US News

Conservatives expected to win Canadian election

Telegraph.co.uk - Tue Oct 14

Canadian voters are expected to return the ruling Conservative Party to a minority government when they go to the polls today.

Army Blocks Soldier From Taking Puppy From Iraq

KCBS-TV Los Angeles - Tue Oct 14

Oct 13, 2008 5:44 pm US/Pacific More than 10,000 people have signed an online petition urging the Army to let an Iraqi puppy come home with a Minnesota soldier, who fears that "Ratchet" could be killed if left ...

Bush critic Paul Krugman wins economics Nobel

Belleville News - Tue Oct 14

Paul Krugman, whose relentless criticism of the Bush administration includes opposition to the $700 billion financial bailout, won the Nobel prize in economics Monday for his work on international trade ...

Soros slams US, EU leaders for 'slow' response

KAPP - Mon Oct 13

Billionaire investor George Soros says U.S. and European officials have taken too long to do something about the global financial mess.

Wells Fargo wins Fed approval on Wachovia bid

Oregoncitynewsonline.com - Mon Oct 13

The Federal Reserve on Sunday gave its stamp of approval to the takeover of Wachovia Corp by Wells Fargo & Co of San Francisco, which had battled New York-based Citigroup for ownership of the wounded bank.

Obama Has 10-Point Lead

WCKT-FM Fort Myers - Mon Oct 13

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is leading his Republican rival John McCain 53 percent to 43 percent among likely voters, according to a Washington Post-ABC News opinion poll released on Monday.

Tories widening lead, majority in sight: poll

Customer Interaction Solutions - Sun Oct 12

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) OTTAWA _ Prime Minister Stephen Harper appears to have survived the Conservative campaign's moment of crisis and is again knocking on the door to a majority government mere days from ...

7-yr.-old Gets An Acorn Vote

New York Post - Sun Oct 12

O'jahnae Smith is ready and registered to vote this November. There's only one problem: She's 7 years old.

Scientists hunt cancer cluster

Las Vegas Review Journal - Sun Oct 12

Researchers continue to look at tungsten in their study of a mysterious childhood leukemia cluster in Fallon, a military and agricultural town 60 miles east of Reno.

FBI files show long hunt for Jack Anderson sources

The Oregonian - Sat Oct 11

In caustic comments on internal FBI memos, legendary bureau director J. Edgar Hoover referred to prominent columnist Jack Anderson with undisguised contempt, calling him "a jackal" as agents combed his articles ...