The New York Times, Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal's world-wide newsbox lead with the latest from the Democratic presidential race. There was little time to rest after the biggest primary day in history as Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign claimed she came out on top due to her victories in big states, while Sen. Barack Obama's aides pointed to his wins in more states as proof that he was the one who came out ahead. Clinton also revealed yesterday that she had lent her campaign $5 million in late January and she asked supporters to give $3 million to her campaign over three days. Obama's campaign gave word that he raised more than $3 million yesterday, on top of the $32 million he had raised in January. The Los Angeles Times goes with a two-story lead looking at the reasons behind Clinton's victory in California and Sen. John McCain's continuing problems with trying to get the Republican conservative base on his side despite his status as the party's almost-inevitable nominee. Some now think the only way McCain can get many of these conservatives on his side is to pick a reliably conservative running mate.
Headline in LAT: "With No Losers, the Fight Goes On." No Losers? There were too! a) Romney! b) The LAT! And not just for a comically weak headline. The front page of the local paper I bought this morning gives the California Dem vote as "Hillary Rodham Clinton ... 54% Barack Obama ... 34%." That's twice the actual spread (which was 52-42.) There is a caveat about "partial results" but it's attached to the national delegate estimates, not the state vote; c) Zogby! His final poll in California had Obama up 13. He explains his error here. He's good at explaining his errors. Practice! d) California's Assembly Speaker Fabien Nunez and Senate president Don Perata! The Democrats they led had promised to reform gerrymandered districting. They didn't. But they did put a measure on the ballot to extend Nunez and Perata's terms. It lost. Bye! ... 9:59 P.M.
LONDON (AFP) - The Bank of England trimmed its key interest rate by a quarter-point to 5.25 percent on Thursday, the central bank announced, in line with market expectations. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 7 Feb 2008 | 12:17 pm
KABUL (AFP) - The Afghan government warned Thursday of "catastrophe" if NATO abandoned its mission as US Secretarary of State Condoleezza Rice and her British counterpart flew into the heart of the Taliban insurgency. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 7 Feb 2008 | 12:14 pm
AP - Why was she released? That's the lingering question after Britney Spears was discharged from the hospital Wednesday over the recommendation of her treating psychiatrist and against the wishes of her father, who has been named as her conservator.
Europe's main election watchdog says it will boycott Russia's presidential election on 2 March. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 7 Feb 2008 | 12:12 pm
AFP - The Afghan government warned Thursday of "catastrophe" if NATO abandoned its mission as US Secretarary of State Condoleezza Rice and her British counterpart flew into the heart of the Taliban insurgency.
VILNIUS/KABUL (Reuters) - NATO's top official rejected on Thursday U.S. concern that some member countries were not pulling their weight in the fighting in Afghanistan.
AP - NASA began fueling shuttle Atlantis for liftoff Thursday, even though bad weather threatened to delay the mission to add another science lab to the international space station.
Israeli forces killed at least six Palestinian gunmen and a teacher during raids in Gaza. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 7 Feb 2008 | 12:05 pm
WARSAW (AFP) - Europe's top elections watchdog Thursday announced it would boycott Russia's presidential poll next month because of restrictions imposed by Moscow on its monitors. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 7 Feb 2008 | 12:03 pm
AFP - Europe's top elections watchdog Thursday announced it would boycott Russia's presidential poll next month because of restrictions imposed by Moscow on its monitors.
PERTH, Australia (AP) -- Heath Ledger's death by accidental overdose should serve as a warning to others not to mix prescription drugs, his father said, calling the loss an enduring agony for his family.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:14 a... | 7 Feb 2008 | 12:02 pm
Supporters of Pakistan's slain former PM Benazir Bhutto end a mourning period with vows to win this month's polls. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 7 Feb 2008 | 11:58 am
Reuters - NATO's top official rejected on
Thursday U.S. concern that some member countries were not
pulling their weight in the fighting in Afghanistan.
