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Today's Front Page News: Dozens of NATO oil tankers attacked in Pakistan Ecuador troops rescue president from rebel cops Storms drench much of the East Coast; 5 killed AP sources: Emanuel leaving White House on Friday Calif. governor's race upended by immigrant maid Obama charges up young voters at concert/rally NJ student's suicide illustrates Internet dangers HP board's selection of new CEO raises new doubts Dailey & Vincent win entertainer of the year Giants sweep Arizona, clinch tie for NL West title Obama seeks to rally Dems to keep grip on Congress AIG and U.S. set faster, riskier exit path New U.S. financial risk council meets Friday Militants set fire to NATO supply tankers in Pakistan Ecuador's Correa rescued, now faces political fight Report to say Waddell stoked flash crash: source China says U.S. yuan bill could harm ties California to enter fourth month without budget Ecuador president rescued amid police, military clash India PM appeals for calm after ruling to split holy site Dozens of NATO oil tankers attacked in Pakistan Thu, 30 Sep 2010 11:40 pm PDT AP - Suspected militants in southern Pakistan set ablaze more than two dozen tankers carrying fuel for foreign troops in Afghanistan on Friday, highlighting the vulnerability of the U.S.-led mission a day after Pakistan closed a major border crossing. Full Story Top Ecuador troops rescue president from rebel cops Thu, 30 Sep 2010 10:32 pm PDT AP - Ecuadorean soldiers firing automatic weapons and concussion grenades rescued President Rafael Correa late Thursday from a hospital where he was trapped most of the day by rebellious police who plunged the country into chaos in a protest over benefit cuts. Full Story Top Storms drench much of the East Coast; 5 killed Thu, 30 Sep 2010 10:32 pm PDT AP - A massive rainstorm drenched the East Coast from the Carolinas to Maine on Thursday, causing at least five deaths, flooding roads and washing away months of dry weather. Full Story Top AP sources: Emanuel leaving White House on Friday Thu, 30 Sep 2010 10:33 pm PDT AP - White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel is set to give up his influential national post Friday to begin a run for Chicago mayor, a job he has long coveted but won't win unless he persuades voters he's still one of them. Full Story Top Calif. governor's race upended by immigrant maid Thu, 30 Sep 2010 10:34 pm PDT AP - Meg Whitman's campaign for governor was thrown into turmoil Thursday as the Republican sought to fend off new evidence that she knowingly had an illegal immigrant housekeeper on her payroll for nearly a decade. Full Story Top Obama charges up young voters at concert/rally Thu, 30 Sep 2010 10:34 pm PDT AP - Grasping for the electric energy that propelled him to the White House, President Barack Obama whipped up young supporters at a rally Thursday night, where the boisterous crowd tried to shout down any talk of an "enthusiasm gap" among Democrats. Full Story Top NJ student's suicide illustrates Internet dangers Thu, 30 Sep 2010 10:34 pm PDT AP - The shocking suicide of a college student whose sex life was broadcast over the Web illustrates yet again the Internet's alarming potential as a means of tormenting others and raises questions whether young people in the age of Twitter and Facebook can even distinguish public from private. Full Story Top HP board's selection of new CEO raises new doubts Thu, 30 Sep 2010 10:35 pm PDT AP - Hewlett-Packard Co.'s board upset many investors when it forced out Mark Hurd as CEO nearly two months ago. Now, those directors appear to have baffled Wall Street with its selection of HP's new leader — Leo Apotheker, who lost his job running German business software maker SAP earlier this year after he didn't live up to expectations. Full Story Top Dailey & Vincent win entertainer of the year Thu, 30 Sep 2010 09:26 pm PDT AP - Dailey & Vincent won entertainer of the year for the third straight time at the International Bluegrass Music Association Awards on Thursday night. Full Story Top Giants sweep Arizona, clinch tie for NL West title Thu, 30 Sep 2010 10:36 pm PDT AP - Bruce Bochy has said all along the NL West race would probably come down to the season's final weekend — and it will. Full Story Top Obama seeks to rally Dems to keep grip on Congress Thu, 30 Sep 2010 08:57 pm PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama predicted on Thursday his embattled Democrats would hold onto their congressional majorities in the November elections if they can rekindle enthusiasm among voters who helped sweep him into office. Full Story Top AIG and U.S. set faster, riskier exit path Thu, 30 Sep 2010 04:37 pm PDT Reuters - American International Group Inc and the U.S. government agreed on Thursday agreed on a plan that would accelerate the payback of bailout money and could yield a profit for taxpayers but also increase their risk. Full Story Top New U.S. financial risk council meets Friday Thu, 30 Sep 2010 09:17 pm PDT Reuters - A new council of U.S. regulators charged with identifying risks to the financial system holds it first meeting later on Friday with an agenda that includes risky trading and how to pick which non-bank financial institutions need special scrutiny. Full Story Top Militants set fire to NATO supply tankers in Pakistan Thu, 30 Sep 2010 11:54 pm PDT Reuters - Suspected militants in Pakistan set fire to more than two dozen tankers carrying fuel for NATO troops in Afghanistan on Friday, officials said, a day after three soldiers were killed in a cross-border NATO air strike. Full Story Top Ecuador's Correa rescued, now faces political fight Thu, 30 Sep 2010 10:40 pm PDT Reuters - Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa emerged triumphant after a military raid to rescue him from protesting police, but still faces a political fight to push through austerity measures testing his popularity. Full Story Top Report to say Waddell stoked flash crash: source Thu, 30 Sep 2010 03:47 pm PDT Reuters - A single trade by Waddell & Reed Financial Inc helped spark the cascade of market selling on May 6, said a source familiar with regulators' report on the so-called flash crash. Full Story Top China says U.S. yuan bill could harm ties Thu, 30 Sep 2010 01:14 pm PDT Reuters - China on Thursday warned that a House of Represenatives bill to penalize it for not letting the yuan rise faster could seriously affect bilateral ties. Full Story Top California to enter fourth month without budget Thu, 30 Sep 2010 09:30 pm PDT Reuters - California will enter the fourth month of its fiscal year on Friday without a state budget in place after Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and top lawmakers failed to agree on Thursday on a spending plan. Full Story Top Ecuador president rescued amid police, military clash Thu, 30 Sep 2010 11:17 pm PDT AFP - Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa returned to the presidential palace after being rescued from the hospital where he had holed up amid an armed confrontation between rebel police and loyal government troops, officials said. Full Story Top India PM appeals for calm after ruling to split holy site Thu, 30 Sep 2010 08:10 pm PDT AFP - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has appealed for calm after a court ruled that Muslims and Hindus should share a hotly disputed site that has been the focus of deadly violence in the past. Full Story Top

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