AP Worldstream back issues from Monday, September 1:
9 arrested at Republican convention antiwar march
Sep 01, 2008; ... Police arrested nine people taking part in an antiwar march at the Republican National Convention on Sunday after they crossed a security fence into a restricted area near Xcel Energy Center. The nine were arrested for trespassing, said Doug Holtz, a St. Paul police commander. ...
Monday, September 8
Sep 01, 2008; ... Today is Monday, September 8, the 252nd day of 2008. There are 114 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1494 - France's King Charles VIII enters Turin, Italy, seeking to establish his claim to throne of Naples. 1565 - A Spanish expedition ...
Laboring longer a growing trend for Americans
Sep 01, 2008; ... Americans are changing the game plan for retirement, with millions laboring right past the traditional retirement age and working into their late 60s and beyond. While the average retirement age remains 63, that standard may be going away as baby boomers close in on retirement without ...
U.S. Open Results
Sep 01, 2008 ... Results Sunday from the U.S. Open (seedings in parentheses): Singles Men Third Round Nikolay Davydenko (5), Russia, def. Dmitry Tursunov (26), Russia, 6-2, 7-6 (3), 6-3. Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, def. Radek Stepanek (28), Czech ...
Monday, September 8
Sep 01, 2008; ... Today is Monday, September 8, the 252nd day of 2008. There are 114 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1494 - France's King Charles VIII enters Turin, Italy, seeking to establish his claim to throne of Naples. 1565 - A Spanish expedition ...
Laboring longer a growing trend for Americans
Sep 01, 2008; ... Americans are changing the game plan for retirement, with millions laboring right past the traditional retirement age and working into their late 60s and beyond. While the average retirement age remains 63, that standard may be going away as baby boomers close in on retirement without ...
U.S. Open Results
Sep 01, 2008 ... Results Sunday from the U.S. Open (seedings in parentheses): Singles Men Third Round Nikolay Davydenko (5), Russia, def. Dmitry Tursunov (26), Russia, 6-2, 7-6 (3), 6-3. Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, def. Radek Stepanek (28), Czech ...
Ukraine fears becoming Russia's next target
Sep 01, 2008; ... With Russian troops stationed deep in Georgia, fears run high that Ukraine may be the next victim of a Kremlin drive to reclaim dominance in the former Soviet Union. Many here believe Moscow has its sights on Ukraine's strategic Crimea peninsula on the Black Sea _ once a jewel of ...
EU leaders to assess fraying relations with Russia
Sep 01, 2008; ... European Union leaders seeking to punish Russia for its war with Georgia and its recognition of independence for two breakaway Georgian provinces have few options and are likely to choose diplomatic pressure to isolate Moscow at their summit Monday. Sanctions appear remote _ in part ...
Ukraine fears becoming Russia's next target
Sep 01, 2008; ... With Russian troops stationed deep in Georgia, fears run high that Ukraine may be the next victim of a Kremlin drive to reclaim dominance in the former Soviet Union. Many here believe Moscow has its sights on Ukraine's strategic Crimea peninsula on the Black Sea _ once a jewel of ...
EU leaders to assess fraying relations with Russia
Sep 01, 2008; ... European Union leaders seeking to punish Russia for its war with Georgia and its recognition of independence for two breakaway Georgian provinces have few options and are likely to choose diplomatic pressure to isolate Moscow at their summit Monday. Sanctions appear remote _ in part ...
Russia support for separatists could have ripples
Sep 01, 2008; ... Russia's conflict with Georgia and recognition of its small breakaway territories as independent states may have broad repercussions for separatist movements in the former Soviet sphere and around the world. The crisis could give a jolt of energy to other breakaway regions, especially ...
Russia support for separatists could have ripples
Sep 01, 2008; ... Russia's conflict with Georgia and recognition of its small breakaway territories as independent states may have broad repercussions for separatist movements in the former Soviet sphere and around the world. The crisis could give a jolt of energy to other breakaway regions, especially ...
Africans harness enthusiasm for Obama
Sep 01, 2008; ... The performers pounded on animal-skin drums, the singer howled praise for Barack Obama, and the audience of fist-bumping supporters of the U.S. presidential candidate joined in the chorus: "We can do it! Yes we can!" The shindig, held by a group calling itself "Africans ...
Africans harness enthusiasm for Obama
Sep 01, 2008; ... The performers pounded on animal-skin drums, the singer howled praise for Barack Obama, and the audience of fist-bumping supporters of the U.S. presidential candidate joined in the chorus: "We can do it! Yes we can!" The shindig, held by a group calling itself "Africans ...
Federer wants others to recall long stint as No. 1
Sep 01, 2008; ... As if trying to remind himself and everyone else where he's been and where he's quite certain he'll return, Roger Federer thrust his right fist overhead and pointed skyward with his index finger. The universal gesture for No. 1. As Federer made that signal, the 1970s song ...
Federer wants others to recall long stint as No. 1
Sep 01, 2008; ... As if trying to remind himself and everyone else where he's been and where he's quite certain he'll return, Roger Federer thrust his right fist overhead and pointed skyward with his index finger. The universal gesture for No. 1. As Federer made that signal, the 1970s song ...
Zimbabwe doctors' advice: Don't get sick
Sep 01, 2008; ... The advice of doctors to Zimbabweans is, don't get sick. If you do, don't count on hospitals _ they are short of drugs and functioning equipment. As the economy collapses, the laboratory at a main 1,000-bed hospital has virtually shut down. X-ray materials, injectable antibiotics and ...
Zimbabwe doctors' advice: Don't get sick
Sep 01, 2008; ... The advice of doctors to Zimbabweans is, don't get sick. If you do, don't count on hospitals _ they are short of drugs and functioning equipment. As the economy collapses, the laboratory at a main 1,000-bed hospital has virtually shut down. X-ray materials, injectable antibiotics and ...
Global warming's toasty water connection to Gustav
Sep 01, 2008; ... Global warming has probably made Hurricane Gustav a bit stronger and wetter, some top scientists said, but the specific connection between climate change and stronger hurricanes remains an issue of debate. The Atlantic is seeing an increase in storms rated among the strongest. In the ...
Hurricane Gustav snarls Republican convention
Sep 01, 2008; ... Hurricane Gustav forced John McCain to rewrite carefully laid plans for the Republican convention and order a sharply abbreviated opening session Monday. Before McCain made the announcement in St. Louis, Missouri, President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney had already ...
Global warming's toasty water connection to Gustav
Sep 01, 2008; ... Global warming has probably made Hurricane Gustav a bit stronger and wetter, some top scientists said, but the specific connection between climate change and stronger hurricanes remains an issue of debate. The Atlantic is seeing an increase in storms rated among the strongest. In the ...
Hurricane Gustav snarls Republican convention
Sep 01, 2008; ... Hurricane Gustav forced John McCain to rewrite carefully laid plans for the Republican convention and order a sharply abbreviated opening session Monday. Before McCain made the announcement in St. Louis, Missouri, President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney had already ...
US Gulf Coast waits: Will it be another Katrina?
Sep 01, 2008; ... With a historic evacuation complete, and gun-toting police and National Guardsmen standing watch over this city's empty streets, even presidential politics stood still Sunday while the nation waited to see if Hurricane Gustav would be another Katrina. The storm was set to crash ashore ...
Hurricane recovery confronts low literacy rate
Sep 01, 2008; ... Marsha Williams always hesitated when mail arrived from the government, but after Hurricane Katrina she began to fear the letters. One notice warned that her apartment building could be shut down because the landlord had not repaired storm damage. She worried: What did all the legal ...
US Gulf Coast waits: Will it be another Katrina?
Sep 01, 2008; ... With a historic evacuation complete, and gun-toting police and National Guardsmen standing watch over this city's empty streets, even presidential politics stood still Sunday while the nation waited to see if Hurricane Gustav would be another Katrina. The storm was set to crash ashore ...
Sri Lanka's Tamils live in fear of security forces
Sep 01, 2008; ... People in the poor, mainly Tamil neighborhood in Colombo described it as a harrowing day. It was 5 a.m. on a Wednesday when police started knocking on doors. They searched hundreds of homes, then forced thousands of men, women and children to get dressed and walk through the narrow ...
