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Today's Front Page News: Trapped Indonesian quake victim sends text message Police: Kidnapped newborn found safe in Alabama FBI: Man arrested in ESPN reporter nude video case Samba! Rio wins right to host the 2016 Olympics Health overhaul closer than ever - and yet far off Obama meets with Afghanistan commander in Denmark DA: Man charged in Letterman plot was deep in debt Health care overhaul could raise Medicare Rx costs Polanski agreed to $500,000 payment in civil suit Jimenez sharp, Rockies close gap on Dodgers Rio wins 2016 Games as IOC rebuffs Obama U.S. jobless rate hits 26-year high of 9.8 percent Gasps greet Chicago's ouster from Games bid ElBaradei bound for Iran to pin down Geneva accord Indonesia quake levels villages, eight trapped in hotel Honduras leader says met OAS chief, ready to talk Israel, Palestinians buoyed by video-prisoner swap Typhoon changes course, to only clip Philippines Indonesian disaster leaves whole villages buried UN atomic chief due in Iran as pressure mounts Trapped Indonesian quake victim sends text message Fri, 2 Oct 2009 11:33 pm PDT AP - An earthquake survivor trapped in a collapsed hotel in western Indonesia sent a text message saying he and some others were alive, triggering a frantic rescue operation Saturday. Full Story Top Police: Kidnapped newborn found safe in Alabama Fri, 2 Oct 2009 10:47 pm PDT AP - An infant kidnapped from his mother in Tennessee was found safe in Alabama on Friday, and a woman suspected of abducting the baby was arrested, police said. Full Story Top FBI: Man arrested in ESPN reporter nude video case Fri, 2 Oct 2009 11:37 pm PDT AP - A Chicago-area man accused of taping surreptitious nude videos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews in a hotel room was arrested at Chicago's O'Hare airport Friday night, the FBI said. Full Story Top Samba! Rio wins right to host the 2016 Olympics Fri, 2 Oct 2009 10:53 pm PDT AP - Like sweet, sultry samba music, Rio hit all the right notes. Chicago had Barack Obama. Tokyo had $4 billion in the bank. Madrid had powerful friends. But none of that mattered. Rio de Janeiro had the enchanting story — of about 400 million sports-mad people on a giant untapped and vibrant continent yearning, hoping, that the Olympics finally might come to them. And the International Olympic Committee was hooked. Full Story Top Health overhaul closer than ever - and yet far off Fri, 2 Oct 2009 10:53 pm PDT AP - Eight months in office, Barack Obama has now pushed closer than any other president in generations to creating a basic health care safety net for working Americans. Yet the fate of legislation delivering on his goal is far from certain: Republicans are nearly unified in opposition, Democrats hardly united in support. Full Story Top Obama meets with Afghanistan commander in Denmark Fri, 2 Oct 2009 10:58 pm PDT AP - At a pivotal point in the administration's Afghanistan strategy, President Barack Obama and his top Afghan war commander met privately aboard Air Force One Friday for a talk the White House described as productive. Full Story Top DA: Man charged in Letterman plot was deep in debt Fri, 2 Oct 2009 09:47 pm PDT AP - A CBS newsman who prosecutors said was desperate and deep in debt was charged Friday with trying to blackmail David Letterman for $2 million in a plot that forced the late night comic to acknowledge having sex with some of the women who have worked for him. Full Story Top Health care overhaul could raise Medicare Rx costs Fri, 2 Oct 2009 10:59 pm PDT AP - Medicare recipients could see higher premiums for prescription drug coverage as a result of changes to complex provisions in a Senate health care bill, a senior Republican said Friday. Full Story Top Polanski agreed to $500,000 payment in civil suit Fri, 2 Oct 2009 10:59 pm PDT AP - Film director Roman Polanski agreed to pay his sexual assault victim $500,000 to settle a lawsuit 15 years after he fled the United States, according to court documents provided to media outlets Friday. Full Story Top Jimenez sharp, Rockies close gap on Dodgers Fri, 2 Oct 2009 11:00 pm PDT AP - Ubaldo Jimenez struck out 10 and the streaking Colorado Rockies forced the NL West race down to the final two games, beating the first-place Los Angeles Dodgers 4-3 Friday night. Full Story Top Rio wins 2016 Games as IOC rebuffs Obama Fri, 2 Oct 2009 01:57 pm PDT Reuters - Rio de Janeiro won a resounding vote on Friday to stage the first Olympics in South America in 2016, rebuffing U.S. President Barack Obama, who had personally lobbied for his adopted hometown Chicago. Full Story Top U.S. jobless rate hits 26-year high of 9.8 percent Fri, 2 Oct 2009 02:52 pm PDT Reuters - U.S. employers unexpectedly cut more jobs in September than in August, underscoring the fragility of the economy's recovery from its worst recession in 70 years as businesses remain cautious about the future. Full Story Top Gasps greet Chicago's ouster from Games bid Fri, 2 Oct 2009 12:09 pm PDT Reuters - Gasps and tears greeted the announcement on Friday that Chicago had lost its bid to host the 2016 Summer Games, as the city went from favorite to also-ran in the multibillion-dollar Olympics sweepstakes. Full Story Top ElBaradei bound for Iran to pin down Geneva accord Fri, 2 Oct 2009 12:23 pm PDT Reuters - The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog will head to Iran this weekend to pin down an Iranian pledge, made at talks with big powers on Thursday, to open a newly revealed uranium enrichment site to inspections. The Geneva meeting, which also yielded agreement on follow-up talks before the end of October, lowered tensions a notch in a protracted standoff over suspicions that Iran is secretly trying to develop nuclear weapons. Full Story Top Indonesia quake levels villages, eight trapped in hotel Fri, 2 Oct 2009 09:48 pm PDT Reuters - Eight people were believed to be still alive in the ruins of a hotel on Saturday, nearly three days after a strong quake hit Indonesia's port city of Padang. Full Story Top Honduras leader says met OAS chief, ready to talk Fri, 2 Oct 2009 07:14 pm PDT Reuters - Honduran de facto president, Roberto Micheletti, said on Friday he had held talks in Honduras with Organization of American States chief Jose Miguel Insulza as a step toward negotiating an end to a post-coup crisis. Full Story Top Israel, Palestinians buoyed by video-prisoner swap Fri, 2 Oct 2009 12:33 pm PDT Reuters - An Israeli soldier held captive for the past three years by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas smiled briefly and looked healthy in a two-minute Hamas video handed over to Israel on Friday. Full Story Top Typhoon changes course, to only clip Philippines Fri, 2 Oct 2009 09:32 pm PDT Reuters - A powerful typhoon bearing down on the Philippines may not be as destructive as feared since it has changed course and should only clip the far north of the archipelago later on Saturday, officials said. Full Story Top Indonesian disaster leaves whole villages buried Fri, 2 Oct 2009 11:14 pm PDT AFP - Whole villages in Indonesia's quake zone were found obliterated by landslides Saturday, as rescuers searched desperately for up to 4,000 people believed still trapped in the disaster area. Full Story Top UN atomic chief due in Iran as pressure mounts Fri, 2 Oct 2009 11:49 pm PDT AFP - The head of the UN atomic watchdog was expected to arrive in Tehran at the weekend after Washington and its allies demanded quick progress from Tehran in revived talks on the nuclear standoff. Full Story Top

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