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  • Iraq: With U.S. help, warlords gain power
    Sat, 6 Oct 2007 21:49:46 GMT

    Nest of Intrigue: Kanan al-Sadid, framed in a car mirror in Tikrit last week


  • Petraeus puts heat on Iran over Iraq
    Sun, 7 Oct 2007 14:29:06 GMT
    The U.S. military commander in Iraq stepped up accusations over the weekend that Iran was stoking violence in Iraq and said Tehran’s ambassador to Baghdad was a member of the Revolutionary Guards Qods force.
  • 5 killed in Wis. shooting rampage
    Sun, 7 Oct 2007 19:50:52 GMT
    A local law enforcement employee went on a shooting rampage early Sunday in remote northern Wisconsin, killing at least five people, authorities said.
  • Fall lands McCain in comfort zone
    Sun, 7 Oct 2007 14:00:47 GMT

    Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., talks about the bracelet he now wears in memory of SPC Matthew J. Stanley, of the U.S. Army, from New Hampshire, who recently died in Iraq, during a news conference at his local office Friday, Oct. 5, 2007 in Phoenix. McCain met Stanley's mother on the campaign trail while in New Hampshire where he was given the bracelet. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)John  McCain’s campaign is still very much alive, if not quite alive and well. He is, at the very least, still here, which is more than what political wise-guys were predicting a few months ago. The fallen front-runner has endured well-documented staff turmoil, financial crises and large-scale ridicule from the political news media.


  • Health secretary pushes for insurance deal
    Sun, 7 Oct 2007 16:32:21 GMT

    DETROIT- JANUARY 29: Mike Leavitt, Secretary of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, listens to a question from the media at a press conference at the Detroit Economic Club January 29, 2007 in Detroit, Michigan. Secretary Mike Levitt delivered the keynote address to the Economic Club on the topic of value-driven health care, namely ways to provide better quality and lower costs for more Americans. After the speech, Leavitt, Richard Wagoner, Chairman and CEO of General Motors, William Clay Ford Jr., Chairman of Ford Motor Company, and Tom LaSorda, President and CEO of Chrysler Group, signed statements of support for the initiative. (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Mike LeavittPresident Bush's health secretary expressed hope Sunday for a deal with the Democratic-run Congress on expanding children's health insurance even as the House speaker worked to round up enough Republicans to override a veto.


  • Bush pays tribute to fallen firefighters
    Sun, 7 Oct 2007 17:46:27 GMT

    President Bush comforts relatives of a firefighter killed in line of duty, during the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend, at the National Firefighters Academy, in Emmitsburg, Md. Sunday, Oct. 7, 2007. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)President Bush on Sunday honored fallen firefighters for their dedication and service to the nation.


  • Sex offender wanted in online case caught
    Sun, 7 Oct 2007 01:28:40 GMT

    This undated photo released by the Florida Dept. of Law Enforcement, shows William Joe Mitchell, 46. A teenage girl who ran away to rendezvous with a high-risk sex offender she met online was found safe at a store 400 miles from her home on Tuesday, while the search for the Mitchell continued. A Polk County sheriff pleaded with the public Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2007, for any tips to find the suspect he identified as William Joe Mitchell, of Jacksonville. A sex offender accused of running off with a 15-year-old Florida girl and then releasing her at a Wal-Mart store earlier this week has been arrested, police said Saturday.


  • E. coli super strain behind recalls
    Sat, 6 Oct 2007 19:56:32 GMT
    Two meat recalls in one week are blamed on a particularly toxic strain of E. coli , occurances of which health officials say have spiked this summer. What's going on?
  • Construction thief on the loose
    Sun, 7 Oct 2007 15:53:04 GMT
    Authorities are wondering how a thief was able to make off with some pretty big bounty: an earthmover and an excavator from a construction site.
  • Think big to avoid a heart attack
    Sun, 7 Oct 2007 16:18:20 GMT
    Looking to tune up your ticker? If you're like most, you might turn to fad diets, such as Atkins, or simply hope that eating more walnuts will make a dent in your cholesterol. Those approaches may help, but experts say they don't go far enough.
  • Sam's Club recalls beef over E. coli
    Sun, 7 Oct 2007 01:33:08 GMT
    The Sam’s Club warehouse chain has pulled a brand of ground beef patties from its shelves nationwide after four children who ate the food, produced by Cargill Inc., developed E. coli illness.
  • Train-bus collision in Cuba kills 28
    Sun, 7 Oct 2007 03:58:36 GMT
    A train slammed into a bus in southeastern Cuba on Saturday, killing at least 28 people and injuring 73 others in one of the deadliest such crashes in years, Cuban state television reported.
  • U.S.-Iraqi Blackwater commission meets
    Sun, 7 Oct 2007 15:21:06 GMT
    A joint U.S.-Iraqi commission reviewing American security operations after a deadly shooting of Iraqi civilians allegedly at the hands of Blackwater USA guards met for the first time on Sunday, the U.S. embassy said. Across the Iraqi capital, bombings killed at least nine Iraqis in three separate attacks, including one near Iran's embassy, police said.
  • Buzzing over Nobel medicine prize candidates
    Sun, 7 Oct 2007 17:08:03 GMT
    U.S. scientists who discovered an enzyme that broke new ground in research on cancer and aging are among potential candidates for the Nobel Prize in medicine, the first of six prestigious awards to be announced by the Nobel committees.
  • Diamondbacks sweep away Cubs
    Sun, 7 Oct 2007 01:31:40 GMT

    Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Jose Valverde reacts after the last out in the Diamondbacks 5-1 win over the Chicago Cubs in Game 3 to win their National League Division Series playoff baseball Saturday, Oct. 6, 2007, at Wrigley Field in Chicago. The Diamondback clinched the series with the win. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)The curse continues for the Cubs as the Diamondbacks used three solo home runs to complete the three-game sweep with a 5-1 victory at Wrigley Field in Chicago.


  • No. 1 LSU rallies past No. 9 Florida
    Sun, 7 Oct 2007 05:53:57 GMT

    LSU running back Jacob Hester heads off the field after their football game with Florida in Baton Rouge, La., Saturday, Oct. 6, 2007. LSU won, 28-24, with Hester scoring the winning touchdown.Gambling at every opportunity, LSU managed to hold on to its No. 1 ranking. Florida’s hopes of another national title appear to be over after a remarkable Saturday night in Death Valley.


  • Vietnam floods kill dozens
    Sun, 7 Oct 2007 10:11:29 GMT
    More than 50 people were killed or missing after a typhoon, floods and landslides cut power and closed roads in what officials in two Vietnam provinces on Sunday described as some of the worst flooding in decades.
  • U.S. expands Afghan base
    Sun, 7 Oct 2007 13:36:22 GMT

    A US soldier walks as the humvee vehicles are seen at the back ground in Tagab district of Kapisa province, north of Kabul, Afghanistan on Sept. 2007. Six years after the first U.S. bombs began falling on Afghanistan's Taliban government and its al-Qaida guests, America is planning for a long stay. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)Six years after the first U.S. bombs began falling on Afghanistan's Taliban government and its al-Qaida guests, America is planning for a long stay.


  • Explosion rocks Harlem building
    Sun, 7 Oct 2007 08:35:14 GMT

    Firefighters, police and rescue personnel work at the scene of an explosion on 119th street in the Harlem neighborhood of New York October 6, 2007. At least seven people were injured after a gas explosion in Harlem on Saturday, local media said. REUTERS/Chip East (UNITED STATES)An apparent gas leak caused a Manhattan apartment building to explode, injuring 20 people, four of them children who were critically burned, officials said.


  • Propane tanks explode at foundry
    Sun, 7 Oct 2007 12:17:04 GMT

    Flames rise after an explosion sent a ball of fire over the historic Atlas Foundry in Tacoma, Wash. on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2007. The fire department said injuries were possible in the explosion and surrounding businesses were evacuated as a precaution. The explosion was heard at least two miles away. (AP Photo/John Froschauer)An explosion heard miles away sent a ball of fire over a historic foundry Saturday afternoon, shutting down a major highway, cutting power to the city’s industrial area and critically injuring a truck driver.


  • Sen. Craig to join Idaho Hall of Fame
    Sun, 7 Oct 2007 12:07:25 GMT
    Sen. Larry Craig has been chosen for induction into the Idaho Hall of Fame, despite his well-publicized arrest and guilty plea in an airport sex sting, officials said.
  • Iraq embassy costs soar amid delays
    Sun, 7 Oct 2007 04:23:36 GMT

    ** FILE ** A portion of the new U.S. embassy under construction is seen from across the Tigris river in Baghdad, in this May 19, 2007 file photo.The opening of a mammoth, $600 million U.S. Embassy, which had been planned for last month, has now been delayed well into next year, U.S. officials said Thursday. (AP Photo)The massive U.S. embassy under construction in Baghdad could cost $144 million more than projected and will open months behind schedule because of poor planning, shoddy workmanship, internal disputes and last-minute changes sought by State Department officials, according to U.S. officials.


  • Boy leads police on high-speed chase
    Sun, 7 Oct 2007 03:15:48 GMT
    An 11-year-old boy led police on a chase that reached speeds of more than 100 mph, leading to charges for him and his parents, who are accused of letting him drive for months, Louisiana police said.
  • SN: Yes, Illinois is Big Ten's best team
    Sun, 7 Oct 2007 01:02:43 GMT

    Illinois cach Ron Zook, center, celebrates with his players as they defeat No. 5 Wisconsin 31-26 during the college football game in Champaign, Ill., Saturday, Oct. 6, 2007. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)It's the noise in the system, people. Those were Ron Zook's infamous words three years ago as it all imploded at Florida.  He said it again Saturday in the aftermath of his biggest win in three seasons at Illinois. Here comes the love for Illinois, everyone.


