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Ike blasts Turks and Caicos, floods Haiti again
1 hour ago
 AP - Ike ripped off roofs, sank boats and blocked the road for aid to reach 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.
Powerful Hurricane Ike looms as trouble for Gulf
1 hour ago
 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.
Obama: Recession could delay rescinding tax cuts
26 minutes ago
 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.
Auto industry to press Congress for $50B in loans
7 minutes ago
 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.
Iraqi police: Roadside bombs wound 14 in Baghdad
2 hours ago
 AP - A series of roadside bombs wounded at least 14 people Sunday in eastern Baghdad, police said, in a sign of the ongoing security threats despite a sharp reduction of violence in the Iraqi capital.
CERN fires up new atom smasher to near Big Bang
31 minutes ago
 AP - It has been called an Alice in Wonderland investigation into the makeup of the universe or dangerous tampering with nature that could spell doomsday.
AP IMPACT: Liver disease plagues obese adolescents
34 minutes ago
AP - In a new and disturbing twist on the obesity epidemic, some overweight teenagers have severe liver damage caused by too much body fat, and a handful have needed liver transplants.
One More Time: Britney returns to MTV VMAs
1 hour ago
 AP - Another year, another attempted comeback for Britney Spears at the MTV Video Music Awards.
Gators snap 6-game losing streak to Miami, 26-3
6 hours ago
 AP - Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow was good early and even better late, enough to help No. 5 Florida snap a six-game losing streak against rival Miami. Tebow threw two touchdown passes, speedster Percy Harvin ran for a score and the Gators used a swarming defensive effort to beat the Hurricanes 26-3 Saturday night at The Swamp.
Government seizes control of GSEs
18 minutes ago
 Reuters - The U.S. government on Sunday seized
control of mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and
Freddie Mac in an aggressive move to help the
distressed U.S. housing market and economy.
Menacing Hurricane Ike powers toward Cuba, Gulf
1 hour ago
 Reuters - Dangerous Hurricane Ike roared toward
Cuba with 135 mph (215 kph) winds on Sunday and was expected to
sweep into the Gulf of Mexico where it could threaten the U.S.
oil patch and possibly New Orleans.
McCain says he will include Democrats in Cabinet
32 minutes ago
 Reuters - Republican nominee John
McCain said in an interview aired on Sunday he would bring
Democrats into his Cabinet and administration as part of his
attempt to change the political atmosphere in Washington.
U.S. forces and Afghan police kill over 20 Taliban
8 hours ago
 Reuters - U.S.-led soldiers, backed
by air support, and Afghan police killed more than 20 Taliban
fighters in two separate clashes, officials said on Sunday.
Iran to hold presidential election in June 2009
2 hours ago
 Reuters - Iran will hold its 2009 presidential
election on June 12, when conservative Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is
widely expected to stand for a second four-year term despite
criticism over his economic policies.
Workers clear path to access Cairo rock fall site
2 hours ago
 Reuters - Egyptian workers cut through a railway
embankment on Sunday to bring heavy earth-moving equipment to
the site of a rock fall which killed at least 31 people in a
Cairo shantytown.
Boeing machinists walk off the job as talks fail
7 hours ago
 Reuters - Boeing Co's
27,000-strong machinists' union walked off the job on Saturday
after the plane maker failed to improve its contract offer
following two days of emergency talks.
Lebanese hold reconciliation talks in volatile city
8 hours ago
Reuters - Lebanese Sunni Muslim leader
Saad al-Hariri held talks with an Alawite community leader in a
volatile northern city overnight, paving the way for agreement
to end four months of sectarian tensions, politicians said on
Sunday.
US takes over Fannie, Freddie
11 minutes ago
 AFP - The US government took over mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on Sunday, placing them in a "conservatorship" to help avert a financial system meltdown from the housing crisis.
Hurricane Ike rages over Bahamas, clips Haiti, Cuba and US next
27 minutes ago
 AFP - The latest hurricane to tear through the Atlantic and Caribbean battered Turks and Caicos and the southern Bahamas Sunday and was hampering relief efforts in flood-devastated Haiti, as Cuba and the United States gird for the storm's wrath.
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