On the morning after Sen. Barack Obama officially became the Democratic Party's presidential nominee, presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain declared his choice of a running mate: Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska. The two begin a joint campaign in the lead up to the Republican ...
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GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands Gustav rapidly gained power early Saturday and verged on becoming a fearsome Category 3 hurricane as it neared western Cuba on a track to hit the U.S. Gulf Coast three years after Hurricane Katrina. Gustav, which killed 71 people in the Caribbean, rolled over the Cayman ...
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GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands Gustav rapidly gained power early Saturday and verged on becoming a fearsome Category 3 hurricane as it neared western Cuba on a track to hit the U.S. Gulf Coast three years after Hurricane Katrina. Gustav, which killed 71 people in the Caribbean, rolled over the Cayman ...
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DAYTON, Ohio — Republican John McCain introduced first-term Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate Friday. "She's exactly who I need. She's exactly who this country needs to help me fight the same old Washington politics of 'Me first and country second,' " McCain said as the pair stood ...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica - Deadly Gustav regained hurricane force as it roared across the Caribbean on Friday, and on the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's landfall, forecasters said for the first time that there's a better-than-even chance that New Orleans will get slammed at least by tropical-storm ...
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(AP) BURBANK, Calif. - A small plane overshot a runway and crashed into some power lines near Bob Hope Airport. Three people inside the aircraft were injured, authorities said. The Cessna 172 single-engine plane landed upside down in the power lines and its nose struck a car parked on the street ...
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TBILISI, Georgia (AP) _ Georgia severed diplomatic ties with Moscow on Friday to protest the presence of Russian troops on its territory. Russia said the move would only make things worse. With European Union leaders set to discuss on Monday in Brussels how to deal with an increasingly assertive ...
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