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• Error in Ark. law allows kids to marry AP - 2 hours, 46 minutes ago

  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - A law passed this year allows Arkansans of any age — even infants — to marry if their parents agree, and the governor may have to call a special session to fix the mistake, lawmakers said Friday.

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  Spacewalk trimmed for shuttle return AP - 1 hour, 22 minutes ago

  HOUSTON - The astronauts aboard the shuttle Endeavour and the international space station prepared Saturday for the last spacewalk of their joint mission, an outing that was scaled back because of approaching Hurricane Dean.

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  Home Depot settles waste dumping suit AP - 1 hour, 11 minutes ago

  LOS ANGELES - Home Depot agreed Friday to pay nearly $10 million in penalties and investigation costs to settle a lawsuit alleging it mishandled hazardous waste from its California stores, officials said.

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  Stars fondly remember Griffin at funeral AP - 2 hours, 19 minutes ago

  BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Hollywood stars fondly remembered Merv Griffin at his funeral Friday, including Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who credited the creator of "Jeopardy!" and "Wheel of Fortune" with jump starting his own acting career.

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  Vick accused of gambling, executing dogs AP - 1 hour, 59 minutes ago

  RICHMOND, Va. - It's up to Michael Vick now. His last two co-defendants pleaded guilty Friday and implicated Vick in bankrolling gambling on dogfights. One of them said the Atlanta Falcons quarterback helped drown or hang dogs that didn't do well.

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  Hurricane Dean seen becoming deadly Category 5 Reuters - 2 hours, 24 minutes ago

  MIAMI (Reuters) - Hurricane Dean is expected to grow into a ferocious Category 5 storm as it passes Jamaica and nears Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and the oil and gas rigs of the Gulf of Mexico after it smashed into several Caribbean islands, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Saturday.

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  Suicide raid on U.S. security firm kills 15 Afghans Reuters - Sat Aug 18, 2:26 AM ET

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  KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide car bomb attack outside a base of a U.S. security firm on Saturday killed 15 people in Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar, witnesses and police said.

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  Turkish plane hijack ends as all freed Reuters - 2 hours, 16 minutes ago

  ANTALYA, Turkey (Reuters) - A Turkish plane heading for Istanbul from northern Cyprus was hijacked on Saturday, but the hijackers gave themselves up and released all hostages five hours after forcing the plane to land in Turkey.

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  Dig for Utah miners halted in shifting mountain Reuters - Fri Aug 17, 4:17 PM ET

  HUNTINGTON, Utah (Reuters) - Crews in Utah were forced to suspend their desperate underground search for six trapped coal miners on Friday after a cave-in killed three rescue workers and injured six.

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  Peru earthquake survivors loot, fight for food Reuters - Fri Aug 17, 5:53 PM ET

  PISCO, Peru (Reuters) - Peruvians frustrated over slow emergency aid looted pharmacies and scuffled in food lines on Friday as rescuers picked through rubble for survivors two days after a massive earthquake killed at least 510 people.

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  Taliban say Korean hostage talks fail Reuters - Sat Aug 18, 3:55 AM ET

  KABUL (Reuters) - Negotiations to secure the release of 19 Korean church volunteers being held in Afghanistan by the Taliban have failed and the insurgents' leadership council are now considering their fate, a Taliban spokesman said on Saturday.

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  Omar urges Afghans to unite against Western troops Reuters - 48 minutes ago

  KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban's reclusive leader, Mullah Mohammad Omar, in a rare message on Saturday called on Afghans to shun their differences and join the militant Islamic movement's campaign to drive Western troops from Afghanistan.

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  White House's Snow to leave before Bush term ends Reuters - Fri Aug 17, 5:34 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House spokesman Tony Snow plans to leave his job before U.S. President George W. Bush's term ends in January 2009, citing financial reasons rather than his recurrence of colon cancer.

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  Hijackers of Turkish plane surrender AFP - 1 hour, 21 minutes ago

  ANKARA (AFP) - Two men claiming to be Al-Qaeda members who hijacked a Turkish plane surrendered at an airport in southern Turkey on Saturday after hours of negotiations, officials said.

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  Hurricane Dean threatens to gain category 5 AFP - 39 minutes ago

  MIAMI (AFP) - Hurricane Dean on Saturday threatened to grow into a monster category five storm as it barreled across the Caribbean, packing sustained winds of up to 240 kilometers (150 miles) per hour, the US National Hurricane Center said.

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  Rescuers race to find Peru quake survivors AFP - 2 hours, 1 minute ago

  PISCO, Peru (AFP) - Rescuers in Peru early Saturday sifted through rubble in search of victims of an earthquake that killed 500 people as new aftershocks shook the area, spreading fear among survivors.

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  Kazakhs vote in test of democracy AFP - Sat Aug 18, 5:23 AM ET

  ASTANA (AFP) - Kazakhs headed to the polls Saturday in parliamentary elections seen as a key test of authoritarian President Nursultan Nazarbayev's pledge to boost democracy in this oil-rich nation.

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  Grave fears for 180 Chinese miners in flooded shaft AFP - Sat Aug 18, 3:21 AM ET

  BEIJING (AFP) - Rescuers battled Saturday to reach more than 180 miners trapped underground by flash flooding in eastern China, but officials warned the men had little chance of survival.

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  Bruised US investors see perilous waters ahead AFP - Sat Aug 18, 3:38 AM ET

  NEW YORK (AFP) - Credit fears have played havoc with Wall Street stock portfolios and US investors could suffer more bruises from fresh upheavals sweeping world markets in the week ahead, despite an emergency rate cut.

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  GM says yen undervalued AFP - Sat Aug 18, 1:26 AM ET

  DETROIT, United States (AFP) - Facing some intense competition for long-held spot as the world's top automaker to Japan's Toyota, General Motors' top executive reiterated late Friday the yen is still undervalued on world's currency markets.

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  American Girl seen weathering economic, recall woes Reuters - Fri Aug 17, 2:22 PM ET

  CHICAGO (Reuters) - As American Girl opens its fourth retail store this weekend in Atlanta, industry watchers say the doll is likely to sell well this season despite concerns over economic sluggishness and toy recalls.

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  NKorea to get Internet code AFP - Fri Aug 17, 10:02 AM ET

  SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea is expected to register an Internet country address this year as the isolated communist state takes cautious steps towards global information technology, an official said Friday.

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  Hurricane Dean seen becoming deadly Category 5 Reuters - 2 hours, 24 minutes ago

  MIAMI (Reuters) - Hurricane Dean is expected to grow into a ferocious Category 5 storm as it passes Jamaica and nears Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and the oil and gas rigs of the Gulf of Mexico after it smashed into several Caribbean islands, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Saturday.

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  Darfur refugees haunted by past, long for peace Reuters - Fri Aug 17, 6:42 AM ET

  DJABAL REFUGEE CAMP, Chad (Reuters) - Mariam Khamis Adam is huddled on the floor, using giant marker pens to draw a picture of her childhood memories.

• Karl Rove's wrong turn The Christian Science Monitor - Fri Aug 17, 4:00 AM ET

  Blue Ridge Summit, Pa. - Even by Washington standards, the rise and fall of Karl Rove has been a tragicomedy of epic (if not exactly mythic) proportions. Here was a self-taught political scientist who understood the larger sweep of history, a visionary strategist who'd earned the ear of a compliant president, who set out to create an ambitious and game-changing electoral legacy.