MOUNTAIN OF DEBT: Rising debt may be next crisis
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The Founding Fathers left one legacy not celebrated on Independence Day but which affects us all. It's the national debt. The country first got into debt to help pay for the Revolutionary War. Growing ever since, the...
Obama tells Russia's Putin the Cold War is history
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President Barack Obama said former Russian President Vladimir Putin and his hand-picked successor should expect an in-person reminder the Cold War is over when the U.S. leader makes his first trip to a Moscow summit. ...
Obama begins July 4th celebration at Camp David
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President Barack Obama is helping the nation celebrate its birthday and his daughter Malia celebrate hers. The president on Friday morning flew to Camp David, Md., for the first part of the first family's Fourth of...
Republican: Sotomayor had ties to extreme group
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The top Republican on the Senate committee that will consider Sonia Sotomayor's Supreme Court nomination says a Puerto Rican civil rights group's papers could shed light on her judicial approach, particularly her view...
Under Senate health care plan, either way you pay
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First you paid to insure your car. Soon you may have to add health insurance premiums to that stack of monthly bills as well. In a revamped health care system envisioned by senators, people would be required to carry...
Cheney discussed media inquiries into Plame leak
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Vice President Dick Cheney talked with top White House officials about how to respond to reporters' inquiries into who leaked the identity of a CIA operative, according to a court filing. Cheney told the FBI about his...
SC senator defends ouster of Honduran president
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South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint is defending the ouster of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya and says the rule of law is working in Honduras. Zelaya was ousted in a military coup after he ignored a Supreme Court order to...
Documents describe chaos of Gitmo's early months
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Newly released Defense Department documents and memos about the first years of operation of the jail at the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, portray a chaotic and sometimes violent operation that its own commanders...
USCG: 4 Mich. fishermen found safe on Lake Erie
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Four Michigan fishermen whose 19-foot boat capsized in western Lake Erie have been rescued. U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Brandon Blackwell says Monroe County marine deputies spotted the men clinging to the boat about...
Calif. bullet trains hit criticism on SF peninsula
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Last November, more than 60 percent of voters on the San Francisco Peninsula supported a $9.9 billion bond measure to help pay for a high-speed rail line between San Francisco and the Los Angeles area. As planning...
Palin resigns as governor, leaves plans secret
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Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin surprised supporters Friday and announced she is resigning from office at the end of the month, leaving open the possibility she would seek a run for the White House in 2012. The news rattles a...
Guests for the Sunday TV news shows
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Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows: ___ ABC's "This Week" _ Vice President Joe Biden. ___ CBS' "Face the Nation" _ Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Sens. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and...
Events in Palin's political career
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_ December 2006 _ Gov. Sarah Palin, a former mayor of Wasilla City, Alaska, becomes governor of her state after defeating an incumbent governor of her own party in the primary and then beating a former governor in the...
AP News in Brief
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Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says she will resign from office July 26; doesn't announce plans WASILLA, Alaska (AP) _ Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin made a surprise announcement Friday that she is resigning from office at the end...
Communities bug out over cuts to mosquito control
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Millions of mosquito eggs laid across southern Texas after Hurricane Ike hit the coast last summer are waiting for the little bit of rain and hot summer days they need to hatch. That's got the man whose job it is to...
Galveston police baffled by 30 burnt palm trees
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Galveston officials are investigating the torching of 30 palm trees in the last two months. "What we've got on our hands, a serial tree arsonist, I've never seen before," said Galveston Fire Marshal Gilbert Robinson....
US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 642
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As of Friday, July 3, 2009, at least 642 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department....
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,322
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As of Friday, July 3, 2009, at least 4,322 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes nine military civilians killed...
Mexico wins praise for swine flu response
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As swine flu runs rampant in the Southern Hemisphere winter, world health experts are concerned that some hard-hit countries have been reluctant to take forceful measures to protect public health. Only Friday did...
