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McCain and Obama clash on economy

CEDARBURG, Wisconsin, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — Presidential rivals John McCain and Barack Obama, back on the campaign trail after their party conventions, clashed over the ailing U.S. economy on Friday as unemployment hit its highest monthly rate in nearly five years. ...  > full story

Washington to pull plans for Russian nuclear deal

WASHINGTON, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — The Bush administration will withdraw a civilian nuclear pact with Russia soon as a penalty for its invasion of Georgia last month, a State Department official said on Friday. ...  > full story

Congress faces big push on offshore drilling

WASHINGTON, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — America's pain at the gasoline pump has been years in the making, but there will be a big push in Congress next week, when lawmakers return from summer break, to fix the problem by expanding offshore oil drilling. ...  > full story

Alaska gas project hailed by Palin still embryonic

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sep. 4, 2008 (Reuters) — A long-delayed natural gas pipeline championed by Gov. Sarah Palin that would carry supplies from Alaska to Canada and then to the lower 48 states exists in concept only and is years away from fruition. ...  > full story

Palin hubbub shows bloggers' influence on race

WASHINGTON, Sep. 4, 2008 (Reuters) — The blogs are alive with the sound of Sarah. ...  > full story

Palin rebuts rumors, says daughter pregnant

ST. PAUL, Sep. 1, 2008 (Reuters) — The 17-year-old unmarried daughter of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is pregnant, Palin said on Monday in an announcement intended to knock down rumors by liberal bloggers that Palin faked her own pregnancy to cover up for her child. ...  > full story

U.S. seeks way out of India nuclear deal impasse

VIENNA, Aug. 29, 2008 (Reuters) — The United States has told six nations its bid to lift a global ban on nuclear trade with India has stumbled over their objections and pressed them at a New Delhi meeting to give way, diplomats said on Friday. ...  > full story

Gore hailed, warns against McCain, climate change

DENVER, Aug. 28, 2008 (Reuters) — - Al Gore, who lost the 2000 election but has become a world leader on the environment, was embraced at the Democratic Party's convention on Thursday as a comeback hero -- with a warning against John McCain and climate change. ...  > full story

Alaska governor signs natgas pipeline license bill

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 27, 2008 (Reuters) — Gov. Sarah Palin on Wednesday signed a bill giving the state authority to award TransCanada Corp a license to build and operate a multibillion-dollar pipeline to ship natural gas from the North Slope. ...  > full story

Judges consider whether FBI violated free speech

NEW YORK, Aug. 27, 2008 (Reuters) — A panel of federal appeals court judges pushed a U.S. government lawyer on Wednesday to answer why FBI letters sent out to Internet service providers seeking information should remain secret. ...  > full story
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