NEW YORK - The price of oil recorded its biggest weekly drop ever, and a gallon of gas finally pulled back from its record high. So is it time to declare the energy bubble popped?
McCain adviser Gramm quits after 'whiners' remarks AP - Sat Jul 19, 1:33 AM ET Sent 81 times
NEW YORK - Former Texas Sen. Phil Gramm resigned Friday from his role as GOP presidential candidate John McCain's campaign co-chairman, hoping to quiet the uproar that followed his comments that the United States had become a "nation of whiners" whose constant complaints about the U.S. economy show they are in a "mental recession."
Crane collapses at Houston refinery, killing 4 AP - 1 hour, 38 minutes ago Sent 64 times
HOUSTON - Hitting the ground with enough force to lift a worker off the ground, one of the nation's largest mobile cranes collapsed at a Houston oil refinery, killing four workers and injuring seven others.
- Beijing begins massive Olympic shutdown AP - 1 hour, 43 minutes ago
- BEIJING - Beijing's Olympic shutdown begins Sunday, a drastic plan to lift the Chinese capital's gray shroud of pollution just three weeks ahead of the games.
- Obama visits Afghanistan to tour war zone AP - 1 hour, 31 minutes ago
KABUL, Afghanistan - Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama arrived in Afghanistan on Saturday, the first stop on a campaign-season tour of war zones, a spokesman said.
- Oil prices tumble in biggest weekly drop ever AP - 1 hour, 18 minutes ago
NEW YORK - The price of oil recorded its biggest weekly drop ever, and a gallon of gas finally pulled back from its record high. So is it time to declare the energy bubble popped?
- House prices could fall for two years: Citigroup Reuters - 1 hour, 24 minutes ago
LONDON (Reuters) - Citigroup chairman Win Bischoff has warned that house prices in Britain and the United States are likely to keep falling for another two years.
- Midnight stampede to 'The Dark Knight' sets record AP - 1 hour, 17 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES - Nothing dark about Batman's first night at the box office.
- Pope apologizes for clergy sex abuse in Australia AP - 50 minutes ago
SYDNEY, Australia - Pope Benedict XVI used some of the strongest language yet in his apology Saturday for the sexual abuse of children by Australia's Roman Catholic clergy, but his words were just more of the same for the victims.
- For better or worse, McCain wedded to town halls AP - 1 hour, 53 minutes ago
DENVER - John McCain was in his favorite campaign setting, a town hall meeting, when he spotted a promising target. "I'd love to recognize you first, sir," the Republican presidential candidate said to a man in a Vietnam War veteran's hat.
- Choi leads Norman by a stroke at the British Open AP - 1 hour, 41 minutes ago
SOUTHPORT, England - Tiger Woods on crutches was supposed to be a chance for someone else to seize the spotlight at the British Open. Greg Norman wasn't the guy anyone had in mind. Neither was David Duval. Indeed, Royal Birkdale proved to be fertile ground for fairy tales on Friday.
- McCain adviser Gramm quits after 'whiners' remarks AP - Sat Jul 19, 1:33 AM ET
NEW YORK - Former Texas Sen. Phil Gramm resigned Friday from his role as GOP presidential candidate John McCain's campaign co-chairman, hoping to quiet the uproar that followed his comments that the United States had become a "nation of whiners" whose constant complaints about the U.S. economy show they are in a "mental recession."
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Beijing begins massive Olympic shutdown
AP - 1 hour, 43 minutes ago
BEIJING - Beijing's Olympic shutdown begins Sunday, a drastic plan to lift the Chinese capital's gray shroud of pollution just three weeks ahead of the games.
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