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McDonald's clutch hit in extras lifts Jays over Twins
04.09.2008 20:27
usatoday.com
John McDonald singled home the go-ahead run in the 11th inning and the Toronto Blue Jays beat Minnesota 5-4 on Wednesday night, ...
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Dunn's double propels Diamondbacks over Cardinals
04.09.2008 20:27
usatoday.com
With his slumping team down three runs in the sixth inning, Arizona manager Bob Melvin started making notes for a postgame pep ...
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Church's slam helps Mets win 9-2, sweep Brewers
04.09.2008 20:27
usatoday.com
Carlos Delgado had his fun ribbing Ryan Church about his lack of power production. Church hit a grand slam, his first home run ...
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EPA rules will limit lawnmower emissions to stem pollution
04.09.2008 20:25
freep.com
WASHINGTON — Gasoline-powered lawnmowers that are a big cause of summertime air pollution will have to be dramatically cleaner under rules issued today by the Environmental Protection Agency.
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Emissions Standards Tightened
04.09.2008 20:16
washingtonpost.com
The Environmental Protection Agency yesterday tightened emissions standards for new gasoline-powered lawn mowers, weed trimmers and boat engines, reducing the amount of smog-causing pollution these motors will be allowed to emit.
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Stocks Take a Beating
04.09.2008 20:16
washingtonpost.com
Stocks tumbled yesterday, recording one of their worst declines of the year in a session that started weak and grew increasingly worse as the day wore on.
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Finance & Investments
A Con Game In Pinstripes
04.09.2008 20:16
washingtonpost.com
We're entering that exciting phase of any financial crisis when the lawsuits come fast and furious, criminal charges are lodged, and Wall Street firms agree to pay hundreds of millions of dollars for having snookered their customers once again.
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Plan Would Shift Forces From Iraq to Afghanistan
04.09.2008 20:12
nytimes.com
Pentagon leaders have recommended a modest shift of U.S. forces by early next year, officials said.
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Detroit mayor pleads guilty, to leave office
04.09.2008 20:00
reuters.com
DETROIT (Reuters) - Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick pleaded guilty on Thursday to obstruction of justice in a plea agreement that forces him from office and caps a scandal that had threatened to spill over into the U.S. presidential campaign in a key battleground state.
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U.S. child vaccination rates hit record levels
04.09.2008 20:00
reuters.com
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. toddlers got the recommended vaccinations against childhood diseases at record levels in 2007, federal health officials said on Thursday, as they urged parents to continue to trust vaccine safety.
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Entergy to restore most Louisiana power in a week
04.09.2008 20:00
reuters.com
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Entergy Corp officials on Thursday said power should be restored in 70 percent of the Louisiana parishes where Entergy supplies power within one week as thousands of workers continue to repair damage from Hurricane Gustav which slammed the state's coast Monday.
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Lobbyist Abramoff gets 4 more years in prison
04.09.2008 20:00
reuters.com
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff was sentenced on Thursday to serve four more years in prison in a corruption scandal that rocked Washington's power elite and helped Republicans lose control of Congress.
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Filipino Americans take stock in old country
04.09.2008 20:00
reuters.com
MANILA (Reuters) - Alan Marasigan looks like any other Filipino as he fiddles with his cell phone inside a shopping mall in Manila. But his American accent and perfect English give him away.
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Hurricane Ike threatens Bahamas, Hanna toll grows
04.09.2008 20:00
reuters.com
GONAIVES, Haiti (Reuters) - Powerful Hurricane Ike weakened slightly as it charged across the Atlantic toward the Bahamas and the United States on Thursday while Tropical Storm Hanna's death toll from floods in Haiti grew to 136.
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Pakistani al Qaeda suspect refuses U.S. strip search
04.09.2008 20:00
reuters.com
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Pakistani woman suspected of links to al Qaeda has refused a strip search, delaying her trial in New York on charges she grabbed a U.S. soldier's gun in Afghanistan and tried to kill her American interrogators.
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