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LOS ANGELES - Firefighters on Tuesday faced worsening weather conditions that pushed flames across firebreaks in parts of inland California and chased residents out of one small community.
July 23, 2008
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By CHRISTINA HOAG
Associated Press Writer
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National
WASHINGTON - U.S. exports to Iran - including brassieres, bull semen, cosmetics and possibly even weapons - grew more than tenfold during President Bush's years in office even as he accused Iran of nuclear ambitions and helping terrorists. America sent more cigarettes to Iran, at least $158 million worth under Bush, than any other products.
July 23, 2008
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By SHARON THEIMER
Associated Press Writer
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Washington
RENO, Nev. - Animal rights activists and ranchers are clashing over a federal proposal to euthanize wild horses as a way to deal with their surplus numbers.
July 22, 2008
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BY MARTIN GRIFFITH
Associated Press Writer
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National
ATLANTA - Georgia's top court on Monday unanimously upheld the life sentence of a soldier convicted in the stabbing death of an infantryman he fought alongside in Iraq, a brutal crime that inspired the movie ''In the Valley of Elah.''
July 22, 2008
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By SHANNON McCAFFREY
Associated Press Writer
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Washington
WASHINGTON - The intercepted e-mail was alarmingly matter-of-fact for anyone worried about a new terror attack: ''getting into U.S is no problem at all. thats what i do best.''
July 22, 2008
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By EILEEN SULLIVAN
Associated Press Writer
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Washington
MIAMI - Alex Rodriguez's wife filed for divorce Monday, calling her husband an adulterer who ''emotionally abandoned his wife and children.''
July 22, 2008
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By CURT ANDERSON
Associated Press Writer
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National
Studio Statesboro Vodcast - Monday, July 07, 2008
July 22, 2008
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MATTHEW BANKHEAD/Producer
mbankhead@statesboroherald.com
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Local
HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. - She'd spent a lifetime less than an hour's drive away, but it had never crossed Joquetta Johnson's mind to visit Harpers Ferry National Historical Park. What, she wondered when a friend suggested it, could a park in rural, lily-white West Virginia hold for a black teacher from Baltimore?
July 22, 2008
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By VICKI SMITH
Associated Press Writer
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National
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - In the past few years, Rich Nieto's work has started earlier and lasted longer.
July 22, 2008
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By SUE MAJOR HOLMES
Associated Press Writer
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National
WINONA, Minn. - On the morning after the house party on Johnson Street, Jenna Foellmi and several other twentysomethings lay sprawled on the beds and couches. When a friend reached out to wake her, Foellmi was cold to the touch.
July 22, 2008
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By AMY FORLITI
Associated Press Writer
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National
LAWRENCEVILLE - A suspected kidnapper was killed by police in a Waffle House parking lot early Monday morning after demanding ransom from his victim's family.
July 22, 2008
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The Associated Press
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National
SAN FRANCISCO - Microsoft Corp. threw its weight behind investor Carl Icahn's effort to oust Yahoo Inc.'s board next month, saying Monday that a successful rebellion would encourage the software maker to renew its takeover bid for Yahoo or negotiate another multibillion-dollar deal.
July 22, 2008
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By MICHAEL LIEDTKE
AP Business Writer
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National
PHOENIX - Republican presidential candidate John McCain acknowledged the steep drop in U.S. jobs and said he would help the economy by cutting taxes, encouraging free trade, building nuclear power plants and launching other initiatives.
July 22, 2008
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By CHARLES BABINGTON
Associated Press Writer
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Campaign 2008
ATLANTA - It didn't take a jury long to convict Andrew Howard Brannan for the death of a 22-year-old sheriff's deputy: Four hours to convict him, and four more to sentence him to death.
July 22, 2008
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By GREG BLUESTEIN
Associated Press Writer
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National
KARACHI, Pakistan - A string of small explosions wounded at least 25 people Monday in the southern port city of Karachi, rattling Pakistan the day after a deadly suicide attack in the capital.
July 22, 2008
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By ASHRAF KHAN
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
