Saturday, September 5, 2009

Debts closing in on photographer Annie Leibovitz (AP)

Debts closing in on photographer Annie Leibovitz (AP)


Debts closing in on photographer Annie Leibovitz (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2009 11:35 AM PDT

AP - Annie Leibovitz's artsy, provocative portraits of celebrities regularly grace the covers of Vanity Fair and Vogue, images that have made her as famous as her subjects and earned her millions.


Demand for electricity sputters and bills may fall (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2009 05:09 PM PDT

Consumers and businesses may finally be seeing some relief from rising utility bills, thanks to the biggest decline in U.S. electricity demand in decades.


For Your Health, Froot Loops

Posted: 04 Sep 2009 06:10 PM PDT

A seal meant to flag healthier food has been granted to the likes of Froot Loops and full-fat mayonnaise, alarming nutritionists.


5 weeks on the brink: Reliving meltdown of '08 (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2009 09:26 AM PDT

AP - The nation was focused on a tropical storm spinning off the Carolinas and a hurricane headed for Florida. People were gaming out how a political novice named Sarah Palin might upend the presidential campaign.


Missing boy found alive, hidden at grandma's home (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2009 07:23 AM PDT

AP - A boy allegedly abducted in a custody dispute nearly two years ago has turned up alive, hiding with his mother in a small, specially built secret room at his grandmother's Illinois home, investigators said.


Obama expands workers' retirement savings options

Posted: 05 Sep 2009 03:46 AM PDT

The government is trying to make it easier for Americans to save for retirement, President Obama said Saturday, as he noted the ...


Doctors' list to stay healthy

Posted: 05 Sep 2009 10:07 AM PDT

Many of the things doctors say to do to stay healthy don't involve food or pills.


Duncan: Obama's back-to-school message is responsibility

Posted: 05 Sep 2009 07:46 AM PDT

Classrooms are filling up as kids head back to school, and Education Secretary Arne Duncan's two children are among them.


Rivera throws bullpen session Yankees closer Mariano Rivera threw "almost 20 pitches" in …

Posted: 05 Sep 2009 09:46 AM PDT

AMSTERDAM – The mother of a 13-year-old girl whose hopes of becoming the youngest sailor to circle the globe solo were put on hold by a Dutch court says she opposes the voyage.


Woman's case reflects prisoners' treatment in Iran (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2009 07:50 AM PDT

AP - The interrogator politely apologized for grilling the prisoner about her role in the mass protests over Iran's disputed presidential election.


Holy city twist: Arabs moving into Jewish areas (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2009 07:39 AM PDT

AP - Yousef Majlaton moved into the Jerusalem neighborhood of Pisgat Zeev for such comforts as proper running water and regular garbage pickup. But he represents a potentially volatile twist in the Israeli-Palestinian dispute over the holy city.


Giants Cut Super Bowl Hero David Tyree

Posted: 05 Sep 2009 09:12 AM PDT

The Giants have cut wide receiver David Tyree, whose incredible catch helped New York win Super Bowl 42 in 2008,...


Hillary movie puts campaign finance limits at risk (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2009 06:19 AM PDT

AP - The Supreme Court appears poised to wipe away limits on campaign spending by corporations and labor unions in time for next year's congressional elections in a case that began as a dispute over a movie about Hillary Rodham Clinton.


Is 'chupacabra' found in Texas a Mexican Hairless dog?

Posted: 04 Sep 2009 01:28 PM PDT

Is the creature found outside of Houston actually a Xolo or Mexican Hairless dog, not the legendary chupacabra allegedly responsible for killing and sucking the blood of goats and other livestock?


For the jobless, every day is a battle (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2009 04:39 PM PDT

Every day it's a battle. The nearly 15 million unemployed Americans won't enjoy Labor Day as a relaxing respite from work. Instead, they'll once again need to prepare to get up, hit the pavement and keep hunting for a job.


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