| Bombings target government in Baghdad, 147 killed (AP)
October 25, 2009 at 10:52 pm
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|  AP - A pair of suicide car bombings Sunday devastated the heart of Iraq's capital, killing at least 147 people in the country's deadliest attack in more than two years. The bombs targeted two government buildings and called into question Iraq's ability to protect its people as U.S. forces withdraw.
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| Karzai questions US reliability as partner (AFP)
October 25, 2009 at 10:41 pm
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|  AFP - Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai questioned the reliability of the United States as a partner Sunday, as he fought off criticism of his government's legitimacy following fraud-marred elections.
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| Police: Madoff associate Jeffry Picower dies at 67 (AP)
October 25, 2009 at 10:03 pm
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| | AP - Jeffry Picower, a philanthropist accused of profiting more than $7 billion from the investment schemes of his longtime friend Bernard Madoff, was found at the bottom of the pool at his oceanside mansion and died Sunday, police said. He was 67. |
| Police vet more than 1,000 tips in girl's death (AP)
October 25, 2009 at 9:59 pm
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|  AP - Investigators had more than a thousand tips but are still trying to figure out what happened when 7-year-old Somer Thompson disappeared on her walk home from a north Florida school last week.
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| UN inspectors visit once-secret Iranian site (AP)
October 25, 2009 at 9:57 pm
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|  AP - U.N. inspectors entered a once-secret uranium enrichment facility with bunker-like construction and heavy military protection that raised Western suspicions about the extent and intent of Iran's nuclear program.
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| NJ town grieves for slain priest, accused janitor (AP)
October 25, 2009 at 9:55 pm
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|  AP - An arrest in the brutal slaying of a Roman Catholic priest has brought little solace to his parishioners in this affluent community, who widely view the suspected role of the longtime church janitor as a second tragedy.
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| Pakistan army claims more advances in offensive (AP)
October 25, 2009 at 9:51 pm
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|  AP - The Pakistani army claimed advances in its eight-day old offensive in a Taliban stronghold along the Afghan border Sunday, while the militants' chief warned of more terrorist attacks around the country unless the military halted the assault.
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| Violent clashes erupt at Jerusalem's holiest site (AP)
October 25, 2009 at 9:48 pm
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|  AP - Israeli police firing stun grenades faced off Sunday against masked Palestinian protesters hurling stones and plastic chairs outside the Holy Land's most volatile shrine, where past violence has escalated into prolonged conflict.
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| AP sources: Health bill may cut employer mandate (AP)
October 25, 2009 at 9:45 pm
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|  AP - Businesses would not be required to provide health insurance under legislation being readied for Senate debate, but large firms would owe significant penalties if any worker needed government subsidies to buy coverage on their own, according to Democratic officials familiar with talks on the bill.
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| Abreu RBI single gives Angels 1-0 lead (AP)
October 25, 2009 at 9:30 pm
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|  AP - Slumping Bobby Abreu hit a go-ahead single against Andy Pettitte, and the Los Angeles Angels led the New York Yankees 1-0 after three innings Sunday night as they tried to force a seventh game in the AL championship series.
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| Iraqi security on high alert after day of carnage (AFP)
October 25, 2009 at 9:23 pm
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|  AFP - Iraqi security forces were on high alert on Monday, a day after twin suicide vehicle bombs blamed on Al-Qaeda killed 99 people and blasted government offices in Baghdad.
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| Obama asked Spain to deliver message to Cuba (Reuters)
October 25, 2009 at 8:59 pm
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| | Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama asked Spain to pass Cuba a message on the need for democratic reform when he met Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero earlier this month, according to a U.S. official. |
| Capmark Financial files for bankruptcy (Reuters)
October 25, 2009 at 8:46 pm
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| | Reuters - Commercial real estate company Capmark Financial filed for bankruptcy protection on Sunday, wiping out the investment of several private equity firms including Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. |
| Madoff friend Picower dead, found in pool (Reuters)
October 25, 2009 at 8:41 pm
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| | Reuters - Palm Beach billionaire and philanthropist Jeffry Picower, described as the biggest beneficiary of Bernard Madoff's fraud, died on Sunday after he was found lying at the bottom of the pool at his home, police said. |
| Police: Madoff associate Jeffry Picower dies at 67 (AP)
October 25, 2009 at 5:55 pm
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|  AP - Jeffry Picower, a philanthropist accused of profiting more than $7 billion from the investment schemes of his longtime friend Bernard Madoff, was found at the bottom of the pool at his oceanside mansion and died Sunday, police said. He was 67.
