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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Boston Star.com http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/10/id/154063713fe5da1f/ en-us Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:09:22 -0400 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:09:22 -0400 30 Barack Obama's nomination as Democratic party's presidential candidate, making him the first black American to head a major political party ticket, marks one of the most rapid rises in American political history. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/399827/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:01:10 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/399827/cs/1/ Air Canada may soon follow American Airlines in providing in-flight internet service for its passengers. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/399816/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:00:33 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/399816/cs/1/ Barack Obama made history as the Democratic party officially nominated him to be their candidate in the November presidential election, making him the first black American to lead a major political party ticket. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/399806/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:01:28 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/399806/cs/1/ Hillary Clinton put the bitterness of a long, hard campaign behind her to endorse Barack Obama as a 'proud supporter' in asking Democrats to unite to win back the White House in November. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/399752/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:00:13 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/399752/cs/1/ London, Aug 27 : Rock lover American actress Kirsten Dunst has hooked up with MGMT frontman Andrew Vanwyngarden. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/399658/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:00:37 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/399658/cs/1/ London, Aug 27 : American actor Tom Cruise and his wife actress Katie Holmes were spotted wearing the same matching clothes on a family outing with daughter Suri. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/399656/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:00:31 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/399656/cs/1/ Washington, Aug 27 : With many celebrities showing their favour for Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama, American singer Tony Bennett's support looks to be the strongest of the lot. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/399655/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:00:25 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/399655/cs/1/ Washington, August 27 : NBC's round-the-clock coverage of the 2008 Summer Olympics has been declared the most watched event in U.S. TV history. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/399587/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:00:14 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/399587/cs/1/ New Delhi, August 27 : Golden Olympian Michael Phelps has apparently made a special place in U.S. President George W. Bush's daughter Barbara's heart, for she reportedly kept on telling her friends that the swimmer could be spectacular during the Beijing Games. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/399585/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:00:07 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/399585/cs/1/ Washington, Aug 27 : Pakistanis have to decide on their own who to elect as their next President, and it was purely an internal matter for Pakistan, a US State Department official said here last evening. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/399561/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:03:34 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/399561/cs/1/ Washington, August 27 : Scientists in the U.S. have gained significant insights into why the senses of touch and hearing often get enhanced when people lose their vision. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/399550/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:02:40 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/399550/cs/1/ London, Aug 27 : American actors George Clooney and Brad Pitt hosted a fundraising dinner on the eve of the 65th Venice Film Festival in aid of the Not On Our Watch charity. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/399522/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:00:17 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/399522/cs/1/ Washington, Aug 27 : American actress Anne Hathaway has revealed that she was not really that keen on voting for presidential hopeful Barack Obama when she first saw him. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/399519/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:00:09 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/399519/cs/1/ Washington, Aug 27 : American television host Oprah Winfrey is still at the top of the list for the highest paid talk-show personality. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/399518/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:00:04 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/399518/cs/1/ New York, Aug 27 : US federal investigation authorities have said that people arrested in connection with a possible plot to kill Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, were consumed by a seething hatred towards the Illinois Senator. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/399493/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:00:38 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/399493/cs/1/ London, Aug 27 : British and American activists arrested by the Chinese for protesting about Tibet during the Olympics have said that they were locked to their chairs for marathon interrogation sessions and deprived of sleep. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/399431/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:02:03 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/399431/cs/1/ Washington, Aug 27 : Besides weak bones and wrinkles, the old age is accompanied by baggy lower eyelids. Now, researchers at University of California, Los Angeles have found the culprit behind the damage. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/399423/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:01:30 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/399423/cs/1/ London, Aug 27 : Olympic golden boy Michael Phelps may have women swooning over him but the American pool star has no time for love. