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| Does 'hope' warrant a Nobel? Americans split
October 9, 2009 at 10:57 pm
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| The decision to award President Obama the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to "strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples" has left some in the U.S. divided over whether intangible achievements are worthy of the award. For others, it's more about the message Obama sends the rest of the world and the hope he has given. |
| Officials: 2 die after stay in resort 'sweatbox'
October 9, 2009 at 8:58 pm
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| Two people died and another 19 were injured at a central Arizona resort after spending up to two hours in a "sweatbox," authorities said Friday. |
| U.N. plane carrying up to 10 down in Haiti
October 9, 2009 at 5:37 pm
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| A United Nations plane carrying 10 U.N. military personnel is down in Haiti, a spokesman for the world body said Friday. |
| Cops: Soccer mom shot during webcam chat
October 9, 2009 at 5:34 pm
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| A Pennsylvania soccer mom was chatting with a friend via webcam when she was shot to death by her husband, who then went upstairs and shot himself, police said Friday. Meleanie Hain, 31, made national headlines last year as the mother who carried a loaded, holstered handgun to her 5-year-old daughter's soccer game. |
| Australian: 'Blackface Jacksons' embarrassing
October 9, 2009 at 5:21 pm
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| That Australia is once again defending itself against claims of racism is not surprising. |
| Astronomy fans let down by lunar impact
October 9, 2009 at 4:09 pm
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| There wasn't a cloud in the sky early Friday when Dave Samuels trained his telescopes at the moon, hoping to catch a glimpse of a NASA rocket striking the lunar landscape. |
| Goodall: Chimps' plight inspired Jackson song
October 9, 2009 at 3:14 pm
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| A famed primatologist says the plight of chimpanzees helped inspire Michael Jackson to write the song "Heal the World." |
| Some credit card firms in rush before new law
October 9, 2009 at 2:48 pm
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| If you hold a Discover credit card, you're in luck -- the company has decided to freeze interest-rate hikes until a new credit card consumer protection bill takes effect in February. |
| Fugitive TV host surrenders, Brazil says
October 9, 2009 at 2:09 pm
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| A former Brazilian state legislator and TV host who authorities allege also was a drug dealer who ordered rivals killed has surrendered to police after being missing for four days, the government said Friday. |
| Pentagon hacker 'suicidal' after U.S. 'bullying'
October 9, 2009 at 2:08 pm
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| Gary McKinnon, the hacker who broke into Pentagon and NASA computers, was at risk of suicide Friday after losing an effort to fight extradition to the United States, his attorney said. |
| Obama's win unique among presidents
October 9, 2009 at 1:06 pm
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| President Obama today joined an elite group of U.S. presidents when he won the Nobel Peace Prize. Unlike his predecessors, Obama was chosen not for substantive accomplishments, but for inspiring "hope" at the start of his term. |
| Recession reins in horse country economy
October 9, 2009 at 12:39 pm
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| Crestwood Farm is tucked into the rolling hillsides of Kentucky's legendary bluegrass country. Kipling and Unbridled Energy are among the stallions critical to the reputation -- and the bottom line -- of the McLean family business. |
| Olympics add new sports for 2016
October 9, 2009 at 12:26 pm
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| One more reason to buy a ticket to Rio in 2016? Tiger Woods. |
| Girl sues Phillies, gets back home run ball
October 9, 2009 at 12:18 pm
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| Jennifer Valdivia scooped up the baseball after it sailed into the right-field stands. The 12-year-old smiled and giggled over the keepsake from her first Major League ballgame. |
| How we're winning the war on breast cancer
October 9, 2009 at 11:44 am
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| I was 18 when I first felt a lump in my breast. Of course, I was convinced that I was going to die. This was three decades ago -- back when we knew far less about breast cancer. A general surgeon removed the lump, which, thank goodness, wasn't malignant. |
| Ex-Gitmo detainees sent to Kuwait, Belgium
October 9, 2009 at 11:40 am
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| Two detainees released from the U.S. military's prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have been transferred to Kuwait and Belgium, the Department of Justice announced Friday. |
