Hurricane Ike pounds Caribbean, worries US - Los Angeles Times
Hurricane Ike pounds Caribbean, worries US
Wall Street Journal
Los Angeles Times -
Crops in Haiti and Cuba, already soaked by previous storms, are ruined. Florida Keys residents evacuate. By Carol J. Williams, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer MIAMI -- An extremely dangerous Hurricane Ike churned through the Caribbean on Sunday with ...
Video: Raw Video: Ike Nearing Fla.'s Key West
Hurricane Ike Crosses Cuba After Making Landfall in Northeast
Asian Stocks Rally, Treasuries Drop on Fannie, Freddie Takeover - Bloomberg
Asian Stocks Rally, Treasuries Drop on Fannie, Freddie Takeover
Wall Street Journal
Bloomberg -
By Richard Frost and Kyung Bok Cho Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks rallied the most in seven months and Treasuries tumbled as the takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac buoyed confidence the US will prevent the global credit crisis from deepening.
Chinese banks welcome Fannie, Freddie bailout
China frets at US risk after Fannie/Freddie bailout
Israeli Police Suggest Indicting Olmert - New York Times
Israeli Police Suggest Indicting Olmert
CTV.ca
New York Times -
By ISABEL KERSHNER JERUSALEM - The Israeli police on Sunday recommended indicting the prime minister, Ehud Olmert, on charges including bribe-taking, fraud and breach of trust.
Police recommend indicting Uri Messer
Boim calls for inquiry into Olmert, Katzav investigations
Sarkozy back in Moscow over Georgia - Aljazeera.net
Sarkozy back in Moscow over Georgia
Aljazeera.net
Aljazeera.net -
Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, is travelling to Moscow to tell Russia to finish withdrawing troops from Georgia. The visit on Monday comes with the backing of the European Union, whose leaders agreed last week to postpone talks with Russia on a ...
A Mission to Moscow, Without High Hopes
Russian, French presidents to hold talks on Georgia in Moscow
Indian shares rise more than 4 pct early - Reuters
Indian shares rise more than 4 pct early
Reuters -
NEW DELHI, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Indian shares rose more than 4 percent early on Monday after a global atomic cartel lifted a 34-year-old nuclear trade ban, paving the way for new sources of power in the energy-hungry nation.
India, US Plan Push on Atomic Agreement in Congress (Update2)
Industry bodies see 1.2 trln investment in nuclear power
Defenders of Wildlife Launch Attack on Palin - New York Sun
Defenders of Wildlife Launch Attack on Palin
Canada.com
New York Sun -
By JOSH GERSTEIN, Staff Reporter of the Sun | September 8, 2008 Some political groups are readying tough television commercials attacking the Republican vice presidential nominee, Governor Palin of Alaska, even as a robust debate takes place in ...
Biden says he looks forward to debate with Palin
Biden makes bid for change
MSNBC Drops Olbermann, Matthews as News Anchors - Washington Post
MSNBC Drops Olbermann, Matthews as News Anchors
Dallas Morning News
Washington Post -
By Howard Kurtz MSNBC is removing Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews as the anchors of live political events, bowing to growing criticism that they are too opinionated to be seen as neutral in the heat of the presidential campaign.
MSNBC says Olbermann, Matthews won't anchor
MSNBC Takes Incendiary Hosts From Anchor Seat
Ray Bradbury speaks out against closing library - San Jose Mercury News
Ray Bradbury speaks out against closing library
San Jose Mercury News -
AP LONG BEACH—The City Council's budget oversight committee dropped its proposal this week to close Long Beach's 84-year-old main library.
The Long Beach public library
Budget nearly finalized
Paulson Taps Allison and Moffett to Run Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac - Bloomberg
Paulson Taps Allison and Moffett to Run Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac
China Daily
Bloomberg -
By Christopher Condon Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Herbert M. Allison Jr. and David M. Moffett, picked to run Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, face an uphill battle in bringing the mortgage-finance companies back from the brink of collapse.
Video: Feds Take Over Mortgage Giants
Feds To Fannie: Your Jobs Are Secure
Chief Forced Out at Washington Mutual - New York Times
Chief Forced Out at Washington Mutual
Boston Globe
New York Times -
By ERIC DASH The longtime chief executive of Washington Mutual, the country’s biggest savings and loan, has been forced out because of the company’s mounting losses, people briefed on the matter said Sunday night.
WaMu chief reportedly ousted Silicon Valley / San Jose Business ...
CEO Sayonara At WaMu
Boeing strike threatens global aero industry - Reuters
Boeing strike threatens global aero industry
Wall Street Journal
Reuters -
By Laura Myers and Bill Rigby EVERETT, Washington/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Boeing Co's (BA.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) 27000 machinists prepared for a third day of strike action, halting production at the plane maker's Seattle-area plants in ...
Boeing Machinists, on Third Day of Strike, May Be Out a Month
Outsourcing at Crux of Boeing Strike
Palin to Give Interview to ABC This Week - Washington Post
Palin to Give Interview to ABC This Week
Canada.com
Washington Post -
By Anne E. Kornblut 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.
Palin still off-limits for press inquiries
Sarah Palin to sit down with ABC News anchor Charles Gibson
Convention rejuvenates GOP - USA Today
Convention rejuvenates GOP
Washington Post
USA Today -
By Robyn Beck, AFP/Getty Images By Susan Page, USA TODAY WASHINGTON - John McCain and the GOP have seen a significant boost in the USA TODAY/Gallup Poll from the Republican convention: a rising tide that has turned around the contest with Democrat ...
