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US grapples with bedbugs, misuse of pesticides
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:40 pm PDT
 AP - A resurgence of bedbugs across the U.S. has homeowners and apartment dwellers taking desperate measures to eradicate the tenacious bloodsuckers, with some relying on dangerous outdoor pesticides and fly-by-night exterminators. Full Story | Top |
Glenn Beck rally sparks debate over crowd size
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:13 am PDT
The Upshot - Glenn Beck kicked off Monday's radio show by thanking the many attendees at Saturday's "Restoring Honor" rally in front of the Lincoln Memorial — at least 500,000 by his count. Beck said he's "still waiting on the real number" and plans to look closely during his 5 p.m. Fox News show at photos of the [...] Full Story | Top |
Titanic expedition shows off some crisp new images
Sun, 29 Aug 2010 06:31 pm PDT
 AP - An expedition surveying the wreck of the Titanic is showing off some crisp images of the world's most famous shipwreck, but officials said Sunday they are headed back to shore. Officials from Expedition Titanic said in a statement they are now headed back to Newfoundland because high seas and winds brought on by hurricane Danielle are preventing researchers from carrying out their work. Full Story | Top |
Mexico captures reported drug lord 'the Barbie'
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:52 pm PDT
 AP - Texas-born fugitive Edgar Valdez Villarreal, alias "the Barbie," is the third major suspected drug lord to fall in Mexico in the past 10 months and a coup for President Felipe Calderon in his embattled war on powerful cartels. Full Story | Top |
How to Retire At Any Age
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:45 pm PDT
U.S. News & World Report - One of the best things about retiring overseas is that you can do it at any age. You don't necessarily have to wait until your Social Security payments kick in. Full Story | Top |
Study finds first genetic link to common migraine
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:22 am PDT
 Reuters - An international scientific team has identified for the first time a genetic risk factor associated with common migraines and say their research could open the way for new treatments to prevent migraine attacks. Full Story | Top |
Bristol Palin, The Situation among 'Dancing' stars
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:39 pm PDT
 AP - The mother of "The Brady Bunch," a former NFL quarterback, one of the self-proclaimed "guidos" from "Jersey Shore" and the daughter of Sarah Palin are among the celebrities who will cha-cha-cha on the 11th season of "Dancing with the Stars." Full Story | Top |
Fire at site of future Tenn. mosque troubles city
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 03:32 pm PDT
 AP - A suspicious fire that damaged construction equipment at the site of a future mosque in Tennessee has some local Muslims worried that their project has been dragged into the national debate surrounding Manhattan's ground zero. Full Story | Top |
Obama's goal: End Iraq war, then win Mideast peace
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:40 pm PDT
 AP - Firmly and finally ending the U.S. combat mission in Iraq, President Barack Obama will have but a moment before trying to hasten peace nearby between Israelis and Palestinians. Left unclear is whether winding down the war that inflamed Arab passions will do anything to help long-shot Mideast talks. Full Story | Top |
AP Impact: U.S. wasted billions in rebuilding Iraq
Sun, 29 Aug 2010 09:01 pm PDT
 AP - A $40 million prison sits in the desert north of Baghdad, empty. A $165 million children's hospital goes unused in the south. A $100 million waste water treatment system in Fallujah has cost three times more than projected, yet sewage still runs through the streets. Full Story | Top |
Diabetes now tops Vietnam vets' claims
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 02:14 pm PDT
 AP - The jaunt didn't make for much of a war story, and there is no record it ever happened. But the man successfully argued that he may have been exposed to Agent Orange during his stopover and that it might have caused his diabetes — even though decades of research into the defoliant have failed to find more than a possibility that it causes the disease. Full Story | Top |
Earl threatens US Coast after hitting Caribbean
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:17 pm PDT
 AP - Hurricane Earl, now a powerful Category 4 storm, barreled toward the U.S. coast early Tuesday after battering tiny islands across the northeastern Caribbean with heavy rain and winds that damaged homes and toppled power lines. Full Story | Top |
Questions loom over drug given to sleepless vets
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:27 am PDT
 AP - Andrew White returned from a nine-month tour in Iraq beset with signs of post-traumatic stress disorder: insomnia, nightmares, constant restlessness. Doctors tried to ease his symptoms using three psychiatric drugs, including a potent anti-psychotic called Seroquel. Full Story | Top |
Internet may phase out printed Oxford Dictionary
Sun, 29 Aug 2010 03:43 pm PDT
 AP - It weighs in at more than 130 pounds, but the authoritative guide to the English language, the Oxford English Dictionary, may eventually slim down to nothing. Oxford University Press, the publisher, said Sunday so many people prefer to look up words using its online product that it's uncertain whether the 126-year-old dictionary's next edition will be printed on paper at all. Full Story | Top |
AP source: Suspicious luggage sparks questioning
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:25 pm PDT
 AP - Two men on a United Airlines flight from Chicago to Amsterdam were questioned by Dutch authorities after U.S. officials found a cell phone taped to a Pepto Bismol bottle and a knife and box cutter in checked luggage connected with the men, a law enforcement official said. Full Story | Top |
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