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Mood improves, but economy worries persist: poll Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:26:10 GMT (more with latitude, longitude) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans remain deeply worried about a faltering economy and their own financial futures, but their outlook improved slightly this month, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.	Man gets 11 life terms for LA train wreck deaths Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:04:21 GMT (more with latitude, longitude) LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A man who parked his sports utility vehicle on a Los Angeles commuter rail line, causing the deadliest U.S. train crash since 1999, was sentenced on Wednesday to 11 consecutive life terms in prison.
Food prices to post biggest rise since 1990: USDA Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:43:07 GMT (more with latitude, longitude) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumers should brace for the biggest increase in food prices in nearly 20 years in 2008 and even more pain next year due to surging meat and produce prices, the Agriculture Department said on Wednesday.	Tunnels to bring water to parched California Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:41:45 GMT (more with latitude, longitude) SAN BERNARDINO, California (Reuters) - A massive mechanical mole surfaced on Wednesday from a nearly 5-year journey under mountains in the final stages of a $1.2 billion tunnel project that will supply extra water to drought-hit Southern California.
U.S. firm guilty in defense exports to Chinese man Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:59:03 GMT (more with latitude, longitude) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. firm pleaded guilty to illegally providing a Chinese national with data used in developing an unmanned aerial weapons system, the Justice Department said on Wednesday.	U.S. Amish population surges and spreads: study Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:47:09 GMT (more with latitude, longitude) PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - America's Amish population has nearly doubled and spread out in the past 16 years due to large families, more marriages within the community and longer lifespans, a study showed on Wednesday.
Storm Fay drenches space shuttle's port in Florida Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:41:33 GMT (more with latitude, longitude) MELBOURNE, Florida (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Fay dumped torrential rain on central Florida on Wednesday, flooding streets in knee-high water as it stalled over the U.S. space shuttle fleet's home port at Cape Canaveral.	Illinois sheriff goes to jail for an education Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:01:36 GMT (more with latitude, longitude) Sheriff Mark Curran of Lake County, Illinois, walked into his own jail on Wednesday to spend a week as a prisoner, saying he was divinely inspired to learn what it was like to be confined and to sample jail programs designed to reduce recidivism.
U.S. stops African refugee program after DNA tests Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:29:28 GMT (more with latitude, longitude) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has halted a program that united African refugees with relatives in America after DNA testing revealed many people were lying about family links, the State Department said on Wednesday.	Group accuses Illinois of bias in school funding Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:59:33 GMT (more with latitude, longitude) CHICAGO (Reuters) - A civil rights group said Wednesday it sued the state of Illinois over its system of funding public schools, accusing it of racial discrimination by relying on funding that is "inadequate and unequal."