National news
- Obama encourages service, volunteerism
- July 3, 2008
- Barack Obama urged people Wednesday to look past the “bustle and busyness” of their everyday lives this Fourth of July weekend to find a way to help make the American dream real not just for themselves, but for all.
- After floods, mosquitoes start plaguing Midwest
- July 3, 2008
- First came the floods — now the mosquitoes. An explosion of pesky insects are pestering clean-up crews and just about anyone venturing outside in the waterlogged Midwest.
- McCain talks up benefits of free trade
- July 3, 2008
- John McCain hailed the economic benefits of free trade to Colombians on Wednesday, raising the possibility of an eventual hemispheric-wide agreement even though a weak economy at home has soured many U.S. voters on trade agreements.
- Police find body of missing Vt. girl
- July 3, 2008
- The body of a missing 12-year-old Vermont girl was found Wednesday buried near her uncle’s home, hours after documents surfaced that accused the man of planning to initiate her into a child sex ring.
- Obama preferred to McCain at BBQ
- July 3, 2008
- People would rather barbecue burgers with Barack Obama than with John McCain.
- Candidates’ wives: Michelle disliked more than Cindy
- July 3, 2008
- The public hasn’t taken to Michelle Obama yet, especially whites. And it’s got a question about Cindy McCain: Who is she?
- Policy would allow race to be used in terror profiling
- July 3, 2008
- The Justice Department is considering letting the FBI investigate Americans without any evidence of wrongdoing, relying instead on a terrorist profile that could single out Muslims, Arabs or other racial and ethnic groups.
World news
- McCain talks up benefits of free trade
- July 3, 2008
- John McCain hailed the economic benefits of free trade to Colombians on Wednesday, raising the possibility of an eventual hemispheric-wide agreement even though a weak economy at home has soured many U.S. voters on trade agreements.
- Opposition leader won’t negotiate with Mugabe
- July 3, 2008
- With violence continuing against opposition activists, Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said Wednesday that he would not negotiate with the ruling party of President Robert Mugabe on a government of national unity.
- Bush: US to send more troops to Afghanistan
- July 3, 2008
- Grappling with a record death toll in an overshadowed war, President Bush promised Wednesday to send more U.S. troops into Afghanistan by year’s end. He conceded that June was a “tough month” in the nearly seven-year-old war.
- Palestinian goes on rampage
- July 3, 2008
- A Palestinian laborer driving a construction vehicle rammed into packed buses, tossed cars into the air and rolled over pedestrians in a deadly rampage Wednesday that killed three people and wounded dozens in Jerusalem.
- Colombia fools rebel group into freeing 15 hostages
- July 3, 2008
- Colombian spies tricked leftist rebels into handing over kidnapped presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt and three U.S. military contractors Wednesday in a daring helicopter rescue so successful that not a single shot was fired.
- Election violence flares
- July 3, 2008
- The capital of Mongolia remained under a state of emergency Wednesday after five people were killed in post-election violence amid allegations of voter fraud.
- McCain stressing trade on Latin American trip
- July 2, 2008
- Sen. John McCain arrived here Tuesday night on his third foreign trip since clinching the Republican presidential nomination, the latest attempt to embellish his international credentials at a time when the electorate is increasingly focused on domestic issues.
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