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Early-onset Alzheimer's disease sufferer shares his story - USATODAY.com view story
4 votes- Submitted by tab16602
- 3 days ago
- (http://www.usatoday.com/news/heal...)
Bob Blackwell describes how he deals with baffling symptoms of early-stage Alzheimer's.
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6 militants, 2 civilians killed in Afghan raid - USATODAY.com view story
4 votes- Submitted by tab16602
- 1 day ago
- (http://www.usatoday.com/news/worl...)
An overnight raid early Friday killed six militants and two civilians in western Afghanistan, the U.S. coalition said.
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U.S. commander sees a 'slow win' in Afghanistan - USATODAY.com view story
3 votes- Submitted by tab16602
- about 9 hours ago
- (http://www.usatoday.com/news/wash...)
U.S.-led forces are achieving a slow win in Afghanistan, but the less-than-decisive approach must be accelerated soon, a key American commander there said Friday.
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Gas prices fall for sixth straight day - Sep. 6, 2008 view story
4 votes- Submitted by alina.popescu
- about 8 hours ago
- (http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/06/n...)
As Tropical Storm Hanna hits the U.S., gasoline prices drop for the sixth straight day but remain 87 cents above year-ago levels.
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Union to strike Boeing; most disruptive U.S. strike in years - Sep. 6, 2008 view story
4 votes- Submitted by alina.popescu
- about 8 hours ago
- (http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/06/n...)
Nearly two days of round-the-clock talks aimed at averting a strike at aircraft maker Boeing broke down and set the stage for what could be one of the nation's most disruptive strikes in more than a decade.
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Caught in the Cross-Fire view story
3 votes- Submitted by VioletPlanet
- about 5 hours ago
- (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/06...)
Unless the Pentagon comes up with a better strategy, the United States and its allies may well lose the war in Afghanistan.
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Confessions of Republican Convention Security Guard view story
3 votes- Submitted by VioletPlanet
- about 5 hours ago
- (http://www.salon.com/opinion/feat...)
From sushi-scarfing Secret Servicemen to drunken Sarah-Palin lust, witness the underside of the Republican shindig.
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Let's Talk About Sex view story
3 votes- Submitted by VioletPlanet
- about 5 hours ago
- (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/06...)
We need to create a sex education infrastructure that acknowledges reality and protects our children from unwanted pregnancies, or worse.
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The Two Weeks You Missed view story
3 votes- Submitted by VioletPlanet
- about 5 hours ago
- (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/06...)
While the news media were preoccupied with the wind storms in Denver, Minneapolis and New Orleans, here are some stories you may have missed.
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Afghan al-Qaida figure warns of attacks on West view story
46 votes- Submitted by loup.dargent
- 1 day ago
- (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/f...)
Al-Qaida's top commander in Afghanistan warned of more attacks against the West in a video posted on the Web that paid tribute to a suicide bomber said to have carried out the June bombing of the Danish Embassy in Pakistan...