Hundreds of villagers in Ecuador flee their homes after a volcano shoots columns of ash into the air. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 7 Feb 2008 | 11:57 am
GAZA CITY (AFP) - Israeli raids on Gaza killed six Palestinian fighters and a teacher on Thursday as the army pressed on with an assault on the Hamas-run territory following a suicide bombing in Israel this week. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 7 Feb 2008 | 11:57 am
A Kenyan policeman is to be charged with murder over the death of two opposition protesters, police say. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 7 Feb 2008 | 11:49 am
Nato's chief says failure in Afghanistan could fuel attacks in the West, as top UK and US diplomats visit the country. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 7 Feb 2008 | 11:46 am
Reuters - The United States has imposed travel
bans on 10 Kenyans suspected of being behind ethnic violence
that has convulsed the country since President Mwai Kibaki's
disputed re-election, officials said on Thursday.
NAIROBI (Reuters) - The United States has imposed travel bans on 10 Kenyans suspected of being behind ethnic violence that has convulsed the country since President Mwai Kibaki's disputed re-election, officials said on Thursday.
Australia releases "distressing" pictures of whales harpooned by a Japanese whaling fleet in the Antarctic Ocean. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 7 Feb 2008 | 11:42 am
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - When Abu Mutaz returned to Baghdad after fleeing Iraq's sectarian violence for Syria, he found it unrecognizable from the battlefield he had left behind.
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) -- Somewhere amid the cactus-studded hills on this sprawling Navy base, separate from the cells where hundreds of men suspected of links to al-Qaida and the Taliban have been locked up for years, is a place even more closely guarded - a jailhouse so protected that its very location is top secret.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:14 a... | 7 Feb 2008 | 11:35 am
AP - Somewhere amid the cactus-studded hills on this sprawling Navy base, separate from the cells where hundreds of men suspected of links to al-Qaida and the Taliban have been locked up for years, is a place even more closely guarded a jailhouse so protected that its very location is top secret.
AP - The Bush administration foresees a sharp rise in the capture of al-Qaida-linked terrorists in the coming year and is asking for more money to pay for tips that may lead to their arrest or death.
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) -- Two Pakistani officials said Thursday that their government held secret talks with Taliban fighters and tribal elders near the Afghan border before a cease-fire just announced by the militants.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:14 a... | 7 Feb 2008 | 11:32 am
AP - Two Pakistani officials said Thursday that their government held secret talks with Taliban fighters and tribal elders near the Afghan border before a cease-fire just announced by the militants.
AP - As the stakes in Afghanistan grow, so do tensions between the United States and the European allies the U.S. empowered more than a year ago to take the lead on the battlefield.
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt has warned Palestinians against trying to break through its resealed Gaza border about two weeks after Hamas militants blew it open to defy an Israeli-led blockade.
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and British Foreign Secretary David Miliband flew to the former Taliban stronghold of Kandahar in southern Afghanistan on Thursday for a firsthand look at the front lines of the NATO-led fight against Afghan insurgents.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:14 a... | 7 Feb 2008 | 11:30 am
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and British Foreign Secretary David Miliband arrived in Afghanistan on unannounced visit, carrying a message of support and prodding to Afghan officials as the U.S. continued a drive to recruit more NATO troops.
Tanzania's prime minister tenders his resignation after being implicated in an energy deal corruption scandal. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 7 Feb 2008 | 11:28 am
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Anti-U.S. cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has ordered his Mehdi Army militia to maintain its six-month ceasefire, Sadr's spokesman said on Thursday, while his militiamen clashed with Iraqi and U.S. soldiers.
The release of French aid workers jailed for kidnapping appears imminent after Chad says it will pardon them. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 7 Feb 2008 | 11:18 am
PARIS (Reuters) - Chad's President Idriss Deby urged the European Union on Thursday to send a peacekeeping force to his country as quickly as possible.
Israeli aircraft struck against Gaza militants who bombarded Israeli border communities with rocket fire, vowing to keep up a military and economic siege on the territory until its Islamic Hamas rulers halt the violence.
