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Missiles show NKorea skills improving: officials
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7.4.2009 : 11:35 pm
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SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea's weekend missile launches show the communist country is improving its capability and accuracy and are a cause for concern, officials said Sunday.
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BC-LOT--Lottery State-by-State,1st Ld-Writethru-4th Add, LOT
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7.4.2009 : 11:31 pm
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Here are the Ohio Lottery day and night selections
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Bomb blast near south Philippine cathedral kills 1
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7.4.2009 : 11:07 pm
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MANILA, Philippines -- Suspected Muslim guerrillas detonated a bomb near a Roman Catholic cathedral in the southern Philippines Sunday, killing at least one person and wounding more than two dozen others.
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Owners of Mexican day-care center charged in fire
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7.4.2009 : 10:48 pm
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MEXICO CITY -- Federal prosecutors in Mexico say they have obtained nine arrest warrants for the owners and legal representatives of a day care center where a fire killed 48 children.
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1.6 million fans seek tickets for Jackson memorial
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7.4.2009 : 10:46 pm
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LOS ANGELES -- More than 1.6 million fans registered for tickets to Michael Jackson's memorial service over the two-day registration period that ended Saturday.
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Analysis: Palin's resignation raises questions
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7.4.2009 : 10:38 pm
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WASHINGTON -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's abrupt and unscripted holiday resignation is an odd way to launch a potential presidential bid and no help for a party battered by scandal and fighting for relevancy.
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Obama says Iraq will see difficult days ahead
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7.4.2009 : 10:29 pm
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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama warned on Saturday "there will be difficult days ahead" in Iraq and said the U.S. will remain a strong partner to Iraq for its security.
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Thunderous Okla. applause greets Bush on July 4
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7.4.2009 : 10:24 pm
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WOODWARD, Okla. -- Former President George W. Bush was greeted by thunderous applause on the Fourth of July as he told thousands of spectators in a rural Oklahoma rodeo arena that the U.S. was "the greatest nation on the face of the earth."
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Megachurch pastor Rick Warren addresses US Muslims
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7.4.2009 : 10:15 pm
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WASHINGTON -- Defying some of his fellow conservative Christian critics, one of the most prominent religious leaders in the country told several thousand American Muslims on Saturday that "the two largest faiths on the planet" must work together to combat stereotypes and solve global problems.
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Movement to shut down shark tours in Hawaii grows
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7.4.2009 : 9:40 pm
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HALEIWA, Hawaii -- Three women donned scuba masks and jumped into the waters off Oahu's North Shore, floating inside a submerged cage as about a dozen sharks glided toward bloody fish scraps tossed into the water by a tour company.
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INSIDE WASHINGTON: Archives' record-keeping lapse
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7.4.2009 : 9:34 pm
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WASHINGTON -- National Archives visitors know they'll find the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights in the main building's magnificent rotunda in Washington. But they won't find the patent file for the Wright Brothers' Flying Machine or the maps for the first atomic bomb missions anywhere in the Archives inventory.
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1 dead, several hurt in Fla. lightning strike
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7.4.2009 : 9:26 pm
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LAKELAND, Fla. -- A lightning strike at a Fourth of July gathering in central Florida killed one person and 18 others were taken to hospitals, officials said Saturday.
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Exiled Honduran president vows return on Sunday
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7.4.2009 : 9:22 pm
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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- Ousted President Manuel Zelaya said Saturday that he would return to Honduras to try to retake office following last week's military-backed coup, despite warnings of a potentially bloody confrontation and the interim government's vow to arrest him and put him on trial.
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Obituaries in the news
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7.4.2009 : 9:10 pm
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H.M. Cummings, a member of the Tuskegee Airmen, the country's first group of black military pilots and crew, died Thursday. He was 90.
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Fireworks explosion on NC island kills 2, hurts 3
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7.4.2009 : 8:55 pm
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OCRACOKE, N.C. -- A truckload of fireworks exploded Saturday morning on a dock at a remote North Carolina island, killing two workers and critically injuring three others preparing for an Independence Day celebration, authorities said.
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Rescuers recall saving sole plane crash survivor
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7.4.2009 : 8:15 pm
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MORONI, Comoros -- Doe Cyrille and his crew searched for hours in crashing winds and waves up to 16 feet (5 meters) high for any sign of Yemenia Flight 626. Then they spotted a girl impossibly clinging to a piece of debris.
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Michelle Obama bringing glamour to Moscow
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7.4.2009 : 8:13 pm
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MOSCOW -- Michelle Obama brings her superstar glamour to Moscow this weekend as she accompanies her husband on his summit with the Russian president.
