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 AP - 1 hour, 51 minutes ago HARTFORD, Conn. - For school bus driver Jamille Aine, a cold is more than an inconvenience. His employer does not offer paid sick days, so if he can't shake the bug, he may not be able to pay his bills.  AP - Wed Aug 20, 3:37 AM ET WASHINGTON - Neither Barack Obama nor John McCain has consistently followed the government's instructions for keeping prohibited foreign money out of their presidential campaigns, and some of that banned money has slipped into Obama's campaign.  AP - 2 hours, 23 minutes ago LOS ANGELES - LeRoi Moore, the versatile saxophonist whose signature staccato fused jazz and funk overtones onto the eclectic sound of the Dave Matthews Band, died Tuesday of complications from injuries he suffered in an all-terrain vehicle accident, the band said. He was 46.  AP - 45 minutes ago BERLIN - A gorilla at a zoo in the German city of Muenster is refusing to let go of her dead baby's body several days after it died of unknown causes.  AP - 1 hour, 53 minutes ago The Tampa Bay Rays have been on top of the AL East for the last month. Now, they are on top of the whole league. Willy Aybar's two-run single broke an eighth-inning tie and the Rays beat the Los Angeles Angels 4-2 on Tuesday night to claim the AL's best record (77-48), which matches the Chicago Cubs for the best in the majors.  Reuters - 1 hour, 15 minutes ago WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a sharp turnaround, Republican John McCain has opened a 5-point lead on Democrat Barack Obama in the U.S. presidential race and is seen as a stronger manager of the economy, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.  Reuters - 53 minutes ago VERKHNY ZARAMAG, Russia (Reuters) - Russian military trucks crossed from Georgia back into Russia on Wednesday but there was no sign of the large-scale, rapid pullout demanded by the West.  Reuters - 58 minutes ago WARSAW (Reuters) - The United States and Poland signed a deal on Wednesday to station elements of a U.S. missile defense shield on Polish soil, a move certain to aggravate Russia-Western tensions over Moscow's intervention in Georgia.  Reuters - 1 hour, 13 minutes ago BEIJING (Reuters) - Digital media and dazzling sport have won unprecedented ratings, Olympics bosses said on Wednesday as they debuted two events aimed at the young and adventurous.  Reuters - Wed Aug 20, 5:44 AM ET BEIJING (Reuters) - Five American blogger-activists and a foreign artist have been detained in Beijing as the government intensifies a crackdown on pro-Tibetan protests in the home stretch of the Olympics, rights groups said on Wednesday.  Reuters - Wed Aug 20, 12:59 AM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government has been using its border checkpoints to collect information on citizens that will be stored for 15 years, raising concern among privacy advocates, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday.  Reuters - Wed Aug 20, 3:22 AM ET (Reuters) - A joint venture created by LandCap Partners is buying $40 million of troubled land and construction loans from Wachovia Corp The Wall Street Journal said.  Reuters - 51 minutes ago ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Deadlock between Pakistan's coalition partners over the restoration of deposed judges has raised questions about the survival of the government that forced President Pervez Musharraf's resignation.  AFP - 2 hours, 36 minutes ago WARSAW (AFP) - Poland and the United States on Wednesday signed a deal to deploy part of a US missile shield on Polish territory in the face of deep Russian anger.  AFP - 40 minutes ago KABUL, Aug 20, 2008 (AFP) - President Nicolas Sarkozy on Wednesday told French soldiers mourning 10 comrades killed by the Taliban that their work in Afghanistan was essential for the "freedom of the world" and must continue.  AFP - 5 minutes ago MADRID (AFP) - A Spanish jet skidded off the runway and crashed at Madrid airport Wednesday and billowing smoke came from the wreckage, television images showed.  AFP - 1 hour, 1 minute ago MOSCOW, Aug 20, 2008 (AFP) - Russia moved Wednesday towards recognising Georgian separatist regions as independent, raising tensions after blocking a UN demand that it withdraw forces from Georgia.  AFP - Wed Aug 20, 5:32 AM ET WASHINGTON (AFP) - Scientists from a US firm claim to have created a large number of red blood cells from human embryonic stem cells, opening up the prospect of having a limitless supply of blood for transfusions.  AFP - 1 hour, 47 minutes ago LONDON (AFP) - Britain's Competition Commission on Wednesday recommended the sale of three airports, two in London and one in Scotland, that are operated by Spanish-owned group BAA, owing to the company's dominance.  AFP - 2 hours, 23 minutes ago LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices eased on Wednesday, reversing earlier gains and a sharp spike the day before, as the market awaited the latest weekly government report on the health of American energy inventories. Most Popular Top Stories Reuters - 1 hour, 15 minutes ago WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a sharp turnaround, Republican John McCain has opened a 5-point lead on Democrat Barack Obama in the U.S. presidential race and is seen as a stronger manager of the economy, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.  Reuters - 2 hours, 9 minutes ago SINGAPORE (Reuters Life!) - Women are their own workplace enemies when it comes to cracking the glass ceiling, with an international study finding they are less likely to promote themselves and network than their male counterparts. Reuters - Tue Aug 19, 6:36 PM ET BOSTON (Reuters) - A former hedge fund manager was ordered to pay nearly $300 million for having cheated clients by sending out fake account statements, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission said on Tuesday. Powered by: Yahoo! News | Top Stories |
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