Shipping Route Changes Because Of Pirates - Mercury News

Nov 21, 2008 Recent Pirate Attacks Have Some Shipping Companies Rethinking Their Routes. Some Are Now Going Around Africa, Adding Time And Expense. There Have Been At Least Nine Attacks In The ...

Divorce Decree For Madonna, Guy Ritchie - Mercury News

Nov 21, 2008 Madonna And Guy Ritchie Have Been Granted A Preliminary Decree Of Divorce. After Six Weeks And A Day, The Divorce Can Become Final. Details About The Divorce Settlement Has Not Bee...

Web Connects "sugar Daddies" And "sugar Babies" - Mercury News

Nov 21, 2008 A Former Microsoft Employee Has Created A Dating Website That Helps Customers Find "mutually Beneficial Relationships." Sex And Money Often Play A Role, But Not Everyone Thinks It'...

Aide: Obama On Track To Nominate Clinton - Mercury News

Nov 21, 2008 An Aide To Barack Obama's Transition Team Says The President-elect Is On Track To Nominate Hillary Rodham Clinton As Secretary Of State After Thanksgiving. (nov. 20)

Mukasey Collapses During Speech - Mercury News

Nov 21, 2008 Attorney General Michael Mukasey, The Former Federal Judge Who Took Over The Justice Department After Alberto Gonzales Resigned In Disgrace, Collapsed During A Speech And Lost Cons...

Today In History For November 21st - Mercury News

Nov 21, 2008 Highlights Of This Day In History: Thomas Edison Says He's Invented The Phonograph; Gap Revealed On Nixon White House Tape; Final Victim Dies In America's Anthrax Scare; Jonathan P...

First Person: The Girls In The Picture - Mercury News

Nov 20, 2008 Ap Photographer Jerome Delay Tells How He Was Touched By The Subjects Of One Of His Pictures In Congo And How He Was Determined To Reunite Their Family. (nov. 20)

First Person: To Be A Pirate In Somalia - Mercury News

Nov 20, 2008 Somalia's Increasingly Brazen Pirates Are Seizing Large Ships At Sea And Funneling Dollars Back To Shore, Creating Their Own Rule In This African Country, The Ap's Mohamed Olad Has...

Dems Postpone Crucial Vote On Auto Bailout - Mercury News

Nov 20, 2008 Democratic Leaders In Congress Sidetracked Legislation To Bail Out The Auto Industry And Demanded The Big Three Develop A Plan Assuring The Money Would Make Them Economically Viabl...

First Person: To Be A Pirate In Somalia - Mercury News

Nov 20, 2008 Somalia's Increasingly Brazen Pirates Are Seizing Large Ships At Sea And Funneling Dollars Back To Shore, Creating Their Own Rule In This African Country, The Ap's Mohamed Olad Has...

Judge Orders Release Of 5 Terror Suspects - Mercury News

Nov 20, 2008 A Federal Judge On Thursday Ordered The Release Of Five Algerians Held At Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, And The Continued Detention Of A Sixth In A Major Blow To The Bush Administration's ...

Napolitano Top Choice For Homeland Security Job - Mercury News

Nov 20, 2008 Democratic Officials Say Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano Is President-elect Barack Obama's Top Choice For Homeland Security Secretary. (nov. 20)

Emanuel Meets With Republican Leaders - Mercury News

Nov 20, 2008 President-elect Barack Obama's Chief Of Staff Rahm Emanuel Is Meeting With Republican Leaders. Emanuel Said The Problems Facing The Country Require Good Ideas From Both Parties. (n...

Judge Orders Release Of 5 Terror Suspects - Mercury News

Nov 20, 2008 A Federal Judge On Thursday Ordered The Release Of Five Algerians Held At Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, And The Continued Detention Of A Sixth In A Major Blow To The Bush Administration's ...

