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UPDATE 1-Stronger Dolly forces Texas refining cuts
Reuters - 50 minutes ago
HOUSTON, July 23 (Reuters) - A stronger Hurricane Dolly slowly crossed the Texas coast on Wednesday, cutting production at some oil refineries but missing offshore oil and natural gas production facilities in the Gulf of Mexico .
Video: Raw Video: Dolly Blows Into Texas AssociatedPress
Hurricane Dolly Prepares to Slam Texas Coastline (Update1) Bloomberg
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Globe and Mail
Barack Obama pledges 'unshakeable commitment' to Israel
guardian.co.uk - 47 minutes ago
Barack Obama is escorted through the Hall of Names at the Yad Vashem Holocaust history museum in Jerusalem. Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Reuters Barack Obama today pledged his "unshakeable commitment to Israel's security" after a day of meetings with ...
Obama says he's 'deeply committed' to helping Israel CNN
Obama vows support for Israel Aljazeera.net
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Seattle Post Intelligencer
Fannie, Freddie Rescue Plan May Cost $1 Trillion, Bunning Says
Bloomberg - 48 minutes ago
By Michael McKee and Bryan Keogh July 23 (Bloomberg) -- A government rescue of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would require taxpayers to pay ``way'' more than the $25 billion estimated by the Congressional Budget Office, potentially as much as $1 trillion, ...
Video: Paulson talks up mortgage plan ReutersVideo
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac shares up on anticipated House vote Bizjournals.com
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EU: no decision yet on Serbia trade despite arrest
Reuters - 1 hour ago
By David Brunnstrom BRUSSELS, July 23 (Reuters) - The EU said on Wednesday unfreezing trade benefits for Serbia would have to wait until a UN prosecutor decides if it is cooperating fully in catching war crimes suspects, despite Radovan Karadzic's ...
Video: Karadzic's arrest sparks clashes - 23 Jul 08 AlJazeeraEnglish
Bosnian Serb Leader Radovan Karadzic Arrested: What Lies Ahead Washington Post
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Reuters South Africa
Arrest Warrant Looming, Bashir Goes on Tour
New York Times - 1 hour ago
Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir during his tour in El-Fasher, north Darfur, on Wednesday. By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN EL FASHER, Sudan - Omar Hassan al-Bashir, the president of Sudan who has been accused of genocide, is not especially well known for ...
Sudan President Begins Darfur Tour After ICC Ruling Voice of America
Beshir dances in Darfur defying war crimes cloud AFP
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BBC News
McCain, in Wilkes-Barre, criticizes Obama on Iraq
Philadelphia Inquirer - 1 hour ago
By Larry Eichel WILKES-BARRE - With Barack Obama in the Middle East, John McCain came to Northeastern Pennsylvania today and again criticized his Democratic rival's policy regarding the Iraq war.
Obama vs. McCain: A tough attack MSNBC
Many conomists see McCain better for stocks: poll Reuters
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BBC News
Detectives suspected Darwin was alive
guardian.co.uk - 3 hours ago
The evening that John Darwin walked into a London police station feigning amnesia, the extraordinary story of a man coming back from the dead quickly spread around the world.
UK `Canoe Wife' Darwin Is Found Guilty of Fraud (Update2) Bloomberg
'Back from dead canoeist' and wife jailed in Britain AFP
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Raw Story
Oil spill shuts Mississippi River
Reuters - 51 minutes ago
HOUSTON (Reuters) - A collision between a chemical tanker and a fuel barge on the Mississippi River spilled over 400000 gallons of fuel oil and prompted the US Coast Guard to close a 29-mile stretch of the waterway around New Orleans, a Coast Guard ...
Collision between tug, tanker closes Mississippi River at New Orleans International Herald Tribune
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Voice of America
Iraq elections risk delay after presidency council rejects bill
AFP - 2 minutes ago
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraq's three-member Presidency Council on Wednesday rejected a provincial election bill a day after it was adopted in parliament, making it all but certain that polls due in October will be delayed.
President promises to reject election law in Iraq International Herald Tribune
Iraqi president rejects provincial elections law Reuters
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DCist.com
Report: Robert Novak Cited After Striking Pedestrian
FOXNews - 2 hours ago
WASHINGTON - Syndicated columnist Robert Novak was cited with a traffic violation after apparently striking a pedestrian in Washington, DC, the Politico reported.
