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Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin accepted the Republican nomination for vice president last night, the third day of the party's national convention in St. Paul, Minn. |
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REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION
Palin skewers Obama, media to delight of party faithful
Alaska governor lays out credentials
By Michael D. Shear
THE WASHINGTON POST
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin electrified the Republican convention last night, pitching herself as a champion of government reform, mocking Sen. Barack Obama as an elitist and belittling media criticism of her experience.
Slow sales dropping a hammer on builders
40% of buyers canceled home purchases in July
By Roger Showley
STAFF WRITER
At Magnolia at Bressi Ranch in Carlsbad, about half of the 25 homes have been built and sold for prices approaching $2.3 million. But a few months ago, builder Barratt American abruptly halted construction on six more, and a seventh stands completed and unsold. Work never started on five lots.
Suicide puts focus on police negotiators
Oceanside parents: Officer 'cruel' to son
By Jenifer Goodwin
STAFF WRITER
Grant Sattaur liked dirt-biking, skateboarding and hanging out with friends. He looked up to his older sister, Stephanie, and was protective of his younger brother, Tyler. On Christmas, his mom, Julie Hillestad, gave him a card.
“Before you were born, I loved you,” she wrote. “Before you were here for one hour, I would die for you.”
Bush proposes $1 billion in assistance to Georgia
Re-equipping military not part of plan
By Steven Lee Myers
NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE
BAKU, Azerbaijan – President Bush proposed $1 billion in humanitarian and economic assistance yesterday to help rebuild Georgia after its short, disastrous war with Russia in August, but he stopped short of committing the United States to re-equipping its battered military.
