GEORGE TOWN, Aug. 29, 2008 (Reuters) A strengthening Hurricane Gustav swept over the Cayman Islands on Friday as it headed toward Cuba and the Gulf of Mexico on the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's deadly strike on New Orleans. ... > full story
NEW YORK, Aug. 29, 2008 (Reuters) U.S. stocks tumbled on Friday, led lower by tech shares after computer maker Dell warned that companies worldwide are cutting back on technology spending. ... > full story
DETROIT, Aug. 29, 2008 (Reuters) General Motors Corp is recalling 857,735 vehicles equipped with a heated windshield wiper fluid system for a potential short-circuit problem, according to federal safety regulators. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28, 2008 (Reuters) An outbreak of an unusual strain of Salmonella that sickened more than 1,400 people and put 286 in the hospital appears to be over in the United States, federal health officials said on Thursday. ... > full story
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
SEOUL, Aug. 27, 2008 (Reuters) North Korea's threat to restart its plant that makes arms-grade plutonium is feasible, although the task would be a daunting one, analysts said on Wednesday. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26, 2008 (Reuters) Major U.S. airports were operating normally on Tuesday evening after a glitch in the computer system for filing flight plans delayed hundreds of flights, the Federal Aviation Administration said. ... > full story
SEOUL, Aug. 26, 2008 (Reuters) North Korea said on Tuesday it will stop disabling its nuclear facilities and consider restoring the Yongbyon reactor that can make material for atomic bombs, accusing the United States of violating a disarmament deal. ... > full story
MOSCOW, Aug. 25, 2008 (Reuters) The White House should postpone a Congressional vote on a landmark U.S.-Russia civilian nuclear pact to prevent it being held hostage to a row over the conflict with Georgia, a Russian nuclear official told Reuters. ... > full story
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 24, 2008 (Reuters) Hydrogen fuel cell cars from nine automakers completed a 13-day cross-country trip this weekend, in the first such mass U.S. crossing for vehicles powered by a zero-emission technology still in its infancy. ... > full story
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