World News Wednesday

Angry UC Students Hold 'Naked Rally'
Some UC Davis Attendees Hot Over Proposed Fee Increase

POSTED: 3:18 pm PDT September 22, 2009
DAVIS, Calif. --
Some students at UC Davis who are hot over the rising costs of higher education took off their clothes for a "naked rally" Tuesday.
KCRA


Obama calls world to a ‘new era of engagement’
At U.N., president says solving problems not ‘solely America's endeavor’

updated 11:17 a.m. ET Sept. 23, 2009
NEW YORK - President Barack Obama summoned the world to a "a new era of engagement" in his maiden address to the U.N. General Assembly, offering a litany of policy shifts intended to show that the United States had no interest in a go-it-alone stance on international issues.
MSNBC


Swine flu virus hasn't mutated, official says
H1N1 remains mild, but there are early signs of some vaccine resistance

updated 9:30 a.m. ET Sept. 21, 2009
HONG KONG - The swine flu virus hasn't mutated into a more deadly strain but there are early signs it is developing resistance to vaccine, the World Heath Organization's chief said Monday.
MSNBC


Ventura County fire burns 6,000 acres; caused by spontaneous combustion of manure
September 22, 2009 |  4:02 pm
A Ventura County wildfire fueled by powerful winds and extreme heat has burned more than 6,000 acres and was bearing down on populated areas in Moorpark and surrounding communities.

LA Times


'Historic' storm continues to pound Southeast

Reporting from Atlanta - Months after the end of a historic drought that wreaked three years of slow-motion damage on the Southeast, a potent but sluggardly storm system has parked itself over much of the region, dumping days' worth of rain that has washed out hundreds of roads and bridges and caused six deaths.

LA Times


State OKs petition drive for pot legalization
Two prominent East Bay marijuana advocates got clearance from the state today to try to put a...

SF Chronicle


Don't tweet and drive: study reveals Twitter users' habits

Posted By: Alejandro Martinez-Cabrera (Email) | September 22 2009 at 05:25 PM
Eesh. Online market research firm Crowd Science put together a report on the habits of people who use Twitter versus those who mostly use other social media and, well, the most unsettling fact is the amount of users who tweet from their cars.

SF Chronicle


New Law Bans Flavored Cigarettes
Fruity-Flavored Smokes Forbidden Under New Crackdown on Tobacco
By BRIAN HARTMAN
Sept. 22, 2009
Anyone selling cigarettes flavored with cloves, fruit – anything but menthol – is a criminal under a ban that marks the first assault in a new war on tobacco.

ABC News


Fertility clinic to couple: You got the wrong embryos

updated 5:02 p.m. EDT, Tue September 22, 2009
By Stephanie Smith
CNN Medical Producer
(CNN) -- On a cold morning in February, 10 days after undergoing in vitro fertilization, Carolyn Savage lay in bed at her Ohio home waiting for the results of her pregnancy test.

CNN


Slain girl on Bay Area rapper's MySpace

Carolyn Said, Chronicle Staff Writer
Monday, September 21, 2009
(09-20) 20:28 PDT -- Richard McCroskey of Castro Valley called himself "Syko Sam" and rapped about the thrill of killing people.

SF Chronicle


Lily Allen Tangles With Radiohead Over Illegal File-Sharing
Tuesday, September 22

About a year ago, we reported on the formation of the Featured Artists Coalition (FAC), a British musicians' advocacy group that includes members of Radiohead, Blur, and Pink Floyd. In a mission statement, the group described its position thus: "We want all artists to have more control of their music and a much fairer share of the profits it generates in the digital age."

Pitchfork News


Beatles sell 2.25 million albums in 5 days

Tue Sep 22, 9:28 pm ET
LOS ANGELES – Nearly 40 years after breaking up, The Beatles are still breaking records for album sales.

Yahoo! News