By Gerry J. Gilmore
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29, 2008 – The husband-and-wife team who designed the Pentagon Memorial spent a gray, misty afternoon with their creation yesterday, just two weeks before its public opening.
Keith Kaseman’s and Julie Beckman’s proposal for the memorial’s design was chosen from more than 1,100 submissions in March 2003. Soon [...]

By Tim Kilbride
Special to American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29, 2008 – Improvements in the security situation south of Baghdad have enabled economic and political progress, and the continued development of the Iraqi security forces will advance those gains, a U.S. commander said yesterday.
Progress across those multiple fronts is interconnected, Army Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Buchanan, [...]

By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29, 2008 – Tropical Storm Gustav is expected to intensify over the weekend and strike the U.S. Gulf Coast as a Category 3 hurricane by the morning of Sept. 2, Federal Emergency Management Agency officials said today.
Local, state and federal agencies are coordinating responses now, well in advance [...]

By Brian Wagner
Voice of America
MIAMI, Aug. 29, 2008 — Republican Senator John McCain has chosen a first-term governor from the state of Alaska to run as his vice presidential candidate in the November elections.
Senator McCain named Sarah Palin as his running mate only hours after the close of the Democratic National Convention in Denver. The [...]

HarpBlaster.com News Wire
DAYTON, Ohio — U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., today selected Alaska Governor Sarah Palin to be his running mate and to serve as his vice president.
“Governor Palin is a tough executive who has demonstrated during her time in office that she is ready to be president. She has brought Republicans and Democrats together [...]

By Jim Stevenson
Voice of America
BEIJING — The 29th Olympiad has drawn to a close in Beijing. The games lasted more than two weeks in the Chinese capital and other cities.
The theme of the Beijing Olympics was ‘One World, One Dream.’ And the world did come together in competition, and for the closing ceremonies Sunday, filled [...]

By Jim Stevenson
Voice of America
BEIJING — For many Olympic sports, attention comes just once every four years.
Women’s water polo, fencing and wrestling are, as a rule, not widely followed sports outside of the Olympics. But several U.S. athletes are hoping to grow interest in those sports following their success at the Beijing Games.
Brenda Villa plays [...]

By Jim Stevenson
Voice of America
BEIJING — The U.S. men’s basketball team has won the gold medal at the Olympics to regain international prominence in the American-born sport.
The team filled with U.S. National Basketball Association stars had the lead for virtually the entire game. But reigning world champion Spain always stayed within reach.
American LeBron James says [...]

By Scott Bobb
Voice of America
BEIJING — African runners swept the Men’s Marathon race Sunday on the last day of the 29th Olympic Games in China. In all, athletes from more than a dozen African countries won medals in events ranging from running and football to swimming and kayaking.
Kenya’s Samuel Wansiru and Morocco’s Jaouad Gharib Sunday [...]

By Parke Brewer
Voice of America
BEIJING — The U.S. men have won the Olympic volleyball gold medal for the first time in 20 years, beating Brazil three sets to one.
This match between top-ranked and defending champion Brazil and the United States really was in doubt until Clay Stanley smashed the spike that gave the Americans a [...]