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World's oldest person dies in LA at 115 by Los Angeles Times | 1:05 PM CDT, September 11, 2009
Gertrude Baines passed away at 7:25 am at Western Convalescent Hospital, director of admissions Juan Valencia confirmed. [Updated at 9:34 am: Our full obituary has been posted. Here's an excerpt: Gertrude Baines, a former maid who was born before the
Training Exercise on Potomac Creates Media Frenzy by Washington Post | 12:52 PM CDT, September 11, 2009
By Debbi Wilgoren and Spencer S. Hsu A US Coast Guard training exercise Friday that posed no public threat led to erroneous television reports that authorities had fired on a recreational vessel in the Potomac River, DC police said.
Obama to urge economic regulatory reform by Reuters | 12:39 PM CDT, September 11, 2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's speech in New York on Monday will focus on financial reform and the need to strengthen the system to avoid another economic collapse, the White House said on Friday. The speech, a year after the fall of
Steelers 13, Titans 10 (OT): Notebook by Indiana Gazette | 12:33 PM CDT, September 11, 2009
By MATTHEW BURGLUND, mburglund@indianagazette.net All-Pro safety Troy Polamalu suffered what head coach Mike Tomlin called a sprained medial collateral ligament during the second quarter of Thursday's 13-10 overtime win against Tennessee,
Idol Discovered Ellen DeGeneres on So You Think You Can Dance by People Magazine | 12:05 PM CDT, September 11, 2009
Ellen DeGeneres has said she will be a “compassionate” judge when she joins the panel of American Idol on its upcoming season. But she's also promising to be honest with Idol hopefuls — whether they sing well or not. “I think it's going to be hard,
Obama on 9/11: 'No words can ease the ache of your hearts' by CNN International | 12:00 PM CDT, September 11, 2009
NEW YORK (CNN) -- President Obama spoke at the Pentagon on Friday to those who lost loved ones on September 11, 2001, telling them no words would heal their pain yet calling for a renewed resolve against the ones who attacked the country eight years
In Heckler's District, Support for the Outburst by New York Times | 11:51 AM CDT, September 11, 2009
By ROBBIE BROWN and CARL HULSE SWANSEA, SC — In Washington, Representative Joe Wilson of South Carolina was sharply criticized by both Democrats and his fellow Republicans for shouting “You lie!” during President Obama's health care address on
Semenya pulls out of race amid gender speculation by USA Today | 11:39 AM CDT, September 11, 2009
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) — Caster Semenya has pulled out of a weekend race amid continued questions and speculation about the South African runner's gender. Semenya's coach Michael Seme says she will not take part in the women's 4000 meters at
'Intense' search for missing Yale student, set to wed on LI by Newsday | 11:35 AM CDT, September 11, 2009
The FBI and New Haven police on Friday continued their intensive search for a Yale University graduate student who disappeared just days before she was set to marry a Huntington man this weekend. On campus early Friday, missing-persons posters with
Apple Tablet, Beatles, iPod Touch Camera Missing From Apple Event by eWeek | 11:23 AM CDT, September 11, 2009
Apple's Sept. 9 event in San Francisco was the subject of many rumors, including that the Beatles would finally debut on iTunes, the Apple Tablet would be finally confirmed, and the Classic iPod would be given a coup de grace.
Anti-Abortion Activist Gunned Down Outside Michigan High School by FOXNews | 11:23 AM CDT, September 11, 2009
Owosso High School staff stand outside the school Friday morning after police arrived to investigate the fatal shooting of an anti-abortion activist near the school. A well-known anti-abortion activist was shot multiple times and killed Friday morning
Facebook Goes Back To Basics With 'Lite' Version by PC World | 9:17 AM CDT, September 11, 2009
Thin is in at Facebook. It introduced an alternate front door for the social network called "Facebook Lite," a slimmed-down version of the site, optimized for those with slower Internet connections. Facebook Lite features a serious design revamp and is
ACORN, prostitution and tax evasion by Baltimore Sun | 8:26 AM CDT, September 11, 2009
Want to confirm all the negative impressions you may have gotten about ACORN from its many critics? Watch this video: Yes, taped with a hidden camera, two Baltimore ACORN workers give advice to a man and a woman identifying themselves as a pimp and a
2 ACORN Employees Fired, Could Face Criminal Charges by FOXNews | 7:09 PM CDT, September 10, 2009
An employee at ACORN's Baltimore office advises a couple posing as a pimp and a prostitute during a videotaped meeting in July. The community organizing group ACORN has fired two employees at its Baltimore office who were seen on hidden-camera video
PM apology after Turing petition by BBC News | 6:54 PM CDT, September 10, 2009
Gordon Brown has said he is sorry for the "appalling" way World War II code-breaker Alan Turing was treated for being gay. A petition on the No 10 website had called for a posthumous government apology to the computer pioneer.

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