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Deseret News (Salt Lake City) By Betsy Taylor, Associated Press
WINFIELD, Mo. -- A makeshift barrier holding back the Mississippi River failed early Saturday, swamping the low-lying part of the small community of Winfield and ending a valiant but ultimately doomed battle against the surging river.
About 300 National Guard soldiers worked nearly 20 hours to build a levee around a cluster of 100 homes in the flood plain after the river ripped through another levee there early Friday. Officials hoped the barrier would keep the water at bay long enough for it to recede.
It didn't. Still, those in the town of 720 people said they won't forget the heroic effort to try saving the neighborhood.
"I figured it was a long shot," said ...
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Deseret News (Salt Lake City) By Betsy Taylor, Associated Press
WINFIELD, Mo. -- A makeshift barrier holding back the Mississippi River failed early Saturday, swamping the low-lying part of the small community of Winfield and ending a valiant bu...
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Several Airlines Likely to Fail; Affordable, Frequent Air Travel and Jobs at Risk.
WASHINGTON and RADNOR, Pa. -- At current oil prices, several large and small U.S. airlines will default on their obligations to creditors beginning at th...
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USA TODAY: By Alan Gomez, Marisol Bello and Judy Keen
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- Marie Welton figures her daughter will have to bulldoze her flooded home here. She worries about the survival of her own business, a children's hair salon, as people recover...
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By Georgina Gustin, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
ST. LOUIS -- Area grocery stores have pulled some fresh tomatoes from their shelves after learning that a salmonella outbreak traced to certain tomato varieties has sickened 145 people in 16 states.
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Canadian Press - BOSTON: Banner No. 17 is halfway to the rafters. The Celtics are two wins from another NBA championship.
And maybe a little lucky to be there.
Paul Pierce, darting around the parquet floor with ease, scored 28 points, Boston'...
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The Independent (UK) - By Rupert Cornwell
After an epic five-month battle that has rewritten US politics, Barack Obama last night stood poised to secure the 2008 Democratic nomination, with a very real chance of becoming the first African American ...
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Knight Ridder Washington Bureau
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Hillary Clinton coasted to victory Sunday in Puerto Rico's presidential primary, a win she hoped would give her a desperately needed boost-but probably would not.
The New York senator was b...
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 By David Jackson and Richard Wolf
WASHINGTON -- It's not unusual for a former White House official to write a book -- but it is w...
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Fury at Plight of Burmese Under-Fives.
Daily Record; Glasgow (UK) By Stephen White
MORE than 30,000 kids under five will die of hunger in Burma in days unless their brutal rulers let the world help them.
That was the warning yesterday...
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 Civil and Human Rights Groups Hail Landmark Decision As Latest Step Toward Full Equality.
WASHINGTON — The California S...
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International Herald Tribune - From news reports Fierce clashes raged Thursday in Beirut after the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah said the U.S.-supported Lebanese government had declared war by targeting its military telecommunications network.
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 PHILADELPHIA - The primaries in North Carolina and Indiana today offer Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton one more chance to tr...
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By Bronwen Roberts.
Afghanistan's southern Helmand province, where Britain's Prince Harry has been combating the Taliban, is a harsh battleground where extremists have teamed up with powerful opium lords.
It has also proven to be dead...
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The Philadelphia Inquirer - By Thomas Fitzgerald
Stitching together a coalition of blue-collar workers, white men and women, Sen. H...
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USA TODAY - By Jill Lawrence and Kathy Kiely
Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton scoured Pennsylvania for votes Monday amid si...
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 USA TODAY - By Joan Biskupic and Kevin Johnson
WASHINGTON -- Several states are poised to resume executions after the Supreme Court o...
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By Stephen Magagnini, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.
Worldwide protest over China's human rights record and actions in Tibet blocked the path of the Olympic torch's worldwide run this week, just before its trek through San Francisco.
The torch was ...
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 USA TODAY, By Richard Wolf
KIEV, Ukraine -- When the United States and 25 other members of the NATO alliance meet in Bucharest this...
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Virginian - Pilot. By Jim Yardley, The New York Times BEIJING - Thousands of Buddhist monks and other Tibetans clashed with riot police in a second Chinese city on Saturday, while the authorities said they had regained control of the Tibetan capit...
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By Rupert Cornwell - The top US commander for the Middle East resigned yesterday, a step that seems to bear out reports of sharp policy differences on Iran between a hawkish White House and a uniformed military leadership opposed to military action. ...
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 Presidential hopeful Barack Obama won the Wyoming Democratic caucuses Saturday, beating rival Hillary Clinton.
Although there were ju...
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Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton was the projected winner Tuesday over Barack Obama in the Texas Democratic primary, media repor...
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 By Joe Vardon, The Blade, Toledo, Ohio
CINCINNATI -- A right-wing talk show host three times invoked Sen. Barack Obama's middle name w...
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By David Espo Associated Press
AUSTIN, Texas -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton accused presidential rival Sen. Barack Obama of politic...
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 By Ishtiaq Mahsud and Robert H. Reid Associated Press
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan -- Taliban militants declared a cease- fire Wedn...
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 By Barry Wilner, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
GLENDALE, Ariz. - With the Super Bowl on the line, look who had the perfection thing down Pat: Eli...
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By Tom Raum and Nedra Pickler, Associated Press
LOS ANGELES -- Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton sparred, for the ...
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MIAMI - John McCain won Florida's Republican primary with the help of the state's wildly popular governor, his own war-hero biography an...
