Obama: Economic recovery has been 'painfully slow'

President Obama today acknowledged that bouncing back from the recession has been "painfully slow," but insisted that the economy continues to grow.

Ashes combed for gas blast victims

At least three people are dead, dozens are injured and more than 170 homes are damaged after a natural-gas line blast set a California neighborhood on fire.

Living paratrooper to get Medal of Honor

An Army paratrooper who risked his life to save fellow soldiers will become the first living service member to receive the Medal of Honor for service in Iraq or Afghanistan, the White House said Friday.

Florida pastor unclear on Quran burning

Plans by a Florida church to burn copies of the Quran have been called off, the pastor said Friday, apparently seeking to end confusion over what he intends to do.

Trump offers to buy Islamic center site

Real estate mogul Donald Trump has offered to buy the lower Manhattan site where a Muslim group plans to build an Islamic community center for 25 percent more than the current owners paid for it.

Opinion: A week for faith to unite us

This is no ordinary week. Take a look at the calendar.

Judge rules against 'Don't ask, don't tell'

A federal court in Riverside, California, ruled Thursday that the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy -- which bars gay men and lesbians from serving openly -- is unconstitutional.

Oil drilling platform arrives at Chile mine

A large oil drilling platform arrived Thursday at the Chilean mine where 33 trapped miners are awaiting rescue.

Dem target of Tea Party speaks mind

Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson from Orlando, Florida, is known for speaking his mind.

'Manhatten' ice island splits in two

A massive ice island four times the size of Manhatten that broke off the Petermann Glacier early last month has split in two.

Obama pleads for Koran row calm

President Obama makes a plea for religious tolerance, as a church threatening to burn the Koran demands contact with a New York imam.

MPs 'held back' on phone inquiry

MPs held back in an inquiry into phone-hacking allegations for fear that their own private lives could be targeted, a former MP claims.

Wayne Rooney requesting privacy

Wayne Rooney and his wife Coleen ask the media to respect their privacy while they discuss newspaper allegations about the footballer.

40,000 police jobs 'threatened'

As many as 40,000 front-line police jobs may be at risk across England and Wales if funding cuts of 25% go ahead, the Police Federation says.

Royal Mail sell-off is confirmed

The government confirms it is to press ahead with a complete sale of Royal Mail, following an updated review of the postal service.

Church abuse detailed in Belgium

Harrowing details of alleged sex abuse by Roman Catholic clergy in Belgium are released by an official Church investigator.

Connaught sale saves 2,500 jobs

About 2,500 jobs are saved after administrators KPMG agree to sell most of Connaught's failed social housing group.

Jones wants to be first minister

Plaid Cymru leader Ieuan Wyn Jones tells his party conference that after next year's assembly elections he wants to be first minister of Wales.

Garden burial murder son jailed

A man is jailed for at least 16 years for murdering his father and burying his remains in concrete in a garden in Buckinghamshire.

Several die in California blast

At least four people have been killed in an explosion which tore through a town near San Francisco, officials say.

Investors bet on prisoner rehab

A "payment-by-results" project to cut reoffending is officially launched, with investors getting a return only if reoffending drops.

C4 bids farewell to Big Brother

Former air steward Brian Dowling is the bookies' favourite to win Ultimate Big Brother as the Channel 4 reality show comes to an end.

Naturist gardener gives council a dressing down

A naturist claims a council has breached his human rights after it approved plans for houses overlooking his garden in a West Yorkshire village.

Revealed: The 'knicker spy' who sang for Hitler

A photograph of a little-known World War II spy who sang for Adolf Hitler while concealing secret documents in her knickers is to be sold at auction.

England defeat spirited Pakistan

England compound Pakistan's off-field problems with a deserved 24-run win to take a 1-0 lead in the five-game one-day series.

Vettel heads Ferrari duo at Monza

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel steals Ferrari's thunder to set the pace in practice at the Italian Grand Prix.

Ferguson brushes off Rooney talk

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson refuses to discuss Wayne Rooney's off-field problems or the hostile reception he might face at Everton on Saturday.

