US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 488 |
| | | As of Friday, July 25, 2008, at least 488 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures July 19 at 10 a.m. EDT. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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California bans restaurants from using trans fats |
| | | California on Friday became the first state to ban trans fats from restaurant food, following several cities and major fast-food chains in erasing the notorious artery-clogger from menus. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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US woman gets asylum in Costa Rica |
| | | A Texas woman wanted by the FBI for international parental kidnapping has been awarded asylum in Costa Rica and cannot be extradited to the United States. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Nuclear dispute dogs US ties with New Zealand |
| | | Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Saturday that a lingering nuclear dispute between the United States and New Zealand ought to be overcome to focus on a new era of cooperation in the Pacific and elsewhere. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Officials: 2 militants killed |
| | | U.S.-led coalition forces killed an insurgent northeast of the capital while hunting for a militant suspected of aiding foreign fighters, according to a statement Saturday. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Cook takes lead in Senior British Open |
| | | John Cook of the United States took a one-stroke lead in the Senior British Open on Saturday, shooting a 4-under 67 to capitalize on Bruce Vaughan's midround collapse. | | From The Washington Times | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Calif. fire threatens homes near Yosemite Valley |
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US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,124 |
| | | As of Saturday, July 26, 2008, at least 4,124 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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U.S. regulators seize two more banks, engineer sale |
| | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators took over two banks on Friday and sold them to Mutual of Omaha Bank, the sixth and seventh bank failures this year as financial institutions struggle with a housing bust and credit crunch. | | From Reuters | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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U.S. house prices overvalued by up to 20 percent: IMF paper |
| | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The downward spiral of U.S. housing prices still has a way to go and homes were overvalued by between 8 percent to 20 percent in the first quarter of this year, according to research by an International Monetary Fund economist published on Friday. | | From Reuters | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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FDA: Avoid Jalapenos From Mexico, Not US |
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Smoking Charity Slams R'n'B Star |
| | | US R'n'B star Alicia Keys has apologised after an international health charity revealed her latest concert was helping market cigarettes to children. | | From Sky News | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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Obama's Meeting With Iranian-Americans |
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U.S. Bridges Under Scrutiny |
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Maine Democrats bounce 2 leaders |
| | | The Maine Democratic Party is ousting two members of its executive committee for supporting an independent candidate for U.S. Senate instead of the party's nominee, Rep. Tom Allen. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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Explorer Won't Budge on Shipwreck Mystery |
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Bordellos, Bear Attacks: Road Trip Horrors |
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US mil: inmates in Iraq imposed Islamic justice |
| | | For years, extremist Iraqi detainees in U.S. custody held self-styled Islamic courts and tortured or killed inmates who refused to join them, military officials said, disclosing new details about the use of American prisons to recruit for the insurgency. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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Military divers raise sunken Russian sub |
| | | U.S. Navy and Army divers have raised a Russian sub that had sunk in the Providence River during a powerful storm last year. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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