Top U.S. News HeadlinesThe Conservative Voice (www.theconservativevoice.com) provides 24/7/365 news, conservative commentary and much more.Ike's US toll climbs to 50 with latest Texas death- September 17, 2008 Hurricane Ike's death toll in the U.S. is up to 50 as authorities on the Texas coast are reporting another fatality from the storm.http://www.theconservativevoice.com/rss/ap/go.lasso?mi=D938JLQO0qqq9001 Ike leaves Midwest in the dark after rain, winds- September 17, 2008 Facing a third straight day without power, residents across the Midwest snapped up batteries, generators and coolers as they waited for crews to restore electricity knocked out by the remnants of Hurricane Ike.http://www.theconservativevoice.com/rss/ap/go.lasso?mi=D938H7D80qqq9001 Sleep-related crash prompts fed call for research- September 17, 2008 Trucking companies should work harder to enforce that their drivers get rest, and the government should move toward mandating the use of alarm systems to alert exhausted truckers, a federal board recommended.http://www.theconservativevoice.com/rss/ap/go.lasso?mi=D938DMLO0qqq9001 O.J. jurors to get video, audio evidence in Vegas- September 17, 2008 A key character is waiting to testify in the O.J. Simpson armed robbery-kidnapping trial.http://www.theconservativevoice.com/rss/ap/go.lasso?mi=D938D2D80qqq9001 Ohio killer: Weight gain isn't to avoid execution- September 17, 2008 A double murderer scheduled to be executed next month in Ohio said Tuesday he has not deliberately gained weight to rule out his death by lethal injection.http://www.theconservativevoice.com/rss/ap/go.lasso?mi=D93868C00qqq9001 Elizabeth Edwards discouraged by health care focus- September 17, 2008 Elizabeth Edwards said Tuesday she is discouraged that health care is falling on the nation's list of priorities and critiqued the plans of both leading presidential candidates.http://www.theconservativevoice.com/rss/ap/go.lasso?mi=D93864400qqq9001 Flood forces parts of Texas border town to empty- September 17, 2008 The rain-swollen Rio Grande began sloshing over a levee near this border town Tuesday, and officials cleared everyone from low-lying areas as they awaited a deluge they said was inevitable.http://www.theconservativevoice.com/rss/ap/go.lasso?mi=D9385UUG0qqq9001 Schwarzenegger says he will veto Calif. budget- September 17, 2008 Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger made an extraordinary pledge Tuesday to veto the state budget because he said the long-overdue spending plan lawmakers approved hours earlier lacked long-term fiscal reforms and would burden taxpayers.http://www.theconservativevoice.com/rss/ap/go.lasso?mi=D9385M8GAqqq9001 Engineer in wreck: Warm to some, recluse to others- September 17, 2008 Around his neighborhood, Metrolink engineer Robert Sanchez was considered a recluse with four miniature greyhounds and a poorly kept yard. But among young train fans, he was something of a celebrity.http://www.theconservativevoice.com/rss/ap/go.lasso?mi=D9383QLG1qqq9001 Riding out Ike on an island, with a lion- September 17, 2008 Many years from now, a small group of Hurricane Ike survivors will probably still be telling the story of how, on the night the storm flattened their island, they took sanctuary in a church _ with a lion.http://www.theconservativevoice.com/rss/ap/go.lasso?mi=D9383Q1O0qqq9001 |