MADRID, Spain — A Spanish airliner bound for the Canary Islands crashed, burned and broke into pieces Wednesday while trying to take off from Madrid’s Barajas airport, killing 149 people on board, officials said. A police officer said the bodies were so hot that police could barely touch them ...
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Tropical Storm Fay will likely not become a hurricane, forecasters said today, relieving fears the zig-zagging storm would return from the Atlantic with punishing force later this week. However, the storm continued to plod up the peninsula with the possibility of dumping up to ...
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NEW YORK : Financial conditions are continuing to worsen at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, leading some investors to prepare for a government bailout of the U.S. housing giants even as the Treasury Department and the companies say such government intervention will not be necessary. Stock prices of both ...
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RALEIGH, N.C. — Sen. Barack Obama will return to the Old State Capitol in Springfield on Saturday, where he launched his presidential bid in February 2007, and the Illinois Democrat may be joined by his newly minted running mate. On Tuesday, Obama's campaign confirmed the presumptive Democratic ...
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Barack Obama creates an impromptu photo opportunity as he arrives for a town hall forum at a hotel in Raleigh, N.C. (By Linda Davidson -- The Washington Post) ORLANDO, Aug. 19 -- Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain escalated their debate over foreign policy Tuesday, as the Democrat struck back ...
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CBS News chief political consultant Marc Ambinder confirms that Barack Obama is scheduled to visit Indianapolis on Saturday—a nugget that is sure to add to speculation that the Democrat will pick Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh to be his running mate. The Nashville Post, which broke the news of Obama's ...
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan Ousted from Pakistan's presidency, Pervez Musharraf has been unwinding with friends and admirers and on the tennis court. He's building a roomy farmhouse on the edge of the capital. But his critics may not be finished with him yet: Musharraf faces an array of possible legal ...
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