Chance of Obama visit highlights bond with Kennedy (AP)

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• Chance of Obama visit highlights bond with Kennedy (AP)
• Music controversies spiral
• Libya's Gadhafi welcomes Lockerbie bomber home
• Families for Owens, Long take in long jump final (AP)
• Punter hits video screen at new Cowboys Stadium (AP)
• Post-affair Ensign gets mixed results in Nevada
• U.S. health secretary backs government-run insurance during OSU visit
• Germany: 100 professors suspected of Ph.D. bribes (AP)
• Robin Williams says he is a "work-in-progress" dad (Reuters)
• After a year of crisis, Bernanke's star is rising (AP)
• Hurricane Bill could rain out Bam's Vineyard vacation
• 'The Wolfman' Trailer Finally Debuts!
• Robot Cats Purrrrfect for Elderly (LiveScience.com)
• Police scour Canada for millionaire murder suspect (AP)
• Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt go Gerbil Shopping

Chance of Obama visit highlights bond with Kennedy (AP) Posted: 22 Aug 2009 07:19 AM PDT AP - When Barack Obama's presidential prospects sagged, Sen. Edward Kennedy lifted the candidate with a coveted endorsement. When brain cancer kept the Massachusetts Democrat from delivering his stepdaughter's college commencement address, Obama left the campaign trail and stood in for his then-Senate colleague.

Music controversies spiral Posted: 21 Aug 2009 04:47 PM PDT Jackson's doctor will reportedly be charged while his family's reality show is a go.

Libya's Gadhafi welcomes Lockerbie bomber home Posted: 22 Aug 2009 02:35 AM PDT Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi welcomed home the only man convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing that killed 270 people with ...

Families for Owens, Long take in long jump final (AP) Posted: 22 Aug 2009 01:28 PM PDT AP - The families of Jesse Owens and Luz Long took in the long jump final Saturday at the world championships from the box where Adolf Hitler once sat for the 1936 Olympics.

Punter hits video screen at new Cowboys Stadium (AP) Posted: 21 Aug 2009 07:51 PM PDT The kick is up -- and into the video screen. Tennessee Titans rookie punter A.J. Trapasso's boot in the third quarter of the opening game at the new Cowboys Stadium hit one of the 60-yard long high-definition video screens that hang about 90 feet above the field. Trapasso pointed up at the board when the ball dropped straight down.

Post-affair Ensign gets mixed results in Nevada Posted: 22 Aug 2009 11:35 AM PDT Two months after a weary looking John Ensign hastily confessed to having an extramarital affair with a former campaign aide who ...

U.S. health secretary backs government-run insurance during OSU visit Posted: 21 Aug 2009 03:50 PM PDT

Germany: 100 professors suspected of Ph.D. bribes (AP) Posted: 22 Aug 2009 06:07 AM PDT AP - German prosecutors are investigating about 100 professors across the country on suspicion they took bribes to help students get their doctoral degrees, authorities said Saturday.

Robin Williams says he is a "work-in-progress" dad (Reuters) Posted: 22 Aug 2009 05:35 PM PDT Reuters - Robin Williams stars in a movie called "World's Greatest Dad," but as a real life father of three grown kids the Oscar winner said he had to overcome dark times and was still a work-in-progress.

After a year of crisis, Bernanke's star is rising (AP) Posted: 22 Aug 2009 10:01 AM PDT AP - Last year, as the gravest financial crisis since the Great Depression shook the banking system, Ben Bernanke seemed nearly as beleaguered as the institutions themselves.

Hurricane Bill could rain out Bam's Vineyard vacation Posted: 22 Aug 2009 09:02 AM PDT Hurricane Bill scattered coral and palm tree debris, causing flooding and power cuts but no casualties on Bermuda on Saturday, then prompted tropical storm warnings for parts of the U.S. coast - including President Obama's planned vacation spot.

'The Wolfman' Trailer Finally Debuts! Posted: 22 Aug 2009 09:19 AM PDT

Robot Cats Purrrrfect for Elderly (LiveScience.com) Posted: 22 Aug 2009 07:33 AM PDT LiveScience.com - Robot cats and other man-made companions could help Britain's elderly, according to a report by the Royal Academy of Engineering. The report recommends that autonomous devices could provide a variety of different services to older people, ranging from basic companionship to medical monitoring. Devices with the appropriate sensors could act as fire detectors, or flash lights when doorbells or phones ring.

Police scour Canada for millionaire murder suspect (AP) Posted: 22 Aug 2009 05:35 PM PDT AP - Canadian authorities on Saturday intensified the manhunt for the millionaire reality TV star accused of murdering a former swimsuit model and stuffing her naked, mutilated body in a suitcase.

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt go Gerbil Shopping Posted: 22 Aug 2009 05:51 AM PDT Jolie and her gerbils. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are adopting again. The pair were spotted buying goldfish and gerbils with their kids in a pet store in southern France.

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