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  1. A family poses in front of Astroland Park in Coney Island, New York, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008. The owner of Coney Island's landmark Astroland amusement park is calling it quits. Carol Albert says she has told employees the park will permanently close on Sunday. Albert's family has owned the Brooklyn amusement park for almost a half-century and says she is giving up on negotiating a two-year lease with Thor Equities, the developer that owns the seaside property. Thor spokesman Stefan Friedman said the firm was 'extremely disappointed' that Albert had 'decided to give up on the future of Coney Island' although her current lease was valid for several more months. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
    Owner: Ride's over at Coney Island amusement park AP - Mon Sep 8, 6:29 AM ET Sent 956 times

    NEW YORK - When reports circulated over the weekend of a last-minute deal to keep Coney Island's historic Astroland amusement park open for another year, owner Carol Hill Albert was not amused.

  2. Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain (R-AZ) speaks at a campaign rally in Albuquerque, New Mexico September 6, 2008. (Brian Snyder/Reuters)
    McCain takes 4-point lead over Obama in poll Reuters - 24 minutes ago Sent 776 times

    ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (Reuters) - Republican John McCain heads into the final stretch of the U.S. presidential campaign with a 4-point lead over Democrat Barack Obama, a USA Today/Gallup poll released on Sunday showed.

  3. US Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama (right) and running mate Sen. Joe Biden stand together on the stage of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the Pepsi Center, on August 27, in Denver. Obama and John McCain were to hold rival rallies in the key battleground state of Pennsylvania Saturday as the race for the White House intensified with McCain's surprise VP pick.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)
    MSNBC shake-up: Olbermann and Matthews no longer anchoring Politico - Sun Sep 7, 11:31 PM ET Sent 606 times

    Less than two weeks ago, MSNBC president Phil Griffin was still defending the network's anchor team to Politico, despite reports of turmoil behind-the-scenes and on-air squabbles. At the time, a high-ranking MSNBC journalist told me the network was "about to blow up."

  4. Presidential nominees Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) are shown in this combination of file photographs from campaign stops from July 18, 2008 in Warren Michigan (McCain) and August 4, 2008 (Obama) in Lansing, Michigan. (Rebecca Cook/Reuters)
    Obama and McCain have big economic differences AP - Mon Sep 8, 6:26 AM ET Sent 507 times

    WASHINGTON - Job No. 1 for the next president? In the minds of an overwhelming number of Americans, it's fixing what ails the sick economy. What the voters will have to sort out are very different approaches offered by Barack Obama and John McCain.

  5. In this Dec. 3, 2007 file photo, Washington Mutual Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Kerry Killinger speaks during a forum on housing, at the National Press Club in Washington. In an announcement Monday, Sept. 8, 2008, Washington Mutual is ousting Chief Executive Kerry Killinger as the beleaguered savings and loan moves to overhaul its business. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, file)
    Washington Mutual ousts CEO Kerry Killinger AP - 5 minutes ago Sent 476 times

    NEW YORK - Washington Mutual Inc., ravaged by losses from sour mortgages, replaced Kerry Killinger as chief executive of the nation's largest savings and loan on Monday, adding him to the growing list of banking bosses ousted by their boards. Its shares fell almost 12 percent.

  6. In this May 3, 2008 file photo, TV Personality Stephen Colbert arrives at the premiere of 'Speed Racer' during the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival in New York. The comedian's DNA will be digitized and sent to the International Space Station, Comedy Central is to announce Monday, Sept. 8, 2008. In October, video game designer Richard Garriott will travel to the station and deposit Colbert's genes for an 'Immortality Drive.' (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, file)
    Stephen Colbert to have his DNA sent into space AP - Mon Sep 8, 7:29 AM ET Sent 453 times

    NEW YORK - Should this world ever cease to exist, Stephen Colbert will live on. The comedian's DNA will be digitized and sent to the International Space Station, Comedy Central was to announce Monday. In October, video game designer Richard Garriott will travel to the station and deposit Colbert's genes for an "Immortality Drive."

  7. 3 ships thwart attacks by pirates off Somalia AP - Mon Sep 8, 4:20 AM ET Sent 332 times

    KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Pirates armed with rocket-propelled grenades attacked three vessels off Somalia's coast but failed to hijack them because of quick action by crew members, a maritime official said Monday.

