| China looking for U.S. bomber missing for 59 years Posted: 27 Oct 2009 06:50 AM PDT ![]() BEIJING (Reuters) – China has begun looking for the remains of a U.S. Air Force bomber and its crew that crashed over the southern part of the country some six decades ago during the Korean War , state media reported.
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| Will Burris budge on public option? Posted: 27 Oct 2009 03:06 AM PDT  Burris's firm support for a gov't plan puts him in line for the swing-vote status normally saved for the GOP.
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| French branch of Church of Scientology convicted of fraud Posted: 27 Oct 2009 05:45 AM PDT ![]() A Paris court has convicted the French branch of the Church of Scientology of fraud and fined it $600,000, but stopped short of banning the group outright as prosecutors had sought, the Associated Press reports. Four of six leaders of the group were convicted of organized fraud for pressuring members into paying large sums of money for questionable financial gain. Bloomberg News reports that the case stemmed from complaints by two women that the church...
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| FDA to ban sale of raw oysters from Gulf of Mexico (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2009 01:47 PM PDT  AP - Federal officials plan to ban sales of raw oysters harvested from the Gulf of Mexico unless the shellfish are treated to destroy potentially deadly bacteria — a requirement that opponents say could deprive diners of a delicacy cherished for generations.
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| Want prosperity? Index ranks Finland as place to be Posted: 27 Oct 2009 09:37 AM PDT ![]() SINGAPORE (Reuters Life!) – For those who value their freedom of expression as much as health, wealth, and prosperity, then Finland is the place to be, with an index ranking the Nordic nation the best in the world.
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| Eric Clapton Cancels Rock Hall Gig Due to Illness Posted: 27 Oct 2009 01:22 PM PDT ![]() Eric Clapton has been forced to pull out of this week's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts at Madison Square Garden. According to his publicist, the 64-year-old guitarist, who recently had an operation to remove his gallstones, will instead be recuperating.
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| George W. Bush: I'm Confident I Made The Right Decisions As President Posted: 26 Oct 2009 03:43 PM PDT  Former President George W. Bush told more than 11,000 people at the Fort Worth Convention Center that he was confident he made the right decisions as president, even if it hurt his popularity. "Every single day I was honored to be your president by bringing honor and dignity to the office," Bush said Monday afternoon, during his first foray into motivational speaking, at the day-long "Get Motivated" seminar. Read more: Bush Texas Speech, George W. Bush Popularity, George W. Bush Texas. Bush Fort Worth Speech, George W. Bush Speech, George W. Bush, George W. Bush Legacy, George W
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| Obama putting $3.4B toward a 'smart' power grid (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2009 11:11 AM PDT ![]() President Barack Obama made a pitch for renewable energy Tuesday, announcing $3.4 billion in government support for 100 projects aimed at modernizing the nation's power grid.
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| AP IMPACT: Troops already outnumber Taliban 12-1 (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2009 01:53 PM PDT  AP - There are already more than 100,000 international troops in Afghanistan working with 200,000 Afghan security forces and police. It adds up to a 12-1 numerical advantage over Taliban rebels, but it hasn't led to anything close to victory.
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| Rats! City to Pay for Informing on Tax Cheats Posted: 27 Oct 2009 06:12 AM PDT  You dirty rat. Chicago and Cook County residents aren't the only ones about to get shocking tax news; the city is debuting a "tax whistle-blower" plan that could turn neighbor against neighbor in Chicago's business community. The folks at city hall will pay cash bounties to informants who turn in business tax cheats around the city. The reward would amount to some sort of percentage of the tax money that the city recovers. "It's just another way of bringing people into compliance," Revenue Department spokesman Ed Walsh told the Sun-Times. "It would probably be ... a business knowing that a
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| NASA pins big hopes on Ares today Posted: 27 Oct 2009 02:34 AM PDT ![]() KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla.| A moon rocket it's not. However, NASA's Ares 1-X flight test rocket, set to launch Tuesday morning at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, will bring NASA one giant step closer to returning to the moon, to landing on an asteroid and to sending missions to Mars or other planets. The launch has been delayed until 9:44 a.m. because of wind. With a little more than two minutes of powered flight, space officials hope to gather enough information from the more than 700 sensors on the rocket to see if the design will work for the next ... Email
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| Stocks trade mixed as consumer confidence falls (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2009 07:39 AM PDT ![]() A disappointing reading on consumer confidence spoiled an early rally in the stock market. Stocks traded mixed Tuesday after a report from a private research group caused worries that consumers might not be ready to spend this holiday season.
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| Somali pirates say holding Britons, EU spots yacht (Reuters) Posted: 27 Oct 2009 05:43 AM PDT  Reuters - Somali pirates said on Tuesday they had seized a yacht in the Indian Ocean with a British couple aboard and were taking the vessel to the Horn of Africa nation with a view to demanding a ransom.
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| US diplomat resigns to protest Afghan war (AP) Posted: 26 Oct 2009 11:15 PM PDT  AP - A former Marine who fought in Iraq and became a diplomat in a Taliban stronghold in Afghanistan has resigned in a high-profile protest of the Afghan war.
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| Today, GMA, Ellen Posted: 27 Oct 2009 05:05 PM PDT ![]() "Twilight" and "True Blood" are up for awards. Singer Monica tries to make a comeback. Bill and Jen want to have a baby.
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