http://www.newsmeat.com/NEWSMEAT publishes daily news and Americas most popular campaign donor search engine.Copyright 2007 Polity Mediaen-ushttp://www.newsmeat.com/images/nmlogo.gifhttp://www.newsmeat.com/Tue, 6 Jan 2009 05:20:22 -0500HeadlinesA judge has approved a legal settlement that requires outgoing Gov. Matt Blunt to hand over thousands of e-mails to investigators, but leaves unresolved the question of whether Blunt’s office violated public records laws.http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39820456&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281David A. LiebTue, 06 Jan 2009 09:11 GMThttp://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39820456&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281 Iraqi police say gunmen have killed a member of President Jalal Talabani’s political party in a drive-by shooting in the northern city of Kirkuk.http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39819240&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281StaffTue, 06 Jan 2009 08:55 GMThttp://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39819240&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281 The new spiritual leader of the Detroit area’s 1.4 million Roman Catholics is a Michigan native who is invoking a city slogan about hope as he takes charge of a region tangled in economic woes.http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39819239&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281Ed WhiteTue, 06 Jan 2009 08:54 GMThttp://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39819239&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281 Pakistani authorities "must have had" a hand in the deadly Mumbai siege, India’s prime minister said Tuesday, stopping just short of directly accusing Islamabad of aiding the gunmen.http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39819238&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281Ashok SharmaTue, 06 Jan 2009 08:54 GMThttp://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39819238&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281 Two more months of mortgage payments and retiree Allan Goldstein says he’ll be broke, just another victim in what may be the biggest Ponzi scheme in history.http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39819223&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281Marcy GordonTue, 06 Jan 2009 08:43 GMThttp://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39819223&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281 President-elect Barack Obama’s selection of an old White House hand to head the CIA shows a preference for a strong manager over an intelligence expert.http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39819221&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281Pamela HessTue, 06 Jan 2009 08:41 GMThttp://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39819221&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281 The morning after the Nov. 4 election, Norm Coleman stood before TV cameras, declared victory in Minnesota’s U.S. Senate election and said that if he were opponent Al Franken he’d "step aside."http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39819220&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281Patrick CondonTue, 06 Jan 2009 08:39 GMThttp://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39819220&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281 TOKYO, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso acknowledged on Tuesday that a family firm had used POWs to work in a mine during World War Two, and that the government had been mistaken when it denied that fact when he was foreign minister.http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39819213&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281Yoko KubotaTue, 06 Jan 2009 08:38 GMThttp://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39819213&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281 Police say a man suspected of robbing four banks has been shot and killed after leading officers on a high-speed chase in central Illinois.http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39819211&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281StaffTue, 06 Jan 2009 08:38 GMThttp://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39819211&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281 Asian stock markets were mostly higher Tuesday, shrugging off lackluster trade overnight in the U.S. and Europe amid growing optimism the world economy would start to recover later this year.http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39819212&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281Jeremiah MarquezTue, 06 Jan 2009 08:38 GMThttp://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39819212&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281 President-elect Barack Obama’s proposed stimulus package would provide businesses with billions of dollars in refunds on taxes they paid several years ago.http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39819167&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281Stephen OhlemacherTue, 06 Jan 2009 08:36 GMThttp://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39819167&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281 The Democratic-dominated Congress convenes Tuesday to confront perhaps the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression and to grapple with a hugely ambitious agenda set by President-elect Barack Obama.http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39819139&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281Andrew TaylorTue, 06 Jan 2009 08:32 GMThttp://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39819139&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281 Health care continued to take up a greater share of the economy in 2007, as spending on hospitals, doctors and other services increased 6.1 percent to $2.2 trillion.http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39819140&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281Kevin FrekingTue, 06 Jan 2009 08:32 GMThttp://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39819140&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281 MUMBAI, Jan 6 (Reuters) - A nationwide strike by tens of thousands of Indian truckers entered its second day on Tuesday, pushing up prices of some commodities and threatening to choke supplies of fruits and vegetables.http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39819138&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281Rina ChandranTue, 06 Jan 2009 08:32 GMThttp://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39819138&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281 * Israeli ground offensive widens to south Gaza * Twenty-two Palestinians, 4 Israeli soldiers killed * Israel sets key condition for ceasefirehttp://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39819136&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281ReutersTue, 06 Jan 2009 08:31 GMThttp://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39819136&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281 Despite a state budget crisis and a crumbling national economy, Iowa legislators will nonetheless take on one of the most expensive problems in state history — flood recovery.http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39819125&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281Nigel DuaraTue, 06 Jan 2009 08:28 GMThttp://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39819125&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281 A Chinese woman suspected of having bird flu has died in a Beijing