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Labor party awaits Australian election
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MELBOURNE, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- The fate of Australia's Labor Party in Saturday's national elections may hinge on support in the state of Victoria, analysts say.
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Bush praises troops as they leave Iraq
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DALLAS, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- As the last U.S. combat troops leave Iraq, former President George W. Bush expressed thanks to the U.S. military for its service in Iraq.
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Superior police: Iraq War vet killed pregnant wife, daughter, self
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Aug. 19--A Superior, Wis., man is believed responsible for shooting to death his pregnant wife and their 13-month-old daughter before he killed himself at the family's home, authorities said Thursday.
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Fed: Manufacturing weaker in Philly region
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PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Manufacturing in the Philadelphia region weakened significantly in early August, after slowing in June, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia said.
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Police: Boys were suffocated before car sent into river
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Aug. 18--ORANGEBURG -- An unemployed mother accused of suffocating her two young sons and disposing of their bodies in a river could face the death penalty in a case that has caused a national sensation for its similarities to the Susan Smith probe 16 years ago.
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Opposition figures arrested in Bahrain
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MANAMA, Bahrain, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Bahrain has arrested rights defenders, political activists and clerics in a clampdown on opposition figures before upcoming elections, a rights group says.
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Sherrod says she's reconciled with NAACP
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Shirley Sherrod, the ousted U.S. Agriculture Department official, said she has reconciled with the NAACP.
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Georgia scientists dispute Obama claim that most oil is gone
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MIAMI -- A team of University of Georgia scientists on Tuesday disputed the Obama administration's claim, made two weeks ago, that most of the oil spewed from BP's Deepwater Horizon well is either gone or widely dispersed.
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Blagojevich trial failed to produce fallout for Obama
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CHICAGO -- To many on the right, Barack Obama is a president imprinted with the sleazy DNA of Chicago politics, an article of faith reinforced by the stunning charges that former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich schemed to profit from a deal to replace Obama in the U.S. Senate.
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Autos boost July industrial production
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- U.S. industrial production rose 1.0 percent in July, boosted by output from the auto industry, the Federal Reserve said Tuesday.
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Lion and tiger mating produces liger cubs
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TAIPEI, Taiwan, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- The Taiwanese government will fine a private zoo operator for cross-breeding a lion and a tiger, resulting in the birth of three liger cubs, an official says.
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Economic Outlook: Fannie and Freddie
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The federal government Tuesday holds its first major forum on what to do about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which hold $5 trillion in mortgage debt.
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Appeals court puts Proposition 8 ruling on hold, sets December hearing
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Aug. 16--A federal appeals court today put off any same-sex marriages in California until at least next year.
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'Daily Show' headed to D.C. for a week
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NEW YORK, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" is to travel from New York to Washington to broadcast a week of shows as part of its coverage of the midterm elections.
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Gates indicates he'll retire next year
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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates suggested in a magazine interview he would retire next year.
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