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  1. Fatal shooting at New Lenox-area business

    → chicagotribune.com - | 8 Sep 2008 | 5:18 am MDT

    Suspect is arrested after argument turns deadly

    A person was fatally shot in the chest after a dispute at a New Lenox-area business Sunday night, police said.



  2. Death toll in Egypt rock slide at 47

    → USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 8 Sep 2008 | 5:10 am MDT

    The death toll from a devastating rock slide that buried a shanty town rose to 47 on Monday, a security official said as recovery ...



  3. Bears stun Colts

    → chicagotribune.com - | 8 Sep 2008 | 5:04 am MDT

    The Bears played like they had nothing to lose and everyone's respect to gain, recording a 29-13 victory to spoil the opening of the Colts' new home Sunday. David Haugh: Bears gushing in Lucas Oil opener Mike Downey: It's showtime ... the Orton show! Dan Pompei: AFC just may go down with Pats QB



  4. Former N.J. state Senator corruption trial begins today

    → Philly.com News | 8 Sep 2008 | 5:03 am MDT

    The trial of former state Sen. Wayne Bryant (D., Camden) is scheduled to begin this morning in federal court in Trenton with jury selection.

  5. Sarkozy to demand Russian pullout from Georgia

    → USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 8 Sep 2008 | 5:01 am MDT

    French President Nicolas Sarkozy, whose country holds the European Union presidency, began the difficult mission on Monday of ...



  6. Death toll in Egypt rock slide at 47

    → SFGate: Top News Stories | 8 Sep 2008 | 4:48 am MDT

    The death toll from a devastating rock slide that buried a shanty town rose to 47 on Monday, a security official said as recovery efforts switched to high gear after days of delay. The death toll was expected to climb sharply as recovery efforts hastened,...


  7. Prosecution to complete case in Phila. dirt bike murder trial

    → Philly.com News | 8 Sep 2008 | 4:44 am MDT

    The prosecution will complete its case today in the murder trial of Eric Smith, the Summerdale man charged in last summer's shooting death of a 16-year-old dirt biker so he could steal the motor bike.

  8. Russia may hold joint naval maneuvers with Venezuela

    → USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 8 Sep 2008 | 4:40 am MDT

    A Foreign Ministry spokesman says that Russia may hold joint naval maneuvers with Venezuela.



  9. Arson called likely in South Side fire that spread

    → chicagotribune.com - | 8 Sep 2008 | 4:39 am MDT

    An apparent arson fire heavily damaged three South Side buildings early Monday but no one was hurt, fire officials said.



  10. Lane closures on Routes 100 and 202 in Chesco this week

    → Philly.com News | 8 Sep 2008 | 4:36 am MDT

    Lane closures will be in effect this week on Route 100 and Route 202 in Chester County for construction, including a closure of the southbound side of Route 100 next weekend, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation said.

  11. S. Gulph, Trinity Roads in Upper Merion closed overnight

    → Philly.com News | 8 Sep 2008 | 4:36 am MDT

    There will be overnight closures this week on South Gulph and Trinity Roads where they pass under the Schuylkill Expressway in Upper Merion for bridge work, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation said.

  12. 1 killed, 1 hurt in hit-run

    → chicagotribune.com - | 8 Sep 2008 | 4:36 am MDT

    One person was killed and another injured in an apparent hit-and-run accident early Monday that sent a vehicle into a light pole on the Southwest Side, Chicago police said.



  13. Morning Report: Bring on the Cowboys!

    → Philly.com News | 8 Sep 2008 | 4:35 am MDT

    It is Cowboys week again. The Eagles will square off with host Dallas next Monday night, and already the Cowboys are riding high after a convincing 28-10 victory in Cleveland to begin the season.

  14. Indonesians thank St. Anastasia students for tsunami relief

    → Philly.com News | 8 Sep 2008 | 4:35 am MDT

    When third grader Allie Zito heard the news about the Indonesian tsunami in 2004, she mobilized her classmates at St. Anastasia School in Newtown Square for a fund-raiser.

  15. Hurricane Ike weakens to Cat. 2 storm over Cuba

    → SFGate: Top News Stories | 8 Sep 2008 | 3:42 am MDT

    The National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Ike has weakened to Category 2 storm as it moves over Cuba. Meanwhile, a tropical storm warning was issued early Monday for the Florida Keys. As of 5 a.m. EDT, Ike had maximum sustained winds near 105 mph. And...


