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at 08:01 on September 09, 2010, EDT.

'Idol' runner-up Bowersox finds out her records were checked in Ohio; 2 employees lose jobs

COLUMBUS, Ohio - "American Idol" runner-up Crystal Bowersox has learned that personal information on her was improperly checked in her home state of Ohio.

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at 07:59 on September 09, 2010, EDT.

Oxford launches first Zulu-English dictionary update in 40 years

JOHANNESBURG - Oxford University Press says its new Zulu-English dictionary is the first update in four decades.

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at 07:54 on September 09, 2010, EDT.

South African murder rate drops by 8.6 per cent; authorities credit better policing

PRETORIA, South Africa - Police say South Africa's murder rate, one of the highest in the world, has dropped by 8.6 per cent.

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at 07:50 on September 09, 2010, EDT.

Obama acknowledges struggling economy could hurt Democratic Party in November elections

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is conceding that if the midterm election turns out to be mostly a referendum on the economy, "we're not going to do well."

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at 07:49 on September 09, 2010, EDT.

Media owner detained in Romania for allegedly abetting man convicted of fraud

BUCHAREST, Romania - One of Romania's most influential media owners has been detained on allegations he aided a man convicted in the collapse of an investment scheme.

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at 07:38 on September 09, 2010, EDT.

Serbian World War II communists oppose royalist rehabilitation bid

Serbia's pro-Communist World War II veterans have urged the courts to reject a bid for legal and political rehabilitation of a royalist guerrilla who was executed as traitor by Yugoslavia's postwar authorities.

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at 07:36 on September 09, 2010, EDT.

Obama: Emanuel to decide on Chicago mayoral bid after Nov. elections, would be 'terrific'

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama says his chief of staff would make a "terrific mayor" of Chicago. But Obama says he expects Rahm Emanuel to hold off on deciding whether to enter the race until after the midterm elections.

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at 07:35 on September 09, 2010, EDT.

Obama calls Florida minister's Qur’an-burning plan a 'stunt'; Tells him to call it off

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is exhorting a Florida minister to "listen to those better angels" and call off his plan to engage in a Qur’an-burning protest this weekend.

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at 07:34 on September 09, 2010, EDT.

Car bomb attack on Somalia's main airport is reported to have killed 2, officials say

MOGADISHU, Somalia - A Somali security official says a car bomb has exploded at the front gate of Mogadishu's airport and that he believes two women were killed.

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at 07:33 on September 09, 2010, EDT.

EU Parliament calls on Paris to suspend expulsions of Roma, criticizes France's policy

BRUSSELS - The European Parliament has called on France to suspend its expulsion of gypsies.

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