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Friday, Oct 30, 2009
  1. FILE - These various dated file photos shows some of House members exposed in an extraordinary, Internet-era breach of security involving the secretive process by which Congress polices lawmaker ethics. Top row, from left are, Rep. James Moran, D-Va., Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., Rep. Peter Visclosky, D-Ind., and Rep. Nancy Kaptur, D-Ohio. Bottom row, from left are, Rep. Laura Richardson, D-Calif., Rep. Todd Tiahrt, R-Kan., Rep. C.W. Young, R-Fla., and Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif. (AP Photo/FILES)
    Dozens of House members scrutinized, report shows AP - Fri Oct 30, 6:33 PM ETSent 631 times

    WASHINGTON - Dozens of lawmakers have drawn scrutiny from their ethics monitor this year for everything from financial dealings to travel and campaign donations, according to a leaked account showing an active House panel secretly at work.

  2. This Oct. 30, 2009 photo released by Royal Caribbean shows Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas departing a ship yard in Finland. The Oasis of the Seas, the largest passenger vessel ever built, is set to be handed over to Royal Caribbean International on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009. (AP Photo/ Royal Caribbean) NO SALES
    World's largest cruise ship sails for US port AP - Fri Oct 30, 7:22 PM ETSent 529 times

    HELSINKI - It's five times larger than the Titanic, has seven neighborhoods, an ice rink, a golf course and a 750-seat outdoor amphitheater. The world's largest cruise ship is finally finished and Friday it began gliding toward its home port in Florida.

  3. President Barack Obama signs the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009, Friday, Oct. 30, 2009, in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington. Behind him are various lawmakers and Jeanne White-Ginder, mother of Ryan White, second right. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. is at right. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
    Obama lifts ban on US entry for those with HIV AP - Fri Oct 30, 7:16 PM ETSent 492 times

    WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama said Friday the U.S. will overturn a 22-year-old travel and immigration ban against people with HIV early next year.

  4. A stack of McDonald's Big Macs and French Fries. Iceland's two McDonald's restaurants will close on November 1 due to rising costs brought on by the country's economic collapse, the Icelandic operator of the US fast-food chain said on Monday.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)
    Thousands line up for last Big Mac in Iceland Reuters - Fri Oct 30, 2:19 PM ETSent 330 times

    REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - Thousands of Icelanders lined up at McDonald's restaurants to order their last Big Macs before the U.S. fast-food chain abandons the crisis-hit island at midnight Saturday due to soaring costs.

  5. Eileen Hargrave walks her dogs Nessie, left, and Pete in the snow in Denver, Colo., on Thursday, Oct.29, 2009. A slow-moving storm has dumped more than 2 feet of snow on parts of Colorado and much more is expected. It's expected to be the state's strongest October snowstorm in 12 years. Up to 18 inches of snow was forecast in Denver and up to 4 feet was possible in the Colorado mountains. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)
    Snowstorm blasts Colorado, Wyoming; delays flights AP - Fri Oct 30, 9:10 AM ETSent 207 times

    DENVER - An early blast of winter walloped some western states with deep snow and slowly pushed into Nebraska and Kansas Thursday, bringing blizzard conditions to the eastern plains and causing treacherous roads, closed schools and hundreds of canceled flights.

  6. A resident loses her balance as she jumps onto another improvised raft at the still-flooded village of Arenda, Taytay township, Rizal province, east of Manila, Philippines Friday, Oct. 30, 2009. New Typhoon Mirinae, locally named 'Santi,' packing 150 kph winds, is expected to make landfall Saturday at the eastern portion of the country's main island of Luzon and is also forecast to hit Manila, which is still reeling from the worst flooding in 42 years. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
    4th typhoon in month lashes sodden Philippines AP - Fri Oct 30, 7:53 PM ETSent 169 times

    MANILA, Philippines - The fourth typhoon to lash the Philippines in a month brought pounding rain and winds to the eastern coast early Saturday as it barreled toward Manila along the same path as an earlier storm that left the capital still partially submerged.

