National News
for Thursday, July 24, 2008
National News from the Associated Press (BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS ) THOUGH A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT OVER THE SOUTH TEXAS COAST, DOLLY IS WEAKENING WITH SUSTAINED WINDS NOW UNDER 50 MILES-PER-HOUR. THE CENTER IS NOW ABOUT 50 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF LAREDO.
(BERLIN) _ A GERMAN SPOKESMAN SAYS CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL AND BARACK OBAMA HAD ``VERY OPEN'' AND WIDE-RANGING TALKS TODAY. A STATEMENT SAYS FOREIGN-POLICY ISSUES INCLUDING IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN AND THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS WERE AMONG THOSE RAISED.
(LOS ANGELES ) SWIMMER JESSICA HARDY'S FIRST OLYMPIC TRIP COULD BE OVER BEFORE IT STARTS. A SOURCE TELLS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HARDY TESTED POSITIVE FOR A BANNED STIMULANT AT THE U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS.
(WASHINGTON) THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SAYS SOME 90 BILLION BARRELS OF OIL LIE UNTAPPED UNDER AN AREA NORTH OF THE ARCTIC CIRCLE. THE OIL IS CONSIDERED ``TECHNICALLY RECOVERABLE'' WITH CURRENT TECHNOLOGIES, BUT THEN THERE'S THE COST OF OVERCOMING OBSTACLES LIKE PERMANENT SEA ICE OR DEEP OCEAN WATERS.
(PORTLAND, ORE.) A PORTLAND, OREGON, POLICE OFFICER WHO ILLEGALLY PARKED HIS CAR WHILE HE WAS ON A DINNER BREAK HAS TO PAY THE $35 FINE. A LAWYER WHO NOTICED IT FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE CITY. THE OFFICER ARGUED HE PARKED HIS CAR CLOSE BY IN CASE HE HAD TO RESPOND TO AN EMERGENCY. THE JUDGE WASN'T BUYING IT.
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