Western diplomats bid to stop crisis in eastern DR Congo (AFP)
AFP - Western diplomats rushed Saturday to prevent a humanitarian disaster in conflict-torn eastern DR Congo, holding crisis talks with the presidents of the DRC and neighbouring Rwanda.
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2008-11-01 23:27
2008-11-01 23:27
Palin takes prank call from fake French president (AP)
AP - Sarah Palin has unwittingly taken a prank call from a Canadian comedian posing as French President Nicolas Sarkozy and told him she may make a good president in eight years.
2008-11-01 23:27
No big sellers in sight to save troubled Chrysler (AP)
AP - In crises past, Chrysler has somehow managed to stamp out a blockbuster hit vehicle to pull itself away from the cliff's edge.
2008-11-01 22:53
Police: Shooter feared trick-or-treater was robber (AP)
AP - Police in South Carolina say a 12-year-old trick-or-treater was killed when a convicted felon fearing a robbery fired nearly 30 rounds with an assault rifle from inside a house.
2008-11-01 22:20
China, India feel crisis; Brown seeks Gulf help (Reuters)
Reuters - Two Asian powerhouse economies felt the sting of the global financial crisis on Saturday as India cut its main short-term lending rate and China said it was bracing for a slowdown.
2008-11-01 22:20
Indian police question six people in Assam bombings (Reuters)
Reuters - Indian police detained six people on Saturday after a little-known Islamist group claimed responsibility for bombings that killed 77 people in the troubled state of Assam.
2008-11-01 22:20
Mexico death industry thrives on drug war killings (Reuters)
Reuters - Mexico's drug wars are fueling a boom in the funeral industry near the U.S. border as undertakers capitalize on soaring murder rates and gruesome killings.
2008-11-01 22:20
Election could shift policy on Cuba (Reuters)
Reuters - Florida's Cuban-Americans have voted Republican for years. But the party could lose its grip on the heartland of exile opposition to Fidel Castro on Tuesday, signaling possible change in U.S. policy toward Cuba.
2008-11-01 22:20
Bolivia's Morales bars "spying" U.S. DEA agents (Reuters)
Reuters - Bolivia's leftist President Evo Morales accused U.S. anti-drug agents of spying on Saturday, and barred them from fighting cocaine traffickers in the Andean country until further notice.
2008-11-01 21:47
Green prisons farm, recycle to save energy, money (AP)
AP - Of all the things convicted murderer Robert Knowles has been called during his 13 years behind bars, recycler hasn't been one of them.
2008-11-01 21:47
Final weekend: Obama confident, McCain seeks upset (AP)
AP - Warmed by the cheers of thousands, John McCain and Barack Obama plunged through the final weekend of their marathon race for the White House, the Republican digging for an upset while his confident-sounding rival told supporters, "We can change this country."
2008-11-01 21:47
A campaign for the ages, tilting toward Democrats (AP)
AP - Counting down to Election Day, Barack Obama appears within reach of becoming the nation's first black president as the epic campaign draws to a close against a backdrop of economic crisis and lingering war. John McCain, the battle-scarred warrior, holds out hope for a Truman-beats-Dewey-style upset.
2008-11-01 21:10
McCain and Obama seek to turn out the vote (Reuters)
Reuters - Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama sought to energize voter turnout on Saturday in the final, frenetic weekend of a long and grinding U.S. presidential election campaign.
2008-11-01 21:10
Iraq expects U.S. reply on troop pact within days (Reuters)
Reuters - Iraq expects a reply from the United States within days to its proposal for changes to a pact requiring U.S. troops to leave by the end of 2011, Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said on Saturday.
2008-11-01 21:10
No. 1 Texas comes to rowdy No. 6 Texas Tech (AP)
AP - The eye patches will be out Saturday night in honor of Texas Tech coach Mike Leach.
2008-11-01 21:10
Obama riding 'righteous wind' three days before election (AFP)
AFP - Democrat Barack Obama promised a "new politics for a new time" and said he had a "righteous wind" at his back as he basked in hefty poll leads just three days before Tuesday's historic election.
