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August 28, 2008
- Pioneer lesbian activist dies in California
- Officials may evacuate New Orleans as Gustav gets closer
August 27, 2008
August 26, 2008
August 25, 2008
August 22, 2008
- Small plane crashes into Las Vegas house; 2 dead
- NASA destroys rocket after failed launch
- Fake Bigfoot was filled with roadkill
August 21, 2008
- Police make arrest in 23-year-old murder case
- Bigfoot hoaxers now face lawsuit
- Tropical Storm Fay may hit Florida a third time
- 1 wounded in shooting at Tennessee school
August 20, 2008
- Are video games spurring interest in rock music?
- N.C. man dies after waiting 22 hours at hospital
- Lieberman to speak at GOP convention
- Here's a stunner ... 'Bigfoot' find was a hoax
August 19, 2008
August 18, 2008
- Tropical Storm Fay hits Key West
- Man whose lawsuit ended D.C. gun ban gets permit
- Buffalo block Illinois highway
- Tropical Storm Fay moving toward Florida Keys
- Tourists, tribe members evacuated from Grand Canyon flood
August 16, 2008
August 15, 2008
August 14, 2008
- Pentagon official removed from 2nd Gitmo trial
- Gates: No need for U.S. forces in Georgia
- Consumer prices rise double expectations
- More details in Arkansas party chief's slaying
- Detroit mayor can go to Democratic convention
- Newly released files detail early U.S. spy network
- Overenthusiastic handshake hurts Cindy McCain
August 13, 2008
August 12, 2008
- No prosecutions planned in Justice hiring scandal
- Gas prices continue to drop
- Bear attacks father, 8-year-old son in Tennessee
August 11, 2008
August 8, 2008
- Cheney will speak at GOP convention after all
- U.S. man who spied for China gets 16-year sentence
- Detroit mayor faces new charges
- German authorities join in 'Rockefeller' probe
August 7, 2008
- Pastor's wife's trial update: Attorney calls lawsuit 'extortion'
- Detroit mayor jailed for violation
- Jobless claims rise to highest in six years
- Wildfire makes recovery at Calif. crash site difficult
August 6, 2008
- Freddie Mac loss bigger than anticipated
- 3 women held in Iraqi suicide bomb plots
- Hedge swindler wants to plead guilty for fleeing
- Mountain lion grabs dog from Colorado home
August 5, 2008
- Oil prices drop to $118 a barrel
- 'Junior' Gotti arrested on murder conspiracy charges
- Pakistani terror suspect due in court
August 4, 2008
August 1, 2008
- Oral arguments set in Sen. Craig sex-sting appeal
- '65 percent solution' for education on Florida ballot
- Congress passes spending bill, heads home for summer break
- President touts gains in Iraq
- Chinese national sentenced for aiding spy
- Man pleads guilty to forcing daughter to stab family cat
- Businessman charged in IRS murder plot
- Anthrax scientist commits suicide as FBI closes in
- Authorities searching for gunman in Wisconsin
July 30, 2008
- House committee votes to cite Rove with contempt
- Pakistan wants U.S. to stop unilateral attacks
- Bush signs housing bill for mortgage relief
- Senator's indictment hurts GOP prospects
- Man calls 911, saves passengers but not himself in boat accident
- Man gets six months for mistreatment of girlfriend stuck to toilet
- Bison advocates try to reseed herds in West
July 29, 2008
- U.S., Iraqi forces launch operation in Diyala
- Chicago legislator calls for students to skip first day school
- Bacteria found at California beaches
- Here are the top party colleges and stone-cold sober schools
- PETA asks military to stop tests on animals
- Possible pipe bombs found at Ohio post offices
- Report: U.S. security system needs revamping
- President refuses to commute execution for former Army cook
- New president to inherit half-trillion dollar deficit
- Los Angeles to set moratorium on new fast food restaurants
July 28, 2008
- Report: 20% of Texas bridges, 1 in 4 across nation need upgrading
- Iowa court to evaluate artistic nudity
- Internationals entering U.S. to use online screening
- FDA faulted for unapproved prescriptions
