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Wednesday, Oct 28, 2009
  1. In this undated photo from video, Trevor Keezer is shown in front of The Home Depot in Okeechobee, Fla. Keezer says he was fired from his job as a cashier at The Home Depot in the rural Florida town because he wore an American flag button that read, 'One nation under God, indivisible.' (AP Photo/WPTV NewsChannel 5)
    Fla. man says Home Depot fired him over God button AP - Wed Oct 28, 8:35 AM ETSent 4,634 times

    WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - A former cashier for The Home Depot who has been wearing a "One nation under God" button on his work apron for more than a year has been fired, he says because of the religious reference. The company claims that expressing such personal beliefs is simply not allowed.

  2. This undated promotional photo released by LW Communications shows Taylor Mitchell, 19. Two coyotes attacked the Canadian woman while she was hiking in a national park in eastern Canada, and authorities said she died Wednesday of her injuries. The singer-songwriter was hiking alone on a trail in Cape Breton Highlands National Park, in Nova Scotia, on Tuesday when the attack occurred. She was airlifted to a Halifax hospital in critical condition and died Wednesday morning, authorities said. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, LW Communications)
    Coyotes kill woman on hike in Canadian park AP - Wed Oct 28, 7:09 PM ETSent 892 times

    TORONTO - Two coyotes attacked a promising young musician as she was hiking alone in a national park in eastern Canada, and authorities said she died Wednesday of her injuries.

  3. Let Kids Sleep Late on Weekends to Fight Fat: Study HealthDay - Wed Oct 28, 7:04 PM ETSent 610 times

    WEDNESDAY, Oct. 28 (HealthDay News) -- Letting children sleep late on weekends and holidays might help them avoid becoming overweight or obese, a new study suggests.

  4. A traditional curry dish is placed on a plate at a restaurant in Kuala Lumpur December 7, 2007. REUTERS/Stringer
    Scientists say curry compound kills cancer cells Reuters - Wed Oct 28, 12:15 PM ETSent 439 times

    LONDON (Reuters) - A molecule found in a curry ingredient can kill esophageal cancer cells in the laboratory, suggesting it might be developed as an anti-cancer treatment, scientists said on Wednesday.

  5. President Barack Obama signs the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. From left are, Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Rep. Susan Davis, D-Calif. Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., Rep. Neil Abercrombie, D-Hawaii, Rep. Solomon Ortiz, D-Texas, Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., Rep. Jim Langevin, D-N.J., and Rep. Rob Andrews, D-N.J.  (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
    Obama inks defense bill with hate crimes provision AP - Wed Oct 28, 7:48 PM ETSent 328 times

    WASHINGTON - Trumpeting a victory against careless spending, President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed a defense bill that kills some costly weapons projects and expands war efforts. In a major civil rights change, the law also makes it a federal hate crime to assault people based on sexual orientation.

  6. Empty toll lanes are seen on the Bay Bridge in Oakland Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009. The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge has been closed indefinitely after a rod installed during last month's emergency repairs snapped, causing a traffic nightmare for the 280,000 motorists who cross the landmark span every day.(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
    Bay Bridge failure stirs fear, anger over new span AP - Wed Oct 28, 7:44 PM ETSent 244 times

    SAN FRANCISCO - When 5,000 pounds of metal broke off the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and rained down on traffic during rush hour, the accident resurrected fears about the safety of a span that millions watching the 1989 World Series broadcast learned had failed during an earthquake.

  7. Big U.S. companies balk at healthcare public option Reuters - Wed Oct 28, 1:00 PM ETSent 230 times

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some of the nation's largest companies pushed back against U.S. Democrats' plans to deliver a government-run insurance option in a healthcare overhaul, decrying it as a step backward that would drive up costs for employers and their workers.

  8. U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks at a reception commemorating the enactment of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act at the White House in Washington October 28, 2009. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas (UNITED STATES POLITICS HEADSHOT)
    Obama signs first major federal gay-rights law McClatchy Newspapers - Wed Oct 28, 5:30 PM ETSent 194 times

    WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed the first major piece of federal gay rights legislation, a milestone that activists compared to the passage of 1960s civil-rights legislation empowering blacks.

