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10 die in Fiji bus crash

12 min 13 sec ago
Police in Fiji say 10 people including some children have died and many more were injured after the bus they were traveling in ...

McCain picks VP; new ticket to campaign together Friday

20 min 42 sec ago
Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting John McCain stayed mum about his a running mate deliberations Thursday and one top ...

Carter: McCain 'milking' POW time

33 min 43 sec ago
Former president Jimmy Carter called Republican presidential candidate John McCain a "distinguished Naval officer," but said ...

Mile High moment: Obama set for convention spotlight

56 min 58 sec ago
With millions of Americans watching at home and more than 70,000 seeing him in person, Barack Obama is poised to make his best ...

Salmonella outbreak linked to jalapenos appears over

1 hour 9 min ago
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say the salmonella outbreak that sickened more than 1,440 people appears to be ...

Marine acquitted in Fallujah manslaughter case

1 hour 42 min ago
A former Marine accused of killing unarmed Iraqi detainees has been acquitted of voluntary manslaughter in a first-of-its-kind ...

Gustav nears Jamaica; New Orleans keeps watch

2 hours 43 min ago
Tropical Storm Gustav surged through the Caribbean Thursday morning near Jamaica, jogging a little farther west-southwest than ...

Pawlenty in Denver as he waits

3 hours 7 min ago
Tim Pawlenty, Minnesota's Republican governor and a leading candidate to be McCain's choice for vice president, infiltrated Denver ...

U.S. industry groups file suit over polar bear rule

3 hours 52 min ago
Five industry groups are suing the U.S. Interior Department over a rule designed to protect the polar bear.

British police: 3 men charged with terror offenses

4 hours 5 min ago
Three British men questioned about an online threat to assassinate Prime Minister Gordon Brown have been charged with a range ...

Oil slick kills more than 200 penguins in Brazil

4 hours 10 min ago
More than 200 oil-slicked penguins have washed up dead on the beaches of a popular Brazilian resort, and officials say they are ...

Friends: Abramoff changed, deserves leniency

5 hours 1 min ago
It used to be, when Jack Abramoff needed something, he had an address book full of powerful Capitol Hill contacts to call on, ...

Spreading Pakistan violence kills 33

5 hours 4 min ago
A bomb blew a bus carrying Pakistani police and government workers off a high bridge Thursday, killing eight, and fighting between ...

70 African migrants missing in Mediterranean

5 hours 12 min ago
A harrowing boat journey across the Mediterranean left some 70 African migrants missing after rough seas capsized the craft, ...

Historic night: Democrats unite around Obama

5 hours 23 min ago
It was a scripted scenario, the outcome never in doubt. But when history arrived on the floor of the Democratic National Convention ...

U.S. hits Ugandan rebel chief with sanctions

5 hours 44 min ago
The United States on Thursday slapped new sanctions on the leader of Uganda's notorious Lord's Resistance Army rebel group as ...

Study: 12% of Indian deaths due to alcohol

5 hours 51 min ago
Almost 12% of the deaths among American Indians and Alaska Natives are alcohol-related more than three times the percentage ...

Court allows U.S. extradition of hacker

6 hours 16 min ago
The European Court of Human Rights has cleared the way for the extradition of a British man who allegedly hacked into secret ...

Dalai Lama admitted to hospital in India for tests

6 hours 18 min ago
The Dalai Lama was admitted to a hospital in this western Indian city on Thursday to undergo tests for abdominal discomfort, ...

Earthquake hits off British Columbia coast

6 hours 34 min ago
A strong earthquake struck off Canada's west coast early Thursday near Vancouver Island. There were no immediate reports of major ...

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