List of drugs with suicide concerns
Sep 01, 2008; ... A list of some prescription medications for which concerns have been raised involving suicidal thoughts and actions: _All antidepressants. Drugs such as Prozac, Paxil, Wellbutrin and Zoloft carry required warnings that the medications can increase suicidal thinking and behavior in ...
Hurricane recovery confronts low literacy rate
Sep 01, 2008; ... Marsha Williams always hesitated when mail arrived from the government, but after Hurricane Katrina she began to fear the letters. One notice warned that her apartment building could be shut down because the landlord had not repaired storm damage. She worried: What did all the legal ...
List of drugs with suicide concerns
Sep 01, 2008; ... A list of some prescription medications for which concerns have been raised involving suicidal thoughts and actions: _All antidepressants. Drugs such as Prozac, Paxil, Wellbutrin and Zoloft carry required warnings that the medications can increase suicidal thinking and behavior in ...
Sri Lanka's Tamils live in fear of security forces
Sep 01, 2008; ... People in the poor, mainly Tamil neighborhood in Colombo described it as a harrowing day. It was 5 a.m. on a Wednesday when police started knocking on doors. They searched hundreds of homes, then forced thousands of men, women and children to get dressed and walk through the narrow ...
Suicide risks studied in drugs for physical ills
Sep 01, 2008; ... Cody Miller was a high school football player who was allergic to ragweed. Douglas Briggs was a doctor coping with pain from an old back injury. Both are now dead, hanging victims driven to suicide, their families believe, when drugs prescribed to relieve physical symptoms upset their ...
Suicide risks studied in drugs for physical ills
Sep 01, 2008; ... Cody Miller was a high school football player who was allergic to ragweed. Douglas Briggs was a doctor coping with pain from an old back injury. Both are now dead, hanging victims driven to suicide, their families believe, when drugs prescribed to relieve physical symptoms upset their ...
Thai premier rejects lawmakers calls to step down
Sep 01, 2008; ... Several Thai politicians at an extended parliamentary debate on how to end anti-government protests joined demonstrators occupying the prime minister's office in calling for his resignation, but a confident Samak Sundaravej insisted he would keep the reins of power. A combative Samak ...
Thai premier rejects lawmakers calls to step down
Sep 01, 2008; ... Several Thai politicians at an extended parliamentary debate on how to end anti-government protests joined demonstrators occupying the prime minister's office in calling for his resignation, but a confident Samak Sundaravej insisted he would keep the reins of power. A combative Samak ...
Missing cleric roils Lebanon's Shiites years later
Sep 01, 2008; ... For the rest of the world, the disappearance of the imam Moussa al-Sadr is probably at most a footnote in the checkered history of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. In 1978, the Lebanese Shiite Muslim religious leader flew to Tripoli for a week of talks with Libyan officials. He was never seen or ...
Missing cleric roils Lebanon's Shiites years later
Sep 01, 2008; ... For the rest of the world, the disappearance of the imam Moussa al-Sadr is probably at most a footnote in the checkered history of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. In 1978, the Lebanese Shiite Muslim religious leader flew to Tripoli for a week of talks with Libyan officials. He was never seen or ...
EU and Georgia: awkward partners
Sep 01, 2008; ... Of all the countries that emerged from the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, Georgia has followed the most chaotic path _ a long, lurching march of high expectations and abysmal disappointments, of crude rogues and polylingual sophisticates, of peace pledges and bloodshed. Each of ...
EU and Georgia: awkward partners
Sep 01, 2008; ... Of all the countries that emerged from the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, Georgia has followed the most chaotic path _ a long, lurching march of high expectations and abysmal disappointments, of crude rogues and polylingual sophisticates, of peace pledges and bloodshed. Each of ...
Military halts offensive in Pakistan for Ramadan
Sep 01, 2008; ... Pakistan has suspended an operation against insurgents in a tribal region for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, and a blast blamed on a missile reportedly killed four suspected foreign militants elsewhere in the northwest. Interior Ministry chief Rehman Malik did not commit to a ...
