Leaders set to debate UN Goals

Afghanistan helicopter crash makes 2010 deadliest year in Afghanistan war Christian Science Monitor Nine NATO soldiers were killed in a helicopter crash Tuesday in Afghanistan. Nearly 2100 NATO troops have died in the nine-year Afghanistan war, with 529 alone this year. In this Sept. 11 photo, a US Army Black Hawk helicopter prepares to departs from ... See all stories on this topic » Christian Science Monitor

Housing Starts in US Increased More Than Forecast in August Bloomberg By Courtney Schlisserman - Tue Sep 21 12:49:10 GMT 2010 Builders broke ground on 598000 homes at an annual rate, up 10.5 percent and the most since April, following a 541000 pace in July, the Commerce Department said in Washington. ... See all stories on this topic »

Late field goal lifts Saints over Niners Boston Herald By Daniel Brown / San Jose Mercury News SAN FRANCISCO — After a blowout loss in the opener, the San Francisco 49ers endured the other kind of defeat Monday night. They lost a gut-wrenching nail-biter, undone more by their own mistakes than by the ... See all stories on this topic »

Fox News Polls Track Tea Party Influence in 5 Battleground States FOXNews By Chris Stirewalt The Tea Party movement is changing the face of American politics in 2010, with midterm elections shaping up as a referendum on the movement's small government message versus President Obama's big government agenda. ... See all stories on this topic »

DREAM Act supporters hold rally in Miami MiamiHerald.com By Melissa Sanchez Rep. Kendrick Meek, the Democratic Senate candidate, joined about 100 students and others Monday at Miami Dade College's downtown campus to support passage of a bill that would allow tens of thousands of young illegal immigrants to ... See all stories on this topic »

Rally to Restore Sanity vs. March to Keep Fear Alive: Which is winning? Christian Science Monitor Jon Stewart's Rally to Restore Sanity faces off, sort of, against Stephen Colbert's March to Keep Fear Alive on Oct. 30. Their websites are tracking how many people say they will attend each. It's the 'Rally to Restore Sanity' vs. the 'March to Keep ... See all stories on this topic » Christian Science Monitor

Random Fact About Bill Clinton New York Times Random fact: Former President Bill Clinton volunteered in an extended interview that he had a favorite commercial, better than any others he had seen in the last five years. It is not his wife's "3 am" spot attacking Barack Obama's readiness for the ... See all stories on this topic »

Leaders set to debate UN Goals BBC News World leaders are preparing to meet at the United Nations in New York for the second day of talks on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and Afghan President Hamid Karzai ... See all stories on this topic »

Tropical Storm Georgette forms in the Pacific The Associated Press MIAMI — Tropical Storm Georgette has formed in the Pacific off the coast of Baja California in Mexico. A tropical storm warning was issued Tuesday for southern Baja California. The storm has maximum sustained winds near 40 mph (65 kph), but weakening ... See all stories on this topic »