  9. Wanda Barzee at her hearing in 2004 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Barzee, who helped her husband kidnap a teenage girl in Utah seven years ago in one of most notorious cases in recent US criminal history, pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Douglas C. Pizac)
    Elizabeth Smart on her abduction: 'I never let it hold me back' The Yahoo! Newsroom - Wed Oct 28, 4:57 PM ETSent 184 times

    In June of 2002, then-14-year-old Elizabeth Smart was abducted from her family's home in Salt Lake City, Utah. In March of 2003 she was found alive, 18 miles away, with presumed kidnappers Brian David Mitchell and Wanda Ileen Barzee. She was returned to her family. In the years that followed, Smart refused to discuss the specifics of her abduction with the press, even though her ordeal captivated the nation. However, in recent weeks she has begun to open up publicly, notably at a women's conference, "Overcoming the Unimaginable," sponsored by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

  10. The Rev. Chris Bass sings during a service at Redeemer Fellowship Church, in Watertown, Mass., Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009, one of the churches recently opened by Baptist missionaries in New England. Visible through the window is a former church building that has been converted to luxury condominiums.  (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)
    Evangelists target spiritually cold New England AP - Wed Oct 28, 7:05 AM ETSent 162 times

    WATERTOWN, Mass. - It's hard to tell in the quiet of a color-splashed autumn morning, but Redeemer Fellowship Church is trying to set roots in a rough neighborhood. For churches, anyway.

  11. Actor Steve Carell as Michael Scott in a scene from NBC's "The Office". REUTERS/NBC/Mitchell Haaseth/Handout
    Being the boss can take its toll on health: study Reuters - Wed Oct 28, 10:56 AM ETSent 159 times

    NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Being the boss might mean more money and challenging work but it can also take a toll on physical and mental well-being, according to a Canadian study.

  12. Rep. John Shadegg, R-Ariz., holds a copy of the House health care bill as he talks about health care, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009,during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
    House Dems reach deal on key health care elements AP - Wed Oct 28, 7:48 PM ETSent 155 times

    WASHINGTON - House Democrats reached agreement Wednesday on key elements of a health care bill that would vastly alter America's medical landscape, requiring virtually universal sign-ups and establishing a new government-run insurance option for millions.

  13. Yellow police tape is seen outside a trucking and warehouse firm just north of Michigan Avenue in Dearborn, Mich. after an FBI raid on Wednesday Oct. 28, 2009.  A man described as a leader of a radical Sunni Islam group was fatally shot Wednesday afternoon while resisting arrest and exchanging gunfire with federal agents, authorities said. Agents at a warehouse in Dearborn were trying to arrest Luqman Ameen Abdullah, 53, on charges that included conspiracy to sell stolen goods and illegal possession and sale of firearms. (AP Photo/The Detroit News, David Guralnick)  NO SALES. NO MAGS. DETROIT OUT. TV OUT
    Feds: Leader of radical Islam group killed in raid AP - Wed Oct 28, 7:57 PM ETSent 149 times

    DETROIT - A man described as a leader of a radical Sunni Islam group in the U.S. was fatally shot Wednesday afternoon while resisting arrest and exchanging gunfire with federal agents, authorities said.

  14. A man is seen at the spot of an explosion in Peshawar, Pakistan on Wednesday Oct. 28, 2009. A car bomb has torn through a market place in northwestern Pakistan, hours after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived in the country. (AP Photo/Mohammad Iqbal)
    Car bomb in crowded Pakistan market kills 100 AP - Wed Oct 28, 7:48 PM ETSent 124 times

    PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Suspected militants exploded a car bomb in a market crowded with women and children Wednesday, killing 100 people and turning shops selling wedding dresses, toys and jewelry into a mass of burning debris and bodies.

