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Republican unity
on Iraq to be tested
 Republican unity on Iraq, strained but so far holding, is coming under still more pressure in the Senate as lawmakers from both parties float proposals to get troops out soon.
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Most foreign insurgents
in Iraq are Saudis: report
Most foreign fighters and suicide bombers in Iraq come from Saudi Arabia, despite attempts by US officials to portray Syria and Iran as the main culprits of violence, a US newspaper reported Sunday.
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Twin bombings in Kirkuk,
at least 80 dead
At least 80 people were killed on Monday in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk in a coordinated attack by a suicide truck bomber in a crowded market and a separate car bomb parked on a busy street, police said.
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Democrats report
cash-on-hand totals
 Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton "ended the first half of the year with more than $30 million each for the presidential primaries, a formidable financial performance for the two leading Democratic White House contenders," reports the AP.
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Survey: 1 in 12 US
workers using drugs
One in 12 full-time workers in the United States acknowledges having used illegal drugs in the past month, the government reports.
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Oil prices rise
above $74 a barrel
Oil prices advanced Monday, adding to gains made in the previous session amid concerns over production in the North Sea.
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iPhone buyers
have no regrets
Early iPhone owners are overwhelmingly happy with their devices, a survey out Friday says, and Apple and AT&T are luring customers from rivals as a result.
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Interest in Fred Thompson's
papers high
Republican Fred Thompson's previously little-noticed personal papers at the University of Tennessee from his eight years in the Senate are suddenly in demand as he nears a decision on a 2008 presidential run.
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Bush accused of putting
ideology above reality
Testimony from President George W. Bush's former surgeon general last week has fueled charges that his administration has trumped science in favor of its political and religious ideologies.
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Politics, pollution
collide in NYC plan
A proposed "congestion pricing" toll system to reduce traffic and pollution will be too expensive, its array of cameras for enforcement will threaten civil liberties, and downtown businesses will shrivel.
New York City, 2007, right?
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Procession carries
Lady Bird to burial
 Locusts whistled and crickets chirped in the searing Texas heat as Lady Bird Johnson was buried in a ceremony that recognized her life as a first lady, a conservationist, and a grandmother.
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Gilmore 1st major
candidate to drop out
Former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore ended his long-shot campaign for presidency on Saturday, acknowledging he couldn't raise enough money.
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Obama: Shift troops to
fight al-Qaida near Pakistan
The U.S. should shift troops from Iraq to pursue al-Qaida along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Saturday.
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Out of money, McCain will
focus on New Hampshire
Returning to New Hampshire's town halls, John McCain sought to remind people Saturday why they liked him during his first presidential run and why his troubled 2008 campaign is not done.
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E A R L I E R H E A D L I N E S
Even as loved ones fight
on, war doubts arise
Cpl. April Ponce De Leon describes herself and her husband as “gung-ho marines,” and in two weeks she deploys to Iraq, where her husband has been fighting since March.
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Marine: Beating of
Iraqis became routine
A Marine corporal testifying in a court-martial said Marines in his unit began routinely beating Iraqis after officers ordered them to "crank up the violence level."
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Edwards calls
Iraqi leader weak
Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards said Saturday the U.S. needs help from Syria and Iran in stabilizing Iraq and he called the Iraqi prime minister a weak leader.
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Richardson has
$7 million in the bank
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson raised $7 million from April through June for his presidential campaign and had an equal amount in the bank at the second quarter's end.
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Hurricane Katrina
ice going down drain
After nearly two years, thousands of truck miles and $12.5 million in storage costs, a cold relic of the flawed Hurricane Katrina relief effort is going down the drain.
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NYC's unforgettable
'77 summer
 Thirty years ago, as the temperatures soared and its morale plunged, New York City endured a scathing summer custom-made for tabloid headlines: A crippling July blackout.
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Cheney's stripped funds
are restored, of course
In a 15-14 vote yesterday, the Senate Appropriations Committee passed an amendment introduced by Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS) “to strike language in the Financial Services Appropriations bill that would have barred funding for Cheney’s office.
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Reservist tries to
stop 5th deployment
Army Reserve Sgt. Erik Botta has been sent to Iraq three times and to Afghanistan once. He thinks that's enough.
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McCain couldn't keep campaign spending under control
Republican John McCain said Friday he was to blame for the weakened state of his presidential campaign that has undergone two major staff shake-ups in a week and is nearly broke.
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McCain chair caught
seeking public sex
"I am filing a not guilty plea. I am vigorously going to fight this,'' State Rep. Bob Allen, a co-chair of Republican presidential candidate John McCain's campaign in Florida.
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Southern utilities
resist renewables
Six of the nation's 10 largest sources of carbon dioxide emissions are coal-fired power plants in the South, but year after year Southern lawmakers balk at pushing utilities toward cleaner renewable energy.