Military halts offensive in Pakistan for Ramadan
Sep 01, 2008; ... Pakistan has suspended an operation against insurgents in a tribal region for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, and a blast blamed on a missile reportedly killed four suspected foreign militants elsewhere in the northwest. Interior Ministry chief Rehman Malik did not commit to a ...
US Gulf Coast waits: Will it be another Katrina?
Sep 01, 2008; ... With a historic evacuation complete, and gun-toting police and National Guardsmen standing watch over this city's empty streets, even presidential politics stood still Sunday while the nation waited to see if Hurricane Gustav would be another Katrina. The storm was set to crash ashore ...
US Gulf Coast waits: Will it be another Katrina?
Sep 01, 2008; ... With a historic evacuation complete, and gun-toting police and National Guardsmen standing watch over this city's empty streets, even presidential politics stood still Sunday while the nation waited to see if Hurricane Gustav would be another Katrina. The storm was set to crash ashore ...
Mexican Football Results
Sep 01, 2008 ... Results from the seventh round of Mexican Apertura football (home teams listed first): Saturday's Games Monterrey 2, Santos 0 Tecos 2, Toluca 2 Cruz Azul 2, Necaxa 1 Chivas 1, Morelia 1 Ciudad Jurez 2, Pachuca 1 Atlante ...
Mexican Football Results
Sep 01, 2008 ... Results from the seventh round of Mexican Apertura football (home teams listed first): Saturday's Games Monterrey 2, Santos 0 Tecos 2, Toluca 2 Cruz Azul 2, Necaxa 1 Chivas 1, Morelia 1 Ciudad Juarez 2, Pachuca 1 ...
Mexican Football Standings
Sep 01, 2008 ... Group 1 GP W D L GF GA Pts Atlante 7 3 3 1 8 6 12 Santos7 3 2 2 13 9 11 Monterrey 7 3 2 2 12 10 ...
China quake kills 27, destroys 180,000 homes
Sep 01, 2008; ... Chinese rescue teams carrying tents, quilts and sacks of rice rushed to reach survivors of an earthquake that killed at least 27 people, turned tens of thousands of homes into rubble and cracked reservoirs. The 6.1-magnitude quake Saturday struck Sichuan province on along the same ...
China quake kills 27, destroys 180,000 homes
Sep 01, 2008; ... Chinese rescue teams carrying tents, quilts and sacks of rice rushed to reach survivors of an earthquake that killed at least 27 people, turned tens of thousands of homes into rubble and cracked reservoirs. The 6.1-magnitude quake Saturday struck Sichuan province on along the same ...
Gustav destroys homes, sparks flooding in Cuba
Sep 01, 2008; ... Hurricane Gustav smashed tens of thousands of homes, toppled trees and telephone poles and washed out roads in Cuba, but no deaths were reported Sunday as the massive storm roared away from the island. Gustav made a direct hit on the Isla de la Juventud south of the Cuban mainland a ...
Gustav destroys homes, sparks flooding in Cuba
Sep 01, 2008; ... Hurricane Gustav smashed tens of thousands of homes, toppled trees and telephone poles and washed out roads in Cuba, but no deaths were reported Sunday as the massive storm roared away from the island. Gustav made a direct hit on the Isla de la Juventud south of the Cuban mainland a ...
UANL Tigers send America into deeper crisis
Sep 01, 2008; ... Midfielder Lucas Lobos scored twice and the UANL Tigers sent America into a deep crisis with a 3-1 win at Azteca Stadium in the Mexican league on Sunday. Blas Perez scored in the 26th and Lobos extended the Tigers' lead in the 50th and 73rd minutes for manager Manuel Lapuente to ...
UANL Tigers send America into deeper crisis
Sep 01, 2008; ... Midfielder Lucas Lobos scored twice and the UANL Tigers sent America into a deep crisis with a 3-1 win at Azteca Stadium in the Mexican league on Sunday. Blas Perez scored in the 26th and Lobos extended the Tigers' lead in the 50th and 73rd minutes for manager Manuel Lapuente to ...
U.S. Open Results
Sep 01, 2008 ... Results Sunday from the U.S. Open (seedings in parentheses): Singles Men Third Round Nikolay Davydenko (5), Russia, def. Dmitry Tursunov (26), Russia, 6-2, 7-6 (3), 6-3. Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, def. Radek Stepanek (28), Czech ...
