstration Thursday, engineers fired the electromagnetic railgun at what they said was a record power level: 10 megajoules.
  http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,327205,00.html
  
  
• Microsoft wants to purchase Yahoo
  Microsoft has offered to buy the search engine company Yahoo for $44.6bn in cash and shares.
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7222114.stm
  
  
• New Solar Panel Technology Stylish and Sustainable
  The new cell technology combines nanoparticles and organic dyes that can be produced in any number of colors and designs.
  http://www.enn.com/energy/article/30372
  
  
• Delta fined for failing to give flight arrival data
  Federal regulators Monday fined Delta Air Lines Inc. $115,000 for failing to respond to customer requests for on-time arrival data of its flights.
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21889873/
  
  
• Texas targets cell phone use by gangs
  A Texas lawmaker said Thursday he plans to target international gangs by going after technology that has kept them a step ahead of law enforcement: prepaid cellular telephones.
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22940064/
  
  
• XLII things to expect on Super Bowl Sunday
  Lo and behold, it’s Super Bowl XLII. It doesn’t seem that long ago that it was Super Bowl XLI. My, how quickly an “I” can zip by.
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22924815/
  
  
• I Help You and Then You Steal My Car?
  Longtime friends Chase Torgerson and Cody Charpentier were driving along a northwestern Minnesota highway near Wilton when they saw a car fly through the air and crash into a median. They jumped out to help - only to turn around moments later and see one of the passengers from the crashed car hop into Torgerson's vehicle and peel away. And, to make matters worse, the car thief rolled Torgerson's car, totalling it, just about 800 yards down the road on Highway 2.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1193457~I_Help_You_and_Then_You_Steal_My_Car_.html
  
  
• Cops: Woman Made Up 'Cattle Prod' Story
  A woman who told police she had been stunned with a "cattle prod" by a man impersonating a police officer made up the incident, officials said Thursday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1193347~Cops__Woman_Made_Up__Cattle_Prod__Story.html
  
  
• Turns Out It Wasn't Just False Labor...
  A woman who had been told that her pains were false labor pains gave birth in the driveway of her home. Charryse Brooks, 25, had gone to a hospital about 2 a.m. Sunday because she thought she might be in the early stages of labor. She wasn't due with her first child until Feb. 22.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1190878~Turns_Out_It_Wasn_t_Just_False_Labor___.html
  
  
• 'Quake Wars' is a gorgeous, well-crafted game
  Online title is easy for newbies — and plenty challenging for veterans
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21313807/
  
  
• Quiz: Test your science knowledge.
  Whether it’s with asteroids, waves or live rockets, this is your chance to make a major impact when you test your science and space smarts.
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10790555/
  
  
• Large spy satellite could hit North America
  The U.S. military is developing contingency plans to deal with the possibility that a large spy satellite expected to fall to Earth in late February or early March could hit North America.
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22904031/
  
  
• Pot vending machines take root in Los Angeles
  The city that popularized the fast food drive-thru has a new innovation: 24-hour medical marijuana vending machines.
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22910820/
  
  
• Boy, 11, who was deaf for NINE years regains hearing... after cotton bud pops out of his ear
  For nine years, Jerome Bartens had to cope with the handicap of being half deaf. Ever since he was a toddler, the 11-year-old had been unable to hear anything on his right side and doctors said they were unable to help. Then suddenly the reason for his problems became clear - when the end of a cotton bud popped out of his ear.
  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=510802&in_page_id=1770&ito=1490
  
  
• David Smith weight loss... amazing story.
  David Smith was 630 pounds in 2003 and decided to change his life by going through only carb cycling for weight loss. Now 2007, he weighs at a stunning 229 pounds, losing 401 pounds but still has excess skin on his body. He underwent several surgeries to remove the excess skin and after that he looks just like any other normal guy. Definitely an inspiration for a lot of the unhappy souls out there.
  http://www.hemmy.net/2007/07/02/david-smith-amazing-weight-lost-story/
  
  
• Judge Tells Man to Spend Night on Street
  A judge on Thursday ordered a Salvation Army worker who stole a holiday kettle containing about $250 to spend the night homeless.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1178838~Judge_Tells_Man_to_Spend_Night_on_Street.html
  
  
• Google Combats Domain Name Loophole
  The online advertising leader Google Inc. said Friday it would help make it less lucrative to tie up millions of Internet addresses using a loophole and keep those domain names from legitimate individuals and businesses. Over the next few weeks, Google will start looking for names that are repeatedly registered and dropped within a five-day grace period for full refunds.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1180410~Google_Combats_Domain_Name_Loophole.html
  
  
• Photo Clues Lead to Camera's Owner
  At dusk on New Year's Eve, Erika Gunderson got into a taxi in New York City and entered a digital-age mystery. Sitting on the back seat was a nice Canon digital camera. Gunderson asked the driver which previous passenger might have left it, but the cabbie didn't seem to care. So Gunderson brought it home and showed it to her fiance, Brian Ascher. They decided that the only right thing to do was to find the owner.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1180454~Photo_Clues_Lead_to_Camera_s_Owner.html
  
  
• In the paper chase, he's coming up short
  A retiree's investigation into toilet-tissue short-sheeting puts quantity claims on the hot seat. The Post does its own probe.
  http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_8083336
  
  
• Rambo, is that you? It’s time to retire
  Is it me or is does it seem like the 1980s all over again? There’s a new “Rambo” film in theaters, there was a “Rocky” film last year, and in a few months a fourth “Indiana Jones” film will be playing in multiplexes across the known universe.
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22732075/
  
  
• Party in luxury at the Super Bowl
  It’s hard to compete for attention with one of the most-watched sporting events in the world, but several destinations in the Super Bowl XLII host town of Glendale, Ariz., and its environs are giving the big game a run for its money.
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22785438/
  
  
• The world's fastest street-legal car
  On Sept. 13, 2007, the Shelby SuperCars' Ultimate Aero became the fastest production car in the world. The event took place on a temporarily closed, two-lane stretch of public highway in Washington State. In accordance with Guinness World Records' strict policies, the car had to drive down the highway, turn around, and make a second pass in the opposite direction within one hour.
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22826327/
  
  
• Blaze at Monte Carlo on the Las Vegas Strip
  A fire on the roof of the Monte Carlo hotel-casino forced guests and gamblers to flee and sent a plume of smoke above the Las Vegas Strip before easing about an hour later, hotel officials said.
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22844444/
  
  
• Paper aeroplane to be dropped 240 miles from International Space Station to Earth
  For most people, it's enough to see their paper plane fly for a few feet. The Japanese, however, want to send one 240 miles... through space. They have revealed plans to launch a heat-resistant version from the international space station and track its descent at up to 15,200mph.
  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/technology/technology.html?in_article_id=509739&in_page_id=1965&ito=1490
  
  
• Actor Heath Ledger dies at 28
  Actor Heath Ledger was found dead Tuesday of a possible drug overdose in a Lower Manhattan apartment, the New York Police Department said. Heath Ledger was unresponsive when a housekeeper found him in a Manhattan apartment Tuesday. The Academy Award nominated actor was 28.
  http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/22/heath.ledger.dead/index.html
  
  
• What a strange place Canada is
  A few days ago, I was interrogated for 90 minutes by Shirlene McGovern, an officer of the government of Alberta. I have been accused of hurting people's feelings because, two years ago, I published the Danish cartoons of Mohammed in the Western Standard magazine.
  http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080120.wcomment0121/BNStory/National/home
  
  
• Burglar finds corpse and calls police
  A Berlin burglar's break-in took an unexpected turn when he stumbled upon a corpse and felt compelled to call the police.
  http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyid=2008-01-18T110355Z_01_N17633788_RTRUKOC_0_US-GERMANY-BURGLAR.xml
  
  
• Army offers to pay as stray rocket hits house
  Russia's military Thursday offered compensation to a homeowner after a small rocket veered off course and hit his country house outside Moscow.
  http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyid=2008-01-17T214205Z_01_N17468665_RTRUKOC_0_US-ROCKET.xml
  
  
• Giant gas cloud to crash into our galaxy
  A gas cloud weighing a million times the mass of the Sun is hurtling towards the Milky Way galaxy and is set to trigger stellar fireworks after it collides in 20 to 40 million years. A ring of stars in the Sun's neighbourhood may be the signature of a previous cloud's impact.
  http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn13179-giant-gas-cloud-to-crash-into-our-galaxy.html
  
