Pilots complain airlines restrict fuel to cut cost

Pilots are complaining that their airline bosses, desperate to cut costs, are forcing them to fly uncomfortably low on fuel. Complete Story...

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US calls for cease-fire in South Ossetia

The United States on Friday pushed for an immediate cease-fire in a fast-unfolding conflict between Russia and Georgia over the breakaway Georgian province of South Ossetia.

White supremacists hope Obama win prompts backlash

They're not exactly rooting for Barack Obama, but prominent white supremacists anticipate a boost to their cause if he becomes the first black president. His election, they say, would trigger a backlash — whites rising up, a revolution of sorts — that they think is long overdue.

US weighs stepped-up military forays into Pakistan

Top Bush administration officials are pressing the president to direct U.S. troops in Afghanistan to be more aggressive in pursuing militants into Pakistan on foot as part of a proposed radical shift in regional counterterrorism strategy, The Associated Press has learned.

McCain seeks to define himself and Obama

John McCain's efforts to define Barack Obama have been well cataloged in recent days, from the substantive (calling Obama a tax raiser slow to offer an energy plan) to the silly (comparing the Illinois senator to Britney Spears and Paris Hilton.)

Gates endorses big expansion of Afghan army

Defense Secretary Robert Gates has endorsed a new five-year, $17 billion plan to increase the size of the Afghan army by about 50,000 troops.

Man held in Fla. on charge of threatening Obama

A man who authorities said was keeping weapons and military-style gear in his hotel room and car appeared in court Thursday on charges he threatened to assassinate Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.

Official says new rules are not anti-birth control

Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt attempted to ease concerns Thursday that the Bush administration is planning to issue new rules that would limit women's access to birth control.

Seized library computers may hold Ivins clues

Computers seized last week from a Frederick, Md., library may hold clues about the 2001 anthrax letters and the Army scientist accused of mailing them, the FBI said Thursday.

Recalls: grills, light fixtures, blenders, toys

The following recalls have been announced:

Incumbent Tenn. congressman loses primary

Being linked to "big oil" turned into a big problem for Tennessee Republican freshman Rep. David Davis, who became the first congressman from that state to lose in a primary in more than four decades.

Judge says Indians owed $455M in trust case

A federal judge ruled Thursday that American Indian plaintiffs are entitled to $455 million in a long-running trust case, a fraction of the $47 billion they wanted.

McCain campaign to return 50K in donations

John McCain's campaign said Thursday it is returning $50,000 in contributions solicited by a foreign citizen. The move follows the disclosure that the money was being raised by a Jordanian man who is a business partner of prominent Florida Republican Harry Sargeant III, who has collected hundreds of thousands of dollars for McCain.

Trash soils Bush pledge to protect islands

Two years ago with fanfare, President Bush declared a remote chain of Hawaiian islands the biggest, most environmentally protected area of ocean in the world.

Bolten, Miers ask judge to delay subpoena

Planning appeals, White House chief of staff Joshua Bolten and former White House counsel Harriet Miers asked a judge on Thursday to delay enforcement of his ruling that they must testify before Congress.

McCain calls for probe of company he once aided

Republican John McCain called Thursday for a federal investigation into plans by the DHL shipping company that could cost 10,000 jobs here, as he and his campaign manager took criticism for helping DHL complete a key corporate merger in 2003.

US: Scientist in anthrax case sorority-obsessed

Among the many details that have emerged about Bruce Ivins, a deeply troubled Army scientist suspected in the anthrax attacks in 2001, few are as strange as his apparent obsession with the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority.

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Publisher Threatened For Anti-War and 9/11 Views

Source: Truthseeker

Mike Whitney – Fly by News August 6, 2008 My friend Tom Feeley is in Big trouble. He runs the web site informationclearinghouse.info which updates "news you won't find in the corporate media" every day. The site is strongly anti-war.

Lest History Forget...

Source: Daily Kos

As the Bush administration winds down, and the tendency to lay blame for all of the woes that this country faces at his feet, there are others that participated in this eight year pergatory. Read a great opinion piece on this subject.....

