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Housing rescue on track to pass Senate by Saturday

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate has cleared the last hurdle to passing a massive housing rescue bill. An 80-13 test vote showed broad support for the package and put it on track to pass the Senate by Saturday. The White House says President Bush will sign it....

US foreclosure filings more than double

NEW YORK (AP) -- The number of households facing the foreclosure process more than doubled in the second quarter compared to a year ago, according to data released Friday....

Obama's brief stop in Paris belies his popularity

PARIS (AP) -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama expected to spend just enough time in Paris on Friday for talks with the French president and a joint news conference, not a rousing speech like the one he delivered in Berlin....

Qantas jet lands with gaping hole in fuselage

MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- A Qantas jumbo jet carrying 345 passengers made an emergency landing Friday with a gaping hole in its fuselage after a mysterious "explosive decompression," officials said....

Obama has breakfast with troops in Afghan capital

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Barack Obama had breakfast Sunday with U.S. troops in Kabul as part of his visit to Afghanistan....

Tropical Storm Cristobal rumbles off the Carolinas

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- Tropical Storm Cristobal, the first tropical storm to menace the Southeast seaboard this hurricane season, sent outer bands of intermittent rain lashing the eastern Carolinas late Saturday as forecasters predicted it could dump several inches in some areas of drought-stricken North Carolina....

Obama visits Afghanistan to tour war zone

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama started a campaign-season tour of combat zones and foreign capitals, visiting with U.S. forces in Kuwait and then Afghanistan - the scene of a war he says deserves more attention and more troops....

Iran rules out suspending enrichment program

GENEVA (AP) -- Iran on Saturday ruled out freezing its uranium enrichment program, casting doubt over the value of its talks with six world powers less then an hour after they started....

Pope apologizes for clergy sex abuse in Australia

SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI used some of the strongest language yet in his apology Saturday for the sexual abuse of children by Australia's Roman Catholic clergy, but his words were just more of the same for the victims....

US general: al-Qaida may be easing effort in Iraq

BAGHDAD (AP) -- Senior leaders of al-Qaida may be diverting fighters from the war in Iraq to the Afghan frontier area, the top American commander in Iraq told The Associated Press on Saturday....

For better or worse, McCain wedded to town halls

DENVER (AP) -- John McCain was in his favorite campaign setting, a town hall meeting, when he spotted a promising target. "I'd love to recognize you first, sir," the Republican presidential candidate said to a man in a Vietnam War veteran's hat....

Crane collapses at Houston refinery, killing 4

HOUSTON (AP) -- Hitting the ground with enough force to lift a worker off the ground, one of the nation's largest mobile cranes collapsed at a Houston oil refinery, killing four workers and injuring seven others....

Beijing begins massive Olympic shutdown

BEIJING (AP) -- Beijing's Olympic shutdown begins Sunday, a drastic plan to lift the Chinese capital's gray shroud of pollution just three weeks ahead of the games....

NJ beach town mayor sez 'Fuhgeddaboudit!' to blog

BELMAR, N.J. (AP) -- To the Staten Island girls who may have been taught to fight dirty in Brownies, Ken Pringle is sorry. To the muscle-bound, tanned-as-coconut-shell visitors he referred to as "guidos," employing a term widely considered an ethnic slur, the mayor of Belmar offers his apologies....

Hezbollah gives coffins to Israel; tests under way

ROSH HANIKRA, Israel (AP) -- Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrillas turned over to Israel two coffins believed to contain the bodies of Israeli soldiers, setting in motion a dramatic prisoner swap between the bitter enemies Wednesday....