July 14 2008 - USA hot news

Washington Post President Bush to Lift Executive Ban on Offshore Drilling Washington Post - By William Branigin The White House announced today that President Bush will lift an executive order banning offshore oil drilling, a move aimed at stepping up pressure on Congress to end the prohibition it imposed in 1981. USA Today Police Find Solidier's Remains, Arrest Husband ABC News - By RUSSELL GOLDMAN A marine was arrested at Camp Lejeune Sunday afternoon, shortly after the charred remains of his estranged wife, Army nurse Holley Wimunc, were discovered in a brush fire on the outskirts of the North Carolina base. Vancouver Sun Barack Obama and John McCain: New Yorker cover is 'tasteless and ... Los Angeles Times - Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama's campaign is furious over a New Yorker mag cover illustration of a Muslim-garbed Obama fist-bumping his wife, Michelle, wearing an Angela Davis afro, a camo jumpsuit, and a rifle slung over her ... Boston Globe McCain, Obama Fight for Latino Voters ABC News -By JENNIFER PARKER Addressing the nation's largest Latino rights group today, Sen. John McCain will accuse Sen. Barack Obama of distorting his record and remind Latino voters that he championed immigration reform legislation. REFILE-Penn. gov. says US infrastructure renewal critical Reuters - By Jon Hurdle PHILADELPHIA, July 14 (Reuters) - The United States should establish a capital budget to pay for about $1.6 trillion in national infrastructure repairs to ensure the work gets done and prevent the risk of becoming a "third-rate" economic ... St. Louis Post-Dispatch Health Highlights: July 14, 2008 Washington Post - Insurers in Illinois should be required to absorb the skyrocketing costs of diagnosing and treating autism, Gov. Rod Blagojevich proposed Sunday. US terrorism watch list tops 1 million Reuters - By Randall Mikkelsen WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A US watch list of terrorism suspects has passed 1 million records, corresponding to about 400000 people, and a leading civil rights group said on Monday the number was far too high to be effective. NY1 City Refines Formula to Measure Poverty Rate New York Times - By CARA BUCKLEY The Bloomberg administration unveiled a new measure on Sunday for gauging poverty levels, one that takes into account the cost of housing, child care and clothing, among other expenses not included in the formula used by the federal ... BBC News Elite team renews Fossett search BBC News - A team of 10 elite athletes and expert mountaineers has resumed the search for missing adventurer Steve Fossett. The team is concentrating its efforts on remote wooded areas of Nevada near where Mr Fossett, 63, was last seen, the Associated Press ... Newsweek Franken gets Democratic challenger in Senate race USA Today -By Eric Miller, Reuters ST. PAUL (AP) - An attorney from well-known family in Minnesota legal circles says she will challenge Senate candidate Al Franken in a Democratic primary. Citing effects on economy, Bush passes global warming problem to ... Los Angeles Times - By DINA CAPPIELLO, AP Writer WASHINGTON (AP) _ The Bush administration, dismissing the recommendations of its top experts, rejected regulating the greenhouse gases blamed for global warming Friday, saying it would cripple the US economy. UPDATE 1-Tropical depression could form in Atlantic - NHC Reuters - NEW YORK, July 14 (Reuters) - A low pressure system about 1300 miles east of the Lesser Antilles continued to show signs of organization and may develop into a tropical depression Monday or Tuesday, the US National Hurricane Center said in a report. Telegraph.co.uk Funeral Scheduled This Week for Tony Snow FOXNews - AP April 26, 2006: Tony Snow smiles as he is introduced by President Bush as his new press secretary in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House. eFluxMedia Cleanup after mudslide on fire-scarred land San Diego Union Tribune - By Scott Lindlaw AP SAN FRANCISCO - A large cleanup effort was under way Monday, after a weekend mudslide on fire-scarred land forced residents in an eastern Sierra Nevada town to evacuate their homes. District Leaders Announce New Handgun Regulations Washington Post - By Marcia Davis District residents will be able to keep a handgun in the home for self-defense but that right would be limited to the home and not outside it, city leaders said today in announcing new gun regulations in response to the Supreme Court's ... WA today Dalai Lama stresses compassion during lecture at Lehigh The Patriot-News - PennLive.com -BY MARY WARNER The Dalai Lama drew a capacity crowd Sunday to a Lehigh University stadium, where he sat in the lotus position in a stuffed armchair onstage and sounded one of his favorite themes -- the development of secular ethics. The Southern Ledger Family: Woman with 5 dead spouses obsessed by cash The Associated Press - ALBEMARLE, NC (AP) - Jeff Carstensen was spooked when he learned his grandmother planned to buy him a $100000 life insurance policy - and name herself the beneficiary. Coyotes preying on Cal State Long Beach feral cats San Jose Mercury News - AP LONG BEACH, Calif.—Coyotes are preying on the 100 or so feral cats at Cal State Long Beach, but university officials and activists are at odds over which animals should go. Oregon inmate jumps from van, escapes in Portland Seattle Times - By AP It was the second time in three weeks that a prisoner at the South Fork Forest Camp has gotten away. A white supremacist gang member who walked away in June was recaptured Saturday in Gresham after a police chase. Cops Kill Woman Who Lunged at Officers With Crochet Hook FOXNews - SALINAS, Calif. - A disoriented woman holed up in a minivan and repeatedly stabbing herself in the neck was shot to death by local police officers who thought the distraught woman was lunging at them with a knife or pick ax.