Agent Showing House Finds Pile of Bones A real estate agent showing a house got to the basement and found about 100 human bones in a corner. James Kenny, a forensic investigator with the Terrebonne Parish Coroner’s Office, says the bones found Saturday were so old that dirt had saturated the marrow inside them. He says they probably are remains of Native Americans buried long before the house was built. Staff, AP NEWS - 15 minutes ago
Icebergs Head From Antarctica for New Zealand A flotilla of hundreds of icebergs that split off Antarctic ice shelves is drifting toward New Zealand and could pose a risk to ships in the south Pacific Ocean, officials said Tuesday. Ray Lilley, AP NEWS - 15 minutes ago
Chef Paula Deen Accidentally Hit by Charity Ham Celebrity chef Paula Deen got an unexpected serving of ham — across her face. The Food Network star was helping unload 25,000 pounds of donated meat for an Atlanta food bank on Monday when someone threw one of the hams like a football and accidentally smacked her. Staff, AP NEWS - 15 minutes ago
Italian Group Asks MTV to Cancel ‘Jersey Shore’ A national Italian-American organization based in New Jersey says an MTV reality show that depicts Italian-American beachgoers as the “hottest, tannest, craziest Guidos” is offensive and should be scrapped before it airs. Staff, AP NEWS - 16 minutes ago
Furry Felons Rob SAfrican Tourists, Steal Food Visitors to South Africa’s premier holiday destination who are worried about becoming victims of the country’s high crime rate could find themselves instead robbed by a more furry kind of felon: baboons. Courtney Brooks, AP NEWS - 16 minutes ago
NY Grocer Plans to Close 53 Stores, Lay off 4,000 The Penn Traffic Co. has told New York officials it will close dozens of supermarkets in upstate New York and lay off more than 4,000 employees. Staff, AP NEWS - 17 minutes ago
Crude Prices Sink to $76 Per Barrel Oil prices fell to around $76 a barrel Tuesday with new data showing a slow U.S. economic recovery and consumer confidence that remains lukewarm at best. Dirk Lammers, AP NEWS - 18 minutes ago
3 Airlines Fined in Minnesota Tarmac Stranding The government is imposing fines for the first time against airlines for stranding passengers on an airport tarmac, the Department of Transportation said Tuesday. Joan Lowy, AP NEWS - 19 minutes ago
Windstream to Buy Iowa Telecom for $1.1 Billion Phone company Windstream Corp. announced Tuesday it would buy Iowa Telecommunications Services Inc. for $1.1 billion in cash and stock, and pick up a quarter-million subscribers in Iowa and Minnesota. Chuck Bartels, AP NEWS - 19 minutes ago
Obama Boosts Climate Deal Hopes, Report Shows Crisis US President Barack Obama boosted hopes on Tuesday of striking a landmark climate deal in Copenhagen, as a new report showed a deeper crisis than previously thought. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 22 minutes ago
US Energy Dept. Awards $89M to Study NW Power Grid The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded nearly $89 million to Battelle Memorial Institute in Richland, Wash., to study ways to improve the electricity grid in the Pacific Northwest. Staff, AP NEWS - 26 minutes ago
Fed: Super-Low Rates Could Fuel Speculative Bubble The Federal Reserve doesn’t expect the recovery will be strong enough to quickly drive down the jobless rate, and acknowledged its efforts to keep the rebound going could feed a new speculative bubble. Jeannine Aversa, AP NEWS - 31 minutes ago
Despite Pact, Few Blacks at Coast Guard School Eight years after the U.S. Coast Guard and the NAACP signed a voluntary agreement to work together to boost the number of African-Americans at its 1,000-cadet service academy, the annual enrollment and graduation figures for blacks remain in single digits. Dennis Conrad, AP NEWS - 31 minutes ago
Senators Press EU to Speed Its Oracle-Sun Probe U.S. senators are pressuring European antitrust regulators to hurry their investigation of Oracle Corp.’s proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems Inc., citing Sun’s “precarious” financial condition and fears about more layoffs at the struggling computing company. Jordan Robertson, AP NEWS - 31 minutes ago
