Provides the latest RSS feeds for United States News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Las Vegas Herald.com http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/10/id/154063713fe5da1f/ en-us Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:00:14 -0400 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:00:14 -0400 30 Sanya Richards of the United States lowered her 2009 world best over 400 metres at the Bislett Games as she remained in the hunt for athletics' Golden League $1-million jackpot. http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/515111/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:50:06 -0400 Las Vegas Herald.com http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/515111/cs/1/ This happens in the world's oldest democracy as well. Two lawmakers, one accused of corruption and the other of slashing his girlfriend's face with a broken drinking glass, are at the centre of a bizarre 'parliamentary coup' that has paralysed the New York Senate for weeks, stalling action on critical bills. http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/515008/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:50:07 -0400 Las Vegas Herald.com http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/515008/cs/1/ Russia has agreed to allow American troops and weapons to fly over its airspace on the way to Afghanistan, the New York Times reported Saturday. http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/514963/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:40:13 -0400 Las Vegas Herald.com http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/514963/cs/1/ 'New York', the first big Bollywood film to hit America after the industry strike, has won good reviews from US media with the New York Times praising its portrayal of problems faced by a Muslim minority. http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/514962/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:40:11 -0400 Las Vegas Herald.com http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/514962/cs/1/ Organisers Friday released the first details of Michael Jackson's public memorial service, confirming that it will take place at the Staples Centre in downtown Los Angeles Tuesday. http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/514928/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:50:03 -0400 Las Vegas Herald.com http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/514928/cs/1/ New York, July 4 : Sarah Palin's daughter's ex-boyfriend Levi Johnston is planning to pen a tell-all book. http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/515174/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:40:10 -0400 Las Vegas Herald.com http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/515174/cs/1/ New York, July 04 : The ring that Kevin Jonas gave to his girlfriend Danielle Deleasa, when he asked for her hand in marriage, has 210 diamonds in it. http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/515168/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:40:05 -0400 Las Vegas Herald.com http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/515168/cs/1/ New York, July 4 : Rock musician Courtney Love is said to have trashed her high-end hotel room at The Inn on Irving Place in just eight hours. http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/515167/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:40:04 -0400 Las Vegas Herald.com http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/515167/cs/1/ New York, July 4 : The US Department of Homeland Security has given three state-of-the-art radiation detectors to the New York Police Department to patrol city streets in search of dirty bombs and other nuclear threats. http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/515154/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:20:03 -0400 Las Vegas Herald.com http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/515154/cs/1/ New York, Jul 4 : American actress Rumer Willis is all set to guest star in the TV series '90210'. http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/515138/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:50:11 -0400 Las Vegas Herald.com http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/515138/cs/1/ New York, July 4 : Sarah Palin's shocking announcement of stepping down as Alaska Governor has doomed her chances of ever becoming a President, Republican insiders have claimed. http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/515130/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:50:03 -0400 Las Vegas Herald.com http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/515130/cs/1/ Edinburgh (Scotland), July 4 : With around eight million viewers watching the Wimbledon semi-final between British tennis hope Andy Murray and American Andy Roddick, experts have estimated that 120 million pounds worth of man hours were lost at work. http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/515126/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:10:05 -0400 Las Vegas Herald.com http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/515126/cs/1/ London, Jul 4 : American record producer Quincy Jones has revealed that he has been left heartbroken over King of Pop Michael Jackson's death. http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/515100/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:50:17 -0400 Las Vegas Herald.com http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/515100/cs/1/ Washington, Jul 4 : American television personality Vanessa Minnillo has revealed that her tummy makes her feel embarrassed. http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/515099/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:50:16 -0400 Las Vegas Herald.com http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/515099/cs/1/ New York, July 04: If sources are to be believed, Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel's relationship is on the rocks. http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/514996/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:20:17 -0400 Las Vegas Herald.com http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/514996/cs/1/ Moscow, July 3 (RIA Novosti) Moscow and Washington will sign deals expanding bilateral military ties and on transit of military supplies via Russia to the American troops in Afghanistan during President Barack Obama's visit to the Russian capital, an official said Friday. http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/514893/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:10:01 -0400 Las Vegas Herald.com http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/514893/cs/1/ The soaring national debt, seen here on the National Debt Clock in New York on Friday, may be the next economic crisis. "Unless we demonstrate a strong commitment to fiscal sustainability in the longe... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25864587/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:19:43 -0400 USA Today http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25864587/ As my grandparents did, those 694 faces from 82 countries repeated the oath spoken by U.S. District Judge Morrison C. England and took the final step to becoming the mosaic of what we call America. http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25864381/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:07:15 -0400 Record Net http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25864381/ I have done some pretty awful things in the name of journalism. I have rushed up to interview mothers who have lost children, husbands who have lost wives, families shattered by a variety of emotional... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25864382/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:36:03 -0400 Politico http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25864382/ "We can either sit back and wait for President Obama to send us a check, or we can take control of our own future," says Alan McGraw, mayor of Round Rock, the Austin suburb that was the second-fastest... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25864416/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:05:31 -0400 ABC News http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25864416/ July 3: The tough economy is taking its toll on Independence Day. With tight local budgets, cities and towns are cutting back on firework shows. NBC’s Ron Mott reports. http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25864588/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:18:36 -0400 MSNBC http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25864588/ to learn more about why owning physical gold is paramount in these highly volatile and unpredictable economic times. Mr. Rose also discusses current domestic and international events and their impa... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25864168/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:05:27 -0400 Earth Times http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25864168/ WASHINGTON — When President Obama talks up the family-friendly vibe at the White House — the nightly family dinners, the flexibility to attend school presentations and join impromptu plu... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25864414/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:44:30 -0400 Gadsden Times http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25864414/ John McCain called for Americans to support Iranian election protesters. The one-time presidential rivals both cited the spirit of the nation's founders in their Fourth of July radio and Internet addr... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25864372/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:19:42 -0400 USA Today http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25864372/ TEHRAN (AP) ― The lawyer for a detained Iranian employee of the British embassy in Tehran says his client has been charged with "acting against national security." http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25864586/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:36:11 -0400 WBZ4 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25864586/ CHIANG MAI, Thailand (AP) ― Thousands of excited visitors flocked Saturday to a zoo in northern Thailand for the first public viewing of a baby panda, which has been featured on Thai front page... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25864585/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:36:10 -0400 WBZ4 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25864585/ SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ― North Korea fired seven ballistic missiles off its eastern coast Saturday, South Korea said, a violation of U.N. resolutions and an apparent message of defiance to the... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25864584/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:36:09 -0400 WBZ4 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25864584/ Several years ago, I moved to South America. During my first few months there, I became fast friends with a local man. He was a wonderful source of help during an otherwise lonely time. After several ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25864380/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:34:52 -0400 Slate http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25864380/ Wasl, the asset management group, owned by Dubai Real Estate Corporation, today announced it has instituted 10 scholarships for UAE nationals to pursue graduate studies in various faculties at the Ame... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25863038/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:18:15 -0400 AME Info http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25863038/ The federal government is launching a campaign to put more stimulus money in the hands of minority-owned businesses, many of them reeling from this historic recession, now in its 20th month. But an of... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25863107/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:09:44 -0400 New America Media http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25863107/ Philadelphia, MISS. -- In the 1960s, when he was a child, James Young used to hide behind the couch in his family home as armed Ku Klux Klan thugs prowled through town terrorizing blacks after nightfa... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25863113/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:14:15 -0400 MSNBC http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25863113/ Two women who were friends of the mother of Danieal Kelly - the 14-year-old girl who died of starvation and neglect in 2006 - were sentenced to probation and community service yesterday for lying to a... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25863111/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:49:39 -0400 Philadelphia Daily News http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25863111/ TEHRAN, Iran (AP) ― A top aide to Iran's supreme leader called the country's main opposition figure a U.S. agent and accused him in an editorial Saturday of committing crimes against the nation... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25863335/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:25:26 -0400 WBZ4 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25863335/ 07/04/2009 ST. LOUIS — For many, nothing feels more patriotic than buying American. The car in the driveway, the television in the living room, the lawn mower used to keep neighbors envious of ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25863039/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:35:38 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25863039/ PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) ― Clashes between tribesmen and Taliban militants left 16 people dead in Pakistan's northwest on Saturday, officials said, in the latest violence between pro-government ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25863336/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:25:25 -0400 WBZ4 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25863336/ MOSCOW (AP) ― Michelle Obama brings her superstar glamor to Moscow this weekend as she accompanies her husband on his summit with the Russian president. http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25863337/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:25:24 -0400 WBZ4 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25863337/ TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) ― Honduras' refusal to restore ousted President Manuel Zelaya despite an appeal by the top envoy for the Americas has put the impoverished nation on a collision cours... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25863339/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:25:24 -0400 WBZ4 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25863339/ YANGON, Myanmar (AP) ― U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he is "deeply disappointed" after the Myanmar junta rejected his second and final request to meet jailed opposition leader Aung Sa... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25863338/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:25:23 -0400 WBZ4 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25863338/ LOS ANGELES: Propofol, a powerful sedative has been recovered from Michael Jackson's home, raising stakes over the role of prescription drugs in the singer's death. The medicine, marketed under ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25863108/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:25:06 -0400 Times of India http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25863108/ WASILLA, Alaska: Even for a nonconformist, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin defies political logic with her sudden, stunning announcement to leave office more than a year early. Supporters and critics ali... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25863109/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:25:05 -0400 Times of India http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25863109/ www.aspendent.com ), a leading provider of denture and dental services, will celebrate the grand opening of its Saratoga Springs office on Thursday, July 16. The office, located at Wilton Plaza, 3057 ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25861288/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:14:58 -0400 PR Web http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25861288/ LOG BACK IN . ---> The Miami Herald is pleased to provide this opportunity to share information, experiences and observations about what's in the news. Some of the comments may be reprinted elsewhe... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25861250/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:11:55 -0400 Miami Herald http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25861250/ DUBLIN, IRELAND, July 04, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Hostelworld.com, the largest online provider of hostel bookings, today announced that 25-year-old Elizabeth Holbrook of Fredericktown, Missouri in ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25861105/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:52:27 -0400 24 / 7 Press Release http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25861105/ Reporting from Bogota, Colombia, and Los Angeles -- For all its miscues at home, General Motors Corp. has built a powerhouse operation in Latin America, where its fuel-efficient vehicles could play a... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25861249/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:45:43 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25861249/ Does your spouse sometimes drive you crazy? Think again: A study published in Friday’s edition of the British Medical Journal finds that people who lived with a partner during middle age had muc... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25861520/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:32:17 -0400 The News Tribune http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25861520/ www.jonathankatzlaw.com Millions of people in the United States have been affected by the economic downturn. Many New Yorkers have lost their jobs, taken pay cuts or had their work hours cut. In th... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25861295/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:52:58 -0400 24 / 7 Press Release http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25861295/ KABUL (AP) ― A blast in eastern Afghanistan killed two American troops and wounded four others Saturday, a U.S. military spokeswoman said. http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25861518/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:04:21 -0400 WBZ4 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25861518/ Editor's Note: Founded in 1999 by Brazilian-born Luis Santana, Reading and Beyond started working with 30 children, tutoring them on literacy and reading comprehension. Over the past decade, the organ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25861516/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:51:19 -0400 New America Media http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25861516/ /PRNewswire/ -- In response to breaking news of drugs reportedly found at the scene of Michael Jackson's death, the American Society of Anesthesiologists releases the following statement: http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25860958/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:15:19 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25860958/ Joy Hoffmaster, a highly recommended Orange County personal trainer for Team Fitness America, is being featured as July's winner due to her excellent client reviews, diversity in training abilities, a... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25860916/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:52:45 -0400 24 / 7 Press Release http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25860916/ West Los Angeles dentist Dr. Neda Naim, has upgraded her equipment to provide patients with clearer X-rays while reducing radiation intake and enhancing patient comfort. Also, with the cutting-edge di... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25861521/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:52:52 -0400 24 / 7 Press Release http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25861521/ TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) ― Honduras will no longer recognize the Organization of American States charter, claiming the diplomatic body attempted to impose "unilateral and indignant resolution... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25861517/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:04:20 -0400 WBZ4 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25861517/ Sarah Palin said yesterday that she is resigning from office at the end of the month, raising speculation that she will focus on a run for the White House in the 2012 race. The former Republi... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25859357/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:40:01 -0400 Belfast Telegraph http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25859357/ Washington, July 3 : While Barrack Obama's job as the President of the United States earns him a cool salary of 400,000 dollars, his top White House staffers are also not doing too badly with almost h... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25859522/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:58:11 -0400 New Kerala http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25859522/ TEGUCIGALPA -- The newly installed Honduran government withdrew from the Organization of American States Friday night, after a tense visit from the hemisphere's top diplomat who urged the return of t... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25859359/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:56:45 -0400 The Miami Herald http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25859359/ WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton congratulated veteran Japanese diplomat Yukiya Amano on Friday on his appointment as the next International Atomic Energy Agency director ge... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25859734/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:10:17 -0400 Japan Today http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25859734/ Federal authorities say a former surgery technician may have exposed thousands of Colorado patients to hepatitis C when she swapped her own dirty syringes for ones filled with a powerful narcotic. (Ju... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25859521/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:06:54 -0400 Gadsden Times http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25859521/ Snug in sweat shirts aboard the top floor of a double-decker bus, Ian Haskell pointed out to his sons the iconic images of the area he grew up in as their ride wrapped around downtown Chicago.Four-yea... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25859272/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:26:27 -0400 Chicago Tribune http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25859272/ KCNC-TV Local Coverage A scrub tech at Rose Medical Center is accused of switching narcotic-filled syringes in operating rooms with dirty saline-filled syringes. Thousands of patients may be at risk f... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25859730/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:51:37 -0400 WBZ4 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25859730/ (6/30/2009) Rob Johnson doubled home two runs in the 11th inning and the Seattle Mariners beat the Boston Red Sox 7-6 on Friday night. George Kottaras hit his first major-league homer in the bott... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25859733/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:51:34 -0400 WBZ4 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25859733/ WASHINGTON: A robotic version of US President Barack Obama debuted at an event on Friday at the Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. The animated, speaking figure of Obama and some 1,000 newly... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25859520/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:51:19 -0400 Times of India http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25859520/ Sonia Sotomayor brought several discrimination lawsuits in the 1980s that sought to scrap the results of job tests because too few Hispanics scored well. http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25858052/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:18:36 -0400 USA Today http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25858052/ Brian Morgan Dan Jennings, right, and Brad Shaw of Los Angeles Country Club defeated Kelly Miller and David Abell of Pine Valley Golf Club to win the World Club Championship. http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25857417/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:16:21 -0400 Sports Illustrated http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25857417/ LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Los Angeles city officials are planning a massive security operation for Michael Jackson's public memorial service next week, and on Friday urged fans who do not win a ticket i... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25857815/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:04:47 -0400 Reuters http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25857815/ Before the grill gets lit or the fireworks pop, millions of Americans will travel to their holiday destination. But, travelers are down 12 percent from two years ago. Kelly Wallace tells us why. http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25857468/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:02:07 -0400 CBS News http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25857468/ THE 2004 All-Star Game was held at Minute Maid Park in Houston and, even by midsummer classic standards, it had plenty of sparkle. Native son Roger Clemens, representing the hometown Astros, was the ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25857820/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:50:16 -0400 Philadelphia Daily News http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25857820/ (AP) — As of Friday, July 3, 2009, at least 642 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, acco... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25857818/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:49:39 -0400 New Jersey Online http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25857818/ ROCK HILL, S.C. -- A shuttered mill in northwestern South Carolina has caught fire, spewing clouds of dense, black smoke visible for miles. The mill housing the former Rock Hill Printing & Finish... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25858053/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:19:04 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25858053/ Federal Judge Sonia Sotomayor makes remarks after being named by U.S. President Barack Obama as his choice to replace retiring Justice David Souter on the Supreme Court during an announcement in the E... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25858051/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:59:36 -0400 CBS 2 Chicago http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25858051/ Roger Federer of Switzerland smiles during the men's singles semi final match against Tommy Haas of Germany on Day Eleven of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships on July 3, 2009, in London. http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25858046/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:26:29 -0400 WBZ4 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25858046/ (Ecco; 400 pages; $29.99) The French philosopher-historian Michel Foucault insisted that all history is history of the present. When we reimagine the past, we do so with the concerns and hopes of our ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25857608/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:38:01 -0400 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25857608/ CANCUN, Mexico (AP) ― As swine flu runs rampant in the Southern Hemisphere winter, world health experts are concerned that some hard-hit countries have been reluctant to take forceful measures ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25858047/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:26:26 -0400 WBZ4 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25858047/ SEA ISLE CITY, N.J. — Mike Monichetti is on his stool, thinking. This is where Mike always is at Mike's Seafood in Sea Isle City — on the stool behind the counter, against the wall on the... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25857819/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:50:13 -0400 Philadelphia Daily News http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25857819/ DETROIT -- The mayor of Detroit is firing the city's police chief, a person familiar with the situation said Friday. The person told the Associated Press that Mayor Dave Bing has told Police Chief Ja... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25857487/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:19:04 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25857487/ American gun and drug smuggler Evans Matan was sentenced to a decade behind bars in the U.S. this week for helping to bring 228 kilos of cocaine and three firearms into B.C.Matan, a 36-year-old skate-... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25857785/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:15:07 -0400 Vancouver Sun http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25857785/ This is just the latest in a number of cases of infant abandonment in Maryland, reports CBS station WJZ-TV in Baltimore. A trail of blood surrounds the scene of what many call a sad and shocking cri... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25858042/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:26:33 -0400 WBZ4 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25858042/ Miami -- Crouching in a cage under a banner that reads, "Give Animals in Zoos Their Independence," and wearing a sexy American-flag bikini, a PETA member will show visitors at the Miami MetroZoo on Sa... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25858050/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:50:08 -0400 PETA http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25858050/ A Lexington family is searching for a missing 68-year-old man who does not speak English. Chasoo Choi went for a walk Friday around 8:30 a.m. and never returned, police say. Choi is a Korean Nat... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25858048/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:26:25 -0400 WBZ4 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25858048/ (6/30/2009) Red Sox third baseman Mike Lowell, on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right hip, said Friday that he feels like he could play now. Lowell had fluid drained from his hip Monda... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25858049/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:26:24 -0400 WBZ4 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25858049/ Fire was set to cover up shooting, U.S. Navy says Seaman August Provost's death being investigated as homicide Congressman calls for investigation of possible hate crime Body was discovered at 3:30 a.... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25855611/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:33:03 -0400 CNN http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25855611/ South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford left the state again but, this time, with permission to visit his family. Back at home, members of his own party call for his resignation. Mark Strassmann reports. http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25856293/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:18:25 -0400 CBS News http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25856293/ ' } ] PageVars.set('title', escape("Recession Puts Breaks on Holiday Travel - CBSNews")); PageVars.set('description', escape("A lot of Americans are spending the holiday weekend out of town, but w... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25855534/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:18:24 -0400 CBS News http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25855534/ By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - December 2006 - Gov. Sarah Palin, a former mayor of Wasilla City, Alaska, becomes governor of her state after defeating an incumbent governor of her own party in the prima... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25856289/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:36:01 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25856289/ At a Tea Party in Atlanta in April, Dwight Alcala of Kennesaw, Ga., protested government taxation and spending. The event was one of as many as 700 such protests around the US this year. http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25856286/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:52:30 -0400 Christian Science Monitor http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25856286/ This Fourth of July is coming in with more of a whimper than a bang. But, as Katie Couric comments, the celebration of freedom does not need costly festivities to be fun. http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25856291/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:18:28 -0400 CBS News http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25856291/ Former president Theodore Roosevelt preserved 230 million acres of land while in office. This summer, while millions visit national parks in the U.S., remember to think of Roosevelt's significant cont... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25856296/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:18:21 -0400 CBS News http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25856296/ (7/1/2009) Hampton Beach businesses are hoping that this holiday weekend will help give a much needed jumpstart to kick off the summer season. Doc Noel, from the Hampton Chamber of Commerce, says... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25856283/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:48:20 -0400 WBZ4 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25856283/ CALGARY, Alberta (AP) ― The head of U.S. Central Command warned Friday that the thousands of American troops surging into Afghanistan's turbulent Helmand province to battle the Taliban are in f... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25856285/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:48:20 -0400 WBZ4 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25856285/ (4/29/2009) The state Registry of Motor Vehicles is closing 11 branches statewide and opening five new branches in a move it says will save $1.7 million annually. The branch closings will begin t... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25856284/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:48:20 -0400 WBZ4 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25856284/ (5/26/2009) A New York Police Department rookie just couldn't wait to get started. One of the NYPD's newest officers made his first arrest Thursday just minutes after graduating from the Police A... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25856282/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:48:19 -0400 WBZ4 http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25856282/ (AP) — LOGAN, Utah - Somewhere among the beakers and the bubbling green-tinged tanks in this Utah State University lab, Jeff Muhs is searching for champion pond scum for the U.S. government. I... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25855974/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:06:23 -0400 New Jersey Online http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25855974/ Michelle Kwan will skate before an audience for the first time in three years when she joins world champion Kim Yu-Na in Ice All-Stars 2009 in Seoul, South Korea, in August. The five-time world champ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25855903/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:32:59 -0400 CBC News http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25855903/ Police today arrested a woman who they said helped plan the execution-style killings of Rian Thal and Timothy Gilmore, and who let the three shooters into Thal's Northern Liberties apartment building ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25855975/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:06:50 -0400 Philadelphia Daily News http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25855975/ REGINA — United Airlines twice daily service to Regina was officially inaugurated Friday, with a visit from Canada's consul general in Denver, former Leader-Post political columnist Dale Eisler.Whil... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25855514/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:18:00 -0400 Leader-Post http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25855514/ Yereth RosenFormer US Democratic vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin last night announced she will resign this month as the governor of Alaska and not run for re-election, leading to speculation s... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25855436/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:09:09 -0400 The Herald http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25855436/ (3/18/2009) It's no holiday for those battling over the state budget. Lawmakers are maneuvering to override the governor's budget veto, but Governor Pat Quinn is taking on a powerful new ally. ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25856288/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:15:47 -0400 CBS 2 Chicago http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25856288/ Unauthorised trading in oil futures in London and the corridors of power in the US Congress may not seem to have much in common. But London’s markets have become easy targets for US lawmakers eager ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25856280/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:45:05 -0400 Financial Times http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25856280/ CHICAGO, July 3 (Xinhua) -- homicides in Chicago decreased nearly 13 percent through June and the city saw a greater than 10 percent drop in overall crime, compared to the same time period last year, ... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25856297/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:43:51 -0400 SINA http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25856297/ Terrified residents canceled Fourth of July plans and holed up in their homes Friday as investigators hunted a serial killer believed to have shot four people to death. http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25853713/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:53:56 -0400 ABC News http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25853713/ US Marines patrolled in the Garmsir District of Helmand Province Friday. Thousands of marines have pushed deeper into the province as part of a major offensive aimed at ousting the Taliban from the a... http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25853617/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:26:11 -0400 Christian Science Monitor http://story.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/25853617/