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/399408/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:00:50 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/399408/cs/1/ Denver, Aug 27 : New York Senator Hillary Clinton called on Democrats to unite as one party behind Democrat presidential nominee Barack Obama, saying that despite an acrimonious primary duel they were on the "same team." http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/399404/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:00:31 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/399404/cs/1/ Washington, Aug 27 : Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton in a private meeting with Barack Obama after she conceded the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, made a request that he consider her for his vice presidential running mate, but not put her through the charade of being evaluated if he was not serious. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/399390/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:00:36 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/399390/cs/1/ Former President Bill Clinton, setting aside his own criticism and ambivalence, planned a full-throated endorsement Wednesday of Barack Obama as a leader ready to confront any challenge.Clinton was tr... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17270416/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:31:37 -0400 eTaiwan News http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17270416/ Economic growth in Latin America and the Caribbean will slow to an average 4.7 percent in 2008 as central banks boost interest rates to combat rising inflation, the U.N.'s Economic Commission for Lati... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17269857/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:29:50 -0400 eTaiwan News http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17269857/ Less than an hour before the Democratic convention calls the roll of the states, Hillary Rodham Clinton began an emotional gathering with her delegates Wednesday by telling them she was releasing them... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17270421/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:28:51 -0400 eTaiwan News http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17270421/ New data shows New York City residents are contracting the virus that causes AIDS at three times the national rate.The city health department said Wednesday that almost 4,800 New Yorkers were infected... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17269956/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:25:20 -0400 eTaiwan News http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17269956/ NEW YORK — Starting with three games today, Major League Baseball abandons its long opposition to instant replay and begins using the technology on disputed home run calls. The setting for MLB's ... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17269977/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:16:55 -0400 USA Today http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17269977/ Former president Bill Clinton gestures as he addresses the Democratic National Convention in Denver on Wednesday night. (Stephan Savoia/Associated Press) http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17269954/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:14:30 -0400 CBC News http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17269954/ DENVER (CBS News) ― Joe Biden was nominated for vice president Wednesday night and declared that the challenges America faces require "more than a good soldier" in the White House, hailing Bara... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17270430/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:39 -0400 CBS 2 Chicago http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17270430/ It was the former president's strongest endorsement of his wife former rival and totally contradicts his criticisms of Senator Obama in the heat of the primary nomination contests in the first half of... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17269231/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:56:24 -0400 The Australian http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17269231/ ' }, { url: 'http://wwwimage.cbsnews.com/images/2008/08/26/image4383918g.jpg', alt: 'Prison escapees Louis Chavez, 18, and Michael England, 29', text: 'Louis Chavez, 18, in prison for aggravated ... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17270435/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:02:02 -0400 CBS News http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17270435/ DENVER (AP) — A vanquished guest at another's coronation, Hillary Rodham Clinton proved this week she is still a political force — in the short term and for the future. She will return t... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17270426/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:52:43 -0400 New Jersey Online http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17270426/ (AP) The Justice Department on Wednesday recommended a dramatic reduction in the prison sentence of imprisoned lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who became the key witness against lawmakers and congressional ai... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17269485/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:02:01 -0400 CBS News http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17269485/ Two U.S. servicemen and several contractors exchanged nearly $100,000 to arrange contracts worth more than $1 million at an airfield in Afghanistan, according to bribery and conspiracy indictments uns... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17269960/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:46:55 -0400 Gadsden Times http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17269960/ DENVER (CBS) ― According to reports on the New York Times Web site and Politico.com, Sen. John McCain has picked his running mate and will formally announce his choice on Friday at 11:00 a.m. i... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17270431/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:38 -0400 CBS 2 Chicago http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17270431/ DENVER (AP) — It was a closing of sorts, but whether closure was there is another matter. There stood Hillary Rodham Clinton, embraced on the floor of the Democratic National Convention by her... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17270425/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:52:48 -0400 New Jersey Online http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17270425/ As of Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008, at least 4,148 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17269716/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:46:44 -0400 Gadsden Times http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17269716/ A delegate wears buttons showing support for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., and Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., during the Democratic National Convention in Denver,... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17270418/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:30:42 -0400 eTaiwan News http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17270418/ Bill Clinton gestures to the audience as he addresses the Democratic convention in Denver. Photograph: Paul Sancya/AP Bill Clinton left all the bitterness over his wife's defeat in the Democratic no... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17269738/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:26:32 -0400 The Guardian http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17269738/ Clearly Carnegie didn't write an opinion column, but in that I think my original take on Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's choice of a running mate was a tad harsh, I would like to addr... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17270427/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:04:02 -0400 Record Net http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17270427/ Pennsylvania company's baby bassinets after two babies were trapped and strangled in the product. The "close-sleeper/bedside sleeper" bassinets, made by Simplicity Inc. of Reading, Pa., can... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17269957/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:25:47 -0400 Federal News Radio http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17269957/ Sen. Barack Obama has been nominated to be the Democratic presidential candidate.Obama's name was put forward just after supporters of vanquished rival Hillary Rodham Clinton nominated her in a symbol... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17270419/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:30:13 -0400 eTaiwan News http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17270419/ NEW YORK (AP) ― Jason Bay drove in four runs, Dustin Pedroia hit a grand slam and the Boston Red Sox routed the listless Yankees 11-3. The Boston victory Wednesday night put a big dent in New Y... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17270415/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:39:48 -0400 WBZ4 http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17270415/ Federal prosecutors in Birmingham announced the indictment Tuesday against 39-year-old Patrick Lanning of Attalla. U.S. Attorney Alice Martin alleges that Lannin possessed and distributed the illicit ... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17269958/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:45:47 -0400 Gadsden Times http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17269958/ DENVER, Aug. 27 (AP) - (Kyodo)—(EDS: ADDING DETAILS, BILL CLINTON'S SPEECH) Illinois Sen. Barack Obama formally won the Democratic presidential nomination on Wednesday to face off with Republican... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17269997/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:41:45 -0400 Breitbart http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17269997/ (AP Photo/Bill Haber)Contractor Lawson "Sonny" Brannan discusses his plans for the approaching storm Gustav in New Orleans, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008. The third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina is on A... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17269988/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:25:43 -0400 The Examiner http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17269988/ Former President Bill Clinton spoke emphatically in support of Senator Barack Obama Wednesday night at the Democratic Convention. Analysts and historians react to the speech. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17269985/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:32:22 -0400 PBS http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17269985/ NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana: Three years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, residents of the Big Easy are bracing for another major strike as officials vow they will not repeat the mistakes... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17269950/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:39:35 -0400 Times of India http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17269950/ DENVER, Aug. 27 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Following Sen. Hillary Clinton's call for a voice acclamation vote to install Sen. Barack Obama as the Democratic presidential nominee, former President Bill Clinto... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17270438/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:41:47 -0400 Breitbart http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17270438/ Barack Obama today made a surprise appearance on the stage of the Democratic convention, electrifying the crowd who had not expected to set eyes on their presidential candidate until he formally acc... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17269755/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:37:32 -0400 Times Online http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17269755/ Share/Embed ' }, 'v4390776': {videoId: '4390776', flashId: 'VkieepaHPjsEBioiTzuWfFoWrAnmj0Hx', videoImage: 'http://wwwimage.cbsnews.com/CBS_Production_News/796/798/couric_analysis0827_244x183.jpg', c... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17269992/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:03:12 -0400 CBS News http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17269992/ Calling Sen. Barack Obama ready for the White House, former president Bill Clinton addresses the Democratic National Convention in Denver on Wednesday, http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17269192/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:16:40 -0400 USA Today http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17269192/ All eyes now on an ego-bruised Bill DENVER - Former President Bill Clinton forcefully endorsed Barack Obama's bid for the White House today, telling delegates to the Democratic convention that Obama i... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17269258/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:18:23 -0400 New Zealand Herald http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17269258/ A Los Angeles jury today voted for the death penalty for a notorious street gang leader who was convicted of three murders and the attempted murder of two police officers, among other crimes. Timot... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17270436/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:05:07 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17270436/ ership in world affairs with two days to go before the Democratic senator accepts his party's nomination for U.S. president. McCain, 71, suggested Obama, 47, had failed to express confidence in Americ... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17269869/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:23:45 -0400 The China Post http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17269869/ WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- A New York policeman pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a charge that he body-slammed an unarmed woman to the floor, breaking her jaw. Yonkers Officer Wayne Simoes entered the pl... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17269971/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:32:13 -0400 Officer http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17269971/ Dale Earnhardt Jr. said as he walked up to two Navy recruits struggling to meet his gaze and maintain total composure. "Dale," he said, vigorously shaking their hands.As if they didn't know.Hundreds o... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17269564/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:02:23 -0400 Chicago Tribune http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17269564/ urged supporters of his wife Hillary Clinton's unsuccessful bid for the presidency to vote for Barack Obama, saying his economic, tax and health care policies were far superior to those offered up ... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17270412/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:37:27 -0400 Morning Star http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17270412/ Bear Stearns crisis in March, according to Japan’s Nikkei online.The US Treasury declined to comment on the report, which also claimed that the G7 had considered issuing an emergency communiqué dur... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17270410/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:36:43 -0400 Financial Times http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17270410/ WASHINGTON (AP) — More than a quarter of the U.S. intelligence agencies' employees are nongovernment contractors, hired to fill in gaps in the military and civilian work force, according to a sur... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17267111/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:36:38 -0400 USA Today http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17267111/ City inspector Travis Echols wandered toward his boss' desk as he said he had done before , telling the supervisor he was fresh from a building site with a pocketful of bribe money from a contractor w... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17267120/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:21:54 -0400 Chicago Tribune http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17267120/ More charges against accused driver in Ariz. crash A Mexican man who had been accused of transporting illegal immigrants after a rollover crash killed nine people faces new charges that could bring th... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17267101/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:03:54 -0400 Federal News Radio http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17267101/ Barack Obama has been nominated as the Democratic Party's presidential candidate. His former rival Hillary Clinton called for the roll call of votes to be suspended and for Mr Obama to be nominated b... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17265559/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:14:56 -0400 The Herald http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17265559/ A US military ship docked at a southern Georgian port yesterday, and Russia sent a missile cruiser and two other ships to another Georgian port in a show of force amid an escalating standoff. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17265963/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:28:34 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17265963/ Del Martin fought for equal rights for gays and lesbians since the 1950s She and her partner founded first national lesbian organization Martin and Phyllis Lyon, 84, wed in June when California legali... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17266448/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:34:15 -0400 CNN http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17266448/ BILLINGS, Mont. (CBS) ― After touring swing states like Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri earlier in the week, Barack Obama concluded his pre-convention tour in Montana Wednesday. CBS 2's Rob Johnson r... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17267106/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:20:20 -0400 CBS 2 Chicago http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17267106/ ' }, { url: 'http://wwwimage.cbsnews.com/images/2008/08/26/image4386702g.jpg', alt: 'Gustav', text: 'People cover themselves from rain caused by Hurricane Gustav in Port-au-Prince, Aug. 26, 2008. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17267119/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:21:37 -0400 CBS News http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17267119/ Taco trucks are back. A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge today overturned an ordinance passed in April by county supervisors that made it a misdemeanor to park a taco truck in one spot for m... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17265787/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:24:38 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17265787/ Cuba and Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. The travel alert urged U.S. citizens lacking safe shelter and likely to be affected by the tropical storm to consider leaving while commercial flights are still a... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17266534/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:45:42 -0400 Federal News Radio http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17266534/ If there were any doubt that the rules of the international game have changed for good, the events of the past few days should have dispelled it. On Monday, President Bush demanded that Russia's leade... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17265652/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:46:51 -0400 The Guardian http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17265652/ BOSTON – A measure that would decriminalize minor marijuana-possession cases is on the ballot in Massachusetts largely because of one man: billionaire financier and liberal activist George Soros... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17266543/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:12:52 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17266543/ With gas prices up 25 percent up since they moved to Wayne, Nebraska, just two years ago, Traci says they have been forced to cut back everywhere and postpone replacing the car Brian relies on to get ... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17266456/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:25:49 -0400 Reuters http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17266456/ BEIJING — A group of six Americans who were taken into custody on Tuesday as they tried to protest China’s rule in Tibet have been given 10-day detentions, the Chinese police confirmed F... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17266385/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:04:59 -0400 Gadsden Times http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17266385/ has agreed to redeem $43 million in auction rate securities held by the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority and one of the state's housing agencies.A spokesman for Secretary of State William Galvin's off... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17265793/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:59:39 -0400 Boston.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17265793/ (AP) First came the health problems. Then, unable to work, Ada Noda watched the bills pile up. And then, suffocating in debt, the 80-year-old did something she never thought she'd be forced to do.She ... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17266259/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:21:36 -0400 CBS News http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17266259/ U.S. Marshal deputies direct several suspected illegal immigrants from the federal courthouse in Hattiesburg, Miss., to a waiting van for transportation to a overnight holding facility, Tuesday, Aug. ... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17267116/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:35:29 -0400 MSNBC http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17267116/ BRISTOL, N.H. (AP) ― A small plane crashed in Bristol, New Hampshire as it was taking off from a local airport, and officials said two people were injured and taken to hospitals. Bristol's depu... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17267099/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:57:41 -0400 WBZ4 http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17267099/ Posted on: Wednesday, 27 August 2008, 18:00 CDT DENVER - With her husband looking on tenderly and her supporters watching with tears in their eyes, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton deferred her own dreams... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17267097/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:54:10 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17267097/ www.pandora.com ), the premier provider of personalized radio service online, announced today the hire of Priscilla Valls to the newly created position of senior advertising sales manager for their... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17266533/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:50:01 -0400 Market Wire http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17266533/ New York - Jelena Jankovic and Novak Djokovic put in hard labour to secure a Serbian victory double with the pair of seeds advancing at the US Open on Wednesday. An exhausted Jankovic, who lost the nu... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17266532/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:44:21 -0400 Earth Times http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17266532/ LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Butterfly, freestyle, relay -- monologue? Michael Phelps is trading the pool for the Saturday Night Live stage. The recording-breaking swimmer, who took home eight gold medals at t... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17266529/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:34:26 -0400 Sports Illustrated http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17266529/ 8/27/2008, 8:10 p.m. EDT RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A federal jury on Wednesday began deliberating whether a former Marine squad leader committed manslaughter in Iraq, marking the first time in wh... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17266542/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:10:44 -0400 New Jersey Online http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17266542/ CLEVELAND (AP) — Gov. Ted Strickland on Wednesday ordered a Nov. 18 special election to elect a candidate to fill the final weeks of the late U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones' term. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17267110/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:36:40 -0400 USA Today http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17267110/ The bail bondsman who bailed Casey Anthony out of jail told ABCNews.com today that Anthony has not made an effort to help bounty hunters find her missing daughter. Tony Padilla, the nephew of Calif... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17267121/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:22:27 -0400 ABC News http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17267121/ Iraq , marking the first time in which civilians will decide whether the actions of a military service member during combat were criminal.A prosecutor urged the jury to convict http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17266309/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:45:38 -0400 The Examiner http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17266309/ NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana): Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal on Wednesday declared a state of emergency and announced plans to begin evacuating coastal areas ahead of the storm forecast to strike the s... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17266530/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:57:31 -0400 Times of India http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17266530/ WASHINGTON (AP) — A KGB spy who switched allegiances at the height of the Cold War and was considered by the CIA as its "most valuable and economical defector" has died. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17267112/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:36:37 -0400 USA Today http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17267112/ DENVER: Democrats formally named Barack Obama their presidential candidate on Wednesday, putting their hopes of ending eight years of Republican control of the White House in the hands of a man who... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17266531/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:57:28 -0400 Times of India http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17266531/ public goods . But just as a property owner has a right to drink from a stream that runs through his land, he can set up a wind turbine or a solar panel. He can then choose how to avail himself of the... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17266447/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:57:09 -0400 Slate http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17266447/ Barbara Ferguson I Arab News WASHINGTON: Hillary Clinton hit a home run last night — all the way out of the Democratic National Convention — when she delivered her endorsement speech to th... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17266546/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:52:30 -0400 Arab News http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17266546/