News For 9-1

Republican National Convention, September 1-4:
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/conventions/

Palin's teen daughter is pregnant
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/01/palin.daughter/index.html

Obama says Palin's family off-limits:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/01/obama.palin/index.html
Basically what this story is about is,is Barack saying families should not be involved in politics. This all started when rumors that Sarah Palin's son was thought to be her daughter Bristol's son. This rumor isn't true, but she is 5 months pregnant(when only a senior in high school).
-Andrea 3rd hour

Palin has hired lawyer as trooper probe continues:
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/01/palin-has-hired-lawyer-as-trooper-probe-continues/
Very short article about how Palin has hired a lawyer because she's being investigated to see if she abused her power by firing a police chief who wouldn't fire her ex-brother-in-law. by:Hannah W


Hurrican Gustav:
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2008/news/hurricane.gustav/index.html

Report card: U.S. workers worse off:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/09/01/workers.report.ap/index.html

This article mainly says that it is harder to find full time jobs and 10 percent of Americans are unemployed. This is nearly a 25 percent increase from last year. About four percent of working people want full time jobs but can only find part time jobs.
Heather Murray 3rd hour