“Inspector general says shortages leave spending on conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan largely unchecked.

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Reuters - The U.S. space shuttle
Discovery lifted off from its Florida launch pad on Saturday on
a mission to deliver a bus-sized Japanese laboratory to the
International Space Station.
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Reuters - The Democratic Party searched for a
compromise over disputed convention delegates from Florida and
Michigan on Saturday at a raucous meeting marked by pleas for
party unity and warnings about the consequences in November’s
presidential election.
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AP - Ken Griffey Jr. hit his 599th career homer Saturday off Atlanta’s Jair Jurrjens, a two-run shot that left him one away from an elite mark.
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“AP - A spokeswoman for the Phoenix Mars Lander mission says a hacker took over the mission’s public Web site during the night and changed its lead news story.”
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“Hybrid models of Detroit’s 5,500-pound S.U.V.’s get better mileage, but consumers have been slow to embrace them. If you are wondering why, ask yourself: Is going from 14 MPG to 20 MPG really doing that much?”
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“MIT develops a mat of nanowires to soak up oil spills.”
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Reuters - French Foreign Minister Bernard
Kouchner met Iraq’s president on Saturday during a visit
officials said showed Paris’s renewed commitment to a country
whose 2003 invasion by U.S.-led troops it strongly opposed.
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AP - A suicide bomber blew himself up at a police checkpoint west of Baghdad on Saturday, killing at least 10 people including the local police chief, an official said.
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