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2008-10-10 16:22	AFP	Nalbandian joins Nishikori in Stockholm tennis semis STOCKHOLM (AFP) - Japanese teenager Kei Nishikori dismissed his own illness worries to advance into the semi-finals of the Stockholm Open without firing a shot on Friday while top seed David Nalbandian was barely tested with a quick victory in just over an hour....
2008-10-10 16:17	AP Top News	Stocks end worst week mixed after wild session NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street has ended a wild session with its best showing of the week after investors went in search of bargains among stocks devastated by seven days of massive losses. The Nasdaq composite index finished with a modest gain, while the Dow Jones industrials lost 126 points, a relataively mild drop after the blue chips fell 2,271 during the previous eight trading days. Still, the Dow, which traded in a range of 1,019 points Friday, had its worst week ever, as did the Standard & Poor's 500 index....
2008-10-10 16:17	AP Top News	Mom of missing Fla. girl can access evidence ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - The mother of a missing 3-year-old Florida girl will have access to her car and forensic tests completed by authorities trying to figure out what happened to the child, a judge ruled Friday. But she'll have to wait to find out whether she can leave her home while on house arrest to help explain her version of events to her attorneys, because Ninth Circuit Judge Stan Strickland delayed ruling on that request. Casey Anthony, 22, has been called a suspect in the girl's disappearance, but so far has not been charged with anything except child neglect. Authorities say the child was not reported missing for more than a month, and her mother faces 14 felony charges, including forging checks, fraud, and theft, and one misdemeanor charge of lying to police....
2008-10-10 16:07	AP International	French police dismantle stolen-art ring PARIS (AP) - The French Interior Ministry says police have dismantled a large network of stolen and trafficked art in western France....
2008-10-10 16:07	AP International	PM: No early elections in Ukraine KIEV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukraine's prime minister said Friday there will be no early parliamentary elections, defying a presidential decree and raising the stakes in her fierce political battle with the president....
2008-10-10 16:07	AP International	Former SF supervisor pleads guilty to corruption SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A former San Francisco supervisor has pleaded guilty to three felonies related to an attempted shakedown of business owners....
2008-10-10 16:07	AP International	Gunmen kill 11 in northern Mexican bar CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) - Gunmen opened fire at a bar in the northern Mexican city of Chihuahua, killing 11 people, officials said Friday....
2008-10-10 16:07	AP International	Hijackers of ship off Somalia issue ultimatum NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - The pirates who hijacked an arms-laden Ukrainian tanker off Somalia issued an ultimatum Friday and threatened to destroy the ship if no ransom is paid, a spokesman for the bandits said....
2008-10-10 16:07	AP International	For older voters, too, a call for change THE VILLAGES, Fla. (AP) - The town squares here reliably fill at the same time every day as retirees pile in for singing and dancing. Restaurants offer the same early-bird specials on the same days each week, and patrons wake up to swallow the same pills over the same breakfast. There is a rhythm to life, one often found in the familiarity and comfort of routines....
2008-10-10 16:07	AP International	Suicide-prevention net under Golden Gate endorsed SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A stainless steel net may soon hang underneath the Golden Gate Bridge to stop people from attempting suicide by jumping off....
2008-10-10 16:07	AP International	Iraq contractor gets 3 years in child porn case ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A federal judge rejected arguments Friday from a former civilian contractor in Iraq who said his sentence for possessing child pornography should be lighter to more closely align with what military personnel would face....
2008-10-10 16:07	AP International	Judge: Castroneves can race in Australia MIAMI (AP) - A Miami judge has agreed to modify bail conditions on tax charges so Helio Castroneves can race later this month in Australia....
2008-10-10 16:07	AP Top News	Station regrets remarks on Magic Johnson, AIDS MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A Minneapolis radio station said Friday it would air public service announcements on HIV/AIDS after a pair of talk hosts accused Magic Johnson of faking AIDS. KTLK's Chris Baker and Langdon Perry made the remarks during Baker's conservative talk show on Wednesday. After Johnson condemned the statements, the station said on Friday it regretted "some off-hand remarks" by the pair. According to a partial transcript and audio clip posted on a media watchdog site, mediamatters.org, the remarks came after a caller asserted that health care isn't a basic right. Perry responded by asking about treatable diseases that a person can live with for a long time "if you just get some basic drugs."...
2008-10-10 16:00	Reuters UK	Stronger Hurricane Norbert heads for Mexico's Baja
2008-10-10 15:55	Reuters UK	G7 pledges united crisis response
2008-10-10 15:52	AP International	Man, 88, fatally shoots ailing wife at NJ hospital TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) - An elderly man fatally shot his ailing wife in her hospital bed Friday and was in critical condition after turning the gun on himself, an official said....
2008-10-10 15:52	AP International	Ukraine PM says no to early elections KIEV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukraine's prime minister says there will be no early parliamentary elections, defying a presidential decree that set a Dec. 7 vote....
