Saturday, October 15^th

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR AP The Obama administration's signature health overhaul law, under relentless assault by Republicans, has suffered its first major casualty — a long-term care insurance plan. The program, expected to launch in 2012, ...

By AG SULZBERGER and LAURIE GOODSTEIN KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A bishop in the Roman Catholic Church has been indicted for failure to report suspected child abuse, the first time in the 25-year history of the church's sex abuse scandals that the leader of ...

Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas becomes emotional as he speaks during a news conference in Santa Ana, Calif., Friday, Oct. 14, 2011. Southern California prosecutors said Friday they will seek the death penalty for the man they called a ...

Liz Betancourt, 19, with her daughter, Idelfy, is scared to leave her house in Florence, Alabama. An illegal immigrant whose family came from Mexico to the US when she was an infant, Betancourt lives in a state that recently instituted a tough new ...

KAMPALA — Uganda said Saturday it welcomed US combat troops to help its forces battle the Lord's Resistance Army, a brutal rebel force whose leaders are international war-crime fugitives. "We welcome this gesture -- it has been well overdue," said ...

By NICHOLAS CONFESSORE Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, raised just over $14 million for his presidential campaign during the three months that ended Sept. 30, according to campaign filings delivered to the Federal Election Commission on ...

The US government believes that top Iranian regime figures supported a plan to kill Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Washington. Although initially skeptical that Iranian leaders would have endorsed such a plot, US government officials were convinced by ...

Keith Srakocic / AP Scott Buckiso (left) visits with Rick Perry at US Steel Mon Valley Works in West Mifflin, Pa. West Mifflin, Pa. -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry sought to recharge his flagging presidential campaign Friday by introducing an energy plan that ...

''HIDE your cross,'' the cab driver told Vivian Meleka as he wound his way through the crowded streets of the Egyptian capital. It was the morning after the worst violence since the February overthrow of former president Hosni Mubarak and Cairo was a ...

President Barack Obama gestures during remarks after meeting with the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness at the International Brotherhood Of Electrical Workers Local Union #5 Training Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 11, 2011. ...

Bill Gardner just flipped the Republicans the bird. Again. In a three-page statement released Wednesday afternoon, the New Hampshire secretary of state reiterated his independence and said he'll move the primary up as far as necessary to maintain ...

By Chris Dolmetsch and Tiffany Kary - Sat Oct 15 04:01:01 GMT 2011 New York City Police Department officers clash with a protester from the Occupy Wall Street movement in Zuccotti Park in New York, on Oct. 14, 2011. New York City Police Department ...

Движение "Захвати Уолл-стрит", активисты которого борятся против "финансового терроризма", находит все больший и больший отклик в мире. К американским демонстрантам присединились профсоюзы Австралии и Новой Зеландии. После того, как активисты в США ...

AP SANAA, Yemen—A US airstrike has killed the media chief for al Qaeda's Yemeni branch along with six other militants, Yemen's government and security officials said Saturday, in the second high-profile American missile attack in as many weeks to ...

Apple Inc. has invited some of Silicon Valley's biggest names to a memorial service for Steve Jobs Sunday, Oct. 16, according to a copy of the invitation and several invitees. The event will be held at Stanford University's campus Sunday evening, ...

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By AG SULZBERGER TOPEKA, Kan. — The startling vote came up at a City Council meeting here on Tuesday, provoked by a run-of-the-mill budget dispute over services that had spun out of control: decriminalize domestic violence. Three arms of government, ...

Thousands of people rallied in the Syrian capital Wednesday in support of President Bashar al-Assad's regime, which has been shaken by mass protests for nearly seven months, as a court freed a top dissident. An AFP journalist said the demonstration ...

The inquiry into Liam Fox's conduct should continue despite him stepping down as defence secretary, Labour says. Mr Fox resigned after a week of pressure over his working relationship with his friend, Adam Werritty. He has been replaced by Philip ...

By Barry Malone TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Gunbattles between supporters of deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi and forces of the National Transitional Council (NTC) shook the Libyan capital on Friday, raising fears of an insurgency against the country's new ...

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton responds to questions during an interview with Reuters correspondents at the State Department in Washington DC October 11, 2011. PALESTINIANS-ISRAEL/CLINTON By Patrick Worsnip NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States ...

By CHRISTINA NG Ten-month-old Lisa Irwin has been missing since Oct. 4, 2011. (Courtesy the Find Lisa Facebook Page) Wealthy anonymous benefactors today offered a $100000 reward for the safe return of missing Missouri infant Lisa Irwin or conviction of ...

CONWAY, Mass (Reuters) - Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown used language identical to earlier words by former Senator Elizabeth Dole on his website in what his office described on Thursday as an inadvertent staff oversight. ...

新華社紐約１０月１４日電（記者榮嬌嬌）“佔領華爾街”示威者１４日在紐約華爾街遊行，慶祝市政府宣佈示威者營地祖科蒂公園的清掃計劃延後，多名示威者與警方發生衝突，導致至少１４人被捕。 記者在現場看到示威者們揮舞著掃把、鏟子等清掃工具，一路高喊“清掃華爾街”的 ...