  
• Police ask suspect: aren't you dead?
  Police in the Lithuanian city of Klaipeda were baffled to discover that a woman arrested for shoplifting last weekend had been registered as dead a month earlier.
  http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=2008-01-16T134636Z_01_N09592656_RTRUKOC_0_US-CORPSE.xml&WTmodLoc=NewsArt-L3-Oddly Enough NewsNews-3
  
  
• Fleeing Father Mystifies Police
  Police are trying to figure out why a Roosvelt, Long Island man sped away from police in Hempstead, and then jumped out of his car to run - leaving his 2-year-old son in the backseat. Police say the motorist, who was not identified, did not have a record and didn't have any alcohol or drugs on him.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1162755~Fleeing_Father_Mystifies_Police.html
  
  
• Astronomers: Asteroid could hit Mars in January
  A newly discovered hunk of space rock has a 1 in 75 chance of slamming into the red planet on January 30, scientists said Thursday.
  http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/12/21/mars.asteroid.ap/index.html
  
  
• It's official: In Austria, a chimp is not a person
  A chimpanzee cannot be declared a person, Austria's Supreme Court has ruled, activists said Tuesday.
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22670956/
  
  
• Dozens in Texas town report seeing UFO
  In this farming community where nightfall usually brings clear, starry skies, residents are abuzz over reported sightings of what many believe is a UFO.
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22656172/
  
  
• First Korean astronaut to take soil into space
  A South Korean scientist and amateur boxer soon to become his country's first astronaut said on Tuesday he would bring soil from each side of the divided Korean peninsula and mix them together in space during his flight.
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22671743/
  
  
• Dentist pleads guilty to running body-parts ring
  A former dentist has agreed to plead guilty to charges he ran a body-parts ring that desecrated corpses and sold body parts for transplants.
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22672147/
  
  
• Twins separated at birth meet, get married
  LONDON - Twins who were separated at birth got married without realizing they were brother and sister.
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22612314/?gt1=10755
  
  
• Katrina plaintiff seeks $3 quadrillion
  What the heck is a quadrillion?!?!?
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/22573820#22572856
  
  
• Bullet proof your server #2 - SSH
  OpenSSH is pretty secure as it is, but it never hurts to tweak a few settings here and there to make sure the most commonly exploited vectors are covered.
  http://fosswire.com/2008/01/02/bullet-proof-your-server-2-ssh/
  
  
• Top 17 Most Bizarre Sights on Google Earth
  Satellite imagery used to be the exclusive domain of governments and spy agencies, but ever since Google Maps and Google Earth we can all get to see weird things! Fancy a look at Area 51? Wondered what it’s like in downtown Moscow? Or maybe you want to check out the Principality of Sealand? These are just ordinary, everyday things that millions of people use Google Maps and Earth to research every day. But what about the things you weren’t supposed to see, the freaks of camera? Here are 17 of the most bizarre sights for you to laugh at, complete with lat/lons and (where possible) KMLs. Enjoy.
  http://www.geekabout.com/2008-01-03-440/top-17-most-bizarre-sights-on-google-earth.html
  
  
• Couple banned for life from shopping centre and branded 'terrorists' - for taking photos of their grandchildren
  A couple were banned for life from a shopping centre - because they were taking photos of their beloved grandchildren. Kim and Trevor Sparshott were ordered to stop taking photos because they were causing a security threat. They were thrown out of the centre after they took out a camera to snap the look on the youngsters' faces when they turned up unexpectedly.
  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=505649&in_page_id=1770
  
  
• Student Arrested After Cutting Food With Knife
  An elementary student in Marion County was arrested Thursday after school officials found her cutting food during lunch with a knife that she brought from home, police said.
  http://www.local6.com/news/14857286/detail.html
  
  
• Researchers Clone Fluorescent Cats
  Researchers in South Korea have cloned a cat and modified its genes so that it will glow red under ultraviolet light.
  http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,316592,00.html
  
  
• First Palestinian policewomen begin work
  Palestinian pedestrians gawked at the unusual sight of female police officers directing traffic in Ramallah on Wednesday, the first batch of women to venture into a job traditionally reserved for men in the West Bank.
  http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071213/ap_on_re_mi_ea/palestinians_policewomen;_ylt=AubGrxLiyYzIyAjM5NKAEOpvaA8F
  
  
• "w00t" crowned word of year by U.S. dictionary
  "w00t," an expression of joy coined by online gamers, was crowned word of the year on Tuesday by the publisher of a leading U.S. dictionary.
  http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/usa_language_dc;_ylt=AlUjpUJKsJXXOY0r0DSZAYAjtBAF
  
  
• 'Danger: Avoid Death' contest winner
  Words to live by, from a warning label on a small tractor: "Danger: Avoid Death." That warning was selected Wednesday as the winner of the 11th annual "Wacky Warning Label Contest," sponsored by Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch. The contest is part of an effort to show the effects of lawsuits on warning labels.
  http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071212/ap_on_fe_st/odd_wacky_warnings
  
  
• Money and your relationships: Take our survey
  Take the exclusive ELLE/msnbc.com Money, Sex & Love survey and let us know how money affects your relationships.
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22150437/
  
  
• Housing crisis killing holiday-shopping spirit
  Crisis largely responsible for predicted weakest retail season in 5 years.
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22187319/
  
  
• ‘Good Times’ for Led Zeppelin at reunion show
  Rockers play first full concert together since 1980 to sold-out crowd.
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22182703/
  
  
• Microsoft wants One Laptop Per Child system to run Windows XP
  Microsoft has asked the designers of a low-cost Linux laptop intended for children in developing nations to redesign the system so it can accommodate its Windows XP operating system.
  http://itnews.com.au/News/66442,microsoft-wants-ne-laptop-per-child-system-to-run-windows-xp.aspx
  
  
• Loic Le Meur's Ten Rules For Startup Success
  Included in the article are his ten rules for startup success
  http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/05/loic-le-meurs-ten-rules-for-startup-success/
  
  
• Kangaroo farts could fight global warming: scientists
  Australian scientists are trying to give kangaroo-style stomachs to cattle and sheep in a bid to cut the emission of greenhouse gases blamed for global warming.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/12/06/2111509.htm
  
  
• Jenna Bush Calls Parents on `Ellen' Show
  Jenna Bush, phone home. The first daughter appeared nervous when Ellen DeGeneres asked her to call her parents during a taping of DeGeneres' talk show Tuesday. The show aired Wednesday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1087822~Jenna_Bush_Calls_Parents_on__Ellen__Show.html
  
  
• Couple Sentenced in Bizarre Diagnosing Scam
  A man was sentenced to more than four years in prison for bilking friends and family out of more than $800,000 by convincing them that his wife was a government agent who could arrange to have their medical problems diagnosed by satellite imaging.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1088028~Man_Sentenced_in_Bizarre_Diagnosing_Scam.html
  
  
• Officer Finds Something Else Was Hot
  A Greensboro police officer investigating a burglary found something else that was hot, his cruiser. Police said an officer responded to a reported burglary in progress around 2:15 a.m. Tuesday. They said the officer parked his vehicle and turned the headlights off. But when he returned to his vehicle, the officer found it was totally engulfed in flames. Firefighters were called and they extinguished the fire.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1088286~Officer_Finds_Something_Else_Was_Hot.html
  
  
• MS's Naughty A.I. Santa Bot Shut Down
  Turns out Santa himself can be naughty. At least, that was the case with an artificial-intelligence Santa bot operated by Microsoft Corp. that was designed to talk to children online.
  http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9050962&taxonomyId=16&source=NLT_NTS&nlid=107
  
  
• A Bear by Any Other Name...
  A British Muslim leader discusses the case of jailed teacher Gillian Gibbons and what Islam says about calling toys Muhammad.
  http://www.newsweek.com/id/73750
  
  
• Ben & Jerry's Bitter Crunch
  Some ailing franchisees say the ice-cream maker isn't nearly as sweet as its image.
  http://www.newsweek.com/id/72016
  
  
• The new Iran intel report disrupts Clinton's new strategy.
  It wasn't just the White House that struggled to explain away the new intelligence estimate on Iran's nuclear weapons program. The latest intel report has posed a tricky challenge for the presidential candidates... especially those who voted for the recent Senate resolution against Iran's revolutionary guard.
  http://www.newsweek.com/id/73776
  
