By RON WORD and RUSS BYNUM on Aug 20, 2008 01:40AM

Fay may strengthen and hit Florida again

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- Tropical Storm Fay continued its erratic path Wednesday reaching the coast and headed for the Atlantic Ocean, where it could strengthen and curve back toward Florida - possibly as a hurricane....

By VANESSA GERA on Aug 20, 2008 01:22AM

Rice to sign missile defense deal with Poland

WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice plans Wednesday to sign a deal to build a U.S. missile defense base on Polish soil, an agreement that has already prompted an infuriated Russia to threaten its former Soviet satellite....

By RICHARD LARDNER on Aug 20, 2008 12:39AM

Bush defends terror war in speech to veterans

CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) -- President Bush is defending his line-in-the-sand approach to the fight against Islamic terrorism, following presidential rivals John McCain and Barack Obama in a speech to a major veterans group....