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Indian power thieves keep enforcers on the hunt
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7.4.2009 : 8:08 pm
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NEW DELHI -- It was still dark outside when a spidery man in his underwear answered the knock at the factory door, releasing a wave of heat and gritty smoke from the noisy room behind him.
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Palin links resignation to 'higher calling'
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7.4.2009 : 8:04 pm
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JUNEAU, Alaska -- Outgoing Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on Saturday laid the groundwork to take on a larger, national role after leaving state government, citing a "higher calling" with the aim of uniting the country along conservative lines.
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Madonna pays tribute to Michael Jackson in concert
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7.4.2009 : 7:58 pm
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LONDON -- Madonna paid tribute to Michael Jackson on Saturday night in the same arena where he was to stage his comeback, dancing along with an impersonator doing Jackson's distinctive moves.
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Palin's replacement her polar opposite
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7.4.2009 : 7:40 pm
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- In temperament, Sean Parnell is the polar opposite of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
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US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 642
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7.4.2009 : 7:19 pm
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009, at least 642 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.
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US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,322
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7.4.2009 : 7:18 pm
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009, at least 4,322 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
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NY man dies after boat capsizes during regatta
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7.4.2009 : 7:03 pm
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WEST ISLIP, N.Y. -- Police say a New York man has died after his boat capsized during a regatta on Long Island's Great South Bay.
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A leader of Hungary's 1956 revolution dies
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7.4.2009 : 7:02 pm
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BUDAPEST, Hungary -- Bela Kiraly, one of the military leaders of Hungary's short-lived anti-Soviet revolution in 1956, has died, the government said. He was 97.
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Details emerge on woman accused of al-Qaida ties
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7.4.2009 : 6:49 pm
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NEW YORK -- A U.S.-trained scientist accused of being an al-Qaida operative was living freely in Pakistan and Afghanistan for portions of the five years before her arrest last year, a psychologist says, disputing claims that the scientist had spent those years in the custody of foreign authorities.
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Drug bust nets heroin stuffed in Build-A-Bear toys
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7.4.2009 : 6:02 pm
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NEW YORK -- A dozen people have been arrested, and 33 pounds of heroin worth $30 million and stuffed inside Build-A-Bear toys has been seized in a drug bust in the Bronx.
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Ex-Beatles, Rolling Stones manager Klein dies
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7.4.2009 : 5:44 pm
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NEW YORK -- Music manager Allen Klein, a no-holds-barred businessman who bulldozed his way into and out of deals with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, died Saturday, a publicist for his company said. He was 77.
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Obama's trip: A mission to reshape US image
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7.4.2009 : 5:30 pm
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WASHINGTON -- Determined to change the way the world views the United States, Barack Obama is onto his next foreign mission: rebuilding relations with Russia, proving to global leaders that America is serious about climate change, and outlining his vision for Africa, his father's birthplace.
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Honduras' swift coup was months in the making
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7.4.2009 : 5:10 pm
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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- Soldiers ringed President Manuel Zelaya's modest home, spilled into the cul-de-sac and swarmed the neighborhood, blocking what little traffic there was in a posh corner of the Honduran capital so early on a weekend morning.
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Specter, Wecht's lawyers criticize US attorney
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7.4.2009 : 5:07 pm
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PITTSBURGH -- Defense lawyers and a U.S. senator are criticizing comments made by Pittsburgh's U.S. attorney last month as her office dismissed fraud and theft charges against a noted pathologist.
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AP Interview: Jackson adviser Tohme breaks silence
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7.4.2009 : 4:46 pm
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LOS ANGELES -- Dr. Tohme Tohme vividly remembers the first time he met with Michael Jackson to discuss the pop star's finances. It's not the money talk that stays with him now, but his enchantment at entering Jackson's world of love.
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Marines march in grueling Afghan sun for July 4
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7.4.2009 : 4:44 pm
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NAWA, Afghanistan -- Taliban militants were nowhere in sight as the columns of U.S. Marines walked a third straight day across southern Afghanistan. But the desert heat proved an enemy in its own right, with several troops falling victim Saturday to temperatures topping 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Biden spends July 4 with son, other troops in Iraq
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7.4.2009 : 4:38 pm
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BAGHDAD -- Vice President Joe Biden spent the Fourth of July with his son and other American troops in Iraq on Saturday, while the Iraqi government spokesman publicly rejected the American's offer to help with national reconciliation, saying it's an internal affair.