  
• Microwave Tires and Voila! Alternative Fuel
  Frank Pringle wants to use microwave in a vacuum to make alternative fuel from waste tires. How much? With 50 cents' worth of electricity, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer, he can make a 14-inch car tire into 1.2 gallons of diesel, 7.5 pounds of carbon black, 50 cubic feet of combustible gas and two pounds of high-strength steel.
  http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/microwave-alternative-fuel-47120305
  
  
• Top 8 most Dangerous roads in the World
  An interesting picture gallery of some of the most dangerous looking (though scenic) roads in the world.
  http://www.winkk.com/2007/12/03/top-8-most-dangerous-roads-in-the-world/
  
  
• Mother's lawyer: Child killed for failing to say 'please'
  The stepfather of a 2-year-old girl lost control and beat her to death because she wouldn't say "please" and "yes sir," an attorney for the girl's mother said Wednesday. A body found last month in Galveston Bay is believed to be that of the little girl, Riley Ann Sawyers, though DNA tests are pending.
  http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/11/28/child.remains.ap/index.html
  
  
• 'Teddy bear' teacher gets 15-day prison term in Sudan
  A Sudanese court found a British teacher guilty of insulting religion and sentenced her to 15 days in prison Thursday for allowing a teddy bear to be named "Mohammed," British authorities and her lawyer reported.
  http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/11/29/sudan.bears/index.html
  
  
• FBI: Millions of computers roped into criminal 'robot networks'
  Hackers have remotely controlled about 2.5 million computers of unsuspecting owners to commit crimes using computer robot networks called "botnets," the FBI said Thursday.
  http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/11/29/fbi.botnets/index.html
  
  
• Surgery over; Youssif's biggest scar removed
  Five-year-old Youssif underwent his most important surgery Thursday as his doctor removed the most extensive scar tissue on his face -- putting him on the path of being a normal boy again. Youssif was attacked by masked men outside his Baghdad home in January, doused in gas and set on fire.
  http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/11/29/youssif.surgery/index.html
  
  
• Venusian fireworks: It's Earth's 'evil twin'!
  Nearby Venus is looking a bit more Earthlike, with frequent bursts of lightning confirmed by a European space probe.
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22008320/
  
  
• Man Tries to Deposit Fake $1M Bill
  A bank teller in Clearwater had a million reasons not to open an account for an Augusta, Ga., man Monday, authorities said. Alexander D. Smith, 31, was charged with disorderly conduct and two counts of forgery after he walked into the bank and tried to open an account by depositing a fake $1 million bill, said Aiken County Sheriff's spokesman Lt. Michael Frank.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1071621~Ga__Man_Tries_to_Deposit_Fake__1M_Bill.html
  
  
• Pair Learn Finders Not Always Keepers
  A pair of Salem residents learned the hard way that finders are not always keepers. Lonnie Anderson, 47, and Jacqueline Shimmin, 37, were arrested last week failing to return a lost ring. Each faces a charge of first-degree aggravated theft of lost or mislaid property, said Sgt. Albert Gordon of the Salem Police Department.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1069967~Pair_Learn_Finders_Not_Always_Keepers.html
  
  
• Bared bone, tiny body led to artist's perfect picture
  A man in the medical examiner's office pushed back the cheeks on Baby Grace's corpse to put a smile on her tiny, decaying face. That's how forensic artist Lois Gibson captured the open-mouthed grin with spangled risotto-sized teeth. It was one of the girl's few features that had survived six weeks in a shed during a Texas summer and nearly two months in Galveston Bay.
  http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/11/27/riley.sketch/index.html
  
  
• Best Places to Live in the World
  Norway is knocked from the top spot and the U.S. isn't even in the top 10 on the U.N.'s global index.
  http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071127/lf_nm_life/un_development_index_dc
  
  
• Web site ranks stupid holiday gifts
  From Mother Teresa breath spray to a screaming rubber chicken, manufacturers come up with stockings full of stupid gifts in time for the holidays with one Web site dedicated to finding the most idiotic.
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21980327/
  
  
• Redskins' Taylor dies day after being shot in leg
  Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor died early Tuesday, a day after he was shot at home by what police say was an intruder. He was 24.
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21987492/
  
  
• Piracy crackdown targets small businesses
  Michael Gaertner worried he could lose his company. A group called the Business Software Alliance was claiming that his 10-person architectural firm was using unlicensed software.
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21981822/
  
  
• Airline employees get sick after turkey dinner
  Five United Airlines workers sought medical attention for nausea and vomiting after the company provided a Thanksgiving meal to employees.
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21939608/
  
  
• Doctors untangle the strange case of the giant hairball
  18-year old woman complained of stomach pains and weight-loss. After an examination, doctors removed a 10-pound hairball from her stomach.
  http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/11/21/hairball.case/index.html
  
  
• AT&T calls teleworkers back to cubicle life
  AT&T, a company that once was a poster child for telecommuting, is downsizing its long-running telework program and requiring thousands of employees who work from their homes and other virtual offices to return to traditional AT&T office environments, according to sources.
  http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/111907-att-telework-questioned.html
  
  
• Friends, family mourn 'good kid' who died after Taser incident
  Friends and family identified the 20-year-old Frederick, Maryland, man who died after police used a Taser stun gun on him Sunday morning, according to a local television station. The man, who friends and family identified as Jarrel Gray, was involved in a fight at an apartment complex about 5 a.m. Sunday, police said. Authorities have not released Gray's name.
  http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/11/19/taser.death/index.html
  
  
• Mars rover crippled and blinded as instruments fail
  NASA's Opportunity rover has been crippled and blinded by problems with two of its most important instruments. The agency has suspended work involving the rover's rock grinding tool and its infrared spectrometer while engineers try to work out a fix.
  http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn12929-mars-rover-crippled-and-blinded-as-instruments-fail.html
  
  
• Destination of 'recycled' electronics may surprise you
  Most Americans think they're helping the earth when they recycle their old computers, televisions and cell phones. But chances are they're contributing to a global trade in electronic trash that endangers workers and pollutes the environment overseas.
  http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/11/18/electronics.trash.ap/index.html
  
  
• Rihanna Upstages Bride at Wedding
  Singer Rihanna was asked to leave her cousin's wedding when she started getting more attention than the bride. She apparently made a big production of blowing kisses at the fans and dressing like she was ready to perform for the VMAs.
  http://backseatcuddler.com/2007/11/14/rihanna-upstages-bride-at-wedding/
  
  
• Pope to visit US in 2008.
  Pope Benedict XVI will make his first visit to the United States as pontiff next year, and plans to visit the White House, ground zero and speak at the United Nations, Archbishop Pietro Sambi told the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Monday.
  http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071112/ap_on_re_us/catholic_bishops
  
  
• Obama to push for higher Social Security tax
  Candidate objects to benefit cuts or a higher retirement age.
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21739271/
  
  
• Chili peppers may numb away surgery pain
  Devil’s Revenge. Spontaneous Combustion. Hot sauces have names like that for a reason. Now scientists are testing if the stuff that makes the sauces so savage can tame the pain of surgery.
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21532304/
  
  
• Disco-dancing dentist sued for drilling disaster
  Tool lodged into patient's sinuses while doc boogied to 'Car Wash,' suit says
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21599495/
  
  
• Student Gets Detention for Hugging
  Two hugs equals two days of detention for 13-year-old Megan Coulter. The eighth-grader was punished for violating a school policy banning public displays of affection when she hugged two friends Friday.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-1032567~Ill__Student_Gets_Detention_for_Hugging.html
  
  
• Snack away on popcorn — just don’t inhale
  Avoid sniffing fumes that can cause rare disease, experts say
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21425634/
  
  
• How big a ‘nest egg’ do you need to retire?
  By focusing on spending needs, you may be able to do better than you think
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21548538/
  
  
• Google developing cell phone software
  Confirming its long-rumored foray into the mobile market, Google said Monday it is developing a free cell phone software package so the Internet search leader can more easily peddle ads and services to people who are not in front of a PC.
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21637990/
  
  
• 7 items you didn’t know you could recycle
  Sure, you know how to recycle newspapers and soda bottles. But what about that old stuff that’s cluttering up your closets and your basement — is there an eco-friendly way to get rid of some of that? Yes, say Chip Giller and Katharine Wroth from environmental magazine Grist. They’ve got tips and resources for green ways to get rid of everyday items you no longer need.
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21642033/
  
