Top Stories: President Barack Obama has met with members of the banking and financial industry in the White House. Big News Network.com Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:01:31 -0500The VOA has reported a walkout of African negotiators from the climate talks in Copenhagen. Big News Network.com Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:46:04 -0500Egypt has asked the British Museum in London to return the Rosetta Stone. Big News Network.com Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:31:23 -0500Thousands of dollars have been stolen from the largest bank in the Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk by men dressed as police. Big News Network.com Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:24:58 -0500Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, Germany's defence minister, has challenged detractors over his handling of a German-ordered air strike in Afghanistan that killed civilians. Big News Network.com Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:14:58 -0500People have been killed in a savage cyclone that swept over Fiji's main island of Viti Levu on Monday. Big News Network.com Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:04:10 -0500A certain plastics product has been found to do damage to the human intestine. Big News Network.com Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:54:12 -0500A decision by the Indian government to create a new state has created disention in southern India's Andhra Pradesh. Big News Network.com Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:16:11 -0500The Ministry of Interior in Afghanistan has announced the deaths of sixteen Afghan police at official checkpoints. Big News Network.com Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:02:24 -0500The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has persuaded cabinet ministers to vote on millions of dollars of new funding for Jewish settlements in the West Bank. Big News Network.com Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:46:01 -0500Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi has been injured at a rally by a man who struck him in the face with a small ornamental statue. Big News Network.com Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:56:24 -0500The UN climate talks in Copenhagen have entered their final stages, with top polluter China telling delegates their countries will no longer have to underwrite China's efforts to fight climate change. Big News Network.com Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:26:38 -0500Students at Tehran University have accused authorities of faking images of demonstrators burning photos of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the Islamic Republic's revered founder. Big News Network.com Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:35:44 -0500Ten Pakistani students, arrested on terror charges, had been cleared to work as security guards in Britain. Big News Network.com Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:21:22 -0500Sudan's north and south sections agreed to referendum laws on the weekend. Big News Network.com Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:10:49 -0500The global consulting firm Accenture Ltd has decided to end its sponsorship of Tiger Woods. Big News Network.com Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:03:46 -0500Hindus are protesting against the Fox News channel for remarks that the word Ganges “sounds like a disease”. Big News Network.com Sun, 13 Dec 2009 16:53:30 -0500By Pete Yost ASSOCIATED PRESS Computer technicians have found 22 million missing White House e-mails from the administration of President George W. Bush, and the Obama administration is searching for... Washington Times Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:43:50 -0500In 2005, Congressman Rob Andrews (D-NJ) and I cofounded the Iran Working Group in the House of Representatives to study the coming threat from Iran and make policy recommendations to Congress and the ... Jerusalem Post Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:31:28 -0500The PLO Central Council is expected to convene in Ramallah on Tuesday to vote on extending Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas's term in office until new elections are held in the PA-control... Jerusalem Post Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:31:22 -0500Elbit Systems successfully carried out the maiden flight on Monday of the new long-range, high-endurance Hermes 900 unmanned aerial vehicle which is capable of carrying out surveillance missions thous... Jerusalem Post Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:31:21 -0500SANTIAGO - The right in Chile has not come so close to winning the presidency since Gen. Augusto Pinochet stepped down in March 1990, bringing a 17-year dictatorship to an end. IPS Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:30:20 -0500CHICAGO - The second man charged in a plot to attack a Danish newspaper also knew about the 2008 deadly terror attacks in Mumbai days before they occurred, prosecutors said Monday. Tahawwur Hussain Ra... Channel News Asia Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:24:25 -0500Chilton, Wisconsin - Two women accused of seeking revenge on a cheating lover by gluing his penis to his stomach have reached plea deals. Forty-eight-year-old Therese Ziemann, was accused of doing th... New Zealand Herald Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:19:16 -0500A soldier organizes a controlled explosion of a clandestine methamphetamine, or crystal meth drug laboratory, allegedly run by Mexico's 'La Familia' drug cartel, near the town of Uruapan in Michoacan ... New Zealand Herald Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:19:14 -0500ST. LOUIS - The North Face Apparel Corp. is suing parody company called The South Butt and the teenager who started it. The lawsuit filed last week in federal court in St. Louis seeks unspecified dam... New Zealand Herald Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:19:14 -0500Shrink BANGKOK - Thai authorities on Monday sought to unravel the mystery of the ultimate destination of a plane that landed in Bangkok with a huge cache of weapons from North Korea, exported in defi... New Zealand Herald Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:19:12 -0500A young star on Aussie soap 'Home and