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Two of the miners who were trapped overnight smile as they are greeted at the Elandsrand gold mine near Carletonville, South Africa. After a four-day effort, all of the trapped miners were rescued. (Photo by Schalk van Zuydam / AP)

Remaining miners rescued in South Africa; no deaths

The last of the 3,200 miners trapped in a South African gold mine have been rescued, some after spending 40 hours underground, according to media reports.

MarketWatch

Miner rescue

Yahoo! News

DR Congo plane crash 'kills many'

At least 25 people are feared dead in the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo after a plane crashed into a residential area soon after take-off. The plane landed in Kingsani, a crowded market district.

BBC

Congo cargo plane crashes on capital

Yahoo! News

Arrest order for Pinochet family

A Chilean judge has ordered the arrest of five children and the widow of former military ruler Augusto Pinochet on charges of embezzlement.

BBC

Report: Justice Department policy endorsed harsh interrogations

After the Justice Department publicly declared torture "abhorrent" in a legal opinion in 2004, it issued a secret opinion endorsing tough interrogation techniques.

International Herald Tribune

White House denies torture assertion

Yahoo! News

White House

Yahoo! News

N. Korea shifts toward engagement

An agreement reached this week with North Korea for it to dismantle "all" of its nuclear facilities by the end of the year further cements Pyongyang's commitment to denuclearization.

Christian Science Monitor

N. Korea leader Kim Jong-il calls reports of his ill health 'fiction'

Reuters

544,000 toys and other items recalled over high lead

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced recalls of more than half a million items, ranging from flashlights and key chains to toy blocks and drink tumblers.

MarketWatch

Larry Craig to remain in Senate

Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, again reneged on a pledge to resign from the Senate, announcing that despite a judge's refusal to allow him to withdraw a guilty plea, he would remain in the Senate.

ABC News

NATION

Sprinter and Olympic gold medalist Marion Jones to admit steroid use

Track legend Marion Jones will plead guilty in federal court in White Plains to two counts of lying to a federal agent about her drug use, according to law enforcement sources.

New York Daily News

Jones to admit steroid use

MSNBC

FBI takes lead in Blackwater investigation

The FBI has taken control of an investigation into a Sept. 16 shooting incident involving security contractor Blackwater in which 11 Iraqis were killed, the department said.

Reuters

2 guards killed in armored-car heist

Robbers killed two guards and wounded a third in a brazen daylight robbery of an armored truck near a Wachovia Bank branch in Philadelphia, Penn., police said.

CNN

Heist turns deadly

MSNBC

POLITICS

Dems vow to fight veto of child health-care bill

President Bush cast a quiet veto against an expansion of children's health insurance, triggering a struggle with the Democrat-controlled Congress certain to reverberate into the 2008 elections.

Indianapolis Star

Ron Paul hits new $5 million fundraising

Rep. Ron Paul disclosed more than $5 million in third-quarter fund raising for his insurgent Republican presidential bid, the only Republican in the field so far to report increased donations.

Houston Chronicle

BUSINESS

Wal-Mart workers win $62 million

Wal-Mart workers in Pennsylvania who previously won a $78.5 million class-action award for working off the clock will share an additional $62.3 million in damages, a judge ruled.

Yahoo! News

First-time jobless claims rise to 317,000

First time claims for unemployment insurance in the U.S. increased more than expected last week, the Labor Department said.

Forbes

Bank of England holds interest rates steady at 5.75 percent

The Bank of England held its benchmark interest rate steady at 5.75 percent in a widely anticipated decision after weeks of turmoil in global financial markets.

International Herald Tribune

HEALTH

Chilli compound fires painkiller

A chemical from chilli peppers may be able to kill pain without affecting touch or movement.

BBC

New law should ensure safer drugs

A new law signed by President Bush and hailed by consumer advocates as the most significant drug safety legislation in more than 40 years substantially expands the FDA's power.

