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By Signal Editorial Staff | Oct. 1, 2008Paul Newman, the Oscar-winning superstar of such films as "Hud," "Cool Hand Luke" and "The Color of Money," died last Saturday. China's space program ...
Read More »Paul Newman, the Oscar-winning superstar of such films as "Hud," "Cool Hand Luke" and "The Color of Money," died last Saturday. China's space program ...
Read More »MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - As a heavily armed U.S. destroyer patrolled nearby and planes flew overhead Sunday, a Somali pirate spokesman told The Associated ...
Read More »NEW YORK (AP) - Financial markets pulled back in uneasy trading Monday as investors awaited details of the government's plan to buy $700 billion in banks' ...
Read More »MADRID, Spain (AP) - A car bombing blamed on the armed Basque group ETA killed an army officer and wounded six people in northern Spain early Monday, ...
Read More »The head of China's food safety watchgroup resigned after his agency failed to stop the widespread contamination of baby formula that sickened 53,000 ...
Read More »Lehman Brothers, burdened by $60 billion in soured real-estate holdings, filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition in U.S. Bankruptcy Court after attempts ...
Read More »LOS ANGELES (AP) - Federal officials investigating a commuter rail collision that killed 25 people said they want to review cell phone records to determine ...
Read More »GALVESTON, Texas (AP) - More than 48 hours after Hurricane Ike swamped the Gulf Coast, rescuers flew for the first time Monday into areas cut off by the ...
Read More »BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Thailand's prime minister, who has survived two weeks of militant street protests demanding his resignation, could be booted ...
Read More »In a pointed but mostly symbolic expression of displeasure with Moscow, President Bush canceled a once-celebrated civilian nuclear cooperation deal with ...
Read More »NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stock futures pointed to a huge rally Monday as investors rushed to lay bets on a broad economic recovery following the weekend announcement ...
Read More »ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Republicans hurried to turn the opening day of their national convention into a fundraising drive for hurricane victims Monday, ...
Read More »TOKYO (AP) - Japan's unpopular prime minister abruptly resigned Monday after a yearlong struggle with a deadlocked parliament, leaving the weakened ruling ...
Read More »President Bush, eager to show his administration learned the tragic lessons of Hurricane Katrina, flew to Texas for briefings on Hurricane Gustav as it ...
Read More »The tiny school district of Harrold, Texas may be the first in the nation to allow teachers to carry weapons, a policy administrators say was needed because ...
Read More »SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Barack Obama introduced Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware on Saturday as "a leader ready to step in and be president." The newly named ...
Read More »SAN DIEGO (AP) - A U.S. Border Patrol agent shot and wounded a man as agents clashed with a group of rock-throwing assailants, marking the latest confrontation ...
Read More »SIERRA MADRE, Calif. (AP) - Crews overcame a threatening flare-up during the night and worked Monday to halt a wildfire northeast of Los Angeles that ...
Read More »HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Vietnam is ending a child adoption agreement with the United States after being accused of allowing baby-selling and corruption, ...
Read More »Police say an Austrian man has confessed to imprisoning his daughter in a windowless cell for 24 years while fathering seven children with her. One child ...
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