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Hundreds flee shifting Calif. fire
With California on edge as a heat wave threatened to worsen firefighting efforts, hundreds of people north of the state capital evacuated Tuesday after a fire shifted direction.
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Town split over teacher accused of preaching
Demonstrations on the town square in Mount Vernon, Ohio, show how divided people are over the school board's decision to fire a science teacher accused of preaching his Christian beliefs in the classroom and burning crosses on students' arms.
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Judge to White House: Gitmo gets top priority
The Bush administration says it has already cleared one in five detainees at Guantanamo Bay for release from the military-run facility in Cuba.
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Receding floodwaters give up trove of debris
As floodwaters retreat across the Midwest, remnants of washed-out households are turning up in the muddy ooze miles from the families who lost them.
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Twister destroys homes, lightning kills boy
Residents say they were warned well before a tornado struck their small town, destroying six homes and damaging others.
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Body ID'd as wife of convicted Calif. man
Police have identified the body found in the Oakland hills as convicted killer Hans Reiser's estranged wife.
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Cheney's office denies climate meddling
A spokesperson for Vice President Cheney dismissed a claim by a former EPA official that Cheney's office pushed for deletions in climate testimony, while a Senate Democrat vowed to hold a hearing.
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Report: War powers law should be repealed
Congress should pass legislation to require the president to consult lawmakers before going to war, according to a bipartisan study group chaired by former U.S. secretaries of state James Baker III and Warren Christopher.
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Family, admirers lay Helms to rest
Vice President Dick Cheney and a delegation of U.S. senators joined hundreds of other mourners who paid their respects Tuesday at the funeral of former Sen. Jesse Helms.
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Hurricane weakens to Category 1
The first hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic storm season continued to weaken Tuesday, dropping to a Category 1 storm with 85 mph winds, the U.S. National Hurricane Center reported.
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