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- Pelosi now open to House vote on offshore drilling
WASHINGTON – Dropping her opposition to a vote on coastal oil exploration, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said yesterday that the House would consider expanded offshore drilling as part of broad energy legislation when Congress returns next month.
- Shale-oil technology discovery shows vast promise and pitfalls
RIFLE, COLO. – The ramshackle collection of wellheads and electrical cables hidden in a pine-covered draw west of town doesn't look like much now, but until three years ago it was the home of the oil industry's equivalent of the Manhattan Project.
- GEORGE CONDON | A CAPITAL VIEW
Experience no sure sign of success as president
If there is one enduring point of contention in this year's presidential election, it is the clash between experience and change, with Sen. John McCain offering his 25 years in Congress and Sen. Barack Obama promising dramatic change in Washington.
- Rice U. student, missing 8 months, found at Berkeley
HOUSTON – A Rice University computer science student whose disappearance eight months ago made national news was discovered not begging in the streets or roughing it in the wilderness, but using a laptop at the University of California Berkeley.
- Inmates discover new careers in firefighting, help cut costs
MARIPOSA – When Tamara Evans was convicted last year of receiving stolen property, she had no idea it would lead to a potential career in firefighting.
- Seattle unloads 5 self-cleaning toilets on eBay
SEATTLE – City officials have finally gotten rid of five high-tech, self-cleaning toilets that cost Seattle $5 million – but sold online for just $12,549.
- Former satellite TV executive named publisher of L.A. Times
LOS ANGELES – Eddy Hartenstein, a former head of DirecTV, will become publisher of the Los Angeles Times, the newspaper reported yesterday. Hartenstein, a pioneering satellite television executive with no newspaper experience, will take over tomorrow.
- REGION UPDATE
80 vacant homes burn at air base
FAIRFIELD – A fire burning on Travis Air Force Base yesterday destroyed at least 80 vacant homes that were scheduled for demolition, fire officials said.
- Three bear maulings in Alaska raising fears, testing tolerance
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Even in a city whose logo is “Big Wild Life,” the summer of 2008 is testing residents' tolerance for large carnivores. The problem is bears – black bears and bigger grizzlies. This summer, three people have been mauled.
- Lance Armstrong 'shocked' by his high water usage
HOUSTON – Lance Armstrong is one of the favorite sons of Texas and a model citizen known as much for his social conscience as his cycling, so it came as a surprise when it was revealed last week that he is one of the biggest individual users of water in Austin, where he lives.
- NATION UPDATE
Floridians prepare for tropical storm
KEY WEST, Fla. – Residents and tourists in the Florida Keys prepared yesterday for Tropical Storm Fay, which forecasters said could strengthen to a hurricane and begin battering the island chain as soon as tomorrow.
 2008 VOTE: PRESIDENT
Obama camp shows dip in contributions
The Obama campaign said yesterday that it received more than $51 million in July – including contributions from 65,000 new donors – slightly less than the previous month.
- Forensic sleuths identify mummified remains
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – It took nine years of sleuthing and advanced DNA science and cutting-edge forensic techniques, but a mummified hand and arm found in an Alaska glacier have been identified.
- Five children, two adults killed in house fire in Memphis, Tenn.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – A fire yesterday morning killed five children and two adults, but three youths were able to escape and were being treated for burns.
- GPS tracking: law enforcement's latest secret weapon
WASHINGTON – Someone was attacking women in northern Virginia, grabbing them from behind and sometimes punching and molesting them before running away. After logging 11 cases in six months, police identified a suspect.
- Under Western pressure, Belarus frees opposition leader
MOSCOW – Belarus, a former Soviet republic that is considered to have one of the world's most authoritarian governments, yesterday released its most prominent opposition politician from prison, officials said.
- WORLD UPDATE
Musharraf facing impeachment threat
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – A top ruling-party official gave Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf a two-day deadline yesterday to quit or face im-peachment proceedings.
- Impasse at temple site easing
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – A monthlong standoff between Thailand and Cambodia appeared to be ending as both sides pulled back their troops yesterday from disputed territory around a temple near their shared border, a Cambodian official said.
- Taiwan's ex-leader investigated
TAIPEI, Taiwan – Prosecutors barred Taiwan's former president from leaving the island today pending an investigation into allegations of money laundering.
- Two missing rebels had 'forced disappearance,' Mexico says
MEXICO CITY – The Mexican government says two missing members of a rebel group were the victims of a “forced disappearance” and not a kidnapping, indicating the government may have been involved.
- The week in Mexico
Only one-third of aspiring teachers passed Mexico's teaching placement exam, the Education Ministry said. About 71,000 took the exam.
- THE FIGHT FOR IRAQ
Shiite pilgrims again struck by bombers; at least 3 dead
BAGHDAD – Bombers struck Shiite pilgrims yesterday for a third consecutive day, killing at least three people in the latest in a series of attacks apparently aimed at stoking sectarian tension.
- Gunmen kill five elite Mexican police cadets
MEXICO CITY – Suspected drug-trafficking groups are killing Mexico's future police commanders before they can even emerge from the much-touted academy that is supposed to help transform them into world-class officers.
- Plan would give U.S. control of Basra
BAGHDAD – U.S. commanders have developed a plan to extend the military's reach deep into southern Iraq as British forces stationed in the oil-rich city of Basra prepare to leave the country.
- Blackwater guards receive target letters in Iraq probe
WASHINGTON – Federal prosecutors have sent target letters to six Blackwater Worldwide security guards involved in a September shooting that left 17 Iraqi civilians dead, indicating a high likelihood that the Justice Department will seek to indict at least some of the men, according to three sources close to the case.
- France allocates billions to reaffirm its faith in future of nuclear power
FLAMANVILLE, France – Here on the Normandy coast, France is building its newest nuclear reactor, the first in 10 years, costing $5.1 billion. President Nicolas Sarkozy also has announced that France will build another like it.
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