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Television networks planning Jackson coverage
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7.4.2009 : 4:21 pm
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NEW YORK -- The memorial for Michael Jackson may be a tough ticket live, but it shouldn't be hard to find it on television.
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Schwarzenegger legacy entwined with fiscal crisis
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7.4.2009 : 4:20 pm
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California voters gave Arnold Schwarzenegger a single, blockbuster-sized mission when they sent him to Sacramento six years ago in an unprecedented election: Fix California's chaotic budget system, once and for all.
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Lady Liberty's crown reopens on July Fourth
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7.4.2009 : 4:17 pm
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NEW YORK -- The first visitors allowed into the Statue of Liberty's crown in nearly eight years made the arduous climb Saturday on an Independence Day journey laden with symbolism of freedom, national pride — and for one couple, romance.
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Coroner: Teen 5th killed by apparent serial killer
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7.4.2009 : 3:57 pm
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GAFFNEY, S.C. -- A teenage girl shot while helping her father in their family's small furniture and appliance store died Saturday, becoming the fifth victim of a suspected serial killer terrorizing a small South Carolina community, authorities said.
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UN chief leaves Myanmar 'disappointed' with junta
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7.4.2009 : 3:23 pm
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YANGON, Myanmar -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon ended a mission to Myanmar on Saturday saying he was "deeply disappointed" that the isolated nation's top military ruler denied him a visit to jailed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Brazil identifies 8 bodies from Air France jet
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7.4.2009 : 3:20 pm
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SAO PAULO -- Officials say medical examiners have identified another eight of the 51 bodies recovered from the Air France flight that plunged into the Atlantic five weeks ago.
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TSA agent arrested after avoiding screening in NJ
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7.4.2009 : 2:55 pm
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NEWARK, N.J. -- A Transportation Security Administration agent was arrested at a New Jersey airport after authorities say she avoided a pre-flight screening and boarded a plane.
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Albanian opposition threatens street protests
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7.4.2009 : 2:30 pm
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TIRANA, Albania -- Albania's opposition Socialists charged Saturday that the ruling Democrats were improperly trying to influence the country's lengthy vote count by declaring victory before all ballots from last week's national election were tallied.
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OAS eyes Honduras suspension, but beaten to punch
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7.4.2009 : 2:29 pm
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WASHINGTON -- The Organization of American States is meeting in Washington to consider suspending Honduras' membership because of the military coup that ousted President Manuel Zelaya.
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Cancellara wins first Tour de France stage
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7.4.2009 : 2:19 pm
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MONACO -- Seven-time champion Lance Armstrong went out early and put up a solid time in the opening stage of the Tour de France on Saturday, then was upstaged by Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland.
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SoCal Asian communities aim to weed out toxic fish
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7.4.2009 : 2:18 pm
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WESTMINSTER, Calif. -- John Fallan's trained eye scans rows of iceboxes brimming with tiger fish and shrimp in a Vietnamese supermarket, searching for one pesky fish that threatens the health of seafood lovers.
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Ireland seeks release of Darfur aid workers
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7.4.2009 : 1:52 pm
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DUBLIN, Ireland -- The head of an Irish humanitarian aid agency appealed Saturday for the release of two of its employees kidnapped in Darfur.
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Clashes at protest vs US base expansion in Italy
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7.4.2009 : 1:50 pm
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ROME -- Protesters clashed with police at a demonstration Saturday against the planned expansion of an airport and U.S. military base in the northern city of Vicenza.
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A few US cities hope to host Gitmo transplants
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7.4.2009 : 1:49 pm
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MARION, Ill. -- Once the nation's most secure prison, the federal lockup in southern Illinois has housed everyone from spies to a Colombian druglord to dapper mob boss John Gotti.
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Illegal ads a sticky situation for many towns
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7.4.2009 : 1:48 pm
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BELMAR, N.J. -- Roll up to an intersection in many places and the sign you see might not only tell you to stop, yield or turn in a certain direction, it might also feature unwanted ads for a taco joint, surf shop, miracle diet, a political candidate, or urge tourists to go home.
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Turtle named for Obama freed on Independence Day
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7.4.2009 : 1:47 pm
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KEY WEST, Fla. -- A sea turtle named after President Barack Obama that was rescued just before Inauguration Day has been set free on Independence Day.
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Cops in Michigan protect _ and serve doughnuts
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7.4.2009 : 1:28 pm
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CLARE, Mich. -- "Cops&Doughnuts" is more than a punchline. It's now a bakery in Michigan — owned by nine full-time employees of the Clare Police Department.
