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JULY 21-23
Mag. 6.8 Quake Hits Japan: No Tsunami Watch Issued
Ahmadinejad Vows No Iran Concessions in Nuclear Crisis
Strengthening Hurricane Dolly Lashes Texas Coast
Dolly's Projected Path – map
T.S. Cristobal Projected Path – map
Hurricane Fausto Projected Path – map
Storm Hits Iowa With 100 Mph Wind, Causes Blackout
Today's Ugly Weather Forecast - map
Burma Cyclone Damage Set at $4 Billion
World's Biggest Food Storage Supplier Empty Through ALL 2009
Salmonella Found in a Mexican-Grown Jalapeno
Russia Increases Weapon Sales to Chavez
Pickens Sounds Alarm Over Energy Policy, Oilman Promotes Alternatives
McCain: U.S. Won't Allow 'Second Holocaust' by Iran
Heat Rises Under Iran – U.S., Europe Vow Additional Penalties If Nuclear Talks Fail
Huge Tidal Waves Hit Kanyakumari, Trigger Tsunami Fears
Tornado Reported in Southern Saskatchewan
Freak Tornado Sucks Up Village Pond’s Water into Air
Explosive Eruption of Okmok Volcano in Alaska
Copper Theives Target Tornado Sirens
Drought Threatens Water Supply of More Than a Million Australians
It's Town Against Farmer
Move Over Global Warming, Let's Talk About Global Catastrophes
Iran Given Two-Week Nuclear Deadline
Head of Israel's Military Intelligence: Hamas, Hizbullah May Be Planning Imminent Attack
Nine Face Stoning Death in Iran
Brown Pledges "Unbreakable" Support for Israel Against Iran
Fishermen Stage Protest in Dublin
Irish Millionaire Will Challenge Lisbon EU Treaty
UK: 1,000 Laws That Will Let the State into Your Home
Canada's Crime Rate Hits 30-Year Low
'Flood' of Drugs From Mexico Linked to Area Abductions
Suicide Epidemic Grips Japan
Is America Too Big to Fail?
Economy Needs Months to Recover: Paulson
Given a Shovel, Americans Dig Deeper Into Debt
Why the World's Economies Are Sinking
Calculating Your Bank's Health
'Turn Up Heat on Congress to Bring Gas Prices Down'
US Food Groups Plan Hefty Price Rises
Food Banks Struggling to Keep Up With Demand
Mideast Facing Choice Between Crops and Water
Big Companies Delay Suppliers' Cash
25 Tips to Sell Your Home in a Recession
25 Things Vanishing From America
Surprise! American Icons That Aren't American
A CIA Lesson From the Field: Never Trust Another Spy
Seizing the Day in Tel Aviv
Massachusetts Patient Tested for Mad Cow Disease
World Warned Over Killer Flu Pandemic
Disease Pandemic 'Inevitable' in Britain Warns House of Lords
Two Genes May Prevent HIV Infection: Canadian Research Centre
Gene Found That Limits Alcohol Risk
The Kanzius Machine: A Cancer Cure?
Breakthrough in Animal Spare Part Transplants for Humans
Woman Attacked By Kangaroo Saved By Pet Dog
Baby Penguin Deaths Baffle Scientists
Mystery Plague Set to Wipe Out France's Crop of Baby Oysters
'Unchurched' Worshipping More, 'Churched' Less?
Anglicans: 'We Are at a Deeply Significant Turning Point'
Pope Warns of 'Spiritual Desert'
Women's Brains Are Different From Men's – And Here's Scientific Proof
JULY 17-18
Tsunami As Earthquake Measuring 6.6 Rattles Japan
Moderate Earthquake Hits Southwest Ecuador
Oregon's Juan de Fuca Plate Getting Busy
Tornado Count in This Very Active Season
Tropical Storm Bertha Gets Stronger In Atlantic
Storm Off So. Carolina Gains Muscle
Even Pharoahs Knew to Prepare for 7-Year Food Shortages
Freedom to Farm? Not Likely - flashback
A Human-Made Disaster
Still No Cause Known for Co-Op Elevator Explosion
EU Proposes $1.6B Fund to Help Ease Global Food Crisis
Homeowners Hoard Heating Oil Via Classifieds
Families Face £1,000 Gas Bills
Imprisonment By Executive Order
EU Terrorists 'Trying to Enter U.S.'
