DENVER (AP) _ Barack Obama, standing where no black has ever stood before, swept to the Democratic presidential nomination on Wednesday as thousands of national convention delegates cheered his improbable triumph. Former rival Hillary Rodham Clinton asked the convention delegates to make it ...
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Ukraine's president, Viktor Yushchenko, could not have put it more starkly. Condemning Russia's decision to recognise the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, Georgia's two separatist regions, Yushchenko warned yesterday: "Any nation could be next." In fact, Yushchenko was articulating what ...
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Two men push a truck in a flooded street in Havana Tuesday, August 26, 2008. Cuba is under heavy rains as Hurricane Gustav is headed toward it and Jamaica after slamming Haiti Tuesday. Cuban authorities issued a hurricane watch, urging residents to take "protective measures." Cuba's Institute of ...
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NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Three years after Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Louisiana coast, New Orleans residents on Wednesday again faced the prospect of an evacuation as Tropical Storm Gustav loomed. Not since Katrina and Hurricane Rita, which followed in its wake, have residents faced ...
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In the wake of a computer failure that caused delays for 646 U.S. flights on Tuesday, the Federal Aviation Administration plans to upgrade its decades-old technology for flight-plan processing and potentially add a third backup system. The FAA's central system in Atlanta for handling all U.S. flight ...
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Marion "Suge" Knight was jailed Wednesday on assault and drug charges after he was accused of beating his girlfriend while brandishing a knife near the Las Vegas Strip, police said. Knight, 43, posted $19,000 bail and was scheduled to be released late Wednesday with a promise to appear Sept. 26 in ...
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NEW YORK (AP) -The Boston Red Sox acquired Mark Kotsay from Atlanta for a minor leaguer Wednesday, adding depth to their outfield one day after J.D. Drew went on the disabled list. Kotsay hit .289 with six home runs and 37 RBIs in 88 games with the Braves. He arrived at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday ...
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