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TEHRAN, Iran - Drug traffickers in well-armed desert convoys roll across the border from Afghanistan. Standing in their way are Iranian soldiers and drug agents trying to choke off one of the world's busiest pipelines for opium and heroin.
July 09, 2008
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By SEBASTIAN ABBOT and NASSER KARIMI
Associated Press Writers
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Associated Press
WELLINGTON, Fla. - U.S. Sugar Corp., the nation's largest producer of cane sugar, would go out of business in a $1.75 billion deal to sell its nearly 300 square miles of land to Florida for Everglades restoration, the company and the state's governor said Tuesday.
July 09, 2008
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By BRIAN SKOLOFF
Associated Press Writer
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National
Studio Statesboro Vodcast - Monday, June 23, 2008
July 08, 2008
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mbankhead@statesboroherald.com
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Local
A local man died in the early hours of Saturday morning after he lost control of his car on Arcola Road.
July 08, 2008
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From Staff Reports
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Local
NEW YORK - A car plowed into pedestrians on a New York City sidewalk for the fourth time in two days, hurting four people and raising the toll to nearly two dozen victims from the strange spate of wrecks.
July 06, 2008
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The Associated Press
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National
LOS ANGELES - A blistering heat wave persisted across much of California on Saturday and kept energy demand high, while forecasters gave hope that the misery might let up soon.
July 06, 2008
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By RAQUEL MARIA DILLON
Associated Press Writer
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National
MEXICO CITY - Mexico City's mayor expressed outrage Saturday that youths as young as 13 were among the dozen people killed in a nightclub stampede and said the officials involved in the police raid that sparked the crush had been suspended.
July 06, 2008
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By MARK STEVENSON
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
NEW YORK - If they pay attention to it at all, many people view the water off Manhattan's East Side as a flat, even boring expanse stretching under a series of bridges.
July 06, 2008
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By VERENA DOBNIK
Associated Press Writer
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National
Ancient maps often labeled uncharted, unexplored regions with the simple phrase, "Where Dragons Lie."
July 06, 2008
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By KATHY BRADLEY
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Lifestyles Columnists
HOUSTON - The father of two missing children has led investigators to the children's charred remains, police said Saturday.
July 06, 2008
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By ANA LEY
Associated Press Writer
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National
TEL AVIV, Israel - Safety pins and screws are still lodged in 15-year-old Ami Ortiz's body three months after he opened a booby-trapped gift basket sent to his family. The explosion severed two toes, damaged his hearing and harmed a promising basketball career.
July 06, 2008
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By LAURIE COPANS
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
The injuries and intrigue, passion for fashion, disdain for the tennis grind and insistence on go-for-broke strokes - all in the context of a friendly sibling rivalry - make even Mom reluctant to predict what the Williams sisters might do next.
July 06, 2008
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By STEVEN WINE
AP Sports Writer
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Sports
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. - Same-sex couples across California exchanged vows and wedding bands on the first weekend since the state began allowing gays and lesbians to legally marry.
July 06, 2008
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By CHRISTINA HOAG
Associated Press Writer
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National
NEW LONDON, Conn. - A small house that was once at the center of a U.S. Supreme Court decision on government seizure of private property has found a safe haven.
July 06, 2008
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The Associated Press
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National
FOLEY, Mo. - Amid the battle to hold back the swollen Mississippi River, some towns in northeastern Missouri and Illinois got an unwelcome surprise Saturday as river levels rose higher than projected.
July 06, 2008
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By CHERYL WITTENAUER
Associated Press Writer
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National
