Analysis: Are economy’s fundamentals actually OK?
WASHINGTON (AP) — Unemployment is at a five-year high. Financial firms that withstood the Great Depression are failing. Congress and a lame-duck president are gridlocked. …
All-white O.J. Simpson jury neither dream nor nightmare
LAS VEGAS (AP) _ It is not the jury of O.J. Simpson’s dreams, but neither does it shape up to be his nightmare.
Groups struggle to aid Haiti after storms
GONAIVES, Haiti (AP) – Food and fresh water ran dangerously low for thousands in the flood-stricken Haitian city of Gonaives and surrounding villages this week, …
McCain, Palin criticize Obama on earmarks
LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo. (AP) — John McCain and Sarah Palin criticized Democrat Barack Obama over the amount of money he has requested for his home …
Few minorities on Republican podium
ST. PAUL, Minnesota (AP) _ The Republican National Convention showcased a Native American color guard, a black preacher and video footage of civil rights pioneer …
Word from the streets: Three years after Katrina
Three years ago, Hurricane Katrina swept through the Gulf Coast. The world watched with wide open eyes in the days that followed as gross government …
Africans harness enthusiasm for Obama
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The performers pounded on animal-skin drums, the singer howled praise for Barack Obama, and the audience of fist-bumping supporters of the …
U.S. readies for Tropical Storm Hanna, Hurricane Ike
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Residents moved boats and booked inland hotel rooms while National Guard troops prepared to deploy along the Southeastern coast as Tropical …
Hanna upgraded to hurricane status
As Hurricane Gustav continued to batter the Gulf Coast states on Monday, Tropical Storm Hanna was upgraded to a hurricane.
Obama, McCain vie for suburbanites, white female voters
WASHINGTON (AP) _ Kathy Melkey stands astride some of the fault lines between presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain.