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Killer Ike hits Cuba after lashing Bahamas, Haiti (AP)

September 8, 2008

AP - Hurricane Ike roared onto Cuba Sunday after destroying houses and crops on low-lying islands and worsening floods in Haiti that have already killed more than 300 people.

US Government takes over mortgage giants (AP)

September 8, 2008

AP - The Bush administration's seizure of troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is potentially a $200 billion bet that it will help reverse a prolonged housing and credit crisis.

US re-examines Afghan civilian deaths from attack (AP)

September 8, 2008

AP - The U.S. military said Sunday it has new evidence about civilian casualties from an American attack that Afghanistan says killed scores of women and children and it is sending a senior officer to the country to review its initial finding that no more than seven civilians died.

Ike's floods kill 58, add insult to Haiti's misery (AP)

September 8, 2008

AP - Haitians took to their roofs to escape rising floodwaters for the second time in a week on Sunday as squalls from Hurricane Ike killed 58 people and collapsed a bridge that cut the last land route into the starving city of Gonaives.

McCain takes on GOP and Bush along with Obama (AP)

September 8, 2008

AP - Barack Obama isn't John McCain's only opponent. Sometimes McCain sounds like he's running almost as hard against President Bush and the Republican Party as he is against Obama, his Democratic rival for the White House.

Owner: Ride's over at Coney Island amusement park (AP)

September 8, 2008

AP - When reports circulated over the weekend of a last-minute deal to keep Coney Island's historic Astroland amusement park open for another year, owner Carol Hill Albert was not amused.

AP IMPACT: Liver disease plagues obese adolescents (AP)

September 8, 2008

AP - In a new and disturbing twist on the obesity epidemic, some overweight teenagers have severe liver damage caused by too much body fat, and a handful have needed liver transplants.

Britney sweeps at otherwise tame VMAs (AP)

September 8, 2008

AP - It took a year, but Britney Spears got the comeback she was seeking from the MTV Video Music Awards and she didn't even have to sing or dance.

Serena Williams beats Jankovic for 3rd Open title (AP)

September 8, 2008

AP - Serena Williams flung her racket straight up and jumped for joy, hopping and skipping and screaming and generally looking like someone who had just won her first U.S. Open title or earned her debut at No. 1.

Brady suffers knee injury, Pats beat Chiefs 17-10 (AP)

September 8, 2008

AP - Tom Brady screamed. The fans went quiet. The seemingly indestructible star of the New England Patriots lay on the ground, clutching his left knee. The NFL's reigning MVP and three-time Super Bowl champion was done for the day at least.