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Ike blasts Turks and Caicos as Category 4 storm (AP)

In this satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Hurricane Ike is seen moving across the Atlantic Ocean as Tropical Storm Hanna bears down on the US on September 5, 2008. Tropical Storm Hanna barreled across the southeastern United States, battering the coast with waves, rain and wind and prompting thousands of people to seek refuge inland.(AFP/NOAA/File)

AP - Hurricane Ike roared across the Turks and Caicos on Sunday as a ferocious Category 4 storm, as people sought refuge from its howling winds in emergency shelters or in their homes.

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 06:51:35 GMT

Haitians flee Gonaives before Ike reaches island (AP)

A man walks through flood waters as he pulls a wheelbarrow loaded with a coffin containing the body of a man who died from hypertension triggered during flooding after Tropical Storm Hanna hit the area in Gonaives, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008. Hanna has killed 166 people in Haiti. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

AP - Hundreds of people fled this waterlogged city Saturday for higher ground as powerful Hurricane Ike threatened to unleash heavy rain and compound a disaster caused by a previous storm. At the local jail, emaciated inmates waited for food to stave off starvation.

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:32:24 GMT

Pakistan suicide blast death toll reaches 35 (AP)

Local residents look at a victim on a bed at the site of the suicide bombing on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan on Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008. A pickup truck packed with a large amount of explosives blew up a security checkpoint in Pakistan's volatile northwest Saturday, killing at least 13 people and injuring nearly 60 in an attack that may have been intended for a more important target, police said. The suicide attack occurred on the outskirts of Peshawar on the day Pakistani lawmakers voted for a new president, underscoring the challenges facing a country the U.S. has pressured to crack down on insurgents. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

AP - The death toll in a massive suicide blast in Pakistan's militant-plagued northwest reached 35, officials said Sunday, as the country prepared for Benazir Bhutto's widower to take over as president.

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 06:44:44 GMT

Flood in China coal mine traps 23 people (AP)
AP - Twenty-three people were trapped in a flooded coal mine in central China, authorities said Sunday.

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 05:03:09 GMT

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East Carolina upsets No. 8 West Virginia (AP)
Skip Holtz followed his biggest coaching victory at East Carolina with an even more impressive one. Jonathan Williams had two short touchdown runs, quarterback Patrick Pinkney was nearly perfect and the Pirates routed No. 8 West Virginia 24-3 on Saturday for their third straight win over a ranked team.

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:45:07 PDT

Buckeyes survive scare from Ohio, 26-14 (AP)
After barely beating Ohio University, No. 3 Ohio State was not a happy football team. In fact, the sluggish win felt more like a loss. "That was pathetic. It was a pathetic performance," Buckeyes wide receiver Brian Hartline said after the Buckeyes rallied in the fourth quarter for 26-14 win over plucky Ohio, a 33 1/2 -point underdog.

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:14:27 PDT

Federer tops Djokovic to make Open final (AP)
Ominous clouds overhead, the sort of hard court that troubled him this season underfoot, Roger Federer sensed something Saturday he hadn't in quite a while. He was playing exactly like that guy named Roger Federer. The Federer who has won 33 consecutive matches and four consecutive championships at the U.S.

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:12:27 PDT

White Sox top Angels in 15 on Thome's HR (AP)
Jim Thome passed Mickey Mantle at the perfect time. Thome homered in the 15th inning to move ahead of Mantle on the career list and give the Chicago White Sox a 7-6 victory over the Los Angeles Angels that extended their AL Central lead Saturday night. Thome's 537th home run came off Justin Speier (1-8) and put him in sole possession of 14th place.

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:36:36 PDT

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Government plan for Fannie, Freddie to hit shareholders (Reuters)

Reuters - The U.S. government plans to take over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and all shareholders of the two mortgage giants will take a hit, an influential lawmaker said on Saturday.

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:24:37 GMT

Boeing machinists walk off the job as talks fail (Reuters)

Boeing machinist Rebekah LovellFord pickets in front of the company's Renton, Washington plant September 6, 2008. (Robert Sorbo/Reuters)

Reuters - Boeing Co's 27,000-strong machinists' union walked off the job on Saturday after the plane maker failed to improve its contract offer following two days of emergency talks.

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:37:36 GMT

Alitalia adviser to meet BA on rescue plan: report (Reuters)

A British Airways aircraft taxis past BA tail-fins at Heathrow Airport, west London, July 29, 2008. (Toby Melville/Reuters)

Reuters - Alitalia's (AZPIa.MI) adviser will soon present its rescue plan for the airline to British Airways , considered by Italy as a possible foreign partner for the bankrupt airline, an executive told a newspaper.

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:44:02 GMT

Greenberg could pay fine of up to $100 million: report (Reuters)

Maurice Greenberg speaks at a luncheon on American competitiveness in the global market at the New York Law School in New York April 24, 2006. (Keith Bedford/Reuters)

Reuters - Maurice "Hank" Greenberg, the former CEO of American International Group Inc , could face a fine of up to $100 million to settle three-year-old civil fraud charges brought by New York's attorney general, according to business news channel CNBC on Friday.

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:22:41 GMT

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Powerful storm raises fears from Caribbean to Gulf (AP)

This image provided by NOAA taken at 11:45 p.m. EDT Saturday Sept. 6, 2008 shows Hurricane Ike over the Turks and Caicos. At 200 a.m. EDT the large eye of hurricane ike was located over the Turks iand Caicos Islands and about 115 miles east of Great Inagua Island in the southeastern Bahamas. Ike is moving on a motion just south of due west near 15 mph. A west to west-southwest motion is expected to continue today with a turn toward the west-northwest expected on Monday. On this track the core of the hurricane will move over or near the southeastern Bahamas this morning and move near or over eastern Cuba tonight and early Monday. Maximum sustained winds remain near 135 mph with higher gusts. Ike is an extremely dangerous Category Four Hurricane according to forecasters. Some strengthening is possible before Ike moves over eastern Cuba. (AP Photo/NOAA)

AP - "Extremely dangerous" Hurricane Ike grew to fierce Category 4 strength Saturday as it roared on an uncertain path that forced millions from the Caribbean to Florida, and Louisiana to Mexico, to nervously wonder where it would eventually strike.

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 06:15:35 GMT

McCain-Palin becoming Palin-McCain? (AP)

Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, left, signs autographs as she greets supporters at the conclusion of a campaign rally Saturday night, Sept. 6, 2008 in Albuquerque, NM. Palin's husband Todd looks on and smiles. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

AP - The banners, buttons and signs say McCain-Palin, but the crowds say something else.

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 05:40:52 GMT

Sarah Palin has yet to meet the press (Politico)

Politico - When political junkies flip through television stations on Sunday morning, they'll find policy-driven interviews with three of the four candidates on the presidential tickets — John McCain, Barack Obama and Joe Biden. They won’t, though, see Sarah Palin.

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:21:00 GMT

4th Pa. teen charged in killing of immigrant (AP)

Crystal Dillman, the fiancee Luis Ramirez, is moved to tears as members of Latina show their support for the couple outside the Schuylkill County Courthouse, in Pottsville, Pa., Monday, Aug. 18, 2008. A preliminary hearings was held for three suspects charged in the beating death of Luis Ramirez, a 25-year-old Mexican immigrant who was severely beaten on July 12, in Shenandoah, Pa. Latina is a Chicago-based grass roots organization working to defend Latino immigrant rights. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

AP - Authorities in Pennsylvania say a fourth teenager has been charged in the fatal beating of a Mexican immigrant.

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:15:58 GMT