As Iraqis head to polls, blasts widen Sunni rift Seattle (Web promotion)

As Iraqis head to polls, blasts widen Sunni rift Seattle (Web promotion)

As Iraqis head to polls, blasts widen Sunni rift
Seattle Times - 48 minutes ago By Seattle Times news services. BAGHDAD, Iraq � Voters went to the polls today to decide on a new US-backed constitution, but not before a last-minute flurry of violence. Iraq's Sunni Arab minority made a

Iran accused over nuclear plans
BBC News - 2 hours ago The US ambassador to the United Nations has accused Iran of spending 18 years trying to develop nuclear weapons while lying about its intentions. John Bolton told the BBC that Iran wanted nuclear arms to intimidate

Pac-10 football preview: USC jumping into fire with Notre Dame
Seattle Times - 47 minutes ago The first time Pete Carroll took a team to play Notre Dame, in 2001, the Trojans did the tourist thing: They stopped in at the College Football Hall of Fame and walked to the famed Grotto on campus. "We did

Refco Crisis Spurs CFTC, Regulators to Take More Active Role
Bloomberg - 3 hours ago Oct. 15 (Bloomberg) -- US regulators including the Commodity Futures Trading Commission are stepping in to help prevent a collapse at Refco Inc., the largest independent US futures broker, over concerns it would destabilize markets.

Miers Started Out in Sexist Times
Los Angeles Times - 51 minutes ago By Richard B. Schmitt, Times Staff Writer. DALLAS � When an association of female law students at Southern Methodist University filed a discrimination suit against this city's largest law firms in 1975, they

Angels salute White Sox pitching
San Jose Mercury News - 49 minutes ago BY DAVE VAN DYCK. ANAHEIM, Calif. - (KRT) - The Angels would rather give credit to the White Sox than take any blame for the two-games-to-one predicament they found themselves in after Friday night's 5-2 loss.