Live text - Wozniacki v Zvonareva

Caroline Wozniacki meets Vera Zvonareva before Venus Williams faces Kim Clijsters on women's semi-finals day at the US Open.

Pakistan trio set to return home

The three Pakistan cricketers questioned by police over alleged spot fixing are to fly home.

Three jailed over 'filmed' rape

Three men are jailed for a sex attack on a woman which only came to light when the victim saw footage of it on a mobile phone.

Benefits shame for lifeboat hero

A lifeboat crew member who won a bravery award for a daring rescue was claiming disability benefit at the same time, a court is told.

Man arrested over 'grenade siege'

A 22-year-old man is arrested after an eight-hour police siege at a flat in the west end of Glasgow.

Fire union warning over job cuts

The Fire Brigades Union warns any further cuts to frontline provision would be dangerous for the public and crews.

Murderer appeals guilty verdict

A man convicted of battering and strangling a vulnerable young woman in County Antrim is to appeal the guilty verdict.

Bomb suspect priest 'flamboyant'

Denis Bradley says he met Father James Chesney but at the time was not aware the priest was suspected of involvement in the Claudy bombings.

Cases of Legionnaires' rise to 17

Three more cases of Legionnaires' disease are identified as health officials close a cooling tower in Merthyr Tydfil until it is cleaned and disinfected.

Concern over police jobs threat

Police forces in Wales are warning of tough times ahead amid fears over job cuts in front-line roles.

Guinea poll head guilty of fraud

The head of Guinea's election commission and another senior official are sentenced to a year in prison for fraud during June's first round presidential vote.

Air Zimbabwe strikers 'face sack'

Air Zimbabwe has warned striking pilots that they could lose their jobs unless they return to work, according to state media.

Japan uncovers centenarian 'scam'

More than 230,000 elderly people in Japan who are listed as being aged 100 or over are unaccounted for, officials said following a nationwide inquiry.

Japan extends captain's detention

Hours after China demands the release of a Chinese boat captain detained in Japan, a Japanese court rules he can be held for a further 10 days.

Man held after Danish hotel blast

Danish police hold a man injured by a small blast at a Copenhagen hotel amid reports he was a would-be suicide bomber.

Merkel ally quits in WWII furore

An ally of Germany's Chancellor Merkel will quit a top party post after suggesting Poland may carry as much blame as Hitler for triggering World War II.

Castro quote 'was misinterpreted'

Fidel Castro says he was misinterpreted when he was quoted by a US reporter as saying that the Cuban economic model no longer worked.

Colombia rebels kill six police

Colombia's Farc rebels kill six policemen, in the latest in a surge of attacks that have killed more than 30 security personnel since President Juan Manuel Santos took office a month ago.

Iran denies 'secret atomic plant'

Iran rejects claims by dissident groups that it has almost completed a secret uranium-enrichment facility near Tehran.

Exchange of fire near Gaza border

A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip explodes in Israel, hours after Israeli air raids against Hamas targets in the Palestinian territory.

Manipur police on murder charges

A court in India's Manipur state issues warrants for the arrest of nine policemen charged with killing an unarmed man.

Delhi flood fears as river swells

Thousands of people are evacuated from low-lying areas near the Yamuna river in the Indian capital, Delhi.

US jobs recovery 'painfully slow'

US President Barack Obama has said that progress in pulling the American economy out of recession has been "painfully slow".

US officials try to stop spy book

The US Department of Defense is trying to stop the distribution of a book by a former intelligence officer.

Microsoft executive to lead Nokia

Finnish mobile phone giant Nokia appoints Microsoft business manager Stephen Elop as its new head after a profits slump.

Deutsche 'set to raise 9bn euros'

Shares in Germany's Deutsche Bank fall sharply after reports that it is planning to raise 9bn euros to shore up its finances.

Broadband switch 'too difficult'

Telecoms watchdog Ofcom aims to address the fact that switching broadband providers is viewed as "too much hassle".