  15. Signage at a Church of Scientology building in the Sydney suburb of Surry Hills is shown on November 18. Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd voiced "concerns" about the Church of Scientology after a senator detailed explosive allegations including torture, imprisonment and coerced abortions.(AFP/Greg Wood)
    Church of Scientology hits rough patch The Yahoo! Newsroom - Tue Oct 27, 7:41 PM ETSent 120 times

    On Monday, a French court convicted the Church of Scientology on fraud charges stemming from complaints by two women. The judge in the case levied massive fines as punishment, fueling a long-running battle between Scientology and France, which considers the group a "sect" rather than a religion. The legal ruling is the latest in a string of recent setbacks for the star-studded organization. Here's a recap of what's taken place recently:

  16. Defrauded Madoff investor Norma Hill (L) and her daughter Alexandra make their way through a crush of media outside the United States Courthouse in lower Manhattan, June 29, 2009. REUTERS/Mike Segar
    Madoff victims get $534.3 million Reuters - Wed Oct 28, 3:21 PM ETSent 94 times

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Victims of Bernard Madoff's epic fraud have gotten approval to receive $534.25 million of payments, the trustee trying to recover the imprisoned swindler's assets said.

  17. REMOVES 'who moved from different counties within the same state' text per DC request; Net migration among population 25 years and over, bachelor’s degree or higher, by major metropolitan area, 2006-
    Census: 'Brain gains' for high-tech cities AP - Wed Oct 28, 8:27 AM ETSent 92 times

    WASHINGTON - Many college graduates are passing up industrial centers and former hotspots in the Southwest, which have been hit hard by the recession, in favor of life in urban, high-tech meccas. Their moves are fueling a resurgence of brainiacs in parts of California, North Carolina and Texas.

  18. Violence against women, female teens, surges on TV Reuters - Wed Oct 28, 6:27 PM ETSent 78 times

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Incidents of violence against women on mainstream U.S. television has increased by 120 percent in the past five years, with the depiction of teen girls as victims rising by some 400 percent, the Parents Television Council said in a report on Wednesday.

  19. Afghan security men are seen at a guest house after an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009. Gunmen attacked a guest house used by U.N. staff in the Afghan capital of Kabul early Wednesday, officials said. A Taliban spokesman claimed responsibility, saying it was meant as an assault on the upcoming presidential election. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
    UN workers scramble over roofs during Kabul attack AP - Wed Oct 28, 7:48 PM ETSent 74 times

    KABUL - Terrified U.N. workers scrambled over the roof or leaped from windows to escape choking smoke and gunfire after being awakened at dawn Wednesday when Taliban militants wearing police uniforms stormed a residential hotel packed with foreigners.

  20. The yacht 'Lynn Rival', belonging to British couple Paul and Rachel Chandler, is seen in this picture published on the European Union Naval Force website and taken October 28, 2009 by a Spanish military helicopter of the EU NAVFOR off the coast of Somalia. EU NAVFOR confirmed that it was the hijacked yacht belonging to the couple. A spokesman said there was no immediate information about the couple. Pirates hijacked the couple's sailing boat on Friday near the Seychelles archipelago and demanded a ransom for their release. REUTERS/EU NAVFOR/Handout
    Somali pirates warn Britain against yacht rescue Reuters - Wed Oct 28, 1:36 PM ETSent 73 times

    MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali pirates holding two Britons captive aboard a yacht off the coast of the Horn of Africa nation warned Britain not to try to rescue the couple.

  21. The crumpled remains of a big rig lie beneath the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge on Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, in San Francisco, following an early morning crash. The truck's driver died after losing control on the bridge's temporary S-curve and crashing to the ground several hundred feet below. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
    Tough commute likely after Bay Bridge rod snaps AP - Wed Oct 28, 7:50 AM ETSent 68 times

    SAN FRANCISCO - The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge has been closed indefinitely after a rod installed during last month's emergency repairs snapped, causing a traffic nightmare for the 26,000 motorists who cross the landmark span every day.

  22. Michael Jackson impersonators dance at the world premier of 'This is It', in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009. Jackson, 50 when he died last June, kept pace with backup dancers half his age during rehearsals for such hits as 'Thriller,' 'Billie Jean,' 'Beat It' and 'Human Nature.' The film was shot as Jackson prepared for a marathon concert stand in London that never happened. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)
    Jackson film 'This Is It' earns $2.2M on 1st night AP - Wed Oct 28, 6:39 PM ETSent 60 times

    LOS ANGELES - Michael Jackson may be headed to the top of the charts again — this time at the movie box office.

