Group: Music Is Key to Luring Young Latino Voters

The Latino vote could have a major impact in the presidential general election in November. In an attempt to appeal to younger Latino voters, Voto Latino, a voter registration group, is using popular music as part of its outreach. Rapper Armando Perez, a.k.a. "Pitbull," explains his role in the project.

read more | digg story

Cyclone survivors victimized by Myanmar soldiers

AP - It's not much, but the flimsy bamboo lean-to on the side of the road is all Aye Shwe has to keep his family dry. They lost their home to the cyclone and may soon be uprooted again — this time by soldiers ordering them to leave.

read more | digg story

U.S. Money May Get Makeover to Help the Blind

Last week, a federal appeals court ruled that the U.S. discriminates against the blind by producing currency that is not user-friendly for the visually impaired. A host of other countries incorporate shapes, colors and textures to help people identify denominations.

read more | digg story

Congo Highlights Safety in Search for Mine Operator

Congolese warriors used to smear a mineral all over their bodies before going into battle. It made them glow and frightened their enemies at night. Unfortunately, the mineral was radioactive. Congo's uranium deposits later became crucial to the Manhattan Project. Nowadays, the mining site is closed--or are they?

read more | digg story

Obama says he will fight McCain for western states

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama set his sights on the West on Tuesday, saying he will fight for states there that narrowly voted Republican in the last presidential election four years ago.

read more | digg story

Loan Auditor: Supervisors Covered Up Bad Loans

Millions of people are facing foreclosure because they got loans that should not have been approved. A big unanswered question is whether Wall Street banks knew they were selling garbage loans to investors. One former worker whose job was to catch bad loans says her supervisors covered them up.

read more | digg story

As gas goes up, driving goes down

At a time when gas prices are at an all-time high, Americans have curtailed their driving at a historic rate.

read more | digg story

Humanitarian workers take advantage of impovershed children

According to the charity "Save the Children", children told researchers they were too frightened to report the abuse, fearful that the abuser would come back to hurt them and that they would stop receiving aid from agencies, or even be punished by their family or community.

read more | digg story

Billionaire set for biggest tax refund payout--Post-Trib.com

When Gov. Mitch Daniels ordered Lake County to distribute property tax rebate checks to the low-income taxpayers of the county, he presumably did not have Dean White in mind.

read more | digg story