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Most popular news on 31 August 2009 |
Fortune helped fuel Kennedy family legacy, agenda
AP - Sen. Edward Kennedy's family fortune not only fueled his brothers' presidential campaigns and his eight terms in the U.S. Senate, it also helped drive the family's liberal legacy and forge Kennedy's lifelong crusade for universal health care.
Police: 8th person dead in Ga. mobile home attack
AP - An eighth person died Sunday from grievous wounds suffered in an attack at a Georgia mobile home, with police acknowledging they didn't know if the killer was on the loose.
2 firefighters killed amid massive Calif. wildfire
AP - Two firefighters were killed Sunday when their vehicle rolled down a mountain side amid the intense flames of a wildfire that threatened 12,000 suburban homes. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger urged those in the fire's path to get out as the blazes rained ash on cars as far away as downtown Los Angeles, spreading in all directions in dry conditions.
Calif. police expand search in kidnapping case
AP - Armed with rakes, shovels and chain saws, about 20 officers on Sunday combed the backyard of a couple charged with kidnapping and raping Jaycee Lee Dugard and used cadaver dogs to search an adjoining property where neighbors say one of the suspects once served as a caretaker.
American commander: US on the road out of Iraq
AP - The U.S. military is packing up to leave Iraq in what has been deemed the largest movement of manpower and equipment in modern military history — shipping out more than 1.5 million pieces of equipment from tanks to antennas along with a force the size of a small city.
Category 4 hurricane threatens Mexico's west coast
AP - A strengthening Hurricane Jimena roared toward Mexico's Baja California peninsula, where residents stocked up on food Sunday and authorities set up shelters, anticipating landfall in the coming days.
`The Bold and the Beautiful' wins drama series
AP - "The Bold and the Beautiful" won drama series honors at the Daytime Emmys on Sunday, the CBS soap opera's first such victory in 22 years on the air.
Opposition scrambles to create transition team
AP - Japan's newly empowered leader Yukio Hatoyama rushed Monday to select Cabinet ministers after his party trounced the ruling conservatives in elections, sending them out of power for only the second time in 54 years.
US shuttle Discovery docks with space station
AFP - The US shuttle Discovery made a textbook docking late on Sunday with the International Space Station where a total of 13 astronauts begin nine days together improving and supplying the orbiting outpost.
Biden honored at Little League World Series
AP - Vice President Joe Biden fondly recalled playing youth baseball in Pennsylvania while being honored at the Little League World Series.
Iraq's stability in Syria's interest, says Assad
AFP - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday called for stability in neighbouring Iraq, days after Baghdad alleged that Damascus is sheltering suspects linked to a massive bombing.
DJ AM autopsy inconclusive; more tests planned
AP - Authorities will need to conduct toxicology tests, expected to take weeks, to determine what killed celebrity disc jockey DJ AM, a medical examiner's office spokeswoman said Saturday.
Bush daughter Jenna Hager becomes 'Today' reporter
AP - NBC's "Today" show has hired someone with White House experience as a new correspondent — former first daughter Jenna Hager.
MGM Mirage takes brands to abroad as franchisor
AP - Struggling with an economy that has gouged gambling profits and cut casino companies' ability to borrow, MGM Mirage hopes to keep expanding its international hotel and casino empire and fattening its profit — but have other companies foot the bill.
Shuttle Discovery arrives at space station
AP - Space shuttle Discovery pulled up and docked at the international space station on Sunday night, delivering a full load of gear and science experiments.
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