Bankrupt FairPoint Hires Ad Firms FairPoint Communications, struggling to reorganize and emerge from bankruptcy, has hired two Maine firms to beef up its marketing and communications. Staff, AP NEWS - 32 minutes ago
Mayor: Tesla to Build Cars in Downey, Calif. The mayor of Downey, Calif., says the city is close to making a deal with Tesla Motors to build an electric car plant at a former NASA manufacturing complex. Daisy Nguyen, AP NEWS - 35 minutes ago
NY Gov. Asks Lawmakers to Let Him Cut Deficit New York Gov. David Paterson wants the Legislature to grant him emergency, one-time power to close a $3.2 billion deficit in the face of inaction by lawmakers. Michael Gormley, AP NEWS - 36 minutes ago
Kimberly-Clark to Buy Medical Device Maker I-Flow Boxer Acquisition Inc., a subsidiary of consumer products maker Kimberly-Clark Corp., said it would buy all remaining shares of I-Flow Corp. Tuesday, now that shareholders have tendered — and Kimberly Clark has bought — 90.8 percent of I-Flow’s common shares. Staff, AP NEWS - 36 minutes ago
SPIN METER: ‘War and Peace’ in 209 Pages? Republicans are using everything short of forklifts to show Americans that Democratic health care legislation is an unwieldy mountain of paper. Calvin Woodward and Douglass K. Daniel, AP NEWS - 38 minutes ago
Obama: US-Indian Ties Help Define 21st Century President Barack Obama said Tuesday that U.S. ties with India will be “one of the defining relationships” of the 21st century as he welcomed India’s prime minister for the first state visit of his administration. Foster Klug, AP NEWS - 38 minutes ago
Investigators: Ky. Census Worker Committed Suicide A Kentucky census worker found naked, bound with duct tape and hanging from a tree with “fed” scrawled on his chest killed himself but staged his death to make it look like a homicide, authorities said Tuesday. Bruce Schreiner and Roger Alford, AP NEWS - 39 minutes ago
Saab Future Unclear as Sale to Swedish Firm Fails A Swedish automaker has backed out of a deal to buy Saab from General Motors Co., casting serious doubt on the future of the troubled brand. Tom Krisher and Dee-Ann Durbin, AP NEWS - 39 minutes ago
Top 2 Booksellers Report Losses, Their Shares Fall Barnes & Noble Inc. and Borders Group Inc., the nation’s two largest brick-and-mortar book sellers, both posted quarterly losses Thursday and forecast a difficult holiday season, saying competition from discount chains and online retailers is stiffening. Mae Anderson, AP NEWS - 40 minutes ago
Uncle Follows Nephew to NYC Court for Terror Trial Khalid Sheik Mohammed has acknowledged doing what his nephew Ramzi Yousef couldn't: toppling the World Trade Center towers. Larry Neumeister and Devlin Barrett, AP NEWS - 42 minutes ago
Report: Warming Temperatures Cut Oregon Snowpack Scientists report that rising temperatures appear to be responsible for cutting the snowpack in Oregon’s Cascade Range in half over the past 77 years. Staff, AP NEWS - 44 minutes ago
US Offers $5M Reward for Palestinian Bomb-Maker The U.S. State Department announced Tuesday that it is now offering a reward of up to $5 million for a Palestinian bomb-maker suspected of once targeting commercial airliners and of aiding the Iraq insurgency. Adam Goldman and Randy Herschaft, AP NEWS - 45 minutes ago
Jury Issues Death Sentence in Pa. Officer Slaying A Philadelphia jury has sentenced a confessed cop killer to death for fatally shooting a police officer during a robbery two years ago. Staff, AP NEWS - 45 minutes ago
Belgian Man: End of Coma Misdiagnosis Like Rebirth With a caretaker holding his hand, a Belgian man who was diagnosed as comatose for 23 years typed out a message Tuesday that he felt reborn after decades of loneliness and frustration. Raf Casert, AP NEWS - 46 minutes ago
Playboy to Outsource Business Functions Mens' magazine publisher Playboy Enterprises Inc. said Tuesday that it’s going to outsource all business functions except editorial to American Media Inc. Staff, AP NEWS - 47 minutes ago
On White House Dinner Menu: Green Curry Prawns Unless you’re one of the favored few, here’s what you won’t be eating for dinner tonight: green curry prawns and caramelized salsify with smoked collard greens and coconut aged basmati. That’s just part of the menu for Tuesday’s state dinner at the White House in honor of the prime minister of India. Staff, AP NEWS - 47 minutes ago
