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Most popular news on 11 October 2009 |
Some credit card companies rush to act before new law
If you hold a Discover credit card, you're in luck -- the company has decided to freeze interest-rate hikes until a new credit card consumer protection bill takes effect in February.
Obama to gay group: 'Still laws to change, hearts to open'
President Obama delivered a rousing speech Saturday night to the nation's largest gay rights group, praising the gay community for making strides in equal rights and pledging to deliver on major campaign promises that some say he's left on the back burner.
Cops: Husband shot soccer mom as she chatted on webcam
A Pennsylvania soccer mom was chatting with a friend via webcam when she was shot to death by her husband, who then went upstairs and shot himself, police said Friday.
9 small money steps that pay off big
Huge, scary numbers are lurking everywhere these days: The massive federal bailout (now on the taxpayers' tab)...the unemployment rate, which is now at a 26-year high...that daunting sum you are constantly told you will need if you want to retire comfortably...the six-figure mortgage balance you barely chip away at each month.
Girl, 12, slugged back at Phillies slugger
Jennifer Valdivia scooped up the baseball after it sailed into the right-field stands. The 12-year-old smiled and giggled over the keepsake from her first Major League ballgame.
Streisand on her auction: Let someone else enjoy my stuff
Paintings, furniture, memorabilia and costumes owned by Barbra Streisand will be auctioned on October 17 and 18 by an auction house in West Hollywood, California.
Friend of suspected terrorist says life put 'on hold'
The friend of a man accused of conspiring to use weapons of mass destruction in the United States said Saturday he had put his life "on hold" because of the investigation.
Kourtney Kardashian's having a son!
The Kardashians will soon be keeping up with a little boy.
'Sweatbox' victims were attending 'Spiritual Warrior' program
The two people who died and the 19 others who fell ill at a central Arizona resort after spending time in a sauna-like "sweatbox" were attending a program by self-help expert James Arthur Ray, authorities said Saturday.
Hostages at Pakistani army HQ released
A total of 25 hostages in Pakistan were freed early Sunday after being held by at least four militants at the army headquarters in Rawalpindi, an army spokesman said.
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