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Today's Most Popular News: Space hotel says it's on schedule to open in 2012 Processed food link to depression: research Anemia Drug May Raise Stroke Risk in Kidney Patients Ancient Civilization Cut Path to Demise Half of US kids will get food stamps, study says Snow cap disappearing from Mount Kilimanjaro AP sources: House health bill totals $1.2 trillion Ex-con charged in 4 fatal shootings in 'Mayberry' Battle over face veil brewing in Egypt Delaware beats Switzerland as most secretive financial center House Republicans roll out health insurance alternatives Lizards, rodent, frog added to endangered list PBS documentary revives interest in century-old 'whodunit' Clinton eases praise of Israel after Arab concerns GOP victory Tuesday won't erase party's problems FDA won't accept Merck's application for new drug Inventor who claimed to have seen Nessie dies Stakes are high in Maine's vote on gay marriage Giant Crack in Africa Will Create a New Ocean The pro-Fox Democrats Space hotel says it's on schedule to open in 2012 Mon, 2 Nov 2009 01:32 pm PST Reuters - A company behind plans to open the first hotel in space says it is on target to accept its first paying guests in 2012 despite critics questioning the investment and time frame for the multi-billion dollar project. Full Story Top Processed food link to depression: research Mon, 2 Nov 2009 07:54 am PST AFP - A diet heavy in processed and fatty foods increases the risk of depression, according to research published on Monday. Full Story Top Anemia Drug May Raise Stroke Risk in Kidney Patients Mon, 2 Nov 2009 08:49 pm PST HealthDay - SATURDAY, Oct. 31 (HealthDay News) -- A drug designed to fight anemia appears to double the risk of stroke in patients with diabetes and kidney disease without substantially improving their quality of life, a new study finds. Full Story Top Ancient Civilization Cut Path to Demise Mon, 2 Nov 2009 01:33 pm PST LiveScience.com - The ancient South American Nasca civilization may have caused its own demise by clear-cutting huge swaths of forest, a new study has found. Full Story Top Half of US kids will get food stamps, study says Mon, 2 Nov 2009 06:32 pm PST AP - Nearly half of all U.S. children and 90 percent of black youngsters will be on food stamps at some point during childhood, and fallout from the current recession could push those numbers even higher, researchers say. Full Story Top Snow cap disappearing from Mount Kilimanjaro Mon, 2 Nov 2009 12:49 pm PST AP - The snows of Kilimanjaro may soon be gone. The African mountain's white peak — made famous by writer Ernest Hemingway — is rapidly melting, researchers report. Full Story Top AP sources: House health bill totals $1.2 trillion Mon, 2 Nov 2009 11:32 pm PST AP - The health care bill headed for a vote in the House this week costs $1.2 trillion or more over a decade, according to numerous Democratic officials and figures contained in an analysis by congressional budget experts, far higher than the $900 billion cited by President Barack Obama as a price tag for his reform plan. Full Story Top Ex-con charged in 4 fatal shootings in 'Mayberry' Mon, 2 Nov 2009 08:46 pm PST AP - A soured love affair may have led an ex-convict to gun down four men in the town that inspired the idyllic community of Mayberry on the 1960s TV series "The Andy Griffith Show," police said Monday. Full Story Top Battle over face veil brewing in Egypt Mon, 2 Nov 2009 05:33 am PST Reuters - Rokaya Mohamed, an elementary school teacher, would rather die than take off her face veil, or niqab, thrusting her to the forefront of a battle by government-backed clerics to limit Islamism in Egypt. Full Story Top Delaware beats Switzerland as most secretive financial center Mon, 2 Nov 2009 02:19 pm PST Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Move over Switzerland. The tiny state of Delaware beats the Alpine country in a contest for the most secretive financial jurisdiction, a tax justice rights group said on Saturday. Full Story Top House Republicans roll out health insurance alternatives Mon, 2 Nov 2009 02:57 pm PST McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON _ Small businesses would have an easier time banding together to offer insurance to employees. Consumers could cross state lines to buy coverage. There'd be no big government expansion. Full Story Top Lizards, rodent, frog added to endangered list Mon, 2 Nov 2009 04:01 pm PST AP - A rare tree frog found only in central Panama could soon croak its last, as deforestation and infection push the species toward extinction, an environmental group said Tuesday. Full Story Top PBS documentary revives interest in century-old 'whodunit' Mon, 2 Nov 2009 01:09 pm PST The Yahoo! Newsroom - Nearly 100 years later, the case and trial of Leo Frank is making headlines again. Doubts about the 1913 murder of Atlanta teen Mary Phagan and accused suspect Frank — said to be U.S. history’s only Jewish lynching victim — have long fueled conspiracy theories. Full Story Top Clinton eases praise of Israel after Arab concerns Mon, 2 Nov 2009 06:32 pm PST AP - Trying to mute Arab criticism that the Obama administration had retreated from its tough stance on Israeli settlements, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday softened her praise for Israel's offer to restrain new housing in Palestinian areas. Full Story Top GOP victory Tuesday won't erase party's problems Mon, 2 Nov 2009 06:32 pm PST AP - For Republicans, an election win of any size Tuesday would be a blessing. But victories in Virginia, New Jersey or elsewhere won't erase enormous obstacles the party faces heading into a 2010 midterm election year when control of Congress and statehouses from coast to coast will be up for grabs. Full Story Top FDA won't accept Merck's application for new drug Mon, 2 Nov 2009 02:42 pm PST AP - U.S. regulators have refused to accept drugmaker Merck & Co.'s application for a new, combination cholesterol pill that includes rival Pfizer's Lipitor, the world's top-selling drug. Full Story Top Inventor who claimed to have seen Nessie dies Mon, 2 Nov 2009 08:51 pm PST AP - Robert H. Rines, a lawyer, composer, inventor and physicist whose discoveries led to sharper resolution in radar, sonar and ultrasound imaging and who claimed to have seen the Loch Ness Monster, has died. He was 87. Full Story Top Stakes are high in Maine's vote on gay marriage Mon, 2 Nov 2009 02:50 pm PST AP - Bolstered by out-of-state money and volunteers, both sides jockeyed Monday to boost turnout for a Maine referendum that could give gay-rights activists in the U.S. their first victory at the ballot box on the deeply divisive issue of same-sex marriage. Full Story Top Giant Crack in Africa Will Create a New Ocean Mon, 2 Nov 2009 02:43 pm PST LiveScience.com - A 35-mile rift in the desert of Ethiopia will likely become a new ocean eventually, researchers now confirm. Full Story Top The pro-Fox Democrats Sun, 1 Nov 2009 03:02 pm PST Politico - Democratic pundit Bob Beckel has been under contract with Fox News for six years. And in the midst of the White House war against the cable network, some of his liberal friends think that’s six years too many. Full Story Top

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