Trapped Chilean miners may not be extracted until Thursday
San Jose Mine, Chile, October 10, 2010-Workers have begun installing a casing to protect the top stretches of a rescue hole that will be used to evacuate 33 men trapped in a Chilean mine.
In the next 48 hours, steel pipe will be lowered into the first 96 metres of the shaft, which curves down 622 metres [...]
Shots Fired at University of Texas Austin
Texas Austin September 28, 2010-A gunman wearing a ski mask and brandishing a rifle entered a library at the University of Texas at Austin today and fired several shots before taking his own life, university officials said.
Police are still looking for a possible second suspect and the campus, site of [...]
Mexico Landslide in Oaxaca May Have Killed as Many as 1000 People
Mexico, September 28, 2010-A Massive landslide in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca that covered people’s homes while they slept may have killed between 600 and 1,000 people, the state’s governor Ulises Ruiz said.
Severe rains caused a hillside collapse that may have destroyed as many as 300 [...]
US would make Internet wiretaps easier
WASHINGTON, September 27, 2010-The Obama administration is pushing to make it easier for the government to tap into internet and e-mail communications. But the plan has already drawn condemnation from privacy groups and communications firms may be wary of its costs and scope.
Frustrated by sophisticated [...]
Obama presses leaders on Mideast peace
New york September 24, 2010-”The door remains open to diplomacy should Iran decide to walk through it,” said President Obama during his U.N. address Thursday.
From Truman to Obama, see each president’s ratings with USA TODAY’s approval tracker.“The door remains open to diplomacy [...]
GOP's agenda is a politically safe pledge
The Pledge:
Raise your hand if you remember the House Democratsâ?? â??Six for â??06â? agenda (also called the â??New Direction for Americaâ?). It was a list of priorities that Democrats, in the summer of 2006, said they would pursue if they won control of the House. As it turned out, it wasnâ??t [...]
