Sources: Dodd has prostate cancer – The Washington Times

Sources: Dodd has prostate cancer – The Washington Times
WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials tell The Associated Press that Democratic Sen. Christopher Dodd has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. Dodd planned to announce the diagnosis at a news conference in Hartford, Conn., Friday afternoon. Dodd, 65, is chairman of the Senate Banking Committee. The five-term

House approves $2B more for ‘cash for clunkers’ – The Sun News
The government plans to suspend its popular “cash for clunkers” program amid concerns it could quickly use up the $1 billion in rebates for new car purchases, congressional officials said Thursday. The Transportation Department called lawmakers’ offices to alert them to the decision to suspend the

Dollar slides sharply as GDP decline moderates – Las Vegas Sun
The dollar closed the week out lower as a report showed the decline in U.S. economic output was vastly improved in the second quarter. Bad signals from economic reports and poor earnings tend to help the dollar as investors seek safety, often in U.S. government debt; good news and stronger equities

Barack W. Bush – Newsweek
It’s the difference between politics and governing more a chasm than a difference, really. Often, after a vociferous campaign denouncing his predecessor’s policies, a new president finds that not all of those policies are so terrible when viewed from the lonely promontory of the Oval Office

Ortiz says union told him of 2003 positive test – Chippewa Herald
NEW YORK David Ortiz spent the afternoon answering questions about drugs, not his big home run. Manny Ramirez brushed off news that linked him to more cheating. One by one, some of baseball’s biggest stars keep getting implicated in an ever-growing drug scandal that won’t go away. Ortiz became

Relatives believed baby cut from womb was theirs – Daily Herald
Relatives of a man whose girlfriend is accused of kidnapping a baby girl who’d been cut from her mother’s womb thought they had a new member of the family. They even held a cookout to celebrate the birth. Cindy Dion, the mother of Alex Dion, wept Friday as she recalled holding the tiny girl. Her son