  
• Hottest Chile Pepper Shatters Record
  It's hot. Scorching hot. Guinness World Records hot.
  http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20071026/sc_livescience/hottestchilepeppershattersrecord
  
  
• Shia LaBeouf arrested in Chicago
  Shia LaBeouf was charged with misdemeanor criminal trespassing after the "Transformers" star refused to leave a Chicago drugstore. A security guard told LaBeouf that he needed to leave the Walgreens store because he appeared to be drunk.
  http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071105/ap_en_ot/people_shia_labeouf;_ylt=AiiHtGZCTr.LWL1KVQcQlWMnHL8C
  
  
• Nokia releases new version of Linux tablet
  Nokia announced on Wednesday the latest version of its Linux-based tablet device, this time with a full keyboard.
  http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20071017/tc_infoworld/92668;_ylt=ArQong6NzjmWYwAsxtgWwi2or7oF
  
  
• Led Zeppelin reunion show postponed
  The band's first concert in two decades, scheduled for Nov. 26, has been postponed until Dec. 10 after guitarist Jimmy Page fractured a finger, organizers said Friday.
  http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071102/ap_en_mu/people_led_zeppelin;_ylt=AkKW31tGKvs0cy2sAh9Xjy5xFb8C
  
  
• Microscopic Radio Sets Miniaturization Record
  Since its advent in the early 20th century, the radio has shrunken dramatically from the clunky wooden "cathedral" design of the 1930s to devices you can slip in your pocket. Future radios could be invisible to the naked eye altogether.
  http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20071102/sc_livescience/microscopicradiosetsminiaturizationrecord
  
  
• Pacific 'rubbish superhighway' going unnoticed
  A vast rubbish dump, which covers an area bigger than Australia, is floating in the Pacific Ocean and research shows it is growing bigger.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/11/01/2079239.htm
  
  
• Jerry Seinfeld defends wife's cookbook
  Jerry Seinfeld says his wife isn't guilty of "vegetable plagiarism". Jessica Seinfield's "Deceptively Delicious: Simple Secrets to Get Your Kids Eating Good Food," published this month by HarperCollins, explains how to hide nutritious vegetables in traditional recipes so children will eat them.
  http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/P/PEOPLE_JESSICA_SEINFELD?SITE=KYLOU&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
  
  
• Jay Leno is out in ’09 and Conan O’Brien is in.
  If “Tonight Show” host Jay Leno is having second thoughts about surrendering his job as planned, NBC doesn’t share them — at least not publicly.
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21537417/
  
  
• Elvis regains crown as top-earning dead celebrity
  Web site Forbes.com (www.forbes.com) said on Tuesday that Elvis Presley regained the top spot on its list of the highest-earning dead celebrities, ousting Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain who had beaten him last year.
  http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071030/people_nm/celebrities_elvis_dc
  
  
• Faster USB 3.0 Is Coming
  The third-generation Universal Serial Bus interconnect will transfer data at speeds up to 4.8Gbit/s, ten times faster than USB 2.0's 480MBit/s. It will be backwards-compatible with USB 2.0, which is backwards-compatible with the first USB 1.1 definition.
  http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,137551/article.html
  
  
• Schools warned against signing up for software from Microsoft
  Schools should not sign software licensing deals with Microsoft because of the computer giant's alleged anti-competitive practices, a government watchdog has warned.
  http://news.independent.co.uk/education/education_news/article3101940.ece
  
  
• If this is the postage you seek, mail it you will
  The U.S. Postal Service sought to harness the force Thursday, releasing a new postage stamp featuring Star Wars’ enigmatic Yoda, known for his odd syntax as well as his wisdom.
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21473863/
  
  
• Thompson defends gay marriage stance
  Republican presidential hopeful Fred Thompson said he's met frequently with influential social conservatives who are willing to accept his position on a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage even though it doesn't go quite as far as they would like.
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21087258/
  
  
• Clinton employs a no-nonsense approach
  Hillary Rodham Clinton needs her rest. She shuns the nocturnal habits of her husband — the 2 a.m. staff calls, the all-hours games of hearts. “It doesn’t suit my body rhythms,” said Mrs. Clinton, who typically sleeps six or seven hours, sometimes beside the briefing book she had been reading.
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21482196/
  
  
• Nintendo rules out Wii price cut
  Fresh off bumper earnings, Nintendo Co. ruled out a price cut for its smash-hit Wii video game console Friday and announced the company will being selling the Wii in China next year.
  http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071026/ap_on_hi_te/japan_nintendo;_ylt=ApbxD.eznK2blgtVn_eaMx8jtBAF
  
  
• Countrywide Loses $1.2B, Sees Turnaround
  Countrywide Financial Corp., the nation's largest mortgage lender, said Friday it swung to a loss of more than $1 billion in the third quarter as mortgage market woes forced it to set aside millions in loan-loss provisions and writedowns, and the lender originated fewer loans.
  http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/071026/earns_countrywide_financial.html
  
  
• Quiz: What is your Entertainment IQ?
  Find out how much you really know about current entertainment news!
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8985943/
  
  
• Racial ‘Cleansing’ in L.A.
  A south Los Angeles Latino street gang targeted African-American gang rivals and other blacks in a campaign of neighborhood "cleansing," federal prosecutors say.
  http://www.newsweek.com/id/61950
  
  
• Taco Bell's World Series bet: free tacos for all
  Many Americans will be wagering on this week's baseball World Series. For Taco Bell, the stakes are a free taco for everyone in the United States.
  http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/tacos_dc
  
  
• Man drives car into wet concrete road.
  German police had to rescue a driver after he moved out of the way to allow a police car with flashing lights to pass, and got stuck in setting concrete.
  http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2560636.html
  
  
• Game: Think of a number and it will tell you what it is.
  Can you figure out how this works? 1) Go to the link below. After reading each window, click on the boy in the lower right corner of the picture. 2) In the last window type in your answer in the white box using the Keyboard (there is NO cursor). 3) Watch the paper in the boy's hand. I Don't know how it's done.
  http://digicc.com/fido/
  
  
• Orgasm ringtone shocks court
  An Australian man was embarrassed when his mobile phone's orgasm ringtone sounded in a packed courtroom. Lawyers and members of the public struggled to contain their laughter as the voice of a woman experiencing heightened pleasure rang for up to 20 seconds.
  http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2538511.html
  
  
• Parachutist survives 2,000ft fall
  An Italian parachutist survived a 2,000 feet fall without a scratch after his parachute failed and he landed in a ploughed field.
  http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2533604.html
  
  
• Doctors find toothbrush in woman's nose
  Doctors in India have removed a toothbrush from a woman's nose. The housewife says she isn't sure how the three inch long brush got lodged in her nostril.
  http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2556955.html
  
  
• Woman Finds 7ft long Python in the Toilet
  There was no Halloween bogeyman in the closet for one Brooklyn woman - just a 7-foot-long python in her toilet. Nadege Brunacci was washing her hands in her bathroom before dawn Monday when she glanced back and saw the slithering serpent peeking out from her toilet, most of its body hidden in the pipes.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-995591~NYC_Woman_Finds_Python_in_the_Toilet.html
  
  
• Massive black hole enters the record books
  Astronomers have found the biggest stellar black hole so far, a monster with a mass 15.65 times that of our Sun, lurking in a nearby spiral-shaped galaxy.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/10/18/2062574.htm
  
  
• Boy Scout plays dead, survives bear attack
  A Boy Scout played dead when attacked by a bear during a camping trip, avoiding serious injury.
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21304524/
  
  
• CDC: Drug-resistant staph deaths may surpass AIDS toll
  More than 90,000 Americans get potentially deadly infections each year from a drug-resistant staph "superbug," the government reported Tuesday in its first overall estimate of invasive disease caused by the germ. Deaths tied to these infections may exceed those caused by AIDS, said one public health expert commenting on the new study. The report shows just how far one form of the staph germ has spread beyond its traditional hospital setting.
  http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/conditions/10/16/mrsa.cdc.ap/index.html
  
  
• 6 year old takes car for a drive... because he was hungry for some chicken nuggests
  BROOMFIELD, Colo. - A 6-year-old boy who tried to drive his grandmother's car to Applebee's said he won't do it again. Josh Barber said he was hungry for some chicken nuggets when he woke up early Tuesday while his grandmother was still sleeping. His mother was recovering from surgery at the time and his father was still at work. After taking the car keys, he unlocked the car, moved his child seat to the driver's seat so he could see better and tried to drive off.
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21256736/
  
