Obama departs Ghana for trip home to United States
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President Barack Obama is headed home after a brief but whirlwind visit to Ghana. Before departing, Obama addressed Ghanaians at the airport in the capital of Accra. He said the trip was especially meaningful for him...
Hispanic rights group at center of Sotomayor fight
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Cesar Perales has fought his share of critics over the years, in legal battles for minorities denied jobs, bilingual classes in schools and more Latino police officers. But none of those efforts compares with the...
Obama declares to Africa: End tyranny, corruption
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America's president and Africa's son, Barack Obama dashed with pride onto the continent of his ancestors Saturday, challenging its people to shed tyranny, corruption and conflict in favor of peace. Campaigning to all of...
WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: Obama's whirlwind Ghana tour
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Protocol says you stand when the president walks into a room. But for a handful of pregnant women, President Barack Obama was willing to make an exception. Obama and first lady Michelle Obama highlighted prenatal...
Cast of characters on committee calling Sotomayor
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Live from the Capitol, Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearings promise high political theater this week, beamed to the world in dramatic, historic, perhaps comedic glory. When the curtain rises Monday on Sotomayor's...
Philippine president to visit Obama on July 30
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Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo will meet with President Barack Obama at the White House on July 30. The White House announced the visit Saturday as Obama wrapped up a weeklong trip to Russia, Italy and...
Obama says slave site reminds him of world 'evil'
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President Barack Obama says a slave site reminds him of humanity's potential for "great evil" but also gives him a reason for hope, given the progress African-Americans have made since leaving the castle as slaves. ...
Obama: Daughters should learn from slave tour
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President Barack Obama says he hopes his family's tour of a former slave fortress on the coast of Ghana shows his daughters that history can take very cruel turns. Eleven-year-old Malia and eight-year-old Sasha...
Searchers shovel Northwest dirt seeking giant worm
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The giant Palouse earthworm has taken on mythic qualities in this vast agricultural region that stretches from eastern Washington into the Idaho panhandle _ its very name evoking the fictional sandworms from "Dune" or...
Exhumation at Ill. cemetery finds 1 body in grave
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Only one body, and nothing abnormal, was found Saturday in an exhumed grave at a historic black cemetery in suburban Chicago after authorities had been told they would discover two bodies stacked on top of each other. ...
Grant aims to retrieve fishermens' lost crab pots
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During his 35 years as a commercial fisherman, Jeff Feldner lost his share of crab pots when storms blew them out of position, a passing boat propeller sheared off the buoy, or a bank of kelp overwhelmed everything and...
Hawaii wants to add space travel to attractions
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Space pioneers envision launching high-end Hawaii tourists from the sand to the stars, taking island-hopping to new heights. Hawaii could become the first place where travelers can use the planes for real...
Hawaii wants to add space travel to attractions
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Space pioneers envision launching high-end Hawaii tourists from the sand to the stars, taking island-hopping to new heights. Hawaii could become the first place where travelers can use the planes for real...
Talks resume in addressing Calif.'s $26B deficit
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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders resumed work Saturday on bridging California's $26 billion budget shortfall, with one lawmaker saying a deal was possible within the week. The negotiations that began...
Lightning delays space shuttle Endeavour launch
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NASA scrubbed space shuttle Endeavour's Saturday evening launch after lightning struck at least 11 times near the seaside launch pad. NASA technicians found no damage after an electrical storm Friday afternoon, but...
Scrub tech causes major hepatitis scare in Colo.
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Kimberly Spencer's 9-year-old son went to Audubon Ambulatory Surgery Center last month for what was supposed to be a routine surgery. The rambunctious child stuck a BB in his ear and doctors had to operate to remove it....
Italy: Hostage freed in Philippines after 6 months
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An ailing Italian Red Cross worker who was kidnapped in January in the Philippines by the Abu Sayyaf rebel group was freed Saturday, officials said. No ransom was paid for the release of 63-year-old Eugenio Vagni,...
US soldier in Iraq sentenced in comrade's shooting
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The U.S. military in Iraq has sentenced a soldier to three years in jail in the shooting death of another soldier. The military says Sgt. Miguel A. Vegaquinones had pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the...
