| Killer Ike blasts Bahamas, floods Haiti, hits Cuba |
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| CAMAGUEY, Cuba (AP) -- Hurricane Ike bore down on Cuba after roaring across low-lying islands Sunday, tearing apart houses, wiping out crops and worsening floods in Haiti that have already killed more than 300 people.... |
| US Government takes over mortgage giants |
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| WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Bush administration's seizure of troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is potentially a $200 billion bet that it will help reverse a prolonged housing and credit crisis.... |
| US re-examines Afghan civilian deaths from attack |
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| KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The U.S. military said Sunday it has new evidence about civilian casualties from an American attack that Afghanistan says killed scores of women and children and it is sending a senior officer to the country to review its initial finding that no more than seven civilians died.... |
| Ike's floods kill 58, add insult to Haiti's misery |
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| GONAIVES, Haiti (AP) -- Haitians took to their roofs to escape rising floodwaters for the second time in a week on Sunday as squalls from Hurricane Ike killed 58 people and collapsed a bridge that cut the last land route into the starving city of Gonaives.... |
| McCain takes on GOP and Bush along with Obama |
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| ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- Barack Obama isn't John McCain's only opponent. Sometimes McCain sounds like he's running almost as hard against President Bush and the Republican Party as he is against Obama, his Democratic rival for the White House.... |
| Owner: Ride's over at Coney Island amusement park |
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| NEW YORK (AP) -- When reports circulated over the weekend of a last-minute deal to keep Coney Island's historic Astroland amusement park open for another year, owner Carol Hill Albert was not amused.... |
| One More Time: Britney returns to MTV VMAs |
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| LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Really, all Britney Spears needed to do was show up to the MTV Video Music Awards without stumbling and her appearance would have been considered a rousing success.... |