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Obama embarks on 67-day sprint to election (AP)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:10:13 +0800

Democratic presidential nominee, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., his wife, Michelle, and daughters Malia, 10, second from right, and Sasha, 7, wave after his acceptance speechat the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008.  (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)AP - Fresh off his historic nominating convention, Democrat Barack Obama is embarking on what likely will be the most important 67 days of his campaign for the White House. Republican John McCain is looking to upstage his rival with the announcement of his running mate.


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McCain makes decision on running mate (AP)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:33:46 +0800

US Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain (R-AZ) arrives at the airport in Dayton, Ohio August 28, 2008. REUTERS/John Gress (UNITED STATES) US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN 2008 (USA)AP - The focus of the presidential campaign shifts to Republicans on Friday as GOP candidate John McCain is set to introduce his running mate at a rally in Ohio.


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Jury acquits former Marine in killing of Iraqis (AP)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:56:10 +0800

Former Marine Sgt. Jose Luis Nazario Jr., 28, from New York, speaks about his impending federal trial, at the office of one of his attorneys, Joseph M. Preis, in Irvine, Calif., on Aug. 16, 2008. Nazario faces charges of shooting detainees during the 2004 battle of Fallujah, in Iraq. The defense has rested without calling a single witness Wednesday Aug. 27, 2008, at the civilian trial  of Nazario, a former Marine charged with killing unarmed detainees in Iraq, in Riverside, Calif. (AP Photo/Sean Dufrene)AP - Jurors wept and embraced former Marine Jose Luis Nazario Jr. after acquitting him of voluntary manslaughter in ! the killings of unarmed Iraqi detainees during a fierce 2004 battle.


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As Gustav nears, Gulf Coast puts faith in planning (AP)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:00:36 +0800

New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin surrounded by city officials, speaks to members of the media about Hurricane Gustav in New Orleans, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008. Louisiana and Texas put their national guards on standby, and New Orleans said a mandatory evacuation might be necessary. Nagin said he would order a mandatory evacuation of the city if forecasters predict a Category-3 strike — or possibly even a Category-2 — within 72 hours. (AP Photo/Cheryl Gerber)AP - With Gustav approaching hurricane strength and showing no signs of veering off a track to slam into the Gulf Coast, authorities across the region began layi! ng the groundwork Thursday to get the sick, elderly and poor away from the shoreline.


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More than 84,000 attend Obama speech (AP)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:28:04 +0800

Delegates and interested participants fill Invesco field at the 2008 Democratic National Conventionin Denver, Colorado August 28, 2008. REUTERS/Jim Bourg   (UNITED STATES)   US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN 2008 (USA)AP - More than 84,000 people have jammed into Invesco Field at Mile High stadium to hear Barack Obama's historic acceptance speech, city officials say.


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Iowa college president steps down after beer photo (AP)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:10:29 +0800

AP - An Iowa community college president resigned less than a week after a photo was published appearing to show him pouring beer into a young woman's mouth.

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New Orleans asks: Will the rebuilt levees hold? (AP)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:40:36 +0800

Workers repair the Orleans Street canal in New Orleans Thursday Aug. 28, 2008. Despite billions of dollars in improvements in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, no one knows for sure if the city's floodwalls can sustain another heavy blow should approaching storm Gustav make a direct hit.   (AP Photo/Judi Bottoni)AP - Just three years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans confronts a new threat from Gustav and a stark question: Will the partially rebuilt levees hold?


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Nevada Supreme Court won't delay Simpson trial (AP)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:27:36 +0800

AP - A request from O.J. Simpson's last remaining co-defendant to delay the Sept. 8 start of the pair's armed robbery and kidnapping trial was rejected Thursday by a divided Nevada Supreme Court panel.

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Prosecutor: Ohio mother put baby girl in microwave (AP)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:19:16 +0800

AP - A mother intentionally put her month-old daughter in a microwave oven and cooked the child to death after a fight with her boyfriend, a prosecutor told jurors Thursday.

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Trying to stop removal hearing, Detroit mayor sues (AP)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:53:04 +0800

FILE **In this Aug. 7, 2008 file photo, Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick attends a hearing in 36th District Court in Detroit, Mich.  Michigan's Gov. Jennifer Granholm and Detroit's embattled mayor have had a strained relationship for years, and the tension is bound to escalate when she holds a hearing next week to decide whether to remove him from office for misconduct.   (AP Photo/Bryan Mitchell, File)AP - Lawyers for Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick filed a lawsuit Thursday aimed at scuttling a hearing that could lead to his ouster, saying the proceedings would be unfair and presided over by a governor who is bi! ased against him.


