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Most popular news on 12 July 2009 |
Searchers shovel Northwest dirt seeking giant worm
AP - The giant Palouse earthworm has taken on mythic qualities in this vast agricultural region that stretches from eastern Washington into the Idaho panhandle — its very name evoking the fictional sandworms from "Dune" or those vicious creatures from the movie "Tremors."
AP sources: Cheney told CIA not to discuss program
AP - Former Vice President Dick Cheney directed the CIA eight years ago not to inform Congress about a nascent counterterrorism program that CIA Director Leon Panetta terminated in June, officials with direct knowledge of the matter said Saturday.
Jackson May Play London After All, Via Footage
Time.com - The Michael Jackson concert would feature rehearsal footage, performances by his family -- everything but the King of Pop himself
Florida Wrestles with Its Python Snake Problem
Time.com - Floridians are generally not flummoxed by the variety of reptile species that invade their state. But that nonchalance vanished last week when a 2-year-old was strangled to death in her crib by a 9-ft. Burmese python
In personal terms, Obama hails Africa's promise
AP - America's president and Africa's son, Barack Obama dashed with pride onto the continent of his ancestors Saturday, challenging its people to shed corruption and conflict in favor of peace. Campaigning to all of Africa, he said "Yes you can."
AP source: Holder considering torture probe
AP - Attorney General Eric Holder is considering whether to appoint a criminal prosecutor to investigate the Bush administration's interrogation practices, a controversial move that would run counter to President Barack Obama's wishes to leave the issue in the past.
Can Language Skills Ward Off Alzheimer's Disease?
Time.com - A small study of aging nuns illuminates the curious condition of "asymptomatic Alzheimer's disease" -- when brains show physical lesions, but patients display no signs of cognitive decline
Can Gaming Slow Mental Decline in the Elderly?
Time.com - As of yet, there's little scientific evidence that video gaming actually boosts players' mental fitness, but there's no shortage of researchers trying to find out
Relatives go to Ill. cemetery looking for answers
AP - A constant stream of relatives hoping to find their loved ones showed up Saturday as officials exhumed one grave in a cemetery where four former employees are accused of digging up and dumping hundreds of bodies in a scheme to resell plots.
Dispute over flag protest erupts in Wisc. village
AP - An American flag flown upside down as a protest in a northern Wisconsin village was seized by police before a Fourth of July parade and the businessman who flew it — an Iraq war veteran — claims the officers trespassed and stole his property.
NASA delays launch after lightning strikes
Reuters - NASA canceled Saturday's launch attempt of space shuttle Endeavour on a construction mission to the International Space Station to assess possible damage from nearby lightning strikes, officials said.
Dillinger's Ohio crime spree left out of new movie
AP - Before becoming Public Enemy No. 1, gangster John Dillinger pulled off his first bank robbery in a sleepy Ohio town.
'Moderate Dems' squeeze Obama
Politico - If Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) and Rep. Heath Shuler (D-N.C.) are moderate Democrats, what kind of Democrat does that make President Barack Obama?
Fashion Police: Jamie-Lynn Skins a Zebra Right
E! Online - Generally, animal-print frocks are the stuff of leathery cougar ladies and tacky car interiors. But Jamie-Lynn Sigler hits it out of the wildlife park in the Donna Karan zebra-print dress she wore to HBO's Entourage premiere in Los Angeles this week.
Chips in official IDs raise privacy fears
AP - Climbing into his Volvo, outfitted with a Matrics antenna and a Motorola reader he'd bought on eBay for $190, Chris Paget cruised the streets of San Francisco with this objective: To read the identity cards of strangers, wirelessly, without ever leaving his car.
Jackson's hometown holds memorial for pop icon
AP - This gritty steel-making city where Michael Jackson got his start playing on street corners with his brothers and competing in talent shows said goodbye to the King of Pop with a show that featured experienced homegrown talent, as well as youngsters who hope to follow in his footsteps.
Iraq bombings kill 8 in capital, northern village
AP - A car bomb exploded in an alley Saturday in a village in northern Iraq, killing at least four people, wounding others and destroying eight homes, police said. Another six people died in bombings in Baghdad.
11 Places With a Worse Economy Than Ours
U.S. News & World Report - When times are tough, one thing that tends to raise the spirits is knowing that somebody else has it worse. And as wretched as the U.S. economy seems, it's not as bad as in other regions.
After violence, western China looks for answers
AP - It was about 8 p.m. when the mob descended on Zhongwan Road. The police didn't arrive until six hours later. In the time between, most residents locked their doors and hid, peering out through windows and listening from basements as ethnic violence raged in China's western Xinjiang province.
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