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Tornadoes touch down in Dallas
At least four tornadoes spawned by Tropical Depression Hermine touched down in and around Dallas, Texas, sending up debris and swirling around buildings.

Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:46:46 EDT


Castro casts doubt on 'Cuban model'
Fidel Castro told a visiting American journalist that the "Cuban model" no longer works, an apparent admission of failings in the communist economic model.

Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:20:08 EDT


'Rahmbo' Emanuel: Obama's enforcer
Rahm Emanuel, President Obama's chief of staff, is known as a force of nature who efficiently navigates the back halls of Congress to get exactly what he wants.

Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:59:42 EDT


Who might replace Rahm?
The smart money in Washington and Chicago, Illinois, says it's all but a certainty that within weeks Rahm Emanuel will throw his hat into the ring to replace retiring Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley. So the parlor game over who will replace Emanuel as White House chief of staff has already kicked into high gear.

Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:27:54 EDT


Obama slams GOP economic policies
President Obama opened the post-Labor Day stretch of the midterm campaign by blasting the GOP and pushing a new $350 billion plan to lift the sagging economy.

Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:50:43 EDT


4 missing, 140 structures burn in Colo.
At least 54 homes have been destroyed by a wildfire burning west of Boulder, Colorado, and eight people are unaccounted for, officials say.

Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:50:52 EDT


BP points fingers in rig blast
An internal investigation puts some responsibility for the Gulf oil disaster on BP but assigns much of the blame to contractors Halliburton and Transocean.

Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:57:46 EDT


Asteroid buzzes Earth; another coming
A small asteroid passed within the moon's distance from the Earth on Wednesday morning, and another will do likewise later in the day, space watchers say.

Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:54:03 EDT


Clinton condemns Quran-burning plan
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has condemned the planned burning of Qurans on the anniversary of the 2001 attacks on the United States as criticism mounts from Muslims around the world.

Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:37:54 EDT


Google starts instant search
Another day, another animated Google logo -- and with it, a big question: What will Google announce Wednesday to improve the way people use its engine to search the Web?

Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:26:25 EDT


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