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Category 4 Hurricane Ike fiercer as Hanna strengthens
By Joseph Guyler DelvaPORT-AU-PRINCE - Hurricane Ike strengthened rapidly into an fiercely dangerous Category 4 hurricane in the open Atlantic on Wednesday and Tropical Storm Hanna intensified to a lesser ...
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4 hrs ago
Southeast braces for Hanna as Ike strengthens
Some Southeastern states declared emergencies and officials urged residents to head inland Thursday as Tropical Storm Hanna headed toward the Atlantic coast, where it could bring high winds and rain from South ...
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22 hrs ago
Assad says "crucial" talks with Israel postponed
By Francois MurphyDAMASCUS - Syria and Israel have postponed a round of indirect peace talks which were meant to address specific proposals on how to reach a breakthrough, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said ...
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19 hrs ago
Stocks open lower after retail, unemployment data
Wall Street is down sharply in early trading after retailers posted sluggish back-to-school sales reports and the government said the number of workers seeking unemployment benefits spiked last week.
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19 hrs ago, WBMA
Tropical Storm Hanna takes aim at Bah
Tropical Storm Hanna knocked out power to the southern Bahamas on Wednesday and officials from Nassau to South Carolina warned residents to prepare for possible evacuations as it moves north and grows into a ...
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16 hrs ago, KRCA-TV Burbank
Cocaine and methamphetamine use among young adults declined significantly last year as supplies dried up, leading to higher prices and reduced purity, the government reports.
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2 hrs ago, Gulf Daily News
27 killed in coal mine explosion
BEIJING: Twenty-seven people were killed and six injured yesterday in a coal mine explosion in northeast China, the latest disaster to hit the nation's dangerous mining industry.
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9 hrs ago, Canoe
U.S. lobbyist Abramoff gets 4 years in prison for corruption
Jack Abramoff, the once powerful U.S. lobbyist convicted of illegally trading expensive gifts for political favours, has been sentenced to four years in prison.
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23 hrs ago
US military arrests cameraman in Iraq
The U.S. military arrested an Iraqi cameraman and three of his family members Thursday during a raid on their home in Baghdad, an official with Baghdad TV said.
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3 hrs ago, Ann Arbor News
Rescuers can't get aid to starving Haitian city
The convoy rumbled out of the U.N. base toward a flooded, starving and seething city Thursday, carrying some of the first food aid since Tropical Storm Hanna killed 137 Haitians and drowned Gonaives in muddy ...
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