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Dolly lashes Texas coast as Category 2 hurricane
(AP)
23 Jul 2008 at 7:24pm
<p>AP - Hurricane Dolly churned into a Category 2 storm as its eye neared the Texas-Mexico border Wednesday, bringing fierce winds and heavy rains that blew down signs, damaged an apartment complex and knocked out electricity to thousands.
Obama defends plans for direct talks with Iran
(AP)
23 Jul 2008 at 7:35pm
AP - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama defended his proposal to negotiate with Iran Wednesday and said he would use "big sticks and big carrots" to persuade the country's leaders not to develop nuclear weapons.
Bush drops opposition to housing bill
(AP)
23 Jul 2008 at 6:32pm
AP - President Bush dropped his opposition Wednesday to a broad housing package aimed at bolstering the sagging economy, despite his objections to including $3.9 billion for neighborhoods hit hardest by foreclosures.
Rice pushes top North Korean diplomat on nukes
(AP)
23 Jul 2008 at 5:29pm
AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pushed North Korea on Wednesday to accept terms to verify the dismantling of its nuclear weapons program, as the two countries held cabinet-level talks for the first time in four years.
McCain credits Bush for drop in oil price
(AP)
23 Jul 2008 at 8:08pm
AP - Republican John McCain on Wednesday credited the recent $10-a-barrel drop in the price of oil to President Bush's lifting of a presidential ban on offshore drilling, an action he has been advocating in his presidential campaign.
Serb's fugitive life had mistress, bogus family
(AP)
23 Jul 2008 at 7:11pm
AP - Radovan Karadzic's secret life included a mistress, a bogus family he claimed he left behind in the U.S., and frequent visits to a Belgrade pub called "The Madhouse," acquaintances said Wednesday.
Stocks mostly rise following drop in oil prices
(AP)
23 Jul 2008 at 8:29pm
<p>AP - Stocks were mostly higher Wednesday as another decline in oil prices and several upbeat profit reports eased some of Wall Street's concerns about the economy.
Electronics giants to create wireless HD standard
(AP)
23 Jul 2008 at 5:47pm
AP - Sony, Samsung and other consumer-electronics heavyweights are uniting to support a technology that could send high-definition video signals wirelessly from a single set-top box to screens around the home.
Omarosa: Wendy Williams is 'a fake and a phony'
(AP)
23 Jul 2008 at 2:30pm
</a>AP - Omarosa is not sorry for sparring with Wendy Williams. "I stand by everything I said," Omarosa told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
Phillies rally for 6 runs in 9th to beat Mets
(AP)
23 Jul 2008 at 2:30pm
AP - So Taguchi and Jimmy Rollins had two-run doubles in a six-run ninth, and the Philadelphia Phillies rallied against the New York Mets' makeshift bullpen for an 8-6 victory Tuesday night, taking over first place in the NL East.
