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TV preacher's wife in court over lawsuit
As one of the leaders of a Houston megachurch, the wife of renowned pastor Joel Osteen is known for her Christianity. But a flight attendant is accusing Victoria Osteen of committing some very unchristian-like behavior.
MSNBC - August 7 - 2008

Detroit mayor to spend night in jail
A judge ordered Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to jail Thursday for violating the terms of his bond in his perjury case, a decision the judge said he would have made for any John Six-Pack defendant.
MSNBC - August 7 - 2008

La. trooper IDs body unclaimed since his boyhood
(AP)
AP - From the time he was 9, Dennis Stewart was haunted by a boy eight years his elder.
Yahoo - August 7 - 2008

Where's Caylee? Florida toddler drama grips public
(AP)
AP - What's captivated us are the photos — the toddler's fawnlike eyes and chubby cheeks resting in her hands.
Yahoo - August 7 - 2008

2 probes of Ga. woman with dead spouses stay open
(AP)
AP - Authorities in two states say they're still looking into the deaths of men with ties to a 76-year-old Georgia grandmother who has had five dead husbands.
Yahoo - August 7 - 2008

Detroit mayor ordered jailed after bond violation
(AP)
AP - A judge ordered Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to jail Thursday for violating the terms of his bond in his perjury case by making a city business trip to Canada and not informing the court.
Yahoo - August 7 - 2008

Demographic landscape shifts in U.S.
White populations have fallen in more than 50% of counties since 2000, making minorities the majority in more communities.


USAToday - August 7 - 2008

Authorities talking to people in SC deputy's death
(AP)
AP - Authorities have been interviewing people as they search for the killer of a sheriff's deputy who was shot while responding to a home alarm.
Yahoo - August 7 - 2008

Wis. charges say gunman had `nothing to lose'
(AP)
AP - Scott J. Johnson hid in the woods knowing police were coming after him.
Yahoo - August 7 - 2008

Trial to begin in suit against Joel Osteen's wife
(AP)
AP - As one of the leaders of a Houston megachurch, the wife of renowned pastor Joel Osteen is known for her Christianity. But a flight attendant is accusing Victoria Osteen of committing some very unchristian-like behavior.
Yahoo - August 7 - 2008

Few tour anti-Bush bus during Crawford stop
(AP)
AP - An anti-President Bush museum rolled into his adopted hometown but found few willing to enter the biodiesel bus devoted to casting his legacy as a failure.
Yahoo - August 7 - 2008

Wis. charges: Gunman had 'nothing to lose'
Accused of rape and murder, Wisconsin officials say Scott J. Johnson hid in the woods knowing police were coming after him.
MSNBC - August 7 - 2008

Demographic landscape shifts across United States
White populations have fallen in more than 50% of counties since 2000, making minorities the majority in more communities.


USAToday - August 7 - 2008

'Green' building codes sprout up across USA
As energy costs rise, more states and cities are adopting policies that encourage or require new construction to be energy-efficient. ...


USAToday - August 7 - 2008

In E-Mail, Hints of Delusions
The e-mail messages of Bruce E. Ivins provide a narrative of his paranoid episodes, dating to 2000.
New York Times - August 7 - 2008

Race Takes Central Role in a Memphis Primary
In a racially fraught Congressional campaign, a black candidate is linking her liberal-leaning white primary opponent to the Ku Klux Klan in a television advertisement.
New York Times - August 7 - 2008

Anti-Abortion Figure Loses Primary
Phill Kline was easily defeated Tuesday in the Republican primary for district attorney of Johnson County, a Kansas City suburb.
New York Times - August 7 - 2008

8 Firefighters and a Pilot Feared Dead After Crash
The Federal Aviation Administration said that nine people are missing and feared dead in the crash of a helicopter carrying firefighters in Northern California.
New York Times - August 7 - 2008

Anthrax Attacks Unnerved a Shaken Nation
The anthrax attacks of 2001, starting just a week after the Sept. 11 terror attacks, contributed powerfully to the feeling of a nation under siege.
New York Times - August 7 - 2008

Little Pieces of Politics, Some Obscure, Lure Collectors
Collectors of campaign memorabilia meet in Las Vegas at the 2008 American Political Items Collectors National Convention.
New York Times - August 7 - 2008

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