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Florida pastor not backing down on Koran-burning (Reuters)

Dove World Outreach Center church pastor Terry Jones announces the burning of the korans will continue as planned during a news conference in Gainesville, Florida September 8, 2010. REUTERS/Scott AudetteReuters - An obscure U.S. Christian pastor whose plan to burn copies of the Koran on September 11 has sparked an international outcry said on Wednesday he would go ahead with the event despite warnings it would endanger American troops in Afghanistan and Iraq.




09/08/2010 04:58 PM

China-U.S. ties improving, Hu tells White House team (Reuters)

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama greets devotees as he arrives to give a religious talk at the Tsuglakhang temple in Dharmsala, India, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. The talks, requested by a Southeast Asian group, will end Friday. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)Reuters - China and the United States said on Wednesday that their sometimes rocky relationship is sounder after talks in Beijing, with both putting an optimistic face on ties that have been jolted by economic and security tensions.




09/08/2010 04:28 AM

Why Ohio? Behind Obama's choice of Cleveland for jobs speech (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - Ohio makes or breaks presidencies. That’s one reason why President Obama picked Cleveland to unveil a new plan for economic recovery just 55 days before voters decide whether Democrats keep their majorities in the House and Senate.

09/08/2010 11:27 AM

Fidel Castro says Cuban model no longer works (Reuters)

A man works at a chemist shop with a poster of Cuban President Raul Castro and his brother, former leader Fidel Castro, on the wall in Havana September 8, 2010. Fidel Castro said Cuba's economic model no longer works, a U.S.-based journalist reported on Wednesday following interviews with the former president last week. Jeffrey Goldberg, a writer for the Atlantic Monthly magazine, wrote in a blog that he asked Castro, 84, if Cuba's model - Soviet-style communism - was still worth exporting to other countries and he replied, Reuters - Fidel Castro said Cuba's economic model no longer works, a U.S.-based journalist reported on Wednesday following interviews with the former president last week.




09/08/2010 11:28 AM

Why Obama Doesn't Need to Woo Big Business (U.S. News & World Report)
U.S. News & World Report - Those poor CEOs. After clawing their way to the top and laying off millions to survive the recession, they've been forced to endure harsh rhetoric out of the White House and criticism of their lavish pay. President Obama has derided them as greedy "fat cats." Now that hits them where it hurts. Congress has targeted their companies for new taxes. An "anti-business" mentality emanates from Washington, as a chill whips through America's golf and yacht clubs.

09/08/2010 10:06 AM

Judge refuses to lift ban on government stem cell funds (Reuters)

A microscopic view shows a colony of human embryonic stem cells (light blue) growing on fibroblasts (dark blue). REUTERS/Alan Trounson/California Institute for Regenerative Medicine/HandoutReuters - A U.S. judge refused on Tuesday to lift a ban on federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research despite Obama administration warnings it would set back key research and cost more than a thousand jobs.




09/08/2010 04:42 AM

Australia's Foster's rejects 2.5 bln dlr wine bid (AFP)

Australian drinks giant Foster's Wednesday knocked back an offer worth up to 2.7 billion dollars (2.46 billion US) from a private equity firm for its wine assets but said it would consider other bids.(AFP/File/Greg Wood)AFP - Australian drinks giant Foster's Wednesday knocked back an offer worth up to 2.7 billion dollars (2.46 billion US) from a private equity firm for its wine assets but said it would consider other bids.




09/07/2010 10:20 PM

CVS Caremark to give away up to $5M in flu shots (AP)
AP - CVS Caremark Corp. said Wednesday it will give away up to $5 million in seasonal flu vaccinations to people without health insurance.

09/08/2010 06:51 AM

Special Report: The Tea Party goes to school (Reuters)

Gabriel Thomas, 9, of Middletown, New York wears a sign around his neck at a tax day rally by Tea Party activists in the New York City suburb of New City, New York, April 15, 2010. REUTERS/Mike SegarReuters - Some Tea Partiers admit mistakes were made. Others are quick to describe the movement's recent efforts in the political arena as not quite ready for prime time.




09/08/2010 05:45 AM

Defiant Florida church says Koran burning to go ahead (AFP)

A trailer with a sign announcing the Koran burning sits outside the entrance to the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Florida. A small Florida church shrugged off a wave of global outrage and vowed to go ahead with a Koran burning ceremony, as local officials drew up plans to tamp down the protest.(AFP/Phelan M. Ebenhack)AFP - A small Florida church shrugged off global outrage and vowed to go ahead with a Koran burning ceremony amid growing fears it will ignite a wave of Islamic rage.




09/08/2010 06:43 PM
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