1015 The Bear - World News

Obama, McCain debate U.S. economic crisis in televised 'town hall' face-off

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:53:31 +0000

WASHINGTON - Barack Obama and John McCain clashed on the issues most worrisome to Americans on Tuesday - how to hold onto their homes, their jobs and to afford health insurance for their families amid...

McCain linked to group in Iran-Contra affair

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:53:22 +0000

WASHINGTON - Republican Sen. John McCain served on the advisory board to the U.S. chapter of an international group linked to ultra-right-wing death squads in Central America in the 1980s. The U.S....

No jail for Washington state man who posted he'd shoot up mall

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:34:50 +0000

SEATTLE - A man pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct Tuesday for writing on a newspaper website that he was going to shoot up a shopping mall one day after a shooting spree in another Washington state...

Hurricane Norbert strengthens off Mexico's coast

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:34:42 +0000

MEXICO CITY - The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Norbert has strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane off Mexico's Pacific coast and could threaten land. Forecasters say the storm is moving we...

Qantas plane had glitch before altitude plunge

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:34:52 +0000

SYDNEY, Australia - Instruments aboard a Qantas airliner warned of a glitch in its stabilization system when it suddenly rose and plunged, tossing unbelted passengers to the ceiling and injuring more ...

Qantas flyers injured in sudden altitude plunge

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:08:53 +0000

SYDNEY, Australia - Australia's air safety bureau is investigating the sudden altitude plunge of a Qantas airplane that left as many as 40 people injured, 20 of them seriously, during a flight from Si...

Palin speaks with group of reporters

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:08:48 +0000

GREENVILLE, N.C. - After weeks of limited contact with the news media, Republican vice-presidential hopeful Sarah Palin ventured to the back of her campaign plane Tuesday and answered several question...

Nobel physics prize goes to 2 Japanese scientists, 1 American

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:36:44 +0000

Two Japanese scientists and an American won the 2008 Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for theoretical advances that help explain the behaviour of the smallest particles of matter. The American, Yo...

Mexican man dies after pleading for help with obesity problem

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:05:58 +0000

JUAREZ, Mexico - A 990-pound, bedridden man who had appealed on Mexican television for help tackling his weight problem died Tuesday of heart failure, his family said. Emergency officials had to kn...

Obama wishes he had more time for staying fit, admits he sometimes smokes

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:05:56 +0000

NEW YORK - Barack Obama says he wishes he had more time for staying fit. And the Democratic presidential candidate admits that he still occasionally smokes a cigarette. His wife, Michelle, pressure...

UN chief sees obstacles to helping in violence-racked Darfur, Somalia

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:06:01 +0000

UNITED NATIONS - The UN chief says he is greatly concerned about the security of food aid that three million Somalis depend on in light of increasing piracy in waters around the Horn of Africa. Sec...

Iraq's foreign ministry says 'bold' decisions needed on U.S. bases deal

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:52:53 +0000

BAGHDAD - The Iraqi foreign ministry said Tuesday it will require "bold political decisions" to resolve the major issue standing in the way of a deal allowing American troops to remain here next year ...

Tropical storm Marco hits Mexico's Gulf coast, forcing evacuations

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:53:04 +0000

VERACRUZ, Mexico - Tropical storm Marco roared ashore on Mexico's Gulf coast with near-hurricane force winds on Tuesday, prompting a shutdown of some oil platforms and forcing the evacuation of some 3...

Bush seeks to reassure Americans that economy will recover from crisis

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:53:01 +0000

WASHINGTON - President George W. Bush sought to assure Americans on Tuesday that the economy will eventually recover from the global financial crisis but he cautioned that it's going to take time and ...

Vatican says Pope Pius XII was 'prudent' in protecting Jews during Holocaust

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:53:09 +0000

VATICAN CITY - The Vatican stepped up its defence of Pope Pius XII on Tuesday, countering allegations the wartime pontiff was silent about the Holocaust by saying he saved Jews through his prudent dip...