Mich. shutdown ends, lawmakers OK interim budget (AP)
AP - Michigan’s brief partial government shutdown is over after lawmakers voted to adopt a temporary 30-day budget.
Archive for September, 2009
FBI denies editing Oklahoma City bombing tapes (AP)
AP - The FBI says it did not edit videotapes of the aftermath of the 1995 bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building before turning them over to an attorney who is conducting an unofficial inquiry into the bombing.
Next Bank of America CEO must rebuild firm’s image (AP)
AP - Ken Lewis’ legacy as CEO of Bank of America Corp. will likely be determined by whether his successor can do what Lewis couldn’t: prove that the bank’s messy acquisition of Merrill Lynch & Co. was worth the money.
Ketsana leaves more than 360 dead across SE Asia (AP)
AP - A new typhoon gathered strength Thursday off the Philippines while nearly 700,000 people still sought help in badly stretched relief centers from massive flooding caused by Ketsana, one of the region’s most destructive storms in years.
Death toll nears 150 as Samoa devastation revealed (AFP)
AFP - Rescuers reached scenes of stunning devastation after a killer tsunami obliterated Samoan island villages, killing at least 148 people and leaving scores more missing.
Revamped Carter museum to reopen in Atlanta (AP)
AP - The Jimmy Carter Library and Museum reopens Thursday on the former president’s 85th birthday after an overhaul that devotes more space than any other presidential library to a commander-in-chief’s time spent after the White House.
Democrat says GOP wants sick to just ‘die quickly’ (AP)
AP - House Republicans say it’s payback time for the recent reprimand of one of their own for heckling President Barack Obama. They want a Democratic lawmaker to apologize or face a reprimand for saying the GOP wants Americans to “die quickly” if they get sick.
Honduras’ Micheletti backs off Brazil deadline (Reuters)
Reuters - De facto Honduran leader Roberto Micheletti on Wednesday backed away from a deadline set for Brazil to decide on the fate of ousted leader Manuel Zelaya, who has been holed up at the Brazilian embassy for more than a week after sneaking back from exile.
Another powerful quake hits Indonesia’s Sumatra (AFP)
AFP - A major 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia’s Sumatra island Thursday southeast of the site of an earlier powerful quake that left more than 1,000 feared dead, geologists said.
U.S. senators vote to encourage healthy behavior (Reuters)
Reuters - A U.S. Senate panel on Wednesday adopted a measure aimed at rewarding healthy behavior in a sweeping healthcare overhaul sought by President Barack Obama as lawmakers pushed to complete the legislation.