hospital, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Tuesday.http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39819121&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281StaffTue, 06 Jan 2009 08:25 GMThttp://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39819121&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281 Jan 6 (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Tuesday that Pakistan was whipping up war hysteria, and that the Mumbai attacks must have had support from some official agencies within its nuclear-armed neighbour.http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39819120&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281ReutersTue, 06 Jan 2009 08:24 GMThttp://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39819120&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281 President-elect Barack Obama’s studied silence on the subject of Israel’s 10-day-old war against Palestinian Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip is only partly out of deference to the man who still has the big job for two more weeks.http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39819108&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281Anne GearanTue, 06 Jan 2009 08:23 GMThttp://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39819108&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281 TEHRAN, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Iran wants to send a message to the new U.S. administration and Arab governments that it is a power to be reckoned with in the region by championing the cause of its Palestinian ally, Hamas, in its fight with Israel.http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39818183&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281Edmund BlairTue, 06 Jan 2009 08:14 GMThttp://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39818183&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281 Although he calls himself a senator, Roland Burris has found little support among fellow Democrats in his effort to take the Senate seat to which embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich appointed him.http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39818115&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281StaffTue, 06 Jan 2009 08:14 GMThttp://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39818115&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281 Frustration is mounting at Egypt’s border with the Gaza Strip, where many local and foreign doctors are stuck after Egyptian authorities denied them entry into the coastal area now under an Israeli ground invasion.http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39817172&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281Rebecca SantanaTue, 06 Jan 2009 08:05 GMThttp://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39817172&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281 Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne defended his two-year tenure in Washington, D.C., saying it was highlighted by ethics reforms he hopes will improve the agency’s integrity after a slew of scandals.http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39816438&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281John MillerTue, 06 Jan 2009 07:58 GMThttp://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39816438&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281 * Indian Prime Minister accuses Pakistan of war hysteriahttp://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39816432&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281ReutersTue, 06 Jan 2009 07:53 GMThttp://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39816432&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281 NEW DELHI, Jan 6 (Reuters) - India may be frustrated and even outwitted by Pakistan over the Mumbai attacks, after placing its faith in diplomacy and the support of the United States.http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39816418&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281Simon DenyerTue, 06 Jan 2009 07:49 GMThttp://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39816418&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281 Two gunmen shot a Muslim cleric to death inside a mosque in southern Afghanistan, the second such incident in the area in less than two weeks, an official said Tuesday.http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39816405&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281StaffTue, 06 Jan 2009 07:43 GMThttp://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39816405&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281 Chinese state media has reported that a suspected bird flu patient has died in a Beijing hospital.http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39816404&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281StaffTue, 06 Jan 2009 07:42 GMThttp://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39816404&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281 The good girl gone bad has promised to be good for one night.http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39816398&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281Sean YoongTue, 06 Jan 2009 07:38 GMThttp://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39816398&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281 Want to hear Cameron Crowe’s thoughts on winning an Oscar or see how king-sized movie posters are assembled? How about a sneak peek at some of the exclusive exhibitions held at the film academy’s Beverly Hills headquarters?http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39816397&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281Sandy CohenTue, 06 Jan 2009 07:34 GMThttp://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39816397&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281 GAZA, Jan 6 (Reuters) - An Israeli air strike killed three Palestinians in a United Nations school in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, medical workers and U.N. officials said.http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39816396&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281ReutersTue, 06 Jan 2009 07:33 GMThttp://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39816396&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281 New Jersey’s highest court is grappling with one of the thorniest issues facing criminal justice today: what to do in cases where witnesses to a crime have been threatened or intimidated by defendants to the point where they refuse to testify in court.http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39816392&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281Wayne ParryTue, 06 Jan 2009 07:31 GMThttp://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39816392&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281 Mother Nature really had it out for some of New Mexico’s chile farmers this season.http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39816390&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281Melanie DabovichTue, 06 Jan 2009 07:22 GMThttp://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39816390&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281 ANKARA, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Russian gas supplies to Turkey from a western pipeline passing through Ukraine have been completely cut, Turkey’s Energy Minister Hilmi Guler told reporters on Tuesday.http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39816380&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281ReutersTue, 06 Jan 2009 07:14 GMThttp://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39816380&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281 The home of a giant land crab, a sunken island ringed by pink-colored coral, and equatorial waters teeming with