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Today's Front Page News: Obama both rallies, scolds Dems in campaign trip Recession rips at US marriages, expands income gap North Korea leader's son promoted, seen as heir AP IMPACT: Haiti still waiting for pledged US aid Unions count on 100,000 protesters at EU Chile rescue speeds up, cheering miner families Gunman opens fire at UT in Austin, kills himself Court OKs US-funded stem cell research for now `Dancing' says bye-bye to boo-gate and Bolton Yankees clinch playoff berth, beat Blue Jays Deficit-cut panel convenes amid skepticism Poll gives former Bush official big lead in Ohio Appeals court allows stem cell funds to continue North Korea's "first" family readies for succession Financial regulators to trot out reform plans Whitman, Brown clash in California governor debate China lifts rare earth export ban to Japan: trader Mexico landslide less deadly than feared Al-Qaeda terror plot targeting Europe uncovered N.Korea heir apparent wins senior party posts Obama both rallies, scolds Dems in campaign trip Tue, 28 Sep 2010 06:59 pm PDT AP - Buck up. Stop whining. And get to work. Full Story Top Recession rips at US marriages, expands income gap Tue, 28 Sep 2010 07:42 pm PDT AP - The recession seems to be socking Americans in the heart as well as the wallet: Marriages have hit an all-time low while pleas for food stamps have reached a record high and the gap between rich and poor has grown to its widest ever. Full Story Top North Korea leader's son promoted, seen as heir Tue, 28 Sep 2010 09:16 pm PDT AP - The ascension of Kim Jong Il's little-known, 20-something son to a prominent ruling party post put him well on the path Wednesday to succeed the supreme leader at the helm of nuclear-armed North Korea and carry the family dynasty into a third generation. Full Story Top AP IMPACT: Haiti still waiting for pledged US aid Tue, 28 Sep 2010 11:54 pm PDT AP - Nearly nine months after the earthquake, more than a million Haitians still live on the streets between piles of rubble. One reason: Not a cent of the $1.15 billion the U.S. promised for rebuilding has arrived. Full Story Top Unions count on 100,000 protesters at EU Tue, 28 Sep 2010 11:56 pm PDT AP - Labor unions hope to organize a march of 100,000 workers on European Union institutions in Brussels on Wednesday, as well as a general strike in Spain to protest the budget-slashing plans and austerity measures of governments seeking to control debt. Full Story Top Chile rescue speeds up, cheering miner families Tue, 28 Sep 2010 11:00 pm PDT AP - The families of 33 trapped miners are in high spirits after a surge in the drilling of escape tunnels raised hopes that the men's rescue may come sooner than scheduled. Full Story Top Gunman opens fire at UT in Austin, kills himself Tue, 28 Sep 2010 07:00 pm PDT AP - A student wearing a dark suit and a ski mask opened fire Tuesday with an assault rifle on the University of Texas campus before fleeing into a library and fatally shooting himself. No one else was hurt. Full Story Top Court OKs US-funded stem cell research for now Tue, 28 Sep 2010 06:24 pm PDT AP - An appeals court ruled Tuesday that government funding of embryonic stem cell research can continue for now. Full Story Top `Dancing' says bye-bye to boo-gate and Bolton Tue, 28 Sep 2010 07:20 pm PDT AP - On Monday, Michael Bolton performed what was described as the worst jive in "Dancing With the Stars" history. On Tuesday, he was eliminated from the hit ABC show. Full Story Top Yankees clinch playoff berth, beat Blue Jays Tue, 28 Sep 2010 09:34 pm PDT AP - The New York Yankees clinched their 15th postseason berth in the last 16 years and CC Sabathia got his 21st win of the season, beating the Toronto Blue Jays 6-1 on Tuesday night. Full Story Top Deficit-cut panel convenes amid skepticism Tue, 28 Sep 2010 10:14 pm PDT Reuters - With just two months left before it has to issue a final report, a U.S. commission looking at ways to cut the federal deficit was to meet again on Wednesday amid questions about its hard-headedness. Full Story Top Poll gives former Bush official big lead in Ohio Tue, 28 Sep 2010 01:20 pm PDT Reuters - Republican Rob Portman, a senior official under former President George W. Bush, has opened a commanding 13-point lead over his Democratic rival in a Senate race in Ohio, a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Tuesday said. Full Story Top Appeals court allows stem cell funds to continue Tue, 28 Sep 2010 03:18 pm PDT Reuters - A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday allowed federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research to continue pending a full appeal, lifting an injunction issued by a federal judge who had said the Obama administration's policy violated the law. Full Story Top North Korea's "first" family readies for succession Tue, 28 Sep 2010 08:19 pm PDT Reuters - North Korea's iron ruler Kim Jong-il has anointed his youngest son as successor to lead the isolated state, whose collapsing economy and bid to become a nuclear weapons power pose major threats to the region. Full Story Top Financial regulators to trot out reform plans Tue, 28 Sep 2010 03:07 pm PDT Reuters - U.S. regulators racing to implement new financial market policing powers will appear together before a Senate committee this week to face questions likely tinged with election-season politics. Full Story Top Whitman, Brown clash in California governor debate Tue, 28 Sep 2010 08:06 pm PDT Reuters - California's voters on Tuesday got their first look at Democrat Jerry Brown and Republican Meg Whitman trading blows, as they battle it out for the big economic challenge of running the most populous U.S. state. Full Story Top China lifts rare earth export ban to Japan: trader Tue, 28 Sep 2010 07:32 pm PDT Reuters - China has ended a de facto ban on exports to Japan of rare earth minerals, a Japanese trading firm source said on Wednesday, easing concerns about fallout from a bitter feud between Asia's two biggest economies. Full Story Top Mexico landslide less deadly than feared Tue, 28 Sep 2010 08:53 pm PDT Reuters - A landslide in a remote mountain town sent Mexican authorities scrambling to deploy rescue workers on Tuesday, but initial reports that hundreds were buried proved overblown. Full Story Top Al-Qaeda terror plot targeting Europe uncovered Tue, 28 Sep 2010 10:26 pm PDT AFP - Western intelligence agencies have uncovered an Al-Qaeda plot to launch Mumbai-style terrorist attacks in Britain, France and Germany, reports said Wednesday. Full Story Top N.Korea heir apparent wins senior party posts Tue, 28 Sep 2010 07:34 pm PDT AFP - The youngest son of ailing leader Kim Jong-Il has been given powerful posts in North Korea's ruling party, state media said Wednesday, confirming his status as heir apparent in the nuclear-armed nation. Full Story Top

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