Minister defends using detectives

A justice minister says he paid private detectives to investigate his colleagues because he was upset about "malicious" newspaper stories.

Boris Johnson to seek re-election

Mayor of London Boris Johnson announces he will stand for re-election in 2012.

Green leader woos Lib Dem rebels

Green Party leader Caroline Lucas appeals to Lib Dem supporters disillusioned with the coalition's policies to join her party.

Stem cell medic misconduct ruling

A doctor who offered controversial stem cell treatments to multiple sclerosis patients faces being struck off by the General Medical Council.

Plea to save MS respite centres

Volunteers are calling on the MS Society not to abandon four respite care centres in York, Surrey, Warwickshire and East Lothian

Stress hormone heart death link

High levels of the stress hormone cortisol are closely linked to death from cardiovascular disease, a Dutch study has found.

New York Imam Now Says He Has No Plans to Meet With Terry Jones - ABC News

San Bruno fire levels neighborhood - gas explosion - San Francisco Chronicle

First Medal of Honor for Living Soldier Since 9/11 - New York Times

Obama defends economic initiatives - Washington Post

Obama asks for end to anti-Muslim sentiment - Los Angeles Times

Away from Ground Zero, US Muslims celebrate Eid as usual - AFP

Don't Ask, Don't Tell? Or Just Be Gay and Get on with the Killing? - Vanity Fair

Burr Increases Lead Over Marshall in NC - TIME (blog)

Obama says he'll stay engaged in Mideast talks - The Associated Press

Obama names Goolsbee to head economic council - The Associated Press

Obama says voters may blame him for economy (AP)

AP - President Barack Obama insisted Friday that the U.S. economy is digging itself out of the deepest recession in decades but conceded that "progress has been painfully slow" and many voters in November's elections may blame him.

9/11 politicized by mosque, Quran controversies (AP)

AP - For almost a decade, the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks was marked by somber reflection and a call to unity, devoid of politics. Not this time.

CA crews try to reach smoldering homes after blast (AP)

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Stocks edge higher, continue September rally (AP)

AP - Stocks inched higher Friday as investors held on to their newfound optimism about the economy.

Police: Feuds led Pa. woman to shoot colleagues (AP)

AP - A Kraft Foods plant worker was suspended from her job because she was feuding with colleagues, then returned minutes later with a handgun and fatally shot two of them and critically wounded a third, police said Friday.

Priest sex abuse linked to 13 suicides in Belgium (AP)

AP - Hundreds of sex abuse victims have come forward in Belgium with harrowing accounts of molestation by Catholic clergy that reportedly led to at least 13 suicides and affected children as young as two, a special commission said Friday.

Spanish miners in Day 9 of underground protest (AP)

AP - Far, far away from a Chilean mine where 33 trapped men struggle to cope as they await rescue, 50 Spanish miners are also deep in the earth's bowels — but by their own choice.

DiCaprio granted 3 years' protection from woman (AP)

AP - A judge has granted Leonardo DiCaprio a three-year restraining order from a woman who he said claims to be his wife and carrying his baby.

Team claims record-breaking pumpkin launch in Utah (AP)

AP - A team that shoots pumpkins from a giant air cannon says it achieved the holy grail of the sport - chucking a pumpkin a distance of more than one mile.

Brady OKs contract to become NFL's top paid player (AP)

AP - A day that started badly for Tom Brady turned out to be a pretty good one after all. After a morning crash left Brady's car damaged but the New England Patriots quarterback unhurt, he came to terms on a contract that will make him the highest paid player in the NFL.

Obama says Koran burning can badly damage U.S. abroad (Reuters)

Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Friday he hoped a Florida pastor would drop a plan to burn Korans on U.S. soil, saying such an act could deeply harm the United States abroad.

Obama says Republicans holding recovery hostage (Reuters)

Reuters - President Barack Obama accused Republicans on Friday of holding the middle class hostage and defended his efforts to stimulate the sluggish economy as he tries to reverse grim election prospects for his fellow Democrats in November.

