Houston's post-Ike supplies coming, officials say

"HOUSTON, Texas (CNN) -- Federal supplies of food and water will be available to Houstonians affected by Hurricane Ike on Monday, an official said Sunday after Houston's mayor voiced concern about the aid. ...

Near-fatal accident leads to music career

"NEW YORK (CNN) -- Singer Melody Gardot made her first album lying in bed. ...

Shame of Foreclosure Keeps Troubled Borrowers from Seeking Help

In Howard County, Baltimore, the growing number of foreclosure filings has certainly started affecting the local economy. In an effort to address the problems brought about by the foreclosure crisis, the local government along with several non-profit groups has decided to...

Gustav prompts talk of altering RNC agenda

Notice in the article, how it says (in effect) that the republicans plan to use the convention to suck up to the American people and make it look like they care this time around, by turning the RNC into a red cross telethon due to Gustav."WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Officials with...

Eritrea: Isaias Afwerki on the Path to Chaos

"It is now official: the ruling regime has spilled Eritrean blood fighting all our neighbors: Yemen, Sudan, Ethiopia and Djibouti. In every case, the hot-headed and impulsive actions of the ruling regime harmed the interest of Eritrea and diminished its reputation. And in...

Hail, rain pound metro Minneapolis

I'm in Minneapolis and yesterday's downpour was pretty intense.  Lots of us were worried about flying out but things generally cleared up by the evening."The metro area endured its second hailstorm in five days Thursday, this one peppered with lightning strikes and heavy...

Food crisis: A daily quest for bread in Cairo

This is an important story:"Cairo - Every day at 4 a.m., Hagg Abdel Wahab walks down a narrow path past a simple coffee and tea shop to his bakery. For 40 years, this elderly man has donned a gray gallabeya robe smudged with white flour and baked thousands of...

3 die in severe storms - more storms expected today

3 have died from the severe thunderstorms that swept through the mid-Atlantic yesterday.  The storms knocked power out in hundreds of thousands of homes.  "A band of storms that moved east from Indiana on Wednesday splintered homes, swept vehicles from flooded roads...