Healty Families In California

Tropical Storm Julio pounds Mexico's Baja California with rains as it moves inland  CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico _ Tropical Storm Julio drenched the resort-studded southern Baja California peninsula with heavy rains Sunday as authorities evacuated more than 2,500 families living along riverbeds near the coast.

S&P: Home prices drop by record amount in 2Q   A widely watched housing index shows home prices dropping by the sharpest rate ever in the second quarter.

Home prices fell at record pace in 2nd quarter: report   Prices of U.S. single-family homes plunged a record 15.4 percent in the second quarter from a year earlier, surpassing the steep drop in the first quarter, according to the Standard & Poor's/Case Shiller national home price index reported on Tuesday.

Marine pleads not guilty to '04 shooting in Iraq  CAMP PENDLETON: A Marine pleaded not guilty yesterday to charges of unpremeditated murder and dereliction of duty in the shooting of an unarmed detainee in Iraq nearly four years ago.

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West Nile Virus Claims First Death in California  An elderly woman in Orange County is the first victim of the West Nile virus this year in California.

Floods strand millions in northern India  Tue, Aug 26, 2008 6:21 a.m. Indian officials appealed to more than 1 million people in flood-ravaged northern India to flee for their lives Tuesday, saying they faced death from a surging river if they remained in their homes.

NYT: In-depth 'Watchmen' lawsuit analysis   New York Times provides an in-depth analysis of the Fox vs. Warner Bros. struggle over ' Watchmen '.

Claim of Self-Defense Weighed in Fatal Stabbing  One middle-aged man stabbed another outside a home in Capitol Heights on Sunday in what investigators think might have been self-defense, Prince George's County police said yesterday.

Tropical storm Julio expected to weaken after lashing Baja California  CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico - Tropical storm Julio continued to lash the southern half of Mexico's Baja California peninsula with heavy rain Monday.

Democrats rally for unity in Denver  DENVER — Ailing and aging, Sen. Ted Kennedy issued a ringing summons to fellow Democrats Monday night to rally behind Barack Obama's pioneering quest for the White House in a poignant opening to a party convention in search of unity for the fall campaign.

Durham County workshop helps military families navigate challenges  A 10-hour workshop to help military families deal with financial management and challenges in parenting, relationships and communication will be start late next month, Durham County officials said Monday.

La prevención del tabaquismo ahorra miles de millones de dólares a California  Los Ángeles EE.UU., 26 ago EFE.- El Programa para el Control del Tabaquismo en California CTCP ha supuesto un ahorro de 86.000 millones de dólares a este estado durante sus primeros 15 años de existencia, según un estudio publicado hoy por el diario médico PLoS.

260,000 displaced in Pakistan military offensive: UN, officials  ISLAMABAD - The military offensive against Taliban militants in a restive Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border has displaced more than 260,000 people, UN and local officials said on Tuesday.

O.C. woman is 1st in California to die from West Nile virus in 2008, officials say  The 72-year-old from Buena Park had a serious neurological form of the disease, which an Orange County Health Care Agency spokesman said she likely contracted from a mosquito bite. A 72-year-old Buena Park woman became the first person in California to die from the West Nile virus infection this year, the Orange County Health Care Agency reported Monday.

Gilts Gain as Mortgage Approvals Fall to Lowest Level in Decade  Aug. 26 -- U.K. government notes rose, pushing the 10-year yield to the lowest level in more than four months, as an industry report showed mortgage approvals held near the weakest level in a decade.

Court tosses $241-million award won by California in Executive Life suit  An appeals panel orders a new trial to recalculate damages. The case had stemmed from the takeover of the insurer by French investors. An appeals court Monday tossed out a $241-million award won by the state of California in a lawsuit stemming from the takeover of failed insurer Executive Life by French investors.