  16. Ike weakens to Cat. 2 storm, may hit Fla. Tuesday

    → USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 8 Sep 2008 | 3:36 am MDT

    With powerful Hurricane Ike on an uncertain course toward the Gulf of Mexico, many on Florida's low-lying Key West islands took ...



  17. Poll: Convention lifts McCain over Obama

    → USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 8 Sep 2008 | 3:33 am MDT

    The Republican National Convention has given John McCain and his party a significant boost, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll shows.



  18. Fannie, Freddie deal helps some borrowers, not all

    → SFGate: Top News Stories | 8 Sep 2008 | 1:47 am MDT

    The government's historic bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on Sunday will be good news to homebuyers and some homeowners hoping to refinance if it leads to lower mortgage rates, as experts expect. But for homeowners already behind on their mortgage...


  19. WaMu board stuck with Killinger for too long

    → The Seattle Times: Home | 8 Sep 2008 | 1:25 am MDT

    For the growing number of Kerry Killinger critics, the only question will be: What took them so long? After watching the slo-mo destruction...

  20. Palin pregnancy highlights need for 'the talk'

    → SFGate: Top News Stories | 8 Sep 2008 | 1:07 am MDT

    Patty Thompson's 14-year-old daughter arrived home from school last week and said incredulously, "Did you know that Sarah Palin has a 17-year-old daughter who is pregnant?" Thompson looked at Meghan and said, "Yes, that can happen." The question was a...


  21. Feds take control of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac

    → SFGate: Top News Stories | 8 Sep 2008 | 1:07 am MDT

    The federal government took control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on Sunday in a bid to keep the two mortgage giants from failing, catastrophes that would have made home loans harder to get and taken the nation's housing collapse to a new level of crisis. The...


  22. It's a hard time to get new credit

    → SFGate: Top News Stories | 8 Sep 2008 | 1:07 am MDT

    Credit - the grease that lubricates the economy - is in short supply now and apparently getting even shorter. For ordinary Americans, it's gotten to the point where even people with money in the bank, steady paychecks, good credit ratings and long histories...


  23. Study finds California can cut farm water use

    → SFGate: Top News Stories | 8 Sep 2008 | 1:07 am MDT

    By growing less thirsty crops and investing in more efficient irrigation technology, California farmers could save billions of gallons of water each year - the equivalent of 3 dams to 20 dams, according to a controversial new report by an influential water...


  24. Two men shot Saturday on Potrero Hill

    → SFGate: Top News Stories | 8 Sep 2008 | 1:07 am MDT

    Two men sitting in a car were shot on San Francisco's Potrero Hill Saturday night. Both men suffered non life-threatening injuries. The men, along with another man, were in the car at 23rd and Arkansas streets on Potrero Hill when a man approached the car on...


  25. Vacaville man shoots alleged intruder

    → SFGate: Top News Stories | 8 Sep 2008 | 1:07 am MDT

    A Vacaville resident shot and killed a man who the resident said was burglarizing his home. The resident, who police did not identify and who lives alone on the 1200 block of Balsam Way, awoke to the sound of voices inside his home around 2 a.m. Saturday,...


  26. WWI Army nurse gets late honor

    → Philly.com News | 8 Sep 2008 | 1:01 am MDT

    Eighty-four-year-old Helen Husa and son Carl got the idea at the same time in December while touring Arlington National Cemetery. A guide pointed out a section devoted to the burials of military nurses, and they knew what had to be done.

  27. Certain flame retardants may make us sick

    → Philly.com News | 8 Sep 2008 | 1:01 am MDT

    A common group of flame retardants used since the 1970s and credited with saving lives is proving to be a pervasive contaminant in the environment that may be harmful to human health.

  28. A vigil to mourn and remember

    → Philly.com News | 8 Sep 2008 | 1:01 am MDT

    Teary family members and friends of Officer Isabel Nazario held a vigil yesterday at the intersection where she was killed in a crash Friday night during the pursuit of a teenager driving a stolen Cadillac Escalade.

