As fighting continued, Israeli officials suggested that ground troops may take a more active role. Stronger condemnations today were heard of Israel’s massive use of force in Lebanon.
A controversial TV campaign ad for Ohio Sen. Mike DeWine featuring video of the burning World Trade Center towers after the 9/11 terrorist attacks was doctored, U.S. News has learned. The television spot, which has been lambasted by critics as political exploitation, attacks DeWine's Democratic challenger, Rep. Sherrod Brown, for being weak on national security.
Ralph Reed, the former Christian Coalition executive director whose ties to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff dogged him in his run for lieutenant governor in Georgia, lost his Republican primary yesterday to Casey Cagle, a state senator. In recent days, Reed had enlisted the help of national figures like former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and former Georgia Sen. Zell Miller in making automated calls to voters on his behalf, but the constant spotlighting of the Reed-Abramoff connection by his opponent and the news media forced him to run a lower-profile campaign.
AP - Pitched battles raged between Israeli forces and Hezbollah fighters on the border Thursday, and Israel warned hundreds of thousands of people to flee southern Lebanon "immediately," preparing for a likely ground offensive to set up a buffer zone.
AP - The governor sent in the National Guard to evacuate people from their sweltering homes Thursday after storms knocked out power to more than half a million St. Louis-area households and businesses in the middle of a deadly heat wave.
AP - President Bush, addressing the NAACP after skipping its convention for five years, said Thursday he knows racism exists in America and that many black voters distrust his Republican Party.
Nine days of Israeli artillery and airstrikes pounding Lebanon failed to dent Hezbollah politically or militarily, the Islamic militia's leader said Thursday, denying Israeli claims to the contrary.
Marines help hundreds escape from LebanonAbout 3,000 Americans due to depart FridayAmericans escape by land, sea and airFirst plane of evacuees arrives in U.S.