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News Minute: Bush going to Beijing...Tiring fires...Six for Roger?
TOYAKO, Japan (AP) - President Bush says he is not changing his plan to attend the opening ceremonies of the Olympics next month in Beijing. Bush told reporters gathered for this ... (more...)
News Minute: Bush at summit...Fire progress...Nadal wins
TOYAKO, Japan (AP) - President Bush, in Japan for his final G-Eight economic summit, is casting doubt on a climate accord sought by Japan. Bush says China and India would also have ... (more...)
News Minute: Fireworks on the 4th...Wildfires...Flight crews ...
NEW YORK (AP) - Americans are celebrating the 232nd anniversary of their Declaration of Independence. Fireworks have been lighting the skies across the country. President Bush ... (more...)
News Minute: Fires spreading...Japan braces for G-8...free turtles
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) - Evacuation orders have been issued for residents of about 5,000 homes in and around Goleta, California, because of a fast-growing wildfire. People in ... (more...)
News Minute: Exciting Wimbledon...Bush and the Olympics...Airstrike ...
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) - A late start and two interruptions caused by rain did not dampen the excitement in the men's final at Wimbledon. Rafael Nadal (rah-fay-ehl nah-DAHL ... (more...)
News Minute: Midwest flooding...Economy woes...Tomatoes coming back
OAKVILLE, Iowa (AP) - Travel in parts of the water-logged Midwest continues to be tricky. The rising Mississippi River forced the closure of 1 bridge and partial shutdown of ... (more...)
News Minute: Better weather helps firefighters...Bush on pollution ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) - California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger says firefighters battling more than 300 wildfires in the state are stretched thin and exhausted. But at least they're ... (more...)
News Minute: White House: Helms "true patriot"...Bush at Monticello ...
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Former Republican Senator Jesse Helms has died at the age of 86. A White House spokesman calls Helms a "great public servant and true patriot." The chairman of ... (more...)
News Minute: Suspect in killings nabbed...Jerusalem attack kills 3
GRANITE CITY, Ill. (AP) - A bar in Granite, Illinois, is known as a police hangout but that's where an ex-convict who's suspected in eight killings was captured. Nicholas Sheley ... (more...)
News Minute: California fires...British PM on G8...Iran not giving on ...
BIG SUR, Calif. (AP) - A pair of out-of-control wildfires are burning through opposite ends of the Los Padres National Forest. Thousands of residents are under evacuation orders ... (more...)