| Semifinal slate sealed on 'Dancing With the Stars' (AP)
November 10, 2009 at 10:41 pm
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| | AP - He shed tears on the show and once fought for his spot with a dance-off, but Aaron Carter has performed his last dance on "Dancing With the Stars." |
| Howard, Carter power Magic past Bobcats 93-81 (AP)
November 10, 2009 at 10:39 pm
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|  AP - Dwight Howard had 15 points and 10 rebounds, Vince Carter scored 15 points in his return from a sprained ankle, and the Orlando Magic bounced back from an ugly loss to beat the Charlotte Bobcats 93-81 on Tuesday night.
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| Sniper who terrorized Washington area is executed (Reuters)
November 10, 2009 at 10:30 pm
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|  Reuters - John Allen Muhammad was executed on Tuesday for masterminding and carrying out with his teenage accomplice the 2002 sniper shootings that killed 10 people and terrified the Washington, D.C., region a year after the September 11 and the deadly anthrax attacks.
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| Police: NY school gunman upset over GI treatment (AP)
November 10, 2009 at 10:21 pm
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|  AP - Upset by the treatment of U.S. military personnel, a 42-year-old father of an Army veteran sneaked a disassembled shotgun into a middle school just after classes began Tuesday, put it together in a bathroom, then held the principal hostage for more than two hours before surrendering without firing a shot, police said.
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| Obama vows justice for Fort Hood victims (AFP)
November 10, 2009 at 9:29 pm
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|  AFP - US President Barack Obama has vowed justice as he eulogized the dead of the Fort Hood shootings and warned that even twisted faith could not explain such "craven" mass murder.
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| Kerry vows US climate outline for Copenhagen (AFP)
November 10, 2009 at 9:03 pm
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|  AFP - Senator John Kerry has pledged to complete a framework of an elusive US climate change deal in time for next month's high-stakes summit in Copenhagen, vowing not to let the world down.
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| Fort Hood suspect contacted Islamist: sources (Reuters)
November 10, 2009 at 8:56 pm
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| | Reuters - U.S. intelligence agencies learned an Army psychiatrist contacted an Islamist sympathetic to al Qaeda and they relayed the information to authorities before the man allegedly went on a shooting spree that killed 13 people in Texas last week, U.S. officials said on Monday. |
| Blackwater approved payments in Iraq shooting: report (Reuters)
November 10, 2009 at 8:49 pm
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|  Reuters - Top Blackwater executives authorized about $1 million in payments to Iraqi officials to buy support and silence criticism of the private security firm after a deadly shooting in Baghdad in 2007, The New York Times reported on Tuesday.
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| Jury acquits ex-Bear Stearns hedge fund managers (Reuters)
November 10, 2009 at 7:31 pm
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|  Reuters - Two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers were found not guilty of fraud, a decision that could make government prosecutors less likely to bring criminal charges against Wall Street executives for their role in the financial crisis.
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| Police: Man opens fire at Ore. lab, killing woman (AP)
November 10, 2009 at 7:09 pm
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|  AP - A man opened fire with a rifle Tuesday at a drug-testing laboratory in suburban Portland, killing one woman and wounding two other people before fatally shooting himself, police said. No names were immediately released.
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| DOD worker assessed Fort Hood suspect months ago (AP)
November 10, 2009 at 7:05 pm
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|  AP - A Defense Department investigator on a terrorism task force looked into Fort Hood shooting suspect Nidal Hasan's background months ago, officials said Tuesday — providing fresh evidence the military knew worrisome details about the Army psychiatrist before last week's deadly rampage.
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| DC sniper's Muhammad's execution set for tonight (AP)
November 10, 2009 at 7:05 pm
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|  AP - Virginia's governor refused to spare the life of John Allen Muhammad and cleared the way for his execution Tuesday night for the sniper attacks in 2002 that left 10 dead and spread such fear people were afraid to go shopping, cut grass or pump gas.
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| Bill Clinton urges Senate passage of health bill (AP)
November 10, 2009 at 7:05 pm
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|  AP - Former President Bill Clinton urged Senate Democrats on Tuesday to pass health care legislation by year's end, pointedly telling skittish lawmakers that an imperfect bill is preferable to another failure like the one he and the party endured in 1994.
