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Pakistani tribal people who left their villages due to a military offensive in the tribal area of South Waziristan arrive at a registration center to register themselves for relief aid. (Photo by Irfan Mugha / AP)

Colo. sheriff: balloon boy saga a hoax

A sheriff said he was pursuing criminal charges in Colorado's "balloon boy" saga, which he described as a hoax to generate publicity for a reality TV show.

MSNBC

The balloon boy incident

CBS News

Senate showdown seen over public health care option

A key Democrat is confident that Senate leaders will include a government-run insurance plan in the health care bill, and suggested it might even pass U.S. Senate.

Reuters

Health care: 5 lessons from abroad

ABC News

Pakistani soldiers penetrate militant heartland

The Pakistani military moved deeper into South Waziristan, with troops supported by helicopter gunships climbed higher into the mountainous terrain.

Times-Tribune

West welcomes action by Pakistan

Times Online

How easy is it to target the Taliban?

BBC

Militants die in Pakistan attack

Reuters

Iranian official blames bombing on US

The terrorist group Jundallah claimed responsibility for a suicide attack in Iran that killed at least 29 people. Iran has alleged that the United States and Saudi Arabia are funding the group.

CNN

Iran vows response to suicide blast

Al Jazeera

'Ethical' stem cell crop boosted

U.S. researchers have found a way to dramatically increase the harvest of stem cells from adult tissue.

BBC

NATION

LA to crack down on marijuana stores

For the first time, law-enforcement officials in Los Angeles have vowed to prosecute medical-marijuana dispensaries that turn a profit, with police officials saying they expect to conduct raids.

Seattle Times

Justice stands by refusal to give interracial couple license to wed

A justice of the peace in Louisiana who refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple says he has no regrets about his decision.

CNN

Nursing home CEO pulls in hefty pay, patients' families 'frustrated'

Nursing homes in several Florida counties are funneling more than $1 million a year through a maze of non-profit corporations that chiefly benefit CEO from Okeechobee.

Palm Beach Post

POLITICS

Insuring young adults takes center stage in health care debate

As the country grapples over how to provide coverage to Americans, figuring out how to cover young adults from all income levels has become a tricky and significant subtext in the reform debate.

San Jose Mercury News

Congressional ethics cleanup dragging

Congress is facing a series of difficult tests of the toughened ethics system it put in place to weed out corruption and malfeasance among its members.

Seattle Times

Oklahoma abortion law to put patients' details online

Women seeking abortions in Oklahoma are to be forced to reveal personal information such as the state of their relationships, how many children they have and their race, to be posted on an official website.

Guardian

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Twilight wins big at Scream 2009 Awards

Spike TV celebrated all things scary and sci-fi at their fourth annual Scream 2009 Awards. No surprise here: the "T's" owned the show — Twilight, Transformers, True Blood and Trekkies.

E! Online

Prime-time's top-earning women

Thanks to increasingly diversified portfolios, the stars on our list collectively raked in an estimated $116 million.

ABC News

In pictures: prime-time's 10 top earning women

Forbes

HEALTH

Video games can play havoc with kids' joints, says study

Kids who play video games for more than an hour a day increase their chances of having wrist and finger pain, a new study has found.

HealthDay

H1N1's links to pneumonia appear clearer

The virus can cause life-threatening viral pneumonia much more commonly than the typical flu, prompting the World Health Organization to warn hospitals to prepare for a possible wave of very sick patients.

CBS News

As H1N1 spreads, vaccine delayed

MSNBC

New FDA plan may limit US oyster consumption and sale

A new Food and Drug Administration plan to cut deaths from one of the deadliest types of food poisoning means that soon, live U.S.-grown oysters will become much harder to find from May to October.

USA TODAY

EDUCATION

Korean education spending far higher than in the west

The proportion of education costs to household spending in Korea is three to nine times higher than in advanced nations, a report released by the Bank of Korea shows.

