Fay may strengthen and hit Florida again (AP)
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:17:12 GMT
AP - Tropical Storm Fay continued its erratic path Wednesday reaching the coast and headed for the Atlantic Ocean, where it could strengthen and curve back toward Florida — possibly as a hurricane.

McCain, Obama to silence critical ads on Sept. 11 (AP)
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:41:02 GMT
AP - Presidential contenders Barack Obama and John McCain plan to pull ads on Sept. 11 that criticize each other, a respite from the political fray to honor the anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks.

Russia moves toward pullback but shows strength (AP)
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:17:48 GMT
AP - Russia took the first steps toward a troop pullback from Georgia on Tuesday but at the same time paraded blindfolded and bound Georgian prisoners on armored vehicles and seized four U.S. Humvees.

Richards, Jones squander chances at Olympic gold (AP)
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:20:56 GMT
AP - Lolo Jones was supposed to take the Olympic 100-meter hurdles title. Other entrants knew it. Jones knew it. Even told herself so right before the start, mouthing, "I can win this race," when she was introduced to the crowd.

Study finds minorities more likely to be paddled (AP)
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:21:40 GMT
AP - Paddlings, swats, licks. A quarter of a million schoolchildren got them last year — and blacks, American Indians and kids with disabilities got a disproportionate share of the punishment, according to a study by a human rights group.

Obama and veep choice to campaign on Saturday (AP)
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:13:46 GMT
AP - Barack Obama's newly minted running mate will join the Democratic hopeful onstage Saturday at a rally in this capital city where Obama launched his White House bid, a campaign official said.

Trace arsenic in water may be linked with diabetes (AP)
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:23:20 GMT
AP - A new analysis of government data is the first to link low-level arsenic exposure, possibly from drinking water, with Type 2 diabetes, researchers say. The study's limitations make more research necessary. And public water systems were on their way to meeting tougher U.S. arsenic standards as the data were collected.

DMB sax player dies at 46 from ATV wreck injuries (AP)
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:37:00 GMT
AP - LeRoi Moore, the versatile saxophonist whose signature staccato fused jazz and funk overtones onto the eclectic sound of the Dave Matthews Band, died Tuesday of complications from injuries he suffered in an all-terrain vehicle accident, the band said. He was 46.

AP NewsBreak: Umpires refuse replay call with MLB (AP)
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:24:19 GMT
AP - Umpires want baseball to take another look at instant replay. Umps said their governing board voted Tuesday to boycott a conference call with management intended to discuss implementing replay and are angry that their concerns aren't being addressed.

Researcher says bigfoot just a rubber gorilla suit (AP)
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:22:39 GMT
AP - Turns out Bigfoot was just a rubber suit. Two researchers on a quest to prove the existence of Bigfoot say that the carcass encased in a block of ice — handed over to them for an undisclosed sum by two men who claimed to have found it — was slowly thawed out, and discovered to be a rubber gorilla outfit.