  
• Fuming NYC bride sues florist over flower color
  The wedding was lovely, except for the flowers: They were the wrong color. So says the bride, Elana Glatt, who was so upset that she sued the florist and alleged breach of contract. She says Posy Floral Design in Manhattan substituted pastel pink and green hydrangeas for the dark rust and green ones she had specified for 22 centerpieces.
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12784368/
  
  
• Secret tunnels tell tale of gambling, prostitution
  Tunnels run beneath Chinatown. Brick-walled passages that were once home to people and activities that couldn't be mentioned aboveground.
  http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/10/15/secret.tunnels.ap/index.html
  
  
• Hillary Convinces Interviewer She Is Not a Lesbian!
  An item in today's New York Daily News reveals that in a forthcoming interview for the gay-oriented magazine The Advocate, Sen. Hillary Clinton was asked if she was (according to certain rumors) a "lesbian," and she actually replied.
  http://www.mediainfo.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003644983
  
  
• U.S. cancer death rates are falling faster
  Declines in U.S. cancer death rates are accelerating, federal health agencies and the American Cancer Society reported Monday.
  http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/20517.html
  
  
• Day care building closes with baby inside
  A woman arrived at her child's day care center to find the building closed with her 14-month-old daughter locked inside alone, authorities said.
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21259509/
  
  
• UPS chief plans to retire
  UPS Inc., the world's largest shipping carrier, said Monday that Chief Executive Mike Eskew will retire at the end of the year.
  http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/UPS_CEO?SITE=KYLOU&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2007-10-15-15-06-07
  
  
• L.A. faces rush-hour nightmare after crash closes major route
  With the work week fast approaching, authorities scrambled Sunday to find ways to move traffic around a major artery out of Los Angeles that was shut down by a fiery interstate tunnel pileup. Interstate 5 was shut down in both directions around the crash site, snarling traffic on surrounding roads, where drivers looked for alternative routes after Friday night's pileup crash more than two dozen trucks and other vehicles in flames. Commuters who depend on the stretch of freeway, which carries about 225,000 vehicles a day, faced the prospect of a nightmare commute on Monday.
  http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/14/tunnel.fire.ap/index.html
  
  
• International Space Station welcomes latest crew
  A Russian capsule carrying a new crew for the International Space Station (ISS) and Malaysia's first astronaut has slipped into a berthing port at the orbital outpost as the spaceships sailed 357 kilometres above Earth.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/10/13/2058712.htm
  
  
• Someone's swiping toilet paper
  Someone is either too cheap to buy his own toilet paper or planning a big prank.
  http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/29/toilet.paper.ap/index.html
  
  
• Police: At least 22 students arrested in celebration of UK upset
  Eric Loy wasn't too upset when flames from a burning couch charred and peeled paint from his 1998 Saturn. For Loy, it was all part of the celebration of Kentucky's 43-37 overtime win over top ranked LSU.
  http://www.wave3.com/global/story.asp?s=7211385
  
  
• (14) Kentucky 45, Florida Atlantic 17
  The Kentucky quarterback's record-setting streak ended Saturday against Florida Atlantic, though little else went wrong for Woodson and the 14th-ranked Wildcats in a 45-17 victory.
  http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/recap?gid=200709290069
  
  
• Pepsi, Coke rivalry becomes physical
  The long-standing rivalry between Coke and Pepsi took a physical turn Friday when a Pepsi deliveryman allegedly punched his Coke counterpart in the face at a western Pennsylvania Wal-Mart, state police said.
  http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/ODD_COKE_PEPSI_FIGHT?SITE=KYLOU&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
  
  
• New Orleans Rebuilding Plan
  NEW ORLEANS - After struggling for months to come up with $1.1 billion for stage one of New Orleans’ hurricane rebuilding plan, city officials faced with growing public frustration intend to move ahead with a drastically scaled-back first step of $216 million
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21258937/
  
  
• The 6 Most Terrifying Foods in the World
  Six foods from around the world that you probably wont want to try.
  http://www.cracked.com/index.php?name=News&sid=2439
  
  
• Saipan Photos
  Photos from the island of Saipan.
  http://www.flickr.com/photos/waynewayne/sets/72157600202788309/show/
  
  
• Another explosive device found at Portsea
  Navy divers have found another military shell during a search off Portsea Pier. Defence force divers found an heavily encrusted ordinance while conducting a grid search of the seabed. The shell has been brought to the surface as divers continue their search for any other suspicious objects.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/10/11/2057041.htm
  
  
• Drinking marathon saves poisoned tourist
  Mackay Base Hospital has successfully used alcoholic beverages to treat a 24-year-old Italian tourist who ingested litres of a poison commonly found in anti-freeze. After running out of pharmaceutical-grade alcohol used to help stop the poison turning toxic in the stomach, staff of the north Queensland hospital had to give the man rounds of rum, scotch and vodka.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/10/10/2055520.htm
  
  
• Small scanners could spot hidden heart disease
  What if your doctor could swipe a wand over your neck and reveal whether you have hidden heart disease?
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21180607/
  
  
• Novell to SCO: Pay up
  Novell wants SCO's bankruptcy stay lifted so federal trial can proceed. Novell fired its first legal salvo against the bankrupt SCO Group when it sought to lift the Lindon company's bankruptcy protections so it can recover millions of dollars in licensing fees it claims SCO wrongfully "hijacked."
  http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/239434/
  
  
• Shooter dead along with six victims in rampage
  A sheriff's deputy shot and killed six people in Crandon, Wisconsin, early Sunday before dying himself under circumstances that remain under wraps, the town's police chief said.
  http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/07/wisconsin.shooting/index.html
  
  
• 7 tips for avoiding lost baggage
  Air travel is booming once again, but the rate at which airlines are losing luggage is sky high. Lost or damaged bags, it turns out, are the third most common complaint of air travel, after delays and cancellations.
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16811248/
  
  
• Dear Santa: Please buy now; Love, Wal-Mart
  Wal-Mart Stores Inc fired its first volley in the holiday pricing wars this week, slashing prices on toys and calling it an "aggressive move to lead the market on holiday savings."
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21135422/
  
  
• House moves to rein in private contractors
  The House passed a bill Thursday that would make all private contractors working in Iraq and other combat zones subject to prosecution by U.S. courts. It was the first major legislation of its kind to pass since a deadly shootout last month involving Blackwater employees.
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21132418/
  
  
• Britney Spears loses custody of kids
  Pop star Britney Spears has temporarily lost custody of her two sons after a court battle with ex-husband Kevin Federline.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/10/02/2048368.htm
  
  
• President tasks transportation boss to ensure passengers treated fairly
  President Bush promised on Thursday to take steps to reduce air traffic congestion and long delays that have left travelers grounded.
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21013418/
  
  
• Dump truck tyre kills man
  The 53-year-old Midland man was killed when one of the dump truck tyres he was unloading from his truck, fell on him.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/02/22/1854271.htm
  
  
• Men Break Into Building Full of Police
  Two men who police said broke into a building to steal copper wiring got more than they bargained for: a room full of police officers.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-948341~Men_Break_Into_Building_Full_of_Police.html
  
  
• Chessboard Killer
  MOSCOW — A man accused of killing dozens of people and keeping count of his victims on a chessboard lured most his victims by offering them vodka to mourn the death of a nonexistent dog, prosecutors said at his murder trial Friday.
  http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,296772,00.html
  
  
• Inmates go on sausage 'temper tantrum'
  N.M. prisoners angry after being told they could only have 1 dinner sausage.
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20772719/?GT1=10357
  
  
• Wasting Money
  Americans lose tons of money each year.
  http://www.freemoneyfinance.com/2007/09/americans-lose-.html
  
  
• Jim Beam's great grandson new face on brand
  CLERMONT, Ky. - Kentucky’s most prominent whiskey-making family celebrated another milestone Wednesday when Jim Beam’s great-grandson had his likeness added to labels of the world’s best-selling bourbon.
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20746458/
  
  
• Man Builds Guillotine to Kill Himself
  The body of a 41-year-old man was found in a wooded area next to a guillotine he built and used to kill himself, police said. The man, from the Detroit suburb of Melvindale, was discovered Monday by workers from a shopping center near his home.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-931240~Man_Builds_Guillotine_to_Kill_Himself.html
  
