Downshift at Ford, GM Los Angeles Times - 4 hours ago (Internet advertising)

Downshift at Ford, GM Los Angeles Times - 4 hours ago (Internet advertising)

Sales Downshift at Ford, GM
Los Angeles Times - 4 hours ago Lower demand for SUVs amid high pump prices hurts September results for the US automakers. Their Asian rivals post double-digit gains. By Roger Vincent, Times Staff Writer. Americans' passion for sport utility

Teachers get their deal
Newsday - 3 hours ago BY DAN JANISON. Ending what once seemed like an intractable dispute, the city and its teachers union reached a tentative agreement yesterday on a 52-month contract with wage hikes totaling nearly 15 percent.

City Council approves tougher strip-club rules
Seattle Times - 3 hours ago By a G-string-thin margin, the Seattle City Council yesterday approved tough new rules governing conduct in strip clubs. The council voted 5-4 to approve an ordinance that will require clubs to keep dancers

Nominee courts support from senators
CNN - 22 minutes ago Harriet Miers meets Sens. Bill First (right) and Arlen Specter on Capitol Hill after her nomination Monday. WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers Monday paid courtesy calls to senators who

Iraq braced for Ramadan attacks as US troops launch offensive
Middle East Times - 20 minutes ago BAGHDAD -- Thousands of US troops on Tuesday widened their hunt for Al Qaeda insurgents in a new offensive along Iraq's Euphrates Valley, as Iraqi security forces braced for possible attacks with the start of Ramadan.