  8. This undated photo provided by CERN on Friday, Sept. 5, 2008 shows a view into the Grid PC farm at the CERN Computer Centre, where banks of computers process and store data produced on the CERN systems. When the LHC starts operation in September 2008, it will produce enough data every year to fill a stack of CDs 20 km tall. To handle this huge amount of data, CERN has also developed the Grid, allowing processing power to be shared between computer centres around the world. (AP Photo/CERN) ** MANDATORY CREDIT: CERN * NO SALES *
    CERN fires up new atom smasher to near Big Bang AP - Sun Sep 7, 2:52 PM ET Sent 325 times

    GENEVA - It has been called an Alice in Wonderland investigation into the makeup of the universe — or dangerous tampering with nature that could spell doomsday.

  9. Colon cancer patients not getting follow-up care AP - Mon Sep 8, 7:31 AM ET Sent 233 times

    NEW YORK - Many colon cancer patients aren't getting the screenings recommended after surgery to make sure the disease hasn't returned, new research shows.

  10. A backdrop at the Comedy Central television network's South Park The Tenth Season party is pictured featuring (L-R) characters from the series Kid Rock, director Rob Reiner, singer Snoop Dogg and director Steven Spielberg in Los Angeles September 21, 2006. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)
    Russia in legal bid to ban "extremist" U.S. cartoon Reuters - Mon Sep 8, 5:12 AM ET Sent 197 times

    MOSCOW (Reuters) - Prosecutors in Russia want to ban the award-winning satirical U.S. cartoon South Park, calling the series "extremist" after receiving viewer complaints, a spokeswoman said on Monday.

  11. Father, son rescued after night in ocean off Fla. AP - 1 hour, 16 minutes ago Sent 159 times

    DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - A father and his 12-year-old son are safe after spending more than 12 hours overnight treading water in the Atlantic miles from the central Florida coast.

  12. Afghans unearth 19-metre Buddha statue, relics Reuters - Mon Sep 8, 4:39 AM ET Sent 110 times

    KABUL (Reuters) - Archaeologists have discovered a 19-metre (62-foot) Buddha statue along with scores of other historical relics in central Afghanistan near the ruins of giant statues destroyed by the Islamist Taliban seven years ago.

  13. A Haitian observes a flooded street in Saint Marc City. Hurricane Ike raged across Cuba with torrential rain and winds as Haiti struggled with a growing humanitarian crisis after four hurricanes in four weeks.(AFP/Yuri Cortez)
    Deadly Ike rakes Cuba, could hit Havana head-on AP - 1 hour, 1 minute ago Sent 109 times

    CAMAGUEY, Cuba - Deadly Hurricane Ike roared across Cuba on Monday, blowing buildings to rubble and sending waves surging over homes. Some 900,000 Cubans evacuated from its path, which forecasters said could take it to Louisiana or Texas later this week.

  14. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Jr. speaks during a news conference in Washington, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008 on the bailout of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
    US government takes on big role in mortgage market AP - 2 hours, 6 minutes ago Sent 92 times

    WASHINGTON - Uncle Sam has just become the 800 pound gorilla in the U.S. mortgage market. The Bush administration announced Sunday it was seizing troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in a bid to help reverse a prolonged housing and credit crisis.

  15. Anthony Campagna, left, Donald Himpele Jr., and Chris Enright, right, all of Spear, Leeds, & Kellogg Specialists, gather around the post where their firm trades Fannie Mae prior to the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, Sept. 8, 2008 in New York. Stocks surged as investors rushed to lay bets on a broad economic recovery following the weekend announcement that the U.S. government will bail out mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)
    Stocks surge on plan for mortgage giants AP - 28 minutes ago Sent 84 times

    NEW YORK - Stocks surged Monday as investors rushed to lay bets on a broad economic recovery following the weekend announcement that the U.S. government will bail out mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The major indexes jumped, with the Dow Jones industrials gaining more than 250 points.

  16. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Jr., left, and Federal Housing Finance Agency Director James Lockhart, right, exchanges places during their news conference in Washington, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008 on the bailout of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
    Wall Street may cheer Fannie, Freddie bailout AP - Mon Sep 8, 5:54 AM ET Sent 71 times

    NEW YORK - Wall Street finally got what it's been angling for: a bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that could aid a recovery of the broken U.S. housing market and arrest a slide in stock and credit markets worldwide.

