Obama, Clinton to hold joint fundraisers in NY
19 minutes ago
AP - Now that they're allies, Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton will help each other raise money in a series of fundraisers in New York next week.
Employers use federal law to deny benefits
1 hour ago
AP - Dying of cancer, Thomas Amschwand did everything he was told to make sure his wife would collect on the life insurance policy he had through his employer.
Foreclosures to rise whoever wins White House
1 hour ago
AP - Home foreclosures will keep rising next year no matter who is elected president in November.
Analysis: McCain struggles to regain footing
2 hours ago
AP - John McCain calls himself an underdog. That may be an understatement. The GOP presidential candidate trails Democrat Barack Obama in polls, organization and money while trying to succeed a deeply unpopular fellow Republican in a year that favors Democrats. McCain also doesn't seem to have a coherent message let alone much of a strategy despite securing the nomination three months earlier than Obama.
Democrats hit GOP on support for Medicare cuts
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AP - Sen. Dick Durbin, the No. 2 Democrat, accused Republicans of putting seniors and military families at risk by siding with President Bush against a measure to prevent Medicare cuts.
Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Fla. coast
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AP - Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide.
Spitzer call girl drops 'Girls Gone Wild' lawsuit
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AP - The call girl involved in a scandal that brought down New York's former governor has dropped a lawsuit claiming "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis exploited her image and name on the Internet.
Man flying lawn chair lifted by helium balloons
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AP - A man has taken flight in a lawn chair hoisted by more than 150 large helium-filled party balloons in a bid to ride the wind from the central Oregon town of Bend all the way to Idaho.
Venus beats Serena for her 5th Wimbledon title
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AP - Venus Williams beat sister Serena 7-5, 6-4 Saturday for her fifth Wimbledon title and seventh Grand Slam championship.
Protests as G8 gathers for diplomacy
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Reuters - Leaders of the Group of Eight
rich nations meet this week in northern Japan to grapple with a
raft of problems from soaring food and fuel prices to African
poverty and global warming amid doubts about how much the
annual diplomatic pageant can achieve.
Film seen to show Zimbabwe vote rigged
16 minutes ago
Reuters - A film secretly taken by a Zimbabwe
prison guard and smuggled out of the country shows the extent
of the rigging that took place for the June 27 presidential
run-off vote, the Guardian said on Saturday.
Lebanese leaders close to government deal
1 hour ago
Reuters - Lebanese leaders are finalizing a deal
on the formation of a national unity government as stipulated
in an agreement that ended the country's political crisis,
political sources said on Saturday.
Venus downs Serena to win fifth Wimbledon title
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Reuters - Venus Williams survived a fierce
onslaught from Serena Williams to win her fifth Wimbledon
singles title on Saturday, finally subduing her younger sister
7-5 6-4.
Colombia shows rescue video
15 hours ago
Reuters - Colombia showed a video on Friday
of the rescue of Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other hostages where
their anger turned to ecstasy as theater-trained military
agents duped and overpowered leftist rebels.
Former Senator Jesse Helms dies at 86
15 hours ago
Reuters - Jesse Helms, a die-hard
anti-communist firebrand who championed a wide range of
conservative causes in his 30 years in the U.S. Senate, died
early on Friday, aged 86, his foundation said.
Firefighters hold line on two California wildfires
16 hours ago
Reuters - Exhausted California firefighters
worked on Friday to contain two wildfires threatening homes
along the coast before sundown, when shifting winds were
expected to give the blazes more power.
IEA sees oil easing, then tightening to 2013: report
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Reuters - The situation on the oil market is
likely to ease in 2009/2010 as more production comes on-stream,
then tighten again through 2013 as output falls and demand
rises, the head of the International Energy Agency said.
Iran says offers talks without nuclear freeze
7 hours ago
AFP - Iran is ready to negotiate with world powers on its nuclear programme but without suspending its controversial uranium enrichment work, a government spokesman said Saturday.
British police arrest suspect for murder of French students
2 hours ago
AFP - British police arrested a man on Saturday in connection with the murder of two French students found brutally stabbed to death in a burnt out London flat.