Obama and veep choice to campaign on Saturday
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Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:15:13 GMT
AP - Barack Obama's newly minted running mate will join the Democratic hopeful onstage Saturday at a rally in this capital city where Obama launched his White House bid, a campaign official said.
`Boomerang' Fay maintains strength over Florida
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Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:00:56 GMT
AP - Tropical Storm Fay rolled ashore in southwestern Florida on Tuesday without much fanfare, but stubbornly hung around like an unwelcome houseguest, maintaining strength and threatening once again to become a hurricane.
Obama: McCain 'doesn't know what he's up against'
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Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:11:52 GMT
AP - A combative Barack Obama said Tuesday that Republican John McCain "doesn't know what he's up against" in this election and challenged his rival to stop questioning his character and patriotism.
Russia moves toward pullback but shows strength
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Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:12:27 GMT
AP - Russia took the first steps toward a troop pullback from Georgia on Tuesday but at the same time paraded blindfolded and bound Georgian prisoners on armored vehicles and seized four U.S. Humvees.
Richards, Jones squander chances at Olympic gold
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Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:10:42 GMT
AP - Lolo Jones was supposed to take the Olympic 100-meter hurdles title. Other entrants knew it. Jones knew it. Even told herself so right before the start, mouthing, "I can win this race," when she was introduced to the crowd.
Researcher says bigfoot just a rubber gorilla suit
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Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:20:12 GMT
AP - Turns out Bigfoot was just a rubber suit. Two researchers on a quest to prove the existence of Bigfoot say that the carcass encased in a block of ice handed over to them for an undisclosed sum by two men who claimed to have found it was slowly thawed out, and discovered to be a rubber gorilla outfit.
Trace arsenic in water may be linked with diabetes
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Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:03:56 GMT
AP - A new analysis of government data is the first to link low-level arsenic exposure, possibly from drinking water, with Type 2 diabetes, researchers say. The study's limitations make more research necessary. And public water systems were on their way to meeting tougher U.S. arsenic standards as the data were collected.
Moore's memoir: Being Bond was sometimes scary
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Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:06:38 GMT
AP - It's not easy being Bond. Roger Moore, who starred in seven Bond films in the 1970s and 1980s, recounts his days as the dashing super-spy in his upcoming memoir, "My Word Is My Bond," and says things weren't always as they seemed.
Armed 85-year-old woman makes intruder call cops
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Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:49:04 GMT
AP - An 85-year-old woman boldly went for her gun and busted a would-be burglar inside her home, then forced him to call police while she kept him in her sights, police said. "I just walked right on past him to the bedroom and got my gun," Leda Smith said.
AP NewsBreak: Umpires refuse replay call with MLB
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Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:02:41 GMT
AP - Umpires want baseball to take another look at instant replay. Umps said their governing board voted Tuesday to boycott a conference call with management intended to discuss implementing replay and are angry that their concerns aren't being addressed.