Provides the latest RSS feeds for General Editorials. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Israel Herald.com http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/10/id/45d771c7290844e9/ en-us Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:43:23 -0400 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:43:23 -0400 30 Iran has executed two youths who were convicted of murder when they were fifteen years of age. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/400082/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:30:06 -0400 Israel Herald.com http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/400082/cs/1/ Croatia is a "small country for a big vacation", as the ads tell you. But beyond the marketing and optimistic reports of millions of holidaymakers spending their "big vacation" there, there is less ch... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17302166/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:44:38 -0400 The Guardian http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17302166/ Faced by the disconcerting rise of David Cameron, Labour politicians and the leftist commentariat have rediscovered one of the oldest tropes in the rhetorical armoury of self-styled progressives. Came... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17302167/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:44:34 -0400 The Guardian http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17302167/ This week, scientists emerged from a smoke-blackened laboratory to announce: "If you eat even one sausage a day, you're deid, ken? Same with bacon. As for black pudding, you might as well, like, swall... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17299296/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:26:22 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17299296/ Gary McKinnon, the British hacker who embarrassed the Pentagon and Nasa by entering their computer systems from a flat in north London, has lost his long battle against extradition. Yesterday it was a... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17302168/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:44:28 -0400 The Guardian http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17302168/ CHINA'S tallest building, the 101-storey Shanghai World Financial Centre, will open to the public tomorrow , 14 years after its developer, the visionary Japanese property tycoon Minoru Mori, began the... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17299297/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:26:15 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17299297/ IS BUSINESS opinion shifting to the view that the Scottish parliament ought to have more tax-raising powers? That's certainly my conclusion from reading CBI Scotland's submission to the commission rev... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17299295/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:26:21 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17299295/ DENVER -- Sen. Joe Biden, who has often referred to himself as Pennsylvania's third senator, claimed the mantle again in a surprise visit to the Pennsylvania delegation breakfast this morning. The De... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17302161/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:07:26 -0400 Post-Gazette http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17302161/ Theatre can produce many reactions: grief, enjoyment, amusement, boredom, back pain. But last week, for the first time in 30 years of ticket stubs, I came out of a playhouse feeling rage and guilt, an... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17302165/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:44:40 -0400 The Guardian http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17302165/ Salzburg this summer suffered a slow run of opera flops, while quietly restoring its concert and theatre programme to peak form. Edinburgh had any number of blips, not least an electronic box-office f... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17299299/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:26:19 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17299299/ the george s. may international company will assist... applicants should apply online. george s. may international company park ridge, il equal opportunity... . http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17302163/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:44:43 -0400 The Guardian http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17302163/ The Steelers led the Carolina Panthers 13-6 at halftime of their final exhibition game in Heinz Field tonight. The team's traded field goals in the second quarter: Jeff Reed kicked his third of the h... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17300888/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:07:27 -0400 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17300888/ Jatindra Dash I Reuters BHUBANESWAR, India: Hindu mobs ransacked a church and clashed with Christian villagers in eastern India yesterday, police said, as authorities struggled to control spiraling re... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17302149/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:45:21 -0400 Arab News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17302149/ Maybe it hardly bears thinking about the morning of November 5 if Barack Obama has lost to John McCain the previous day. And it may seem perverse to think about it at all on a day like today, when Oba... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17302164/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:44:42 -0400 The Guardian http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17302164/ LAST week in this column, the RSPB director Stuart Housden claimed that the Trump proposals for Menie would destroy an exceptional piece of coastline and that it would be like building a theme park on... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17299298/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:26:17 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17299298/ Azhar Masood I Arab News ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League (N) chief Nawaz Sharif yesterday rejected a request from the head of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) to rejoin the coalition he quit ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17302150/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:45:20 -0400 Arab News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17302150/ Susan Duff has ordered Dad to spend 10 days in jail for contempt of court. Bob Duff was led away in handcuffs Wednesday during a court hearing after http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17302162/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:07:25 -0400 Post-Gazette http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17302162/ Emergency management officials in Washington County have begun permitting residents to return to about 30 homes in Monongahela after containing a chlorine leak at a business tonight. Metal Management... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17300889/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:07:27 -0400 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17300889/ Agencies BAGHDAD: US forces arrested a top Shiite official in Iraq’s government as he stepped off a plane in Baghdad, a political ally said yesterday, and a US military intelligence official lin... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17302153/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:45:16 -0400 Arab News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17302153/ Hisham Abu Taha I Arab News GAZA CITY/RAMALLAH: Two boatloads of international activists who defied Israel’s blockade of Gaza set sail for Cyprus yesterday, carrying seven Gaza Palestinians who ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17302154/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:45:16 -0400 Arab News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17302154/ Khaled Al-Mahdi I Arab News SANAA: Yemeni police have arrested 30 suspected Al-Qaeda members believed to have been plotting attacks in Saudi Arabia, official sources said yesterday. The 30 men, all Ye... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17302151/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:45:19 -0400 Arab News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17302151/ Reuters WASHINGTON: The United States may scrap a civil nuclear pact with Moscow and consider sanctions as punishment for its military action in Georgia, the White House said yesterday, raising pressu... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17302148/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:45:22 -0400 Arab News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17302148/ Agencies PATNA, India: Indian army troops helped evacuate more than 120,000 people from floods in eastern India, but more bad weather raised fears that rivers would to continue to overflow, officials ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17302156/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:45:12 -0400 Arab News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17302156/ Barbara Ferguson I Arab News WASHINGTON: In a historic changing of the guard, Barack Hussein Obama, who defeated the first family of Democratic Party politics with a call for a fundamental new course ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17302157/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:45:11 -0400 Arab News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17302157/ 29 August 2008 IT is, to say the least, an interesting concept that the inclusion of Hezbollah in the new Lebanese government should be “confirming legitimacy” on the organization, as both... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17302158/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:45:10 -0400 Arab News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17302158/ Aijaz Zaka Syed I Arab News YOU don’t have to be born in the West or be a Westerner to hate the Taleban. Most of us in the Middle East and the larger Muslim world have grown sick and tired of th... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17302159/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:45:09 -0400 Arab News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17302159/ Hassan Tahsin I Arab News US President George W. Bush in his typical style criticized China for its human rights violations in the presence of President Hu Jintao and other senior Chinese officials. H... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17302160/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:45:08 -0400 Arab News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17302160/ Fortune 500 ) Gatorade, according to an estimate at that time from Sports Illustrated. He's added about $2 million to that total since he won the big game and its MVP award.But Peyton and his Indianap... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17294856/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:33:38 -0400 CNN Money http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17294856/ When Russian troops attacked Georgia this month, rolling tanks into Tskhinvali and bombing Gori, it was not just a tragedy for the Caucasus. It also marked the demise of more than four years of no wa... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17298630/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:44:55 -0400 Christian Science Monitor http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17298630/ NEW YORK (CNN) -- Congratulations. You just bought Bear Stearns. You, me and all taxpayers.We're not getting any ownership, of course, no share of the investment firm that at the beginning of the mont... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17294855/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:33:36 -0400 CNN Money http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17294855/ The Hiroshima-Nagasaki Appeal is a plan for ridding the world of nuclear weapons by the year 2020. India can help the world realise that progressive vision. Towards that realisation, instead of trying... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17294826/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:48:03 -0400 The Hindu http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17294826/ Regarding Lawrence Harrison's Aug. 6 Opinion piece, "Could Obama's rise signal the end of black victimology?": Mr. Harrison portrays supporters of affirmative action as minimizing the importance of p... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17298631/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:44:53 -0400 Christian Science Monitor http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17298631/ NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- How do you get famous NBA bad-boy owner Mark Cuban to shut up and play nice? Simple: Dangle in front of him the chance to buy one of the most attractive franchises in sports... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17294860/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:33:29 -0400 CNN Money http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17294860/ If there were any doubt that the rules of the international game have changed for good, the events of the past few days should have dispelled it. On Monday, President Bush demanded that Russia’s... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17294825/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:48:05 -0400 The Hindu http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17294825/ 0 posts The U.S. should shift its policy on fighting HIV/AIDS to a "fight for basic human equality, providing a basis for more realistic outreach," a http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17294989/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:50:14 -0400 Medical News Today http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17294989/ Whether we're sending a kid back to school or just responding to our own internal clock, fall shopping is now. Throughout the stores today we'll complain about prices and commiserate about what kid... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17298632/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:44:54 -0400 Christian Science Monitor http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17298632/ At a recent press conference in Delhi, Bhilai-based independent filmmaker Ajay T.G. was the cynosure of all eyes. Imprisoned for 93 days on sedition charges under the draconian Chhattisgarh Special Pu... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17294827/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:48:03 -0400 The Hindu http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17294827/ With the Olympic Games over, we can now take a look at whether Russia achieved the status of athletic superpower. Unfortunately, our athletes did not fulfill the medals quota set by the president of t... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17298626/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:13:40 -0400 Moscow Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17298626/ in revenue. But LSU reported a bigger profit than Ohio State. Both schools are among the top money makers in college football and the rich teams keep getting richer. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17294857/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:33:33 -0400 CNN Money http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17294857/ Testimonials "Since its launch in 1992, The Moscow Times has been the one indispensable daily newspaper for the English-speaking community in the Russian capital. With its excellent, independent r... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17298623/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:13:45 -0400 Moscow Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17298623/ Pakistan’s flag fluttered over the ruins of a Central Reserve Police Force bunker at Makarpora in Srinagar’s Kawdara neighbourhood. Beneath it, a group of teenage local residents were swee... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17294824/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:48:06 -0400 The Hindu http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17294824/ On Aug. 9, Leonid Kuchma turned 70 years old. For 10 years, from 1994 until 2004, he was the president of Ukraine. He arrived as the savior of his nation, but the Orange Revolution ended his second te... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17298625/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:13:38 -0400 Moscow Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17298625/ HARRISBURG -- A conservative watchdog group today is launching an advertising campaign aimed at persuading lawmakers to lease the Pennsylvania Turnpike and disband the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17298627/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:10:25 -0400 Post-Gazette http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17298627/ Sunday marks the 205th anniversary of the day Meriwether Lewis launched his boat from Pittsburgh, beginning a landmark journey that took him down the Ohio, up the Mississippi and Missouri and on to th... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17298628/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:10:24 -0400 Post-Gazette http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17298628/ HARRISBURG -- State officials are working to contain any worries about identity theft after more than 1,200 mailings containing the Social Security numbers of state welfare recipients were sent to the... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17298629/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:10:23 -0400 Post-Gazette http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17298629/ A Lawrence County woman was killed yesterday when her car and a pickup truck crashed at an intersection in Union Township, police said. Bernice Mahood, 83, of Edinburg, had been driving north on Old ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17293854/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:18:08 -0400 Post-Gazette http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17293854/ First, the figures give the lie to those who claim that reforms and globalisation are making the poor poorer. Second, it's misleading to divide independent India's economic history into two simple ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17293850/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:02:34 -0400 Times of India http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17293850/ On this day 40 years ago, Hubert H. Humphrey accepted the nomination of the Democratic Party for the presidency of the United States. As rioting raged outside the Chicago convention hall, he began his... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17293860/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:54:11 -0400 Jerusalem Post http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17293860/ This time around, the crisis in the Valley is multidimensional; home-grown hotheads, political parties and militants from across the border are all party to the state of affairs. The Centre, it see... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17293849/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:02:33 -0400 Times of India http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17293849/ Heather Ditillo knows firsthand the stress of being a busy parent of young children. She also has a master's degree in social work and experience teaching adults. It's a combination that fits well i... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17293856/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:18:07 -0400 Post-Gazette http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17293856/ A Washington County woman is being held in jail on charges that she tried to kill her 9-year-old daughter by suffocation, police said. The mother, Nora M. Domske, 30, faces a preliminary hearing at 2... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17293857/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:18:08 -0400 Post-Gazette http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17293857/ This topic may be disturbing, particularly if you have recently died. It has come to my attention that the vast array of things you can buy from Costco includes burial caskets. Costco Wholesale offe... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17293858/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:18:05 -0400 Post-Gazette http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17293858/ A woman filed a federal lawsuit today against Adams Township, Butler County, because it denied her a permit to open what she calls a dance and fitness studio. Stephanie Babines, who operates a busine... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17293855/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:18:07 -0400 Post-Gazette http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17293855/ However, the "encirclement of the city" never happened. Many of our college mates, who had joined Kaka, died in police firing or in jail. Then came the trade union violence of the CPM. The act of g... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17293848/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:02:35 -0400 Times of India http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17293848/ The pledges of support given this week to Ukraine by David Miliband, the UK foreign secretary, and other European Union ministers must be followed by concrete action.It is not enough for the EU to war... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17293847/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:59:34 -0400 Financial Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17293847/ Californians have always persevered. Even through tough emotional and economic times, our American values and a persistent sense of hope and humanity in the face of adversity have served as guiding pr... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17285677/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:03:05 -0400 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17285677/ Ten Youth Radio reporters are all over Denver this week, getting a full dose of what it's like at a national convention. Reporter Pendarvis Harshaw said that the security and protests have made Denver... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17285680/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:03:03 -0400 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17285680/ The hazy legality of medical marijuana just got a little clearer. Since 1996 when voters approved a measure allowing the humane use of cannabis to ease sickness and pain, California has struggled to c... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17285679/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:03:00 -0400 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17285679/ Allegheny County Chief Executive Dan Onorato this morning announced his appointees to the Environmental Air Quality Task Force. The group is charged with reviewing the functions of the county's Air Q... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17287836/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:18:17 -0400 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17287836/ The Anniston Star on university rankings:Americans are obsessed with making the list.Because of Alabama's long history of being at or near the bottom of just about every negative state ranking, this s... