Spin Meter: Business group turns on past allies

US News News - October 4, 2010

Spin Meter: Business group turns on past allies (The Topeka Capital-Journal)

During the worst of the economic crisis, the nation's most powerful business lobby pleaded with Congress to prop up financial institutions and stimulate the economy with hundreds of billions of dollars in borrowed money.

Emanuel says he's preparing run for Chicago mayor (KSLA-TV Shreveport)

Former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel announced Sunday that he's preparing to run for mayor of Chicago, a position widely known as being one he has long desired.

APNewsBreak: Conyers temporarily loses license (Kansas City Star)

Rep. John Conyers, the powerful chairman of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, had his driver's license suspended for a month this summer when a check he used to pay the renewal fee bounced, according to Michigan driving records obtained by The Associated Press.The 81-year-old Detroit Democrat tried to renew his license at a secretary of state ...

3 burned as Cessna crashes near Calif. airport (Columbus Ledger-Enquirer)

Authorities say a small plane has crashed near the airport on California's Santa Catalina Island, sparking a small fire and leaving the three people on board with burn injuries.

Target debuts the iPad, but wait two weeks and save 5 percent (examiner)

s we noted earlier, Target started selling iPads on Sunday, Oct. 3rd. Indeed, since it was Target made the iPad the highlight of its weekly ad.

US Terror Warning Could Hurt Europe's Economy (FOXReno)

A rare advisory for U.S. travelers to beware of potential terrorist threats in Europe drew American shrugs Sunday from Paris to Rome, but tourism officials worried that it could deter would-be visitors from moving ahead with plans to cross the Atlantic.

'The Social Network' friended by many; tops the box office in debut weekend (examiner)

A lot of moviegoers clicked the "Like" button for the Facebook movie, "The Social Network," in its opening weekend.

Supreme Court To Hear NASA Privacy Case (KNX-AM Los Angeles)

He's a senior research scientist at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory by day, attempting to determine whether Saturn's giant moon Titan is volcanically active.

Ethnic divide in Guinea widens, threatens election (Salon)

Ibrahima Diallo spends his days in Bed No. 7 of the municipal hospital here, waiting for the bones in his face to glue themselves back together.

Brazil to pick successor for popular president (Jerusalem Post)

Brazilians voted Sunday in national elections that could see front-running candidate Dilma Rousseff become the country's first female president, succeeding her popular ally and mentor.

FBI makes arrest in robbery of armored truck in Fla.; guard was shot and killed during heist (KSPR)

The FBI says one man has been arrested in the robbery and killing of an armored truck guard outside a South Florida bank.

Bernanke, Others Flesh Out Overhaul Rules (FOXReno)

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and other top regulators said Thursday their agencies are working vigorously to put into effect the sweeping overhaul of U.S. financial rules and are closely coordinating with each other.