Aaron's Daily WWW Newspaper

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  Pope expresses worry about climate change AP - 1 hour, 9 minutes ago

  ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE - Pope Benedict XVI said Saturday he wants to wake up consciences on climate change during his pilgrimage in Australia.

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  Overseas crews coming to battle Calif. wildfires AP - 46 minutes ago

  PARADISE, Calif. - As hundreds of blazes continue to char California, additional National Guard troops and overseas crews are being called in to assist exhausted firefighters, and President Bush has scheduled a visit to the state.

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  Yellow submarine: Unmanned sub studies ocean AP - 45 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON - Far out in the Atlantic, a little yellow submarine is trying to slip from current to current, gliding across the ocean beneath the waves.

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  Bernie Mac makes off-color joke at Obama event AP - 44 minutes ago

  CHICAGO - Comedian Bernie Mac endured some heckling and a campaign rebuke during a surprise appearance Friday night at a fundraiser for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.

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  Brett Favre wants release from Packers AP - 41 minutes ago

  The Green Bay Packers want to do the right thing in response to Brett Favre's latest round of flip-flopping on his future in football.

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  IndyMac seized as financial troubles spread Reuters - Sat Jul 12, 2:05 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. banking regulators swooped in to seize mortgage lender IndyMac Bancorp Inc on Friday after withdrawals by panicked depositors led to the third-largest banking failure in U.S. history.

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  Former White House press secretary Snow dies Reuters - 11 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush's former press secretary Tony Snow has died of cancer, the White House confirmed on Saturday.

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  N.Korea pledges fully disabled nuclear plant by Oct Reuters - 2 hours, 23 minutes ago

  BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea pledged on Saturday to complete steps to disable its nuclear facilities by the end of October, at six-country talks aimed at disarming the communist state in return for aid and better diplomatic relations.

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  World Bank's Zoellick: Food prices high until 2012 Reuters - 1 hour, 10 minutes ago

  AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - World Bank President Robert Zoellick said on Saturday he expected food prices to remain above 2004 levels until at least 2012 and energy prices would also remain high and volatile.

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  Fannie, Freddie say they have plenty of capital Reuters - Fri Jul 11, 6:34 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac said on Friday that their finances were sufficiently sound to withstand the housing crisis as government officials scrambled to restore confidence in the country's two largest mortgage finance companies.

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  Zimbabwe says sanctions failure a victory over racism Reuters - 1 hour, 58 minutes ago

  HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe on Saturday welcomed the failure of a Western-backed U.N. Security Council resolution to impose sanctions over its violent presidential elections, calling it a victory over racism and meddling in its affairs.

• Afghan border police on patrol with U.S. Marines Reuters - 1 hour, 51 minutes ago

  GARMSIR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - "Do you know who these men are?" a U.S. Marine asks residents, gesturing to Afghan border police near the recently captured town of Garmsir. But the answer is always "no," no one has ever seen the force before.

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  Oil hits record above $147 Reuters - Fri Jul 11, 3:58 PM ET

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices jumped $5 to a record high above $147 a barrel on Friday amid growing worries about threats to supplies from Iran and Nigeria and a strike by Brazilian oil workers next week.

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  Russia, China veto UN sanctions on Zimbabwe AFP - Fri Jul 11, 10:09 PM ET

  UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - China and Russia vetoed targeted UN sanctions on Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe over his disputed re-election, prompting an angry reaction from the United States which cast doubt on Moscow's reliability as a G8 partner.

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  NKorea regrets death of SKorea tourist: Yonhap AFP - 1 hour, 24 minutes ago

  SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea said Saturday it regretted the death of a female South Korean tourist shot by one of its soldiers, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported.

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  Israeli police on high alert after Jerusalem shooting AFP - Sat Jul 12, 3:34 AM ET

  JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israeli police went on high alert Saturday after a gunman opened fire on policemen standing outside the walls of the Old City, wounding two of them before fleeing on foot.

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  First fatality from California blazes as fires rage on AFP - Fri Jul 11, 9:58 PM ET

  LOS ANGELES (AFP) - California's wildfire crisis claimed its first fatality as firefighters battled to hold the line against hundreds of fires blazing across the state.

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  US government delays regulation of greenhouse gases AFP - Sat Jul 12, 3:18 AM ET

  WASHINGTON, (AFP) - The administration of President George W. Bush has made clear it is postponing any regulatory action on greenhouse gas emissions believed to be responsible for global warning, citing "the complexity and magnitude" of the issue.

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  Economic storm brews as Fannie, Freddie pushed to brink AFP - Fri Jul 11, 10:29 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - As panicked investors pushed US mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to the brink, debate swirled on whether the meltdown was a crisis of confidence or the onset of wider economic woes.

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  Federal regulators seize control of IndyMac bank AFP - Fri Jul 11, 9:22 PM ET

  LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Federal regulators said they had taken control of the troubled California-based IndyMac Bank on Friday in one of the biggest bank closures in US history.

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  Beijing takes dog off the menu for Olympics Reuters - Fri Jul 11, 12:40 AM ET

  BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing has asked hotels and restaurants in the city to take dog meat off the menu for the duration of next month's Olympics and September's Paralympics.

• IndyMac seized as financial troubles spread Reuters - Sat Jul 12, 2:05 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. banking regulators swooped in to seize mortgage lender IndyMac Bancorp Inc on Friday after withdrawals by panicked depositors led to the third-largest banking failure in U.S. history.

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  How the candidates' speaking styles play The Christian Science Monitor - Fri Jul 11, 4:00 AM ET

  Portsmouth, Ohio - John McCain has made nuclear power a centerpiece of his energy plan. But at a town hall-style meeting in this struggling Appalachian city Wednesday, the first person he called on was a local woman in the corner with a hand-drawn "No Nukes" sign.