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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Maryland Leader.com http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/10/id/420d9e49bcaa69d0/ en-us Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:03:17 -0400 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:03:17 -0400 30 An ex-soldier turned gunman has been accused of trying to kill the US president. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682330/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:44:27 -0400 Maryland Leader.com http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682330/cs/1/ An Iraqi soldier has fired into a group of US soldiers, killing two of them. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682341/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:18:06 -0400 Maryland Leader.com http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682341/cs/1/ New York officials have announced that the centrepiece tower to replace the World Trade Centre in New York will be complete in 2013. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682167/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:54:11 -0400 Maryland Leader.com http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682167/cs/1/ Two asteroids are due to whiz past the Earth on Wednesday according to NASA. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682155/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:52:10 -0400 Maryland Leader.com http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682155/cs/1/ The jailed US polygamist sect leader, Warren Jeffs, has been exercising his rights against extradition from Utah to Texas. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682154/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:49:33 -0400 Maryland Leader.com http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682154/cs/1/ Police in Pakistan Wednesday said they had arrested three men allegedly having links with Faisal Shahzad, held in New York in May on charges of plotting a failed bombing in New York's Times Square. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682610/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:20:02 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682610/cs/1/ The Vatican has spoken out against an American pastor's plan to burn copies of the Quran to commemorate the Sep 11, 2001, terror attack, calling it 'an outrageous and grave gesture'. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682577/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:00:07 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682577/cs/1/ Declaring that 'a new American moment' had arrived, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Wednesday said that President Barack will use his November visit to India to take its relationship with an 'indispensable' partner to the next level. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682575/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:00:05 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682575/cs/1/ In a move that would hit Indian IT companies, America's Ohio state has prohibited spending of public funds for services provided offshore. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682522/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:50:03 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682522/cs/1/ Washington, Sep 8, (ANI): Christian, Jewish and Muslim leaders held an emergency summit in Washington to condemn "the derision, misinformation and outright bigotry" about American Muslims over the proposed Islamic Community Center that is to come up near Ground Zero http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682466/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:10:16 -0400 ANI http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682466/cs/1/ Retired basketball player Dennis Rodman is said to have shocked partygoers when his sex romp with six girls was broadcast through a cordless microphone in his pocket. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682463/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:10:07 -0400 ANI http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682463/cs/1/ Tennis ace Serena Williams is said to be courting R 'n' B star Drake. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682462/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:10:06 -0400 ANI http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682462/cs/1/ Tom Barrack, the CEO of private investment firm Colony Capital, wants to make a 'rock star' of an unlikely figure - Bikram Choudhury, the yogi behind Bikram Yoga. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682443/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:30:09 -0400 ANI http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682443/cs/1/ The upcoming mid-term polls in November are presenting a grim picture for the Democrats, with a series of media polls claiming that majority of Americans would vote for the Republicans if elections were to be held today, and saying that they trusted the GOP more to handle issues like the economy. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682423/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:10:06 -0400 ANI http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682423/cs/1/ Supermodel Naomi Campbell's billionaire boyfriend is reportedly set to buy her the former house of real-life Shakespearean heroine Desdemona. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682410/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:40:10 -0400 ANI http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682410/cs/1/ A new application called 'You the Man' aims at keeping boozy revellers from getting behind the wheel. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682393/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:20:20 -0400 ANI http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682393/cs/1/ Ben Affleck has revealed his new look-full head of grey hair-at the Venice Film Festival where he appeared with 'The Town' co-star Rebecca Hall. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682386/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:20:12 -0400 ANI http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682386/cs/1/ Two alleged mistresses of Tiger Woods, Rachel Uchitel and Jamie Grubbs, almost ran into each other in California. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682381/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:20:07 -0400 ANI http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682381/cs/1/ Beyonce Knowles' hubby Jay-Z threw an intimate party to celebrate his wife's 29th birthday. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682368/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:50:11 -0400 ANI http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682368/cs/1/ Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi has become the first Pakistan tennis player to qualify for the final of any Grand Slam competition. On Tuesday, he entered the US Open mixed doubles final along with Czech teammate Kveta Peschke. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682364/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:50:06 -0400 ANI http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682364/cs/1/ The US Justice Department is reportedly probing the throat slashing of a New York Muslim taxi driver by 21-year-old American film student Michael Enright, as a possible hate crime. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682352/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:30:08 -0400 ANI http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682352/cs/1/ The man who snatched actress Kirsten Dunst's purse has been sentenced to four years behind bars. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682329/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:40:14 -0400 ANI http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682329/cs/1/ Rafael Nadal was untouchable at the US Open, unbroken for the fortnight after reaching the quarter-finals with a 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 defeat of friend Feliciano Lopez on a day of Spanish domination Tuesday. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682315/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:40:02 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682315/cs/1/ Indian American cancer geneticist Dr. Anil Potti's application for a US patent has been rejected, as he is under scrutiny for falsifying his CV and there are also doubts over the data included in his research papers. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682295/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:20:49 -0400 ANI http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682295/cs/1/ An Indonesian maid who mixed her own urine with the formula milk she fed to a Hong Kong infant she was looking after has been jailed, a report said Wednesday. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682272/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:50:02 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682272/cs/1/ Rumours are abuzz that 'Twilight' star Robert Pattinson is set to appear in the final episode of American drama comedy show 'Entourage'. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682265/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:40:08 -0400 ANI http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682265/cs/1/ Mark David Chapman, who killed John Lennon, has been denied parole for the sixth time and will remain imprisoned for at least two more years, New York state officials have said. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682238/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:10:18 -0400 ANI http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682238/cs/1/ A woman claiming to be the love child of the late pop legend Michael Jackson has had her case thrown out by a Los Angeles judge. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682222/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:30:01 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682222/cs/1/ A Thai Airways plane with about 200 passengers on board was grounded in Los Angeles Wednesday after a bomb threat was made, authorities said. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682205/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:20:04 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682205/cs/1/ The Schramm T-130 drill, Chile's Plan B for rescuing the 33 miners trapped underground since Aug 5, reached an excavation depth of 113 metres just two days after it started digging, officials said. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682181/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:00:02 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682181/cs/1/ GE and PepsiCo in India are among 12 American companies selected as finalists for the Secretary of State's prestigious 2010 Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE). http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682176/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:50:01 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682176/cs/1/ Another body was found Monday among the tonnes of mud and rocks that fell Saturday on a highway in western Guatemala, bringing to 45 the number of deaths in the torrential rains. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682174/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:30:03 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682174/cs/1/ The United States says it will look to New Delhi to see what changes can be made to the nuclear liability bill passed by Indian parliament making suppliers of nuclear equipment also potentially liable. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682173/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:30:02 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682173/cs/1/ As a Florida church vowed to move forward with a controversial plan to burn the Koran, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton joined other US officials in condemning it as 'disrespectful and disgraceful'. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682172/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:20:02 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682172/cs/1/ Chilean director Rodrigo Ortuzar has announced that he is planning to make a film on the 33 miners trapped for a month in the country and that he will donate the profits to finance the education of the miners' children. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682168/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:10:02 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682168/cs/1/ US President Barack Obama Tuesday offered his congratulations to Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard, who held onto office after breaking a 17-day logjam that built up behind the inconclusive August 21 parliamentary elections. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682165/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:50:03 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682165/cs/1/ American comedienne Ellen DeGeneres has struck a deal with communications giant AOL in a bid to boost the website's visitors and advertising revenue. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682148/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:10:04 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682148/cs/1/ A 70-feet-tall steel column, that literally formed the backbone of the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York, made a return to the original site and would be part of a memorial to the Sep 11, 2001 terror attack. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682523/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:50:04 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682523/cs/1/ US White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs has said that the presence of al-Qaeda and its extremist allies in Afghanistan and Pakistan is not an issue of concern for only the US, rather it is of international concern and that is the reason for deploying the international security force there. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682383/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:20:09 -0400 ANI http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682383/cs/1/ Prestigious Rubin Museum of Art (RMA) in New York (USA) will transform into a "peace lab" on Mahatma Gandhi's birthday falling on October two to commemorate International Day of Non-Violence. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682362/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:50:03 -0400 ANI http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682362/cs/1/ Hewlett Packard sued its former boss Mark Hurd Tuesday for breach of confidentiality agreements a day after the highly-regarded executive was hired as president of rival Oracle, The Wall Street Journal reported. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682147/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:10:03 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/682147/cs/1/ NEW YORK — Pfizer's animal health unit is teaming up with the American Kennel Club Canine Health Foundation to research new ways to prevent, treat and cure dog diseases. Pfizer Inc. will pr... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38483257/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:05:39 -0400 Sign on San Diego http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38483257/ PHOENIX — Arizona's education chief says the federal government has launched an investigation into whether the state discriminates against teachers who are nonnative English speakers. The s... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38483256/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:05:18 -0400 Sign on San Diego http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38483256/ BY Meena Hartenstein DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER In the wake of Chicago Mayor Richard Daley's announcement that he won't be seeking re-election when his term is up, Washington is buzzing with speculatio... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38483254/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:03:13 -0400 U.S. News & World Report http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38483254/ you know the rest. When I heard that Pastor Terry Jones wanted to burn the Koran, I was appalled. I wasn’t surprised. It’s one of the reasons I am no longer a Christian. As Ghandi said: &... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38483255/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:03:07 -0400 U.S. News & World Report http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38483255/ Visitors to Salado, Texas snap photos of a submerged truck under the main street bridge on Wednesday morning, Sept. 8, 2010 as waters begin to receed from excessive rainfall caused by Tropical Storm H... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38483107/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:54:46 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38483107/ WASHINGTON — Consumer borrowing fell again in July as households cut back on their credit card use for a 23rd consecutive month, adding more drag on an economy struggling to mount a sustained re... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38483108/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:54:42 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38483108/ In this combination of photos, Annie Le, left, and Raymond Clark, III are shown. A lawyer for the family of a slain Yale University graduate student says they are considering suing the school over its... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38483109/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:54:38 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38483109/ SAN FRANCISCO — California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is holding firm in his refusal to defend the state's same-sex marriage ban in court. Lawyers for Schwarzenegger said in a letter Wednes... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38483110/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:54:34 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38483110/ NEW YORK — Australia and New Zealand share first place, and the United States is tied for fifth, in a first-of-its kind survey ranking 153 nations on the willingness of their citizens to donate ... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38482946/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:54:31 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38482946/ CLEVELAND — President Barack Obama has leveled an unusually direct attack against House Minority Leader John Boehner in the Republican's home state of Ohio. Mindful of midterm election poll... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38483112/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:54:21 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38483112/ Wednesday, September 8, 2010 at 11:36 a.m. Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad: Sept. 7 The Pueblo (Colo.) Chieftain on how federal health care l... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38483113/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:54:17 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38483113/ Los Angeles police officers respond by firing nonlethal foam projectiles toward apartment buildings rooftops, as protesters climbed atop and threw objects at officers below, after they had protested t... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38482246/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:54:12 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38482246/ Rev. Terry Jones at the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Fla., Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. Jones plans to burn copies of the Quran on church grounds to mark the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks o... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38483115/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:54:09 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38483115/ WASHINGTON — More regions of the country reported slower growth as the U.S. economy lost momentum in the late summer. A new survey by the Federal Reserve finds the weakness spreading. Of th... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38483114/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:54:01 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38483114/ Demonstrators hold portraits of Iranian woman Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani during a protest in front of the Iran embassy in Rome, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. The protesters asked Iran to lift its death sen... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38483025/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:53:52 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38483025/ SAN FRANCISCO -- California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is holding firm in his refusal to defend the state's same-sex marriage ban in court.Lawyers for Schwarzenegger said in a letter Wednesday that t... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38482841/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:45:52 -0400 The Miami Herald http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38482841/ BOULDER, Colo. -- Firefighters encountered a tangle of rattlesnakes, downed power lines and combustible propane tanks Wednesday as authorities looked for eight people missing in a wildfire that has d... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38482842/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:45:48 -0400 The Miami Herald http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38482842/ CLEVELAND -- President Barack Obama is getting a little personal about the sluggish economy, telling a Cleveland audience about his own family's struggles and hardships.Obama noted Wednesday that his... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38482843/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:45:44 -0400 The Miami Herald http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38482843/ Demonstrators hold portraits of Iranian woman Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani during a protest in front of the Iran embassy in Rome, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. The protesters asked Iran to lift its death sen... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38482844/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:45:40 -0400 The Miami Herald http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38482844/ NEW YORK -- Australia and New Zealand shared first place, and the United States tied for fifth, in a first-of-its kind survey ranking 153 nations on the willingness of their citizens to donate time a... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38482845/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:45:36 -0400 The Miami Herald http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38482845/ NEW YORK -- Intricately hand-carved carousel horses, tigers and bears and exquisitely rendered circus posters evoking a bygone era of the fairground as a Disney-esque attraction are going on the auct... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38483240/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:45:16 -0400 The Miami Herald http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38483240/ CHICAGO -- An Italian biologist says a genetic test for the presence of Asian carp in Chicago-area waterways could give misleading results.Gentile Ficetola (feh-CHAY'-toh-lah) of the University of Mi... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38483183/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:45:12 -0400 The Miami Herald http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38483183/ FILE - In this April 27, 2010 file photo, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel laughs as he takes some good natured ribbing about his recent comment about someday wanting to be mayor of Chicago whi... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38483241/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:45:08 -0400 The Miami Herald http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38483241/ OKLAHOMA CITY -- A federal judge has declined to lift a stay of execution for an Oklahoma man whose lethal injection was put on hold because the state ran out of one of the drugs used in the procedur... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38482307/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:45:04 -0400 The Miami Herald http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38482307/ WASHINGTON -- An accused Somali pirate has pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy from a November 2008 attack in the Gulf of Aden on a Danish ship carrying cargo from a U.S. company.Speaking thro... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38483242/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:45:00 -0400 The Miami Herald http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38483242/ UNITED NATIONS -- Former First Lady Laura Bush says that teaching more women around the world to read and write can dramatically improve their lives and those of their children.Bush, a UNESCO honorar... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38483243/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:44:56 -0400 The Miami Herald http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38483243/ DES MOINES, Iowa -- Sen. Charles Grassley has asked Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to address accusations that federal workers ignored complaints about conditions at an Iowa farm involved in a rec... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38482028/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:44:53 -0400 The Miami Herald http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38482028/ Obama travels to Cleveland to pitch a tax break package worth as much as $300 billion for businesses. But economists are skeptical that many jobs can be gained this way. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38481918/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:31:17 -0400 Christian Science Monitor http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38481918/ Obama travels to Cleveland to pitch a tax break package worth as much as $300 billion for businesses. But economists are skeptical that many jobs can be gained this way. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38481919/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:30:57 -0400 Christian Science Monitor http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38481919/ . announced this week it has opened an office in Davidson, N.C., to house product development and marketing leadership. The new facility is currently operating with four employees, with capacity for ... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38482491/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:28:46 -0400 Business Journal http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38482491/ GAINESVILLE, Fla. — An associate pastor of the Dove World Outreach Center, which is moving ahead with plans to burn copies of the Muslim holy book on Saturday, said he doubts assertions that burn... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38483249/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:17:46 -0400 USA Today http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38483249/ Firefighters battle extreme heat while fighting a brush fire in Holden, Mass., on July 7. Massachusetts endured its second-hottest summer on record. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38483250/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:17:43 -0400 USA Today http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38483250/ Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck pleaded for calm and vowed his department would conduct an exhaustive investigation into a bicycle officer's fatal shooting of a drunken day laborer with a knife. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38481779/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:17:41 -0400 USA Today http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38481779/ (CNN) -- A former soldier arrested after a hostage incident at a military base in Georgia faces multiple charges that include threatening to kill President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clint... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38483100/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:12:50 -0400 CNN http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38483100/ Such temperance is evident in many of the writings of Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, the man behind plans to erect an Islamic center and mosque a few blocks from New York's ground zero. But in July, he turne... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38483247/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:12:36 -0400 CNN http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38483247/ Washington (CNN) -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton used a foreign policy talk to weigh in on hot button political issues Wednesday, slamming a Florida pastor for his "disgraceful" plan t... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38483248/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:12:32 -0400 CNN http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38483248/ NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - African Americans are known to have a higher rate of heart disease and stroke than whites, and a new study suggests that those excess risks emerge at a relatively young age... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38482881/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:52:06 -0400 Reuters http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38482881/ WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The huge U.S. budget deficit poses a national security threat and projects a "message of weakness" internationally, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday as she u... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38483232/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:52:06 -0400 Reuters http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38483232/ SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A Boeing Co subsidiary prevailed on Wednesday against a lawsuit alleging its planes were used by the CIA to illegally transport prisoners to secret facilities overseas, a fed... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38483231/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:43:18 -0400 Reuters http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38483231/ Source: Home Depot Foundation Healthy Homes, Healthy Lives: Making the American Dream Smarter Kelly Caffarelli, President, The Home Depot FoundationFor those of you who regularly follow my Tweets and ... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38482463/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:41:00 -0400 Earth Times http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38482463/ Secretary of State Hillary Clinton commented on the controversy surrounding the leader of a small Florida church who announced plans to burn copies of the Koran on Sept. 11. She said the pastor's deci... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38483135/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:39:53 -0400 CBS News http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38483135/ Secretary of State Hillary Clinton commented on the controversy surrounding the leader of a small Florida church who announced plans to burn copies of the Koran on Sept. 11. She said the pastor's deci... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38482815/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:39:17 -0400 CBS News http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38482815/ Obama and Tax Cuts President Obama has proposed extending tax cuts for individuals making less than $200,000. But the top two income tax rates would revert to higher levels. Anthony Mason reports. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38481791/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:38:21 -0400 CBS News http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38481791/ Two high-school sweethearts from Camden County once wrote their names on a sandy beach, with a big heart between them. Now Paige Pfefferle is in jail, charged with murder, after authorities said that ... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38483104/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:21:14 -0400 Philadelphia Daily News http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38483104/ Deborah Chaiken of Palmyra talks about her beliefs at a South Jersey Secular Jews meeting: "In the formal Jewish community, I felt that I didn't really have a voice. Here, I know that I do." http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38483105/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:21:10 -0400 Philadelphia Daily News http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38483105/ Article Reprints Federal officials have decertified a dike that for half a century has protected the southwest North Dakota town of Marmarth from flooding by the Little Missouri River. That means Mar... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38482225/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:15:45 -0400 Insurance Journal http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38482225/ Jon Klein says Morgan is "able to look at all aspects of the news with style and humor with an occasional good laugh in the process." The struggling news network will debut another prime-time show wit... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38483233/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:05:54 -0400 Times of India http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38483233/ British Airways PLC (BAY.LN) and its transatlantic alliance partners plan to link their frequent-flyer programs from next month and launch new services on thinner routes to http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38483230/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:01:47 -0400 Morning Star http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38483230/ (SBMRY, SAB.JO), the global beer giant, is mulling expanding in Latin America, an area which already represents the largest source of revenue for the firm. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38483082/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:01:20 -0400 Morning Star http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38483082/ WASHINGTON - In the end, it was a wonder the three massive chandeliers gracing the White House East Room remained intact, given the high-voltage expenditure of human energy taking place beneath them. ... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38478578/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:31:56 -0400 Star Tribune http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38478578/ DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa Sen. Charles Grassley is asking Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to address accusations that federal workers ignored complaints about conditions at two Iowa farms involv... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38478009/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:30:49 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38478009/ Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon) http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38479067/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:30:45 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38479067/ MADISON, Wis. — The Dalai Lama is putting his money where his mouth is. The Tibetan spiritual leader has given $50,000 from his personal trust to support research into the science behind ki... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38479070/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:30:35 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38479070/ CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A water main break at NASA's spaceport has launch preparations on hold for the next-to-last shuttle flight. Space shuttle Discovery was supposed to be moved Wednesday... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38478481/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:30:31 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38478481/ Wednesday, September 8, 2010 at 9:15 a.m. 2011 Toyota Avalon Limited BASE PRICE: $32,445 for base model; $35,685 for Limited. AS TESTED: $38,398. TYPE: Front-engine, front-wheel-driv... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38477906/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:30:27 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38477906/ This undated image provided by Toyota shows the 2011 Toyota Avalon. (AP Photo/Toyota) Toyota's largest sedan sold in America, the Avalon, shows up on some interesting lists. It's one of the 10 "mos... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38477907/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:30:23 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/38477907/