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1 Pakistan orders nearly half a million to evacuate

by Emmanuel Duparcq and Hasan Mansoor, AFP

1 hr 55 mins ago

THATTA, Pakistan (AFP) – Pakistan ordered nearly half a million people to evacuate towns on Thursday as rising floods threaten further havoc in a country straining to cope with its worst humanitarian disaster.

Torrential monsoon rains triggered massive floods affecting a fifth of the volatile country — an area roughly the size of England — where a US official warned that foreign aid workers are at risk from Taliban attacks.

Villagers in the south fled from where the Indus delta merges with the Arabian Sea, trailing north in vans laden with furniture or crowded into buses, or in carts pulled by oxen. Some people were on foot, leading their livestock.

2 ‘Problems’ among trapped Chile miners: report

by Moises Avila Roldan, AFP

2 hrs 1 min ago

COPIAPO, Chile (AFP) – Some of the miners trapped in a subterranean nightmare in Chile — and forced to wait months for rescue — are falling prey to anxiety, officials said Thursday, as angry relatives mounted their first legal action.

CNN reported that Chilean Health Minister Jaime Manalich said that three or four of the men do have some “problems” after enduring three weeks stuck underground following a shaft collapse.

They were having trouble sleeping and were becoming increasingly anxious and irritable after being cramped in the confined space for so long.

3 Doubts over bid to protect New Orleans from more Katrinas

by David Parker, AFP

2 hrs 16 mins ago

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AFP) – As the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina looms, the noise of jackhammers, pile drivers and large-scale construction is as ever-present as the sound of New Orleans jazz or cicadas singing in Louisiana’s August sun.

With a remarkable string of projects under way, totaling close to 15 billion dollars, the US Army Corps of Engineers is trying to protect the region from ever suffering such destruction again.

Colonel Robert Sinkler called it, “the largest project of its kind in the entire history of the Corps.”

4 Mother Teresa remembered, 100 years on from birth

by Sailendra Sil, AFP

Thu Aug 26, 8:22 am ET

KOLKATA (AFP) – Nuns, priests and slum-dwellers held a solemn mass in Kolkata on Thursday to mark the birth centenary of Mother Teresa, known as the “Saint of the Gutters” for her work with the city’s sick and dying.

Outside India, the anniversary was also celebrated in Mother Teresa’s birthplace in Macedonia, and in the country of her parents, Albania.

The Kolkata mass, presided over by Cardinal Telesphore Placidus Toppo of Ranchi, was celebrated at the headquarters of the Missionaries of Charity — the order of nuns that Mother Teresa founded in the eastern Indian city 60 years ago.

5 No Elin, no problem as leader Tiger enjoys season best

AFP

1 hr 1 min ago

PARAMUS, New Jersey (AFP) – Newly-divorced Tiger Woods fired his lowest round since his sex scandal erupted nine months ago, a six-under par 65 Thursday that gave him a share of the clubhouse lead at The Barclays.

Three days after ending his nearly six-year marriage to Elin Nordegren, the world’s number one golfer fired seven birdies against a lone bogey to match fellow American Vaughn Taylor for the lead with half the field on the course.

Asked if he felt a weight lifted from him, Woods said: “I can’t really say that’s the case. As far as golf-wise, it was nice to put it together.”

6 Jazz breathes life back into New Orleans after Katrina

by Erica Berenstein, AFP

Thu Aug 26, 11:53 am ET

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AFP) – The historic French Quarter in New Orleans filled with music pouring from dozens of competing clubs as the afternoon faded five years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city.

Notes of brass and piano on Frenchmen Street showed off a robust scene that is attracting hordes of musicians — and tourists — back to the city despite the horrors of the past and the harsh economic times.

Blocks away, lawns and side streets were packed with late summer festival-goers celebrating the birthday of jazz great Louis Armstrong, a New Orleans native.

7 Japan set to draft fresh economic stimulus

by Kyoko Hasegawa, AFP

Thu Aug 26, 7:23 am ET

TOKYO (AFP) – Japan is set to outline fresh stimulus measures “as soon as possible”, the government said Thursday, as officials heaped pressure on the central bank to take steps to support the economy.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshito Sengoku said the government would draw up stimulus plans in the coming days. “Given the current situation, we will decide on it as soon as possible,” he told reporters.

