Provides the latest RSS feeds for US Editorials. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page New Orleans Sun.com http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/10/id/09c0947bd4eaa867/ en-us Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:23:27 -0400 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:23:27 -0400 30 Filed at 1:26 p.m. ET BAMIYAN, Afghanistan (AP) -- There's a new building in town, and it isn't a military barracks or a hospital. It's a Tourist Information Center.Even as troops fight militants in t... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868126/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:17:05 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868126/ Afghanistan — Through two decades of war, Abdul Ahad never contemplated leaving Afghanistan. But as his country started to deteriorate rapidly in 2007, so did his life. He was laid off from his f... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868123/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:17:08 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868123/ Filed at 1:52 p.m. ET DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) -- The head of an Irish humanitarian aid agency appealed Saturday for the release of two of its employees kidnapped in Darfur.John O'Shea, chief executive of... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868125/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:17:04 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868125/ THE numbers of animals at shelters have been rising, and the burden on rescue groups and individuals has increased. I recently watched someone who had adopted cats several years ago have to surrender... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868129/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:11:25 -0400 Daily News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868129/ UNESCO . All are in a ''fragile state of conservation,'' UNESCO says, from abandonment, military action and dynamite explosions.Usually a deminer can clear about two square meters a day, but here it i... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868124/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:17:06 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868124/ Honoring the Ultimate Sacrifice THIS Memorial Day, throughout the nation the men and women who gave the ultimate sacrifice will be at the forefront of our thoughts. Sons and daughters, husbands and ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868131/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:11:22 -0400 Daily News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868131/ THIS week ethnic media organizations across the country are using their editorial pages to call on Congress and President Obama to restart the long-stalled effort to passing immigration reform. The ti... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868136/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:11:16 -0400 Daily News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868136/ Ray Nagin: Thank you Los Angeles! Sincerely, New Orleans. THANK you Los Angeles, for your love and support of one of America's most resilient and culturally unique cities, New Orleans. Hurricane se... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868130/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:11:23 -0400 Daily News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868130/ TWO Los Angeles citywide elected officials start their new jobs Wednesday - City Controller Wendy Greuel and City Attorney Carmen "Nuch" Trutanich. While not as powerful as the office of the mayor, th... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868138/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:11:15 -0400 Daily News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868138/ Mick Benny, at right in hat, with other Aborigines at a pub in Fitzroy Crossing, Australia. He hopes that alcohol restrictions will change his son’s behavior. http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868122/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:17:09 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868122/ Organization of American States prepared to meet Saturday to consider suspending Honduras’s membership in the group, the country’s post-coup government tried to outflank the regional body ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868121/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:17:12 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868121/ Taliban militants fired rockets and mortar shells at an American base in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing two United States soldiers and wounding several more in a two-hour battle, officials s... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868120/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:17:11 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868120/ SELECTING the Los Angeles City Animal Services General Manager has become the humane world's version of "American Idol." E-blasts promote contenders and phones frantically submit votes, while contest... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868132/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:11:21 -0400 Daily News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868132/ The conservapundits and their followers are having so much fun dancing on the supposed grave of the supposedly liberal mainstream media newspapers, that I really hate to ruin their fun. The financial... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868146/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:11:03 -0400 Daily News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868146/ THIS week, Paul Koretz officially joins the Los Angeles City Council representing the Westside and parts of the San Fernando Valley. What's most unusual about his ascent to the council of 15, is that... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868139/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:11:13 -0400 Daily News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868139/ SORRY Los Angeles taxpayers, but you can't know whether your mayor, city attorney and City Council are doing a good job spending millions of dollars allocated to their offices. Why? Because the publi... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868142/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:11:10 -0400 Daily News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868142/ WHAT do you do when you find yourself in a too-deep hole? First, you stop digging. That doesn't take big-time smarts. But California's legislative leaders and governor haven't the sense to take that... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868133/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:11:19 -0400 Daily News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868133/ The official notification for the DWP's mandatory water conservation appeared in my mailbox last week - probably yours, too. Thanks to deficits in our usual water sources and a ruling last year that l... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868147/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:11:04 -0400 Daily News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868147/ After six years, it was her turn to hold up the Venus Rosewater Dish again.In the fourth all-Williams final at Wimbledon, Serena beat her sister Venus 7-6 (3), 6-2 on Saturday for her third title and ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868157/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:10:17 -0400 The Ledger http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868157/ POLICE chiefs have warned that cuts proposed to balance the state budget will leave Californians less safe. That's probably true. In an effort to help fill a $24 billion deficit, Gov. Arnold Schwarz... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868141/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:11:12 -0400 Daily News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868141/ NOT TOO BIG TO FAIL "The banks are privately owned companies, and they're heavily regulated. But they have a constitutional right to fail. We don't view our mission as preventing all bank failures... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868154/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:26:06 -0400 Star Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868154/ A constitutional amendment introduced in the Assembly in January would put a couple of simple restrictions on state lawmaking that would promote open government and improve the quality of deliberation... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868140/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:11:11 -0400 Daily News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868140/ TODAY is July 1, a day to celebrate, if you happen to be Canadian. Yes, it's Independence Day up north. Meanwhile, America's second-largest city is swearing in its mayor for his second term, which is... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868144/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:11:07 -0400 Daily News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868144/ OCRACOKE, N.C. | A truckload of fireworks exploded Saturday morning on a remote North Carolina island dock, killing one worker and critically injuring four others preparing for an Independence Day cel... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868156/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:10:20 -0400 The Ledger http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868156/ July 4, 2009 · This week, Honduras face a deadline to reinstate its president, American troops pulled out of major cities in Iraq, and Sarah Palin resigned as governor of Alaska. Host Scott Sim... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868155/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:06:10 -0400 NPR http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868155/ Americans are suffering from a once-in-a-generation economic crisis. If our representatives in Congress have done the right thing - if their $789 billion stimulus package prioritizes jobs - we will ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868134/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:11:19 -0400 Daily News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868134/ Angelenos, take it from me. If the city of Los Angeles mails something to you, read it immediately - no matter how dull or inapplicable it seems. Otherwise, it could cost. Here's a true story. Tuesd... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868148/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:11:01 -0400 Daily News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868148/ HOW does CNN's Wolf Blitzer do it? Every day there's a situation and Wolf makes room for it. On Monday, with Tehran bathed in blood and smoke and rage, Blitzer still found time for the blockbuster an... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868145/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:11:06 -0400 Daily News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868145/ THE timing seems counterintuitive. In the same week that California begins writing IOUs to contractors, college students, welfare recipients and other people that expect a check from the state, film ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868135/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:11:18 -0400 Daily News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868135/ UNDOUBTEDLY, the most overwhelmed state bureaucracy in this recession is the Employment Development Department. With an 11.5 percent California jobless rate, the unemployment office has been inundated... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868143/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:11:09 -0400 Daily News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868143/ < 200){ requestedWidth = 200; } MANY readers are probably contemplating this grand spread we've put together examining Tuesday's presidential inauguration and thinking, What's all the fuss? That'... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868149/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:10:59 -0400 Daily News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868149/ IT'S not unusual to see children from as young as 18 months with cavities. Troubling, yes. Uncommon, hardly. Cavities continue to be a huge problem among kids. In fact, tooth decay is more common tha... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868127/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:11:28 -0400 Daily News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868127/ Voters approved California's Proposition 209, Washington's Initiative 200, Michigan's Proposal 2 and Nebraska's Initiative 424 to ensure that qualified kids are no longer denied access to the college ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868128/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:11:26 -0400 Daily News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868128/ IN Sacramento, and in Los Angeles and probably many California cities at the moment, elected leaders are all facing similar, difficult choices. They must balance budgets hit hard by the recession with... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868137/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:11:14 -0400 Daily News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868137/ In a much-talked-about exchange between Minnesota Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann and Chris Matthews in October, Bachmann suggested that there are certain "anti-American" Congressfolk. Bachmann later... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868152/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:10:58 -0400 Daily News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868152/ WE grow our politicians slippery in California. Maybe it's the sunshine. Maybe it's the proximity to the Hollywood dream machine. Something gives this state the ability to create handsome, charismati... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868151/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:10:57 -0400 Daily News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868151/ IN general, I can see the benefit of extending term limits for California's pols. Not to reward them for the mediocre work they do. It's just easier to keep track of how badly they are messing up &mda... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868150/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:10:55 -0400 Daily News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25868150/ Filed at 11:46 a.m. ET ROME (AP) -- Protesters have clashed with police at a demonstration against the planned expansion of an airport and U.S. military base in the northern city of Vicenza.Demonstrat... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25866586/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:10:29 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25866586/ Gordon Brown has joined thousands of revelers in London's annual gay pride march.Sarah Brown held a red, white and pink version of the Union Jack as the noisy parade wound through the city center befo... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25866589/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:10:25 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25866589/ Ehud Barak is to hold a second round of talks with U.S. special Mideast peace envoy George Mitchell next week in an effort to resolve differences between the two sides on Jewish settlements in the Wes... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25866588/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:10:22 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25866588/ Pope Benedict XVI for their first meeting.Obama's weeklong trip -- he leaves Sunday night for Moscow -- typifies the pace of his first-year agenda.Capitalizing on his popularity and his party's hold o... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25866590/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:10:17 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25866590/ July 4, 2009 · Three months ago, 13 people were killed when an mentally-ill immigrant named Jiverly Wong opened fire in an immigrant resources center in Binghamton, New York. Wong then killed h... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25865185/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:44:08 -0400 NPR http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25865185/ Filed at 9:51 a.m. ET MORONI, Comoros (AP) -- Doe Cyrille and his crew searched for hours in crashing winds and waves up to 16 feet (5 meters) high for any sign of Yemenia Flight 626. Then they spotte... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25866591/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:10:20 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25866591/ July 4, 2009 · Weekend Edition's "math guy" Keith Devlin explains to Host Scott Simon why he thinks the Body Mass Index — a formula used to assess people's obesity — is a bunch of m... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25865186/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:44:07 -0400 NPR http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25865186/ July 4, 2009 · I brake for politicians.I have that thought today because of Gov. Sarah Palin's announcement that she is resigning. I have no idea if she is, as NPR's Politics blog so nicely hea... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25865187/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:44:05 -0400 NPR http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25865187/ July 3, 2009 · Commentator John McDonough recalls the last great reunion of Civil War veterans from the North and South. It took place July 3-5, 1938, on the 75th anniversary of Gettysburg &mda... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25865188/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:44:03 -0400 NPR http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25865188/ (Information collected by NPR will be used solely for internal NPR or NPR member station purposes and only if you selected 'yes' above. See NPR's http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25865190/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:44:01 -0400 NPR http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25865190/ Australian wine industry was sliding, selling a greater volume of wine at increasingly lower prices. Last year, the average price per liter of Australian wine sold overseas was about 25 percent lower ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25865176/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:55:21 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25865176/ Joe Biden celebrated the Fourth of July with his son and other American troops in Iraq on Saturday, a day after warning Iraqi leaders that U.S. assistance will be jeopardized if the country reverts to... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25865182/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:55:13 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25865182/ Adolf Hitler ''got things done.''In an interview with London's The Times newspaper, Ecclestone expressed a preference for ''strong leaders,'' citing former British Prime Minister http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25865178/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:55:16 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25865178/ G-8 leaders meeting next week in central Italy to rewrite global financial rules and defend the world's poor from the effects of the economic downturn.In a letter to Italian Premier http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25865177/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:55:18 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25865177/ Filed at 9:40 a.m. ET NEW YORK (AP) -- The first visitors allowed into the Statue of Liberty's crown in nearly eight years began the arduous climb Saturday on an Independence Day journey laden with sy... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25865181/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:55:11 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25865181/ filibuster -proof 60-40 majority in the Senate, but only on paper. Absences by two ailing senators mean the party can count only 58 votes, and then only if Majority Leader http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25865180/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:55:08 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25865180/ National Archives visitors know they'll find the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights in the main building's magnificent rotunda in Washington. But they won't find... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25865179/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:55:06 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25865179/ European Union called on Friday for the use of clearinghouses for some over-the-counter derivative trades to “ensure they do not harm financial stability.” As part of a response to the gl... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25865183/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:55:03 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25865183/ Filed at 6:57 a.m. ET CHIANG MAI, Thailand (AP) -- Thousands of excited visitors flocked Saturday to a zoo in northern Thailand for the first public viewing of a baby panda, which has been featured on... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25864204/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:46:36 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25864204/ Filed at 7:31 a.m. ET GAFFNEY, S.C. (AP) -- A terrified rural South Carolina community hunkered down over the Fourth of July after the sheriff said a serial killer was on the loose, and longtime resid... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25864205/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:46:34 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25864205/ Taliban positions in the country's volatile northwest on Saturday, killing at least 12 suspected insurgents, security officials said, as the government kept up pressure on Islamist militants along the... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25864203/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:46:38 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25864203/ John McCain called for Americans to support Iranian election protesters. The one-time presidential rivals both cited the spirit of the nation's founders in their Fourth of July radio and Internet addr... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25864206/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:46:32 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25864206/ Filed at 6:54 a.m. ET PHOENIX (AP) -- Cynthia Mary Roberson is an unemployed mother who police say led her 12- and 14-year-old sons and their friends to commit at least 20 armed robberies and assaults... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25864207/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:46:31 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25864207/ MULBERRY | Former City Manager Frank Thomas got a Mulberry paycheck for three years. Claiming he was wrongfully fired, Thomas is now suing his former employer. http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25862791/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:37:11 -0400 The Ledger http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25862791/ Let this be fair warning to all JCPS student athletes: Superintendent Sheldon Berman has just made it official district policy that it is OK for your coach to run you to death. To anyone who still sup... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25862790/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:23:14 -0400 Courier-Journal http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25862790/ To a lot of people patriotism means "square." Years ago, it was one of the finest words in our language; you gave a person a square deal if you were honest. You gave a person a square meal when he was... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25862789/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:23:13 -0400 Courier-Journal http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25862789/ Barack Obama leads the nation in observing Independence Day.Saturday is also his daughter Malia's 11th birthday. Twenty of her young friends have joined the first family at the Camp David presidential... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25862786/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:42:17 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25862786/ Washington's summers have become more political with the early primary, which falls on Aug. 18 this year, writes Times Editorial Page Editor Ryan Blethen. He explains the Times' process of endorsement... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25861019/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:57:16 -0400 The Seattle Times http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25861019/ marijuana smoke that doctors can recommend to ease cancer patients' suffering must soon come with a warning saying it causes the disease.State environmental regulators last month voted to place mariju... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25862787/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:42:16 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25862787/ The current newspaper crisis isn't just about the future of the printed product, write authors Victor Pickard and Joseph Torres, it's about the survival of democracy-sustaining journalism. We now have... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25861018/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:57:14 -0400 The Seattle Times http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25861018/ , we encourage comments that are on topic, relevant and to-the-point. We will remove comments that include profanity, personal attacks, racial slurs, threats of violence, or other inappropriate materi... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25861024/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:16:42 -0400 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25861024/ WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court's ruling on the Ricci case — that white firemen suffered illegal discrimination when a promotional test on which they did well was thrown out because not eno... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25861020/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:57:11 -0400 The Seattle Times http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25861020/ Congress should intervene in the Pacific Fishery Management Council's efforts to privatize and limit access to the groundfish fishery off Washington, Oregon and California's coast, write Mark Schlosbe... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25861021/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:57:08 -0400 The Seattle Times http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25861021/ The I-made-a-mistake excuse is pretty lame, writes columnist Leonard Pitts Jr. Gov. Mark Stanford didn't "make a mistake" by having an affair with an Argentine woman. He made a stupid decision. http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25861022/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:57:05 -0400 The Seattle Times http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25861022/ Now that Al Franken of Minnesota will join the Senate, Democrats, on paper, have the filibuster-proof power to pass whatever bills they want. That approach would be a big mistake. http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25861023/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:57:02 -0400 The Seattle Times http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25861023/ If you need a reminder of what makes this country great, ask naturalized citizens.They'll tell you what it's like to live in terror. They'll tell you about pervasive poverty and disease. They'll tel... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25861026/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:39:24 -0400 Deseret News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25861026/ flu cases. The numbers reflected a sharp increase compared with a week earlier, when there were 26 deaths and 1,587 cases. Swine flu has killed more people in Argentina than in any other country in So... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25861006/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:21:25 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25861006/ Michelle Obama brings her superstar glamor to Moscow this weekend as she accompanies her husband on his summit with the Russian president.But the American first lady, who has wowed publics in the U.S.... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25861011/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:21:12 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25861011/ There is a biological difference in the two versions of survival. The chemistry of self-preservation and the molecules of survival of the species are not the same. In fact, they involve opposite hem... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25861027/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:39:22 -0400 Deseret News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25861027/ WASILLA, Alaska | Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin made a surprise announcement Friday that she is resigning from office at the end of the month without explaining why she plans to step down, raising speculati... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25859303/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:03:49 -0400 The Ledger http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25859303/ MUNICH | Doctors have determined that John Demjanjuk, suspected of having been a guard in a Nazi death camp, is fit to stand trial as an accessory to murder, clearing the way for formal charges to be ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25859304/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:03:47 -0400 The Ledger http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25859304/ Third, "Yankee Doodle Dandy" is plain, old, unabashed patriotism. And there's nothing wrong with that. We could use a little more of it in our entertainment and our daily activities. I like "Yankee ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25861028/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:39:20 -0400 Deseret News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25861028/ WICHITA, Kan. | A man charged with shooting a prominent Kansas doctor who performed late-term abortions has been advocating through mailings from his jail cell that such killings are justifiable and c... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25859305/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:03:38 -0400 The Ledger http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25859305/ John McCain picks Palin as his vice presidential running mate in a startling selection that makes the Alaska governor the first woman named to a spot on a Republican national ticket.