Swine flu national emergency

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• Swine flu national emergency
• Maine girl with 'mermaid syndrome' dies at 10 (AP)
• Lebanese to Israel: Hands off our hummus! (AP)
• Saudi female journalist gets lashes for sex show (AP)
• A Major Blow to Mexico's Masters of Meth
• Bernanke's trillion-dollar decision (Politico)
• Thousands gather worldwide on day of climate protests (AFP)
• AP interview: Cosby keeps it clean for humor prize (AP)
• Al-Qaida and the Taliban: Knowing your enemy (AP)
• Small Business Faces Sharp Rise in Costs of Health Care
• Shuttered girls reformatory recalls horror, haven (AP)
• Obama: Swine flu a national emergency
• China-Guinea deal highlights Africa business ties (AP)
• Iran hardline lawmakers carp nuclear fuel deal
• Just a Guy Frustrated With E-Mail

Swine flu national emergency Posted: 24 Oct 2009 08:42 AM PDT Obama suspends federal guidelines so that the infected can receive faster treatment.

Maine girl with 'mermaid syndrome' dies at 10 (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2009 08:58 AM PDT AP - Shiloh Pepin, a girl who was born with fused legs, a rare condition often called "mermaid syndrome," and gained a wide following on the Internet and national television, has died. She was 10.

Lebanese to Israel: Hands off our hummus! (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2009 10:11 AM PDT AP - Lebanese chefs prepared a massive plate of hummus weighing over two tons Saturday that broke a world record organizers said was previously held by Israel — a bid to reaffirm proprietorship over the popular Middle Eastern dip.

Saudi female journalist gets lashes for sex show (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2009 07:25 AM PDT AP - A Saudi court on Saturday sentenced a female journalist to 60 lashes after she had been charged with involvement in a TV show in which a Saudi man publicly talked about sex.

A Major Blow to Mexico's Masters of Meth Posted: 24 Oct 2009 01:30 PM PDT AFP/Getty Images/File – File picture shows a US agent guarding a drug tunnel along the Mexican-US border. In the largest ever …

Bernanke's trillion-dollar decision (Politico) Posted: 24 Oct 2009 04:58 AM PDT Politico - The biggest decision of the economic recovery will be made in the next six months, and Barack Obama will have almost nothing to do with it.

Thousands gather worldwide on day of climate protests (AFP) Posted: 24 Oct 2009 12:46 PM PDT AFP - Kicking off with thousands gathering on the steps of Sydney's iconic Opera House, global warming protests took place around the world Saturday to mark 50 days before the UN climate summit.

AP interview: Cosby keeps it clean for humor prize (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2009 06:32 AM PDT AP - Bill Cosby still thinks America is funny — like the name-calling over health care and the way we drink so much water from plastic bottles that could be toxic — even though he says the nation has some serious problems it needs to tackle.

Al-Qaida and the Taliban: Knowing your enemy (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2009 07:19 AM PDT AP - Senior al-Qaida leaders are forging deeper relationships with Pakistani militants and often operating from their camps inside the Pakistan border, fueling Obama administration arguments for a shift in the Afghan war strategy that more narrowly targets the terrorists.

Small Business Faces Sharp Rise in Costs of Health Care Posted: 24 Oct 2009 10:58 AM PDT As Congress nears votes on legislation that would overhaul the health care system, many small businesses say they are facing the steepest rise in insurance premiums they have seen in recent years.

Shuttered girls reformatory recalls horror, haven (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2009 09:44 AM PDT AP - Many were broken, many were saved here.

Obama: Swine flu a national emergency Posted: 24 Oct 2009 08:35 AM PDT President Obama has declared the swine flu outbreak a national emergency.

China-Guinea deal highlights Africa business ties (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2009 07:59 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.

Iran hardline lawmakers carp nuclear fuel deal Posted: 24 Oct 2009 07:59 AM PDT TEHRAN (Reuters) – Influential Iranian lawmakers on Saturday criticised a U.N.-drafted agreement that requires Tehran to send its atomic stockpile abroad for further processing, the student news agency ISNA reported.

Just a Guy Frustrated With E-Mail Posted: 24 Oct 2009 02:27 AM PDT I wish e-mail could communicate all that I want it to -- because I'm not a fan of the phone. Bruce Sallan: I completely love e-mail, as I dislike the phone -- cell or hard line. My former career in showbiz was spent on the phone, so now I love the freedom of answering and responding to e-mail whenever I want. However, e-mail is fraught with problems and, as I just read, is rapidly becoming anachronistic as more immediate forms of communication, such as IMs and Twitter, are taking over (among the younger generation, specifically). The thing that I keep on forgetting and can't seem to learn

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