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Today's Top Stories: Congress punts tough choice until after election NKorea prints photo of heir apparent Kim Jong Un 2 known dead, 12 missing after storm soaks Jamaica Terror plot in Europe prompted drone strikes Congress sends intelligence bill to Obama Whitman denies she knew housekeeper was illegal Child nutrition bill stalls in House China targeted in bill on currency manipulation Arthur Penn, director of `Bonnie and Clyde,' dies Tour champion Contador tests positive, suspended China says U.S. yuan bill violates WTO Consumer czar says wants banks' help on rules J&J CEO faces U.S. lawmakers over string of recalls Congress funding fight may delay Wall Street reforms North Korea releases photo of successor Kim Jong-un About 1 in 4 Q2 home sales a foreclosure: report BP ousts exploration chief, vows to boost safety China releases 3 Japanese but isle dispute lingers N.Korea publishes photo of heir apparent: Yonhap First US trial for ex-Guantanamo man opens Congress punts tough choice until after election Wed, 29 Sep 2010 09:25 pm PDT AP - A deeply unpopular Congress is bolting for the campaign trail without finishing its most basic job — approving a budget for the government year that begins on Friday. Lawmakers also are postponing a major fight over taxes, two embarrassing ethics cases and other political hot potatoes until angry and frustrated voters render their verdict in the Nov. 2 elections. Full Story Top NKorea prints photo of heir apparent Kim Jong Un Wed, 29 Sep 2010 10:28 pm PDT AP - North Korea has published a photo in state media of leader Kim Jong Il's youngest son and heir apparent in what is likely the first official image of him to be released. Full Story Top 2 known dead, 12 missing after storm soaks Jamaica Wed, 29 Sep 2010 07:27 pm PDT AP - Tropical Storm Nicole caused flooding and mudslides across Jamaica on Wednesday, leaving two confirmed dead and at least 12 more missing, even as the drenching system moved north and dissipated over the Florida straits. Full Story Top Terror plot in Europe prompted drone strikes Wed, 29 Sep 2010 06:23 pm PDT AP - Police increased their guard around Buckingham Palace and other landmarks Wednesday as security officials monitored what they described as a fledgling terror plot to wage Mumbai-style shooting sprees or other attacks on Britain, France or Germany. Full Story Top Congress sends intelligence bill to Obama Wed, 29 Sep 2010 08:40 pm PDT AP - After months of argument over lawmakers' access to briefings on top-secret intelligence, Congress on Wednesday sent the first intelligence authorization bill since 2004 to President Barack Obama with language meant to strengthen oversight of sensitive spy operations. Full Story Top Whitman denies she knew housekeeper was illegal Wed, 29 Sep 2010 07:49 pm PDT AP - California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman employed an illegal immigrant Mexican housekeeper for years even though the federal government alerted her in 2003 to the maid's dubious legal status, the worker and her attorney claimed. Full Story Top Child nutrition bill stalls in House Wed, 29 Sep 2010 09:12 pm PDT AP - First lady Michelle Obama's campaign for healthier school lunches has stalled in Congress after anti-hunger groups and more than 100 Democrats protested the use of food stamp dollars to pay for it. Full Story Top China targeted in bill on currency manipulation Wed, 29 Sep 2010 09:40 pm PDT AP - The House has approved legislation that would allow the U.S. to seek trade sanctions against China and other nations for manipulating their currency to gain trade advantages. Full Story Top Arthur Penn, director of `Bonnie and Clyde,' dies Wed, 29 Sep 2010 07:13 pm PDT AP - "Bonnie and Clyde" wasn't a movie that director Arthur Penn wanted to make, but when he finally agreed to it, he made sure that the violence provoked by the lawbreaking couple from the 1930s — and that led to the protagonists' bullet-riddled demise — wasn't disguised. Full Story Top Tour champion Contador tests positive, suspended Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:04 pm PDT AP - Three-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador of Spain tested positive for a banned stimulant while winning this year's race and has been suspended by cycling's governing body. Full Story Top China says U.S. yuan bill violates WTO Wed, 29 Sep 2010 10:38 pm PDT Reuters - China on Thursday hit back at a bill passed by the House of Representatives aimed at pressuring Beijing to let its currency rise faster by branding it in violation of world trade rules, but Beijing stopped short of threatening any retaliatory actions. Full Story Top Consumer czar says wants banks' help on rules Wed, 29 Sep 2010 06:04 pm PDT Reuters - Elizabeth Warren, the Obama administration's new consumer financial czar, offered an olive branch to the largest U.S. banks on Wednesday, saying she wanted their help in developing a principles-based approach to rulemaking. Full Story Top J&J CEO faces U.S. lawmakers over string of recalls Wed, 29 Sep 2010 09:19 pm PDT Reuters - Johnson & Johnson's massive recall of faulty medicines, including a quiet buyback of its Motrin painkiller, has angered U.S. lawmakers who will question the company's chief executive and a senior health regulator on Thursday. Full Story Top Congress funding fight may delay Wall Street reforms Wed, 29 Sep 2010 09:31 pm PDT Reuters - The Obama administration may have to wait several months to begin enforcing parts of the landmark Dodd-Frank financial reform law because Congress has delayed funds necessary for its implementation. Full Story Top North Korea releases photo of successor Kim Jong-un Wed, 29 Sep 2010 10:44 pm PDT Reuters - North Korean state media released a photograph on Thursday of the reclusive state's leader-in-waiting Kim Jong-un. Full Story Top About 1 in 4 Q2 home sales a foreclosure: report Wed, 29 Sep 2010 09:13 pm PDT Reuters - Nearly one in every four U.S. homes sold in the second quarter was a deeply discounted foreclosed house, putting the market on pace to work through distressed properties in about three years, RealtyTrac said. Full Story Top BP ousts exploration chief, vows to boost safety Wed, 29 Sep 2010 05:26 pm PDT Reuters - BP Plc's incoming Chief Executive Bob Dudley has ousted the oil group's exploration and production chief following the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and promised to restructure the company to boost safety. Full Story Top China releases 3 Japanese but isle dispute lingers Wed, 29 Sep 2010 10:43 pm PDT Reuters - China released three Japanese citizens on Thursday whose detention had added to tensions between Asia's two top economies, but a fourth remains in custody in a sign that the row is not yet over. Full Story Top N.Korea publishes photo of heir apparent: Yonhap Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:12 pm PDT AFP - North Korea published its first adult photograph of the youngest son and heir apparent to leader Kim Jong-Il on Thursday, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported. Full Story Top First US trial for ex-Guantanamo man opens Wed, 29 Sep 2010 07:47 pm PDT AFP - The first trial of a former Guantanamo detainee in a civilian US court began in New York, testing President Barack Obama's pledge to end legal abuses in the war on terror. Full Story Top

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