Reaction to Obama choosing Biden as running mate |
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Man, pregnant girlfriend charged in Md. standoff |
| | | A man who held police at bay during a two-day Maryland motel standoff and his pregnant girlfriend, who claimed to be his hostage, both face charges, state police said Saturday. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Fay's 4th Florida landfall is one for record books |
| | | APALACHICOLA, Fla. -- Tropical Storm Fay began wrapping up its disastrous slog across Florida on Saturday by making a record fourth landfall on the Panhandle's coast. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 508 |
| | | As of Friday, Aug. 22, 2008, at least 508 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 Thursday at 10 a.m. EDT. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Russia WTO entry at risk over Georgia: U.S. official |
| | | Russia's bid to join the World Trade Organization (WTO) is at risk because of its military operations in Georgia, U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez was quoted as saying on Saturday. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Biker escort for WTC steel beam to Pa. memorial |
| | | Hundreds of New York City firefighters are taking to the road on motorcycles to escort a steel beam from the World Trade Center to the site of a planned Sept. 11 memorial in Pennsylvania. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Former BOE official says Fed rate cuts went too far |
| | | The Federal Reserve's decision to cut interest rates in response to the U.S. financial market crisis of the past year is a bad mistake that will lead to higher inflation, a former Bank of England official said on Saturday. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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New Orleans repeating deadly levee mistakes |
| | | Signs are emerging that history is repeating itself in the Big Easy, still healing from Katrina: People have forgotten a lesson from four decades ago and believe once again that the federal government is constructing a levee system they can prosper behind. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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911 system knocked out in parts of SoCal |
| | | The sheriff's department in southern California's Orange County says the 911 emergency call system for much of the county has been repaired after an outage that shut it down for 90 minutes. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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US forces in Iraq release detained APTN cameraman |
| | | The U.S. military on Saturday released a cameraman working for Associated Press Television News after nearly three months in detention, saying no evidence was found that he posed a security threat. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Seven Florida deaths blamed on tropical storm Fay |
| | | MIAMI (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Fay was blamed on Friday for seven deaths in Florida as forecasters warned that its torrential rains threatened a large swath of the southeastern United States with flooding over the weekend. | | From Reuters | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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Russia accused of abusing truce |
| | | The US and France accuse Russia of failing to comply with the terms of its ceasefire with Georgia by creating buffer zones. | | From BBC News | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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Belarusian girl won't leave US after exchange ends |
| | | In the Zapata family photos, it's hard to separate Tanya Kazyra from the other children. They're shown hugging in portraits, smiling in Christmas cards, playing together. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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Brazil extradites Colombian drug lord to U.S. |
| | | Brazil extradited Juan Carlos Ramirez Abadia on Friday to the United States, where he is wanted on murder, racketeering and drug charges as one of the most powerful leaders of Colombia's cocaine cartels. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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U.S. beats Japan to claim baseball bronze |
| | | BEIJING (Reuters) - The United States won an 8-4 slugfest over Japan to exit the final Olympic baseball tournament with the bronze medal on Saturday. | | From Reuters | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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O'Reilly undeterred by Kerry, long odds |
| | | AGAWAM - Ed O'Reilly worked the crowd at an annual clambake, introducing himself to dozens of potential voters with a jolly optimism that seemed to overlook the stiff odds against his candidacy for the US Senate. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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Clay unchallenged in taking decathlon |
| | | Bryan Clay brought the Olympic decathlon title back to the United States, and it wasn't even close. | | From The Washington Times | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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Ball finally has chance at gold after U.S. rally |
| | | He remembers who he was with in the family room (his dad), the type of television (Zenith), the lack of a luxury item (no remote control) and the year (1984). | | From The Washington Times | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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Talk of Russia-Cuba ties seen as warning to U.S. |
| | | Cuba and Russia have stirred memories of their Cold War alliance with recent talk of restoring "traditional" ties in what experts said was a warning to their old adversary, the United States. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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U.S. finish athletics meet on a high |
| | | The United States made up for their botched performance in the sprint relays by winning both 4x400 meters events on Saturday to finish the Olympic athletics program on a high. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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