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CINCINNATI - Officials urged patience Wednesday on the part of Midwesterners waiting for power to be restored as crews worked feverishly to clean up the soggy mess left by the deadly remnants of Hurricane Ike over the weekend.
October 02, 2008
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By KANTELE FRANKO
Associated Press Writer
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National
(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.)
October 02, 2008
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From Staff Reports
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Crime Report
ECI: The Season - Episode 6
October 01, 2008
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VINCE JOHNSON
vjohnson@statesboroherald.com
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ECI: The Season
LOS ANGELES - Investigators on Tuesday were conducting a test to determine when the engineers of two trains were able to see each other in the moments before the head-on crash that killed 25 people.
October 01, 2008
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By DAISY NGUYEN
Associated Press Writer
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National
NEW YORK - Wall Street fluctuated in a wide range Tuesday after the Federal Reserve disappointed some investors by keeping interest rates unchanged, but also sent a signal to the markets that the economy is not in dire straits.
October 01, 2008
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By TIM PARADIS
Associated Press Writer
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National
LAS VEGAS - A witness who fell ill during the first day of testimony in the O.J. Simpson armed robbery trial returned to the stand Tuesday morning and was cross-examined about four words important to the case: ''put the gun down.''
October 01, 2008
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By KEN RITTER
Associated Press Writer
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National
NEW YORK - Its future in the balance, American International Group huddled Tuesday with Federal Reserve officials to find the cash the huge insurer needs to stay in business and avoid igniting more global financial turmoil.
October 01, 2008
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By IEVA M. AUGSTUMS and STEPHEN BERNARD
Associated Press Writers
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National
WASHINGTON - With scientists at odds over the safety of a chemical found in plastic baby bottles, metal cans and other food packaging, consumers got minimal guidance Tuesday about how to protect themselves.
October 01, 2008
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By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and LINDSEY TANNER
Associated Press Writers
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Washington
BAGHDAD - Gen. David Petraeus, whose strategy for countering the Iraq insurgency is credited by many with rescuing the country from all-out civil war, stepped aside Tuesday as Gen. Ray Odierno took over as the top American commander of the conflict.
October 01, 2008
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By ROBERT BURNS
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
BEIJIN - China's latest product safety scandal - tainted milk formula blamed for killing two Chinese babies and sickening 1,200 - expanded to include more foods Tuesday, with state media reporting some formula produced by companies involved was exported.
October 01, 2008
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By TINI TRAN
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas sat down together Tuesday night, possibly their last meeting before the Israeli leader leaves office, making a final push to forge a peace agreement by the end of the year.
October 01, 2008
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By MARK LAVIE
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
MUSINA, South Africa - A power-sharing deal has not stopped the flow of Zimbabweans streaming into South Africa to escape the hunger and poverty wrought by runaway inflation in their homeland.
October 01, 2008
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By DONNA BRYSON
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
MADRID, Spain - Wing flaps that help lift a plane on takeoff failed on the Spanair flight that crashed last month and an alarm to warn pilots of the problem never sounded, according to an initial report Tuesday on the accident that killed 154 people.
October 01, 2008
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By DANIEL WOOLLS
Associated Press Writer
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Washington
WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve kept a key interest rate unchanged Tuesday, saying that strains in financial markets have ''increased significantly'' but that it would keep an eye on them and act, if needed.
October 01, 2008
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By MARTIN CRUTSINGER
Associated Press Writer
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Washington
WASHINGTON - The House moved toward a vote Tuesday to end the longtime ban on oil drilling in Atlantic and Pacific waters. Republicans called it a Democratic ruse that would leave most untapped offshore oil out of bounds.
October 01, 2008
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By H. JOSEF HEBERT
Associated Press Writer
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Washington
