Top News from the United Stateshttp://mysyndicaat.com/myfeed/blog/default/MySyndicaat_Top News - USen-us15http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gifhttp://www.washingtonpost.com?nav=rss A medical examiner said that Scott Coles, the late chief executive of real-estate lender Mortgages Ltd., died on June 2 as a result of suicide induced by alcohol, oxycodone and zolpidem. ]]>http://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/xml/rss/3_7011/~3/344113751/SB121686318387379595.html1ff3357d-3a5c-1910-fb21-55fd7444f37dThu, 24 Jul 2008 02:06:21 GMTWSJ.com: What's News US The Bush administration plans to shift nearly $230 million to upgrading Pakistan’s F-16s, which critics say are not used in counterterrorism efforts. ]]>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/24/world/asia/24pstan.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rsshttp://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/24/world/asia/24pstan.htmlBy ERIC SCHMITTinternational relationsterrorismmilitary aircraftpakistanforeign aidThu, 24 Jul 2008 02:06:14 GMTNYT > NYTimes.com Home http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/07/23/detective_who_helped_arrest_oswald_dead_at_87?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Latest+newshttp://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/07/23/detective_who_helped_arrest_oswald_dead_at_87?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Latest+newsJeff Carlton, Associated Press WriterThu, 24 Jul 2008 02:05:58 GMTBoston.com -- Latest news http://justbare.com/shop/index.php?l=product_list&c=554dffff38-25f6-4771-4e1b-5dfbf9f8fa2eThu, 24 Jul 2008 02:08:01 GMTHome - San Jose Mercury News http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_9973389?source=most_emailed34f2f2f6-4cfd-5df5-205f-fafcfc443ff4Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:08:01 GMTHome - San Jose Mercury News Though congested stretch near the Shedd is getting an overhaul, many others still remain Four times a week, Christine Kreitzer runs, cycles or Rollerblades Chicago's lakefront trail, typically from Irving Park Road to North Avenue. ]]>http://feeds.chicagotribune.com/~r/chicagotribune/news/~3/344132024/chi-trail-mix-24-jul24,0,1976334.storyf8f04a10-0dfb-6110-0c49-f93cf7f57047Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:02:00 GMTchicagotribune.com - http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/07/23/mckusick_pioneer_in_medical_genetics_dies_at_86?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Latest+newshttp://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/07/23/mckusick_pioneer_in_medical_genetics_dies_at_86?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Latest+newsThu, 24 Jul 2008 01:58:41 GMTBoston.com -- Latest news Poppy Fields Forever: A crop in Helmand Province in 2006. An unlikely coalition of corrupt Afghan officials, timorous Europeans, blinkered Pentagon officers and the Taliban has made poppy cultivation stubbornly resistant to erradication. The Taliban are not the only ones benefiting from the opium trade. Drug-related corruption pervades the Afghan government. A former Bush administration counternarcotics official explains the war within the war. ]]>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/magazine/27AFGHAN-t.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rsshttp://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/magazine/27AFGHAN-t.htmlBy THOMAS SCHWEICHdefense departmentrumsfeldhadleyriceinternational relationsopiumhamiddonald halberto rdanpolitics and governmentluterobert mdrug enforcement administrationkarzaibushanne wafghanistandrug abuse and trafficcondoleezzanegropontedefense and military forcespoppiesgonzalesagriculturegatesmcneillpattersonarmamentsmugglingdouglas ejohn dstephen junited states armament and defensegeorge wtalibanThu, 24 Jul 2008 01:58:32 GMTNYT > NYTimes.com Home Blacks and whites continue to have profoundly different perspectives on the prevalence of racism in America, a Gallup Poll ... ]]>http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/343832622/2008-07-23-Race-poll_N.htm1b110a28-26f7-f00d-f9ff-f81cfcf306f7Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:53:22 GMTUSATODAY.com News - Top Stories The House on Wednesday approved compromise legislation to shore up mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac while helping hundreds ... ]]>http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/343536991/2008-07-23-bush-housing_N.htmf258f1fd-f612-f6f7-f242-ff1a7d5cf755Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:50:08 GMTUSATODAY.com News - Top Stories http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/07/23/ship_barge_crash_closes_mississippi_at_new_orleans_1216863947?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Latest+newshttp://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/07/23/ship_barge_crash_closes_mississippi_at_new_orleans_1216863947?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Latest+newsCain Burdeau, Associated Press WriterThu, 24 Jul 2008 01:45:31 GMTBoston.com -- Latest news http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/07/23/convicted_killers_in_texas_miss_put_to_death?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Latest+newshttp://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/07/23/convicted_killers_in_texas_miss_put_to_death?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Latest+newsMichael Graczyk, Associated Press WriterThu, 24 Jul 2008 01:44:34 GMTBoston.com -- Latest news All six airmen aboard the B-52 bomber that crashed Monday off Guam's northwest coast were killed, Air Force officials confirmed Wednesday. ]]>http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~3/344104748/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/23/guam.b52.crash/index.html?eref=rss_topstoriesThu, 24 Jul 2008 01:41:17 GMTCNN.com http://www.boston.com/news/world/latinamerica/articles/2008/07/23/venezuela_denies_report_of_russian_base?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Latest+newshttp://www.boston.com/news/world/latinamerica/articles/2008/07/23/venezuela_denies_report_of_russian_base?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Latest+newsThu, 24 Jul 2008 01:37:56 GMTBoston.com -- Latest news Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger plans next week to slash the pay of more than 200,000 state workers to the federal minimum of $6.55 per hour to deal with the state's budget crisis, according to a draft executive order obtained by the Chronicle today. The governor... ]]>http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/344118947/article.cgi/c/a/2008/07/23/BAFJ11UH46.DTLjwildermuth@sfchronicle.com (John Wildermuth)Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:35:51 GMTSFGate: Top News Stories