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U.S. to take control of mortgage giants: reports

WASHINGTON, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — The U.S. government plans to put troubled mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac under federal control, the New York Times and Washington Post newspapers reported on Friday. ...  > full story
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Woman locked in cabin in Sweden for 9 years: report

STOCKHOLM, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — A 58-year-old man suspected of keeping a woman locked up in a tiny cabin in southern Sweden for nine years has been ordered by a court to be held in custody, local media reported. ...  > full story
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Rice meets Gaddafi on historic Libya visit

TRIPOLI, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi -- once reviled as a "mad dog" by a U.S. president -- on Friday on a historic visit which she said proved that Washington had no permanent enemies. ...  > full story
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Boeing machinists to strike as contract talks fail

NEW YORK/EVERETT, Washington, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — Boeing Co's 27,000-strong machinists' union declared it will strike at midnight Pacific time on Friday, as the plane maker failed to improve its contract offer after two days of emergency talks. ...  > full story
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Iraq wants explanation on reported U.S. spying on PM

BAGHDAD, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — Iraq will seek an explanation from U.S. officials about a report asserting the United States spied on Iraqi officials, including Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, the Iraqi government spokesman said on Friday. ...  > full story
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Hurricane Ike targets Gulf, Hanna's toll rises

SALVO, North Carolina, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — Fierce Hurricane Ike weakened as it charged across the Atlantic on Friday and took aim at south Florida and the oil fields of the Gulf of Mexico, while Tropical Storm Hanna buffeted the Carolinas after killing at least 529 people in Haiti. ...  > full story
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Jobless rate at 5-year high

WASHINGTON, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — An unexpectedly steep 84,000 U.S. jobs were lost in August and the national unemployment rate hit a five-year high of 6.1 percent, fanning worry ahead of November's presidential vote about rising recession risks. ...  > full story
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Serena and Jankovic to meet in title clash

NEW YORK, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — Jelena Jankovic and Serena Williams each had one eye on brewing thunderstorms as they booked their places in the U.S. Open women's final with efficient victories in blustery conditions on Friday. ...  > full story
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Nearly 500 dead in flooded Haitian town: police

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — Haitian police found 495 corpses when muddy floodwaters began to recede on Friday from the port city of Gonaives following days of heavy rain from Tropical Storm Hanna, the town's police commissioner said on Friday. ...  > full story
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Bhutto's widower set to become Pakistan's president

ISLAMABAD, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, was poised on Saturday to win an election to become president. ...  > full story
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Woman locked in cabin in Sweden for 9 years: report

STOCKHOLM, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — A 58-year-old man suspected of keeping a woman locked up in a tiny cabin in southern Sweden for nine years has been ordered by a court to be held in custody, local media reported. ...  > full story

Angolan extends election after opposition protests

LUANDA, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — Angola's first election for 16 years goes into an unscheduled second day on Saturday after opposition parties condemned the vote as chaotic and demanded a re-run. ...  > full story

Rice meets Gaddafi on historic Libya visit

TRIPOLI, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi -- once reviled as a "mad dog" by a U.S. president -- on Friday on a historic visit which she said proved that Washington had no permanent enemies. ...  > full story

Iraq wants explanation on reported U.S. spying on PM

BAGHDAD, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — Iraq will seek an explanation from U.S. officials about a report asserting the United States spied on Iraqi officials, including Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, the Iraqi government spokesman said on Friday. ...  > full story

Politics

McCain and Obama clash on economy

CEDARBURG, Wisconsin, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — Presidential rivals John McCain and Barack Obama, back on the campaign trail after their party conventions, clashed over the ailing U.S. economy on Friday as unemployment hit its highest monthly rate in nearly five years. ...  > full story

Tough tanker decision looms for Bush administration

WASHINGTON, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — The U.S. Defense Department said Friday it was still aiming to award a long-delayed $35 billion aerial-refueling plane deal before the Bush administration leaves office, even as it delayed yet again a final request for bids. ...  > full story

Washington to pull plans for Russian nuclear deal

WASHINGTON, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — The Bush administration will withdraw a civilian nuclear pact with Russia soon as a penalty for its invasion of Georgia last month, a State Department official said on Friday. ...  > full story

John McCain speech draws record TV ratings

LOS ANGELES, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — Republican presidential candidate John McCain beat Democratic rival Barack Obama in the crucial battle to attract U.S. television viewers during their race to the White House, according to figures released on Friday. ...  > full story

