Tuesday, October 6, 2009

7am Headlines


The world's oil producers, as well as China, Japan and France, are in secret talks to end the use of the U.S. dollar to buy and sell crude oil, a British newspaper reported on Tuesday, sending the American currency lower in overseas trading.

U.S. are aware the secret meetings have taken place but have not fully discovered all of the details


Casinos slashed more than 1,000 jobs in September

New figures released by the New Jersey Casino Control Commission show that 1,067 jobs were lost industrywide in September, reducing the total number of workers at the 11 casino hotels to 37,337.


North Korea is in the final stage of restoring its nuclear facilities, a news report said Tuesday, as leader Kim Jong Il expressed a conditional willingness to end Pyongyang's boycott of international nuclear talks.

South Korean and U.S. intelligence authorities reached the conclusion after scrutinizing about 10 atomic facilities in North Korea since April when the communist regime vowed to restart its nuclear program


A woman whose husband was keeping exotic animals including lions, cougars and tigers without a valid license was mauled and killed by a 350-pound pet black bear Sunday night.

Kelly Ann Walz, 37, was pronounced dead on the scene at the couple's home in Ross Township, Penn., on Sunday.

Pennsylvania Game Commission officials said Walz's husband, Michael Walz, had longstanding permits to keep, sell and display exotic animals.

The permits expired in June 2008

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