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Monday, May 12, 2008
Seneca, Mo. - Stunned survivors picked through the little that was left of their communities Sunday after tornadoes tore across the Plains and South, killing ...
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 Still-Swamped Country Votes; Rulers Keep Tight Grip On Aid 5/11/2008 |
Nation/World News
Clinton's Campaign Took Time To Unravel
Washington - Hillary Rodham Clinton began her presidential quest armed with talent, tenacity, fame, money, connections and a team that knew how to win.
Many people ...
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Desperate Survivors Brace For New Storm
Kyaiktaw, Myanmar - U Maung Saw and his family are in a race against the rain.
Cyclone Nargis pounded their house as flat as the mud ...
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Gas Prices Shift Bicycle Sales, Repairs Into Higher Gear
Bismarck, N.D. - Four-dollar-a-gallon gas is good for business - if you run a bike shop.
Commuters around the country are dusting off their old two-wheelers ...
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Iraqi Forces Quiet Basra, But Peace Is Fragile
Basra, Iraq - Three hundred miles south of Baghdad, the oil-saturated city of Basra has been transformed by its own surge, now seven weeks old.
In ...
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Rising Prices Make Copper More Attractive To Thieves
Chicago - Dave Fusselman figures he has seen a lot of different items come through his family's third-generation scrap metal business in Moberly, Mo. But ...
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Scientists Baffled By Recent Coyote Attacks In California
Los Angeles - The coyote was limping as it approached a girl in a sand box at a public park - but it was still ...
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So, Candidates, Who's It Going To Be? Here Are Some Options.
Washington - Sen. Barack Obama's victory in North Carolina and near-miss in Indiana last week remove much of the doubt about whether he will win ...
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After Losing Their Homes, Many Wind Up Losing Their Possessions In Storage
Elk Grove Village, Ill. - The foreclosure crisis is hitting yet another American locale: the self-storage center.
As they lose their homes, people are turning to ...
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Already, Obama And McCain Map Fall Strategies
Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Barack Obama, D-Ill., are already drawing up strategies for taking each other on in the general election, focusing on the ...
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Commando-Unit Leaders Shift Away From Rumsfeld Strategy
Washington - The military command overseeing the nation's most elite forces has moved away from a contentious plan that gave it broad control over anti-terrorism ...
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Despite Some Good News, Economy May Be Worse Off Than It Seems
Washington - The unemployment rate drops. Productivity grows. The trade deficit shrinks. Sounds great, right? Not so fast.
Borrowing radio broadcaster Paul Harvey's signature saying: Let's ...
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Forming A Bond Behind Bars
Indianapolis - Three-week-old Kevin fussed in mother Melissa Lankey's arms until she started singing softly to him,"Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible ...
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Hezbollah Fighters In Beirut Melt Away; PM Issues Statement
Beirut, Lebanon - Hezbollah gunmen melted off the streets of Beirut Saturday, heeding an army call to pull the fighters out after the Shiite militants ...
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In Delta Area, Many Bodies And No Aid
Thanap Pin Sate, Myanmar - The bodies come and go with the tides. They wash up onto the riverbanks or float grotesquely downstream, almost always ...
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Mother's Day Celebration Reaches Its 100th Anniversary
Grafton, W.Va. - On this 100th anniversary of Mother's Day, the woman credited with creating one of the world's most celebrated holidays probably wouldn't be ...
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Old Friend Says A Doped-up Simpson Confessed To Killing His Former Wife
Los Angeles - A memorabilia dealer who profited from O.J. Simpson for many years is the latest former crony to write a tell-all book, this ...
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Supreme Court Avoiding 5-4 Decisions This Term
Washington - This could be the Supreme Court term, one court watcher joked recently, that Justice John Paul Stevens remembers he is a Republican.
A 1975 ...
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Suspicious Purchases Led Authorities To The Discovery Of Syrian Reactor
Washington - When North Korean businessman Ho Jin Yun first caught the attention of German customs police in 2002, he was on a continental buying ...
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Nation, Briefs
Medical Helicopter Crash Kills Doctor, Nurse, Pilot
Madison, Wis. - A medical helicopter dropped off a patient and then crashed shortly after it took off on its return flight to Madison, killing ...
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President Calls Jenna's Wedding 'Spectacular'
Waco, Texas - President Bush spent months joking about being a father of the bride, but on Sunday he was downright wistful about giving his ...
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Cablevision Close To Getting Long Island's Newsday
New York - Cablevision Systems Corp. is close to buying the Long Island newspaper Newsday from Tribune Co. for $650 million, a person with knowledge ...
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Serbia's Pro-western President Declares Victory In Elections
Belgrade, Serbia - Serbia's pro-Western president declared victory in Sunday's parliamentary elections - a stunning upset over ultranationalists who tried to exploit anger over Kosovo's ...
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Lebanese Violence Spreads To Mountains Outside Capital
Beirut, Lebanon - Lebanon hung between fears of all-out war and hopes of political compromise Sunday as government supporters and opponents battled with rockets and ...
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Memo Details Frustration With Special Counsel 5/11/2008 |
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Deal Reached To End Fighting In Sadr City 5/11/2008 |
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Zimbabwe Opposition Leader To Return For Election Runoff 5/11/2008 |
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Emily, Jacob The Most Popular Baby Names Once Again 5/11/2008 |
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5 Bodies, Including Those Of 3 Children, Found In Houston 5/11/2008 |
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Khartoum Says It Has Repulsed Incursion By Darfur Rebels 5/11/2008 |
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Maine Shipyard Christens Destroyer Named For Former Vietnam POW 5/11/2008 |
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Militants Die In Afghanistan Clash 5/11/2008 |
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Obama Overtakes Clinton In Superdelegates 5/11/2008 |
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No. 2 police Officer In Mexican Border Town Shot Dead 5/11/2008 |
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Michigan Youngster Collects A Million Pennies For His School 5/11/2008 |
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Stamp Prices Go Up Monday 5/11/2008 |
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Hamas Militants Fire Rockets Into Israel, No One Hurt 5/11/2008 |
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