Newser Story Index from September, 2009

Welcome to the Newser Story Index. Here you find stories written by Newser writers and editors, assembled with supporting photos and videos from the files of the news story.

Sotomayor's First Case Could Transform US Politics
Afghan Election Watchdogs Order Partial Vote Recount
Buffett: 'We Are Not Out of Problems Yet'
Coetzee Leads Heavy-Hitting Booker Prize Shortlist
Minister Who Freed Lockerbie Bomber Has Bro in Oil Biz
Suicide Bomb Rocks NATO Base at Kabul Airport
Surge May Be Only Way to Keep US Safe From al-Qaeda
Jacko Crypt Drives Up Plot Prices
House Dems Back to Work in Same Quagmire
Japanese Mull Noisier Hybrids to Protect Blind
US Porn Star Helps Convict Brit Playboy of Murder
Chinese Mine Explosion Kills 35
Singapore Teen Gamers Planned Mass Suicide
Berlusconi: 'Italians Want to Be Like Me'
Fuld: 'I Was Whipping Boy' for Lehman Failure
Delta Slammed for Transatlantic 'Ghost Flights'
Tila: I'm Allergic to Booze; Bartender: Truth, More Like
5 Fun Facts About Melanie Oudin
Proposal Sends Woman Over Cliff, Literally
Brutal Commute Awaits SF as Bridge Remains Closed
Milwaukee Cops Arrest Suspected Serial Killer
Pirates Set Mark With 17th Straight Losing Year
Virus Linked to Aggressive Prostate Cancer
Grown-Ups Return to At the Movies
Rock Band Matures With Beatles Edition
Emoticons Invade Academia
Google Is Top Online Dictionary, But in Weak Field
I Didn't Choke Tila Tequila: Merriman
One Serving of Cotton, Please; Hold the Poison
Joe K Won't Run to Succeed Teddy
Obama Asks Unions for Health-Reform Support
Oudin Storms Into Quarters
'Tragedy Porn' Drags Down News Sources
In Picking Tennis Balls, Junk Science Meets OCD
Moore's Latest Slams Love Affair With Capitalism
'Twitter Opera' Wins Over Londoners
Obama Speech: Handwashing, Not Brainwashing
3 Brits Guilty in '06 Plot to Bomb Transatlantic Flights
Cadbury Shoots Down $16.7B Kraft Takeover Bid
Letterman, Not Leno, 'Gets' Real America
Giant Rat Found in 'Lost Volcano'
Olbermann: Send Me All the Dirt on Glenn Beck
Iran Nuclear Talks Stall; Sanctions Loom
Sudan Woman Tried for Pants Gets Fined, Not Flogged
Say Goodbye to a Sad Excuse for a Summer
Obama's Support Slides Among Whites
Firms Refuse to Cut Service to Stolen Kindles, iPhones
Libya Won't Pay IRA Bomb Victims
US Troops Stormed Afghan Hospital: Charity
Van Jones Resignation Rattles the White House