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Prolonged summers that are a recent phenomenon found almost across the globe are a sort of calamity in themselves. But these summers wreak havoc when they trigger off devastating wildfires. Wildfire literally means an unstoppable economic,...
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Presidential rivals Barack Obama and John McCain together spent nearly $90 million in July, feeding an escalating advertising contest as they tussled for pole position...
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Barack Obama reports spending $55 million in July, his highest figure in a single month.
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Cindy McCain and Michelle Obama star in a new television ad that highlights successes in helping the world’s poor and encourages people to do more this election...
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Republican presidential candidate John McCain chided his Democratic rival on Wednesday for getting “a little testy” as Barack Obama sharpened his tone amid...
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After a barrage of consumer complaints, the government is banning phone calls of prerecorded sales messages unless consumers agree to receive the calls.
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Brett Myers tossed a nine-hitter for his first shutout in four years and the Philadelphia Phillies beat Washington 4-0 on Wednesday night, handling the Nationals their...
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Brett Myers tossed a nine-hitter for his first shutout in four years and the Philadelphia Phillies beat Washington 4-0 on Wednesday night, handling the Nationals their...
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Barack Obama stepped up his hard-edged ad campaign Wednesday, launching two tough commercials against Republican presidential rival John McCain.
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A hacker broke into a Homeland Security Department telephone system over the weekend and racked up about $12,000 in calls to the Middle East and Asia.
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Republican presidential candidate John McCain chided his Democratic rival on Wednesday for getting “a little testy” as Barack Obama sharpened his tone amid...
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The U.S. cruise missile strike on an al-Qaida training camp in Afghanistan in 1998 was meant to kill Osama bin Laden. But he apparently left shortly before the missiles...
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The prospective running mates of Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain focused on their day jobs or chores at home Wednesday.
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Sen. Ted Stevens cannot move his corruption trial from Washington to his home state of Alaska, a federal judge ruled Wednesday in a decision that could hamstring the...
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Some Democratic senators say proposed rules to help the FBI catch terrorists could allow the government to spy on innocent Americans “without any basis for...
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The White House is missing as many as 225 days of e-mail dating back to 2003 and there is little if any likelihood a recovery effort will be completed by the time the...
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A senior U.S. military official says the U.S. government has approved a draft agreement on reducing the American military presence in Iraq.
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A senior U.S. military official says the U.S. government has approved a draft agreement on reducing the American military presence in Iraq.
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A senior U.S. military official says the U.S. government has approved a draft agreement on reducing the American military presence in Iraq.
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Republican presidential candidate John McCain reports raising more than $26 million and spending $32 million in July.
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As the Secret Service protects the candidates and secures the sites at the presidential nominating conventions, it will also be hosting congressional staffers who will...
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Thrust into the role of financial firefighter, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has taken unprecedented steps over the past year to battle the nation’s worst...
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More federal dollars would be dedicated to fighting major wildfires under legislation passed by the House on Wednesday.The measure, approved by voice vote, would...
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In this July 16, 2008 file photo, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Fed’s handling of the credit, financial and housing debacles _ which have badly burned the economy _ is likely to spur debate at a...