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Afghan mine clearers rescue artifacts
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7.4.2009 : 1:27 pm
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BAMIYAN, Afghanistan -- On a rocky hillside in central Afghanistan, men in visored helmets and protective blue smocks gently scratch the earth for land mines — or shards of pottery from the sixth century.
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Looking for vacation? Try Afghanistan
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7.4.2009 : 1:26 pm
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BAMIYAN, Afghanistan -- There's a new building in town, and it isn't a military barracks or a hospital. It's a Tourist Information Center.
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Iranian hardliner calls opposition leader US agent
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7.4.2009 : 1:07 pm
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TEHRAN, Iran -- A top aide to Iran's all-powerful leader has accused the country's main opposition leader of being an American agent who should be tried for treason, increasing the pressure on reformists disputing the outcome of last month's presidential election.
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Calif. bullet train hits criticism on SF Peninsula
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7.4.2009 : 1:02 pm
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MENLO PARK, Calif. -- Last November, more than 60 percent of voters on the San Francisco Peninsula supported a $9.9 billion bond measure to help pay for a high-speed rail line between San Francisco and the Los Angeles area.
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2 US troops die in attack on base in Afghanistan
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7.4.2009 : 12:52 pm
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KABUL -- Taliban militants fired rockets and mortars at a U.S. base in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing two American troops in a fierce battle as thousands of Marines in the south continued with their massive anti-Taliban push.
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Yemen says plane wreckage recovered off Comoros
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7.4.2009 : 12:36 pm
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SAN'A, Yemen -- A Yemeni aviation committee says pieces of wreckage from the passenger jet that crashed off the Comoros islands have been recovered.
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Vatican runs deficit amid economic crisis
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7.4.2009 : 12:33 pm
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VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican said Saturday it ran a deficit in 2008 as its finances and donations from across the world were hit by the global economic crisis.
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Iconic skyscrapers find new luster in green tech
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7.4.2009 : 12:30 pm
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NEW YORK -- When owners of the Empire State Building decided to blanket its towering facade this year with thousands of insulating windows, they were only partly interested in saving energy.
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Police name 5 victims of London high-rise fire
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7.4.2009 : 12:13 pm
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LONDON -- Police on Saturday identified five of the six people killed when fire swept through a London high-rise, as investigators try to find out what started the blaze and whether the building's design contributed to the tragedy.
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Budget battles keep states from tackling reforms
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7.4.2009 : 12:11 pm
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MADISON, Wis. -- As lawmakers in cash-strapped states wrestled this year with revenues that kept on falling, both campaign promises and long-standing reform efforts got pushed to the side. There just wasn't enough time or money to expand health care or improve education — or, in Rhode Island, finally get around to banning indoor prostitution — while also passing a budget.
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60 votes not so super for Obama, Senate Democrats
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7.4.2009 : 12:11 pm
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WASHINGTON -- Congress returns for its midsummer session Monday with a Senate supermajority not super enough for President Barack Obama's top priorities to pass without Republican support.
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Teacher's mission: Guide vets back to campus
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7.4.2009 : 12:05 pm
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CLEVELAND -- John Schupp pulled his car onto a country road lined with half-grown corn. Dark clouds obscured the sun, and he couldn't tell which way pointed east or west. Thunder rumbled in the distance.
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ALL BUSINESS: Cash is king for investors
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7.4.2009 : 11:58 am
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NEW YORK -- That old saying "cash is king" certainly rings true these days. Investors can't seem to get enough of it, which ultimately could be bad news for the stock market and the economy.
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Correction: France-Crash Investigation story
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7.4.2009 : 11:52 am
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LE BOURGET, France -- In a July 2 story about the probe into the crash of Air France flight 447, The Associated Press erroneously quoted Charles-Henri Tardivat, a lawyer for the victims' families, as saying the phase of grief had passed. Tardivat said families "started concentrating on their families, their grief, and how to be able to put a close on at least that part of their life" once they realized how little was available from the investigation.
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British PM's wife joins 1000s at gay pride parade
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7.4.2009 : 11:49 am
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LONDON -- The wife of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has joined thousands of revelers in London's annual gay pride march.
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Barak, Mitchell to meet again on settlements
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7.4.2009 : 11:33 am
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JERUSALEM -- An Israeli defense official says Defense Minister Ehud Barak is to hold a second round of talks with U.S. special Mideast peace envoy George Mitchell next week in an effort to resolve differences between the two sides on Jewish settlements in the West Bank.
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Texas brewer, once near defeat, shines again
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7.4.2009 : 10:35 am
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SHINER, Texas -- By all accounts, Shiner beer shouldn't have made it this long. The Spoetzl Brewery ferments its brew in a one-stoplight town that's not on the way to anywhere, and much larger regional brewers long ago succumbed to consolidation and the muscle of national brewers.
