| Pike, No. 5 Cincinnati beats West Virginia 24-21 (AP)
November 14, 2009 at 12:02 am
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|  AP - Far from perfect, No. 5 Cincinnati was good enough to stay unbeaten.
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| Google makes concessions on digital book deal (AP)
November 13, 2009 at 11:50 pm
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|  AP - Google Inc. will loosen its control over millions of copyright-protected books that will be added to its digital library if a federal judge approves a revised legal settlement addressing the earlier objections of antitrust regulators.
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| Asia-Pacific leaders warn of mounting protectionism (Reuters)
November 13, 2009 at 11:23 pm
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|  Reuters - Singling out the United States for trends "going in the opposite sense of free trade" Mexican President Felipe Calderon said on Saturday trade protectionism is a major threat to the global economic recovery.
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| Rich buying again, but middle class still hurting (AP)
November 13, 2009 at 10:43 pm
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|  AP - American shoppers are splitting again: The affluent are finally starting to buy, picking up designer clothes at places like Nordstrom, while those on the lower economic rungs are still scrimping by, heading to Walmart for the basics.
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| Obama wants domestic spending cuts in next budget (AP)
November 13, 2009 at 10:40 pm
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|  AP - The Obama administration, mindful of public anxiety over the government's mushrooming debt, is shifting emphasis from big-spending policies to deficit reduction. Domestic agencies have been told to brace for a spending freeze or cuts of up to 5 percent as part of a midterm election-year push to rein in record budget shortfalls.
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| 9/11 plotters face death penalty in New York trial (AFP)
November 13, 2009 at 10:36 pm
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|  AFP - The alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks will be tried in a civilian court blocks from where Al-Qaeda hijackers crashed two airliners into the World Trade Center, the US government announced.
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| Kentucky beats Morehead State in Calipari's debut (AP)
November 13, 2009 at 10:32 pm
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|  AP - Kentucky freshman Eric Bledsoe scored 24 points while starting in place of John Wall, and the fourth-ranked Wildcats opened the John Calipari era with a 75-59 win over Morehead State on Friday night.
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| East Coast storm begins to move out to sea (AP)
November 13, 2009 at 10:13 pm
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|  AP - A powerful storm born from the remnants of Tropical Storm Ida began moving out to sea Friday after raking the East Coast for three days, leaving behind it a trail of flooding, damaged buildings, eroded beaches and at least six deaths.
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| 'Pacific' President Obama vows full US role in Asia (AFP)
November 13, 2009 at 9:00 pm
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|  AFP - Billing himself America's first "Pacific president", Barack Obama said the United States did not seek to "contain" China and promised a full US role in charting Asia's future.
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| First U.S. marijuana cafe opens in Portland (Reuters)
November 13, 2009 at 8:51 pm
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| | Reuters - The United States' first marijuana cafe opened on Friday, posing an early test of the Obama administration's move to relax policing of medical use of the drug. |
| Obama pushes for greater U.S. involvement in Asia (Reuters)
November 13, 2009 at 8:49 pm
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| | Reuters - President Barack Obama pledged to pursue greater U.S. engagement in Asia, pragmatic cooperation with China and a push for deeper trade ties with the region in a major speech in the Japanese capital on Saturday. |
| US commitment to Asian security 'unshakeable' : Obama (AFP)
November 13, 2009 at 8:46 pm
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| AFP - President Barack Obama said Saturday that America's commitment to Asia's security was "unshakeable" despite the heavy investment of US resources in wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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| Obama hails China's expanded role in world affairs (AP)
November 13, 2009 at 8:29 pm
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|  AP - President Barack Obama said Saturday that he welcomes a robust China on the world scene, but he cautioned that all nations must respect human rights, including religious freedoms. In a speech to prominent Japanese, Obama called himself "America's first Pacific president" and urged greater cooperation between the United States and Japan and other Asian countries.
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| Bears' Cutler, Harris fined for abusive conduct (AP)
November 13, 2009 at 7:10 pm
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|  AP - A bad season for the Chicago Bears just got worse. The NFL said Friday that quarterback Jay Cutler had been fined $20,000 for abusive conduct toward a game official during a 41-21 home loss to the Arizona Cardinals last Sunday.
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| NYC trial of 9/11 suspects poses legal risks (AP)
November 13, 2009 at 7:05 pm
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|  AP - Hauling the professed 9/11 mastermind and four alleged henchmen to a New York courthouse is a risky proposition for President Barack Obama. The move will bar evidence obtained under duress and complicate a case where anything short of slamdunk convictions will empower the president's critics.
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| Army says morale down among troops in Afghanistan (AP)
November 13, 2009 at 7:05 pm
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|  AP - Morale has fallen among soldiers in Afghanistan, where troops are seeing record violence in the 8-year-old war, while those in Iraq show much improved mental health amid much lower violence, the Army said Friday. It was the first time since 2004 that soldier suicides in Iraq did not increase. Self-inflicted deaths in Afghanistan were on track to go up this year.
