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LOS ANGELES - Both the scene and the toll of a fiery six-vehicle crash were staggering.
June 11, 2008
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The Associated Press
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National
TUCSON, Ariz. - Fresh images sent back by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander from the Martian northern polar region showed most of its science instruments were in good shape, mission scientists said.
June 11, 2008
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By ARTHUR H. ROTSTEIN
Associated Press Writer
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National
UNITED NATIONS - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed ''deep concern'' Tuesday after a leading children's charity said it uncovered evidence of widespread sexual abuse of children at the hands of U.N. peacekeepers and international aid workers.
June 11, 2008
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By EDITH LEDERER
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
MIANYANG, China - About 80,000 people were evacuated Tuesday from downstream of an unstable earthquake-created dam that is threatening to collapse, and troops rushed to carve a trench to drain the water before it floods the valley.
June 11, 2008
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By AUDRA ANG
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - A Dutch shipping company negotiated with Somali pirates Tuesday, seeking the release of nine crew members on a freighter that was hijacked in the latest attack on merchant shipping off the coast of Somalia.
June 11, 2008
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By ARTHUR MAX
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
WASHINGTON - The U.S. should rethink its approach in Pakistan, including a multimillion-dollar program aimed at training and equipping tribal militants, unless Islamabad does more to keep terrorists from crossing the Afghan border, a top Democrat said Tuesday.
June 11, 2008
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By ANNE FLAHERTY
Associated Press Writer
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Washington
WASHINGTON - An unexpected blend of liberal and conservative Supreme Court justices gave workers more leeway Tuesday to sue when they face retaliation after complaining about discrimination in the workplace.
June 11, 2008
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By MARK SHERMAN
Associated Press Writer
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Washington
WASHINGTON - The number of troops diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder jumped by roughly 50 percent in 2007, the most violent year so far in the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, Pentagon records show.
June 11, 2008
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By PAULINE JELINEK
Associated Press Writer
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Washington
WASHINGTON - Sen. Edward Kennedy's battle with a malignant brain tumor is likely to put a dramatic personal stamp on a health care cause he first championed nearly 40 years ago: The nation's war on cancer.
June 11, 2008
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By ANDREW MIGA
Associated Press Writer
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Washington
WASHINGTON - The U.S. is making ''a big and continual push'' to capture or kill al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, but his demise won't end the organization's menace, CIA Director Michael Hayden said Tuesday in an Associated Press interview.
June 11, 2008
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By PAMELA HESS
Associated Press Writer
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Washington
Five men suspected to be involved in hauling marijuana from Florida to sell in the Statesboro area are behind bars after Statesboro Police Department Crime Suppression Unit officers acted upon a tip about them having a shipment of drugs in town.
June 11, 2008
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From staff reports
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Local
McALLEN, Texas - During three years in the low minors, John Odom never really made a name for himself until he got traded for a bunch of bats.
June 10, 2008
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By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN
Associated Press Writer
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National
VIENNA, Austria - Iran may be withholding information needed to establish whether it tried to make nuclear arms, the International Atomic Energy said Monday in an unusually strongly worded report.
June 10, 2008
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By GEORGE JAHN
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Members of the Rolling Thunder motorcycling group roared into town for a White House visit Sunday, where they presented President Bush with his own cowhide vest jacket and pushed for increased veterans benefits.
June 10, 2008
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By CHRISTINE SIMMONS
Associated Press Writer
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Washington
WASHINGTON - Sounding a gong couldn't have made it clearer. Federal Reserve officials are putting out the word that further interest rate cuts are unlikely.
June 10, 2008
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By JEANNINE AVERSA
AP Economics Writer
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Washington