Columnist Bob Novak Strikes Pedestrian in Downtown Washington Washington Post
Columnist Novak in auto hit-and-run The Swamp - Tribune's Washington Bureau
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New York Times
US Judge Upholds Secrecy of Rosenberg Testimony
New York Times - 4 hours ago
By BENJAMIN WEISER A federal judge in Manhattan, weighing the secrecy of the grand jury process against the interests of public accountability, refused on Tuesday to unseal the grand jury testimony of a critical witness in the Rosenberg atomic ...
58 years later, records unsealed in Rosenberg spy case CNN
Key evidence in Rosenberg trial to remain secret Reuters
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NECN
Drew Peterson lawyer says couple lied about wearing wires
Chicago Tribune - 4 hours ago
A Bolingbrook couple who said in a published report that they had secretly recorded for police their conversations with Drew Peterson made up the story after a falling-out with Peterson over money, his attorney said Wednesday morning.
Peterson: I'm sure everything played will clear me NECN
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Daily Mail
UPDATE 4-EU slams Bulgaria on corruption, suspends funds
Reuters - 1 hour ago
By Paul Taylor BRUSSELS, July 23 (Reuters) - The European Commission issued a scathing indictment of corruption in Bulgaria on Wednesday, suspending aid worth hundreds of millions of euros (dollars) and barring two key payments agencies from receiving ...
EU freezes aid to Bulgaria, citing corruption guardian.co.uk
EU suspends Bulgaria financial aid CNN International
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ABC News
Authorities seek indicted polygamist sect members
Houston Chronicle - 49 minutes ago
By MICHELLE ROBERTS AP Writer © 2008 AP SAN ANGELO, Texas - Texas authorities began looking Wednesday for five indicted followers of jailed polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs, men accused of sexual assault of a child, bigamy and failing to report ...
Video: Jeffs, Four Followers Face Child Sex Charges AssociatedPress
Texas charges Warren Jeffs, other polygamists with sexual assault ... Los Angeles Times
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Chicagoist
City tries to get guns off streets by buying them
Chicago Tribune - 5 hours ago
AP CHICAGO - The city of Chicago is hoping to take a record number of guns off the street this weekend. On Saturday, the city will be in the gun business, as it will pay -- no questions asked -- $100 for every gun turned in to one of 25 participating ...
City to buy back guns for $100 Chicago Sun-Times
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Northwest Cable News
Search continues for source of boating distress call
Seattle Post Intelligencer - 1 hour ago
By CLAIRE TRAGESER Two flares fired Tuesday evening from a location near the suspected origin of a distress call from a 6-year-old girl prompted a Coast Guard air search of the area, which continued Wednesday morning.
Coast Guard searches south Puget Sound after distress call from ... Seattle Times
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Nigerian militants: We'll destroy oil pipelines
CNN International - 1 hour ago
(CNN) -- A Nigerian militant group issued a statement Wednesday saying it will destroy major oil pipelines "within the next 30 days" to disassociate itself from a government pipeline protection deal.
Video: Riz Khan - Nigeria's Oil - 22 July 08 Part 2 AlJazeeraEnglish
Nigerian Militants Vow to Destroy Major Oil Pipelines FOXNews
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Boston Globe
Woman Facing Foreclosure Commits Suicide
Boston Channel.com - 3 hours ago
BOSTON -- A Taunton woman committed suicide Tuesday hours before her mortgage company was scheduled to auction off her home, according to the Brockton Enterprise.
Taunton Woman Kills Herself After Losing Home to Foreclosure WLNE-TV (ABC6)
Police: Auction prompts suicide Taunton Call
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Man found dead in car hours after it was ticketed
Los Angeles Times - 2 hours ago
The vehicle was parked on a street near Pico Rivera. There are no signs of foul play and the identity of the dead man, in his 70s, has not been released.
Deceased man issued parking citation Pasadena Star-News
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Ontario Now
San Francisco Network Admin Gives Password To Mayor
CRN - 1 hour ago
Disgruntled San Francisco system administrator Terry Childs has finally relented and turned over the password to the FiberWAN network he has been holding hostage.
Inside the mind - and config - of Terry Childs ZDNet
IT Career Advice: Passwords Make Bad Hostages eWeek
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