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| Lawmaker: Hasan had communications with Pakistan (AP)
November 13, 2009 at 7:05 pm
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|  AP - The Army psychiatrist charged with killing 13 people in a shooting spree at Fort Hood made or accepted wire transfers with Pakistan, a country wracked by Muslim extremist violence, a Republican congressman said Friday.
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| Splash! NASA moon crash struck lots of water (AP)
November 13, 2009 at 7:05 pm
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|  AP - Suddenly, the moon looks exciting again. It has lots of water, scientists said Friday — a thrilling discovery that sent a ripple of hope for a future astronaut outpost in a place that has always seemed barren and inhospitable.
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| FACT CHECK: Palin's book goes rogue on some facts (AP)
November 13, 2009 at 7:05 pm
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|  AP - Sarah Palin's new book reprises familiar claims from the 2008 presidential campaign that haven't become any truer over time. Ignoring substantial parts of her record if not the facts, she depicts herself as a frugal traveler on the taxpayer's dime, a reformer without ties to powerful interests and a politician roguishly indifferent to high ambition.
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| Napolitano pronounces US border more secure now (AP)
November 13, 2009 at 7:05 pm
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|  AP - The Obama administration has met many of the border security benchmarks Congress set in 2007 as a prerequisite to immigration reform and now it's time to change the law, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Friday.
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| Evangelist sentenced to 175 years for sex crimes (AP)
November 13, 2009 at 7:05 pm
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|  AP - Evangelist Tony Alamo used his stature as a self-proclaimed prophet to force underage girls into sham marriages with him, controlling his followers with their fears of eternal suffering.
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| Ex-congressman gets 13 years in freezer cash case (AP)
November 13, 2009 at 7:05 pm
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|  AP - A former Louisiana congressman who famously stashed cash in his freezer was sentenced Friday to 13 years in prison for taking hundreds of thousands in bribes in exchange for using his influence to broker business deals in Africa.
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| Man convicted of robbing mom over parking ticket (AP)
November 13, 2009 at 7:05 pm
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| | AP - A 27-year-old Anchorage man has been convicted of robbing his mother at gunpoint because she didn't give him money to help pay a parking ticket. The Anchorage district attorney said Thursday Cheng Saelee was also convicted of illegally contacting his mother from jail and trying to get her to drop the charges. |
| 'Pacific' President Obama to speak to Asia (AFP)
November 13, 2009 at 6:16 pm
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|  AFP - America's first "Pacific president" Barack Obama will reach out to Asia Saturday in a major speech seeking to reassert the United States as a regional powerhouse and counter-balance to a rising China.
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| Ex-congressman gets 13 years in freezer cash case (AP)
November 13, 2009 at 6:13 pm
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| AP - A former Louisiana congressman who famously stashed cash in his freezer was sentenced Friday to 13 years in prison for taking hundreds of thousands in bribes in exchange for using his influence to broker business deals in Africa.
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| FACT CHECK: Palin's book goes rogue on some facts (AP)
November 13, 2009 at 5:21 pm
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| AP - Sarah Palin's new book reprises familiar claims from the 2008 presidential campaign that haven't become any truer over time. Ignoring substantial parts of her record if not the facts, she depicts herself as a frugal traveler on the taxpayer's dime, a reformer without ties to powerful interests and a politician roguishly indifferent to high ambition.
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| 9/11 plotters face death penalty in trial near 'Ground Zero' (AFP)
November 13, 2009 at 5:16 pm
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|  AFP - The alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks will be tried in a civilian court blocks from where Al-Qaeda hijackers crashed two airliners into the World Trade Center, the US government announced Friday.
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| Evangelist sentenced to 175 years for sex crimes (AP)
November 13, 2009 at 4:08 pm
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| AP - Evangelist Tony Alamo used his stature as a self-proclaimed prophet to force underage girls into sham marriages with him, controlling his followers with their fears of eternal suffering.
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| Fort Hood suspect may be permanently paralyzed (Reuters)
November 13, 2009 at 3:48 pm
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|  Reuters - The U.S. Army psychiatrist charged with 13 counts of murder in the Fort Hood Army base shootings may be permanently paralyzed from the waist down due to the gunshots used to subdue him, his lawyer said on Friday.
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| Son of executed DC sniper: 'I am my own man' (AP)
November 13, 2009 at 3:41 pm
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|  AP - Three days after his father's execution, the 27-year-old son of D.C. sniper John Allen Muhammad said Friday that he doesn't want to be judged by the crimes of a father he didn't really know until the shooting spree.
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| Napolitano pronounces US border more secure now (AP)
November 13, 2009 at 3:36 pm
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| AP - The Obama administration has met many of the border security benchmarks Congress set in 2007 as a prerequisite to immigration reform and now it's time to change the law, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Friday.
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| Yale suspect's floor scrubbing raised suspicions (AP)
November 13, 2009 at 3:29 pm
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|  AP - An animal research technician charged with killing a Yale graduate student raised suspicions when he began scrubbing floors after the crime and tried to move a box of bloody wipes from the view of an investigator, according to an arrest warrant released Friday.