Thieves Steal Puppies; Mother Dog Killed - Mercury News

Nov 20, 2008 Police Say Two English Bulldog Puppies Were Stolen From A Home In Reno, Nevada And The Mother Dog Was Struck And Killed By The Thieves' Getaway Car. (nov. 20)

Young Murder Suspect: Out Of Jail For Tgiving - Mercury News

Nov 20, 2008 An 8-year-old Boy Accused Of Killing His Father And Another Man In St. Johns, Arizona, Will Be Allowed To Spend Thanksgiving With His Mother. (nov. 19)

Raw Video: Stevens Bids Senate Farewell - Mercury News

Nov 20, 2008 Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens Has Yielded The Senate Floor For The Last Time, Having Lost His Reelection Bid Under A Cloud Of Federal Felony Convictions For Lying On Disclosure Forms. (n...

Raw Video: Family Fights At Funeral - Mercury News

Nov 20, 2008 An Argument Between Family Members Escalated To A Brawl During A Funeral For A 1-year-old Boy In Milwaukee Wednesday. (nov. 20)

Democrats Postpone Auto Industry Bailout - Mercury News

Nov 20, 2008 Democratic Leaders In Congress Sidetracked Legislation To Bail Out The Auto Industry Thursday And Demanded The Big 3 Develop A Plan Assuring The Money Would Make Them Economically ...

Raw Video: U.s. Tests Missile Defense - Mercury News

Nov 20, 2008 A Japanese Navy Ship On Wednesday Failed To Shoot Down A Mid-range Ballistic Missile Target In A Test Off The Coast Of The Hawaii. It Was Only The Second Time Japan Had Attempted T...

Calif. Supreme Court To Take Up Gay Marriage Ban - Mercury News

Nov 20, 2008 California's Highest Court Agreed Wednesday To Hear Several Legal Challenges To The State's New Ban On Same-sex Marriage But Refused To Allow Gay Couples To Resume Marrying Before ...

Ga. Democrat Gets Campaign Help From Clinton - Mercury News

Nov 20, 2008 Former President Bill Clinton Made A Stop In Atlanta To Campaign For Jim Martin, A Democrat Locked In A Runoff Battle With Republican Saxby Chambliss For One Of The Two Remaining U...

Senate Cancels Vote On Doomed Auto Bailout - Mercury News

Nov 20, 2008 The Senate's Top Democrat Called Off A Planned Vote On A $25-billion Auto Industry Bailout. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Says He Wanted To Figure Out Some Way To Help Detroit'...

Today In History For November 20th - Mercury News

Nov 19, 2008 Highlights Of This Day In History: Nazi War Crimes Trial Begins At Nuremberg; Robert F. Kennedy Born; Britain's Future Queen Elizabeth Ii Marries; Spain's Dictator Francisco Franco...

Florida Considering Limiting Turtle Harvesting - Mercury News

Nov 19, 2008 Tens Of Thousands Of Freshwater Turtles Are Being Harvested In Florida For Export To Asia. The State Prepares To Take Public Comments On Setting Permanent Limits On Turtle Hunting ...

Astronaut Who Lost Tool Bag Admits Mistake - Mercury News

Nov 19, 2008 The Astronaut Who Lost Her Tool Bag On A Spacewalk Admits She Made A Mistake And Says She Should Have Checked To Make Sure It Was Tied Down. Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-piper Called It ...

Dow Falls Below 8,000, S&p At 5-year Low - Mercury News

Nov 19, 2008 Wall Street Hit Levels Not Seen Since 2003 On Wednesday, With The Dow Jones Industrial Average Plunging Below The 8,000 Mark As The Fate Of Detroit's Big Three Automakers Amid A Sl...

Auto City Profile: Above The Fray - Mercury News

Nov 19, 2008 Residents In Georgetown, Kentucky, Say While Times Aren't Booming They Are Happy The Toyota Plant There Isn't Facing The Hard Times That Gm, Chrysler And Ford Are. (nov. 19)

Auto City Profile: Uncertain Future - Mercury News

Nov 19, 2008 Lordstown, Ohio, Is Afraid That If The Government Doesn't Bailout Gm, The Automaker May Close Its Plant There, Which Produces 70 Percent Of The Towns Revenue. (nov. 19)

Supervisor Suspended After Video Of Turkey Abuse - Mercury News

Nov 19, 2008 Global Poultry Grower Aviagen Inc. Said It Has Suspended A Supervisor And Would Investigate A Video Released By An Animal Rights Group That Appears To Show Horrific Abuse Of Turkey...