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A Thai rescue worker walks around the wreckage of a crashed One-Two-Go Airlines plane lying on the side of a runway in Phuket, Thailand. The plane carrying 123 passengers and seven crew from Bangkok crashed on the resort island of Phuket, killing at least 91 people, including 55 foreigners, an airline official said. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit / AP)

88 die in Phuket plane crash

A budget airline flight with 130 people aboard crashed on landing at Phuket airport in heavy rains and strong winds, killing 88 people and injuring 42.

Bangkok Post

Microsoft loses E.U. anti-trust appeal

Microsoft has rarely felt more out of step with authority than when a European court threw out its appeal against a 2004 antitrust decision.

TIME

Gates speaks

TIME

Bush settles on Mukasey to replace AG

President Bush has settled on retired federal judge Michael B. Mukasey to replace Alberto Gonzales as Attorney General, two sources familiar with the decision said.

CBS News

Bush picks Mukasey as AG

Yahoo! News

U.S. contractors in Iraq shootout

Officials are investigating a shooting incident in Baghdad in which at least eight civilians were reported killed by private U.S. security contractors.

BBC

Dealing with Iraq's militias

Yahoo! News

Suspect held in Sunni leader's death

San Jose Mercury News

Russian poisoning suspect anounces candidacy for parliament

The man accused of murdering Alexander Litvinenko looks certain to enter Russia’s Parliament after announcing his candidacy for an ultra-nationalist party.

Times Online

NATION

Defendants in W.Va. torture case to appear in court

After a week of national attention on the rural community of Big Creek, six people charged with torturing a Charleston woman are scheduled to appear in Logan County courtrooms.

Charleston Daily Mail

'Jena 6' teen seeks bail as race roils rural Louisiana case

All eyes in a feud that has split blacks and whites in a rural Louisiana town will be on a courtroom where one of the black youths dubbed "The Jena Six" will ask for freedom.

New York Daily News

O.J. Simpson held without bail in suspected Las Vegas robbery

Former football star O.J. Simpson, who was acquitted in 1995 of murdering his ex-wife, was arrested and held without bail in connection with a suspected armed robbery in Las Vegas last week.

canada.com

Simpson, accusers have storied past

Associated Press

POLITICS

With a little help from my friends

The Norman Hsu scandal sheds light on how — and why — pals bail each other out when the going gets tough.

Newsweek

Clinton to offer health care plan

With a price tag of about $110 billion per year, Clinton's "American Health Choices Plan" represents her first major effort to achieve universal health coverage since 1994.

ABC News

BUSINESS

Greenspan warns of higher inflation

Inflation will rise to about 5 percent in Europe and the United States, said former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan in an interview with a Dutch paper.

Reuters

Bernanke's dilemma

The markets are clamoring for rate cuts, but weak U.S. productivity gains and strong global growth may limit the Fed's options.

BusinessWeek

Coping with a real estate bust

TIME

HEALTH

The nutrition-conscious are taking a bite out of fast food

After a decades-long fast-food binge, the notion of watching what you eat seems to be hitting more Americans — but certainly not all — as they approach the counter of their favorite "quick-service" outlet.

HealthDay

Most American women don't know their cholesterol level

Eighty percent of women in the U.S. between 18 and 44 don't know their cholesterol level, despite the fact that cholesterol is a major risk factor for heart disease.

Medical News Today

SPORTS

Woods ends year with seventh win and FedEx Cup

Tiger Woods closed with a 4-under 66 to take an eight-shot victory at East Lake, capturing the U.S. Tour Championship in record-setting fashion in his seventh title of the season.

International Herald Tribune

Thome reaches 500 HR milestone in walk-off fashion

Jim Thome knew his 500th homer would be special, but he had no idea it would be a game-winner, too.

ESPN

500 home run club

Sports Illustrated

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GOOD NEWS

ER kiosks let patients avoid long lines

Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas has three self-service computer kiosks, as do a handful of other hospital ERs, where the long wait in line to register and explain symptoms can be grueling.

Houston Chronicle

Aussie saved by fellow passenger

Australian Robert Borland survived a horrific plane crash in Thailand because an unknown passenger dragged him from the inferno.

The Age

WORLD

A firsthand look at removing a nuclear threat in Vietnam

Located in a cylindrical, concrete building, the Dalat Nuclear Research Institute contains a 500-kilowatt, pool-type reactor that was only recently loaded with Soviet WWR-M2 fuel assemblies.

CNN

Sierra Leone opposition wins presidency

Opposition leader Ernest Bai Koroma has won Sierra Leone's presidential election run-off, say national election commission officials.

BBC

Palestinian leaders threaten to boycott Washington summit

Palestinian authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas will not attend Washington's regional peace summit in November unless Israel agrees to a reach an agreement with the Palestinians there.

Ha'aretz

ENVIRONMENT

Analysis: solar energy in Uzbekistan

With record-high oil prices leaving investors and nations scrambling to develop alternative energy sources, solar power is receiving renewed attention, particularly in Uzbekistan, Central Asia.

Earth Times

Healing ozone holes could help lower Earth's temperature

In Montreal, representatives of 191 governments opened a four-day conference at which they will try to speed up the phaseout of both production and consumption of hydrochlorofluorocarbons.

Environment News Service

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

'Sopranos' bows out with top drama Emmy award in its final season

"The Sopranos" won the Emmy for best drama series in its final season, also taking awards for best writing and best directing.

International Herald Tribune

Emmy highlights

Yahoo! News

Britney Spears to lose sons?

Britney Spears could allegedly lose custody of her two sons. The lawyer of Britney's ex-husband Kevin Federline is reportedly bringing a "secret" witness to a court hearing in Los Angeles.

Monsters and Critics

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Yahoo takes on social networks

Yahoo has launched a new Web site similar to social networking sites MySpace and Facebook. The service, called Mash, opened to a handful of trial users last week.

MSNBC

New non-stick chewing gum could end a sticky city problem

Non-stick chewing gum that can be washed off streets and degrades naturally in the environment has been developed by a team of British scientists.

Taipei Times

EDUCATION

College student leader charged with DUI

Bloomsburg University's student government president was charged with drunken driving just weeks after saying the media has unfairly portrayed students as irresponsible.

Associated Press

Teacher charged with sex crimes attempts to commit suicide

Vermont state police say a sixth-grade teacher from Bradford has been charged with multiple felony sex crimes against a child.

WCAX

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Episcopals face same-sex deadline

The years-long strife in the Anglican Communion could reach a breaking point in New Orleans when Episcopal bishops consider a Sunday, Sept. 30, deadline to change their church.

Cleveland Plain Dealer

Photo of the Day

Japan's Yuki Takahashi falls during the 250cc race of the Estoril Motorcycle Grand Prix in Sintra, outside Lisbon, Portugal. (Photo by Steven Governo / AP)

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