Aaron's Daily WWW Newspaper

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  No angry lines of customers after bank takeover AP - 1 hour, 41 minutes ago

  PHOENIX - Customers of two banks closed by federal regulators were assured that every penny of their money was protected, preventing lines of angry accountholders from forming Saturday.

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  4 swimmers dead, 3 missing in N.Y. ocean waters AP - 1 hour, 39 minutes ago

  NEW YORK - Four swimmers drowned and three were missing Saturday in two days of treacherous ocean currents at Long Island and New York City beaches, authorities said. At least three more had been rescued.

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  AP IMPACT: Relatives of televangelist prosper AP - 1 hour, 38 minutes ago

  NEWARK, Texas - Here in the gentle hills of north Texas, televangelist Kenneth Copeland has built a religious empire teaching that God wants his followers to prosper.

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  Carmen Electra & Kim Kardashian dazzle comics fans AP - 1 hour, 37 minutes ago

  SAN DIEGO - The line snaked through the Comic-Con floor. Hundreds of camera-toting fans jockeyed for position, barely able to contain their excitement.

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  What a relief - Gossage a Hall of Famer at last AP - 2 hours, 26 minutes ago

  COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. - As a kid, Rich Gossage's dreams never matched those of his father. "My dad always said, 'You're going to play in the big leagues some day,' " Gossage recalled. "I pooh-poohed that. I would be like, 'Aw, dad, please don't say that.' And sure enough, here I am."

• Obama says conditions to dictate final Iraq force Reuters - Sat Jul 26, 11:04 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said in an interview published on Saturday the size of a residual U.S. force left in Iraq after the withdrawal of combat troops would be "entirely conditions-based."

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  India on alert after two days of bombings kill 40 Reuters - Sun Jul 27, 3:32 AM ET

  NEW DELHI, India (Reuters) - India's major cities were put on high alert on Sunday, with fears of more attacks after at least 40 people were killed in two days of bombings that hit a communally-sensitive western city and a southern IT hub

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  Fatah-Hamas tensions surge after Gaza bombings Reuters - 1 hour, 43 minutes ago

  JENIN, West Bank (Reuters) - Hamas and Fatah carried out tit-for-tat arrests on Sunday after deadly Gaza bomb attacks fuelled tension between the Palestinian factions.

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  Qantas to inspect oxygen bottles after 747 emergency Reuters - Sun Jul 27, 4:43 AM ET

  SYDNEY (Reuters) - Qantas was ordered on Sunday to check all oxygen bottles on its fleet of Boeing 747s after investigators said an exploding oxygen bottle might have ripped a hole in a Qantas 747, forcing it to make an emergency landing at Manila.

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  NATO air raid kills dozens of Taliban: governor Reuters - 1 hour, 41 minutes ago

  KHOST, Afghanistan (Reuters) - NATO killed dozens of Taliban insurgents in an air strike on Sunday in Afghanistan's southeastern province of Khost, the provincial governor said.

• Turkish military says hit 12 PKK targets in N.Iraq Reuters - 11 minutes ago

  ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's military said on Sunday its fighter jets hit 12 Kurdish separatist targets in northern Iraq's Qandil region in an operation that started at midnight.

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  Congress approves housing bill Reuters - Sat Jul 26, 4:15 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress approved a massive housing market rescue bill on Saturday, offering emergency financing to mortgage titans Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac , and setting up a $300-billion fund to help hundreds of thousands of troubled homeowners.

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  Raul Castro dashes expectations for new reforms Reuters - Sat Jul 26, 10:56 PM ET

  SANTIAGO DE CUBA (Reuters) - Cuban President Raul Castro dashed expectations he would announce new economic reforms on Saturday in a speech that instead warned Cubans not to get used to hearing good news.

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  Indian leaders urge calm, army called out after attacks AFP - 9 minutes ago

  AHMEDABAD, India (AFP) - Indian leaders issued appeals for calm Sunday as the army was called out after a wave of bombings killed 45 people in Ahmedabad, a city rocked by deadly Hindu-Muslim riots six years ago.

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  Iran hangs 29 drug traffickers, murderers, rapists AFP - 23 minutes ago

  TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran on Sunday hanged 29 men convicted of offences including drug trafficking, murder and rape in the largest mass execution in years as the country says it is fighting increasing crime.

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  Qantas jet probe focuses on exploding oxygen cylinders AFP - 2 hours, 28 minutes ago

  MANILA (AFP) - Air safety investigators said Sunday that an exploding oxygen cylinder may have been to blame for tearing a huge hole in an Australian Qantas jumbo jet in mid-air, nearly causing a disaster.

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  Obama returns to face McCain music over missed GI visit AFP - Sun Jul 27, 3:24 AM ET

  CHICAGO (AFP) - White House hopeful Barack Obama was back in the United States Sunday after a triumphant foreign trip, facing a new assault from Republican rival John McCain over his cancelled visit to wounded US troops in Germany.

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  Hun Sen set to extend rule in Cambodia polls AFP - 1 hour, 34 minutes ago

  PHNOM PENH (AFP) - Cambodian Premier Hun Sen's ruling party claimed an early lead in polls Sunday, leaving him poised to extend his 23-year grip on power after a vote overshadowed by a military standoff with Thailand.

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  EU trade chief warns road to Doha littered with 'potholes' AFP - 1 hour, 7 minutes ago

  GENEVA (AFP) - Europe's trade chief warned Sunday that the road to a successful WTO deal is littered with "potholes" despite emerging signs of consensus as farm tariffs still divide rich and poor countries.

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  German carrier Lufthansa faces strike during peak holiday season AFP - Sun Jul 27, 1:00 AM ET

  BERLIN, (AFP) - Lufthansa, the biggest German airline, faces a tumultuous strike during its busiest season after members of the German trade union Verdi voted to press demands for pay raises.

Most Popular Top Stories

• U.S. regulators seize two more banks, engineer sale Reuters - Sat Jul 26, 12:08 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators took over two banks on Friday and sold them to Mutual of Omaha Bank, the sixth and seventh bank failures this year as financial institutions struggle with a housing bust and credit crunch.

• Feeling poor spurs lottery ticket purchases Reuters - Fri Jul 25, 11:03 AM ET

  NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - When it comes to purchasing lottery tickets, making people feel poor will prompt them to spend more money on a chance to become rich, American researchers said.

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  U.S. house prices overvalued by up to 20 percent: IMF paper Reuters - Fri Jul 25, 5:52 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The downward spiral of U.S. housing prices still has a way to go and homes were overvalued by between 8 percent to 20 percent in the first quarter of this year, according to research by an International Monetary Fund economist published on Friday.