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Home foreclosures reach record high
(Reuters)
Reuters - Home foreclosures and the rate of
homes entering foreclosure rose to record highs in the second
quarter, the Mortgage Bankers Association said on Friday.
Official: Egyptian ship hijacked near Somalia
(AP)
AP - An Egyptian cargo ship with 25 crew members has been hijacked by pirates off Somalia's coast, the 10th vessel to be seized in less than two months, a global maritime watchdog said Friday.
People convicted in the Abramoff investigation
(AP)
AP - Lawmakers, lobbyists, Bush administration officials, congressional staffers and businessmen caught up in the Jack Abramoff public corruption probe:
Intruders shot after Texas couple wrests shotgun
(AP)
AP - When two gunmen smashed through the glass front door of her suburban Fort Worth home, Kellie Hoehn didn't think twice.
Jobless rate at 5-year high
(Reuters)
Reuters - An unexpectedly steep 84,000 U.S.
jobs were lost in August and the unemployment rate hit a
five-year high of 6.1 percent, fanning worry ahead of
November's presidential vote that the economy was near
recession.
Southeast braces for Hanna as Ike strengthens
(AP)
AP - Some Southeastern states declared emergencies and officials urged residents to head inland Thursday as Tropical Storm Hanna headed toward the Atlantic coast, where it could bring high winds and rain from South Carolina to Maine.
Philly school rekindles same-sex education debate
(AP)
AP - Calling all ninth-grade boys! Raise your hand if this school sounds like fun: wearing jackets and ties every day, staying until 5 p.m., learning Latin and — to top it all off — no girls.
Pakistani officials report missile strike
(AP)
AP - An explosion possibly caused by a missile strike killed five suspected foreign militants near the Afghan border on Friday, Pakistani officials said.
Texas UPS driver goes 1 million miles, no crashes
(AP)
AP - A routine package delivery turned into a milestone for a UPS driver in East Texas.
Oldest gorilla in captivity dies in Dallas at 55
(AP)
AP - The oldest gorilla in captivity, a 55-year-old female named Jenny, has died at the Dallas Zoo — her home for more than half a century, a spokesman said Friday.
Gene domino effect behind brain, pancreatic tumors
(AP)
AP - Scientists have mapped the cascade of genetic changes that turn normal cells in the brain and pancreas into two of the most lethal cancers. The result points to a new approach for fighting tumors and maybe even catching them sooner. Genes blamed for one person's brain tumor were different from the culprits for the next patient, making the puzzle of cancer genetics even more complicated.
Voters say economy overshadows political hoopla
(Reuters)
Reuters - Trudy Tucker doesn't know if the
back-to-back U.S. political conventions addressed the financial
worries she has raising four children -- she was too busy to
watch.
Remains of 3 sailors from Pearl Harbor identified
(AP)
AP - Two-thirds of a century ago, Kathleen Wyman drove her brother to California to join the Navy. From there, he shipped out to the USS Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor.
Melting Swiss glacier yields Neolithic trove, climate secrets
(AFP)
AFP - Some 5,000 years ago, on a day with weather much like today's, a prehistoric person tread high up in what is now the Swiss Alps, wearing goat leather pants, leather shoes and armed with a bow and arrows.
New fingerprint method could unlock cold cases
(Reuters)
Reuters - It's a discovery that would make even
Sherlock Holmes proud. British scientists have developed a new
crime-fighting technique that allows police to lift
fingerprints from bullets even if a criminal has wiped down a
shell casing.
Home loan troubles break records again
(AP)
AP - The source of trouble in the mortgage market has shifted from subprime loans made to borrowers with bad credit to homeowners who had solid credit but took out exotic loans with ballooning monthly payments.
Iraq eyes Lockheed F-16 fighter aircraft purchase
(Reuters)
Reuters - The Iraqi government has asked for
information about buying 36 F-16 fighter aircraft built by
Lockheed Martin Corp , the U.S. Defense Department said
on Friday.
NJ cops kick in door over bird's cries for help
(AP)
AP - Cries for help inside a Trenton, N.J., home turned out to be for the birds. Neighbors called police Wednesday morning after hearing a woman's persistent cry of "Help me! Help me!" coming from a house. Officers arrived and when no one answered the door, they kicked it in to make a rescue.
Hurricane Ike threatens Gulf
(Reuters)
Reuters - Hurricane Ike may be on course
toward a potentially dangerous route into the oil-producing
Gulf of Mexico, a U.S. emergency official said on Friday.
Oil prices drop as jobs data add to demand worries
(AP)
AP - Oil prices sank to a five-month low Friday as a jump in the U.S. unemployment rate signaled to traders that Americans might keep paring back their energy use to save money.