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Relatives seek to identify Spain crash victims

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By Martin Roberts MADRID (Reuters) - Grieving relatives on Thursday tried to identify charred bodies from the wreckage of a Spanish jet, which officials said had been forced to abort a take-off earlier in the day at Madrid...                    

Tubbs Jones mourned by Obama, Clintons, others - USATODAY.com

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Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, D-Ohio, died Wednesday after suffering a brain hemorrhage caused by an aneurysm, according to the Cleveland Clinic. Born: Sept. 10, 1949, Cleveland Education: Collinwood High School, Cleveland Case...                    

U.S. demands Russia leave Georgia "now"

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By Aydar Buribaev and Margarita Antidze MOSCOW/TBILISI (Reuters) - Russia began pulling tanks and armor back over its frontier, pledging all forces would quit Georgia's heartland by Friday night, but Tbilisi said Moscow was...                    

U.S., Iraq Reach Draft Agreement Regarding U.S. Troops

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BAGHDAD, Aug. 21 -- Iraqi foreign minister Hoshyar Zebari said Thursday that Iraq and the United States have reached preliminary agreement on a pact to govern the future use of U.S. forces in the war-torn country, and said he...                    

Fay Swamps Florida

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Tropical Storm Fay was lumbering offshore for what was likely to be a brief stay over the Atlantic Ocean's energizing waters. Forecasters expect the storm to complete its zig-zag course by hitting the coast for a third time in...                    

It's show time for Obama, McCain at U.S. conventions

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It's show time for Barack Obama and John McCain, with back-to-back presidential nominating conventions offering them tightly-scripted spectacles designed to polish their images and highlight their messages.                    

Rejected by Hong Kong, Glitter arrives in Thailand

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By Sutin Wannabovorn, Associated Press BANGKOK, Thailand — Disgraced rocker Gary Glitter arrived back in Bangkok on Thursday after Hong Kong denied him entry, continuing a two-day odyssey that began when he was released from a...                    

Bailout for mortgage giants? Hold on...

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The stocks are swooning, but the feds are understandably in no hurry to own the whole U.S. mortgage business. The frenzied trading in shares of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac seems to assume the government will soon ride to the...                    

Oil Price Jumps $5

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NEW YORK Oil prices shot up more than $5 a barrel Thursday, rising to the highest level in over two weeks as escalating tensions with Russia stoked fears of a disruption of energy shipments to Western countries. A weaker U.S....                    

Student killed in Tenn. school shooting

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Police say suspect, victim knew each other; school to release students soon KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - A student fatally shot a 16-year-old classmate during a dispute Thursday at a Knoxville high school, as other teenagers watched in...                    

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