AP – National Guard helicopters rushed food and water Tuesday to a dozen cut-off Vermont towns after the rainy remnants of Hurricane Irene washed out roads and bridges in a deluge that took many people in the landlocked New England state by surprise.
Archive for August, 2011
AP – As much as $60 billion in U.S. tax dollars has been lost to waste and fraud in Iraq and Afghanistan over the past decade due to lax oversight of contractors, poor planning and corruption, according to an independent panel.
AP – The federal government is escalating security around the country in preparation for the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and conducting confidential briefings with state and local law enforcement organizations. But officials say there is no specific indication that a terror plot against the U.S. is under way.
AP – Gen. David Petraeus is bidding farewell to the Army that has been his life and the troops that have been his family for 37 years.
AP – Libyan rebels say they’re closing in on Moammar Gadhafi and issued an ultimatum Tuesday to regime loyalists in the fugitive dictator’s hometown of Sirte, his main remaining bastion: surrender this weekend or face an attack.
AP – The rebels roared along the bleak and empty desert highway, leaving the last checkpoint far behind as they probed the no-man’s-land that separates them from the final stronghold of Moammar Gadhafi’s crumbling regime.
AP – A man accused of throwing his 7-year-old son overboard during a sightseeing cruise around Newport Harbor said Tuesday they were just “horse playing” and talked about jumping in the water together.
AP – AT&T Inc. is pledging to bring 5,000 wireless call center jobs, currently based abroad, back to the U.S. if it is allowed to proceed with its proposed $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA.
AP – Justin Bieber and his Ferrari are both fine after a fender-bender in Los Angeles.
AP – Michael Vick shared some laughs, and offered up an occasional smile. But for the most part, his Tuesday news conference announcing his new contract was handled the same way he’s handled everything since he landed in Philadelphia two years ago.