Honduras rejects OAS appeal to restore president
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Honduras' Supreme Court rebuffed a personal appeal from the Americas' top international diplomat Friday, refusing to restore ousted President Manuel Zelaya before a Saturday deadline. Jose Miguel Insulza, who heads the...
Iranian cleric: British Embassy staff to be tried
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EDITOR'S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of witnesses...
VP Biden urges Iraqis to make political progress
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Vice President Joe Biden pressed Iraqi leaders Friday to do more to foster national reconciliation and offered U.S. assistance in achieving that, as concerns grow that a lack of political progress is fueling violence in...
Venezuelan official: Radio licenses to be revoked
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The head of Venezuela's telecommunications regulatory agency said Friday that 240 radio stations will have their licenses revoked for failing to update their registrations with the government. A total of 86 AM radio...
Dispute deepens on who controlled Flight 447
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Brazil's air force released a recording Friday it said proves it handed over control of Air France Flight 447 to Senegalese authorities before it crashed _ but African officials denied that. The audio clip was posted...
Tropicana Las Vegas emerges from bankruptcy
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Tropicana Las Vegas has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy with new owners. Toronto-based Onex Corporation and former MGM Mirage President Alex Yemenidjian acquired a majority stake in the Las Vegas hotel-casino this...
Cummins reopening Ind. plant, while another closes
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Cummins Inc. is recalling 400 laid-off workers as it resumes production at a Columbus factory, while nearly 300 people lost their jobs as an auto parts company idled a plant in nearby Shelbyville. Cummins is preparing...
Canada finance minister says unemployment to rise
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Canada's finance minister said Friday that the country's economic recovery will likely be modest and job losses will mount into 2010 even after growth has begun. Jim Flaherty gave his most recent, sobering assessment...
Airline BA to cut capacity, delay new planes
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British Airways PLC announced Friday it will ground aircraft, slash seat numbers and postpone taking delivery of a dozen new Airbus A380 superjumbos as it faces a recession-driven decline in passengers. The airline...
Texas brewer, once near defeat, shines again
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By all accounts, Shiner beer shouldn't have made it this long. The Spoetzl Brewery ferments its brew in a one-stoplight town that's not on the way to anywhere, and much larger regional brewers long ago succumbed to...
HealthSouth accuses Scrushy of hiding assets
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HealthSouth Corp. is accusing fired chief executive Richard Scrushy of hiding money in offshore bank accounts and transferring assets out of his name to avoid paying court judgments. Documents filed Thursday by the...
China Investment buying stake in Teck Resources
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Mining company Teck Resources Ltd. said Friday it is selling a 17 percent stake to China Investment Corp. for 1.74 billion Canadian dollars ($1.5 billion) in a bid to reduce its debt. The Vancouver-based company said...
Auto parts maker shutting down Indiana plant
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Meridian Automotive Systems is idling a central Indiana factory, putting 295 people out of work. The company told city officials on Thursday that it was closing the Shelbyville plant for an indefinite period. The...
Madonna to pay tribute to Jackson in concert
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Madonna is paying tribute to Michael Jackson in the same arena where he was to stage his great comeback. The superstar is preparing a special part of her concert Saturday at O2 arena. Madonna publicist Liz Rosenberg...
Powerful sedative found in Michael Jackson's home
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The powerful sedative Diprivan was found in Michael Jackson's home, a law enforcement official said Friday as the city planned for a massive crowd at the singer's memorial service. Diprivan is an anesthetic widely used...
LA police plan for huge crowd at Jackson memorial
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Los Angeles city officials are preparing for massive crowds downtown during Tuesday's public memorial for Michael Jackson at Staples Center, even though only 17,500 tickets are being offered to the public. Assistant...
Essence Fest celebrates black music, culture
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Queen Latifah dropped by the Essence Music Festival on Friday to help celebrate its 15th year of uplifting and empowering the African-American community through issues-filled seminars by day and high-powered musical...
TV One to begin Sunday show aimed at blacks
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Roland Martin will anchor a new Sunday public affairs show aimed at a black audience that will debut in September on the TV One network. The "Washington Watch" program aims to tap into a new interest in politics and...
