AP – Hurricane Alex made landfall on Mexico’s Gulf coast as a powerful Category 2 storm Wednesday, spawning tornadoes in nearby Texas, forcing evacuations in both countries and whipping up high waves that frustrated oil-spill cleanup efforts and pushed crude onto beaches.
AP – Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday about 270,000 vehicles sold worldwide, including luxury Lexus sedans, have faulty engines, but the company did not say whether it would recall the automobiles.
Winds Reach 105 MPH, With Heavy Rains; Oil Spill Cleanup Vessels Sidelined by Hurricane’s Ripple Effects

A recently created Cold Case Unit has brought criminal charges against a California man in the 1989 deaths of four family members in a New Hampshire apartment house arson, authorities said….



AP – Forecasters say the first Atlantic hurricane of the season has made landfall in northeastern Mexico.
The first Atlantic hurricane of the year came ashore in Mexico near the Texas border late Wednesday, flooding roads, forcing several thousand people to evacuate.



Tropical Storm Alex – Tropical cyclone – Gulf Coast of the United States – Mexico – Gulf of Mexico
New Hampshire authorities say a recently created Cold Case Unit has brought criminal charges in the 1989 deaths of four family members in an apartment house arson.



A wildfire burning four miles north of Flagstaff is fully contained after charring more than 15,000 acres.



Al-Qaida is preparing to launch its first online propaganda newspaper in English, a move that could help the terror group recruit inside the U.S. and Europe.



The criminal trial surrounding one of the nation’s deadliest construction-crane collapses has honed in on claims that a worn polyester strap was used and broke at a key point in securing the tow…



AP – Sensitive to election-year resentment over big government, President Barack Obama declared Wednesday he intends to get “our debt and our deficits under control.” With fears alive of a double-dip recession, Obama warned that he won’t slash spending at the expense of the economic rebound.
AP – Cruising toward confirmation, Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan completed grueling Senate questioning Wednesday, unscathed by Republican challenges on abortion, gays in the military and gun rights while sidestepping partisan debate about GOP-named judges pulling the court to the right.
AP – With hurricane-whipped waves pushing more oil onto the Gulf of Mexico’s once-white beaches, the government pinned its latest cleanup hopes Wednesday on a huge new piece of equipment: the world’s largest oil-skimming vessel.
AP – Nearly two years after a Wall Street meltdown left the economy reeling, the House on Wednesday passed a massive overhaul of financial regulations that would extend the government’s reach from storefront thrifts to the executive suites of Manhattan.
AP – An alleged member of a Russian spy ring that authorities say operated under deep cover in America’s suburbs vanished in Cyprus on Wednesday, a day after being released on bail.
AP – Police said Wednesday they are reopening an investigation into a Portland massage therapist’s allegations that former Vice President Al Gore groped her at an upscale hotel in 2006.
AP – Republican Scott Brown owes his election in part to the public furor over the so-called Cornhusker Kickback, the backroom deal that Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska struck for his vote to pass the health care bill. Now he is following Nelson’s example, winning concessions in the financial overhaul bill on behalf of Massachusetts banks.
AP – It wasn’t snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night that stopped Chester Arthur Reed from his appointed round. The mail handler just felt it was time to call it quits at age 95.
AP – Three men face assault charges after they allegedly attacked an off-duty Harrisburg police officer in a dispute over dog waste. Police said brothers Matthew Stauffer, 33, and Daniel Stauffer, 31, attacked police Officer John Doll earlier this month.
AP – Tiger Woods has been interviewed by federal authorities investigating a Canadian doctor accused of distributing human growth hormone, a person familiar with the investigation told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
Two Muslim militants plotted to cause more death and destruction than the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks by blowing up John F. Kennedy International Airport six years later, federal prosecutors said We…



Two Muslim militants plotted to cause more death and destruction than the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks by blowing up John F. Kennedy International Airport six years later, federal prosecutors said We…



Two Muslim militants plotted to cause more death and destruction than the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks by blowing up John F. Kennedy International Airport six years later, federal prosecutors said We…



Police say they are reopening an investigation into allegations by a Portland massage therapist that former Vice President Al Gore groped her at a hotel in 2006.



Police say they are reopening an investigation into allegations by a Portland massage therapist that former Vice President Al Gore groped her at a hotel in 2006.



Police say they are reopening an investigation into allegations by a Portland massage therapist that former Vice President Al Gore groped her at a hotel in 2006.



Dutchman Joran van der Sloot has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges he tried to extort $250,000 from the mother of a teenager who disappeared during a trip to Aruba.



