World & Nation
Europe greets Obama, but doubts his foreign policies
BERLIN - The warm welcome that washed over Barack Obama during his Berlin appearance Thursday made it abundantly clear that Europeans have a strong desire to heal the trans-Atlantic rift and the Democratic president candidate is a good choice for the job.
Obama headed on to France and Britain, where he also was expected to be welcomed warmly, but perhaps by not as many people as the 200,000-plus who jammed a rally in the German capital to cheer his calls for change.…
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Girls just as good at math as boys, finds university research
WASHINGTON - Sixteen years after Barbie dolls declared, "Math class is tough!" girls are proving that when it comes to math they are just as tough as boys.
In the largest study of its kind, girls measured up to boys in every grade, from second through 11th.…
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Hurricane Dolly hits Texas
HARLINGEN, Texas - Residents across south Texas slogged through knee-deep muddy waters, tiptoed around downed power lines and dug through debris Thursday, but were thankful that Hurricane Dolly didn't pack the wallop they had feared.
Downed power lines remained the greatest danger, and South Texas officials urged people to stay home one more day "unless it's life or death.…
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NATION BRIEFLY
Rising gas prices put pressure on state police agencies HELENA, Mont. - In big, wide-open Montana, a state trooper might have to drive more than 100 miles to answer an emergency call and routinely puts several hundred miles on the odometer in a day. With gasoline at $4 a gallon, all that driving is tearing up the highway patrol's budget.…
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WORLD BRIEFLY
Iran ends cooperation with UN in nuclear investigation VIENNA, - Iran signaled Thursday that it will no longer cooperate with U.N. experts probing for signs of clandestine nuclear weapons work, confirming the investigation is at a dead end a year after it began.…
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