AFP - Vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin breaks her silence Wednesday as a political storm rages around her, with her high stakes speech to the Republican National Convention
AFP - The United States and Russia squared off Wednesday as Vice President Dick Cheney said Washington had a "deep" interest in the ex-Soviet Caucasus, a key energy corridor he said must be developed.
Reuters - North Korea has begun moving around
some previously stored equipment at its Yongbyon nuclear plant
but does not appear to be trying to rebuild the facility, the
U.S. State Department said on Wednesday.
Reuters - Tropical Storm Hanna is expected to
regain hurricane strength when it takes aim at the U.S. East
Coast later this week as more potentially deadly storms rev up
in the Atlantic Ocean, U.S. forecasters said on Wednesday.
Reuters - Vice-President Dick Cheney said on
Wednesday the United States had a "deep interest" in the
security of its allies in the Caucasus, while Russia said U.S.
support for Georgia was stirring up instability.
Reuters - President George W. Bush heads to
storm-battered Louisiana on Wednesday to survey damage from
Hurricane Gustav as tens of thousands who fled New Orleans
prepare to return to a "dark and hot" city struggling to
restore power and maintain basic services.
Reuters - Suspected U.S. commandos blamed for
killing 20 people in Pakistan were acting on faulty
intelligence that was never shared with Pakistani forces inside
the country, a Pakistani official said on Wednesday.
Reuters - The United States on Wednesday
announced at least $1 billion in aid to help U.S. ally Georgia
rebuild after its conflict with Russia over the separatist
enclave of South Ossetia last month.
Reuters - Sarah Palin has dominated the
Republican convention for days without saying a word, but on
Wednesday she takes the spotlight with a prime-time speech that
will introduce her to American voters and try to answer
questions about her experience and life story.
AP - Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers won't be counted out of the NL West that easily. Ramirez hit his 30th home run of the season — 10th since joining the Dodgers — and Los Angeles beat San Diego 8-4 on Tuesday night.
AP - Former teen star Mackenzie Phillips has been charged with felony possession of drugs after she was allegedly found carrying narcotics at Los Angeles International Airport.
AP - The new Web browser that Google Inc. released Tuesday is designed to expand its huge lead in the Internet search market and reduce Microsoft Corp.'s imprint on personal computers.
AP - Ford Motor Co. said Wednesday its U.S. sales fell 26.5 percent in August, as the struggling automaker's results — even worse than July's dismal figures — showed that the U.S. auto sales slump may not have bottomed out.
AP - Gov. Jennifer Granholm opened an extraordinary hearing Wednesday to determine whether Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick committed misconduct and should be removed from office in a scandal over steamy text messages and a multimillion-dollar legal settlement.
