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August 27, 2008 | Inside News

6 more senators target drilling impasse

Six more senators on Tuesday joined a bipartisan group of 10 backing a bill they say would break the stalemate in Congress over offshore drilling.

Storing power from wind is next goal

One problem perhaps more than any other has proved a drag on the long-term prospects for wind power: How do you turn on the lights when the wind isn't blowing?

Calif. county hit by oil spill urges drilling

Officials from a Southern California county showed symbolic support Tuesday for offshore oil drilling along the same coast stained by a 1969 spill that spawned modern environmentalism.

GOP hopefuls vie in Fla., Alaska

Three Republicans were vying Tuesday for a chance to take back the congressional seat the GOP lost when Rep. Mark Foley resigned in disgrace two years ago.

U.S. airstrike killed 90 Afghans, U.N. says

United Nations officials in Afghanistan said Tuesday there was ''convincing evidence'' that at least 90 civilians were killed in a U.S.-led airstrike last week.

Russia deepens crisis with West

The Kremlin's decision Tuesday to recognize the independence of Georgia's two breakaway enclaves deepens what has become Washington's worst crisis with Moscow since the end of the Cold War.

N. Korea halts nuclear dismantling

North Korea announced Tuesday that it has suspended the dismantling of facilities that produced the fuel for its nuclear weapons, jeopardizing one of President Bush's few diplomatic successes just five months before he leaves office.

West Bank construction by Israel nearly doubles

A report released Tuesday by the Israeli advocacy group Peace Now said that Israel has nearly doubled construction in its West Bank settlements this year, violating commitments under a U.S.-backed peace plan even as it pursued revived talks with the Palestinians.

Son of rap producer Dr. Dre found dead

Rap impresario Dr. Dre's 20-year-old son was found dead over the weekend in his suburban San Fernando Valley home, coroner's officials said.

Nation's most affluent city is the Star in Texas: Plano

What's the most affluent city in the United States? The answer is Plano, and that surprises even the mayor of the 260,000-person city.

Income increase reported in 2007

Despite an economy starting to wobble, incomes were up and more people had health insurance last year, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday. Income inequality even shrank a bit.

Nearly 600 held in migrant raid at Miss. plant

The largest single-workplace immigration raid in U.S. history has caused panic among Hispanic families in this small southern Mississippi town, where federal agents rounded up nearly 600 plant workers suspected of being in the country illegally.

3rd man facing charges in AIM member's killing

A federal grand jury has indicted a third man in the 1975 slaying of an American Indian Movement member on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota.

FAA: Mass delays due to computer

The Federal Aviation Administration blamed a computer breakdown for delaying hundreds of flights Tuesday throughout the country.

Jury awards Mattel $100 million in Bratz suit

A federal jury awarded Mattel Inc. $100 million in damages on Tuesday in a federal copyright lawsuit that pitted the house of Barbie against MGA Entertainment Inc., the maker of the saucy Bratz dolls.

Toxicants found in herbal remedies

Traditional herbal supplements used by thousands of Americans may contain dangerously high levels of lead and other toxicants, a study shows.

Dems' keynote speaker touts bipartisan cooperation

Mark Warner took the stage Tuesday night as the keynote speaker at the Democratic National Convention. His speech is not likely to be as well-remembered as Barack Obama's in 2004.

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Biden support of right to sue to test campaign

Sen. Joe Biden worked to defeat a bipartisan bill designed to curb asbestos lawsuits at a time his son's law firm was filing them in Delaware and a former aide was lobbying against the measure, according to public records and interviews.

Official: Colo. men not true threat to Obama

A group of suspected drug users arrested in Denver last weekend with methamphetamine, guns and bulletproof vests made racist threats against Barack Obama but posed no true danger to the presidential candidate as he accepts the Democratic nomination here this week, federal authorities said Tuesday.

Obama urged to get tough in McCain attacks

When Democratic strategist Paul Begala wrote a $2,300 campaign check to Barack Obama recently, he scribbled in bold letters at the bottom: ''FOR NEGATIVE CAMPAIGNING ONLY.''