NEWS.com.au | Nth AmericaThe latest Nth America news from NEWS.com.auWoman run over by train not hurt- September 17, 2008 A CANADIAN woman run over by three full subway cars after falling on tracks at Toronto's busiest metro hub today miraculously escaped unscathed, transit officials said.http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24364167-38198,00.html?from=public_rss Ike survivors shared church refuge with lion- September 17, 2008 AS Hurricane Ike flattened their homes, a group of survivors took refuge in a church - with a lion.http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24362553-38198,00.html?from=public_rss McCain raps Obama over A-list friends- September 17, 2008 JOHM McCain has accused White House foe Barack Obama of siding with 'A-list' stars at a Hollywood fundraiser instead of hard-hit voters trapped by economic troubles.http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24359934-38198,00.html?from=public_rss Republicans sue to stop Palin inquiry- September 16, 2008 FIVE Republican state legislators have filed a lawsuit in an Alaska state court seeking to block Democrats from investigating whether vice-presidential candidate Govenor Sarah Palin abused her power in firing a state trooper feuding with her family.http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24359489-38198,00.html?from=public_rss Texas residents told to stay away- September 16, 2008 OFFICIALS in Texan coastal communities flattened by Hurricane Ike have begged residents to stay away, insisting that it may be months before the area has basic services like clean water.http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24359255-38198,00.html?from=public_rss Bush has benign lesion removed- September 16, 2008 US President George W. Bush, 62, had a non-cancerous skin lesion removed from his forehead during the weekend, the White House said today.http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24359260-38198,00.html?from=public_rss Student injured in school shooting- September 16, 2008 POLICE surrounded two Toronto schools today and launched a manhunt for suspects in a shooting at the Bendale Business and Technical Institute that sent a student to hospital.http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24359234-38198,00.html?from=public_rss Baggy pants ban 'unconstitutional'- September 16, 2008 A FLORIDA judge has deemed unconstitutional a law banning baggy pants that show off the wearer's underwear.http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24359229-38198,00.html?from=public_rss Chemical in plastics linked to disease- September 16, 2008 THE chemical Bisphenol A (BPA), widely used in plastic food and beverage containers, has been linked to diabetes, cardiovascular disease and liver abnormalities, a newly-released study says.http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24359222-38198,00.html?from=public_rss Wall Street dives in early trading- September 16, 2008 US stocks have dropped today for the second consecutive day, following the trend on overseas markets as a historic crisis on Wall Street deepened and threatened the broader global economy.http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24359161-38198,00.html?from=public_rss |