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  AP IMPACT: Fatal MRAP accidents prompt warnings AP - 37 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON - The towering trucks that give U.S. troops the best protection against roadside bombs and enemy bullets also make them vulnerable to routine hazards like sharp turns, rutted roads and rickety bridges.

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  Scientists recover complete dinosaur skeleton AP - 1 hour, 8 minutes ago

  TOKYO - Japanese and Mongolian scientists have successfully recovered the complete skeleton of a 70-million-year-old young dinosaur, a nature museum announced Thursday.

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  50 Cent sues Taco Bell over ad campaign AP - 1 hour, 27 minutes ago

  NEW YORK - 50 Cent has sued Taco Bell, claiming the fast-food restaurant chain is using his name without permission in advertising that asks him to call himself 99 Cent.

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  Sabathia's 3-hitter leads Brewers past Cardinals AP - 59 minutes ago

  ST. LOUIS - CC Sabathia threw a three-hitter, his third straight complete game for his new team, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 3-0 on Wednesday night.

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  Killings turn focus on San Francisco sanctuary law AP - 1 hour, 2 minutes ago

  SAN FRANCISCO - The scene repeats itself daily on city streets: a driver gets stuck bumper to bumper, blocking an intersection and preventing another car from turning left.

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  Obama to demand more from Europe in Berlin speech Reuters - 53 minutes ago

  BERLIN (Reuters) - U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama is expected to call on Europe to do more in hotspots like Afghanistan when he speaks in Berlin on Thursday in his only formal address of a week-long foreign tour.

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  Dolly downgraded to tropical storm in South Texas Reuters - 1 hour, 4 minutes ago

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dolly, the 2008 Atlantic season's second hurricane, was downgraded to a tropical storm early Thursday as it moved further inland in South Texas, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in its latest report.

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  Bin Laden driver trial shows interrogation video Reuters - Thu Jul 24, 12:54 AM ET

  GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - A black-and-white interrogation video of Osama bin Laden's driver showed Salim Hamdan denying under questioning in a dark cell that he worked for al Qaeda.

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  House passes housing bill; Bush lifts veto threat Reuters - 2 hours, 26 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives passed a massive housing rescue bill on Wednesday after the White House dropped a threatened veto, paving the way for passage of measures aimed at shoring up the worst U.S. home market since the Great Depression.

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  Obama leads McCain by 6 points: poll Reuters - Wed Jul 23, 8:27 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama has a 6-point lead over Republican John McCain in the presidential race as a growing percentage of Americans believe the country is headed in the wrong direction, according to an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released on Wednesday.

• Ex U.S. official: Afghan leader shields drug trade Reuters - 1 hour, 15 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government's former point man in the fight against the heroin trade in Afghanistan has accused Afghan President Hamid Karzai of obstructing counter-narcotics efforts and protecting drug lords.

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  Rice says North Korea must agree to strong verification Reuters - Wed Jul 23, 9:54 PM ET

  SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Thursday after talks with North Korea that she believed Pyongyang was under no "illusions" it had to agree to a strong mechanism to verify its nuclear activities.

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  "Big divergences" push WTO talks towards crisis Reuters - 1 hour, 22 minutes ago

  GENEVA (Reuters) - Talks to salvage a global trade deal faced a crunch point on Thursday after three days of scant progress and officials said it would be clear soon whether it was worth pressing on.

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  Obama in Berlin looks to restore transatlantic ties AFP - 1 hour, 7 minutes ago

  BERLIN (AFP) - US presidential hopeful Barack Obama on Thursday kicked off a European tour in Berlin, saying he aimed to give a fresh start to transatlantic ties, from the city where the Cold War was won.

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  NKorea, Thai-Cambodia flare-up dominate Asian security talks AFP - 2 hours, 27 minutes ago

  SINGAPORE (AFP) - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice led calls Thursday for restraint over a Thai-Cambodia border dispute and North Korea signed a non-aggression treaty during annual Asian security talks.

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  Karazdic caught, attention turns to Mladic AFP - 2 hours, 57 minutes ago

  BELGRADE (AFP) - With war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic finally in custody, Serbia came under increased pressure Thursday to capture his fugitive wartime military chief Ratko Mladic, also wanted for genocide.

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  Arctic 'holds 90bln barrels of oil, mostly offshore' AFP - Thu Jul 24, 4:27 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - Within the Arctic circle there are 90 billion barrels of oil and vast quantities of natural gas waiting to be tapped, most of it offshore, the government-run US Geological Survey said.

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  British clampdown on illegal downloads AFP - 57 minutes ago

  LONDON (AFP) - Britain's biggest Internet providers have signed an agreement with the country's recording industry to clamp down on illegal downloading, in a move announced by the government Thursday.

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  Energy group BG net profit rockets in first half AFP - Thu Jul 24, 4:25 AM ET

  LONDON (AFP) - Oil and gas giant BG Group, hoping to get its hands on Australia's Origin Energy, said on Thursday that its net profit had soared 68 percent in the first-half as the price of crude rocketed.

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  WTO trade crawl forward, held down by industrial products AFP - Thu Jul 24, 4:23 AM ET

  GENEVA (AFP) - Crucial WTO trade talks inched forward in overnight talks but rich and poor countries now face a race against time to resolve their differences to resolve the seven-year round.

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  Many economists see McCain better for stocks: poll Reuters - Wed Jul 23, 11:44 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. stock market would fare better in the first year after a victory by Republican presidential candidate John McCain than by his Democratic rival Barack Obama, according to a majority of economists at U.S. banks and research groups polled by Reuters.

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  House passes housing bill; Bush lifts veto threat Reuters - Wed Jul 23, 5:30 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives passed a massive housing rescue bill on Wednesday while the White House dropped a threat to veto it, paving the way for measures aimed at shoring up the worst U.S. housing market since the Great Depression.

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  Arctic's oil could meet world demand for 3 years Reuters - Wed Jul 23, 5:41 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Arctic Circle holds an estimated 90 billion barrels of recoverable oil, enough supply to meet current world demand for almost three years, the U.S. Geological Survey forecast on Wednesday.