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Thursday, July 9, 2009 - Page updated at 03:23 p.m.

Latest AP Nation/World news

Updated at 03:56 p.m.

Colombian coffee comes with smuggled cocaine

Is this cyber war? Possible U.S responses limited

Coast Guard ends search for plane crash survivors

State flunks Calif schools' extended year plan

Calif. fiscal experts see late August as deadline

Furloughs to close Calif. offices starting Friday

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UPDATE - 03:02 PM

New General Motors about to roll off assembly line

The new General Motors is about to roll off the assembly line as a leaner, greener model, maybe even a profitable one, too. Once the world's largest and most powerful automaker, the troubled company was expected to emerge from bankruptcy protection by early Friday cleansed of massive debt and burdensome contracts that would have sunk it without federal loans.

UPDATE - 01:25 PM

Jobless claims indicate economy remains weak

Tough fight coming up in Afghanistan, Petraeus says in Seattle

UPDATE - 03:17 PM

Worst violence since US pullback hits Iraq

UPDATE - 12:31 PM

Afghan blast kills 25, half of them children

2 million Pakistani refugees to return home soon

    UPDATE - 02:55 PM

    A closer look at Palin finances as she steps down

    UPDATE - 03:21 PM

    Chinese try to heal psychological wounds of unrest

    UPDATE - 03:20 PM

    Ensign's parents gave mistress's family $96k

    UPDATE - 03:16 PM

    Hundreds protest in Iran, defying crackdown vow

    UPDATE - 02:09 PM

    Madoff won't appeal 150-year sentence

    UPDATE - 03:23 PM

    Nationwide roundup nets more than 35,000 fugitives

    UPDATE - 12:50 PM

    Obama urges poorer nations to fight global warming

    UPDATE - 02:52 PM

    Official says 7 South Korean Web sites attacked

    Geneticist picked to head NIH

    Michael Jackson's final resting place a mystery

    Study suggests abortion pills be taken orally

    Netanyahu aide: There is no Palestinian leadership

    UPDATE - 02:37 PM

    Americans favor science, but less than before

    UPDATE - 02:54 PM

    Club: Racism accusations at Pa. pool untrue

    Dole sues `Bananas!' filmmaker, alleges defamation

    UPDATE - 11:20 AM

    Getty Center, college evacuate due to LA fire

    Mass. files lawsuit against federal marriage law

    UPDATE - 02:46 PM

    NTSB blames downdrafts in Steve Fossett crash

    UPDATE - 01:55 PM

    UNESCO: Invasion seriously harmed historic Babylon

    UPDATE - 03:18 PM

    4 Ill. cemetery workers accused in grisly plot

    At 84, Colorado man gets high school diploma

    UPDATE - 02:52 PM

    FDA: Tollhouse cookie E. coli didn't cause illnesses

    Frenemy, locavore among new words in Webster's

    H2-whoa: Australian town bans bottled water sales

    Indian police say toxic home brew has killed 86

    UPDATE - 02:36 PM

    Lawyers spar in Paris Hilton film contract dispute

    UPDATE - 12:57 PM

    Mobster 'Rifleman' Flemmi takes stand in Boston

    UPDATE - 02:19 PM

    More than 300 injured by strong quake in China

    UPDATE - 01:39 PM

    Report: UK tabloid hacked into voicemails

    Running of the bulls leaves 5 injured in Pamplona

    UPDATE - 03:19 PM

    Train hits car in Mich.; 5 thought to be teens die

    UPDATE - 03:23 PM

    Woman sues, says NY school used her as 'plaything'

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