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Java Joy: Study Touts Coffee's Benefits
Sun, 28 Aug 2005 04:08 pm PDT
AP - When the Ink Spots sang "I love the java jive and it loves me" in 1940, they could not have known how right they were. Coffee not only helps clear the mind and perk up the energy, it also provides more healthful antioxidants than any other food or beverage in the American diet, according to a study released Sunday. Full Story | Top |
Hurricane Could Leave 1 Million Homeless
Sun, 28 Aug 2005 03:55 pm PDT
 AP - When Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans on Monday, it could turn one of America's most charming cities into a vast cesspool tainted with toxic chemicals, human waste and even coffins released by floodwaters from the city's legendary cemeteries. Full Story | Top |
Equity Is Altering Spending Habits and View of Debt
Sun, 28 Aug 2005 04:55 am PDT
Los Angeles Times - As they happily watch their houses swell in value, Americans are changing their attitudes toward mortgage debt. Increasingly, a home is no longer a nest egg whose equity should never be touched, but a seemingly magical ATM enabling the owner to live it up or just live. Full Story | Top |
Research Details Cancer Risk for Redheads
Sun, 28 Aug 2005 07:37 pm PDT
AP - Redheads sunburn easily, but that may not be the only reason they are at high risk of skin cancer. New research suggests the pigment that colors their skin may set them up for cancer-spurring sun damage even if they do not burn. Full Story | Top |
New Orleans Braces for Powerful Katrina
Sun, 28 Aug 2005 04:45 pm PDT
 AP - A monstrous Hurricane Katrina barreled toward New Orleans on Sunday with 165-mph wind and a threat of a 28-foot storm surge, forcing a mandatory evacuation of the below-sea-level city and prayers for those who remained to face a doomsday scenario. Full Story | Top |
Oil surges over $70 on Katrina
Sun, 28 Aug 2005 05:59 pm PDT
 Reuters - U.S. oil prices surged to a record above $70 a barrel on Monday as one of the country's biggest storms tore through the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, forcing oil producers and refiners to shut down operations. Full Story | Top |
Gas Prices Set Another Record, Could Rise
Sun, 28 Aug 2005 03:21 pm PDT
 AP - Retail gas prices hit yet another record high over the past two weeks and could go even higher before the traditional post-Labor Day driving decline ends demands pressure, according to a nationwide survey. Full Story | Top |
Greenspan warns end of housing boom inevitable
Sat, 27 Aug 2005 10:49 pm PDT
Reuters - U.S. home prices could fall as the housing surge "inevitably" slows, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said on Saturday as he cast doubt on central banks' ability to sway such asset values. Full Story | Top |
Greenspan: end of housing boom inevitable
Sat, 27 Aug 2005 10:43 pm PDT
 Reuters - U.S. home prices could fall as the housing surge "inevitably" slows, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said on Saturday as he cast doubt on central banks' ability to sway such asset values. Full Story | Top |
Katrina gets stronger, New Orleans evacuates
Sun, 28 Aug 2005 03:05 pm PDT
 Reuters - Hundreds of thousands of New Orleans residents fled inland on Sunday as Hurricane Katrina strengthened into one of the fiercest U.S. storms ever seen and barreled toward the low-lying Gulf Coast city. Full Story | Top |
Colleges Try to Deal With Hovering Parents
Sun, 28 Aug 2005 03:09 pm PDT
 AP - They're called "helicopter parents," for their habit of hovering — hyper-involved — over their children's lives. Here at Colgate University, as elsewhere, they have become increasingly bold in recent years, telephoning administrators to complain about their children's housing assignments, roommates and grades. Full Story | Top |
Debt Load Makes Americans Vulnerable
Sun, 28 Aug 2005 09:18 am PDT
AP - Buy now, pay later: It's been the mantra of American consumers for decades. The results are obvious in the ballooning balances on credit cards and mortgage loans, and in the mushrooming U.S. trade deficit, which reflects the nation's nearly insatiable appetite for cheap, imported goods. Full Story | Top |
Church: God Punishing GIs Over Gays
Sun, 28 Aug 2005 07:16 am PDT
AP - Members of a church say God is punishing American soldiers for defending a country that harbors gays, and they brought their anti-gay message to the funerals Saturday of two Tennessee soldiers killed in Iraq. Full Story | Top |
Rev. Jackson Lends Support to Chavez
Sun, 28 Aug 2005 03:35 pm PDT
 AP - The Rev. Jesse Jackson offered support for President Hugo Chavez on Sunday, saying a call for his assassination by a U.S. religious broadcaster was a criminal act and that Washington and Venezuela should work out their differences through diplomacy. Full Story | Top |
Two U.S. Senators Held at Russian Airport
Sun, 28 Aug 2005 03:36 pm PDT
AP - A plane carrying two U.S. senators was detained for several hours Sunday while trying to leave Russia, before being permitted to leave the country for Ukraine, according to spokesmen for the lawmakers. Full Story | Top |
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