KABUL, Afghanistan - Ten members of a medical team, including six Americans, were shot and killed by militants as they were returning from providing eye treatment and other health care in remote villages in northern Afghanistan, a spokesman for the team said Saturday. Full Story »
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6 Americans on medical team killed in Afghanistan
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Responders to Gulf oil spill wrap up defining week
AP – Sat Aug 7, 7:06 am ETNEW ORLEANS - BP PLC closed the books on a defining week in an epic battle to defeat its ruptured oil well, with exhausted engineers forcing the surging crude underground with a torrent of mud and cement, preparing to make a final push to plug it from the bottom. Full Story »
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Saudi says deal reached on BlackBerry services
AP – 1 hr 12 mins agoRIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia and the makers of the BlackBerry smartphone have reached a deal on accessing users' data that will avert a ban on the phone's messenger service, a Saudi official said Saturday. Full Story »
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Overnight gunfight at Baghdad bomb factory kills 5
AP – 28 mins agoBAGHDAD - Gunmen killed five Iraqi policemen in an overnight shootout that lasted until dawn at a suspected bomb workshop in western Baghdad, security officials said Saturday. Full Story »
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AP Interview: WikiLeaks to publish new documents
AP – 12 mins agoBERLIN - The online whistle-blower WikiLeaks said it will continue to publish more secret files from governments around the world despite U.S. demands to cancel plans to release classified military documents. Full Story »
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Schwarzenegger: Let same-sex weddings resume now
AP – Sat Aug 7, 7:07 am ETSAN FRANCISCO - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who twice vetoed legislation that would have legalized same-sex marriage, has surprised gay rights supporters by urging a federal judge to allow gay couples to resume marrying in the state without further delay. Full Story »
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Disgraced HP CEO to get nearly $28 million
AP – Sat Aug 7, 7:06 am ETSAN FRANCISCO - Lauded for making Hewlett-Packard Co. the world's biggest technology company, CEO Mark Hurd was in negotiations for a new contract worth about $100 million, according to a person familiar with the negotiations. Full Story »
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Space station astronauts tackle urgent repair job
AP – 2 hrs 35 mins agoCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A pair of space station astronauts ventured out on an urgent spacewalk Saturday to restore a crucial cooling system — one of the most challenging repairs ever attempted at the orbiting lab. Full Story »
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Lady Gaga back at Lollapalooza 3 years after debut
AP – 2 hrs 30 mins agoCHICAGO - Lady Gaga has come a long way since her appearance three years ago at the Lollapalooza music festival — but she hasn't forgotten some critics' less-than-stellar reviews of that performance. Full Story »
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AP Sources: Volunteers coaches interviewed by NCAA
AP – Sat Aug 7, 7:07 am ETKNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The NCAA has interviewed several current and former Tennessee coaches and recruits regarding an investigation into possible recruiting violations, people with knowledge of the probe have told The Associated Press. Full Story »
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Somali pirates leave hijacked ship after 1 day
AP – 2 hrs 41 mins agoNAIROBI, Kenya - The European Union's anti-piracy task force says Somali pirates have left a cargo ship a day after they hijacked it. Full Story »
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Smog over Moscow worsens as wildfires rage
AP – Sat Aug 7, 6:05 am ETMOSCOW - A deep layer of smog from wildfires around Moscow hung over the Russian capital Saturday, prompting many city residents to wear masks and causing dozens of flight delays and diversions at the city's airports. Full Story »
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Karzai: Shutter private security companies
AP – 1 hr 33 mins agoKABUL, Afghanistan - President Hamid Karzai called Saturday for the international community to stop supporting private security companies in Afghanistan, which he said have created parallel security forces in competition with police and army. Full Story »
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Obama touts benefits to Medicare from health law
AP – Sat Aug 7, 6:34 am ETWASHINGTON - President Barack Obama says Medicare will exist for many more years, thanks to new legislation that helped put the health care program for America's seniors on stronger financial footing. Full Story »
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Apple to set up Japan Web warning on problem iPods
AP – Sat Aug 7, 4:26 am ETTOKYO - After prodding from the Japanese government, Apple Inc. will post prominent notices on its website warning some iPod Nano music players in Japan may overheat. Full Story »
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Company defends Bellagio mattress in name suit
AP – Sat Aug 7, 12:29 am ETLAS VEGAS - An Italian mattress maker says its "Bellagio Lavender" mattresses are named to pay homage to its home country, not to infringe on the MGM Resorts International casino-hotel on the Las Vegas Strip. Full Story »
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3 women on Supreme Court: How big a difference?
AP – 1 hr 21 mins agoWASHINGTON - At least once a term for 13 years, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg recalled, some lawyer arguing before the Supreme Court would mistake her for Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, or vice versa. Full Story »
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Plugging the WikiLeak: What can the government do?
AP – 2 hrs 20 mins agoWASHINGTON - An online whistle-blower's threat to release more classified Pentagon and State Department documents is raising difficult questions of what the government can or would do, legally, technically or even militarily to stop it. Full Story »
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