U.S. troops charged with murder of Afghan civilians (Reuters)

Reuters - Twelve U.S. soldiers have been charged with gruesome crimes in Afghanistan ranging from murdering civilians to keeping body parts as war trophies -- revelations that the Pentagon said on Thursday damaged America's image around the world.

Judge rules ban on gays in military unconstitutional (Reuters)

Reuters - The U.S. military rule banning openly gay people from serving in the armed forces violates constitutional rights to free speech and due process, a federal judge in southern California ruled Thursday.

Four dead in San Francisco suburb gas line inferno (Reuters)

Reuters - At least four people died after a gas line explosion and fire razed 38 homes in a San Francisco suburb, and officials expected the death toll to rise on Friday as firefighters search the wreckage.

Hitmen kill 25 in bloodiest day on Mexico-U.S. border (Reuters)

Reuters - The murders of 25 people by suspected drug hitmen on the U.S.-Mexico border on Thursday was the bloodiest day in almost three years in an area gripped by an escalating drug war, officials said on Friday.

U.S. resumes funding controversial stem cell research (Reuters)

Reuters - The U.S. government said it was resuming work on controversial human embryonic stem cell research on Friday after an appeals court ruled in its favor.

Obama sees enormous hurdles in Mideast peace talks (Reuters)

Reuters - President Barack Obama said Friday he saw "enormous hurdles" ahead in Middle East peace negotiations, but said it was a risk worth taking and the United States would remain engaged even if talks break down.

Obama calls on Americans to unite, not divide, over Islam (AFP)

AFP - An impassioned President Barack Obama Friday warned Americans not to turn on one another over religion amid a spate of rows over Islam in US society, nine years after the September 11 attacks.

US pastor puts Koran-burning on hold (AFP)

AFP - A Florida pastor at the center of a global firestorm insisted Friday he would not proceed with a planned Koran burning ceremony, but failed to stem a tide of Muslim outrage.

Iran: Release of U.S. hiker 'canceled'

Iran cancelled the planned release of a detained American woman because the legal process is not completed, Tehran prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi was quoted as saying on Friday.

Afghan anti-U.S. demonstrations grow over Quran

Protests by thousands of angry Afghans over plans by an obscure U.S. church to burn copies of the Quran grew on Friday, with demonstrations spreading to the capital and at least five provinces, officials said.

Russians mourn bombing victims

Clashes between police and alleged militants left 10 more people dead Friday in Russia's volatile North Caucasus, even as stunned residents laid flowers in a square where a suicide car bombing killed 17 people and wounded more than 140 only a day ago.

Priest sex abuse linked to 13 suicides in Belgium

Hundreds of sex abuse victims have come forward in Belgium with harrowing accounts of molestation by Catholic clergy that reportedly led to at least 13 suicides and affected children as young as two, a special commission said Friday.

Hitmen kill 25 in bloodiest day on Mexico-U.S. border

The murders of 25 people by suspected drug hitmen on the U.S.-Mexico border on Thursday was the bloodiest day in almost three years in an area gripped by an escalating drug war, officials said on Friday.

Quake shakes Bangladesh, no casualties reported

An earth quake shook central Bangladesh, including the capital Dhaka, around midnight on Friday but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties, the fire service said.

Obama: Mexico drug war not like Colombia

President Barack Obama denies that rising drug violence made Mexico look increasingly like Colombia at the height of its drug war, rebuffing comments by his secretary of state.

Japan missing more than 230K listed centenarians

More than 230,000 Japanese citizens listed in government records as at least 100 years old can't be found and may have died long ago, according to a government survey released Friday.

Mudslide hits village on Italy's Amalfi Coast

A river of mud unleashed by heavy rains has flooded a tiny village on Italy's Amalfi Coast, and at least one person was reported missing.

Interpol: Quran burning likely to trigger attacks

The international police agency Interpol warned governments worldwide on Thursday of an increased risk of terror attacks if the planned burning of the Quran by a Florida pastor goes ahead.

