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• Hanna roars ashore but Hurricane Ike looms
As many as 6 inches of rain were expected in the Carolinas, as well as central Virginia, Maryland and southeastern Pennsylvania. Some spots could see up to 10 inches, and forecasters warned of the potential for flash flooding in the northern mid ...
• Medvedev: Russia must 'be reckoned with'
Georgia, a South Caucasus nation long dominated by Russia, sits astride a strategic corridor for Caspian Sea and Central Asian oil and gas. Georgia's desire to join NATO and have closer dealings with the West has deeply angered Russia.
• U.S. to take control of Fannie and Freddie: reports
Foreign central banks reduced their holdings of "federal agency" debt in custody at the Federal Reserve in the past week for the seventh week in a row.
• Greenspan: Fed is not a ‘magical piggy bank’
We need laws that specify and limit the conditions for bailouts — laws that authorize the Treasury to use taxpayer money to counter systemic financial breakdowns transparently and directly rather than circuitously through the central bank as was ...
• Police: Suspect dead in Illinois bank standoff
A spokeswoman for Central DuPage Hospital, Amy Steinbruecker, said the hospital treated and released the police officer who scuffled with the suspect for minor injuries.