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Most popular news on 23 September 2009 |
U.S. scientists net giant squid in Gulf of Mexico
Reuters - U.S. scientists in the Gulf of Mexico unexpectedly netted a 19.5-foot (5.9-meter) giant squid off the coast of Louisiana, the Interior Department said on Monday, showing how little is known about life in the deep waters of the Gulf.
Iranian leader says he'll seek leniency for hikers
AP - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday in an Associated Press interview that he will seek leniency for three American hikers who strayed across the Iranian border, and he urged President Barack Obama to see Iran as a potential friend.
What is a 100-Year Storm?
LiveScience.com - The torrential rains that have inundated Atlanta, Ga., and its surrounding areas over the past few days have been called a 100-year storm event by state weather experts. Does that mean such a storm comes only once a century?
GM restores 3,000 jobs, prepares to raise output
Reuters - General Motors Co said on Tuesday it planned to restore about 3,000 jobs at U.S. assembly plants and related facilities and is getting set to raise North American production by up to 45 percent next year.
Stern Obama confronts Israeli, Palestinian leaders
AP - Bristling with impatience, President Barack Obama sternly prodded Israeli and Palestinian leaders to relaunch Mideast peace negotiations Tuesday, grasping a newly personal role in their historic standoff. He won an awkward, stone-faced handshake but no other apparent progress beyond a promise to talk about more talks.
GOP raps Dems for hushing insurers on Medicare
AP - Republican lawmakers rebuked the Obama administration Tuesday for telling health insurance companies to stop warning elderly customers they'll lose benefits in health care legislation, which some equated to a gag order.
New wildfires erupt in windy Southern California
AP - New wildfires threatened homes in Southern California on Tuesday as hot and dry Santa Ana winds turned the region into a tinder box.
Al-Qaida predicts Obama's fall by Muslim nation
AP - Al-Qaida on Tuesday released a new 106-minute long video predicting President Barack Obama's downfall at the hands of the Muslim world.
Beatles sell 2.25 million albums in 5 days
AP - Nearly 40 years after breaking up, The Beatles are still breaking records for album sales.
Iranian leader offers to help in Afghanistan
AP - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (ah-muh-DEE'-neh-zhahd) is expressing interest in cooperating to help stabilize Afghanistan but is blaming the United States for having created chaos in the war-torn country on Iran's eastern border.
Report: Jail conditions violate inmates' rights
AP - Violent guards, understaffing and unsanitary conditions violate the constitutional rights of inmates at a New Orleans jail heavily damaged by Hurricane Katrina, a Justice Department report concludes.
FDIC weighs extraordinary steps to shore up fund
AP - The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is weighing several costly — and never-before-used — options as it struggles to shore up the dwindling fund that insures bank deposits.
Honduran forces break up protest at Brazil embassy
Reuters - Honduran security forces clashed on Tuesday with thousands of supporters of ousted President Manuel Zelaya outside Brazil's embassy, where he took refuge after slipping back into the country aiming to retake power.
U.S. closes Mexico border crossing after shootout
Reuters - U.S. authorities closed the world's busiest land border crossing for several hours on Tuesday after a shootout between suspected Mexican human traffickers and U.S. agents, U.S. officials said.
Shiite financier investments embarrasses Hezbollah
AP - A Mideast version of the Bernie Madoff scandal is threatening to tarnish Hezbollah's reputation in Lebanon for being incorruptible, and the powerful Shiite militant movement faces calls to bail out small investors to keep its position from being undercut.
Up to 16 inches of snow forecast in Colo mountains
AP - Colorado is bracing for a second wave of wintry weather, with up to 16 inches of snow expected in the mountains by Wednesday afternoon.
Lawyer disputes tryst between Anna Nicole, doctor
AP - The attorney for a doctor who treated the late model Anna Nicole Smith says Dr. Sandeep Kapoor is openly gay and that she is outraged by claims in search warrant affidavits that he had a sexual relationship with Smith.
9 deaths blamed on Southeast storm; flood lingers
AP - Neighborhoods, schools and even roller coasters at Six Flags over Georgia remained awash in several feet of murky, brown water Tuesday, even as an emerging sun shed light on the widespread flood damage.
Stadiums, hotels on alert amid terror probe
AP - The government expanded a terrorism warning from transit systems to U.S. stadiums, hotels and entertainment complexes as investigators searched for more suspects Tuesday in a possible al-Qaida plot to set off hydrogen-peroxide bombs hidden in backpacks.
Senator backs off tax on condoms, contact lenses
AP - They were calling it the tax on Q-tips. Amid Republican ridicule, a Democratic chairman backed down Tuesday and exempted consumer items of $100 or less — from condoms to contact lenses — from a proposed tax on medical device manufacturers. It would help pay for health care coverage for the uninsured in comprehensive legislation.
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