Dems choose Obama in thunderous acclamation
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Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:44:13 GMT
AP - Barack Obama swept to the Democratic presidential nomination Wednesday night, a transforming triumph that made him the first black American to lead a major party into the fall campaign for the White House. Thousands of national convention delegates stood and cheered as they made history.
Louisiana eyes Gustav, activates Guard troops
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Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:46:45 GMT
AP - On the eve of Hurricane Katrina's third anniversary, a nervous New Orleans watched Wednesday as another storm threatened to test everything the city has rebuilt, and officials made preliminary plans to evacuate people, pets and hospitals in an attempt to avoid a Katrina-style chaos.
Western nations warn Russia to `change course'
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Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:50:18 GMT
AP - Western leaders warned Russia on Wednesday to "change course," hoping to keep a conflict that already threatens a key nuclear pact and could even raise U.S. chicken prices from blossoming into a new Cold War.
U.S. military to hand over Iraq's Anbar province next week
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Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:02:25 GMT
AP - Conditions in the western Iraqi province of Anbar, where a brutal insurgency once ruled, have improved so dramatically that the United States is handing over responsibility for security in the Sunni stronghold to Iraq within days. Troops freed up in Iraq could shift to Afghanistan.
Bush steps up fight over congressional authority
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Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:48:24 GMT
AP - The Bush administration is raising the stakes in a court fight that could change the balance of power between the White House and Congress.
Factory had tension between union, immigrants
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Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:47:43 GMT
AP - Union bosses in this region of rural Mississippi have long grumbled that the largest factories here hire illegal immigrants, and that the immigrants were starting to get more overtime and supervisory positions.
Cells change identity in promising breakthrough
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Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:16:13 GMT
AP - Talk about an extreme makeover: Scientists have transformed one type of cell into another in living mice, a big step toward the goal of growing replacement tissues to treat a variety of diseases.
'Suge' Knight posts bail after Las Vegas arrest
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Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:08:19 GMT
AP - Marion "Suge" Knight was jailed Wednesday on assault and drug charges after he was accused of beating his girlfriend while brandishing a knife near the Las Vegas Strip, police said.
MLB spends $2.5M to give umps 2nd look at homers
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Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:10:04 GMT
AP - Baseball's replay central is an 18-by-24 foot room on the fifth floor of a former baking factory in Manhattan's Meatpacking District that's crammed with so many computers and television screens that it looks like NASA's Mission Control.
Arctic sea ice drops to 2nd lowest level on record
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Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:23:08 GMT
AP - More ominous signs Wednesday have scientists saying that a global warming "tipping point" in the Arctic seems to be happening before their eyes: Sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is at its second lowest level in about 30 years.