DENVER — Democrats nominated Barack Obama for president Wednesday after Hillary Rodham Clinton released her delegates and cut short the traditional convention roll call with a motion for approval by acclamation. The action capped days of maneuvering that has resembled a political custody battle ...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica Tourists and oil workers fled Thursday as Gustav churned toward Jamaica and the Cayman Islands with winds near hurricane force. Louisiana called a state of emergency and put the National Guard on standby, hoping to avoid the chaos of Hurricane Katrina three years ago. Gustav moved ...
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KIEV/TBILISI, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Ukraine said on Wednesday it wanted to discuss charging Russia more to lease a Black Sea naval base, a move that could aggravate regional tensions already inflamed by Moscow's conflict with Georgia. As the U.S. Navy shipped in humanitarian supplies to Georgia, Russia ...
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) _ National Guard troops stand ready, batteries and water bottles are selling briskly, and one small-town mayor has spent a sleepless night worrying. The New Orleans area is skittishly watching as a storm marches across the Caribbean on the eve of Hurricane Katrina's third ...
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Former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge, a potential running mate for Republican presidential candidate John McCain, retrieves bags from a car at his home in Chevy Chase, Md., just outside Washington, Thursday morning, Aug. 28, 2008. Ridge also served as President Bush's first head of the Department of ...
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ATLANTA - The Federal Aviation Administration says a communication failure at a Georgia facility that processes flight plans for the eastern half of the U.S. is causing flight delays around the country. In the FAA website, it is announced that no flights headed to William B Hartsfield International ...
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The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Hanna has formed northeast of the northern Leeward Islands in the Atlantic. The eighth tropical storm of the Atlantic season had top sustained winds near 40 mph Thursday. Its center was about 305 miles northeast of the northern Leeward Islands and ...
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