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Today's Front Page News: Rahm's gone: New day, new tone for the White House Bank of America delays foreclosures in 23 states Indonesian train crash kills at least 36 Anti-American cleric vies for more power in Iraq US apologizes for '40s syphilis study in Guatemala Photos show US soldiers posing with Afghan corpses NJ student's suicide resonates on campus, beyond Grand jury indicts accused California kidnappers CNN's Sanchez fired after calling Stewart a bigot Padres deny Giants division title with 6-4 win White House defends economic stimulus plan BofA suspends foreclosures in 23 states Risk council takes first steps on Dodd-Frank Dozens killed, injured in Indonesian train crash Single trade helped spark May's flash crash Iraq's Shi'ite union backs incumbent Maliki as PM Chile miners could be rescued this month: minister North Korea's Kim Jong-il no lame duck, in U.S. view Obama apologizes to Guatemala for US human experiments Nigerian independence day car bombs kill 10 Rahm's gone: New day, new tone for the White House Fri, 1 Oct 2010 10:51 pm PDT AP - Reshaping the tone and tenor of the White House, President Barack Obama on Friday replaced the colorful and caustic Rahm Emanuel with the private Pete Rouse as his chief of staff, shifting to a new phase of his presidency with a drastically different aide as trusted gatekeeper. Full Story Top Bank of America delays foreclosures in 23 states Fri, 1 Oct 2010 10:51 pm PDT AP - Bank of America is delaying foreclosures in 23 states as it examines whether it rushed the foreclosure process for thousands of homeowners without reading the documents. Full Story Top Indonesian train crash kills at least 36 Fri, 1 Oct 2010 11:36 pm PDT AP - A train crash in central Indonesia on Saturday killed at least 36 people and injured dozens, several with severe burns and broken bones, officials and witnesses said. Full Story Top Anti-American cleric vies for more power in Iraq Fri, 1 Oct 2010 11:22 pm PDT AP - A Muslim cleric who once used a militia to resist the American invasion positioned himself as a big winner in Iraq's monthslong political deadlock Friday when his party threw its support behind the beleaguered prime minister. Full Story Top US apologizes for '40s syphilis study in Guatemala Fri, 1 Oct 2010 10:51 pm PDT AP - American scientists deliberately infected prisoners and patients in a mental hospital in Guatemala with syphilis 60 years ago, a recently unearthed experiment that prompted U.S. officials to apologize Friday and declare outrage over "such reprehensible research." Full Story Top Photos show US soldiers posing with Afghan corpses Fri, 1 Oct 2010 10:52 pm PDT AP - Those who have seen the photos say they are grisly: soldiers beside newly killed bodies, decaying corpses and severed fingers. Full Story Top NJ student's suicide resonates on campus, beyond Fri, 1 Oct 2010 10:52 pm PDT AP - "Things will get easier; people's minds will change," Ellen DeGeneres pleads in an Internet video, staring into the camera, her voice breaking. "And you should be alive to see it." Full Story Top Grand jury indicts accused California kidnappers Fri, 1 Oct 2010 10:52 pm PDT AP - California kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard and her two young daughters will be spared from having to testify in open court any time soon following a grand jury indictment of the couple charged with kidnapping and holding her captive for 18 years, a prosecutor said Friday. Full Story Top CNN's Sanchez fired after calling Stewart a bigot Fri, 1 Oct 2010 10:52 pm PDT AP - CNN fired news anchor Rick Sanchez on Friday, a day after he called Jon Stewart a bigot in a radio show interview where he also questioned whether Jews should be considered a minority. Full Story Top Padres deny Giants division title with 6-4 win Fri, 1 Oct 2010 10:50 pm PDT AP - Adrian Gonzalez hit a three-run homer, Ryan Ludwick and Matt Stairs also connected and the San Diego Padres put San Francisco's potential clinching party on hold for at least a day with a dramatic 6-4 victory Friday night. Full Story Top White House defends economic stimulus plan Fri, 1 Oct 2010 04:20 pm PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama's $814 billion economic stimulus plan is meeting its targets for spending and job creation, White House officials said on Friday, however unpopular it may be with the public. Full Story Top BofA suspends foreclosures in 23 states Fri, 1 Oct 2010 09:48 pm PDT Reuters - Amid growing public anger over U.S. home seizures, Bank of America Corp has suspended some of its foreclosures and JPMorgan Chase & Co has come under investigation in California and Connecticut. Full Story Top Risk council takes first steps on Dodd-Frank Fri, 1 Oct 2010 09:42 pm PDT Reuters - A new council of U.S. regulators charged with identifying risks to the financial system acted on Friday to begin implementing the new financial regulatory overhaul law. Full Story Top Dozens killed, injured in Indonesian train crash Fri, 1 Oct 2010 11:51 pm PDT Reuters - Dozens of people were killed or badly injured when two trains collided in Indonesia's central Java province early on Saturday, officials said. Full Story Top Single trade helped spark May's flash crash Fri, 1 Oct 2010 08:49 pm PDT Reuters - A computer-driven sale worth $4.1 billion by a single trader helped trigger the May flash crash, setting off liquidity shocks that ricocheted between U.S. futures and stock markets, regulators concluded in a report. Full Story Top Iraq's Shi'ite union backs incumbent Maliki as PM Fri, 1 Oct 2010 09:40 pm PDT Reuters - Iraq's Shi'ite alliance backed incumbent Nuri al-Maliki as the next prime minister Friday after months of argument, but he still faces severe obstacles in his bid for a second term. Full Story Top Chile miners could be rescued this month: minister Fri, 1 Oct 2010 10:13 pm PDT Reuters - The 33 Chilean miners trapped for almost two months could be freed in the second half of this month as rescuers drill closer to their refuge deep below the Atacama desert, Chile's mining minister said on Friday. Full Story Top North Korea's Kim Jong-il no lame duck, in U.S. view Fri, 1 Oct 2010 06:46 pm PDT Reuters - North Korea's Kim Jong-il will not become a lame duck leader and is expected to keep a firm grip on power until his death, despite having unveiled his successor, current and former U.S. officials say. Full Story Top Obama apologizes to Guatemala for US human experiments Fri, 1 Oct 2010 07:02 pm PDT AFP - President Barack Obama personally apologized to his Guatemalan counterpart for a US-led study conducted in the 1940s, in which hundreds of people in the Latin American state were deliberately infected with sexually-transmitted diseases. Full Story Top Nigerian independence day car bombs kill 10 Fri, 1 Oct 2010 10:42 pm PDT AFP - Twin car bombings claimed by Nigeria's most prominent militant group MEND killed at least 10 people near ceremonies for 50 years of independence in the first such attack in the capital. Full Story Top

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