Bush, allies pledge joint action on global crisis (AP)
FULL STORY - AP Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:09:07 GMT

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, left, listens as President Bush speaks with the G7 Finance Ministers in the Rose Garden of the White House, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - President Bush and foreign financial officials displayed joint resolve Saturday to combat the unfolding financial crisis, hoping to calm investors whose panic has spread despite bold and accelerating government action.


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Tax rebate, food stamp money possible in aid plan (AP)
FULL STORY - AP Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:40:35 GMT
AP - After consulting with Barack Obama, Democratic leaders are likely to call Congress back to work after the election in hopes of passing legislation that would include extended jobless benefits, money for food stamps and possibly a tax rebate, officials said Saturday.

NKorea off US blacklist after nuke inspection deal (AP)
FULL STORY - AP Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:13:35 GMT

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Security and Nonproliferation Patricia McNerney speaks at a news conference on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008, in Washington. North Korea has agreed to all U.S. nuclear inspection demands and the Bush administration responded by removing the communist country from a terrorism blacklist. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)AP - After North Korea relented on nuclear inspection demands, the U.S. on Saturday erased from a terrorism blacklist the communist country President Bush once branded part of an "axis of evil."


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Source: Chrysler, GM discuss merger, acquisition (AP)
FULL STORY - AP Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:09:05 GMT

American flags flutter in the wind in front of the General Motors Corp. headquarters in downtown Detroit, Michigan in this November 7, 2007 file photo. General Motors is in preliminary talks about a possible merger with fellow U.S. automaker Chrysler, The New York Times reported late on October 10, 2008. The talks between GM and Cerberus Capital Management, the private equity firm that owns Chrysler, began more than a month ago and are not certain to produce a deal, the paper said. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/Files (UNITED STATES)AP - General Motors Corp., Chrysler LLC and Cerberus Capital Management LP have held preliminary talks about a merger or an acquisition of Chrysler by GM, according to a person familiar with the talks.


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Officials: 3 killed in missile strike in Pakistan (AP)
FULL STORY - AP Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:37:56 GMT

A victim of a car suicide attack in Orakzai tribal region lies on a hospital bed after arriving in Peshawar October 11, 2008. Angry Pakistani tribesmen traded fire with Taliban militants and demolished their houses in a northwestern tribal region after a car suicide attack killed at least 30 people, residents said on Saturday. (Ali Imam/Reuters)AP - Two Pakistani intelligence officials say a suspected U.S. missile strike has killed three people near a market close to the Afghan border.


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As governor, Palin at times bonds church and state (AP)
FULL STORY - AP Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:59:07 GMT

This photo from the Web site of The Office of the Governor of Alaska, shows, from left, Alaska Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell, Gov. Sarah Palin, and Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, being prayed over by Pastor Ed Kalnins and a congregation made up of nearly 20 different churches and denominations at One Lord Sunday in the Mat-Su Valley, Alaska on June 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Web site of The Office of the Governor of Alaska)AP - The camera closes in on Sarah Palin speaking to young missionaries, vowing from the pulpit to do her part to implement God's will from the governor's office.


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US controls bird flu vaccines over bioweapon fears (AP)
FULL STORY - AP Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:14:26 GMT

In this June 5, 2008 file photo, chickens look out of their pen in a downtown neighborhood in Jakarta, Indonesia. When Indonesia's health minister stopped sending bird flu viruses to a research laboratory in the U.S. out of fear Washington could use them to make biological weapons, Defense Secretary Robert Gates laughed and called it 'the nuttiest thing' he'd ever heard. Yet buried deep inside an 86-page supplement to U.S. export regulations is a single sentence barring U.S. exports of vaccines for avian bird flu for the same reason. (AP Photo/Irwin Fedriansyiah, File)AP - When Indonesia's health minister stopped sending bird flu viruses to a research laboratory in the U.S. for fear Washington could use them to make biological weapons, Defense Secretary Robert Gates laughed and called it "the nuttiest thing" he'd ever heard.


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Kenya's elephants send text messages to rangers (AP)
FULL STORY - AP Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:43:23 GMT

Kimani, a huge bull elephant, can be seen with his collar containing a sim card, Friday, Sept. 26, 2008 in the Ol Pejeta conservancy near Mt. Kenya. Save the Elephants has set up a project where they placed a mobile phone SIM card in an elephants collar, then set up a virtual 'geofence' using a global positioning system that mirrored the conservatory's boundaries. (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)AP - The text message from the elephant flashed across Richard Lesowapir's screen: Kimani was heading for neighboring farms.


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Lisa Marie Presley gives birth to twins (AP)
FULL STORY - AP Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:44:57 GMT

This Dec. 6, 2007, file photo file photo shows Lisa Marie Presley in New York. A publicist says the 40-year-old singer gave birth Tuesday to twin girls, whose names were not released. One baby weighed 5 pounds, 15 ounces and the other came in at 5 pounds and 2 ounces. Presley is the daughter of Elvis Presley and is married to music producer Michael Lockwood. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)AP - Lisa Marie Presley is a mom again. A publicist says the 40-year-old singer gave birth Tuesday to twin girls, whose names were not released. One baby weighed 5 pounds, 15 ounces and the other came in at 5 pounds and 2 ounces.


