Triple suicide bombings kill 69 in Baghdad mosque attack
China Post - Three suicide bombers, two of them disguised as women, killed Friday at least 69 people and wounded 130 as worshippers left a popular Baghdad Shiite mosque after weekly prayers, in the second major attack on Iraq's majority community in as many days
Bird flu outlook in Lee split
News-Press - That spitting on sidewalks and streets or public places is prohibited and offenders are subject to fine That children remain at home, in their own yards and not be allowed on the streets, except by written permit from parents to the effect that they
SEPTEMBER 11: 911 tapes released
GrandForksHerald.com - NEW YORK - The voices of the World Trade Center dead are never heard in edited 911 tapes released Friday. Their panicked, labored breathing instead expressed their anguish more chillingly than any words. They dialed frantically from the upper floors
Crisis Pregnancy Centers Targeted in 'Crackdown on Deceit'
Town Hall - (CNSNews.com) - Women seeking information on family planning and abortion would be protected by a "crackdown on deceit" and from "being lured into anti-choice crisis pregnancy centers" if a bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on
One Step Away: Lady Dawgs go for State Tournament berth
Plano Star Courier - McKinney Courier-Gazette/Buzzzphotos.com McKinney North s girls go for a Class 4A State Tournament bid. FRISCO - They had barnburners during the past two meetings. They battled to a 1-1 tie in the first match, but the intensity really cranked up in
Suspect in deaths charged in rape
Charlotte Observer - Authorities have charged triple homicide suspect Scott Wilson Williams with the 1995 rape and kidnapping of a former nurse who said she was abducted in Charlotte and assaulted in a rural part of Union County. That makes two women identified as
When Saturday Comes Phil Ball
ESPN Soccernet - For me as a kid, time was an inconvenience between football matches, and to some extent, that's still the case. Football obsessives live in a permanent state of infancy, but are usually prepared to admit as much. It's the same now in Spain. In summer
Who Is Killing New Orleans?
Nation - Afew blocks from the badly flooded and still-closed campus of Dillard University, a wind-bent street sign announces the intersection of Humanity and New Orleans. In the nighttime distance, the downtown skyscrapers on Poydras and Canal Streets are
The Bronx Strive For Imperfection On Major-Label Debut
MTV - SANTA MONICA, California Who can blame the Bronx for trying to downplay the story of their big break the one where they were suddenly fielding nine record-deal offers after only their second show? "It's killin' our "We're still not really
More confessions of a Gaijin
Clock Online - Living in Japan was the best experience of my life - except for the day I almost went to jail forever. The sleepy sun dipped low on the horizon as I walked through the shopping arcade of Shinsai-baishi. School had let out, pouring an additional