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Air Tanker Drops Fire Retardant, Slows LA Wildfire
The Associated Press | By JACOB ADELMAN Associated Press Writer | PALMDALE, Calif. July 31, 2010 (AP) | Water-dropping aircraft slowed the progress of a wildfire that was bearing down on hundreds of h... (photo: WN)
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Food   Labor   Love   Photos   Wikipedia: Gardening  
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A labor of love: USDA grows produce for local food bank
| Employees at Fort Detrick's USDA lab are using their gardening skills to help the community, creating a People's Garden to grow produce for a local food bank. | The U.S. Department of Agriculture as... (photo: WN / Periasamy)
** FILE ** Cuban President Fidel Castro, left, and his brother, Minister of Defense Raul Castro, attend a Cuban Parliament session in the Palace of Conventions in this July 1, 2004, file photo in Havana, Cuba.  Al Jazeera 
Castro accuses US of abusing spies
| Fidel Castro has criticised the US for its treatment of five Cuban spies who have spent more than a decade in jail. | The former Cuban leader told a group of young Communist Party members on Friday ... (photo: AP / Cristobal Herrera, file )
Cuba   Espionage   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Cuba United States relations  
President Barack Obama speaks during a town hall meeting at Indian Hills Community College, Tuesday, April 27, 2010, in Ottumwa, Iowa.  Canoe 
U.S. fears more Afghan document leaks
By DAVID ALEXANDER, Reuters | WASHINGTON - U.S. officials are worried about what other secret U.S. documents the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks may possess and have tried to contact the group witho... (photo: AP / Charlie Neibergall)
Afghan   Photos   Terrorism   US   Washington  
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48 hours: Places to go, things to do
| Saturday Market | The Main Street Saturday Market on Murfreesboro's Public Square is open from 8 a.m. to noon when farmers sell fresh fruits, vegetables and breads. | '... (photo: WN / Geeta)
Hours   Main   Market   Photos   Wikipedia: Fruits  
A child eating orange fruit Nashville Tennessean
Schools offering healthier options
| Getting kids to eat can be difficult. But getting kids to eat healthy may seem nearly impossible at times. | However, with the rate of obesity rising in America, it's i... (photo: WN / Aldrin Leyba)
Food   Health   Kids   Photos   Wikipedia: Eating  
Tony Stewart Canada Dot Com
Stewart takes Pocono pole
| Tony Stewart unbuttoned the top button on his racing suit and let out a sigh. | Qualifying for the pole always makes a trip to Pocono Raceway more fun. | Stewart zipped... (photo: Creative Commons / BSquared, TN)
Pennsylvania   Photos   Racing   Sports   Wikipedia: Tony Stewart  
File - A British army helicopter flies into Forward Operating Base Sangin, Afghanistan, to unload supplies for the Royal Irish Rangers Sept. 24, 2008. Khaleej Times
US worried more secret documents may be released
WASHINGTON - US officials are worried about what other secret U.S. documents the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks may possess and have tried to contact the group without... (photo: USMC / Lance Cpl. Gene Allen Ainsworth III)
Intelligence   Photos   War   Washington   Wikipedia: Afghan War Diary  
Members of the Los Angeles Fire Department urban search and rescue team survey damage after a suspected natural gas explosion at a welding shop collapsed part of the building and hurled two workers into the street, killing one and leaving the other in critical condition, Friday, July 30, 2010, in Los Angeles. The Guardian
Deadly gas explosion destroys building in Calif.
| THOMAS WATKINS | Associated Press Writer= LOS ANGELES (AP) — A deadly gas explosion obliterated an industrial building with such violent force Friday that a worker wa... (photo: AP / Gus Ruelas)
Accident   Emergency   Los Angeles   Photos   Wikipedia: Los Angeles  
  Two men, waiting to cross illegally into the U.S., watch from the Mexican side of the border wall in Tijuana, Monday, Feb. 18, 2008, as Thad Christopher, back right, and Lynn Gilbert, back left, return to San Diego after a beach-side walk to Tijuan The Independent
Leading article: A country of immigrants turns upon itself
| The ruling this week by a US federal judge that blocks the most objectionable parts of Arizona's new immigration law is a victory for the Obama administration, for the ... (photo: AP / Dario Lopez-Mills)
Human Rights   Immigration   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Arizona SB 1070  
President Barack Obama waves to employees at the Chrysler's Jefferson North Assembly Plant in Detroit, Friday, July 30, 2010. ) Wall Street Journal
Obama Says Auto Bailout Is Success
By SHARON TERLEP | DETROIT—President Barack Obama on Friday declared the controversial bailout of the U.S. auto industry a success in visits to Detroit auto plants ... (photo: AP / Carlos Osorio)
Automaker   Obama   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Troubled Asset Relief Program  
A camp is seen on an island near cypress trees killed by saltwater intrusion in wetlands near Houma, La., Wednesday, July 28, 2010. The Guardian
BP oil spill: A Louisiana tragedy
| For Tim Gautreaux, a Louisiana local whose family is immersed in the oil industry, the BP leak means the death of his whole community. And things can only get worse… ... (photo: AP / Patrick Semansky)
Disaster   Louisiana   Oil   Photos   Wikipedia: Louisiana  