Convention lifts McCain over Obama by 4 points: poll
Poll: McCain takes lead from Obama
Barracuda Belongs to the Rock Group Heart - New York Times
Barracuda Belongs to the Rock Group Heart
New York Times -
Before Sarah Palin joined John McCain on the Republican presidential ticket, she was Sarah Barracuda, a nickname earned playing high school basketball.
Heart sisters' Palin song anger
No Heart for McCain
Google upgrades Gmail for IE 6 users - CNET News
Google upgrades Gmail for IE 6 users
PC Magazine Middle & Near East
CNET News -
There's a lot of action in the browser market these days: Google just launched its Chrome browser, Firefox 3.1 is due in months, Apple hopes Safari will spread across the world of Windows, and Microsoft is touting its second beta of Internet Explorer 8 ...
As Google turns 10, advice for its next decade
Google's Chrome: When the browser grows up
All eyes on collider as it comes to life - Boston Globe
All eyes on collider as it comes to life
Boston Globe
Boston Globe -
The $9 billion Large Hadron Collider, 20 years in making, represents the work of at least 7000 scientists, will be turned on Wednesday.
UA physicists in Europe as part of experiment to replicate big bang
UA tied to Large Hadron Collider
Critics Say Gates-Seinfeld Duo - Wall Street Journal
Critics Say Gates-Seinfeld Duo
Scientific American
Wall Street Journal -
By NICK WINGFIELD and SUZANNE VRANICA Jerry Seinfeld's long-running sitcom is often described as a show about nothing. The same might be said of a baffling new Microsoft Corp.
Microsoft 'Gurus' Coming to a Store Near You
Microsoft's Renewed Vista Strategy
How was Britney Spears' MTV comeback? - Los Angeles Times
How was Britney Spears' MTV comeback?
Los Angeles Times -
Viewers of the awards show got to see the relaunching of the Britney Spears brand. By Ann Powers LL Cool J should have had the final word on Britney Spears sweeping the MTV Video Music Awards Sunday: Don't call it a comeback.
At the MTV Video Music Awards, a Big Draw, a Punch Line and, Now ...
Britney Scores Redemption—and Three Moonmen—at VMAs
'Bangkok Dangerous' edges out 'Tropic Thunder' - Los Angeles Times
'Bangkok Dangerous' edges out 'Tropic Thunder'
E! Online
Los Angeles Times -
By Alana Semuels, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer Rain and wind may have been whipping the Southeast, but "Tropic Thunder" was muted this weekend as moviegoers stayed home, leading to the slowest weekend for theaters in five years.
New No. 1 at Box Office
Weekend box office hits a 5-year low
Los Angeles Opera goes Hollywood - Reuters
Los Angeles Opera goes Hollywood
Los Angeles Times
Reuters -
By Laurence Vittes LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - It's been a long libretto and lots of operas, high notes and low notes since superstar tenor Placido Domingo took over the Los Angeles Opera in 2001.
Music Review Puccini With a Sprinkling of Woody Allen Whimsy
'Il Trittico,' the Los Angeles Opera
Backup Cassel pitched well in relief role - Boston Globe
Backup Cassel pitched well in relief role
New York Daily News
Boston Globe -
By Mike Reiss FOXBOROUGH - There wasn't much more real estate to work with. Officially, the ball was on the 1-yard line, but it was really a quarter of a yard from the end zone.
Video: Tom Brady Injures Left Knee in Pats Win
Time Has Come for Patriots’ Backup
Favre Adds Zig, Zag and Zip to Offense - New York Times
Favre Adds Zig, Zag and Zip to Offense
New York Times -
By WILLIAM C. RHODEN Analysis and discussion of the NFL draft and off-season news from around the league. Brett Favre needed less than seven minutes on Sunday to christen a new season and put his signature on what the Jets desperately hope will be a ...
New uniform, but the same old Favre
New York Jets repel old friend, rally behind new one to capture opener
Delgado continues his rebirth - MLB - ESPN
Delgado continues his rebirth - MLB
New York Daily News
ESPN -
By Amy K. Nelson NEW YORK -- He was being chided in this city, practically booed out of town. It was only a few months ago, but Carlos Delgado was refusing curtain calls while careening toward what looked like a possible platoon player.
Showing Precise Control, Moyer Baffles the Mets
Mets take second test of twin-bill behind Delgado
Fusing Politics and Motherhood in New Way - New York Times
Fusing Politics and Motherhood in New Way
ABC News
New York Times -
Gov. Sarah Palin and her family at the Republican convention. She went to extraordinary lengths to ensure that her son Trig’s arrival would not hurt her work.
Palin's Pitch to Parents Of Disabled Raises Some Doubts
Palin candidacy puts spotlight on special needs
Pfizer to Pitch Treatment For Osteoporosis to FDA Panel - Wall Street Journal
Pfizer to Pitch Treatment For Osteoporosis to FDA Panel
Khaleej Times
Wall Street Journal -
By JARED A. FAVOLE and SHIRLEY S. WANG Pfizer Inc. is due to appear Monday before outside medical experts and Food and Drug Administration officials to make a case for allowing its Fablyn osteoporosis drug on the market.
Free Drug Samples May End Up Costing Uninsured More
FDA to List Drugs Being Investigated
Store eases baby bottleneck - Chicago Tribune
Store eases baby bottleneck
ChattahBox
Chicago Tribune -
When Georgette Finnie e-mailed What's Your Problem? on Aug. 25, she was 9 months' pregnant with her first child. The expectant mom had done some research about the baby bottles she had received as gifts through her baby registry at Babies "R" Us.
Hot Docs: Defending Georgia, Girls Married by 15, the Chemical BPA ...
That Plastic Baby Bottle
