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Top Stories: Kingston, Dec. 23 : An American Airlines plane has reportedly crashed after overshooting the runway at an airport in Jamaica in heavy rain. ANI Wed, 23 Dec 2009 07:20:14 -0500Washington, Dec 23 (RIA Novosti) About 40 people were injured as an American Airlines plane split into two after overshooting a runway in the airport of Kingston, Jamaica, local media said Wednesday. IANS Wed, 23 Dec 2009 06:30:03 -0500New York, Dec 23 : Jessica Simpson has posted a bizarre video on Twitter of her using an ear wax candle. ANI Wed, 23 Dec 2009 05:20:25 -0500New York, Dec 23 : A college freshman in Vermont has filed a lawsuit against her school for not providing separate bathrooms for men and women, according to reports. ANI Wed, 23 Dec 2009 05:20:14 -0500London, Dec 23 : American singer Tori Amos has revealed that she would run alongside former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin if she ever contested for vice presidential post again. ANI Wed, 23 Dec 2009 05:20:04 -0500New York, Dec 23 : When one is wife of California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, traffic laws don't really matter. ANI Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:50:23 -0500Washington, Dec. 23 : Osama Bin Laden-controlled terrorists came within minutes of assassinating former US President Bill Clinton during his 1996 Philippines visit, a new book has revealed. ANI Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:50:01 -0500London, December 23 : Michael Jackson was tracked by agents around the world after the singer was accused of child abuse, according to the star's secret FBI file. ANI Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:20:30 -0500Nevada (US), Dec 23 : Hindus have approached Embassy of India in Washington DC asking for approaching the United States Government for apology from Fox News regarding its comments about holy river Ganges, which they found denigrating. ANI Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:20:15 -0500New York, Dec 23 : Eva Longoria Parker will soon launch her signature scent 'Eva by Eva Longoria'. ANI Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:20:08 -0500New York, Dec 23 : A will prepared by late actress Brittany Murphy leaves her entire estate to her mother, Sharon Murphy, it has emerged. ANI Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:20:05 -0500New York, Dec 23 : Doubts are growing about the coroner's belief that Brittany Murphy died of natural causes. ANI Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:20:03 -0500Madrid, Dec 23 (IANS/EFE) Thousands of travellers, many of them Latin American immigrants trying to head home for Christmas, remained stranded here after Spanish airline Air Comet shutdown its operations. IANS Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:10:02 -0500Washington, Dec 23 (IANS) Talks between the US and Russia on a successor to the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) will resume in mid-January next year, State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said Tuesday. IANS Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:40:07 -0500Washington, Dec 23 (IANS) December is 'a very real deadline' for Iran to 'pursue its responsibilities' on the nuclear issue, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Tuesday. IANS Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:00:02 -0500INDIANAPOLIS and MONTGOMERY, Ala., Dec. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY), Kowa Company, Limited, and Kowa's U.S. subsidiary, Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc., today ann... RedOrbit Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:25:16 -0500BUFFALO GROVE, Ill. Dec. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Home Warranty of America, one of the leading providers of home warranties and options in the United States, announced the release of a new Apple iPhone appl... RedOrbit Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:25:15 -0500(AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)U.S. Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ) answers a phone call in Rio de Janeiro, Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2009. Brazil's Supreme Court chief justice ruled Tuesday in favor of David G... The Examiner Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:16:02 -0500(AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)Richard and Mayumi Heene arrive at court for sentencing on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009, in Fort Collins, Colo., in connection with the "Balloon Boy" hoax. Richard and Mayumi Heene ... The Examiner Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:16:00 -0500Judge Rebecca Dallet to separate the cases. Separate trials would make it harder for prosecutors to show links between one case and another.Dallet said Wednesday there are enough similarities between ... The Examiner Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:15:59 -0500(AP Photo/Denis Poroy, File)FILE -In this Thursday, Dec. 6, 2001, file photo, Former President Jimmy Carter, speaks at the opening of the Joan B. Kroc Institute For Peace and Justice on the campus of ... The Examiner Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:15:58 -0500An electrical problem