August 8, 2008

Fla. man held on charge of threatening to assassinate Obama (AP)

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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., gets in his car after waving to the crowd after meetings in Chicago Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP – A man who authorities said was keeping weapons and military-style gear in his hotel room and car appeared in court Thursday on charges he threatened to assassinate Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.



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Iraqis: Deal close on plan for US troops to leave (AP)

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In this photo released by the US Army on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008, U.S. Army soldiers from 1st Platoon, G Troop, Task Force 1-35, 2nd Brigade Combat Team move out on patrol in search of weapons caches with an attachment of Iraqi Army soldiers during Operation Iron Pursuit on Monday, July 28, 2008 in 7 Nissan village, Diyala province, Iraq. Two Iraqi officials say the U.S. and Iraq are close to a deal under which all American combat troops would leave by October 2010 with remaining U.S. forces gone about three years later. (AP Photo/US Army, Sgt. Eric C. Hein, HO)AP – Iraq and the U.S. are near an agreement on all American combat troops leaving Iraq by October 2010, with the last soldiers out three years after that, two Iraqi officials told The Associated Press on Thursday. U.S. officials, however, insisted no dates had been agreed.



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Gitmo jury gives bin Laden driver 5 1/2 years (AP)

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In this Thursday, July 24, 2008 file photograph of a sketch by courtroom artist Janet Hamlin, reviewed  by the U.S. Military, defendant Salim Ahmed Hamdan, left, watches as FBI agent Craig Donnachie testifies about his interrogations of Hamdan, while a picture of disguised U.S. agents is displayed on a screen, during Hamdan's trial inside the war crimes courthouse at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, in Cuba. A jury of six military officers reached a split verdict on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2008, in the war crimes trial of Salim Ahmed Hamdan, clearing him of some charges but convicting him of others that could send him to prison for life. The judge scheduled a sentencing hearing for later Wednesday.(AP Photo/Janet Hamlin, Pool)AP – A U.S. military jury gave Osama bin Laden’s driver a surprisingly light sentence on Thursday, making him eligible for release in just five months despite the prosecutors’ request for at least a 30-year sentence to deter would-be terrorists.



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Greyhound scraps ads about worry-free bus travel (AP)

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AP – Greyhound has scrapped a billboard ad campaign that extols the relaxing upside of bus travel in the wake of a bus attack in Canada where a man beheaded and cannibalized another passenger.
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Convoy rescued after GPS led them to Utah cliff (AP)

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AP – A GPS device led a convoy of tourists astray, finally stranding them on the edge of a sheer cliff.
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