Business

Boeing machinists to strike as contract talks fail

NEW YORK/EVERETT, Washington, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — Boeing Co's 27,000-strong machinists' union declared it will strike at midnight Pacific time on Friday, as the plane maker failed to improve its contract offer after two days of emergency talks. ...  > full story

Jobless rate at 5-year high

WASHINGTON, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — An unexpectedly steep 84,000 U.S. jobs were lost in August and the national unemployment rate hit a five-year high of 6.1 percent, fanning worry ahead of November's presidential vote about rising recession risks. ...  > full story

New York Times to consolidate paper's sections

NEW YORK, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — The New York Times Co plans to consolidate some sections in the metropolitan edition of its namesake newspaper to reduce costs, the publisher said on Friday. ...  > full story

Greenberg could pay fine of up to $100 million: report

NEW YORK, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — Maurice "Hank" Greenberg, the former CEO of American International Group Inc , could face a fine of up to $100 million to settle three-year-old civil fraud charges brought by New York's attorney general, according to business news channel CNBC on Friday. ...  > full story

Science

Storms delay space shuttle launch to Hubble

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — Space shuttle Atlantis' launch on a final mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope has been delayed because of tropical storms, NASA said on Friday. ...  > full story

New fingerprint method could unlock cold cases

LONDON, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — It's a discovery that would make even Sherlock Holmes proud. British scientists have developed a new crime-fighting technique that allows police to lift fingerprints from bullets even if a criminal has wiped down a shell casing. ...  > full story

Experts offer scaled-back sea level rise forecast

WASHINGTON, Sep. 4, 2008 (Reuters) — Worldwide sea levels may rise by about 2.6 to 6.6 feet by 2100 thanks to global warming, but dire predictions of larger increases seem unrealistic, U.S. scientists said on Thursday. ...  > full story

Gene trawl shows curing cancer harder than thought

WASHINGTON, Sep. 4, 2008 (Reuters) — Cancer experts who probed every gene in tumors from two of the hardest-to-treat cancers found that cancer is much more complicated than anyone thought -- and say they found why a cure is so unlikely after a tumor has spread. ...  > full story

Entertainment

"Idol" grad Pickler writes from the heart

NASHVILLE, Sep. 5, 2008 (Billboard) — She has domestic turmoil and tabloid-fodder romance in her past, but Kellie Pickler just wants people "to get to know me through my music." It's fitting, then, that the "American Idol" alumna's sophomore album, due September 30, is self-titled. ...  > full story

Chris Cornell, Timbaland prepare to "Scream"

NEW YORK, Sep. 5, 2008 (Billboard) — Chris Cornell will release his new Timbaland-produced album, "Scream," on October 14. ...  > full story

Mickey Rourke delivers tour de force as "Wrestler"

LOS ANGELES, Sep. 5, 2008 (Hollywood Reporter) — Indie film darling Darren Aronofsky stumbled with his most recent movie, "The Fountain," but he's back on track with "The Wrestler," which had its premiere at the Venice Film Festival and is seeking distribution. ...  > full story

Blues legend B.B. King achieves new chart record

LOS ANGELES, Sep. 5, 2008 (Billboard) — With his 83rd birthday fast approaching, blues legend B.B. King has just scored the highest-debuting solo album of his career. ...  > full story

Sports

Rangers' Kinsler to have season-ending surgery

LOS ANGELES, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — Texas Rangers All-Star Ian Kinsler it to have season-ending surgery to repair a hernia, the team said on its website on Friday. ...  > full story

Serena and Jankovic to meet in title clash

NEW YORK, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — Jelena Jankovic and Serena Williams each had one eye on brewing thunderstorms as they booked their places in the U.S. Open women's final with efficient victories in blustery conditions on Friday. ...  > full story

Hot Villegas moves ahead of chasing pack

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — Colombia's Camilo Villegas fired a five-under-par 65 to seize a one-shot lead after the first round of the weather-hit BMW Championship on Friday. ...  > full story

Serena advances to final against Jankovic

NEW YORK, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — Serena Williams returned to the U.S. Open final for the first time in six years by sweeping away sixth-seeded Dinara Safina of Russia 6-3 6-2 in a windblown contest on Friday. ...  > full story
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