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Tropical Storm Fay hugs Florida's Atlantic coast
(AP)
AP - Tropical Storm Fay meandered north along the Florida Atlantic coast Wednesday but did not immediately head out over the ocean, lessening the chances it will gain strength and become a hurricane. |
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Rice signs missile defense deal with Poland
(AP)
AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her Polish counterpart signed a deal Wednesday to build a U.S. missile defense base in Poland, an agreement that prompted an infuriated Russia to warn of a possible attack against the former Soviet satellite. |
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Obama, VP choice to campaign together Saturday
(AP)
AP - Barack Obama and his newly named running mate will campaign together Saturday at the place where the Democratic presidential hopeful formally launched his White House bid. |
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Food aid sent in to suffering Georgian area
(AP)
AP - A convoy of badly needed food aid for beleaguered Georgians rumbled through a Russian checkpoint Wednesday, waved through by soldiers who themselves showed no signs of fulfilling their president's promise of a pullback within two days. |
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US beats Japan 4-1 to make Olympic softball final
(AP)
AP - Crystl Bustos hit a three-run homer in the ninth inning as the U.S. Olympic softball team beat Japan 4-1 in extra innings and will play for its fourth straight gold medal. |
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States push laws to require paid sick days
(AP)
AP - For school bus driver Jamille Aine, a cold is more than an inconvenience. His employer does not offer paid sick days, so if he can't shake the bug, he may not be able to pay his bills. |
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Campaigns take foreign cash, seek details later
(AP)
AP - Neither Barack Obama nor John McCain has consistently followed the government's instructions for keeping prohibited foreign money out of their presidential campaigns, and some of that banned money has slipped into Obama's campaign. |
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Dave Matthews Band sax player LeRoi Moore dies
(AP)
AP - LeRoi Moore, the versatile saxophonist whose signature staccato fused jazz and funk overtones onto the eclectic sound of the Dave Matthews Band, died Tuesday of complications from injuries he suffered in an all-terrain vehicle accident, the band said. He was 46. |
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Mourning gorilla holds on to body of her baby
(AP)
AP - A gorilla at a zoo in the German city of Muenster is refusing to let go of her dead baby's body several days after it died of unknown causes. |
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Tampa Bay wins matchup of AL's best records
(AP)
AP - The Tampa Bay Rays have been on top of the AL East for the last month. Now, they are on top of the whole league. Willy Aybar's two-run single broke an eighth-inning tie and the Rays beat the Los Angeles Angels 4-2 on Tuesday night to claim the AL's best record (77-48), which matches the Chicago Cubs for the best in the majors. |
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McCain takes lead over Obama: poll
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Reuters - In a sharp turnaround, Republican John McCain has opened a 5-point lead on Democrat Barack Obama in the U.S. presidential race and is seen as a stronger manager of the economy, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday. |
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Russian trucks trickle out of Georgia
(Reuters)
Reuters - Russian military trucks crossed from Georgia back into Russia on Wednesday but there was no sign of the large-scale, rapid pullout demanded by the West. |
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Poland and U.S. in shield deal irking Moscow
(Reuters)
Reuters - The United States and Poland signed a deal on Wednesday to station elements of a U.S. missile defense shield on Polish soil, a move certain to aggravate Russia-Western tensions over Moscow's intervention in Georgia. |
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New sports debut as world tunes in
(Reuters)
Reuters - Digital media and dazzling sport have won unprecedented ratings, Olympics bosses said on Wednesday as they debuted two events aimed at the young and adventurous. |
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Five Americans held as China steps up scrutiny
(Reuters)
Reuters - Five American blogger-activists and a foreign artist have been detained in Beijing as the government intensifies a crackdown on pro-Tibetan protests in the home stretch of the Olympics, rights groups said on Wednesday. |
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U.S. tracking citizens' border crossings: report
(Reuters)
Reuters - The U.S. government has been using its border checkpoints to collect information on citizens that will be stored for 15 years, raising concern among privacy advocates, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday. |
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LandCap JV to buy Wachovia loans: report
(Reuters)
Reuters - A joint venture created by LandCap Partners is buying $40 million of troubled land and construction loans from Wachovia Corp The Wall Street Journal said. |
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Pakistan coalition may-split post-Musharraf: analysts
(Reuters)
Reuters - Deadlock between Pakistan's coalition partners over the restoration of deposed judges has raised questions about the survival of the government that forced President Pervez Musharraf's resignation. |
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US, Poland sign missile shield deal
(AFP)
AFP - Poland and the United States on Wednesday signed a deal to deploy part of a US missile shield on Polish territory in the face of deep Russian anger. |
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Sarkozy tells French troops in Afghanistan to keep fighting
(AFP)
AFP - President Nicolas Sarkozy on Wednesday told French soldiers mourning 10 comrades killed by the Taliban that their work in Afghanistan was essential for the "freedom of the world" and must continue. |
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