A 37-year-old American businesswoman was jailed and beaten in Saudi Arabia for sitting with a male colleague at a Riyadh Starbucks, the Times of London reported on Thursday. Source: FOXNews.com | 7 Feb 2008 | 11:13 am
At least 29 people are killed and 16 injured in a multi-vehicle pile-up in thick fog in Upper Egypt. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 7 Feb 2008 | 11:09 am
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo ordered an inquiry on Thursday into allegations of government kickbacks in a deal with China's ZTE Corp, in which her husband's name has figured.
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - Tornadoes and thunderstorms shattered lives and leveled buildings across the U.S. South on Tuesday and Wednesday, killing at least 55 people and injuring more than 150 in the deadliest such storms in nine years.
BAGHDAD (AP) -- U.S. troops raided Baghdad's largest Shiite slum early Thursday and arrested 16 people, U.S. and Iraqi officials and witnesses said. The American military said one person died.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:14 a... | 7 Feb 2008 | 10:57 am
A Muslim cleric who supports the death penalty for homosexuals has been refused entry to Britain, after a Conservative campaign to present him getting a visa. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 7 Feb 2008 | 10:56 am
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Hillary Clinton's race for the White House showed vulnerability as she admitted tapping her own pocketbook for five million dollars to keep up a grueling fight against rival Barack Obama. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 7 Feb 2008 | 10:44 am
U.S. troops raided Baghdad's largest Shiite slum early Thursday and arrested 16 people, U.S. and Iraqi officials and witnesses said. The American military said one person died. The... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 7 Feb 2008 | 10:42 am
TOKYO, Feb. 7 (Kyodo) _ Japan has all but secured a spot in the equestrian team dressage at the Beijing Olympics and 66-year-old team member Hiroshi Hoketsu will likely become the oldest Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 7 Feb 2008 | 10:40 am
GARHI KHUDA BAKSH, Pakistan (Reuters) - The husband of murdered Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto used the climax of a 40-day Muslim mourning period to vow that he would risk assassination to win a posthumous election victory for his late wife.
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Britney Spears was released from a hospital psychiatric ward six days after being admitted amid concerns for her mental health, US media reported. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 7 Feb 2008 | 10:39 am
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING WITH FRESH INFO) Aichi Prefectural Police obtained arrest warrants Thursday for former stablemaster Tokitsukaze and three wrestlers of the stable suspected of... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 7 Feb 2008 | 10:38 am
(Kyodo) _ Group of Seven financial leaders will seek remedies for the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis, which has fueled downside risks to the global economy, and explore ways to curb global Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 7 Feb 2008 | 10:30 am
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) -- Confined alone in his Guantanamo cell nearly around the clock, a Yemeni prisoner and former driver for Osama bin Laden has begun to break down mentally and cannot focus on preparing for his upcoming war-crimes trial, his attorneys say.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:14 a... | 7 Feb 2008 | 10:27 am
Confined alone in his Guantanamo cell nearly around the clock, a Yemeni prisoner and former driver for Osama bin Laden has begun to break down mentally and cannot focus on preparing for... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 7 Feb 2008 | 10:27 am
Two Pakistani officials said Thursday that their government held secret talks with Taliban fighters and tribal elders near the Afghan border before a cease-fire just announced by the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 7 Feb 2008 | 10:23 am
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING INFO) Rakuten Inc. Chairman Hiroshi Mikitani said Thursday his company will set up a business foothold in Luxembourg by the end of March in preparation to launch Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 7 Feb 2008 | 10:18 am
(Kyodo) _ WBA flyweight champion Takefumi Sakata will meet fellow Japanese Shingo Yamaguchi for the third defense of his title on March 29, the gyms of the two boxers announced Thursday. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 7 Feb 2008 | 9:47 am
Chad's president says he is "ready to pardon" six French aid workers who were sentenced to eight years in prison for trying to kidnap 103 children they claimed were orphans from Darfur. First, he says, France must demand they be set free.