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| AP sources: Bill likely to cut employer mandate (AP)
October 25, 2009 at 5:47 pm
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| AP - Businesses would not be required to provide health insurance under legislation being readied for Senate debate, but large firms would owe significant penalties if any worker needed government subsidies to buy coverage on their own, according to Democratic officials familiar with talks on the bill.
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| Capmark Financial files for bankruptcy (Reuters)
October 25, 2009 at 5:36 pm
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| | Reuters - Commercial real estate company Capmark Financial filed for bankruptcy protection on Sunday, weighed on by declines in the sector and a heavy debt load related to its leveraged buyout. |
| Steelers' 2 defensive TDs beat Vikings 27-17 (AP)
October 25, 2009 at 4:45 pm
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|  AP - Three times the Minnesota Vikings were ready to take the lead and possibly put away the Pittsburgh Steelers.
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| U.S. basketball player dies during Portuguese match (Reuters)
October 25, 2009 at 4:44 pm
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| | Reuters - U.S. basketball player Kevin Widemond died on Sunday in Portugal after collapsing during a break in a game for his Ovarense side, the Portuguese Basketball Federation said. |
| Israel to review its own Gaza war probe: source (Reuters)
October 25, 2009 at 3:53 pm
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|  Reuters - Hoping to defuse a U.N. report fiercely critical of its war in Gaza, Israel plans to review the internal inquiries that cleared its armed forces of serious wrongdoing, a political source said Sunday.
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| Lawmakers split on timing of Afghan decision (AP)
October 25, 2009 at 1:48 pm
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|  AP - Top lawmakers sparred Sunday over the timing of President Barack Obama's decision on how to move ahead in Afghanistan, with Republicans urging a quick move to boost troop levels and Democrats counseling patience.
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| Florida No. 1 again in AP Poll, 'Bama falls to 2nd (AP)
October 25, 2009 at 1:28 pm
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|  AP - Flip-flop. Florida regained the top spot Sunday in The Associated Press poll from Alabama, which was ranked No. 1 for a week ahead of the Gators.
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| Senate Democrats close in on health reform votes (Reuters)
October 25, 2009 at 1:16 pm
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| Reuters - Senate Democratic leaders are close to securing enough votes to advance a sweeping healthcare reform backed by President Barack Obama, a top Senate Democrat said on Sunday, adding that it likely would include a national health plan that would allow states the option of dropping out.
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| Developing nation Anglicans decline pope's offer (Reuters)
October 25, 2009 at 12:54 pm
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| | Reuters - Conservative bishops who say they represent almost half the world's Anglicans urged fellow believers on Sunday to reform the Anglican Communion rather than take up Pope Benedict's invitation to join the Roman Catholic Church. |
| Twin suicide vehicle bombings kill 99 in Baghdad (AFP)
October 25, 2009 at 9:35 am
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|  AFP - Twin suicide vehicle bombs blamed on Al-Qaeda shattered the justice ministry and a provincial office in Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least 99 people and sparking turmoil in the embattled Iraqi capital.
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| IAEA visits Iran's second enrichment site: report (Reuters)
October 25, 2009 at 9:26 am
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| | Reuters - A team from the U.N. nuclear watchdog inspected Iran's newly disclosed uranium enrichment site on Sunday, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported. |
| Obama asked Spain to deliver message to Cuba: report (Reuters)
October 25, 2009 at 9:23 am
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| | Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama asked Spain to send Cuba a message about reform when he met Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero earlier this month, the newspaper El Pais reported on Sunday. |
| Israeli police, Arabs clash near Jerusalem mosque (Reuters)
October 25, 2009 at 9:14 am
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|  Reuters - Israeli police stormed Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque compound Sunday, hurling stun grenades at Palestinians who threw rocks at them in another outbreak of violence at the holy city's most sensitive site.
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| Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber diagnosed with cancer (AP)
October 25, 2009 at 9:10 am
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|  AP - A spokeswoman for Andrew Lloyd Webber says the composer has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. The announcement came in a statement Sunday which said "the condition is in its very early stages. Andrew is now undergoing treatment and expects to be fully back at work before the end of the year."
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| Uruguay vote pits ex-guerrilla and former president (Reuters)
October 25, 2009 at 9:10 am
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|  Reuters - Uruguayans cast ballots in a presidential election on Sunday pitting a former guerrilla leader against a conservative ex-president with both men vowing to maintain market-friendly policies in one of South America's most stable economies.
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| Pakistan army claims more advances in offensive (AP)
October 25, 2009 at 9:03 am
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|  AP - The army claimed to be advancing on a main Pakistani Taliban stronghold along the Afghan border Sunday, a day after capturing the hometown of the militant group's chief and sending insurgents there fleeing into the nearby mountains.
