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McCain linked to group in Iran-Contra affair
WASHINGTON - Republican Sen. John McCain served on the advisory board to the U.S. chapter of an international group linked to ultra-right-wing death squads in Central America in the 1980s. The U.S....
Obama, McCain debate U.S. economic crisis in televised 'town hall' face-off
WASHINGTON - Barack Obama and John McCain clashed on the issues most worrisome to Americans on Tuesday - how to hold onto their homes, their jobs and to afford health insurance for their families amid...
No jail for Washington state man who posted he'd shoot up mall
SEATTLE - A man pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct Tuesday for writing on a newspaper website that he was going to shoot up a shopping mall one day after a shooting spree in another Washington state...
Hurricane Norbert strengthens off Mexico's coast
MEXICO CITY - The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Norbert has strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane off Mexico's Pacific coast and could threaten land. Forecasters say the storm is moving we...
Qantas plane had glitch before altitude plunge
SYDNEY, Australia - Instruments aboard a Qantas airliner warned of a glitch in its stabilization system when it suddenly rose and plunged, tossing unbelted passengers to the ceiling and injuring more ...
Qantas flyers injured in sudden altitude plunge
SYDNEY, Australia - Australia's air safety bureau is investigating the sudden altitude plunge of a Qantas airplane that left as many as 40 people injured, 20 of them seriously, during a flight from Si...
Palin speaks with group of reporters
GREENVILLE, N.C. - After weeks of limited contact with the news media, Republican vice-presidential hopeful Sarah Palin ventured to the back of her campaign plane Tuesday and answered several question...
Nobel physics prize goes to 2 Japanese scientists, 1 American
Two Japanese scientists and an American won the 2008 Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for theoretical advances that help explain the behaviour of the smallest particles of matter. The American, Yo...
Obama wishes he had more time for staying fit, admits he sometimes smokes
NEW YORK - Barack Obama says he wishes he had more time for staying fit. And the Democratic presidential candidate admits that he still occasionally smokes a cigarette. His wife, Michelle, pressure...
UN chief sees obstacles to helping in violence-racked Darfur, Somalia
UNITED NATIONS - The UN chief says he is greatly concerned about the security of food aid that three million Somalis depend on in light of increasing piracy in waters around the Horn of Africa. Sec...
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