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  • Tornado deaths underscore risks of taking shelter in cars
    More than a third of the 22 people killed by a tornado that smashed parts of Oklahoma and Missouri over the weekend died in cars, troubling experts who say vehicles are one of the worst places to be during a twister.

  • Senate challenges Bush, votes 97-1 to temporarily halt shipments of oil to emergency reserve

    The Senate, in a direct challenge to President Bush, voted Tuesday to temporarily halt the shipment of thousands of barrels of oil a day into the government's emergency reserve.



  • Racism alarms Obama's backers
    For all the hope and excitement Obama's candidacy is generating, some of his field workers, phone-bank volunteers and campaign surrogates are encountering a raw racism and hostility that have gone largely unnoticed -- and unreported -- this election season.

  • Old gas pumps can't handle ever-rising prices

    Mom-and-pop service stations are running into a problem as gasoline marches toward $4 a gallon: Thousands of old-fashioned pumps can't register more than $3.99 on their spinning mechanical dials.



  • Install Windows XP SP3 Right

    Still on Windows XP? Me too. So we'll both want to be sure to install Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3), which should be available from Microsoft   by the time   you read this. ...



  • Postage rates go up today

    Before you drop your letters or bill payments in the mail, you may want to double check the amount of postage you have on it.

    The cost to send a first class letter goes from 41-cents to 42-cents today.



  • 53 Illegal Immigrants Held For Ransom in Phoenix Home Rescued

    Among the group of illegal immigrants there were also two 13-year-old girls, three women and a mentally disabled man, according to a spokesman of the Department of Public Safety.



  • King slams fellow Republicans amid Fossella scandal

    Long Island congressman Peter King slammed fellow Republicans for "posturing" by pressuring his close friend Rep. Vito Fossella about resigning amid revelations of Fossella's drunken-driving arrest and secret love child. "To me, it's putting a knife in the back of a good guy who's made a mistake," said King (R-Seaford).



  • Webb's GI Bill faces hurdle from some House Democrats

    President Bush wants more money for the war in Iraq. Virginia Sen. Jim Webb wants a new GI Bill to give troops coming home from war a free college education.