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Most popular news on 3 September 2009 |
Why Michelle Obama's Hair Matters
Time.com - Why Michelle's Hair Matters
Levi Johnston: Palin wanted to adopt grandchild
AP - Levi Johnston, the father of Sarah Palin's grandchild, said the former Republican vice presidential candidate wanted to adopt his child so that people wouldn't know her 17-year-old daughter was pregnant. In an interview with Vanity Fair, Johnston said Palin had a plan to deal with Bristol's pregnancy.
Kerry says he'll carry on Kennedy health care push
AP - Sen. John Kerry said Wednesday he would take up one of Sen. Edward Kennedy's key political fights, pledging to the thousands who attended his town hall meeting to push for the health care overhaul championed by his longtime Democratic colleague.
Pingpong lovers: China allows champ a girlfriend
AP - As the reigning table tennis world champion with two Olympic silver medals under his belt, China's Wang Hao almost had it all — except a girlfriend.
Big speech: Obama wants control of health debate
AP - President Barack Obama will deliver a major prime-time health care address to Congress next week, opening an urgent autumn push to gain control of the debate that has been slipping from his grasp under withering Republican-led attacks.
BP taps vast pool of crude in deepest oil well
AP - Nearly seven miles below the Gulf of Mexico, oil company BP has tapped into a vast pool of crude after digging the deepest oil well in the world. The Tiber Prospect is expected to rank among the largest petroleum discoveries in the United States, potentially producing half as much crude in a day as Alaska's famous North Slope oil field.
Hurricane Jimena weakens to tropical storm
AP - Hurricane Jimena weakened into a tropical storm Wednesday as it plowed over Baja California, tearing off roofs, knocking down power poles and bringing welcome rainfall to a drought-stricken state.
Investigators look for clues into cause of CA fire
AP - Investigators gathered along a remote road in a blackened forest Wednesday and hunted for clues at the spot where a gigantic blaze ignited more than a week ago and quickly grew into one of the largest wildfires in Southern California history.
Bloodshed at Iranian camp tests US-Iraq transition
AP - The women formed a human chain while the men chanted, confronting Iraqi troops moving into their compound. Gunfire rang out, and the soldiers waded in with batons, wooden bats and automatic weapons.
Schilling expresses some interest in Kennedy seat
AP - Curt Schilling, the former major league pitcher who won the allegiance of Bostonians by leading the Red Sox to the 2004 World Series, said Wednesday that he has "some interest" in running for the seat held for nearly 50 years by Democratic Sen. Edward M. Kennedy.
Forced to shrink, Army National Guard gets pickier
AP - Suffer from a bad case of acne? That could disqualify you from joining the Army National Guard. Too many speeding tickets? In today's slimmer, smarter Guard, that could keep you out, too.
Police: Chris Brown's service includes manual work
AP - Police in Virginia say singer Chris Brown will remove graffiti, pick up trash and wash cars as part of his sentence for beating ex-girlfriend Rihanna.
Phil Spector being moved to different prison
AP - Music legend and convicted murderer Phil Spector, who complained recently about his prison quarters but later said he wanted to stay put, is being moved to make room for inmates requiring outpatient mental health treatment, a corrections spokeswoman said Tuesday.
Kennedy memoir reveals remorse over Chappaquiddick
AP - In a posthumous memoir, Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy writes of fear and remorse surrounding the fateful events on Chappaquiddick Island in 1969, when his car accident left a woman dead, and says he accepted the finding that a lone gunman assassinated his brother President John F. Kennedy.
Jaycee Dugard Abduction Case Highlights Failure of Psychics
LiveScience.com - Jaycee Dugard, the woman who was abducted at the age of 11 in 1991,
was recently discovered living in a virtual prison in the back yard of
a couple's come in Antioch, Calif., as has been widely reported. She
had been there for 18 years, confined and horrifically abused, even
giving birth to her rapist's children. They were kept prisoner and
isolated, never having attended school or seen a doctor.
Pfizer to pay record $2.3B penalty for drug promos
AP - Federal prosecutors hit Pfizer Inc. with a record-breaking $2.3 billion in fines Wednesday and called the world's largest drugmaker a repeating corporate cheat for illegal drug promotions that plied doctors with free golf, massages, and resort junkets.
FDA test confirms animal was in man's soda can
AP - An FDA test shows that either a frog or a toad was in a Florida man's soda can. The Food and Drug Administration test confirmed that the remains of an animal were in Fred Denegri's can of Diet Pepsi. Denegri popped the can open July 23 as he was grilling dinner outdoors in Ormond Beach.
Judge says Jackson's estate can pay for funeral
AP - Michael Jackson's estate will pay what are being called "extraordinary" expenses for the pop singer's funeral, attorneys and a judge said Wednesday.
Boy falls into Boston zoo movie set's lion pit
AP - A teenage boy visiting a zoo on Wednesday fell into a lion pit that's part of a set for the upcoming Kevin James and Adam Sandler movie "The Zookeeper," but he wasn't badly hurt.
AIG board members concerned about CEO's comments: report
Reuters - Some members of insurer AIG's board are concerned about recent strong comments from their new chief executive Robert Benmosche, the Wall Street Journal said on Wednesday citing people familiar with the matter.
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