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Today's Most Popular News: One letter on a plane ticket says a lot about you Deep-sea images reveal colorful life off Indonesia Glenn Beck's 8/28 rally: An instant guide Would-be purse snatcher thwarted by his own photobomb Frozen fruit bars recalled after typhoid outbreak LA authorities plan to use heat-beam ray in jail State obscures elite Texas Rangers' border work Snapshot of economy about to get a lot bleaker Tires of plane catch fire during landing in Calif. UK declassifies file on glamorous German spy Netflix raises curtain on iPhone instant streaming FBI: 1965 toddler's disappearance was a kidnapping Toyota recalls 1.33 million Corollas, Matrixes Doctors look for orange-size lump, find 56-pounder Migrants turn to the sea to enter US illegally From King to Beck: Big rally at Lincoln Memorial Levi Johnston takes back his apology to Palin Saudi cleric slammed over fatwa on women cashiers Restoring sight with new type of artificial cornea Marines pour resources into mental health care One letter on a plane ticket says a lot about you Wed, 25 Aug 2010 02:25 pm PDT AP - There are a few bits of information to pay close attention to on an airline ticket: the flight number, gate number and boarding time. Fare basis code? Not a common concern. Full Story Top Deep-sea images reveal colorful life off Indonesia Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:53 am PDT AP - Scientists using cutting-edge technology to explore waters off Indonesia were wowed by colorful and diverse images of marine life on the ocean floor — including plate-sized sea spiders and flower-like sponges that appear to be carnivorous. Full Story Top Glenn Beck's 8/28 rally: An instant guide Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:30 pm PDT The Week - Fox News' reliably provocative Glenn Beck is mounting what many consider his boldest move yet: This Saturday's "Restoring Honor" rally in Washington, D.C., which is expected to draw up to 300,000 conservatives. Not only has Beck courted controversy by scheduling this ostensibly "non-political" rally on the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1963 "I Have A Dream" speech, he's booked the same location: The Lincoln Memorial. Here's a concise guide to the goings-on: Full Story Top Would-be purse snatcher thwarted by his own photobomb Wed, 25 Aug 2010 01:25 pm PDT The Upshot - We know that a picture is worth a thousand words, but is a picture worth a stolen purse? That's certainly the experience of the Myers family, who recently visited Madison, Wisconsin, to attend a wedding. The family shared a pretty remarkable tale with Gizmodo. The Myers clan posed for a  picture outside of the Wisconsin [...] Full Story Top Frozen fruit bars recalled after typhoid outbreak Thu, 26 Aug 2010 08:03 pm PDT AP - Fruiti Pops, Inc. of Santa Fe Springs has recalled its mamey (mah-MAY') frozen fruit bars because of a possible link to a rare U.S. outbreak of typhoid fever. Full Story Top LA authorities plan to use heat-beam ray in jail Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:50 pm PDT AP - A device designed to control unruly inmates by blasting them with a beam of intense energy that causes a burning sensation is drawing heat from civil rights groups who fear it could cause serious injury and is "tantamount to torture." Full Story Top State obscures elite Texas Rangers' border work Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:24 am PDT AP - Gov. Rick Perry has told just about anyone who will listen about his plan to dispatch elite teams of Texas Rangers to the border to do what he says the federal government won't — keep Texans safe from encroaching Mexican drug violence. Full Story Top Snapshot of economy about to get a lot bleaker Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:18 pm PDT AP - The government is about to confirm what many people have felt for some time: The economy barely has a pulse. Full Story Top Tires of plane catch fire during landing in Calif. Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:49 pm PDT AP - The tires of a JetBlue airplane caught fire Thursday during a hard landing in Sacramento that left 15 people with minor injuries and sent passengers down emergency slides to escape the aircraft. Full Story Top UK declassifies file on glamorous German spy Thu, 26 Aug 2010 06:44 am PDT AP - She was thought to be one of Germany's prized secret agents, described as beautiful and languid and capable of infiltrating an enemy camp, obtaining secret plans of attack, and then delivering them to her bosses. Full Story Top Netflix raises curtain on iPhone instant streaming Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:24 am PDT Ben Patterson - Netflix execs have been teasing us for months about an instant streaming app for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Indeed, they’ve been promising it for so long that I’d pretty much forgotten about it. Until now. Full Story Top FBI: 1965 toddler's disappearance was a kidnapping Thu, 26 Aug 2010 04:18 pm PDT AP - Elizabeth Ann Gill was 2 years old when she disappeared from the front porch of her family's southeast Missouri home in June 1965. Her family always believed she was snatched and, 45 years on, the FBI has reclassified her case as a kidnapping and reopened the investigation. Full Story Top Toyota recalls 1.33 million Corollas, Matrixes Thu, 26 Aug 2010 03:13 pm PDT AP - Toyota recalled 1.33 million Corolla sedans and Matrix hatchbacks in the U.S. and Canada Thursday because their engines may stall, the latest in a string of quality problems at the Japanese automaker. Full Story Top Doctors look for orange-size lump, find 56-pounder Thu, 26 Aug 2010 07:47 pm PDT AP - Doctors were shocked when they looked into a woman's uterus searching for an orange-size tumor but found something that resembled a giant rock instead. Full Story Top Migrants turn to the sea to enter US illegally Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:08 am PDT AP - The speedboat is about three miles offshore when a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent cuts the engine to drift on the current in quiet darkness, hoping for the telltale signs of immigrant smuggling — a motor's whirr or sulfur exhaust fumes. Full Story Top From King to Beck: Big rally at Lincoln Memorial Thu, 26 Aug 2010 03:21 pm PDT AP - Glenn Beck says it's just a coincidence his Restoring Honor rally on Saturday at the Lincoln Memorial will take place on the anniversary and at the site of Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech. Civil rights veterans are skeptical. Full Story Top Levi Johnston takes back his apology to Palin Thu, 26 Aug 2010 07:20 pm PDT AP - Levi Johnston, the father of Sarah Palin's grandson, says he wishes he hadn't apologized for telling lies about the former Alaska governor because he's "never lied about anything." Full Story Top Saudi cleric slammed over fatwa on women cashiers Thu, 26 Aug 2010 08:48 am PDT AP - A conservative Saudi cleric was told to stop giving unauthorized edicts after he called for a boycott of a supermarket chain that employs women as cashiers, the office of the kingdom's most senior religious leader said Thursday. Full Story Top Restoring sight with new type of artificial cornea Wed, 25 Aug 2010 01:49 pm PDT AP - Scientists have created a new kind of artificial cornea, inserting a sliver of collagen into the eye that coaxes its own natural corneal cells to regrow and restore vision. Full Story Top Marines pour resources into mental health care Wed, 25 Aug 2010 01:20 pm PDT AP - They have been in harm's way for years in two countries, in a branch of the military where toughness and self-reliance have been especially prized for generations. Now the Marines are struggling against an enemy that has entrenched itself over nearly a decade of war: mental illness. Full Story Top

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