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Pope urges G8 leaders to act on crisis
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7.4.2009 : 10:35 am
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VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI has urged G-8 leaders meeting in Italy next week to rewrite global financial rules and defend the world's poor from the effects of the economic downturn, the Vatican said Saturday.
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Police name 5 victims of London high-rise fire
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7.4.2009 : 10:18 am
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LONDON -- Police have identified five of the six people killed when fire swept through a London high-rise, as investigators try to find out what started the blaze.
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Pakistani airstrikes kill at least 12 militants
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7.4.2009 : 9:21 am
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- Pakistani warplanes and helicopter gunships pounded Taliban positions in the country's volatile northwest on Saturday, killing at least 12 suspected insurgents, security officials said, as the government kept up pressure on Islamist militants along the Afghan border.
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F1's Ecclestone criticized after Hitler comments
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7.4.2009 : 9:00 am
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LONDON -- Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone faced criticism from politicians and Jewish groups Saturday after being quoted as saying that Adolf Hitler "got things done."
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Thai zoo's 1st baby panda goes on display
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7.4.2009 : 6:51 am
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CHIANG MAI, Thailand -- Thousands of excited visitors flocked Saturday to a zoo in northern Thailand for the first public viewing of a baby panda, which has been featured on Thai front pages almost every day since her birth six weeks ago.
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Police: Arizona woman led sons on crime spree
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7.4.2009 : 6:32 am
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PHOENIX -- Cynthia Mary Roberson is an unemployed mother who police say led her 12- and 14-year-old sons and their friends to commit at least 20 armed robberies and assaults, including the beating of a teenage boy who had nothing more than an orange lollipop.
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China punishes officials after babies taken
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7.4.2009 : 6:31 am
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BEIJING -- Chinese authorities have punished six government officials after three baby girls whose parents were still alive were sent to an orphanage in southern China that subsequently put them up for adoption overseas, state media and an official said.
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Jackson was loving and attentive father, many say
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7.4.2009 : 6:00 am
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NEW YORK -- When Rabbi Shmuley Boteach brought his children to play with Michael Jackson's kids at Neverland Ranch some eight years ago, the rabbi's youngsters naturally made a beeline for the fabulous rides — the Ferris wheel, the roller coaster, the bumper cars.
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Chronology of North Korea's missile program
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7.4.2009 : 4:30 am
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Aug. 31, 1998: North Korea fires suspected missile over Japan and into the Pacific Ocean, calling it a satellite.
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Group Sotomayor advised fought job tests
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7.4.2009 : 3:27 am
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WASHINGTON -- A civil rights group on whose board Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor served filed racial bias lawsuits over employment examinations that resemble a Connecticut case in which she ruled against white firefighters, documents released by the Senate show.
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U2 asks fans to support Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi
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7.4.2009 : 2:43 am
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BANGKOK, Thailand -- As U2 kicks off its world tour the rock band is turning a spotlight on Myanmar's jailed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Events in Palin's political career
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7.4.2009 : 1:54 am
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—992-1996 — Sarah Palin enters public life in Alaska, serving two terms on the Wasilla City Council.
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A look at North Korea's missile arsenal
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7.4.2009 : 1:27 am
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ADVANCED TAEPODONG-2: Under development. Potential range: about 5,000 miles (8,000 kilometers), putting the U.S. west coast, Hawaii, Australia and eastern Europe within striking distance.
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LA police plan for huge crowd at Jackson memorial
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7.4.2009 : 1:23 am
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LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles city officials are preparing for massive crowds downtown during Tuesday's public memorial for Michael Jackson at Staples Center, even though only 17,500 tickets are being offered to the public.
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AP Source: Detroit mayor firing police chief
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7.3.2009 : 10:38 pm
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DETROIT -- The mayor of Detroit is firing the city's police chief, a person familiar with the situation said Friday.
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Venezuela assumes control of Spanish-owned bank
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7.3.2009 : 9:28 pm
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CARACAS, Venezuela -- President Hugo Chavez's government assumed control of Venezuela's third-largest bank on Friday — making the state the largest player in the nation's banking system.
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Bermuda woman sentenced in theft of premier's info
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7.3.2009 : 9:17 pm
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HAMILTON, Bermuda -- A hotel worker has received a suspended prison sentence for stealing the debit card information of Bermuda's premier and using it to buy pizza.