  29. S. Phila. man shot and killed in Point Breeze

    → Philly.com News | 8 Sep 2008 | 1:01 am MDT



  30. Belarus teen staying with Petaluma family is focus of diplomatic tussle

    → L.A. Times - California | Local News | 8 Sep 2008 | 1:00 am MDT

    Tanya Kazyra, 16, a participant in a summer program to help victims of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, wants to permanently stay with her American hosts. Belarus wants her to return home.

    Debra Zapata says she never intended to spark an international uproar. She just wanted the best for the young woman she invited into her home for nine summers in a project to help victims of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.



  31. Allow a majority budget vote

    → L.A. Times - California | Local News | 8 Sep 2008 | 1:00 am MDT

    The delay in passing a state fiscal plan is not the fault of Republicans or Democrats but of the state's supermajority rule.

    D on't blame Democrats for the record-long budget stalemate that is forcing the state to stiff private suppliers, community colleges and healthcare centers for the poor.



  32. Budget Watch

    → L.A. Times - California | Local News | 8 Sep 2008 | 1:00 am MDT

    Late state budget: Day 70 California can't pay its bills. The fiscal year began July 1.



  33. Does affirmative action help or hurt African American law students?

    → L.A. Times - California | Local News | 8 Sep 2008 | 1:00 am MDT

    UCLA professor wants to use California bar exam data to evaluate the effects of affirmative action. His past research has drawn controversy, and state bar officials say they won't hand over the data.

    In his 19 years as a law professor at UCLA, Richard Sander has pondered a nagging question: Does affirmative action help or hinder African Americans who want to become lawyers?



  34. Los Angeles port, truckers group head for court

    → L.A. Times - California | Local News | 8 Sep 2008 | 1:00 am MDT

    National association is seeking an injunction to block the clean truck program on grounds it imposes intrusive regulatory systems' on motor carrier rates and services.

    The nation's busiest port complex and the largest trucking association are expected to face off in federal court today to resolve a vexing question:



  35. On a Southern California beach, young war widows come together to grieve

    → L.A. Times - California | Local News | 8 Sep 2008 | 1:00 am MDT

    Feeling alone after their husbands' deaths, they find one another through the Internet and meet to share their stories.

    When a married soldier dies, the military removes his wedding band to send to his widow.



  36. Illegal immigrants who return after deportation commit more crimes, study finds

    → L.A. Times - California | Local News | 8 Sep 2008 | 1:00 am MDT

    In L.A. County, 75% of inmates who reenter the U.S. engage in more criminal activity within a year. The rate is less for illegal immigrants who have never been ordered to leave.

    Illegal immigrants who have been deported at least once from the United States are far more likely than other immigrants to repeatedly commit crimes, according to a study by the nonprofit Rand Corp.



  37. El Sereno instrument-maker carves out a niche

    → L.A. Times - California | Local News | 8 Sep 2008 | 1:00 am MDT

    Cesar Augusto Castro Gonzalez started learning folkloric music and making the instruments as a youth in his native Veracruz, Mexico.

    Cesar Augusto Castro Gonzalez found his calling when he went looking for a buddy to play some soccer during recess.



  38. Long Beach 911 cell calls detoured

    → L.A. Times - California | Local News | 8 Sep 2008 | 1:00 am MDT

    The city, concerned about adding to the workload of dispatchers and compounding its $17-million budget shortfall, balks at directly taking emergency calls. The calls are patched through by the Califor

    Kyon Salaam and his mother were pulled to the street corner in their north Long Beach neighborhood by a violent crash. Two cars had slammed together in rush hour traffic. Assessing the scene, Salaam instinctively punched 911 into his cellphone -- and got a recording.



  39. Husbandly duty busies a lazy day

    → L.A. Times - California | Local News | 8 Sep 2008 | 1:00 am MDT

    I n the arena of human indolence, the male of the species has no equal.



  40. Man severely hurt in Skyway shooting

    → The Seattle Times: Home | 8 Sep 2008 | 12:52 am MDT

    in Skyway shooting Robbery appears to be the motive behind a Sunday shooting outside an apartment complex in Skyway that left a man in critical...

  41. Oregon ghost forest by sea may harbor climate clues

    → The Seattle Times: Home | 8 Sep 2008 | 12:51 am MDT

    As the beach near Neskowin washed away last winter, a ghost forest emerged that could give Oregon State University students a look at our...

  42. Takeover of Fannie, Freddie to cost government billions

    → The Seattle Times: Home | 8 Sep 2008 | 12:45 am MDT

    The Bush administration's seizure of troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is potentially a $200 billion bet that it will...

  43. Hong Kong elections signal shift in support

    → The Seattle Times: Home | 8 Sep 2008 | 12:44 am MDT

    Chinese national pride after the Olympics and growing distress over inflation combined to produce a shift in Hong Kong's legislative elections...

  44. Obese teens at risk for damage to liver

    → The Seattle Times: Home | 8 Sep 2008 | 12:44 am MDT

    In a new and disturbing twist on the obesity epidemic, some overweight teenagers have severe liver damage caused by too much body fat, and...

  45. Victim's family enraged

    → Denver Post: News Headlines | 8 Sep 2008 | 12:29 am MDT

    Three days after Francis M. Hernandez drove into Patricia Guntharp's pickup, killing her and two others, Guntharp's family wanted to know why a man with 16 arrests in five years wasn't already behind bars.

  46. NFL Notebook | Bears show teeth, tear up Colts

    → The Seattle Times: Home | 8 Sep 2008 | 12:25 am MDT

    Matt Forte, the first Chicago rookie to start at running back since Walter Payton in 1975, ran for 123 yards — 50 on a first-quarter...

  47. Schools asking for $2.5 billion

    → Denver Post: News Headlines | 8 Sep 2008 | 12:25 am MDT

    Colorado voters this fall will be asked to approve about $2.5 billion in school bonds at a time when the economy is weak and tax increases are being used as a wedge issue in the presidential campaign.

  48. All campaigns in a tight race for ad airtime

    → Denver Post: News Headlines | 8 Sep 2008 | 12:25 am MDT

    A presidential fight for the battleground state of Colorado looms. A hot race for the U.S. Senate only grows hotter. And a record number of ballot initiatives await voters in November.

  49. NFL two-minute drill

    → The Seattle Times: Home | 8 Sep 2008 | 12:24 am MDT



  50. NFL injury report

    → The Seattle Times: Home | 8 Sep 2008 | 12:23 am MDT

    Player, Pos. Team Injury Tom Brady, QB New England Knee; likely out for season Vince Young, QB Tennessee sprained left knee Brodie Croyle...

  51. Special teams sink Seahawks 34-10 in opener

    → The Seattle Times: Home | 8 Sep 2008 | 12:21 am MDT

    The offense sputtered for the better part of four quarters, the defense proved vulnerable to a few big plays, and the special teams had trouble holding onto everything from the football to field position. It all added up to a 24-point loss tied for the second most lopsided season-opening defeat in franchise history.

  52. International stage fosters culture sharing

    → Denver Post: News Headlines | 8 Sep 2008 | 12:09 am MDT

    Jane Ellarby beamed as she looked across the green grass of the first European Festival and said in her thick British accent that the festival was a grand idea.

  53. Senate hopefuls to appear on YouTube

    → Denver Post: News Headlines | 8 Sep 2008 | 12:07 am MDT

    The YouTube debates proved a big hit in the presidential race, and now the website is expanding its reach to Colorado's critical Senate race, with the candidates posting videotaped answers to users' questions on the site early this morning.

  54. He's proud to be a "loser"

    → Denver Post: News Headlines | 8 Sep 2008 | 12:06 am MDT

    He's been a business owner, chauffeur, screenwriter, window washer and most recently a call-center worker at the state's unemployment office — but David Ohmart's newest role is the voice of dissent as state employees are encouraged to unionize.

  55. Jeffco delays building school for expelled kids

    → Denver Post: News Headlines | 8 Sep 2008 | 12:02 am MDT

    Construction of a school for expelled middle-schoolers can be delayed at least three months as nearby residents discuss the situation, Jefferson County school officials say.

  56. 2 men wounded in shootout

    → Denver Post: News Headlines | 8 Sep 2008 | 12:02 am MDT

    An exchange of gunfire on the street left two men injured Sunday night and at least one man in jail as Denver police try to unravel a shootout near Martin Luther King Boulevard and East Bruce Randolph Avenue.

