| Obama rolling into week of high diplomatic stakes (AP) Posted: 19 Sep 2009 07:19 AM PDT  AP - The unrelenting global troubles confronting Barack Obama are about to converge on him all at once, providing a stern test of leadership for a first-year president who has pledged to "change the world."
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| Did ACORN get too big for its own good? (AP) Posted: 19 Sep 2009 07:41 AM PDT  AP - Activist group ACORN started in 1970 to help the poor in Arkansas and quickly went national, growing into a multimillion-dollar conglomerate with a mission so far-flung that schools now bear its name, two radio stations are affiliates and a man it backed is the president. Oh yeah, it's also the unwilling star of a hot Internet video featuring a couple dressed as a hooker and her pimp.
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| The Edwards Drama Awaits a Denouement Posted: 19 Sep 2009 12:58 PM PDT  Facing an investigation involving his extramarital affair, John Edwards is considering declaring that he is the father of the woman's child, associates said.
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| Taliban leader tells 'invaders' to study history (AP) Posted: 19 Sep 2009 06:35 AM PDT  AP - The Taliban's reclusive leader said in a Muslim holiday message Saturday that the U.S. and NATO should study Afghanistan's long history of war, in a pointed reminder that foreign forces have had limited military success in the country.
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| Toughest test coming up for health care overhaul (AP) Posted: 19 Sep 2009 07:11 AM PDT  AP - Keep going. You don't have to fix all of it now. Just please don't let it stall. That's the essence of the message that Senate Democratic leaders have for their Finance Committee senators, who plan to start voting Tuesday on a remake of the nation's health care system.
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| Stunning college upset Posted: 19 Sep 2009 04:12 PM PDT  USC loses to a team that had no wins last season a week after the Trojans' victory over Ohio State.
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| Chicago mobster Al Capone's hideout for sale Posted: 19 Sep 2009 11:18 AM PDT ![]() The 407-acre wooded site, complete with guard towers and a stone house with 18-inch thick walls, will soon go on the auction ...
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| Racially charged killing ignites Ill. community (AP) Posted: 19 Sep 2009 10:04 AM PDT ![]() AP - The anger spread almost as quickly as the news: an unarmed black man was fatally shot by two white police officers inside a northern Illinois church-run day care filled with children.
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| Analysis of Obama's Scrapping of the Missile Shield (Time.com) Posted: 18 Sep 2009 11:19 PM PDT ![]() Time.com - Putting ship-launched interceptors to counter Iran's medium-range-missile capability ahead of facilities on Russia's doorstep reflects an emphasis on using limited resources to best effect
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| Can Robots Make Ethical Decisions? (LiveScience.com) Posted: 19 Sep 2009 07:46 AM PDT ![]() LiveScience.com - Robots and computers are often designed to act autonomously, that is, without human intervention. Is it possible for an autonomous machine to make moral judgments that are in line with human judgment?
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| Reports: FCC to propose 'Net neutrality' rules (AP) Posted: 19 Sep 2009 06:08 AM PDT ![]() The head of the FCC plans to propose new rules that would prohibit Internet service providers from interfering with the free flow of information and certain applications over their networks, according to reports published Saturday.
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| Live: Mayweather-Marquez Posted: 19 Sep 2009 08:32 AM PDT ![]() Join us tonight for live discussion from the Floyd Mayweather-Juan Manuel Marquez fight card, starting around 9 p.m. ET, when the HBO pay-per-view event starts. Our preview coverage includes a last-minute weight change, a profile of urine-drinking underdog Marquez, a...
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| Fracture healed by US forces, Afghan boy goes home (AP) Posted: 19 Sep 2009 08:07 AM PDT  AP - The Afghan father left the mountains on foot, carrying his 2-year-old son, but the health clinic could not treat the skull fracture that blinded the toddler and immobilized his left side. By chance the next day, two American medics stopped by the clinic in Day Kundi Province to check on another patient.
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| Robert Pattinson Takes Kristen Stewart Vintage Shopping Posted: 19 Sep 2009 07:51 AM PDT  Robert and Kristen Need to Be More Original What's Robert Pattinson's deal? Every time we bump into him, he seems like he's wearing a hand-me-down or a friend's shirt. . . but it looks like he's channeling his love of the old into something new and exciting--with Kristen Stewart. The two love bugs (if you believe in Robsten, that is) were caught picking up new finds in Canada recently.
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| Senate Finance Panel Members Seek Health Plan Changes (Bloomberg) Posted: 19 Sep 2009 12:14 PM PDT  Bloomberg - Sept. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Senate Finance Committee members of both parties signaled an aggressive effort to reshape health- care legislation proposed by Chairman Max Baucus, drafting 564 amendments for consideration when the panel meets next week.
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