By Bob Van Voris - Sat Oct 15 04:01:01 GMT 2011 A US judge will decide whether to award Chubb Corp. (CB) and four other insurers $9.4 billion in damages in their suit against al-Qaeda over the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. US Magistrate Judge Frank Maas ...

Israel would not harm any of the Palestinian inmates it sets free as part of the prisoner swap deal signed with Hamas – unless they attempt to act against the Jewish state, a senior Egyptian official told the Al-Hayat newspaper. ...

在近日美国披露伊朗与暗杀沙特阿拉伯驻美大使阴谋有关后，美国总统奥巴马13日表示，他将对伊朗采取最严厉制裁，并动员国际社会进一步孤立伊朗，以让它为其行为付出代价。 奥巴马当天在同来访的韩国总统李明博举行的联 ...

P. SOLOMON BANDA, AP This photo provided by the Colorado State Patrol shows the scene of an accident near Kit Carson, Colo., on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011, where five children and an adult were killed when a van carrying children collided with a ...

9月17日，一群失业美国年轻人走上街头，在城市的公园露营，和平地“占领”资本主义金融市场的象征地———华尔街。 伴随着10月1日布鲁克林大桥上的游行，及其后纽约警察大规模逮捕示威者，这一受“阿拉伯之春”启迪的示威 ...

By CHRISTINA NG Ten-month-old Lisa Irwin has been missing since Oct. 4, 2011. (Courtesy the Find Lisa Facebook Page) Wealthy anonymous benefactors today offered a $100000 reward for the safe return of missing Missouri infant Lisa Irwin or conviction of ...

CONWAY, Mass (Reuters) - Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown used language identical to earlier words by former Senator Elizabeth Dole on his website in what his office described on Thursday as an inadvertent staff oversight. ...

新華社紐約１０月１４日電（記者榮嬌嬌）“佔領華爾街”示威者１４日在紐約華爾街遊行，慶祝市政府宣佈示威者營地祖科蒂公園的清掃計劃延後，多名示威者與警方發生衝突，導致至少１４人被捕。 記者在現場看到示威者們揮舞著掃把、鏟子等清掃工具，一路高喊“清掃華爾街”的 ...

By Bob Van Voris - Sat Oct 15 04:01:01 GMT 2011 A US judge will decide whether to award Chubb Corp. (CB) and four other insurers $9.4 billion in damages in their suit against al-Qaeda over the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. US Magistrate Judge Frank Maas ...

Israel would not harm any of the Palestinian inmates it sets free as part of the prisoner swap deal signed with Hamas – unless they attempt to act against the Jewish state, a senior Egyptian official told the Al-Hayat newspaper. ...

在近日美国披露伊朗与暗杀沙特阿拉伯驻美大使阴谋有关后，美国总统奥巴马13日表示，他将对伊朗采取最严厉制裁，并动员国际社会进一步孤立伊朗，以让它为其行为付出代价。 奥巴马当天在同来访的韩国总统李明博举行的联 ...

P. SOLOMON BANDA, AP This photo provided by the Colorado State Patrol shows the scene of an accident near Kit Carson, Colo., on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011, where five children and an adult were killed when a van carrying children collided with a ...

9月17日，一群失业美国年轻人走上街头，在城市的公园露营，和平地“占领”资本主义金融市场的象征地———华尔街。 伴随着10月1日布鲁克林大桥上的游行，及其后纽约警察大规模逮捕示威者，这一受“阿拉伯之春”启迪的示威 ...

By CHRISTINA NG Ten-month-old Lisa Irwin has been missing since Oct. 4, 2011. (Courtesy the Find Lisa Facebook Page) Wealthy anonymous benefactors today offered a $100000 reward for the safe return of missing Missouri infant Lisa Irwin or conviction of ...

CONWAY, Mass (Reuters) - Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown used language identical to earlier words by former Senator Elizabeth Dole on his website in what his office described on Thursday as an inadvertent staff oversight. ...

新華社紐約１０月１４日電（記者榮嬌嬌）“佔領華爾街”示威者１４日在紐約華爾街遊行，慶祝市政府宣佈示威者營地祖科蒂公園的清掃計劃延後，多名示威者與警方發生衝突，導致至少１４人被捕。 記者在現場看到示威者們揮舞著掃把、鏟子等清掃工具，一路高喊“清掃華爾街”的 ...

By Bob Van Voris - Sat Oct 15 04:01:01 GMT 2011 A US judge will decide whether to award Chubb Corp. (CB) and four other insurers $9.4 billion in damages in their suit against al-Qaeda over the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. US Magistrate Judge Frank Maas ...

Israel would not harm any of the Palestinian inmates it sets free as part of the prisoner swap deal signed with Hamas – unless they attempt to act against the Jewish state, a senior Egyptian official told the Al-Hayat newspaper. ...

