Saturday, May 3, 2008

Digest: Most Popular News

Expert sees peanut allergy solution within 5 years
Civil War cannonball kills Virginia relic collector
After scandal, students are leaving Oral Roberts University
ARREST BUSH
Bolivia's richest province seeks autonomy, raising fear of political crisis
Polls show voters drift to Clinton ahead of next primaries
Linens 'n Things files for bankruptcy protection
Twisters tear up parts of 4 states; 7 die in Arkansas
Doctors to reassess antibiotics for 'chronic Lyme' disease
Evangelicals say faith is now too political
Police: Colts' Harrison interviewed about Philly shooting
Early Indiana turnout heavy in strong Obama counties
Ohio attorney general admits to affair with employee
Student-loan legislation moves forward
Tesla rolls out its long-awaited electric sports car
McCain clarifies remark about oil, Iraq war
`Miracle' Marine dies; badly burned in 2005 Iraq blast
Colleges are allowing coed dorm rooms
GOP uses Obama to boost Republican candidates
Bush predicts the economy is going to 'come on'
--> Expert sees peanut allergy solution within 5 years
Fri, 02 May 2008 06:04 am PDT
Reuters - A form of immunotherapy that could get rid of a person's allergy to peanuts
islikely within five years, even as the condition appears to grow more and more common,a U.S.
expert said on Thursday. Full Story Top
Civil War cannonball kills Virginia relic collector
Fri, 02 May 2008 01:25 pm PDT
AP - Like many boys in the South, Sam White got hooked on the Civil War early,
diggingup rusting bullets and military buttons in the battle-scarred earth of his hometown. Full
Story Top
After scandal, students are leaving Oral Roberts University
Fri, 02 May 2008 04:04 pm PDT
AP - As Oral Roberts University prepares to hand out diplomas to its Class of 2008,
AnnaSiebring, a junior, will be mailing out applications to transfer to another school.Siebring, a
government major, is among many students having second thoughts aboutstaying at Oral Roberts after
six months of scandal at the evangelical Christianuniversity. Full Story Top
ARREST BUSH
Tue, 29 Apr 2008 04:57 pm PDT
Ted Rall - Bush Confesses to Waterboarding. Call D.C. Cops! Full Story Top
Bolivia's richest province seeks autonomy, raising fear of political crisis
Fri, 02 May 2008 01:58 pm PDT
McClatchy Newspapers - SANTA CRUZ DE LA SIERRA, Bolivia— This divided country faces a
constitutionalcrisis Sunday when its richest and second most-populous province votes whether
todeclare itself autonomous from President Evo Morales's national government, areferendum the
president has called illegal. Full Story Top
Polls show voters drift to Clinton ahead of next primaries
Fri, 02 May 2008 04:38 am PDT
AP - Polls showed voters drifting toward Hillary Rodham Clinton before crucial
Democraticprimary votes next week, but the all-important party superdelegates — whosebacking is
now essential for the nomination — were falling increasingly in linebehind Barack Obama. Full
Story Top
Linens 'n Things files for bankruptcy protection
Fri, 02 May 2008 04:02 pm PDT
AP - A Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing by Linens 'n Things is the latest sign that the
retailsector is becoming leaner and meaner amid a difficult consumer environment. Full Story
Top
Twisters tear up parts of 4 states; 7 die in Arkansas
Fri, 02 May 2008 04:57 pm PDT
AP - Violent storms rolling across the nation's midsection unleashed tornadoes, high
windsand hail in four states and killed seven people in Arkansas on Friday, includinga teenager
who died when a tree fell into her bedroom as she slept. Full Story Top
Doctors to reassess antibiotics for 'chronic Lyme' disease
Fri, 02 May 2008 04:04 pm PDT
AP - Patients who believe they suffer long-term problems from Lyme disease are
claimingvictory over a national doctors group. The Infectious Diseases Society of Americahas
agreed to review its guidelines, which say there's no evidence long-term antibioticscan cure
"chronic Lyme" disease — or even that such a condition exists. Full Story Top
Evangelicals say faith is now too political
Fri, 02 May 2008 09:12 pm PDT
AP - Conservative Christian leaders who believe the word "evangelical" has lost its
religiousmeaning plan to release a starkly self-critical document saying the movement hasbecome
too political and has diminished the Gospel through its approach to the culturewars. Full Story
Top
Police: Colts' Harrison interviewed about Philly shooting
Fri, 02 May 2008 04:02 pm PDT
AP - Indianapolis Colts star receiver Marvin Harrison was interviewed by police abouta
shooting near his North Philadelphia bar this week. Lt. Frank Vanore said the investigationof
Tuesday's shooting was continuing. Harrison has not been arrested or charged. Full Story Top

Early Indiana turnout heavy in strong Obama counties
Fri, 02 May 2008 04:21 pm PDT
AP - Early voting in Indiana could offer some encouragement to presidential hopeful
BarackObama, who needs a victory in its upcoming primary after a tough few weeks on thecampaign
trail. Full Story Top
Ohio attorney general admits to affair with employee
Fri, 02 May 2008 04:06 pm PDT
AP - Ohio's attorney general admitted an extramarital affair with an employee
Friday,soon after three of his aides were fired or forced out after an investigation foundevidence
of sexual harassment and other misconduct. Full Story Top
Student-loan legislation moves forward
Fri, 02 May 2008 01:00 am PDT
The Christian Science Monitor - In moving this week to shore up the student-loan
market, the federal government aimsto avert a credit crunch that some warned could make it harder
for students to borrowfor college. Full Story Top
Tesla rolls out its long-awaited electric sports car
Fri, 02 May 2008 01:18 pm PDT
AP - It's safe to say Jeremy Snyder gets a charge out of the two-seat Tesla Roadster
wheneverhe pulls one off the lot — and not because it's equipped with an all-electricengine. Full
Story Top
McCain clarifies remark about oil, Iraq war
Fri, 02 May 2008 04:20 pm PDT
AP - Republican John McCain was forced to clarify his comments Friday suggesting the
Iraqwar involved U.S. reliance on foreign oil. He said he was talking about the firstGulf War and
not the current conflict. Full Story Top
`Miracle' Marine dies; badly burned in 2005 Iraq blast
Fri, 02 May 2008 05:37 am PDT
AP - A Marine sergeant who became a symbol of resilience as he strove to recover froma
roadside bomb blast in Iraq that blanketed 97 percent of his body with burns hasdied, the Defense
Department said. He was 22. Full Story Top
Colleges are allowing coed dorm rooms
Fri, 02 May 2008 12:46 pm PDT
AP - Erik Youngdahl and Michelle Garcia share a dorm room at Connecticut's Wesleyan
University.But they say there's no funny business going on. Really. They mean it. Full Story
Top
GOP uses Obama to boost Republican candidates
Fri, 02 May 2008 02:36 pm PDT
AP - Turns out Louisiana and Mississippi weren't quite finished with the Democratic
presidentialcampaign. Sen. Barack Obama won each state's primary earlier this year. But thesedays
his face still appears in television ads in both states, this time from Republicanstrying to turn
him into a liability for Democrats in two looming special electionsfor long-held Republican seats.
Full Story Top
Bush predicts the economy is going to 'come on'
Fri, 02 May 2008 09:02 pm PDT
AP - President Bush, buoyed by a batch of economic news that wasn't as bad as
expected,predicted Friday that consumers are on their way to better days. "I know it's toughtimes,
and I know you're having to pay more at the fuel pump than you want," Bushsaid. "But this economy
is going to come on. I'm confident it will." Full Story Top


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