U.S. News & World Report

Call for lethal injection boycott

Amnesty International has urged doctors and nurses not to participate in executions by lethal injection as it breaches their ethical oath. The group says the drugs used are not always quick and painless.

BBC

SPORTS

NCAA graduation rates hold steady

Graduation success rates for baseball and men's basketball, while improving, still lag behind other Division I sports, according to data released by the NCAA.

USA Today

Carr likely to get second start for Panthers

David Carr appears likely to make his second straight start at quarterback for the Carolina Panthers after Jake Delhomme missed practice again.

ESPN

Rip taken in stride

The Charlotte Observer

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GOOD NEWS

From windfall to philanthropy

For 20 years, Becky Liebman worked as a librarian. When she found out she was a millionaire, she did something unthinkable to many: She gave it away.

CBS News

Saved by the bottle

A Japanese sailor was rescued in the sea off northern Japanese after drifting for about 10 hours using a plastic bottle to stay afloat.

Independent Online

WORLD

Roadside bomb kills Iskandariyah mayor

The mayor of the religiously mixed town of Iskandariyah in Iraq was killed along with four of his guards in a roadside bomb attack.

Associated Press

Benazir Bhutto gives Musharraf boost; court awaited

Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto said she expected to seal a "reconciliation agreement" with President Pervez Musharraf that analysts believed could lead to a power sharing within months.

Reuters

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Typhoon Lekima kills 12 in Asia

Typhoon Lekima lashed Vietnam and southern China with torrential rains and high winds, killing at least seven people, damaging hundreds of homes and disrupting travel, officials said.

Environmental News Network

Brown wants limits on ships' emissions

California Attorney General Jerry Brown and national environmental groups demanded that the Bush administration address greenhouse-gas emissions from smoke-belching ships.

San Jose Mercury News

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Aniston is celeb mags’ top seller

"People" can’t get enough of Jennifer Aniston. Neither can "Us Weekly," "Star" or other popular celebrity magazines. Aniston sits atop Forbes.com’s first-ever analysis of top-selling famous faces.

MSNBC

Sexy sells: top celebrity faces for tabloid sales

ABC News

HBO works with bikers, doctors

HBO, which is building a new staple of drama series following the departure of heavyweights "The Sopranos" and "Six Feet Under," has greenlighted two new drama pilots.

Hollywood Reporter

The Boss goes back to work

The new adventure reuniting Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will take them to 16 North American cities and a further 13 in Europe on the first leg of this tour, their first for four years.

Forbes

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

IT people: Uncle Sam needs you!

The U.S. is facing a 20 million shortfall in skilled IT staff as 25 million baby boomers retire over the next 12 years — only 5 million new IT workers will enter the workforce in the next 12 years.

iTWire

New sex-virus vaccine gives Merck blockbuster shot

Merck & Co.'s Gardasil, the first inoculation against a cancer for women, may become the best-selling vaccine in history as the drugmaker prepares to expand its use to men.

Bloomberg

Verizon adds iPhone lookalike In challenge to Apple

The Voyager, exclusively offered by Verizon Wireless, has a large external touch screen that also slides open sideways for a full QWERTY keypad.

InformationWeek

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Are troops being forced-fed Christianity?

A watchdog group alleges that improper evangelizing is occurring within the ranks.

Christian Science Monitor

Signs of religious faith are flourishing

Houston Chronicle

Church splits from Episcopal diocese

Leaders of one of Georgia's oldest churches have voted to leave the Episcopal Church over its liberal-leaning interpretation of Scripture and acceptance of homosexuality.

International Herald Tribune

EDUCATION

Pick a major while you're still a minor

Under Gov. Jeb Bush's proposed makeover for middle and high schools, students would begin tailoring their course selections to their future career as early as sixth grade.

St. Petersburg Times

Majors for high-schoolers aim to focus learning

Christian Science Monitor

Black student marked with 'KKK'

A weekend incident with racial overtones at a high school for deaf students could result in criminal charges with "enhanced penalties for a hate crime," Washington Metro Police Chief Cathy Lanier said.

CNN

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