Published: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:20:51 GMT
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AP - The White House said Thursday that dangerous detainees at Guantanamo Bay could end up walking Main Street U.S.A. as a result of last month's Supreme Court ruling about detainees' legal rights. Federal appeals courts, however, have indicated they have no intention of letting that happen.
Published: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:15:27 GMT
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AP - Democrat Barack Obama struggled Thursday to explain how his upcoming trip to Iraq might refine, but not basically alter, his promise to quickly remove U.S. combat troops from the war.
Published: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:15:29 GMT
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AP - Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Thursday that a shake-up in the leadership of his campaign was part of a 'natural evolution' as the organization becomes more national in scope.
Published: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:19:27 GMT
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AP - The plan was nothing if not audacious: A turncoat persuades rebels to bring together their most prized hostages and march them 90 miles through Colombia's wilderness. A month later, disguised commandos primed with acting lessons land in a helicopter and trick the rebels into handing them over.
Published: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:14:19 GMT
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AP - A Vermont man whose 12-year-old niece was found dead near his home carefully orchestrated events and e-mails to make it appear she had gone to see someone she met online, prosecutors said Thursday as they charged him with kidnapping.
Published: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:27:38 GMT
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AP - Piles of charred rubble smoldered near California's scenic coastal highway Thursday as a ferocious wildfire descended on the storied tourist town of Big Sur, destroying vacation homes and sending forest creatures running toward the sea for cover.
Published: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:14:20 GMT
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AP - A suburban Chicago man locked his two young daughters in a wire cage hidden in the back of his pickup truck because he didn't have a baby sitter, officials said Thursday.
Published: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:12:56 GMT
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AP - Larry Harmon, who turned the character Bozo the Clown into a show business staple that delighted children for more than a half-century, died Thursday of congestive heart failure. He was 83.
Published: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:22:08 GMT
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AP - An Illinois woman says her beloved miniature dachshund gnawed off her right big toe while she was asleep. Linda Floyd told the Alton Telegraph for a story Wednesday that her beloved Roscoe was euthanized because of safety concerns.
Published: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:11:34 GMT
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AP - Baseball's drug-testing program was threatened when federal prosecutors seized player records and samples four years ago, baseball commissioner Bud Selig and union head Donald Fehr said in letters to Congress released Thursday.
Published: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:36:16 GMT
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Reuters - Democratic presidential
candidate Barack Obama waded into controversy on Thursday over
his plans to withdraw U.S. combat troops from Iraq, first
saying he might 'refine' his views but later declaring his
stance had remained unchanged for more than a year.
Published: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:50:01 GMT
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Reuters - Ingrid Betancourt, the symbol of rebel
hostages in Colombia, hugged and wept with her children for the
first time in six years on Thursday after a military rescue
that dealt a severe blow to already weakened guerrillas.
Published: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:49:45 GMT
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Reuters - A U.S. judge's order to
Google Inc to turn over YouTube user data to Viacom Inc sparked
an outcry on Thursday from privacy advocates in the midst of a
legal showdown over video piracy.
Published: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:07:46 GMT
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Reuters - The investigation of a salmonella
outbreak in the United States is shifting to the southern
border to encompass produce imported from Mexico, CNN reported
on Thursday.
Published: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:56:37 GMT
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Reuters - A massive, out-of-control wildfire
bearing down on the scenic coastal town of Big Sur was
exhibiting 'extreme fire behavior' that had authorities fearing
for nearly 1,800 homes and businesses in its path and ordering
residents to get out.
Published: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:38:44 GMT
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Reuters - The Williams name will once again be
engraved on the Wimbledon trophy in 2008.
Published: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:51:09 GMT
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Reuters - U.S. President George W. Bush will
attend the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games in China
next month, the White House said on Thursday.
Published: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:43:45 GMT
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Reuters - Some 2,200 U.S. Marines battling
insurgents in southern Afghanistan have had their tour of duty
extended by 30 days, U.S. officials said on Thursday.
Published: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:01:30 GMT
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AFP - Colombian-French politician Ingrid Betancourt was Thursday tearfully reunited with her children for the first time in six years, a day after her dramatic jungle rescue from Marxist rebels.
Published: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:33:46 GMT
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AFP - US President George W. Bush will attend the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics, defying boycott calls from critics of China's record on human rights and in Tibet, the White House said.