Oil booms lie alongside Bayou La Loutre in Hopedale, La., at a BP Lpc oil boom deployment location Monday, May 17, 2010. The Times Of India
BP to set aside $100 million for unemployed rig workers
HOUSTON: BP Plc said on Friday it will establish a $100 million fund to help drilling rig workers in the Gulf of Mexico who are unemployed as a result of the company's oi... (photo: AP / Gerald Herbert)
Industry   Oil Spill   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Deepwater Horizon oil spill  
A toyota Camry with a vanity plate - Cagayan de Oro City - Philippines Gulf News
Toyota to recall 480,000 vehicles
| Los Angeles/Tokyo: Toyota Motor Corp said it's preparing a global recall of about 480,000 Avalon sedans and Land Cruiser sport-utility vehicles to repair steering ... (photo: WN / Arturo Ubaub)
Auto   Motor   Photos   Tokyo   Wikipedia: Toyota  
Stones with the word "hero" written on them lay on grave stones in Section 60, where many soldiers from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are buried, Thursday,July 29, 2010, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. The Australian
Thousands of errors unearthed at Arlington
| THE debacle at the Arlington National Cemetery on the edge of Washington is much worse than first thought, with thousands of graves estimated to be unmarked or wrongly ... (photo: AP / Jacquelyn Martin)
Military   Photos   Society   US   Wikipedia: Arlington National Cemetery mismanagement controversy  
With a poster of soldiers in the background, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, center, U.N. Resident Coordinator Douglas Broderick, left, and Tea Banh, right, Cambodian defense minister, pose during a U.S.-backed peacekeeping exercise dubbed "Angkor Sentinel 2010" at the Cambodian tank command headquarters in Kampong Speu province, 65 kilometers (42 miles) west of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Saturday, July 17, 2010. Asia Times
US and Cambodia in controversial lockstep
|      Jul 31, 2010 US and Cambodia in controversial lockstep | By Clifford McCoy | BANGKOK - Cambodia's first-ever multinational military exercise is... (photo: AP / Heng Sinith)
Asia   Cambodia   Defence   Photos   US  
Business & Economy Science & Technology
- Obama Says Auto Bailout Is Success
- Dillard's asks court to dismiss Highland Mall bankruptcy
- Wall St Week Ahead: Jobs data, earnings latest test for stoc
- Markets down slightly Friday noon; Kennametal down 2.05 perc
President Barack Obama waves to employees at the Chrysler's Jefferson North Assembly Plant in Detroit, Friday, July 30, 2010. )
Obama Says Auto Bailout Is Success
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- Giant South Dakota hailstone breaks US record
- Roundup: Facebook Letting fbFund Fizzle, NYC Bringing Wirele
- Report: Wikileaks suspect raged on Facebook
- Brunswick halts 2 lines, lays off 135 in Ashland City
A camp is seen on an island near cypress trees killed by saltwater intrusion in wetlands near Houma, La., Wednesday, July 28, 2010.
BP oil spill: A Louisiana tragedy
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Sport Entertainment
- Miss Iowa & Washington Nationals Make Up With First Pitch (P
- AP Sportlight
- NHL Calendar
- Red Bull's Vettel clinches pole at Hungarian GP
Philadelphia Phillies starter Pedro Martinez
Oswalt's Philly debut a dud; Berkman headed to NYY
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- Lindsay Lohan Gets Over 200 Fan Letters A Day In Jail
- Snooki Snockered when arrested at Jersey Shore (Video of Sno
- Invasive species: Zebra Mussels found in Lake Minnetonka (ph
- Med City Movie Guy: Cleary classic takes to the big screen
The "Screaming'" roller coaster track that enters the water, at Disney's California Adventure. Anaheim, CA, USA. "A Bug's Land" is seen from the point of view of a bug, and the character of "Flik" from A Bug's Life
Disney to sell Miramax for more than $660 mln
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Terrorism Health
- 'Black box' found in Pakistan plane crash wreckage
- 4 killed, 11 wounded in bombing south of Baghdad
- Ten al-Qaeda members arrested in Iraq
- Terminal decline
President Barack Obama signs the Tribal Law and Order Act during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 29, 2010.
Obama to sell auto bailout good news in Michigan
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- Opposing Views: Medical Marijuana Coming to Washington DC
- High-risk insurance pool starting
- US casualties in Afghanistan soar to record highs
- E. coli more resistant to antibiotics, study says
Cigarette - Smoking - Smoker - Tobacco - Health
Wisconsin childern exposed to too much secondhand smoke, research shows
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Politics Society & Culture
- When Double Dippers become economic party poopers
- California Rep. Waters may face fall ethics trial
- When Double Dippers Become Economic Party Poopers
- When Double Dippers become economic party poopers
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Obama blames GOP on small business lending bill
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- The Saturday Word: The Economy
- Attacks on Mexicans Leave Neighborhood in Turmoil
- Empty Spots in a Norman Rockwell Downtown
- Is Washington D.C. causing California’s "Fiscal Meltd
President Barack Obama points as he walks into a town hall meeting on the Affordable Care Act, Tuesday, June 8, 2010, at the Holiday Park Multipurpose Senior Center in Wheaton, Md.
Obama due here early to mark 49th birthday
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