| Joe Wilson's Apology To Obama Not Enough: Hoyer Posted: 10 Sep 2009 05:43 AM PDT  WASHINGTON — Democrats and Republicans alike are denouncing Rep. Joe Wilson for shouting "You lie" at President Barack Obama during his speech to Congress, an extraordinary breach of decorum for which the South Carolina Republican swiftly apologized. "I was embarrassed for the chamber and a Congress I love," Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday on ABC's "Good Morning America." "It demeaned the institution."
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| Obama says he accepts Rep. Wilson's apology (AP) Posted: 10 Sep 2009 09:56 AM PDT  AP - President Barack Obama says he accepts Republican Rep. Joe Wilson's apology for shouting "You lie!" at the president during his speech to Congress Wednesday night.
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| Greenland's melt mystery unfolds, at glacial pace Posted: 10 Sep 2009 03:58 PM PDT ![]() Suddenly and without warning, the gigantic river of ice sped up, causing it to spit icebergs ever faster into the ocean off southeastern ...
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| Netanyahu mystery trip sets off flap in Israel (AP) Posted: 10 Sep 2009 02:15 PM PDT  AP - Benjamin Netanyahu dropped out of sight for most of a day this week, a mysterious absence that has set off feverish speculation about what the Israeli leader was up to — and accusations he lied to cover up a clandestine trip to Moscow.
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| Girl in Iconic Vietnam War Photo Brings Message of Hope Posted: 10 Sep 2009 07:03 AM PDT ![]() THURSDAY, Sept. 10 (HealthDay News) -- It's a photo that many credit with helping to end the Vietnam War: A 9-year-old girl, naked and in obvious pain, runs through a street after suffering napalm burns over much of her body.
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| Robert J. Elisberg: In Defense of Rep. Joe "You Lie" Wilson Posted: 10 Sep 2009 09:43 AM PDT  Much of the news today has been shock by the outburst of Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC), shouting "You Lie!!!!" at the President of the United States speaking to a joint session of Congress. People across America were stunned that the Republican congressman could be so rude, so thoughtless, so disrespectful, nasty, mean-spirited, and factually incorrect. Not me. I just figured he thought he was at a Democratic town hall meeting. Honestly, there he was, listening to a Democrat explain the Obama health care plan, and he saw himself in a crowded room, surrounded by people of a like-mind as him, peopl
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| Mexico hijacker is singing, gunslinging evangelical (Reuters) Posted: 10 Sep 2009 11:35 AM PDT  Reuters - A man who hijacked a Mexican plane is a singing evangelical minister, marksman and martial arts whiz who friends nicknamed "Crazy" as he turned to religion to escape a life of drug addiction and petty thieving.
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| ACORN fires 2 after hidden-camera footage aired (AP) Posted: 10 Sep 2009 04:03 PM PDT ![]() AP - The group ACORN has fired two employees who were seen on hidden-camera video giving tax advice to a man posing as a pimp and a woman who pretended to be a prostitute.
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| Rep. Wilson Apologizes for Outburst, As Fallout Continues Posted: 10 Sep 2009 10:51 AM PDT ![]() Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) said Thursday that his interruption of President Obama's speech by shouting out, "You lie!" was "spontaneous."
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| Courtney Love to sue Activision over Kurt Cobain character Posted: 10 Sep 2009 11:51 AM PDT  Some people have found Kurt Cobain's posthumous appearance in Guitar Hero 5 a little unsettling -- including his widow, Courtney Love.
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| Criticism over journalist rescue in Afghanistan (AFP) Posted: 10 Sep 2009 03:35 AM PDT  AFP - Criticism mounted Thursday over the dramatic airborne rescue from Taliban territory of a kidnapped Western journalist who walked free as four others, including his Afghan colleague, were killed.
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| Democratic Senators Summoned To White House Posted: 10 Sep 2009 12:43 PM PDT  ABC News has learned that President Obama will be meeting with 16 Democratic senators (and one "Independent Democrat") this afternoon at the White House.
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| Katherine Heigl: Yes, We're Adopting Posted: 10 Sep 2009 07:07 AM PDT  Extra: "Grey's Anatomy" star Katherine Heigl and hubby Josh Kelley are welcoming a new addition to their family -- a little girl from Korea! Extra: "Grey's Anatomy" star Katherine Heigl and hubby Josh Kelley are welcoming a new addition to their family -- a little girl from Korea! "We are adopting a baby from Korea," Heigl spills to Ellen DeGeneres on the "Ellen" show. "It is a little girl and she'll be ten months at the end this month. She was actually born the day before me in November, which I thought was really serendipitous and just kind of like a sign." Heigl, who has an adopted siste
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| Garrison Keillor suffers minor stroke Posted: 09 Sep 2009 02:45 PM PDT ![]() A Prairie Home Companion host Garrison Keillor has suffered a minor stroke and is in the hospital, though he's expected to be released Friday, he said in a statement earlier today. "I am in the hands of smart and compassionate people and plan to get out on Friday and get right back to work," the 67-year-old radio funny man wrote in an e-mail. He said he began "feeling ill" Monday morning and drove himself to...
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| Digital audio recorder in pocket earns man wiretapping charges Posted: 10 Sep 2009 12:08 PM PDT ![]() Got a digital voice recorder like one of these? Watch out how you use it or you could land yourself in scorching legal trouble. One man recently
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