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1. World sets
ocean temperature
record at 62.6 de-
grees Fahrenheit
Meteorologists said there's a
combination of forces at work
this year: a natural El Nino
system just getting started,
worsening man-made global
warming, and a dash of ran
dom weather variations. The
resulting ocean heat is already
harming threatened coral
reefs. It could also hasten the
melting of Arctic sea ice and
help hurricanes strengthen.
2. Lockerbie
bomber freed, re-
turns to Libya
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World & National News
convicted of the Lockerbie
bombing returned home
Thursday to a cheering crowd
after his release from a Scot
tish prison an outrage to
many relatives of the 270 peo
ple who perished when Pan
Am Flight 103 exploded.
3. Karzal, Abdullah
both claim win In
Afghan election.
KABUL - Campaign teams
for President Hamid Karzai
and top challenger Abdullah
Abdullah each positioned
themselves Friday as the win
ner of Afghanistan's presiden
tial election, one day after
millions of Afghans braved
dozens of militant attacks to
cast ballots.
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NATIONAL NEWS
4. C.I A. planned to
outsource killings
NEW YORK - As first re
ported by the New York Times
on its website on Aug. 19, the
CIA hired Blackwater to help
with a secret program to as
sassinate top al-Qaeda leaders.
No one was assassinated be
fore the program was ulti
mately shelved.
5. "Cash for
Clunkers" to
end Monday
WASHINGTON - Car shop
pers have until Monday night
to take advantage of lucrative
Cash for Clunkers rebates
from the government, and the
Obama administration is hop
ing for a smooth ending to a
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program that has spurred auto
sales but created headaches
for many auto dealers.
6. Airlines cut
fares to fill seats
DAT .lAS - Airlines are cut
ting fares deeper than usual
this fall in an effort to fill
seats. American and South
west both launched fare sales
this week, and United is run
ning several sales, too. While
it’s common for airlines to use
discounts to fill planes during
the slower fall travel months,
the discounts this year are
deeper and more widely avail
able than last fall, said Fare-
Compare.com CEO Rick
Seaney.
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QUOTE OF
THE WEEK
“Men always want to be a
woman's first love - women
like to be a man's last
romance.”
- Oscar Wilde
FACT OF THE WEEK
Moses Malone became the
first player to go from high
school straight into pro bas
ketball in 1974. The move
made him the highest salaried
teenage athlete in the United
States at that time. Malone
was signed by the Utah Stars
of the American Basketball As
sociation.
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