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Salt Lake City, Utah - The man 13 million Mormons consider to be a prophet of God and who served them as president of more
By Thomas Fitzgerald, The Philadelphia Inquirer
S.C. -- Sen. Barack Obama crushed Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday in the South ...
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It was a kinder, gentler GOP debate Thursday night.
Unlike prior gatherings, in which John McCain and Mike Huckabee attacked Mitt Romn...
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 Knight Ridder Washington Bureau
JERUSALEM - President Bush began an eight-day Middle East peace mission Wednesday as Israeli leaders w...
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USA TODAY - By Jill Lawrence MANCHESTER, N.H. -- New Hampshire voters make their presidential picks today in an environment trans...
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 Virginian - Pilot: By MATT APUZZO, The Associated Press WASHINGTON - The Justice Department opened a full criminal investigation...
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Treacherous Political Situation Takes Another Blow. International Herald Tribune - By Salman Masood and Graham Bowley Graham Bowley reported and David Rohde contributed reporting from New York. The Pakistani opposition leader Bena...
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 Deseret News (Salt Lake City) - By Mark Lavie Associated Press
JERUSALEM -- Israel's prime minister pledged Sunday to continue attac...
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Virginian - Pilot, By Scott Shane - The New York Times
WASHINGTON - The CIA has agreed to make documents related to the destruction of interrogation videotapes available to the House intelligence committee and to allow the agency's top lawyer, Jo...
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Deseret News (Salt Lake City), By Matt Apuzzo Associated Press -
WASHINGTON -- The controversy over destroyed CIA interrogation ...
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 Deseret News (Salt Lake City): By Anne Gearan, Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- North Korea and Iran have a long way to go to get...
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Virginian - Pilot: COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - A gunman killed two staff members at a missionary training center near Denver early Sunday after being told he couldn't spend the night. About 12 hours later, a gunman fatally shot a person at a megachurch...
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Federer-Nadal Unlike Any Rivalry: ON TENNIS
Jul. 6--WIMBLEDON, ENGLAND -- If Roger Federer came from Chicago's North Side and Rafael Nadal was the product of an East Los Angeles barrio, they would own SportsCenter.
Wildfires Attack Pacific Coast Canyon S
A wildfire threatening hundreds of homes in Southern California spread slowly through scenic canyon s Saturday.
Last Summit for Bush Looks Tough; Nations Look to 2009 Challenges Abound for Bush at Last Economic Summit
The problems do not get any easier as President Bush attends his final summit with leaders of industrialized democracies.
Kyle Busch Gets Sixth Win the Wild Way
Busch held off the pack in NASCAR's version of overtime - only after NASCAR spent more than a couple of minutes consulting its timing and scoring - to win Saturday night's Sprint Cup race.
Pumped-Up Nadal Has Speed and Power to Seize Champion's Crown
Federer feels the heat as challenger tries to take world No 1 out of his comfort zone
Bush Says He Won't Boycott Olympics
U.S. President George Bush says he's sticking with his decision to attend the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics, despite human rights concerns.
Japanese PM to Seek Bush's Cooperation on North Korea, Climate Change
Text of report in English by Japan's largest news agency Kyodo
McCain Steps Up Efforts to Woo Religious Voters
Jul. 6--John McCain has stepped up his appeal to Christian conservatives, meeting recently with religious leaders in Ohio and making a publicized pilgrimage to see Billy Graham.
Kyle Busch Edges Edwards for Another Victory
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Busch Beats Edwards Under Caution in Sprint Cup Event at Daytona
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Kyle Busch raced side-by-side with Carl Edwards in the closing laps at Daytona International Speedway, each driver running wide open toward the win.
No Silver Lining
SHATTERED Serena Williams last night insisted losing the Wimbledon final wasn't made any easier by the fact she went down to her sister.
Obama Stresses Faith, Reaffirms Stand on Iraq
Barack Obama celebrated "active faith" as an obligation of religious Americans while speaking Saturday to a nearly all-black roomful of churchgoers, but reaching far beyond them.
This Rivalry May Be Unparalleled Before It's Over
After moving within a victory of his sixth consecutive Wimbledon title, Roger Federer found time to catch only a few games of Rafael Nadal's semifinal.
Lawn-Chair Balloonist Floats to Destination
Riding a green lawn chair supported by a rainbow array of more than 150 helium-filled party balloons, Kent Couch succeeded Saturday in his third bid to fly from central Oregon all the way to Idaho.
NADAL IN LA LIGA OF HIS OWN! ; Spanish Euro 2008 Heroes Tell Rafa: Make It a Double
SPAIN'S football heroes are backing Rafa Nadal to smash the country's Wimbledon hoodoo - just seven days after they ended their own major tournament jinx.
Berkman, Tejada Named to NL All-Star Team
Jul. 6--ATLANTA â" Astros first baseman Lance Berkman was today named as the starter at first base for the National League for the 2008 All-Star Game, to be played July 15 at Yankee Stadium in New York.
Federer-Nadal Rivalry: Ali-Frazier on Grass
Jul. 6--WIMBLEDON, England -- It is too early to elevate the rivalry between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal into the same league as John McEnroe vs. Bjorn Borg.
At Least 23 Dead in Afghanistan Bombing
At least 23 people were killed in Afghanistan Sunday when coalition aircraft dropped bombs that exploded near a group walking to a wedding party, officials say.
Rivals Lock Horns Again
WIMBLEDON, England -- After moving within a victory of his sixth consecutive Wimbledon title, Roger Federer found time to catch only a few games of Rafael Nadal's semifinal.
Big Challenges at Bush's Last G-8
WASHINGTON -- The problems do not get any easier as President Bush attends his final summit with leaders of industrialized democracies.
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