AP – An engaged eastern Pennsylvania couple were born on the same day in the same hospital — and their mothers even shared a room in the maternity ward.

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Pa. pair born in same hospital on same day to wed
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Time.com – Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal and others are gunning for new barriers called sand berms to be constructed in several sites off the Mississippi delta — a project whose pricetag is estimated at some $350 million

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Dredge, Baby, Dredge: Can Sand Walls Stop the Oil?
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Reuters – President Barack Obama will meet with the leaders of a panel he created to probe the worst oil spill in U.S. history on Tuesday, as a giant slick from BP’s blown-out Gulf of Mexico well poses a new threat to the coasts of Mississippi and Alabama.

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Obama to meet spill probe leaders as oil heads north
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AFP – Al-Qaeda has announced the death of Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, its number three leader and Osama bin Laden’s one-time top money man, in what would be a major blow to the global terror network.

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Qaeda says top leader Yazid dead: monitors
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Reuters – The pace of China’s factory output eased last month as gradual policy tightening took a toll on new orders, suggesting to some economists that Beijing will take its time before nudging interest rates higher.

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China economy slows on tightening and seasonal factors
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AP – Flooding and landslides from the season’s first tropical storm have killed at least 150 people and made thousands homeless in Central America, officials said.

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Tropical Storm Agatha kills 150 in Central America
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AFP – Israel has detained 480 pro-Palestinian activists captured in its deadly commando raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla and will expel 48 others, public radio reported Tuesday.

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Israel holds 480 activists, expelling 48: report
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AFP – Ford and Mazda are recalling more than 230,000 vehicles made by their China joint venture to fix a software problem blamed for bouts of engine failure, China’s product-safety watchdog said.

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Ford, Mazda recall more than 230,000 China cars
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Reuters – Stunned victims of Tropical Storm Agatha wept by destroyed homes and rescue crews dug bodies out of mud in Guatemala on Monday after torrential rain killed at least 146 people across Central America.

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Rescuers dig after Central America storm kills 146
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Reuters – Al Qaeda’s third-in-command, whose role spanned from operations to fundraising, is believed to have been killed earlier this month in a U.S. missile strike in the tribal areas of Pakistan, officials said on Monday.

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U.S. believes it killed al Qaeda No. 3
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