Sep. 5, 2008 - PART VI: an Ambush Produces a Hero
JsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? It all looked as if a video game had come to life.Through his night vision goggles, Staff Sgt. Chad Malmberg saw the insurgents scurrying from berms to canals. Some popped up, ran a few yards, then fell to the Americans' gunfire. But others kept advancing toward his convoy.Malmberg's rocket counterattack hadn't stopped the enemy. And Truck 4, at the back of the convoy, had just radioed two urgent pleas for help.It was running out of ammunition. And the enemy was within shouting distance.Once again, Malmberg ordered his truck to race to the back — this time with two other Humvees, one of which supplied .50-caliber machine gun bullets.The insurgents, once five or six football-field lengths away, were now within 50 feet, hunkered in a ditch. When their muzzles flashed, Malmberg saw their faces and their turbans.When his truck stopped, he flung open his door and hopped out, quickly lobbing a grenade into the ditch."Frag out!" he ...
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Sep. 5, 2008 - Today on the presidential campaign trail
JsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? Monica Early, from Akron, Ohio, speaks at the Democratic National Convention at Invesco Field in Denver, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008. IN THE HEADLINESObama accepts historic nomination; first black nominee says he'd cut taxes, end oil dependence ... Ohio woman seeks to debunk Internet rumors in convention speech ... McCain makes decision on his vice presidential pick ...___Obama tells huge Dem crowd he'll fix WashingtonDENVER (AP) — Surrounded by an enormous, adoring crowd, Barack Obama promised a clean break from the "broken politics in Washington and the failed policies of George W. Bush" as he embarked on the final lap of his audacious bid to become the nation's first black president."America, now is not the time for small plans," the 47-year-old Democratic Illinois senator told an estimated 84,000 people packed into Invesco Field, a huge football stadium at the base of the Rocky Mountains.He vowed to cut taxes for nearly all...
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Sep. 5, 2008 - Will Weather Determine This Year's NASCAR Chase Contenders?
Bleacher Report. BR.currentArticle = BR.Article.load({"hit_count": 427, "has_been_star_rated": true, "body": "\u003Cp style=\"line-height: 130%;\"\u003EFor NASCAR fans, this is the last hurrah\u0026mdash;the last race before the Chase for the Cup championship ensues.\u0026nbsp;\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp style=\"line-height: 130%;\"\u003EThe Chasers and those who want so desperately to be in the Chase are all headed to Richmond International Speedway this weekend,\u0026nbsp;where the 12 drivers who will get the chance to compete will finally be decided.\u0026nbsp;\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp style=\"line-height: 130%;\"\u003EThis is our \"big one.\" It's stock car's version of the Democratic and Republican conventions all in one.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp style=\"line-height: 130%;\"\u003EAlas, instead of the impending demolition derby between Carl Edwards and Kyle Busch and the stealth attack by Jimmie Johnson, there may be another major factor in determining the Chase lineup.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u0...
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Sep. 5, 2008 - Hurricane Hanna May Impact Wilmington Test
According The Weather Channel, Hanna, with winds currently at 80 m.p.h., is on course to hit the sourthern East Coast, perhaps as high as southern North Carolina ,sometime between Friday and Saturday, just two days ahead of the Sept. The FCC has said that stations can continue to air in analog if a hurricane, hits, however. The FCC wants stations, cable operators, and wireless companies serving communities in Gustav's path to provide the commission with online information on the state of their communications systems, including power, equipment, fuel and other supplies. Pa. Sets Nov. I knew I wasn’t the only Battlestar Galactica nerd who thought Col. With the Republican National Convention set to kick off Sept. 1 in Minneapolis-St. 2008 Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc.
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Sep. 5, 2008 - WEEKEND FIRST: Movie Comings and Goings
Aug. Huntington, WV (HNN) – Officially, the summer 08 tentpole season has drawn to a close. Films remaining for release during August are those that the studios have little confidence in finding mass audiences. However, they figure that the movies will draw more fans in AUGUST than waiting until SEPTEMBER when school and football add to the mix. Looking back, the Summer season has been dominated by the record breaking box office performance of “The Dark Knight,” which in 18 days of release has already topped $400,000,000. That’s an exclusive club and it took “Shrek II,” 43 days to make $441 million; Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man’s Chest , 45 days to make $423 million; Spider Man , 66 days to make $403 million, Star Wars Episode I- The Phantom Menace 67 days to make $431 million. But, the one target which may not be achievable by the Batman opus: Titanic’s $600 million in 66 days when released on December 19, 1997. Should “Dark Knight” zoom close, also, remember, that the top sp...
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