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Firefighters battle big blaze at shuttered SC mill
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7.3.2009 : 8:45 pm
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ROCK HILL, S.C. -- A shuttered mill in northwestern South Carolina has caught fire, spewing clouds of dense, black smoke visible for miles.
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Malt-O-Meal recalls oatmeal made with dry milk
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7.3.2009 : 8:38 pm
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MINNEAPOLIS -- Malt-O-Meal Co. is voluntarily recalling oatmeal that contains instant nonfat dry milk that may be contaminated with salmonella.
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Irish, Ugandan aid workers seized in north Darfur
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7.3.2009 : 7:48 pm
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CAIRO -- Gunmen abducted two female aid workers in Darfur on Friday, said the international peacekeeping mission in the western region of Sudan.
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Powerful sedative found in Michael Jackson's home
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7.3.2009 : 6:35 pm
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LOS ANGELES -- The powerful sedative Diprivan was found in Michael Jackson's home, a law enforcement official said Friday as the city planned for a massive crowd at the singer's memorial service.
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Venezuelan official: Radio licenses to be revoked
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7.3.2009 : 6:07 pm
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CARACAS, Venezuela -- The head of Venezuela's telecommunications regulatory agency said Friday that 240 radio stations will have their licenses revoked for failing to update their registrations with the government.
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Mexico's elections a test for Calderon's drug war
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7.3.2009 : 5:48 pm
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MEXICO CITY -- President Felipe Calderon and his drug war will get their biggest test of support yet when Mexico holds midterm elections Sunday amid growing frustration over rampant cartel violence and a shrinking economy.
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African leaders denounce international court
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7.3.2009 : 5:28 pm
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SIRTE, Libya -- After bitter wrangling, Africa's leaders agreed Friday to denounce the International Criminal Court and refuse to extradite Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, who has been indicted for crimes against humanity in Darfur.
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Gen. Petraeus says Taliban is a resilient enemy
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7.3.2009 : 5:24 pm
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CALGARY, Alberta -- The head of U.S. Central Command warned Friday that the thousands of American troops surging into Afghanistan's turbulent Helmand province to battle the Taliban are in for a tough fight.
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Canadian soldier killed in Afghanistan
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7.3.2009 : 5:23 pm
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OTTAWA -- A Canadian soldier in Afghanistan's Kandahar province was killed Friday when his armored vehicle struck a roadside bomb seconds after the senior commander of coalition forces in the province narrowly missed the same explosive device.
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Galveston police baffled by 30 burnt palm trees
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7.3.2009 : 4:53 pm
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GALVESTON, Texas -- Galveston officials are investigating the torching of 30 palm trees in the last two months.
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Syria mends US, Arab ties as ally Iran in turmoil
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7.3.2009 : 4:49 pm
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BEIRUT -- Syria's leader sent a July 4 message full of praise to President Barack Obama on Friday and invited him to visit Syria — the latest signs Damascus is hedging its bets in Mideast politics, warming up to its rival the United States at a time when its longtime ally Iran is in turmoil.
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Ruling that overturned NJ murder conviction stands
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7.3.2009 : 4:48 pm
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PHILADELPHIA -- A federal appeals court will not reconsider its ruling that overturned a murder conviction.
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Elephants outdo humans in NYC bun-eating contest
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7.3.2009 : 4:25 pm
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NEW YORK -- They called it a bun-eating competition, but it wasn't much of a contest.
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Protesters block Paris airport over Yemen crash
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7.3.2009 : 4:21 pm
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PARIS -- Protesters linked arms across an entrance at Paris' main airport on Friday to keep passengers off a Yemeni flight to Comoros — a route that saw a deadly crash this week, after years of complaints about dangerous conditions on the flight path to the Indian Ocean island nation.
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4 decades later, freedom rider returns to Miss.
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7.3.2009 : 3:58 pm
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JACKSON, Miss. -- Corey Carter could hear snippets of music in his head — a calm and subtle melody that hadn't found its shape. The 19-year-old college student simply needed a hero to visualize before he could finish his composition for wind ensemble.
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Brazil prison guards nab pigeon with cell phone
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7.3.2009 : 3:56 pm
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SAO PAULO -- Prison guards foiled a new attempt to smuggle a cell phone into a Brazilian prison by carrier pigeon — this one wearing a tiny backpack — and said Friday that the practice is becoming almost commonplace.
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SC residents mixed over fate of cheating gov
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7.3.2009 : 3:31 pm
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COLUMBIA, S.C. -- After a week that offered the world a glimpse into the conflicted mind of philandering South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, his constituents differed Friday on whether he should leave office.