No easy end in sight for Honduras coup crisis
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Delegates representing the ousted and interim governments of Honduras failed to forge an agreement during a second day of talks and no fixed date was set for future negotiations. The only consensus reached between...
Police, ultra-Orthodox Jews scuffle in Jerusalem
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Ultra-Orthodox Jews threw themselves under the wheels of an idling bus and in front of waiting cars to protest the opening of a parking lot on the Jewish Sabbath _ an act they consider an abomination. The municipality...
5 hurt in latest Pamplona bull run
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A packed running of the bulls swollen by weekend crowds at Spain's San Fermin festival left five people with minor injuries Saturday, but there were no gorings the day after the first fatality for 14 years. One man had...
Yunus: Economic crisis can lead to social change
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The global economic crisis can be an opportunity for positive social change, Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus said Saturday during a speech honoring former South African President Nelson Mandela. Yunus, who...
19 militants killed in Afghan clashes
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Afghan police and coalition forces killed 19 suspected militants in two separate clashes in southern Afghanistan, while four Afghan guards were killed near the capital, officials said Saturday. The militants died in...
German city honors Egyptian woman slain in court
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Hundreds of people carrying white roses gathered Saturday on the steps of Dresden's city hall in honor of an Egyptian woman who was fatally stabbed by a defendant in a German courtroom. Marwa al-Sherbini, a pregnant...
Special alloy sleeves urged to block hackers?
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To protect against skimming and eavesdropping attacks, federal and state officials recommend that Americans keep their e-passports tightly shut and store their RFID-tagged passport cards and enhanced driver's licenses...
Chips in official IDs raise privacy fears
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Climbing into his Volvo, outfitted with a Matrics antenna and a Motorola reader he'd bought on eBay for $190, Chris Paget cruised the streets of San Francisco with this objective: To read the identity cards of...
CIT Group said to hire bankruptcy adviser
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CIT Group Inc. is working with a premier bankruptcy firm as the troubled commercial lender awaits word on whether it will receive funds from a federal program designed to help banks, the company confirmed Saturday. The...
Investors: 2Q revenue a sign of economic health
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Investors want to see some new math in companies' quarterly reports. No longer content with an economy that's limping toward recovery, the stock market is looking for signs that business improved in the second quarter...
ALL BUSINESS: More toxic loans could haunt banks
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Japan's economy was paralyzed for a decade as banks failed to deal with their troubled loans. That's why it's nothing short of stunning to discover some U.S. banks are doing the same thing now. Despite all the tough...
Rain washes away tourism dollars in Northeast
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Relentless rain and cool weather since early June have sent visitors scrambling home and washed away millions of tourism dollars across the Northeast. But the first 80-degree readings this month gave a glimmer of hope...
Australian concerned for Rio employee China holds
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Australia's trade minister met Saturday with Chinese officials and said his government is "deeply concerned" about the detention of a Rio Tinto Ltd. employee on spying charges. Simon Crean was on a trade mission to...
CIT Group shares dive as government aid uncertain
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Shares of commercial lender CIT Group Inc. plunged Friday as uncertainty mounts over whether it can get federal backing for its bonds. The New York-based financier to small and mid-sized businesses faces a liquidity...
Dillinger's Ohio crime spree left out of new movie
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Before becoming Public Enemy No. 1, gangster John Dillinger pulled off his first bank robbery in a sleepy Ohio town. Police captured him months later when they swarmed his girlfriend's apartment, but within weeks he...
Dillinger's Ohio crime spree left out of new movie
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Before becoming Public Enemy No. 1, gangster John Dillinger pulled off his first bank robbery in a sleepy Ohio town. Police captured him months later when they swarmed his girlfriend's apartment, but within weeks he...
Comic Artie Lange charged with DUI in NJ
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Comedian and radio personality Artie Lange has been charged with driving under the influence of an intoxicant and careless driving after a minor traffic accident in central New Jersey. Toms River police say Lange's...
GLAAD: `Bruno' reinforces negative gay stereotypes
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The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation said Friday that "Bruno," the new film starring Sacha Baron Cohen, reinforces negative stereotypes and "decreases the public's comfort with gay people." GLAAD president...
