National

Idaho Child Killer Gets Death Penalty

Joseph Edward Duncan III has been sentenced to death for the 2005 kidnapping, torture and murder of a northern Idaho boy after the federal jury deliberated just three hours.



New Orleans On Alert As Gustav Looms

The head of emergency planning for New Orleans says the city is prepared to move 30,000 residents to safety if a storm threatens the area.



4 Inmates Accused Of Aiding N.M. Jailbreak

Authorities say four inmates helped eight others, including a convicted murderer, escape from prison. Two other people close to the fugitives were also arrested. Five escapees are still on the loose.



Feds Seek To Slash Abramoff Sentence

The Justice Department recommended a dramatic reduction in the prison sentence of imprisoned lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who became a key witness against lawmakers he spent years corrupting.



Workers Not Confident In U.S. Job Market

American workers' confidence in the job market is as low as it was during the 2001 recession, according to a survey released.



Bankruptcies Soar For Seniors, Study Finds

Medical problems are paired with an inability to work for an increasing number of seniors, prompting suffocating debt and eventual bankruptcy.



Hundreds Of Babies At Risk In TB Scare

Kaiser Permanente is telling 960 mothers that they and their babies may have been exposed to a San Francisco maternity ward worker diagnosed with active tuberculosis.



Lesbian Rights Activist Del Martin Dead

Pioneering lesbian rights activist Del Martin, who married her lifelong partner in June on the first day that same-sex couples here gained that right, has died. She was 87.



FAA Slammed For Software Glitch Delays

Flight delays caused by a communication failure at a Federal Aviation Administration facility drew criticism for an agency that has been scrutinized over air traffic controller staffing and inspection standards.



Nearly 600 Detained In Immigration Raid

Federal agents raided a Mississippi plant and rounded up nearly 600 workers suspected of being in the country illegally.

World

The West Warns Russia To "Change Course"

The Group of Seven industrialized democracies condemned Russia for its actions in Georgia, underlining the country's growing estrangement from the West.



Bomb Attack Kills 9 On Pakistan Bus

Suspected militants have bombed a bus carrying prisoners in northwest Pakistan, killing at least nine people as fighting between security forces and extremists flares across the country's tribal belt.



U.S. To Hand Anbar Province Over To Iraqis

Conditions in the western Iraqi province of Anbar, where a brutal insurgency once ruled, have improved so dramatically that the United States is handing over security duties within days.



Indian Monsoon Strands 1.2 Million

Indian officials rushed soldiers and air force helicopters to flood-ravaged parts of northern India to provide aid to the more than 1 million people stranded by a surging river. The death toll from this year's monsoon is already past 800.



New Orleans On Alert As Gustav Looms

The head of emergency planning for New Orleans says the city is prepared to move 30,000 residents to safety if a storm threatens the area.



Battling Fatigue, Dalai Lama Cancels Trips

The 73-year-old Tibetan spiritual leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner was suffering from exhaustion and has canceled two planned international trips to undergo medical tests, his office said.



U.N. Makes Headway In Climate Talks

Talks on a new global warming agreement have begun to resolve some major sticking points, the U.N. climate chief said, after months of sluggish negotiations often marked by confrontation among industrial and developing countries.



Mugabe Ignores Foes, Will Form Cabinet

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has said he will form a new government soon, with or without the opposition.



Spanish Plane Plagued By Earlier Problems

The Spanair plane that crashed last week in Madrid, killing 154 people, had landing gear trouble a month ago on a flight from Spain to Denmark and was forced to abandon a first attempt at takeoff, the company acknowledged.



Darfur Hijackers Free Passengers, Give Up

The hijackers of a plane that took off from Sudan's Darfur region released passengers after landing hours earlier at a remote desert airfield in southern Libya, an aviation official said. He said crew members were not being allowed off the plane.

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