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Powerful Hurricane Ike looms as trouble for Gulf
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AP - Powerful Hurricane Ike rolled down an uncertain path Sunday that may lead to the U.S. Gulf Coast late this week, forcing emergency officials to pay attention and leaving millions of people from Florida to Mexico to wonder where it will eventually strike.
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Obama: Recession could delay rescinding tax cuts
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AP - Democrat Barack Obama says he would delay rescinding President Bush's tax cuts on wealthy Americans if he becomes the next president and the economy is in a recession, suggesting such an increase would further hurt the economy.
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Officials announce takeover of mortgage giants
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AP - The Bush administration, acting to avert the potential for major financial turmoil, announced Sunday that the federal government was taking control of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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Could Florida Survive the Big One?
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Time.com - The next big hurricane could leave the state not merely damaged but in financial ruin
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Ike blasts Turks and Caicos, floods Haiti again
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AP - Ike ripped off roofs, swept away boats and collapsed a bridge on the last road into a flooded Haitian city on Sunday as it roared over the southern Bahamas as a ferocious Category 4 hurricane. The Florida Keys evacuated and Cuba prepared for a direct hit.
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McCain touts Palin on foreign affairs
(Politico)
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Politico - Touting the credentials of his running mate, John McCain and his campaign suggest that Gov. Sarah Palin’s role as commander in chief of the Alaska National Guard qualifies as foreign affairs experience.
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Silent screen siren Anita Page dies at 98
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AP - Anita Page, an MGM actress who appeared in films with Lon Chaney, Joan Crawford and Buster Keaton during the transition from silent movies to talkies, has died. She was 98.
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One More Time: Britney returns to MTV VMAs
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AP - Another year, another attempted comeback for Britney Spears at the MTV Video Music Awards.
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Canada's prime minister calls early election
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AP - Canada's prime minister on Sunday triggered an early election, dissolving Parliament in a bid to bolster his party's grip on power in a vote next month that will be the country's third national ballot in four years.
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What, Exactly, Constitutes An Affair?
(Dear Margo)
- Dear Margo - DEAR MARGO: I'm in an unusual (or perhaps not) situation.
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Obama considered joining military, regrets abortion answer
(Politico)
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Politico - Barack Obama says his answer about abortion at the Saddleback Church forum was “probably” too flip.
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David Spade is the father of Playboy pinup's baby
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AP - David Spade is the father of Playboy playmate Jillian Grace's newborn daughter, Spade's representative said Thursday. The baby girl was born Aug. 26 in Missouri, and Spade plans to visit her on his first break from filming the CBS sitcom "Rules of Engagement," publicist Meredith O'Sullivan said.
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Pats QB Brady injures knee, limps off field vs. KC
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AP - New England quarterback Tom Brady left Sunday's game against Kansas City after being hit on the left leg, depriving the Patriots of the reigning NFL MVP.
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Texas UPS driver goes 1 million miles, no crashes
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AP - A routine package delivery turned into a milestone for a UPS driver in East Texas.
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Auto industry to press Congress for $50B in loans
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AP - Auto industry allies hope to secure up to $50 billion in government loans this month that would pay to modernize plants and help struggling car makers build more fuel-efficient vehicles.
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Government seizes control of GSEs
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Reuters - The U.S. government on Sunday seized
control of mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie
Mac, in what could be the biggest federal bailout in U.S.
history in a bid to support the U.S. housing market and ward
off more global financial market turbulence.
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Palin offers first television interview to ABC
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AP - Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin plans to sit down later this week for her first television interview since John McCain chose her as his running mate more than a week ago.
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Malkovich gets mad in Coens' 'Burn After Reading'
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AP - The Coen brothers' new movie gave John Malkovich a chance to blow off some steam. Malkovich's seething character in "Burn After Reading" bursts out in perpetual tantrums, a nice exercise in anger management, according to the actor.
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Biden challenges Palin to take questions
(Politico)
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Politico - Joe Biden is accusing the McCain campaign of sequestering Sarah Palin, his counterpart on the Republican ticket, and challenged her Sunday to sit for network interviews.
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Anthony Edwards Checks Back Into ER
(E! Online)
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E! Online - NBC is bringing out the big guns for its 15th and final season of ER. The big, nostalgia-laden, tear-inducing guns.