Daily Digest
Both American League series play game
4 today
CHICAGO (AP) – The American League Division
Series resume today with the Tampa Bay Rays playing
the White Sox in Chicago and the Los Angeles Angels
facing the Red Sox in Boston. Both are game 4 in the
best-of-5 series with the Rays and Red Sox leading 2
games to 1. The National League Championship Series
between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Philadelphia
Phillies begins on Thursday....
Miley Cyrus celebrates Sweet 16 at
Disneyland
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) – Miley Cyrus’ 16th birth-
day party was more boisterous than sweet. Cyrus cel-
ebrated the hallmark birthday at an over-the-top Dis-
neyland celebration Sunday - even though she doesn’t
actually turn 16 until Nov. 23. The theme park was
closed for the supersized soiree, which included a four-
song performance by the teen queen and a fireworks
display above Sleeping Beauty Castle and 16 giant in-
flatable candles....
3 share Nobel prize for work on AIDS
and cancer
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) – Three European sci-
entists shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in medicine on
Monday for separate discoveries of viruses that cause
AIDS and cervical cancer, breakthroughs that helped
doctors fight the deadly diseases....
Ford feature will let parents set limits
for teens
DETROIT (AP) – So you think junior is a little
too lead-footed when he drives the family car? Starting
next year, Ford Motor Co. will give you the power to
do something about it....
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Cigarette suit first up in new court term
Monday
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court opened
its new term Monday suggesting it would side with to-
bacco companies in their fight to block lawsuits over
deceptive marketing of ”light” cigarettes....
Bus driver in fatal California crash is
arrested
WILLIAMS, Calif. (AP) – The driver of a casino-
bound charter bus that crashed and killed eight people
was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence
of drugs, the California Highway Patrol said Monday....
Official: Kashkari to be tapped to head
bailout
WASHINGTON (AP) – An official says the admin-
istration has decided to pick a key Treasury Depart-
ment official to be the interim head of its 700 billion
rescue effort for financial institutions....
Palin criticizes Obama’s ties to Wright,
Ayers
CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) – Republican vice pres-
idential candidate Sarah Palin expanded her attack on
Democrat Barack Obama’s character Monday to in-
clude his relationship with an incendiary former pastor
as well as his ties to 1960s-era radical Bill Ayers....
Congress hears Lehman sought millions
for execs
WASHINGTON (AP) – Days from becoming the
largest bankruptcy in U.S. history, Lehman Brothers
steered millions to departing executives even while plead-
ing for a federal rescue, Congress was told Monday....
Wall Street tumbles amid global sell-off
NEW YORK (AP) – Financial markets took a bleak
view of the future Monday, seeing contagion in a credit
crisis that threatens to cascade through economies glob-
ally despite government efforts to provide relief. The
Dow Jones industrials skidded more than 400 points
and fell below 10,000 for the first time in four years,
while the credit markets remained under strain....
Navy confirms lost WWII sub has been
found
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) – The Navy has
confirmed the wreckage of a sunken vessel found last
year off the Aleutians Islands is that of the USS Grunion,
which disappeared during World War II....
Researchers find that tuna swim across
Atlantic
WASHINGTON (AP) – Bluefin tuna from both sides
of the Atlantic get together as juveniles, a discovery
that could affect how the tuna fishery is managed. While
North American and Mediterranean bluefin return home
to spawn, a study published in Friday’s edition of the
journal Science reveals that as youngsters the fish travel
long distances to intermix....
Strippers, armadillos inspire Ig Nobel
winners
BOSTON (AP) – Deborah Anderson had heard the
urban legends about the contraceptive effectiveness of
Coca-Cola products for years. So she and her colleagues
decided to put the soft drink to the test. In the lab,
that is....
Beaches once thick with birds quiet
thanks to Ike
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GILCHRIST, Texas (AP) – One of North Amer-
ica’s renowned bird migration and bird watching areas
is strangely silent....
Astronaut’s diary goes on display in
Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (AP) – Pages from an Israeli astro-
naut’s diary that survived the explosion of the space
shuttle Columbia and a 37-mile fall to earth are going
on display this weekend for the first time in Jerusalem....
Elderly turtle pair fails to produce
offspring
SUZHOU, China (AP) – She’s around 80 years old.
He’s 100. Breathless scientists watched as the world’s
most endangered turtles successfully mated....
Venus flytraps caught in shrinking
natural habitat
GREEN SWAMP PRESERVE, N.C. (AP) – Laura
Gadd pauses at the edge of a pristine savanna, del-
icately lifting her feet to avoid trampling any venus
flytraps hidden underfoot....
Recordings aim to capture calls of the
wild West
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – Rattlesnakes aren’t to
be trifled with, but if you’re trying to collect the sound
of every creature in the West that slithers, hops, flies
or flops, distance isn’t a luxury you can afford....
AP Investigation: Ike environmental toll
apparent
WASHINGTON (AP) – Hurricane Ike’s winds and
massive waves destroyed oil platforms, tossed storage
tanks and punctured pipelines. The environmental dam-
age only now is becoming apparent: At least a half
million gallons of crude oil spilled into the Gulf of Mex-
ico and the marshes, bayous and bays of Louisiana and
Texas, according to an analysis of federal data by The
Associated Press....
Scientists: 1 in 4 mammals faces
extinction

WASHINGTON (AP) – Conservationists have taken

the first detailed look at the world’s mammals in more
than a decade, and the news isn’t good....