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| All That Money You Lost - Where Did It Go? Sat, 11 Oct 2008 22:30:05 EDT Trillions in stock market value - gone. Trillions in retirement savings - gone. A huge chunk of the money you paid for your house, the money you're saving for college, the money your boss needs to make payroll - gone, gone, gone. |
| Mexican Pot Gangs Pollute National Parks Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:00:02 EDT National forests and parks - long popular with Mexican marijuana-growing cartels - have become home to some of the most polluted pockets of America because of the toxic chemicals needed to eke lucrative harvests from rocky mountainsides. |
| Assisted Suicide On Ballot In Wash. State Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:30:02 EDT The emotionally charged battle over end-of-life decisions has taken to the airwaves as Washington State voters decide whether to allow doctors to prescribe lethal medication to terminally ill patients. |
| Napa Valley Fire Threatens Homes, Wineries Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:30:03 EDT Hundreds of firefighters are battling a fast-growing wildfire that is threatening homes and wineries in California's Napa Valley. |
| Japanese Man In Murder Plot Found Dead Sat, 11 Oct 2008 09:30:04 EDT A Japanese businessman accused of conspiring to have his wife murdered has been found dead in an apparent suicide, less than 24 hours after he set foot in the continental United States to answer to the charges. |
| O.J. Seeks New Trial After Conviction Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:30:04 EDT O.J. Simpson's lawyers cited judicial errors and insufficient evidence Friday in seeking a new trial after the former football star was convicted of kidnapping and robbing two sports memorabilia dealers at gunpoint in a casino hotel room. |
| Hot Air Balloon Crashes In Flames; 1 Dead Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:00:01 EDT A hot air balloon crashed into power lines and burst into flames during Albuquerque's annual balloon fiesta, throwing both men on board to the ground and killing one of them. |
| Suit: Force Defiant Sheriff To Evict Woman Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:00:06 EDT A mortgage company has filed a lawsuit to force an Illinois sheriff to carry out an eviction. |
| Connecticut OKs Same-Sex Marriage Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:30:06 EDT Connecticut's Supreme Court has ruled that same-sex couples have the right to marry, making that state the third behind Massachusetts and California to legalize such unions. |
| Colin Powell Goes To Bat For Stevens Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:30:05 EDT Former Secretary of State Colin Powell on Friday praised Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens' sense of honor at his trial on corruption charges, calling his reputation for honesty and integrity "sterling" in the quarter-century they've known each other. |
| U.S. Allegedly Eavesdropped On GI's Calls Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:00:05 EDT The Senate Select Intelligence Committee is looking into allegations from two U.S. military linguists that the government routinely listened in on phone calls of American military and humanitarian aid workers serving overseas. |
| The Football Team That Could Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:00:05 EDT To say it's been a tough year for McLeod West would be an understatement. Their school is in shambles, and they are short on muscle. But as Steve Hartman reports, they don't see all that as a barrier to winning. |
| Cops: Dead Girls In Freezer Kin Of Suspect Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:30:04 EDT Police in Maryland said they are confident that two girls found encased in ice in a basement freezer are the adopted daughters of a woman suspected of killing them. |
| Bus Packed With Amish Flips; 14 Hurt Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:30:04 EDT A bus overloaded with members of an Amish church group clipped a semitrailer Thursday, flipping the bus onto its side and sending 14 people to the hospital, including several children, authorities said. |
| Prosecution Rests At Sen. Stevens Trial Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:00:05 EDT The prosecution has rested at the corruption trial of Sen. Ted Stevens after nearly three weeks of testimony. |
| Ohio Inmate Not Too Fat For Death Penalty Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:30:08 EDT The Ohio Supreme Court has rejected arguments that a death row inmate is too fat to die by lethal injection. |
| FBI Wiseguy Recalls How He Fooled The Mob Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:30:06 EDT An FBI undercover agent who took down top Gambino mobsters reveals himself for the first time, undeterred by possible revenge. Armen Keteyian reports for 60 Minutes, this Sunday, Oct. 12, at 7 p.m., ET/PT. |
| Hurricane Norbert Weakens To Category One Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:00:02 EDT Hurricane Norbert has weakened to a category one storm as it approaches Mexico's Baja California peninsula. |
| Dallas Man Charged With Test Drive Murder Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:00:07 EDT A car salesman was pushed or fell to his death along a highway as he went on a test-drive with a customer, authorities said. A 42-year-old man with a history of mental illness was charged with murder. |
| Tragedy For U.S. Rep. Sanchez Sisters Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:30:04 EDT Authorities say two bodies pulled from the waters off the coast of Los Angeles are the missing brother of two Southern California congresswomen and his girlfriend. |
| Community Torn Apart By Immigration Raid Thu, 09 Oct 2008 02:26:47 EDT A federal raid on a South Carolina chicken processing plant, which nabbed about 300 alleged illegal immigrants, has brought fear and uncertainty into Greeneville's immigrant population. |
| Sheriff Takes Stand On Homeowner Evictions Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:00:07 EDT An Illinois sheriff announced that he's ordering his deputies to stop evicting people from foreclosed properties because many people his office has helped throw out on the street are renters who did nothing wrong. |
| CDC: 1 In 4 Teen Girls Took HPV Vaccine Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:00:05 EDT About one in four American teen girls last year got the groundbreaking vaccine that prevents cervical cancer, federal health officials reported. |
