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U.S. / NEWS Wed Sep 19, 2007 @ 8:19am neoform

USA Today -- A plurality of Americans say Gen. David Petraeus' proposal to begin withdrawing some U.S. forces from Iraq is on the right track, but his long-awaited testimony to Congress last week failed to change fundamental attitudes toward the war. A USA TODAY/Ga.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Sep 12, 2007 @ 8:16am neoform

USA Today -- Most Americans believe the nation's founders wrote Christianity into the Constitution, and people are less likely to say freedom to worship covers religious groups they consider extreme, a poll out today finds. The survey mea.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Aug 8, 2007 @ 8:17am neoform

USA Today -- Punishing hot and humid weather blanketed wide swaths of the nation Tuesday, a pattern expected to continue through the weekend in parts of the South and Midwest. The National Weather Service issued excessive-heat warnings in several states today. Cent.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed May 30, 2007 @ 1:44pm neoform

USA Today -- U.S. health officials said Tuesday that they have issued a rare federal order of isolation to detain a Georgia man diagnosed with a highly drug-resistant form of tuberculosis after he flew on international flights to Paris and Montreal, potentially infect.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue May 29, 2007 @ 8:17am neoform

USA Today -- The federal government recorded a $1.3 trillion loss last year — far more than the official $248 billion deficit — when corporate-style accounting standards are used, a USA TODAY analysis shows. The loss reflects a continued deterioration in the fi.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Sep 18, 2007 @ 8:21am neoform

USA Today -- Areas of Louisiana devastated by Hurricane Katrina could remain deserted as the state acquires nearly 19,000 storm-damaged homes in the nation's biggest post-disaster buyout, a USA TODAY analysis shows. The mass of deserted land — derelict homes and.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Sep 17, 2007 @ 8:28am neoform

USA Today -- The battered ribbon of carbon-steel and wire-mesh fencing has divided much of this city from Mexico for more than a decade. It helped inspire the Bush administration's plans for more than 700 miles of new fencing along the porous, 2,100-mile southwestern.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Sep 13, 2007 @ 8:15am neoform

USA Today -- Christian Ocampo makes about $200 a day selling nutritional supplements to fellow Hispanics in Milwaukee. His income helps support his mother, who uses a wheelchair, and his 21-year-old sister. If Ocampo misses work, he doesn't get paid. On Wednesda.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Aug 30, 2007 @ 8:20am neoform

USA Today -- Cheatgrass, a wispy Eurasian weed accidentally brought to the USA in the late 19th century, has become a 21st century headache across the West, fueling some of this summer's most destructive wildfires. The largest blaze in Utah history, the 567-square-.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Jul 24, 2007 @ 3:52am neoform

USA Today -- —The nation last year saw the largest drop in traffic deaths in more than a decade, which led to the lowest highway fatality rate ever recorded, Transportation Secretary Mary Peters said Monday. Last year, 42,642 people died in traffic crashes, a drop.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Jul 20, 2007 @ 11:26am neoform

USA Today -- An exploding steam pipe under a busy street in Midtown Manhattan this week dramatizes potentially dangerous decay in aging public works systems across the nation that will require tens of billions of dollars to fix. From New York to Atlanta, cities off.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Jul 19, 2007 @ 4:32am neoform

USA Today -- The first six months of this year offered up record-breaking weather in the USA. Two states — Alabama and Mississippi — had the driest January-June period in their history while, 150 miles away, Texas had one of its wettest ever. Heat and cold ruin.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Jul 19, 2007 @ 4:26am neoform

USA Today -- President Bush has given a new Cabinet-level committee a very short timeline — just 60 days — to develop plans to guarantee the safety of food and products imported into the USA. The Interagency Working Group on Import Safety was established and me.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Jul 16, 2007 @ 8:16am neoform

USA Today -- Pfc. Aaron Kincaid, 25, had been joking with buddies just before their Humvee rolled over the bomb. His wife, Rachel, later learned that the blast blew Kincaid, a father of two from outside Atlanta, through the Humvee's metal roof. Army investigators w.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Jul 6, 2007 @ 8:18am neoform

USA Today -- Cities and counties across the USA are adopting mandatory or voluntary water restrictions, with the likelihood of tougher measures if drought in many regions persists and conservation efforts fall short. One of the broadest compulsory orders is a 15% c.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Jul 6, 2007 @ 8:18am neoform

USA Today -- Charles Willard swears by his new high-tech outdoor irrigation system that uses satellite-monitored ground weather stations around the region to manage how much water his grass and plants receive. Cool or cloudy means less irrigation. A heat wave tells.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Jun 15, 2007 @ 12:23pm neoform

USA Today -- National Guard units in 31 states say four years of war in Iraq and Afghanistan have left them with 60% or less of their authorized equipment, a USA TODAY review found. Eighteen of those 31 states report having half or fewer of the vehicles, aircraft,.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Jun 14, 2007 @ 12:17pm neoform

USA Today -- When Gen. David Petraeus drives through the streets of Iraq's capital, he sees "astonishing signs of normalcy" in half, perhaps two-thirds of Baghdad. "I'm talking about professional soccer leagues with real grass field stadiums, several amusement park.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Jun 8, 2007 @ 8:15am neoform

USA Today -- Drought, a fixture in much of the West for nearly a decade, now covers more than one-third of the continental USA. And it's spreading. As summer starts, half the nation is either abnormally dry or in outright drought from prolonged lack of rain that co.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Jun 6, 2007 @ 8:56am neoform

USA Today -- California is pioneering what could be the next battleground against global warming: filing suit to hold cities and counties accountable for greenhouse gas emissions caused by poorly planned suburban sprawl. The unprecedented action is being closely wa.. Read More