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Today's Most Popular News: Getting enough sleep? They aren't in West Virginia Big snowstorm wallops Colorado, Wyoming Report: States set low bar for student achievement It's alive! End-of-life counseling in health bill Sting: Obama best person to handle world's 'mess' House Dems unveil health bill, cheered on by Obama Bullet hits Lou Dobbs' NJ home with wife nearby Mega-star explosion most distant object ever seen Passports linked to 9/11 found along Afghan border Texas law on children seeing porn being challenged Florida man creates giant rubber band ball STIMULUS WATCH: Stimulus jobs overstated in report Scientists say curry compound kills cancer cells Let Kids Sleep Late on Weekends to Fight Fat: Study The recession may be over at last — so what now? An hour more sleep — must be standard time again Study: Cholesterol drugs may improve flu survival Ethics panel starts probes of 2 Dems, gets hacked Obama honors fallen Americans at Dover Op-Ed: Numbers, not shouting, overwhelm health care debate Getting enough sleep? They aren't in West Virginia Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:36 pm PDT AP - Sleepless in Seattle? Hardly. West Virginia is where people are really staying awake, according to the first government study to monitor state-by-state differences in sleeplessness. West Virginians' lack of sleep was about double the national rate, perhaps a side effect of health problems such as obesity, experts said. Full Story Top Big snowstorm wallops Colorado, Wyoming Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:33 pm PDT AP - An early blast of winter walloped some western states with deep snow and slowly pushed into Nebraska and Kansas Thursday, bringing blizzard conditions to the eastern plains and causing treacherous roads, closed schools and hundreds of canceled flights. Full Story Top Report: States set low bar for student achievement Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:16 pm PDT AP - Many states declare students to have grade-level mastery of reading and math when they do not, the Education Department reported Thursday. Full Story Top It's alive! End-of-life counseling in health bill Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:32 pm PDT AP - It's alive. The Medicare end-of-life planning provision that 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin said was tantamount to "death panels" for seniors is staying in the latest Democratic health care bill unveiled Thursday. Full Story Top Sting: Obama best person to handle world's 'mess' Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:06 pm PDT AP - Sting isn't a religious man, but he says President Barack Obama might be a divine answer to the world's problems. Full Story Top House Dems unveil health bill, cheered on by Obama Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:10 pm PDT AP - Cheered by President Barack Obama, House Democrats rolled out landmark legislation Thursday to extend health care to tens of millions who lack coverage, impose sweeping new restrictions on the insurance industry and create a government-run option to compete with private insurers. Full Story Top Bullet hits Lou Dobbs' NJ home with wife nearby Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:11 pm PDT AP - Police in New Jersey are trying to determine who fired a bullet that struck CNN commentator Lou Dobbs' home as his wife stood nearby. State police Sgt. Stephen Jones says Dobbs' wife and driver were outside the home Oct. 5 when they heard the gunshot. Jones says the bullet didn't penetrate the siding and fell to the ground outside. Full Story Top Mega-star explosion most distant object ever seen Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:32 pm PDT AFP - It took 13 billion years to reach Earth, but astronomers have seen the light of an exploding mega-star that is the most distant object ever detected, two studies published Thursday reported. Full Story Top Passports linked to 9/11 found along Afghan border Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:29 pm PDT AP - Pakistani soldiers battling their way into a Taliban stronghold along the Afghan border have seized passports that may be linked to 9/11 suspects, as they confront an enemy skilled in operating in a mountainous terrain with endless ways to wage a guerrilla war. Full Story Top Texas law on children seeing porn being challenged Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:35 pm PDT AP - A 1970s-era Texas law that allows parents to show "harmful material" to their children has come under fire after a prosecutor said he couldn't file charges against a man accused of forcing his 8- and 9-year-old daughters to watch hardcore online pornography. Full Story Top Florida man creates giant rubber band ball Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:52 pm PDT AP - Look, over there. Under that blue tarp in a suburban driveway. That thing that's the size of a Smart car? Full Story Top STIMULUS WATCH: Stimulus jobs overstated in report Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:30 pm PDT AP - The White House is promising that new figures being released Friday will be a more accurate showing of progress in President Barack Obama's economic recovery plan. It aggressively defended an earlier, faulty count that overstated by thousands the jobs created or saved so far. Full Story Top Scientists say curry compound kills cancer cells Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:15 am PDT Reuters - A molecule found in a curry ingredient can kill esophageal cancer cells in the laboratory, suggesting it might be developed as an anti-cancer treatment, scientists said on Wednesday. Full Story Top Let Kids Sleep Late on Weekends to Fight Fat: Study Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:49 pm PDT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Oct. 28 (HealthDay News) -- Letting children sleep late on weekends and holidays might help them avoid becoming overweight or obese, a new study suggests. Full Story Top The recession may be over at last — so what now? Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:09 pm PDT AP - After a record four straight losing quarters, the economy finally grew again. It was hardly a boom, and it was almost all because of government spending. But it was enough to change the question from when the recession will end to whether the recovery will hold. Full Story Top An hour more sleep — must be standard time again Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:29 pm PDT AP - Good news: Most Americans can get an extra hour of sleep this weekend. Full Story Top Study: Cholesterol drugs may improve flu survival Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:11 pm PDT AP - A new treatment for swine flu may already be on pharmacy shelves — cholesterol-lowering statin drugs like Lipitor and Zocor. Full Story Top Ethics panel starts probes of 2 Dems, gets hacked Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:11 pm PDT AP - The House ethics committee announced Thursday it is investigating two California Democratic lawmakers, but its embarrassed leaders then had to explain that other members — named in a confidential memo that leaked out — may have committed no wrongdoing. Full Story Top Obama honors fallen Americans at Dover Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:12 pm PDT AP - Hours after a personal encounter with the grim cost of war, President Barack Obama said Thursday the sight of 18 flag-covered cases holding the remains of Americans killed this week in Afghanistan can't help but influence his thinking about sending more troops overseas. Full Story Top Op-Ed: Numbers, not shouting, overwhelm health care debate Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:41 pm PDT The Yahoo! Newsroom - Washington, DC — We have the best medical professionals in the world, but fewer and fewer Americans can afford to pay for the care they can provide. The trends indicate that problem will get much worse. Full Story Top

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