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| Obama kicks off fall campaign with stadium show
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 AP - Barack Obama launched his historic fall campaign for the White House on Thursday with an outdoor Democratic National Convention extravaganza that blended old-fashioned speechmaking, Hollywood-quality stagecraft and innovative, Internet age politics.
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| Tourists, residents flee as Gustav swamps Jamaica
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 AP - Residents, tourists and oil workers fled as Gustav swamped Jamaica on Thursday, leaving 59 people dead in its wake. Louisiana and Texas put their national guards on standby, and New Orleans said a mandatory evacuation might be necessary.
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| Spring's economic rebound unlikely to last
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 AP - The economy pulled out of a dangerous rough patch in the spring, thanks largely to strong exports, but the rebound isn't expected to last. Economic slowdowns overseas could make exports tail off just as Americans are hunkering down after the bracing impact of rebate checks wanes, plunging the country into another rut later this year.
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| McCain make decision on running mate
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 AP - An aide says Republican presidential candidate John McCain decided on a running mate early Thursday.
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| Mexican Supreme Court upholds legal abortion
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 AP - Mexico's Supreme Court voted 8-3 Thursday to uphold legal abortion in the capital, opening the possibility that similar measures could be adopted elsewhere in Mexico and perhaps beyond.
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| CDC: Salmonella outbreak appears to be over
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| AP - The government said Thursday that the salmonella outbreak that sickened at least 1,440 people appears to be over, but its ultimate source may never be known, partly because of shortcomings in the nation's food safety system. |
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