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Conventions Over, Race Takes Off
posted: 1 HOUR 36 MINUTES AGOcomments: 721
filed under: Election News, Barack Obama, John McCain
Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama kick off an eight-week battle to win the White House, each candidate invigorated by his respective party convention and each man claiming to be the true agent of change.
More Coverage: Onstage, Palin Outshines McCain
More Coverage: Onstage, Palin Outshines McCain
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Southeastern US Braces for Hanna
posted: 1 HOUR 21 MINUTES AGOcomments: 47
filed under: Hurricane News, National News
With tropical storm warnings or watches posted along the eastern seaboard, fast-moving Tropical Storm Hanna cruises toward the coast. Hanna is expected to crash ashore overnight somewhere along the northern coast of South Carolina.
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Jobless Rate Soars to 5-Year High
posted: 4 HOURS 6 MINUTES AGOcomments: 0
Employers cut payrolls by 84,000 in August, boosting the jobless rate to a five-year high of 6.1 percent. The latest data shows more proof of how a deeply troubled U.S. economy is wreaking havoc on workers and businesses.
From 24/7 Wall St.: On the Way to 8 Percent?
From 24/7 Wall St.: On the Way to 8 Percent?
Rice in Libya to Meet With Gadhafi
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Once called a "mad dog" by President Reagan, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, right, hosts a visit by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Relations with the North African country -- blamed for the 1988 bombing of a jet over Lockerbie, Scotland -- began to warm after Libya abandoned its weapons of mass destruction program in 2003.
Coast Guard Chopper Crash Kills 3
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Rescuers are searching the waters off Honolulu for a Coast Guard crew member missing after a helicopter crash Thursday night. Three other crew members are confirmed dead in the crash, although officials have not released their names.
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Black Bear Sends Pot Farmers Packing
posted: 1 HOUR 40 MINUTES AGOcomments: 17
filed under: Animal News, Weird News
Law enforcement authorities say a black bear scratched trees, bit pipes and tore up food supplies at a clandestine marijuana farm, scaring away the farmers in remote Utah. "Our county is so tough on drugs that even the wildlife are getting in on the action," the county sheriff says.
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An official points out bear claw marks in a tree by an illegal pot farm.
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