A U.S. man sentenced to seven years in jail for sneaking into the home of detained Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was handed over to an American consular official on Sunday to be flown out of the country. A U.S. Embassy car retrieved John Yettaw…

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David Beckham was ejected for a studs-up challenge in the 17th minute, and the Los Angeles Galaxy finished with nine men in a 2-0 loss to the Seattle Sounders FC on Saturday night. Beckham slid into Sounders midfielder Peter Vagenas trying to reach a ball,…

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A growing number of immigrants from Myanmar are ending up stuck, often for months, in crowded detention centers in Malaysia designed to hold people for only a few weeks. Almost 2,800 Myanmarese were detained at camps in July, more than double the 1,200 in…

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Mexican President Felipe Calderon says he supports the idea of a free trade agreement between Brazil and Mexico, the two biggest economies in Latin America. Calderon says he’s enthusiastic about the idea of a deal proposed by Brazilian business executives to…

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When Washington learned that 47 people were stuck overnight aboard a small plane at a Minnesota airport, the government reverberated with demands to protect the public from a recurrence. But in its hunt for blame, the government isn’t owning up to the fact…

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The Cash for Clunkers program has spurred new car sales and helped revive automobile production, but it has also made business tougher for used car dealers and cut car donations to nonprofits. President Obama recently signed a $2 billion extension of the…

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The fear on Wall Street is that nervous consumers are going to short-circuit the economic recovery. Stocks fell sharply Friday, taking the major indexes down about 1 percent, after investors were disappointed by reports that the Reuters/University of…

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So how are you getting to work on Monday? It’s no idle question for businesses whose employees rely on BART. Many spent Friday reminding their workers of the few options available if BART train operators go on strike Monday morning. Talk to your boss about…

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