-- September 2008 ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25861012/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:21:07 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25861012/ Joint Chiefs of Staff says three missiles were fired early Saturday, the fourth at about noon and the fifth at 2:50 p.m. (0550 GMT).The launches come two days after North Korea fired four short-range ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25861009/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:21:17 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25861009/ Michigan and Australia don't often merit comparison, but if Gov. Jennifer Granholm gets her way the Mitten State will be playing host to inmates from other states whose prison systems are over capacit... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25859307/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:50:13 -0400 The Detroit News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25859307/ “I am deeply disappointed,” Mr. Ban said, news agencies reported.Mr. Ban said he had asked the generals to free their many political prisoners, including Mrs. Aung San Suu Kyi, but there w... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25861007/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:21:22 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25861007/ I would like to thank the Deseret News for doing the story on the peregrine falcons and for giving us the information on where to find the cam link on the Joesph Smith Memorial Building. I watched t... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25861029/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:39:19 -0400 Deseret News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25861029/ Remember sacrifices made for our freedom Happy 233rd Birthday America! Please take a moment to reflect on the incredible sacrifice made by so many to gain our independence and to keep the very freed... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25859306/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:50:10 -0400 The Detroit News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25859306/ Filed at 2:59 a.m. ET Developments in North Korea's missile program:-- Aug. 31, 1998: North Korea fires suspected missile over Japan and into the Pacific Ocean, calling it a satellite.-- Sept. 13, 199... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25861008/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:21:19 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25861008/ The history of a verb I am happy that Philip Ratcliff (Letters, July 1) could care less about word usage. It might be of interest to all, following these tirades, to learn that the word "impact" was o... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25859296/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:00:53 -0400 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25859296/ Aung San Suu Kyi .On its Web site and on stage, U2 is asking fans to wear a Suu Kyi mask in support of the 64-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner.''Wear it to work or college. Wear it on the bus or the ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25861010/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:21:14 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25861010/ While I have met Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. and admire many of his attributes, I believe any governor owes it to his constituents to not put governmental duties on "autopilot" by being absent for a prolo... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25861030/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:39:18 -0400 Deseret News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25861030/ House passage of a cap-and-trade energy bill last week has reheated the debate on what to do about global warming -- as well as the even more fundamental debate over its cause. Rich Lowry and Thomas F... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25859308/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:50:08 -0400 The Detroit News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25859308/ On a recent visit to Cody High School in southwestern Detroit, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan reiterated one of his key talking points on how to improve the nation's underachieving urban publ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25859309/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:50:06 -0400 The Detroit News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25859309/ For straying pols, it's the hurt that matters An open-minded individual, I am willing to support an adulterer for elective office. But my ability to look past marital infidelity depends on how much h... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25859310/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:50:04 -0400 The Detroit News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25859310/ Monica Conyers should spend a minimum of three years in prison, with no time off for good behavior. Most in regulatory positions not only do not solicit bribes; they refuse bribes pushed at them. Fran... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25859311/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:50:02 -0400 The Detroit News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25859311/ T he Supreme Court’s decision in Ricci vs. DeStefano, the case of the New Haven firefighters, was a ringing endorsement of the Civil Rights Act of 1964’s ban on racial discrimination and a... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25859302/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:27:05 -0400 Boston Herald http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25859302/ BMW motorcycles powered by the flat-twin “boxer” engine design that has been a brand attribute since the 1920s. The horizontal cylinders make for an appealingly logical layout — place... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25859287/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:08:43 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25859287/ Filed at 12:35 a.m. ET TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) -- Honduras rebuffed a personal appeal from the Americas' top international diplomat Friday, refusing to reinstate President http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25859290/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:08:50 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25859290/ Taliban areas of southern Afghanistan on Friday, seeking to cut insurgent supply lines and win over local elders on the second day of the biggest U.S. military operation here since the American-led in... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25859283/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:08:55 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25859283/ Honduras — The hemisphere’s chief envoy for the crisis in Honduras offered a bleak assessment on Thursday of the diplomatic efforts to restore its ousted president, warning that it would be... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25859294/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:08:41 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25859294/ (L-R) Waite Willis P.hD., Professor of Religion and Chair of the Humanities Division at FSC, with his mother Evelyn Willis in the Evelyn and Warren Willis Garden of Meditation on the campus of Florida... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25857581/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:40:16 -0400 The Ledger http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/09c0947bd4eaa867/id/25857581/