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Stocks surge after drop in oil eases worries about Fannie Mae loss; Dow jumps 300 - Newsday
NEW YORK (AP) _ Wall Street has rebounded sharply as a surge in the dollar and a resulting drop in oil prices eased some of investors’ worries about losses at mortgage finance company Fannie Mae. The Dow Jones industrials are up about 302 points at the 11,734 level. The advance more than wipes out

Edwards admits to affair - Boston Globe
Former North Carolina senator John Edwards, a leading Democratic presidential candidate this year and in 2004 who became one of the party’s most influential voices, acknowledged yesterday that he had an extramarital affair with a former campaign aide and had lied about it repeatedly. Edwards, in an

US first lady Bush tours Beijing’s Forbidden City - Seattle Post Intelligencer
U.S. first lady Laura Bush waves during a tour of the Forbidden City in Beijing Saturday, Aug. 9, 2008. The first lady and President Bush attended opening ceremonies for the 2008 Beijing Olympics on Aug. 8. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) BEIJING — The doors of the Forbidden City hadn’t yet opened

Olympic flame takes flight as fireworks, pageantry open Beijing Games - ESPN.com
BEIJING — Once-reclusive China commandeered the world stage Friday, celebrating its first-time role as Olympic host with a stunning display of pyrotechnics and pageantry — topped by the unworldly sight of a flying gymnast, traversing the heights of the stadium to light the flame and begin the

Russia-Georgia conflict escalates - Miami Herald
MOSCOW Russian tanks and artillery rumbled into the breakaway South Ossetia region of Georgia on Friday, and the abrupt escalation of the long-standing conflict there threatened to push the dueling offspring of the former Soviet Union to the brink of war. There had been skirmishes in recent days

Osteen denies assault on plane - Boston Globe
HOUSTON - The wife of megachurch evangelist Joel Osteen told jurors yesterday that she was “dumbfounded” and “shook up” after a flight attendant accused her of assaulting her over a spill on a first-class seat. Victoria Osteen, in court because the flight attendant is suing her, said she pushed no

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