South Africa holds Jackson moonwalk tribute
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Several hundred South Africans gathered on Friday for a moonwalking tribute to the King of Pop that reflected the diversity of the rainbow nation. They were in Johannesburg's Nelson Mandela Square for one reason: an...
Country singer Ferlin Husky hospitalized in Tenn.
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A spokesman for country star Ferlin Husky says the singer has been hospitalized in Tennessee. Tracy Pitcox, president of Heart of Texas Records, said the 83-year-old was admitted to the critical care unit of Summit...
Czech film fest opens with Milos Forman premiere
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The 44th International Film Festival opened Friday in the Czech Republic with a week of events planned, including an award for French actress Isabelle Huppert and a world premiere by Milos Forman. The festival in the...
FIRST-PERSON: Examining celebrity worship
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ALEXANDRIA, La. (BP)--With the recent death of Michael Jackson, the phenomenon of celebrity worship is on display in all of its strange glory. Fans around the globe are experiencing soul-shaking grief and shedding a...
FIRST-PERSON: Pray for our military this summer
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SPRING HILL, Tenn. (BP)--In 2003, I was given the opportunity to travel to the Middle East twice to report for Baptist Press about the faith of sailors and soldiers that I came into contact with. It was a life-changing...
FIRST-PERSON: Unwanted fireworks on the Fourth
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DALLAS (BP)--The Fourth of July always brings memories of war for me. Fireworks remind me of an arcing transformer sending electric ash to the ground. The next thought is that of an Iraqi male about 40 years old running...
India blocks religious watchdog group
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WASHINGTON (BP)--India has rebuffed a U.S. government watchdog group tasked with monitoring religious liberty abroad by denying entry visas for the group's planned visit. A delegation from the U.S. Commission on...
CULTURE DIGEST: Benefits of alcohol in moderation debated; Barna poll assessed
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Researchers continue to debate whether drinking alcohol in moderation yields any tangible health benefits after some studies have suggested it could promote heart health and reduce the risk for...
337 baptized at First Baptist Orlando
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ORLANDO, Fla. (BP)--"People are going to die tonight."Not quite the first words most congregations want to hear from their pastor.But that is what David Uth said as an introduction to "Not Ashamed," a three-service...
PTSD: NAMB chaplains get biblical training
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SEOUL, South Korea (BP)--Chaplain (Major) Ed Choi understands the reality of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Deployed as a U.S. Army chaplain in Iraq for tours of duty in 2004-05 and 2006-07, Choi lost more than...
At 84, U.S.S. Indy survivor attests to God's grace
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JOELTON, Tenn. (BP)--Ask Edgar Harrell enough questions, and he can relive the horrific moments he experienced 64 years ago during World War II, floating helplessly for more than four days in the Pacific Ocean, corpses...
Federal probe finds problems with chelation study
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A federal investigation has found that heart attack survivors enrolled in a study of a controversial alternative medicine treatment were not told enough about potential dangers from the drug being tested, including...
Study: New flu inefficient in attacking people
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With swine flu continuing to spread around the world, researchers say they have found the reason it is _ so far _ more a series of local blazes than a wide-raging wildfire. The new virus, H1N1, has a protein on its...
CDC: US swine flu cases rise to nearly 34,000
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The number of U.S. swine flu cases has reached nearly 34,000, and deaths have risen 34 percent in the past week to 170, federal health officials reported Thursday. About four out of five of the swine flu deaths to date...
Obesity rates rising, Mississippi's still fattest
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Mississippi's still king of cellulite, but an ominous tide is rolling toward the Medicare doctors in neighboring Alabama: obese baby boomers. It's time for the nation's annual obesity rankings and, outside of fairly...
Fawcett's death spotlights a rare cancer
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In a perverse twist of medical fate, Farrah Fawcett has become the poster girl for anal cancer, a rare disease often linked to a sexually transmitted virus. Before her death last week, at age 62, the actress had come...
