Ike hits Cuba as dangerous Category 3 hurricane (AP)
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:11:11 GMT
AP - Hurricane Ike's winds and massive storm surge ripped apart houses and toppled trees Monday as the deadly storm roared across Cuba toward Havana and its historic but decaying old buildings.

US Government takes over mortgage giants (AP)
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:51:58 GMT
AP - The Bush administration's seizure of troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is potentially a $200 billion bet that it will help reverse a prolonged housing and credit crisis.

US re-examines Afghan civilian deaths from attack (AP)
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:29:24 GMT
AP - The U.S. military said Sunday it has new evidence about civilian casualties from an American attack that Afghanistan says killed scores of women and children and it is sending a senior officer to the country to review its initial finding that no more than seven civilians died.

Ike's floods kill 58, add insult to Haiti's misery (AP)
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 02:00:37 GMT
AP - Haitians took to their roofs to escape rising floodwaters for the second time in a week on Sunday as squalls from Hurricane Ike killed 58 people and collapsed a bridge that cut the last land route into the starving city of Gonaives.

McCain takes on GOP and Bush along with Obama (AP)
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 02:03:50 GMT
AP - Barack Obama isn't John McCain's only opponent. Sometimes McCain sounds like he's running almost as hard against President Bush and the Republican Party as he is against Obama, his Democratic rival for the White House.

Owner: Ride's over at Coney Island amusement park (AP)
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:43:53 GMT
AP - When reports circulated over the weekend of a last-minute deal to keep Coney Island's historic Astroland amusement park open for another year, owner Carol Hill Albert was not amused.

AP IMPACT: Liver disease plagues obese adolescents (AP)
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:02:40 GMT
AP - In a new and disturbing twist on the obesity epidemic, some overweight teenagers have severe liver damage caused by too much body fat, and a handful have needed liver transplants.

Britney sweeps at otherwise tame VMAs (AP)
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:42:09 GMT
AP - It took a year, but Britney Spears got the comeback she was seeking from the MTV Video Music Awards — and she didn't even have to sing or dance.

Serena Williams beats Jankovic for 3rd Open title (AP)
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:12:57 GMT
AP - Serena Williams flung her racket straight up and jumped for joy, hopping and skipping and screaming and generally looking like someone who had just won her first U.S. Open title or earned her debut at No. 1.

Brady suffers knee injury, Pats beat Chiefs 17-10 (AP)
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:48:02 GMT
AP - Tom Brady screamed. The fans went quiet. The seemingly indestructible star of the New England Patriots lay on the ground, clutching his left knee. The NFL's reigning MVP and three-time Super Bowl champion was done for the day — at least.