Archive for October 22nd, 2007
Judge calls mistrial in Islamic charity case (Reuters)
Monday, October 22nd, 2007 Posted in Top stories | No Comments »
Reuters - A District judge declared a mistrial on Monday on most of the counts against an Islamic charity and several men linked to it who were accused of illegally ... Read more..Apple 4Q earnings beat analyst views (AP)
Monday, October 22nd, 2007 Posted in Top stories | No Comments »
AP - Apple Inc.'s fiscal fourth-quarter profits jumped 67 percent and easily beat Wall Street expectations, capping a record-breaking year that saw unprecedented momentum in its Mac business, ceaseless consumer ... Read more..Calif. fires displace more than 250,000 (AP)
Monday, October 22nd, 2007 Posted in Top stories | No Comments »
AP - Wildfires fanned by fierce desert winds consumed huge swaths of bone-dry Southern California on Monday, burning dozens of buildings and threatening hundreds more from Malibu to San Diego, ... Read more..Hundreds of thousands flee California wildfires (AFP)
Monday, October 22nd, 2007 Posted in Top stories | No Comments »
AFP - Hundreds of thousands of people fled as out-of-control wind-whipped wildfires raged across California on Monday, threatening homes and stretching emergency services to breaking point. More: continued here Read more..Bin Laden asks Iraq insurgents to unite (AP)
Monday, October 22nd, 2007 Posted in Top stories | No Comments »
AP - Osama bin Laden called for Iraqi insurgents to unite and avoid divisive "extremism," speaking in an audiotape aired Monday and apparently intended to win over Sunnis opposed to ... Read more..Violence in Iraq drops sharply: Ministry (Reuters)
Monday, October 22nd, 2007 Posted in Top stories | No Comments »
Reuters - Violence in Iraq has dropped by 70 percent since the end of June, when U.S. forces completed their build-up of 30,000 extra troops to stabilize the war-torn country, ... Read more..Bin Laden urges Iraq rebel unity (Reuters)
Monday, October 22nd, 2007 Posted in Top stories | No Comments »
Reuters - Osama bin Laden urged insurgent groups in Iraq to unite, saying divisions only helped the enemy, in an audio recording aired by Al Jazeera television on Monday. More: ... Read more..Bush asks for $46 billion more for wars (AP)
Monday, October 22nd, 2007 Posted in Top stories | No Comments »
AP - President Bush asked Congress for $46 billion more to bankroll wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and said he wants the money approved by Christmas. The fighting in Iraq, ... Read more..Alzheimer’s memory loss faster among well-educated (Reuters)
Monday, October 22nd, 2007 Posted in Top stories | No Comments »
Reuters - Having more years of formal education delays the memory loss linked to Alzheimer's disease, but once the condition begins to take hold, better-educated people decline more rapidly, researchers ... Read more..Turkey sends more troops to Iraq border (AP)
Monday, October 22nd, 2007 Posted in Top stories | No Comments »
AP - Dozens of Turkish military vehicles streamed toward the Iraqi border with heavy artillery and ammunition Monday after Kurdish guerrillas killed a dozen soldiers and claimed to have captured ... Read more..