DJ AM's death ruled accidental drug overdose (AP)

DJ AM's death ruled accidental drug overdose (AP)
Pele unfazed by Obama backing Chicago's bid (AP)
At least 34 dead as tsunami hits Samoas
Iran Insists on Its ‘Rights’ to Nuclear Program
PRUDEN: Reality bites Obama's 'West Wing'
Toyota to recall 3.8 million vehicles
50 years later, 'Twilight Zone' bridges time (AP)
The Manila Floods: Why Wasn't the City Prepared?
S. African mine discovers 507-carat white diamond
Nero's rotating banquet hall unveiled in Rome (AP)
Consumer confidence unexpectedly falls in Sept. (AP)
Why Jackman stopped show
UK official: Vaccine unlikely to have caused death (AP)
Skull piece thought to be Hitler's is from woman (AP)
The BCS: Asleep at the switch

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 08:22 AM PDT

AP - DJ AM died accidentally from a lethal cocktail of prescription drugs and cocaine, the medical examiner's office ruled Tuesday.

Pele unfazed by Obama backing Chicago's bid (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 06:31 AM PDT

AP - Brazilian soccer great Pele isn't worried President Barack Obama's star power could help Chicago win the bid for the 2016 Olympics at the expense of Rio de Janeiro.

At least 34 dead as tsunami hits Samoas

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 12:35 PM PDT

Towering tsunami waves spawned by a powerful earthquake swept ashore on Samoa and American Samoa early Tuesday, flattening villages, ...

Iran Insists on Its ‘Rights’ to Nuclear Program

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 05:58 AM PDT

Iran said that it would soon offer a timetable for inspectors to visit a hitherto secret facility, but was not prepared to debate its "rights" to operate the plant.

PRUDEN: Reality bites Obama's 'West Wing'

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 02:43 AM PDT

ANALYSIS/OPINION: The White House is a risky place for on-the-job training, as Barack Obama and the rest of us are learning. But the president doesn't deserve all the blame for the installation of a handsome but unprepared matinee idol in the toughest job in the world. The adoring cult, the 53 percent of the giddily oblivious electorate that took a flyer on Election Day, deserves most of it. Matinee idols only do what matinee idols do, look pretty and inveigle softly with practiced seductiveness. Trouble arrives when the matinee idol and his public confuse role with reality. Reality arrives wi

Toyota to recall 3.8 million vehicles

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 02:49 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Toyota says it will recall 3.8 million vehicles in the United States to address problems with a removable floor mat that could interfere with the vehicle's accelerator and cause a crash.

50 years later, 'Twilight Zone' bridges time (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 03:51 AM PDT

AP - "There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call 'The Twilight Zone.'" — Rod Serling

The Manila Floods: Why Wasn't the City Prepared?

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 07:15 AM PDT

Torrential rains over the weekend triggered the worst flooding the Philippines' capital has seen in over four decades, submerging more than 80% of the city and leaving at least 246 people dead. What could authorities have done differently?

S. African mine discovers 507-carat white diamond

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 06:53 AM PDT

JOHANNESBURG (AFP) – Mining group Petra Diamonds has discovered a 507.55 carat white diamond at South Africa's Cullinan mine, one of the largest high-quality rough diamonds ever found, the firm said on Tuesday.

Nero's rotating banquet hall unveiled in Rome (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 06:43 AM PDT

AP - Not only was Nero a Roman emperor, it turns out he may also have been the father of the revolving restaurant.

Consumer confidence unexpectedly falls in Sept. (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 07:33 AM PDT

AP - Concerns that consumers won't help drive a speedy and strong economic recovery only escalated Tuesday after an influential barometer of confidence fell unexpectedly in September.

Why Jackman stopped show

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 06:10 AM PDT

The actor halts his Broadway play when a cell phone in the audience goes off.

UK official: Vaccine unlikely to have caused death (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 04:23 AM PDT

AP - A British health official said Tuesday that the sudden death of 14-year-old girl was very unlikely to have been caused by the vaccine she was given hours before she died.

Skull piece thought to be Hitler's is from woman (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 12:16 PM PDT

AP - A piece of skull with a bullet hole through it that Russian officials claimed belonged to Adolf Hitler actually came from a woman, scientists at the University of Connecticut concluded.