Shriver laid to rest; Sen. Kennedy misses funeral (AP)

Aug 14

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Maria Shriver speaks while surrounded by her brothers Mark, left, Anthony, rear, Bobby, second from right, and Timothy, right, during the funeral for their mother Eunice Kennedy Shriver at Saint Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Church in the Hyannis section of Barnstable, Mass., Friday, Aug. 14, 2009. Shriver, the sister of President John F. Kennedy and Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, died Tuesday morning at Cape Cod Hospital at age 88. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, Pool)AP – Special Olympics founder Eunice Kennedy Shriver has been laid to rest at a Cape Cod cemetery after a private burial service.


Police say other driver at fault in Phelps crash (AP)

Aug 14

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A Cadilliac Escalade belonging to Olympic gold medal swimmer Michael Phelps sits on a tow truck near the collision site in Baltimore on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009. Michael Phelps was driving the SUV that collided with another car in Baltimore Thursday night, but the Olympic gold medal swimmer was not injured, police said. The female driver of a Honda Accord was 'shaken up' and taken to a local hospital as a precaution, police said. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)AP – Baltimore police say the other driver was at fault in a minor crash involving Olympic champion Michael Phelps.


18 years later: 1st Gulf War casualty laid to rest (AP)

Aug 14

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The widow of Captain Scott Speicher, places flowers on his coffin after it was unloaded from a charter jet at NAS Jacksonville Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009 in Jacksonville, Fla. The remains of Navy pilot Michael Scott Speicher returned to his Florida home on Thursday, 18 years after his FA-18 Hornet was shot down on the first night of the 1991 Gulf War. (AP Photo/The Florida Times-Union, Bob Self)AP – Navy pilot Scott Speicher, the long-missing first casualty of the first Gulf War, was finally laid to rest Friday in his adopted hometown as thousands of people lined the streets to watch a funeral procession pass his school, church and former military base.


More help coming for crews battling Calif. fires (AP)

Aug 14

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An air tanker drops fire retardant chemicals on the Lockheed wildfire which burns out of control in a rugged region of the Santa Cruz Mountains in Bonny Doon, Calif., on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009 forcing the evacuation of more than a thousand residents. (AP Photo/San Francisco Chronicle, Paul Chinn)AP – California deployed more fire crews across the state Friday to gain control of a series of growing wildfires that have forced hundreds of people to flee their homes.


Maine town wins fight to save its curbside mailbox (AP)

Aug 14

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AP – The U.S. Postal Service has decided to keep a rural Maine town’s lone mailbox after a protest that included a phone blitz, pressure from elected officials and a blockade to prevent the box’s removal.

‘Cash for clunkers’ program helps U.S. manufacturing to rebound in July

Aug 14

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Industrial production rose by half a percent from June, the first monthly increase since the recession began in December 2007. But consumer pessimism persists, another survey says. …

Mourners gather in Pa. for 3 dead in plane crash (AP)

Aug 14

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The wreckage from a plane that hit a helicopter and crashed in the Hudson River on Saturday is lifted by an Army corp. of Engineers boat Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009 in Hoboken, N.J. Nine people died in Saturday's collision, including three members of a Pennsylvania family in the private plane. Five Italian tourists and a pilot from New Jersey were in the helicopter (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)AP – More than 500 mourners gathered to remember the members of a Philadelphia-area family killed when their single-engine plane collided with a helicopter over the Hudson River.


Athiest bus ads create free speech debate in Iowa (AP)

Aug 14

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AP – A dispute about bus advertisements seeking to publicize atheist views has touched off a free speech debate after the signs were torn down ? then posted again ? on the sides of Des Moines city buses.

Athiest bus ads create free speech debate in Iowa (AP)

Aug 14

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AP – A dispute about bus advertisements seeking to publicize atheist views has touched off a free speech debate after the signs were torn down ? then posted again ? on the sides of Des Moines city buses.

SC Gov. Sanford goes to Fla. for reserve duty (AP)

Aug 14

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AP – Gov. Mark Sanford headed to Florida on Friday for a refresher course with the Air Force Reserves while a South Carolina ethics panel considered whether to investigate his state plane use and his flights on commercial airlines.

SC Gov. Sanford goes to Fla. for reserve duty (AP)

Aug 14

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AP – Gov. Mark Sanford headed to Florida on Friday for a refresher course with the Air Force Reserves while a South Carolina ethics panel considered whether to investigate his state plane use and his flights on commercial airlines.

Michael Vick acknowledges having done ’some terrible things’

Aug 14

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Introduced as a member of the Philadelphia Eagles, the reinstated quarterback says he wants to be part of the solution, not the problem. …

Michael Vick acknowledges having done ’some terrible things’

Aug 14

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Introduced as a member of the Philadelphia Eagles, the reinstated quarterback says he wants to be part of the solution, not the problem. …

Karzai leads heading into election but may face runoff

Aug 14

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A poll shows Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai 20 percentage points ahead of his major opponent, but the race for Thursday s election is tightening and other rivals are gaining strength. …

Karzai leads heading into election but may face runoff

Aug 14

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A poll shows Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai 20 percentage points ahead of his major opponent, but the race for Thursday s election is tightening and other rivals are gaining strength. …

Tributes for guitar legend Les Paul; dead at 94 (AP)

Aug 14

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FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2004 file photo, guitar legend Les Paul gets ready to rehearse at the Iridium Jazz Club in New York. Paul, 94, the guitarist and inventor who changed the course of music with the electric guitar and multitrack recording and had a string of hits, died, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009 in White Plains, N.Y., according to Gibson Guitar. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, file)AP – Musicians worldwide are paying tribute to Les Paul, the music icon whose solid-body electric guitar paved the way for rock ‘n’ roll.


Controller was on phone during Hudson River crash (AP)

Aug 14

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FILE -- In this Aug. 10, 2009 file photo, the wreckage of a helicopter that was hit by an airplane and crashed in the Hudson River is repositioned by a crane on a pier in Hoboken, NJ, (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, file)AP – An air traffic controller who was making a personal phone call when a small plane and a helicopter collided over New York’s Hudson River has been removed from duty along with his supervisor, who was out of the building at the time.


Student held as family takes citizenship oath (AP)

Aug 14

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Samir Megahed, right, gestures during an interview as he sits with his wife Ahlam, center, and son Yahia, Tuesday Aug. 11, 2009 in Tampa, Fla. Samir Megahed will take the oath of an American citizen Friday, three days before his adoptive country tries to throw out one of his sons as a suspected terrorist. Youssef Megahed 23, waits in a South Florida jail to see if he'll be deported, despite being acquitted of his alleged crimes in federal court. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)AP – Samir Megahed planned to take his oath as an American citizen Friday with an odd mix of pride and pain, knowing his adopted country considers his son a terrorist and is trying to deport him.


Newt Gingrich, Al Sharpton won’t hold back on education tour

Aug 14

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A multicity series hosted by Education Secretary Arne Duncan aims to ‘challenge conventional thinking’ on fixing the nation’s schools. Sharpton and Gingrich espouse common goals despite differences. …

Consumer prices flat in July as energy retreats (AP)

Aug 14

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In this Aug. 11, 2009 photo, a shopper peruses the orange juice aisle at Wal-Mart, in Tallahassee, Fla. Consumer prices were flat in July as energy costs retreated following a big surge in June. (AP Photo/Phil Coale)AP – Consumer prices were flat in July as energy costs retreated following a big surge in June. Over the past 12 months, prices dropped the most in nearly six decades as the recession and lower energy costs kept a lid on inflation.


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