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Russians dig in but still promise Georgia pullout
(AP)
 AP - Russian forces lingered deep in Georgia on Thursday, digging trenches and setting up mortars a day before Kremlin officials promised to complete a troop withdrawal from this former Soviet republic.
Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:06:09 GMT
| US, Iraq close in on deal for pullout of US troops
(AP)
 AP - Iraq and the U.S. pushed close to a deal Thursday setting a course for American combat troops to pull out of major Iraqi cities by next June, with a broader withdrawal from the long and costly war by 2011.
Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:08:18 GMT
| Injured lost baby whale euthanized in Australia
(AP)
 AP - An injured and abandoned baby humpback whale was euthanized by wildlife officials Friday after veterinarians determined it was too weak to survive on its own.
Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:46:59 GMT
| Suicide bombers kill 59 at Pakistani arms factory
(AP)
 AP - Suicide bombers killed 59 people at a huge arms factory Thursday in one of Pakistan's deadliest terror attacks, adding to turmoil from political squabbling that is threatening to tear apart the ruling coalition now that Pervez Musharraf has quit as president.
Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:57:09 GMT
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NFLPA head Gene Upshaw dies at 63 (AP)
Gene Upshaw, a towering lineman on the football field who went on to win untold millions of dollars for NFL players as their union leader, has died at age 63. Upshaw had a Hall of Fame career as a guard for the Oakland Raiders -- a team that won two of the three Super Bowls it reached during his 15 years in a black and silver jersey.
Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:13:27 PDT
| US softball denied fourth straight gold (AP)
They walked around in a daze unsure of what to do next. Andrea Duran leaned on a fence and cried. Lovieanne Jung sat alone on the charter bus. Laura Berg politely signed a few autographs for Olympic volunteers. Stacey Nuveman and Monica Abbott hugged each other tightly, almost afraid to let go. The U.S. softball team never thought it would lose.
Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:44:50 PDT
| US women's soccer tops Brazil for gold (AP)
They came to the Beijing Olympics as a team trying to find its way, still adjusting to a new coach and each other, still smarting from a loss that brought humiliation on and off the field. They dropped their first game, hardly an auspicious start for a country that had lost only one other in three Olympics.
Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:34:08 PDT
| American men, women drop batons in relay (AP)
Tyson Gay stuck his left hand behind him, waiting to feel the red baton's cool metal make contact. Still waiting, Gay looked ahead and began to take off. Now accelerating, he glanced back at Darvis Patton, his U.S. teammate in a 400-meter relay preliminary heat. A moment later, Patton let go of the stick, and Gay squeezed his hand shut -- empty.
Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:22:31 PDT
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Markets await Bernanke as central bankers gather
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Federal Reserve Chairman
Ben Bernanke tackles financial stability in a key speech on
Friday but economists doubt he will provide solid clues about
future policy action to calm the credit crunch.
Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:14:58 GMT
| Fannie and Freddie debt gains, deep share dive abates
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Investors' growing belief in the
likelihood of a federal bailout of home-funding giants Fannie
Mae and Freddie Mac triggered a rally in the
debt prices of the two companies on Thursday while a steep fall
in their shares prices abated.
Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:11:28 GMT
| Firms settle auction-rate probes but more to come
(Reuters)
Reuters - Three of Wall Street's top investment
banks agreed to pay millions of dollars in fines and buy back
billions of dollars in frozen, illiquid securities after U.S.
regulators reached settlements over the way the firms sold
auction-rate securities.
Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:04:39 GMT
| Oil up 5 percent on global tensions, soft dollar
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Oil prices rose nearly 5 percent on
Thursday, the biggest percentage gain in more than two months,
driven by rising tensions between the United States and energy
behemoth Russia.
Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:58:04 GMT
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