Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Sep 14, 2010, Tuesday, Yahoo news headlines

News headlines from Yahoo news, 11.24 am eastern time

Top stories
--Iran frees detained US woman on $500,000 bail (AP)
AP - Iran released an American woman on a bail of $500,000 Tuesday more than a year after she was detained, but authorities said they were not considering the immediate release of two companions arrested with her.
--In talks, no progress seen on Israeli settlements (AP)
--Cuba's leaders lay out details for layoffs (AP)
--August retail sales up 0.4 pct., best in 5 months (AP)
--Final round primary voters in 7 states set tickets (AP)
--Aging gas pipes at risk of explosion nationwide (AP)

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Local (Mpls, MN)
--Harley board confirms Wis. plants to stay open (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
-- National Senior Games headed for Twin Cities in 2015 (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
--Twins slugger Jim Thome turning back the clock with each mammoth home run (Pioneer Press)
--Harley board confirms Wisconsin plants to stay open (Pioneer Press)
--Wis. Harley Plants To Stay Open, Board Confirms (WCCO Minneapolis - St. Paul)
-- Heating Costs On The Rise (WCCO Minneapolis - St. Paul)

Local, Phoenix
From The Arizona Republic:
---Flu shots arrive early this year for the Valley
Summer hasn't even ended and already it's time to start thinking about the flu.
--Cleanup planned for uranium sites on Indian land
A mining company and a federal agency agreed Monday to spend about $2.5 million on efforts to clean up uranium-contaminated sites on the Navajo and Hopi reservations.
--Tax cuts for rich key issue for Nov. 2
GOP backs off any talk of deal with president.
--9 to get interviews for Arizona Supreme Court vacancy
Nine of 13 attorneys and judges who applied to fill a vacant seat on the Arizona Supreme Court have been granted interviews with the selecting committee, including a close political associate of Gov. Jan Brewer.
--Arizona students see slight rise in SAT scores
Arizona students scored slightly better on the SAT college-entrance exam this year, but only 25 percent of high-school students took the exam in the spring.

Entertainment
--George Michael gets 8 weeks jail for drug driving (AP)
AP - A British judge has sentenced George Michael to eight weeks in jail for driving while under the influence of drugs after the singer crashed his car into a London photo shop.
--New Spidey star has prepped for role all his life (AP)
--Springsteen talks 'Darkness' with festival doc (AP)
--Ryan Reynolds: My Life Has "Changed" Since Wedding Scarlett (omg!)
--Penelope Cruz is pregnant (AP)
--'The Apprentice' responds to an economic downturn (AP)

Sports
--Nadal completes career Grand Slam (AP)
--Ravens limit Jets to 176 yards, win 10-9 (AP)
--Chiefs hold on late, beat Chargers 21-14 (AP)
--Rays beat Yanks 1-0 in 11, move into 1st (AP)
--Mets closer Rodriguez facing new charges (AP)
--Alabama TB Ingram returns to practice (AP)

World
--Iranian defections hint at fissures over election (AP)
AP - The defection of a third Iranian diplomat in Europe hints at widening fissures within Iran's government over its crackdown on protesters after the disputed 2009 election that kept hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in power.
--Iran frees detained US woman on $500,000 bail (AP)
--In talks, no progress seen on Israeli settlements (AP)
--Forces told to shoot anyone defying Kashmir curfew (AP)
--Cuba's leaders lay out details for layoffs (AP)
--Kenya's Land Reform Unites Rich and Poor in Fear (Time.com)

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