| Census Bureau severs ties with ACORN in 2010 count (AP) Posted: 11 Sep 2009 03:45 PM PDT ![]() AP - The Census Bureau on Friday severed its ties with ACORN, a community organization that has been hit with Republican accusations of voter-registration fraud. "We do not come to this decision lightly," Census director Robert Groves wrote in a letter to ACORN, which was obtained by The Associated Press.
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| Obama honors 2009 Stanley Cup champion Penguins (AP) Posted: 10 Sep 2009 06:12 PM PDT ![]() President Barack Obama welcomed the 2009 Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins to the White House on Thursday and celebrated the hockey team for its performance on and off the ice. The Penguins won the best-of-seven series in June, defeating the defending champion Detroit Red Wings. They then took the cup on a road trip to thank their fans, an act that earned the players the thanks of a grateful...
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| Oprah, Ellen, The Early Show Posted: 11 Sep 2009 10:08 AM PDT ![]() La Toya Jackson talks to Barbara Walters. Jay Mohr guest stars as an attorney. A former beauty queen wants a traditional dress.
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| Semenya pulls out of race amid gender speculation (AP) Posted: 11 Sep 2009 09:17 AM PDT  AP - Caster Semenya has withdrawn from a weekend race amid speculation about the South African runner's gender.
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| Remembering the Horror of a Bright Blue Morning Posted: 11 Sep 2009 06:59 AM PDT ![]() Live blogging the Sept. 11 memorial service.
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| W.H. hits CNN for Coast Guard report (Politico) Posted: 11 Sep 2009 09:58 AM PDT  Politico - White House press secretary Robert Gibbs today criticized CNN – not the Coast Guard – over the panic caused by the agency's training exercise on the Sept. 11 anniversary, saying that the alarm could have been avoided if the network had checked its facts.
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| Yale offers 10K reward in student's disappearance (AP) Posted: 11 Sep 2009 05:06 AM PDT  AP - Investigators searching for a Yale graduate student who disappeared days before her wedding reviewed security-camera footage and checked the blueprints of the building where she was last seen as the university offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to her whereabouts.
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| Virginia M. Moncrieff: Losing Ground: Taliban cover 97% of Afghanistan: report Posted: 11 Sep 2009 02:43 AM PDT ![]() New research indicates that 80% of Afghanistan now has a permanent Taliban presence and that 97% of the country has "substantial Taliban activity". The International Council on Security and Development (ICOS) has followed the movement of the Taliban throughout Afghanistan since 2007, by tracking third party public daily reports of incidents that indicate Taliban presence. Presence is defined by "(an) average of one (or more) insurgent attacks (lethal and non-lethal) per week." Even with this new data outlining a 97% presence, ICOS President Ms Norine McDonald QC told the Huffington Post th
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| House plans to admonish Rep. Wilson over outburst (AP) Posted: 11 Sep 2009 05:11 PM PDT  AP - Democratic leaders are planning a House vote early next week to admonish Republican Rep. Joe Wilson if he does not apologize on the House floor for yelling "You lie!" during President Barack Obama's health care address to Congress.
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| Eight Years After 9/11: Why Osama bin Laden Failed Posted: 11 Sep 2009 03:35 AM PDT  The 9/11 attacks killed hundreds of Americans but failed to launch al-Qaeda's anticipated revolution. The movement remained on the margins even as the Iraq invasion fueled growing anti-American feeling in the Muslim world
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| Awww! Baby Photos Rock the Web Posted: 11 Sep 2009 12:43 PM PDT ![]() by Mike Krumboltz Move over Anne Geddes — there's a new baby photographer in town. Tracy Raver was on the "Today" show Friday morning to talk about her unique way of photographing newborns. Searches on the shutterbug promptly shot through the roof. The photos (many of which you can see in the video below) are of sleeping babies that seem to be posing for the camera. Raver explained that getting babies into cute poses is easier than one might think. A full belly and a warm room will do wonders for making a baby sleepy. And once those eyelids shut, it's pretty simple to pose the baby. In the
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| World's oldest person dies Posted: 11 Sep 2009 08:57 AM PDT  Gertrude Baines celebrated her last birthday with a letter from Obama and a visit from Guinness.
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| Against Jordan, defense never rested (Yahoo! Sports) Posted: 11 Sep 2009 08:11 AM PDT ![]() Guarding Michael Jordan was Joe Dumars' biggest challenge during his 14 seasons. It wasn't fun.
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| Rocket fire from Lebanon sparks Israel retaliation (AP) Posted: 11 Sep 2009 06:24 AM PDT ![]() AP - Two rockets were fired from southern Lebanon into Israel on Friday, prompting Israel to respond with artillery fire, Lebanese security and military officials said.
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| 2 German cargo ships pass through 'Arctic Passage' (AP) Posted: 11 Sep 2009 10:01 AM PDT  AP - Two German merchant ships have traversed the fabled Northeast Passage after global warming and melting ice opened a route from South Korea along Russia's Arctic coast to Siberia.
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