
Updated : Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:20:04 GMT
AP - Tropical Storm Fay rolled ashore in Florida Tuesday short of hurricane strength, but mysteriously gained speed as it headed over land, bringing heavy rain, high wind and tornadoes.
Publ.Date : Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:18:34 GMT
AP - Insurgents mounted two of the biggest attacks in years on Western forces in Afghanistan, killing 10 French soldiers in a mountain ambush and then sending a squad of suicide bombers in a failed assault early Tuesday on a U.S. base near the Pakistan border.
Publ.Date : Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:20:04 GMT
AP - Russia took the first steps toward a troop pullback from Georgia on Tuesday but at the same time paraded blindfolded and bound Georgian prisoners on armored vehicles and seized four U.S. Humvees.
Publ.Date : Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:18:06 GMT
AP - Lolo Jones was supposed to take the Olympic 100-meter hurdles title. Other entrants knew it. Jones knew it. Even told herself so right before the start, mouthing, "I can win this race," when she was introduced to the crowd.
Publ.Date : Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:18:23 GMT
AP - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama gave his clearest signal yet that he has settled on a running mate when he announced Tuesday he would appear Saturday in this city where he launched his campaign.
Publ.Date : Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:09:44 GMT
AP - Turns out Bigfoot was just a rubber suit. Two researchers on a quest to prove the existence of Bigfoot say that the carcass encased in a block of ice — handed over to them for an undisclosed sum by two men who claimed to have found it — was slowly thawed out, and discovered to be a rubber gorilla outfit.
Publ.Date : Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:14:09 GMT
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