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Most popular news on 31 July 2009 |
Obama, Gates, policeman pledge to try and move on
AP - With mugs of beer and calming words, President Barack Obama and the professor and policeman engulfed in a national uproar over race pledged Thursday to move on and try to pull the country with them.
Warrants for Jackson's doc call singer 'addict'
AP - Authorities investigating Michael Jackson's death referred to him as an "addict" and were seeking evidence related to the powerful anesthetic propofol, according to search warrants released Thursday.
Calif. mom exposes abuses of exchange students
AP - In a few weeks, thousands of foreign exchange students will arrive in the United States for what they hope will be a rewarding time of study and cultural enrichment. Shortly after that, Danielle Grijalva's phone will start ringing, and her e-mail inbox will begin filling up. It happens every year.
Man claims he found a rodent inside Diet Pepsi can
AP - The Food and Drug Administration is testing a Diet Pepsi can that a central Florida man claims had the remains of a possible rodent inside. Fred Denegri of Ormond Beach took a few sips from the can on July 23, only later to discover what was inside. He said the rodent was big enough that it wouldn't come out of the can.
David: 'Seinfeld' cast to reunite on 'Curb'
AP - Larry David says the on-screen reunion of the "Seinfeld" cast will be "tough to beat."
White House reviewing 'cash for clunkers' program
AP - The White House said Thursday it was reviewing what has turned out to be a wildly popular "cash for clunkers" program amid concerns the $1 billion budget for rebates for new auto purchases may have been exhausted in only a week.
Woman finds 'stolen' Audi in neighbor's garage
AP - An Audi sedan written off by an elderly German woman as stolen two years ago has resurfaced — in her neighbor's garage beneath a thick layer of dust. Police said Thursday the 82-year-old from the northern city of Hildesheim took the car in for repairs two years ago and had the mechanics drive it back to her house and park it in her garage.
Australian dog found 9 years on, 1,200 miles away
AP - Nine years after vanishing from outside her Australian family's home, Muffy the dog was found alive and well this month in another backyard — 1,200 miles away — officials said Thursday.
Islamist sect leader in Nigeria killed in custody
AP - The leader of the Islamist sect blamed for days of violence in northern Nigeria has been shot and killed while in police custody, officials said Thursday.
Health bill inches forward in House
AP - House Democrats pushed ahead with a compromise health overhaul Thursday over liberals' complaints, intent on achieving tangible — if modest — success on President Barack Obama's top domestic priority ahead of a monthlong summer recess.
Experts: UN program to save children didn't work
AP - The U.N. unveiled a multimillion dollar strategy a dozen years ago to save children worldwide, but a new study has found the program had surprisingly little effect in Bangladesh, one of the world's poorest countries.
Anxious wait in Haiti for survivors of capsizing
AP - Dozens of anxious Haitians waited at an airport Thursday to learn whether family members were among the survivors of a sailboat packed with migrants that struck a coral reef and broke apart, killing at least 15 people and leaving dozens missing.
Poll: Obama mishandled comments on race
AP - President Barack Obama's approval rating among white Americans has fallen as they have watched him wade into the racially tinged dispute between a white Cambridge, Mass., police officer and a well-known black Harvard scholar, according to a poll released Thursday.
'Green goo' revealed toxic leak at WV zinc plant
AP - For at least five years before Rebecca Morlock noticed what she calls "a green goo" seeping out of the ground below a former zinc-smelting plant in the town of Spelter, water loaded with potentially toxic heavy metals was trickling into the West Fork River.
Briton wins landmark ruling on assisted suicide
AFP - A British multiple sclerosis sufferer won a landmark victory in her long-running legal battle to clarify the law on assisted suicide.
Odom reaches agreement to stay with Lakers
Reuters - Los Angeles Lakers forward Lamar Odom has reached a verbal agreement on a multi-year deal to stay with the NBA champions, the player's agent said on Thursday.
Naked Erin Andrews: I'm Treated Like "F--king Britney Spears" by Peeping Paps
E! Online - It's understandable?even commendable?that Erin Andrews would want to keep a low profile these days. Unfortunately, she may have done too good a job.
Police beat mourners in new wave of unrest in Iran
AP - Iranian police fired tear gas and beat protesters to disperse thousands chanting "Neda lives!" Thursday at a memorial for victims of post-election violence held at the gravesite of the woman whose death made her an icon of the pro-reform movement, witnesses said.
Wis. man testifies he expected God to heal child
AP - A central Wisconsin man charged with killing his daughter by praying instead of taking her to a doctor read from the Bible while testifying Thursday that he couldn't seek medical help without disobeying God.
AP NewsBreak: Brother defends accused terror head
AP - Accusations that a North Carolina man recruited and trained would-be terrorists to wage violent jihad are "pure poppycock," his older brother said Thursday, portraying the charges as an attempt to link Islam to terrorism.
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