DENVER, Colorado (CNN) -- Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama is laying out his plan to lead the country into an era of change after what he called eight years of failed policies. Sen. Barack Obama accepted his party's nomination for presidential candidate Thursday night. "America, we are ...
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MOSCOW : As Russia struggled to rally international support for its military action in Georgia, Vladimir Putin, the country's paramount leader, lashed out at the United States on Thursday, contending that the White House may have orchestrated the conflict to benefit one of the candidates in the ...
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  Gustav likely to hit U.S. Aug. 28: Tropical Storm Gustav is likely to become a hurricane expected to hit the U.S. late Monday or Tuesday. KINGSTON, Jamaica - Nearly a hurricane, Tropical Storm Gustav swamped Jamaica on Thursday after pounding other parts of the Caribbean and leaving at least ...
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"No," replied France's Julie Coin, left, when asked after stunning No. 1 seed Ana Ivanovic, right, in her second career Grand Slam match if she thought she could win. (By Charles Krupa -- Associated Press) "She played completely different than I expected," Serbia's Ana Ivanovic, above, said of her ...
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Air safety investigators say a pressurized oxygen cylinder set off a blast that blew a large hole in the side of a Qantas jet last month, forcing an emergency landing. The release of Friday's interim report by Julian Walsh, acting executive director of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau ...
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Until Jason Giambi crushed a home run in the seventh inning Thursday, it appeared all that was left for Yankee Stadium was its funeral. Now, after New York's 3-2 victory over the Red Sox in Boston's final trip to the ballpark, the Yankees cling to hope, perhaps deluding themselves from the ...
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Boeing Co. has delivered its "best and final" contract offer to the machinists union, one including an 11 percent pay raise over three years. Its offer comes as part of round-the-clock talks ahead of the current contract's expiration on Sept. 3. The offer would also increase the basic pension to an ...
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