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• Single-family construction fell 5.3 pct in June AP - 3 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON - Construction of single-family homes fell in June to the slowest pace in 17 years although a change in New York laws helped give a big boost to apartment building.

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  Obama campaign raised $52 million in June AP - 1 minute ago

  WASHINGTON - Democrat Barack Obama raised $52 million last month, boosting his presidential campaign's fundraising while building up his financial cache for the fall campaign.

• Cleveland Clinic taking kidneys through navel AP - 34 minutes ago

  CLEVELAND - Brad Kaster donated a kidney to his father this week, and he barely has a scar to show for it.

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  `Mad Men,' `Damages' vie for historic Emmy bids AP - 1 hour, 8 minutes ago

  LOS ANGELES - "Mad Men" and "Damages" have a shot at Emmy nomination history. AMC's 1960s Madison Avenue drama and FX's legal thriller, both semifinalists for the Emmy nods that were to be announced early Thursday, could be the first basic cable series to get best-series bids.

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  Team withdraws after 3rd rider tests positive AP - 6 minutes ago

  LAVELANET, France - The Saunier-Duval team withdrew from the Tour de France and suspended all of its activities Thursday after rider Riccardo Ricco tested positive for the banned blood-booster EPO.

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  U.S. to establish presence in Tehran: report Reuters - Thu Jul 17, 5:08 AM ET

  LONDON (Reuters) - The United States will announce in the next month that it plans to establish a diplomatic presence in Tehran for the first time in 30 years, a British newspaper said on Thursday.

• Obama raised $52 million in June Reuters - 4 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama raised $52 million in June, his campaign said on Thursday, a jump from last month and more than double the $22 million raised by his Republican rival John McCain.

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  U.S.-led forces confirm killing Afghan civilians Reuters - Thu Jul 17, 1:55 AM ET

  KABUL (Reuters) - U.S.-led coalition troops have killed eight Afghan civilians in an air strike in the western province of Farah during a raid against suspected militants, the U.S. military said.

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  Israel buries soldiers after swap with Hezbollah Reuters - 47 minutes ago

  NAHARIYA, Israel (Reuters) - Thousands attended Israeli funerals on Thursday for two slain soldiers returned in a prisoner swap with Hezbollah and their grief contrasted with Lebanon's joy over guerrillas freed in the deal.

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  Two possible Obama VP picks coy on their prospects Reuters - 2 hours, 48 minutes ago

  WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana (Reuters) - Two men often mentioned as possible running mates to U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama joined him on the campaign trail in Indiana on Wednesday, further stoking speculation about the Democrat's closely guarded search for a No. 2.

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  Key witness against Olmert cross-examined Reuters - 2 hours, 53 minutes ago

  JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's lawyers began on Thursday the cross-examination of a U.S. businessman whose damaging portrait of a politician with his hand out for cash stands at the centre of a corruption case.

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  Pope says young inheriting scarred, squandered earth Reuters - Thu Jul 17, 5:31 AM ET

  SYDNEY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict on Thursday told a huge gathering of young people that they were inheriting a planet whose resources had been scarred and squandered to fuel insatiable consumption.

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  U.S. still flunks healthcare test, group says Reuters - Thu Jul 17, 12:07 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States fails on most measures of health care quality, with Americans waiting longer to see doctors and more likely to die of preventable or treatable illnesses than people in other industrialized countries, a report released on Thursday said.

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  Pope issues tough warning over pop culture, environment AFP - 1 hour, 40 minutes ago

  SYDNEY (AFP) - Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday warned Catholics of the perils of pop culture and pillaging the earth's resources after a rapturous welcome at the world's biggest Christian festival in Australia.

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  Israeli soldiers to be buried two years after death AFP - Thu Jul 17, 4:39 AM ET

  JERUSALEM (AFP) - Two Israeli soldiers whose bodies were returned home two years after being captured by Hezbollah were to be buried on Thursday, as it emerged that they probably died when they were ambushed.

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  Spanish court acquits four over Madrid bombings AFP - 57 minutes ago

  MADRID (AFP) - Spain's supreme court Thursday overturned the convictions of four of 21 people condemned to prison terms over the Madrid train bombings that killed 191 people in 2004.

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  US healthcare costs more, delivers less: study AFP - 2 hours, 4 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States lags behind other industrialized nations in the quality of its healthcare despite having the costliest system in the world, according to a report released on Thursday.

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  Videogames getting more social AFP - 26 minutes ago

  LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Videogame makers are riding the social-networking wave with a flood of soon-to-be-released titles that let friends play online as teams and even create their own characters.

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  FBI probing failed IndyMac bank: report AFP - 2 hours, 47 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - The FBI is investigating failed IndyMac Bank for possible mortgage fraud, US media reported on Thursday, citing US officials.

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  Global markets stage fightback AFP - 1 hour, 3 minutes ago

  LONDON (AFP) - Asian and European equities rebounded on Thursday, mirroring Wall Street gains, as investors welcomed a dramatic drop in oil prices ahead of crucial banking results in the United States.

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  Brazilians first to unlock new iPhone: reports AFP - Tue Jul 15, 1:56 PM ET

  SAO PAULO (AFP) - A Brazilian company is claiming to be the first to have found a way to unlock Apple's new iPhone 3G, getting around restrictions that require users to sign up for calling plans with exclusive carriers, reports said Tuesday.

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  David Axelrod: architect of Obama's unlikely campaign The Christian Science Monitor - Tue Jul 15, 4:00 AM ET

  Chicago - These days, it's hard to remember a time when Barack Obama wasn't a front-runner for the Democratic nomination.

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  Drug smugglers bribing U.S. agents on Mexico border Reuters - Tue Jul 15, 1:08 PM ET

  HARLINGEN, Texas (Reuters) - U.S. Border Patrol agent Reynaldo Zuniga was arrested last month lugging a bag of cocaine up from the Rio Grande, one of a growing number of law enforcement officers accused of taking bribes from drug gangs.