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U.S. Iran War: Iranian Foreign Minister calls it Craziness

U.S. Iran War: Iranian Foreign Minister calls it Craziness

WHITE HOUSE (NBC) -- President Bush and his top military adviser Wednesday said they want a diplomatic end to the dispute over Iran's nuclear program.

Police Trackdown Illinois Suspect In 8 Murders

Police Trackdown Illinois Suspect In 8 Murders

ILLINOIS (NBC) -- An ex-convict captured after an exhaustive, two-state manhunt has been charged in two killings.

More Than 1,000 Wildfires Burning In California

More Than 1,000 Wildfires Burning In California

CALIFORNIA (NBC) -- Firefighters in the west are battling more than a thousand wildfires sparked in recent weeks by lightning.

Holiday fireworks cause stress for pets and livestock

Holiday fireworks cause stress for pets and livestock

FLORIDA (NBC) -- Many horse owners are not looking forward to this holiday weekend because of the fireworks that come with it.

Freed Americans Back Home

Freed Americans Back Home

LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AP) -- The American ambassador to Colombia says U.S. and Colombian forces cooperated closely on a daring hostage rescue mission.

Mixed Unemployment Numbers Released Ahead Weekend

Mixed Unemployment Numbers Released Ahead Weekend

(NBC) -- June's job numbers are out and it's pretty much what economists had predicted.

Teens Beat Homeless Man To Death In Ohio

Teens Beat Homeless Man To Death In Ohio

 CLEVELAND (AP) -- Police are looking for a group of teenagers who beat a homeless man to death in Cleveland.

Police Say Wash. Woman's Baby Was Cut From Womb

Police Say Wash. Woman's Baby Was Cut From Womb

KENNEWICK, Wash. (AP) -- Police said a pregnant woman was killed after being stabbed multiple times in the chest and her nearly full-term baby was cut from her womb. A 23-year-old woman has been arrested.

Pentagon Announces Charges In USS Cole Bombing

Pentagon Announces Charges In USS Cole Bombing

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Pentagon says it is charging a Saudi Arabian with "organizing and directing" the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole and is asking for the death penalty.

Rebels Tricked Out Of Hostages

Rebels Tricked Out Of Hostages

Colombian spies tricked leftist rebels into handing over kidnapped presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt and three U.S. military contractors.

Letter Writer Boasts Of Killing Pregnant Soldier

Letter Writer Boasts Of Killing Pregnant Soldier

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- A pregnant soldier lay dead in the bathtub.

President Bush Helping Break Ground For New Medical Center

President Bush Helping Break Ground For New Medical Center

WHITE HOUSE (AP) -- The president travels just outside of Washington today to do a little digging. Bush will be in Bethesda, Maryland, for a groundbreaking ceremony where a new, state-of-the-art medical center will be built to treat wounded veterans.

Resident Of Nursing Home Beaten To Death

Resident Of Nursing Home Beaten To Death

CHICAGO (AP) -- An autopsy had determined an elderly resident of a Chicago nursing home was beaten to death.

North Korea Destroys Reactor Tower

North Korea Destroys Reactor Tower

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- A South Korean news report says North Korea has destroyed the nuclear reactor tower at its main atomic facility.

Check Scam In South Mississippi

Check Scam In South Mississippi

PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) -- Pascagoula police are warning south Mississippi banks and credit unions to be on the lookout for a check cashing scam.

Traffic Dispute Causes Morning Brawl

Traffic Dispute Causes Morning Brawl

SEATTLE (AP) -- A woman was stabbed and another woman beaten when a traffic dispute set off an early morning brawl involving about 40 people in a downtown Seattle parking lot.

Feds Raid Blackwater's Armory In Firearms Probe

Feds Raid Blackwater's Armory In Firearms Probe

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Federal agents have raided an armory owned by security contractor Blackwater Worldwide.

Obama, McCain React Cautiously To North Korea Warming

Obama, McCain React Cautiously To North Korea Warming

CINCINNATI (AP) -- John McCain and Barack Obama are sharing a reaction to the easing of relations with North Korea.

Oil Rises Above $142 On Supply Worries

Oil Rises Above $142 On Supply Worries

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- The price of oil is back up above $142 a barrel today in Asia. And analysts see no quick end to the spikes because of tight supply and tension in the Middle East.

Microsoft To Stop Selling Windows XP Today

Microsoft To Stop Selling Windows XP Today

REDMOND, Wash. (AP) -- It isn't a popular decision with a segment of computer users. But today, Microsoft is to stop selling its Windows XP operating system to retailers and major computer makers.

Americans Wonder What's Next For Limping U.S. Economy

Americans Wonder What's Next For Limping U.S. Economy

(NBC) -- Overseas, a rocky start for markets this morning as Americans wonder what next for the limping U.S. economy.

Comedian George Carlin Dead

Comedian George Carlin Dead

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (AP) -- George Carlin, the dean of counterculture comedians whose biting insights on life and language were immortalized in his "Seven Words You Can Never Say On TV" routine, died of heart failure Sunday. He was 71.

Witnesses Describe Chaotic Scene At Kentucky Plant Shooting

Witnesses Describe Chaotic Scene At Kentucky Plant Shooting

HENDERSON, Ky. (AP) -- It was swift and chaotic, witnesses said, as the plastics plant worker with a determined look opened fire, killing five co-workers then himself in rural western Kentucky.

Supreme Court Strikes Down D.C. Gun Ban

Supreme Court Strikes Down D.C. Gun Ban

WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC) -- The Supreme Court has issued an historic ruling on the right to bear arms.

North Korea Hands Over Nuclear Report

North Korea Hands Over Nuclear Report

WHITE HOUSE (NBC) -- President Bush has responded to a big step forward in the long nuclear stalemate with North Korea.

Ex-Rivals Obama, Clinton Appear In Unity Display

Ex-Rivals Obama, Clinton Appear In Unity Display

UNITY, N.H. (NBC) -- Rivals turned allies, Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton are making a show of unity in a hamlet named for it.

McCain's Military Service Takes Center Stage On Campaign Trail

McCain's Military Service Takes Center Stage On Campaign Trail

(NBC) -- In a speech intended to define his own sense of patriotism Barack Obama was forced to defend rival John McCain.

Tennessee Woman Accused Of Dragging Husband To Death

Tennessee Woman Accused Of Dragging Husband To Death

TENNESSEE (AP) -- Tennessee police are investigating a brutal dragging death.

Economy In Worst Slump In Decades

Economy In Worst Slump In Decades

(NBC) -- The first of July looked a lot like the rough month of June on Wall Street.

McCain & Obama Take Campaigns In Different Directions

McCain & Obama Take Campaigns In Different Directions

(NBC) -- Barack Obama was reaching out to Christian groups and John McCain was speaking to law-and-order conservatives.

 
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