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  Big fall in energy pushes consumer prices down AP - 9 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON - Consumer prices in August post the first monthly decline in nearly two years as Americans finally get a break from surging energy prices.

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  RIP, TRL: `Total Request Live' ending in November AP - 48 minutes ago

  NEW YORK - Start the countdown clock on MTV's countdown era: "Total Request Live" will soon shut down after 10 years on the air.

• Nigerian man with 86 wives is arrested AP - 48 minutes ago

  ABUJA, Nigeria - Police in northern Nigeria have arrested a Muslim preacher who has 86 wives and 107 children for breaking Islamic marriage laws.

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  SC auction to have paintings by penguin, sea lions AP - 48 minutes ago

  COLUMBIA, S.C. - This art is created not by hands, but by paws and claws. Paintings featuring the brush strokes and paw prints of animals such as snow leopards and sea lions from zoos around the nation will be sold Tuesday.

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  Cowboys top Eagles on Barber TD 41-37 to go 2-0 AP - 48 minutes ago

  IRVING, Texas - Marion Barber scored the go-ahead touchdown with 4:35 remaining as the Cowboys knocked off Philadelphia 41-37 in a game that featured seven lead changes. Barber also grabbed a 17-yard scoring pass from Tony Romo to put Dallas ahead 31-30 late in the third quarter.

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  Barclays in talks on Lehman unit, crisis spreads Reuters - 1 hour, 54 minutes ago

  LONDON (Reuters) - Barclays emerged as a potential buyer of some of felled investment bank Lehman Brothers' assets, as the financial sector carnage spread on fears American International Group could be the next to fall.

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  Fed set to hold rates steady, may signal cuts Reuters - Tue Sep 16, 12:17 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve policy-makers are expected to stop short of lowering U.S. interest rates at a meeting on Tuesday but could signal readiness to cut them quickly if needed to protect the economy from one of the most serious financial crises in decades.

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  House to vote on offshore drilling Tuesday Reuters - Tue Sep 16, 12:29 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives is expected to vote on Tuesday on a comprehensive energy package that would open most of the U.S. coastline to offshore drilling, a Democratic aide said on Monday.

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  Pakistan aircraft bomb militants as U.S. drones prowl Reuters - 1 hour, 24 minutes ago

  KHAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani aircraft bombed militant strongholds in a northwestern region on Tuesday while U.S. drones prowled the sky over another militant sanctuary on the Afghan border, a military official and residents said.

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  Odierno takes over as U.S. commander in Iraq Reuters - Tue Sep 16, 5:15 AM ET

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - General Ray Odierno took command of U.S.-led forces in Iraq on Tuesday, faced with the challenge of ensuring security gains do not unravel at a time when American troop levels are being reduced.

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  Bush to visit Texas as Ike relief rolls in Reuters - Tue Sep 16, 1:12 AM ET

  HOUSTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush will view storm-struck areas of Texas on Tuesday as the energy hub of Houston and other areas struggle to recover from the devastation wrought by Hurricane Ike.

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  Abbas and Olmert to meet amid doubts of a deal Reuters - Tue Sep 16, 4:27 AM ET

  RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday in a last-minute bid to clinch an agreement a day before his Kadima party holds an election to replace him.

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  Russian prosecutors to probe Aeroflot over crash Reuters - 34 minutes ago

  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian prosecutors said on Tuesday they are to check safety standards at national carrier Aeroflot after a plane operated by one of its subsidiaries crashed killing all 88 people on board.

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  Global shares tumble for second day AFP - 1 hour, 34 minutes ago

  LONDON (AFP) - World equities slumped for a second day running on Tuesday as anxious investors waited to see if US insurance giant AIG would suffer the same fate as bankrupt US investment bank Lehman Brothers.

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  Ukraine's pro-Western ruling coalition collapses AFP - Tue Sep 16, 5:37 AM ET

  KIEV (AFP) - The governing coalition in Ukraine collapsed on Tuesday in a crisis brought on by Russia's war with Georgia that raises the prospect of the country being knocked off its pro-Western course.

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  Odierno takes charge of US forces in Iraq AFP - 1 hour, 1 minute ago

  CAMP VICTORY, Iraq (AFP) - US General Raymond Odierno took command of US-led forces in Iraq from David Petraeus on Tuesday, warning that security gains in the country were "fragile and reversible".

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  Nigerian militants say Shell pipeline destroyed AFP - 21 minutes ago

  LAGOS (AFP) - A Nigerian rebel group said Tuesday it had blown up and destroyed a Royal Dutch Shell pipeline in the latest attack in its "oil war" on western firms.

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  Ozone hole 'larger in 2008 than previous year' AFP - 1 hour, 21 minutes ago

  GENEVA (AFP) - The ozone hole is larger in 2008 than the previous year but is not expected to reach the size seen two years ago, the World Meteorological Organisation said Tuesday.

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  S&P cuts WaMu debt rating AFP - Tue Sep 16, 1:30 AM ET

  WASHINGTON, (AFP) - Standard & Poors lowered its debt rating for the major West Coast bank Washington Mutual, a week after Moody's downgraded its debt to non-investment or "junk" status.

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  Insurance giant AIG faces failure as firestorm burns markets AFP - 1 hour, 29 minutes ago

  NEW YORK (AFP) - US insurance giant AIG raced against the clock to avert collapse Tuesday after three blows to its credit standing, and central banks pumped out 160 billion dollars to prop up financial markets.

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  Wall Street mauled by Lehman bankruptcy, AIG fears Reuters - Mon Sep 15, 6:00 PM ET

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street had its worst day since markets reopened after the September 11 attacks as fears about the U.S. financial system's stability surged on Monday after Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy and insurer AIG struggled for survival.

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  In Ike's wake, holdouts complicate rescues The Christian Science Monitor - Mon Sep 15, 4:00 AM ET

  HACKBERRY, La. - A convoy of National Guard trucks – flanked by Louisiana Dept. of Wildlife airboats and "Cajun special" flat-bottomed boats – pressed toward this small cattle town, fighting precarious winds, rough chop, and a snake-infested flood to reach hundreds of holdout farmers and roughnecks, many with no intention of getting rescued.

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  Lehman may face failure, Merrill may be bought Reuters - Sun Sep 14, 6:56 PM ET

  NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The ruptured U.S. financial system was facing an unprecedented shakeup on Sunday that could lead to the failure of Lehman Brothers, the takeover of Merrill Lynch & Co Inc and big asset sales by big insurer American International Group.