  57. N. Colo. voters track energy

    → Denver Post: News Headlines | 8 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am MDT

    Congressional candidate Betsy Markey has barely finished a talk on energy when the questions start coming from the audience.

  58. Small plane crash kills 2 in northwest Colorado

    → Denver Post: News Headlines | 7 Sep 2008 | 11:58 pm MDT

    A small plane has crashed in Garfield County, and it appears there were no survivors, according to officials.

  59. Cities try wrangling gangs with civil suits

    → USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 7 Sep 2008 | 11:35 pm MDT

    A growing number of municipalities are seeking injunctions restraining orders that seek to bar gang members from talking to ...



  60. Prime Minister Chances Early Election in Canada

    → NYT > Americas | 7 Sep 2008 | 10:34 pm MDT

    Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s opponents characterized the early vote as political manipulation.



  61. Hurricane Ike on deadly rampage

    → Nation / World - NY Daily News | 7 Sep 2008 | 10:29 pm MDT

    Here we go again. A week after Gustav took aim at New Orleans, prompting 2 million people to run for their lives, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal declared a new state of emergency Sunday as another hurricane threatened the Crescent City.


  62. Canadian prime minister calls for early elections

    → USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 7 Sep 2008 | 10:22 pm MDT

    Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper dissolved Parliament on Sunday and called an early election for next month, kicking off ...



  63. Teen girl charged with attempted murder in baby abandonment

    → chicagotribune.com - | 7 Sep 2008 | 10:13 pm MDT

    A 15-year-old girl accused of abandoning her newborn son in a plastic grocery bag outside an Uptown apartment building in July has been arrested and charged with attempted first-degree murder and aggravated battery, police said.



  64. WWII vets face bittersweet salute

    → USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 7 Sep 2008 | 10:00 pm MDT

    The 29th Bomb Group came to Washington, D.C., this weekend for the group's 13th and final reunion.



  65. How One's 'Number Sense' Helps With Mathematics

    → washingtonpost.com - National News and Headlines | 7 Sep 2008 | 10:00 pm MDT

    Scientists have for the first time established a link between a primitive, intuitive sense of numbers and performance in math classes, a finding that could lead to new ways to help children struggling in school.



  66. Palin to Give Interview to ABC This Week

    → washingtonpost.com - National News and Headlines | 7 Sep 2008 | 10:00 pm MDT

    Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican vice presidential nominee, has agreed to her first interview since last month, with ABC News anchor Charles Gibson later this week, the network and Sen. John McCain's campaign said yesterday.



  67. As Pentagon tribute opens, others years away

    → USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 7 Sep 2008 | 9:41 pm MDT

    Seven years after terrorists crashed passenger jets into the Pentagon, the World Trade Center and a grassy field in Pennsylvania, ...



  68. Convention rejuvenates GOP

    → USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 7 Sep 2008 | 9:37 pm MDT

    The Republican convention has turned around the presidential race, energized GOP loyalists and improved its congressional prospects.



  69. The Sum of the Vocal Parts

    → WSJ.com: Opinion | 7 Sep 2008 | 9:36 pm MDT

    Long a staple of rock and pop, but sorely missed in recent years, soaring, shimmering vocal harmonies are staging a strong comeback this year.



  70. A Brandy With Geopolitical Benefits

    → WSJ.com: Opinion | 7 Sep 2008 | 9:36 pm MDT

    With Russia's boycott of Georgia's wines and spirits, dealers are now targeting European and American markets, and finding success there.



  71. Better Than a Blockbuster

    → WSJ.com: Opinion | 7 Sep 2008 | 9:36 pm MDT

    Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, a giant of German modernism, shines in a small gem of a show at MoMA.



  72. Form Follows Function, Elegantly

    → WSJ.com: Opinion | 7 Sep 2008 | 9:35 pm MDT

    The Auditorium Theatre in Chicago is the greatest monument imaginable to the classic dictum of one of its architects, Louis Sullivan.



  73. Keys residents weigh evacuation, Gulf Coast next?

    → washingtonpost.com - National News and Headlines | 7 Sep 2008 | 9:26 pm MDT

    KEY WEST, Fla. -- With powerful Hurricane Ike on an uncertain course toward the Gulf of Mexico, many on these low-lying islands took a wait-and-see approach to evacuating Sunday, perhaps a harbinger of attitudes to come from Gulf Coast residents returning from an arduous evacuation and already...



