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Foreclosures are just the beginning
Video: A wave of foreclosures has taken a visible toll on one Missouri neighborhood, where the cost of food, gas and electricity has gone up — as have the crime rate and drug use.
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Tourists move to shelter as heavy rains and winds from the outer edge of powerful Hurricane Omar pummel the Virgin Islands. Full story
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'Casino' film inspiration Rosenthal dead at 79
Frank "'Lefty" Rosenthal — sports handicapper extraordinaire, Las Vegas gaming executive and the inspiration for the blockbuster movie "Casino" — died Monday. He was 79.
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Caylee case: Trying her mom with no body
Prosecutors building a case against a single 22-year-old Florida mother accused of killing her young daughter will have to rely on forensic evidence and persuade a jury that Casey Anthony lacks credibility and had a motive, legal experts say.
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Podcars pushed as traffic, energy fix
The thought of a driverless, computer-guided car transporting people where they want to go on demand is a futuristic notion to some.
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Gitmo prosecutor consulted priest
Struggling with orders to prosecute a young detainee at Guantanamo Bay, U.S. Army Lt. Col. Darrel Vandeveld consulted a priest for help with his concerns about the tribunals' fairness.
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Army stops Iraq GI from bringing puppy home
More than 10,000 people have signed an online petition urging the Army to let an Iraqi puppy come home with a U.S. soldier, who fears that "Ratchet" could be killed if left behind.
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Black employees sue U.S. Marshals
Black employees of the U.S. Marshals Service filed a racial discrimination lawsuit Wednesday, saying they have been denied promotions by managers who belittled them as lazy.
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John Paul wounded in '82 stabbing, aide reveals
The late Pope John Paul II was wounded by a knife-wielding priest in 1982, a year after he was shot in St. Peter's Square, but the injury was kept secret, his former top aide says in a documentary film.
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World's poor hit hardest by financial crisis
The world's poorest people will be hungrier, sicker and have fewer jobs as a result of the global financial crisis, and cash-strapped aid agencies will be less able to help, aid groups are warning.
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