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Hurricane Ike begins lashing Cuba

September 8, 2008

Hurricane Ike bore down on Cuba after roaring across low-lying islands Sunday, tearing apart houses, wiping out crops and worsening floods in Haiti that have already killed more than 300 people.

Weary Gulf Coast eyes Ike

September 8, 2008

With powerful Hurricane Ike on an uncertain course toward the Gulf of Mexico, many on these low-lying islands took a wait-and-see approach to evacuating Sunday.

Failing Iraq war strategy led to surge

September 8, 2008

After a spike in violence and months of delay, President Bush approved a secret review of his Iraq war strategy in late 2006, according to interviews with White House sources.

How anti-surge generals became outsiders

September 8, 2008

In the fall of 2006, U.S. military leaders found themselves badly out of sync with the White House over what to do in Iraq, finally losing control of the war strategy.

Deadly crashes bring scrutiny to air races

September 8, 2008

Deadly crashes at the Reno National Championship Air Races have prompted the FAA to place greater scrutiny on the event, and local schools have reconsidered canceling field trips.

Hot air balloon crashes in Pa., killing 1

September 8, 2008

A hot-air balloon crashed and burst into flames in suburban Philadelphia on Sunday evening, killing one person and injuring six others.

Officer and two others killed in gun fight

September 8, 2008

Three people including a police officer are dead after a reported domestic disturbance at a hair salon turned into a gun fight, police in Martinez, Calif., said Saturday.

California rattled by minor earthquake

September 8, 2008

A minor earthquake rattled the San Francisco Bay area on Friday night.

Cops: Mom, teen girls kill man in $15 robbery

September 8, 2008

Two teenage girls are accused of stabbing a 75-year-old man to death in a robbery that netted them just $15, and police say the mother of one of the teens helped put them up to it.

Rampage suspect in court: 'I kill for God'

September 8, 2008

"I kill for God. I listen to God," a man accused of a northwest Washington shooting rampage said Friday at a hearing where six charges of first-degree murder and four of first-degree assault were filed against him.