Saturday, October 10, 2009

Iran sentences three to death over vote unrest (Reuters)

Iran sentences three to death over vote unrest (Reuters)


Iran sentences three to death over vote unrest (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 08:58 AM PDT

Reuters - A court has sentenced three people to death over street unrest that erupted after Iran's disputed election in June and links to exiled opposition groups, an Iranian news agency reported Saturday.


Health benefits still years off

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 06:56 AM PDT

If an insurance bill passes this year, many families could have to wait until 2013 to receive tax credits.


Solar power outshining Colorado's gas industry (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 06:58 AM PDT

AP - The sun had just crested the distant ridge of the Rocky Mountains, but already it was producing enough power for the electric meter on the side of the Smiley Building to spin backward.


Cool Reaction in the Mideast to Obama's Nobel Prize

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 01:24 PM PDT

No sign that the Peace Prize has altered the Middle East's warring factions' suspicions of Washington -- and of one another


Seychelles captures 11 suspected pirates (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 05:35 AM PDT

AP - French soldiers successfully defended two fishing boats from capture by pirates in the Indian Ocean on Saturday, and 11 men suspected of involvement in the failed attack were pursued at sea and captured, officials said.


Game 3 in Denver postponed, and Pedro Martinez out (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 09:38 AM PDT

The cold and snow in Colorado scrapped plans for Pedro Martinez's first postseason start in five years. Game 3 of the Philadelphia-Colorado playoff series was postponed a day because of weather Saturday better suited for cross country skiing. About an hour before the scheduled start it was 24 degrees.


Miley Cyrus Offers Hip-Hop Kiss-Off To Twitter

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 12:10 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Miley Cyrus broke it down hip-hop style to explain why she deleted her Twitter account earlier this week. In a new YouTube video, Miley - with four backing dancers -- rapped, "The rumors are true, I deleted my Twitter."


Steven Weber: GOP Pisses Off World; Wins Prize!

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 07:42 AM PDT

Welcome to the new world order where isolationism is as fusty a notion as fairness and balance. Actions on the local level reverberate so globally that even the pissy little nyah-nyah-nyahing which the right wing Republicons persist in using as their chief mode of expression has twanged the world-wide-wire and driven said world to confer upon Obama a Nobel Peace Prize. An honor, to be sure. But not just for him. It's also for the American people (a decided majority of 'em, anyway) who, in a spasm of sense, broke the grip of its somnambulist state and elected an articulate, able statesperso


Pakistan briefly blocks 2 news channels (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 07:07 AM PDT

AP - Pakistan briefly took two news channels off the air Saturday as they covered attempts by soldiers to capture two militants who broke into army headquarters following an attack on the complex.


New Moon's 'Meet Me on the Equinox' Video

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 06:51 AM PDT

It's like a mini New Moon We're thrilled Death Cab for Cutie's video for "Meet Me on the Equinox" is finally out. And even more thrilled that we get to view clips of New Moon within the video. And let's just say we get a whole lot of Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart in the video.


China says rich countries undercut climate talks (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 11:50 PM PDT

Reuters - China accused rich countries of undermining key elements of an international climate change agreement that nations hope to agree by the end of 2009, adding to a chorus of discord over the negotiations.


5-Year-Old Killed When School Cabinet Falls

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 03:06 AM PDT

News 8 Austin: Her birthday is in two weeks, but Princanna Strain won't be around to blow out her six candles.


Armenia-Turkey sign peace deal, pitfalls ahead (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 03:07 AM PDT

Reuters - Turkey and Armenia signed a landmark peace accord on Saturday to restore ties and open their shared border after a century of hostility stemming from the World War One mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman forces.


Russia: Protest in St. Petersburg over skyscraper (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 06:44 AM PDT

AP - About 3,000 protesters rallied in Russia's former czarist capital on Saturday to protest a plan to build a hulking skyscraper for state energy giant Gazprom.


Aye Carumba! Marge Simpson Poses For Playboy Cover

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 07:05 AM PDT

YAHOO.COM: Marge Simpson has done something that Homer might not like but will make Bart the proudest kid in his school: She's posed for Playboy magazine.


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