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`Boomerang' Fay maintains strength over Florida 

BY MATT SEDENSKY AND CURT ANDERSON, ASSOCIATED PRESS

NAPLES, Fla. - Tropical Storm Fay rolled ashore in southwestern Florida on Tuesday without much fanfare, but stubbornly hung around like an unwelcome houseguest, maintaining its strength and threatening - once again - to become a hurricane.

The storm first hit the Florida Keys, veered out to sea and then traversed east across the state on a path that would curve it toward to the Florida-Georgia border. The failure of Fay to weaken meant a whole new swath of the state had to prepare for a worse storm, and meant Florida could... Read more

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Russia says troops to leave Georgia by Friday 
BY JAMES KILNER, REUTERS

TBILISI (Reuters) - The Kremlin said its forces would pull back from Georgia's heartland by Friday to positions set out under a French-brokered peace plan, amid mounting Western criticism about the slowness of the troop... Read more

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Obama and veep choice to campaign on Saturday 

ASSOCIATED PRESS

By CHRISTOPHER WILLS SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Barack Obama's newly minted running mate will be hitting the trail with the Democratic hopeful Saturday. A senior Obama adviser told... Read more

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Northwest Pulls Nuke Ad From Airport

BY JASON HOPPIN, SAINT PAUL PIONEER PRESS; ST. PAUL, MN

Aug. 19--An advocacy group seeking to curtail the proliferation of nuclear weapons is crying foul after an ad aimed at presumptive GOP nominee John McCain was ordered removed from Minneapolis-St.... Read more

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FCC to Warn TV Viewers: 'This is Only a Test': To Increase Awareness, Analog Sets May Go Blank

BY WAILIN WONG, CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Aug. 19--If you watch an older TV hooked up to rabbit-ear antennas and your screen goes snowy for a moment this November, replaced by a message telling you to call a toll-free number, do not be... Read more

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Costs of Strokes in Billions; Hayes' Death Highlights Risk of Third-Leading Cause of Death in U.S. 

BY DANIEL CONNOLLY, THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL

Isaac Hayes' death due to an apparent stroke is a reminder of the billions of dollars of economic damage that the third-leading cause of death in the United States causes. The impact is... Read more

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College Presidents Want Debate on Drinking Age: ; They Say Under-21 Prohibition Pushes Alcohol into Hiding

BY JUSTIN POPE, CHARLESTON GAZETTE, THE

College presidents from about 100 of the nation's best-known universities, including Duke, Dartmouth and Ohio State, are calling on lawmakers to consider lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18,... Read more

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Rights museum picks Gore, Nash for Freedom Awards 

ASSOCIATED PRESS

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Former Vice President Al Gore and civil rights activist Diane Nash were named Tuesday as recipients of the National Civil Rights Museum's annual Freedom Awards. They will... Read more

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US beats Japan 4-1 to advance to gold-medal game 
ASSOCIATED PRESS
BEIJING - Crystl Bustos hit a three-run homer in the ninth inning as the U.S. Olympic softball team beat Japan 4-1 in extra innings and will play for its fourth straight gold medal.

The Americans (8-0) pushed across four in the ninth Wednesday... Read more

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Fannie, Freddie fears, inflation slam Wall St 

BY STEVEN C. JOHNSON, REUTERS

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks fell for a second straight session on Tuesday as credit worries hit bank shares and a report showing inflation remains a threat despite slower growth stoked... Read more

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Corporal punishment rife in U.S. schools, report shows 

BY ED STODDARD, REUTERS

DALLAS (Reuters) - More than 200,000 children were hit as punishment in U.S. schools last year and in the South more blacks than whites are struck, two human rights groups said in a report... Read more

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HP posts 3Q profit jump; faces stiff competition 

BY JORDAN ROBERTSON, ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAN FRANCISCO - Hewlett-Packard Co. weathered economic turbulence remarkably well in the fiscal third quarter but the technology bellwether faces another big challenge - stiffer personal-computer... Read more

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EBay lowering fixed-price sellers' listing fees 

BY ALEXANDRIA SAGE, REUTERS

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - EBay Inc is cutting the fees U.S. sellers on its site pay for fixed-price items, in one of the company's boldest moves this year to boost merchandise for sale, lure... Read more

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Christina Applegate cancer free after double mastectomy 

BY ALEX DOBUZINSKIS, REUTERS

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Samantha Who?" star Christina Applegate, 36, is free of cancer after having both breasts removed to combat the disease, the actress told a U.S. television news show... Read more

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Title, Print Run Announced for New Woodward Book 

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NEW YORK (AP) - The suspense didn't quite compare to the identity of 'Deep Throat,' but we now know the name of Bob Woodward's fourth investigative work on the Bush administration, just three weeks... Read more

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Weather alert radios being sent to schools

ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON - Federal agencies are distributing 182,000 public alert radios to schools across the country. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the current effort... Read more

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Gasoline demand down 7.8 percent year-on-year: report

REUTERS

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. retail gasoline demand dropped 7.8 percent from the same period last year despite a dip in gasoline prices, MasterCard Advisors said Tuesday."You're looking at... Read more

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Afghan militants kill 10 French, strike at US base 

BY JASON STRAZIUSO AND AMIR SHAH, ASSOCIATED PRESS

SUROBI, Afghanistan - Insurgents mounted two of the biggest attacks in years on Western forces in Afghanistan, killing 10 French soldiers in a mountain ambush and then sending a squad of suicide... Read more

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Court hears arguments in WWII land dispute 

BY BEN EVANS, ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON - An attorney for hundreds of Kentucky families forced to sell their farms to the Army during World War II argued in federal court Tuesday that government agents bullied them into... Read more

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