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Most popular news on 9 September 2009 |
Why 09/09/09 Is So Special
LiveScience.com - Have special plans this 09/09/09?
Everyone from brides and grooms to movie studio execs are celebrating the upcoming calendrical anomaly in their own way.
Fines proposed for going without health insurance
AP - Americans would be fined up to $3,800 for failing to buy health insurance under a plan that circulated in Congress on Tuesday as divisions among Democrats undercut President Barack Obama's effort to regain traction on his health care overhaul.
Congress seeks healthcare deal before Obama speech
Reuters - Senate negotiators made a last stab at a bipartisan healthcare compromise as the U.S. Congress returned to work Tuesday, with House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi calling a government-run insurance option "essential" to the bill.
A year after financial crisis, a new world order emerges
McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — One year after the near collapse of the global financial system, this much is clear: The financial world as we knew it is over, and something new is rising from its ashes.
Patagonia site of world's biggest crater field: study
AFP - Argentina can lay claim to the world's largest crater field, a volcanic area in Patagonia known as the "Devil's Slope," according to a study released Tuesday.
Health workers under pressure to get flu shots
AP - Tens of thousands of health care workers who typically avoid flu shots are under more pressure than ever to get vaccinated as hospitals and clinics prepare for a spike in swine flu cases this fall and winter.
Management of DNA sample at issue in Wis. killings
AP - Police investigating a string of cold-case slayings identified their prime suspect after obtaining DNA from his toothbrush late last month, but investigators should have had a sample from him eight years earlier and before the last killing.
Mother-In-Law Keeps Mum About Name-Calling Umbrage
Dear Abby - DEAR ABBY: During the 10 years I have been with my husband, I have called my mother-in-law "Martha." I have just learned that she has been harboring resentment about it because she hadn't given me "permission" to call her by her first name.
Annie Leibovitz deadline to repay $24M loan passes
AP - The deadline for celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz to repay a $24 million loan passed Tuesday night without word from either involved party.
4 Americans killed in attack in Afghanistan
AP - Four U.S. troops died Tuesday in a militant attack in eastern Afghanistan, and NATO forces acknowledged for the first time that civilians were among the dozens killed in an airstrike on two hijacked fuel trucks.
Obama's back-to-school speech inspires some kids
AP - On the very first day of the school year, 12-year-old Mileena Rodriguez was reminded by President Barack Obama himself that hard work can take you places.Mileena listened to Obama's plea to study hard and stay in school Tuesday, watching along with several of her classmates at Thurgood Marshall Elementary School and students across the country.
Funeral sciences benefit from a moribund economy
AP - Facing impending layoffs at his manufacturing plant, Alan Willoughby left to seek financial security selling automobiles at a used-car lot. Then the economy hit the skids, and he struggled to make ends meet.
Iran raids raise pressure on opposition leaders
AP - Iranian security forces Tuesday cracked down on the opposition's campaign to highlight torture and abuse of prisoners in the country's postelection crisis, shutting down offices of pro-reform leaders and arresting five of their aides in a startling series of raids.
Russia denies Arctic Sea carried missiles to Iran
AFP - Russia on Tuesday strongly denied that a cargo ship whose supposed seizure by pirates sparked an international mystery was secretly carrying sophisticated anti-aircraft missiles bound for Iran.
Leno: He's `laid back' as prime-time debut looms
AP - With less than a week to go before "The Jay Leno Show" begins on NBC, Leno describes himself as "laid back" — especially compared to his debut as "Tonight Show" host.
Tolkien estate settles 'Lord of the Rings' wrangle
AFP - The estate of fantasy writer J.R.R Tolkien has reached a settlement with the studio behind the "Lord of the Rings" movies after alleging it had not received "even one penny" of royalties from the trilogy of money-spinning films, officials said Tuesday.
Hurricane Fred forms in Atlantic; winds at 75 mph
AP - Forecasters say Hurricane Fred has formed in the eastern Atlantic Ocean with winds at 75 mph (120 kph) and is expected to strengthen.
Tornado, mudslides kill 15 in Argentina, Brazil
AP - A violent storm that spawned a tornado and mudslides killed at least 15 people across northern Argentina and southern Brazil, authorities said Tuesday. Dozens were injured in the winds and hail as their homes were destroyed.
Election panel charges fraud, but Karzai 'thinks' he won
McClatchy Newspapers - KABUL_ Citing "clear and convincing evidence of fraud," an Afghan election complaints commission on Tuesday ordered an audit and a recount of votes at numerous polling sites across this warring nation.
Authorities: Bone near Garrido home probably human
AP - A sheriff's spokesman says a bone fragment pulled from the backyard of a home where kidnapping suspect Phillip Garrido once stayed is probably human.
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