Wednesday, August 27, 2008

SPB News for Wednesday.




McCain Owes America An Alzheimer's Test [John] McCain's medical records are not available to physicians. He did not "release" them for the campaign; he only allowed hand-picked reporters to examine them quickly without making copies. And there were no results of an Alzheimer's test, because McCain has never had one - even though he has 6 of the 10 warning signs, including his inability to remember facts like the number of homes he owns or the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003.

Giuliani Visits Terrorism Exhibit Near Democratic Convention CBS News: Rudy Giuliani made an appearance just around the corner from the Democratic National Convention in Denver today at a nearby exhibit on terrorist attacks. "People forget...this is ongoing," Giuliani said, referring to a threat of [Bush] terrorist attacks in the United States and worldwide. "This is a museum about what is happening to us now, the present, and what will be happening to us in the future."

U.S. holding 11-year-old American son of suspected Pakistani militant in Afghanistan U.S. officials say the 11-year-old American son of a suspected Pakistani militant is being held by authorities in Afghanistan. Assfia Siddiqui's son, Ahmed, is a U.S. citizen by birth and has been in Afghan custody since July when his mother was arrested after a shootout with Afghan police in Ghanzi, the Washington Post said Tuesday. Siddiqui, a neuroscientist who had been sought as a suspected al-Qaida operative since 2003, is currently lodged in a U.S. federal prison

FAA: Computer Breakdown Delays Flights A Federal Aviation Administration blamed a computer breakdown for delaying hundreds of flights yesterday in Chicago and several East Coast cities. FAA spokesman Paul Takemoto said a computer system that processes flight plans failed. Aircraft are not allowed to take off without flight plans.

Hurricane Gustav hits Haiti, drives up oil prices Hurricane Gustav dumped torrential rains across southern Haiti on Tuesday, killing at least one man and threatening crops amid protests over high food prices. Global fuel futures soared on fears Gustav could move into the Gulf of Mexico as an "extremely dangerous" storm.

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