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AP: US to remove North Korea from terror blacklist
WASHINGTON — The Bush administration plans to remove North Korea from a terrorism blacklist on Saturday after getting assurances the Stalinist nation has agreed to a plan to inspect its nuclear facilities, The Associated Press has learned.President Bush signed off on the move on Friday in a bid to salvage a...

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24 Killed, 45 Injured In Bombings And Shootings Across Iraq
A car bomb exploded in a market in southern Baghdad late Friday afternoon, killing at least 14 people and prompting an outburst of sectarian rioting, according to police and witnesses.The attack was one of numerous bombings and shootings around the country in which 24 people were killed and 45 injured. They illustrated...

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G7 Nations Vow Coordination On Financial Crisis But Offer Few Details
The United States and six other nations that are among the world's richest agreed on Friday to a coordinated plan to rescue the financial industry, but fell short of offering concrete steps to backstop bank lending on a day when fear tightened its grip on investors from Wall Street to Hong Kong.Treasury Secretary Henry...

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General Motors And Chrysler Discuss Merger
General Motors is in preliminary talks about a possible merger with Chrysler, a deal that could drastically remake the landscape of the auto industry by reducing the Big Three of Detroit automakers to the Big Two.The talks between G.M. and Cerberus Capital Management, the private equity firm that owns Chrysler, began...

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Thoughts On The Sarah Palin Troopergate Report
Troopergate Report: Palin "Unlawfully Abused Her Authority" [AP]Here's the operative part of the report:More on Sarah Palin

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Alaska panel finds Palin abused power in firing AP - Sarah Palin unlawfully abused her power as governor by trying to have her former brother-in-law fired as a state trooper, the chief investigator of an Alaska legislative panel concluded Friday. The politically charged inquiry imperiled her reputation as a reformer on John McCain's Republican ticket. McCain booed after trying to calm anti-Obama crowd AP - The anger is getting raw at Republican rallies and John McCain is acting to tamp it down. McCain was booed by his own supporters Friday when, in an abrupt switch from raising questions about Barack Obama's character, he described the Democrat as a "decent person and a person that you do not have to be scared of as president of the United States." "I Love You, but I'm Not in Love with You."Aaarrrrrgggh. Dear Margo - DEAR MARGO: I am a 23-year-old woman who is dating a 47-year-old man. US to buy stake in banks; first since Depression AP - The government will buy an ownership stake in a broad array of American banks for the first time since the Great Depression, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said late Friday, announcing the historic step after stock markets jolted still lower around the world despite all efforts to slow the selling stampede. Man dies after balloon crashes in flames in N.M. AP - A hot air balloon crashed into power lines and burst into flames Friday during Albuquerque's annual balloon fiesta, throwing both men on board to the ground and killing one of them. Witnesses said that winds had picked up a bit and that many of the balloons were flying low right before the Wings of Wind balloon crashed in Bernalillo, just north of Albuquerque. Stocks end worst week mixed after wild session AP - Wall Street capped one of its worst weeks ever with a wild session Friday that saw the Dow Jones industrials gyrate within a 1,000 point range before closing with a relatively mild loss and the Nasdaq composite index actually ending with a modest advance.

Fuel tanks catch fire after the hot air balloon Wings of Wind ... (AP) - Fuel tanks catch fire after the hot air balloon Wings of Wind hits power lines during the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta in Bernaillo, N.M. on Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. The balloon scattered debris across the town north of Albuquerque as it disintegrated, killing one man and injuring another. (AP Photo/Terri Bordelon) The Wings of Wind hot-air balloon catches fire after crashing ... (AP) - The Wings of Wind hot-air balloon catches fire after crashing into power lines during the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta in Bernaillo, N.M. on Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. The balloon scattered debris across the town north of Albuquerque as it disintegrated, killing one man and injuring another. (AP Photo/Terri Bordelon) Blazing fuel tanks hang from a hot-air balloon that slammed ... (AP) - Blazing fuel tanks hang from a hot-air balloon that slammed into power lines during the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta in Bernaillo, N.M. on Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. The balloon scattered debris across the town as it disintegrated, killing one man and injuring another. (AP Photo/Terri Bordelon) Blazing fuel tanks are seen hanging from a hot-air balloon that ... (AP) - Blazing fuel tanks are seen hanging from a hot-air balloon that slammed into power lines during the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta in Bernaillo, N.M. on Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. The balloon scattered debris across the town as it disintegrated, killing one man and injuring another. (AP Photo/Terri Bordelon) Actress Megan Fox arrives at the premiere of 'Eagle Eye' in ... (AP) - Actress Megan Fox arrives at the premiere of 'Eagle Eye' in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles) File photo shows a military parade to mark the 60th anniversary ... (AFP/KCNA/File) - File photo shows a military parade to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of North Korea at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang. Tha hardline Stalinist state has fired short-range missiles into international waters in the Yellow Sea amid continuing diplomatic efforts to persuade it to abide by a nuclear disarmament deal.(AFP/KCNA/File/Kcna Via Korean News Service)

NY election mix-up: 'Osama'on the ballot (AP) 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." Woman, 72, moves after finding snakes in apartment (AP) 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. Woman accused of serving pot-laced cake to guest (AP) AP - West Hartford police said they charged a 51-year-old woman with assault, reckless endangerment and tampering with evidence after she allegedly served a marijuana-tainted ginger cake to her real estate agent. What happens after you flush? RI offers new tour (AP) AP - Ever wonder what happens after you yank the chain on the old commode? Rhode Island is offering tours of several wastewater treatment facilities during what its dubbed the first annual "Rhode Island Water Infrastructure Month." Dog dies after saving man in Trinidad from fire (AP) AP - A man whose dog rescued him from a house fire in Trinidad said the animal died after running back into the burning building. Trinidad &Tobago Express newspaper quoted Anderson Marcano as saying that he woke up because the dog kept barking and tugging at his pants. Marcano said he smelled the smoke and was shocked to find his house on fire. Crackdown on tight trousers cancelled (Reuters) Reuters - South Sudan's president shut down a police investigation Wednesday that saw scores of young women arrested for "disturbing the peace"by wearing tight trousers. How safe is your city? Put it to the bicycle test (Reuters) Reuters - How long will an unchained bicycle last on a city street before someone steals it? For sale: Yourself, in Legos (Reuters) Reuters - For the golf enthusiast who still has $1 million to spare after the Wall Street meltdown: a backyard golf course custom-designed by champ Jack Nicklaus for Christmas.

US to buy stake in banks; first since Depression WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government will buy an ownership stake in a broad array of American banks for the first time since the Great Depression, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said late Friday, announcing the historic step after stock markets jolted still lower around the world despite all efforts to slow the selling stampede.... Stocks end worst week mixed after wild session NEW YORK (AP) -- Wall Street capped one of its worst weeks ever with a wild session Friday that saw the Dow Jones industrials gyrate within a 1,000 point range before closing with a relatively mild loss and the Nasdaq composite index actually ending with a modest advance. Investors were still agonizing over frozen credit markets, but seven days of massive losses and the possibility of further government support for the markets tempted some investors late in the session.... G7 endorses plan to battle financial crisis WASHINGTON (AP) -- Finance officials from the world's top economic powers endorsed a plan Friday to stem the worst financial crisis in more than a half-century....

Jolie says Pitt changed her mind about pregnancy AP - Angelina Jolie, an advocate of adoption, credits partner Brad Pitt with her decision to have biological children.