 | Retail sales suffer biggest slump
London Evening Standard 24.07.08 A consumer spending slowdown has looked to have returned with a vengeance after official figures showed retail sales last month suffered their biggest slump for more than 20 years. The Office... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo) | |
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 | Flash flood warning in effect
Newsday A car goes through one of the large puddles on Conklin Street in Farmingdale. (Newsday Photo / Karen Wiles Stabile / July 24, 2008)... (photo: Creative Commons / Flickr) | |
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 Hurricane Dolly makes landfall in South Texas
The Examiner BROWNSVILLE, Texas (Map, News) - Hurricane Dolly gathered strength and slammed into the South Texas coast Wednesday with punishing rain and winds of 100 mph, blowing down signs, damaging an apartment... (photo: AP / David J. Phillip) |
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 Hurricane Dolly strengthens
TVNZ Jul 24, 2008 6:14 AM Hurricane Dolly strengthened as it neared southern Texas, and was expected to lash low-lying areas on the US-Mexico border with winds of 160 kilometres per hour and torrential... (photo: AP / David J. Phillip) |
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 Storm hits Iowa with 100 mph wind, causes blackout
The Examiner DES MOINES, Iowa (Map, News) - Thunderstorms battered Iowa with winds as high as 100 mph early Monday, knocking down trees and power lines and blacking out more than... (photo: GNU) |
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 Storm winds destroy buildings
The Charlotte Observer RALEIGH -- A possible tornado destroyed several buildings in Rowan County on Monday, but no one was hurt. The weather struck at about 6:30p.m. in the 300 block of... (photo: AP / ) |
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 Only 33 wildfires still burning in California
The News & Observer SAN FRANCISCO - Cool, moist weather and steady attacks by firefighters have brought the number of wildfires still burning in Northern California dramatically down. A... (photo: Creative Commons) |
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 Texas Prepares For Tropical Storm
Time Magazine (McALLEN, Texas) —Troops were at the ready and residents along the Gulf Coast near the Texas-Mexico border were preparing as Tropical Storm Dolly — expected by... (photo: Public Domain) |
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 Weather, Iran Push Oil Prices Up
Rig Zone Crude oil trading began the week up Monday, trading $2.41 higher at $131.29 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. No movement in talks with Iran on its nuclear... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc) |
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 Oil prices rally on US weather, Iran concerns
Turkish Press File photo shows an Iranian oil technician in heat retardant clothing. Oil prices rose on news of stormy weather which could threaten energy facilities in the US Gulf of... (photo: (AP Photo / Manuel Balce Ceneta)) |
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