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democrat-gazette press services
(Saturday, May 17, 2008)
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — With the price of oil hitting record highs, President Bush used a private visit to Saudi King Abdullah’s ranch Friday to make a second attempt to persuade the Saudi government to increase oil production. » Read story.
by hussein dakroub the associated press
(Saturday, May 17, 2008)
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Leaders of Lebanon’s U.S.-backed government and the Hezbollahled opposition went to Qatar on Friday for the highest-level talks since the country’s political crisis began 18 months ago. » Read story.
by doug whiteman the associated press
(Saturday, May 17, 2008)
COLUMBUS, Ohio — In comic book terms, it might be on the scale of a merger of the X-Men and the Justice League of America: two collections combining to form what’s believed to be the world’s largest treasury of cartoon art. » Read story.
by anne gearan the associated press
(Saturday, May 17, 2008)
WASHINGTON — The United States said Friday it has reached a deal with North Korea to provide more than 500,000 tons of food aid over the coming year to the closedoff communist nation. » Read story.
By The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Contact)
(Saturday, May 17, 2008)
Brian LaFave, 31, of Sheboygan, Wis., has parked his pickup and is refusing to buy gas for a month, choosing instead to walk or ride a bicycle, saying: “I think just with the gas prices being so high, everybody complains about it but no one ever really does anything about it. ... I just wanted to take a stand and say, ‘I’m not gonna pay this much money for gas.’” » Read story.
democrat-gazette press services
(Saturday, May 17, 2008)
Ellen DeGeneres, 50, and longtime girlfriend Portia de Rossi, 35, are jumping at the chance to get married. » Read story.
by dave montgomery mcclatchy newspapers
(Saturday, May 17, 2008)
WASHINGTON — A coalition of Texas community leaders sued the Department of Homeland Security on Friday over the construction of a fence on the southwestern border, saying the department trampled the rights of property owners in acquiring land for the project. » Read story.
democrat-gazette press services
(Saturday, May 17, 2008)
QUOTE OF THE DAY “We shouldn’t be building walls.We should be building alliances with Mexico. The wall is not the solution.” » Read story.
By The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Contact)
(Saturday, May 17, 2008)
The Democrat-Gazette wants its news reports to be fair and accurate. » Read story.
by juliet eilperin the washington post
(Saturday, May 17, 2008)
WASHINGTON — The Bush administration is on the verge of implementing new air-quality rules that will make it easier to build power plants near national parks and wilderness areas, according to rank-and-file agency scientists and park managers who oppose the plan. » Read story.
Townsfolk toil to unearth victims
by audra ang the associated press
(Saturday, May 17, 2008)
BEICHUAN, China — Piles of broken concrete rise seven stories high, and a few buildings stand askew, knocked at odd angles. People cry out the names of missing relatives and rescue workers shout, “Is anyone there? Is anyone there?” » Read story.
by ben fox the associated press
(Saturday, May 17, 2008)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A military judge Friday postponed the first war-crimes tribunal at Guantanamo Bay, saying he wants to wait until the Supreme Court rules on the right of detainees to challenge their confinement in civil courts. » Read story.
Bloggers accuse government of ignoring signs, like invading toads, wild cows
by andrew jacobs the new york times
(Saturday, May 17, 2008)
CHENGDU, China — Can earthquakes be predicted, their destructive impact forewarned? » Read story.
Violent flour heist seen as an omen
by carlotta gall the new york times
(Saturday, May 17, 2008)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Thieves raided the city flour market in broad daylight a few weeks ago, shooting and wounding two people before escaping with their loot. » Read story.
democrat-gazette press services
(Saturday, May 17, 2008)
Courting his sometime critics within the gun lobby, John McCain told the National Rifle Association on Friday that Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton would undermine the rights of gun owners. » Read story.
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