A suspected teenage burglar from Washington known for daring exploits to evade capture is apparently moving eastward, according to authorities who think they spotted him on a Nebraska airport’s …



First Named Storm of 2010 Now Packing 100 MPH Winds Expected to Hit South of Texas Border Wednesday Night

First Named Storm of 2010 Now Packing 100 MPH Winds Expected to Hit South of Texas Border Wednesday Night

First Named Storm of 2010 Now Packing 100 MPH Winds Expected to Hit South of Texas Border Wednesday Night

Al Qaeda is promoting the online release of its first English magazine, and one of the first guest writers being promised is Anwar Al Alwaki, the American born cleric linked to several terror attacks on the U.S.
Terror Chief Defends Targeting Cleric
Al Qaeda Operative Tied to NYC Plot



Al Qaeda is promoting the online release of its first English magazine, and one of the first guest writers being promised is Anwar Al Alwaki, the American born cleric linked to several terror attacks on the U.S.
Terror Chief Defends Targeting Cleric
Al Qaeda Operative Tied to NYC Plot



Al Qaeda is promoting the online release of its first English magazine, and one of the first guest writers being promised is Anwar Al Alwaki, the American born cleric linked to several terror attacks on the U.S.
Terror Chief Defends Targeting Cleric
Al Qaeda Operative Tied to NYC Plot



Al Qaeda is promoting the online release of its first English magazine, and one of the first guest writers being promised is Anwar Al Alwaki, the American born cleric linked to several terror attacks on the U.S.
Terror Chief Defends Targeting Cleric
Al Qaeda Operative Tied to NYC Plot



Al Qaeda is promoting the online release of its first English magazine, and one of the first guest writers being promised is Anwar Al Alwaki, the American born cleric linked to several terror attacks on the U.S.
Terror Chief Defends Targeting Cleric
Al Qaeda Operative Tied to NYC Plot



Al Qaeda is promoting the online release of its first English magazine, and one of the first guest writers being promised is Anwar Al Alwaki, the American born cleric linked to several terror attacks on the U.S.
Terror Chief Defends Targeting Cleric
Al Qaeda Operative Tied to NYC Plot



Al Qaeda is promoting the online release of its first English magazine, and one of the first guest writers being promised is Anwar Al Alwaki, the American born cleric linked to several terror attacks on the U.S.
Terror Chief Defends Targeting Cleric
Al Qaeda Operative Tied to NYC Plot



Al Qaeda is promoting the online release of its first English magazine, and one of the first guest writers being promised is Anwar Al Alwaki, the American born cleric linked to several terror attacks on the U.S.
Terror Chief Defends Targeting Cleric
Al Qaeda Operative Tied to NYC Plot



Al Qaeda is promoting the online release of its first English magazine, and one of the first guest writers being promised is Anwar Al Alwaki, the American born cleric linked to several terror attacks on the U.S.
Terror Chief Defends Targeting Cleric
Al Qaeda Operative Tied to NYC Plot



A small Tennessee-based newspaper has become the center of a free speech firestorm after it was banned from a grocery store chain and a KFC for allegedly publishing “hate” speech.



A small Tennessee-based newspaper has become the center of a free speech firestorm after it was banned from a grocery store chain and a KFC for allegedly publishing “hate” speech.



A small Tennessee-based newspaper has become the center of a free speech firestorm after it was banned from a grocery store chain and a KFC for allegedly publishing “hate” speech.



With hurricane-whipped waves pushing more oil onto the Gulf of Mexico’s once-white beaches, the government pinned its latest cleanup hopes Wednesday on a huge new piece of equipment: the world’s largest oil-skimming vessel.



A Sanders County sheriff’s official says four bodies have been found in the wreckage of a plane in northwestern Montana.



The Denver district attorney has charged a couple with child abuse for allegedly growing marijuana in the home they shared with three children.



The first Atlantic hurricane of the year bore down on Mexico and southern Texas Wednesday, flooding roads and forcing several thousand people to evacuate.



Tropical Storm Alex – Tropical cyclone – Gulf Coast of the United States – Mexico – Gulf of Mexico
Lawmakers want investigation into reports that more than 1,800 vets may have been exposed to HIV or other diseases while getting dental treatment at a VA medical center in St. Louis
Army Sec’y: Arlington Flap ‘Unacceptable’ |
Senate Confirms Petraeus
AG Holder in Kabul



Lawmakers want investigation into reports that more than 1,800 vets may have been exposed to HIV or other diseases while getting dental treatment at a VA medical center in St. Louis
Army Sec’y: Arlington Flap ‘Unacceptable’ |
Senate Confirms Petraeus
AG Holder in Kabul



Lawmakers want investigation into reports that more than 1,800 vets may have been exposed to HIV or other diseases while getting dental treatment at a VA medical center in St. Louis
Army Sec’y: Arlington Flap ‘Unacceptable’ |
Senate Confirms Petraeus
AG Holder in Kabul


