National / World News

international news

• China to launch second lunar probe next October 
• Filipino who lost wife in massacre files candidacy 
• China executes 2 for child abductions 
• Brazil: 'Gringos' must pay to stop Amazon razing 
• Canadian ex-official: Afghan prison claims known 

Offbeat news

• Bizarre calf mutilations found on Colorado ranch 
• That hissing in the kitchen? Snake!!! 
• Pa. suspect's sweet tooth results in felony charge 
• Man accused of ramming car into hot dog stand 
• Police seek bald man who swiped family's turkey 

ajc stories on the cdc

• Swine flu vaccine should be ready in October 
• State's first swine flu patient tested Emory staff 
• New CDC chief led smoking bans 
• Q&A with Atlanta's new CDC chief Dr. Frieden 
• New CDC chief says agency "deeply committed to science" 

Obama meets with Jewish leaders on Israel, Iran

President Barack Obama told Jewish leaders Monday that eight years of U.S.-Israeli unison in demanding Palestinian concessions has produced no results and asked leaders to give him time to try his tactics for a Middle East peace.

Different views of Sotomayor

Senate Democrats praised Sonia Sotomayor as a judicial pioneer, but Republicans questioned her impartiality at the start of confirmation hearings for the nation's first Hispanic nominee to the Supreme Court.

Alleged Nazi camp guard charged

The legal saga of John Demjanjuk neared its final chapter as prosecutors set the stage for one of Germany's highest-profile war crime trials in years.

more national news

• Mass. cops: Dad doing errand locked kids in trunk 
• Iran seizes rights lawyer's Nobel Peace medal 
• Americans give thanks, see parades, feast in space 
• IAEA chief: Iran investigation at 'dead end' 
• Man who died in Utah mishap was experienced caver 

washington news

• Cable company filmed uninvited White House couple 
• New climate targets may not change daily life much 
• Obama telephones thanks to 10 US service members 
• Kirk's low-key approach in Senate drawing notice 
• Obama to plead US case at global warming summit 

• Interactive: Barack Obama's first 100 days

science news

• Astronauts surprised by holiday turkey dinners 
• Russia: No space for space tourists 
• Curbing global warming saves lives, studies say 
• Icebergs head from Antarctica for New Zealand 
• Big Bang atom smasher starts speeding proton beams