Presidential candidate Senator John McCain said, “I would rather lose an election than lose a war.” He was speaking to the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Orlando, Florida on August 18. He praised American soldiers and attacked his opponent, Senator Barack Obama.
Tropical Storm Fay swept into southwest Florida from the Gulf of Mexico, dumping heavy rain but causing little damage.
Tropical Storm Fay made landfall just east of Marco Island, dumping a lot of rain and doing minor wind damage.
Tropical Storm Fay moved ashore over southwest Florida without strengthening into a hurricane.
A strengthening Tropical Storm Fay took aim at Florida after breezing across Cuba and causing little damage.
The Georgia Dome in Atlanta sports a new look. Georgia Powder Coating transformed the 1992 venue in time for an August 9th preseason Falcons game.
Tropical Storm Edouard heads towards Texas and Louisiana with 45 mile-per-hour winds at the rate of 7 miles per hour.
Jamaal RaShard Addison was the first soldier from Georgia to die in the Iraq war, in March, 2003.
Tropical Storm Edouard has a 20 percent chance of hitting the Texas-Louisiana coast as a hurricane, U.S. forecasters said.
The American Cancer Society and the National Medical Association will work to end disparities in medical care.