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A labor of love: USDA grows produce for local food bank
| Employees at Fort Detrick's USDA lab are using their gardening skills to help the community, creating a People's Garden to grow produce for a local food bank. | The U.S. Department of Agriculture as... (photo: WN / Periasamy)
** FILE ** Cuban President Fidel Castro, left, and his brother, Minister of Defense Raul Castro, attend a Cuban Parliament session in the Palace of Conventions in this July 1, 2004, file photo in Havana, Cuba.
Cuba   Espionage   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Cuba United States relations  
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Castro accuses US of abusing spies
| Fidel Castro has criticised the US for its treatment of five Cuban spies who have spent more than a decade in jail. | The former Cuban leader told a group of young Communist Party members on Friday ... (photo: AP / Cristobal Herrera, file )
President Barack Obama speaks during a town hall meeting at Indian Hills Community College, Tuesday, April 27, 2010, in Ottumwa, Iowa.  Canoe 
U.S. fears more Afghan document leaks
By DAVID ALEXANDER, Reuters | WASHINGTON - U.S. officials are worried about what other secret U.S. documents the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks may possess and have tried to contact the group witho... (photo: AP / Charlie Neibergall)
Afghan   Photos   Terrorism   US   Washington  
President Barack Obama points as he walks into a town hall meeting on the Affordable Care Act, Tuesday, June 8, 2010, at the Holiday Park Multipurpose Senior Center in Wheaton, Md.  Chicago Sun-Times 
Obama due here early to mark 49th birthday
| WASHINGTON -- President Obama is flying to Chicago on Wednesday to celebrate his 49th birthday at home. Obama had been scheduled to arrive in Chicago on Thursday, for three fund-raisers and to tour ... (photo: AP / Alex Brandon)
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File - A British army helicopter flies into Forward Operating Base Sangin, Afghanistan, to unload supplies for the Royal Irish Rangers Sept. 24, 2008. Khaleej Times
US worried more secret documents may be released
WASHINGTON - US officials are worried about what other secret U.S. documents the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks may possess and have tried to contact the group without... (photo: USMC / Lance Cpl. Gene Allen Ainsworth III)
Intelligence   Photos   War   Washington   Wikipedia: Afghan War Diary  
Members of the Los Angeles Fire Department urban search and rescue team survey damage after a suspected natural gas explosion at a welding shop collapsed part of the building and hurled two workers into the street, killing one and leaving the other in critical condition, Friday, July 30, 2010, in Los Angeles. The Guardian
Deadly gas explosion destroys building in Calif.
| THOMAS WATKINS | Associated Press Writer= LOS ANGELES (AP) — A deadly gas explosion obliterated an industrial building with such violent force Friday that a worker wa... (photo: AP / Gus Ruelas)
Accident   Emergency   Los Angeles   Photos   Wikipedia: Los Angeles  
  Two men, waiting to cross illegally into the U.S., watch from the Mexican side of the border wall in Tijuana, Monday, Feb. 18, 2008, as Thad Christopher, back right, and Lynn Gilbert, back left, return to San Diego after a beach-side walk to Tijuan The Independent
Leading article: A country of immigrants turns upon itself
| The ruling this week by a US federal judge that blocks the most objectionable parts of Arizona's new immigration law is a victory for the Obama administration, for the ... (photo: AP / Dario Lopez-Mills)
Human Rights   Immigration   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Arizona SB 1070  
A camp is seen on an island near cypress trees killed by saltwater intrusion in wetlands near Houma, La., Wednesday, July 28, 2010. The Guardian
BP oil spill: A Louisiana tragedy
| For Tim Gautreaux, a Louisiana local whose family is immersed in the oil industry, the BP leak means the death of his whole community. And things can only get worse… ... (photo: AP / Patrick Semansky)
Disaster   Louisiana   Oil   Photos   Wikipedia: Louisiana  
Oil booms lie alongside Bayou La Loutre in Hopedale, La., at a BP Lpc oil boom deployment location Monday, May 17, 2010. The Times Of India
BP to set aside $100 million for unemployed rig workers
HOUSTON: BP Plc said on Friday it will establish a $100 million fund to help drilling rig workers in the Gulf of Mexico who are unemployed as a result of the company's oi... (photo: AP / Gerald Herbert)
Industry   Oil Spill   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Deepwater Horizon oil spill  
Taliban ambassador to Pakistan Abdul Salam Zaeef, right, speaks to the press at Afghanistan Embassy Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2001 in Islamabad, Pakistan. Warplanes pounded the Taliban's home base of Kandahar early Wednesday for the third time in 24 hours, targeting the airport outside the southern Afghan city. The Times Of India
UN drops 5 Taliban biggies from blacklist
UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council has dropped five prominent Taliban members from its sanctions blacklist, backing Afghan president Hamid Karzai's ambitious nationa... (photo: AP / John McConnico)
Afghanistan   Photos   Taliban   UN   Wikipedia: Taliban  
Stones with the word "hero" written on them lay on grave stones in Section 60, where many soldiers from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are buried, Thursday,July 29, 2010, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. The Australian
Thousands of errors unearthed at Arlington
| THE debacle at the Arlington National Cemetery on the edge of Washington is much worse than first thought, with thousands of graves estimated to be unmarked or wrongly ... (photo: AP / Jacquelyn Martin)
Military   Photos   Society   US   Wikipedia: Arlington National Cemetery mismanagement controversy  
With a poster of soldiers in the background, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, center, U.N. Resident Coordinator Douglas Broderick, left, and Tea Banh, right, Cambodian defense minister, pose during a U.S.-backed peacekeeping exercise dubbed "Angkor Sentinel 2010" at the Cambodian tank command headquarters in Kampong Speu province, 65 kilometers (42 miles) west of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Saturday, July 17, 2010. Asia Times
US and Cambodia in controversial lockstep
|      Jul 31, 2010 US and Cambodia in controversial lockstep | By Clifford McCoy | BANGKOK - Cambodia's first-ever multinational military exercise is... (photo: AP / Heng Sinith)
Asia   Cambodia   Defence   Photos   US  
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gestures while speaking at a news conference at the Shanghai World Expo in Shanghai, China, Friday, June 11, 2010. Asia Times
Ahmadinejad makes a call to arms
|      Jul 31, 2010 Ahmadinejad makes a call to arms | By Kaveh L Afrasiabi | Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad's statement this week that "they ha... (photo: AP / Andy Wong)
Defence   Iran   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Nuclear program of Iran  
Business Terrorism
- AP EXCLUSIVE: Salazar tours rigs, keeps drill ban
- Albuquerque, top markets lost 3.5M mfg. jobs in decade
- AP EXCLUSIVE: On tour of oil production rigs, Salazar says d
- When Double Dippers become economic party poopers
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A labor of love: USDA grows produce for local food bank
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- Lawyers, Far From Gulf, Skirmish on Spill Claims
- Relatives search for bodies at site of Islamabad air crash
- Gulf spill aftermath: 'It was mayhem'
- Religion of Peace Series: Christian Pastor murdered at Churc
Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen speaks to the news media about the BP PLC gulf oil spill in Washington Monday, July 19, 2010.
SPECIAL REPORT - Plumes, politics and the sultan of spill
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Society Stock & Industry
- GOP's Rand Paul softens rhetoric in Ky. Senate bid
- GOP's Rand Paul softens rhetoric in Ky. Senate bid
- Obama Decries GOP Over Small Business Lending Bill
- Obama: Rangel Case Troubling; Some Dems Say Resign
President Barack Obama points as he walks into a town hall meeting on the Affordable Care Act, Tuesday, June 8, 2010, at the Holiday Park Multipurpose Senior Center in Wheaton, Md.
Obama due here early to mark 49th birthday
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- Debris in relief well sets back work on gusher
- AP EXCLUSIVE: Salazar tours rigs, keeps drill ban
- AP EXCLUSIVE: Salazar tours rigs, keeps drill ban
- AP EXCLUSIVE: On tour of oil production rigs, Salazar says d
President Barack Obama points as he walks into a town hall meeting on the Affordable Care Act, Tuesday, June 8, 2010, at the Holiday Park Multipurpose Senior Center in Wheaton, Md.
Obama due here early to mark 49th birthday
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Sport Entertainment
- Clutch hits help Sox top Greyhounds
- Pressel shoots course-record 65 at Royal Birkdale
- Birmingham City Revive Interest In Wigan Athletic's Char
- Cleveland Cavaliers sign Joey Graham
Philadelphia Phillies starter Pedro Martinez
Oswalt's Philly debut a dud; Berkman headed to NYY
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- Med City Movie Guy: Cleary classic takes to the big screen
- Debris in relief well sets back work on gusher
- Report: New Michael Jackson Album Coming in the Fall
- Boy Scouts Seek a Way to Rebuild Ranks
Marc Anthony and his wife Jennifer Lopez pose together at "Movies Rock
Source: J-Lo close to deal for `American Idol'
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Energy & Oil Politics
- AP EXCLUSIVE: Salazar tours rigs, keeps drill ban
- AP EXCLUSIVE: Salazar tours rigs, keeps drill ban
- AP EXCLUSIVE: On tour of oil production rigs, Salazar says d
- AP EXCLUSIVE: Salazar tours rigs, keeps drill ban
A camp is seen on an island near cypress trees killed by saltwater intrusion in wetlands near Houma, La., Wednesday, July 28, 2010.
BP oil spill: A Louisiana tragedy
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- AP EXCLUSIVE: Salazar tours rigs, keeps drill ban
- Obama: Rangel ethics charges 'troubling'; some Dems
- AP EXCLUSIVE: Salazar tours rigs, keeps drill ban
- AP EXCLUSIVE: On tour of oil production rigs, Salazar says d
** FILE ** Cuban President Fidel Castro, left, and his brother, Minister of Defense Raul Castro, attend a Cuban Parliament session in the Palace of Conventions in this July 1, 2004, file photo in Havana, Cuba.
Castro accuses US of abusing spies
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