| UPDATED: Apple sets stage for music event with iPod price cuts Posted: 09 Sep 2009 07:44 AM PDT ![]() Just hours before its "rock and roll" music event was set to kick off in San Francisco, Apple went ahead and chopped the price of its entire iPod Touch line by as much as $120. Also: price cuts for the Nano, Classic. Update: Apple just announced updated i
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| Palin decries 'death panels' ahead of Obama speech Posted: 09 Sep 2009 12:07 AM PDT ![]() WASHINGTON (AFP) – As President Barack Obama prepared to make a new pitch for healthcare reform, former Alaska governor Sarah Palin warned that Democrats sought a government system that would include "death panels."
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| U.S. warns Iran is nearing nuclear capabilities Posted: 09 Sep 2009 03:50 AM PDT ![]() The United States warned Wednesday that Iran is close to having the capabilities to produce a nuclear weapon and urged Tehran ...
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| Nato chief warns against early Afghan exit Posted: 09 Sep 2009 06:14 AM PDT ![]() Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Nato's new secretary-general, warned that a rush to withdraw from Afghanistan is not an option for the US-led alliance, in spite of increasing signs that western public opinion is tiring of the war
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| B'Tselem: Civilians Majority Of Gaza War Dead Posted: 09 Sep 2009 04:43 AM PDT  JERUSALEM — Well over half of nearly 1,400 Palestinians killed in Israel's Gaza war were civilians, including 252 children younger than 16, a leading Israeli human rights groups said Wednesday, challenging Israel's claim that most of the dead were militants. Determining the number of civilian casualties is seen as key in the ongoing debate over whether Israel, along with Hamas, violated the rules of war in its three-week offensive against Gaza's Hamas rulers last winter.
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| Newly fixed Hubble's deep space photos again amaze (AP) Posted: 09 Sep 2009 08:31 AM PDT  AP - A refurbished Hubble Space Telescope is showing Earth the sharpest photos yet of cosmic beauty, complete with heavenly glows. NASA on Wednesday unveiled the first deep space photos taken by Hubble since its billion dollar repair mission last spring. That work included installing two new cameras, other science instruments and replacing broken parts.
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| Wal-Mart's bold new strategy Posted: 09 Sep 2009 09:36 AM PDT  The retail giant looks to crush the competition with a huge effort dubbed "Project Impact."
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| Kenya's elephants dying amid drought (AP) Posted: 09 Sep 2009 05:53 AM PDT  AP - A drought in Kenya has gotten so bad that it is felling even the giants of the animal kingdom — the country's famed elephants which are dying as rivers dry up and grasslands shrivel in parched game reserves.
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| Officials: Hijacking over Posted: 09 Sep 2009 12:29 PM PDT  All the passengers and crew on the Aeromexico jet hijacked in Cancun are free.
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| Iraqi Shoe Thrower Ducks Countless Marriage Proposals Posted: 09 Sep 2009 11:53 AM PDT  When Muntadhar al-Zaidi, the man who threw his shoes at George. W. Bush, is released from prison next Monday, he will receive a hero's welcome. The Iraqi journalist has already fielded countless marriage proposals while hanging out in his jail cell. An Iraqi in Morocco offered to send his daughter and women in Saudi Arabia are asking for Zaidi's hand in marriage. One family even said, "We are willing to present him with a bride loaded with gold." Zaidi's ballsy shoe toss is attracting women - and a lot of swag! His former boss built him a four-bedroom house. In addition, he'll have a new car w
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| Passengers Freed from Hijacked Plane in Mexico Posted: 09 Sep 2009 01:27 PM PDT  Associated Press: MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Passengers have been freed from a hijacked airplane in Mexico City, but the crew remains aboard.
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| Bob Cesca: The Most Nightmarish Health Care Reform Bill Ever Posted: 09 Sep 2009 02:43 PM PDT  Yesterday, Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) finally released a proposal for his committee's health care reform bill -- the framework for the eventual Senate Finance Committee legislation. Predictably, the Baucus Plan is totally nightmarish. Naked on the subway while being accosted by prostitutes that resemble Chuck Grassley nightmarish. I've been writing about the terrible possibility of such a bill for several weeks, but now it's actually beginning to take shape. But first, because he's not the most famous or likely political villain, here's some background. Baucus controls the Finance Committee
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| 61 SC House Republicans call on governor to resign (AP) Posted: 09 Sep 2009 12:12 PM PDT  AP - Sixty-one South Carolina House Republicans asked Gov. Mark Sanford to resign Wednesday, questioning his ability to lead the state since his unannounced summertime trip to see a mistress in Argentina and investigations of his state and private travel that followed.
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| Player stuck with huge bill Posted: 09 Sep 2009 03:08 PM PDT  San Diego Chargers rookie Larry English has to take the team out for dinner.
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| Lockerbie bomber weak, pale in public appearance (AP) Posted: 09 Sep 2009 08:07 AM PDT  AP - The ailing Lockerbie bomber looked weak and pale, sitting in a wheelchair, as he was visited by a group of African parliamentarians Wednesday in a rare appearance in the hospital where he is being treated for prostate cancer.
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