Army Recruiter Threatens High School Student with Jail Time | War on Iraq | AlterNet

Source: AlterNet.org

As the wars drag on in Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. military is increasingly desperate to get recruits. A story involving an Army recruiter in Texas last week has now led to a bipartisan call for an investigation.

Exxon [Hearts] Obama

Source: ABC News Blogs

McCain has received three times more money from the oil industry in general -- $1.3 million for McCain compared to approximately $394,000 for Obama.

Supremacists hope for boost from Obama win

Source: MSNBC

They're not exactly rooting for the Democratic candidate, but prominent white supremacists anticipate the election of the first black president �would trigger a backlash of whites rising up.

Mongo Politics the new GOP

Source: The New York Times

What I mean, instead, is that know-nothingism — the insistence that there are simple, brute-force, instant-gratification answers to every problem, and that there's something effeminate and weak about anyone who suggests otherwise — has become the core of Republican policy a …

Republican Family Values 101

Source: The St Louis Post Dispatch

Missouri state Rep. Scott Muschany, R-Frontenac, was indicted in connection with a reported sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl on May 17, the day after this year's Legislative session ended. The alleged victim is the daughter of a state employee.

Top 9 Best New Drugs

Source: The San Francisco Chronicle

#1: Scientists at the Ronald Wilson Reagan School for Pschyoeconomic Paroxysms have reportedly developed a new drug that, after just a few weeks, induces random bouts of forgetfulness combined with the ability to reverse ideological direction in an instant, most notably when lar …

McCain Gets His Hamdan Facts Wrong, Falsely Claims He Was Found Guilty Of 'Supplying Weapons' In Afghanistan

Source: Think Progress

On Wednesday, a military jury at Guantanamo Bay found Osama bin Laden's former driver, Salim Hamdan, guilty of material support for terrorism in the first "contested" U.S. military war crimes trial since World War II.

Seven years ago today, Bush received 'Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S.' memo.

Source: Think Progress

Today marks seven years since the day President Bush received a President's Daily Brief entitled "Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S." At the time, Bush was vacationing at his ranch in Crawford, TX and stayed on vacation the rest of August 2001.

The Early Word: Clintons at the Convention - New York Times Blog

Source: The New York Times

Both Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and former President Bill Clinton will have speaking roles at the Democratic National Convention later this month, but of course, they won't be making the speeches they had once hoped to give. More Articles

Why McCain would be a mediocre president

Source: MarketWatch.com

Since last January, Sen. Obama's fitness for the presidency has been the only question that matters in American politics. The pollsters and pundits agree that if Obama can show the voters that he's up to the job, he'll win.

Fox's Kilmeade claimed Bush "never even said there's a link between Al Qaeda and Iraq"

Source: Media Matters for America

On Fox & Friends, Brian Kilmeade falsely claimed that "the president of the United States never even said there's a link between Al Qaeda and Iraq," and that "[t]hat wasn't the premise for going in there." In fact, President Bush repeatedly said there was such a link, and that th …

Know-Nothing Politics: How "Real men don't think things through" has become the de facto slogan of the Republican Party

Source: The New York Times

So the G.O.P. has found its issue for the 2008 election. For the next three months the party plans to keep chanting: "Drill here! Drill now! Drill here! Drill now! Four legs good, two legs bad!" O.K., I added that last part.

Fast-food moratorium is meddling

Source: The L.A. Times

Los Angeles City Council member Jan Perry wants to make sure that the people living in a 32-square-mile area of South Los Angeles don't eat the wrong things.

New McCain Ad Built Out Of 100% Fear And 0% Facts

Source:

he's using the whole "celebrity" theme again…as if McCain hasn't been featured on numerous magazine covers. Seriously John, you need to quit pulling the jealous schoolgirl act. It's wearing thin.

Georgia on brink of war with Russia. By Roman Olearchyk in Kiev, Charles Clover in Moscow. August 8 2008 13:46

Source: FT.com

Georgia warned on Friday that Moscow and Tbilisi would be in "a state of war" if reports of Russian tanks, military trucks and troops entering South Ossetia proved true.

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