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U.S. Dad Gets Girls Back From Georgia (CBS News)
Two little girls from New Jersey have been reunited with their father after being trapped by violence in the Republic of Georgia for two weeks.
U.K. Winter Gas Slips From a Record as BP Returns Bruce Field (Bloomberg.com)
Aug. 21 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. wholesale natural gas for the coming winter fell from a record after BP Plc started its North Sea Bruce field, boosting supplies of the fuel and easing cost pressure for utilities.
Toll rises from Spanair crash; survivors are 'a miracle' (USA Today)
Media reports now say 153 were killed when a Spanair MD-80 series jetliner crashed shortly after takeoff in Madrid Wednesday. There are 19 survivors from Wednesday's flight, though Bloomberg News says four of those survivors "were in very serious conditio...
NFL great Gene Upshaw dies from cancer complications (Orlando Sentinel)
Gene Upshaw, the executive director of the NFL Players Association and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, died early today from complications with pancreatic cancer, according to multiple reports.
Quiz: News? from Jamaica (Guardian Unlimited)
Are you too busy watching Usain Bolt sprint to keep up with news from the island?
Rising floodwaters from stalled tropical storm trap Fla. residents (Baltimore...
Rising floodwaters from stalled tropical storm trap residents Emergency crews launched airboats into submerged streets yesterday to rescue central Florida residents trapped by rising floodwaters from a stalled Tropical Storm Fay, which soaked the state...
SSE hikes gas prices and power from Mon (Reuters.co.uk)
LONDON (Reuters) - Scottish and Southern Energy is to increase its gas prices for residential customers by 29.2 percent and power by 19.2 percent from Monday, the company said on Thursday afternoon.
UConn's Mourning a play away from starting (New Haven Register)
STORRS - As the top backup to free safety Robert Vaughn, Danbury's Glen Mourning finds himself a play away from becoming a starter. BLOG: Ramblings from the Runway
Four horses banned from jumping Olympic final for doping - FEI (AFP via Yahoo...
HONG KONG , Aug 21, 2008 (AFP) - Four horses have been banned from competing in Thursday's Olympic Games jumping competition for doping, the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) announced here Thursday.
Family Escapes From Burning Muskego Home (FOX 6 News Milwaukee)
A house in Muskego is destroyed by fire Thursday morning. The people inside the home escaped with minor injuries. More from the FOX 6 News team.
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