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Most popular news on 9 August 2009 |
Plane, copter collide over Hudson; 9 believed dead
AP - A small private plane collided with a sightseeing helicopter over the Hudson River on Saturday, scattering debris in the water and forcing thousands of people on the New Jersey waterfront to scamper for cover. Nine people on both aircraft were presumed dead.
Ben Stein loses NY Times column over endorsement
AP - Monotone TV personality Ben Stein has been stripped of his Sunday New York Times business column because of his work as a pitchman for a credit monitoring company.
Dogs as Smart as 2-year-old Kids
LiveScience.com - The canine IQ test results are in: Even the average dog has the mental abilities of a 2-year-old child.
WWII Shipwrecks Sought in 'Graveyard of the Atlantic'
LiveScience.com - Researchers are on a three-week research expedition to study World
War II shipwrecks sunk in 1942 in what's called the "Graveyard of the
Atlantic."
Charges unlikely for husband in NY wrong-way crash
AP - There isn't much chance the husband of Diane Schuler could face criminal charges for the fiery crash she caused while driving the wrong way on a highway, killing herself and seven others, attorneys agree.
Particle collider: Black hole or crucial machine?
AP - When launched to great fanfare nearly a year ago, some feared the Large Hadron Collider would create a black hole that would suck in the world. It turns out the Hadron may be the black hole.
Taliban leader's death disputed, shootout claimed
AP - Senior Taliban commanders denied their leader was killed in a CIA missile strike in Pakistan while conflicting reports emerged of a clash between rival factions during a meeting to choose a successor.
Obama: Health overhaul key to economic recovery
AP - Using better-than-expected jobs numbers to press his top domestic priority, President Barack Obama is arguing that overhauling the health care system is essential to the country's economic well-being.
French woman, embassy staff confess in Iran trial
AP - A young French academic and local staff of the British and French embassies stood trial Saturday with dozens of Iranian opposition figures and confessed to being involved in the country's postelection unrest.
Report: Jackson kids' godfather claims paternity
AP - A British tabloid reported Saturday that the godfather of Michael Jackson's three children claims to be the father of the singer's daughter Paris.
Why is Los Angeles Losing Its Police Commissioner?
Time.com - Bill Bratton is credited with turning around the most scandal-prone big city police department. In a TIME interview, he doesn't quite close the door to larger ambitions
Sotomayor takes oath from Chief Justice Roberts
AP - Sonia Sotomayor became the Supreme Court's newest justice Saturday, pledging during a brief ceremony at the high court to defend the Constitution and administer impartial justice.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver remains at Mass. hospital
AP - John F. Kennedy's sister remains at a Massachusetts hospital with her family by her side.
Nine killed in helicopter, plane collision over NY
Reuters - Nine people, including five Italian tourists, were killed on Saturday when a small plane clipped a helicopter over New York and both aircraft plunged into the Hudson River.
93 people missing in Tongan ferry disaster
AP - Police say the number of people missing and feared dead after a ferry capsized and sank off Tonga has risen to 93 — eight more than previously thought.
Climate change to challenge US military: report
AFP - Climate change will pose profound strategic challenges to the United States in coming decades, raising the prospect of military intervention to deal with the effects of violent storms, drought, mass migration and pandemics, The New York Times reported.
2 killed in crash with Christian band's tour bus
AP - The Christian rock band MercyMe canceled a show Saturday in the St. Louis area after its tour bus collided with a car in northeastern Indiana, killing two passengers in the car and the pregnant car driver's unborn baby.
Ortiz says supplements may have landed him on list
AP - David Ortiz said he never knowingly used steroids and that over-the-counter supplements and vitamins likely caused him to land on a list of alleged drug users circulated by the federal government.
OL Cliff Scott hurt in Giants' practice scuffle
AP - The New York Giants got a little feisty in their evening practice Saturday and it may have cost them a player.
Fatal Sunshine: The Plight of California's Farm Workers
Time.com - A lawsuit contends California is failing to protect laborers in its hugely profitable agricultural sector from often deadly heatstroke
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