Separately, Vice Finance Minister Motohisa Ikeda called on the Bank of Japan to take prompt steps to support the economy, suggesting a desire for the central bank to further ease monetary policy.

8 South African workers hold mass protests

by Fanuel Jongwe, AFP

Thu Aug 26, 6:30 am ET

JOHANNESBURG (AFP) – Thousands of striking public service workers gathered for rallies in major cities across South Africa on Thursday to press their claims for higher wages on the ninth day of a crippling strike.

Marches in more than 20 cities and towns were scheduled as unions representing over a million workers, who began an indefinite strike on August 18, threatened to broaden their action into a total industrial shutdown.

“We are expecting thousands and thousands of people,” South African Democratic Teachers Union general secretary Mugwena Maluleke in Johannesburg where workers planned to march through the city centre.

9 Pakistan seeks to salvage economy as more flee floods

By Robert Birsel and Lesley Wroughton, Reuters

13 mins ago

SUKKUR, Pakistan/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Pakistan ordered fresh evacuations from Sindh province on Thursday as the country struggled to bring relief to millions already displaced by flooding and sought international help to rescue its economy.

Pakistan’s finance minister and central bank governor joined International Monetary Fund talks in Washington that are focused on how much the floods have hurt an economy that was already in a parlous state.

Separately, the U.S. State Department said it had “threat information” that foreign aid workers and Pakistani ministries responding to the natural disaster may be targeted by militants.

10 U.S. banks lobby Fed on debit card fee limits

By Dave Clarke, Reuters

Thu Aug 26, 7:11 am ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve has begun taking the first steps to crack down on debit-card transaction fees, with the battle between merchants and banks moving from the legislative to the regulatory arena.

The banks lobbied in vain against an amendment included in the financial reform act passed in July that limits some of their transaction fees.

Banks and analysts say billions of dollars in potentially lost revenue is at stake.

11 Iraqis who fought view U.S. exit with mixed feelings

By Waleed Ibrahim and Fadhel al-Badrani, Reuters

8 mins ago

FALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) – Sunni fighter Abu Mujahid lost a leg battling U.S. Marines in the Iraqi city of Falluja, scene of some of the fiercest battles of the Iraq war.

Small pieces of shrapnel still pit his skull and scars decorate his body after a missile strike in 2004 by a U.S. warplane on the city in the western province of Anbar — Iraq’s Sunni heartland and once a stomping ground for al Qaeda..

“Yes, we fought them to the death and we dreamed of the day when they would leave Iraq,” he said, laying aside a crutch as he sat down on a plastic chair in his house.

12 Scarcity of jobs puts more at risk of foreclosure

By ALAN ZIBEL and CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER, AP Business Writers

2 hrs 52 mins ago

WASHINGTON – One in 10 American households with a mortgage is at risk of losing its home, and the foreclosure crisis could worsen if jobs remain scarce.

About 9.9 percent of homeowners had missed at least one mortgage payment as of June 30, the Mortgage Bankers Association said Thursday. That number, adjusted for seasonal factors, was barely down from a record-high of more than 10 percent as of April 30.

The Labor Department said requests for unemployment benefits fell sharply last week. The drop in first-time claims to a seasonally adjusted 473,000 was the first decline in a month and a hopeful sign after a raft of dismal economic reports.

13 Fears Taliban expanding in Afghan north, west

By ROBERT H. REID, Associated Press Writer

Thu Aug 26, 12:50 pm ET

KABUL, Afghanistan – Eight Afghan police gunned down at a checkpoint. Campaign workers kidnapped. Spanish trainers shot dead on their base.

A spurt of violence this week in provinces far from the Taliban’s main southern strongholds suggests the insurgency is spreading, even as the top U.S. commander insists the coalition has reversed the militants’ momentum in key areas of the ethnic Pashtun south where the Islamist movement was born.

Attacks in the north and west of the country – though not militarily significant – demonstrate that the Taliban are becoming a threat across wide areas of Afghanistan even as the United States and its partners mount a major effort to turn the tide of the nearly 9-year-old war in the south.

14 Pakistani Taliban hint at attacks on aid workers

By RASOOL DAWAR, Associated Press Writer

2 hrs 7 mins ago

MIR ALI, Pakistan – The Taliban hinted Thursday they may launch attacks against foreigners helping Pakistan respond to the worst floods in the country’s history, saying their presence was “unacceptable.” The U.N. said it would not be deterred by violent threats.