  23. In this Oct. 23, 2009, police mug photo provided by the Carroll, Iowa, Police Department, Joey Lee Miller, 20, is shown in Carroll, Iowa.  Miller and Matthew Allan McNelly were arrested Friday Oct. 23, 2009, after Carroll police received a call saying two men with painted faces were attempting to break into an apartment. (AP Photo/Carroll Police Department)
    Iowa cops nab 'permanent marker' burglary suspects AP - Wed Oct 28, 6:14 PM ETSent 59 times

    CARROLL, Iowa - Police had no trouble identifying two men accused of trying to break into a Carroll apartment. Police were responding to a call about an attempted burglary when they pulled over a car matching the alleged suspects' vehicle. Inside the car, officers found two men with their faces blackened with permanent marker. Police said the caller described two men with painted faces attempting to break into an apartment Friday night before driving off.

  24. A worker walks on a roof of a tent covering the location where Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca is believed to be buried in Alfacar, near Granada, Spain, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009. Crews prepared Wednesday to exhume a grave believed to hold the remains of the acclaimed poet and playwright Federico Garcia Lorca, in a milestone in Spain's drive to address the legacy of its 1936-39 civil war. (AP Photo/Sergio Torres)
    Spain starts exhuming purported Garcia Lorca grave AP - Wed Oct 28, 2:31 PM ETSent 55 times

    ALFACAR, Spain - Forensic experts on Wednesday began exhuming a mass unmarked grave that could hold the remains of the acclaimed poet Federico Garcia Lorca, in a milestone in Spain's drive to address the legacy of its 1936-39 civil war.

  25. A woman uses a soft drinks dispenser in Havana, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009. The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly condemned the 47-year U.S. trade embargo on Cuba, an annual ritual that serves to highlight near unanimous global opposition to America's hard-line policy toward the communist island, but which has done little to change Washington's stance, even with a new administration. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)
    AP Interview: Cuba FM says ready for talks with US AP - Wed Oct 28, 5:45 PM ETSent 55 times

    UNITED NATIONS - Cuba is willing to hold talks with the United States "on any level," Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said Wednesday in conciliatory remarks aimed at the Obama administration.

  26. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, before a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation hearing on combating distracted driving. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)
    Northwest pilots prompt look at distracted flying AP - Wed Oct 28, 7:15 PM ETSent 53 times

    WASHINGTON - The Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot their Minneapolis destination by 150 miles have prompted the Obama administration to broaden its look at distracted driving to include distracted flying, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Wednesday.

  27. Want prosperity? Index ranks Finland as place to be Reuters - Tue Oct 27, 2:12 AM ETSent 46 times

    SINGAPORE (Reuters Life!) - For those who value their freedom of expression as much as health, wealth, and prosperity, then Finland is the place to be, with an index ranking the Nordic nation the best in the world.

  28. This photo taken Sept. 29, 2009 shows actress Abigail Breslin posing for a portrait in New York. Breslin will play Helen Keller in the first Broadway revival of William Gibson's 'The Miracle Worker,' scheduled to open  March 3 at Circle in the Square. Alison Pill will portray Annie Sullivan. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen)
    Abigail Breslin set to play Helen Keller on B'way AP - Wed Oct 28, 2:21 PM ETSent 44 times

    NEW YORK - From spunky "Little Miss Sunshine" to an even more heroic young girl.

  29. The Ares I-X test rocket lifts off successfully from Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009.(AP Photo/John Raoux)
    NASA's new moon rocket makes first test flight AP - Wed Oct 28, 4:13 PM ETSent 42 times

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA's newest rocket successfully completed a brief test flight Wednesday, the first step in a back-to-the-moon program that could yet be shelved by the White House.

  30. File photo shows Pakistani tribal people standing among the debris of houses after a suspected US air-strike in Northwestern Bannu district. US drone strikes against suspected terrorists in Afghanistan and Pakistan could be breaking international laws against summary executions, the UN's top investigator of such crimes said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Karim Khan)
    US drone strikes may break international law: UN AFP - Tue Oct 27, 11:07 PM ETSent 42 times

    UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - US drone strikes against suspected terrorists in Afghanistan and Pakistan could be breaking international laws against summary executions, the UN's top investigator of such crimes said.