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| Man stuffs mouth with 16 cockroaches in record bid (AP)
October 25, 2009 at 8:54 am
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| | AP - A Michigan pet store employee got himself a mouthful of cockroaches — on purpose. The Lansing State Journal reported Sean Murphy on Friday stuffed 16 Madagascar hissing cockroaches into his mouth. He was trying to set a new Guinness World Records mark and said the old record was 11. |
| Afghanistan president says runoff must be held (AP)
October 25, 2009 at 8:51 am
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|  AP - Afghanistan's president says a runoff presidential election must be held as planned next month, despite talk of a power-sharing deal with his challenger to avoid a second vote.
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| Pakistan forces bomb Taliban in South Waziristan (Reuters)
October 25, 2009 at 8:44 am
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|  Reuters - Pakistani aircraft attacked Taliban in the South Waziristan region on Sunday a day after the army said it had captured a strategic town on an approach to main militant base area.
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| FACT CHECK: Health insurer profits not so fat (AP)
October 25, 2009 at 8:37 am
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|  AP - Quick quiz: What do these enterprises have in common? Farm and construction machinery, Tupperware, the railroads, Hershey sweets, Yum food brands and Yahoo? Answer: They're all more profitable than the health insurance industry. In the health care debate, Democrats and their allies have gone after insurance companies as rapacious profiteers making "immoral" and "obscene" returns while "the bodies pile up."
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| Asian leaders seek to reduce Western trade ties (Reuters)
October 25, 2009 at 8:01 am
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|  Reuters - Asia-Pacific leaders called on Sunday for regional-wide free trade and other measures to reduce dependence on the United States and big Western markets as Asia leads the way out of the global economic downturn.
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| Israeli police storm Jerusalem holy site (AP)
October 25, 2009 at 5:11 am
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|  AP - Israeli forces stormed the most sensitive holy shrine in Jerusalem on Sunday, firing water cannons and stun grenades to disperse a crowd of hundreds of Palestinian protesters that had pelted forces with stones.
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| 38 killed in twin Baghdad car bombs (AP)
October 25, 2009 at 5:07 am
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|  AP - Two powerful car bombs exploded in downtown Baghdad Sunday, killing at least 38 people and injuring another 45, Iraqi police said.
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| Two car bombs kill 30 in Iraqi capital (Reuters)
October 25, 2009 at 4:47 am
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| Reuters - Twin car bombs targeting two government buildings including the justice ministry killed at least 30 people and wounded 40 in central Baghdad on Sunday, police said, in the bloodiest attack in the capital for months.
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| At least 25 killed in twin Baghdad blasts: official (AFP)
October 25, 2009 at 4:43 am
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|  AFP - At least 25 people were killed and 40 wounded in twin car bombs in central Baghdad, one of which was close to the ministry of justice, an interior ministry official said.
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| Cell phone video shows police beating of student (AP)
October 25, 2009 at 4:31 am
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| | AP - A cell phone video that shows police officers repeatedly hitting an unarmed university student with batons and a Taser gun has prompted a criminal investigation into the officers' conduct, a San Jose police spokesman said. |
| Mississippi St. stumble helps Florida to 29-19 win (AP)
October 25, 2009 at 4:07 am
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|  AP - Florida's offense got just what it needed: Help from Mississippi State.
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| UN nuclear inspectors in Iran to visit site (AP)
October 25, 2009 at 4:00 am
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| AP - A team of U.N. inspectors arrived Sunday in Iran to visit a recently revealed, though still unfinished, uranium enrichment facility near the holy city of Qom to verify it is for peaceful purposes.
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| U.N. experts in Iran to inspect new nuclear site (Reuters)
October 25, 2009 at 4:00 am
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|  Reuters - U.N. inspectors have arrived in Iran to examine a nuclear site that has heightened Western fears of a covert program to develop atomic bombs, an accusation the Islamic Republic rejects.
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| Earnings reports to give picture of job market (AP)
October 25, 2009 at 3:53 am
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|  AP - Wall Street may be roaring again and manufacturers see a bright future selling their wares in Asia. But for many Americans, it's still a downturn until the jobs come back.
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| UN experts to visit Iran uranium enrichment plant (AFP)
October 25, 2009 at 3:34 am
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|  AFP - UN inspectors will visit Iran's controversial second uranium enrichment plant on Sunday, as US President Barack Obama garnered support for a separate deal with Tehran to end the crisis over its nuclear programme.
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