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12 September 2010

In first for Afghan war, award goes to living vet (AP)

In first for Afghan war, award goes to living vet (AP)


In first for Afghan war, award goes to living vet (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 02:48 PM PDT

This undated handout photo provided by the Defense Department shows Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta. President Barack Obama will award Giunta with the first Medal of Honor to a living service member from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to receive the Medal of Honor, the White House announced Friday Sept. 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Richard Bumgardner, Defense Department)AP - The first living service member from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to receive the Medal of Honor said Saturday the award honors more than a dozen fellow soldiers who were part of a deadly ambush three years ago.


Unsettled nation marks 9/11 with rituals of sorrow (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 02:28 PM PDT

Visitors to the temporary Flight 93 memorial in Shanksville, Pa., participate in a sunset memorial service on Friday, Sept 10, 2010.  (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)AP - Rites of remembrance and loss marked the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, familiar in their sorrow but observed for the first time Saturday in a nation torn over the prospect of a mosque near ground zero and the role of Islam in society.


DR Congo bans 'conflict mining'

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 02:27 PM PDT

President Kabila bans mining in three provinces of DR Congo to allow the government to tackle a "mafia" controlling the trade.

G.O.P. Leader Is Tightly Bound to Lobbyists

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 02:24 PM PDT

As Democrats increasingly try to cast John A. Boehner of Ohio, the House minority leader, as the face of the Republican Party, his ties to lobbyists are under attack.

On Sept. 11 Anniversary, Rifts Amid Mourning

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 02:24 PM PDT

Thousands of relatives of 9/11 victims gathered as a nation debated whether an Islamic center should be built near ground zero and President Obama pleaded for religious tolerance.

Obama says Islam not the enemy on tense 9/11 anniversary (AFP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 02:20 PM PDT

New York City Honor Guard carry a flag found at Ground Zero on 9/11 to begin the ceremony commemorating the September 11th 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York. President Barack Obama told a deeply polarized America that Islam is not the enemy as ceremonies took place to mark an unusually tense, ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.(AFP/POOL/Peter Foley)AFP - President Barack Obama told a deeply polarized America on Saturday that Islam is not the enemy as somber ceremonies marked an unusually tense ninth anniversary of the September 11 attacks.


6 dead in Kentucky shooting

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 02:10 PM PDT

An unidentified man in Kentucky shot and killed five people before turning the gun on himself after a domestic dispute on Saturday, Breathitt County Sheriff Ray Clemons told CNN. Among the dead are the man's wife and stepson, the sheriff said.

Nadal reaches first US Open final (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 02:00 PM PDT

Rafael Nadal, of Spain, reacts after defeating Mikhail Youzhny, of Russia, in three sets during a men's semifinal match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010.  (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)AP - Rafa made it. Then he had to wait to see if Roger would join him.


Religion and GDP

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 02:00 PM PDT

Ohne Titel: Tight and White

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 01:58 PM PDT

At 12:30 p.m., half an hour after the doors opened at the Ohne Titel show and moments after a curtain was dropped at the entrance, the curtain reopened to admit Olivier Zahm, the editor of Purple magazine, who was still trying to stuff change from a cab ride back into his too-tight jeans as the show began.

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