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- Gustav grows stronger, approaches Cuba
Hurricane Gustav's top winds increased to 100 mph Saturday, making it a Category 2 storm as it approaches the western tip of Cuba, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida.
- Missing girl's mom headed back to jail
The mother of missing Florida toddler Caylee Anthony was arrested and charged Friday with forgery, fraudulent use of personal information and petty theft, the Orange County Sheriff's Department said. Casey Anthony -- wearing a T-shirt with Caylee's pictur
- Palin a pioneer, maverick -- and game-changer
The McCain campaign calls Sarah Palin a "tough executive who has demonstrated" readiness to be president. But the Obama campaign calls her a candidate with "the thinnest foreign policy experience in history." Today, a brand new part of Palin's identity do
- Report card: McCain's pick of Palin
- Rollins: Palin choice is brilliant, but risky
John McCain's brilliant but risky "Hail Mary pass" choice for vice president, Alaska Gov. Sarah "Barracuda" Palin, has the political world saying first: Who? And then: Why?
- Begala: Is McCain out of his mind?
John McCain needs what Kinky Friedman calls "a checkup from the neck up."
- Obama: 8 years of GOP is enough
Barack Obama accepted the Democratic nomination in a packed stadium Thursday night and laid out his credentials to take on and beat Republican candidate John McCain in the fall election. "We are here because we love this country too much to let the next f
- Divorce stalks Katrina survivors
Ricky Murray was having a miserable year long before a storm named Gustav started threatening the Gulf Coast area. Now he's afraid he will lose his family because of a previous hurricane.
- Smithsonian to slash executives' pay
At least 17 Smithsonian Institution executives with six-figure salaries will see pay cuts, many in the tens of thousands of dollars, under reforms adopted by the museum complex.
- Small plane crashes into parked car; 3 injured
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Health
- How to walk off the belly fat
Sure, you know walking is good exercise. But here's some?thing you might not realize: You can give your waistline (and other body parts) a serious trimming by tweaking that walk around the block. By ddding bounding, jumping, and skipping moves you can pum
- E. coli outbreak leaves 1 dead, 116 ill
Oklahoma health officials said Friday they are searching for the source of a rare form of E. coli that has killed one person and sickened 115 others in the northeastern part of the state.
- CDC: Salmonella outbreak appears to be over
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday that the salmonella outbreak that sickened about1,400 people across the country appears to be over.
- New York's HIV rate 3 times higher than nation's
New York City's rate of HIV infection is about three times the national rate, according to estimates released Wednesday by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
- Doctor dives in to repair Torres' shoulder
A nagging injury almost kept 41-year-old Dara Torres from competing in her fifth Olympics in Beijing, China. Instead she swam through the pain to capture three silver medals.
- Is your kid really gifted? Probably not
Did your child walk and talk early? Does she have a brain like a sponge? Scribble magnificently? Love learning? Ask questions that leave you marveling (and scrambling to Google an answer)? Wow, clearly she's a genius! Or, um, maybe not.
Entertainment
Travel
- Baring Twin Cities' political past takes sleuthing
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- Gulf Coast's tourism industry preps for storm
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- Fliers brace for changes in the air
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- Danes take contentment in stride
While Copenhagen is a thriving metropolis, when you travel out into the Danish countryside, you find yourself saying "cute" more than you know you should. When I'm in the Netherlands, I have a running joke with my guide friends. We say, "Everything's so .
- Critics dispute Michelin regard for Tokyo food
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- Raptor center gives a hoot, educates public
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- One frozen screen, two sets of tickets
When Albert Lewis tries to book airline tickets through Expedia, his screen freezes and goes black. No worries, says a company representative -- the booking didn't go through. So he makes another one. And then -- surprise! -- he discovers the first one ac
- Cool off with Boston's aquatic attractions
Everyone knows Boston is a city steeped in history, but on a steamy hot summer day, one of the best places to experience the city is from the ocean or the harbor.
- Are reward-miles credit cards worth it?
Everyone knows that airlines make it difficult to redeem frequent-flier miles for free travel. Yet you may not know that they're making it expensive, too.
- FAA probes nationwide flight delay glitch
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Headlines last updated on Aug 30, 2008 04:25:53am.
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