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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=82402557&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Hector Ortega stumbled across the body of a fellow migrant as he walked across Arizona's harsh desert in the searing summer heat. He tried not to look too closely.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=82402554&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Congressional leaders who opposed the troop surge in Iraq are now taking credit for it, and President Barack Obama is more worried about ending the war than winning it, House Republican leader John Boehner said Tuesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=82402552&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A powerful Hurricane Earl threatened to sideswipe much of the East Coast just ahead of Labor Day, worrying countless vacationers who planned to spend the traditional last week of summer at the beach.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=82402549&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Police have gunned down a 100-pound mountain lion romping through Berkeley's Gourmet Ghetto neighborhood blocks from Alice Waters' famed Chez Panisse restaurant.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=82402548&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The NCAA has denied Mississippi quarterback Jeremiah Masoli's request for a waiver that would allow him to play immediately, meaning the former Oregon standout won't be eligible until 2011.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=82402547&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Washington Nationals rookie ace Stephen Strasburg will have Tommy John surgery on Friday to rebuild his injured right elbow.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=82402480&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The fire alarm was squealing at Great American Ball Park when left-hander Aroldis Chapman walked through the dugout and stepped onto a major league field for the first time.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=82402474&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK President Barack Obama is declaring an end to the U.S. combat role in Iraq after more than seven years of war, saying the country's future now is up to its own people. The president, who opposed the war as a senator, says: "It is time to turn the page."

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=82402473&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Tribune Co. has formed a special committee of its board to oversee its Chapter 11 plan as it closes in on two years spent in contentious bankruptcy proceedings.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=82402576&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK John McCain's daughter says in a new book released Tuesday that Sarah Palin brought drama, stress and uncertainty to her father's failed bid for the presidency in 2008, but she doesn't blame the vice presidential nominee for losing the race.