DailyMe Front PageDailyMe Digest RSS Front PageShortstop Jeter Breaks Gehrig's All-Time Hits Mark at Yankee Stadium- September 16, 2008 NEW YORK - Derek Jeter broke Lou Gehrig's record for hits at Yankee Stadium, singling in the first inning against the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night.It came in Jeter's 8,002nd major-league at-bat, passing Gehrig for second on the Yankees'...http://www.dailyme.com/story/2008091700000827/ Three die in China baby powder scandal, thousands sick- September 16, 2008 BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Wednesday a third infant had died from drinking milk contaminated with toxic melamine and 6,244 infants were sick as four officials were sacked amid a widening scandal.http://www.dailyme.com/story/2008091600024885/ Bolivia leaders agree roadmap to end conflict- September 16, 2008 SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia (Reuters) - Bolivian President Evo Morales and governors who led a violent rebellion against his socialist reforms agreed on Tuesday on a road map to end a week-long crisis in the impoverished South American country.http://www.dailyme.com/story/2008091600024884/ House passes bill allowing offshore drilling- September 16, 2008 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation Tuesday that lifts a longstanding ban on offshore oil drilling, opening most of the U.S. coastline to exploration.http://www.dailyme.com/story/2008091600024662/ Fed to lend $85 billion to AIG, take 80 percent stake- September 16, 2008 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday said the Federal Reserve Bank of New York will lend up to $85 billion to the American International Group in a plan aimed at saving the insurer from a "disorderly failure"...http://www.dailyme.com/story/2008091600023963/ U.S. Catholics pray for more priests- September 16, 2008 WELLESLEY, Massachusetts (Reuters) - The sign outside St. James Church in the affluent Boston suburb of Wellesley sums up Catholicism's deepening struggles in the United States.http://www.dailyme.com/story/2008091600023858/ Death toll rises in storm-hit Texas amid health hazard- September 16, 2008 GALVESTON, Texas (Reuters) - The death toll in the wake of Hurricane Ike rose to 30 in Texas on Tuesday as officials in Galveston warned of a growing health threat on the island city that took a direct hit from the huge storm.http://www.dailyme.com/story/2008091600021639/ GM unveils hybrid Chevrolet Volt- September 16, 2008 Sep. 16--General Motors Corp. this morning unveiled the production version of the Chevrolet Volt, as part of the automaker's centennial celebration, called GMnext. "The Volt symbolizes General Motors' commitment to the future." Bob Lutz, GM's vice...http://www.dailyme.com/story/2008091600016030/ McCain blames Wall Street's unbridled greed' for economic woes- September 16, 2008 TAMPA, Fla. _ Hammered by Democrats for sugarcoating the economy's woes, Republican John McCain sharpened his attack on Wall Street on Tuesday while opponent Barack Obama tried to lay the blame on McCain and his party's economic philosophy.The...http://www.dailyme.com/story/2008091600021328/ Researchers link BPA to heart disease, diabetes, liver problems- September 16, 2008 CHICAGO _ The debate over the safety of a chemical ubiquitous in the lives of Americans took center stage at a scientific hearing of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday as federal officials, scientists and health advocates gave vastly...http://www.dailyme.com/story/2008091600021329/ |