The militant group has attacked aid workers in the country before, and an outbreak of violence could complicate a relief effort that has already struggled to reach the 8 million people who are in need of emergency assistance.

Pakistani Taliban spokesman Azam Tariq claimed the U.S. and other countries that have pledged support are not really focused on providing aid to flood victims but had other motives he did not specify.

15 Salmonella find links 2 Iowa egg farms to recall

By MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press Writer

13 mins ago

WASHINGTON – Food and Drug Administration officials say they have found positive samples of salmonella that link two Iowa farms to a massive egg recall.

FDA officials said Thursday that investigators found salmonella in chicken feed at Wright County Egg that was used by that farm and also Hillandale Farms. They also found additional samples of salmonella in other locations at Wright County Egg. More than 550 million eggs from the two farms were recalled this month after they were linked to salmonella poisoning in several states.

Also Thursday, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that there could now be as many as 1,470 illnesses linked to the outbreak, about 200 more than previously thought.

16 Restaurants scramble after massive egg recall

By ASHLEY M. HEHER, AP Retail Writer

Thu Aug 26, 12:33 pm ET

CHICAGO – Eggs sunny-side-up are still on the menu. But restaurants nationwide are keeping a closer eye on egg suppliers and reminding diners of the dangers of undercooked food after a massive recall tied to a salmonella outbreak.

“If someone asks for eggs over-easy, what do you do, put a skull and crossbones on their table?” said Louis Tricoli, who owns three Wisconsin restaurants with his family, including one where nearly two dozen people were sickened in late June after likely eating the now-recalled eggs. “Undercooked beef, undercooked pork, chicken, eggs, anything you ask to be undercooked, it’s at your own risk.”

And so, instead of taking eggs off the menu, many restaurateurs are relying on long-standing menu warnings about the dangers of eating undercooked food. And waitstaffs are fielding questions from concerned guests worried that what they’re being served may not be safe.

17 Woods shoots 65 for his best round of the year

By DOUG FERGUSON, AP Golf Writer

1 hr 14 mins ago

PARAMUS, N.J. – Tiger Woods finally looked like the No. 1 player in the world.

In his first tournament since his divorce, Woods played his best round of the year Thursday at The Barclays by missing only one fairway, putting for birdie on all but two holes and shooting a 6-under 65 for his lowest score all season.

“It feels good to be able to control my ball all day like this,” Woods said.

18 Chile faces unique challenge in maintaining miners

By BRADLEY BROOKS, Associated Press Writer

Thu Aug 26, 9:22 am ET

COPIAPO, Chile – In less than a week the 33 miners trapped under Chile’s Atacama Desert will have been stuck underground longer than any others in memory – taxing authorities Thursday with unique challenges on coaxing them and their families through the ordeal.

A team of submarine commanders was called in for advice on close-quarters living. NASA is advising on “life sciences” and giving the men a sense they control their own destinies. Exercise programs are in place so the miners are skinny enough to fit through a rescue hole.

Even a masseuse roams a makeshift camp for the miners’ families, relieving tensions with a touch.

19 FACT CHECK: Stimulus assessments overly optimistic

By FREDERIC J. FROMMER, Associated Press Writer

Thu Aug 26, 9:59 am ET

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration claimed this week that $100 billion invested in innovative technologies under the economic stimulus law is “transforming the American economy” by putting the nation on track for technological breakthroughs in health care, energy and transportation.

But an examination of details in the 50-page report unveiled Tuesday by Vice President Joe Biden reveals something a bit different: a collection of rosy projections that ignore many of the challenges, pitfalls and economic realities in all those areas.

A look at how the administration’s claims compare to the facts:

20 Ground zero’s boundaries evolve in mosque debate

By AMY WESTFELDT, Associated Press Writer

Thu Aug 26, 6:39 am ET

NEW YORK – The furor over how close is too close to ground zero for a planned Islamic center and mosque has raised a simple question nine years after Sept. 11: Where exactly is ground zero?

The lines marking the site of the 2001 terror attacks change depending on which New Yorker, 9/11 family member and American you talk to. Even those who know it best can’t agree on its boundaries. Tourists who come to snap pictures outside of a busy construction site often aren’t sure that they’re there.

