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Obama and McCain dodge questions on VPs Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:04:47 GMT (more with latitude, longitude) MARTINSVILLE, Virginia (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain dodged questions about their looming vice presidential picks on Wednesday as they renewed their battle over who has the best judgment on national security and the economy.	153 killed in Madrid airport plane crash Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:16:54 GMT (more with latitude, longitude) MADRID (Reuters) - A Spanish jet heading for the Canary Islands crashed on takeoff and burst into flames at Madrid airport on Wednesday, killing 153 of the people on board, the government said.
Fannie, Freddie shares dive on bailout fears, bonds up Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:29:38 GMT (more with latitude, longitude) NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac shares plunged to their lowest levels in almost 20 years on Wednesday, while the mortgage companies' bonds rallied on the belief that an increasingly likely government bailout would wipe out shareholders but secure their massive debt.	California mulls probing senator over IndyMac crash Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:51:21 GMT (more with latitude, longitude) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - California's attorney general is reviewing a request by former employees of IndyMac Bancorp Inc to investigate whether a New York senator triggered the bank's collapse by releasing confidential information.
Russian trucks trickle out of Georgia Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:57:29 GMT (more with latitude, longitude) VERKHNY ZARAMAG, Russia (Reuters) - Russian military trucks trickled back into Russia from Georgia on Wednesday but no armored vehicles or artillery passed and there was no sign of the large-scale rapid pullout demanded by the West.	More Americans held as China steps up scrutiny Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:57:28 GMT (more with latitude, longitude) BEIJING (Reuters) - At least eight American blogger-activists and several other foreigners have been detained in Beijing as the government intensifies a crackdown on pro-Tibetan protests in the home stretch of the Olympics, rights groups said on Wednesday.
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.	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.
Poland and U.S. sign shield deal Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:07:28 GMT (more with latitude, longitude) WARSAW (Reuters) - The United States and Poland signed a deal on Wednesday to station parts of a U.S. missile defense shield on Polish soil, drawing a sharp response from Moscow.	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.