Aaron's Daily WWW Newspaper

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  Poll: Math, yes; standardized tests, maybe AP - 1 hour, 4 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON - More math, please. A large majority of Americans thinks schools are placing too much emphasis on the wrong subjects, and more than half think they're doing just a fair job in preparing children for the work force or giving them the practical skills they need to survive as adults, according to an Associated Press poll released Friday.

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  US stocks futures lower after spending data AP - 2 minutes ago

  NEW YORK - U.S. stocks are heading toward a modestly lower open after the government reported that personal spending and incomes jumped last month, as taxpayers started receiving stimulus checks.

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  Gates moves on, but Microsoft keeps 'quests' alive AP - 1 hour, 5 minutes ago

  SEATTLE - It is almost unthinkable that any one human could pick up where Bill Gates leaves off when he ends his full-time tenure Friday as Microsoft's leader.

• Woman's 'Wing House' takes flight in Malibu AP - 1 hour, 49 minutes ago

  MALIBU, Calif. - The neighborhood already has a house that scientists say looks like a giant atom smasher, and nearby there is another that is perched on a cylindrical tower and looks like a flying saucer. Yet when Francie Rehwald moves into her new digs sometime next year, she'll have them both beat.

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  Rose, Beasley, Mayo go 1-2-3 in NBA draft AP - 1 hour, 6 minutes ago

  NEW YORK - Minutes after the NBA draft started, Derrick Rose learned he was headed home.

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  North Korea blows up reactor cooling tower Reuters - 10 minutes ago

  SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea toppled the cooling tower at its plutonium-producing reactor on Friday in a symbolic move to show its commitment to a nuclear deal that comes a day after it submitted an inventory of its atomic program.

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  Oil jumps to new above $142 as equities wilt Reuters - 29 minutes ago

  LONDON (Reuters) - Oil leapt to a new record high above $142 a barrel on Friday, extending gains after surging nearly 4 percent in the previous session, as tumbling global stock markets helped to trigger a wider commodities rally.

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  Obama and Clinton to make first joint appearance Reuters - Fri Jun 27, 1:28 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton take the first step toward healing the wounds of their bruising presidential nominating fight with a joint appearance on Friday in the symbolically named New Hampshire town of Unity.

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  Early turnout low in Zimbabwe's one-man vote Reuters - 1 hour, 5 minutes ago

  HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's one-candidate election drew a low early turnout on Friday after President Robert Mugabe went ahead with the vote despite widespread international condemnation.

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  Russia says U.S. shield won't make Europe safer Reuters - 2 hours, 4 minutes ago

  KHANTY-MANSIYSK, Russia (Reuters) - Russia said on Friday a planned U.S. missile shield in Eastern Europe is harmful and will not ensure security on the continent.

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  Congress passes new Iraq war funds Reuters - Fri Jun 27, 3:17 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday approved $161.8 billion in new funds to continue fighting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for the next year, without timetables for withdrawing combat troops.

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  Mortars, closures disrupt shaky Gaza Strip truce Reuters - 46 minutes ago

  GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired two mortar shells into southern Israel on Friday in the latest challenge to a ceasefire deal and the enclave's Islamist Hamas rulers, who appealed to all factions to abide by the deal.

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  Taliban slit throats of "U.S. spies" in Pakistan Reuters - Fri Jun 27, 3:21 AM ET

  DAMADOLA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Taliban militants in northwest Pakistan publicly slit the throats of two Afghans on Friday after they were accused of spying for U.S. forces suspected of launching a missile strike in May.

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  Zimbabwe votes in Mugabe election AFP - 1 hour, 6 minutes ago

  HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabwe held a presidential runoff election on Friday amid opposition accusations that people were being intimidated to vote for veteran leader Robert Mugabe, the only candidate in the poll.

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  NKorea blows up nuke plant tower AFP - 48 minutes ago

  SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea on Friday blew up the cooling tower of its atomic reactor at Yongbyon to symbolise its commitment to nuclear disarmament, one day after it handed over details of its atomic programmes.

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  US top court upholds right to own guns, rejects handgun ban AFP - Fri Jun 27, 12:06 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US Supreme Court has ruled that individual Americans have a constitutional right to bear arms, ending a ban on owning handguns in the capital in its first ruling on gun rights in 70 years.

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  Martian soil good enough for asparagus: NASA AFP - Fri Jun 27, 12:02 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - Martian dirt is apparently good enough for asparagus to grow in, NASA scientists said Thursday, as they announced the results of a soil analysis collected by the US Phoenix Mars lander.

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  Bill Gates to sign off at Microsoft AFP - 1 hour, 1 minute ago

  SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Macintosh computer fanatics won't have Bill Gates to kick around anymore.

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  Oil prices strike record highs near 142 dollars AFP - 53 minutes ago

  LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices jumped to record high levels nearing 142 dollars a barrel on Friday, as the US currency weakened further and stock markets tumbled at the end of a volatile trading week for investors.

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  China's forex reserves hit 1.8 trillion dollars: report AFP - Fri Jun 27, 1:06 AM ET

  SHANGHAI (AFP) - China's foreign exchange reserves, by far the largest in the world, hit 1.80 trillion dollars at the end of May, state media reported Friday.

Most Popular Top Stories

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  Major turbulence ahead for airlines The Christian Science Monitor - Thu Jun 26, 4:00 AM ET

  New York - America's aviation system could be at risk of collapsing by the beginning of next year.

• Seizing Laptops and Cameras Without Cause U.S. News & World Report - Wed Jun 25, 11:41 AM ET

  Returning from a brief vacation to Germany in February, Bill Hogan was selected for additional screening by customs officials at Dulles International Airport outside Washington, D.C. Agents searched Hogan's luggage and then popped an unexpected question: Was he carrying any digital media cards or drives in his pockets? "Then they told me that they were impounding my laptop," says Hogan, a freelance investigative reporter whose recent stories have ranged from the origins of the Iraq war to the impact of money in presidential politics.

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  Rotating skyscraper plans for Moscow, Dubai -- N.Y.? Reuters - Tue Jun 24, 5:24 PM ET

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - After taking in an expansive view of Manhattan from a friend's apartment, architect David Fisher came up with a way to make the most of a good location -- a rotating building.