Paris Hilton insists she plugged sorority movie
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Paris Hilton repeatedly fussed with her hair and makeup in a federal courtroom Friday, sported six-inch stiletto heels and a black dress and amused the judge with a little wave on the way to the witness stand. Once on...
McCartney returns to Ed Sullivan Theater
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Paul McCartney is going back to the Ed Sullivan Theater. The former Beatle will appear on David Letterman's "Late Show" on Wednesday. He'll be interviewed and perform, part of a promotion for some shows he's doing...
Jason Priestley and wife welcome a baby boy in LA
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It's a boy for Jason Priestley and his wife, Naomi. The actor's representative, Marla Farrell, says the Priestleys welcomed a healthy baby boy in Los Angeles on Thursday. Farrell says the couple refused to offer...
`Potter' cast reflects on a childhood at Hogwarts
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When the "Harry Potter" film series is completed, its three young stars _ Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint _ will have inhabited J.K. Rowling's universe for half their lives. Radcliffe, who is now 19, was...
The public health plan: a pro-life non-starter
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WASHINGTON (BP)--The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee has posted on its website its version of the health care reform bill. It's called the "Affordable Health Choices Act," and, as promised,...
INTERNATIONAL DIGEST: Christians in Honduras thankful for president's removal
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Christians in Honduras say the June 28 removal of Manuel Zelaya as president was a defense of democracy and an answer to prayer.Thousands of protestors marched June 23 in the capital city,...
FCC's wireless mic decision still pending
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Churches across the country eventually will have to replace wireless microphone systems operating in the 700 megahertz range, but the Federal Communications Commission's decision on the specifics...
SBC’s Page opposes same-sex partners bill
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WASHINGTON (BP)--Extending marriage-like benefits to same-sex couples will give such unions an elite status and will promote a social agenda largely opposed by evangelical Christians, a former Southern Baptist...
World Changers marks work on 20,000 homes
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SAVANNAH, Ga. (BP)--There's something special about Eleanor Williams' home.Hers is the 20,000th home World Changers has worked on since the Southern Baptist ministry began as a pilot project in 1990.Each year when the...
Still alive, Samburu give thanks to God
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SAMBURU, Kenya (BP)--The women danced and sang, thanking God for the food that kept their families alive for a while longer.The food, delivered by Charlie Daniels, a Southern Baptist missionary in southern Kenya,...
Amid Kenya's drought, hunger fund feeds thousands
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ILMAMEN, Kenya (BP)--The rains come too late for the crops. Cows, selling for about $5, have no meat on their bones. The drought's damage will be fatal for many.From the Maasai Mara wildlife reserve in Kenya to Mount...
National Guard units strained by chaplain shortage
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When patriotism inspired the Rev. Jerry Fehn a decade ago to serve soldiers in combat zones abroad, the 45-year-old was afraid he had waited too long. He needn't have worried. The National Guard, wrestling with a...
Obesity a risk factor in swine flu?
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Some swine flu cases in Michigan are raising questions about obesity's role in why some people with infections become seriously ill. A high proportion of those who have gotten severely ill from swine flu have been...
Study: 1 in 3 breast cancer patients overtreated
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One in three breast cancer patients identified in public screening programs may be treated unnecessarily, a new study says. Karsten Jorgensen and Peter Gotzsche of the Nordic Cochrane Centre in Copenhagen analyzed...
Swine flu shots at school: Bracing for fall return
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U.S. swine flu vaccinations could begin in October with children among the first in line _ at their local schools _ the Obama administration said Thursday as the president and his Cabinet urged states to figure out now...
Monkeys live longer on low-cal diet; would humans?
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Eat less, live longer? It seems to work for monkeys: A 20-year study found cutting calories by almost a third slowed their aging and fended off death. This is not about a quick diet to shed a few pounds. Scientists have...
Tests reveal some pet supplements skimp on meds
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Arthritis supplements bought by millions of pet owners for their dogs, cats and horses sometimes skimp on the ingredients the makers claim can help aching paws and aging joints, and some contain high amounts of lead, an...
