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Deadly Ike rakes Cuba, could hit Havana head-on (AP)

Waves hit the waterfront in Baracoa, Cuba. Hurricane Ike raged across Cuba with torrential rain and winds as Haiti struggled with a growing humanitarian crisis after four hurricanes in four weeks.(AFP)

AP - Deadly Hurricane Ike roared across Cuba on Monday, blowing buildings to rubble and sending waves surging over homes. Some 900,000 Cubans evacuated from its path, which forecasters said could take it to Louisiana or Texas later this week.

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:42:21 GMT

Reported US missiles hit Taliban center; 9 killed (AP)

Missiles fired by U.S. drones killed at least six people on Monday in a Pakistani village near the Afghan border where a religious school founded by an old friend of Osama bin Laden is located, witnesses said. (Graphics/Reuters)

AP - Missiles fired from U.S. drone aircraft hit a seminary and houses associated with a top Taliban commander on Monday, killing at least nine people, including militants and civilians, officials and witnesses said.

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:27:15 GMT

Ike flooding kills 58 more in rain-soaked Haiti (AP)

Flood victims push past security to enter a food distribution center in Gonaives, Haiti, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008. Haiti's overall death toll has risen to 306 from four tropical storms in recent weeks. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

AP - Hurricane Ike's torrential rains swelled rivers across Haiti and sent floodwaters gushing into homes in the dead of night in one eastern town, killing at least 58 people.

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:55:25 GMT

Cell phone video shows dead Afghan children after U.S. raid (AP)

Afghan men prepare graves for people killed in a U.S. airstrike at Azizabad village in Herat province, east of Kabul on August 23, 2008. The US military said Monday that an attack by coalition forces in Afghanistan last week which allegedly killed dozens of civilians was a

AP - Two videos that appear to show the bodies of at least 10 children and many more adults covered in blankets and white shrouds lend weight to Afghan and U.N. allegations that a U.S.-led raid killed scores of civilians last month.

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:42:13 GMT

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Brady slated for MRI, season may be over (AP)
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, the NFL's reigning MVP and one of the most consistent starters in league history, was scheduled for an MRI on Monday amid reports that he sustained a season-ending injury to his left knee. Brady, whose streak of 128 straight starts is the third-longest ever, left Sunday's game against Kansas City after he was hit by Chiefs safety Bernard Pollard in the...

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:48:31 PDT

Serena Williams wins third US Open title (AP)
On the very first point of the match, Serena Williams hit a backhand so hard that her earring flew off. Turns out she was just getting warmed up. Williams kept pounding away, her shots and shouts getting louder with every stroke. And when she finished off Jelena Jankovic 6-4, 7-5 Sunday night for the U.S.

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:27:50 PDT

Favre wins in Jets debut, beats Dolphins (AP)
Brett Favre sank to one knee on the sideline, helplessly watching the Miami Dolphins try to upstage his comeback with one of their own. Six months after Favre began a brief retirement, he made a stirring debut Sunday as Broadway Brett. But in the final minute the Dolphins marched down the field while Favre's New York Jets clung to six-point lead.

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:52:57 PDT

Murray tops Nadal, reaches US Open final (AP)
Rafael Nadal hunched over, his chest heaving, his hopes of reaching his first U.S. Open final fading fast. No one ever seems to run Nadal ragged. Andy Murray managed to do just that. Exhibiting precisely the sort of winner-vaporizing, opponent-demoralizing defense new No. 1 Nadal usually employs, Murray reached his first Grand Slam final by completing a stunning, rain-interrupted 6-2, 7-6 (5), 4-6,...

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:52:38 PDT

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Fannie and Freddie shares dive, debt rallies (Reuters)

Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson (L) and Jim Lockhart, Director of the the new independent regulator, the Federal Finanace Agency (FHFA), announce that the government is taking control of mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac during a news conference at the Office of Management Supervision in Washington, DC, September 7, 2008. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters)

Reuters - Fannie Mae's and Freddie Mac's stocks took a dive while their debt soared Monday, as investors bet the U.S. government's takeover of the mortgage finance firms would wipe out shareholders but fully guarantee their bonds.

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:31:20 GMT

Wall Street surges on Fannie, Freddie plans (Reuters)

A woman walks past a computerized display showing the FTSE 100 index in west London, Monday, Sept. 8, 2008. The London Stock exchange's FTSE 100 Index, which measures the share prices of Britain's top 100 companies, had gained around 3.8 percent in early trade Monday in response to the U.S. government rescue plan for mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. (AP Photo/Akira Suemori)

Reuters - Stocks surged on Monday as investors bet that Washington's bailout of home finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would help stabilize the housing market and the outlook for financials.

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:22:15 GMT

Boeing strike impact to be felt globally (Reuters)

Boeing machinist Rebekah LovellFord pickets in front of the company's Renton, Washington plant September 6, 2008. (Robert Sorbo/Reuters)

Reuters - Aerospace groups prepared for global disruption from a potentially lengthy strike at Boeing Co , as one of the planemaker's biggest outside suppliers lost no time in cutting production and working hours.

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:24:04 GMT

Altria to buy UST for $10.4 billion (Reuters)

A cigarette lies in ashtray in front of a pub in Bensheim early July 30, 2008. (Alex Grimm/Reuters)

Reuters - Altria Group Inc has agreed to buy UST Inc , the largest U.S. smokeless tobacco maker, for $10.4 billion in a deal that will combine the Marlboro cigarette and Skoal moist snuff brands.

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:41:36 GMT

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Father, son rescued after night in ocean off Fla. (AP)
AP - A father and his 12-year-old son are safe after spending more than 12 hours overnight treading water in the Atlantic miles from the central Florida coast.

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:36:26 GMT

Deadly Ike rakes Cuba, could hit Havana head-on (AP)

Owner: Ride's over at Coney Island amusement park (AP)

A family poses in front of Astroland Park in Coney Island, New York, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008. The owner of Coney Island's landmark Astroland amusement park is calling it quits. Carol Albert says she has told employees the park will permanently close on Sunday. Albert's family has owned the Brooklyn amusement park for almost a half-century and says she is giving up on negotiating a two-year lease with Thor Equities, the developer that owns the seaside property. Thor spokesman Stefan Friedman said the firm was 'extremely disappointed' that Albert had 'decided to give up on the future of Coney Island' although her current lease was valid for several more months. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

AP - When reports circulated over the weekend of a last-minute deal to keep Coney Island's historic Astroland amusement park open for another year, owner Carol Hill Albert was not amused.

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:29:13 GMT

McCain takes 4-point lead over Obama in poll (Reuters)

Republican presidential candidate John McCain addresses a campaign event in Sterling Heights, Michigan on September 5. The US presidential election moved into high gear as two new opinion polls showed McCain taking the lead over Democratic rival Barack Obama.(AFP/Robyn Beck)

Reuters - Republican John McCain heads into the final stretch of the U.S. presidential campaign with a 4-point lead over Democrat Barack Obama, a USA Today/Gallup poll released on Sunday showed.

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:28:25 GMT