The order allowing Special Operations forces to act without the prior approval of the Pakistani government underscores U.S. concerns over Pakistan?s ability and will to combat militants.
The Interior Department agency that collects oil and gas royalties has been caught up in a broad ethics scandal ? including allegations of financial self-dealing, accepting gifts from energy companies, cocaine use and sexual misconduct.
AP - The frail and elderly were put aboard buses Wednesday and authorities warned 1 million others to flee inland as Hurricane Ike steamed toward a swath of the Texas coast that includes the nation's largest concentration of refineries and chemical plants.
AP - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Wednesday accused Republican John McCain's campaign of using "lies and phony outrage and Swift-boat politics" in claiming he used a sexist comment against vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.
AP - Gov. Sarah Palin arrived home to a chanting, cheering crowd, a blur of smiling supporters eager to embrace her after a whirlwind of national scrutiny since she was named Republican presidential nominee John McCain's running mate.
Evacuations were being ordered along the Texas coast Wednesday as Hurricane Ike was forecast to make landfall early Saturday. Forecasters predict Ike could slam the coast as a Category 3 storm. People who choose to ride it out "will absolutely be on their own," Brazoria County Sheriff Charles Wagner said.
An Alaska judge warned Gov. Sarah Palin's family against trying to get her then-brother-in-law fired, according to court records. Palin, the Republican nominee for vice president, is battling allegations she and her advisers pressured Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan to fire her sister's husband, State Trooper Mike Wooten.