  74. Suburb's mayor attacks allegations

    → chicagotribune.com - | 7 Sep 2008 | 9:17 pm MDT

    Mayor Roger Claar says: 'Of course, I didn't know'

    A businessman convicted in a billing scam says that seven years ago, a Bolingbrook village official suggested he donate to Mayor Roger Claar's campaign minutes after Claar threatened to stop giving the businessman village contracts.



  75. Maxwell Street Market is on the move again

    → chicagotribune.com - | 7 Sep 2008 | 9:17 pm MDT

    Vendors will relocate to Desplaines Street from Canal Street

    The Maxwell Street Market was held for the last time on Canal Street on Sunday as the city moves vendors next week a few blocks away to Desplaines Street, a change that will take the market even farther from its eclectic roots.



  76. Hurricane Ike Smashes West Through Caribbean

    → NYT > Americas | 7 Sep 2008 | 9:12 pm MDT

    The new storm came on the heels of Gustav, raising the death toll and destruction across the waterlogged region.



  77. No working hydrants near burning East Point building

    → Metro News | ajc.com | 7 Sep 2008 | 9:11 pm MDT

    East Point resident Jennifer Young was coming home from a baby shower Sunday evening when she noticed smoke rising from a nearby apartment building.

  78. Lautner's Dazzlers Designed for Daily Living

    → WSJ.com: Opinion | 7 Sep 2008 | 9:10 pm MDT

    The Hammer Museum in Los Angeles is trying to elevate John Lautner into a poet of space, a visionary, a major American architect.



  79. Venezuela Announces Early Plans for Military Exercises With Russia in Caribbean

    → NYT > Americas | 7 Sep 2008 | 9:00 pm MDT

    Venezuela has gone out of its way to strengthen relations with Russia, welcoming Russian investment and emerging as a major buyer of Russian arms.



  80. Georgia overdue for major hurricane, but few worry

    → Metro News | ajc.com | 7 Sep 2008 | 8:54 pm MDT

    It's tempting to see a collective cockiness in the lack of hurricane shutters, in the new beachfront castles and in the conventional wisdom that, last week, was repeated over and over again on St. Simons Island.

  81. Sarah Palin: More Readers Respond

    → WSJ.com: Opinion | 7 Sep 2008 | 8:43 pm MDT

    Once again, participants in the Opinion Journal forum were eager to express their views about Alaska's governor.



  82. Closing the Information GAAP

    → WSJ.com: Opinion | 7 Sep 2008 | 8:42 pm MDT

    Transparency should be the goal.



  83. Six-day-old girl fatally bitten by family dog

    → Nation / World - NY Daily News | 7 Sep 2008 | 8:39 pm MDT

    A 6-day-old New Jersey girl attacked in her crib by the family dog has died from her injuries, authorities said Sunday. Newborn Alexis Hennessy was bitten Saturday afternoon by Shadow, a 3-year-old Husky.


  84. Latin America Wants Free Trade

    → WSJ.com: Opinion | 7 Sep 2008 | 8:29 pm MDT

    But Barack Obama has promised greater protectionism.



  85. Weekend at Henry's

    → WSJ.com: Opinion | 7 Sep 2008 | 8:21 pm MDT

    Propping up the living dead at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.



  86. Quicksand for Judges

    → WSJ.com: Opinion | 7 Sep 2008 | 8:20 pm MDT

    More broken promises from Harry Reid.



  87. OPEC mulls output slowdown to fuel oil prices

    → Nation / World - NY Daily News | 7 Sep 2008 | 7:37 pm MDT

    With oil prices down nearly 30% from their highs of almost $150 a barrel, OPEC oil ministers are considering cutting back output to prop up the price of crude. The oil producers may discuss pumping less oil at Tuesday's meeting of the 13 ministers.


  88. Israeli police want PM Ehud Olmert indicted

    → Nation / World - NY Daily News | 7 Sep 2008 | 7:34 pm MDT

    Israel's police recommended Sunday that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert be indicted in a string of corruption cases, according to an official document. The police statement said they wanted to bring criminal charges against Olmert.