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Walkway collapses in San Diego, injuring 16 (AP)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:03:16 +0800

Paramedics, police, and firemen attend to the injured after a construction site covered walkway collapsed injuring a dozen pedestrians in downtown San Diego, Thursday Aug. 28, 2008. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)AP - A block-long covered walkway next to a construction scaffold collapsed on Thursday, trapping and injuring 16 pedestrians, three critically.


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Judges refuse to rehear W. Pa. ex-Nazi guard case (AP)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:38:09 +0800

AP - A federal appeals court has refused to rehear the deportation case of a retired western Pennsylvania steelworker who served as a Nazi concentration camp guard during World War II.

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Man accused in Obama threat uses crutches in court (AP)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:28:20 +0800

A photo released by the Aurora, Colo., police department Monday Aug. 25, 2008,  shows the booking photo of Tharin Gartrell who was arrested during a traffic stop early Sunday by police in the eastern Denver suburb of Aurora.  (AP Photo/Aurora Police Department)AP - A Colorado man suspected of making racist threats against Barack Obama limped into federal court on crutches Thursday and was formally advised of a methamphetamine-possession charge against him.


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New Katrina death tally: Half of victims 75 and up (AP)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:05:59 +0800

White flags that represent those who died during Hurricane Katrina in 2005 cover the lawn of Metairie Cemetery on August 28 in New Orleans, Louisiana. As New Orleans remembers on the third anniversary of that devastating storm, Tropical Storm Gustav threatened to grow to hurricane status with a projected trajectory showing it making landfall near New Orleans.(AFP/Getty Images/Sean Gardner)AP - As New Orleans residents warily track another threatening storm, a new report presents the clearest picture yet of deaths from Katrina in Louisiana. Of the nearly 1,000 who died, almost half were 75 or older, according to researchers.


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Huge underground water plant takes shape under NYC (AP)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:45:32 +0800

A worker's shadow falls on a pipe in the underground construction site of New York's first underground water filtration plant plant, which spans over six football fields and as much as 100 feet deep,  in the Bronx borough of New York, Wednesday July 2, 2008. The below-ground plant is designed to be nearly invisible, but it has already attracted a lot of attention, with construction beset by cost spurts, delays, seven-figure fins, community opposition, plus a brush with a high-profile Mafia case this year. (AP Photo/Ed Ou)AP - It requires enough concrete to build a sidewalk from New York to Miami and eno! ugh pipe to reach the top of the Empire State Building 140 times over. Workers carved out enough dirt from the ground to fill more than 100,000 dump trucks.


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Disposable diaper breaks fall, saves child's life (AP)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:27:14 +0800

AP - A disposable diaper has saved the life of an 18-month-old boy, breaking his fall from a third-floor apartment window, officials said Thursday.

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2 workers hurt when crane topples in Dallas (AP)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:12:09 +0800

AP - A crane lowering a heavy length of pipe toppled Thursday morning at a city water pumping station on the Trinity River in Dallas, injuring two city workers.

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Defense contractor accused of human trafficking (AP)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:51:40 +0800

File photo shows aircraft at Al-Asad Air Base in Iraq. A Nepalese man and relatives of 12 of his slain comrades filed a lawsuit in federal court Wednesday against the construction and services giant KBR on charges of human trafficking, for allegedly tricking the men into working in Iraq.(AFP/USAF/File/Cecilio M. Ricardo)AP - The families of 12 Nepali men killed by Iraqi insurgents have filed a federal lawsuit accusing defense contractor KBR Inc. and a Jordanian subcontractor of human trafficking, saying the men were sent to work in Iraq against their will after being promised jobs in a posh hotel in Jordan.


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Small GPS devices help prosecutors win convictions (AP)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:27:28 +0800

Garmin GPS units, similar to this one shown Wednesday night, Aug. 27, 2008 in Tampa, Fla., can be used in court cases to pinpoint for jurors the places defendants have been. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)AP - Like millions of motorists, Eric Hanson used a GPS unit in his Chevrolet TrailBlazer to find his way around. He probably didn't expect that prosecutors would eventually use it too — to help convict him of killing four family members.


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