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• Obama, McCain target working-class voters
If you watched the Republican National Convention over the last three days, you wouldn't know that we have the highest unemployment in five years because they didn't say a thing about what is going on with the middle class," Obama told workers at a ...
• Silver State Bank in Nevada is shut
When the housing market slowed down, people who bought raw land to build new homes didn't need that land so they couldn't do anything with it and repay their loans.
• Hanna rakes Carolinas; Hurricane Ike looms
RALEIGH, N.C. - Tropical Storm Hanna accelerated toward New England on Saturday after the storm's whipping winds and rain didn't linger long enough over the Southeast to cause much more than some isolated flooding and power outages.
• Suicide bomber kills 6 at market in Iraq
Despite my injuries, I can't stop thinking about that woman. Is it a humanitarian or Islamic thing to do during the holy month of Ramadan?" Mohammed Ahmed, 18, said his 4-year-old brother, Muntadhar, was wounded in the blast.
• Beyonce, Cyrus among stars at Fashion Rocks
A highlight was Timberlake and Beyonce's sizzling duet of "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing," which channeled the soulful sound of the classic song's original singers, Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell.