http://en.redtram.com/ drudge.com Copyright (c) 2008 RedTram. All rights reserved. webmaster@redtram.com (RedTram) en Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:35:37 GMT 300 100 50 http://en.redtram.com/ http://img.en.redtram.com/rsslogo.gif 68489 | U.S. Seizes Fannie and Freddie http://en.redtram.com/go/152481283/top100/ 152481283 Federal officials unveiled an extraordinary takeover on Sunday of troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, signaling the most dramatic move to date aimed at shoring up the nation's housing market. Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:26:36 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152481283/top100/ 68489 | Bomb Kills 35 in Pakistan http://en.redtram.com/go/152481286/top100/ 152481286 A massive suicide blast in Pakistan killed 35 Saturday when an explosives-packed pickup blew up at a police checkpoint on the outskirts of Peshawar near the Afghanistan border. Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:26:36 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152481286/top100/ 68489 | Rasmussen: McCain, Obama Tied Nationally http://en.redtram.com/go/152481281/top100/ 152481281 In the first national polling results based entirely on interviews conducted after Sarah Palins acceptance speech, Rasmussen finds Barack Obama gets 46% of the vote and so does John McCain. When "leaners" are included, its all even at 48%. Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:26:36 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152481281/top100/ 68489 | Bobcats Squat Foreclosed Home http://en.redtram.com/go/152481287/top100/ 152481287 A family of five bobcats, including three kittens, has moved in to a foreclosed home in Lake Elsinore, Calif., because they like the fresh water in the koi pond. "They are great neighbors," said Scott Brown. Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:26:36 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152481287/top100/ 68489 | Silent Movie Actress Anita Page Dies http://en.redtram.com/go/152481276/top100/ 152481276 Actress Anita Page, who starred alongside Buster Keaton and Joan Crawford and resumed her acting career after a 60-year absence in the '90s, died at age 98 in Los Angeles. Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:26:35 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152481276/top100/ 68489 | Soaring Soy Costs Panic Poor http://en.redtram.com/go/152481278/top100/ 152481278 With the dollar a day he earns scrounging for scrap metal and paper, Jumadi can't buy his family beef or even chicken. But until now, the rail-thin scavenger could at least afford soy. Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:26:35 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152481278/top100/ 68489 | Palin's Church Holding Gay Conversion Event http://en.redtram.com/go/152481280/top100/ 152481280 Sarah Palin's church is promoting a conference to convert gays into heterosexuals through the power of prayer. "You'll be encouraged by the power of God's love and His desire to transform the lives of those impacted by homosexuality," states the Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:26:35 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152481280/top100/ 68489 | Hurricane Ike Threatens Cuba, Gulf http://en.redtram.com/go/152356907/top100/ 152356907 Hurricane Ike charged toward Cuba and the Gulf of Mexico as a ferocious Category 4 storm on Saturday, where it's expected to weaken over the mountains until emerging in the Gulf of Mexico. Tracking map Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:54:12 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152356907/top100/ 68489 | Unmarried Young Moms Outnumber Married Ones http://en.redtram.com/go/152356906/top100/ 152356906 For the first time in a half-century of record-keeping, a majority of babies born to women younger than 30 in the United States were out of wedlock. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:54:11 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152356906/top100/ 68489 | Obama Challenges Palin on Earmarks http://en.redtram.com/go/152356905/top100/ 152356905 At a campaign stop in Terre Haute, Ind., Barack Obama said that Sarah Palin embraced earmarks while a mayor and governor in Alaska. "When you've been taking all these earmarks when it's convenient, and then suddenly you're the champion anti-earmark Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:54:11 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152356905/top100/ 68489 | Congress Questions FBI Take on Anthrax Case http://en.redtram.com/go/152356904/top100/ 152356904 A month after the F.B.I. declared that an Army scientist was the anthrax killer, leading members of Congress are saying they do not think the bureau has proved its case. "It's very much an open matter," Sen. Arlen Specter said. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:54:11 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152356904/top100/ 68489 | Rich: Palin and McCain's Shotgun Marriage http://en.redtram.com/go/152356902/top100/ 152356902 Frank Rich: "Often my haste is a mistake," John McCain conceded in his 2002 memoir, "but I live with the consequences without complaint." Well, maybe it's fine if he wants to live with the consequences, but what about his country? Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:54:11 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152356902/top100/ 68489 | Ford's New 65-mpg Car Not Available in US http://en.redtram.com/go/152356903/top100/ 152356903 Ford's 2009 Fiesta ECOnetic goes on sale in November, but the 65-mpg vehicle only will be sold in Europe. "We know it's an awesome vehicle," said Ford America President Mark Fields. "But there are business reasons why we can't sell Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:54:11 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152356903/top100/ 68489 | Obama, McCain Plan Joint 9/11 Appearance http://en.redtram.com/go/152139338/top100/ 152139338 The rancor of the presidential campaign will come to a pause on Thursday as Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama jointly visit Ground Zero, the former site of the World Trade Center, in New York City. It will be Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:26:32 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152139338/top100/ 68489 | Man in Wheelchair Steals 10 Boxes of Condoms http://en.redtram.com/go/152139352/top100/ 152139352 A man in a wheelchair -- in possession of great optimism -- stole 10 boxes of condoms and an energy drink. Had to be in Texas. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:26:32 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152139352/top100/ 68489 | Unemployment Rate Hits Five-Year High http://en.redtram.com/go/152139364/top100/ 152139364 The unemployment rate jumped to 6.1 percent in August, its highest level in five years, as the erosion of the job market accelerated over the summer. Employers cut 84,000 jobs last month, more than economists had expected, and the Labor Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:26:32 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152139364/top100/ 68489 | Fight Global Warming, Eat Less Meat http://en.redtram.com/go/152139304/top100/ 152139304 People should consider eating less meat as a way to tackle global warming, says the UN's top climate scientist. "Direct emissions from meat production account for about 18% of the world's total greenhouse gas emissions," Rajendra Pachauri told BBC News."So Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:26:31 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152139304/top100/ 68489 | Kilkenny: The Real Sarah Palin http://en.redtram.com/go/152139317/top100/ 152139317 The comments of Anne Kilkenny, an Alaskan who knows Sarah Palin personally, have gone viral on hundreds of web sites. Kilkenny describes Palin as a smart political opportunist who keeps an enemies list and is no fiscal conservative. "She inherited Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:26:31 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152139317/top100/ 68489 | McCain Camp Trying to Derail 'Troopergate' http://en.redtram.com/go/152021097/top100/ 152021097 Alaskan allies of John McCain are trying to derail an investigation into Gov. Sarah Palin's firing of her public safety commissioner, who she's accused of ousting after he wouldn't fire her former brother in law, a state trooper involved in Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:30:14 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152021097/top100/ 68489 | McCain Taken to School Over Speech Backdrop http://en.redtram.com/go/152021092/top100/ 152021092 During John McCain's acceptance speech Thursday, a giant screen behind him showed video of Walter Reed Middle School in North Hollywood, Calif., an odd choice that raised questions about whether his campaign thought it was Walter Reed Medical Center in Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:30:14 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152021092/top100/