Jackson's hospital is known for 'raising the dead'
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When Michael Jackson went into cardiac arrest, rescuers took him to a place known for bringing the dead back to life. A world-renowned surgeon at the UCLA Medical Center has pioneered a way to revive people that most...
CDC: Private health care coverage at 50-year-low
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The percentage of Americans with private health insurance has hit its lowest mark in 50 years, according to two new government reports. About 65 percent of non-elderly Americans had private insurance in 2008, down from...
Few survive cardiac arrest, even with hospital CPR
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You don't have to be Michael Jackson to have this problem: The odds of surviving cardiac arrest after getting CPR in a hospital are slim and have not improved in more than a decade, a big Medicare study concludes. Only...
The old is new again at Saturday Evening Post
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The Saturday Evening Post, a centuries-old publication that helped make illustrator Norman Rockwell a household name and showcased some of America's greatest writers, is returning to its roots to show readers the value...
US wants privacy in new cyber security system
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The Obama administration is moving cautiously on a new pilot program that would both detect and stop cyber attacks against government computers, while trying to ensure citizen privacy protections. The pilot program,...
Web retailers, states tussle over tax rules
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In a big break for online shoppers, Web retailers generally don't have to charge sales taxes in states where they lack a store or some other physical presence. Increasingly, states aching under the weight of the...
AP unveils 'treasure trove' of historical footage
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The Associated Press is digitizing and has begun to release a "treasure trove" of historical film footage from the 1960s and '70s that had been sitting in Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's former World War II headquarters in...
Baaad news? Global warming now shrinking sheep
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Like the wool sweater that emerges from the dryer a size too small, global warming seems to be shrinking sheep. On average, wild Soay sheep on Scotland's island Hirta are 5 percent smaller today than they were in 1985,...
New form of El Nino may increase Atlantic storms
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El Nino may have a split personality. The warming of the tropical Pacific Ocean has long been known to affect weather around the world, but researchers now say it may come in two forms with different impacts. The...
TV stations struggling with viewer loss on DTV
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The government is helping two dozen TV stations that became difficult to receive by antenna when they switched to new frequencies as part of the digital TV transition, the Federal Communications Commission said...
Tech expert: Nagin e-mails disappeared
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A technology expert said Wednesday that potentially years' worth of Mayor Ray Nagin's e-mails have been deleted. Christopher Reade, a partner in a tech firm who assisted the Louisiana Technology Council in efforts to...
The Nation's weather
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Strong thunderstorms were expected Friday across the Northern Plains as a weak area of low pressure in the upper atmosphere slides down the eastern slopes of the Rockies. A few of these storms could be capable of...
The Nation's weather
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The Eastern U.S. was expected to continue seeing severe storm development on Thursday from a slow-moving low pressure system hovering over the Great Lakes region. Widespread scattered showers were to continue across...
The Nation's weather
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Unsettled weather and below-average temperatures were expected to continue Wednesday over the Great Lakes, Ohio Valley and Mid-Atlantic. Scattered showers and thunderstorms were to continue, with heavier rain from...
The Nation's weather
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Clouds, rain and isolated-to-scattered thunderstorms will make Tuesday gloomy for regions stretching from the Great Lakes to the Ohio Valley and across New England. Temperatures in the Northeast will cool with...
The Nation's weather
5:02
Scattered showers and possible thunderstorms were expected over the northeastern Great Lakes on Monday, leading to rain across the Northeast. Moisture from the system over the Lakes was forecast to combine with another...
The Nation's weather
5:01
A long cold front was expected to sweep through the Plains and Great Lakes on its way into the Northeast on Sunday, producing the most active weather in the country for the rest of the weekend. Forecasters didn't...
The Nation's weather
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A slow-moving cold front will track through New England on Friday, bringing unsettled weather to the region. The front, which will extend over the Northeast and into the Ohio River Valley, could produce large hail,...
The Nation's weather
7:23
Severe weather was expected over the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley regions on Thursday. Scattered showers and thunderstorms were expected along a front stretching from the Great Lakes to the Mid- and Lower Mississippi...