  
• Fossett Search Teams Spot Uncharted Crash Sites
  The small air force combing the Nevada wilderness for Steve Fossett has spotted a half-dozen uncharted crash sites that may bring some solace to the families of fliers who took off into the desert sky decades ago, never to be heard from again.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-931844~Fossett_Teams_Spot_Uncharted_Crash_Sites.html
  
  
• Earthquake!
  Earthquake hits Indonesia...
  http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,296512,00.html
  
  
• Bank Robber Uses Own Check in Robbery
  A man robbing a bank demanded the money by writing a note on one of his own checks, authorities say. Not surprisingly, he was caught soon afterward.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-929492~Bank_Robber_Uses_Own_Check_in_Robbery.html
  
  
• Woman Allegedly Shoots Cheating Husband
  A woman is accused of shooting her husband four times with a 16-gauge double-barreled shotgun after learning of an affair.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-929179~Woman_Allegedly_Shoots_Cheating_Husband.html
  
  
• Drive Your Car to Death, Save $31,000
  By keeping your car for 15 years, or 225,000 miles of driving, you could save nearly $31,000, according to Consumer Reports magazine. That's compared to the cost of buying an identical model every five years, which is roughly the rate at which most car owners trade in their vehicles.
  http://finance.yahoo.com/loans/article/103446/drive-your-car-to-death-save-31,000
  
  
• Asiana to launch Busan flights
  Asiana Airlines will begin a new nonstop service between Saipan and the Korean city of Pusan on Sept. 23, 2007.
  http://www.saipantribune.com/newsstory.aspx?newsID=72119&cat=1
  
  
• 5 mistakes parents make with newborns -- and how to avoid them
  When you take your bundle of joy home from the hospital, it's inevitable you won't do everything right. We asked pediatricians for the five most common mistakes parents make with their newborns.
  http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/family/09/05/ep.newborn.mistakes/index.html
  
  
• Knife In Car Equals Felony Charge For Teen
  A school officer found a Swiss Army knife in Chandler’s car’s console. Under the school’s zero tolerance policy it was an automatic suspension for Chandler. The next day, the Chandlers found out Will had also been charged with a felony.
  http://www.wsbtv.com/news/14043836/detail.html
  
  
• Eddie Griffin's performance ended over N-word
  A standup routine by black comedian Eddie Griffin was stopped after he repeatedly used the N-word, a magazine's spokesman said Wednesday.
  http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/09/06/people.eddiegriffin.ap/index.html
  
  
• Burglar rescued from pub chimney
  A burglar who spent seven hours wedged down the chimney of a pub was arrested by British police after he was rescued.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2003/03/29/819551.htm
  
  
• British burglar leaves graffiti giveaway
  A bungling burglar left police a giveaway clue to his identity, scrawling graffiti which revealed his name on a wall after ransacking a campsite in north-west England, police said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/09/07/2026698.htm
  
  
• Man Found Nude After Clothes Stolen
  Two men have been arrested for stealing a man's clothes and leaving him to wander around naked, officials said. The victim, a 19-year-old Hazleton man, was taken by two men to a rural area west of Oelwein where the men took his clothes at gunpoint, officials with the Fayette County sheriff's office said.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-918469~Man_Found_Nude_After_Clothes_Stolen.html
  
  
• Momma Moose Bashes Through Woman's Door
  Anita Ovard moved to her small home in a town in the western foothills of the Rocky Mountains because she wanted to see more wildlife. But the view got a little too close when a moose decided to make itself at home in her front room.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-918456~Momma_Moose_Bashes_Through_Woman_s_Door.html
  
  
• Two Dummies announced pot sale out window
  Announcing the sale of pot out of a dorm room window is probably not a good idea when two police officers are within hearing range.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-918319~Cops__Pair_Announced_Pot_Sale_Out_Window.html
  
  
• Indonesian fisherman jailed for people smuggling... again.
  The District Court in Perth has been told that an Indonesian fisherman who tried to smuggle a group of Sri Lankan men into Australia had been convicted of a similar offence.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/09/04/2023797.htm
  
  
• Taxi driver sentenced to nine years for manslaughter
  A taxi driver has been sentenced to nine years in jail for the manslaughter of a teenage passenger.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/09/04/2023682.htm
  
  
• Warning to Parents (pic)
  Don't leave your children unattended in coffee shops!
  http://www.boredstop.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=151&Itemid=32
  
  
• Prank Starts 25 Years of Security Woes
  What began as a ninth-grade prank, a way to trick already-suspicious friends who had fallen for his earlier practical jokes, has earned Rich Skrenta notoriety as the first person ever to let loose a personal computer virus.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-910040~Prank_Starts_25_Years_of_Security_Woes.html
  
  
• My Uncomfortable Experience in a Public Mens Room
  Two weeks ago, the kids and I went on a trip to visit friends in San Antonio, Texas. On the way we stopped at a rest area just off the interstate. What happened next made me very uneasy...
  http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/8/29/174659/091
  
  
• Pastor had sex with daughters
  A fundamentalist church pastor had sex with two of his teenage daughters to educate them on how to be good wives, a South Australian court has heard.
  http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/pastor-had-sex-with-daughters/2007/08/30/1188067266454.html
  
  
• Fish Spa Feasts on your Flesh
  Fish Spas are the latest growing trend for designer spas in China, Japan, South Korea, and Turkey. The spas are stocked with a small tropical fish - called Garra Rufa, also known as Chinchin Yu, Turkey fish, nibble fish and doctor fish - which can thrive in temperatures up to 109 degrees Fahrenheit (43 Celsius), as a natural method for treatment of skin diseases.
  http://www.lifeinthefastlane.ca/fish-spa-feasts-on-your-flesh/offbeat-news
  
  
• Lost City Apollo Found at Stonehenge
  Could Stonehenge be home to the mythical Lost City of Apollo? Highly acclaimed archaeologist Dennis Price, noted for his startling discovery of Stonehenge's lost altar stone near a roadside in Berwick St James last year, believes he's found the reknowned Lost City of Apollo in the land near Stonehenge.
  http://www.lifeinthefastlane.ca/lost-city-apollo-found-at-stonehenge/weird-science
  
  
• 'I ate my roommate', says teen
  A teenager claims to have killed his room-mate then eaten parts of his brain and internal organs.
  http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=63829
  
  
• Linux Foundation: Just say "no" to OOXML
  Via an official statement issued today, the Linux Foundation is encouraging ISO members to vote against fast-track approval for Microsoft's Office Open XML (OOXML) document format. Citing the length and technical complexity of the OOXML documentation, the significant number of issues that have been raised by national standards bodies evaluating the format, and potential challenges associated with third-party implementation of OOXML support, the Linux Foundation says that ISO participants should vote no and provide comments that "reflect their best, neutral, technical judgment," in order to ensure the future availability of documents and preserve the integrity of the standards process.
  http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070829-linux-foundation-says-ooxml-not-ready-to-become-an-iso-standard.html
  
  
• 5 Dumb Criminal Videos | A Tribute to the Criminally Idiotic
  Criminal masterminds are the subjects of numerous movies and books. Their stories are quite fascinating, full of intrigue and ingenious schemes. But dumb crooks are funnier. (vidoes)
  http://www.webtvhub.com/5-dumb-criminal-videos-a-tribute-to-the-criminally-idiotic/
  
  
• 18 Overlooked Things Everyone Should Bring to College
  When it comes to bringing things for college, a lot of people make the mistake of packing stuff they don't need, or forgetting to pack stuff they will need. Everyone knows that you need to take clothes, sheets, a micro-fridge, and a computer. However, I recently came across an article about 8 overlooked items college students should bring. I've come up with my own, expanded list of less-common, often forgotten, items that you should take to college. They will certainly prove to be quite useful.
  http://www.collegeandfinance.com/18-overlooked-things-everyone-should-bring-to-college/
  
  
• Cappuccino Coast: The day the Pacific was whipped up into an ocean of froth
  It was as if someone had poured tons of coffee and milk into the ocean, then switched on a giant blender. Suddenly the shoreline north of Sydney were transformed into the Cappuccino Coast. Foam swallowed an entire beach and half the nearby buildings, including the local lifeguards' centre, in a freak display of nature at Yamba in New South Wales.
  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=478041
  
  
• 30 Firefox Add-ons for Web Developers & Designers
  Firefox has cool add-ons which make the job of website designers and developers much easier. Here is our list of 30 excellent Firefox add-ons that every web developer and designer should know about.
  http://mashable.com/2007/08/27/30-firefox-add-ons-for-web-developers-designers/
  