  7. In this image taken from Pakistan's Geo TV shows visiting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton during an interview broadcast live in Islamabad, Pakistan on Friday, Oct. 30, 2009, with several prominent female TV anchors, before a predominantly female audience of several hundred. One member of the audience said the Predator attacks amount to 'executions without trial' for those killed.(AP Photo/Geo Tv) NO SALES
    Pakistanis confront Clinton over drone attacks AP - Fri Oct 30, 7:46 PM ETSent 160 times

    ISLAMABAD - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton faced sharp rebukes from Pakistani audiences Friday, including one woman who accused the U.S. of conducting "executions without trial" in aerial drone strikes. Slapping back, Clinton questioned Pakistan's commitment to fighting terrorists.

  8. Former Vice President Dick Cheney stands with Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009 in Houston during a campaign stop for her gubernatorial bid. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)
    Cheney told FBI he had no idea who leaked Plame ID AP - Fri Oct 30, 7:46 PM ETSent 115 times

    WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney told the FBI he had no idea who leaked to the news media that Valerie Plame, wife of a Bush administration critic, worked for the CIA.

  9. FILE - In this Sept. 14, 2009, file photo, road workers begin construction along California interstate 215 north in San Bernadino County. The White House said Friday, Oct. 30, 2009, new job numbers will show the president's economic stimulus plan has directly created or saved about 650,000 jobs.(AP Photo/Nick Ut, file)
    Stimulus saved, created 650,000 jobs, gov't claims AP - Fri Oct 30, 7:32 PM ETSent 84 times

    WASHINGTON - Nearly 650,000 jobs have been saved or created under President Barack Obama's economic stimulus plan, the government said Friday, and the White House declared the nation on track to meet the president's goal of 3.5 million by the end of next year.

  10. Oil traders work in the options pit on the floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
    Retail gas prices highest in a year AP - Fri Oct 30, 4:04 PM ETSent 82 times

    Retail gasoline prices chugged higher Friday to a new peak for the year, forcing consumers to dig deeper into already-thin wallets to pay for fuel.

  11. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. announces a retooled health care overhaul bill, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
    Path clears for House to OK compromise health bill AP - Fri Oct 30, 7:46 PM ETSent 80 times

    WASHINGTON - They may not like it, but many House liberals look ready to accept a compromise health care bill, putting Democratic leaders well on the way to delivering on President Barack Obama's call for overhaul.

  12. Daylight saving time
    When Clocks Change, Body May Need Time to Adjust HealthDay - Fri Oct 30, 7:04 PM ETSent 73 times

    FRIDAY, Oct. 30 (HealthDay News) -- That extra hour of sleep you'll get in most parts of the country on Sunday might be restful, but the end of Daylight Saving Time could spell trouble for your body clock, a sleep expert says.

  13. Workers raise a pink ribbon in honor of breast cancer awareness on the front of the White House in Washington, October 26, 2009. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES POLITICS HEALTH SOCIETY)
    DC station airs demo of bare breast self-exams AP - Fri Oct 30, 5:06 PM ETSent 65 times

    WASHINGTON - The ABC affiliate here is airing a two-part series that takes a close — and unobscured — look at breast self-exams. The series is airing during the fall "sweeps" period critical for a TV station's ad revenue, prompting concern by a parental watchdog group. But WJLA insists it's not just a naked attempt to boost the ratings.

  14. U.S. Coast Guard pilots prepare a MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter before taking off on a search mission at the San Diego Coast Guard Station Friday, Oct. 30, 2009 in San Diego. The U.S. Coast Guard and Navy were searching early Friday for as many as nine people off the Southern California coast following a collision between a Coast Guard plane and a Marine Corps helicopter, officials said. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)
    Investigators seek clues in S. Calif. midair crash AP - Fri Oct 30, 7:22 PM ETSent 61 times

    SAN DIEGO - The nighttime collision of a Coast Guard aircraft on a rescue mission and a Marine helicopter left nine people feared dead at sea Friday as investigators tried to solve the mystery of how the aircrews failed to see each other in a heavily used military training area.

