Analysis: Obama treated like a president on tour |
| | | Maybe the foreign leaders Barack Obama met with on his mid-campaign overseas trip were merely hedging their bets and don't believe he will win the White House this fall. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Provisions of housing-mortgage relief bill |
| | | The housing bill Congress plans to send President Bush would: --Give the Federal Housing Administration $300 billion in new lending authority and relax standards to provide affordable, fixed-rate mortgages to an estimated 400,000 debt-ridden homeowners. Any losses would be covered by an affordable housing fund financed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac , the government-sponsored companies that finance mortgages. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Australian investigators examine hole in jumbo jet |
| | | Australian investigators on Saturday began examining a Qantas jumbo jet which had to make an emergency landing after a large hole opened on its fuselage, a Philippine aviation official said. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Joba dominates Red Sox as Yankees win 7th straight |
| | | Joba Chamberlain dominated the Boston Red Sox with his best major league start and the surging New York Yankees moved two games behind their longtime rivals with a 1-0 victory Friday night. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Snapper Plays Holiday Host To PM? |
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15 did, 100 hurt as blasts hit western India |
| | | At least 15 people were killed and another 100 wounded when a series of small explosions hit the western Indian city of Ahmadabad on Saturday, a day after seven similar blasts struck a southern city. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Mass Cash |
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Senior ministers get behind Brown |
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Heavy rains kill 7 people in SKorea |
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Storm damage checked in Maine |
| | | Experts confirm that it was indeed a tornado that swept through nine towns in central New Hampshire, killing a woman in her home and causing widespread destruction. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Bodies found in Missing R.I. couple's back yard |
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Senate Republicans block heating aid bill |
| | | Republicans on Saturday blocked the Senate from considering a bill next week that would nearly double federal aid to help the poor pay heating and air-conditioning bills. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 488 |
| | | As of Friday, July 25, 2008, at least 488 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures July 19 at 10 a.m. EDT. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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FCC approves satellite radio merger in 3-2 vote |
| | | Federal regulators have formally approved the merger of the nation's only two satellite radio operators, ending a 16-month-long drama closely watched by Washington and Wall Street. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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2 school buses crash on NY highway; minor injuries |
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AG sues Mo. funeral home over mishandled bodies |
| | | The attorney general's office on Friday accused a mid-Missouri funeral home of improperly handling bodies, including storing one body in an electrical room for 10 months without being embalmed or refrigerated. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Ex-legislator, Maine gubernatorial nominee dies |
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US woman gets asylum in Costa Rica |
| | | A Texas woman wanted by the FBI for international parental kidnapping has been awarded asylum in Costa Rica and cannot be extradited to the United States. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Nuclear dispute dogs US ties with New Zealand |
| | | Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Saturday that a lingering nuclear dispute between the United States and New Zealand ought to be overcome to focus on a new era of cooperation in the Pacific and elsewhere. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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FCC poised to punish Comcast for traffic blocking |
| | | A majority of members of the Federal Communications Commission have cast votes in favor of punishing Comcast Corp. for blocking subscribers' Internet traffic, an agency official said Friday. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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