| Laureates to winners: Prep for 'lightning bolt'
October 9, 2009 at 10:13 am
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| President Obama was the surprise winner Friday of this year's peace prize. But for most of this week's other Nobel winners, the honor marks a leap from relative obscurity to a spot in the international limelight. One past winner says the scientists, authors and others honored this week should prepare for an experience that will change their lives. |
| To vaccinate or not? Some wary on H1N1 choice
October 9, 2009 at 9:24 am
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| Mary Peterson of Des Moines, Washington, doesn't believe the vaccine for the novel H1N1 flu has been studied enough to get it for herself and her daughters, who are 1 and 3 years old. |
| Inmates go Zen to cope with life behind bars
October 9, 2009 at 8:46 am
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| Eastern religions, yoga and mediation are not just for celebrities and granola-munching hippies anymore. A growing number of prison inmates are going Zen behind the bars. One Alabama prison has even seen a decline in prison violence |
| Vince Vaughn looking forward to marriage
October 9, 2009 at 8:00 am
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| We've always known -- and loved -- Vince Vaughn as a bachelor, on and off the big screen. |
| Five Twitterers to follow today
October 9, 2009 at 7:55 am
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| 1. NASA's Ames Research Center -- This Silicon Valley-based complex is ground zero for the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite mission, which climaxes with Friday's lunar crashes. Officials invited the public to spend the night outdoors at the center to watch the crashes occur shortly after 4:30 a.m. California time. Ames staffers' enthusiasm for the LCROSS mission is evident in their breathless tweets, which are full of exclamation points! |
| NASA crashes on the moon in hunt for water
October 9, 2009 at 7:45 am
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| Two U.S. spacecraft crashed on the moon Friday. On purpose. |
| Coal CEO: U.S., China must fight pollution
October 9, 2009 at 7:07 am
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| There is a lot of rhetoric on Main Street and in our nation's Capitol these days portraying China as a job-stealing polluter whose economy is growing at the expense of the United States. |
| Navarrette: Teen murders aren't about race
October 9, 2009 at 6:36 am
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| Those of us in the U.S. can be so smug about what we think we know about why some teenagers turn into bloodthirsty predators -- even when it turns out that we don't know much. |
| Blast kills at least 49 in northern Pakistan
October 9, 2009 at 6:34 am
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| A bomb blast in a bustling market in Peshawar, Pakistan killed at least 30 people Friday and injured 100 others, a government official said. |
| Obama awarded 2009 Nobel Peace Prize
October 9, 2009 at 5:23 am
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| President Obama was awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. The first African-American to win the White House, Obama was praised by the Norweigan Nobel Committee for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples." |
| Liz Taylor says heart surgery went 'perfectly'
October 9, 2009 at 4:44 am
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| Elizabeth Taylor said Thursday that her heart surgery was successful, adding that "it was like having a brand new ticker." |
| 'Don't ask, don't tell' ousts mostly women
October 9, 2009 at 3:48 am
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| Women were dismissed from the military for being gay at a greater rate than men last year, according to new statistics obtained by a California research group. All the services kicked out a disproportionate number of women under the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, according to Department of Defense data. |
| Landslides kill more than 120 in the Philippines
October 9, 2009 at 1:27 am
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| Landslides unleashed by tropical depression Parma across the Philippine province of Benguet have killed at least 90 people and injured hundreds of others, officials said Friday. |
| Health bill unacceptable, Catholic bishops say
October 8, 2009 at 10:22 pm
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| Senior Catholic bishops are threatening to oppose the health care bill under consideration in Congress if lawmakers don't make significant reforms regarding federally funded abortions and other issues. "No one should be required to pay for or participate in abortion," the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops said in a letter Thursday to members of Congress. | | | 
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