  17. In this Jan. 16, 2008 file photo O.J. Simpson, right, sits in a courtroom during his bail revocation hearing in Las Vegas. On Monday, Sept 8, 2008 Simpson and co-defendant Clarence 'C.J.' Stewart go on trial on armed robbery and kidnapping charges. A conviction could send them to prison for life. (AP Photo/Rick Wilking, Pool)
    Jury selection to begin in OJ Simpson robbery case AP - 22 minutes ago Sent 64 times

    LAS VEGAS - Nearly a year after O.J. Simpson walked into a casino hotel room intent on reclaiming some sports memorabilia, lawyers in his robbery-kidnapping trial are finally set to begin picking a jury.

  18. Missiles fired by U.S. drones killed at least six people on Monday in a Pakistani village near the Afghan border where a religious school founded by an old friend of Osama bin Laden is located, witnesses said. (Graphics/Reuters)
    U.S. drones kill 16 in missile attack in Pakistan Reuters - 2 hours, 36 minutes ago Sent 59 times

    MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) - Missiles fired by U.S. drones killed 16 people, including Pakistani and Afghan Taliban fighters, on Monday in a strike targeting a religious school founded by an old friend of Osama bin Laden, intelligence officials and Pakistani villagers said.

  19. People wave flags and posters of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama on day four of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at Invesco Field at Mile High in Denver, Colorado. Obama told Americans their "dreams can be one" if they unite in a stirring new crusade for change, in a riotous finale to the historic Democratic National Convention.(AFP/Getty Images/Mark Wilson)
    MSNBC says Olbermann, Matthews won't anchor AP - Mon Sep 8, 1:52 AM ET Sent 53 times

    NEW YORK - MSNBC said Sunday it is replacing Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews as co-anchors of political night coverage with David Gregory, and will use the two newsmen as commentators.

  20. In this image released by Sony Pictures' Releasing, the Broadway musical 'Rent,' Renee Elise Goldsberry is shown during a filming of the performance in New York. (AP Photo/Sony Pictures' Releasing, Casey Stouffer)
    'Rent' brings down the curtain on Broadway run AP - Sun Sep 7, 10:44 PM ET Sent 52 times

    NEW YORK - They cheered, they cried and gave the show a standing ovation even before the first note was sung.

  21. Fish flies out of lake, breaks Arkansas teen's jaw AP - Sun Sep 7, 8:26 PM ET Sent 51 times

    LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - It's a fishing tale that packs a wallop so strong it broke the jaw of a southeastern Arkansas teen and covered him in fish blood and guts.

  22. In this March 19, 1966 file photo, Texas Western College head basketball coach Don Haskins, second from left, and players celebrate after winning the 1966 NCAA basketball championship in College Park, Md. Haskins, credited with helping break color barriers in college sports in 1966 when he used five black starters to win a national basketball title for Texas Western, died Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008. The Hall of Fame coach, whose pioneering 1966 team was portrayed in the 2006 movie 'Glory Road,' was 78. (AP Photo/file)
    College basketball pioneer Don Haskins dies at 78 AP - Mon Sep 8, 12:11 AM ET Sent 49 times

    EL PASO, Texas - The glow from Don Haskins' greatest triumph was mostly a memory when Disney decided to take another look. Then came the movie "Glory Road" and a whole new generation learned what Bob Knight already knew about his old friend's career — and legacy.

  23. Russian President dmitry Medvedev, left, listens to French President Nicolas Sarkozy, at the presidential residence, outside Moscow, Monday, Sept. 8, 2008. French President Nicolas Sarkozy, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana began the difficult mission on Monday of trying to persuade Russia to honor its pledge to withdraw troops from Georgia. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service)
    Sarkozy in Moscow talks, pushes for EU monitors AP - 1 hour, 21 minutes ago Sent 44 times

    MOSCOW - French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday pressed Moscow to honor its pledge to withdraw troops from Georgia, while Russian soldiers prevented international aid convoys from visiting Georgian villages in a tense zone around the breakaway province of South Ossetia.

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