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Most popular news on 13 July 2009 |
2 held on murder charges in Fla. couple's slaying
AP - Two men were held late Sunday on open murder charges in the slaying of a wealthy Florida Panhandle couple known for adopting children with developmental disabilities.
Swearing Makes Pain More Tolerable
LiveScience.com - That muttered curse word that reflexively comes out when you stub your toe could actually make it easier to bear the throbbing pain, a new study suggests.
Pa. swim club accused of racism to ask kids back
AP - A private suburban swim club accused of racism after it canceled the memberships of dozens of minority children says it will seek a meeting with the kids' camps to work out an agreement for them to return.
Report: NKorea's Kim has pancreatic cancer
AP - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has life-threatening pancreatic cancer, a news report said Monday, days after new images of him looking gaunt spurred speculation that his health might be worsening following a reported stroke last year.
W.Va. woman wins her 9th big lottery prize
AP - Brenda Bailey is still on a roll.
Palin says she's not leaving politics
AP - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said she's not only staying involved in national politics, but she plans to jump back into the national scrum when she leaves office at the end of the month.
GOP unifies against any more stimulus spending
AP - Republicans lined up Sunday in opposition to a second economic stimulus package, a rare demonstration of unity from an out-of-power political party in search of a rallying cry against President Barack Obama.
Calif. leaders face tough choices in budget talks
AP - California's top lawmakers on Sunday focused on cost-saving reforms to social welfare programs and how deeply to cut an array of state services as they dove into the complex task of closing the state's $26 billion deficit.
The Supreme Court name game: Blind to justices
The Yahoo! Newsroom - Quick! Name a Supreme Court justice.
2 US Marines die in S. Afghanistan bomb blasts
AP - A bomb blast killed two U.S. Marines in Afghanistan's dangerous south, where thousands of American troops have deployed in a massive operation to oust Taliban fighters from the country's opium poppy region, officials said Sunday.
Police accuse wife in death of boxing champ Gatti
AP - Brazilian authorities detained the wife of former boxing champion Arturo Gatti and formally accused her Sunday of killing him at a posh seaside tourist resort in Brazil.
New Rule, You Guys: Date Britney, Wind Up in Court
E! Online - See what happens when you go out with Britney Spears?
Berlin "sex academy" offers tips for visitors
Reuters - Wannabe Latin lovers can improve their technique by playing with the erogenous zones of naked mannequins at a new interactive exhibition that has now opened in Berlin.
Taller People Earn More Money
LiveScience.com - There's a growing body of research that finds taller people make more money.
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."
Police: Man seeks ride from detective after heist
AP - Authorities say a parolee who robbed a Michigan bank was caught when he tried to hitch a ride from an undercover police detective.
Thunderstorms delay space shuttle launch again
AP - Thunderstorms forced NASA to call off Sunday evening's launch of shuttle Endeavour, the fourth delay for the space station construction mission.
Michael Jackson's sister La Toya says he was 'killed'
AFP - Michael Jackson was killed by a band of greedy hangers-on, his sister La Toya alleged in interviews with British Sunday newspapers.
AP News in Brief at 5:58 p.m. EDT
AP - Sonia Sotomayor will tell her story to jury tilted in her favor as high court hearings begin
Cheney hid CIA program from Congress: senator
Reuters - The CIA withheld information from the U.S. Congress about a secret counterterrorism program on orders from former Vice President Dick Cheney, a senator said on Sunday as Democrats called for an investigation.
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