Poll shows Karzai leading ahead of Afghan election
Afghan president needs 50 percent to win outright
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Presidential panel concludes NASA can’t afford return to moon by 2020
Report for White House pessimistic about goal for 2020
Taiwan’s leader says death toll may exceed 500
KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan — President Ma Ying-jeou of Taiwan said Friday that the death toll from Typhoon Morakot, which pummeled the island with three days of rain last weekend, would probably reach 500, far higher than the 117 confirmed deaths announced the day before.
Consumer inflation tumbles as shoppers hold back
Prices flat in July, have fallen 2.1 percent in past 12 months
Bank of America drops binding arbitration for credit card disputes
Bank of America said that it will stop requiring that disputes with its credit card holders and banking and lending customers be settled by binding arbitration.
Iran-American held 10 months in Iran returns to Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES — A graduate student detained for nearly a year in Iran has returned to Los Angeles.
Michael Phelps unhurt in Baltimore car crash
Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps was not injured when the SUV he was driving collided with another car in Baltimore, but the other driver was taken to a hospital.
Taiwanese hauled to safety across raging river
Deadly typhoon leaves hundredsof victims stranded
Gates: ‘A few years’ of combat in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon presented a grim portrait of the Afghanistan war Thursday, offering no assurances about how long Americans will be fighting there or how many U.
As Marines push into Afghan town, fire from ‘360′
Also in the south, four NATO service members — three British and one American — were killed in separate explosions Thursday, military officials said.