As Hurricane Gustav takes aim at the Gulf Coast, billions of dollars are at stake
Region: United StatesAs rain started to fall on this city's empty streets Sunday night nearly 2 million people from the Louisiana coast evacuated. The Port of New Orleans shut down as the Coast Guard closed the lower Mississippi River. The F... more
Views: 739John McCain tore up the script for his Republican National Convention on Sunday
Region: United StatesAs rain started to fall on this city's empty streets Sunday night nearly 2 million people from the Louisiana coast evacuated. McCain orders convention curtailed for Gustav. Officials said that as part of the convention's ... more
Views: 908The Gulf Coast waits for Hurricane Gustav
Region: United StatesAs rain started to fall on this city's empty streets Sunday night nearly 2 million people from the Louisiana coast evacuated. Painfully aware of the failings that led to more than 1,600 deaths during Katrina, this time off... more
Views: 704Arctic Sea Ice Melting Rates Drop to 2nd Lowest Level in 30 Years
Region: AntarcticaSea ice in the Arctic Ocean is at its second lowest level in about 30 years. The National Snow and Ice Data Center reported that sea ice in the Arctic now covers about 2.03 million square miles. The lowest point s... more
Views: 997Obama Tells Crowd That He'll Fix Washington
Region: United StatesBarack Obama promised a clean break from the "broken politics in Washington." He vowed to cut taxes for nearly all working-class families, end the war in Iraq and break America's dependence on Mideast oil within a... more
Views: 664U.S. softball team was denied gold medal for beaten 3-1 by Japan
Region: United StatesYukiko Ueno, Japan's remarkably resilient right-hander, shut down the Americans and handed them their first loss since Sept. 21, 2000 at the Sydney Games. The U.S. had won 22 straight since then, most of them with outrageo... more
Views: 502Measles cases in the U.S. are at the highest level in more than a decade
Region: United StatesMeasles cases in the U.S. are at the highest level in more than a decade, with nearly half of those involving children whose parents rejected vaccination, health officials reported Thursday. Worried doctors are troubled... more
Views: 921Seinfeld will be a key pitchman in a planned $300 million fall advertising campaign for Microsoft
Region: United StatesSeinfeld will be a key pitchman in a planned $300 million fall advertising campaign for the software giant, a person familiar with the plans confirmed to The Associated Press on condition on anonymity because the deal has ... more
Views: 899Obama says he's decided on running mate
Region: United StatesBarack Obama says he's decided on a running mate, but he won't say who. "I've made the selection, that's all you're gonna get," Obama said told reporters while campaigning in Virginia Thursday. Obama didn't say whether he'... more
Views: 683Recent polls said Obama leads McCain by only 3%
Region: United StatesAccording to both Newsweek poll and Gallup daily tracking poll revealed that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama leads Republican opponent John McCain by 3 percentage points. The gap is a marked change from the ... more
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