US Government takes over mortgage giants
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Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:12:49 GMT
AP - The Bush administration seized control Sunday of troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, aiming to stabilize the housing market turmoil that is threatening financial markets and the overall economy.
Bush: Takeover of housing giants 'critical'
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Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:32:01 GMT
AP - President Bush said Sunday that the historic federal government takeover of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is needed to keep them from failing, a risk he called "unacceptable" for an economy battered by housing and credit crises.
Killer Ike blasts Bahamas, aims at Cuba
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Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:11:50 GMT
AP - Ike roared across low-lying islands Sunday as a Category 4 hurricane, destroying homes, sweeping away boats and bringing more rain to waterlogged communities in Haiti, where at least 48 people died in the floods.
Iraqi parliament faces urgent national issues
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Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:06:32 GMT
AP - Iraqi lawmakers end their summer break this week facing urgent tasks of approving a new election law and signing off on a still-unfinished security pact with the U.S. key steps in laying the foundation for a lasting peace.
AP IMPACT: Liver disease plagues obese adolescents
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Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:56:21 GMT
AP - In a new and disturbing twist on the obesity epidemic, some overweight teenagers have severe liver damage caused by too much body fat, and a handful have needed liver transplants.
McCain takes on GOP and Bush along with Obama
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Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:24:19 GMT
AP - Barack Obama isn't John McCain's only opponent. Sometimes McCain sounds like he's running almost as hard against President Bush and the Republican Party as he is against Obama, his Democratic rival for the White House.
Egypt rock slide toll rises to 32
(AP)
Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:15:32 GMT
AP - Hopes diminished Sunday for finding survivors among hundreds of people believed trapped beneath massive boulders that destroyed an impoverished neighborhood on Cairo's outskirts, killing at least 32 people, including whole extended families.
ABC News' Gibson lands first Palin interview
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Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:43:15 GMT
AP - Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has agreed to sit down with ABC's Charles Gibson later this week for her first television interview since John McCain chose her as his running mate more than a week ago.
CERN fires up new atom smasher to near Big Bang
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Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:52:20 GMT
AP - It has been called an Alice in Wonderland investigation into the makeup of the universe or dangerous tampering with nature that could spell doomsday.
Brady suffers knee injury, Pats beat Chiefs 17-10
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Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:06:52 GMT
AP - 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.
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