2008-10-10 15:47	AP International	Would-be King biographer caught in sibling feud ATLANTA (AP) - An author and minister who spent hours interviewing Coretta Scott King for her biography said Friday that she may abandon the project because of the drawn-out, public legal feud among the King siblings....
2008-10-10 15:47	AP International	For military, bad economy aids recruiting WASHINGTON (AP) - The tough economy could make it easier to sign up soldiers....
2008-10-10 15:42	Reuters Lead Headline	Stocks' turbulent ride Wall St. endured a wild session as stocks gyrated from steep plunges to modest gains amid fears that tighter credit would spawn a world recession....
2008-10-10 15:42	AP Top News	Stocks seesaw, rise modestly in late-day trading NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street seesawed Friday, with the Dow Jones industrials spinning from an early loss of nearly 700 points to a modest late-day advance while investors looked for bargains after eight straight days of massive losses. The Dow still headed for its worst week ever, though, as investors still worried about credit markets that remain near paralysis. The hair-trigger mentality of the market was evident from the opening bell. The Dow fell to its lows in the first 15 minutes, recovered to an advance of more than 100 before the first hour was over, then turned sharply lower again before wavering toward the day's end. Investors were nervously in the last hour of trading, which has tended to see the heaviest selling over the past week of tremendous losses....
2008-10-10 15:42	AFP	It's l'amour for Chinese wedding couples TOURS, France (AFP) - The forty couples may have already tied the knot at home but, for these young Chinese, getting married in France was a dream come true....
2008-10-10 15:42	Reuters, International	Stocks' turbulent ride Wall St. endured a wild session as stocks gyrated from steep plunges to modest gains amid fears that tighter credit would spawn a world recession....
2008-10-10 15:32	AP International	Israeli hospital hosts cancer-stricken Iranian boy JERUSALEM (AP) - The head of an Israeli hospital where an Iranian boy is being treated for a brain tumor said Friday he hoped the gesture will help improve understanding between the bitterly divided countries....
2008-10-10 15:32	AP International	Kan. tribal 'secretary of state' gets prison term WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - The "secretary of state" of a group that claims to be an American Indian tribe was sentenced Friday to one year and one day in prison for encouraging illegal immigrants to live in the U.S....
2008-10-10 15:32	AP International	NKorea's Kim skips party anniversary celebration SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea's reportedly ailing Kim Jong Il skipped a celebration of the 63rd anniversary of the ruling Workers' Party on Friday, but hours later state-run media described an energetic visit to a military unit....
2008-10-10 15:32	AP Top News	Stocks seesaw, extend losses to 8th straight day NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street seesawed but still extended its devastating decline Friday as investors, seeing no resolution to the credit crisis, propelled the Dow Jones industrials to their eighth straight day of losses and worst week ever. Stocks gyrated in the opening minutes as a burst of buying in financial stocks spread to other sectors, and also fluctuated in the final hour of trading. The hair-trigger mentality of the market was evident from the opening bell. The Dow fell nearly 700 points in the first 15 minutes, recovered to an advance of more than 100 before the first hour was over, then turned sharply lower again. Investors were nervously awaiting the last hour of trading, which has tended to see the heaviest selling over the past week of tremendous losses....
2008-10-10 15:32	AP Top News	NASA presses ahead for Mars rover launch in 2009 LOS ANGELES (AP) - NASA has decided to press ahead with plans to launch a big new rover to Mars next year. Friday's decision comes after concerns were raised about the budget and technical progress for the Mars Science Laboratory. The head of the Mars exploration program at NASA headquarters says the space agency will look at the mission's progress again in January....
2008-10-10 15:22	AP International	NY election mix-up: 'Osama' on the ballot TROY, N.Y. (AP) - Who is running for president? In an upstate New York county, hundreds of voters have been sent absentee ballots in which they could vote for "Barack Osama."...
2008-10-10 15:22	AP International	US seeks support before delisting North Korea WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration is trying to build consensus among its negotiating partners before removing North Korea from a terrorism blacklist in hopes of salvaging nuclear disarmament talks, U.S. officials said Friday....
2008-10-10 15:22	AP International	Economy is overriding issue in governors' races (AP) - In his bid to become the next governor of Missouri, Rep. Kenny Hulshof survived a bitter primary that at one point saw the candidates bashing each other for supporting public funding for drugs such as Viagra....
2008-10-10 15:20	Reuters UK	Christina Applegate kept cancer diagnosis a secret
2008-10-10 15:17	AP Top News	McCain, Obama offer dueling ideas to save economy WASHINGTON (AP) - John McCain and Barack Obama outlined steps to counter the faltering economy and plummeting stock market on Friday, fresh evidence of the dominant role of pocketbook issues in their race for the White House. McCain, lagging in the polls, called for legislation suspending a requirement that investors age 70 1/2 begin to liquidate their retirement accounts. "To spare investors from being forced to sell their stocks at just the time when the market is hurting the most, these rules should be suspended," the Republican presidential candidate said in a speech in LaCrosse, Wis....