在近日美国披露伊朗与暗杀沙特阿拉伯驻美大使阴谋有关后，美国总统奥巴马13日表示，他将对伊朗采取最严厉制裁，并动员国际社会进一步孤立伊朗，以让它为其行为付出代价。 奥巴马当天在同来访的韩国总统李明博举行的联 ...

P. SOLOMON BANDA, AP This photo provided by the Colorado State Patrol shows the scene of an accident near Kit Carson, Colo., on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011, where five children and an adult were killed when a van carrying children collided with a ...

9月17日，一群失业美国年轻人走上街头，在城市的公园露营，和平地“占领”资本主义金融市场的象征地———华尔街。 伴随着10月1日布鲁克林大桥上的游行，及其后纽约警察大规模逮捕示威者，这一受“阿拉伯之春”启迪的示威 ...

CONWAY, Mass (Reuters) - Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown used language identical to earlier words by former Senator Elizabeth Dole on his website in what his office described on Thursday as an inadvertent staff oversight. ...

新華社紐約１０月１４日電（記者榮嬌嬌）“佔領華爾街”示威者１４日在紐約華爾街遊行，慶祝市政府宣佈示威者營地祖科蒂公園的清掃計劃延後，多名示威者與警方發生衝突，導致至少１４人被捕。 記者在現場看到示威者們揮舞著掃把、鏟子等清掃工具，一路高喊“清掃華爾街”的 ...

By Bob Van Voris - Sat Oct 15 04:01:01 GMT 2011 A US judge will decide whether to award Chubb Corp. (CB) and four other insurers $9.4 billion in damages in their suit against al-Qaeda over the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. US Magistrate Judge Frank Maas ...

Israel would not harm any of the Palestinian inmates it sets free as part of the prisoner swap deal signed with Hamas – unless they attempt to act against the Jewish state, a senior Egyptian official told the Al-Hayat newspaper. ...

在近日美国披露伊朗与暗杀沙特阿拉伯驻美大使阴谋有关后，美国总统奥巴马13日表示，他将对伊朗采取最严厉制裁，并动员国际社会进一步孤立伊朗，以让它为其行为付出代价。 奥巴马当天在同来访的韩国总统李明博举行的联 ...

P. SOLOMON BANDA, AP This photo provided by the Colorado State Patrol shows the scene of an accident near Kit Carson, Colo., on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011, where five children and an adult were killed when a van carrying children collided with a ...

9月17日，一群失业美国年轻人走上街头，在城市的公园露营，和平地“占领”资本主义金融市场的象征地———华尔街。 伴随着10月1日布鲁克林大桥上的游行，及其后纽约警察大规模逮捕示威者，这一受“阿拉伯之春”启迪的示威 ...

Toshiyuki Hattori, who runs a sewage plant in Tokyo, surrounded by sacks of radioactive sludge. By HIROKO TABUCHI TOKYO — Takeo Hayashida signed on with a citizens' group to test for radiation near his son's baseball field in Tokyo after government ...

By CHRISTINA NG Ten-month-old Lisa Irwin has been missing since Oct. 4, 2011. (Courtesy the Find Lisa Facebook Page) Wealthy anonymous benefactors today offered a $100000 reward for the safe return of missing Missouri infant Lisa Irwin or conviction of ...

CONWAY, Mass (Reuters) - Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown used language identical to earlier words by former Senator Elizabeth Dole on his website in what his office described on Thursday as an inadvertent staff oversight. ...

新華社紐約１０月１４日電（記者榮嬌嬌）“佔領華爾街”示威者１４日在紐約華爾街遊行，慶祝市政府宣佈示威者營地祖科蒂公園的清掃計劃延後，多名示威者與警方發生衝突，導致至少１４人被捕。 記者在現場看到示威者們揮舞著掃把、鏟子等清掃工具，一路高喊“清掃華爾街”的 ...

By Bob Van Voris - Sat Oct 15 04:01:01 GMT 2011 A US judge will decide whether to award Chubb Corp. (CB) and four other insurers $9.4 billion in damages in their suit against al-Qaeda over the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. US Magistrate Judge Frank Maas ...

Israel would not harm any of the Palestinian inmates it sets free as part of the prisoner swap deal signed with Hamas – unless they attempt to act against the Jewish state, a senior Egyptian official told the Al-Hayat newspaper. ...

在近日美国披露伊朗与暗杀沙特阿拉伯驻美大使阴谋有关后，美国总统奥巴马13日表示，他将对伊朗采取最严厉制裁，并动员国际社会进一步孤立伊朗，以让它为其行为付出代价。 奥巴马当天在同来访的韩国总统李明博举行的联 ...

P. SOLOMON BANDA, AP This photo provided by the Colorado State Patrol shows the scene of an accident near Kit Carson, Colo., on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011, where five children and an adult were killed when a van carrying children collided with a ...

9月17日，一群失业美国年轻人走上街头，在城市的公园露营，和平地“占领”资本主义金融市场的象征地———华尔街。 伴随着10月1日布鲁克林大桥上的游行，及其后纽约警察大规模逮捕示威者，这一受“阿拉伯之春”启迪的示威 ...