Edwards' future political impact lost with affair
RALEIGH, N.C. - John Edwards lost a prime-time speaking slot at the Democratic National Convention. He likely blew a chance at a possible Cabinet post in a Barack Obama administration. And he may very well have lost any hope of being the voice for America's poor and forgotten.
Nations:U.S. People:Barack Obama John Edwards John Kerry Al Gore Activities:John Edwards Sex Scandal
2008-08-12
Edouard hits Texas coast with strong wind, rain
GALVESTON, Texas - Tropical Storm Edouard hit the Texas Gulf coast east of Galveston on Tuesday with strong winds and rain but was expected to weaken as it makes its way inland during the day.
Nations:U.S. Mexico People:Rick Perry Source:(AP)
2008-08-05
Tropical storm looms off Texas-Louisiana coast
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Edouard churned across the Gulf of Mexico on Monday and has a one in five chance of hitting the Texas coast on Tuesday as a hurricane, U.S. forecasters said.
Nations:U.S. Mexico Activities:2005 Hurricane Katrina Source:(Reuters)
2008-08-04
Tropical Storm Edouard moving toward Texas coast
NEW ORLEANS - Emergency teams were activated as residents along the Gulf of Mexico prepared to get hit with another strong storm for the second time in less than a month.
Nations:U.S. Mexico Source:(AP)
2008-08-04
Americans' unhappy birthday: 'Too much wrong right now'
Even folks in the Optimist Club are having a tough time toeing an upbeat line these days.
Nations:U.S. People:Bob Dylan Activities:2005 Hurricane Katrina 2008 U.S. Recession
2008-07-05
Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Fla. coast
PENSACOLA, Fla. - Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide.
Nations:U.S. People:John McCain Activities:2007-8 Oil Crisis Source:(AP)
2008-07-05
The Floods: A Manmade Disaster?
On March 4, three Midwestern University professors wrote to warn the Army Corps of Engineers that its concrete navigation structures in the Mississippi River were intensifying floods, and that its plans to build more wingdikes and weirs would "exacerbate a severe and growing problem." They called some of the structures - designed to scour out the river's bottom so that barges could pass - "loaded cannons pointing at St. Louis and East St. Louis, waiting to go off in the next flood." Citing "clear and unequivocal data" from a dozen peer-reviewed articles, they declared that "the time to ask these questions is now, and not in the aftermath of the next great flood."
Nations:U.S. Activities:2008 U.S. Midwest Flood Source:(Time)
2008-06-26
Everything seemingly is spinning out of control
WASHINGTON - Is everything spinning out of control? Midwestern levees are bursting. Polar bears are adrift. Gas prices are skyrocketing. Home values are abysmal. Air fares, college tuition and health care border on unaffordable. Wars without end rage in Iraq, Afghanistan and against terrorism.
Nations:U.S. People:Roger Clemens Barack Obama John McCain Barry Bonds Hillary Clinton Activities:2008 Airlines Downturn Global Food Crisis 2008 U.S. Midwest Flood 2007-8 Oil Crisis 2007 Baseball Doping Scandal 2005 Hurricane Katrina
2008-06-22
Officials say Obama starts search for running mate
Likely Democratic nominee Barack Obama has begun a top-secret search for a running mate, fresh signs that the general election campaign is well under way and the primary race against Hillary Rodham Clinton is basically over.
Nations:U.S. People:Hillary Clinton Kathleen Sebelius Mitt Romney Evan Bayh Jim Webb Christopher Dodd Activities:US Election 2008
2008-05-22
Democrats favored in electoral map
The electoral road to the White House favors Democrats this fall -- either Barack Obama or Hillary Rodham Clinton -- and has Republican John McCain playing defense to thwart a presidential power shift.
Nations:U.S. People:John McCain Bill Clinton Barack Obama John Kerry Hillary Clinton Activities:US Election 2008
2008-04-26
Many states appear to be in recession as deficits grow
The finances of many states have deteriorated so badly that they appear to be in a recession, regardless of whether that's true for the nation as a whole, a survey of all 50 state fiscal directors concludes.
Nations:U.S. Activities:2008 U.S. Recession
2008-04-25
McCain Vows War on Poverty, Says Nation in Recession
April 23 (Bloomberg) -- Republican John McCain, saying the nation is in a recession and ``families are hurting,'' retraced Lyndon Johnson's steps in eastern Kentucky and pledged to mount a war on poverty different from that waged by the former Democratic president.
Nations:U.S. People:John McCain John Edwards George W. Bush Bill Clinton Activities:2008 U.S. Recession US Election 2008 2005 Hurricane Katrina
2008-04-23
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