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- Mother of missing Fla. toddler arrested again
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The Associated Press
Updated: 08/30/08 1:35 AM
- The mother of a missing Florida girl was back in jail on check fraud and theft charges just over a week after being released on bond for charges related to her daughter's disappearance.
- Secrecy, surprise were goals of McCain's VP search
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By GLEN JOHNSON
- Associated Press Writer
Updated: 08/30/08 12:05 AM
- John McCain's search for a running mate was remarkable in that it was carried out in secret, concluded with a bang and conducted in sharp contrast to the freewheeling style of his early presidential campaign or his hard-charging Navy days.
- Pakistan's presidential favorite under guard
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By ASIF SHAHZAD
- Associated Press Writer
Updated: 08/30/08 12:25 AM
- Pakistan's presidential front-runner has moved into a tightly guarded government compound over security fears, officials said as a militant campaign against the government led to more violence in the country's volatile northwest.
- Gustav swells to dangerous Cat 3 storm off Cuba
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By MAURA AXELROD
- Associated Press Writer
Updated: 08/30/08 7:10 AM
- Gustav swelled to a fearsome Category 3 hurricane early Saturday with winds of 115 mph as it approached western Cuba on a track to hit the U.S. Gulf Coast three years after Hurricane Katrina.
- McCain makes history with choice of running mate
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By STEVE QUINN and CALVIN WOODWARD
- Associated Press Writers
Updated: 08/30/08 6:55 AM
- In two short years, Sarah Palin moved from small-town mayor with a taste for mooseburgers to the governor's office and now - making history - to John McCain's side as the first female running mate on a Republican presidential ticket.
- McCain taps Alaska governor for VP
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By LIZ SIDOTI and BETH FOUHY
- Associated Press Writers
Updated: 08/30/08 1:25 AM
- Republican John McCain introduced first-term Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his vice presidential running mate Friday, a stunning selection of a little-known conservative newcomer who relishes fighting the establishment.
- 2 airliners nearly collide over Atlantic
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By JOAN LOWY
- Associated Press Writer
Updated: 08/29/08 10:45 PM
- Two airliners were one minute from colliding when at least one of the planes turned away from the other over the Atlantic Ocean this week, federal authorities said Friday.
- Media says Hezbollah hit helicopter by mistake
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By BASSEM MROUE
- Associated Press Writer
Updated: 08/30/08 8:20 AM
- Hezbollah on Friday handed over a man suspected of firing on a Lebanese army helicopter a day earlier that killed a navigator, the militant group said.
- Mourners pay respects to late Ohio congresswoman
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By JOE MILICIA
- Associated Press Writer
Updated: 08/30/08 1:45 AM
- Hundreds of mourners filed into a church Friday to pay their respects to the late U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, the first black woman to represent Ohio in Congress.
- In New Orleans, no shelter for those who stay
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By BECKY BOHRER
- Associated Press Writer
Updated: 08/29/08 11:25 PM
- Police with bullhorns plan to go street to street this weekend with a tough message about getting out ahead of Hurricane Gustav: This time there will be no shelter of last resort. The doors to the Superdome will be locked. Those who stay will be on their own.
- Reaction to McCain choosing Palin as running mate
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The Associated Press
Updated: 08/29/08 2:48 PM
- Reaction to Republican presidential candidate John McCain's selection of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate:
- Analysis: Palin's age, inexperience rival Obama's
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By RON FOURNIER
- Associated Press Writer
Updated: 08/29/08 2:48 PM
- John McCain's risky choice of Gov. Sarah Palin gives him a running mate who doubles down on his maverick image, may appeal to "hockey moms" and other women, and counters Barack Obama's aura of new-generation change. But he may have undercut his best attack on the Democrat.
- Bio information on Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin
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The Associated Press
Updated: 08/29/08 2:48 PM
- NAME - Sarah Heath Palin.
- Obama, McCain vie for suburbanites, white women
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By ALAN FRAM
- Associated Press Writer
Updated: 08/29/08 10:15 PM
- Kathy Melkey stands astride some of the fault lines between Barack Obama and John McCain.
- Palin's parents surprised by VP nomination
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By DAN JOLING
- Associated Press Writer
Updated: 08/29/08 2:48 PM
- If not for flooding at a remote creek, Chuck and Sally Heath might have found out by radio that their daughter, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, had been picked by John McCain to be his GOP running mate.
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