
'Broken man' Abramoff gets 4 years in prison
Associated Press/AP Online, 5 Sep 2008, 7:37 am EDT
WASHINGTON - Broken and disgraced, lobbyist Jack Abramoff will spend four years in prison for his role in a corruption scandal that upended Washington politics and contributed to the Republicans' loss of Congress in 2006.
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US nuclear envoy to discuss North Korea impasse
Associated Press/AP Online, 5 Sep 2008, 6:51 am EDT
BEIJING - The top American nuclear envoy arrived in Beijing on Friday for talks on North Korea's nuclear programs as Pyongyang took steps seen as reversing its promised disarmament.
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McCain and Obama campaigns grapple for 'change'
Associated Press/AP Online, 5 Sep 2008, 8:21 am EDT
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Invigorated by back-to-back political conventions, Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama grappled for the mantle of change Friday as the fall race for the presidency took off in states teeming with the independent voters they needed to win.
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