Success20011209772453CNNhttp://www.cnn.com/http://www.daylife.com/source/CNN10blKbZP140g1Z1Labour loses London mayor's seat to Conservatives2008-05-02 23:54:130...the city of Liverpool of "reveling in victimhood" over the death of Ken Bigley, a local man who was taken hostage and killed in Iraq. He upset others by using racially insensitive terms like "pickaninnies" and "watermelon smiles" in his writing, though he...http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/282439393/index.htmlhttp://www.daylife.com/article/05i00LP2Pp5mE05i00LP2Pp5mE1209771785CNNhttp://www.cnn.com/http://www.daylife.com/source/CNN10blKbZP140g1Z1London's new mayor is eccentric, offensive2008-05-02 23:43:0545...editorial accusing the city's people of "wallowing" in victimhood after Liverpudlian Ken Bigley, who had been taken hostage in Iraq, was beheaded. Last year, Johnson angered lawmakers in the southern coastal city of Portsmouth when he wrote that the area...http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/282431888/index.htmlhttp://www.daylife.com/article/0dns3Zf3My8dL0dns3Zf3My8dL1209760811CNNhttp://www.cnn.com/http://www.daylife.com/source/CNN10blKbZP140g1Z1'Miracle Marine' dies after beating odds2008-05-02 20:40:112...(CNN) -- A Marine who survived being burned over more than 95 percent of his body in Iraq and established a charity to help burned children has died, the military has announced. Marine Sgt. Merlin German, seen in May 2007, died last month of complications...http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_us/~3/282344630/index.htmlhttp://www.daylife.com/article/06qv9uz13P9zD06qv9uz13P9zD1209760619CNNhttp://www.cnn.com/http://www.daylife.com/source/CNN10blKbZP140g1Z1Poll: 70 percent in U.S. say things are going badly2008-05-02 20:36:591...crisis and higher prices for gasoline and food. McCain does better than either Clinton or Obama on terrorism, immigration and Iraq. "Voters do believe either Clinton or Obama would handle the economy better than McCain, in both cases, by 53 to 42 percent....http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/282350209/index.htmlhttp://www.daylife.com/article/030wc6denn4RC030wc6denn4RC1209757755CNNhttp://www.cnn.com/http://www.daylife.com/source/CNN10blKbZP140g1Z1Bush details war-funding request2008-05-02 19:49:1559...to fight the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan amid a developing dispute between the White House and congressional Democrats over Iraq spending. The supplemental spending bills would pay for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan through the spring of 2009. Democrats are...http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~3/282322780/index.htmlhttp://www.daylife.com/article/0h1V6c0gFh5tM0h1V6c0gFh5tM1209750079CNNhttp://www.cnn.com/http://www.daylife.com/source/CNN10blKbZP140g1Z1McCain in battleground states as Democrats fight on2008-05-02 17:41:192...to the "Mission Accomplished" banner on the USS Lincoln as the president marked the end of "major combat operations" in Iraq. Thursday was the five-year anniversary of Bush's speech. "I thought it was wrong at the time," McCain said, referring to the banner....http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/282262389/index.htmlhttp://www.daylife.com/article/0eeFeGG56X5zX0eeFeGG56X5zX1209747045CNNhttp://www.cnn.com/http://www.daylife.com/source/CNN10blKbZP140g1Z1Bush tells Congress details of his $70 billion war-funding request2008-05-02 16:50:4559...$3 billion for technology to counteract improvised explosives, which have been among the greatest killers of U.S. troops in Iraq. Another $3 billion is for "classified activities." And not even the military is immune from the pain of rising gas prices — Bush...http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_politicalticker/~3/282244246/http://www.daylife.com/article/0h2N0XMe7rahC0h2N0XMe7rahC1209745811CNNhttp://www.cnn.com/http://www.daylife.com/source/CNN10blKbZP140g1Z1CNN poll: Economy far ahead of war as top issue2008-05-02 16:30:110...in Iraq was the top issue in voters' minds," said CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. "But starting in November, the economy and Iraq tied for first and by December the economy was in the lead. Now the economy beats the war by more than 2-to-1." The poll...http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~3/282210636/index.htmlhttp://www.daylife.com/article/0bhh8p2gKGfYZ0bhh8p2gKGfYZ1209745475CNNhttp://www.cnn.com/http://www.daylife.com/source/CNN10blKbZP140g1Z1U.S. ignores religious oppression, federal panel says2008-05-02 16:24:350...(CNN) -- China, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are among 11 countries that practice religious oppression, a federal commission says. Iraqi Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter in Baghdad. The panel cites concerns about religious freedom in Iraq. Nevertheless,...http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/282206463/index.htmlhttp://www.daylife.com/article/0eCg7Rm9sq9XU0eCg7Rm9sq9XU1209744192CNNhttp://www.cnn.com/http://www.daylife.com/source/CNN10blKbZP140g1Z1Voters increasingly focusing on economy as top issue2008-05-02 16:03:120...followed by health care at 14 percent, terrorism at 9 percent and immigration at 8 percent. "Through most of 2007, the war in Iraq was the top issue in voters' minds," said CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. "But starting in November, the economy and Iraq...http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_politicalticker/~3/282190778/http://www.daylife.com/article/0brg6Ssbp3dFj0brg6Ssbp3dFj