News 1st Look: Virginia executes first woman in nearly a century

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Virginia executes first woman in nearly a century

Virginia executes first woman in nearly a century
Court requests halt to 'don't ask'
Dems: No tax cut vote before elections
Delegates walk out on Ahmadinejad
Protesters call Ahmadinejad 'murderer'
Shooting survivor: 'Mom's gone crazy'
Pastor says he'll answer allegations
Facebook back up after another outage
Diplomat's throat slashed in N.Y.

Virginia executes first woman in nearly a century

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 07:46 PM PDT

Teresa Lewis, called the mastermind of a murder-for-hire scheme, was executed Thursday night, officials said. She was the first woman executed in Virginia in nearly a century.

Court requests halt to 'don't ask'

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 06:44 PM PDT

The Obama administration is objecting to a request for an immediate halt to the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy after a federal court ruled that the policy barring gays from serving openly is unconstitutional.

Dems: No tax cut vote before elections

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 05:49 PM PDT

Senate Democrats will not vote on extending Bush-era tax cuts for the middle class before the midterm elections. "The reality is, we will not pass what needs to be passed to change this either in the Senate or the House before the election," Sen. Dick Durbin said Thursday.

Delegates walk out on Ahmadinejad

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 04:54 PM PDT

U.S. delegates and thosefrom other nations walked out of the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivered a fiery speech that criticized the U.S., the U.N. and capitalism.

Protesters call Ahmadinejad 'murderer'

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 01:44 PM PDT

They journeyed to New York from faraway places, they said, to give voice to those who are silenced in their homeland.

Shooting survivor: 'Mom's gone crazy'

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 05:59 PM PDT

Five people were shot -- four fatally -- at a Seattle, Washington, home Thursday, according to police.

Pastor says he'll answer allegations

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 06:43 PM PDT

Atlanta pastor Eddie Long, accused of coercing young men to have sexual relationships, won't be interviewed today as planned. Long says his lawyers won't let him talk.