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Air Force pilots relish tricky firefighting runs
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7.3.2009 : 2:51 pm
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PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- Lt. Col. Luke Thompson sometimes skims his C-130 cargo plane just 150 feet above the ground, battling smoke, shifting winds and rugged terrain on his way to blast thousands of gallons of gooey pink fire retardant onto the front lines of a wildfire.
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Abortion doc murder suspect advocates via mail
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7.3.2009 : 2:45 pm
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WICHITA, Kan. -- A man charged with shooting a prominent Kansas doctor who performed late-term abortions has been advocating through mailings from his jail cell that such killings are justifiable and communicating with individuals on the fringes of the anti-abortion movement, weeks after suggesting others might be planning similar attacks.
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Pope OKs miracle to beatify UK Cardinal Newman
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7.3.2009 : 2:23 pm
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VATICAN CITY -- Cardinal John Henry Newman, an influential 19th-century Anglican theologian who converted to Roman Catholicism, moved a step closer to possible sainthood Friday after the pope approved a miracle attributed to his intercession.
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NYC Muslims push to add holidays to school year
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7.3.2009 : 2:05 pm
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NEW YORK -- Moneeb Hassan remembers having to choose between a final exam in American history or celebrating the Muslim holy day of Eid al-Adha. In the end, he chose both.
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Job seekers seek solace with fellow faithful
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7.3.2009 : 2:05 pm
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BEVERLY, Mass. -- Her fellow job seekers offer knowing groans as Diane Castro recalls the day she was laid off: The fear of being summoned to the front office. The phones in nearby cubicles going off like grenades. Finally, a ring at her desk.
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Product pitchman Mays remembered as natural seller
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7.3.2009 : 1:41 pm
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MCKEES ROCKS, Pa. -- References to television pitchman Bill Mays' trademark image were everywhere at his funeral Friday near Pittsburgh.
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Russia to allow US arms shipments to Afghanistan
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7.3.2009 : 1:41 pm
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MOSCOW -- Russia said Friday it will allow the United States to ship weapons across its territory to Afghanistan, a long-sought move that bolsters U.S. military operations but potentially gives the Kremlin leverage over critical American supplies.
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Much-needed tax refunds delayed from Ga. to Calif.
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7.3.2009 : 1:32 pm
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ATLANTA -- Colin Daymude was out of work last year after his business failed and eagerly filed his taxes in mid-January, figuring he'd get his refund sooner. He was wrong.
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Will or trust? Understanding the differences
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7.3.2009 : 1:26 pm
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NEW YORK -- One of the big mysteries in the chaotic days following Michael Jackson's death was whether he left behind a will.
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Texas woman to serve 9 years in infant's drowning
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7.3.2009 : 12:58 pm
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SAN ANTONIO -- A Texas woman will serve at least nine years in prison for drowning her 3-month-old granddaughter in what the defense said was a misguided effort to teach the infant to swim.
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$10B plan would ship gas from Africa to Europe
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7.3.2009 : 12:54 pm
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ABUJA, Nigeria -- Nigeria, Algeria and Niger have signed an agreement to create a $10 billion pipeline that would ship gas across the Saharan desert to Europe, Nigeria's state oil company said Friday.
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Russia approves bill easing pressure on NGOs
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7.3.2009 : 12:48 pm
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MOSCOW -- Russia's lower house of parliament on Friday approved a bill easing restrictions on the country's beleaguered human rights groups and other non-governmental organizations.
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Jill Biden meets troops in Germany
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7.3.2009 : 12:43 pm
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BAMBERG, Germany -- Jill Biden, the wife of the U.S. vice president, observed U.S. Independence Day by visiting American troops in Germany en route to an education conference in Paris.
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Russia-US summit a chance to jumpstart ties
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7.3.2009 : 12:29 pm
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MOSCOW -- Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev will likely sign a stack of agreements during their Moscow summit, but their chief goal may be for the United States and Russia to stop acting like adversaries — even if they can't be friends.
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Prosecutors: Demjanjuk fit to stand trial
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7.3.2009 : 12:29 pm
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MUNICH -- John Demjanjuk moved one step closer to another trial after German prosecutors said Friday that doctors had deemed the 89-year-old fit to go to court on charges of being accessory to murder at the Sobibor Nazi death camp.
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Gaza aid boat passengers still in Israeli custody
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7.3.2009 : 12:22 pm
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JERUSALEM -- Most members of a group of foreign peace activists seized at sea by the Israeli navy remained in custody Friday, three days after their failed attempt to run Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip, relatives and supporters said.
