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Thursday, September 08, 2005 09:00 PM PDT

Today's Most Popular News: California Earthquake Could Be the Next Katrina Barbara Bush: It's Good Enough for the Poor BYU Named Nation's Fittest College Campus 'Survivor' Winner Indicted on Tax Charges A child in charge of `6 babies' FDA Advisers Recommend Inhaled Insulin Study: Routine Eases Bipolar Disorder Bush suffers in polls post-Katrina Canadians beat U.S. Army to New Orleans suburb Wyo. Recipients Unknowingly Got 9/11 Loans Coppola Returns to 'The Outsiders' Bush family Katrina comments draw scrutiny Higher Commodity Prices Already Fading Tropical Storm Becomes Hurricane Off Fla. Chinese Eatery Sold Donkey in Tiger Urine 'The Outsiders' Cast 20 Years Later Volkswagen to make hybrid cars with China Former secretary of state Powell critical of US response to Katrina Changes in the brain may explain teenage troubles Genes Show Signs Brain Still Evolving California Earthquake Could Be the Next Katrina Thu, 08 Sep 2005 04:55 am PDT Los Angeles Times - U.S. Geological Survey seismologist Lucy Jones remembers attending an emergency training session in August 2001 with the Federal Emergency Management Agency that discussed the three most likely catastrophes to strike the United States. Full Story Top Barbara Bush: It's Good Enough for the Poor Tue, 06 Sep 2005 10:08 am PDT The Nation - The Nation -- Finally, we have discovered the roots of George W. Bush's "compassionate conservatism." Full Story Top BYU Named Nation's Fittest College Campus Thu, 08 Sep 2005 11:54 am PDT AP - On those annual lists of the nation's college campuses, Brigham Young University is probably best known for its regular ranking near the bottom when it comes to party schools. Full Story Top 'Survivor' Winner Indicted on Tax Charges Thu, 08 Sep 2005 03:39 pm PDT AP - Richard Hatch, who won $1 million on the first season of the reality show "Survivor," was indicted Thursday for failing to pay taxes on his winnings from the CBS show. Full Story Top A child in charge of `6 babies' Tue, 06 Sep 2005 06:40 am PDT Chicago Tribune - In the chaos that was Causeway Boulevard, this group of refugees stood out: a 6-year-old boy walking down the road, holding a 5-month-old, surrounded by five toddlers who followed him around as if he were their leader. Full Story Top FDA Advisers Recommend Inhaled Insulin Thu, 08 Sep 2005 03:34 pm PDT AP - Federal health advisers on Thursday recommended government approval of the first inhaled form of insulin, offering some diabetics an alternative to many of their daily injections. Full Story Top Study: Routine Eases Bipolar Disorder Thu, 08 Sep 2005 05:53 am PDT AP - Patients suffering from bipolar disorder who underwent therapy to help them maintain a regular daily routine and cope with stress were able to avoid relapses over a two-year period, a study has found. Full Story Top Bush suffers in polls post-Katrina Thu, 08 Sep 2005 02:43 pm PDT Reuters - President George W. Bush's image suffered in public opinion polls taken after Hurricane Katrina hit the U.S. Gulf Coast, with some finding growing doubts about his leadership and the country's direction. Full Story Top Canadians beat U.S. Army to New Orleans suburb Wed, 07 Sep 2005 10:36 pm PDT Reuters - A Canadian search-and-rescue team reached a flooded New Orleans suburb to help save trapped residents five days before the U.S. military, a Louisiana state senator said on Wednesday. Full Story Top Wyo. Recipients Unknowingly Got 9/11 Loans Thu, 08 Sep 2005 01:43 pm PDT AP - Dan Klassen might not have been able to start his business without the Small Business Administration. The SBA-backed loan he received from Wells Fargo — $158,500 — helped him buy the equipment he needed to get Casper-based Optimal Air Testing Services off the ground. Full Story Top Coppola Returns to 'The Outsiders' Thu, 08 Sep 2005 02:36 pm PDT AP - After the critical and commercial disaster of "One From the Heart" and the failure of his Zoetrope movie studio, a bankrupt Francis Ford Coppola found himself at "the beginning of a very continuing low period." Full Story Top Bush family Katrina comments draw scrutiny Thu, 08 Sep 2005 12:29 am PDT AFP - US President George W. Bush is not the only member of his prominent political family to be drawing criticism for public utterances about Hurricane Katrina: His mother has raised eyebrows too. Full Story Top Higher Commodity Prices Already Fading Thu, 08 Sep 2005 04:55 am PDT Los Angeles Times - Hurricane Katrina probably won't raise the prices of chocolate bars, copper piping, coffee, wood products and anything made from petroleum after all, economists say. Full Story Top Tropical Storm Becomes Hurricane Off Fla. Thu, 08 Sep 2005 04:51 pm PDT AP - Tropical Storm Ophelia strengthened into a hurricane as it stalled 70 miles off the northeast Florida coast Thursday, churning waves that caused beach erosion and drenching Kennedy Space Center. Full Story Top Chinese Eatery Sold Donkey in Tiger Urine Thu, 08 Sep 2005 03:58 pm PDT AP - A restaurant in northeastern China that advertised illegal tiger meat dishes was found instead to be selling donkey flesh — marinated in tiger urine, a newspaper reported Thursday. Full Story Top 'The Outsiders' Cast 20 Years Later Thu, 08 Sep 2005 02:40 pm PDT AP - The cast of "The Outsiders" was a rare assemblage of young, upcoming talent — in Matt Dillon's words, "everyone wanted to be cast in it." Full Story Top Volkswagen to make hybrid cars with China Thu, 08 Sep 2005 05:44 am PDT Reuters - Volkswagen will start making hybrid cars by 2008 with its main Chinese partner and may kick off large-scale production of the energy-efficient vehicles by 2010, the Chinese company said on Thursday. Full Story Top Former secretary of state Powell critical of US response to Katrina Thu, 08 Sep 2005 02:27 pm PDT AFP - Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell had tough words for federal, state and local authorities on their response to Hurricane Katrina in a television interview to air Friday. Full Story Top Changes in the brain may explain teenage troubles Thu, 08 Sep 2005 06:09 am PDT Reuters - Teenage angst and clashes with authority may be caused by changes in youngsters' brains during puberty, but luckily for harassed parents the problems pass. Full Story Top Genes Show Signs Brain Still Evolving Thu, 08 Sep 2005 02:01 pm PDT AP - The human brain may still be evolving. So suggests new research that tracked changes in two genes thought to help regulate brain growth, changes that appeared well after the rise of modern humans 200,000 years ago. Full Story Top

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