Pat Dollard

DETROIT (AP) – Pontiac, whose muscle cars drag-raced down boulevards, parked at drive-ins and roared across movie screens, is out of business. The brand, in business for 84 years, has been moribund since General Motors decided to kill it last year as GM collapsed into bankruptcy. Pontiac had been in decline for years. It was [...]

Los Angeles Times: Reporting from San Diego — For five decades, shotgun enthusiasts were able to visit the Miramar military base for target practice and skeet shooting. In 2008, 95,000 rounds were fired by members and guests of the San Diego Shotgun Sports Assn., which ran a 29-acre range on the base. Now the military [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A mixed picture of the economy emerged one day before key midterm elections that have focused on the nation’s financial health. Spending by Americans slowed in September and their incomes fell for the first time in more than a year. At the same time, manufacturing activity grew by the most in five [...]

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New York Times: ANCHORAGE — The wrinkles of a write-in campaign in an Alaskan election could mean it takes weeks before anyone knows whether Senator Lisa Murkowski pulled off a political miracle.

The Telegraph: The al-Qaeda parcel bomb plot was designed to blow up passenger jets in a Lockerbie-style terrorist outrage, investigators believe. Both bombs found last week had been transported in the hold of passenger flights, suggesting that the terrorists were targeting tourists and other travellers, rather than simply trying to bring down cargo planes, as [...]

LONDON (AP) – Alcohol is more dangerous than illegal drugs like heroin and crack cocaine, according to a new study. British experts evaluated substances including alcohol, cocaine, heroin, ecstasy, crystal meth and marijuana, ranking them based on how destructive they are to the individual who takes them and to society as a whole. Researchers analyzed [...]

Washington (AP) – Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri, also involved in 2001 Richard Reid shoe-bomb plot, Christmas 2009 Detroit-bound airliner bombing attempt, built all three bombs; believed to be in Marib province in Yemen. CAIRO — Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri is considered a key figure in al-Qaida’s most active franchise and is now the chief suspect behind the [...]

And Israel Radio quotes Hamas minister as denying al Qaida is active in Gaza, saying ‘We are moderates – we don’t like extremists or fanatics.’ Haaretz: Hamas confirmed for the first time on Monday that between 200 and 300 members of the organization’s military wing were killed during Israel’s offensive in the Gaza Strip at [...]