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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=82402429&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Palestinian gunmen opened fire Tuesday on an Israeli car in the West Bank and killed four passengers on the eve of a new round of Mideast peace talks in Washington. The Islamic militant group Hamas claimed responsibility.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=82402428&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=82402427&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=82402426&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Former New York Giants Super Bowl star Plaxico Burress has come up short in his bid for work release during his two-year prison sentence in a gun case, a denial that could keep him behind bars until at least next spring, prison officials said Tuesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=82402424&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Eight days of deadly clashes between government forces and al-Qaida-linked insurgents have forced dozens of people to seek surgical care and left Somalia's capital in a critical state, the international Red Cross said Tuesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=82402392&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Investigators say autopsies on three crew members killed when a medical helicopter crashed in Arkansas will help determine whether a medical emergency caused the accident.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=82402391&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Metropolitan Opera's Live in HD series is so popular at theaters worldwide that the New York company is expanding the telecasts to 1,500 theaters in 46 countries.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=82402390&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK GAINS EVAPORATE: Stocks had made modest gains Tuesday morning following a better-than expected reading on consumer confidence but ended nearly flat after more caution on the economy from the Federal Reserve.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=82402302&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The 10 banks that received the most bailout aid during the financial crisis spent over $16 million on lobbying efforts in the first half of 2010, as the debate over financial regulatory reform reached its height.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=82402043&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A conservative legal group is trying to force Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown to defend California's gay marriage ban in court.