Pakistan reaction to Quran-burning plan muted, so far

Newsweek: WikiLeaks collaborating on release of Iraq files

A London-based journalism nonprofit is working with website WikiLeaks and TV and print media in several countries on programs and stories based on what is described as massive cache of classified U.S. military field reports related to the Iraq war.

Florida pastor's daughter says "he needs help"

The estranged daughter of a U.S. pastor who has threatened to burn copies of the Koran believes he has gone mad and needs help, she said in a German media interview conducted on Friday.

Denmark police arrest man after small hotel blast

A man wearing explosives strapped to his body was arrested after a small explosion at a hotel in Copenhagen, Denmark Friday, police said.

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Back To School - Kids, Ask Your Teachers Again If You Can Use Pen This Year

There is no safe exposure to lead. Period. A report by the EFSA in this week's edition of the Lancet reiterates this not so well known or publicized fact.

H. Lundbeck A/S (DK) - Lundbeck wins Federal Trade Commission case in Federal District Court

Lundbeck wins Federal Trade Commission case in Federal District Court COPENHAGEN, Sept.

Group takes 'orutu' tune abroad

Members of Kenge Kenge Orutu System [PHOTOS: COURTESY] Caroline Nyanga A live performance beyond one's borders is usually every artiste's dream.

Vestas Wind Tumbles After Reporting That Blade Broke on Turbine Prototype

A six- to seven-meter portion came off the blade of the test V112 wind turbine in Lem, western Denmark, Michael Holm, a Vestas spokesman, said.

Smoking Could Harm Sperm, Study Finds

Two new studies provide evidence that smoking can harm sperm - both in smoking men who may become fathers, and in sons born to women who smoked during pregnancy.

Paul Stankard, Mantua resident, featured in college textbook

Mantua's Paul J. Stankard, widely considered the world's number-one floral glass artist, has been recognized once more.

Danish man faces child porn charges

KANSAS CITY, Mo. a ' A man from Randers, Denmark, who allegedly broadcast a webcam session where an 11-year-old St.

Bob Dylan's Painterly Side

There are many faces of Bob Dylan, but not many know of his work as a painter. Earlier this month, a new exhibition of Dylan's visual art opened at the Statens Museum for Kunst in Copenhagen, Denmark.

MSC Kicks Off Its Inaugural Fall Foliage Cruise Season for Canada/New England From New York City, Qu

MSC Cruises kicks off its inaugural fall foliage cruises onboard MSC Poesia from New York on September 22 and Quebec on September 27 with 13 itineraries and nearly 25 ports of call.

Video: ECTunes solves silent electric vehicle "problem" with directional noise system

On one side of the argument, blind advocacy groups push for added noises because they believe that without an alert system, near-silent EVs present an added risk .

2007 Subaru Impreza

This 2007 Subaru Impreza, is one of the many Tuner Cars featured here at Super Street.Check out some pictures, comments, and ratings of this Impreza below, as well as other info about this ride.

Exchange student enjoying football

Princeton has a new student. Lara Roessler of Odense, Denmark, is adopting Princeton as her new home town, at least temporarily.

Gas Prices: You Could Pay $10 A Gallon. Or Just 6 Cents. Why?

What did you pay for gasoline the last time you filled up? If you're in the U.S., probably about $2.70 per gallon.

10 Of The Bloodiest Bedtime Stories

Most modern versions would have you believe that a passing woodcutter heard the little girl's cries and slashed open the wolf with his axe to reveal the unharmed Little Red Riding Hood and granny.

Over-expression of ST3Gal-I promotes mammary tumorigenesis

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Coping with life in Copenhagen

Junior Chris Bailey, who is studying abroad in Copenhagen, Denmark, for the fall semester, describes city life, social norms and classes in a foreign culture.

Reporting: Copenhagen SummitBIG Insurers Feel the Heat Over Climate Change

BRADENTON, Fla., Dec. 7. 2009 - Support for an accord on climate change in Copenhagen has come from a surprising place: Germany's mammoth re-insurer, Munich Re, which says huge losses due to climate change demand that "fundamental framework conditions should be established" iat the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit, whicxh opened today.

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