Hurricane Humberto hits Texas

9/13/2007

NEWS

Japan's Abe hospitalized for stress
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was hospitalized Thursday for
psychological
stress and exhaustion a day after suddenly announcing his resignation,
his
doctors said, compounding political confusion in the world's
second-largest
economy. Kyodo News agency reported the ruling Liberal Democratic Party
would
hold its election for party president on Sept. 23.

Hurricane Humberto hits Texas
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Hurricane Humberto made landfall in Southeast Texas early Thursday,
bringing
heavy rains and winds of up to 80 mph as it made its way to eastern
Louisiana,
the National Weather Service said.

U.S.: 45 Taliban killed in Afghanistan
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Airstrikes and Afghan army gunfire killed more than 45 suspected
Taliban
fighters in a clash in a southern province just as the holy month of
Ramadan
began, the U.S.-led coalition said.

MONEY

Bank of America raises ATM surcharge
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In a move that's expected to prompt higher fees industrywide, Bank of
America
has raised, to $3, the amount it charges non-customers to withdraw cash
from
most of its ATMs.

Airlines get serious about hiring again
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After nearly six years of shrinking their workforces, most of the USA's
biggest airlines are finally hiring again. But the big carriers are
finding
that it's a different game than their last employment buildup before
2001.
After years on the hiring sidelines, they're finding that the ready
pools of
applicants have dwindled.