US News

Schweitzer en route to Iowa for Democratic gig

Missoulian - Sun Sep 07

Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer, whose feisty speech in Denver was one of the rhetorical highlights of the Democratic National Convention, will be the headline speaker at U.S. Sen.

Nevada bank is shut down and taken over by the U.S.

Star-telegram.com - Sat Sep 06

By MARCY GORDON WASHINGTON - Regulators have shut down Silver State Bank, saying it failed because of losses on soured loans, mainly in commercial real estate and land development.It is the 11th failure this ...

7 years on, Sept. 11 is so far and yet so close

Times Leader - Sat Sep 06

It is not a tidy anniversary this year. Seven years between that awful day and this Sept.

U.S. spied extensively on al-Maliki, new book by Bob Woodward says

Star-telegram.com - Thu Sep 04

By STEVE LUXENBERG WASHINGTON - The Bush administration has conducted an extensive spying operation on Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, his staff and others in the Iraqi government, according to a new book by ...

Guy Ritchie hits back at Huckabee

WHAM - Thu Sep 04

Director Guy Ritchie arrives at the World Premiere of 'RocknRolla' at the Odeon West End cinema, Leicester Square on September 1, 2008 in London, England.

Continue reading "Sick-day measure off Nov. ballot"

The Plain Dealer - Thu Sep 04

Faced with the prospect of a nasty fight with a governor they helped elect, a major labor union leading the charge for paid sick days backed down Thursday.

Jury says SDG&E negligent in helicopter crash

Mercury-Register - Thu Sep 04

A jury Wednesday found San Diego Gas & Electric negligent in the deaths of four Marines who were killed when their helicopter hit an unlit utility tower on Camp Pendleton in 2004.

Political parties unleash competing ads in Mich.

WOOD-TV Grand Rapids - Thu Sep 04

The sour economy has the starring role in new ads being launched in Michigan as the Republican National Convention wraps up.

Economy in slow-growth rut

San Gabriel Valley Tribune - Thu Sep 04

The country is stuck in a slow-growth rut, the Federal Reserve suggested Wednesday.

US sues Boeing over B-1 decoy system cost

KWQC-TV Davenport - Wed Sep 03

The federal government claims in a civil lawsuit that the Boeing Co. inflated the price it charged the Air Force for a towed decoy system to protect B-1 bombers from missiles.