| U.S. Considers Taking Ownership Of Banks Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:00:02 EDT The Bush administration is considering taking ownership stakes in certain U.S. banks as an option for dealing with the global credit crisis. |
| Court Blocks Release Of Chinese Muslims Thu, 09 Oct 2008 01:30:03 EDT A federal appeals court has blocked temporarily a judge's decision to move 17 Chinese Muslims immediately from Guantanamo Bay to freedom in the United States. |
| High Court Divided On Whales Vs. Sonar Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:00:08 EDT The Supreme Court appeared divided over judges' authority to limit the Navy's use of sonar to protect whales. |
| Conviction In "Precious Doe" Murder Trial Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:00:04 EDT A man was convicted of murder after kicking his girlfriend's daughter in the head and dumping her body in the woods, resolving a case that haunted the Kansas City area during the four years the 3-year-old was known only as "Precious Doe." |
| Pentagon Was Warned Over Detainee's Sanity Wed, 08 Oct 2008 06:47:40 EDT A U.S. military officer warned Pentagon officials that an American detainee was being driven nearly insane by months of punishing isolation and sensory deprivation in a U.S. military brig, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. |
| The Little Bank That Could Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:00:10 EDT Remember how back in the day small banks operated with their community in mind? In Vermont, Michelle Miller found an example of how banks used to be, and for some, the way they still are. |
| Soldier's Widow Sues U.S. Over Suicide Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:30:04 EDT The widow of an Iraq war veteran who committed suicide while in outpatient care for depression at a Veterans Administration hospital is suing the federal government for alleged negligence. |
| Fed Grants AIG Additional $37B Loan Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:00:04 EDT The Federal Reserve has agreed to provide insurance giant American International Group with a loan of up to $37.8 billion, on top of one made to the troubled company last month. |
| Budget Deficit Hits Record $438 Billion Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:30:04 EDT The federal budget deficit hit a new record in the just-completed 2008 budget year under the latest estimates from the Congressional Budget Office. |
| Helping The Homeless Get Into Business Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:00:04 EDT The St. Patrick Center, a homeless shelter, this week opened a new small business incubator and trades training center with a goal of helping the homeless, or those at risk, find stable, good-paying work. |
| Stevens' Pals Plotted To Hide Free Work Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:30:03 EDT Two close friends of Sen. Ted Stevens schemed to conceal the fact that one was paying for extensive work done at the senator's cabin in Alaska, according to FBI audiotapes played at Stevens' corruption trial. |
| Interest Rates Slashed Worldwide Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:00:05 EDT The Federal Reserve and six other major central banks from around the world slashed interest rates in an attempt to prevent a mushrooming financial crisis from becoming a global economic meltdown. |
| Economy Stressing More Of Us Out... Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:30:04 EDT ...especially women, a new survey shows. And an expert offered coping tips, on The Early Show. |
| 19th Century Steamship Wreckage Reached Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:30:03 EDT Five Massachusetts men became the first divers to reach the wreck of a 19th-century steamship that sank in one of the most destructive storms in New England history, and say they saw an array of artifacts like dishes and mugs but no human remains. |
| Driver: 10; MPH: 90; Passenger Beers: 15 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:00:05 EDT A 10-year-old was speeding when he crashed a van carrying a man who told police he had drank at least 15 beers and a woman who was trying to swallow as many pills as she could when deputies arrived at the scene, Tennessee authorities said. |
| Fed Raid At Plant Nabs 300 Illegal Workers Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:30:04 EDT Federal agents detained more than 300 suspected illegal immigrants Tuesday in a raid at a chicken processing plant that has been under investigation for months. |
| In Bad Economy, Power Cutoffs Soar Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:00:04 EDT The number of Americans whose electricity or gas has been shut off for nonpayment of their bills is up sharply in many parts of the country as people struggle to cope with higher prices and a shaky economy. |
| Cops: Ky. Woman Killed Daughters, Self Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:00:05 EDT Kentucky police were still trying to determine why a Louisville woman apparently stabbed her two school-age daughters to death and then shot herself. |
| Calorie Counting Ads Hit NYC Subways Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:00:05 EDT The New York City Health Department is expanding its healthy-eating campaign with subway ads that say most adults should limit themselves to 2,000 calories day. |
| Ex-Obama Booster Nears Deal, Feds Hint Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:00:06 EDT Federal prosecutors sent the strongest hint yet that convicted influence peddler Antoin "Tony" Rezko is ready to spill his political secrets. |
| Family Murder-Suicide Leaves 6 Dead In LA Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:30:04 EDT Los Angeles police say a man took responsibility for killing himself and five family members in notes left behind at the scene of a murder-suicide in Porter Ranch. |
| High Court Hints It Will Side With Tobacco Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:00:05 EDT The Supreme Court opened its new term suggesting it would side with tobacco companies in their fight to block lawsuits over deceptive marketing of "light" cigarettes. |
| Obama, McCain Clash On Troubled Economy Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:30:04 EDT The economy dominated the second presidential debate between Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama. |
| DUI Suspected By Driver In Fatal Bus Crash Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:00:02 EDT At least 10 people were killed and many more injured when a Greyhound bus overturned in north-central California, authorities said. |