Top StoriesUS unveils broad effort to limit executive pay | 22 October 2009 17:6 GMT  AP - The government unleashed efforts on two fronts Thursday to rein in outsized executive pay packages and limit the excessive risk-taking that fueled the financial crisis.Source: Yahoo! | Print story: US unveils broad effort to limit executive pay Largest US sting on drug cartel arrests 300-plus | 22 October 2009 17:5 GMT  AP - In the largest single strike at Mexican drug operations in the U.S., authorities arrested more than 300 people in a sting that demonstrates a young cartel's vast reach north of the border.Source: Yahoo! | Print story: Largest US sting on drug cartel arrests 300-plus Microsoft launches Windows 7 eyes PC sales rebound | 22 October 2009 17:1 GMT  Reuters - Microsoft Corp launched Windows 7 on Thursday, its most important release in more than a decade, aiming to win back customers disappointed by Vista and strengthen its grip on the PC market.Source: Yahoo! | Print story: Microsoft launches Windows 7 eyes PC sales rebound Caretaker: Woman has changed torture story before | 22 October 2009 16:36 GMT  AP - A black woman who recanted 2007 allegations of being kidnapped and tortured by a group of white people in West Virginia has mental issues and has changed her version of what happened more than once, her caretaker said Thursday.Source: Yahoo! | Print story: Caretaker: Woman has changed torture story before Garbage trucks lead to discovery of dead Fla girl | 22 October 2009 16:35 GMT  AP - After 7-year-old Somer Thompson vanished on her way home from school, investigators tailed nine garbage trucks from her neighborhood to a Georgia landfill nearly 50 miles away, then methodically picked through the trash as each rig spilled its load.Source: Yahoo! | Print story: Garbage trucks lead to discovery of dead Fla girl Airline crew overshot Minn airport by 150 miles | 22 October 2009 16:21 GMT AP - The pilots of a Northwest Airlines jet failed to make radio contact with ground controllers for more than an hour and overflew their Minneapolis destination by 150 miles before discovering the mistake and turning around. Source: Yahoo! | Print story: Airline crew overshot Minn airport by 150 miles Stocks rise as financial consumer stocks gain | 22 October 2009 16:2 GMT  AP - Investors encouraged by a good batch of earnings reports and forecasts jumped back into stocks after a two-day slide.Source: Yahoo! | Print story: Stocks rise as financial consumer stocks gain Some senators wary of Obamas health care appeals | 22 October 2009 15:48 GMT  AP - Democrats struggled mightily to obtain their filibuster-proof Senate majority, persuading a Pennsylvania Republican to switch parties and pushing Massachusetts to change its laws to quickly replace the late Sen. Ted Kennedy.Source: Yahoo! | Print story: Some senators wary of Obamas health care appeals Congress extends hate crime protections to gays | 22 October 2009 15:23 GMT  AP - Gays who are physically assaulted because of their sexual orientation receive new federal hate crime protections under legislation heading for President Barack Obama's signature.Source: Yahoo! | Print story: Congress extends hate crime protections to gays Indians interview Valentine for manager job | 22 October 2009 15:20 GMT  AP - Bobby Valentine would manage on Mars. He'd settle for Cleveland.Source: Yahoo! | Print story: Indians interview Valentine for manager job Death of Fla girl found in landfill a homicide | 22 October 2009 14:24 GMT  AP - A body found under trash in a landfill is that of 7-year-old Somer Thompson, a north Florida girl who vanished on her walk home from school, authorities said Thursday.Source: Yahoo! | Print story: Death of Fla girl found in landfill a homicide US should engage with North Korea economy: report | 22 October 2009 14:0 GMT  Reuters - Ambitious U.S. economic engagement with North Korea would help end Pyongyang's isolation and moderate its behavior, aiding efforts to rid that country of nuclear arms, a task force report said on Thursday.Source: Yahoo! | Print story: US should engage with North Korea economy: report US arrests 300 in raids on Mexican drug cartel | 22 October 2009 13:49 GMT Reuters - U.S. law enforcement agencies arrested 303 people in 19 states over the past two days in the largest strike against a major Mexican drug trafficking cartel in the United States, officials said on Thursday. Source: Yahoo! | Print story: US arrests 300 in raids on Mexican drug cartel US bands blast use of music in Guantanamo interrogations | 22 October 2009 13:26 GMT  AFP - A group of top US acts including REM and Pearl Jam on Thursday expressed outrage that loud music was being blasted at Guantanamo detainees as part of "terror" interrogations.Source: Yahoo! | Print story: US bands blast use of music in Guantanamo interrogations
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