| Small horror film slays 'Saw' Posted: 25 Oct 2009 02:15 PM PDT  "Saw VI" expected to win the box office, but a film reportedly made for $15K beat it out.
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| Police: Madoff associate Jeffry Picower dies at 67 (AP) Posted: 25 Oct 2009 01:35 PM PDT  AP - Jeffry Picower, a philanthropist accused of profiting more than $7 billion from the investment schemes of his longtime friend Bernard Madoff, was found at the bottom of the pool at his oceanside mansion and died Sunday, police said. He was 67.
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| H1N1 is declared a national emergency Posted: 25 Oct 2009 02:17 AM PDT ![]() The White House has declared the 2009 H1N1 "swine flu" pandemic a national emergency, a designation that will make it easier for medical facilities to handle a surge of patients infected with the potentially deadly virus. The president's action on Saturday is intended to remove bureaucratic roadblocks and make it easier for the sick to seek treatment and medical providers to provide it immediately. It also will allow medical facilities to waive certain standard requirements for Medicare, Medicaid and other federal health insurance programs on a case-by-case basis. "The foundation of our nation
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| U.N. inspectors reach Iran's new nuclear site: report (Reuters) Posted: 25 Oct 2009 12:35 AM PDT  Reuters - U.N. nuclear experts inspected on Sunday a uranium enrichment site whose existence was announced by Iran last month, the semi-official Mers news agency said.
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| Is London really showing 'tremendous interest' in the NFL? (Yahoo! Sports) Posted: 25 Oct 2009 08:47 AM PDT ![]() There are two pieces of evidence which suggest that today's third annual NFL game in London between the New...
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| FACT CHECK: Health insurer profits not so fat Posted: 25 Oct 2009 05:48 AM PDT ![]() Quick quiz: What do these enterprises have in common? Farm and construction machinery, Tupperware, the railroads, Hershey sweets, Yum food brands and Yahoo? Answer: They're all more profitable than the health insurance industry. In the health care debate, Democrats and their allies have g...
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| Composer Lloyd Webber has prostate cancer: BBC Posted: 25 Oct 2009 07:10 AM PDT ![]() Reuters - British composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, the BBC reported on Sunday.
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| Most overpriced autos Posted: 25 Oct 2009 11:52 AM PDT  Dealerships are offering heaps of incentives for these cars, but don't be fooled.
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| Houses unclaimed for $500 Posted: 25 Oct 2009 11:46 AM PDT  A Midwestern city auctions thousands of foreclosed homes, but sells only a fraction.
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| Benson runs for 189, Bengals rout Bears (AP) Posted: 25 Oct 2009 04:44 PM PDT  Cedric Benson got his revenge on Chicago, all right. The rest of the Bengals' offense had a sweet time, too. Carson Palmer threw five touchdown passes -- four of them in a dominant first half -- and Benson ran for a career-high 189 yards and a touchdown against the team that let him go, shocking Chicago with a 45-10 victory Sunday that will go down as one of the worst days in Bears history.
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| Ellen, Today, GMA Posted: 20 Oct 2009 04:51 PM PDT ![]() Jeff wonders if he should settle down. Daphne Zuniga returns to the show. Another couple is eliminated.
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| Steelers' 2 defensive TDs do in Vikings (AP) Posted: 25 Oct 2009 01:42 PM PDT  Brett Favre, Adrian Peterson and the Minnesota Vikings were anything but perfect. The Vikings couldn't gain a half-yard when it might have turned the game, then watched the Steelers' big-play defense end their unbeaten season with two long touchdown returns in the final 6 1/2 minutes. LaMarr Woodley's 77-yard fumble return and Keyaron Fox's 82-yard interception return on turnovers...
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| China-Guinea deal highlights Africa business ties (AP) Posted: 25 Oct 2009 04:59 AM PDT ![]() A $7 billion mining deal between Guinea's repressive military regime and a little-known Chinese company underscores China's full-throttle rush into Africa and its willingness to deal with brutal and corrupt governments.
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| Lap-by-Lap: M'ville (NASCAR.com) Posted: 25 Oct 2009 10:12 AM PDT  Lap-by-Lap: M'ville
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| Obama: Iraq attacks an attempt to derail progress (AP) Posted: 25 Oct 2009 10:58 AM PDT  AP - President Barack Obama said Sunday's "outrageous attacks" outside government offices in the Iraqi capital "reveal the hateful and destructive agenda of those who would deny the Iraqi people the future that they deserve."
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