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Rooftops key to Florida
green energy goal
 So a new initiative by the fourth most-populous U.S. state to get its utilities to generate 20 percent of their power from sun, wind and other renewable resources will mean wiring rooftops rather than building huge solar or wind farms.
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US retail sales fall as
Americans tighten belts
 US retail sales -- a crucial driver of economic growth -- fell by the biggest margin in almost two years in June as American consumers cut their spending amid a persistent housing slump, the government said Friday.
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Citizen journalism
site to shut down
Backfence Inc. had "hyperlocal" sites serving 13 communities in the Washington, D.C., San Francisco and Chicago areas. Residents were allowed to write on any topic, including event announcements and neighborhood traffic congestion, without the meddling of editors.
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Cheney's impeachment
on the table
Four more members of the U.S. House signed on this week as cosponsors.
Zanzibar fishermen
land ancient fish
Fishermen in Zanzibar have caught a coelacanth, an ancient fish once thought to have become extinct when it disappeared from fossil records 80 million years ago, an official said on Sunday.
Blame that bad back
on your ancestors
A spine specialist trying to figure out why people so often have bad backs says he has come up with a new theory about when and how early humans evolved the ability to walk upright.
Venezuelans, fleeing Chavez,
seek US safety net
A surge in the number of Venezuelans seeking asylum in the United States has some drawing parallels with Communist Cuba in the early 1960s.
For Americans, Paris still
sparkles despite declining dollar
Dollar-wielding American tourists, undaunted by their crumbling currency, are still streaming into Paris and France in what could prove to be record numbers for all of 2007.
Urban mushing calls
to dogs' wild side
Thousands of miles from the Alaskan wilderness, two huskies charge down a dusty path with their master in tow, shouting commands as foreign as snowflakes in this sunbaked part of the world.
Barn owls unite
Israelis, Jordanians
For years, Ibrahim Alayyan watched in frustration as rats devoured the date palms at his lush family farm.
LA cardinal apologizes
to abuse victims
After a whirlwind weekend, the negotiations that produced a landmark $660 million settlement between the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles and more than 500 alleged victims of clergy abuse are moving from the cathedral to the courthouse.
U.S. no longer tallest
country in world
America used to be the tallest country in the world. From the days of the founding fathers right on through the industrial revolution and two world wars, Americans literally towered over other nations.
5 killed, over 500
hurt in Japan quake
A 6.7-magnitude earthquake rocked Japan's northwest coast on Monday, killing at least five people and injuring more than 500. The area was plagued by a series of aftershocks, the strongest of which was magnitude 5.8.
Robot air attack
squadron bound for Iraq
The airplane is the size of a jet fighter, powered by a turboprop engine, able to fly at 300 mph and reach 50,000 feet. It's outfitted with infrared, laser and radar targeting, and with a ton and a half of guided bombs and missiles.
Second 'X-Files' pic
moving toward production
Co-star David Duchovny indicated Saturday during the Television Critics Association press tour that the film, which has been the subject of speculation for the past few years, is one step closer to becoming a reality.
Buchenwald marks
70th anniversary
Holocaust survivors on Sunday marked the 70th anniversary of the Buchenwald concentration camp's founding by honoring more than 38,000 victims whose identities had previously been unknown.
Presidential hopefuls
increase spending
It didn't matter whether they raised more money or not, most presidential candidates certainly boosted their spending in the second quarter of the year.
Starbucks shuts controversial
China shop
Starbucks has closed a coffeehouse in China's former imperial palace, the company said Saturday, ending a presence that sparked protests by Chinese critics who said it damaged a key historical site.
Castro challenges Bush
for area hearts and minds
Cuban President Fidel Castro on Sunday scoffed at Bush administration efforts to ease social problems in Latin America, boasting his poor country could run circles around the United States in health and education aid.
IAEA says North Korea
has shut reactor
United Nations inspectors have verified that North Korea has shut down its sole functioning nuclear reactor, the chief of the watchdog agency said Monday, confirming the isolated country had taken its first step in nearly five years to halt production of atomic weapons.
Baby panther
adopted by dog
Man's best friend helped save this tiny cat. A 15-day-old female panther named Milica has been adopted by a Rhodesian Ridgeback after her mother refused to feed her and tried to kill her in the Belgrade zoo.
Ford denies it's in
talks to sell Volvo
Ford Motor Co., responding to reports that it's putting its Volvo unit up for sale, said it is not negotiating with anyone to sell the Swedish automaker.
Nev. couple blame
Internet for neglect
A couple who authorities say were so obsessed with the Internet and video games that they left their babies starving and suffering other health problems have pleaded guilty to child neglect.
Pilot forgets to
lower landing gear
A pilot ran through the usual steps of getting ready to land his small plane, except for one little thing — he forgot to lower his landing gear.
System relies on ice
to chill buildings
As the summer swelters on, skyscrapers and apartments around the city will be cranking up the air conditioning and pushing the city's power grid to the limit.
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