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| US imam wanted in Yemen over al-Qaida suspicions (AP)
November 10, 2009 at 7:05 pm
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|  AP - A radical American imam who communicated with the Fort Hood shooting suspect and called him a hero was once arrested in Yemen on suspicion of giving religious approval to militants to conduct kidnappings. Yemeni authorities are now hunting for Anwar al-Awlaki to determine whether he has al-Qaida ties.
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| White House: Obama eyeing host of Afghan choices (AP)
November 10, 2009 at 7:05 pm
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|  AP - President Barack Obama is considering four options for realigning U.S. strategy in Afghanistan, his spokesman said Tuesday, while military officials said the choices involve several ways the president could employ additional U.S. forces next year.
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| UA pilot charged with being over alcohol limit (AP)
November 10, 2009 at 7:05 pm
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|  AP - British police have charged a United Airlines pilot with being over the alcohol limit while on the job at London's Heathrow Airport.
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| Vatican looks to heavens for signs of alien life (AP)
November 10, 2009 at 7:05 pm
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|  AP - E.T. phone Rome. Four hundred years after it locked up Galileo for challenging the view that the Earth was the center of the universe, the Vatican has called in experts to study the possibility of extraterrestrial alien life and its implication for the Catholic Church.
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| Man allegedly reports fake murder to speed police (AP)
November 10, 2009 at 7:05 pm
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| | AP - Police said an East Texas man has outsmarted himself in trying to get a quicker response from officers to an alleged assault. Tyler police said 38-year-old Mark Anthony Johnson called 911 on Monday night and reported that he'd just committed a homicide and was armed with a weapon. |
| Jeter, Teixeira win Gold Gloves; Mauer honored (AP)
November 10, 2009 at 7:05 pm
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|  AP - Derek Jeter sure is stuffing his trophy case this year. The steady Yankees shortstop won his fourth Gold Glove on Tuesday, joining New York first baseman Mark Teixeira among the American League players rewarded for fantastic fielding.
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| At Fort Hood, Obama condemns shooter's 'twisted logic' (AFP)
November 10, 2009 at 6:23 pm
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|  AFP - US President Barack Obama led a tearful memorial service Tuesday for victims of the Fort Hood massacre, saying "no faith" could justify the "murderous and craven" shootings.
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| Bill Clinton rallies Senate Democrats on healthcare (Reuters)
November 10, 2009 at 6:08 pm
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|  Reuters - Former President Bill Clinton visited the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday to urge Senate Democrats to quickly pass a broad healthcare overhaul, but a party leader said final action could spill into next year.
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| Oversight of U.S. aid to Afghanistan "sloppy" (Reuters)
November 10, 2009 at 5:45 pm
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| | Reuters - Oversight and controls for more than $40 billion in U.S. funds to rebuild Afghanistan have been "sloppy" so far despite lessons from Iraq, the U.S. chief inspector for Afghanistan reconstruction said on Tuesday. |
| Senators debate requiring sick leave for flu (Reuters)
November 10, 2009 at 4:53 pm
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| | Reuters - When Desiree Rosado's daughter got the flu last month, she took a week off without pay; just an hour after finally returning to work Rosado had to leave again to take her feverish son home. |
| Obama: Gunman in Fort Hood rampage to pay for crimes (Reuters)
November 10, 2009 at 3:53 pm
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|  Reuters - President Barack Obama vowed on Tuesday to make sure the gunman who killed 13 people in a rampage at a U.S. Army base in Texas pays for his crimes.
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| Ex-astronaut gets 1-year probation in attack (AP)
November 10, 2009 at 2:23 pm
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|  AP - A former astronaut has been sentenced to one-year probation after pleading guilty to attacking a romantic rival.
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| Irishman wins euro46,000 after island home disappears (AP)
November 10, 2009 at 2:04 pm
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|  AP - A Northern Ireland filmmaker has won euro46,000 ($69,000) in damages after a judge ruled that his Irish island home was transformed into a parking lot while he was overseas for six years.
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| All-Star ballot allow fans to vote by text message (AP)
November 10, 2009 at 2:03 pm
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| | AP - The NBA has released its All-Star ballot and is allowing fans to vote by text messaging for the first time. |
| Obama weighs four options in Afghanistan: White House (Reuters)
November 10, 2009 at 1:59 pm
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|  Reuters - President Barack Obama's deliberations over war strategy in Afghanistan have narrowed to four options but a decision is still weeks away, the White House said on Tuesday.
