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- Tropical Storm Hanna forms in Atlantic
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The Associated Press
Updated: 08/28/08 10:56 AM
- The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Hanna has formed northeast of the northern Leeward Islands in the Atlantic.
- Gas plant explosion rocks Texas town; no injuries
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The Associated Press
Updated: 08/28/08 10:08 AM
- Fire officials say there's been an explosion at a natural gas plant in a town south of Austin, Texas, but no injuries have been reported.
- Ex-lawyer for Detroit mayor sues over unpaid fees
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The Associated Press
Updated: 08/28/08 9:38 AM
- A former lawyer for Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has filed a lawsuit against the mayor claiming he's owed about $80,000 in fees stemming from his work after Kilpatrick's text-message scandal surfaced.
- Man who sparked Obama threat probe due in court
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The Associated Press
Updated: 08/28/08 9:08 AM
- The Colorado man who authorities say made racist threats against Barack Obama is scheduled to be formally charged on state drug and weapons offenses.
- Millions at stake in study of two eye drugs
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By Kevin Freking
- ASSOCIATED PRESS
Updated: 08/28/08 6:55 AM
- WASHINGTON — What does a company do when there’s anecdotal evidence that two of its drugs are equally effective in treating a leading cause of blindness in the elderly, one costing patients $60 per treatment and the other $2,000?
- Woman found alive 5 days after crash
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By Victoria Cherrie
- McCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS
Updated: 08/28/08 6:55 AM
- LENOIR, N. C. — Tommy Courtner had searched for Amber Pennell with hundreds of others for five days.
- Arctic sea ice melting even faster
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By Seth Borenstein and Dan Joling
- ASSOCIATED PRESS
Updated: 08/28/08 6:55 AM
- WASHINGTON — More ominous signs Wednesday have scientists saying that a global warming “tipping point” in the Arctic seems to be happening before their eyes: Sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is at its second lowest level in about 30 years.
- Blacks see Obama feat as progress amid national pride, poll shows
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By Jon Cohen and Jennifer Agiesta
- WASHINGTON POST
Updated: 08/28/08 6:55 AM
- WASHINGTON — Sen. Barack Obama’s presidential candidacy is widely seen as a sign of progress for African-Americans, and more than a third of U. S. adults say his nomination makes them prouder to be Americans.
- Obama side counters Ayers ad hard
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By Jonathan Weisman
- WASHINGTON POST
Updated: 08/28/08 6:55 AM
- DENVER — Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign and its allies, mindful of the lessons of the Swift boat attacks of 2004, have begun an aggressive, multi-pronged attack on an advertisement running in swing states that seeks to link the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee to former domestic terrorist William C. Ayers.
- For a WNY native, a high-security role
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Updated: 08/28/08 6:55 AM
- Williamsville native Elizabeth Allen spent two years working on issues such as human trafficking, human smuggling, terrorist travel and visa fraud at the State Department and the Department of Homeland Security — and then she took on a real challenge.
- McCain ready to complete GOP ticket
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By Liz Sidoti
- ASSOCIATED PRESS
Updated: 08/28/08 6:55 AM
- DENVER — John McCain’s potential running mates were in what amounted to a high-stakes waiting game Wednesday as the Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting prepared to announce his choice in the coming days.
- Health care is focus of Slaughter message
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Updated: 08/28/08 6:55 AM
- Rep. Louise M. Slaughter of Fairport was one of the many House members to take the stage Wednesday, delivering a brief but impassioned call for Democratic leadership on health care.
- N. Y. delegates affirm party bond with labor
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Updated: 08/28/08 6:55 AM
- New York’s delegation to the Democratic National Convention could not have made it more clear at its breakfast meeting in the Sheraton Denver on Wednesday: The state party and the labor movement are very much in sync.
- Shawn Johnson to lead Pledge of Allegiance
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Updated: 08/28/08 6:55 AM
- Barack Obama’s presidential campaign said Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast Shawn Johnson, 16, will lead the Pledge of Allegiance today at the convention.
- Startling advance made on stem cells
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By Rob Stein
- WASHINGTON POST
Updated: 08/28/08 6:55 AM
- WASHINGTON — Scientists have transformed one type of fully developed adult cell directly into another inside a living animal, a startling advance that could lead to cures for a plethora of illnesses and sidestep the political and ethical quagmires that have plagued embryonic stem cell research.
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