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Court clears way for another immigrant's execution - The Associated Press


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Court clears way for another immigrant's execution
The Associated Press - 2 hours ago
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - An illegal immigrant from Honduras who claimed his treaty rights were violated when he was arrested for a robbery and murder lost his appeal Thursday at the US Supreme Court, clearing the way for his execution.
Video: Inside Story- José Medellín's execution- 06 Aug 08- part 2 AlJazeeraEnglish
Medellin execution draws little public protest in Mexico Los Angeles Times
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Guantanamo jury gives bin Laden driver 5 1/2 years - The Associated Press


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Guantanamo jury gives bin Laden driver 5 1/2 years
The Associated Press - 36 minutes ago
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) - A US military jury gave Osama bin Laden's driver a surprisingly light sentence Thursday, making him eligible for release in just five months despite the prosecutors' request for at least a 30-year sentence to ...
Video: Bin Laden Driver Seeks Leniency From Gitmo Jury AssociatedPress
Bin Laden Driver Hamdan Sentenced to Five Years for War Crime Bloomberg
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Clinton Repays Debt To Schools - CBS News

Clinton Repays Debt To Schools
CBS News - 1 hour ago
Over two months after suspending her presidential campaign, New York Sen. Hillary Clinton has paid her bills to all universities and colleges.
Clinton may seek roll-call vote at Dems' convention Newsday
A Catharsis in Denver? Newsweek
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Georgia pounds breakaway capital - Reuters UK


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Georgia pounds breakaway capital
Reuters UK - 32 minutes ago
By Margarita Antidze MEGVREKISI, Georgia (Reuters) - Georgia pounded the capital of its breakaway South Ossetia province with heavy weapons on Thursday after a ceasefire broke down within hours and separatists said they were under siege.
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Detroit mayor arrives at jail - CNN International


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Detroit mayor arrives at jail
CNN International - 1 hour ago
DETROIT, Michigan (CNN) -- Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was jailed Thursday after a judge found that he had violated terms of his bond by taking an unauthorized trip to Canada last month.
Video: Detroit Mayor Violated Bond, Ordered Jailed AssociatedPress
Granholm sets time and location for Kilpatrick hearing Detroit Free Press
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McCain seeks answers on UPS/DHL proposal - Reuters


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McCain seeks answers on UPS/DHL proposal
Reuters - 27 minutes ago
WILMINGTON, Ohio (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain, concerned about potential job losses, pressed on Thursday for more information about a proposal for United Parcel Service Inc to fly packages in North America for rival DHL.
McCain calls for probe of company he once aided The Associated Press
McCain Confronts Lobbying, Job Loss Issue New York Times
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Musharraf Impeachment Bid May Prompt Army Move to Avoid Crisis - Bloomberg


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Musharraf Impeachment Bid May Prompt Army Move to Avoid Crisis
Bloomberg - 1 hour ago
By Khalid Qayum and James Rupert Aug. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf faces the battle of his political life after foes united yesterday on a plan to impeach him -- a fight that may prompt the army he once commanded to intervene ...
Video: Pakistan moves to impeach its president - 07 Aug 08 AlJazeeraEnglish
Impeachment hopes and fears BBC News
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Official: 9 deaths 'fair certainty' in helicopter crash - CNN International


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Official: 9 deaths 'fair certainty' in helicopter crash
CNN International - 31 minutes ago
WEAVERVILLE, California (CNN) -- Investigators believe "with fair certainty" that nine people were killed in Tuesday evening's crash of a helicopter that was shuttling firefighters in northern California, a sheriff's official said Thursday.
Video: Search for Firefighters Continues AssociatedPress
Firefighters somber after deadly helicopter crash in Shasta ... Los Angeles Times
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McCain Will Review Donations From Fla. Bundler - Washington Post


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McCain Will Review Donations From Fla. Bundler
Washington Post - 2 hours ago
By Matthew Mosk Sen. John McCain's campaign will conduct a review of donations that were bundled by a well-connected Florida businessman following a report in The Washington Post that found a number of donors whose checks he bundled did not appear to ...
McCain campaign to return 50K in donations The Associated Press
McCain Campaign Is Reviewing Donations New York Times
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Feds investigate if Rockefeller was German student - The Associated Press


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Feds investigate if Rockefeller was German student
The Associated Press - 28 minutes ago
BERLIN, Conn. (AP) - A Connecticut family is convinced that the mysterious man accused of kidnapping his daughter in Boston and wanted for questioning in the 1985 disappearance of a California couple was a German student who lived with the family ...
Immigration officials join search for Rockefeller's identity Boston Globe
Rockefeller may have been Berlin student WTNH
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Houston woman charged in abduction case - Houston Chronicle