(Kyodo) _ U.S. presidential hopeful Barack Obama is getting some unexpected but enthusiastic support from people in a coastal city in central Japan named -- Obama. "The name of our... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 7 Feb 2008 | 9:27 am
The Nato secretary-general today warned that failure to bring peace to Afghanistan would result in further terror attacks on Western cities, as David Miliband and Condoleezza Rice began a surprise visit to the country. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 7 Feb 2008 | 9:25 am
Crisis-hit lender Northern Rock's 24 billion taxpayer debts have been taken on to the public balance sheet, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has said. The move means... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 7 Feb 2008 | 9:16 am
Edward Lowassa, Prime Minister for the Republic of Tanzania, told parliament Thursday he had tendered his resignation to the president after being implicated in a corruption scandal over an energy deal.... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 7 Feb 2008 | 8:52 am
BEIJING (AFP) - China welcomed in the Year of the Rat Thursday with a bonanza of fireworks and festivals, but the celebrations for many were subdued due to ferocious cold weather that kept them from their families. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 7 Feb 2008 | 8:44 am
David Miliband, the Foreign Secretary, has begun a surprise visit to Afghanistan with Condoleezza Rice, the US Secretary of State. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 7 Feb 2008 | 7:56 am
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Hamas militants fired a rocket into an Israeli border village, wounding two young sisters as they played outside their home. The attack followed Israel airstrikes against Gaza militants and threats of an "all-front" war on the Islamic group.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:14 a... | 7 Feb 2008 | 7:37 am
Britney Spears' parents said they believe the pop star's life is at risk following her early release from a hospital psychiatric ward over the recommendation of the psychiatrist treating her. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 7 Feb 2008 | 7:15 am
Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej. Thailand won praise overseas for its return to civilian rule, but its cabinet full of newcomers Thursday faced immediate doubts at home over its competency and plans... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 7 Feb 2008 | 6:52 am
Thai junta's leader, Air force chief Chalit Pukbhasuk. Thailand won praise overseas for its return to civilian rule, but its cabinet full of newcomers Thursday faced immediate doubts at home over its competency... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 7 Feb 2008 | 6:52 am
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (L) and British Foreign Secretary David Miliband (R) arrived in Afghanistan on a surprise visit Thursday, an AFP correspondent travelling with them said Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 7 Feb 2008 | 6:39 am
Israeli soldiers stop a Palestinian youth during a military operation in the West Bank city of Hebron on February 6. Israeli aircraft killed six Palestinian activists including five members of the Al-Qassam... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 7 Feb 2008 | 6:09 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican front-runner John McCain is trying to gain his party's presidential nomination by convincing conservatives he is one of them, without hurting support from moderate voters who have propelled his candidacy.
U.S. military advisers are helping the Pakistanis double the size of their elite commando force in an ongoing effort to blunt the rising threat of terrorist groups and anti-government militants operating in the country's unruly tribal areas.
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- The leader of al-Qaida in Afghanistan praised a top commander who was killed last month by a U.S. missile strike and vowed to avenge his death, according to a video released Wednesday.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:14 a... | 7 Feb 2008 | 4:42 am
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) -- The confusion of combat during an intense firefight in Afghanistan five years ago has led to conflicting testimony that is complicating the case of a Canadian terror suspect, opposing attorneys agree.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:14 a... | 7 Feb 2008 | 4:17 am
The U.S. military has released what it says is a terrorist training video for teenagers and children. Officers say it was found during a December raid northwest of Baghdad. The video shows more than a dozen hooded boys carrying weapons and taking part in mock raids.
