Telegraph.co.uk | Thousands flee LA County homes as fire races San Francisco Chronicle Two firefighters were killed when their vehicle rolled off a mountainside Sunday as they battled a huge wildfire that threatens 12000 suburban homes. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger urged those in the fire's path to ... Nation Digest: California Wildfire Forces Thousands to Evacuate Officials identify 2 killed in crash amid wildfire Raging wildfire threatens 12500 homes in LA suburbs |
Telegraph.co.uk | Celebrating Kennedy, with laughs and song Philadelphia Inquirer AP BOSTON - In death as in life, Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy yesterday brought together political rivals - this time to celebrate his ferocious sense of humor and unwavering dedication to family and country. ... Kennedy "shared that big heart with » |
FOXNews | Push for Kennedy Successor Stirs Political Storm FOXNews Edward Kennedy, Jr., right, Kara Kennedy, second right, and Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-RI, third right, watch as casket of their father, the late Sen. Edward Kennedy is moved at the Kennedy compound in Hyannis Port, Mass., Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009. ... Effect on health care bill debated Many tell stories of Kennedy the advocate Thousands greet Kennedy motorcade, file past casket |
ABC News | Sen. Kennedy's death leaves a void that won't be filled Los Angeles Times Sen. Edward Kennedy's death is a blow not only to Democratic liberalism, but to bipartisanship in the Senate. By Doyle McManus Reporting from Washington - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's death leaves a void in the firmament of American politics, one that will ... Kennedy to lie in repose in Boston for 2 days Ted Kennedy's death heralds Camelot's end Kennedy condolence book to open |
FOXNews | Sen. Ted Kennedy dies at age 77 after year-long battle with brain ... New York Daily News "Edward M. Kennedy, the husband, father, grandfather, brother and uncle we loved so deeply, died late Tuesday night at home in Hyannis Port (Massachusetts)," the Kennedy family said in a statement. Kennedy was diagnosed in May 2008 ... Senator Edward M. Kennedy is dead Edward Kennedy, Senate Stalwart, Dies Edward Kennedy dies at 77; 'liberal lion of the Senate' |
guardian.co.uk | Two Administrations Drew Different Lessons From 2004 Report Washington Post When an internal CIA report concluded in May 2004 that "unauthorized, improvised, inhumane, and undocumented" interrogation methods had been used on suspected al-Qaeda members, the predominant reaction within the Bush administration ... CIA Releases Documents Fmr. Vice President Cheney Requested Be ... Obama creates new agency to handle terrorist interrogations Will Holder's 'Reckoning' on Detainee Abuse F » |
CBS News | Hurricane Bill blamed in deaths in Maine, Fla. The Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine â€" A large wave fueled by Hurricane Bill swept spectators out to sea at a Maine park Sunday as the storm-churned surf attracted onlookers and daredevils along the Eastern Seaboard. A 7-year-old girl who was pulled from the sea near ... Hurricane Wave Sweeps 20 to Sea in Maine Waves knock several into ocean off Maine; Bill heads to Canada Girl killed by wave that swept Maine lookout: official |
ABC News | NKorean envoys meet SKorean president: official AFP SEOUL â€" Envoys sent to Seoul by North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il on Sunday met with South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak, a presidential official said. "It's true. President Lee has met the North Korean envoys," a South Korean presidential official told ... S. Korean president meets DPRK delegation: Yonhap Officials of 2 Koreas Set to Meet in the South S. Korean President Won't Meet North Delegates Today, YTN Says |
Times Online | Oval Office Visit Hints at Daschle's Role Washington Post Former Senate majority leader Thomas A. Daschle's visit to the Oval Office on Friday, at the invitation of President Obama, was more than just a meeting between two loyal friends and political » |
Washington Post | Cash for Clunkers Chugs to a Halt BusinessWeek The Transportation Dept. will end its popular trade-in program on Aug. 24, after burning through $3 billion in a month. But dealers will have to wait for the government to catch up to their rebate claims By David Kiley The popular cash-for-clunkers ... Cash for Clunkers ending Cash For Clunkers Runs Out Of Gas 'Cash for clunkers' program to end Monday |
guardian.co.uk | Afghanistan Imposes News Censorship on Election Day New York Times The site of an attack in Kabul on Tuesday where at least seven people were killed and 52 wounded when a suicide car bomber struck a Western military convoy. By CARLOTTA G » |
Washington Post | White House Appears Open to Insurance Co-ops New York Times The Obama administration sent signals on Sunday that it has backed away from its once-firm vision of a government organization to provide for the nation's 50 million uninsured and is now open to using nonprofit cooperatives instead. ... Senator to Obama: Without votes, push for reform is futile Public insurance plan not essential: Sebelius Sebelius: Public Health Plan Not Essential |
Telegraph.co.uk | Burma's junta unlikely to buckle BBC News The intervention by US Senator Jim Webb to secure the release of American prisoner John Yettaw from Burma can be assessed in one of two ways. The first is that it indicates a new and softer approach by the Burmese junta. ... US man at center of Suu Kyi uproar has troubled past Se! nator gains release of American jailed in Myanmar Myanmar to release US prisoner |
Washington Post | Manson follower Lynette 'Squeaky' Fromme released from Fort Worth ... D » |
ABC News | Ex-Afghan President Survives Taliban Ambush Voice of America By VOA News Former Afghan President Berhanuddin Rabbani has survived a Taliban ambush in northern Afghanistan, an area that has seen a recent rise in militant attacks. Afghan police say Taliban fighters attacked Mr. Rabbani's convoy with ... Bombs Kill 14 Civilians in Afghanistan Observers see pattern of fraud before Afghan vote US Marines Fight House-to-House in Afghan Taliban Stronghold |
Voice of America | Military Operation Targets Taliban Before Afghan Election Voice of America A joint US-Afghan military operation has begun in the troubled Helmand province against Taliban fighters who have vowed to disrupt the August 20 presidential election. US Marines say a new operation has begun to thwart the insurgents in ... Troops move to secure southern Afghanistan before vote US Marines in mass assault on Taliban town US, Afghan troops launch operation to protect vote |
FOXNews | Obama woos public on healthcare as debate heats up Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will seek to counter an onslaught of conservative opposition to his efforts to overhaul the US healthcare system by taking his message to a "town h » |
Telegraph.co.uk | Al Qaeda blamed for Iraq violence wave CNN BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Al Qaeda in Iraq is trying Monday to foment sectarian tensions by attacking and killing Iraqi civilians, a government spokesman told CNN. Iraqi women gather near the site of an attack near Mosul. Bombings across the country have ... Iraq bomb attacks kill 47 I! raq bombs kill 33, fears of sectarian strife grow Bombs in Iraq Kill 44 |
BBC News | Divers sift through waters off NY for clues to midair collision CNN NEW YORK (CNN) -- Investigators resumed pulling debris from the Hudson River on Sunday as they searched for clues to the cause of Saturday's fatal collision between a sm » |
FOXNews | Journalists Rejoin Relieved Friends, Family in US Washington Post BURBANK, Calif., Aug. 5 -- One woman approached China's border with North Korea as a seasoned foreign correspondent, the other as a sharp editor who was on her first trip abroad in her new role as a producer. Laura Ling, 32, one of the two ... Pardoned American Journalists Return Home, Land in Los Angeles ! North Korea Frees Americans |
