| AP source: DJ AM autopsy finds pills in stomach (AP) Posted: 02 Sep 2009 08:47 AM PDT  AP - DJ AM had prescription pills in his stomach and one in his throat when police found him dead in his apartment, a New York City official said Wednesday.
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| Obama hosts Iftar party Posted: 01 Sep 2009 11:28 PM PDT  US President Barack Obama on Tuesday praised American Muslims for enriching the nation's culture at a dinner to celebrate the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
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| Levi Johnston: Palin Wanted To Keep Pregnancy Secret Posted: 02 Sep 2009 07:18 AM PDT  Levi Johnston has spilled more secrets from the Palin household in yet another interview. The father of Bristol Palin's child told Vanity Fair that former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin initially wanted to keep her daughter's pregnancy a secret. Sarah told me she had a great idea: we would keep it a secret--nobody would know that Bristol was pregnant. She told me that once Bristol had the baby she and Todd would adopt him. That way, she said, Bristol and I didn't have to worry about anything. Sarah kept mentioning this plan. She was nagging--she wouldn't give up. She would say, "So, are you gonna le
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| Pfizer to pay record $2.3B penalty over promotions (AP) Posted: 02 Sep 2009 12:51 PM PDT ![]() Federal prosecutors hit Pfizer Inc. with a record-breaking $2.3 billion in fines Wednesday and called the world's largest drug maker a repeating corporate cheat for illegal drug promotions that plied doctors with free golf, massages, and resort junkets.
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| Madoff Inquiry Was Fumbled by S.E.C., Report Says Posted: 02 Sep 2009 11:58 AM PDT  Three agency exams and two investigations of Bernard Madoff's business were incompetent, according to a report by the S.E.C. inspector general.
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| BP makes "giant" oil find in Gulf of Mexico (Reuters) Posted: 02 Sep 2009 10:11 AM PDT ![]() Oil major BP Plc said it has made an oil discovery in the Gulf of Mexico, which analysts believe could contain over 1 billion barrels of recoverable reserves, reaffirming the Gulf's strategic importance to the industry.
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| LeAnn Rimes Confirms Divorce Posted: 02 Sep 2009 06:45 AM PDT  LeAnn Rimes, 27, will divorce Dean Sheremet after taking up with actor Eddie Cibrian. Rimes on her website, and using the spelling of her husband's given name, stated: "After much thoughtful mutual consideration, Deane and I have agreed to move forward with dissolving our marriage. This decision was amicable and we remain committed and caring friends with great admiration for one another. Thank you so much for all of your continued love and support – it is deeply appreciated. Sheremet is a songwriter and former professional dancer who is now attending culinary school in New York. He wrote on h
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| Bloodshed at Iranian camp tests U.S.-Iraq transition (AP) Posted: 02 Sep 2009 03:07 PM PDT  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.
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| Schilling expresses some interest in Kennedy seat (AP) Posted: 02 Sep 2009 02:33 PM PDT ![]() 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. Schilling, a registered independent and longtime Republican supporter, wrote on his blog that while his family and video game...
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| Accused Holocaust shooter denied release from jail (AP) Posted: 02 Sep 2009 03:22 AM PDT  AP - An 89-year-old white supremacist charged with killing a security guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum was ordered to remain in jail Wednesday after prosecutors said the frail man was still dangerous because he had "no true friends" and "nothing to lose."
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| Libya denies Lockerbie bomber in intensive care (AP) Posted: 02 Sep 2009 09:35 AM PDT  AP - Libya denied reports Wednesday that the only man convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing was taken to intensive care after his illness from terminal prostate cancer worsened.
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| Beam him up -- and out Posted: 02 Sep 2009 12:32 PM PDT ![]() Jim "Beam me up" Traficant, the colorful former congressman from Ohio, was released from prison today. A Trekkie who often spiked his irreverent floor speeches with the phrase "beam me up," Traficant was inmate 31213-060 at the Federal Medical Center...
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| New era begins at ABC News Posted: 02 Sep 2009 11:39 AM PDT  When Diane Sawyer replaces Charles Gibson, 2 of 3 broadcast networks will have women as lead anchors.
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| Group: US Embassy guards in Kabul are mistreated Posted: 02 Sep 2009 10:19 AM PDT ![]() WASHINGTON – Guards hired by the State Department to protect diplomats and staff at the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan live and work in a " Lord of the Flies " environment in which they are subjected to hazing and other inappropriate behavior by supervisors, a government oversight group charged Tues...
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| Lawyer: Calif. kidnapper's wife misses children (AP) Posted: 02 Sep 2009 06:07 AM PDT  AP - The lawyer for the wife of accused kidnapper and rapist Phillip Garrido says his client misses the children her husband allegedly fathered with his victim, and says she saw them all as a family.
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