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Internet Searching May Boost Brain
(LiveScience.com)
- LiveScience.com - For middle-aged and older adults, searching the Internet could be a boost to the brain, a new study suggests.
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Palin has checkered history on ethics issues
(AP)
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AP - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, whose reformer image took a hit in a report concluding she abused her powers to settle a family score, has skirted state ethics rules before for personal benefit and used her office to help friends and supporters, according to an Associated Press review of records.
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Russian rights lawyer says finds poison in car
(Reuters)
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Reuters - A Russian human rights lawyer whose clients have included leading Kremlin opponents said on Tuesday she had found poisonous mercury in her car in France and believed it may have been a warning to her.
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Suicides from financial crisis cause concern
(AP)
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AP - An out-of-work money manager in California loses a fortune and wipes out his family in a murder-suicide. A 90-year-old Ohio widow shoots herself in the chest as authorities arrive to evict her from the modest house she called home for 38 years.
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Girl, 14, found starving in home; parents charged
(AP)
- AP - A father and stepmother were charged with withholding their 14-year-old daughter's food and water so drastically that she weighed only 48 pounds, authorities said.
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NKorea defectors drop leaflets condemning leader
(AP)
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AP - The North Korean trembled when he spotted the leaflet that had fluttered down from a balloon dispatched from the South. He snatched it, stuffed it into his pocket and ran to the bathroom to read it.
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Tainted milk, a baby's death and lawsuit in China
(AP)
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AP - Heartbroken at the sudden death of their baby boy, the Yi family struggled to forget what they thought was a tragic twist of fate. They burned his clothes, toys, everything but a single photo and the baby formula he drank.
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Palin's rural adviser quits over appointments
(AP)
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AP - Gov. Sarah Palin's rural adviser resigned Monday amid criticism of the governor's record on hiring Alaska Natives.
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Obama's lead advances in key states: poll
(AFP)
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AFP - Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has solidified his lead over rival John McCain with 51-54 percent support in four key battleground states, a poll released Tuesday showed.
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Syria establishes diplomatic ties with Lebanon
(AP)
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AP - Syria formally recognized Lebanon for the first time Tuesday by establishing diplomatic relations with its neighbor ? meeting a U.S. demand to do more for regional stability even as Damascus pursues indirect peace talks with Israel.
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Web site lets kids report school bullies incognito
(AP)
- AP - Hoping to combat the "snitch" label that often leads to silent suffering, six Utah schools have introduced a Web site that allows students to anonymously report bullies.
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Mexican town helps migrants flee police
(AP)
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AP - An angry crowd in central Mexico attacked police and helped nearly three dozen illegal Central American immigrants escape from custody after hearing that officers had allegedly sold the migrants to human smugglers, officials said Monday.
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NFL suspends Pacman Jones indefinitely
(AP)
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AP - Dallas Cowboys cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones was suspended indefinitely by the NFL on Tuesday for violating the league's personal conduct policy.
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Wells Fargo asks judge to void Citi-Wachovia pact
(Reuters)
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Reuters - Wells Fargo & Co , which has agreed to buy Wachovia Corp , asked a federal court to void Citigroup Inc's earlier agreement to buy parts of the big North Carolina lender.
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Missouri grandmother's curiosity squashes scam
(AP)
- AP - Delpha Speak has 13 grandchildren and she didn't think it was completely implausible that one of her grandsons-in-law would call her to say he was in trouble. The 72-year-old retiree could tell something was wrong, and she wanted to do whatever she could to help.
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Alaska's Largest Paper Labels Palin "Orwellian"
(The Nation)
- The Nation - The Nation -- Alaska Governor Sarah Palin says that she was "vindicated" by the report on her firing of Walter Monegan, the state's Public Safety Commissioner she removed after he refused to intervene on the governor's behalf to dismiss her brother-in-law as a state trooper.
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US Navy: Pirates haven't destroyed Ukrainian ship
(AP)
- AP - The U.S. Navy says Somali pirates have not followed through with their threat to blow up an arms-laden Ukrainian ship they hijacked.
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Official: Afghanistan suffering from Iraqi gains
(AP)
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AP - U.S. military successes in Iraq have forced sophisticated and well-trained insurgents to pour into Afghanistan instead, the Afghan defense minister said Tuesday.
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Victory in New Mexico battleground beckoning for Obama
(AFP)
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AFP - New Mexico, a border state with a large Hispanic population that voted for the Republican candidate in 2004, should by rights have been a winnable battleground for John McCain.
