The number of U.S. homeowners swept up in the housing crisis rose further last month, with foreclosure filings up nearly 50 percent compared with a year earlier, a foreclosure listing company said.
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Archaeologists in Jordan have discovered a cave underneath one of the world's oldest churches and say it may have been an even more ancient site of Christian worship. But outside experts expressed caution about the claim.
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The rising costs of ingredients and transporting it are being reflected, and that's prompting some folks to change their consumption habits, reports Susan Koeppen.
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AP - Barack Obama achieved a historic breakthrough with his nomination for president, but you wouldn't know it by tracking the official events of the Democratic convention's first three days.

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Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff told Congress there's no guarantee officials will catch terrorists traveling with European Union passports.
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Chip giant Intel signs a deal with Yahoo to make the TV set much more web aware.
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AP - Talk about an extreme makeover: Scientists have transformed one type of cell into another in living mice, a big step toward the goal of growing replacement tissues to treat a variety of diseases.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese police arrested two Greenpeace activists on suspicion of theft on Friday after they admitted taking a box of whale meat as evidence of what they said was embezzlement by Japanese whalers.
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Reuters - Oil rose for a fourth straight day to above $119 a barrel on Thursday, on fears Tropical Storm Gustav may hit the Gulf of Mexico after it morphs into a major hurricane, crippling the heart of U.S. offshore production.

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Joe E. Tata will return as the diner owner on CW's "90210" spin-off.
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Forget the rising price of gas or food. None of these can hold a candle to debt which compounds monthly. If you're in debt, the best thing to do is to pay it off as quickly as possible. The longer you wait, the more excessive it can become.
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For some couples, the persistent pain of fibromyalgia can make sex a challenge.
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Reuters - Apparel retailers Chico's FAS Inc and American Eagle Outfitters Inc posted better-than-expected profits on Tuesday despite taking deep markdowns to lure shoppers of all ages, sending their shares higher.

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AP - When a computer system that distributes flight plans nationwide came rolling to a halt this week because of a software glitch, so did airplanes on tarmacs from Orlando to Chicago. The ensuing delays drove home just how easily an apparently isolated problem can trigger network-wide disarray in the country's aging air traffic control system.

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Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson tours Gulf Arab states courting investors.
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Iran and the European Union's chief negotiators agreed on Saturday to resume talks on suspending uranium enrichment in two weeks, after Tehran ruled out freezing its program in talks that included the United States for the first time.
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Chinese parents' anger over schools destroyed by quake shows not dissipating.
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Newly released files show that Winston Churchill was urged to keep Britain's Special Operations Executive going in peacetime.
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