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| Dodd: new gov't powers could prevent economy crash (AP)
November 10, 2009 at 1:32 pm
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|  AP - Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd on Tuesday called for sweeping new government powers to prevent another economic collapse, protect consumers and dismantle failing institutions.
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| Suicide car bomb kills 32 in Pakistan market: officials (AFP)
November 10, 2009 at 12:27 pm
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|  AFP - A suicide car bomb tore through a crowded shopping street in Pakistan on Tuesday, killing 32 people in the third militant attack to strike the nuclear-armed country in as many days.
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| Palestinian vote and Abbas threat might be a bluff (Reuters)
November 10, 2009 at 12:24 pm
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|  Reuters - Voter registration for a Palestinian election failed to get under way as scheduled Tuesday, adding to signs that President Mahmoud Abbas might be bluffing about a make-or-break vote in January.
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| 'Glee' wheelchair episode hits bump with disabled (AP)
November 10, 2009 at 11:59 am
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|  AP - The glee club members twirl their wheelchairs to the tune of "Proud Mary" and in joyful solidarity with Artie, the fellow performer who must use his chair even when the music stops.
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| Dodd proposes bold financial overhaul (Reuters)
November 10, 2009 at 11:54 am
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| | Reuters - The chairman of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee introduced a financial regulation reform bill on Tuesday that leaps beyond earlier proposals, calling for new government agencies on financial stability, bank supervision and financial consumer protection. |
| Bomb kills 24, wounds dozens in northwest Pakistan (AP)
November 10, 2009 at 9:31 am
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|  AP - A suspected car bomb exploded outside a crowded market in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least 24 people in the latest attack by suspected militants apparently aimed at avenging an army offensive along the Afghan border.
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| Boston subway train stops short of woman on tracks (AP)
November 10, 2009 at 9:29 am
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| | AP - The driver of Boston subway train that came to a screeching halt just before hitting a woman who had fallen onto the tracks has been hailed as a hero. |
| Antibiotic overuse threatens modern medicine: experts (Reuters)
November 10, 2009 at 7:47 am
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| | Reuters - Overuse of antibiotics in Europe is building widespread resistance and threatening to halt vital medical treatments such as hip replacements, intensive care for premature babies and cancer therapies, health experts say. |
| UK starts study on using human DNA in animals (AP)
November 10, 2009 at 7:29 am
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| | AP - British scientists begin a new study on Tuesday to consider how human DNA is used in animal experiments and to determine what the boundaries of such controversial science might be. |
| Pakistani Taliban vow tough guerrilla war (Reuters)
November 10, 2009 at 5:01 am
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|  Reuters - Pakistani Taliban have started a guerrilla war against the army and will wage a tough, protracted fight in the insurgents' South Waziristan stronghold, a Taliban spokesman said on Tuesday.
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| NBA great Abdul-Jabbar has rare form of leukemia (AP)
November 10, 2009 at 5:00 am
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| | AP - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is being treated for a rare form of leukemia, and the basketball great said his prognosis is encouraging. |
| Japan plans additional $5 billion for Afghanistan (AP)
November 10, 2009 at 4:53 am
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| | AP - Japan on Tuesday announced $5 billion in fresh aid to Afghanistan even as it plans to bring home refueling ships supporting U.S.-led forces there. The pledge comes just days before President Barack Obama arrives in Tokyo for talks that are sure to focus on the countries' military alliance. |
| Gulf Coast residents stay put ahead of Ida (AP)
November 10, 2009 at 4:29 am
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|  AP - Weather-hardened Gulf Coast residents refused to retreat from a steadily weakening rare late-season tropical storm that crept toward shore Tuesday, bringing heavy rain, stiff winds and some flooding.
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| China defends handling of Xinjiang executions (AFP)
November 10, 2009 at 3:48 am
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|  AFP - China on Tuesday defended its handling of the executions of nine people over deadly ethnic unrest in its far-western Xinjiang region in July, saying the cases were dealt with "according to law".
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| D.C. sniper mastermind set to be executed Tuesday (AP)
November 10, 2009 at 3:36 am
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|  AP - Unless Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine steps in, sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad will be executed Tuesday for the attacks that terrorized the nation's capital region for three weeks in 2002.
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