  89. US re-examines Afghan civilian deaths from attack

    → SFGate: Top News Stories | 7 Sep 2008 | 7:29 pm MDT

    The U.S. military said Sunday it has new evidence about civilian casualties from an American attack that Afghanistan says killed scores of women and children and it is sending a senior officer to the country to review its initial finding that no more than...


  90. Israel cops try common scents crowd control

    → Nation / World - NY Daily News | 7 Sep 2008 | 7:28 pm MDT

    The activists protesting the Israeli security fence in the West Bank were prepared for rubber bullets and tear gas - but not The Skunk. The mist, fired from a water cannon, was yellow as it washed over the group and left an unshakable stench.


  91. Hall of Fame basketball coach dies

    → chicagotribune.com - | 7 Sep 2008 | 7:28 pm MDT

    Don Haskins, credited with helping break color barriers in college sports in 1966 when he used five black starters to win a national basketball title for Texas Western, died Sunday. He was 78.



  92. Pilot hurt in crash at Fulton airport

    → Metro News | ajc.com | 7 Sep 2008 | 5:39 pm MDT

    A small private plane crashed at an airport west of Atlanta on Sunday afternoon, and the pilot received minor injuries, authorities said.

  93. State parks feel the pain as money dries up

    → Metro News | ajc.com | 7 Sep 2008 | 5:19 pm MDT

    Amicalola Falls State Park and Lodge in the North Georgia mountains is one of the state's most popular parks. More than 600,000 people visit every year.

  94. Die-hard fan, almost 89, finally sees Braves in person

    → Metro News | ajc.com | 7 Sep 2008 | 3:42 pm MDT

    The man handed her a glossy magazine bearing John Smoltz's image, and Doris Hawkins just about came apart.

  95. DeKalb child died of natural causes, autopsy shows

    → Metro News | ajc.com | 7 Sep 2008 | 11:12 am MDT

    A 6-year-old Clarkston boy whose death was at first termed "suspicious" by DeKalb County police actually died of natural causes, police said Sunday.

  96. 2 Americas, a world apart

    → chicagotribune.com - | 7 Sep 2008 | 5:46 am MDT

    Each party's struggle is to convince voters its view of the U.S. matches their reality. Palin on ABC? 'She is definitely Alaska' McCain: Americans 'hurting' Obama rebukes Palin Opinion: McCain's choice won't fool women



  97. Hanna is a washout on East Coast

    → Nation / World - NY Daily News | 7 Sep 2008 | 1:25 am MDT

    Killer storm Hanna was merciful to the East Coast Saturday, but new menace Hurricane Ike is stalking the U.S. Gulf Coast.


  98. Cuba Rejects American Offer of Hurricane Aid

    → NYT > Americas | 7 Sep 2008 | 12:58 am MDT

    The Cuban government rejected an offer of disaster aid from the United States after having accepted aid from Russia and other allies.



  99. The World: Two Colombias, at War and at Peace

    → NYT > Americas | 6 Sep 2008 | 11:38 pm MDT

    As Bogotá revives, reminders of distant carnage dare to intrude.



  100. Why the Earth could end when new collider fires up

    → chicagotribune.com - | 6 Sep 2008 | 11:00 pm MDT

    When European physicists bring their monstrous supercollider to life, will it swallow up Fermilab? Could it even spell doom for planet Earth? Tribune science reporter Jeremy Manier explains

    Sounds like the premise of a bad sci-fi movie: Big-time physics experiment accidentally destroys the Earth. OK, scientists don't really think we're in danger, but just what could happen when the Large Hadron Collider goes live at the Swiss-French border on Wednesday?



  101. Calif. Aims to Concentrate Growth to Cut Use of Cars

    → washingtonpost.com - National News and Headlines | 6 Sep 2008 | 10:00 pm MDT

    LOS ANGELES -- California is poised to pass the first law in the nation linking greenhouse gas emissions to urban planning, a departure from the growth approach that spawned the state's car culture and urban sprawl.



  102. Ex-FBI Agent Faces Trial in 1982 Murder

    → washingtonpost.com - National News and Headlines | 6 Sep 2008 | 10:00 pm MDT

    MIAMI -- John J. Connolly was hundreds of miles away in 1982 when gambling executive John Callahan's bullet-riddled body was discovered in th