outside New York City put train service at a standstill up and down the East Coast for three hours Wednesday, leaving commuters and holiday travelers stopped in their tracks or s... The Examiner Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:15:57 -0500(AP Photo/David Zalubowski)Passengers inch through the arrival area for the passenger train at Denver International Airport as they try to leave the Mile High City before a holiday storm roars into th... The Examiner Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:15:56 -0500At the time of his arrest in September, authorities said they were investigating the teen for 12 to 14 other arson wildfires going back to 2006 because of a "commonality" between the blazes.Khim, the ... The Examiner Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:15:55 -0500Miller Park Zoological Society made about $5,000 selling reindeer-dropping ornaments last year. It added necklaces this year when customers asked if jewelry was available.The reindeer droppings are de... The Examiner Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:15:54 -0500Ohio woman who asked that police be called after she caught her 6-year-old daughter shoplifting a package of stickers said Wednesday that she was just trying to teach the girl a lesson early in life. The Examiner Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:15:53 -0500Stymied by snow, frozen ground and a vague lead, homicide investigators have postponed a search for the remains of an elderly woman with Alzheimer's disease who police say was shot to death and incine... The Examiner Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:15:52 -0500THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN JOSE, Calif. -- In a Dec. 19 story about San Jose police testing head-mounted cameras, The Associated Press misstated a potential $4 million cost to the department each yea... Seattle Post-Intelligencer Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:07:04 -0500NEW YORK -- The children skip noisily through the museum, rambunctious as any normal 9-year-olds on a field trip from school. Suddenly they stop in their tracks, startled by a sight so strange they ha... Seattle Post-Intelligencer Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:07:03 -0500THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SUN VALLEY, Idaho -- An Idaho man who says he suffered 10 weeks of pain and stiffness before doctors discovered they'd left a broken device in his knee during surgery is suing ... Seattle Post-Intelligencer Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:07:03 -0500THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SANTA ANA, Calif. -- Immigration officials have accused a Southern California pastor of helping foreigners fraudulently obtain student visas and handing out phony diplomas at a... Seattle Post-Intelligencer Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:07:02 -0500THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES -- A Los Angeles judge has denied a request from an AIDS advocacy group calling for mandatory use of condoms on porn sets. Judge David Yaffe on Tuesday rejected a ... Seattle Post-Intelligencer Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:07:01 -0500Cuba , may not close until 2011 because of anticipated appropriation struggles in Congress, the need to change federal law and construction time to upgrade an Illinois facility to hold detainees. USA Today Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:06:35 -0500 Dec. 23: GOP Senator Olympia Snowe tells msnbc's Norah O'Donnell that after initially supporting the Senate health care bill, she's now voting against it due to "sweetheart" deals now included in... MSNBC Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:05:27 -0500The experience inspired Sharpe, who lives in Washington's Virginia suburbs, to start Pets2Vets, a group that pairs veterans with homeless pets by arranging adoptions of shelter animals. It has made tw... MSNBC Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:05:26 -0500(CNN) -- A judge in Colorado sentenced the father who in October falsely reported his 6-year-old son was aloft in an escaped balloon to 90 days on Wednesday. CNN Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:04:12 -0500Editor's note: Rep. Louise M. Slaughter, a Democrat, represents the 28th Congressional District of New York. Slaughter is the first woman to chair the House Rules Committee and the only microbiologist... CNN Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:04:10 -0500Bloomington, Minnesota (CNN) -- One of the messiest aspects of the holiday season is fighting the holiday traffic, especially during the last-minute shopping rush. But the Mall of America, the mammoth... CNN Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:04:07 -0500MIAMI - Police are investigating another horse slaughtering in South Florida. The Miami-Dade Police Department was called to a farm early this morning, where authorities say a slaughtered horse was d... TBO.com Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:52:32 -0500A man was found fatally shot outside a Miami apartment complex Wednesday, police said.The man appeared to be in his 20s, police spokeswoman Kenia Reyes said. He was found in the 1100 block of Northwes... Sun-Sentinel Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:52:19 -0500Miami Police are searching for a robber who shot one victim and used a stun gun on another.According to Miami Police, it all began when someone was robbed at gunpoint on the intersection of Southwest ... Sun-Sentinel Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:52:15 -0500Miami Police are searching for a robber who shot one victim and used a stun gun on another.According to Miami Police, it all began when someone was robbed at gunpoint on the intersection of Southwest ... Sun-Sentinel Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:52:15 -0500Customs agents in Miami have seized several shipments of toys from China considered dangerous by the Consumer Product Safety Commission.The toys contained hazardous materials, including lead paint, or... Sun-Sentinel Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:52:12 -0500FORT COLLINS, Colo. (Reuters) - The Colorado man who claimed his son had floated off in the sky in a runaway helium balloon was sentenced on Wednesday to 90 days in jail, most of that on a work-releas... Reuters Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:51:57 -0500LOS ANGELES - (Business Wire) Union Bank, N.A., and The American Heart Association (AHA) have announced a four-year agreement to promote the AHA’s Start! movement in Los Angeles, Orange, and San... Earth Times Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:51:02 -0500AMSTERDAM (AP) ? A Dutch court ruled Wednesday that 14-year-old sailor Laura Dekker can remain in her father's custody after she ran away from home and traveled alone to the Caribbean. WBZ4 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:26:17 -0500VILLHERMOSA, Mexico (AP) ? A Mexican prosecutor says a gang linked with a top drug lord is responsible for slaying relatives of a marine who was honored as a national hero after his death in a ... WBZ4 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:26:16 -0500BANGKOK (AP) ? North Korea, banned from selling arms by U.N. sanctions, may have gambled and lost when it dispatched 35 tons of weapons by air rather than by sea as it has done in the past. Aut... WBZ4 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:26:15 -0500BAGHDAD (AP) ? Bombs targeted Iraqi Christians and Shiite Muslims Wednesday, killing at least seven people and wounding about four dozen before coinciding religious observances that will take p... WBZ4 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:26:14 -0500BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) ? The late communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu was deceived by his advisers and still believed Romanians adored him hours before his overthrow, his only surviving child... WBZ4 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:26:11 -0500"},"id":"ymh-browse-load","current_item":"17278813"}], "data":{"total":300,"items":{"17278813":{"clipId":"17278813","title":"Inside the Obamas' 'Winter White House'","subtitle":"ABC News","descriptio... Yahoo! News Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:24:03 -0500FORT WORTH, Texas -- Both engines of an American Airlines jet tore off as the plane overshot a runway while landing during a rainstorm in Jamaica.Fort Worth-based American spokesman Tim Smith said We... Miami Herald Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:45:01 -0500(AP Photo/David Zalubowski)Passengers inch through long security lines at Denver International Airport as they try to leave the Mile High City before a holiday storm roars into the intermountain West ... The Examiner Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:39:37 -0500Mayumi Heene pleaded guilty to charges that they carried out the balloon stunt in October to promote a reality TV show. They reported that their 6-year-old son was floating away in a helium balloon.Ri... The Examiner Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:39:35 -0500Officials at Connecticut's highest security prison say an inmate slashed a guard's throat with a homemade blade, prompting the correctional facility to go on lockdown.State... The Examiner Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:39:31 -0500. (NYSE: MTG), MGIC disclosed Tuesday. The complaint alleges that MGIC has denied, and continues to deny, valid mortgage insurance claims submitted by Countrywide and BAC Home Loans. The mortgage fir... Business Journal Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:34:46 -0500Senior Obama administration officials released a new action plan Tuesday aimed at bolstering the federal government's role in solving California's water crisis and restoring the vast freshwater estuar... The Seattle Times Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:33:18 -0500By GREG RISLINGASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER LOS ANGELES -- A Metrolink commuter train collided Wednesday with a vehicle that had been hurled onto the tracks after being struck from behind by another veh... Seattle Post-Intelligencer Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:30:02 -0500THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK -- Workers at ground zero don't have to go far to grab a bite to eat. A Subway sandwich shop that went up on Wednesday is bringing fast food to the top of the Freedom... Seattle