| | Keys residents weigh evacuation, Gulf Coast next?
6:01PM CT
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) - With powerful Hurricane Ike on an uncertain course toward the Gulf of Mexico, many on these low-lying islands took a wait-and-see approach to evacuation orders Sunday, perhaps a harbinger of the attitudes to come from Louisiana and Texas residents returning from an arduous evacuation and already showing signs of "hurricane fatigue." | | |
 Fannie, Freddie deal helps some borrowers, not all
5:59PM CT
NEW YORK (AP) - The government's historic bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on Sunday will be good news to homebuyers and some homeowners hoping to refinance if it leads to lower mortgage rates, as experts expect. | | |
AP IMPACT: Liver disease plagues obese adolescents
11:09AM CT
TRENTON, N.J. (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. | | |
Once-powerful Pa. senator faces long fraud trial
12:39PM CT
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A longtime power broker in Pennsylvania politics earned nearly $100,000 a year as a state senator, up to $1 million a year as a rainmaking lawyer and millions more from the sale of a family bank. | | |
 Owner: Ride's over at Coney Island amusement park
5:29PM CT
NEW YORK (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. | | |
 Much has changed in Wash. elections since 2004
12:04PM CT
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Washington state's last governor's race ended in controversy with three counts, a court challenge and an astonishingly close margin of victory for the current governor. | | |
Afghan tribal leader set for trial in NYC
12:07PM CT
NEW YORK (AP) - By his own account, former Afghan tribal leader Bashir Noorzai resisted the Soviet Union's invasion of his country three decades ago, then put down his weapons when U.S. forces showed up following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. | | |
SF Bay area officer, 2 others killed in gun fight
Sep 6 2008 10:40PM CT
MARTINEZ, Calif. (AP) - Three people including a police officer are dead after a reported domestic disturbance at a hair salon turned into a gun fight, police in this San Francisco Bay area community said Saturday. | | |
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