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Most popular news on 10 October 2009 |
Gasps as Obama awarded Nobel Peace Prize
AP - The announcement drew gasps of surprise and cries of too much, too soon. Yet President Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday because the judges found his promise of disarmament and diplomacy too good to ignore.
CDC: 76 children dead of swine flu as cases rise
AP - Health officials said Friday that 76 U.S. children have died of swine flu, including 19 new reports in the past week — more evidence the new virus is unusually dangerous for the young.
Instructors rushed to help UCLA stabbing victim
AP - Blood gushed from a student's neck and formed a puddle on the floor of a UCLA lab as instructors struggled to stanch the wound.
New survey shows rising support for civil unions
AP - An increasing majority of Americans favors allowing same-sex couples to obtain most of the same rights as married straight couples, but only 39 percent support legalization of same-sex marriage, according to a poll released Friday.
Aye Carumba! Marge Simpson poses for Playboy cover
AP - Aye Carumba!
Moon crash: Public yawns, scientists celebrate
AP - NASA's great lunar fireworks finale fizzled. After gearing up for the space agency's much-hyped mission to hurl two spacecraft into the moon, the public turned away from the sky Friday anything but dazzled. Photos and video of the impact showed little more than a fuzzy white flash.
Analysis: A great prize, but will it help goals?
AP - Now that he's Nobel laureate Barack Obama, will he find smoother sailing for his plans to rid the world of nuclear weapons, to forge Mideast peace and stabilize Afghanistan, to halt climate change?
Obama steps up push for consumer protection agency
AP - President Barack Obama fought to keep his proposed banking overhaul on track Friday, casting the political struggle ahead as one between big financial interests and average Americans victimized by complex or unscrupulous financial transactions.
The Last Thing Obama Needs Is the Nobel Peace Prize
Time.com - Just when Americans want more bully and less pulpit, President Obama gets a Nobel prize. And it's not the one for literature
Buddies Damon, Affleck are also distant relatives
AP - It seems Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are more than childhood pals and Hollywood collaborators.
Job competition toughest since recession began
AP - The number of job seekers competing for each opening has reached the highest point since the recession began, according to government data released Friday.
Hungary pageant for surgically enhanced beauties
AP - It was a night for unnatural beauties. Contestants showed off breast implants, nose jobs and face lifts as Miss Plastic Hungary 2009 strove to promote the benefits of plastic surgery in a country where artificial enhancements are viewed mostly with a wary eye.
Zazi's father pleads not guilty to lying to FBI
AP - The father of an Afghan immigrant accused of plotting a terror attack in New York City pleaded not guilty Friday to a charge of lying to investigators.
Rural hospitals fear health care overhaul won't help them
McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON -- The Peach County Regional Medical Center, a small, Cold War-era hospital in Fort Valley, Ga., 40 miles from the nearest trauma center in Macon, is in critical condition.
Video shows cars, trucks tossed by tsunami waves
AP - The FBI on Friday released video footage showing waves rushing in and violently tossing cars and trucks in a parking lot as a deadly tsunami struck American Samoa last week.
Pakistan vows offensive after bomb kills 49
AP - Pakistan vowed to launch a new offensive against militant strongholds along the Afghan border after a suicide bomber blew up a car near a crowded outdoor market on Friday, killing 49 people in the bloodiest attack to hit the country in six months.
Republicans take aim at Ore. congressman over SUV
AP - Republican campaign officials took aim on Thursday at an Oregon congressman who has pushed for tougher vehicle emission standards, touting a YouTube video of the environmentally friendly Democrat driving what they called a gas-guzzling SUV in Washington, D.C.
Billy Ray Cyrus urges Miley to return to Twitter
AP - Most parents want their kids to twitter less, but not Billy Ray Cyrus.
2 die, 19 overcome at Arizona retreat sweat lodge
AP - A sauna-like sweat lodge at an Arizona resort meant to provide spiritual cleansing became the scene of a police investigation Friday when more than a dozen people became ill during a two-hour session and two later died.
Shingles prove to be gold mine for thieves
AP - Workers at Bradco Supply Corp. arrived one morning to find someone severed the heavy chain locks on the security fence at the Fort Worth shingle supply warehouse. Inside, empty wooden pallets were splintered and scattered across the floor.
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