2008-10-10 15:12	AP International	Iraqi PM: Top cleric won't block US pact BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraq's prime minister said Friday that the country's most influential Shiite cleric will leave the decision on the future of U.S. troops to the government and parliament — a step that could remove a major obstacle to a deal....
2008-10-10 15:12	AP International	Peru says 19 killed in rebel bomb attack LIMA, Peru (AP) - Shining Path rebels ambushed a column of military trucks in Peru's southeastern mountains with a bomb and gunfire, the military high command said Friday, killing 12 soldiers and seven civilians in the deadliest rebel attack in years....
2008-10-10 15:12	AP International	In food crisis, Cuba limits sales so all can eat HAVANA (AP) - Cuba is limiting how much basic fruits and vegetables people can buy at farmers' markets, irritating some customers but ensuring there's enough — barely — to go around....
2008-10-10 15:12	AP International	McCain, Obama offer dueling ideas to save economy WASHINGTON (AP) - John McCain and Barack Obama outlined steps to counter the faltering economy and plummeting stock market on Friday, fresh evidence of the dominant role of pocketbook issues in their race for the White House....
2008-10-10 15:12	AP International	La. state senator pleads guilty in laundering case NEW ORLEANS, La. (AP) - A Louisiana state senator has submitted his resignation after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering....
2008-10-10 15:12	AP International	Soldier punished in beating of Jewish trainee SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Fort Benning officials say a trainee has been punished in the beating of a Jewish soldier, but won't face military proceedings....
2008-10-10 15:12	AP International	Bush raises $2 million in Florida, South Carolina CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) - President Bush worked to allay fears about the financial crisis on Friday then left the White House and headed south to raise nearly $2 million for the Republican Party in South Carolina and the battleground state of Florida....
2008-10-10 15:12	AP Top News	Eileen Herlie of 'All My Children' dies at 90 NEW YORK (AP) - Eileen Herlie, a stage and TV actress who appeared on "All My Children" for more than three decades as the motherly Myrtle Fargate, has died at 90. Herlie died Wednesday of pneumonia, said Julie Hanan Carruthers, the ABC soap opera's executive producer. The actress joined the long-running show in 1976 to play Myrtle, who became the surrogate mother to many of the soap's major characters, including Erica Kane, portrayed by Susan Lucci....
2008-10-10 15:12	AP Top News	Woman, 72, moves after finding snakes in apartment Woman, 72, moves after finding snakes in apartmentMIDDLETOWN, Del. (AP) - When 72-year-old Gladys Dressner first saw two snakes last in her new apartment last month, she froze. Days later, when an eight-inch snake crawled across her bed, she screamed. Finally, after stepping on a baby black rat snake, she moved. A Maryland exterminator killed six snakes that were captured in Dressner's Middletown apartment. All six were about eight inches long and harmless. The exterminator suspects a previous tenant kept an adult snake as a pet....
2008-10-10 15:05	Reuters UK	U.S. may soon remove NKorea from blacklist
2008-10-10 15:02	AP International	Oil plunges to 13-month low on global slowdown NEW YORK (AP) - Oil prices plunged in another violent sell-off Friday, briefly tumbling below $78 a barrel as investors grow more pessimistic about the prospects for resolving a mushrooming global economic crisis....
2008-10-10 15:02	AP International	Cambodian couple saw house in half in divorce PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - A couple in rural Cambodia has terminated their 18-year marriage with a divorce settlement that entailed sawing in two the wooden house they once shared, villagers said Friday. The husband, 42-year-old Moeun Sarim, has taken away with him all the bits and pieces of his half a house, said his 35-year-old wife, Vat Navy....
2008-10-10 15:02	AP International	Gates: More troops needed during Afghan elections BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates asked NATO allies Friday to consider increasing troop levels in Afghanistan next year during the elections, a move made for past votes in Iraq....
2008-10-10 14:57	AP International	Half sister of Cindy McCain dies PHOENIX (AP) - A half sister of Cindy McCain, wife of Republican presidential candidate John McCain, has died of Alzheimer's disease, the family announced....
2008-10-10 14:47	AP International	10 years after Shepard, no federal hate crime law CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - Matthew Shepard's mother still mourns lost opportunities to battle hate crimes and promote a greater tolerance of gays in the 10 years since her 21-year-old son was beaten, tied to a wooden fence and left for dead in a frigid Wyoming pasture....
2008-10-10 14:47	AP Top News	Bush says financial rescue plan big enough to work WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush said Friday that the government's financial rescue plan was aggressive enough and big enough to work, but would take time to fully kick in. "We can solve this crisis and we will," he said in brief remarks from the White House Rose Garden. Bush spoke as leaders of the world's top economies gathered in Washington amid frozen credit markets, panic selling in stock markets and a looming global recession....
2008-10-10 14:42	AP International	Court considers case on judicial ethics WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court justices regularly confront cases involving companies they own shares in or that employ a family member. The decision is easy — the justices have a conflict of interest that forces them to play no role in the case....


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