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Federal emergency in Florida because of Fay
The Associated PressPresident Bush has declared a federal state of emergency in Florida to help with Tropical Storm Fay. Florida Gov. Charlie Crist asked the White House yesterday for the declaration. It enables federal agencies like the Department of Homeland Security...Tags: Tropical Storms, George Bush, Executive Branch, The White House, Charlie Crist
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Oil Jumps $5 on US-Russia Tensions, Sliding Dollar
Associated PressNEW YORK -- Oil prices shot up more than $5 a barrel Thursday, rising to the highest level in over two weeks as escalating tensions with Russia stoked fears of supply disruptions to the West. Crude's rally mimicked the wild price swings seen last month...Tags: Kerosene, Heavy Engineering, Petroleum Industry, National Government, Energy Resources
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Outgoing UW leader rips business lobby's tactics
Associated Press WriterThe state's largest business lobby has been taken over by "political extremists" and become a major obstacle to economic development, outgoing University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor John Wiley said this week. In a 3,000-word essay published in...Tags: National Government, Laws, Harley-Davidson Incorporated, Medical Specialization, Health Treatments
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Four Michigan Republicans skipping party convention
Associated Press WriterFour Michigan Republicans are skipping their party's national convention in St. Paul, Minn., and another is scaling back his trip to focus on his House district. Rep. Joe Knollenberg of Bloomfield Township does not plan to attend the four-day convention...Tags: Religious Leaders, Dave Camp, Executive Branch, Kwame Kilpatrick, Elections
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France pays tribute to the 10 soldiers killed in Afghanistan
France paid tribute today to 10 of its soldiers killed in an ambush in Afghanistan, and the government said parliament would debate the army's presence there after the country's worst military loss in 25 years. At a religious ceremony in the golden-domed...Tags: Heads of State, Defense, Armed Forces, Nicolas Sarkozy, Parliament
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Will U.S. loss be softball's Olympic savior?
BEIJING -- The second-place finish by the U.S. women's softball team had a silver lining. The greatest team in the history of the short-lived Olympic sport, a team that won the first three gold medals contested after softball's inauguration in 1996 in...Tags: Sports Organizations, International Olympic Committee, National Government, Major League Baseball, Softball
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Illinois town fights long odds to save prison, jobs
Associated Press WriterWhen folks here heard the governor wanted to close the 137-year-old prison, sucking hundreds of jobs from the area, they mobilized in a way that only small towns can. They held rallies. There was a parade and a big photo shoot. Streets were lined with...Tags: Executive Branch, Laws, Riots, Rod Blagojevich, Regional Authority
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Group to spend $2.8 million on anti-Obama ad
Associated Press WriterA conservative nonprofit group with a past link to Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign is spending $2.8 million on an ad questioning Democrat Barack Obama's relationship to a founder of the 1960s radical group Weather Underground. The ad, which...Tags: John Kerry, National Government, Charity, Weather Underground, Hyde Park
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McCain hopes to turn the tide in Great Lakes area
Associated Press WritersDemocratic dominance in presidential elections has been the norm for decades throughout much of the country's union-strong industrial Great Lakes region. Republican John McCain hopes to upset that history. The GOP presidential candidate is mounting...Tags: Hillary Clinton, Religious Leaders, George Bush, Executive Branch, Tim Pawlenty
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Ill. governor on sidelines as Obama makes history
AP Political WriterHe's the leader of the nation's fifth-largest state, the home of a presidential candidate on the cusp of history. But Gov. Rod Blagojevich is taking a back seat as his fellow Democrat, Sen. Barack Obama, prepares to claim the presidential nomination....Tags: Prosecution, Hillary Clinton, Trials, Heavy Engineering, Lisa Madigan
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Chrencik installed as interim CEO of UM medical system
The Associated PressA state board has voted unanamimously to formalize Robert Chrencik's appointment as the interim chief executive officer of the University of Maryland Medical System. The vote by the Board of Regents of the University System of Maryland came one day after...Tags: Heads of State, Colleges and Universities, Corporate Officers, Management Change
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U.S. women hold off Brazil for soccer gold
The Associated PressOutplayed and overwhelmed for most of the night, the Americans got the only shot they needed. Olympic champions, once again. Carli Lloyd scored in the sixth minute of extra time Thursday night, Hope Solo bailed out her teammates time and again, and...Tags: International Olympic Committee, Sports Organizations, Kobe Bryant, National Government, Multi-Sport Events
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