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• Southeast U.S. braces for Hanna, then Ike
Atlantic coast, where it could bring high winds and rain from South Carolina all the way to Maine. Meanwhile, disaster planners cast a wary eye to a ferocious-looking Hurricane Ike strengthening in the Atlantic.
• Prisons scramble to make digital TV switch
They won't give us the switches, we called them," said South Carolina Corrections Department Director Jon Ozmint. "We asked them for the coupons and they said they're only available for households.
• And the winner for least wasteful packaging...
People buying the HP Pavilion dv6929 will get it inside this recycled bag, not a box with foam. The design won Wal-Mart's challenge for least wasteful packaging. Aug. 29: A South Florida woman went in search of "green" products for herself and ended ...
• Environmentalists can't corral Palin
Brad Miller, D-N.C., who traveled to the South Pole with McCain in 2006 to visit with scientists studying climate change. "She is disturbingly part of the pattern of the Bush administration in their approach to science generally and the science of ...
• Pakistani parliament condemns U.S.-led attack
A spokesman said Zardari condemned Wednesday's pre-dawn assault in the South Waziristan tribal region. It killed at least 15 people, officials say, and was the first known foreign ground assault in Pakistan against a Taliban haven.