AFP - Vice presidential pick Sarah Palin was Wednesday aiming to quell a raging personal and political storm with her high-stakes primetime speech to the Republican National Convention.
Reuters - Sarah Palin has dominated the
Republican convention for days without saying a word, but on
Wednesday she takes the spotlight with a prime-time speech that
will introduce her to American voters and try to answer
questions about her experience and life story.
AP - A chunk of ice shelf nearly the size of Manhattan has broken away from Ellesmere Island in Canada's northern Arctic, another dramatic indication of how warmer temperatures are changing the polar frontier, scientists said Wednesday.
AP - Hanley Ramirez homered and doubled to lead the Florida Marlins past the Atlanta Braves 5-3 Wednesday in front of an incredibly sparse crowd of just 600 fans.
U.S. professor guilty in military secrets case
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Reuters - A retired professor of electrical
engineering at the University of Tennessee was convicted on
Wednesday of violating U.S. arms export controls and passing
sensitive data to a Chinese national, the U.S. Justice
Department said.
Reuters - President George W. Bush made a
quick visit to Louisiana on Wednesday to survey damage from
Hurricane Gustav as New Orleans officials lifted roadblocks to
allow tens of thousands who fled the city to return despite
widespread power outages.
Cross-dressing thief leaves fake breast behind
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AP - Police in Port St. Lucie are on the lookout for a cross-dressing man who snatched a 74-year-old woman's purse. As if that weren't odd enough, they're depending on a strange clue. The suspect left behind a condom filled with water he had been using as a fake breast.
Reuters - Vice-President Dick Cheney said on
Wednesday the United States had a "deep interest" in the
security of its allies in the Caucasus, while Russia said U.S.
support for Georgia was stirring up instability.
AP - Millions fled the Gulf Coast in fear of Hurricane Gustav, billed as the apocalyptic "mother of all storms." It didn't deliver. Now, with three other storms lining up in the Atlantic, some fear people might not listen next time.
AP - The Justice Department refused to prosecute former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales for improperly — and possibly illegally — storing in his office and home classified information about two of the Bush administration's most sensitive counterterrorism efforts.
AP - Republican John McCain said Tuesday he's satisfied that Sarah Palin's background was properly checked out before the Alaska governor joined the Republican ticket. He predicted that public excitement about her candidacy will increase after her address to the GOP convention on Wednesday.
AP - President Bush, relegated to a minor role at the Republican National Convention, praised John McCain Tuesday night as "ready to lead this nation," a courageous candidate who supported the war in Iraq despite risks to his campaign for the White House.
