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Most popular news on 17 June 2009 |
How fast R U? Teen Iowa girl wins US texting title
AP - The nation's newest texting champion has a message for parents across the land — although they might not want to hear it.
Mich. man claims to be NY boy who vanished in 1955
AP - More than 50 years ago, a mother left her stroller outside a Long Island bakery and returned minutes later to find her 2-year-son had vanished.
Thousands return to streets of Iran's capital
AP - Thousands of Iranians swarmed the streets of Tehran on Tuesday in rival demonstrations over the country's disputed presidential election, pushing a deep crisis into its fourth day despite a government attempt to placate the opposition by recounting a limited number of ballots.
Calif.: Video of octuplets broke child-labor laws
AP - A Web site's exclusive deal to document the lives of Nadya Suleman and her fragile octuplets came with a hidden risk:
AP source: Same-sex partners to get fed benefits
AP - President Barack Obama, under growing criticism for not seeking to end the ban on openly gay men and women in the military, is extending benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees.
Workers to break ground on New Mexico spaceport
AP - The wide-open desert of southern New Mexico has long been a key passageway: Spanish conquistadors used it to settle North America, and wagon trains and railroads rattled through on their way to California.
Ensign admits affair; sources say blackmail involved
Politico - Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) acknowledged Tuesday that he had “violated the vows” of marriage by having an affair with a campaign staffer.
NKorea: US journalists plotted 'smear campaign'
AP - One video recorder, six tapes, a digital camera and a stone: North Korea laid out its evidence against two American journalists sentenced to hard labor for entering the country illegally.
Sotomayor answers GOP as Senate braces for debate
AP - Defending her membership in an elite all-women's club, Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor told senators that the group doesn't discriminate unfairly by gender and includes men in many of its activities. Her explanation, in a letter submitted Monday evening to the Senate Judiciary Committee, was accompanied by copies of several rulings, briefs and speeches that the judge had not previously given to the panel.
Dems seek to trim health bill as estimates soar
AP - Jolted by cost estimates as high as $1.6 trillion, Senate Democrats agreed to scale back planned subsidies for the uninsured and sought concessions totaling hundreds of billions of dollars from private industry Tuesday to defray the cost of sweeping health care legislation. At the same time, key Democrats disagreed openly among themselves over a proposed tax on health insurance benefits to pay for expanding coverage to the uninsured.
Nevada GOP Sen. Ensign admits extramarital affair
AP - Sen. John Ensign of Nevada, a conservative Republican with evident presidential ambitions, abruptly announced Tuesday he carried on an extramarital affair for much of last year with a woman on his campaign staff, a confession that jarred his scandal-weary state as well as his party.
Tattoo gone wrong: Stars and gripes forever?
Reuters - A Belgian teenager has told police how she emerged from a tattoo parlor with 56 stars over one side of her face, rather than the three she had asked for, prosecutors said on Tuesday.
Iran regime faces public anger: will it survive?
AP - Iran's Islamic regime has survived a devastating war with Iraq, strong American sanctions and international isolation in its 30 years of power. It has seen reformist and hard-line presidents come and go, with barely a flinch.
Sean Penn giving up Hollywood for family
Reuters - Sean Penn is taking his Oscar and going home.
Some Calif. kids may get 34 extra school days
AP - Summer is going to be a lot shorter for hundreds of elementary school students in two Southern California communities.
Wish Fulfillment? No. But Dreams (and Sleep) Have Meaning
Time.com - New research suggests that sleeping and dreaming are crucial for the proper processing of human emotions
Disney Princess Talks Emmys and Jennifer Hudson
E! Online - Anika Noni Rose must have wished upon a star, because her dream really came true. Ms. Rose is the starring voice in Disney's upcoming animated flick The Princess and the Frog.
Miami priest in photo scandal weds girlfriend
AP - A telegenic Miami priest known as "Father Oprah," who left the Catholic Church amid an uproar over tabloid photos of him kissing his girlfriend on the beach, made the relationship official Tuesday, marrying the woman he was involved with for about two years.
Jubilation muted on Calif gay marriage anniversary
AP - Jonathan Abernethy-Deppe vividly remembers the bustling city clerk's office and the happiness of fellow couples a year ago Tuesday when California began granting same-sex marriage licenses.
No police contact with Lohan over missing jewelry
AP - A spokeswoman for Lindsay Lohan says the actress has not been questioned by London police investigating jewelry that went missing after a fashion shoot there.
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