Tenneco Raises $187M in Public Offering Tenneco Inc. said Tuesday it has raised in a public offering $187 million, which the car parts maker will use to repay debt and for general corporate purposes. Staff, AP NEWS - 53 minutes ago
France Shows off Cutting-Edge Navy Ship in Russia French officers on Tuesday showed off a cutting-edge warship to a potential buyer — the Russian navy, whose pursuit of an amphibious assault capacity is frightening some neighboring countries. Irina Titova, AP NEWS - 54 minutes ago
Palin Heads to Fla. Town That Feted Her in 2008 Sarah Palin, who says the 2012 presidential election isn’t on her radar, took her “Going Rogue” book tour to the biggest of the battleground states Tuesday, including a stop in the retirement community where tens of thousands of people gave her star treatment in the 2008 presidential election. Brendan Farrington, AP NEWS - 55 minutes ago
Moody’s Upgrades Rent-A-Center Debt Moody’s Investors Service on Tuesday upgraded its corporate family debt rating on Rent-a-Center Inc. by one notch within junk territory, now that Rent-a-Center has paid down about $300 million in senior unsecured debt. Staff, AP NEWS - 58 minutes ago
Effort to Scrap Anti-Nuclear Law in Minn. Ramps Up A push to scrap a Minnesota law barring new nuclear power plants gained a pair of influential supporters Tuesday, adding intensity to a debate before a state Legislature that has narrowly resisted the change. Brian Bakst, AP NEWS - 58 minutes ago
Why Did Britain Go to War in Iraq? Exhaustive hearings into why Britain entered the Iraq war have just opened in London, but critics are already branding it a failure. Reuters Video, REUTERS NEWS VIDEO - 60 minutes ago
Report: Iran Lifts Ban on Popular Newspaper An Iranian news agency reports that the judiciary has after just a day lifted its ban on a popular newspaper which ran a photo of a Baha'i temple. Staff, AP NEWS - 65 minutes ago
Banks Earn $2.8B in 3Q; FDIC Says Dangers Persist The apparent end of the recession and stabilizing financial markets have not cured the banking industry, as souring and past-due loans have reached the highest levels in 26 years, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said Tuesday. Daniel Wagner, AP NEWS - 66 minutes ago
Verizon Opposes Sprint’s “Most Dependable” Claim A national advertising watchdog is asking Sprint Nextel Corp. to drop its ads calling itself “America’s most dependable 3G network.” Staff, AP NEWS - 66 minutes ago
NC Dad Defends Letting Mom Take Girl Later Slain The father of a North Carolina girl who was kidnapped and killed said Tuesday he made the best decision he could at the time when he let her live with her mother, who has since been charged with prostituting the child. Staff, AP NEWS - 67 minutes ago
Reports on Consumer Confidence, GDP Tug at Stocks Stocks retreated from 13-month highs after a lackluster reading on consumer confidence and a report showing slower economic growth sapped the market’s optimism. Stephen Bernard and Sara Lepro, AP NEWS - 70 minutes ago
A.R. Rahman, Jennifer Hudson Headline State Dinner It’s an all-star lineup for Tuesday’s first state dinner of the Obama White House: Oscar-winners Jennifer Hudson and A.R. Rahman headline the entertainment list. Staff, AP NEWS - 70 minutes ago
SPIN METER: Legislation Inflation Grips GOP Republicans love to get their hands on the Democrats' health care legislation. They show it to the cameras at every opportunity, even piling one version on top of another to make a big pile look even bigger. Calvin Woodward and Douglass K. Daniel, AP NEWS - 73 minutes ago
CPSC Chief Pledges Swift Action After Crib Recall The head of the Consumer Product Safety Commission promised swift action to get dangerous products off the market, after acknowledging Tuesday that it didn’t move quickly enough on a record recall of more than 2 million cribs linked to four deaths. C. Kerr, AP NEWS - 76 minutes ago
New Blackout Hits Rio’s Glitzy Beach Neighborhoods Rio de Janeiro’s posh beach neighborhoods lost power for hours in sweltering summer weather Tuesday, prompting restaurants to toss out spoiled food and business owners to send their employees home. Alan Clendenning, AP NEWS - 81 minutes ago