Post-Intelligencer Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:30:02 -0500By GREG BLUESTEINASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER ATLANTA -- Former President Jimmy Carter is offering the Jewish community an apology for any of his "words and deeds" that may have upset them. Carter writ... Seattle Post-Intelligencer Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:30:01 -0500BLOOMINGTON, Ill. -- Necklaces and Christmas ornaments made from dime-sized pieces of reindeer droppings have earned a Bloomington, Ill., zoo nearly $21,000 this holiday season. The Miller Park Zoolo... Seattle Post-Intelligencer Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:30:01 -0500THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SOMERS, Conn. -- Officials at Connecticut's highest security prison say an inmate slashed a guard's throat with a homemade blade, prompting the correctional facility to go on l... Seattle Post-Intelligencer Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:30:00 -0500By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 2010 Lincoln MKT FWD BASE PRICE: $44,200 for base model. AS TESTED: $48,995. TYPE: Front-engine, front-wheel drive, seven-passenger, large, crossover sport utility vehicl... Seattle Post-Intelligencer Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:30:00 -0500Buyers looking for a memorable and luxurious new crossover sport utility vehicle that can seat up to seven people won't have to look beyond the 2010 Lincoln MKT. This new, 17.3-foot-long, five-door L... Seattle Post-Intelligencer Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:30:00 -0500THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HOLYOKE, Mass. -- A 72-year-old Vermont woman whose wheelchair was stolen out of her daughter's car is pleading for the thief to return her lifeline. Lucille Riccio of Wilming... Seattle Post-Intelligencer Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:29:59 -0500By MARYCLAIRE DALEASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER PHILADELPHIA -- The National Park Service has called off a planned deer hunt at Valley Forge National Historical Park this winter. Legal and logistical is... Seattle Post-Intelligencer Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:29:59 -0500By KEN RITTERASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER LAS VEGAS -- A wind-whipped, three-alarm blaze swept through an apartment complex early Wednesday in a middle class neighborhood east of the Las Vegas Strip. C... Seattle Post-Intelligencer Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:29:58 -0500Workers and officials sift through debris surrounding the fuselage of American Airlines flight AA331 which crash landed overnight on a flight from Miami to Jamaica, just beyond the runway of Norman Ma... MSNBC Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:28:14 -0500FORT COLLINS, Colo. - Richard Heene was sentenced to 90 days in jail, including 60 days work release, for fabricating a story that his 6-year-old son had been carried off by a homemade balloon. His wi... MSNBC Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:28:13 -0500An anonymous man dressed in a Santa suit handed out envelopes containing $100 each to 100 unsuspecting shoppers Tuesday evening at the store in Portland. MSNBC Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:28:10 -0500So what did they find with regards to jobs? Looking at Q2 2009 to Q3 2009, the overall percent change in employment change in the top 100 largest metro areas was -0.5 percent and also -0.5 percent for... CNN Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:26:54 -0500Dec. 23 (Bloomberg) -- New York Times Co. and Gannett Co. jumped in New York trading after a Wells Fargo & Co. analyst said advertising sales were improving and upgraded both publishers’ sha... BusinessWeek Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:24:06 -0500Simon Cowell will be on “American Idol” when the show returns Jan. 12 with a two-hour special. There are reports that this will be his last season. TBO.com Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:15:05 -0500NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York's famed restaurant and celebration spot Tavern on the Green has asked a bankruptcy court to approve the sale of its tableware and art, including Tiffany stained glass, mu... Reuters Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:14:33 -0500BOSTON - (Business Wire) State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT), one of the world’s leading providers of financial services to institutional investors to institutional investors, announced today t... Earth Times Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:13:38 -0500(2/18/2008) A showdown could erupt in Springfield Wednesday over the holiday display at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. Republican State Comptroller candidate William J. Kelly says he ... CBS 2 Chicago Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:10:08 -0500Osama Bin Laden-controlled terrorists came within minutes of assassinating former US president Bill Clinton during his 1996 Philippines visit, a new book has revealed.Bill Clinton was saved shortly be... Daily Star Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:05:44 -0500A Mega Millions jackpot worth $162 