A federal judge in Southern California rules that the U.S. military's ban on openly gay service members is unconstitutional.



United States - Southern California - United States armed forces - California - Gay Lesbian and Bisexual

Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 02:52:22 GMT

The Florida pastor whose plan to burn Qurans on Sept. 11 generated worldwide outrage among Muslims and pressure by the U.S. government to relent now says he might not cancel the protest after all.



World Trade Center - Mosque - Florida - Islam - Imam

Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 01:29:07 GMT

Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 01:29:07 GMT

A massive fire roars through a mostly residential neighborhood in the San Francisco suburb of San Bruno; dozens of home burn; at least one death confirmed.



San Francisco - San Bruno California - San Francisco Bay Area - United States - California

Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 04:37:24 GMT

A woman suspended from her job and escorted from a Kraft Foods plant in northeast Philadelphia returns with a handgun, killing two people and critically injuring a third, police say.



Philadelphia - Kraft Foods - Recreation - Guns - Competition Shooting

Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 03:37:52 GMT

Drew Brees and the Saints extended New Orleans' post-Super Bowl euphoria for at least another week and handed Brett Favre a second straight loss in the Louisiana Superdome.

Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 04:43:30 GMT

With nearly 170 homes destroyed by a Colorado wildfire that shows no signs of relenting, wind gusts of up to 60 mph threaten to drive flames into the heart of Boulder.

Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 00:57:21 GMT

Most U.S. adults are still not sure when they will see certain changes from major healthcare reforms passed earlier this year, according to a new survey



Health care - United States - Health care reform - Politics - Health

Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 21:41:22 GMT

Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 23:38:52 GMT

It's the iPhone 4's carrier, and not the antenna, that's holding back prospective buyers, according to a poll done by Piper Jaffray.



IPhone - Piper Jaffray - Verizon - Verizon Communications - Apple

Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 18:37:59 GMT

A new virus based in e-mails with the subject line "Here You have" began running rampant Thursday, hitting corporate America hard.



Security - Malicious Software - United States - Viruses - Detection and Removal Tools

Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 00:38:44 GMT

U.S. Web surfers are spending more time socializing on Facebook than searching with Google, according to new data from researchers at comScore Inc.



Google - Facebook - comScore - Search - Search Engine

Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 23:10:04 GMT

Top-seeded Rafael Nadal put a slow start behind him, dealt well with the wind, and beat No. 8 Fernando Verdasco 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 Thursday night in the first all-Spanish quarterfinal in U.S. Open history.

Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 04:11:15 GMT

A spokesman for Iran's mission to the U.N. says the American hiker who will be freed this weekend is the only woman among the three.

Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 21:59:06 GMT

President Barack Obama denies that rising drug violence made Mexico look increasingly like Colombia at the height of its drug war, rebuffing comments by his secretary of state.



Colombia - Barack Obama - Mexico - United States - President

Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 23:42:27 GMT

The U.S. military almost launched fighter jets and discussed a possible shoot-down when an errant Navy drone briefly veered into restricted airspace near Washington last month, a senior military official said.



United States - United States armed forces - Fighter aircraft - Military - United States Navy

Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 22:14:02 GMT

Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 22:14:02 GMT

Fans of the bestselling novel "Waiting to Exhale" may have been holding their breath for a sequel all these years, but author Terry McMillan never thought she would revisit her most famous characters.

Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 00:13:00 GMT

Tom Brady and the Patriots finalized a 4-year extension, and Peter King reports that Brady “it’s safe to say” be the highest-paid player, averaging roughly $19 million per year.

Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 02:22:26 GMT

Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 02:22:26 GMT

The FDA is warning doctors that a class of injectable drugs used in MRI medical imaging scans can cause a rare and sometimes fatal condition in patients with kidney disease.



Food and Drug Administration - Magnetic resonance imaging - Medical imaging - Health - Nephropathy

Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 23:18:50 GMT

Health experts say that the soda-swilling, video-watching habits of boys ages 6 to 19 mean that about 15 percent are now extremely obese, up from about 9 percent a decade ago. That includes kids like Garrett and Nathaniel Uterhark, whose mom stepped in to help.

Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 12:27:15 GMT

Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 12:27:15 GMT

Airlines are nickel-and-diming passengers, and now a coalition of three travel advocacy groups is fighting back.



Airline - Transportation - Travel - Recreation - Air

Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 17:02:32 GMT

The international police agency Interpol warned governments worldwide on Thursday of an increased risk of terror attacks if the planned burning of the Quran by a Florida pastor goes ahead.



Florida - Police - United States - Interpol - Warfare and Conflict

Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 17:23:39 GMT

Donald Trump is offering to buy out one of the major investors in the real estate partnership that controls the site near ground zero where a Muslim group wants to build a 13-story Islamic center and mosque.



Donald Trump - Real estate - Islam - Mosque - Business

Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 21:48:46 GMT

President Obama's verbal jabs at John Boehner Wednesday could very well have been a preview of the next two years, if Republicans take back control of Congress this November.



Barack Obama - John Boehner - Republican - United States Congress - President

Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 13:11:12 GMT

More than a half-dozen public employees snooped in confidential state records for personal information on the "American Idol" runner-up, officials said Thursday.

Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 20:33:54 GMT

No more talking Flash trash: the program that Steve Jobs so seems to revile appears to be good-to-go for use for apps on the iPhone and Apple's other mobile devices.



Apple - Steve Jobs - iPhone - Adobe Flash - Adobe Systems

Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 15:56:41 GMT

The oil well is capped and the coast is clear but fishermen are eyeing the economic tides and worrying.

Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 17:35:34 GMT