- Veterans' suicide hotline records 22,000 calls
- Governement seeking World War II-era barracks
- Justice Department report alleges political bias in hiring
- Pending California farm bill would open range for animals
- Pakistan's prime minister to visit White House
- Bush administration to announce record deficit
- Man charged in Tennessee church shooting
July 25, 2008
- 'Last Lecture' professor Randy Pausch dies
- New Zealand students offer reward for arrest of Condoleezza Rice
- Bush expands sanctions against Zimbabwe
- Aging levee system leaves DC landmarks in danger
- State Department investigating Iraqi oil contracts
- 2002 Justice Department memo OKs CIA interrogation tactics
- Rice urges Pakistan to do more to stop militants
- Gunman injures three in college shooting
July 24, 2008
- Portland policeman made to pay parking fine
- Ambassador: al-Qaida operatives headed back to Afghanistan
- Vast oil and gas resources thought to be in Arctic Circle
- Rice defends nuclear deal with India
- Schwarzenegger threatens California state workers with minimum wage
July 23, 2008
- Bush administration opposes tobacco regulation bill
- Los Angeles to ban plastic grocery bags by July 2010
- New Jersey to require organ donor decision for new driver's licenses
- Rice pushes North Korea to verify nuclear dismantling
- Bush drops opposition to housing bill
- Austin pilot among those killed in B-52 crash
- Bush explains move to Dallas in video
July 22, 2008
- Bush gives Olympians big send-off
- Freddie, Fannie bailout could cost $25 billion
- ACLU to challenge Alabama law restricting felon voting rights
- Only 33 wildfires remain in Northern California
- No survivors so far in B-52 crash off Guam
July 21, 2008
- Rice says meeting with North Korea no big deal
- Paulson: Brace for months of economic stress
- Pentagon top offical: Troop withdrawal could have 'dangerous consequences'
- Bush administration splits from Party over Freddie, Fannie
- Coast Guard searches for survivors of crashed B-52
- Rice: Iran not serious about nuke talks
July 18, 2008
- Phil Gramm steps down from McCain presidential campaign
- Bush agrees to time 'horizon' on Iraq troop cuts
- Laci Peterson's mom upset over former son-in-law's blog
- Naming sewage plant for Bush on San Francisco ballot
- Florida officer, suspect killed in shooting
July 17, 2008
- U.S. judge OKs first Gitmo detainee trial
- President hails Snow's accomplishments at funeral
- Man sentenced in killing of 'Curious George' writer
- Gore sets big challenge for U.S. electric production
July 16, 2008
- That's not Grandma in her casket
- Bush claims executive privilege on CIA leak
- Consumer prices climb more than anticipated
- Massachusetts Senate votes to let out-of-state gays marry
July 15, 2008
- Oil prices drop by $9 a barrel
- Bush: Financial system 'basically sound'
- Bernanke: Economy has 'numerous difficulties'
- Bush to talk about housing, financial woes
- Bernanke to brief Congress on economy
July 14, 2008
- Prosecutor shows up on U.S. terror watch list
- Dead Army nurse's husband charged with arson
- New Yorker's satire draws raspberries
- Bush to lift executive ban on offshore drilling
July 11, 2008
- Ohio plans first execution since moratorium
- Shark sighting reported at 'Jaws' film site
- Waco man in story on Wounded Warrior Project
July 10, 2008
- Senate working to pass mortgage-help bill
- Rove ignores subpoena, refuses to testify
- French man pleads guilty in art thefts
- Movie producers set August deadline for SAG contract
- Clinton joins Obama as he courts women voters
- Brinkley, Cook divorce trial has settlement
July 9, 2008
- Sen. Kennedy appears, casts Medicare vote
- N.C. state employee refuses to lower flags for Helms
- Polygamist leader Jeffs taken to Las Vegas hospital
- Train derails into Mississippi River in Iowa
July 8, 2008
- Psychologist: Brinkley should get custody
- Teen survives metal pin into brain
- Obama proposes bankruptcy changes