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Most popular news on 19 September 2009 |
Calif. lawmaker plans hearings on soda-obesity link
Reuters - Sen. Alex Padilla, who led a campaign requiring big restaurant chains to disclose calories in meals, said on Thursday he planned to hold hearings in November on the link between soda consumption and obesity.
Chief: Police may never know Yale killing motive
AP - Police may never know the motive for the killing of a Yale University graduate student whose body was found hidden behind a wall on what should have been her wedding day, the police chief said Friday.
Thousands march in Iran opposition protests
AP - Tens of thousands of protesters — many decked out in the green colors of the reform movement and chanting "Death to the dictator!" — rallied Friday in defiance of Iran's Islamic leadership, clashing with police and confronting state-run anti-Israel rallies.
Insane killer escapes on field trip to county fair
AP - A criminally insane killer who escaped during a mental hospital field trip to a county fair remained on the run Friday, and furious residents and officials wondered why such a dangerous person was out in public.
Debate heats up over Wall Street rally
AFP - With Wall Street enjoying its best rally in decades, debate is heating up on whether the market has gone too far, too fast or is ready for a second wind.
Coldest place in the solar system? Right nearby
AP - Astronomers have found the coldest spot in our solar system and it may be a little close for comfort. It's on our moon, right nearby. NASA's new Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is making the first complete temperature map of the moon. It found that at the moon's south pole, it's colder than far away Pluto. The area is inside craters that are permanently shadowed so they never see sun.
Obama: Health care anger not motivated by his race
AP - President Barack Obama said Friday that angry criticisms about his health care agenda are driven by an intense debate over the proper role of government — and not by racism.
Unpaid bills mount for top Chrysler executive
Reuters - One of the best-known auto industry executives in the world has fallen on hard times.
Second man questioned in terror probe
AP - A man under investigation in a terrorism probe in New York and Denver has indicated he is associated with al-Qaida and played a key role in a planned terror attack, a senior U.S. intelligence official said Friday.
Obama plan aims to squeeze Iran, reassure Israel
AP - The Obama administration's revamped plan for a European missile shield is part of a broad new strategy for squeezing Iran.
Early, smaller version of T. rex discovered
AP - About 125 million years ago a tiny version of Tyrannosaurus rex roamed what is now northeastern China. Tiny, that is, by T. rex standards — you still wouldn't want to meet it face to face.
Lawsuit against Barker, 'Price is Right' tossed
AP - A judge on Friday threw out a wrongful termination lawsuit filed by a former "The Price is Right" employee against CBS and former host Bob Barker.
Mom Is Devastated To Learn 'Other Woman' Is Her Daughter
Dear Abby - DEAR ABBY: I am a 58-year-old woman who has just been dumped by my 55-year-old boyfriend for a younger woman. She is 18, and if that isn't bad enough -- she's my daughter. They are now living together.
Ohio town struggles after package giant DHL leaves
Reuters - Unemployment in this small U.S. town has quadrupled in the past 16 months, but worse is to come as thousands of unemployed workers run out of severance money and benefits.
Senate Republicans push for end to bailout fund
Reuters - A majority of Republicans in the U.S. Senate on Friday called on the Obama administration to let the authority to tap a $700 billion financial bailout fund expire at the end of the year as scheduled.
Tentative Signs of Water Found on Moon
SPACE.com - New data and images from NASA's new moon orbiter — the first
in more than a decade — have revealed tentative signs of lunar water ice, the
space agency announced Thursday.
States send mixed message on texting and driving
AP - Fiddling with your iPhone behind the wheel can get you fined across much of the nation. But many states are more than happy to tweet you with up-to-the-minute directions on how to steer clear of a traffic jam.
Woman Discovers Old Beau Is Her New Friend's Husband
Dear Abby - DEAR ABBY: I recently met a woman at a "Mommy and Me" class. We hit it off immediately and started making plans for play dates, etc. During one class we started talking about our husbands, and I realized that her husband is someone I had a casual relationship with 10 years ago.
Analysis: Advantage to Russia in US missile move
AP - The Kremlin got exactly what it wanted when the United States scrapped plans for missile defenses on Russia's borders.
Ex-CIA chiefs seek halt to interrogations probe
AP - Seven former CIA directors asked President Barack Obama on Friday to quash a criminal probe of harsh interrogations of terror suspects during the Bush administration.
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