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- PUBLIC EYE
Prince Charles goes green
Prince Charles' income grew last year, while his carbon footprint shrank.
- THE LIST
Things to avoid saying in a job interview
This list of topics to avoid in job interviews was compiled by careerbuilder.com:
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N. Dakota oil drilling produces crop of millionaires
BEULAH, N.D. – Oscar Stohler was raised in a sod house in western North Dakota and ranched there for nearly seven decades. He never gave much thought to what lay below the grass that fattened his cattle.
- Obama rejects Clark's jab at McCain
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. – Sen. Barack Obama yesterday rejected the comments from a leading Democrat and campaign military adviser who diminished Sen. John McCain's service as a naval aviator in Vietnam when he declared, “I don't think riding in a fighter plane and getting shot down is a qualification to be president.”
- NATION
Guantanamo Bay detainee charged in attack on destroyer Cole
WASHINGTON – U.S. military prosecutors have charged a detainee at the Guantanamo Bay prison with murder and other crimes for allegedly planning the October 2000 attack on the destroyer Cole, a bombing that killed 17 U.S. sailors and injured nearly 50 others.
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U.S. vessel starts unloading first shipment of food aid to North Korea
SEOUL, South Korea – A U.S. freighter began unloading tons of American wheat in the North Korean capital yesterday, as the government agreed to give international aid workers unprecedented access to its isolated, hunger-stricken territory, the U.N. World Food Program said.
- Afghanistan tops Iraq for June troop deaths
KABUL, Afghanistan – Militants killed more U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan in June than in Iraq for the second straight month, a grim milestone capping a run of headline-grabbing insurgent attacks that analysts say underscore the Taliban's growing strength.
- Emergency flight risks weighed after two copters collide
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – A fiery collision that killed six people aboard two medical helicopters has underscored the dangers of emergency flights and renewed questions about whether they are worth the risks.
- Chimp goes for walk on the wild side
LOS ANGELES – Moe, a 42-year-old chimpanzee who grew up in suburbia until being forced to live in an animal sanctuary, was believed to be at large in a Southern California forest yesterday after escaping his cage.
- Wild horse overpopulation poses dilemma for agency
RENO – Euthanizing wild horses and ending roundups are two drastic policy changes being considered to deal with a growing number of wild horses on the range and in holding facilities, a federal official said yesterday.
- REGION UPDATE
Budget approval deadline missed
SACRAMENTO – California lawmakers have missed the deadline to approve a state budget for the fiscal year that starts today. Republicans and Democrats in both houses of the Legislature remain far apart on how to close the state's $15.2 billion budget shortfall.
- Appeals court cites Lewis Carroll poem in Guantanamo case
WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court reviewing evidence at Guantanamo Bay compared a Bush administration legal argument to one made by a hapless, dimwitted character in a 19th-century nonsense poem by Lewis Carroll.
- Suicides account for 55% of gun deaths, CDC says
ATLANTA – The Supreme Court's landmark ruling on gun ownership last week focused on citizens' ability to defend themselves from intruders in their homes. But research shows that surprisingly often, gun owners use the weapons on themselves.
- Mississippi rising to crest; worst flooding thought over
ST. LOUIS – The Mississippi River climbed toward its high-water mark yesterday at St. Louis and was expected to crest over the next couple of days at points downriver, but the worst of the flood of 2008 appeared to be over.
- NATION UPDATE
Focus turns to uncle in missing girl case
CHELSEA, Vt. – The investigation of the disappearance of a 12-year-old girl zeroed in on her uncle yesterday, with police searching his home while he was being arraigned on sex charges in an unrelated case.
- Mugabe publicly accepted at African summit
SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt – Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe entered an African summit accompanied by the meeting's host yesterday, a sign that African leaders won't shun him despite Western demands that they take a tough stance over his re-election in a tainted ballot.
- China scrambles to rid sailing venues of algae
BEIJING – To host the Olympic sailing events, the Chinese port city of Qingdao moved a massive boat yard, relocated industries and spent about $850 million on transport links, parks, pollution controls and coastal green belts.
- Dutch court won't charge lawmaker who made film denouncing Koran
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands – Dutch legislator Geert Wilders will not be prosecuted for inciting hatred of Muslims with his film denouncing the Koran, prosecutors said yesterday.
- WORLD UPDATE
China quake caused $6 billion in damage
ROME – The devastating earthquake in China last month caused about $6 billion in damage for farmers in Sichuan province and killed millions of farm animals, a U.N. agency said yesterday.
- Contractor's electric work on buildings in Iraq to be scrutinized
WASHINGTON – The Pentagon has ordered electrical inspections of all buildings in Iraq maintained by KBR, a major military contractor, after the electrocutions of several U.S. service members.
- Shiite extremists blamed in attacks on five judges
BAGHDAD – Five Iraqi judges escaped assassination yesterday in a series of small bomb attacks that police believe may be part of a Shiite extremist campaign to force them to free jailed militants or reduce their sentences.
- Daily developments
Iraq sues over kickbacks: The Iraqi government sued dozens of companies, including oil giant Chevron Corp., for more than $10 billion yesterday, saying they paid kickbacks to former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's government under the United Nations oil-for-food program.
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