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Houston woman charged in abduction case
Houston Chronicle - 1 hour ago
By ANA LEY AP Writer © 2008 The Associated Press HOUSTON - Five young Hurricane Katrina survivors who were taken from their mother by a woman they had been living with for nearly three years are being interviewed by Child Protective Services about ...
Katrina survivors' caretaker charged in abduction The Associated Press
Katrina Volunteer on the Run With Five Children ABC News
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Tenn. Democrat faces lawyer who linked him to KKK - The Associated Press


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Tenn. Democrat faces lawyer who linked him to KKK
The Associated Press - 3 hours ago
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - After a racially charged Democratic primary campaign that turned particularly ugly in its final days, voters will decide Thursday between a Jewish incumbent congressman and a black opponent who ran a television ad juxtaposing ...
Obama Weighs in on Tennessee House Race Washington Post
Race Takes Central Role in a Memphis Primary New York Times
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Mauritania police break up anti-coup rally - AFP


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Mauritania police break up anti-coup rally
AFP - 1 hour ago
NOUAKCHOTT (AFP) - Mauritanian police on Thursday broke up a protest by hundreds of people against an army coup in the West African nation which has been internationally condemned despite a junta promise to hold new elections.
Mauritania coup commander leads march in capital The Associated Press
US Cuts Non-Humanitarian Aid to Mauritania After Coup Voice of America
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Mayor wants federal probe after SWAT raids house, kills dogs - CNN


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Mayor wants federal probe after SWAT raids house, kills dogs
CNN - 1 hour ago
(CNN) -- A Maryland mayor is asking the federal government to investigate why SWAT team members burst into his home without knocking and shot his two dogs to death in an investigation into a drug smuggling scheme.
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Favre officially joins Jets - Sports Network


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Favre officially joins Jets
Sports Network - 1 hour ago
Cleveland, OH (Sports Network) - Brett Favre officially joined the New York Jets Thursday in a press conference before the team's preseason game in Cleveland.
Video: Jets Fans Happy to Have Favre AssociatedPress
Packers fans in Green Bay lament Favre trade Chicago Tribune
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The Changing Face Of America - CBS News


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The Changing Face Of America
CBS News - 1 hour ago
The census bureau has long predicted that whites would drop below 50 percent of the population by the year 2050. Experts say the new data suggest that shift could come far sooner.
Minorities Fuel Population Growth NTV
Census figures show Hispanic population growth KSWO
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Moqtada al-Sadr Says He'll Turn Iraq Militia Into Nonviolent ... - ABC News


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Moqtada al-Sadr Says He'll Turn Iraq Militia Into Nonviolent ...
ABC News - 1 hour ago
By NICK SCHIFRIN The anti-American cleric who launched the Shiite insurgency in Iraq four years ago, sparking a cycle of violence that killed scores of US soldiers and led to a sectarian war, will transform his militia into a mostly nonviolent social ...
Iraqi cleric links truce, US withdrawal timetable The Associated Press
Moqtada Packs It In Wall Street Journal
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Bullets left on cars near DePaul campus - Chicago Tribune


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Bullets left on cars near DePaul campus
Chicago Tribune - 7 hours ago
Chicago police were reviewing surveillance video Thursday to determine who placed live bullets on numerous cars near the DePaul University campus in Lincoln Park.
Bullets Found Lying Around On DePaul Campus CBS2 Chicago
Bullets at DePaul investigated ABC7Chicago.com
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Group Says Video Warns of Olympic Attack - New York Times


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Group Says Video Warns of Olympic Attack
New York Times - 21 minutes ago
By EDWARD WONG BEIJING - A terrorist group seeking an independent Muslim state in western China has released a video threatening an attack on the Olympic Games here, according to an American organization that tracks terrorist Internet posts.
Chinese Islamic group issues new Olympic threat The Associated Press
Islamist group threatens attacks at China Olympics Reuters
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Closed-ends poised to roll out auction-rate fixes - MarketWatch


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Closed-ends poised to roll out auction-rate fixes
MarketWatch - 2 hours ago
By Sam Mamudi, MarketWatch NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- As US regulators come down hard on banks accused of improperly selling auction-rate securities, three closed-end fund firms are at different stages of fixing the problem for their investors.
Video: Citi to pay $7B to investors ReutersVideo
UPDATE 1-States in auction-rate probes of 12 firms -Texas Reuters
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