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SRINAGAR, India - Indian forces shot and killed at least 13 Muslim protesters on Tuesday as tens of thousands of people defied a blanket curfew in Indian Kashmir, the bloodiest day in nearly two months of unrest that has rocked this long-troubled Himalayan region.
August 27, 2008
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By AIJAZ HUSSAIN
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
WASHINGTON - The government owns hundreds of underground fuel tanks - many designed for emergencies back in the Cold War - that need to be inspected for leaks of hazardous substances that could be making local water undrinkable.
August 27, 2008
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By EILEEN SULLIVAN
Associated Press Writer
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Washington
WASHINGTON - The U.S. trade deficit has gone on a diet, helped by strong exports of farm products and manufactured goods and by Americans spending less as the economy limps along.
August 27, 2008
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By MARTIN CRUTSINGER
Associated Press Writer
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Washington
TBILISI, Georgia - Russia ordered a halt to the war in Georgia on Tuesday, after five days of air and land attacks that sent Georgia's army into headlong retreat and left towns, military bases and homes in the U.S. ally smoldering. Georgia insisted that Russian forces were still bombing and shelling.
August 27, 2008
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By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA and MISHA DZHINDZHIKHASHVILI
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
EASTON, Mass. - A small plane carrying a cancer patient to Boston went into a nosedive and crashed Tuesday in a grocery store parking lot, killing all three people on board, authorities said. It was the third fatal crash in as many months of a charity flight carrying a patient to medical treatment.
August 27, 2008
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By RODRIQUE NGOWI
Associated Press Writer
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National
CHICAGO - National Guard and Reserve combat troops in Iraq and Afghanistan are more likely to develop drinking problems than active-duty soldiers, a new military study suggests.
August 27, 2008
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By CARLA K. JOHNSON
Associated Press Writer
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National
DEAR ABBY: I am a single woman who dates and is not in a serious relationship right now. I'm enjoying my life, having fun, but have met someone along the way who is becoming important. I'm getting the same vibes from him.
August 27, 2008
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By ABIGAIL VAN BUREN
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August 27, 2008
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Local
BAGHDAD - Abu Ali has had enough of war. Nothing, he insists, can change his mind.
August 27, 2008
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By HAMZA HENDAWI and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
(Note: All information included in this report is taken from law enforcement incident reports and arrest records, which are public records and available for review at any and all local law enforcement agencies. Not every arrest leads to a conviction. Guilt or innocence is determined by the court system.)
August 27, 2008
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From Staff Reports
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Crime Report
WASHINGTON - A federal appeals court said Tuesday it would not resurrect a lawsuit that former CIA operative Valerie Plame brought against members of the Bush administration.
August 27, 2008
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By MATT APUZZO
Associated Press Writer
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Washington
WASHINGTON - The federal budget deficit soared in July, pushed higher by economic stimulus payments and $15 billion in outlays to protect depositors at failed banks.
August 27, 2008
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By MARTIN CRUTSINGER
Associated Press Writer
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Washington
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - One inning at a time, Brady Kemp is getting closer to his dream of playing for the Atlanta Braves. He has endured numbing road trips to no-name ballparks and crashed in small-town motels after late games.
August 27, 2008
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By JAY REEVES
Associated Press Writer
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National
HOUSTON - A flight attendant suing the wife of megachurch evangelist Joel Osteen told a jury Tuesday she was simply doing her job when she was attacked without provocation.
August 27, 2008
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By JUAN A. LOZANO
Associated Press Writer
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National
SAN FRANCISCO - California Chief Justice Ronald George has spent more than half his life cultivating an image of a cautious jurist and earning a reputation as a politically skilled court administrator.
August 27, 2008
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By PAUL ELIAS
Associated Press Writer
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National
