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Out on the trail, Palin _ now known as 'Sarah' _ gains celebrity status

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) _ The banners, buttons and signs say McCain-Palin, but the crowds say something else. "Sa-rah! Pa-lin!" came the chant at a Colorado Springs rally on Saturday moments before Republican nominee John McCain took the stage with Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, a woman who was virtually unknown to the nation just a...

Federal Gov't plans to stabilize troubled mortgage finance companies, Rep. Barney Frank says

WASHINGTON (AP) _ A top House Democrat confirmed Saturday that the government is planning to intervene to stabilize troubled mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, said in a statement that Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson "intends to...

40 years after capture by North Korea, USS Pueblo crew reuniting, awaiting Navy recognition

JERICHO, Vt. (AP) _ Ralph McClintock expected only a three-week mission when he boarded the USS Pueblo in January 1968. Instead, he and his shipmates became pawns in a Cold War sideshow when North Korea captured the Navy spy ship and imprisoned its 82 crew members. Some still suffer the physical effects of torture or malnutrition...

Federer is back in all ways, beats Djokovic to reach final and near 5th straight US Open title

NEW YORK (AP) _ As the losses piled up and titles escaped him, Roger Federer insisted he felt fine, he wasn't washed up and his game would come around. Oh, did Federer look good against Novak Djokovic in the U.S. Open semifinals. Buoyed by a stellar start and a fantastic finish in a rematch of last year's final,...

Brad Pitt plays dumb _ really dumb _ in Coens' twisted spy comedy 'Burn After Reading'

%meta(topic:08003002;ap_topic:general entertainment;subtopic:celeb;%) %meta(topic:01005000;ap_topic:general entertainment;subtopic:movies;%) TORONTO (AP) — Brad Pitt has wanted to work with the Coen brothers for ages. Then he got wind of the birdbrain they had written for him to play. "I've been...