  15. Graphic shows percentage of people in each state that reported not getting enough sleep during a 30 day period.
    Getting enough sleep? They aren't in West Virginia AP - Fri Oct 30, 12:36 AM ETSent 59 times

    ATLANTA - Sleepless in Seattle? Hardly. West Virginia is where people are really staying awake, according to the first government study to monitor state-by-state differences in sleeplessness. West Virginians' lack of sleep was about double the national rate, perhaps a side effect of health problems such as obesity, experts said.

  16. People view artworks from the failed banking giant Lehman Brothers at Freeman's auction house in Philadelphia, Friday, Oct. 30, 2009. The 200-plus pieces of modern and contemporary art scheduled to go up for bid on Sunday once lined the corridors and graced the board rooms of Lehman's offices in New York, Boston and Wilmington, Delaware. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
    Everything must go! Lehman Bros. art auctioned off AP - Fri Oct 30, 5:28 PM ETSent 59 times

    PHILADELPHIA - Even in these trying financial times, you're not going to see many going-out-of-business sales like this one.

  17. Report: States set low bar for student achievement AP - Thu Oct 29, 3:16 PM ETSent 51 times

    WASHINGTON - Many states declare students to have grade-level mastery of reading and math when they do not, the Education Department reported Thursday.

  18. In this Oct. 7, 2009 photo, a Best Buy saleswoman, lower, gives change to a customer at Best Buy in Mountain View, Calif. Consumer spending plunged in September by the largest amount in nine months, reflecting the end of the government's Cash for Clunkers auto sales program. Incomes, the fuel for future spending, were flat.(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
    Flat incomes, weak consumer spending raise concern AP - Fri Oct 30, 4:42 PM ETSent 50 times

    WASHINGTON - Flat incomes suggest more weakness ahead in consumer spending, reinforcing concerns about a ho-hum holiday shopping season and a sluggish economic recovery.

  19. Hundreds of people wait for swine flu vaccination shot in the City of Industry, Calif., Oct 26, 2009. Before Los Angeles County health officials stepped up screening at their flu clinics some people who aren't at high risk for swine flu complications got the much-in-demand vaccine. Sometimes they were healthy adults or senior citizens instead of kids, pregnant women and people with health problems. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
    Some who get vaccine not in high-risk groups AP - Fri Oct 30, 10:18 AM ETSent 48 times

    LOS ANGELES - It was bound to happen: Some people who aren't at high risk for swine flu complications got the much-in-demand vaccine.

  20. Specialist Scott Wetzel works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Friday, Oct. 30, 2009. Stocks plunged Friday, erasing all of the previous day's big gains, as a drop in consumer spending fanned worries that the economic recovery won't be sustainable. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
    Stocks swoon as worries about the economy return AP - Fri Oct 30, 6:36 PM ETSent 47 times

    NEW YORK - Grim signals about consumer spending ripped through the markets Friday, sending stocks tumbling as investors raced for safe havens.

  21. FILE - In this June 4, 2009 file photo, former New York City police Commissioner Bernard Kerik stands outside the Federal Court in Washington, after pleading not guilty to charges of lying to the White House while being vetted to be Homeland Security secretary. Kerik is displaying worrisome, risky behavior in jail, a federal judge said Friday Oct. 30, 2009 after speaking with the jail's psychiatric director. Kerik has been jailed since Oct. 20 to await trial on corruption charges. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
    NY judge: Kerik's behavior worries jail officials AP - Fri Oct 30, 7:22 PM ETSent 47 times

    WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - Former New York Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik is displaying worrisome, risky behavior in jail, a federal judge said Friday after speaking with the jail's psychiatric director.

  22. Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya, bottom left, signs an autograph on a hat of a supporter at the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa, Friday, Oct. 30, 2009. A top regional diplomatic official said negotiators for Honduras' interim and ousted leaders have signed an agreement that allows for the possible return of Zelaya. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
    Ousted Honduran says pact restores him to power AP - Fri Oct 30, 7:51 PM ETSent 44 times

    TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Ousted President Manuel Zelaya said Friday that a U.S.-brokered pact will restore him to power in about a week, ending Honduras' isolation four months after soldiers flew the leftist leader into exile in his pajamas.

