| 2 rail cars overturn in La., residents evacuated
(AP)
| 2008-05-17 14:28:49 |
| AP - Six rail cars derailed in southern Louisiana Saturday, causing a hydrochloric acid leak from two of the cars that forced police to evacuate thousands of residents within a 1-mile radius of the accident. |
| Iraq detains 1,000 in anti-al-Qaida crackdown
(AP)
| 2008-05-17 14:26:21 |
| AP - Nearly 1,000 people have been detained in a sweep to break al-Qaida in Iraq's sway in Iraq's third largest city, Mosul, but many of the fighters have fled to nearby areas, where troops are hunting for them, Iraqi officials said Saturday. |
| Sen. Kennedy hospitalized after seizure
(Reuters)
| 2008-05-17 14:23:45 |
| Reuters - U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy, was hospitalized on Saturday in Boston after suffering a seizure at his vacation home. |
| Spokeswoman: Sen. Kennedy hospitalized with seizure
(AP)
| 2008-05-17 14:17:10 |
| AP - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was airlifted to a hospital Saturday after suffering a seizure at his home, and did not appear to have had a stroke as initially suspected, his spokeswoman said. |
| World turns up heat on Myanmar
(AFP)
| 2008-05-17 14:05:41 |
| AFP - World frustration with Myanmar boiled over on Saturday, with accusations of negligence and crimes against humanity over the regime's slow-moving response to the cyclone disaster. |
| Thousands flee China quake area over flood fears
(AP)
| 2008-05-17 14:02:15 |
| AP - Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims fled areas near the epicenter Saturday, fearful of floods from rivers blocked by landslides rattled loose in this week's powerful temblor. |
| Louisiana orders evacuation after train derails
(Reuters)
| 2008-05-17 13:58:48 |
| Reuters - Authorities evacuated 3,000 people on Saturday after a train derailment released deadly chemicals in the southern Louisiana town of Lafayette. |
| Thousands flee on China lake bank fears
(Reuters)
| 2008-05-17 13:57:51 |
| Reuters - Thousands of Chinese fled their homes on Saturday amid fears a lake could burst its banks, hampering rescue efforts after the deadliest earthquake in more than three decades killed about 29,000 people. |
| UAW, American Axle reach deal that could end strike
(AP)
| 2008-05-17 13:40:49 |
| AP - American Axle and Manufacturing Holdings Inc. boosted its wage offer and increased the payments it will give workers to take a wage cut as part of a tentative agreement that could settle an 11-week strike by the United Auto Workers union, a person briefed on the deal said Saturday. |
| Bush says Saudi oil boost doesn't solve US problem
(AP)
| 2008-05-17 13:31:01 |
| AP - President Bush said Saudi Arabia's small increase in oil production will not solve soaring U.S. fuel prices, but he defended the wealthy kingdom Saturday against American lawmakers "screaming the loudest" for Riyadh to open its spigots. |