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Dice-K pitches Red Sox over Rays in ALCS opener (AP)
FULL STORY - AP Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:15:52 GMT

Boston Red Sox's Daisuke Matsuzaka pitches during the first inning baseball action in Game 1 of the American League championship series against the Tampa Bay Rays in St. Petersburg, Fla., Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. (AP Photo/Doug Persinger, Pool)AP - Daisuke Matsuzaka's brilliant escape act bewildered Tampa Bay and put the Boston Red Sox on top in the AL championship series.


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IMF warns of financial meltdown; Europe seeks unity (Reuters)
FULL STORY - Reuters Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:26:33 GMT

A view of the International Monetary and Financial Committee meeting during the annual IMF-World Bank meeting in Washington October 11, 2008. (Yuri Gripas/Reuters)Reuters - The IMF warned on Saturday that the global financial system was on the brink of meltdown, while France and Germany pushed ahead with a pan-European crisis response to try to prevent the worst global downturn in decades.


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Obama thanks McCain for remarks, presses attack (Reuters)
FULL STORY - Reuters Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:32:51 GMT

US Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) makes a surprise visit to an election campaign volunteer training session in Columbus, Ohio, October 10, 2008. (Jim Young/Reuters)Reuters - Democrat Barack Obama praised his rival John McCain for trying to tone down the vitriol of the U.S. presidential race but pressed ahead on Saturday with an effort to cast the Republican as out of touch on the economy.


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U.S. removes North Korea from terrorism blacklist (Reuters)
FULL STORY - Reuters Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:06:28 GMT

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (2nd L) visits a military unit at an undisclosed location in North Korea in this recent picture distributed by North Korea's official news agency KCNA on October 11, 2008. (KCNA/Reuters)Reuters - The United States on Saturday removed North Korea from its terrorism blacklist in a bid to revive faltering denuclearization talks in the final months of the Bush administration.


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GM, Chrysler in merger talks: source (Reuters)
FULL STORY - Reuters Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:14:01 GMT

General Motors Corp Headquarters is seen along the Detroit River in Detroit, Michigan September 17, 2008. (Rebecca Cook/Reuters)Reuters - General Motors has had talks with smaller rival Chrysler LLC about a merger that would combine the No. 1 and No. 3 American automakers at a time when both are struggling to cut costs and shore up cash, according to a source briefed on the matter.


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Three killed in U.S. missile attack in Pakistan (Reuters)
FULL STORY - Reuters Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:04:39 GMT
Reuters - Suspected U.S. drones fired two missile on Saturday into a Pakistani region regarded as a safe haven for al Qaeda and Taliban militants, killing three people, a Reuters witness and an intelligence official said.

Connecticut court allows gay marriage (Reuters)
FULL STORY - Reuters Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:55:14 GMT

Sharon Papo (R) and her partner Amber Weiss display their wedding rings after exchanging wedding vows at City Hall on the first full day of legal same-sex marriages in San Francisco, California June 17, 2008. (Erin Siegal/Reuters)Reuters - Connecticut's highest court on Friday unexpectedly struck down a ban on gay and lesbian marriage, making the New England state the third in the nation to allow full-fledged marriage for same-sex couples.


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Powell says Sen. Stevens' integrity "sterling" (Reuters)
FULL STORY - Reuters Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:38:37 GMT

Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell speaks under a statue of Abraham Lincoln in a ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of President Truman's Executive Order integrating the U.S. Armed Forces inside the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on Capitol Hill in Washington July 23, 2008. (Larry Downing/Reuters)Reuters - Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said Sen. Ted Stevens had a "sterling" reputation for integrity as he vouched for the Alaska Republican at the lawmaker's corruption trial on Friday.


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Scientists sequence giant panda's genome: report (Reuters)
FULL STORY - Reuters Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:55:25 GMT

Young giant pandas are seen in their enclosure at Beijing Zoo July 10, 2008. Eight giant pandas are part of a special exhibit at the zoo for the upcoming Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. (Darren Whiteside/Reuters)Reuters - Scientists have sequenced the genome of the giant panda, an achievement which may aid efforts to protect the endangered species, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday.


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Bush: US and allies united on crisis (AFP)
FULL STORY - AFP Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:11:10 GMT

US President George W. Bush (R) issues a statement after meeting the G7 finance ministers at the White House as Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson looks on. Bush said Saturday the world's richest economies were united on a AFP - US President George W. Bush said Saturday the world's richest economies were united on a "serious global response" to the financial meltdown, as the eurozone countries prepared for a crisis summit.


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US strikes NKorea from terror blacklist (AFP)
FULL STORY - AFP Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:17:58 GMT

Soldiers march past replicas of North and South Korean missiles at a war memorial in Seoul. The United States on Saturday struck North Korea from a terrorism blacklist after saying Pyongyang agreed to steps to verify its nuclear disarmament and pledged to resume disabling its atomic plants.(AFP/File/Jung Yeon-Je)AFP - The United States on Saturday struck North Korea from a terrorism blacklist after saying Pyongyang agreed to steps to verify its nuclear disarmament and pledged to resume disabling its atomic plants.


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