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   Peres: Peace can be reached with Palestinians
Israel's foreign minister says past agreements with other Arabs made under tough conditions show peace is one day possible.

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   Weather data may help fight terror
A private company operating more than 6,000 local weather stations across the country is making its data available to the government to improve response in the event of a terrorist attack.


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   Congress wants you to learn about 401(k)
Workers across the country say they're ignorant when it comes to their 401(k) retirement plans, and Congress agrees -- most Americans don't know enough about investing to do it on their own. Do you?


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Drought won't stop West Nile virus, officials say
The mosquito species that carry the disease prefer breeding in stagnant, nutrient-rich waters like those created when dry weather drops water levels in creeks and ponds, a health official says.

Drug makers knew of dilutions for years, suit says
In their most far-reaching allegations yet, victims of pharmacist Robert R. Courtney's drug-dilution scheme say company documents prove that drug makers had reason to know of the scheme long before law enforcement authorities.

D.A. won't charge Iversons again
The Philadelphia District Attorney's Office said it would not seek to rearrest Allen Iverson on felony weapons, trespass and conspiracy charges tossed out by a judge last week.

Students closer to family post-9/11
More than two-thirds of American teen-agers feel closer to their families since the Sept. 11 attacks and remain hopeful about the country's future, a private survey finds.

Boyfriend to appeal after judge OKs abortion
A Pennsylvania county court judge lifted an order that had temporarily blocked an abortion, allowing a 22-year-old woman to end her pregnancy against her former boyfriend's wishes.

Pennsylvania offers free pills for those near reactors
State officials outlined how they will distribute free potassium iodide pills to one million people who live or work near nuclear power plants to protect them from thyroid cancer in the event that radiation is released.

New tropical system forms off South Carolina
The second tropical system in as many days formed Monday, and forecasters said the new depression off the South Carolina coast could become Tropical Storm Cristobal by this morning.

Multi-city brothel network smashed
Federal authorities in Miami announced the dismantling of a nationwide ring of high-priced brothels, loosely organized by entrepreneurial ex-prostitutes, that has been grossing millions of dollars in upscale neighborhoods for more than a decade.

N.Y. finalizes plans for 9-11 anniversary
Events include a solemn ceremony at ground zero and tribute concerts around New York to mark the one-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks.

Bush schedules children's conference
President Bush, decrying a rash of recent child abductions and murders, declared the nation must work harder to keep its young from being "victims of despicable acts of violence."

Surgeons separate conjoined twins
Surgeons separated 1-year-old Guatemalan twins joined at the head, a risky procedure that took about 20 hours to complete.

Historic turret of Monitor surfaces
U.S. Navy men, barge workers and even passing boaters broke into raucous cheers as the Monitor turret rid itself of the sea water that had held it captive since the last day of 1862.




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Thousands of immigrants lose jobs in sweep of records
Thousands of immigrants have been forced to leave their jobs in the last few months, the result of a little-publicized operation by the federal government to clean up Social Security records, immigration experts say.

Monitor turret hauled from sea
After 140 years resting on the ocean bottom off the North Carolina coast, the massive gun turret of the USS Monitor -- the first modern warship -- was brought to the surface Monday evening along with its two large Dahlgren cannons.

President salutes rescued miners in Pennsylvania
President Bush celebrated nine coal miners Monday morning as representatives of the ``spirit of America'' eight days after they were trapped 24 stories below the surface of the Earth, thinking that they would die.

Many weapons lost by FBI, INS
The Justice Department has lost track of hundreds of weapons and 400 laptop computers, more than half of which may have contained national security or sensitive law enforcement information, an internal investigation found.

Video by private eye may play role in trial
Suspecting her husband of having an affair, Clara Harris did what wealthy wives can afford to do: She hired an investigator. But what the private eye saw could become Exhibit A against Harris.

Holocaust survivors will get settlement checks
Lawyers announced Monday that some Holocaust survivors soon will receive the first checks from a historic $40 million settlement reached with two Austrian banks that Nazis seized in 1938. The case marks one of the first payouts to Holocaust victims whose funds were stolen more than 60 years ago.

Maine whale-watching vessel helps untangle humpback from fishing gear
A humpback whale got a helping hand from the crew of the whale-watching vessel Nautilus over the weekend after she got tangled up in some fishing gear.

Democrats suing to get words changed on Florida ballot
Florida Democrats filed a lawsuit Monday to try to change the wording of the gubernatorial primary ballot, which they say may confuse voters. The ballot for the Sept. 10 Democratic primary for governor instructs voters to "Vote for One Pair," meaning they should choose a combined entry for governor and lieutenant governor.

Crash victim dies following incident that sparked fatal beatings of driver, passenger
A woman struck by a van last week in an incident that ended with the beating deaths of two men inside the vehicle died Monday, hospital officials said.

National and Washington News in Brief
Responding in part to the recent rash of child abduction and murder cases, President Bush is scheduled today to announce plans for a White House conference on missing and runaway children, administration officials said late Monday.


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Weather data may help fight terror



Death Penalty Sought in Runnion Case



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Surgeons separate conjoined twins



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Students closer to family post-9/11



N.Y. finalizes plans for 9-11 anniversary



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Israeli Forces Kill Two Palestinian Militants



Fish Killer Microbe May Not Be Toxic, After All



Cases Rise in British Legionnaires' Outbreak



Pentagon board told Saudi Arabia Is enemy - Post



Six Americans Fast in Baghdad in Anti-U.S. Protest



Gym Instructors May Not Be Fit for the Job - Study



Pakistan Attack Seen Targeting West, Not Christians



U.S. Forces Kill Two in Afghan Firefight




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Web sites draw pen pals to inmates, anger victims' families



Clones give and give, but milk faces scrutiny



Suit filed over mix-up of embryos at San Francisco clinic



New restrictions on donors threaten to drain nation's blood supply



FBI wire recording captures Sept. 11 attack on World Trade Center



Gun turret of USS Monitor raised



Gun turret of Civil War shipwreck raised



5-year mission culminates with historic icon's raising



Bush praises miners, volunteers in Pennsylvania visit



Florida hit with lawsuit over ballot





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Updated Tuesday, Aug 06, 2002
Surgeons separate conjoined twins - 05:59 AM PDT
Students closer to family post-9/11 - 05:40 AM PDT
Haiti protesters take over city - 05:28 AM PDT
S. Asia flood death toll at 580 - 05:22 AM PDT
N.Y. finalizes plans for 9-11 anniversary - 05:16 AM PDT

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