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| Man convicted of robbing mom over parking ticket (AP)
November 13, 2009 at 3:17 pm
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| | AP - An Anchorage man has been convicted of robbing his mother at gunpoint because she didn't give him money to help pay a parking ticket. The Anchorage district attorney said Thursday that 27-year-old Cheng Saelee was also convicted of illegally contacting his mother from jail and trying to get her to drop the charges. |
| Fla. man arrested for calling 911, asking for sex (AP)
November 13, 2009 at 3:16 pm
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|  AP - Florida police say a man arrested for repeatedly calling 911 looking for sex claimed it was the only number he could dial after running out of cell phone minutes. Tampa police said 29-year-old Joshua Basso made sexual comments to the 911 dispatcher and asked if he could come to her house. Investigators say she hung up, but he called back four more times.
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| Balloon boy parents face sentence in December (Reuters)
November 13, 2009 at 2:16 pm
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|  Reuters - The parents of a Colorado boy whose apparent brush with death in a helium balloon transfixed millions pleaded guilty on Friday to staging a publicity-seeking hoax and will be sentenced next month.
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| NC principal leaves after cash-for-grades flap (AP)
November 13, 2009 at 1:15 pm
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| | AP - A North Carolina principal is retiring after school district leaders halted a cash-for-grades fundraiser she approved. |
| Ochocinco says he was fined $20,000 for $1 'bribe' (AP)
November 13, 2009 at 12:44 pm
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|  AP - Chad Ochocinco's pretend $1 bribe is going to cost him a lot more.
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| NASA: Evidence of water found in moon crater (AP)
November 13, 2009 at 12:25 pm
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|  AP - NASA says a spacecraft that was intentionally crashed into the moon has turned up the best evidence yet of water.
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| Flu infections starting to peak in some areas: WHO (Reuters)
November 13, 2009 at 12:21 pm
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|  Reuters - In an update on the H1N1 swine flu virus, the WHO said parts of the southern and southeastern United States, as well as Iceland and Ireland, seemed to have weakening levels of disease after an unusually early start of the winter flu season.
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| Obama eyes domestic spending freeze (AP)
November 13, 2009 at 12:11 pm
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|  AP - The Obama administration has alerted domestic agencies to plan for a freeze or even a 5 percent cut in their budgets, part of an election-year push to rein in record deficits that threaten the economy and Democrats' political prospects next fall.
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| Army says morale down among troops in Afghanistan (AP)
November 13, 2009 at 11:30 am
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| | AP - Morale has fallen among soldiers in Afghanistan, where troops are seeing record violence in the 8-year-old war, while those in Iraq show much improved mental health amid much lower violence, the Army said Friday. |
| Coastal flooding a concern as storm moves up coast (AP)
November 13, 2009 at 10:38 am
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|  AP - The remnants of Tropical Storm Ida pounded the East Coast on Friday, flooding coastal areas of New Jersey and New York and eroding beaches in New Jersey after slamming the Carolinas and Virginia.
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| Iran's Supreme Leader cannot be removed (Reuters)
November 13, 2009 at 9:21 am
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| | Reuters - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei cannot be removed from his post because his legitimacy comes from God, an official close to Iran's most powerful figure was reported Friday as saying. |
| White House counsel Craig is resigning (Reuters)
November 13, 2009 at 9:03 am
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| | Reuters - White House Counsel Gregory Craig is resigning and will be replaced by Bob Bauer, a Democratic lawyer who has worked for President Barack Obama, the White House said on Friday. |
| Trade deficit widens more than expected in Sept. (AP)
November 13, 2009 at 9:01 am
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|  AP - The U.S. trade deficit widened more than expected in September as foreign oil prices rose to the highest level in nearly a year, swamping a fifth consecutive gain in exports.
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| Alleged 9/11 plotters to be tried in New York: report (AFP)
November 13, 2009 at 8:29 am
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|  AFP - Five men accused of plotting the September 11, 2001 attacks, including the self-proclaimed mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, will be tried in a civilian court in New York, The Washington Post reported Friday.
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| Iran's struggle with America should continue: cleric (Reuters)
November 13, 2009 at 7:38 am
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| | Reuters - Iran must continue its struggle against the United States, a hardline cleric said on Friday a day after Washington renewed long-standing U.S. financial sanctions against Iran. |
| Obama faces strains in Japan, first stop in Asia (Reuters)
November 13, 2009 at 6:52 am
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|  Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama headed into talks with Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on Friday in which he will likely try to smooth strained ties as the allies adjust to a rising China.
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| 9/11 suspects to be tried in New York: official (Reuters)
November 13, 2009 at 6:49 am
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| | Reuters - Five men accused of plotting the September 11, 2001 attacks, including alleged mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, will be sent to criminal court in New York from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, an Obama administration official said on Friday. |
| AP Source: Gitmo 9/11 suspects to NY for trial (AP)
November 13, 2009 at 6:11 am
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|  AP - Self-proclaimed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Guantanamo Bay detainees will be sent to New York to face trial in a civilian federal court, an Obama administration official said Friday.
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