Blasts reported in Pakistan's troubled northwest (AP)

Pakistan says next US leader must stop strikes (AP)
AP - Pakistan's prime minister says the next U.S. president must halt missile strikes close to the Afghan border or risk losing the war on terror.

American space tourist blasts off in Soyuz rocket (AP)
AP - Two Americans and a Russian are on their way to the international space station.

Killer Ike blasts Bahamas, floods Haiti, hits Cuba (AP)
AP - Hurricane Ike bore down on Cuba after roaring across low-lying islands Sunday, tearing apart houses, wiping out crops and worsening floods in Haiti that have already killed more than 300...

Ike blasts Turks and Caicos as Category 4 storm (AP)
AP - Hurricane Ike roared across the low-lying Turks and Caicos Islands before dawn Sunday as people in the British territory sought refuge in boarded-up homes or shelters.

3 plead to charges in plot that changed air travel (AP)
AP - In a case that changed the face of air travel, three men charged with a plot to kill trans-Atlantic airline passengers with bombs in soda bottles admitted Monday they intended to cause...