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Mar 23, 2008 - U.S. Army Soldiers from 10th Mountain Division conduct a patrol outside Northern Oil Company in Kirkuk, Iraq, March 23, 2008.
Business   Iraq   Mideast   Oil   Photos   War  
 CBS News 
State Department Probes Iraq Oil Contracts
The State Department's inspector general is investigating Iraqi oil contracts after four Democratic senators complained that department employees may have encouraged lucrative oil deals between Iraq a... (photo: DoD / Staff Sgt. Samuel Bendet, U.S. Air Force)
 Firefighters and members of the Greek special forces try to extinguish flames during a fire in the village of Thisoa, in the Peloponnese, about 250 kilometers (155 miles) southwest of Athens on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2007. The country´s worst fires in l
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 Toledo Blade 
2-alarm fire damages old Toledo plant
A stubborn, smoky two-alarm fire at the former Doehler-Jarvis plant, 5400 North Detroit Ave., kept Toledo firefighters occupied for hours last night as they struggled to get to the source and extingui... (photo: AP /Petros Giannakouris)
 President George W. Bush and Laura Bush tour the 3M Research and Development Laboratory in Maplewood, Minn., Thursday, Feb. 2, 2006.  (mb1)  The Star 
Foreign demand boosts 3M
| BOSTON: Diversified US manufacturer 3M Co said yesterday quarterly profit rose 3% as strong international demand more than offset a slowing US economy. | The company, whose products range from Scotc... (photo: White House / Eric Draper)
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  A woman leaves an entrance guarded by authorities Wednesday, June 21, 2006, at a public housing complex on Chicago's South Side where authorities said federal and local officers executed arrest warrants on street gang members suspected of selling tainted heroin. The raid, dubbed Operation Snake Bite by Chicago police, was the result of a nearly yearlong investigation of the Mickey Cobras street gang which authorities said was dealing in heroin laced with the potentially deadly painkiller fenta  The Australian 
1013 dead from painkiller overdose
| AT least 1013 people died of overdoses in several US cities from 2005 to 2007 after illegally injecting the highly potent painkiller fentanyl, US officials said | The fentanyl, at least some of whic... (photo: AP / Charles Rex Arbogas)
Drugs   Health   Mexico   Photos   US  
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Jennifer M. Granholm (sl1) The Examiner
Granholm likes part of constitutional proposal
LANSING, Mich. (Map, News) - Gov. Jennifer Granholm said Thursday she's not ready to oppose a constitutional rewrite backed by some unions and the Michigan Democratic Par... (photo: Public Domain)
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 President George W. Bush meets with U.S. Senator John McCain, R-Ariz., and U.S. Senator John Warner, R-Va., Thursday, Dec. 15, 2005 in the Oval Office, to discuss the U.S. position on the interrogation of prisoners. (cg1) Philadelphia Daily News
Poll: McCain closes in on Obama in some states
| The Associated Press | The Associated Press | THE RACE: The presidential race in Colorado | ,,, | THE NUMBERS | Republican John McCain, 46 percent | Democrat Barack Oba... (photo: White House/Paul Morse)
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John McCain Fresno Bee
McCain's Michigan campaign stoop puts focus on auto industry
| WASHINGTON After years of complaints that Washington cared little about its woes, Detroit's auto industry has become a frequent backdrop for John McCain and Barack Obam... (photo: Creative Commons / marcn)
Industry   Michigan   Motor   Photos   Republicans  
 The 489th Civil Affairs Team, 39th Brigade Combat Team, recently completed construction of an irrigation canal. The canal provides fresh water to more than 30 kilometers of farm land on the west side of the Tigris River. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Merrion L Kansas City Star
Study: Climate change could cost Kansas $1 billion
| Rising temperatures and reduced water supply could cost Kansas more than $1 billion in agriculture losses by 2017, says a new study from the University of Maryland's Ce... (photo: US DoD)
Agriculture   Climate   Kansas   Photos   Water  
Obama in Baghdad CBS News
Will Obama Get A Bounce In The Polls After His Foreign Trip?