sharks and other predators are being designated national marine monuments by President George W. Bush in the largest marine conservation effort in history.http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39815854&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281Dina CappielloTue, 06 Jan 2009 07:07 GMThttp://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39815854&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281 SEOUL, Jan 6 (Reuters) - South Korean opposition MPs said on Tuesday they would end a sit-in protest at parliament and pass a number of reforms the ruling party says are needed to steer the export-driven economy through the global financial crisis.http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39815847&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281Jon HerskovitzTue, 06 Jan 2009 07:07 GMThttp://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39815847&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281 BEIJING, Jan 6 (Reuters) - China faces surging protests and riots in 2009 as rising unemployment stokes discontent, a state-run magazine said in a blunt warning of the hazards to Communist Party control from a sharp economic downturn.http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39815766&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281Chris BuckleyTue, 06 Jan 2009 07:06 GMThttp://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39815766&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281 Following is a summary of current sports news briefs.http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39815135&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281ReutersTue, 06 Jan 2009 07:01 GMThttp://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39815135&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281 Jan 6 (Reuters) - Following are developments in the fighting in the Gaza Strip as of 0730 GMT:http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39814858&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281ReutersTue, 06 Jan 2009 06:54 GMThttp://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39814858&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281 * Toyota to suspend production in Japan for 11 dayshttp://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39814853&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281ReutersTue, 06 Jan 2009 06:53 GMThttp://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39814853&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281 JERUSALEM, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Israel on Tuesday set a key condition for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, saying it would not agree to a truce unless it included provisions to prevent Hamas from rearming.http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39814838&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281ReutersTue, 06 Jan 2009 06:38 GMThttp://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39814838&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281 Ukraine’s gas company Naftogaz said Tuesday that Russia cut natural gas supplies to Europe by about two-thirds, raising the stakes in a spiraling dispute between the two neighbors that bodes ill for European consumers.http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39814835&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281Maria DanilovaTue, 06 Jan 2009 06:34 GMThttp://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39814835&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281 India’s prime minister said the sophistication of the Mumbai siege means that Pakistani authorities must have had a hand in the attack, but he was careful Tuesday not to directly accuse Islamabad, keeping tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals at a low burn.http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39814817&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281Ashok SharmaTue, 06 Jan 2009 06:15 GMThttp://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39814817&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281 SEOUL, Jan 6 (Reuters) - North Korea has replaced five ministers in the past few months, a South Korea government agency said on Tuesday, while a leading daily newspaper said the impoverished state was shaking up its leadership team.http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39814816&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281Jon HerskovitzTue, 06 Jan 2009 06:13 GMThttp://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39814816&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281 * Israeli ground offensive widens to south Gaza * Three Israeli soldiers killed by "friendly fire" * 18 Palestinians killed on Tuesday * Sarkozy on Middle East peace missionhttp://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39814801&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281ReutersTue, 06 Jan 2009 06:08 GMThttp://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39814801&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281 Increasingly unpopular Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso rejected calls Tuesday for his resignation, insisting he needs to steer the world’s second-largest economy out of recession.http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39814800&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281StaffTue, 06 Jan 2009 06:03 GMThttp://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39814800&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281 Opposition lawmakers ended their violent, 12-day siege of South Korea’s parliament Tuesday after blocking — for now — a U.S. free trade deal and other legislation.http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39814408&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281StaffTue, 06 Jan 2009 05:56 GMThttp://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39814408&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281 Filipino fishermen rescued an endangered sea cow, pushing it back into open water after it was stranded off a beach in the western Philippines, conservationists said Tuesday.http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39814394&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281StaffTue, 06 Jan 2009 05:52 GMThttp://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39814394&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281 A fire in suburban Detroit has damaged a boarding house built for employees of inventor Thomas Edison that was among the first buildings to get electric lighting.http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39814393&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281StaffTue, 06 Jan 2009 05:52 GMThttp://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39814393&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281 COLOMBO, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Masked gunmen with grenades destroyed the main studio of Sri Lanka’s largest private broadcaster on Tuesday, after state media criticised it for coverage of a Tamil Tiger suicide blast last week.http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39814391&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281Ranga SirilalTue, 06 Jan 2009 05:49 GMThttp://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39814391&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281 Ukraine’s gas company Naftogaz says Gazprom has cut natural gas supplies to Europe by two-thirds.http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39814389&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281StaffTue, 06 Jan 2009 05:47 GMThttp://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=39814389&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281