A couple trapped for 11 days in heavy snow was rescued Wednesday when a snowplow driver clearing a remote canyon road found them attempting a desperate hike to safety. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 7 Feb 2008 | 3:08 am
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice(L) gives a joint press conference with British Foreign Secretary David Miliband in Lancaster House, central London. There was little sign of agreement between NATO... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 7 Feb 2008 | 3:06 am
Soldiers with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) attend a Regional Command South ceremony at the Kandahar Airfield, February 2. There was little sign of agreement between NATO... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 7 Feb 2008 | 3:06 am
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown(R) and Foreign Secretary David Miliband(L) meet with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice inside 10 Downing Street in central London. There was little sign of agreement... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 7 Feb 2008 | 3:06 am
British and Canadian soldiers with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) attend a Regional Command meeting at Kandahar Airfield, February 2. There was little sign of agreement between... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 7 Feb 2008 | 3:06 am
Super Tuesday was a landslide. Not, I'll grant you, for any Democratic candidate, nor even for John McCain, the Republican front-runner. But among the political reporters and TV talking heads who interpret elections, it wasn't even close. The arithmecrats routed the momentucrats.
A major snowstorm lumbered across the Midwest on Wednesday, forcing hundreds of schools and businesses to close and grounding more than 1,000 flights as snow piled more than 20 inches deep in some areas.
Local and state officials warned Wednesday that they would not tolerate a slow response from FEMA after tornadoes killed at least 55 people across the South, 31 of them in Tennessee.
Somewhere on the sprawling Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, separate from the cells where hundreds of men have been locked up for years, is a jailhouse so protected that its very location is top secret. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 7 Feb 2008 | 2:48 am
The Phoenix Suns have acquired Shaquille O’Neal in a stunning, blockbuster deal that sends four-time All-Star Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks to the Miami Heat.
US Senator John Kerry, D-MA, questions Christopher Hill, Assistant Secretary of State fo East Asia and Pacific Affairs, during the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearing on the status of the six... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 7 Feb 2008 | 2:27 am
The lead prosecutor in the terrorism case against Zacarias Moussaoui likely knew the CIA destroyed tapes of its interrogations of al-Qaida suspects more than a year before the government admitted it to the court, newly unsealed documents show. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 7 Feb 2008 | 2:22 am
Roger Clemens was in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday to discuss his alleged use of steroids and human growth hormone with congressional lawyers in a closed-door interview. The legendary pitcher agreed to appear before the committee voluntarily, but he didn't have much choice. Had he refused, the lawmakers could have issued a subpoena and forced him to fly to Washington or face charges of contempt. Since Clemens had to make the trip, will the government pay for his ticket?
A cold front that spawned killer tornadoes in the southeastern United States is heading to Florida, where it may stall NASA's plans to launch its first space shuttle mission of the year on Thursday, officials said on Wednesday.
Videotapes seized during U.S. raids on suspected al Qaeda in Iraq hide-outs show the terror group training boys as young as 10 years old to kidnap and assassinate civilians, U.S. and Iraqi officials said.
N'DJAMENA, Chad (AP) -- Chad's president declared himself in control of the country Wednesday, even while acknowledging that three-fourths of his government had disappeared since rebels attacked the capital.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:14 a... | 7 Feb 2008 | 1:54 am
Super Tuesday hardly marked the end of the trail, with Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama fighting over delegates and Mike Huckabee making a surprise showing (VP Huckabee, anyone?) in the South.
Two Chinese businesses and a U.S. company were indicted Wednesday for their roles in making and importing a pet food ingredient that resulted in animal deaths last year. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 7 Feb 2008 | 1:31 am
Delta and Northwest are inching closer to a combination that would create the nation's largest carrier, and if a deal is reached it could be announced next week, a source said. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 7 Feb 2008 | 1:26 am
Super Tuesday's mixed outcome has set up at least four weeks of frenzied delegate hunting for Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama, pitting his well-financed all-terrain campaign against her big-state strategy.
The police have become a "minor irritant" and "almost an irrelevance" to criminal gangs, a senior officer fears. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 7 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
Britney Spears has been released from a Los Angeles hospital where she was undergoing psychiatric evaluation, police have said. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 7 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
A 34-year-ld Italian man who had sex with a 13-year-old girl has had his sentence cut by a third because a court decided there was "real love" between the pair. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 7 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
Barack Obama won most of the states on the Democratic side of Super Tuesday, but Hillary Clinton won the biggest ones on both coasts. Several states hold events Saturday, and next week brings the Potomac Primary in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia.