Israel Makes Arrests in Alleged Plot Against Bush
FADC: Hand Out Gas Masks Immediately
New Hizballah Tactic: Missile Ambushes for Israel Aircraft and Ships
US Says Iran Has Missile That Could Hit Europe
Iran Threatens Pres. Bush: Spiritual Leader Khamenei: Iranian Nation Will Punish Bush If He Orders Military Strike
Analysis: Venezuela-Exxon Row Is Rekindled
Death in the Deep: Volcanoes Blamed for Mass Extinction
Legionnella Found in Van Duyn, NY Water System
Chicago's Mayor Says Town May Need National Guard Help
Lorna Byrne: 'To Me, Seeing Angels Is Natural'
Survey Finds Many Unchurched Would Come to Church If Invited
Army to Shoot Live Pigs for Medical Drill
Last-Ditch Resort: Move Polar Bears to Antarctica?
First Photos: Rare Albino Eagle Found in Pueblo, Colorado
Women Turn to Pole Dancing Due to Rising Gas & Food Prices, Other Expenses
State Farm Seeks 47.1 Percent Rate Increase in Florida
Census Bureau: Gay Marriages Won't Count in 2010
US EPA Admits Climate Health Risk
Raw Broccoli, Cabbage Slash Bladder Cancer Risk by 40 Percent; Cooking Destroys Benefits
How Fat Is Your State?
Black Monday 2008: Foreclosure Apocalypse
Grandmother Fights Off Thieves With a Broom
JULY 16
Hurricane Season Getting Longer
T.S. Bertha is Longest-Lived July Storm on Record
One Dead From 6.3-Magnitude Quake on Rhodes
Tornado Touches Down During Wild Alberta Storm
Diary: Colorado River Drought
Drought Creates Tension Along Both Banks of the Jordan
Alaska Volcano Spews Huge Ash Plume for 3rd Day
Russian Ice Camp in Rapid Shrink
Food Prices Could Double
Turkey Loses HALF of Its Crops to Drought
The Next Market Crunch: Water
E. Coli Linked to Beef in 5 States
USDA to Begin Naming Retailers in Meat Recalls
With the Cattle Industry Struggling, the Question Is, 'Where's the Beef?'
River Damming Leads to Dramatic Decline In Native Fish Numbers
Processing Industry Slams Canada's Planned Label Changes
35 Years Later, Rail Disaster Still Looms
Farmers Fight Plans for New Oil Refinery
How to Win the Separation of Church and State Debate
Wipeout: Toilet Paper Giant Flushes Gun-Freedom Law
Denver's Homeless Offered Museum, Zoo, Movies During Dem Convention
Killers of 2 Homeless Men for Insurance Get Life Without Parole
Illegal Aliens and Valid IDs – Lou Dobbs video
Rep. Tancredo: Mexican Asylum — Sign of a Failed State?
Politicizing the Border Weakens Our Security
Cost for Nuclear Waste Site Jumps to $90 Billion
GAO Warns of 'Dirty Bomb' Threat
Radioactive Material Found at London 2012 Site
US Moves to Revoke Citizenship of Suspected Nazi
We Should Never Expect Justice From the UN—a Club of Tyranny and Corruption
Government Plans for a Big Brother Database Recording ALL calls, texts and E-Mails Will 'Ruin British Way of Life'
Climate Change to Cause Rise in Kidney Stones
Married Couples Who Play Together Stay Together
Hunger Can Make You Happy
Beware, Patients: Killer Bug Plagues Hospitals
Skin Infections Afflict Flood Cleanup Hazards
Sleeping Soundly 'Boosts Memory'
Study Finds Genetic Link to Violence, Delinquency
Climate Change to Cause Rise in Kidney Stones
Hunger Can Make You Happy
Beware, Patients: Killer Bug Plagues Hospitals
Skin Infections Afflict Flood Cleanup Hazards
Sleeping Soundly 'Boosts Memory'
Study Finds Genetic Link to Violence, Delinquency
Target Earth
Biggest Oil Price Drop in 17 Years
US Bank Troubles Continue But Consumers Seem Unfazed
Is Your Bank Safe? Find Out
Major U.S. City Officially Condemns Catholic Church
