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NOPD officers charged in beating caught on tape
Dateline Alabama - 3 hours ago By MARY FOSTER. Three New Orleans police officers are facing battery charges after investigators reviewed a videotape showing two patrolmen repeatedly punching a 64-year-old man accused of public intoxication

Highest mountain comes up short
China Daily - 9 hours ago By Wu Chong (China Daily). It may still be the highest mountain in the world, but Mount Qomolangma is not quite as high as everyone thought. A new study using satellite technology has set the mountain's height

A hollow victory for Woods
San Francisco Chronicle - 1 hour ago By DOUG FERGUSON, AP Golf Writer. Tiger Woods slowly removed his cap, put his hand over his face and drew it over his eye, looking very much like a man who had lost a playoff in the American Express Championship.

Subway-plot suspect believed to be in US
International Herald Tribune - 10 hours ago WASHINGTON Raymond Kelly, the New York City police commissioner, said Sunday that the authorities were investigating the possibility that a plotter in a planned attack on the city's subway was in the United States.

Driverless VW from Standford wins $2 million robot race
San Diego Union Tribune - 12 hours ago By Alicia Chang. PRIMM, Nev. � A driverless Volkswagen won a $2 million race across the rugged Nevada desert Sunday, beating four other robot-guided vehicles that completed a contest sponsored by the Pentagon to make warfare safer for humans.

Scramble for Sunni support of constitution
Independent Online - 19 minutes ago Baghdad, Iraq - With United States mediation, Shia and Kurdish officials negotiated with Sunni Arab leaders about last minute additions to the constitution, trying to win Sunni support ahead of next weekend's crucial referendum.

Uncertain future faces Delphi workers
Globe and Mail - 19 minutes ago By TIM MARTIN. SAGINAW, MICH. -- Delphi Corp.'s bankruptcy protection filing on Saturday leaves workers with an uncertain future as the auto parts supplier tries to regain its financial footing. The Troy, Mich

One Endorsement of Miers Draws Committee's Interest
New York Times - 6 hours ago WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 - Senator Arlen Specter, the Pennsylvania Republican who is chairman of the Judiciary Committee, and several Democrats on the committee said Sunday that they were considering calling James