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Monsoon floods displace 19 million

Associated Press
Aug 03, 2007 11:00 pm - GAUHATI, India -- Hungry, frightened and shouting for help, families perched perilously in treetops or on the roofs of their flooded homes in Uttar Pradesh as the death ...
Water taps run dry during the peak of Baghdad summer heat

Associated Press
Aug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- Much of the Iraqi capital was without running water Thursday and had been for at least 24 hours, compounding the urban misery in a war zone and the bliste...
Romney calls for stripping pensions from federal officials convicted of misdeeds

Associated Press
Aug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - URBANDALE, Iowa -- Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, decrying ethical lapses in Washington and singling out fellow Republicans, on Thursday called for stripping the ...
News Corp. donation raises questions

Reuters
Aug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Dow Jones & Co. Inc. said Thursday it did not know that one of the people named to protect its editorial independence after it becomes part of News Corp. run...
More new moms in U.S. breast-feed, but turn to infant formula too soon, experts say

Associated Press
Aug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - ATLANTA (AP) -- Nearly three-quarters of new mothers in the United States are breast-feeding their babies, but they are quitting too soon and resorting to infant form...
Today's Birthdays

Associated Press
Aug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Author P.D. James, 87; broadway composer Richard Adler, 86; singer Gordon Stoker (The Jordanaires), 83; singer Tony Bennett, 81; actor Martin Sheen, 67; lifestyle guru M...
Congo train crash kills 100

Associated Press
Aug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - KINSHASA, Congo -- A passenger train derailed in central Congo and eight cars tumbled off the tracks, killing about 100 people and trapping some passengers in the wrecka...
Congress embraces ethics bill, but White House complains

Daily Herald Staff
Aug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- "McCain-Feingold" was so common a term on Capitol Hill a few years ago that some joked it was one person. No longer. Republican Sen. John McCain and...
Marine convicted of murder

Associated Press
Aug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- A Marine Corps squad leader was convicted Thursday of murdering an Iraqi man during a frustrated search for an insurgent. Sgt. Lawrence G. Hutc...
Parents, toy companies stressed over recall of toys made in China that contain too much lead

Associated Press
Aug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wendy Schneider-Fisher is nervous about what toys to buy her children. "I'm less inclined to buy anything from China," said Schneider-Fisher, of New A...

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