Away' has been arrested and charged with drug possession after being found with cocaine on him during a police crackdown at a nightclub in Sydney's Kings Cross, r... New Zealand Herald Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:19:11 -0500Shrink LONDON - British Airways cabin crew will strike over Christmas, their union said Monday, throwing the plans of thousands of holiday travellers into uncertainty at one of the busiest times of t... New Zealand Herald Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:19:09 -0500CT scans deliver far more radiation than previously believed and may contribute to 29,000 new cancers each year, along with 14,500 deaths, suggest two studies in today's Archives of Internal Medicine.... USA Today Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:17:34 -0500The veined octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) apparently can stack discarded coconut shell halves just as one might pile bowls, sits atop them, makes its eight arms rigid like stilts, and then... MSNBC Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:16:50 -0500Dr. Bethesaida Tafari Habte, Primary Clinician for Well Women Clinic, discusses health care with U.S. Air Force veteran Wendy Haylor of Piedmont, W. Va., on Nov. 13, 2009, at the Veterans Affairs Medi... MSNBC Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:16:48 -0500Dec. 14: Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., has said no to a public option and has now decided that he can’t even support the Medicare buy-in compromise worked out for the health reform bill. A Hardball p... MSNBC Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:16:46 -0500WASHINGTON - The widely played video clip of U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer reprimanding a general for calling her "ma'am" is the gift that keeps on giving for the two Republicans hoping to challenge her nex... MSNBC Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:16:45 -0500The luxury watchmaker's new statement Monday says that because of Woods' indefinite leave from golf, it is examining its long-term relationship with him. MSNBC Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:16:44 -0500A Los Angeles Superior Court commissioner granted control over 17-year-old Frances Bean Cobain to Kurt Cobain’s mother, Wendy O’Connor, and his sister Kimberly Dawn Cobain. MSNBC Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:16:43 -0500"30 Rock" cast member Grizzwald "Grizz" Chapman is undergoing dialysis treatment He must lose more than 75 pounds before he can be considered for a transplant Chapman will continue... CNN Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:15:40 -0500Two weeks later, the unexpected happened: a Ross’s gull showed up in Baltimore. Thousands of birders converged on the spot for the rare sighting.“They call it the bird that launched 20,000... International Herald Tribune Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:08:55 -0500WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton unveiled a U.S. human rights agenda on Monday calling for universal standards that apply to all nations, prompting rights groups to urge the a... Reuters Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:03:34 -0500BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union and the United States called on China on Monday to release a prominent pro-democracy writer and rights activist who faces trial on charges of subversion. Reuters Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:03:33 -0500LA Hospital Cited for Dangerous Radiation (CBS) A new study finds that radiation from the commonly perform CT scan are higher than generally thought, raising concerns about increased risk for cancer. ... CBS News Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:01:23 -0500"Lost," "Idol" Among Decade's TV Top 10 (AP) Television viewers jarred by abrupt spikes in volume during commercial breaks may someday be able to give their mute buttons a rest. "I not only dive fo... CBS News Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:01:17 -0500Gift-Giving Etiquette (CBS/AP) It's a pretty busy time of year for the post office in tiny Christmas, Florida. Postal workers normally handle around 50 to 100 pieces of mail a day, but during the hol... CBS News Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:01:12 -0500THE man who bashed Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in the face has reportedly apologised for what he called a "superficial, cowardly and inconsiderate act". The Australian Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:53:59 -0500CLIMATE guru Al Gore warned UN climate talks today that record melting of Polar and Himalayan ice could deprive more than a billion people of access to clean water. The Australian Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:53:58 -0500Chief Justice Brian Martin sentenced the middle-aged man to five years and six months in prison for four counts of indecently dealing with a child under 16,... The Australian Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:53:56 -0500POLICE want to recognise the bravery of a young man who rescued a woman from a car that was upside-down in seawater - but they don't know who he is. The Australian Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:53:53 -0500.Workers plan to erect the barriers in four community graveyards and in two nearby outstations.Central Desert Shire Council services manager Eve Grant said there were quite a few dogs in the Ti Tree a... The Australian Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:53:52 -0500Aside from deal activity, stocks were also helped by news that Dubai had received $US10bn in financing from the neighbouring city-state Abu Dhabi as it deals with debt woes. An initial scare over Duba... The Australian Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:53:50 -0500NEARLY $US150 billion ($164bn) was invested in hedge funds in the first nine months of this year, with mid-sized funds attracting the majority of that money, according to a new report by Barclays Capi... The Australian Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:53:48 -0500THE Australian dollar has opened half a cent stronger after positive global economic news helped to restore investor appetite for risk-sensitive currencies. The Australian Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:53:47 -0500An accused murderer who escaped from a city jail on Thanksgiving Day was captured around 3 p.m. this afternoon, police said. After receiving a tip, U.S. Marshals and Philadelphia detectives nabbed Os... Philadelphia Daily News Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:52:27 -0500Montgomery County law enforcement officials have released the names of two Pottstown High School students killed in a crash Saturday night. Andrea Antonio-Harris, who turned 16 last week, and Breanna... Philadelphia Daily News Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:52:26 -0500HARRISBURG, Pa. - The heads of Penn State, Temple, Pitt and Lincoln are criticizing Gov. Ed Rendell and top House Democrats for holding them "hostage." The universities' leaders said in a l... Philadelphia Daily News Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:52:23 -0500Workers prepare Boston's Fenway Park for the truck that will be used to create the ice for the Flyers game with the Bruins on Jan. 1. The Flyers may or may not have heated up by then. Philadelphia Daily News Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:52:20 -0500It is not known if a trade sending Halladay to the Phillies is imminent, but if Halladay and the Phils are negotiating--as is indicated by the pitcher's presence in Philadelphia--that would suggest th... Philadelphia Daily News Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:52:18 -0500A car that appeared to be speeding ran off the road on Route 70 in Cherry Hill and slammed into a utility pole this morning, killing the motorist and a man who just happened to be there, police said. ... Philadelphia Daily News Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:52:13 -0500WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama challenged top bankers Monday to explore "every responsible way" to increase lending, saying they were obliged to help after being rescued by taxpayers. He as... New York Post Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:30:39 -0500WASHINGTON (AP) -- The end game in sight, Senate Democrats coped with stubborn internal differences as well as implacable Republican opposition on Monday in a struggle to pass health care legislation ... New York Post Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:30:36 -0500KABUL (AP) -- The military may not finish its surge of 30,000 American troops to Afghanistan until nearly a year from now, a senior U.S. commander said Monday - a slower pace than President Barack Oba... New York Post Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:30:35 -0500WASHINGTON (AP) -- The widely played video clip of U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer reprimanding a general for calling her "ma'am" is the gift that keeps on giving for the two Republicans hoping to challenge h... New York Post Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:30:35 -0500DETROIT (AP) -- Smoking marijuana is becoming even more popular among U.S. teens and they have cut down on smoking cigarettes, binge drinking and using methamphetamine, according to a federal survey r... New York Post Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:30:34 -0500A Los Angeles Superior Court commissioner granted control over 17-year-old Frances Bean Cobain to Kurt Cobain's mother Wendy O'Connor and his sister Kimberly Dawn Cobain. New York Post Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:30:33 -0500BERLIN (AP) -- German police have rescued four frozen walkers who called up from a waste container begging to be saved from roving wild boars. Police in Darmstadt, south of Frankfurt, said they receiv... New York Post Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:30:32 -0500PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A person with knowledge of the situation says Toronto pitcher Roy Halladay is in Philadelphia to take a physical for the Phillies, a necessary step before the teams finalize a tra... New York Post Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:30:32 -0500Stephen Dinan A Senate Democrat on Monday called on President Obama to veto the $1.1 trillion catchall spending bill Congress sent the White House over the weekend, saying the president must "take th... Washington Times Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:53:48 -0500S.A. Miller A new report shows that lean economic times didn't stop members of Congress from splurging taxpayer dollars on food and drink, including a $6,090 meal tab racked up in a single day by Gua... Washington Times Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:53:47 -0500Kara Rowland President Obama is ratcheting up the pressure on Wall Street to back a financial regulatory overhaul winding its way through Congress, telling top CEOs gathered at the White House on Mon... Washington Times Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:53:46 -0500MIAMI - An upscale hotel in downtown Miami has relocated 300 guests after a bacteria in its water system was suspected in one death and two hospitalizations. The Miami-Dade County health department sa... Channel News Asia Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:33:43 -0500BRUSSELS : Hundreds of European Union employees staged a three-hour strike on Monday in defence of a controversial Brussels decision to award them an inflation-busting 3.7 percent pay rise. The recomm... Channel News Asia Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:33:41 -0500BUCAREST - Romania's Constitutional Court confirmed Monday the re-election of President Traian Basescu, unanimously rejecting a plea for the vote to be quashed from his Social Democrat rival Mircea Ge... Channel News Asia Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:33:38 -0500Shrink Wellington, Dec 15 NZPA - Fiji will today start cleaning up and counting the cost after Cyclone Mick swept across the Pacific nation yesterday. Two people are confirmed dead, two more are thou... New Zealand Herald Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:27:53 -0500WASHINGTON - Every so often in the Washington Metro subway system, a foot gets caught in an escalator. Usually, the culprit is a shoe lace or a flip-flop sandal. On Monday, it was a bird's talon. F... New Zealand Herald Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:27:52 -0500Shrink TEHRAN - Iran said Monday it would try three Americans jailed since crossing the border from Iraq in