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| Spanair Almost Switched Jet Just Before Crash Spanair had considered replacing a McDonnell Douglas MD-82 jet just an hour before 154 people were killed when it crashed last week,... ... More |
| Bush Declares Storm Emergency In Louisiana President George W. Bush on Friday declared an emergency in Louisiana as Tropical Storm Gustav headed for the Gulf of Mexico on the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's deadly strike on New Orleans. ... More |
| Ron Paul Plans Republican Rally Of His Own As Republicans gather to nominate John McCain for president in St. Paul next week, don't expect former rival Ron Paul to cheer him on. ... More |
| Bangkok Police Trapped By Protesters 'It's like we are in prison. It has bought great shame on us that police have been detained by the protesters,'' a police sergeant-major told the Bangkok Post. ... More |
| Poll: Obama Up Among Conservative Dems Obama, a U.S. senator from Illinois, moved from 63 percent to a level of support of 77 percent among conservative Democrats interviewed for a Gallup poll... ... More |
| Hanna Disorganized Near Leeward Islands At 5 a.m. Friday, the center of Hanna was about 245 miles northeast of the northern Leeward Islands. The storm was moving west-northwest at 14 mph. ... More |
| Obama Derides Mccain As For The Rich For over two decades, he's subscribed to that old, discredited Republican philosophy -- give more and more to those with the most and hope that prosperity trickles... ... More |
| Evacuations Begin In Louisiana New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin said the order likely would come Saturday with Gustav expected to hit the Gulf Coast early Tuesday as a Category 3 hurricane... ... More |
| Near Hurricane Status, Gustav Hits Jamaica Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami said at 11 p.m. EDT Gustav was about 35 miles west-southwest of Kingston, Jamaica, and about 275 miles... ... More |
| Obama Misleading, Mccain Camp Says Tonight, Americans witnessed a misleading speech that was so fundamentally at odds with the meager record of Barack Obama, said McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds. ... More |
| Obama Outlines Platform Of Change Individual responsibility and mutual responsibility, the Illinois senator told delegates to the Democratic National Convention in Denver... ... More |
| Obama-Biden Ticket Bid Farewell To Denver Surrounded by family members and friends, Obama and Biden waved to the cheering crowd in Invesco Field at Mile High as Brooks and Dunn's Only in America segued to... ... More |
| Microwave Baby Case Goes To Jury A lawyer for China Arnold, in his closing argument, asked jurors to believe the testimony of an 8-year-old boy who said another child put the baby... ... More |
| Singers Warble A Tune Of Change Register to vote, exhorted hip-hop artist will.i.am as he and John Legend sang words from speeches given by Sen. Barack Obama, the Democratic presidential nominee. ... More |
| Bernie Ward Sentenced In Child Porn Case Bernie Ward, 57, who had been a popular talk show host on San Francisco's KGO 810 NewsTalk, was indicted in December, charged with three counts of distributing and... ... More |
| Al Gore Says Obama Will Spread Hope As President Abraham Lincoln was the right candidate to lead America through a painful period in the 1800s, once again we have a candidate whose experience... ... More |
| Foreign Students Say They Are Targets Hastings on the south coast is best known for the battle between William the Conqueror and King Harold in 1066. ... More |
| Pro-Snitch T-Shirts Rally Philly Citizens Jeff Templeton, 36, of Philadelphia's Germantown neighborhood, told The Philadelphia Inquirer that his shirts, which say Don't let me see you do it are... ... More |
| Jimmy Carter: Mccain 'Milking' POW Status In an interview with the newspaper, Carter said McCain is a distinguished Naval officer but he said McCain has been milking every possible drop of advantage from... ... More |
| Richardson: Obama Will 'Take Country Back' America is ready for change, Richardson told a cheering crowd at Invesco Field at Mile High on Thursday, the last day of the Democratic National Convention... ... More |
| DNC Gives Shout-Outs To Colorado, Denver In addition, DNC vice chairpersons also recognized the first responders from Colorado and around the country who made the convention a success, said... ... More |
| FACTBOX: Alaska Governor Sarah Palin The choice of the 44-year-old mother of five adds youth and executive experience to the Republican ticket headed by the 72-year-old Arizona senator, who would be the oldest person to assume the presidency if he is elected November 4. ... More |
| John McCain Picks Sarah Palin As VP Running Mate Republican presidential candidate John McCain has chosen Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his vice presidential running mate,... ... More |
| Karadzic Plea Entered As "Not Guilty" By Tribunal The U.N. tribunal for the former Yugoslavia entered a plea of not guilty on behalf of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic for war crimes and genocide charges on Friday after he refused to plead. ... More |
| U.S. Sees Iraq Militias Dropping Arms Iraq's once formidable Mehdi Army appears to be bowing to orders to lay down arms, but it is yet unclear if Shi'ite fighters are preparing another offensive with Iranian help,... ... More |