Quarter of world's Anglicans Boycott Conference
Archbishop of Canterbury: 'Christian Doctrine is Offensive to Muslims'
Dog Comes Home After Five Years
A Trip Down the Pet Food Aisle Reveals Harmful Food Additives
JULY 14
Volcano Erupts With Little Warning
Boat Picks Up 10 Trapped By Alaskan Volcano's Eruption
Heavy Rains Complicate California Wildfires
Waves From Tropical Storm Bertha Lash Bermuda
Tropical Storm Elida Forms Off Coast of Mexico
Tornado Rips Through Minnesota Town, Injuring 2
South Saskatchewan Ravaged By Tornado
Tsunami ‘Strikes WA Every Decade’
Retailers Aren’t Required to Pull Most Expired Items From Their Shelves
Forests to Fall for Food and Fuel
Honey, They Shrank the Packets of Food
Pantries Scramble for Food
High Price of Hay Hits Horse Industry
Drought Down Under Threatens Grain Harvests: Warning that Principal Food-Producing Region is Being Affected By Climate Change
Drought Devastates Iraq's Wheat Crops
China Tries to Ease Olympic Worries About Tainted Food
Islam Throws Wrinkle Into Iowa Flood Recovery
55-Mph Speed Limit May Have Found Its Washington Patron
FISA Bill's Real Target: What Remains of Our Open Society
L.A.'s Latino Mayor Praises Obama at La Raza Conference
Report: Second Oldest U.S. Wildlife Refuge in Danger of Being Lost
Officials: More Than 100 Militants Attacked, Breached U.S. Base
On the Border: What Is to be Done
Venezuela to Cut US Oil Flow If Exxon Hurts PdVSA - Chavez Says Oil Could Reach $300
Iran and Russia Sign Major Oil Deal
Iran Explores New Oil Field Believed to Hold 1 Billion Barrels of Crude Oil
Egyptian Police Uncover 250Kg Explosives Cache in Sinai Desert
The Heretic: How Al-Qaeda's Mastermind Turned His Back on Terror
Many More US Bank Failures – Up to 300 – Likely After Indymac
U.S. Plan to Save Fannie and Freddie
Mortgage Giants Get a Lifeline: Treasury to Provide Bigger Line of Credit
SEC to Probe Manipulation Through False Information, Rumor- mongering
Tortoise Deaths Underscore Murray's Ecological Disaster
Is Something Wrong With Our Sun?
Threat to World's Most Powerful Radio Telescope Means We May Not Hear ET
JULY 11-12
World Bank's Zoellick Says Food Prices High Until 2012
Homeland Security Experts Expect Disaster or Attack Within Next 4 Years
Bermuda Issues Warning as Hurricane Bertha Approaches
Australia Drought Withers Small Towns
Britain Urging Return to Wartime Food Frugality
Worsening Drought Threatens Australia’s “Food Bowl”
Will Food Prices Swallow School Lunch?
Lightning Claims 5 Young Lives in a Week
Fires Advance in Calif., Destroy Homes in Wash.
Guard Deployed to Fire Front Lines in Calif: Troops Called in for First Time in 30 Years; Exhausted Fire Crews to Get Relief
Hurricane Bertha to Affect Bermuda by the Weekend
Vog's Effect on Plants Prompts Call for Natural Disaster
Tornado Count Jumps Again
Disaster Deaths Worse So Far in 2008 Than Tsunami Year: Munich Re
Water Woes Plague Poultry Farmer
Flood Warnings: UK Residents Told to Remain Vigilant After Rain
Chile Llaima Volcano Revs Up, Evacuations Considered
Antarctic Ice Shelf 'Hanging By Thread': European Scientists
Decade-Long Australian Drought Worsens
Dire Outlook for Sick Murray As Inflows Drop
Pre-Quake Changes Seen in Rocks
Early Warning System for Earthquakes: Seismic 'Stress Meter' Warned of Earthquake 10 Hours in Advance
Salmonella Outbreak Highlights Bioterrorism Concerns
Today, Tomatoes. Tomorrow, Who Knows?
Get Ready - Meat Prices Rising
Man Injured in Iowa Triple Grain Elevator Explosions