July, a step likely to aggravate the US at a time when Tehran is locked in a standoff with t... New Zealand Herald Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:27:51 -0500One of Tiger Woods’ alleged mistresses, Cori Rist (R), says Woods only stayed with his wife because she was pregnant. Photo / AP ORLANDO - Tiger Woods has won much-needed backing from the head of ke... New Zealand Herald Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:27:49 -0500Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger smiles during a news conference at Charlotte/Douglas International airport in Charlotte, N.C., Thursday, May 1, 2009. Sullenberger flew Thursday from Charlotte, N.C.... C News Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:23:34 -0500The Obama administration wants Pakistan to turn on Mr. Haqqani, a longtime asset of Pakistan’s spy agency who uses the tribal area of North Waziristan as his sanctuary. But, the officials said, ... International Herald Tribune Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:16:44 -0500Silvio Berlusconi remained in the hospital on Monday after being bloodied in an attack at a political rally on Sunday, as politicians across the political spectrum denounced the assault. International Herald Tribune Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:16:41 -0500Al Qaeda operatives currently being held in the military prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, in federal court in Brooklyn, according to people briefed on the matter. A decision to try the cases in Br... International Herald Tribune Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:16:36 -0500Fox News personality Glenn Beck's tirades against the Obama administration and ominous warnings about the state of the economy have proven to be controversial in and of themselves. In recent weeks, h... CBS News Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:09:05 -0500Miranda Rights Warning Could Get Rewrite (AP) The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it will decide how much privacy workers have when they send text messages from company accounts. The justices said t... CBS News Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:09:02 -0500Roughly one in two unemployed Americans say the recession has brought hardship to their family, a new CBS News/New York Times survey finds. That's more than double the percentage of Americans overall... CBS News Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:09:00 -0500HOLLYWOOD actor and director Mel Gibson's next directing project will be an as-yet untitled film about Vikings, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Variety has reported. The Australian Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:02:09 -0500Light, sweet crude for January delivery settled US36 cents, or 0.5 per cent, lower at $US69.51 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, the lowest level in more than two months. Brent crude on th... The Australian Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:02:07 -0500GOLD gained modestly along with equities and other metals today as investors tiptoed into riskier assets following Abu Dhabi's $US10 billion ($11bn) bailout for Dubai. The Australian Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:02:04 -0500DOCTOR WHO: THE WATERS OF MARS. 9 p.m. Saturday, BBC America. DOCTOR WHO: THE END OF TIME, PART ONE. 9 p.m. Dec. 26, BBC America. DOCTOR WHO: THE END OF TIME, PART TWO. 8 p.m., Jan. 2, BBC America. ... Philadelphia Daily News Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:00:17 -0500BOSTON - For the first time in weeks, there was a palpable buzz in the Flyers' dressing room yesterday at the TD Garden. It wasn't "morbid," as Scott Hartnell foreshadowed on Dec. 4, the da... Philadelphia Daily News Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:00:11 -0500The Glen Miller era is over at Penn. Quakers great Jerome Allen is the interim coach and ran practice this morning at the Palestra. The change apparently has been in the work for several days. The Qu... Philadelphia Daily News Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:00:07 -0500WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama challenged top bankers Monday to explore "every responsible way" to increase lending, saying they were obliged to help after being rescued by taxpayers. He as... New York Post Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:39:15 -0500DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Oil-rich Abu Dhabi pumped $10 billion into its indebted neighbor Monday, sending stocks soaring while sparing Dubai and the rest of the Emirates federation the humi... New York Post Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:39:13 -0500Irritated with loud commercials, the California Democrat found it was also a common complaint with the Federal Communications Commission. So she drafted a bill aimed at preventing TV ads from playing ... New York Post Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:39:12 -0500MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Randy Wolf has finalized his $29.75 million, three-year contract with the Milwaukee Brewers, who also agreed Monday to a $2.1 million deal with infielder Craig Counsell. New York Post Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:39:11 -0500Jennifer Haberkorn A White House report released Monday found that the health care overhaul bills on Capitol Hill would reduce the growth rate of national and private health care costs by 1 percent o... Washington Times Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:11:27 -0500(RTTNews) - President Barack Obama Monday called on the leaders of the nation's largest financial institutions to do more to boost the ailing U.S. economy.Obama, speaking to reporters following a meet... RTT News Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:03:00 -0500Leading experts from around the world will gather in Jerusalem this week for the Foreign Ministry's Global Forum for Combating Anti-Semitism where there will be much sobering discussion. Jerusalem Post Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:57:31 -0500HUMAN rights watchdog Amnesty International has called on Saudi Arabia to stay a sentence of 40 lashes handed down against a 75-year-old woman for breaching the kingdom's sex segregation rules. 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