AFP - Georgia on Friday cut diplomatic ties with Russia and Moscow lashed out at Georgia's Western backers, sharpening the battle lines in a growing international crisis. Discussion
Reuters - Hurricane Gustav strengthened over
the warm waters of the Caribbean on Friday, swirling toward the
Cayman Islands and the Gulf of Mexico on the third anniversary
... Discussion
AP - Barack Obama's audience for his acceptance speech likely topped 40 million people, and the Democratic gathering that nominated him was a more popular television event tha ... Discussion
Reuters - Hurricane Gustav gathered strength
over the warm waters of the Caribbean on Friday roaring toward
the Cayman Islands and the Gulf of Mexico on the third
anniversa ... Discussion
Reuters - Venezuelan President
Hugo Chavez backed Russia's recognition of two breakaway
regions of Georgia on Friday, making Venezuela only the second
nation to support Mos ... Discussion
Reuters - Alabama's Jefferson County
and lenders pulled back from the brink of a threatened
bankruptcy filing on Friday after the county proposed
restructuring $3.2 billion ... Discussion
AP - Former champion Svetlana Kuznetsova became the last upset victim at the U.S. Open, beaten by 28th-ranked Katarina Srebotnik 6-3, 6-7 (1), 6-3 in the third round Friday. Discussion
AP - Georgia severed diplomatic ties with Moscow on Friday to protest the presence of Russian troops on its territory. Russia said the move would only make things worse. Discussion
AP - John Edwards will emerge from seclusion and speak next month at Hofstra University in New York, taking the stage exactly one month after admitting to an extramarital affa ... Discussion
AP - Gustav became a hurricane again on Friday as it plowed toward Cayman Islands resorts, the start of a buildup that could take it to the U.S. Gulf Coast as a fearsome Categ ... Discussion
AP - The top U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, has given his military superiors and Defense Secretary Robert Gates his initial recommendation on when to resume a U. ... Discussion
AP - Retail gas prices swung higher Friday ? the first increase in 43 days ? as analysts warned that a direct hit on U.S. energy infrastructure by Hurricane Gustav could send ... Discussion
AP - Kathy Melkey stands astride some of the fault lines between Barack Obama and John McCain. Discussion
AP - The difference between a monster and a wimp for Gulf of Mexico hurricanes often comes down to a small patch of warm deep water that's easy to miss. It's called the Loop C ... Discussion
Reuters - Alabama's governor and Wall
Street lenders bargained on Friday ahead of the expiration of a
stand-still pact in a bid to avert a bankruptcy filing on $3.2
billion ... Discussion
AFP - John McCain tossed a huge but risky surprise into the US race for the White House Friday when he unveiled the little-known governor from Alaska, Sarah Palin, as his vice ... Discussion
Reuters - Gustav strengthened back into a
hurricane in the warm Caribbean on Friday as it left flooded
Jamaica and churned toward the Cayman Islands, headed for the
Gulf of ... Discussion
AP - Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami say Gustav has again strengthened into a hurricane. Discussion
AFP - Georgia on Friday broke diplomatic relations with Russia, heightening hostilities between the neighbours as Moscow also hit back at Western criticism. Discussion
Reuters - Personal income tumbled unexpectedly
in July and inflation-adjusted spending shrank as government
economic stimulus waned, but consumer spirits rose this month,
a ... Discussion
