Lots of rain, some flooding as Hanna moves north
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Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:09:24 GMT
AP - Tropical Storm Hanna accelerated toward New England on Saturday after the storm's whipping winds and rain didn't linger long enough over the Southeast to cause much more than some isolated flooding and power outages.
Historic White House race enters final stretch
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Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:06:09 GMT
AP - They embody four uniquely American stories. They offer messages of transformation with two distinct world views. They pursue one goal.
Democrats post big gains in voter registration
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Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:17:40 GMT
AP - Five days a week, Linda Graham trolls tattered neighborhoods of this once thriving steel city outside Pittsburgh for unregistered voters she can sign up as Democrats one of thousands of unknown volunteers whose work outside the limelight has already altered the basic arithmetic of the November election.
Rice: 'Time isn't right' for US-Russia nuke deal
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Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:40:42 GMT
AP - Now is not right time for the U.S. to move forward on a once-celebrated deal for civilian nuclear cooperation with Russia, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Saturday.
Bhutto widower elected Pakistani president
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Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:51:30 GMT
AP - Benazir Bhutto's widower swept Pakistan's presidential election on Saturday, offering hope for stability to a nuclear-armed country feeling intense U.S. pressure to crack down on Islamic militants.
Peacekeepers, aid workers race to feed Haitians
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Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:45:33 GMT
AP - Authorities fear that the death toll in the flooded city of Gonaives could rise into the hundreds as U.N. peacekeepers and aid groups rush food and water to tens of thousands left hungry by Tropical Storm Hanna.
FBI's civil rights initiative: no trials yet
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Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:23:55 GMT
AP - Flanked by officials from the NAACP and the Southern Poverty Law Center, FBI Director Robert Mueller last year announced with considerable fanfare a new partnership between his agency and civil rights organizations.
Government may soon back troubled mortgage giants
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Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:08:24 GMT
AP - The government is expected to take over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as soon as this weekend in a monumental move designed to protect the mortgage market from the failure of the two companies, which together hold or guarantee half of the nation's mortgage debt, a person briefed on the matter said Friday night.
Pitt plays dumb in Coens' 'Burn After Reading'
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Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:43:10 GMT
AP - Brad Pitt has wanted to work with the Coen brothers for ages. Then he got wind of the birdbrain they had written for him to play.
Federer beats Djokovic to reach US Open final
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Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:15:10 GMT
AP - Roger Federer pulled away to beat Novak Djokovic 6-3, 5-7, 7-5, 6-2 in the semifinals Saturday, leaving him one win from a fifth consecutive U.S. Open championship and 13th Grand Slam title overall.
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