Clinton expects victory in West Virginia but it won't change Obama's lead
May 13, 2008 - 7:33 pm
WASHINGTON - Hillary Clinton was poised for a big win in West Virginia on Tuesday, providing a morale boost but a hollow victory that would likely do little to halt Barack Obama's steady march to the Democratic nomination. It's one of the few high points left for Clinton, beyond a ...
Chile to help volcano victims return to homes after eruption
May 13, 2008 - 7:31 pm
SANTIAGO, Chile - Chile's government will give victims of an erupting volcano cash, tax relief and financial help rebuilding their farms and businesses in a bid to get them to return to their homes, the interior minister said Tuesday. The Chaiten volcano began erupting on May 2, forcing ...
Rebuilding unlikely in tornado-ravaged Oklahoma town, officials say
May 13, 2008 - 7:29 pm
PICHER, Okla. - No government money will be awarded for rebuilding any of the 114 homes levelled by a deadly tornado that tore through one of the country's most polluted areas, state and federal officials said Tuesday on a tour of the region. Saturday's tornado was responsible for seven ...
Florida wildfires tear through 160 homes; police seek arsonists
May 13, 2008 - 7:06 pm
PALM BAY, Fla. - Investigators searched Tuesday for one or more arsonists behind a string of stubborn wildfires that have destroyed or damaged more than 160 homes on Florida's Atlantic coast. Firefighters in Brevard County were trying for the third day to contain fires that have scorched ...
Detroit council takes fist step toward mayor's ouster in sex scandal
May 13, 2008 - 6:48 pm
DETROIT - Detroit's city council has narrowly approved two measures designed to oust Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick from office. The identical 5-4 votes start forfeiture proceedings against Kilpatrick and ask Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm to remove him. The mayor is charged with ...
Sudan says more than 200 killed in the weekend's battle for capital
May 13, 2008 - 6:35 pm
KHARTOUM, Sudan - More than 200 people were killed in fighting around Sudan's capital, the defence minister announced Tuesday, in the first official comment on casualties from last weekend's rebel assault on Khartoum. Defence Minister General Abdul Rahim Mohammed Hussein told parliament ...
Sect mother of newborn not a minor, Texas child welfare officials concede
May 13, 2008 - 6:31 pm
SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Texas child welfare officials conceded Tuesday that a newborn's mother, held in foster care as a minor after being removed from a polygamous sect's ranch, is an adult. A Child Protective Services lawyer told state District Judge Barbara Walther that the mother of a boy ...
Myanmar police block aid workers from storm survivors, food piles up
May 13, 2008 - 6:29 pm
YANGON, Myanmar - Police barred foreign aid workers from reaching cyclone survivors in hard-hit areas Tuesday, while emergency food shipments backed up at the main airport for Myanmar's biggest city. Some survivors were reportedly being given spoiled or poor-quality food rather than ...
Trapped students had little time to escape deadly Chinese quake
May 13, 2008 - 6:24 pm
JUYUAN, China - The high school students were settling in to afternoon arts and humanities classes when the massive quake struck. The school collapsed so rapidly - one floor "pancaking" atop another - that there was practically no time to escape. As orange-suited rescue teams searched the ...
60 people killed, 150 wounded in bombings in western India: police
May 13, 2008 - 6:22 pm
JAIPUR, India - Bombs ripped through crowded parts of this ancient city in western India on Tuesday, killing 60 people and wounding 150, police said. The seven explosions in Jaipur took place in markets and several other areas of the city in Rajasthan, a region dotted with palaces and ...
Death toll in China quake climbs above 12,000; troops reach epicentre area
May 13, 2008 - 6:18 pm
MIANYANG, China - The toll of the dead and missing soared as rescue workers dug through flattened schools and homes on Tuesday in a desperate attempt to find survivors of China's worst earthquake in three decades. The official death toll climbed past 12,000 in Sichuan province, where ...
Pro-McCain televangelist apologizes for anti-Catholic remarks
May 13, 2008 - 6:09 pm
WASHINGTON - John Hagee, an influential Texas televangelist who endorsed John McCain, apologized to Catholics Tuesday for his stinging criticism of the Roman Catholic Church and for having "emphasized the darkest chapters in the history of Catholic and Protestant relations with the ...
China moves quickly to deal with deadly earthquake's aftermath
May 13, 2008 - 6:06 pm
BEIJING - Within 24 hours of China's deadly quake, some 20,000 troops converged on the disaster area to help dig out the dead and injured, and military planes and trucks ferried in another 30,000 reinforcements. The rapid mobilization to stricken Sichuan province reflected the priority ...
U.S. Senate says halt oil shipments to government reserve
May 13, 2008 - 5:38 pm
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate, in a direct challenge to President Bush, voted Tuesday to temporarily halt the shipment of thousands of barrels of oil a day into the government's emergency reserve. Both Democrats and Republicans said such shipments make no sense when oil is costing more than ...
China's most famous panda preserves reported safe a day after earthquake
May 13, 2008 - 3:38 pm
CHENGDU, China - All the pandas at the world's most famous panda preserve were reported safe late Tuesday, more than a day after China's worst earthquake in three decades closed off the remote, mountainous area. The Wolong National Nature Reserve and panda breeding centre is the only place ...
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