2008-11-01 21:10
DRCongo, Rwandan leaders discuss crisis with Western ministers (AFP)
AFP - Ministers from Europe and the United States urged the leaders of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda to act decisively to halt the growing humanitarian crisis in eastern Congo.
2008-11-01 20:02
Obama unaware aunt's immigration status: campaign (Reuters)
Reuters - Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama knows nothing about the status of a Kenyan relative reported to be living in the United States illegally but believes "all appropriate laws should be followed," his campaign said on Saturday.
2008-11-01 20:02
Get ready, get set, go
AP - It's time to fall back.
2008-11-01 20:02
Fox's long-running 'King of the Hill' canceled (AP)
AP - "King of the Hill" is over the hill at Fox, which is canceling the long-running animated comedy.
2008-11-01 20:02
Energy hogs: prisons now recycle, grown food (AP)
AP - Of all the things convicted murderer Robert Knowles has been called during his 13 years behind bars, recycler hasn't been one of them.
2008-11-01 20:02
Neighbors shocked after SC trick-or-treater shot (AP)
AP - A 12-year-old boy was shot to death through a front door while trick-or-treating with his family, shocking residents of a South Carolina neighborhood where most people know each other well.
2008-11-01 18:55
With US election, sun setting on Guantanamo trials (AP)
AP - Camp Justice, erected six months ago for the first U.S. war-crimes trials in a half-century, already feels like a ghost town.
2008-11-01 17:49
Diplomatic drive to avert disaster in DR Congo (AFP)
AFP - The French and British foreign ministers held crisis talks with President Joseph Kabila on Saturday, in a diplomatic push to halt a rebel advance and looming humanitarian disaster in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
2008-11-01 17:49
McCain, Obama sweep battleground states (Reuters)
Reuters - Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama battled on Saturday in states that voted Republican in 2004 in the final, frenetic weekend of a long and grinding U.S. presidential election campaign.
2008-11-01 17:49
Britain says EU could send troops to Congo (AP)
AP - The European Union could send troops to Congo if a fragile cease-fire between rebel fighters and the army fails, the U.K. minister for African affairs said Saturday as rebels forced tens of thousands of people from makeshift refugee camps in the insurgent-held zone.
2008-11-01 17:49
AP IMPACT: Another day
AP - Twice during the night, the broker had climbed out from the covers and returned to the television, trying to get a read on what investors were thinking in Tokyo and Hong Kong and to see what the futures market foretold about the trading day ahead.
2008-11-01 17:49
Cautious joy as blacks imagine Obama win (AP)
AP - Lula Cooper expects the tears to flow if Barack Obama becomes the first black president. But she's not breaking out the tissues just yet.
2008-11-01 16:43
Diplomatic drive to avert disaster in Congo (AFP)
AFP - Foreign ministers from France and Britain held crisis talks on Saturday with Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila in a diplomatic push to halt a rebel advance and looming humanitarian disaster in the east of the country.
2008-11-01 16:43
Facts don't get in the way of Web political rumors (AP)
AP - With just days to go before the election, gossip, hearsay, innuendo and smears are flying through the Internet as gadflies and rumormongers hope to sway voters before they head to the polls.
2008-11-01 16:43
Rare aftershocks persist in North Texas (AP)
AP - Northern Texas has been getting more rare earth tremors, one day after several minor earthquakes made Halloween memorable for some people in the area.
2008-11-01 16:43
Obama says he didn't know aunt's illegal status (AP)
AP - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Saturday he didn't know that one of his relatives was living in the United States illegally and believes the appropriate laws should be followed.
2008-11-01 16:43
McCain seeks support in Va.; Obama works the West (AP)
AP - John McCain, struggling to hold onto Republican states, asked supporters Saturday to help him keep Virginia from tipping to Barack Obama. The Democrat was moving from west to east in his own final push to Election Day.
2008-11-01 15:36
Iraq earmarks $15 billion for reconstruction (AP)
AP - Iraq has earmarked some $15 billion
2008-11-01 14:29
US presidential race enters final weekend (AFP)
AFP - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and Republican rival John McCain enter the final weekend of their epic race for the White House, scrambling across several states in a last dash for votes.
