Weather helps crews battling Calif's biggest fire
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Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:41:33 GMT
AP - Cooler weather on Sunday gave a boost to crews battling the enormous wildfire that was threatening nearly 2,700 homes in Santa Barbara County.
G-8 leaders face rising expectations at summit
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Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:35:48 GMT
AP - The world's top industrialized nations begin their annual summit Monday confronted with demands they reinvigorate the world economy, push ahead languishing climate change talks and make good on pledges to battle poverty and hunger.
AP IMPACT: US wavered over S. Korean executions
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Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:42:55 GMT
AP - The American colonel, troubled by what he was hearing, tried to stall at first. But the declassified record shows he finally told his South Korean counterpart it "would be permitted" to machine-gun 3,500 political prisoners, to keep them from joining approaching enemy forces.
Afghan officials: US missiles killed 27 civilians
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Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:17:49 GMT
AP - Afghan officials said fighter aircraft battling militants accidentally killed up to 27 Afghans walking to a wedding ceremony in eastern Afghanistan early Sunday, the second military attack in three days with reports of civilian deaths.
McCain's health plan: A threat to employer plans?
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Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:11:27 GMT
AP - There's a great unknown about Sen. John McCain's health plan: How many employers would drop insurance coverage for their workers because of his tax policies?
Special court for vets addresses more than crime
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Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:13:28 GMT
AP - The first clue that the Tuesday afternoon session in Part 4 of Buffalo City Court is not like other criminal proceedings comes just before it starts.
Wall Street gets ready for earnings, oil moves
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Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:19:08 GMT
AP - Investors battered by surging energy prices, disappointing economic data and the ongoing credit crisis will have something else to worry about this week second-quarter corporate results.
'Hancock' grabs heroic $107.3M over long weekend
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Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:24:58 GMT
AP - Will Smith's box-office superpowers remain intact. Smith's "Hancock" the story of a boozing, foul-mouthed superhero who dresses like a street bum led the Fourth of July weekend with a $66 million debut, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Man out-spits father, claims pit-spitting title
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Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:44:57 GMT
AP - Brian "Young Gun" Krause has out-spit his father to claim his seventh championship at the International Cherry Pit Spitting Championship.
Finalists Federer, Nadal know each other well
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Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:47:20 GMT
AP - After moving within a victory of his sixth consecutive Wimbledon title, Roger Federer found time to catch only a few games of Rafael Nadal's semifinal. Federer does have a DVD of Nadal's match, but he wasn't exactly rushing to use it for scouting purposes before they meet for the Wimbledon championship Sunday.
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