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B oth of this year's presidential candidates say they are ex-smokers, but recent research suggests that they may face increased health risks from cigarettes for years to come.

President Bush will find out Friday how he's playing in Peoria.

Proposed $14M budget cuts threaten conservation efforts
Clinton Daily Journal, IL - 17 minutes ago
Rod Blagojevich recently cut the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) budget by $14 million. Illinois Pheasants Forever (PF) and Quail Forever ...

PREPARED REMARKS BY SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN (R-AZ), PRESUMPTIVE ...
Federal News Service (subscription), DC - 28 minutes ago
SEN. MCCAIN: Thank you, Lance (Armstrong), and thank you all very much. Dr. Gee, Representative Deborah Pryce, Paula Zahn, and other guests: it's a pleasure ...

Police search for Hillsboro standoff suspect after shot is fired
KATU - 33 minutes ago
By KATU Web Staff HILLSBORO, Ore. - Police special tactical teams searched a Hillsboro neighborhood Friday morning after an early-morning disturbance and gunfire.
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Boston Globe
US elections: McCain to meet Dalai Lama in Aspen
guardian.co.uk - 34 minutes ago
Perhaps hoping to gain some spiritual peace in a tough week on the campaign trail, Republican presidential candidate John McCain is today to meet with the exiled Tibetan leader, the Dalai Lama.
McCain to meet with Dalai Lama USA Today
McCain, Dalai Lama To Discuss Freeing Tibet AHN
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A Qantas jumbo jet carrying 345 passengers made an emergency landing Friday with a gaping hole in its fuselage after a mysterious "explosive decompression," officials said.

Washington Post
Obama, McCain Seek Demographic Force Like Soccer Moms (Update1)
Bloomberg - 43 minutes ago
By Catherine Dodge July 25 (Bloomberg) -- Political strategists and pollsters are on the hunt for the ``soccer moms'' and ``Nascar dads'' of 2008, the blocs of swing voters with enough clout to turn the tide in the presidential race.
Obama Addresses Over 200000 In Berlin Speech U.S. News & World Report
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LA Cops May Have Killed the Wrong Guy
ABC News - 53 minutes ago
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) -- A transcript of a 911 call has cast doubt on whether Inglewood officers who killed a man at his front door responded to the home where a domestic dispute was reported.
911 call: Police at right home during shooting San Jose Mercury News
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LA Cops May Have Killed the Wrong Guy
ABC News - 33 minutes ago
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) -- A transcript of a 911 call has cast doubt on whether Inglewood officers who killed a man at his front door responded to the home where a domestic dispute was reported.
911 call: Police at right home during shooting San Jose Mercury News
Inglewood police release radio transcripts of disturbance call ... Los Angeles Times
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Chicago Tribune
Judge holds off on changing Kilpatrick's bond
DetNews.com - 35 minutes ago
DETROIT -- Prosecutors are trying to change Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's bond at a court hearing today after an incident Thursday night when he allegedly got into a scuffle with a representative of the prosecutor's office.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Friday: Around the political blogosphere
Kansas City Star - 1 hour ago
Attorney General Jay Nixon takes questions online at 2 pm today, a blogger stews over airline security, and the debate continues over who won the latest Steelman-Hulshof debate.
Hulshof hits Steelman on tort reform in new ad News-Leader.com
GOP race shifts to negative Columbia Daily Tribune
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United Press International
UPDATE 1-US Senate energy speculation bill fails key vote
Reuters - 1 hour ago
WASHINGTON, July 25 (Reuters) - US legislation to rein in excessive energy speculation failed a key procedural vote on Friday to move forward in the Senate, and now lawmakers will set aside the bill to consider other legislation.
Effort to Address Gasoline Prices Stalls in the House New York Times
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United Press International
UPDATE 1-US Senate energy speculation bill fails key vote
Reuters - 41 minutes ago
WASHINGTON, July 25 (Reuters) - US legislation to rein in excessive energy speculation failed a key procedural vote on Friday to move forward in the Senate, and now lawmakers will set aside the bill to consider other legislation.
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Boston Globe
UPDATE 1-US Senate energy speculation bill fails key vote
Reuters - 21 minutes ago
WASHINGTON, July 25 (Reuters) - US legislation to rein in excessive energy speculation failed a key procedural vote on Friday to move forward in the Senate, and now lawmakers will set aside the bill to consider other legislation.
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Boston Globe
UPDATE 1-US Senate energy speculation bill fails key vote
Reuters - 21 minutes ago
WASHINGTON, July 25 (Reuters) - US legislation to rein in excessive energy speculation failed a key procedural vote on Friday to move forward in the Senate, and now lawmakers will set aside the bill to consider other legislation.
Effort to Address Gasoline Prices Stalls in the House New York Times
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Boston Globe
UPDATE 1-US Senate energy speculation bill fails key vote
Reuters - 21 minutes ago
WASHINGTON, July 25 (Reuters) - US legislation to rein in excessive energy speculation failed a key procedural vote on Friday to move forward in the Senate, and now lawmakers will set aside the bill to consider other legislation.
Effort to Address Gasoline Prices Stalls in the House New York Times
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Gov's Budget Cuts: Finger Pointing and Shit Talking
Chicagoist, IL - 1 hour ago
If the $1.4 billion in budget cuts to social programs stand, the blame falls squarely on the House, said Senate President (and Blago buddy) Emil Jones. ...

Gov's Budget Cuts: Finger Pointing and Shit Talking
Chicagoist, IL - 47 minutes ago
If the $1.4 billion in budget cuts to social programs stand, the blame falls squarely on the House, said Senate President (and Blago buddy) Emil Jones. ...