The assumption among most observers seems to be that Barack Obama will get a bounce in the polls from his trip to Afghanistan and Iraq, the Middle East, and western Europ... (photo: WN / Jamal Penjweny)
Afghanistan   Europe   Iraq   Photos   US  
Former Marine Octavio Gonzalez and his son Octavio from Huntington Park, Calif., walk through crosses set up in the sand to honor U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq, at the Arlington West War Memorial in Santa Monica, Calif., on Monday May 26, 2008 Fresno Bee
List of coalition deaths
| As of Wednesday, July 23, 2008, at least 4,124 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press cou... (photo: AP / Richard Vogel)
Coalition   Deaths   Iraq   Military   Photos  
Auto Exhibition - Cairo - Cars - Industry - Market - Fair -Ford      WN/Hend Fawzi     USA Today
Ford posts $8.7B loss, accelerates shift to small cars
Updated  | Comment  | Recommend | | |  FORD TOUGH | Ford stock (blue), five years vs. S&P 500. By Dee-Ann Durbin And Tom Krisher, AP Auto Wri... (photo: WN/Hend Fawzi)
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2006-2007 Ford BF II Fairmont Ghia 03 Canada Dot Com
Volatility expected for Ford suppliers
| New Focus On Cars; 'Some suppliers are going to get disenfranchised' | Shares in Canadian auto-parts companies supplying FordMotorCo. could be among the market's most a... (photo: public domain / )
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General Motors (sl1) Toledo Blade
GM falls further back in race to retain world sales crown
DETROIT - General Motors Corp., battling to keep the global sales crown it has held for 77 years, fell further behind Toyota Motor Corp. during the second quarter, figure... (photo: creative commons / )
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Mitt Romney / wam2 The Boston Globe
Can Romney buy the VP nomination?
| MITT ROMNEY is running for vice president. | He recently decided he would not seek donations to repay the $45 million in personal loans he made to his failed presidenti... (photo: AP Photo / Chitose Suzuki)
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Economy & Business Health
- Big business to the rescue - for now
- Consumers, home sales paint less gloomy picture
- US STOCKS-Wall St rises after data eases economic jitters
- Women file discrimination suit against McDonald's over h
Mar 23, 2008 - U.S. Army Soldiers from 10th Mountain Division conduct a patrol outside Northern Oil Company in Kirkuk, Iraq, March 23, 2008.
State Department Probes Iraq Oil Contracts
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- Basketball Hall of Famer Nancy Lieberman Makes History with
- Louisiana's governor is a rising star
- McCain scrutinizes contenders for running mate
- 1013 dead from painkiller overdose
  A woman leaves an entrance guarded by authorities Wednesday, June 21, 2006, at a public housing complex on Chicago's South Side where authorities said federal and local officers executed arrest warrants on street gang members suspected of selling tainted heroin. The raid, dubbed Operation Snake Bite by Chicago police, was the result of a nearly yearlong investigation of the Mickey Cobras street gang which authorities said was dealing in heroin laced with the potentially deadly painkiller fenta
1013 dead from painkiller overdose
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Terrorism Stock & Industry
- McCain struggles to be heard in face of Obama's trip
- In shadow of Obama trip, McCain works battleground states an
- McCain struggles to be heard in face of Obama trip
- McCain struggles to be heard in face of Obama trip
 KLdy1 - Mar07 - biotechnology in farming - plants research centre - botanic scientific research - botany - genetic particles in plants - flowers - nature - green - environment - nt2. (dy1)
Planting the seeds of peace: House of Umoja celebrates 40 years of service to the ...
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- Where the Ducks Are
- US STOCKS-Wall St rises after data eases economic jitters
- Basketball Hall of Famer Nancy Lieberman Makes History with
- Stocks head to higher open after data
Mar 23, 2008 - U.S. Army Soldiers from 10th Mountain Division conduct a patrol outside Northern Oil Company in Kirkuk, Iraq, March 23, 2008.
State Department Probes Iraq Oil Contracts
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Sport Education
- Cape Cod man charged in baseball bat beating freed
- Minnesota Twins (55-46) at Cleveland Indians (44-56), 7:05 p
- In Sweden, the Stanley Cup is used as baptismal font for bab
- Three Cats All-SEC; UK voted fifth in East
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How Fantasy Sports Could Kick-Start Volleyball
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- Early college football telecasts
- Amend. 46 would shake up CU scholarships
- Charting the predicted major college football conference cha
- Man gets life sentence for student's 1975 murder
This is the back of a new Nissan vehicle at a Nissan dealership Monday, July 25, 2005, in West Allis, Wis.Profits at Japanese automaker Nissan dipped 14 percent in the first fiscal quarter compared to the same period a year ago as it wrote down the value of its assets to accommodate new Japanese accounting rules. Nissan Motor Co. said Tuesday that group net profit for the three months ending June 30 totaled 105.70 billion yen, or $949 million, down from 123.23 billion yen the previous year. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)hg3
Nissan dedication has root in Tennessee song
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- Rosary gets pop music makeover by Mich. musicians
- Michigan jingle writers set traditional Catholic rosary to c
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Gillian Anderson
Gillian Anderson is back with her X
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- Big business to the rescue - for now
- McCain struggles to be heard in face of Obama's trip
- In shadow of Obama trip, McCain works battleground states an
- McCain Closes Gap in Battleground States, Eyes Running Mate
Mar 23, 2008 - U.S. Army Soldiers from 10th Mountain Division conduct a patrol outside Northern Oil Company in Kirkuk, Iraq, March 23, 2008.
State Department Probes Iraq Oil Contracts
more