In 2003, then-French President Jacques Chirac opposed Mr. Bush's drive to war in Iraq, as did Mr. Obama, who at the time was a state senator from Illinois just beginning a long-shot U.S. Senate campaign.
Jones called it his "most inglorious failure" but he subsequently became synonymous with fair play and grace, calling a two-shot penalty on himself at the 1925 U.S. Open before missing out on the title by one stroke.
Pentagon sources say a U.S. F-16 shot down a Yugoslav MiG-29 on Monday night near the border between Bosnia and Serbia.
The yield on the benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury note meanwhile shot up to 3.70%, from 3.64% Tuesday.
In its first month, it shot up to the number-two-ranking PlayStation game in the U.S. after GT Interactive's Driver.
Padraig Harrington and Hunter Mahan, who missed out on being among their respective team captains' wild-card picks, shot 70 to be tied for 41st while automatic U.S. selections Keegan Bradley (71) and Jason Dufner (72) were further back.
The feisty 67-year-old partner of Semtek International, a small telecom company, has dedicated much of his life since the mid-1990s to a long-shot legal battle against two powerful foes: the Russian government and U.S. defense giant Lockheed Martin (nyse: LMT - news - people ).
DOHA, Qatar (CNN) -- The pilot and co-pilot aboard the British Tornado GR4 aircraft that was shot down by a U.S. Patriot missile are dead, London's Defense Ministry has said.
He had a disappointing fourth-place tie at the U.S. Open, considering he shot a 75 in the final round.
The Irishman, who will defend his U.S. PGA title later this month, shot a five-birdie, two-bogey 67 in the Ohio rain to lead the tournament on 10-under-par after six-time winner Woods fired a five-under-par 65 to move to seven-under-par -- setting-up a compelling last pairing for Sunday's final round.
The AK-47, for example, is widely available to private citizens around the U.S. as a semi-automatic version (firing one shot each time the trigger is pulled), but the military grade fully automatic (continuous fire while the trigger is depressed) model is illegal almost everywhere.
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Home Star legislation making its way through the U.S. Senate may give the home-performance industry a big shot in the arm.
Both the U.S. and Soviet Union tested anti-satellite technology in the 1980's, and the U.S. even shot down one of its orbiting satellites in 1985.
In early 2003, CNN reported that nearly half the U.S. Air Force's fleet of RQ-1 Predators were shot down or crashed, according to Air Force officials and military records.
Implied volatility on the stock shot up 136.39% to 194.42% in early-afternoon trade on fears the U.S. may be heading into recession and concern AMR Corp. may need to eventually consider bankruptcy protection.
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In case anyone thinks the Americans are a one-sport team, the U.S. men's archery team has a decent shot at gold on Saturday.
TUZLA, Bosnia (CNN) -- A U.S. soldier taking part in the NATO peacekeeping mission in Bosnia was shot by an intruder at a base about 30 miles from Tuzla Friday morning.
The company got a big shot in the arm on July 12, when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted fast-track status to the Canadian company's Fluviral flu vaccine.
Last year, the U.S. flu shot market was so unappealing that only two players were producing injectable vaccine--leading to a serious shortage when one of them, Chiron, had to shut down its plant.
He tied for third with 2003 U.S. Open champion Jim Furyk and another American, Charley Hoffman -- who both shot 69.
In Monday's hurdles race, for example, the U.S. appeared to have a promising shot at gold, with three runners in the eight-man race.
Inside the statehouse, Mark Kelly -- the husband of former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, the Democratic congresswoman who was shot while meeting with constituents in Arizona in January 2011 -- stressed the importance of universal background checks.
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