AP - Plans to turn a secluded Badlands trail into a major road and river crossing might not have created such a stir if not for where it is: near the ranch where Theodore Roosevelt helped conceive the American conservation movement.
AP - President Bush warned Russia on Saturday against trying to pry loose two separatist regions in Georgia and said Moscow must end military operations in the West-leaning democracy that once was part of the Soviet empire.
AP - Pure speed. It emanated from those loping, waist-high strides 6-foot-5 Usain Bolt churned with his golden spikes — untied lace and all — to win the 100-meter Olympic gold medal and break his own world record Saturday night.
AP - Presidential contenders Barack Obama and John McCain differed sharply on abortion Saturday, with McCain saying a baby's human rights begin "at conception," while Obama restated his support for legalized abortion.
AP - Residents and tourists in the Florida Keys braced for Tropical Storm Fay, which forecasters said could strengthen to a hurricane by Sunday night and begin battering the island chain as soon as Monday.
AP - A Russian Defense Ministry spokesman is denying that troops are withdrawing from South Ossetia, contradicting a general who says some Russian troops are leaving.
AP - Michael Phelps locked arms with his three teammates, as though they were in a football huddle calling a play, then hugged each one of them. It took a team to make him the grandest of Olympic champions. And one last big push from Phelps himself.
AFP - South African President Thabo Mbeki said Saturday a deal to end Zimbabwe's crisis could be reached this weekend during a regional summit with the country's political rivals in attendance.
AFP - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a peace deal with Georgia on Saturday but his troops again underlined their grip by keeping hold of positions close to the capital Tbilisi.
Reuters - U.S. and Mexican states are
considering charging a fee for border crossings to raise money
for infrastructure improvements that would reduce congestion at
border posts, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said on
Friday.
Reuters - Democratic presidential candidate
Barack Obama raised more than $51 million in July, his campaign
said on Saturday, nearly double that of his Republican rival
John McCain.
Reuters - Tropical Storm Fay threatened to
strengthen into a hurricane as it moved toward Cuba after
dousing Haiti and the Dominican Republic on Saturday with
torrential rains and killing at least one person.
Reuters - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on
Saturday when the U.S. Congress returns next month from its
summer recess, Democrats will offer legislation that could give
oil companies drilling access to more offshore areas.
Reuters - Russia signed a peace deal to end
the conflict in Georgia on Saturday but said "extra security
measures" were needed before it could begin withdrawing its
troops.
