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| Death toll in Pakistani floods surges past 800
(AP) | Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:01:15 GMT |  AP - The death toll in the massive flooding in Pakistan surged past 800 as floodwaters receded Saturday in the hard-hit northwest, an official said. The damage to roads, bridges and communications networks hindered rescuers, while the threat of disease loomed as some evacuees arrived in camps with fever, diarrhea and skin problems.
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| Wildfire smolders in desert north of Los Angeles
(AP) | Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:38:57 GMT |  AP - A wildfire smoldered in the high desert north of Los Angeles Saturday, spewing plumes of thick smoke into a nearby town as hundreds of firefighters worked to contain the 2-day-old blaze.
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| 3 squabbling companies must cooperate to plug well
(AP) | Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:18:55 GMT |  AP - On shore, BP, Halliburton and Transocean are engaging in a billion-dollar blame game over the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. At sea, they're depending on each other to finally plug up the environmental disaster.
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| Rangel using 3-way defense against ethics charges
(AP) | Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:23:30 GMT |  AP - To rebut a lengthy list of alleged ethical misdeeds, Rep. Charles Rangel is trotting out this three-way defense: I didn't do it. I did it, but was inattentive. Others lawmakers were allowed to do the same thing without penalty.
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