Andrew Slawsky, a 22-year-old college student standing outside the proposed mosque and Islamic center, north of the World Trade Center site, says ground zero is not here.

21 From King to Beck: Big rally at Lincoln Memorial

By PHILIP ELLIOTT, Associated Press Writer

1 hr 25 mins ago

WASHINGTON – Glenn Beck says it’s just a coincidence his Restoring Honor rally on Saturday at the Lincoln Memorial will take place on the anniversary and at the site of Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech. But he’s hardly apologizing for the connection.

“This is going to be a moment that you’ll never be able to paint people as haters, racists, none of it,” he says of the event featuring Sarah Palin and other conservative political and cultural figures. “This is a moment, quite honestly, that I think we reclaim the civil rights movement.”

Some civil rights veterans are skeptical.

22 Palin a central figure in tight Alaska Senate race

By BECKY BOHRER, Associated Press Writer

Thu Aug 26, 6:39 am ET

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Sarah Palin has emerged as a key figure in an Alaskan Senate primary race so close that it will now be decided by absentee ballots.

Heavily favored Sen. Lisa Murkowski watched the surprising returns showing a tight race Tuesday night, becoming painfully aware of both Palin’s impact and growing anti-government sentiment.

With all precincts reporting, the Republican senator trailed conservative lawyer Joe Miller by 1,668 votes Wednesday, leaving both hoping that uncounted absentee ballots will give them the victory.

23 State obscures elite Texas Rangers’ border work

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN, Associated Press Writer

Thu Aug 26, 3:24 am ET

McALLEN, Texas – Gov. Rick Perry has told just about anyone who will listen about his plan to dispatch elite teams of Texas Rangers to the border to do what he says the federal government won’t – keep Texans safe from encroaching Mexican drug violence.

Just don’t ask him for specifics.

While the Ranger Recon initiative has served as a strong rhetorical counterpoint when Perry slams the federal government, details about what the taxpayer-funded teams actually accomplish remain a secret.

24 NFL moving forward with 18-game season

By PAUL NEWBERRY, AP Sports Writer

Thu Aug 26, 3:40 am ET

ATLANTA – NFL owners are eager to increase the regular season from 16 to 18 games.

The players aren’t so sure.

During a five-hour meeting at a posh hotel in downtown Atlanta, the push to add two more games to the regular season picked up steam Wednesday – at least among those who sign the checks.

25 Police: 6 Sunni fighters killed in ambush in Iraq

By SINAN SALAHEDDIN, Associated Press Writer

Thu Aug 26, 6:31 am ET

BAGHDAD – Insurgents killed six members of a government-allied Sunni militia in an ambush northeast of Baghdad on Thursday, police said, offering no respite to a nation still reeling from a spate of attacks on police and soldiers a day earlier that left at least 56 dead.

Diyala police spokesman Maj. Ghalib al-Karkhi said the government-allied fighters, known as Sahwa or Awakening Councils, were driving near the town of Muqdadiyah around 1:30 a.m. when their car hit a roadside bomb.

The explosion killed four of the guards immediately, al-Karkhi said. Gunmen then attacked the two survivors, killing them, he said.

26 NY official: Stabbing suspect had war journals

By TOM HAYS, Associated Press Writer

1 hr 26 mins ago

NEW YORK – Michael Enright once volunteered with an interfaith group that has supported a proposal for a mosque near ground zero – a background distinctly at odds with what authorities say happened inside a city taxi.

The baby-faced college student was charged Wednesday with using a folding knife to slash the neck and face of the taxi’s Bangladeshi driver after the driver said he was Muslim. Enright was so drunk and incoherent when he was arrested that he was taken to a hospital for a psychiatric evaluation, police said.

He was later taken to court and remained jailed without bail Thursday on hate crime charges.

27 As GOP civil war rages, Democrats look to benefit

By CHARLES BABINGTON, Associated Press Writer

Wed Aug 25, 10:23 pm ET

WASHINGTON – A Republican civil war is raging, with righter-than-thou conservatives dominating ever more primaries in a fight for the party’s soul. And the Democrats hope to benefit.

The latest examples of conservative insurgents’ clout came Tuesday at opposite ends of the country. In Florida, political newcomer Rick Scott beat longtime congressman and state Attorney General Bill McCollum for the GOP gubernatorial nomination. And in Alaska, tea party activists and Sarah Palin pushed Sen. Lisa Murkowski to the brink of defeat, depending on absentee ballot counts in her race against outsider Joe Miller.

The GOP is likely to survive its bitter intraparty battles in such states as Alaska and Utah, even if voters oust veteran senators in both. But tea party-backed candidates might be a godsend to desperate Democrats elsewhere – in Nevada, Florida and perhaps Kentucky, where the Democrats portray GOP nominees as too extreme for their states.

28 More than 3M seniors may have to switch drug plans

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press Writer

Wed Aug 25, 5:20 pm ET

WASHINGTON – More than 3 million seniors may have to switch their Medicare prescription plan next year, even if they’re perfectly happy with it, thanks to an attempt by the government to simplify their lives.

The policy change could turn into a hassle for seniors who hadn’t intended to switch plans during Medicare’s open enrollment season this fall.

And it risks undercutting President Barack Obama’s promise that people who like their health care plans can keep them.

29 Rod Blagojevich headed for retrial in early 2011

By MICHAEL TARM and DON BABWIN, Associated Press Writers

7 mins ago

CHICAGO – Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is set to go back on trial in January, but he will stand alone as a defendant this time after prosecutors dismissed all corruption charges against his brother on Thursday.

U.S. District Court Judge James Zagel said Rod Blagojevich’s retrial will start the week of Jan. 4, but he did not set a specific date. Jurors deadlocked last week on all but one of 23 charges against the former governor and four charges against his brother.

Robert Blagojevich said he was surprised by the dismissal, but had an inkling that prosecutors were wavering in their case against him when they called his attorney “proposing a strategy” on Wednesday.

30 Pop isn’t dead: Icy treats become sweet trend http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/201…

By DORIE TURNER, Associated Press Writer

26 mins ago

ATLANTA – The line of people in the sweltering gas station parking lot grows longer as the sun beats down. They aren’t here for gas.

One-by-one, each person steps up to a small cart festooned with a multicolored umbrella and is handed what they’ve all come miles to get – what they probably have been craving all day: a frozen pop.

And not the red, purple and orange sugary pops from childhood, either. These sweets are full of unexpected ingredients like cardamom, cilantro, lavender and ginger. They’re iced tea mixed with lemonade – called an Arnold Palmer – or banana pudding with chunks of vanilla wafers.

31 Michigan tea partiers launch surprise push

By KATHY BARKS HOFFMAN, Associated Press Writer

2 hrs 31 mins ago

LANSING, Mich. – Michigan Republican Party Chairman Ron Weiser talks enthusiastically about welcoming tea party supporters into the GOP, but he wasn’t planning to give them his seat at the state convention.

Michigan tea party supporters flocked to Republican party meetings across the state this month and won several hundred delegate seats for the Saturday state convention, including Weiser’s. Now, the activists are positioned for an attempt to push the Michigan GOP further to the right and put hard-core conservatives on November’s general election ballot.

The tea party’s bid to capitalize on its delegate coup, which caught veteran Republican activists by surprise, is an important test for a national movement seeking concrete political impact.

32 Life since Katrina: 3 stories of survival

By PAULINE ARRILLAGA, SHARON COHEN and ALLEN G. BREED, AP National Writers

Thu Aug 26, 1:48 pm ET

When Hurricane Katrina overwhelmed New Orleans and the surrounding region five years ago, hundreds of thousands of lives were changed forever, in myriad ways. Hundreds died, but even among survivors, many lost all that was familiar. And recovery is a process that still goes on day by day.

Here are three stories of survival and readjustment, by Associated Press writers who tracked down individuals they had first met in Katrina’s chaotic wake.

33 Colleges see prospective donors among new students

By ALAN SCHER ZAGIER, Associated Press Writer

Thu Aug 26, 5:17 am ET

COLUMBIA, Mo. – The drill for new college students remains pretty consistent: grab a campus map, buy some overpriced textbooks, save those quarters for laundry and don’t forget to call home.

On a growing number of campuses, first-year students are hearing another message. Please give. Not for tuition, but instead as a young donor.

With alumni-giving rates at record lows and lagging state support of postsecondary education, public and private schools alike are focusing their efforts on building lifetime loyalty among still-impressionable students.

34 Army ending its GED program for aspiring soldiers

By SUSANNE M. SCHAFER, Associated Press Writer

Thu Aug 26, 4:18 am ET

FORT JACKSON, S.C. – The Army is ending a program that helped nearly 3,000 high school dropouts earn high school equivalency certificates and become soldiers.

The GED pilot program known as the Army’s prep school started here in summer 2008, when the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan left the service scrambling to find soldiers. But since then, with the economy in a downward spiral and jobs hard to come by, more people with diplomas have been enlisting.

In 2008, 82.8 percent of people who enlisted for active duty were high school graduates. That number jumped to 94.6 percent in 2009.

35 Judge won’t move DeLay trial from liberal Austin

By KELLEY SHANNON, Associated Press Writer

Wed Aug 25, 8:15 pm ET

AUSTIN, Texas – A judge denied former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay’s request Wednesday to have his money laundering trial moved from Austin, which DeLay calls a liberal bastion where he alleges a rogue prosecutor crusaded against him.

Senior Judge Pat Priest ruled that appropriate safeguards could be taken to give the Republican a fair trial in Democratic-leaning Travis County. Priest set a trial date for Oct. 26.

“I hope I can get a fair trial here. We’ll find out,” DeLay said. “We’re ready.”

36 UN says Congo rapes not mentioned to patrols

By EDITH M. LEDERER, Associated Press Writer

Wed Aug 25, 7:34 pm ET

UNITED NATIONS – The top U.N. envoy in Congo said Wednesday that two peacekeeping patrols were not informed by villagers that mass rapes were taking place and the United Nations is now working to improve communications and prevent any recurrence.

Roger Meece, the new U.N. special representative, said peacekeepers didn’t learn about the “horrific” rapes of at least 154 Congolese civilians for nearly two weeks, which showed that the force’s actions to protect civilians were insufficient and need to be improved.

He said one idea being pursued was to have villages report to the U.N.’s forward operating base at Kibua every day. If the force did not receive a report, he said, it would assume there was a problem and send a patrol to investigate.

37 Army: Soldiers plotted to kill Afghan civilians

Associated Press

Wed Aug 25, 6:31 pm ET

SEATTLE – Five soldiers accused of killing civilians in Afghanistan are now facing additional charges of conspiracy to commit premeditated murder – a plot that allegedly began when one soldier discussed how easy it would be to “toss a grenade” at Afghan civilians, The Seattle Times reported Wednesday.

The five soldiers were charged with murder in June for the deaths of three Afghan civilians in Kandahar Province this year. According to charging summaries newly released by the Army, additional allegations of conspiracy have since been filed against those soldiers, and seven others have been charged in connection with the conspiracy or with attempting to cover it up.

The new charges arose from the investigations into the killings and into a brutal assault on an enlisted man who had informed on soldiers smoking hashish, The Times reported. The informant reported hearing soldiers talk about killing civilians.

38 Calif. library gives Nazi papers to Nat’l Archives

By JOHN ROGERS, Associated Press Writer

Wed Aug 25, 5:36 pm ET

SAN MARINO, Calif. – The Nuremberg Laws, the documents that took away Jews’ rights to German citizenship and laid the groundwork for the execution of 6 million people during the Holocaust, were turned over to the National Archives on Wednesday.

The Huntington, a sprawling complex of libraries, museums and botanical gardens located in the rolling hills of this wealthy Los Angeles suburb, has had charge of the original papers since Gen. George Patton quietly deposited them there at the end of World War II.

Patton, who disobeyed orders by taking the papers out of the Germany, grew up in San Marino and was friends with the family of Henry Huntington, the California railroad baron who carved The Huntington out of the grounds of his estate.

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    • on 08/26/2010 at 23:55
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    • on 08/27/2010 at 00:21

    He should have controlled his other balls and he’s still be married.

    • on 08/27/2010 at 00:27

    I have to break down and get a new one. I hate this built in obsolescence. Not that I’m enamored of the phone I have now, it is a pain to use and the screen is very small. I can’t complain about it’s reliability until recently when the battery stopped holding a charge for longer than 12 hours without being used. It did survive Gaza and Haiti twice.

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