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US warship carries aid to Georgian port of Poti (AP) -

The flagship of the U.S. 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean, the USS Mount Whitney, arriving to the Georgian port Poti, with more aid for Georgia, Friday, Sept. 5, 2008. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)AP - The flagship of the U.S. Navy's Mediterranean fleet anchored outside the key Georgian port of Poti on Friday, bringing in tons of humanitarian aid to a port still partially occupied by hundreds of Russian troops.


World markets sink after Wall Street plunge (AP) -

Pedestrians are reflected on an electronic stock indicator in Tokyo on Friday, Sept. 5, 2008. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index lost 319.05 to close the morning session at 12,238.61. At one point, the Nikkei index lost 371.19. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)AP - World stock markets retreated Friday in the wake of a sell-off on Wall Street amid mounting concerns about a slumping U.S. economy and its impact on global growth.


McCain and Obama campaigns grapple for 'change' (AP) -

Republican presidential candidate John McCain waves to the crowed as he goes on stage at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)AP - 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.


Jacksons reunite at BMI Urban Awards (AP) -

Janet Jackson, center, poses with her brothers, from left, Marlon Jackson, Tito Jackson, Jackie Jackson and Randy Jackson of pop group The Jacksons after they received the BMI Icon award at the 8th Annual BMI Urban Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)AP - The Jacksons were crowned icons at the BMI Urban Awards, but the King of Pop was an absentee.


Palin's lawyer has already questioned 2 witnesses (AP) -

Republican presidential nominee John McCain is joined by his his running mate, Sarah Palin, after his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)AP - The lawyer for Sarah Palin, the Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential candidate, is moving swiftly to head off the controversy known as "Troopergate."


Polish prosecutors probe possible CIA jail (Reuters) -

A guard shuts the gate to the airport in Szymany in northeastern Poland in this file 2005 picture. Human Rights Watch identified the airport as a potential site of alleged CIA prisons used to interrogate al Qaeda captives. Poland strongly denied it was hosting such facilities. (FORUM/Tomasz Marek/Reuters)Reuters - The Polish prosecutor's office is investigating allegations that there was a CIA prison in Poland where al Qaeda suspects were questioned and guards might have used methods close to torture, the prime minister's top adviser said on Friday.


It's GOP's world; elitists just live in it (AP) - AP - Snowmobiles are good. NASCAR is very good. Football metaphors about God are better. "Sam's Club Republicans" are the salt of the American earth. Hollywood, the media and academics are suspect at best, subversive at worst. Though not as bad as European ideas.
David Spade is the father of Playboy pinup's baby (AP) -

In this Aug. 20, 2008 file photo, David Spade arrives at the premiere of 'The House Bunny' in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file)AP - David Spade is the father of Playboy playmate Jillian Grace's newborn daughter, Spade's representative said Thursday. The baby girl was born Aug. 26 in Missouri, and Spade plans to visit her on his first break from filming the CBS sitcom "Rules of Engagement," publicist Meredith O'Sullivan said.