Rare Economic Espionage Case Ends in Jury Deadlock Two men accused of the rare charge of economic espionage against the U.S. have been acquitted on two counts, but they could face a retrial on three other counts on which a jury deadlocked. Jordan Robertson, AP NEWS - 82 minutes ago
Chicago Club Owners Get Prison in 2003 Stampede A judge says two owners of a Chicago nightclub where 21 people were killed in a stampede down a stairwell six years ago must go to prison. Staff, AP NEWS - 82 minutes ago
Captain in NJ Jet Crash Faces Federal Charges The captain of a charter jet that crashed on takeoff at a New Jersey airport in 2005 has been indicted on charges of fraud and lying to investigators. Staff, AP NEWS - 82 minutes ago
Bolivia Police Bust 5 Cocaine Labs, 1 Officer Shot Bolivian police say they have busted five cocaine labs and arrested two people in a remote Indian village after a confrontation in which an officer was shot. Staff, AP NEWS - 82 minutes ago
Home Prices Up Slightly in September The summer’s trend of rising home prices faded at the end of the traditional home shopping season, two reports Tuesday showed. Alan Zibel, AP NEWS - 82 minutes ago
Jordan King Orders Electoral Law Reform Jordan’s King Abdullah II on Tuesday ordered his government to amend the country’s controversial election law and ensure a “transparent” vote, a day after he dissolved parliament. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 82 minutes ago
Yemen Rebels Say Army Joining With Saudis to Attack Them Shiite rebels on Tuesday accused Yemen’s army of cooperating with Saudi forces to launch attacks against them, and also said they had defeated a multi-pronged Saudi assault from across the border. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 82 minutes ago
Turkey, Israel Pledge to Mend Battered Ties Turkey and Israel Tuesday pledged commitment to improve ties as an Israeli minister held talks in Ankara, the first since the Jewish state’s war in Gaza poisoned ties between the two regional allies. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 82 minutes ago
Medvedev Orders Probe of Lawyer’s Prison Death President Dmitry Medvedev ordered a probe into the prison death of a lawyer arrested in a high-profile tax case, the Kremlin said Tuesday, following allegations of “mediaeval” prison treatment in Russia. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 82 minutes ago
Rare Baudelaire Papers Up for Grabs Personal letters, first edition copies and even a suicide note penned by 19th century French poet Charles Baudelaire go on sale next week in Paris. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 82 minutes ago
US Airways Delays Delivery of 54 Airbus Aircraft US Airways said Tuesday it had delayed the delivery of 54 Airbus aircraft as part of spending cuts over the next three years aimed at returning the struggling airline to profitability. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 82 minutes ago
US Third Quarter Growth Revised Down to 2.8 Percent US economic growth in the third quarter was slower than initially estimated, the Commerce Department said Tuesday in cutting its estimate to a 2.8 percent annual pace of expansion. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 82 minutes ago
Ireland Hit by Public Sector Strike Against Cuts Recession-hit Ireland was severely disrupted by a one-day strike Tuesday as about 250,000 public sector workers protested at planned austerity cuts in next month’s budget. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 82 minutes ago
Merkel Waiting for ‘Thank-You Letter’ From GM German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday she was expecting a “comprehensive thank-you letter” from General Motors for huge loans to keep the auto maker’s Opel unit afloat, which she said had now been repaid. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 82 minutes ago
EU’s Top Executive Refuses to Rule Out Brussels Tax The European Union’s top executive on Tuesday refused to rule out a bloc-wide tax on its half-billion population, in remarks sure to raise eurosceptic hackles. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 82 minutes ago
Darfur Peacekeepers Await News on Abducted Workers Three weeks have passed without news of two kidnapped civilians working for the joint United Nations African Union Mission in Darfur, a UNAMID spokesman said on Tuesday. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 83 minutes ago
