- Ike lashes Cuba, weakens to Category 2 hurricane
(AP)
AP - Hurricane Ike's winds and massive storm surge ripped apart houses and toppled trees Monday as the deadly storm roared across Cuba toward Havana and its historic but decaying old buildings.
- At least 9 killed in Pakistan militant stronghold
(AP)
AP - Explosions reportedly caused by missiles fired from drone aircraft hit a house and seminary linked to a key Taliban commander in northwest Pakistan on Monday, killing at least nine people, officials and witnesses said.
- Fla. Keys residents weigh evacuation ahead of Ike
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AP - As a ferocious Hurricane Ike ripped across Cuba, a tropical storm warning was issued for the Florida Keys early Monday.
- US government takes on big role in mortgage market
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AP - Uncle Sam has just become the 800 pound gorilla in the U.S. mortgage market. The Bush administration's announced Sunday it was seizing troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in a bid to help reverse a prolonged housing and credit crisis.
- Jury selection to begin in OJ Simpson robbery case
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AP - Nearly a year after O.J. Simpson walked into a casino hotel room intent on reclaiming some sports memorobilia, lawyers in his robbery-kidnapping trial are finally set to begin picking a jury.
- Owner: Ride's over at Coney Island amusement park
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AP - When reports circulated over the weekend of a last-minute deal to keep Coney Island's historic Astroland amusement park open for another year, owner Carol Hill Albert was not amused.
- Obama and McCain have big economic differences
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AP - Job No. 1 for the next president? In the minds of an overwhelming number of Americans, it's fixing what ails the sick economy. What the voters will have to sort out are very different approaches offered by Barack Obama and John McCain.
- MTV VMAs find few surprises as Britney steals show
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AP - LOS ANGELES No Madonna kiss. No Michael Jackson cameo. No flying Howard Stern. Not even a Kanye tantrum.
- World markets soar after Freddie, Fannie bailouts
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AP - World stock markets soared Monday after Washington announced a bailout of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac a move that could help bolster a shaky U.S. housing market and renew global investor confidence.
- She's No. 1 again: Serena Williams wins US Open
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AP - On the very first point of the match, Serena Williams hit a backhand so hard that her earring flew off. Turns out she was just getting warmed up. Williams kept pounding away, her shots and shouts getting louder with every stroke. And when she finished off Jelena Jankovic 6-4, 7-5 Sunday night for the U.S. Open championship and a ninth Grand Slam title, Williams really went wild.
- China and Japan hail U.S. mortgage rescue as doubts linger
(Reuters)
Reuters - China and Japan, the biggest
buyers of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae bonds, on Monday praised
Washington for rescuing the ailing mortgage giants, but
investors said the bailout had not ended global credit market
misery.
- Hurricane Ike weakens to Category 2 over Cuba
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Reuters - Hurricane Ike weakened into a Category 2
storm on Monday after roaring ashore in northeastern Cuba, but
forecasters say it could regain intensity as it spins toward
the U.S. oil hub in the Gulf of Mexico and possibly New
Orleans.
- U.S. drones kill 13 in missile attack in Pakistan
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Reuters - Missiles fired by U.S.
drones killed 13 people, including 7 foreign militants, on
Monday in a Pakistani village where a religious school founded
by an old friend of Osama bin Laden is located, intelligence
officials and witnesses said.
- Russia aims to corner energy market: U.S. official
(Reuters)
Reuters - Russia aims to extend its control over
energy deliveries to the West and it is important that European
countries push forward on efforts to diversify routes for oil
and gas supplies, a senior U.S. official said on Monday.
- South Asia flood victims plead for food, safe water
(Reuters)
Reuters - Hungry villagers pleaded with
authorities to rescue them from flooded homes in eastern India
on Monday, as devastating floods continued to haunt millions in
South Asia.
- Freddie, Fannie plan protects taxpayers: Paulson
(Reuters)
Reuters - Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said in
an interview with U.S. radio broadast on Monday that a plan to
take control of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae had
been structured in a way to protect U.S. taxpayers.
- Sarkozy in Russia to seek new Georgia peace deal
(Reuters)
Reuters - French President
Nicolas Sarkozy arrived in Russia on Monday to seek a lasting
peace deal for Georgia that will persuade Russia to pull its
troops out of positions deep inside the ex-Soviet state.
- U.S. to look again at civilian deaths in Afghan raid
(Reuters)
Reuters - The U.S. military said it planned to
reopen an investigation into civilian deaths in a coalition air
strike in western Afghanistan last month after new evidence
- World stocks soar on US mortgage bailout
(AFP)
AFP - European and Asian stock markets surged Monday after the US government grabbed control of ailing mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, easing fears of a world financial crisis, dealers said.
- Ike slams Cuba, Haiti death toll passes 600
(AFP)
AFP - Hurricane Ike raged over Cuba early Monday, pummeling the island with gale force winds and torrential rain after killing dozens in beleaguered Haiti and worsening its growing humanitarian disaster.