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Most popular news on 20 September 2009 |
Escaped killer still at large in Washington state
A legally insane killer was on the loose in the state of Washington on Saturday, two days after he escaped during a field trip to a county fair, authorities said.
South African official lied about Semenya gender tests
The president of Athletics South Africa has admitted that he lied about gender tests on runner Caster Semenya before her gold-medal win at the World Athletics Championships last month.
Khloe Kardashian to marry L.A. Lakers player
Wow, talk about a whirlwind romance!
Man's lung ailment caused by fragment of fast food spoon
"I know I didn't chow down on a spoon!" declared John Manley, who recently discovered that an eating utensil was the source of his two years of ill health, coughing, vomiting and pain.
Police: DNA confirms Noordin dead
Indonesian police say they have DNA evidence identifying the man they killed this week as Noordin Top, the nation's most-wanted terror suspect.
Romney defends record as Huckabee wins straw poll
A day after former Baptist minister and likely presidential rival Mike Huckabee offered a withering critique of Mitt Romney's record, the former Massachusetts governor made his pitch to the same group of religious conservatives.
Camera footage shows fatal Mexico subway shooting
Mexican authorities deployed more than 1,000 additional police officers to reinforce security at the capital's 175 subway stations on Saturday, a day after a shooting inside a station left two people dead and eight injured at the height of evening rush hour.
Source: DNA match led to lab tech's arrest in Yale murder
A DNA match linking Raymond J. Clark III to Yale student Annie Le led to his arrest on murder charges, a source with knowledge of the investigation said.
Man questioned alleged in terror plot declines more FBI talks
Najibullah Zazi, a Colorado resident and Afghan national questioned in an alleged terrorist plot in the United States, declined to attend a fourth day of interviews with the FBI, his attorney's publicist told CNN on Saturday.
Taliban leader boasts of eventual victory in Afghanistan
The Taliban fight against American and NATO troops in Afghanistan "is forging ahead like a powerful flood," according to a purported online message posted Saturday by the Taliban's elusive leader, Mullah Mohammed Omar.
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