2008-11-01 14:29
Rare flash of anger from Obama on Halloween night (Reuters)
Reuters - It wasn't quite a Halloween nightmare on Obama street, but journalists on Friday drew a rare flash of anger from the normally unflappable Democratic presidential nominee.
2008-11-01 14:29
China, India wary of taint of global economic crisis (Reuters)
Reuters - Two powerhouse emerging market countries felt the sting of the global financial crisis on Saturday as India unexpectedly cut its main short-term lending rate again and China said it was now feeling a slowdown.
2008-11-01 14:29
AP: Obama aunt from Kenya living illegally in US (AP)
AP - Barack Obama's aunt, a Kenyan woman who has been quietly living in public housing in Boston, is in the United States illegally after an immigration judge rejected her request for asylum four years ago, The Associated Press has learned.
2008-11-01 13:22
Race for US president enters final weekend (AFP)
AFP - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and Republican rival John McCain enter the final weekend of their epic race for the White House, scrambling across several states in a last dash for votes.
2008-11-01 13:22
AP poll shows Obama backers gleeful, McCain's glum (AP)
AP - That smiling guy walking down the street? Odds are he's a Barack Obama backer. The grouchy looking one? Don't ask, and don't necessarily count on him to vote next week, either.
2008-11-01 11:09
Grand jury weighs sodomy claim against NYPD cops (AP)
AP - On the afternoon of Oct. 15, a body piercer named Michael Mineo was approached by a group of police officers who thought he was smoking marijuana. Mineo fled into a subway station, argued with the officers, and was issued a ticket for disorderly conduct.
2008-11-01 10:01
Does Palin's maverick label still stick? (AP)
AP - A loyal Democrat, Kenny Powers never shared Sarah Palin's conservative politics. But the United Way organizer confesses a fondness for the governor who paired a folksy charm with scorn for Alaska's Republican old guard.
2008-11-01 10:01
In the 2008 election, time to party like it's 1773 (AP)
AP - When the Boston Tea Party's presidential candidate Charles Jay went to register to vote in Florida this summer the clerk at the elections office wasn't sure what to do.
2008-11-01 10:01
Bush staying close to home at campaign's end (AP)
AP - The unpopular President Bush is staying off the campaign trail in the race to succeed him.
2008-11-01 10:01
Congolese behind rebel lines try to return home (AP)
AP - Thousands of weary refugees packed the streets behind rebel lines Saturday in eastern Congo, struggling toward their homes as a fragile cease-fire between the army and rebels held and diplomats tried to find a political solution to the crisis.
2008-11-01 10:01
Without Oden, Blazers hang on to beat Spurs (AP)
AP - The high expectations for the Trail Blazers this season were tempered somewhat when Greg Oden was injured in Portland's 20-point loss to the Los Angeles Lakers in the opener.
2008-11-01 08:54
Obama, McCain visit red states in final stretch (AP)
AP - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama looked to pick up three red states on the final Saturday of the campaign, while Republican John McCain defended GOP turf before breaking to appear on "Saturday Night Live."
2008-11-01 07:48
AP: Obama aunt from Kenya living in US illegally (AP)
AP - Barack Obama's aunt, a Kenyan woman who has been quietly living in public housing in Boston, is in the United States illegally after an immigration judge rejected her request for asylum four years ago, The Associated Press has learned.
2008-11-01 07:48
Boo! Revelers celebrate the spookiest of holidays (AP)
AP - Thousands of revelers dressed as everything from goblins to pizza slices turned out Friday for Greenwich Village's Halloween parade, reveling in a tradition equal parts spookiness and spoof.
2008-11-01 07:48
North Carolina the first unanimous preseason No. 1 (AP)
AP - As if there weren't enough expectations for North Carolina this season, they just got bigger. Not only are the Tar Heels No. 1 in The Associated Press' preseason Top 25, they are the first unanimous No. 1 since the preseason poll began in 1981-82.
2008-11-01 06:38
Obama has 5-point lead over McCain (Reuters)
Reuters - Democrat Barack Obama's lead over Republican rival John McCain dipped slightly to 5 points with three days left in the race for the White House, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Saturday.