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Obama tells Russia's Putin the Cold War is history
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7.3.2009 : 12:17 pm
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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama said former Russian President Vladimir Putin and his hand-picked successor should expect an in-person reminder the Cold War is over when the U.S. leader makes his first trip to a Moscow summit.
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Fake nation tests tomorrow's Special Forces
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7.3.2009 : 12:15 pm
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RAMSEUR, N.C. -- With cigarette-stained fingers, he reaches into the right back pocket of his jeans and fishes out a worn black leather wallet. Inside are a North Carolina driver's license and some creased greenbacks bearing the face of George Washington.
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Uncle Sam to pond scum: I want you!
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7.3.2009 : 12:13 pm
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LOGAN, Utah -- Somewhere among the beakers and the bubbling green-tinged tanks in this Utah State University lab, Jeff Muhs is searching for champion pond scum for Uncle Sam.
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European stocks calm as US readies for 4th of July
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7.3.2009 : 11:46 am
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LONDON -- European stock markets traded in a narrow range Friday as investors caught their breath after big losses the day before on U.S. jobs data. Wall Street's closure for the Independence Day holiday kept trading volumes exceptionally light.
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Putin responds to Obama's criticism
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7.3.2009 : 11:13 am
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MOSCOW -- Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says the U.S. president is wrong to suggest he remains mired in a Cold War mindset.
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Italian train derailment death toll rises to 22
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7.3.2009 : 10:55 am
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ROME -- The death toll from a train explosion in Tuscany rose to 22 Friday after three injured people died in hospital, Italian officials said.
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Pa. man pleads guilty to smuggling gun on to plane
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7.3.2009 : 10:38 am
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PHILADELPHIA -- A Philadelphia man faces up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to boarding a US Airways flight while carrying a concealed weapon.
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Obama appeals to skeptical Russians
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7.3.2009 : 10:31 am
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MOSCOW -- Barack Obama dolls have hit Moscow shelves and a bar is handing out half-price cocktails to anyone who says the magic words "Yes we can" in anticipation of the American president's arrival here Monday for a summit.
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Mom in MySpace case says it was properly dismissed
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7.3.2009 : 10:06 am
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LOS ANGELES -- A Missouri mother said she never should have been prosecuted for her role in a MySpace hoax directed at a 13-year-old girl who ended up committing suicide.
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Rare bust of George Washington to be auctioned
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7.3.2009 : 9:48 am
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LONDON -- Art lovers looking for a way to mark U.S. Independence Day may want to consider a rare bust of George Washington being auctioned by Sotheby's in London.
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Oil hovers above $66 after weak jobs data
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7.3.2009 : 9:11 am
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6 cents to $66.57 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. On Thursday, it fell $2.58, nearly 4 percent, to settle at $66.73.
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Kercher trial: no staged break-in
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7.3.2009 : 8:37 am
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ROME -- News reports say a police official and defense consultant has testified in the murder trial of a U.S. student in Italy that no break-in was staged in the apartment where a Briton was slain in 2007.
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Australian dinosaur that lived 98M years ago found
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7.3.2009 : 7:26 am
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CANBERRA, Australia -- Scientists have confirmed for the first time that Australia was once home to a dinosaur that was big, fast and terrifying, and they've named it like something from an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie. Meet the Australovenator.
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Japan's royal couple head to Canada, Hawaii
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7.3.2009 : 6:22 am
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TOKYO -- Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko hope to reach out to Americans and Canadians of Japanese ancestry during a two-week tour that began Friday, but they won't be going to Pearl Harbor.
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New Zealand airline issues nude safety video
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7.3.2009 : 6:06 am
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- New Zealand's national airline has adopted a cheeky way to encourage passengers to watch its in-flight safety video: The cabin crew's uniforms are nothing but body paint.
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Analysis: Russia plays checkbook diplomacy
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7.3.2009 : 5:51 am
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MOSCOW -- Russia is using its energy wealth to shore up influence abroad, pouring billions of dollars in loans and grants into former Soviet states and long-standing allies — even as it faces its own severe economic downturn.
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Thailand offers Bangkok elephants for adoption
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7.3.2009 : 5:49 am
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BANGKOK, Thailand -- Elephants idling outside discos or lumbering through traffic have been part of Bangkok's colorful nightlife for nearly two decades. Now authorities want to send them back to the jungle.
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Powerful weapons found in Northwest drug raids
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7.3.2009 : 5:17 am
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SEATTLE -- Federal agents busted a drug-trafficking ring that distributed methamphetamine and cocaine from Mexico in Washington state and carried unusually powerful weaponry, injecting a dangerous new factor into drug crime in the region.
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