A full-throttled effort by the McCain campaign to create a negative narrative about Barack Obama is being coordinated by veterans of President Bush?s 2004 bid.
Embroiled in a high-profile corruption investigation, Israel?s prime minister says he will resign as soon as his party chooses a new leader in September elections.
AP - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's decision to resign amid corruption allegations and his own plummeting popularity has intensified doubts about Israel's prospects for reaching peace deals with the Palestinians and Syria.
AP - Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens is due in federal court to answer charges that he lied about hundreds of thousands of dollars in gifts from an oil services contractor.
AP - The world gets its first look Thursday at war-crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic, shorn of the bushy beard and long hair that disguised him as a new-age guru during at least part of his nearly 13 years on the run.
Chinese officials announced an emergency plan to deal with Beijing's persistent pollution problem, as thousands of world-class athletes head toward the country for the start of the Olympic Games. The plan includes a complete halt to all construction projects and further reduction of the number of vehicles on the streets at any one time.
Sgt. Justin Hummer says he filled out a work order in 2007 that warned of his quarters in Iraq: "Pipes have voltage, get shocked in the shower." Months later, Staff Sgt. Ryan Maseth was electrocuted in a shower in the same quarters. A follow-up investigation "found nearly all of the same problems" also reported previously by a contractor, a House panel report says.
The U.S. Navy fired the captain and executive officer of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier George Washington on Wednesday because of a massive fire that damaged the ship in May, Navy officials said.