Ebola found in Philippine pigs for first time
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A form of ebola virus has been detected in pigs for the first time, raising concerns it could mutate and threaten humans, scientists report. Reston ebolavirus has only been seen in monkeys and humans previously and,...
WHO approves cervical cancer vaccine Cervarix
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The World Health Organization has approved a second cervical cancer vaccine, this one made by GlaxoSmithKline, meaning U.N. agencies and partners can now officially buy millions of doses of the vaccine for poor...
Abortion pill used in a quarter of US abortions
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Roughly a fourth of American women getting early abortions last year did so with drugs rather than surgery, statistics show, as a new study reported improved safety in using the so-called "abortion pill." Some experts...
Fast-growing kelp invades San Francisco Bay
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A fast-growing kelp from the Far East has spread along the California coast from Los Angeles to San Francisco Bay, worrying marine scientists and outpacing eradication efforts. In May, scientists for the first time...
Social networking aggregator sues Facebook
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In a counterpunch to the world's biggest online hangout, a small Web company called Power.com has sued Facebook, saying it doesn't follow its own policy of giving users control over their content. Power lets users...
Smthg gr8 4 brkfst? Twitter's hyper-short recipes
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R Twttrd recips a gr8 new thing 4 bkg & ckng or r the dirctns 2 confusng for most peeps? Within the endless streams of bite-size personal updates and random thoughts that populate the Twitter-sphere, now you also...
General Motors to try selling new cars on eBay
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As part of its turnaround plan, General Motors Corp. said Friday it plans to experiment with auctioning new cars on eBay, expanding on an existing partnership covering certified used vehicles on the online marketplace. ...
AP proposes new article formatting for the Web
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The Associated Press is proposing that publishers attach descriptive tags to news articles online in hopes of taming the free-for-all of news and information on the Web and generating more traffic for established media...
Glitch in antivirus software troubles PC users
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Antivirus software cuts two ways. It's great at blocking known viruses, but it can sometimes misfire, mistakenly flagging clean files as malicious. That sends a computer into a tailspin trying to clean up stuff that's...
Storms NASA's only worry for shuttle launch
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Thunderstorms are threatening to delay NASA's planned launch Saturday night of space shuttle Endeavour, already running a month late. Endeavour is back from a series of hydrogen gas leaks for a third launch attempt....
Is this cyber war? Possible U.S responses limited
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A lot of people are saying this is cyber war. But if the Internet attack on U.S. Web sites was an assault by North Korea or some other foreign government, what good responses are in America's arsenal? "The short answer...
The Nation's weather
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The most active weather in the country Saturday was expected to come from a cold front forecast to sweep through the eastern third of the country. The front itself would be attached to a low pressure system expected to...
The Nation's weather
6:22
Thunderstorms and high temperatures were expected in several parts of the U.S. on Friday. In the Southern Plains, high temperatures were again expected to break into the triple digits. Lows were expected to barely drop...
The Nation's weather
6:22
Severe weather was expected across the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest on Thursday, with some storms possibly producing hail, damaging winds and heavy downpours. Very hot temperatures were expected to continue in the...
The Nation's weather
5:25
Widely scattered showers and thunderstorms were expected Wednesday from the central Gulf coast to the Carolinas. Heavier rain was possible along the central and eastern parts of the Gulf coast, with some isolated hail...
The Nation's weather
4:58
Numerous showers and thunderstorms were expected across the Northeast on Tuesday, along with cooler temperatures and the possibility of large hail. More showers and thunderstorms were forecast from the Pacific...
The Nation's weather
5:29
A low pressure system moving through the Central Plains on Saturday is forecast to kick up scattered showers and thunderstorms over the Upper Midwest and Mid-Mississippi River Valley. The Northern Plains may see...
The Nation's weather
4:59
Strong thunderstorms were expected Friday across the Northern Plains as a weak area of low pressure in the upper atmosphere slides down the eastern slopes of the Rockies. A few of these storms could be capable of...
The Nation's weather
5:27
The Eastern U.S. was expected to continue seeing severe storm development on Thursday from a slow-moving low pressure system hovering over the Great Lakes region. Widespread scattered showers were to continue across...