Kadhafi and Erdogan Discuss Mideast, UN Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi on Tuesday held talks with visiting Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the Middle East peace process and other “international issues,” news agency Jana said. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 83 minutes ago
Del Potro Keeps Alive Tour Finals Tennis Challenge US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro kept alive his challenge at the ATP World Tour Finals with a 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7/1) victory over Fernando Verdasco on Tuesday. Afp, AFP EUROPEAN EDITION - 83 minutes ago
Premier League Strugglers Portsmouth Sack Hart Paul Hart became the first English Premier League manager to lose his job this season after he was “relieved of his duties” by basement club Portsmouth on Tuesday. Afp, AFP EUROPEAN EDITION - 83 minutes ago
Premier League Strugglers Portsmouth Sack Hart Paul Hart has been “relieved of his duties as first-team manager” of Portsmouth, a statement issued by the English Premier League basement club said on Tuesday. Afp, AFP EUROPEAN EDITION - 83 minutes ago
Families Want Blair Answers as Iraq War Probe Begins The first full-scale inquiry into Britain’s role in the Iraq war opened Tuesday with families of soldiers killed in combat desperate to hear Tony Blair justify the decision to join the US-led invasion. Afp, AFP EUROPEAN EDITION - 83 minutes ago
W.Pa. Nuclear Reactor Stops After ‘Unusual Event’ The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says a leak was discovered at a western Pennsylvania reactor, but workers quickly resolved it and no radioactive release was reported. Staff, AP NEWS - 83 minutes ago
US Offers $5M Reward for Palestinian Bomb Maker The U.S. State Department is offering a reward of up to $5 million for a Palestinian bomb maker suspected of targeting commercial airliners and aiding the Iraq insurgency. Adam Goldman and Randy Herschaft, AP NEWS - 83 minutes ago
Prisoner Swap Could Win Release of Popular Leader At the top of the list of Palestinian prisoners likely to be freed in a possible swap for an Israeli soldier is a firebrand politician many Palestinians believe is a likely future president who can pull them out of their current political deadlock. Ben Hubbard, AP NEWS - 83 minutes ago
3 Generations of Wyeths to Be Sold in NYC Three generations of Wyeth artworks will be auctioned next month, including 14 original oil canvases by N.C. Wyeth that were used to lavishly illustrate the classic adventure tale of “Robinson Crusoe.” Ula Ilnytzky, AP NEWS - 85 minutes ago
Treasurys Rise on Good Results for 5-Year Auction Treasury prices rose Tuesday after solid results from an auction of five-year notes shored up the market’s confidence that demand for U.S. government debt would remain strong. Stephen Bernard, AP NEWS - 89 minutes ago
Fed Says Jobless Rate to Drop ‘Slowly’ The Federal Reserve says the unfolding recovery will probably be gradual, as modest growth keeps the nation’s unemployment rate elevated over the next several years. Jeannine Aversa, AP NEWS - 89 minutes ago
Shuttle, Station Crews Seal Hatches for Departure After nearly a week together, the crews of shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station said goodbye Tuesday and closed the hatches between them. Marcia Dunn, AP NEWS - 89 minutes ago
Senator Urges Adidas to Keep NBA Uniforms in USA The official uniforms for NBA players could soon be made in Asia, a move drawing sharp criticism from a prominent lawmaker in Congress. Sam Hananel, AP NEWS - 90 minutes ago
Crude Prices Sink Below $76 Per Barrel Oil prices fell below $76 a barrel Tuesday with new data showing a slow U.S. economic recovery and consumer confidence that remains lukewarm at best. Dirk Lammers, AP NEWS - 91 minutes ago
USDA: States Struggling to Administer Food Stamps With more Americans going hungry than ever before, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is concerned that dozens of states aren’t adequately administering food stamp programs designed to provide food to low-income Americans. Henry C. Jackson, AP NEWS - 92 minutes ago
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