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Smugglers try to use Dolly for cover, officials say
CNN - 4 hours ago
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Smugglers tried to use Hurricane Dolly as a cover in at least three attempts to move drugs or illegal aliens through Texas, border officials said Wednesday.
Video: Dolly Pummels Texas Gulf Coast AssociatedPress

State Workers Face Pay Cuts Over Budget Battle
News10.net - 2 hours ago
SACRAMENTO, CA - More than 200000 state workers could see their paychecks temporarily reduced to minimum wage next month as legislators battle over California's overdue budget, under an executive order that could be signed by Gov.
Schwarzenegger To Cut Pay For State Workers CBS 5
Schwarzenegger may cut 20000 jobs abc7.com
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McCain camp cries foul
Christian Science Monitor - 10 hours ago
By Linda Feldmann | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Washington - In a campaign week dominated by Barack Obama's trip abroad, the pro-John McCain camp has made headlines by complaining about coverage of Senator Obama's trip abroad.
House Republicans Fire Off Letter To New York Times CBS News
Ad hits McCain on troop pullout The Associated Press
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Ship-barge crash closes Mississippi at New Orleans
The Associated Press - 2 hours ago
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A stretch of the Mississippi River at New Orleans could be closed for days as crews clean a 12-mile oil slick caused Wednesday when a tanker and barge collided, officials said.
Video: Miss. River at New Orleans Shut After Fuel Spill AssociatedPress

Pentagon plays down fears over Afghan violence
Reuters - 4 hours ago
By David Morgan WASHINGTON, July 23 (Reuters) - The Pentagon on Wednesday sought to play down the seriousness of growing violence in Afghanistan but declined to say the United States and NATO were winning their fight against Taliban insurgents.
Pentagon: More troops to Afghanistan needed, but unlikely CNN International
Pentagon to recommend more troops for Afghanistan The Associated Press
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McCain: No Final Decision on VP
FOXNews - 2 hours ago
by Shushannah Walshe The McCain veepstakes talk continue this evening with the candidate telling Sean Hannity that he has not made a final decision on his running mate.
Jindal: I will not be McCain's VP CNN International
McCain talks up Pawlenty CNN Political Ticker
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Texas executes man for killing woman and infant
Reuters - 3 hours ago
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (Reuters) - A man convicted of killing his neighbor and her infant son was put to death by lethal injection on Wednesday in Texas, which leads the nation in executions.
Convicted killers in Texas, Miss., put to death The Associated Press
Killer executed for murders of Humble mom and baby Houston Chronicle
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UPDATE 1-US Navy explains plan to scrap DDG-1000 destroyer
Reuters - 3 hours ago
By Andrea Shalal-Esa WASHINGTON, July 23 (Reuters) - A US Navy decision to scrap the DDG-1000 destroyer program after just two ships could have "potentially devastating consequences" said Sen. Susan Collins, a Maine Republican whose state includes ...
Cost big factor in decision to sack Navy warship BusinessWeek
Navy scraps new destroyer, to build older models Boston Globe
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Democrats Reopen Debate On "don't Ask, Don't Tell"
CBS News - 2 hours ago
By Daniel W. Reilly (The Politico) A House panel held a landmark hearing on the controversial ?don?t ask, don?t tell? law on Wednesday afternoon, the first such hearing since the law was enacted in 1993.
Democrats hope to lift 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' San Francisco Chronicle
'Don't Ask' policy outdated, harmful Atlanta Journal Constitution
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