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Bush is expected to have high-level contacts with the new government of Pakistan soon, but the White House would not say if and when he would call his 'personal friend' Pervez Musharraf. http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/396562/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:00:39 -0400 Colorado Star.com http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/396562/cs/1/ US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has cancelled plans to attend the closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games in Beijing Sunday, the White House said. http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/396539/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:00:54 -0400 Colorado Star.com http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/396539/cs/1/ Washington, Aug 20 : Nearly 13 pct of the older Americans are mistreated, either verbally or financially, a new study from University of Chicago has revealed. http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/396799/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:02:38 -0400 Colorado Star.com http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/396799/cs/1/ Washington, Aug 20 : American actors Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston could run in to one another at this year's Toronto International Film Festival. http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/396796/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:02:25 -0400 Colorado Star.com http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/396796/cs/1/ New York, August 20 : While one may consider serving as the President of the United States to be a nerve-wracking experience, it seems that even campaigning for the presidential elections may leave people with grey hair, as has happened with Barack Obama. http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/396792/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:01:03 -0400 Colorado Star.com http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/396792/cs/1/ Washington, August 20 : Results from a recent survey have indicated that the US public, while aware of the deteriorating global environment, is concerned predominantly with local and national environmental issues. http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/396790/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:00:56 -0400 Colorado Star.com http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/396790/cs/1/ New York, Aug 20 : Chris Paciello, the Brooklyn-mobster-turned-Miami-club-king, asked former flame Madonna for bail money after his arrest in L.A. http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/396749/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:01:23 -0400 Colorado Star.com http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/396749/cs/1/ London, Aug 20 : Retired American boxing legend Muhammad Ali has been voted as The Greatest Sportsman Ever. 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We will remove comments that include profanity, personal attacks, racial slurs, threats of violence, or other inappropriate materi... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17044840/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:17:14 -0400 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17044840/ WASHINGTON -- Despite declining energy costs, wholesale prices soared in July, giving the economy the worst 12 months of inflation in almost three decades and increasing pressure on the Federal Reser... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17043230/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:25:43 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17043230/ In an article for the New Statesman, John Pilger argues that an unreported war is being waged by the United States, and Britain, to restore power to the privileged classes at the expense of the majori... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17044864/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:52:33 -0400 Axis of Logic http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17044864/ Seven suspected tornadoes reported Tuesday in eastern Florida Forecasters: Fay will become a hurricane in Florida on Thursday Tens of thousands of people without power in southern Florida http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17044857/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:43:46 -0400 CNN http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17044857/ The National Archives and Records Administration has done little to ensure that agencies properly preserve e-mail, with the number of agencies it has advised on records management dropping by more tha... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17045062/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:59:13 -0400 GovExec http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17045062/ Leda Smith grabbed her gun when she found an intruder in her home, police say Smith forced 17-year-old at gunpoint to call police Teen will be charged with attempted burglary, related offenses, author... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17044852/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:43:43 -0400 CNN http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17044852/ Ten veteran journalists from the U.S. ethnic media, who have a harder time getting press credentials than their mainstream media counterparts, are covering the Democratic National Convention for the f... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17044866/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:47:28 -0400 Pacific News Service http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17044866/ NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City has agreed to pay a $2 million settlement to protesters arrested during a 2003 rally against the Iraq war who said their civil rights had been violated, lawyers for ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17039441/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:04:46 -0400 Reuters http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17039441/ ROCHESTER, Minn. -- The wife of an American killed in Beijing is starting to talk and walk short distances while recovering at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. A statement posted on the Web... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17039258/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:56:11 -0400 Daily Herald http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17039258/ Our science savvy, under a microscope " highlights the importance of a high-quality science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education to all students. Such knowledge enables stude... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17039443/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:54:35 -0400 USA Today http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17039443/ For many years, I was a divorced single parent. My young son and daughter flew unaccompanied from Washington, D.C., to Arizona to visit their father at least twice or three times a year. I worried abo... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17039450/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:54:33 -0400 USA Today http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17039450/ MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. (AP) — The five men accused of plotting an attack on soldiers at Fort Dix want their trial postponed because a key expert witness, an Army reservist, is being called to active ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17039451/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:54:30 -0400 USA Today http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17039451/ — Asian Americans whose families experience a high degree of interpersonal conflict have a three-fold greater risk of attempting suicide when compared with Asian Americans overall, according to a... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17038559/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:27:05 -0400 Science Daily http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17038559/ BEIJING : In their latest confrontation with pro-Tibetan protesters during the Olympics, Chinese authorities arrested five Americans on Tuesday after they spelled out "Free Tibet" with blue LED lights... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17039117/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:10:55 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17039117/ suggests a LegacyPlus program to allow rejected Harvard legacies to "enjoy all of the perks of students who actually got into Harvard — except for the education part.") At lesser-known co... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17039447/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:54:38 -0400 USA Today http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17039447/ Commentary: As feds arrive at party, business wants music to stop Where will the mayoral web end? My guess is more than a few members of Detroit's interconnected business community are asking themsel... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17038288/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:07:52 -0400 The Detroit News http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17038288/ Two overwhelming U.S. favorites failed in the final meters of their quest for Olympic gold Tuesday, offering center stage to the unlikeliest of winners at the Bird's Nest.Sanya Richards, premiering a ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17039454/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:08:15 -0400 eTaiwan News http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17039454/ Why would slaughtering an animal that you've ridden or loved be a viable solution? Horses deserve a better end than that. First of all, make sure you can afford to take care of a horse. If an owner g... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17039445/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:54:36 -0400 USA Today http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17039445/ S hawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin are familiar faces by now, so seeing the gymnasts side-by-side on the medals stand yesterday was nice, but nothing new. For that, get to know another American gold me... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17038630/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:53:25 -0400 Boston Herald http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17038630/ WASHINGTON: Maintaining that the border areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan are the central front in the war on terrorism, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has slammed Republican rival ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17039455/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:57:35 -0400 Times of India http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17039455/ SUROBI, Afghanistan -- Insurgents ambushed a group of elite French soldiers as they climbed a mountain pass, killing 10 troops in a militant stronghold outside the capital. In a separate coordinated a... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17039259/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:56:15 -0400 Daily Herald http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17039259/ ArcelorMittal Acquires Brazilian Iron Ore Miner, London Mining Brasil and Acquires Brazilian Port Facility Through Partnership with Adriana Resources Inc. http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17038294/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:01:36 -0400 Market Watch http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17038294/ WASHINGTON -- Paddlings, swats, licks. A quarter of a million schoolchildren got them last year - and blacks, American Indians and kids with disabilities got a disproportionate share of the punishment... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17039442/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:56:33 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17039442/ BEIJING -- He has shared everything for most of his scuffled life, from twin beds to sofa cushions to last bites. It only made sense, then, that when he stunningly won an Olympic gold medal in fre... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17039255/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:10:15 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17039255/ DALLAS (Reuters) - More than 200,000 children were hit as punishment in U.S. schools last year and in the South more blacks than whites are struck, two human rights groups said in a report released on... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17039461/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:53:42 -0400 Reuters http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17039461/ Despite scandal, Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick still has supporters Grassroots group has taken out a radio ad backing Kilpatrick Kilpatrick has been mired in legal issues since start of year http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17039265/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:04:52 -0400 CNN http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17039265/ washington -- Americans are struggling to pay medical bills and accumulating medical debt at an increasing rate, according to a survey released Thursday. "A perfect storm of negative economic trends i... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17038531/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:09:58 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17038531/ MIAMI (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Fay swept into Florida from the Gulf of Mexico and soaked the state on Tuesday while growing strong enough that forecasters said it could become a hurricane before sma... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17039460/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:53:41 -0400 Reuters http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17039460/ LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Saxophonist LeRoi Moore, a founding member of the Dave Matthews Band, died on Tuesday of complications from a vehicle accident in June. http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17039457/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:53:35 -0400 Reuters http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17039457/ RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) -- A mental patient died after workers at a North Carolina hospital left him in a chair for 22 hours without feeding him or helping him use the bathroom, said federal offi... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17039263/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:04:50 -0400 CNN http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17039263/ According to the authors, acne has been associated with anxiety, depression, embarrassment and social dysfunction. "Reducing the psychosocial impact of acne is considered one of the guiding principles... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17039257/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:57:35 -0400 KeralaNext http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17039257/ — About 13 percent of elderly Americans are mistreated, most commonly by someone who verbally mistreats or financially takes advantage of them, according to a University of Chicago study that is ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17039453/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:27:13 -0400 Science Daily http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17039453/ boy crisis " in education, and exacerbated by claims of dramatic brain differences between boys and girls, K-12 educators are caught in a spreading fire for gender segregation — a fire fueled b... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17039446/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:54:37 -0400 USA Today http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17039446/ NEW YORK (Reuters) - A group of September 11 victims' families appealed to White House hopefuls John McCain and Barack Obama on Wednesday to suspend all campaigning on the anniversary of the 2001 atta... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17039458/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:53:37 -0400 Reuters http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17039458/ LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina man shot an unarmed teenager to death after a scuffle at a weekend party thrown by his children, then shot two teens involved in a retaliatory shooting at ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17039449/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:54:30 -0400 USA Today http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17039449/ surrounded by nuclear waste buried in landfills, and thousands of canisters of depleted uranium sit in piles outside the plant. These are only some of the horrors that plants or pollution from nuclear... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17039444/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:54:35 -0400 USA Today http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17039444/ North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted US$905 million in orders in July 2008 (three-month average basis) and a book-to-bill (B/B) ratio of 0.83, meaning US$83 worth of ord... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17038317/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:07:14 -0400 Digitimes http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17038317/ BEIJING (AP) ― Crystl Bustos hit a three-run homer in the ninth inning as the U.S. Olympic softball team beat Japan 4-1 in extra innings and will play for its fourth straight gold medal.The Am... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17038652/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:43:50 -0400 CBS 5 http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17038652/ BEIJING (AP) ― Americans Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser will play for the gold medal in beach volleyball.The reigning world champions beat Georgia 21-11, 21-13 in the semifinal Wednesday in o... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17038653/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:43:49 -0400 CBS 5 http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17038653/ BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) ― Vietnam freed British glam rocker Gary Glitter from prison Tuesday, sending the convicted child molester into an uncertain future after nearly three years of confineme... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17039350/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:43:48 -0400 CBS 5 http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17039350/ U.S.-based Students for a Free Tibet says Chinese authorities have detained six more of its members and supporters in Beijing. The group says five American members were detained Tuesday evening in Be... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17035056/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:20:30 -0400 Chosun http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17035056/ NASHVILLE (AP) — A Tennessee state trooper was suspended Tuesday after investigators said he used his position to conduct 182 background checks — at least some of them unauthorized — ... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17035164/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:56:09 -0400 USA Today http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17035164/ Williams, now 93, was one of several chaperones who drove a group of black children to the all-white drug store lunch counter – including his own son. “I wanted them to have a better op... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17035170/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:29:13 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17035170/ TUCSON, Ariz. – Construction on “virtual fence” projects scheduled along Arizona's border with Mexico is on hold indefinitely because the Interior Department hasn't signed off on use... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17034405/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:29:20 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17034405/ BOSTON (Reuters) - Three students from the elite Massachusetts Institute of Technology who found a way to hack into Boston's transit system to get free rides can talk publicly about the security flaw,... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17035184/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:54:52 -0400 Reuters http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17035184/ Gains from energy and material shares helped Brazilian stocks edge higher Tuesday, while Mexican equities ran out of steam and posted their second straight loss. http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17034990/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:51:50 -0400 Morning Star http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17034990/ NEW YORK – Police say a 5-year-old New York City boy plunged 10 stories to his death after he jumped from an elevator that got stuck between floors with its doors open. Police say the boy liv... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17035175/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:29:06 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17035175/ NEW YORK (AP) — New York City has agreed to pay $2 million to settle a lawsuit claiming 52 anti-Iraq war activists were unjustly arrested, lawyers announced Tuesday. http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17035161/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:56:08 -0400 USA Today http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17035161/ WASHINGTON – A Bush administration rule barring states and local governments from requiring more air pollution monitoring is illegal, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. In a 2-1 decision,... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17035165/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:29:21 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17035165/ -(Dow Jones)- A former broker sued Tradition North America Inc. and its Tradition Asiel Securities Inc. unit on Tuesday, alleging he was fired earlier this year after telling securities regulators a... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17035062/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:51:48 -0400 Morning Star http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17035062/ ATLANTA – Two of Martin Luther King Jr.'s children have been sued by the institution their mother founded – the latest chapter in a family drama that has become increasingly more public in... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17035176/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:29:08 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17035176/ LANSING, Mich. – AARP, the national advocacy group for older Americans, is being accused of age discrimination. Bonita Brady, a 63-year-old from Michigan, says the group passed her over for a... http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17035169/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:29:14 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.coloradostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/17035169/