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Most popular news on 1 October 2009 |
Strong Indonesia quake kills hundreds, traps more
AP - A powerful earthquake that struck western Indonesia trapped thousands of people under collapsed buildings — including hospitals, a hotel and a classroom, officials said. At least 200 bodies were found in one coastal city and the toll was expected to be far higher.
Empire State Building lit for China, drawing ire
AP - Red and yellow lights shone from the top of the Empire State Building at dusk Wednesday, a tribute to communist China's 60th anniversary that protesters labeled "blatant approval" of totalitarianism and criticized as inappropriate for an icon in the land of the free.
Administration takes aim at distracted driving
AP - Driving while distracted is a growing peril in a nation reluctant to put down its cell phones and handheld devices even behind the wheel, the Obama administration declared on Wednesday. Officials said Congress and the public must team up to reduce the danger.
Earth Shakes Twice: Is the Planet On a Roll?
LiveScience.com - Between the earthquakes that struck the Samoas and Indonesia yesterday and the temblor that devastated L'Aquila, Italy earlier this year, it might seem like Earth has been particularly shaky this year.
Health bill survives attacks - vote by week's end?
AP - A White House-backed overhaul of the nation's health care system weathered repeated challenges from Republican critics over taxes, abortion and more on Wednesday, and the bill's architect claimed enough votes to push it through the Senate Finance Committee as early as week's end.
Clock Turned Back on Aging Muscles, Researchers Claim
LiveScience.com - Scientists have found and manipulated body chemistry linked to the aging of muscles and were able to turn back the clock on old human muscle, restoring its ability to repair and rebuild itself, they said today.
State to mom: Stop baby-sitting neighbors' kids
AP - Each day before the school bus comes to pick up the neighborhood's children, Lisa Snyder did a favor for three of her fellow moms, welcoming their children into her home for about an hour before they left for school.
Is Alan Grayson the Democrats' Joe Wilson?
The Yahoo! Newsroom - Tuesday night, Rep. Alan Grayson of Florida, a Democrat representing the state's 8th district, which includes the cities of Orlando, Eustis and Ocala, took to the floor of the House of Representatives armed with an easel and three posters to deliver his interpretation of the Republican's health care reform plan. Printed on the three posters were the individual points of the "very simple" Republican plan, according to Rep. Alan Grayson. They were:
EPA moves to regulate smokestack greenhouse gases
AP - The Environmental Protection Agency took steps Wednesday to control the emissions blamed for global warming from power plants, factories and refineries for the first time.
Report of 1955 jet wreckage found stirs memories
AP - A historian's reported discovery of the wreckage of an Air Force jet lost at sea 54 years ago off the Southern California coast brought an unexpected surge of emotions for the pilot's brother, who found himself grieving all over again.
Study Finds Fish Won't Prevent Heart Failure
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Sept. 30 (HealthDay News) -- While eating fish does
appear to help protect against heart attacks and other cardiovascular
disease, a new Dutch study finds it doesn't seem to guard against the
development of heart failure.
Travolta testifies Bahamas medic threatened him
AP - John Travolta testified Wednesday that a Bahamas paramedic threatened to sell stories to the news media suggesting the movie star was at fault in the death of his 16-year-old son. Travolta said paramedic Tarino Lightbourne, who is now on trial for extortion, demanded $25 million.
GM to shut down Saturn after Penske walks away
AP - General Motors Co. said Wednesday it would shut down its Saturn brand after an agreement with Penske Automotive Group Inc. to acquire it fell apart.
Girls warned not to hide boyfriends' guns
Reuters - A campaign warning girls not to stash or carry guns for their boyfriends was launched by London police Wednesday.
Hamas, Israel deal: 20 prisoners for soldier video
AP - In a surprise deal announced Wednesday, Hamas will give Israel a videotape providing a first glimpse of a captured Israeli soldier to prove he is alive in return for the release of 20 Palestinian women held in Israeli prisons.
Obama announces $5 billion for new medical research
Reuters - President Barack Obama announced a plan on Wednesday to spend $5 billion on medical and scientific research, medical supplies and upgrading laboratory capacity, which he said would create tens of thousands of new jobs.
Ban handguns? Supreme Court taking a new look
AP - The Supreme Court says it will take up a challenge to Chicago's ban on handguns, opening the way for a ruling that could set off a vigorous new campaign to roll back state and local gun controls across the nation.
Ketsana leaves more than 360 dead across SE Asia
AP - A new typhoon gathered strength Thursday off the Philippines while nearly 700,000 people still sought help in badly stretched relief centers from massive flooding caused by Ketsana, one of the region's most destructive storms in years.
FBI denies editing Oklahoma City bombing tapes
AP - The FBI says it did not edit videotapes of the aftermath of the 1995 bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building before turning them over to an attorney who is conducting an unofficial inquiry into the bombing.
Next Bank of America CEO must rebuild firm's image
AP - Ken Lewis' legacy as CEO of Bank of America Corp. will likely be determined by whether his successor can do what Lewis couldn't: prove that the bank's messy acquisition of Merrill Lynch & Co. was worth the money.
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