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Biden decries 'unbecoming personal attacks'

AP, Scranton

Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden says the McCain campaign is trying to distract Americans from their economic woes by launching “unbecoming...

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World Bank to protect poor from economic turmoil

AP, Washington

The World Bank agreed Sunday to help developing countries strengthen their economies, bolster their financial systems and protect the poor against the financial turmoil...

Finance, Meeting, Business, World Bank

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Investors face more uncertainty as bailout widens

AP, New York

Investors agonizing over whether the stock market is bottoming out or about to continue its precipitous decline face more uncertainty this week as they await action on...

Wall, Street, Week, Ahead

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McCain vows to whip Obama's 'you know what'

AP, Arlington

Republican John McCain vowed Sunday to “whip” Democratic rival Barack Obama’s “you-know-what” when the two presidential candidates meet...

McCain, Economy, Republican John McCain, Democratic

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Law of inertia applied to humans!

Craig, Miami

Great scientist Newton gave three laws relating to motion of bodies in a straight line. These laws form the fundamental principles for other theories pertaining to rest...

Newton, Humans, Law of inertia, Technology

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NYC Council speaker supports term-limit law change

AP, New York

The speaker of the New York City Council says she supports Mayor Michael Bloomberg in his bid to stay in office for a third term.

Bloomberg, Third, Term, York City Council

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Who robbed America?

Domonique, Washington

Seven years after 9/11, we witness another, greater and even more enjoyable collapse, that of the American financial pyramid. It took some twenty years in building; its...

America, stock markets, financial pyramid, Politics & Society

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Forecasters: Tropical Storm Nana forms in Atlantic

AP, Miami

Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami say Tropical Storm Nana has formed in the eastern Atlantic, but predict it will weaken to a tropical depression by...

Tropical, Weather, Forecasters, National Hurricane Center

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World Bank to protect vulnerable countries

AP, Washington

The World Bank agreed Sunday to help developing countries strengthen their economies, bolster their financial systems, maintain growth and protect the poor against the...

Finance, Meeting, World Bank, Washington

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GOP frets about McCain's strategy, prospects

AP, Indianapolis

Three weeks before the election, Republicans are growing increasingly concerned about John McCain’s ability to mount a comeback, questioning his tactics and even...

Republicans, McCain, John McCain, White House

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JEWISH Woman Admits Role In Setting Fire Framed As 'Hate Crime'

Hassan, Hollywood

A woman who allegedly masterminded a 1994 Reedsport arson that raised statewide alarm that she had been the victim of an anti-Semitic hate crime has acknowledged direct...

Jewish Woman, Reedsport arson, Politics & Society, United States

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'Chihuahua' fetches $17.5M, remains top movie dog

AP, Los Angeles

An adorable talking dog remained just the sort of escapist movie hero audiences wanted after a week of awful economic news. Disney’s family comedy “Beverly...

Box, Office, Entertainment, Disney

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Atlanta Jews remember 'bomb that healed'

AP, Atlanta

The bombing of a prominent Atlanta synagogue in 1958 claimed no lives, but the community outrage that it prompted helped galvanize the city’s nervous Jewish...

Temple, Bombing, Atlanta, Jewish

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Ithaca, NY, wants to be America's 1st podcar city

AP, Ithaca

The thought of a driverless, computer-guided car transporting people where they want to go on demand is a futuristic notion to some.

Podcar, City, Business, Ithaca

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Bank stock purchased pushed; `no' to protectionism

AP, Washington

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told international leaders on Sunday that isolationism and protectionism could worsen the spreading financial crisis. With a new...

Financial, Meltdown, Business, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson

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American Foreign Policy with Mexico: Challanges For the Next U.S. President

Oscar, Oaxaca

With less than a month left before the Presidential election, the economy has come to the forefront as the decisive factor and will likely remain so through election...

u.s., foreign policy, presidential election, obama

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UK university holds artificial intelligence test

AP, Reading

Computers argued, cracked jokes and parried trick questions Sunday, all part of an annual test of artificial intelligence carried out at the University of Reading.

EU, Britain, Artificial, Intelligence

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Ohio shooting puts face on foreclosure crisis

AP, Akron

By the time deputies came to escort Addie Polk out of her home of 38 years, the 90-year-old had taken out her life insurance policy and placed it next to her pocketbook...

Foreclosure, Shooting, Addie Polk, Akron

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`Chihuahua' fetches $17.5M to win another weekend

AP, Los Angeles

An adorable talking dog remained just the sort of escapist movie hero audiences wanted after a week of awful economic news.

Box, Office, Entertainment, Los Angeles

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