Sat 30 Aug 2008
AP - John McCain’s running mate was raised in a Pentecostal church, has called herself “as pro-life as any candidate can be” and already has energized conservative religious leaders who worried the Arizona senator would choose an abortion rights supporter.
Sat 30 Aug 2008
AFP - Barack Obama and John McCain were to hold rival rallies in the key battleground state of Pennsylvania Saturday as the race for the White House intensified with McCain’s surprise pick of Alaska’s little-known governor, Sarah Palin, as his running mate.
Sat 30 Aug 2008
AP - As city officials detailed plans for an evacuation that could be called over the weekend, some residents weren’t waiting to be told to leave.
Sat 30 Aug 2008
AP - Gustav rapidly gained power early Saturday and verged on becoming a fearsome Category 3 hurricane as it neared western Cuba on a track to hit the U.S. Gulf Coast three years after Hurricane Katrina.
Sat 30 Aug 2008
AP - He was a respected former NYPD detective and a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War who struggled in recent months with inoperable liver cancer.
Sat 30 Aug 2008
AP - In two short years, Sarah Palin moved from small-town mayor with a taste for mooseburgers to the governor’s office and now making history to John McCain’s side as the first female running mate on a Republican presidential ticket.
Sat 30 Aug 2008
Sat 30 Aug 2008
AP - The Maine artist who brought LOVE to the world is doing the same with HOPE.
Sat 30 Aug 2008
BANGKOK, Aug. 29 — Thai police fired tear gas at thousands of protesters who besieged police headquarters Friday, while demonstrators outside the capital disrupted air and rail service in a growing campaign to unseat the prime minister.
Sat 30 Aug 2008
AP - The Dalai Lama participated in a 12-hour fast for peace in Tibet on Saturday from his hospital bed in western India, his spokesman said.
