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As EU basks in peace prize, separatists on rise

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By RAF CASERTAssociated Press ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) - Historic world port and fashionista capital, Antwerp has always lived on the crest of the wave. Now, a separatist party heading into municipal elections Sunday wants to use the city as a base for breaking away from Belgium - putting it at

Shuttle inches toward retirement home at LA museum

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By ALICIA CHANGAP Science Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) - At every turn of Endeavour's stop-and-go commute through urban streets, a constellation of spectators trailed along as the space shuttle ploddingly nosed past stores, schools, churches and front yards. Having escaped out of Earth's

Shuttle inches toward retirement home at LA museum

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IMF urges quick, effective moves to buoy growth

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By ELAINE KURTENBACHAP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) - Global financial ministers called Saturday for quick and effective action to safeguard faltering economic growth and rebuild shaken confidence as they ended an annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund. "Global growth has decelerated

China's imports weak in negative sign for recovery

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By JOE McDONALDAP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) - China's import growth recovered slightly in September but was weak, suggesting that a recovery for the world's second-largest economy from a painful slump has yet to take hold. Imports rose 2.4 percent, an improvement over August's

Cards score 4 in 9th, beat Nats 9-7, reach NLCS

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By HOWARD FENDRICHAP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Carlos Beltran and the never-give-up St. Louis Cardinals began their latest comeback celebration quietly, plucking cans of beer from a blue bin that was hurriedly wheeled from the home to the visiting clubhouse in the middle of the ninth

US deficit tops $1 trillion for fourth year

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By MARTIN CRUTSINGERAP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. budget deficit has topped $1 trillion for a fourth straight year, but a modest improvement in economic growth helped narrow the gap by $207 billion compared with last year. The Treasury Department said Friday the deficit for the

15 states back Ohio in early voting case

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By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINSAP Legal Affairs Writer COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Fifteen states and several military organizations announced their support for Ohio's elections chief on Friday in a dispute over early voting in the presidential battleground, which is being appealed to the U.S. Supreme

15 states back Ohio in early voting case

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 13th

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINSAP Legal Affairs Writer COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Fifteen states have announced their support for Ohio's elections chief in a dispute over early voting in the presidential battleground being appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. Secretary of State Jon Husted (HYOO'-sted

Mexican mayor says boy shot by US agent 7 times

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 12th

By BRIAN SKOLOFFAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) - A teenage boy apparently killed this week by a U.S. Border Patrol agent was hit seven times by gunfire and died on a sidewalk just across the Arizona-Mexico border, a mayor in Mexico said Friday. "It was a burst of gunfire," Nogales Mayor Ramon