The U.N. Security Council deplored the widespread violence in Kenya and urged political leaders to resolve the crisis over disputed elections "through dialogue, negotiation and compromise."
At one time, Kenya's stability made it a popular spot for study-abroad programs. Now, some colleges are canceling plans to send student groups to Kenya because of the continuing violence. Others continue to send student groups.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday that new attacks in the United States and Europe could be launched from al-Qaida sanctuaries in the mountainous region of Pakistan on the Afghanistan border. A key figure there is Baitullah Mehsud, who emerged from obscurity to become a major Taliban commander and an al-Qaida ally.
Students got their voting shoes on Tuesday—a day filled with trials, tribulations, brawls, and celebrity. Source: U.S. News & World Report | 6 Feb 2008 | 10:38 pm
Sharply different views on Afghanistan were aired Wednesday. On Capitol Hill, Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the Taliban insurgency is growing. But at the Pentagon, the top ground commander said the Taliban have been contained.
It's the day after Super Tuesday, and while things are settling on the GOP side with Sen. John McCain clearly ahead of his rivals, the lead candidate of the Democratic contest remains unclear. Meanwhile, the New Mexico caucuses remain too close to call.
It was a day of rescue and recovery in Arkansas as officials worked their way through the wreckage of Tuesday night's deadly tornadoes. The unusual mid-winter violent weather pushed through parts of Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi and Alabama -- leaving at least 50 dead.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Republican leaders and President Bush have crafted a stimulus package that has been approved by the House. But the Senate has a slightly different idea of what to do with the plan. Pelosi talks with Michele Norris about the economic stimulus package.
With the results of Super Tuesday, Sen. John McCain is the Republican front-runner. On the Democratic side, Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are in a virtual tie. But can McCain unite his party? And what about the gap between Hispanics and African-Americans that the Clinton-Obama race has highlighted among Democrats?
A powerful line of storms raced across much of the South on Tuesday night, turning over trucks, flattening houses and killing more than 50 people. At least 26 of the fatalities were in Tennessee, where weather experts say it was the deadliest storm in 75 years.
A U.N. report says opium cultivation in rebel-controlled areas in southern and southwestern Afghanistan is expected to grow this year, while the World Bank says the world needs to invest more to lure farmers away from the booming crop.
The Justice Department is stepping up pressure on Congress to severely limit the number of inmates who are expected to enjoy early release from prison because of a retroactive change in the crack cocaine sentencing guidelines. Source: U.S. News & World Report | 6 Feb 2008 | 8:44 pm
At least 50 people were killed and hundreds more injured as tornadoes brought devastation across five southern American states. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 6 Feb 2008 | 7:53 pm
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the guru to the Beatles who introduced the West to transcendental meditation, has died at his home in the Dutch town of Vlodrop, a spokesman said. He was thought to be 91 years old.
The death toll in a grenade attack in northeastern Somalia increased to 21 and the number of wounded doubled to 100, United Nations and local officials said Wednesday.
Al-Qa'eda in Iraq is apparently training children as young as nine to kill and kidnap, the American military claimed today, as it released videos as evidence. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 6 Feb 2008 | 7:27 pm
Barack Obama has claimed a "big victory" on Super Tuesday after winning 13 states and establishing a slender lead over Hillary Clinton in the number of delegates who will pick the Democratic candidate for President of the United States. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 6 Feb 2008 | 6:39 pm
Asian markets plunged after a steep drop on Wall Street overnight fanned investors' fears the U.S. economy was sliding into a recession that would sap demand for Asian exports.