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17285439/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:08:44 -0400 Gadsden Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17285439/ THE rain was hammering on the roof, my shoes were ruined and the contents of my handbag were a sorry little pile outside my front door. I couldn't believe that I'd chosen this night of all nights to l... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17280650/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:21:33 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17280650/ The South Side has always been a popular neighborhood for college students; it is filled with bars and ethnic restaurants that appeal to an eclectic group of people. But there is more to Pittsburgh th... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17284714/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:04:20 -0400 Post-Gazette http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17284714/ John Kerry famously “reported for duty” as his party’s presidential nominee. In 2008 he has had to concede that role to Barack Obama, who used that same convention stage in Boston to... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17284715/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:50:28 -0400 Boston Herald http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17284715/ By Sami Moubayed DAMASCUS - Generations of Iraqi leaders have succumbed to the "Iraqi curse" - dying violent deaths while in office or soon after leaving it. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's dat... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17284712/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:49:48 -0400 Asia Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17284712/ Punishing Russia could prove costly By Mikhail Molchanov On the eve of his visit to Ukraine, David Miliband, Britain's foreign secretary, said he wanted to forge "the widest possible coalition a... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17281348/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:49:46 -0400 Asia Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17281348/ By Shawn W Crispin BANGKOK - A tense political standoff between anti-government protesters and Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej continued on Thursday, with thousands of demonstrators refus... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17281350/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:49:44 -0400 Asia Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17281350/ By Jim Lobe WASHINGTON - Iran could emerge as a big winner, at least in the short term, from the rapidly escalating tensions between the United States and Russia over Moscow's intervention in G... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17281349/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:49:47 -0400 Asia Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17281349/ By Kosuke Takahashi TOKYO - The killing of a young Japanese aid worker in Afghanistan has shocked Tokyo. It represents the deteriorating security situation in the west Asian nation, exacerbated... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17284713/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:49:42 -0400 Asia Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17284713/ By Stella Gonzales MANILA - About 100 people have been killed or injured and more than 130,000 others displaced since hostilities resumed this month between government troops and Moro Islamic L... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17281353/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:49:39 -0400 Asia Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17281353/ llion customers of the Royal Bank of Scotland, American Express and NatWest were found on a computer which sold for the grand total of £35.88 on eBay.If you're a customer with any of these banks then... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17276202/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:45:23 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17276202/ OFFICIAL figures released this week suggest that road and air traffic in Scotland continued to grow in 2007 – setting up an inevitable clash with Scotland's climate change targets. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17276203/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:45:18 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17276203/ farther and farther from commercial centers. Not only does this urban sprawl put upward pressure on gasoline prices, it creates freeway gridlock, worsens air pollution and makes fighting global warmin... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17279499/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:41:58 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17279499/ Enter the Evening News caption competition and tell us what you think. It couldn't be simpler – all you have to do is log on to edinburghnews.com and post your caption. You'll need to register if yo... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17276204/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:45:17 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17276204/ When Hillary Rodham Clinton moved Wednesday night that Barack Obama be nominated for president by acclamation of the Democratic National Convention, she added action to the powerful words of http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17279498/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:41:59 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17279498/ provide loans at below-market rates to finance their long-overdue investments in new technologies.If Bear Stearns, Fannie and Freddie are important enough to merit a helping hand from Washington, why ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17279497/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:42:00 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17279497/ In many ways, the Quakers have it right. This thought has crossed my mind many times in the last three years as president of Quaker-founded Whittier College, but no time more forcefully than in the la... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17279504/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:41:49 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17279504/ People exit the blogger lounge at the Democratic National Convention in Denver earlier this week. Bloggers are becoming a more influential fixture in politics, a fact not lost on Democrats who credent... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17278054/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:29:54 -0400 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17278054/ This summer while he was in Europe, Barack Obama called out to the "people of the world," saying, "This is our moment. This is our time." But tonight, as he strides to the podium at Invesco Field to ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17279496/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:19:52 -0400 Denver Post http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17279496/ The U.S. Senate seems to have a growing gang problem. Frankly, we're glad — if the bipartisan "gangs" can overcome the Senate's chronic problem of partisan gridlock. Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar,... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17276185/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:19:50 -0400 Denver Post http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17276185/ The Food and Drug Administration has had the courage finally to approve irradiation of spinach and lettuce. It's about time. Many people got sick during the eight years that the FDA dithered over this... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17272507/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:02:34 -0400 USA Today http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17272507/ I'm not thrilled with either major presidential nominee. But after months of listening to the candidates, I have decided on the lesser of the two evils. There is nothing more dangerous than a smooth-t... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17272522/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:47:28 -0400 Deseret News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17272522/ I'm not a Hillary Clinton fan by any means, but it would be impossible not to give Hillary a standing "two-thumbs-up" ovation for her speech at the Democratic Convention. "Unity" was her goal, and she... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17272524/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:47:26 -0400 Deseret News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17272524/ It wasn't very long ago that I could not fathom the allure of online social networks like MySpace or Facebook. They seemed like a poor substitute for real interaction. When I had an actual need to fin... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17272516/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:47:37 -0400 Deseret News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17272516/ recently concluded that Ivins used that access to process anthrax into a powder, pour it into envelopes and mail it to strangers, killing five people, badly sickening 17 and terrorizing the nation. He http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17272501/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:02:43 -0400 USA Today http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17272501/ U.S. officials admit to killing 321 Afghan civilians with airstrikes in 2007, and 165 are reported to have died in four attacks in the past two months. Killing innocents with bombs is, of course, a d... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17275608/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:43:59 -0400 USA Today http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17275608/ Cal : So then what happened to Obama, the post-partisan healer of our great divide? The salve for our wounds. The guy who can make the lion lie down with the lamb. I thought the angry politics of divi... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17275609/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:43:58 -0400 USA Today http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17275609/ DENVER -- A resolutely positive, gracious Bill Clinton delivered a strong endorsement of Barack Obama last night in a speech aimed at dispelling any rumors of bad feeling between the former president ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17275616/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:39:39 -0400 Post-Gazette http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17275616/ the graduate admissions coordinator will assist the graduate recruiting & admissions team in reaching all... an understanding of the graduate admissions cycle is... . http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17275623/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:14:48 -0400 The Guardian http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17275623/ We are also working to develop those same treatments to protect Americans and the world against those who would use disease and infection as a weapon of war. It is lifesaving work, critical to our def... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17275607/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:43:59 -0400 USA Today http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17275607/ Two ex-chaplains for the Pittsburgh police will have to find greener pastures for their curbside ministry. Lara Zinda, who served as the Police Bureau's chief chaplain for 10 months, and fellow volun... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17275620/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:39:37 -0400 Post-Gazette http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17275620/ I've been reading the articles about the living conditions that wounded veterans are forced to endure. While I find that reprehensible and in need of correction, I can't help but feel that there needs... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17272508/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:02:33 -0400 USA Today http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17272508/ I commend the police for their current campaign to remind motorists to be watchful and respectful of pedestrians. At the same time, pedestrians could also use good judgment. Here's a case in point: I ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17272519/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:47:32 -0400 Deseret News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17272519/ Beware of thefts happening to bags checked at airports. Be aware when you put valuables in a checked suitcase they may be stolen. My son put his digital camera in a checked suitcase at an airport and ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17272518/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:47:34 -0400 Deseret News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17272518/ Now, those of us angered by the exclusion are constantly reminded that it would be foolish to act against our public and private interests by either voting for John McCain or not voting at all, but we... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17272504/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:02:36 -0400 USA Today http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17272504/ Allegheny County police were investigating a late-night home invasion in Sharpsburg in which one person was injured. Around 11:30 last night, three men in ski masks entered a home in the 400 block of... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17275615/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:39:39 -0400 Post-Gazette http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17275615/ Thanks to our Olympic basketball team for achieving the gold medal. We now have four Olympians — John, Karl, Deron and Carlos — to be proud of. I have one concern, however. Carlos Boozer des... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17272520/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:47:31 -0400 Deseret News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17272520/ The 3-week-old storm in the Caucasus between Russia, Georgia and the United States rolls on with Russia's official recognition of the independence of two regions in Georgia, South Ossetia and Abkhazia... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17275618/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:39:37 -0400 Post-Gazette http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17275618/ It seems to me, as a 21-plus year special education and elementary education teacher, that the problems that confront our schools begin in the home. Children starting kindergarten already have a large... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17272525/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:47:25 -0400 Deseret News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17272525/ Last week, I was "paying a family back" for the extra tutoring they did for my son by taking their family picture. I am a professional photographer. Just before the photo shoot, I tried to squeeze in ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17272523/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:47:27 -0400 Deseret News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17272523/ Two people were arrested and three children were taken from a North Side home last night after city police found them living in what they described as "deplorable conditions" among piles of garbage ba... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17275614/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:39:40 -0400 Post-Gazette http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/17275614/