  23. Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., smiles in his office on Capitol Hill in Washington in this Dec. 13, 2005 file photo. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook, File)
    Op-Ed: Numbers, not shouting, overwhelm health care debate The Yahoo! Newsroom - Thu Oct 29, 2:33 PM ETSent 34 times

    Washington, DC — We have the best medical professionals in the world, but fewer and fewer Americans can afford to pay for the care they can provide. The trends indicate that problem will get much worse.

  24. Infant Jack Hemphill cries as he is held by his father Chris and his mother Inna, center, reacts after getting a swine flu shot from nurse kim Hill, right, at a flu shot clinic held on a parking lot in North Little Rock, Ark., Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)
    CDC: Swine flu kids' deaths jump to 114 AP - Fri Oct 30, 4:08 PM ETSent 33 times

    ATLANTA - Swine flu has caused at least 19 more children's deaths — the largest one-week increase since the pandemic started in April, health officials said Friday.

  25. Corruption stings color elections in New Jersey AP - Thu Oct 29, 2:58 PM ETSent 33 times

    NEWARK, N.J. - Did you hear the one about the best way to identify public officials in New Jersey? Check for the handcuff marks on their wrists.

  26. FILE - In this Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009 file photo, Afghan women voters line up to cast their ballots at a polling station in Kabul. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)
    Fraud surrounds women voters in Afghan election AP - Fri Oct 30, 4:43 PM ETSent 31 times

    KABUL - One man cast 35 votes for female relatives. Others lugged in sacks full of voting cards they said were from women. And in a village of just 250 people, 200 women supposedly voted in three hours.

  27. Cops: Fla. man stole ferret by shoving it in pants AP - Thu Oct 29, 8:19 PM ETSent 27 times

    JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. - It's one thing for shoplifters to hide plunder in their pants. But a live ferret? Police said a homeless man in north Florida did just that. And he made it out the door before being challenged. Rodney Bolton, 38, was charged with theft over the $129 animal that police say he took from a pet store in Jacksonville Beach.

  28. FILE - In this March 25, 2005 file photo, steam released from the BP oil refinery floats across part of the plant in Texas City, Texas. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Friday, Oct. 30, 2009, issued a record $87 million fine against oil giant BP PLC for failing to correct safety hazards after a 2005 explosion killed 15 workers and injured 170 at its Texas City refinery.(AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, file)
    OSHA fines BP a record $87M for Texas refinery fix AP - Fri Oct 30, 4:21 PM ETSent 27 times

    WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Friday imposed a record $87 million fine against oil giant BP PLC for failing to correct safety hazards after a 2005 explosion killed 15 workers at its Texas City refinery.

  29. Can Boomers Lead an Elder Revolution? U.S. News & World Report - Thu Oct 29, 10:22 AM ETSent 26 times

    The implications of an aging world are widely viewed with alarm. When 10,000 people a day begin reaching retirement age in a few years, how will society support them? And when these people are turning 65, thousands more will be turning 80 or 85. Who will take care of them? And how will we afford the bills? This enormous price tag is the elephant in the room during debates about healthcare reform.

  30. In this undated photo made available by the family, Paul and Rachel Chandler, who went missing when sailing from the Seychelles to Tanzania after sending a distress signal on Friday, Oct. 23, 2009, are seen at an unknown location. The British navy on Thursday found an empty yacht in international waters belonging to the missing British couple and a defense official said Somali pirates may have transferred them to another vessel. International naval forces have been searching for the couple for days. Paul and Rachel Chandler were heading to Tanzania in their yacht, the Lynn Rival, when a distress signal was sent last Friday. (AP Photo) EDITORIAL USE ONLY
    BBC: Pirates want $7 million ransom for UK couple AP - Fri Oct 30, 6:37 PM ETSent 25 times

    MOGADISHU, Somalia - The BBC said Friday that Somali pirates called the broadcaster to demand $7 million for the release of a British couple whose yacht was hijacked off the coast of Africa.

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