The New Yorkers

Foreign Aid Set to Take a Hit in U.S. Budget Crisis


By STEVEN LEE MYERS, The New York TImes
Published: October 3, 2011

WASHINGTON — America’s budget crisis at home is forcing the first significant cuts in overseas aid in nearly two decades, a retrenchment that officials and advocates say reflects the country’s diminishing ability to influence the world.



Jackson trial: Singer 'was dead' on arrival to hospital





By Peter Bowes, BBC News
3 October 2011 Last updated at 23:06 ET



Jurors at the trial of Michael Jackson's doctor Conrad Murray have been told the singer was clinically dead when he arrived in hospital.






Amanda Knox Freed After Appeal in Italian Court



By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO, The New York Times
Published: October 3, 2011

PERUGIA, Italy — With a rapt worldwide television audience looking on, an Italian court on Monday reversed the murder conviction of 24-year-old Amanda Knox, the American student whose sensational murder trial had reverberated on both sides of the Atlantic.






Fair-skinned people may need extra vitamin D



By Michelle Roberts, BBC News
3 October 2011 Last updated at 21:19 ET



Fair-skinned people who are prone to sunburn may need to take supplements to ensure they get enough vitamin D, say experts.






LAPD moves 150 officers to deal with freed prisoners



By Joel Rubin and Andrew Blankstein, Los Angeles Times
October 4, 2011

Officials say state will boost crime rate by shifting some inmates to local jurisdictions to comply with order to relieve prison crowding. A governor's aide calls complaints political posturing.






Gruesome details recounted in case of ex-model who ate husband



Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times
October 3, 2011



Gruesome details are expected to be recounted this week when a state parole board decides whether an ex-model who dismembered her husband then cooked and ate his body parts should be freed after nearly two decades behind bars.








What to expect from the iPhone event



By John D. Sutter, CNN
Updated 5:28 PM EST, Mon October 3, 2011

It's the worst-kept secret since Adam Lambert's sexuality: Apple is expected to unveil a new iPhone on Tuesday.




Sacramento gas prices fall at faster pace

By Mark Glover, The Sacramento Bee


Published: Monday, Oct. 3, 2011 - 10:53 am
Last Modified: Monday, Oct. 3, 2011 - 12:40 pm



Local gasoline prices declined for the third consecutive week and picked up the pace in the process.








Oakland officer videotapes his killing of suspect



Demian Bulwa , San Francisco Chronicle


October 3, 2011 04:00 AM


Monday, October 3, 2011



In a Bay Area first, a fatal shooting by police in East Oakland was captured on video - not by a bystander with a camcorder or a smart phone but by the officer himself, who wore a city-issued camera on his chest.








Schools Dangle Carrot Snacks, but It’s a Tough Sale



By WINNIE HU, The New York Times
Published: October 3, 2011

COMMACK, N.Y. — The new vending machine sat unnoticed as students rushed past its baby carrots, yogurt smoothies and hummus to neighbors dispensing Snapple, Doritos, Goldfish and Cheez-It. The lunch period was nearly over before a potential customer stopped to check out its offerings.








Calif. Gov. Brown signs bill prohibiting circumcision bans



By Dan Smith, The Sacramento Bee
Published: Monday, Oct. 3, 2011 - 3:47 am
Last Modified: Monday, Oct. 3, 2011 - 12:28 pm



Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill prohibiting cities and counties from banning male circumcision, his office announced today.








Severed Heads Found in Mexico City With Message



By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: October 3, 2011 at 9:32 PM ET



MEXICO CITY (AP) - Police in Mexico City found two severed human heads on a street near a major military base Monday, a grisly tactic of warring drug gangs that has long affected other parts of the country while largely sparing the capital.








Contraceptive Used in Africa May Double Risk of H.I.V.



By PAM BELLUCK, The New York Times
Published: October 3, 2011

The most popular contraceptive for women in eastern and southern Africa, a hormone shot given every three months, appears to double the risk the women will become infected with H.I.V., according to a large study published Monday. And when it is used by H.I.V.-positive women, their male partners are twice as likely to become infected than if the women had used no contraception.