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Most popular news on 24 September 2009 |
America armed, but guns not necessarily loaded
AP - Bullet-makers are working around the clock, seven days a week, and still can't keep up with the nation's demand for ammunition.
Russia links Iran sanctions to US missile change
AP - With a diplomatic wink and nod, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev opened the door Wednesday to backing potential sanctions against Iran as a reward to President Barack Obama's decision to scale back a U.S. missile shield in Eastern Europe.
Mackenzie Phillips says she had sex with her dad
AP - Former child star Mackenzie Phillips said Wednesday that she had a decade-long sexual relationship with her father, pop superstar John Phillips, who also taught her how to roll joints and injected her with cocaine.
Official: Water Found on Moon
SPACE.com - Since man
first touched the moon and brought pieces of it back to Earth, scientists have
thought that the lunar surface was bone dry. But new observations from three
different spacecraft have put this notion to rest with what has been called
"unambiguous evidence" of water across the surface of the moon.
Famed and feared Hope Diamond goes naked
AP - For the first time, the famed and feared Hope Diamond is on display au naturel.
Iran's president rails against capitalism
AP - Under increasing attack over Iran's suspected nuclear weapons program, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday that Tehran was ready to meet conciliation with conciliation.
Fed slows housing market plan; rates to stay low
AP - Signaling confidence in a recovery, the Federal Reserve decided Wednesday to stretch out the pace of a program intended to lower mortgage rates and prop up the housing market.
AP source: Hanged Census worker had 'fed' on chest
AP - A U.S. Census worker found hanged from a tree near a Kentucky cemetery had the word "fed" scrawled on his chest, a law enforcement official said Wednesday, and the FBI is investigating whether he was a victim of anti-government sentiment.
Indonesian woman gives birth to 8.7 kilo boy
AFP - An Indonesian woman has given birth to an 8.7-kilogramme (19.2-pound) baby boy, the heaviest newborn ever recorded in the country, a doctor said Wednesday.
U.S. alone can't solve world's problems, Obama tells U.N.
McClatchy Newspapers - UNITED NATIONS — President Barack Obama bluntly prodded world leaders Wednesday to join the U.S. in solving pressing global problems, challenging them to move beyond "an almost reflexive anti-Americanism which, too often, has served as an excuse for collective inaction."
California fire threatens power lines, oil fields
Reuters - A wind-driven wildfire believed to have spontaneously ignited in a manure pile grew to nearly 10,000 acres on Wednesday as it crept toward a town north of Los Angeles, threatening power lines and oil fields.
Obama to world: Don't expect America to fix it all
AP - President Barack Obama challenged world leaders Wednesday to shoulder more of the globe's critical burdens, promising a newly cooperative partner in America but sternly warning they can no longer castigate the U.S. as a go-it-alone bully while still demanding it cure all ills.
Trial in dispute between Apple, Eminem's publisher
AP - Apple Inc. and Eminem's music publisher have failed to settle a dispute over 93 songs on iTunes, clearing the way for a trial in the rapper's hometown of Detroit.
Miami trying to make it 'back' vs. Va. Tech
AP - It's one of the most asked questions by college football fans and media members: Is (insert lagging program name here) "back?" — as in back to being one of the elite program it once was.
Travolta recounts son's death at Bahamas trial
AP - John Travolta said Wednesday he tried desperately to save the life of his seizure-prone son and made perhaps his first public description of the boy as autistic as he testified in the trial of two people accused of trying to blackmail him.
SEC charges Perot worker with insider trading
AP - The Securities and Exchange Commission said Wednesday it has charged Reza Saleh, an employee of a Perot Systems Corp. affiliate, with insider trading related to Dell Inc.'s offer to buy Perot Systems earlier this week.
Despite calls for unity, Iran, Libya blast UN
AP - On a day when the U.N. and many nations appealed for global unity, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi on Wednesday denounced what they called an unjust world dominated by five powers.
U.S. flood damage in Georgia to top $250 million
Reuters - Flooding in north Georgia that killed nine people caused $250 million worth of damage to property and tens of millions of dollars more damage to infrastructure, the state insurance commissioner said on Wednesday.
Man Gets The Scoop On Where To Drop Off Doggie's Deposit
Dear Abby - DEAR ABBY: My wife and I were walking our terriers one evening when one had to answer nature's call. Being responsible dog owners, I picked up the "deposit" with a bag we carry for such occasions.
Chavez offers Obama backhanded compliments
AP - The last time he was here, Hugo Chavez called then U.S. President George W. Bush "the devil," but on Wednesday Venezuela's leader offered slightly more-positive sentiments for Barack Obama.
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