million was hit last night, but Powerball still has a huge grand prize up for grabs tonight. The Mega Millions winner was sold in Suffolk County, N.Y., but nine oth... Philadelphia Daily News Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:03:41 -0500One of the final tasks remaining for Ruben Amaro Jr. in this busy off-season for the Phillies is to fortify a bullpen that was a weakness last season. The market is full of relievers, and a few even ... Philadelphia Daily News Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:03:39 -0500A tractor moves sand in Harvey Cedars. A ruling that homeowners be paid $480,000 for loss of ocean view could "be the end of beach replenishment," the mayor said. Philadelphia Daily News Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:03:36 -0500Senior Obama administration officials released a new action plan Tuesday aimed at bolstering the federal government's role in solving California's water crisis and restoring the vast freshwater estuar... Gadsden Times Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:57:08 -0500BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) ? The late communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu was deceived by his advisers and still believed Romanians adored him hours before his overthrow, his only surviving child... WBZ4 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:48:54 -0500NEW YORK (AP) ? Oil prices rose above $76 a barrel Wednesday after bigger than expected U.S. draws in crude and gasoline inventories sent energy prices jumping higher. WBZ4 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:48:52 -0500TORONTO (AP) ? The second outage of BlackBerry service in less than a week frustrated people who depend on the messaging device and comes at a bad time for its maker, which faces increasing com... WBZ4 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:48:51 -0500LONDON (AP) ? British leader Gordon Brown won't testify before his country's investigation of the Iraq war until after the next general election, the committee behind the inquiry said Wednesday... WBZ4 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:48:50 -0500WARSAW, Poland (AP) ? Poland's culture minister has promised the Auschwitz museum money to step up security after the infamous "Arbeit Macht Frei" ("Work Sets You Free") sign was stolen from th... WBZ4 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:48:49 -0500DUBLIN (AP) ? A second Roman Catholic bishop in Ireland says he's resigning in the wake of a damning investigation into decades of church cover-up of child abuse in the Dublin archdiocese. WBZ4 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:48:48 -0500An American Airlines flight carrying 154 people skidded across a Jamaican runway in heavy rain, bouncing across the tarmac and injuring more than 40 people before it stopped just short of the…... Yahoo! News Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:46:34 -0500"},"id":"ymh-browse-load","current_item":"17278811"}], "data":{"total":300,"items":{"17278811":{"clipId":"17278811","title":"Inside the Obamas' 'Winter White House'","subtitle":"ABC News","descriptio... Yahoo! News Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:46:32 -0500Federal prosecutors said a man robbed a post office while he was supposed to be confined to his home wearing an electronic ankle bracelet. A federal magistrate jailed 47-year-old Albert Ervin, of Burg... WTOV 9 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:09:59 -0500News ), Wednesday, reported a profit for the third quarter as compared with a loss in the comparable period last year, despite a decline in revenues. The profit reflects lower expenses and the absence... RTT News Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:02:31 -0500AMCG ), an information technology company specializing in developing and operating mobile phone multiplayer networked games, has engaged Michael Glass as its Director of North American Development.... Market Wire Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:58:34 -0500The government is spending $40 million in federal stimulus funds to pull water from underground aquifers in drought-stricken California, even as evidence is growing that the well-drilling boom could d... Miami Herald Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:58:26 -0500(AP Photo/David Zalubowski)Passengers inch through long security lines at Denver International Airport as they try to leave the Mile High City before a holiday storm roars into the intermountain West ... The Examiner Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:52:50 -0500(AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)U.S. Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ) answers a phone call in Rio de Janeiro, Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2009. Brazil's Supreme Court chief justice ruled Tuesday in favor of David G... The Examiner Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:52:49 -0500(AP) - Federal regulators under President Barack Obama have sharply shifted course on long-standing policy toward pharmaceutical residues in the nation's drinking water, taking a critical first step t... CNS News Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:50:23 -0500 |
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