  • Report: Pamela Anderson weds again
    Sun, 7 Oct 2007 13:55:18 GMT

    **FILE** Pamela Anderson poses for photographers as she arrives for her 40th birthday party at the Sublime cafe in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. in this June 12, 2007 file photo. In a true quickie wedding, Pamela Anderson and beau Rick Salomon planned to marry Saturday, Oct. 6, 2007 between the former 'Baywatch' star's performances on the Las Vegas Strip, a casino representative said. (AP Photo/J. Pat Carter-File)Television actress and pinup star Pamela Anderson and Rick Salomon, best known as Paris Hilton's co-star in a widely distributed sex video, were married on Saturday in Las Vegas, according to media reports.


  • Cancer claims Va. congresswoman
    Sun, 7 Oct 2007 00:20:46 GMT

    ** FILE ** U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Davis, R-Va., speaks at a news conference at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., in this July 23, 2001, file photo. Davis died Saturday, Oct. 6, 2007, at her home in Gloucester after a two-year battle with breast cancer, her office said. She was 57. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, file)U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Davis, who represented southeastern Virginia for seven years, died Saturday morning after a two-year battle with breast cancer, her office said.


  • Typhoon Krosa hits China
    Sun, 7 Oct 2007 13:57:48 GMT

    Paramilitary policemen evacuate local residents ahead of Typhoon Krosa, on the outskirts of Wenling, east China's Zhejiang province, October 7, 2007. Typhoon Krosa headed for China on Sunday after killing five people, injuring 53 and cutting power to more than 2 million people in Taiwan as it lashed the island with heavy rain and high winds. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA) CHINA OUTTyphoon Krosa crashed into the Chinese coast on Sunday, forcing the evacuation of 1.4 million people, after killing five in Taiwan as it lashed the island with heavy rain and high winds.


  • Chicago cops on desk duty after video
    Sun, 7 Oct 2007 09:14:16 GMT
    Three police officers in a troubled unit have been assigned to desk duty after questions arose about the accuracy of a police report on a March 2004 drug arrest, a newspaper reported Saturday.
  • Columbus Day protest leads to arrests
    Sun, 7 Oct 2007 02:47:33 GMT

    A protestor is dragged off 15th Street in Denver, Colo. on Saturday morning Oct. 6, 2007 by police during attempts to halt the annual Columbus Day Parade. Demonstrators poured fake blood on the street to protest the parade. (AP Photo/Peter M. Fredin)About 75 protesters, including American Indian activist Russell Means, were arrested on Saturday after blocking Denver's downtown parade honoring the Italian-born discoverer Christopher Columbus, an event they denounced as "a celebration of genocide."


  • Giuliani and Romney, making two a crowd
    Sat, 6 Oct 2007 18:24:27 GMT

    Republican presidential candidates former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (L) and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney talk with each other before their debate at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, New Hampshire September 5, 2007. REUTERS/Lisa Hornak (UNITED STATES)The two men were both leaders in liberal bastions. They both once held positions heretical to Republican Party orthodoxy. And they are both campaigning in large measure on their competency and ability to change Washington.


  • Simpson case snares hodgepodge cast
    Sat, 6 Oct 2007 19:36:48 GMT
    O.J. Simpson’s alleged hotel room heist involved a group of men with little in common, save for an interest in an infamous former football star and, in some cases, a penchant for running afoul of the law.
  • Pakistan's Musharraf sweeps vote
    Sat, 6 Oct 2007 17:15:48 GMT

    ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN - OCTOBER 06: Pakistani police wach as fireworks light up the sky during a victory celebration for President Pervez Musharraf in front of parliament October 6, 2007 in Islamabad, Pakistan. Unofficial results showed Musharraf sweeping Saturday's presidential election, although the Supreme Court could later disqualify the president. The election was boycotted by most of the opposition in parliament. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf swept the most votes in a presidential election on Saturday but he has to wait for the Supreme Court to confirm the legality of his bid before he can be declared winner.


  • GI killed in Kabul suicide blast
    Sat, 6 Oct 2007 17:39:40 GMT

    A man walks past a burning vehicle of a U.S. convoy in Kabul October 6, 2007. A suicide bomber attacked a U.S. convoy in Kabul on Saturday, killing two Afghan civilians, an Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman said, but there was no word of any foreign casualties. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani (AFGHANISTAN)A Taliban suicide car bomb killed five Afghan civilians and a U.S. soldier in Kabul on Saturday, the third such attack in the capital in eight days in a Taliban offensive launched during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.


  • Man quizzed about armored-truck heist
    Sat, 6 Oct 2007 17:56:11 GMT

    Oct. 6: Police in Philadelphia believe they have caught the man responsible for robbing and killing two armored car guards. WCAU's Byron Scott reports. (MSNBC)A convicted bank robber charged with killing two armored car guards spotted the vehicle on the road and followed it to the ATM machine, a homicide detective said Saturday.


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