President Bush called for the 15 countries that are major producers of greenhouse gases to confer this fall and adopt a common goal on curbing emissions.
The decision represents a remarkable turnaround for both the company and for Rupert Murdoch?s bid and could end more than a century of family control over the company.
The man with a dangerous form of tuberculosis re-entered the country when a customs agent let him pass despite knowing that he was being sought by health authorities.
An airline is a peculiar business, because the fortunes of the company often run in inverse proportion to the well-being of the customers. Travelers love to pay fire-sale prices to fly on big planes with lots of empty seats. But that usually happens only when airlines have too many flights and are spiraling into financial turmoil. When the airlines are healthy, it's usually because their planes are flying nearly full, and they can command stiff prices for every cramped seat–which makes travelers grumpy.
U.S. News computed the Airport Misery Index by starting with a list of the 100 busiest U.S. airports. We divided those into two groups: large hub and nonhub airports, like Atlanta, Denver, and Orlando, and smaller regional airports like Austin and Buffalo. For each airport, we compiled data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics regarding on-time performance and load factor, which is the percentage of seats filled with passengers. We ranked the airports according to each of those variables, then added the two rankings together, weighting them equally.
The airlines tell you to arrive early, the government tells you to weigh your toothpaste, and the flight attendants tell you to be thankful for your pretzels and stay out of the aisle. But the nation's skyway warriors are the ones who know the real tricks for beating the system and turning stressful travel into a tolerable, even pleasant, experience.
AP - Detailed plans for the new U.S. Embassy under construction in Baghdad appeared online Thursday in a breach of the tight security surrounding the sensitive project.
AP - U.S. troops battled al-Qaida in west Baghdad on Thursday after Sunni Arab residents challenged the militants and called for American help to end furious gunfire that kept students from final exams and forced people in the neighborhood to huddle indoors.
AP - Heavy fighting resumed Friday between the Lebanese army and Islamic militants at a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon. Army tanks and armor massed outside the camp, apparently preparing to storm it.
A senior House member wants to know how an infected man managed to get through U.S. Customs and Border Protection even though his passport was flagged in the agency's system. Lawyer Andrew Speaker is being treated at a Denver hospital as officials track down travelers who may have been exposed to the illness. Speaker's father-in-law is a microbiologist who studies TB at the CDC.
Lebanon's military on Friday launched a new artillery attack on a Palestinian refugee camp north of Tripoli where Islamic militants have been holed up.
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