Published: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:20:53 GMT
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WASHINGTON (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 01:15:31 GMT
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FARGO, N.D. (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 01:15:33 GMT
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MEXICO CITY (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 01:19:29 GMT
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BOGOTA, Colombia (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 01:14:23 GMT
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BURLINGTON, Vt. (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 02:27:41 GMT
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BIG SUR, Calif. (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 01:14:39 GMT
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POSEN, Ill. (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 01:13:03 GMT
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LOS ANGELES (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 01:22:10 GMT
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ALTON, Ill. (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 01:11:40 GMT
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NEW YORK (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....