  
• Most successful pirate was beautiful and tough
  You can keep your Bluebeards and your Blackbeards. The most successful pirate of all time controlled a fleet of more than 1,500 ships and upwards of 80,000 sailors -- and she did it all without the help of facial hair.
  http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/worklife/08/27/woman.pirate/index.html
  
  
• Einstein's warping seen around neutron stars
  Einstein's predicted warping of space-time has been discovered around neutron stars, the most dense observable matter in the universe.
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20466218/
  
  
• Into Thin Air
  He's still out there. The hunt for bin Laden.
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20430170/site/newsweek/
  
  
• Woman charged after Craigslist posting resulted in a house stripped
  Pierce County prosecutors have filed charges against the niece of a woman whose house was stripped clean after a Craigslist.org posting advertised that everything in the home was free.
  http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003710460_craigslist17m.html
  
  
• Anti-American Sentiment Grows Worldwide
  European and world views of the United States and President George Bush have dramatically worsened since 2000; the trend has intensified since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. There has been a decline in perceptions of the United States throughout the European Union, including in such traditional U.S. allies as the United Kingdom and Poland, and in Muslim and Latin American countries, according to annual polls undertaken by the German Marshall Fund of the United States, the Pew Research Center and the BBC World Service.
  http://www.forbes.com/leadership/compensation/2007/08/22/bush-anti-americanism-cx_0823oxfordanalytica.html
  
  
• Shop Owner Fends Off Robbers With Bat
  A bat-wielding shop owner chased would-be robbers out of his convenience store and kept them from escaping until police officers arrived. When the men climbed into a pickup truck outside, 26-year-old Gurmukh Singh used the bat to break out its windows and continued to chase them on foot, according to police and witness accounts.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-896701~Shop_Owner_Fends_Off_Robbers_With_Bat.html
  
  
• Youth suspended over sketch of gun
  A 13-year-old boy has been suspended for three days by an Arizona public school because he sketched a picture that resembled a gun, something school officials said they "absolutely" believed could pose a threat. See the picture for yourself to determine if you would think of it as a threat.
  http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=57276
  
  
• Ice particles could hit Cassini probe
  Tiny grains of ice or particles of space dust could significantly damage the Cassini spacecraft when it passes close by Saturn's moon Enceladus next March, scientists said.
  http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/08/23/cassini.saturn.reut/index.html
  
  
• Cancun exodus ahead of Dean
  Locals boarded up while frantic vacationers lined up at ticket counters in Cancun, rushing to leave Monday ahead of Hurricane Dean, which has left a deadly trail of destruction across the Caribbean.
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20289472/
  
  
• White dwarf harbors signs of Earth-like planets
  Chemical elements observed around a burned-out star known as a white dwarf offer evidence Earth-like planets once orbited it, suggesting that worlds like our own may not be rare in the cosmos, scientists say.
  http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/08/17/white.dwarf.reut/index.html
  
  
• Shuttle leaves ISS early to beat hurricane
  The American space shuttle Endeavour has departed hastily from the International Space Station, ending a construction mission a day early in order to land before Hurricane Dean threatens its Houston control centre.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/08/19/2009106.htm
  
  
• Schoolboy 'stabbed teacher in head'
  A 15-year-old boy is expected to appear in the Maryborough Magistrates Court this morning charged with stabbing a school teacher and punching a police officer in the face.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/08/20/2009422.htm
  
  
• Woman with Diabetes Locked in Bank for 6 Hours
  A 73-year-old woman became trapped in a bank when employees accidentally locked her in the building while she was looking over the contents of a safe deposit box. Marian Prescher, who has diabetes, apparently passed out during the ordeal because she had not taken her medication with her. A cleaning person discovered her six hours later.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-887927~Calif__Woman_Locked_in_Bank_6_Hours.html
  
  
• Man Asks Officer Wearing Badge for Meth
  A man hoping to score some meth asked the wrong person for the drug. The Eugene police vice narcotics unit had searched an apartment on Monday night and were questioning the tenant when a man came by and asked to buy drugs.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-887263~Man_Asks_Officer_Wearing_Badge_for_Meth.html
  
  
• Toys 'R' Us pulls vinyl bibs as precaution against lead problems
  Toys "R" Us Inc. on Friday said it was removing all vinyl baby bibs from its Toys "R" Us and Babies "R" Us stores as a precaution after two bibs made in China for one supplier showed lead levels that exceeded Toys "R" Us standards. Toys "R" Us is the nation's second-largest toy seller after Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Toys "R" Us, which operates over 1,500 stores, said the result came in testing this month of bibs supplied by Hamco Inc. and marketed under the Koala Baby, Especially for Baby and Disney Baby labels.
  http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/17/tainted.bibs.ap/index.html
  
  
• Comet-like star streaks through Milky Way
  A large star in its death throes is leaving a huge, turbulent tail of oxygen, carbon and nitrogen in its wake that makes it look like an immense comet hurtling through space, astronomers said on Wednesday. This dying star is shedding material that will be recycled into new stars, planets and possibly even life. Nothing like this has ever previously been witnessed in a star, according to scientists who detected it using NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer, an orbiting space telescope that observes the cosmos in ultraviolet light.
  http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/08/16/star.tail.reut/index.html
  
  
• 7 surefire ways to gain the interest of any woman
  ViolentAcres, the queen of bloggers, gives you some surefire ways to attract the woman of your dreams, even if you are a loser.
  http://www.violentacres.com/archives/237/7-surefire-ways-to-gain-the-interest-of-any-woman
  
  
• Review: 'Stardust' a 'Shrek' for grown-ups
  Not just your basic, average everyday, ordinary, run-of-the-mill, ho-hum fairy tale, "Stardust" is a dazzler very nearly from first to last, a live action film that rivals the best recent animated features for imagination and wit.
  http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/08/10/review.stardust/index.html
  
  
• 85 year old man, Fools and captures alleged burglar
  An 85-year-old man whose home was burglarized three times within a week decided to take matters into his own hands. Alton Tillman left his home at his regular time Tuesday, but doubled back and quietly went inside, finding emptied drawers, items in disarray - and someone's feet sticking out from under a bed, police said.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-873573~Man__85__Fools__Captures_Alleged_Burglar.html
  
  
• Man cleared of sleepwalk sex with 15-year-old
  A BRITISH RAF mechanic who claimed he was sleepwalking when he had sex with a 15-year-old girl has been cleared of rape.
  http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22209032-5006003,00.html
  
  
• Van Halen to Tour With Roth, Report Says
  The rockers have re-formed with original frontman David Lee Roth and will set out on a national tour beginning in October, according to a report posted Wednesday on Billboard Magazine's Web site. In its report, the music industry trade publication said Van Halen will play 50 dates in arenas across North America.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-871916~Van_Halen_to_Tour_With_Roth__Report_Says.html
  
  
• Thieves Tracked by Trail of Wrappers
  Four teenagers broke into a gas station early Wednesday and left a trail of candy bar wrappers along the road as they left, said Cpl. Mark Shawkey, a spokesman for the Anne Arundel County Police Department. A police dog located the teens a quarter-mile away.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-871734~Thieves_Tracked_by_Trail_of_Wrappers.html
  
  
• Woman Has Pencil Removed From Head
  After being plagued for 55 years with the torment of a pencil lodged in her head, a German woman has finally had it removed. Margaret Wegner, now 59, was 4 years old when she fell while carrying the 3.15 inch-long pencil, which went through her cheek and into her brain.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-868079~Woman_Has_Pencil_Removed_From_Head.html
  
  
• Queensland (australia) raid uncovers 'horrible' animal cruelty
  A central Queensland RSPCA inspector says a case of animal cruelty near Mount Morgan is one of the worst he has seen. More than 100 animals have been seized in a raid, including 70 dogs, 25 cats and two goats which were found in very poor condition inside a house on the outskirts of the town.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/08/08/1999773.htm
  
  
• Apache Webserver Speed configuration hacks
  Apache server performance can be improved by adding additional hardware resources such as RAM, faster CPU, etc. But most of the time, the same result can be achieved by custom configuration of the server. This article looks into getting maximum performance out of Apache with the existing hardware resources, specifically on Linux systems.
  http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/apache-web-server-speed-configuration-hacks.html
  
