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Most popular news on 15 September 2009 |
Clues point to inside job in Yale killing
AP - Clues increasingly pointed to an inside job Monday in the slaying of a Yale graduate student whose body was found stuffed inside a wall five days after she vanished from a heavily secured lab building accessible only to university employees.
Publicist: Patrick Swayze dies at 57
AP - Patrick Swayze, the hunky actor who danced his way into moviegoers' hearts with "Dirty Dancing" and then broke them with "Ghost," died Monday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 57.
3 New York residences raided in terrorism probe
AP - FBI agents and police raided three apartments in New York City before dawn Monday during an investigation of a man suspected of being an al-Qaida associate. The searches came after the man, who was under surveillance for possible links to the terror network, visited New York City over the weekend and left the area, Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., said after receiving a briefing on the operation from federal law enforcement officials Monday.
Senate negotiators narrow health care differences
AP - Senate health care negotiators said Monday they've narrowed their differences on a host of difficult issues with just a day or so left to seal an elusive bipartisan deal that could change the course of the contentious debate.
Bin Laden prods US to end 'hopeless' Afghan war
AP - Osama bin Laden said in a new audiotape that President Barack Obama's strategy in Afghanistan is "hopeless" and called on Americans to resolve the conflict with al-Qaida by ending the war there and breaking the U.S. alliance with Israel.
Key al Qaeda figure killed in U.S. raid in Somalia
Reuters - U.S. special forces in helicopters attacked a car in southern Somalia on Monday and killed one of east Africa's most wanted al Qaeda militants, Somali and U.S. sources said.
Bea Arthur remembered with love and laughter
AP - They remembered with love — and a lot of laughter — the star of television's "Maude" and "The Golden Girls," a woman who also appeared in such hit musicals as "Fiddler on the Roof" and "Mame."
West takes time for 3rd apology during Leno debut
AP - Kanye West used Jay Leno's prime-time debut Monday to offer another apology for ruining Taylor Swift's night at the MTV Video Music Awards and to say he's going to take some time off for reflection.
Music world slams Kanye West over awards outburst
AFP - Pop stars slammed Kanye West on Monday after the rapper shocked the MTV Video Music Awards by crashing the stage during teen star Taylor Swift's acceptance speech.
Obama challenges Wall Street to support his regulations
McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — A year after the collapse of Lehman Brothers ushered in the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, President Barack Obama said Monday that although the nation was "beginning to return to normalcy," Congress still must pass new regulations on the financial industry to avoid a repeat.
Wells Fargo fires exec over Malibu house scandal
Reuters - Wells Fargo & Co has fired a senior vice president after investigating reports she held lavish parties at a foreclosed beachfront Malibu house owned by the bank.
Exercise can extend survival even in 'oldest old'
AP - Even in the "oldest old," a little physical activity goes a long way, extending life by at least a few years for people in their mid- to late 80s, Israeli researchers found.
Del Potro ends Federer's reign in New York
Reuters - It was not expected to happen but Juan Martin del Potro did not care. The Argentine left Roger Federer, and the rest of the tennis world, stunned as he subdued the five-times champion in a pulsating five-set final to claim the U.S. Open crown on Monday.
Houston to Winfrey: Brown was emotionally abusive
AP - Whitney Houston took drugs, including cocaine and marijuana, with ex-husband Bobby Brown, who was emotionally abusive during their marriage and at one point spit on her, the singer said during an interview that aired Monday on "The Oprah Winfrey Show."
Early flu season — what you need to know
AP - Flu season's in full swing two months early this year — and nearly all the cases are the new swine flu strain that so far is targeting mostly children and younger adults.
TV Tidbits: Notes of Interest
Mediaweek.com - The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation has launched a free web video portal called EmmyTVLegends.org, which features more than 600 rare conversations with TV legends like Mary Tyler Moore, Alan Alda, Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Ron Howard, Henry Winkler, Michael J. Fox, I Love Lucy writers Bob Carroll, Jr. and Madelyn Pugh Davis, Sharon Gless, Sherman Hemsley, and news great Walter Cronkite. ...
Emotions ring true in family drama "Boys"
Reuters - Few films have so poignantly portrayed a father's relationships with his sons as "The Boys Are Back," a film by Scott Hicks that reminds you he once directed the luminescent "Shine." For the first time since that magical feature debut, Hicks has invested heart and soul in a film project. Interestingly, it also is the first project he has made in Australia since "Shine."
ACORN staff taped with woman posing as prostitute
AP - Two employees of the advocacy group ACORN are shown on a hidden-camera video released Monday, apparently advising a couple posing as a prostitute and her pimp to lie about her profession and launder her earnings.
Most U.S. doctors want public-private mix: poll
Reuters - Most U.S. doctors favor having both public and private options in a reformed healthcare system, a survey published on Monday said.
Showerheads may harbor bacteria dangerous to some
AP - In what may be the scariest shower news since Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho," a study says showerheads can harbor tiny bacteria that come spraying into your face when you wash. People with normal immune systems have little to fear, but these microbes could be a concern for folks with cystic fibrosis or AIDS, people who are undergoing cancer treatment or those who have had a recent organ transplant.
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