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  Bolt goes 3-for-3, adding relay gold to 100, 200 AP - 56 minutes ago

  BEIJING - Usain Bolt loves the cameras, the cameras love Usain Bolt, and when they connected during his third victory lap of these Olympics, he smiled that infectious smile and raised three fingers.

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  Stocks jump on falling oil, inflation forecast AP - Fri Aug 22, 6:23 PM ET

  NEW YORK - Wall Street capped a volatile week with sharp gains Friday as oil prices tumbled and after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said inflation pressures are likely to moderate. The Dow Jones industrial average rose nearly 200 points.

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  Pakistan army says 37 militants killed in Swat AP - Sat Aug 23, 4:25 AM ET

  PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Troops backed by helicopter gunships pounded militants in Pakistan's volatile northwest Saturday, killing 37 in retaliation for suicide bombings that have put pressure on the new government, the army said.

• Texas truant students to be tracked by GPS anklets AP - Sat Aug 23, 3:28 AM ET

  SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Court authorities here will be able to track students with a history of skipping school under a new program requiring them to wear ankle bracelets with Global Positioning System monitoring.

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  Telecom rollouts raise ire over utility boxes AP - Fri Aug 22, 4:04 PM ET

  PHILADELPHIA - The road to advanced video, Internet and phone services is bumpy — and the bumps can be almost as big as refrigerators.

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  Obama picks Senate veteran Biden as running mate Reuters - Sat Aug 23, 3:57 AM ET

  CHICAGO (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has chosen veteran Delaware Sen. Joseph Biden, a leading voice on international affairs, as his vice presidential running mate, his campaign said on Saturday.

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  Bernanke says inflation outlook "uncertain" Reuters - Fri Aug 22, 5:40 PM ET

  JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Friday said the stronger dollar and lower oil prices, along with the weak economy, should curb inflation, in a hint that interest rates would stay on hold, though he warned the inflation outlook is "highly uncertain."

• Plane makes unscheduled landing at London's Gatwick Reuters - 1 hour, 29 minutes ago

  LONDON (Reuters) - An outgoing passenger plane en route to Barbados was forced to make an unscheduled landing at Britain's second biggest airport, London Gatwick, on Saturday after the flight crew decided to turn back.

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  Georgian forces back in control of strategic road Reuters - Sat Aug 23, 5:17 AM ET

  GORI, Georgia (Reuters) - Georgian troops were back in control of the country's main East-West highway on Saturday after Russian forces pulled back, but Washington condemned the Kremlin for keeping a force in Georgia's heartland.

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  Seven Florida deaths blamed on tropical storm Fay Reuters - Fri Aug 22, 5:34 PM ET

  MIAMI (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Fay was blamed on Friday for seven deaths in Florida as forecasters warned that its torrential rains threatened a large swath of the southeastern United States with flooding over the weekend.

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  Iraq wants U.S. troops deal to expire in three years Reuters - Fri Aug 22, 3:12 PM ET

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq wants an agreement authorizing the continued presence of U.S. troops on its soil to expire in three years, government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said on Friday.

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  Brazil extradites Colombian drug lord to U.S. Reuters - Fri Aug 22, 8:47 PM ET

  RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil extradited Juan Carlos Ramirez Abadia on Friday to the United States, where he is wanted on murder, racketeering and drug charges as one of the most powerful leaders of Colombia's cocaine cartels.

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  Argentina beats Nigeria for soccer gold Reuters - 1 hour, 2 minutes ago

  BEIJING (Reuters) - Argentina beat Nigeria 1-0 under a strength-sapping midday sun to take a second consecutive Olympic soccer gold on Saturday and avenge defeat by the Africans in the 1996 final.

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  Obama names veteran Biden as VP choice AFP - 2 hours, 5 minutes ago

  CHICAGO (AFP) - Barack Obama Saturday named veteran Senate colleague Joseph Biden as his vice presidential running mate, adding foreign policy heft -- but also a loose tongue -- to his ticket for November's election against Republican John McCain.

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  Russia entrenched in Georgia despite 'withdrawal' AFP - Sat Aug 23, 3:44 AM ET

  TBILISI, (AFP) - Western capitals accused Moscow of failing to respect a peace deal in Georgia as Russia retained control Saturday over the country's main highway despite a partial withdrawal of troops.

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  Iraq-US pact puts troop pullout by 2011: negotiator AFP - Fri Aug 22, 10:34 PM ET

  BAGHDAD, (AFP) - Negotiators have finalised a deal which will see the complete withdrawal of US troops from Iraq by 2011, ending an eight-year occupation, the top official in the Iraqi team told AFP.

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  Messi magic sees Argentina defend Olympic football crown AFP - 2 hours, 39 minutes ago

  BEIJING (AFP) - Football superstar Lionel Messi rewarded Argentina in gold for fighting for his right to be at the Olympics when he set up the winning goal in their 1-0 triumph over Nigeria in the men's final on Saturday.

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  Aussie couple flee with baby to avoid vaccination: report AFP - Sat Aug 23, 4:25 AM ET

  SYDNEY, (AFP) - A couple have fled their home in Australia and gone into hiding with their two-day-old son to avoid having him forcibly vaccinated against hepatitis B, a report said on Saturday.

• Boeing considers exiting US Air Force tanker rebidding AFP - Fri Aug 22, 6:45 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - US aerospace giant Boeing said Friday it may exit the rebidding for a 35-billion-dollar contract to build US Air Force aerial refueling tankers unless allowed more time to rework its proposal.

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  Japan's economic package to reach 73 billion dollars: report AFP - Fri Aug 22, 11:38 PM ET

  TOKYO (AFP) - Japan is set to unveil a stimulus package worth eight trillion yen (73 billion dollars) in a bid to shore up the economy, a report said on Saturday.

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  Food prices to post biggest rise since 1990: USDA Reuters - Wed Aug 20, 5:43 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumers should brace for the biggest increase in food prices in nearly 20 years in 2008 and even more pain next year due to surging meat and produce prices, the Agriculture Department said on Wednesday.

• New rays of hope for solar power's future The Christian Science Monitor - Sat Aug 23, 4:00 AM ET

  From five miles away, the Nevada Solar One power plant seems a mirage, a silver lake amid waves of 110 degree F. desert heat. Driving nearer, the rippling image morphs into a sea of mirrors angled to the sun.

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  More Americans want church and politics separate: poll Reuters - Thu Aug 21, 6:47 PM ET

  HOUSTON (Reuters) - A slim majority of Americans, including more conservatives and Republicans than previously, want to keep religion out of politics, a survey released on Thursday found.

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  Teenage DNA sleuths expose New York fish fraud Reuters - Fri Aug 22, 5:30 AM ET

  ACCRA (Reuters) - Up to a quarter of fish in stores and restaurants in New York City was mislabeled as a more expensive variety, according to samples collected by two U.S. teenagers and tested with modern genetic identification methods.

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  Vaccine refusals fuel measles outbreak Reuters - Thu Aug 21, 1:07 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Parents refusing to have their children vaccinated against measles have helped drive cases of the illness to their worst levels in a dozen years in the United States, health officials reported on Thursday.