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Deadly Ike rakes Cuba, could hit Havana head-on
(AP)
 AP - Hurricane Ike roared across Cuba on Monday, tearing off roofs and sending waves crashing into buildings, as 900,000 Cubans fled to shelters or higher ground and Havana residents in decaying historic buildings prepared for a direct hit.
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:45:49 GMT
| Suspected US missile strike in Pakistan kills 9
(AP)
 AP - Missiles from a suspected U.S. drone aircraft struck a house and seminary linked to a key Taliban commander on Monday, killing at least nine people, officials and witnesses said.
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:32:40 GMT
| Ike flooding kills 58 more 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 12:55:25 GMT
| Georgia seeks emergency decision from World Court
(AP)
 AP - Georgia accused Russia on Monday of a "campaign of harassment and persecution" in its two separatist regions and called on the International Court of Justice to impose emergency measures to halt killings and forced expulsions.
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:51:32 GMT
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Reports: Injury to Pats' Brady 'serious' (AP)
Matt Cassel is ready to fill in for Tom Brady as the New England Patriots quarterback -- next week against the New York Jets and longer, if necessary. Cassel, who stepped in for Brady after the NFL's reigning MVP injured his left knee in the first quarter of Sunday's game against Kansas City, filled in for Brady on his scheduled radio appearance Monday.
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:17:13 PDT
| Serena Williams wins third US Open title (AP)
On the very first point of the match, Serena Williams hit a backhand so hard that her earring flew off. Turns out she was just getting warmed up. Williams kept pounding away, her shots and shouts getting louder with every stroke. And when she finished off Jelena Jankovic 6-4, 7-5 Sunday night for the U.S.
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:27:50 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 rescue as doubts linger
(Reuters)
 Reuters - China and Japan, the biggest
buyers of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae bonds, on Monday praised
Washington for rescuing the ailing mortgage giants, but
investors said the bailout had not ended global credit market
misery.
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:08:21 GMT
| Altria to buy UST for $10.4 billion
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Altria Group Inc has agreed to
buy smokeless tobacco company UST Inc for $10.4
billion, the companies said on Monday, in a move that will
combine the Marlboro cigarette brand with the Skoal and
Copenhagen smokeless tobacco products.
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:01:25 GMT
| Boeing strike impact to be felt globally
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Aerospace groups dusted off
contingency plans on Monday for a potentially lengthy strike at
Boeing, whose workers halted production for a third day, while
shares in the parent of European rival Airbus got a sharp
boost.
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:13:26 GMT
| Freddie, Fannie plan protects taxpayers: Paulson
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said in
an interview with U.S. radio broadast on Monday that a plan to
take control of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae had
been structured in a way to protect U.S. taxpayers.
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:38:15 GMT
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Deadly Ike rakes Cuba, could hit Havana head-on
(AP)
AP - Hurricane Ike roared across Cuba on Monday, tearing off roofs and sending waves crashing into buildings, as 900,000 Cubans fled to shelters or higher ground and Havana residents in decaying historic buildings prepared for a direct hit.
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:45:49 GMT
| McCain takes 4-point lead over Obama in poll
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Republican John McCain
heads into the final stretch of the U.S. presidential campaign
with a 4-point lead over Democrat Barack Obama, a USA
Today/Gallup poll released on Sunday showed.
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:51:19 GMT
| Owner: Ride's over at Coney Island amusement park
(AP)
 AP - When reports circulated over the weekend of a last-minute deal to keep Coney Island's historic Astroland amusement park open for another year, owner Carol Hill Albert was not amused.
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:29:13 GMT
| Afghans unearth 19-metre Buddha statue, relics
(Reuters)
Reuters - Archaeologists have discovered a 19-metre
(62-foot) Buddha statue along with scores of other historical
relics in central Afghanistan near the ruins of giant statues
destroyed by the Islamist Taliban seven years ago.
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:39:44 GMT
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