2008-11-01 06:38
SC boy shot, killed trick-or-treating; 2 injured (AP)
AP - A 12-year-old boy trick-or-treating with his family in central South Carolina was shot from inside a home Friday and killed, and his father and brother were wounded by the gunfire, authorities said.
2008-11-01 05:32
Obama says top priority is unclogging capitalism (AFP)
AFP - Democrat Barack Obama has vowed to avert a "potential meltdown" in the clogged financial system as he listed his top priorities if he is elected America's first black president next week.
2008-11-01 04:25
Obama seeks landslide; McCain says he's far left (AP)
AP - Despite John McCain's prediction of an upset, Barack Obama reached for a landslide Friday, invading his rival's home state with TV ads and building a lead in early voting in key battlegrounds as the presidential race headed into a hectic final weekend.
2008-11-01 04:25
Paparazzo's suit against Keanu Reeves goes to jury (AP)
AP - A Los Angeles jury has begun deliberating a paparazzo's claim that actor Keanu Reeves knocked him down with his Porsche and permanently injured his wrist.
2008-11-01 04:25
UN peacekeepers under siege in DR Congo: Uruguay (AFP)
AFP - Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are laying siege to 100 civilians, 150 Indian peacekeepers and half of the Uruguayan peacekeeping force attempting to secure the area, Uruguay Defense Minister Jose Bayardi said.
2008-11-01 02:11
U.S. border police arrest Mexican troops (Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. border police arrested seven Mexican soldiers after they accidentally strayed over the international boundary into Arizona, authorities said.
2008-11-01 02:11
Consumers slash spending, world markets stabilize (Reuters)
Reuters - Americans slashed spending and the country's business outlook weakened but there were signs of stabilization in global markets on Friday, with interbank rates falling and U.S. stocks posting their best week in 34 years.
2008-11-01 02:11
Cheetahs on plane: Animal gets loose in cargo hold (AP)
AP - A Delta baggage worker got a bit of a fright before Halloween when she opened a jetliner's cargo door and found a cheetah running loose amid the luggage. Two cheetahs were being flown in the cargo area of a Boeing 757 passenger flight from Portland, Ore., to Atlanta on Thursday when one escaped from its cage, Delta spokeswoman Betsy Talton said Friday.
2008-11-01 02:11
Scientists to measure quake effect on Acropolis (AP)
AP - For thousands of years the Acropolis has withstood earthquakes, weathered storms and endured temperature extremes, from scorching summers to winter snow. Now scientists are drawing on the latest technology to install a system that will record just how much nature is affecting the 2,500-year-old site. They hope their findings will help identify areas that could be vulnerable, allowing them to target restoration and maintenance.
2008-11-01 02:11
Study: Media coverage has favored Obama campaign (AP)
AP - John McCain supporters who believe they haven't gotten a fair shake from the media during the Republican's candidacy against Barack Obama have a new study to point to.
2008-11-01 01:01
October auto sales may have hit two-decade low (Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. auto sales are expected to plunge to the lowest levels of the year in October and possibly the slowest running rate in two decades, with no certainty of when consumer confidence will return.
2008-11-01 01:01
Police: Gun found in lot used in Hudson slayings (AP)
AP - Police confirmed Friday they found the gun used in the killings of Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and nephew, as the family's South Side community prepared a public memorial to say goodbye.
2008-11-01 01:01
Obama seeks landslide but McCain predicts upset (AP)
AP - Despite John McCain's prediction of an upset, Barack Obama reached for a landslide Friday, invading his rival's home state with TV ads and building a lead in early voting in key battlegrounds as the presidential race headed into a hectic final weekend.
2008-11-01 01:01
Verdict reached but not read at Guantanamo (Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. military jurors reached a verdict on Friday in the Guantanamo trial of Osama bin Laden's accused media chief, who is accused of inciting murder and inspiring September 11 hijackers.
2008-11-01 00:27
Voter turnout expected to be highest in decades (AP)
AP - Voter turnout will be the highest in decades, dwarfing recent presidential elections, experts predict.
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