U.S. Open Results
Sep 01, 2008 ... Results Sunday from the U.S. Open (seedings in parentheses): Singles Men Third Round Nikolay Davydenko (5), Russia, def. Dmitry Tursunov (26), Russia, 6-2, 7-6 (3), 6-3. Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, def. Radek Stepanek (28), Czech ...
Hundreds of thousands stranded by India floods
Sep 01, 2008; ... Stranded by hundreds of miles of floodwaters and trapped on rooftops and trees, desperate villagers stormed rescue boats as they tried to escape the flooding that tore through a riverbank and spilled over northern India's vast plains. Two weeks after the Kosi River overflowed its ...
Hundreds of thousands stranded by India floods
Sep 01, 2008; ... Stranded by hundreds of miles of floodwaters and trapped on rooftops and trees, desperate villagers stormed rescue boats as they tried to escape the flooding that tore through a riverbank and spilled over northern India's vast plains. Two weeks after the Kosi River overflowed its ...
Thome, Floyd lead White Sox to win over Red Sox
Sep 01, 2008 ... Jim Thome hit his 536th career homer, Gavin Floyd won his fifth straight decision and the Chicago White Sox beat the Boston Red Sox 4-2 on Sunday to avoid a three-game sweep in the American League. Thome hit a two-out, two-run drive off Tim Wakefield (8-9) in the first inning for his ...
Thome, Floyd lead White Sox to win over Red Sox
Sep 01, 2008 ... Jim Thome hit his 536th career homer, Gavin Floyd won his fifth straight decision and the Chicago White Sox beat the Boston Red Sox 4-2 on Sunday to avoid a three-game sweep in the American League. Thome hit a two-out, two-run drive off Tim Wakefield (8-9) in the first inning for his ...
Women's National Basketball Association
Sep 01, 2008; ... W L Pct GB x-Connecticut 19 10 .655 _ x-Detroit 17 12 .586 2 New York 15 12 .556 3 Indiana ...
Carey lifts Sun to 80-76 victory over Storm
Sep 01, 2008 ... Jamie Carey hit a jumper with 2 minutes left and a pair of free throws in the closing seconds to lift the Connecticut Sun over the Seattle Storm 80-76 in a battle of WNBA conference leaders on Sunday. The Sun won their sixth straight game to take a 1 1/2-game lead over Detroit in the ...
Carey lifts Sun to 80-76 victory over Storm
Sep 01, 2008 ... Jamie Carey hit a jumper with 2 minutes left and a pair of free throws in the closing seconds to lift the Connecticut Sun over the Seattle Storm 80-76 in a battle of WNBA conference leaders on Sunday. The Sun won their sixth straight game to take a 1 1/2-game lead over Detroit in the ...
Roddick OK with rowdy fans at US Open
Sep 01, 2008 ... Andy Roddick is all for raucous, rowdy tennis fans. Just as long as they're quiet while a point is being played. The issue arose at the U.S. Open _ where, as it is, spectators traditionally are louder than at Wimbledon or the French Open _ because the chair umpire warned a ...
Roddick OK with rowdy fans at US Open
Sep 01, 2008 ... Andy Roddick is all for raucous, rowdy tennis fans. Just as long as they're quiet while a point is being played. The issue arose at the U.S. Open _ where, as it is, spectators traditionally are louder than at Wimbledon or the French Open _ because the chair umpire warned a ...
Mexican leader meets anti-crime march organizers
Sep 01, 2008; ... Moving quickly to address mounting anger over crime, President Felipe Calderon promised Sunday to adopt several proposals from civic groups who led more than 100,000 Mexicans in marches against daily kidnappings and killings. Among the measures are the creation of a citizens' panel to ...
Mexican leader meets anti-crime march organizers
Sep 01, 2008; ... Moving quickly to address mounting anger over crime, President Felipe Calderon promised Sunday to adopt several proposals from civic groups who led more than 100,000 Mexicans in marches against daily kidnappings and killings. Among the measures are the creation of a citizens' panel to ...