Tropical Storm Hanna set to soak US East Coast (AP)
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:13:53 GMT
AP - Beach vacationers in the Carolinas packed up and headed inland Friday as Tropical Storm Hanna cruised steadily toward the coast, teetering on the verge of becoming a hurricane before an expected overnight landfall.

Jobless rate jumps to 5-year high of 6.1 percent (AP)
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:14:34 GMT
AP - The nation's unemployment rate zoomed to a five-year high of 6.1 percent in August as employers slashed 84,000 jobs, dramatic proof of the mounting damage a deeply troubled economy is inflicting on workers and businesses alike.

McCain & Palin hit the campaign trail (AP)
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:59:09 GMT
AP - John McCain and Sarah Palin on Friday cast the new Republican presidential ticket as a team of determined reformers eager to challenge Washington's political establishment.

McCain and Obama campaigns grapple for 'change' (AP)
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:08:17 GMT
AP - Invigorated by back-to-back political conventions, Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama grappled for the mantle of change Friday as the fall race for the presidency took off in states teeming with the independent voters they needed to win.

US warship to Georgian port partly held by Russia (AP)
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:28:25 GMT
AP - The flagship of the U.S. Navy's Mediterranean fleet anchored outside a key Georgian port Friday, defiantly bringing in tons of humanitarian aid to a city still partly occupied by hundreds of Russian troops.

Rice arrives in Libya on historic visit (AP)
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:49:43 GMT
AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday that her historic visit to former pariah state Libya proves that the U.S. never writes off another nation forever.

Bush to announce US troop levels in Iraq next week (AP)
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:15:39 GMT
AP - President Bush will announce his decision on future troops levels in Iraq next week and is expected to largely follow the recommendations of military leaders to reduce the number by up to 8,000 by mid-January.

Rangel paid no mortgage interest on beach house (AP)
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:17:57 GMT
AP - Rep. Charles Rangel paid no mortgage interest on a beach resort property for about 15 years, a lawyer for the powerful House committee chairman said Friday.

First aid ship arrives in flooded Haitian city (AP)
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:14:22 GMT
AP - A ship carrying 33 tons of U.N. relief supplies docked in Gonaives on Friday, the first significant aid delivery to tens of thousands of people who have gone with little food or clean water for four days.

2 out of 3 people worldwide tuned in for Olympics (AP)
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:10:13 GMT
AP - More than two out of three people worldwide tuned in for the Beijing Olympics.