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Today's Most Popular News: Are Cutbacks on Surgeons Risking Patients' Lives? Bush family political heir is shipping off to war Rabbinical ruling causes havoc on elevators Wayward pilots were working on their laptops AP IMPACT: Statisticians reject global cooling Newspaper circulation drop accelerates April-Sept Wayward pilots say they were busy using laptops Controversial study suggests vast magma pool under Washington state Human Evolution: Are Humans Still Evolving? Hotel owner tells Hispanic workers to change names Is Smoking Tougher on Women? FACT CHECK: Health insurers' profits 35th of 53 Senate health care bill to include public option Madoff associate had heart attack, drowned in pool DEA agents among 14 Americans dead in Afghanistan Elizabeth Taylor calls Jackson film `brilliant' Healthcare system wastes up to $800 billion a year Ivanka Trump weds Jared Kushner Springsteen cancels show after roadie's death Ecuador to Europe: Pay us not to drill in Amazon Are Cutbacks on Surgeons Risking Patients' Lives? Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:50 am PDT Time.com - Have you seen your assistant surgeon? In too many cases these days, the second surgeon in the operating room is missing, due to lack of payment Full Story Top Bush family political heir is shipping off to war Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:15 pm PDT The Yahoo! Newsroom - George P. Bush, or "P" as he's known to some, is thought to be the biggest hope for a fourth generation of Bush family political leaders, with some suggesting that he might run for statewide office in Texas at some point in the next four to eight years. But, as The Daily Beast points out today, any future George P. Bush political ambitions will have to be put on hold as his Navy Reserve unit is set to be deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan in the coming weeks. Full Story Top Rabbinical ruling causes havoc on elevators Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:19 am PDT AP - The Jewish day of rest has become a bit more labor-intensive for Yosef Ball. Full Story Top Wayward pilots were working on their laptops Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:51 pm PDT AP - Two Northwest Airlines pilots have told federal investigators that they were going over schedules using their laptop computers in violation of company policy while their plane overflew their Minneapolis destination by 150 miles, the National Transportation Safety Board said Monday. Full Story Top AP IMPACT: Statisticians reject global cooling Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:34 pm PDT AP - Have you heard that the world is now cooling instead of warming? You may have seen some news reports on the Internet or heard about it from a provocative new book. Only one problem: It's not true, according to an analysis of the numbers done by several independent statisticians for The Associated Press. Full Story Top Newspaper circulation drop accelerates April-Sept Mon, 26 Oct 2009 03:38 pm PDT AP - Circulation at newspapers shrank at an accelerated pace in the past six months, driven in part by stiff price increases imposed by publishers scrambling to offset rapidly eroding advertising sales. Full Story Top Wayward pilots say they were busy using laptops Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:07 pm PDT AP - Not sleeping, the pilots say. They were engrossed in a complicated new crew-scheduling program on their laptop computers as their plane flew past its Minneapolis landing by 150 miles — a cockpit violation of airline policy that could cost them their licenses. Full Story Top Controversial study suggests vast magma pool under Washington state Mon, 26 Oct 2009 03:00 am PDT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON -- A vast pool of molten rock in the continental crust that underlies southwestern Washington state could supply magma to three active volcanoes in the Cascade Mountains -- Mount St. Helens, Mount Rainier and Mount Adams -- according to a new study that's causing a stir among scientists. Full Story Top Human Evolution: Are Humans Still Evolving? Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:50 am PDT Time.com - Despite our stable agrarian society and medical advances that help us live into old age, the effects of natural selection are still at work on the modern human species, researchers say Full Story Top Hotel owner tells Hispanic workers to change names Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:57 am PDT AP - Larry Whitten marched into this northern New Mexico town in late July on a mission: resurrect a failing hotel. Full Story Top Is Smoking Tougher on Women? Sun, 25 Oct 2009 08:48 pm PDT HealthDay - SUNDAY, Oct. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Women may be more vulnerable than men to the carcinogens and other noxious substances in cigarette smoke, a growing body of research suggests. Full Story Top FACT CHECK: Health insurers' profits 35th of 53 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:06 am PDT AP - In the health care debate, Democrats and their allies have gone after insurance companies as rapacious profiteers making "immoral" and "obscene" returns while "the bodies pile up." Full Story Top Senate health care bill to include public option Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:55 pm PDT AP - Health care legislation heading for the Senate floor will give millions of Americans the option of purchasing government-run insurance coverage, Majority Leader Harry Reid announced Monday, although he stopped short of claiming the 60 votes needed to pass a plan steeped in controversy. Reid, D-Nev., said individual states would have the choice of opting out of the program. Full Story Top Madoff associate had heart attack, drowned in pool Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:37 pm PDT AP - A man accused of making more than $7 billion off the investment schemes of jailed financial manager Bernard Madoff drowned after having a heart attack, authorities said Monday. Full Story Top DEA agents among 14 Americans dead in Afghanistan Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:33 pm PDT AP - A U.S. military helicopter crashed Monday while returning from the scene of a firefight with suspected Taliban drug traffickers in western Afghanistan, killing 10 Americans including three DEA agents in a not-so-noticed war within a war. Full Story Top Elizabeth Taylor calls Jackson film `brilliant' Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:11 pm PDT AP - Elizabeth Taylor says the new Michael Jackson documentary is "the single most brilliant piece of filmmaking" she has ever seen. Full Story Top Healthcare system wastes up to $800 billion a year Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:53 am PDT Reuters - The U.S. healthcare system is just as wasteful as President Barack Obama says it is, and proposed reforms could be paid for by fixing some of the most obvious inefficiencies, preventing mistakes and fighting fraud, according to a Thomson Reuters report released on Monday. Full Story Top Ivanka Trump weds Jared Kushner Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:21 am PDT AP - Ivanka Trump has wed the son of another major New York area real estate family. Full Story Top Springsteen cancels show after roadie's death Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:01 pm PDT AP - Bruce Springsteen canceled a performance in Kansas City after his cousin and road crew member died. Full Story Top Ecuador to Europe: Pay us not to drill in Amazon Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:02 pm PDT AP - Ecuador's president is in London this week to promote a unique proposal: pay his country $3 billion not to drill for oil in a pristine Amazon reserve. Full Story Top

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