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| Oil jumps $5 on US-Russia tensions, sliding dollar |
Oil jumps $5 on US-Russia tensions, sliding dollar - Houston Chronicle NEW YORK Oil prices shot up more than $5 a barrel Thursday, rising to the highest level in over two weeks as escalating tensions with Russia stoked fears of supply disruptions to the West. Crude's rally mimicked the wild price swings seen last month and acne at least temporarily halted oil's slide Source: www.chron.com CHRONOLOGY-Fannie, Freddie problems deepen - Forbes WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Treasury Department bid to build investor confidence in Fannie Mae and acne Freddie Mac by offering an unlimited line of credit and acne a capital infusion, if necessary, appeared to be unraveling by mid-August. As share prices for the mortgage finance giants tumbled and acne their Source: www.forbes.com Go away Fay: Storm continues to drench Florida - USA Today MELBOURNE, Fla. For a fourth weary day, Tropical Storm Fay continued its soggy march through Florida Thursday, forcing dozens more residents to flee floodwaters and acne even driving alligators and acne snakes out of their habitats and acne into streets. Two people drowned in heavy surf as the storm came Source: www.usatoday.com Jump in US measles cases linked to vaccine fears - Miami Herald ATLANTA Measles cases in the U.S. are at the highest level in more than a decade, with nearly half of those involving children whose parents rejected vaccination, health officials reported Thursday. Worried doctors are troubled by the trend fueled by unfounded fears that vaccines may cause autism Source: www.miamiherald.com Obama casts McCain as rich, out of touch - Boston Globe RICHMOND, Va. Democrat Barack Obama Thursday depicted John McCain as rich, out of touch and acne less a foreign-policy expert than he claims -- part of the increasingly negative tone of the presidential hopeful's message as he tries to fight the perception that his campaign has stalled. Two national Source: www.boston.com Barack Obama says he's decided on running mate, but he won't say who it is - Newsday EMPORIA, Va (AP) _ Barack Obama said Thursday he's chosen his running mate, but coyly kept all the details to himself as he campaigned with one leading contender and acne planned a major rally to present the Democratic ticket Saturday in Illinois. Obama refused to say whether he'd notified his pick or Source: www.newsday.com Group to spend $2.8M on ad linking Obama to 'radical' - USA Today WASHINGTON (AP) A conservative nonprofit group with a past link to Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign is spending $2.8 million on an ad questioning Democrat Barack Obama's relationship to a founder of the 1960s radical group Weather Underground. The ad, which is expected to begin airing Source: www.usatoday.com Russia keeps pulling back troops from Georgia - Xinhua News Agency All the troops will pull back to Russia's territory in ten days, Russian General Vladimir Boldyrev, the Chief Commander of Ground Troops said Thursday. Peacekeepers' posts would open on Friday and acne Russian troops that are not involved in peacekeeping operations would return to Russia, Boldyrev said Source: news.xinhuanet.com
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