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Ike hits Cuba as dangerous Category 3 hurricane
(AP)
 AP - Hurricane Ike's winds and massive storm surge ripped apart houses and toppled trees Monday as the deadly storm roared across Cuba toward Havana and its historic but decaying old buildings.
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:42:51 GMT
| Several explosions in Pakistan's northwest kill 6
(AP)
 AP - Several explosions, reportedly caused by missile strikes from unmanned U.S. drone aircraft, hit a house and seminary linked to a key Taliban commander in northwestern Pakistan, officials said.
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:35:30 GMT
| Flooding from Ike kills 58 in rain-soaked Haiti
(AP)
 AP - Hurricane Ike's torrential rains swelled rivers across Haiti and sent floodwaters gushing into homes in the dead of night in one eastern town, killing at least 58 people.
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:01:59 GMT
| US re-examines Afghan civilian deaths from attack
(AP)
 AP - The U.S. military said Sunday it has new evidence about civilian casualties from an American attack that Afghanistan says killed scores of women and children and it is sending a senior officer to the country to review its initial finding that no more than seven civilians died.
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:29:24 GMT
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Reports: Injury to Pats' Brady 'serious' (AP)
Tom Brady went from the disappointment of a Super Bowl loss to the devastation of an injury that could keep him out for the rest of the season. After missing the entire preseason with an unspecified foot injury, Brady left Sunday's season opener against the Kansas City Chiefs in the first quarter after being hit on the left leg by Chiefs safety Bernard Pollard.
Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:00:29 PDT
| Serena Williams wins third US Open title (AP)
Serena Williams flung her racket straight up and jumped for joy, hopping and skipping and screaming and generally looking like someone who had just won her first U.S. Open title or earned her debut at No. 1. Nope. It sure had been a while, though. Displaying the talent and tenacity that allowed her to dominate tennis earlier in the decade, Williams outlasted Jelena Jankovic 6-4, 7-5 Sunday night in a...
Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:14:08 PDT
| Favre wins in Jets debut, beats Dolphins (AP)
Brett Favre sank to one knee on the sideline, helplessly watching the Miami Dolphins try to upstage his comeback with one of their own. Six months after Favre began a brief retirement, he made a stirring debut Sunday as Broadway Brett. But in the final minute the Dolphins marched down the field while Favre's New York Jets clung to six-point lead.
Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:52:57 PDT
| Murray tops Nadal, reaches US Open final (AP)
Rafael Nadal hunched over, his chest heaving, his hopes of reaching his first U.S. Open final fading fast. No one ever seems to run Nadal ragged. Andy Murray managed to do just that. Exhibiting precisely the sort of winner-vaporizing, opponent-demoralizing defense new No. 1 Nadal usually employs, Murray reached his first Grand Slam final by completing a stunning, rain-interrupted 6-2, 7-6 (5), 4-6,...
Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:52:38 PDT
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China and Japan hail U.S. mortgage bailout as doubts linger
(Reuters)
 Reuters - China and Japan, the biggest buyers of
Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae bonds, praised Washington for its
rescue of the ailing mortgage giants, but investors harbored no
illusions the bailout would end the global credit market
misery.
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:15:54 GMT
| Altria to buy UST for $10.3 billion: WSJ
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Cigarette maker Altria Group Inc has agreed to
buy Skoal and Copenhagen smokeless tobacco maker UST Inc for
about $10.3 billion in cash, the Wall Street Journal said,
citing people familiar with the matter.
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:42:01 GMT
| Boeing strike threatens global aero industry
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Boeing Co's
27,000 machinists prepared for a third day of strike action,
halting production at the plane maker's Seattle-area plants in
protest at Boeing's contract offer and what they see as plans
to shift more jobs to non-union and foreign companies.
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:39:46 GMT
| Conoco to pay up to $8 billion for Origin venture
(Reuters)
Reuters - Origin Energy Ltd , fending off
an $11 billion hostile bid from Britain's BG Group Plc ,
has partnered U.S. major ConocoPhillips to help develop
its coal seam gas through a liquefied natural gas (LNG)
project.
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:18:36 GMT
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Ike hits Cuba as dangerous Category 3 hurricane
(AP)
AP - Hurricane Ike's winds and massive storm surge ripped apart houses and toppled trees Monday as the deadly storm roared across Cuba toward Havana and its historic but decaying old buildings.
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:42:51 GMT
| U.S. drones hit Taliban commander's Pakistan house
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Missiles fired by U.S.
drones killed at least six people on Monday in a Pakistani
village near the Afghan border where a religious school founded
by an old friend of Osama bin Laden is located, witnesses said.
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:36:26 GMT
| MSNBC shake-up: Olbermann and Matthews no longer anchoring
(Politico)
Politico - Less than two weeks ago, MSNBC president Phil Griffin was still defending the network's anchor team to Politico, despite reports of turmoil behind-the-scenes and on-air squabbles. At the time, a high-ranking MSNBC journalist told me the network was "about to blow up."
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:31:00 GMT
| Britney sweeps at otherwise tame VMAs
(AP)
 AP - It took a year, but Britney Spears got the comeback she was seeking from the MTV Video Music Awards — and she didn't even have to sing or dance.
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:26:40 GMT
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