Aaron's Daily WWW Newspaper

• 
  Reports: DeGeneres and de Rossi wed in California AP - 1 hour, 11 minutes ago

  BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi are married, according to reports. In the biggest celebrity union since California legalized same-sex marriage, DeGeneres, 50, and de Rossi, 35, wed Saturday night in an intimate ceremony at their Beverly Hills home, People and Us Magazine reported.

• PBGC downplays investment plan risks, report says AP - 1 hour, 10 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON - The federal agency charged with backstopping pension benefits for 44 million Americans has understated the risks of its new investment policy, a congressional watchdog said Monday.

• Blood protects against long-gone killer 1918 flu AP - 1 hour, 9 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON - Nearly a century after history's most lethal flu faded away, survivors' bloodstreams still carry super-potent protection against the 1918 virus, demonstrating the remarkable durability of the human immune system.

• Analog TV shutdown kills free cell-phone TV AP - 1 hour, 10 minutes ago

  NEW YORK - Picture whipping out your cell phone and catching up with "Lost" or "Jeopardy," or watching the local 11 o'clock news, all for free. You can do this with an imported Chinese phone, but you can't with any phone sold in the U.S. — at least not without monthly charges.

• Baby whale seems to think yacht is its mother AP - 1 hour, 12 minutes ago

  SYDNEY, Australia - Australian media say a lost humpback whale calf has bonded with a yacht it seems to think is its mother.

• 
  Pakistan's Musharraf resigns Reuters - 8 minutes ago

  ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf, who came to power in a coup nine years ago and was a key U.S. ally in its campaign against terrorism, quit office on Monday to avoid impeachment charges.

• 
  Russia promises to "crush" future aggressors Reuters - 56 minutes ago

  KURSK/GORI (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev promised on Monday a "crushing response" to any attack on its citizens as Georgia waited for concrete signs of a promised Russian military pullout.

• 
  China weeps as main track hope limps out Reuters - 10 minutes ago

  BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese fans were stunned into silence and tears as national hero and 110 meters hurdles Olympic champion Liu Xiang hobbled out of the Games injured on Monday.

• 
  Tropical Storm Fay hits Cuba coast Reuters - Mon Aug 18, 5:16 AM ET

  HAVANA (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Fay, which killed at least 57 people in other Caribbean countries over the weekend, slammed into Cuba's southwestern coast on Monday on a path expected to take it to Florida as a likely hurricane.

• 
  Rice set for another Mideast visit Reuters - Mon Aug 18, 4:32 AM ET

  JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will visit the Middle East next week in another attempt to achieve progress towards an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal, officials said on Monday.

• 
  U.S.' Gates scoffs at Russian warnings to Poland Reuters - Sun Aug 17, 1:30 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pentagon chief Robert Gates dismissed as "empty rhetoric" on Sunday Russian warnings that Moscow would target Poland for a possible military strike because Warsaw agreed to host part of a U.S. missile shield.

• 
  North Korea angry as S.Korea, U.S. start military drills Reuters - Mon Aug 18, 5:20 AM ET

  SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean and U.S. forces began annual military drills on Monday, as a North Korean military spokesman denounced the exercises as a prelude to war and said they spoiled the prospects for nuclear disarmament talks.

• 
  U.S. prosecutors target six Blackwater staff: report Reuters - Sun Aug 17, 9:44 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors have sent letters to six Blackwater security guards involved in a Baghdad shooting last year in a move that could lead to groundbreaking criminal indictments, The Washington Post reported on Sunday.

• 
  Musharraf resigns as Pakistan president AFP - 8 minutes ago

  ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf resigned on Monday, bringing down the curtain on a turbulent nine years in power to avoid the first impeachment in the nuclear-armed nation's history.

• 
  Russia due to start pullout of combat troops from Georgia AFP - Mon Aug 18, 3:30 AM ET

  TBILISI, Aug 18, 2008 (AFP) - The world awaited the promised start of a Russian pullout of combat troops from Georgia on Monday, as a plan to retain Russian "peacekeepers" in the embattled Caucasus republic sparked new tension.

• 
  Russian begins withdrawal from Georgia: general staff AFP - 1 hour, 20 minutes ago

  MOSCOW (AFP) - The withdrawal of Russian forces from Georgia under a peace agreement began Monday, according to General Anatoly Nogovitsyn -- the deputy head of Russia's general staff.

• 
  Rice heads to NATO meeting to rally support for Georgia AFP - Mon Aug 18, 3:34 AM ET

  WASHINGTON, (AFP) - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice heads for Europe Monday for crisis talks with NATO allies on the situation in Georgia and to sign a key missile defense shield pact with Poland.

• 
  Liu injury darkens China's brightest Games AFP - 1 hour, 27 minutes ago

  BEIJING (AFP) - Chinese superstar Liu Xiang sensationally pulled out of the 110m hurdles heats injured Monday, putting a huge dampener on China's celebrations at achieving their most successful Olympics.

• Britain recruiting gay spies: report AFP/File - Sun Aug 17, 10:16 PM ET

  LONDON, (AFP) - Britain's domestic intelligence agency is actively recruiting gay spies and wants its staff to be more open about their sexuality, the Financial Times reported Monday.

• 
  BHP Billiton posts record 15.4-billion-dollar profit AFP - 21 minutes ago

  LONDON (AFP) - The world's biggest miner BHP Billiton on Monday announced record annual net profits of 15.39 billion US dollars (10.46 billion euros), driven by soaring commodity prices and strong Asian demand.

Most Popular Top Stories

• 
  Texas school district to let teachers carry guns Reuters - Fri Aug 15, 3:32 PM ET

  HOUSTON (Reuters) - A Texas school district will let teachers bring guns to class this fall, the district's superintendent said on Friday, in what experts said appeared to be a first in the United States.

• 
  Buy evidence of my husband's adultery on eBay Reuters - Wed Aug 13, 9:33 AM ET

  CANBERRA (Reuters) - An Australian woman has taken revenge on her cheating husband by putting a photograph of his lover's underpants up for sale on the auction site eBay.

• 
  Home alone: old men left lonely in Britain's ageing society AFP - Sun Aug 17, 2:36 AM ET

  LONDON (AFP) - Britain is likely to face a growing problem of "home alone" old men as the number of male over-60s living alone in Britain hits one million for the first time, according to research by the Help the Aged charity.