Tuesday, October 6, 2009

8am 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.


A Tennessee newborn kidnapped in a knife attack on his mother was placed in foster care with his three siblings after allegations arose that a family member tried to the sell the infant,
Week-old Yair Anthony Carillo was recovered safely in Alabama Friday, three days after he was taken from his Nashville home.


Conservative Egyptian lawmakers have called for a ban on imports of a Chinese-made kit meant to help women fake their virginity and one scholar has even called for the "exile" of anyone who imports or uses it.

The Artificial Virginity Hymen kit, distributed by the Chinese company Gigimo, costs about $30. It is intended to help newly married women fool their husbands into believing they are virgins

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