National/World News
Obama to visit Ill. capital where campaign began
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Amid growing speculation on his choice of a running mate, Barack Obama plans a return to the city where he launched his presidential campaign.
Obama's veep choice just days off
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Speculation is raging over who Barack Obama will choose to be his running mate. An announcement could come by week's end.
911 call made at gunpoint
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Armed 85-year-old woman makes intruder call cops
Dividend checks to be distributed early
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Nearly every man, woman and child in Alaska received $1,654 last year
Obama hits back at McCain over Iraq war
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is criticizing Republican rival John McCain for questioning his patriotism and his judgment on national security matters.
Russian convoy leaves key Georgian city
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
RUISI, Georgia (AP) - A small column of Russian tanks and armored vehicles has left the Georgian city of Gori.
Wholesale prices rising at fastest pace since 1981
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Wholesale inflation surged in July, leaving prices for the past year rising at the fastest pace in 27 years, according to government data released Tuesday.
Pakistan violence flares after Musharraf resigns
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's ruling coalition is still trying to figure out what to do following the resignation of President Pervez Musharraf.
Fay hits Florida, but doesn't become hurricane
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Tropical Storm Fay moved inland Tuesday after making landfall in southwest Florida, never growing into the hurricane that forecasters had feared.
Researchers: numbers aren't needed
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
In an attempt to prove it, Butterworth compared the numerical skills of children from two indigenous Australian groups whose languages don't contain many number words with similar children who speak English
Many think God's intervention can revive the dying
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
While doctors should be prepared to deal with those beliefs, they also shouldn't "sugarcoat" the truth about a patient's condition, Loder said.
Texas oil patch towns reap benefits of boom
Monday, August 18, 2008
Drillers and energy companies are raking in the cash.
Reactor shut down after fire at CA nuke plant
Monday, August 18, 2008
Officials at the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant say there was no danger of radiation.
Tropical storm's center passes Key West
Monday, August 18, 2008
Tropical Storm Fay is expected to strengthen into possibly a Category 1 hurricane
Could video games make kids smart?
Monday, August 18, 2008
Researchers released a series of studies documenting the positive aspects of video games
Hawaiian palace takeover
Monday, August 18, 2008
Group takes over palace in an effort to restore monarchy in Hawaii
Back to school: Shaky economy hits kids
Monday, August 18, 2008
Hard times and higher fuel prices are following kids back to school again this year
Texas officials want 8 sect kids back in custody
Monday, August 18, 2008
Child welfare authorities want to put eight children from a polygamist sect back in state custody
First DC gun permits in over 30 years
Monday, August 18, 2008
Man whose lawsuit scuttled DC gun ban gets permit
Bouncy rubber sidewalk may foil beer keg damage
Monday, August 18, 2008
A new sidewalk project in an Iowa college town is aimed at putting a little bounce into beer kegs instead of dings in the sidewalk.
Obama raises $7.8 million in one day
Monday, August 18, 2008
Barack Obama's heart may be with San Francisco after raking in nearly $8 million at three fundraisers in the city Sunday.
Seeking ugly women for Outback's lonely hearts
Monday, August 18, 2008
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - Ugly women are wanted for the bachelors in the Australian Outback mining town of Mount Isa.
China has not approved Olympic protest requests
Monday, August 18, 2008
BEIJING (AP) - China has received 77 applications from people looking to protest during the Beijing Olympics, but none of them have been approved.
Ugly women wanted for Aussie bachelors
Monday, August 18, 2008
He claims his town has a roughly 5-to-1 male-to-female ratio, and that someone should go hunting for the "beauty-disadvantaged women" and move them into town.
Evacuations at dam near Grand Canyon
Monday, August 18, 2008
Some people who were believed to be in the side canyon along Supai Creek were unaccounted for after the flood struck during the weekend. No injuries had been reported.
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