Investors Throw Another $50 Million Into SpaceX

Investors Throw Another $50 Million Into SpaceX
GOP investigators take aim at health care overhaul (AP)
Pentagon can't explain 'missile' off California (AP)
Nearly 4,500 passengers wait on stuck cruise ship (AP)
NY man looking for drugs calls 'Crime Stoppers' (AP)
PM raises human rights with China
ACLU sues to stop Defense of Marriage Act (Reuters)
Hearst Official to Replace Klein at Helm of N.Y. Schools
Democratic chairmen back Hoyer for No. 2 slot (AP)
Conan O’Brien Makes Fun Of Internet, Bites Hand That Feeds Him

Posted: 09 Nov 2010 03:21 PM PST

GOP investigators take aim at health care overhaul (AP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2010 03:19 PM PST

AP - Republicans plan to use the investigative powers of Congress to go after President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, and they're focusing on questions uppermost in the minds of consumers:

Pentagon can't explain 'missile' off California (AP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2010 03:19 PM PST

AP - The Pentagon said Tuesday it did not know what created a vapor trail that crossed the skies off the Southern California coast and resembled a missile launch.

Nearly 4,500 passengers wait on stuck cruise ship (AP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2010 03:18 PM PST

AP - The nearly 4,500 passengers and crew of the Carnival Splendor have no air conditioning or hot water. They are low on food. And for at least another 24 hours, they have no way out. What began as a seven-day cruise to the picturesque Mexican Riviera stopped around sunrise when an engine room fire cut power to the 952-foot vessel and set it adrift off Mexico's Pacific coast.

NY man looking for drugs calls 'Crime Stoppers' (AP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2010 03:12 PM PST

AP - A New York man looking to buy drugs misdialed and got the sheriff's "Crime Stoppers" line instead. Erie County Sheriff's Detective Alan Rozansky said he got a call around noon on Monday and answered with his usual "Crime Stoppers." The caller apparently didn't hear that and told Rozansky he was looking "to score" drugs.

PM raises human rights with China

Posted: 09 Nov 2010 03:02 PM PST

David Cameron raises the issue of human rights in talks with China, during what he called a "vitally important" trade mission to the country.

ACLU sues to stop Defense of Marriage Act (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Nov 2010 03:01 PM PST

Reuters - The American Civil Liberties Union filed suit on Tuesday challenging the constitutionality of a federal law defining marriage as between a man and a woman, contending it denies equal protection for gays and lesbians.

Hearst Official to Replace Klein at Helm of N.Y. Schools

Posted: 09 Nov 2010 02:59 PM PST

Cathie Black, the former publisher of USA Today and chairwoman of Hearst Magazines, will become the New York City Schools Chancellor, as Joel I. Klein goes to the News Corporation.

Democratic chairmen back Hoyer for No. 2 slot (AP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2010 02:50 PM PST

AP - Seven Democratic House chairmen have endorsed Rep. Steny Hoyer to become the Democrats' second in command in the next Congress when Republicans regain control of the House. The support from such veterans as Henry Waxman of California and Barney Frank of Massachusetts is the latest development in the race for the vote-counting whip post between the Maryland Democrat and Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina.