Posted Friday July 11, 2008, 1:49 am, Over one day old
HealthDay - FRIDAY, July 11 (HealthDay News) -- The teen birth rate is up for the
first time in 15 years, and homicides among teens are up for the first
time in 12 years, a new government report finds.
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Posted Friday July 11, 2008, 1:49 am, Over one day old
AP - The launch of Apple Inc.'s much-anticipated new iPhone turned into an information-technology meltdown on Friday, as customers were unable to get their phones working.
Read Software problems bug Apple's launch of new iPhone
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AP - For more than a year, Gordon Dibler held out hope that his stepson, Army Pvt. Byron W. Fouty, would return home from Iraq. Then military officials delivered the grim news that the bodies of Fouty and another soldier captured in an ambush south of Baghdad had been found.
Read Bodies of 2 missing US soldiers are found in Iraq
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AP - Bermuda has issued a tropical storm watch for the island as Hurricane Bertha approaches.
Read Bermuda issues storm watch for Hurricane Bertha
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AP - A soldier fatally shot a South Korean tourist Friday at a resort in North Korea, prompting the South to suspend a high-profile tourism program just as the president was seeking to repair strained ties with his communist neighbor.
Read Tourist's killing clouds SKorean appeal to North
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Read Dow drops below 11,000 for 1st time in 2 years
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Posted Friday July 11, 2008, 1:49 am, Over one day old
Reuters - Fear spread on Friday that the U.S.
housing crisis would drag down the nation's major mortgage
finance agencies, and the government offered no hint that it
would swiftly step in to help.
Read No imminent government bailout for Fannie, Freddie
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AP - Canine cuisine is being sent to the doghouse during next month's Beijing Olympic Games.
Read Dog meat off the menu during Beijing Olympics
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AP - Oil prices spiked to a new record above $147 a barrel Friday, as rising hostilities between the West and Iran and the potential for attacks on Nigerian oil facilities gave investors reason to rush back into the energy markets.
Read Oil sets new record above $147 a barrel
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AP - Struggling homeowners who can't afford their mortgages and banks facing big losses would get government help under a foreclosure rescue that has broad bipartisan support.
Read Foreclosure rescue to pass Senate; House next
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