Monday, October 5, 2009

Suspect's lawyer says Letterman 'manipulates' (AP)

Suspect's lawyer says Letterman 'manipulates' (AP)


Suspect's lawyer says Letterman 'manipulates' (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 06:27 AM PDT

AP - The defense lawyer for the CBS News producer charged with trying to extort $2 million from David Letterman is calling the talk-show host "a master at manipulating audiences."


Barack Obama angry at General Stanley McChrystal speech on Afghanistan

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 10:14 AM PDT

The relationship between President Barack Obama and the commander of Nato forces in Afghanistan has been put under severe strain.


AP: Obama to speak to gay audience

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 10:26 AM PDT

President Obama plans to address the nation's largest gay rights group this weekend, a person familiar with his schedule said ...


Police look into fight involving Tigers 1B Cabrera (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 04:13 AM PDT

Detroit Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera was drunk -- three times above Michigan's legal limit for driving, according to police -- between two key games over the weekend as his team was trying to win the American League Central title. The 26-year-old Venezuelan first baseman was taken to a police station Saturday after arriving at his suburban Detroit home at 5 a.m.


Supreme Court's key cases

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 04:00 AM PDT

The new session features several controversial issues and a new face.


Norway is best place to live, China moves up: UN

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 08:04 AM PDT

AFP/File – A file photo shows a hiker along a famous track in Jotunheimen Park, Norway. Norway has taken the number … PARIS (AFP) – Norway takes the number one spot in the annual United Nations human development index released Monday but China has made the biggest strides in improving the well-be...


Pakistan Taliban head cracks jokes, vows vengeance (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 01:14 PM PDT

AP - Flanked by heavily armed fighters, the new leader of the Pakistani Taliban sat on a blue blanket, amiable and relaxed as he cracked jokes and mixed in threats of vengeance for deadly U.S. airstrikes.


David Letterman's Secret Suite Above Ed Sullivan Theater

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 07:30 AM PDT

David Letterman extortion case exposes more details about Letterman's history of trysts. Another Late Show ex-staffer reportedly has stepped forward and said that like Stephanie Birkitt, she had an affair with David Letterman. She also spilled the beans on a private lair he kept for his employee flings.


Fox's Aikman on Cowboys' Romo...

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 05:51 AM PDT

...during the QB's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day is right here:


End of religious mystery?

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 08:44 AM PDT

A scientist claims to reproduce the Shroud of Turin using ancient printing methods.


Kate Gosselin Says Jon Emptied Her Bank Account

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 11:00 AM PDT


Study: More Cases of Autism in U.S. Kids than Previously Realized

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 06:27 AM PDT

CNN: A study published Monday in the journal Pediatrics indicates about 1 percent of children ages 3 to 17 have autism or a related disorder, an increase over previous estimates.


AP analysis: Signs of recovery in some US areas (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 03:40 PM PDT

Signs of a slow and fitful recovery emerged in August in some communities across the country where unemployment dropped and foreclosures stabilized, according to The Associated Press' monthly analysis of economic stress in more than 3,100 U.S. counties.


Longview associate head football coach reassigned, will no longer coach

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 12:34 PM PDT

Longview associate head football coach John Berry has been reassigned and will no longer coach the Lobos. The reassignment went into effect today and was confirmed by Berry and Longview ISD director of extracurricular activities Pat Collins. The reassignment is in the aftermath of an argument between Berry and Longview head coach John King had during the third quarter of Longview's 45-0 win over Sulphur Springs on Friday. After the argument, Berry threw his headset to the ground and left the Lobo Stadium field. Berry has work with Collins and King since 1997 when Collins was the head coach at


German magazine swaps thin models for real women (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 06:35 AM PDT

AP - Germany's most popular women's magazine announced Monday that it is banning professional models from its pages in favor of "real women" in an attempt to combat an unhealthy standard of rail-thin beauty that it says has isolated its readers.


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