  
• 8 Surprising Household Deodorizers
  When smells turn a room sour, it may be time for an intervention. Try these gentle home remedies for the most off-putting odors.
  http://www.realsimple.com/realsimple/gallery/print/0,22304,1590426,00.html
  
  
• S.C. Teen Falls 6 Stories, Walks Away
  A teenager fell six stories from a hotel balcony but walked away with just bruises and scrapes.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-865771~S_C__Teen_Falls_6_Stories__Walks_Away.html
  
  
• Army Corps Dumps Old Bombs, Charges Town
  The Army Corps of Engineers, which accidentally dumped sand filled with old military ordnance on Surf City's beach, now wants the town to help pay to remove it. Local officials are angered by the suggestion that they should help foot the bill for a federal goof that already has cost the town an unknown amount of tourism business.
  http://www.examiner.com/a-865198~Army_Corps_Dumps_Old_Bombs__Charges_Town.html
  
  
• Probe blasts off for Mars
  A robotic dirt and ice digger blasted off Saturday on a 422 million-mile journey to Mars that NASA hopes will culminate next spring in the first landing within the red planet's arctic circle.
  http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/08/04/mars.probe.ap/index.html
  
  
• Aztec pyramid ruins found in Mexico City
  Archaeologists have discovered what they think are ruins of an Aztec pyramid razed by vengeful Spanish conquerors in what is now one of Mexico City's most crime-ridden districts.
  http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/08/02/mexico.pyramid.reut/index.html
  
  
• Review: 'Bourne' a thrill-a-minute powerhouse
  It's not easy, being Bourne again. It means a lot of miles, a lot of challenges, and all for uncertain ends. And you never know what you'll have to explain: "My fight is not with you," Matt Damon's amnesiac rogue CIA agent, evading capture in Moscow, says to a local cop in Russian before beating a nonviolent retreat.
  http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/08/02/review.bourne/index.html
  
  
• Researchers identify Titanic victim
  Canadian researchers say they have positively identified the remains of a young child who died when the RMS Titanic sank in 1912. The remains belong to a 19-month-old English boy named Sidney Leslie Goodwin who died with his family as they were setting out for a new life in Niagara Falls, New York, researchers said.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/08/02/1994834.htm
  
  
• R. Kelly to be tried on child pornography charges
  Grammy Award-winning singer R. Kelly will go on trial September 17 on child pornography charges, five years after the accusations were first made.
  http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/02/pornography.rkelly.reut/index.html
  
  
• AC/DC signs digital deal
  Verizon Wireless has snagged the exclusive rights to sell the band's entire back catalogue from March 2008, becoming the first and only digital music store to offer the Australian combo's content.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/08/02/1994876.htm
  
  
• Cell phones light up operating room during blackout
  The light from the cell phone screens allowed surgeons to complete an emergency appendix operation during a blackout in a city in central Argentina.
  http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/07/31/cell.phone.surgery.reut/index.html
  
  
• Girl, 17, convicted of masterminding robbery spree
  A 17-year-old girl has been convicted of masterminding a teenage armed robbery spree that targeted three fast-food restaurants in Frederick, Maryland. Their motive? "Apparently they needed money for shoes,"
  http://www.examiner.com/a-857939~Girl__17__convicted_of_masterminding_robbery_spree.html
  
  
• Freeway plunges into Mississippi
  A bridge carrying a four-lane state highway across the Mississippi river in central Minneapolis collapsed during rush hour this morning, plunging cars and trucks into the river.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/08/02/1994659.htm
  
  
• Woman kept dead husband by bed for a year
  A woman in Mexico City kept the body of her dead husband by her bedside for a year until neighbors, disturbed by the smell, called the police.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/08/02/1994590.htm
  
  
• Brazil crash pilot's last words: 'Oh no!'
  Pilots in Brazil's worst plane crash last month panicked, crying "Oh my God!, Oh my God!" as they desperately tried to slow down their jetliner on landing, according to transcripts from the plane's cockpit recorder released today.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/08/02/1994675.htm
  
  
• Couple Terrorized, Assaulted and Arrested For Flying an Upside Down U.S. Flag
  A North Carolina couple who were terrorized by a police officer who had recently returned from Iraq are now fighting back, after sheriff's deputy Brian Scarborough broke into their house, assaulted them and then arrested the Kuhns for the crime of flying an upside down U.S. flag.
  http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/july2007/310707coupleterrorized.htm
  
  
• Best Places to get a logo.
  Top ranked places to get a business logo.
  http://blog.nodiamonds.com/archives/44-How-to-Get-a-Cheap-Logo-for-your-Business.html
  
  
• Travel Security Problems
  MSNBC looks into travel security problems and how to fix them.
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20039151/
  
  
• Biggest Google Whores
  Some of the top Google Adsense money makers.
  http://www.johnchow.com/index.php/the-internets-biggest-google-whores/
  
  
• Hot rocks drilling to start in outback
  A drill rig has been unveiled in the far north-east of South Australia as part of efforts to generate power from hot rocks deep underground.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/07/31/1993172.htm?section=justin
  
  
• Want to Stop Your Children From Smoking? Scar Them for Life!
  Without missing a beat, I wrapped my lips around it and inhaled enthusiastically. However, I quickly learned that smoking a cigar was nothing like smoking a pencil. At first, I only coughed up my lung. After that, I turned green. The final act of the entire escapade ended up with me vomiting right on our living room floor.
  http://www.violentacres.com/archives/230/want-to-stop-your-children-from-smoking-scar-them-for-life
  
  
• Britney struggles through sexy pole dance
  Troubled singer Britney Spears caused further worry to fans when she struggled through a raunchy pole dance routine looking disheveled and disorientated.
  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=471645
  
  
• Have A-list stars got the bikini look right?
  In a bid to help you look hot poolside, two guys have spent hours pouring over paparazzi shots of celebs on the beach, to reveal sartorial hits and misses. Want to know what's going through a man's mind when she shows off her new cut-away one piece?
  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=471626
  
  
• Arab princesses kicked off British Airways plane to jeers and whistles after refusing to sit next to male strangers
  Furious passengers whistled and clapped as the row intensified before the captain eventually ordered the women to be escorted off the plane.
  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=471352
  
  
• Earth observation satellites in peril
  The American Association for the Advancement of Science calls it a crisis. Atmospheric scientist Timothy L. Killeen, the president of the American Geophysical Union, says it "could harm our ability to protect our citizens." We call it plain old scary.
  http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/07/25/earth.satellites/index.html
  
  
• From Wales, a box to make biofuel from car fumes
  They have developed a box which they say can be fixed underneath a car in place of the exhaust to trap the greenhouse gases blamed for global warming -- including carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide -- and emit mostly water vapor. The captured gases can be processed to create a biofuel using genetically modified algae.
  http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSL1847347220070719?pageNumber=3
  
  
• Sex lubricant could stop HIV and herpes
  An experimental sex lubricant designed by Australian researchers could help block both HIV and genital herpes, a study suggests.
  http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22127964-5001028,00.html
  
  
• 9 things I learned about business from The White Stripes
  While trying to dodge the effects of beer marked up well over 200%, I made some mental notes on the concert and how The White Stripes performed as a business, as opposed to a band.
  http://www.younggogetter.com/2007/07/16/9-things-i-learned-about-business-from-the-white-stripes/
  
  
• 10 awesome origami models
  Apparently the top-10 origami models of all time. They are pretty good, but I dont know if they are the top 10.
  http://www.hemmy.net/2006/03/12/top-origami-models/
  
  
• Drinker soaked woman in diesel
  A 33-year-old man has been arrested by Northern Territory Police for allegedly dousing a teenager in diesel and trying to set her on fire.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/07/24/1986611.htm
  
  
• WWI mass grave about to reveal its secrets
  The Federal Government believes it is on the cusp of uncovering what could be one of the largest mass graves found on the Western Front for 60 years. It is believed the remains of more than 160 Australian soldiers may have been buried in the grave, along with more than 300 British soldiers.
  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/07/24/1986456.htm
  
  
• 13 year old boys facing jail for slapping girls butts
  Two 13-year-old Oregon boys are facing serious sex charges for allegedly slapping female classmates bottoms as a form of horseplay.
  http://www.reason.com/blog/show/121539.html
  
  
• We are running out of troops, warns army chief
  The head of the army has warned that Britain is almost running out of troops to defend the country or fight in military operations abroad.
  http://www.guardian.co.uk/military/story/0,,2131699,00.html