24 Jul 2008
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Air Force says no survivors of B-52 crash off Guam (AP)
AP - All six crew members aboard a B-52 bomber that crashed off Guam were killed, the Air Force said Wednesday as the search effort shifted focus from rescue to recovery of the crew and pieces of the wreckage.
24 Jul 2008 12:03am GMT
23 Jul 2008
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Hurricane Dolly pounds Texas, Mexico (AFP)
AFP - Hurricane Dolly pounded the Texas-Mexico border region on Wednesday with rain and powerful winds, flooding part of a Mexican city where 250,000 people were left without drinking water.
23 Jul 2008 11:35pm GMT
U.S. rejects outside probe of Canadian sent to Syria (Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey said on Wednesday he had rejected a request from lawmakers that an outside special counsel investigate the case of a Canadian taken off a plane in New York and sent to Syria, where he says he was tortured.
23 Jul 2008 10:18pm GMT
Creditors say fraud possible in SemGroup collapse (Reuters)
Reuters - A group of SemGroup LP creditors on Wednesday raised the prospect that unauthorized energy trading may have caused the $3.2 billion loss that sank the 12th-biggest privately held U.S. company.
23 Jul 2008 10:11pm GMT
Mussina pitches Yankees to 10th straight home win (AP)
AP - Mike Mussina baffled the Twins for eight innings, Alex Rodriguez hit a two-run double and the New York Yankees beat Minnesota 5-1 Wednesday for their 10th straight home win.
23 Jul 2008 9:58pm GMT
Statin study could lead to test for gene variant (AP)
AP - Scientists may have found a way to test for and possibly avoid the most serious side effect of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, one of the top-selling medicines in the world.
23 Jul 2008 9:02pm GMT
When Are You Most Likely to Have a Heart Attack? (Time.com)
Time.com - Our circadian rhythm plays a crucial but little-known role in heart attack risk. The most dangerous time of day for your heart may surprise you
23 Jul 2008 8:20pm GMT
Online Banking: Widespread Security Flaws Revealed (LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - Online bankers, beware. More than 75 percent of bank Web sites surveyed by a research team had at least one design flaw that could make customers vulnerable to cyber thieves.
23 Jul 2008 7:11pm GMT
Study: Online banking possibly dicier than assumed (AP)
AP - Many banks are unwittingly training their online customers to take risks with their passwords and other sensitive account information, leaving them more vulnerable to fraud, new research shows.
23 Jul 2008 7:05pm GMT
Poll: Economy top issue; energy worries grow most (AP)
AP - What's rising faster than gas prices this summer? Americans' worries about them.
23 Jul 2008 5:45pm GMT
Mexican soldiers help as hurricane hits (AP)
AP - Mexican soldiers made a last-minute attempt to rescue people at the mouth of the Rio Grande early Wednesday as Hurricane Dolly's leading edge hit the Gulf coast.
23 Jul 2008 4:17pm GMT
"Greenhouse" bees spread disease to wild bees (Reuters)
Reuters - Disease spread to wild bees from commercially bred bees used for pollination in agriculture greenhouses may be playing a role in the mysterious decline in North American bee populations, researchers said on Tuesday.
23 Jul 2008 3:02pm GMT
Dolly Hearkens to Deadliest U.S. Hurricane Ever (LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - With Hurricane Dolly bearing down on Brownsville, Texans can say they know a thing or two about horrific storms. The state is second only to Florida in the number of direct hurricane hits.
23 Jul 2008 1:41pm GMT
Sugarland explores 'Love on the Inside' (AP)
AP - After Sugarland's first two albums, singer Jennifer Nettles kept hearing how their records were good and all but somehow ... not.
23 Jul 2008 11:59am GMT
How one vet's persistence paid off (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - It was an average-looking letter that landed in Paul Weaver's mailbox. But bearing news that his veteran's disability benefits had been stopped, it felt more like a ton of crashing bricks.
23 Jul 2008 8:00am GMT
Modest goals for the other war (USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - When the conflict in Iraq was going badly, critics repeatedly suggested parallels with the Vietnam War. None of the comparisons held up. But Afghanistan is different: One tragic parallel makes a decisive success almost impossible to achieve.
23 Jul 2008 4:16am GMT