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KEY WEST, Fla. - With powerful Hurricane Ike on an uncertain course toward the Gulf of Mexico, many on these low-lying islands took a wait-and-see approach to evacuation orders Sunday, perhaps a harbinger of the attitudes to come from Louisiana and Texas residents returning from an arduous evacuation and already showing signs of ''hurricane fatigue.''
September 22, 2008
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By BRIAN SKOLOFF
Associated Press Writer
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National
PHILADELPHIA - A longtime power broker in Pennsylvania politics earned nearly $100,000 a year as a state senator, up to $1 million a year as a rainmaking lawyer and millions more from the sale of a family bank.
September 22, 2008
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By MARYCLAIRE DALE
Associated Press Writer
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National
RENO, Nev. - It's billed as ''the world's fastest motor sport.''
September 22, 2008
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By MARTIN GRIFFITH
Associated Press Writer
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National
TBILISI, Georgia - On the eve of a European Union shuttle mission to convince Russia to pull its troops back to prewar positions, Georgia's president vowed Sunday to regain control of two breakaway provinces with the help of ''the rest of the world.''
September 22, 2008
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By STEVE GUTTERMAN
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
NEW YORK - By his own account, former Afghan tribal leader Bashir Noorzai resisted the Soviet Union's invasion of his country three decades ago, then put down his weapons when U.S. forces showed up following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
September 22, 2008
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By TOM HAYS
Associated Press Writer
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National
WASHINGTON - The Bush administration, acting to avert the potential for major financial turmoil, announced Sunday that the federal government was taking control of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
September 22, 2008
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By ALAN ZIBEL and MARTIN CRUTSINGER
Associated Press Writers
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Washington
TORONTO - Canada's prime minister on Sunday triggered an early election, dissolving Parliament in a bid to bolster his party's grip on power in a vote next month that will be the country's third national ballot in four years.
September 22, 2008
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By ROB GILLIES
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
PARIS - He's not known for his diplomatic graces, but blunt-talking French President Nicolas Sarkozy looks like Europe's best bet for making peace between Russia and Georgia.
September 22, 2008
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By JAMEY KEATEN
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
GONAIVES, Haiti - Haitians took to their roofs to escape rising floodwaters Sunday for the second time in a week as squalls from Hurricane Ike added insult to their misery, inundating homes and collapsing a bridge on the last open land route for aid to the desperate city.
September 22, 2008
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By JONATHAN KATZ
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
HONG KONG - Hong Kong voters turned out in thinner numbers Sunday for legislative elections that threatened to set back the pro-democracy opposition and its push for greater political freedoms in the Chinese-ruled territory.
September 22, 2008
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By DIKKY SINN
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Sen. Edward Kennedy, who has brain cancer, will not be on Capitol Hill this week when Congress returns from its summer break. He intends to work from his Massachusetts home this fall and return to the Senate in January.
September 22, 2008
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By ANDREW MIGA
Associated Press Writer
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Washington
BAGHDAD - A kidney specialist who fled Iraq's bombings, kidnappings and sectarian killings 20 months ago has reported back to work at his Baghdad hospital - one of some 800 doctors who have returned over the summer.
September 22, 2008
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By KARIN LAUB
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
BEIJING - Several days a week, Wu Ruiyao hits the gym, where she sweats on a treadmill, tones her abs in a group exercise or stretches under the guidance of a personal trainer.
September 22, 2008
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By DIDI TANG
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
TRENTON, N.J. - In a new and disturbing twist on the obesity epidemic, some overweight teenagers have severe liver damage caused by too much body fat, and a handful have needed liver transplants.
September 22, 2008
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By LINDA A. JOHNSON
Associated Press Writer
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National
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September 22, 2008
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