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Hurricane Ike rakes Caribbean
 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.
Sun, 7 Sep 2008 21:26:02 GMT
Report: Pats' Brady out for season
 Tom Brady limped off the field under the worried stares of Patriots fans. The thing they feared most finally happened — losing the NFL’s reigning MVP to injury.
Sun, 7 Sep 2008 23:21:54 GMT
U.S. to revisit Afghan civilian deaths
The U.S. military said Sunday that "new information" has emerged regarding allegations that American airstrikes killed scores of Afghan civilians, prompting a new review of the incident.
Sun, 7 Sep 2008 21:54:06 GMT
Wall St. may cheer Fannie, Freddie bailout
 Wall Street finally got what it's been angling for: a bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that could aid a recovery of the broken U.S. housing market and arrest a slide in stock and credit markets worldwide.
Sun, 7 Sep 2008 22:52:03 GMT
Obama says he regrets abortion answer
Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama acknowledged Sunday that he was probably too flip when he said it was "above my pay grade" to answer a question about when is a baby entitled to human rights.
Sun, 7 Sep 2008 20:09:52 GMT
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