 |
|
| 02/07/2008
Colombia rescues Betancourt, 3 U.S. hostages
| | BOGOTA (Reuters) - French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt, three Americans and 11 other hostages held for years in jungle captivity were rescued on Wednesday from leftist guerrillas by Colombian troops posing as aid workers. 
 > more |
|
| 02/07/2008
Fire danger, economic woes cancel fireworks shows(AP)
| |  AP - Those seeking the oohs and aahs of traditional Fourth of July fireworks could be sadly disappointed this year: Public displays and sales of boxed firecrackers are being canceled or scaled back across the nation, victims of a sluggish economy, wildfire fears and product shortages caused by a warehouse fire in China.
> more |
|
| 02/07/2008
Fire danger, economic woes cancel fireworks shows(AP)
| | AP - Those seeking the oohs and aahs of traditional Fourth of July fireworks could be sadly disappointed this year: Public displays and sales of boxed firecrackers are being canceled or scaled back across the nation, victims of a sluggish economy, wildfire fears and product shortages caused by a warehouse fire in China.
> more |
|
|
| 02/07/2008
Colombia hostage Betancourt freed
| | The Colombian authorities say they have rescued Ingrid Betancourt, the French-Colombian politician held by Farc rebels for more than six years, and three American hostages, all freed without bloodshed. > more |
|
| 02/07/2008
Colombia hostage Betancourt freed
| | The Colombian authorities say they have rescued Ingrid Betancourt, the French-Colombian politician held by Farc rebels for more than six years, and three American hostages, all freed without bloodshed. > more |
|
| 02/07/2008
Wildfire forces evacuation of California's Big Sur
| | SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Authorities in California ordered residents to evacuate the scenic Big Sur coastal area on Wednesday to allow firefighters sole use of narrow roads to battle a stubborn wildfire in the steep terrain. 
 > more |
|
|
| 02/07/2008
Conman caught
| | A fugitive hedge fund manager turns himself in to Boston authorities. CNN's Dan Lothian reports. 
 > more |
|
| 02/07/2008
Alleged police car joyride lands SC teen in jail(AP)
| | AP - Call him the short arm of the law. Police in Dillon, a small town near the North Carolina border, say a 13-year-old with an interest in law enforcement twice stole a police cruiser and took it out to do some patrolling. > more |
| |
| 02/07/2008
SuperSonics, Seattle reach last-minute settlement(AP)
| |  AP - The SuperSonics will move to Oklahoma City for the 2008-09 season as part of a settlement with the city of Seattle, ending a contentious relationship that resulted in a trial in which the judge was due to issue her ruling Wednesday.
> more |
|
| 02/07/2008
'Daddy Obama'
| | Whether at the gym, getting a haircut or watching a soccer game, the media is forever watching him. Jeanne Moos reports. 
 > more |
|
|
| 02/07/2008
Betancourt, U.S. contractors rescued from FARC
| | In a secret operation a U.S. official called "brilliant," the Colombian military infiltrated rebel group FARC and deceived its members into giving up 15 hostages including former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, Colombia's defense ministry said. 
 > more |
|
| 02/07/2008
Bush says US to send more troops to Afghanistan(AP)
| |  AP - Grappling with a record death toll in an overshadowed war, President Bush promised Wednesday to send more U.S. troops into Afghanistan by year's end. He conceded that June was a"tough month"in the nearly seven-year-old war.
> more |
|
| 02/07/2008
Freed Sudan terror suspect angry at Britain
| | KHARTOUM (Reuters) - One minute, Omer Almagboul says, he and his fellow Sudanese flatmate were lazing at their student flat in England, recovering from a big night out. The next, their lives changed for ever. 
 > more |
|
| 02/07/2008
Liberals vs. Obama
| | CNN's Abbi Tatton reports on a group on Obama's Web site urging him to reconsider his support for FISA legislation. 
 > more |
| |
| 02/07/2008
Betancourt: Rescue in Colombia was 'impeccable'
| | BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- Colombian spies tricked leftist rebels into handing over kidnapped presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt and three U.S. military contractors Wednesday in a daring helicopter rescue so successful that not a single shot was fired.... > more |
|
| 02/07/2008
Betancourt: Rescue in Colombia was'impeccable'(AP)
| |  AP - Colombian spies tricked leftist rebels into handing over kidnapped presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt and three U.S. military contractors Wednesday in a daring helicopter rescue so successful that not a single shot was fired.
> more |
|
| 02/07/2008
Betancourt: Rescue in Colombia was'impeccable'(AP)
| | AP - Colombian spies tricked leftist rebels into handing over kidnapped presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt and three U.S. military contractors Wednesday in a daring helicopter rescue so successful that not a single shot was fired.
> more |
| |
|
|
|