Three weeks after he told followers his work was complete and retreated into silence, guru to the Beatles who taught meditation techniques dies. Source: FOXNews.com | 6 Feb 2008 | 5:48 pm
Al Qaeda is using a propaganda film showing boys training to be terrorists to lure other youngsters to the jihad. Source: FOXNews.com | 6 Feb 2008 | 4:42 pm
Two preschoolers were injured while playing in their backyard when a Palestinian rocket landed in the Southern Israeli community; Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza exchanged back-and-forth attacks. Source: FOXNews.com | 6 Feb 2008 | 3:17 pm
Hundreds of people in the poor Romanian town of Dragasani have grown rich by conning eBay online auction customers with deals that seem too good to be true -- and often are. Source: FOXNews.com | 6 Feb 2008 | 2:38 pm
China lifted an extreme winter weather alert Wednesday as the crisis sparked by the worst ice and snow storms in half a century began to wind down. Source: FOXNews.com | 6 Feb 2008 | 12:21 pm
Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano shot columns of ash miles into the air Wednesday, prompting the evacuation of 3,000 nearby villagers Source: FOXNews.com | 6 Feb 2008 | 11:58 am
Opium cultivation in rebel-controlled areas in southern and southwestern Afghanistan is expected to grow this year, fueling the Taliban insurgency with more drug money, a U.N. report said Wednesday. Source: FOXNews.com | 6 Feb 2008 | 11:30 am
Rescuers dug for survivors after a landslide on Indonesia's main island pummeled a village on Wednesday, killing at least seven people and destroying homes and roads, officials said. Source: FOXNews.com | 6 Feb 2008 | 10:57 am
AP - Why was she released? That's the lingering question after Britney Spears was discharged from the hospital Wednesday over the recommendation of her treating psychiatrist and against the wishes of her father, who has been named as her conservator.
AFP - The Afghan government warned Thursday of "catastrophe" if NATO abandoned its mission as US Secretarary of State Condoleezza Rice and her British counterpart flew into the heart of the Taliban insurgency.
AP - NASA began fueling shuttle Atlantis for liftoff Thursday, even though bad weather threatened to delay the mission to add another science lab to the international space station.
AFP - Europe's top elections watchdog Thursday announced it would boycott Russia's presidential poll next month because of restrictions imposed by Moscow on its monitors.
Reuters - NATO's top official rejected on
Thursday U.S. concern that some member countries were not
pulling their weight in the fighting in Afghanistan.
Reuters - The United States has imposed travel
bans on 10 Kenyans suspected of being behind ethnic violence
that has convulsed the country since President Mwai Kibaki's
disputed re-election, officials said on Thursday.
AP - Somewhere amid the cactus-studded hills on this sprawling Navy base, separate from the cells where hundreds of men suspected of links to al-Qaida and the Taliban have been locked up for years, is a place even more closely guarded a jailhouse so protected that its very location is top secret.
AP - The Bush administration foresees a sharp rise in the capture of al-Qaida-linked terrorists in the coming year and is asking for more money to pay for tips that may lead to their arrest or death.
AP - Two Pakistani officials said Thursday that their government held secret talks with Taliban fighters and tribal elders near the Afghan border before a cease-fire just announced by the militants.
AP - As the stakes in Afghanistan grow, so do tensions between the United States and the European allies the U.S. empowered more than a year ago to take the lead on the battlefield.
Comment by Bill Ballenger Editor of the newsletter Inside
A major snowstorm lumbered across the Midwest on Wednesday, forcing hundreds of schools and businesses to close and grounding more than 1,000 flights as snow piled more than 20 inches deep in some areas.
Local and state officials warned Wednesday that they would not tolerate a slow response from FEMA after tornadoes killed at least 55 people across the South, 31 of them in Tennessee.
The Phoenix Suns have acquired Shaquille O’Neal in a stunning, blockbuster deal that sends four-time All-Star Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks to the Miami Heat.
A cold front that spawned killer tornadoes in the southeastern United States is heading to Florida, where it may stall NASA's plans to launch its first space shuttle mission of the year on Thursday, officials said on Wednesday.
Super Tuesday's mixed outcome has set up at least four weeks of frenzied delegate hunting for Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama, pitting his well-financed all-terrain campaign against her big-state strategy.