The Chosun Ilbo

Colleges see rise in mental health issues

They may not tell their roommates or close friends, but on college campuses all across the United States, more students than ever before are seeking psychiatric help.

NPR

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Will Catholic bishops try to block reform?

A trio of leaders representing the Council of Bishops wrote a letter to the U.S. Senate warning that they would have to "vigorously" oppose health reform legislation unless changes were made.

TIME

American Hindu monk opens India's 1st surfing ashram

An American Hindu monk who has been living in India for four decades has opened the country’s first surfing ashram, or religious community, near Mangalore, on the southwest coast.

Times Online

3rd person dies after Arizona sweat lodge ceremony led by self-help guru

The attorney for the family of a Minnesota woman who died after being overcome in an Arizona sweat lodge ceremony said that he plans to sue over her death.

Baltimore Sun

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GOOD NEWS

Australian teen sets out to sail solo around the world

A 16-year-old Australian steered her bright pink yacht out of Sydney Harbor to start her bid to become the youngest person to sail solo and unassisted around the world.

NPR

Jessica sets sail around the world

Sydney Morning Herald

Free health care for uninsured

In tough times, many families focus on keeping the roof over their heads, but sometimes there's no money left for health care. This weekend there was a solution to that problem.

News Channel 5

WORLD

Seized aid workers freed in Sudan

Two foreign aid workers held hostage in Sudan's volatile Darfur region have been released. The women are said to be in good health, despite having been held for three months.

Al Jazeera

Obama administration, Democrats turn up heat on Karzai

While commissions review allegations of fraud in Afghanistan's presidential election, Afghan President Hamid Karzai is asked to find a credible end to the dispute.

McClatchy

Afghan leaders pressured to avoid run-off

Telegraph.co.uk

BUSINESS

How Moody's sold its ratings — and sold out investors

As the housing market collapsed in late 2007, Moody's Investors Service responded by purging those who warned of trouble and promoting those who exacerbated the problem on Wall Street.

McClatchy

Report: UBS registered mail warns US clients on tax

Swiss bank UBS AG warned U.S. customers that by registered mail, their account details may be given to U.S. tax authorities, a method that could itself breach secrecy laws, a Swiss paper said.

Reuters

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

NASA photos show moon strike created plume of debris

NASA's much-hyped mission to hurl a spacecraft into the moon turned out some worthwhile data after all, scientists said.

U.S. News & World Report

Moon strike impact images

NASA

E-cigarettes: In need of FDA regulation?

A federal judge is expected to rule soon on whether the FDA has the authority to regulate electronic cigarettes, which contain nicotine but not tobacco.

Christian Science Monitor

New view of the heliosphere: Cassini helps redraw shape of solar system

Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) have presented a new view of the region of the sun’s influence, or heliosphere, and the forces that shape it.

ScienceDaily

ENVIRONMENT

September global surface temperature second warmest since 1880

A new analysis of global temperatures show that the combined global land and ocean surface temperature was the second warmest September on record.

Environmental News Network

Climate policies won’t limit warming enough, US says

Current policies to fight climate change in China, India, the U.S. and other major carbon dioxide emitters aren’t enough to limit global temperature increases of 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit, a U.S. envoy said.

Bloomberg

Climate change talks ahead of Copenhagen

ITN

Amazon tribe teams with Google to make stand in rain forests

In an effort to rescue ancient rain forests and a dying culture, the chief of an endangered Amazon tribe has partnered with Google Inc.

San Francisco Chronicle

SPORTS

Yanks walk off to stay perfect in playoffs

It was an instant Yankee Stadium classic, five hours and 10 minutes of refrigerated baseball under the lights in the Bronx.

MLB.com

Jenson Button wins Formula 1 world title after dramatic Brazilian grand prix

Jenson Button has secured his maiden Formula One world championship for Brawn GP in the penultimate race of the season as Red Bull's Mark Webber won the Brazilian Grand Prix.

Guardian

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