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• Bush's final G-8 summit may be harmonious
WASHINGTON - The issues are as difficult as ever, but the conditions are likely to be more conducive to agreement as President Bush attends his eighth and final economic summit of industrial democracies.
• New Orleans wonders if rebuilt levees will hold
It's scary, man," said Robert Russell, a 63-year-old plumber whose house in Gentilly Woods is close to floodwalls on the Industrial Canal that are so suspect the Army Corps of Engineers is buffering them with large baskets filled with sand.
• Stocks stumble after record drop in incomes
NEW YORK - Stocks tumbled Friday after the government said personal incomes fell last month by the largest amount in nearly three years while consumer spending slowed. The Dow Jones industrial average fell more than 125 points, while a disappointing ...
• China lights Paralympics torch
The flame will travel on Friday to ancient capital Xian, now the modern capital of northwestern Shaanxi province, before heading to southern industrial hub Shenzhen in coastal Guangzhou province on Saturday.
• Feds detain nearly 600 in Miss. plant raid
Federal immigration agents raided Howard Industries headquarters, seen here in the Ellisville Industrial Park in Laurel, Miss., as members of the Homeland Security ICE team investigate if the company was using undocumented workers Monday, Aug. 25 ...