COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- The banners, buttons and signs say McCain-Palin, but the crowds say something else. "Sa-rah! Pa-lin!" came the chant at a Colorado Springs rally on Saturday moments before Republican nominee John McCain took the stage with Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, a woman who was virtually ...
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HAVANA (Reuters) - Hurricane Ike charged toward Cuba and the Gulf of Mexico as a ferocious Category 4 storm on Saturday, while Tropical Storm Hanna drenched the U.S. Atlantic coast after barreling ashore in the Carolinas. Ike's top sustained winds reached 135 miles per hour (215 kph), making it an ...
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WASHINGTON - The government is expected to take over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as soon as this weekend in a monumental move designed to protect the mortgage market from the failure of the two companies, which together hold or guarantee half of the nation's mortgage debt, a person briefed on the ...
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WEATHER: Overcast, very humid and breezy before play was suspended for the day by rain. High of 83. ATTENDANCE: NA. WINNERS (Semifinals): No. 2 Roger Federer. LOSERS: No. 3 Novak Djokovic. LEADERS: No. 6 Andy Murray. TRAILERS: No. 1 Rafael Nadal. SUNDAY'S MATCHES: Men (Semifinals): No. 1 Rafael ...
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan : Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of the assassinated former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto who has little experience in governing, was elected president of Pakistan on Saturday by a wide margin. Zardari, 53, who spent 11 years in jail on corruption charges that remain unproved ...
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GONAIVES, Haiti – Hundreds of people fled this waterlogged city Saturday for higher ground as powerful Hurricane Ike threatened to unleash heavy rain and compound a disaster caused by a previous storm. Food was distributed to famished residents, including to emaciated inmates at the local jail ...
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The title match between two-time champion Williams and first-time Grand Slam finalist Jelena Jankovic was postponed from Saturday until Sunday because of heavy rain brought by Tropical Storm Hanna. It's the first time since 1974 that the U.S. Open women's championship match was not played on a ...
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