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Yahoo News |
3:44pm PDT |
Gustav lashes Cuba on way to monster storm in Gulf
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Hurricane Gustav blasted across Cuba's
Isle of Youth and toward the mainland with 150-mph (240-kph)
winds and lashing rains on Saturday as forecasters said it
could grow into a catastrophic Category 5 storm on its way to
the oil fields of th |
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Yahoo News |
3:11pm PDT |
AAA: Labor Day travel expected to dip
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Falling gas prices might not be enough to entice people to travel this Labor Day weekend, with some keeping a wary eye on dangerous Hurricane Gustav, which is threatening the Gulf Coast. |
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BBC News |
2:46pm PDT |
Mass anti-crime rallies in Mexico |
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Summary: Mexicans hold huge nationwide rallies to protest against a wave of killings and kidnappings sweeping the nation. |
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Yahoo News |
2:40pm PDT |
Oil companies completing Gulf evacuations
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Royal Dutch Shell, BP and other oil companies wrapped up evacuations and shut down production Saturday as an intensifying Hurricane Gustav churned toward the petroleum-rich waters of the Gulf of Mexico. |
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Yahoo News |
2:19pm PDT |
Williams sisters advance to 4th round at US Open
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Williams sisters keep cruising along while other top women's seeds go crashing out of the U.S. Open. But it can only continue for one more match. |
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Yahoo News |
2:09pm PDT |
Gustav slams Cuba as Cat 4 storm; many evacuated
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Gustav howled into Cuba's Isla de Juventud as a monstrous Category 4 hurricane on Saturday while both Cubans and Americans scrambled to flee the path of the fast-growing storm. |
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BBC News |
2:02pm PDT |
Festival reveals record takings |
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Summary: This year's Edinburgh International Festival posted its highest ever box office takings, the festival's organisers report. |
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BBC News |
1:44pm PDT |
Dogged Murray survives Melzer scare |
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Summary: British number one Andy Murray teeters on the brink of defeat before coming back to beat Jurgen Melzer 6-7 (5-7) 4-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-1 6-3 at the US Open. |
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Cnn.com |
1:41pm PDT |
Police raid headquarters of RNC protesters |
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Summary: Police raided a rental hall used by a group organizing protests at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Friday.
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Yahoo News |
1:32pm PDT |
McCain, Palin in Pa., convention monitors storm
(AP)
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Summary: AP - John McCain introduced new running mate Sarah Palin to voters in battleground Pennsylvania on Saturday as they wound their way toward St. Paul and a Republican National Convention where the mood was suddenly threatened by Hurricane Gustav. |
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Cnn.com |
1:29pm PDT |
Iraq signs $3 billion oil deal with China |
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Summary: Iraq has signed its first major oil deal with a foreign company since the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime, a spokesman for the Iraqi Oil Ministry said Saturday.
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Cnn.com |
1:27pm PDT |
Serial killer on the loose in California, police say |
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Summary: Los Angeles, California, police detectives are looking for a serial killer who they believe killed at least 11 people, many of them prostitutes, over a 23-year period.
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Yahoo News |
1:26pm PDT |
McCain, Palin in Pa.; convention monitors storm
(AP)
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Summary: AP - John McCain introduced new running mate Sarah Palin to voters in battleground Pennsylvania on Saturday as they wound their way toward St. Paul and a Republican National Convention where the mood was suddenly threatened by Hurricane Gustav. |
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Yahoo News |
1:08pm PDT |
New Orleans gets ready as Gustav strengthens
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A million people took to Gulf Coast highways Saturday, boarding up homes and businesses and fleeing dangerous Hurricane Gustav by bus and automobile as the season's most powerful Atlantic storm took aim at Louisiana. |
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Yahoo News |
12:42pm PDT |
More than 75 percent of Gulf oil cut off for storm
(AP)
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Summary: AP - More than three-quarters of the Gulf of Mexico's offshore oil production had been cut off Saturday as energy companies evacuated petroleum platforms in the face of Hurricane Gustav. |
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BBC News |
12:42pm PDT |
Why so frank? |
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Summary: The thinking behind the chancellor's candid comments |
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Yahoo News |
12:24pm PDT |
Hundreds line up to leave New Orleans before Gustav
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Thousands of people lined up
outside a bus and train terminal early on Saturday to get out
of New Orleans as Hurricane Gustav took aim at the Louisiana
coast, reviving traumatic memories of Hurricane Katrina. |
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Yahoo News |
12:24pm PDT |
Italy apologises to Libya for colonial era damage
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Saturday apologised to Libya for damage inflicted by Italy during the colonial era and signed a five-billion-dollar investment deal by way of compensation. |
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Yahoo News |
12:15pm PDT |
McCain's VP pick helps fundraising, draws scorn
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Presidential candidate John McCain
and running mate Sarah Palin spent time getting to know each
other on Saturday after the Alaska governor's surprise addition
to the Republican ticket ignited fund-raising and drew
Democratic scorn. |
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Yahoo News |
12:09pm PDT |
Hurricane Gustav nears Cuba as Category 4 storm
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Hurricane Gustav exploded into a
dangerously powerful storm with 145 mph (230 kph) winds near
western Cuba on its way to the oil-rich Gulf of Mexico and New
Orleans, which was devastated by a similar storm in 2005. |
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BBC News |
11:55am PDT |
Deadly hurricane roars into Cuba |
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Summary: Hurricane Gustav, now a highly dangerous Category 4 storm, bears down on Cuba after churning up the Caribbean. |
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BBC News |
11:24am PDT |
Impressive Arsenal overwhelm Newcastle |
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Summary: Robin van Persie scores a brace as Arsenal return to their irresistible best to beat Newcastle 3-0 at the Emirates. |
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Yahoo News |
11:15am PDT |
Gustav swells to dangerous Cat 4 storm off Cuba
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Gustav swelled into a fearsome Category 4 hurricane with winds of 145 mph on Saturday as Cuba raced to evacuate more than 240,000 people and Americans to the north clogged highways fleeing New Orleans. |
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BBC News |
11:15am PDT |
Russia moves to calm Georgia row |
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Summary: Russia takes a series of diplomatic steps in an apparent effort to ease tensions with the West over the conflict in Georgia. |
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Yahoo News |
11:15am PDT |
New Orleans evacuation may start early Sunday: mayor
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - City officials will order a
mandatory evacuation of New Orleans starting early on Sunday if
Hurricane Gustav holds to its current course, New Orleans Mayor
Ray Nagin said on Saturday. |
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Cnn.com |
11:13am PDT |
GOP to have its share of stars, too |
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Summary: Now it's the Republicans' turn.
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Yahoo News |
11:08am PDT |
Pennsylvania, Michigan crucial to fall election
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Keep your eyes on Pennsylvania and Michigan. |
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Yahoo News |
10:59am PDT |
Satellite phones make cowboys wildfire sentinels
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The craggy gullies where Idaho cowboy Paul Nettleton runs 1,200 head of cattle are often precious minutes from reliable cell phone coverage. |
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Yahoo News |
10:48am PDT |
New Orleans evacuations begin as Gustav menaces
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Lines of people waiting for buses to take them out of the city grew longer Saturday and traffic grew heavier on main highways as Hurricane Gustav strengthened into a dangerous Category 4 storm on track for the Gulf Coast. |
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Yahoo News |
10:30am PDT |
Fans line up for Oprah Olympian show tickets
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hundreds of Oprah Winfrey fans are lining up in Chicago's Millennium Park for a chance at free tickets to the talk show host's season premiere featuring 150 U.S. Olympic team members. |
