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45 dead as jet swerves off Madrid airport runway
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By HAROLD HECKLE (Associated Press Writer)
From Associated Press
August 20, 2008 9:16 AM EST
MADRID, Spain - A Spanish airliner bound for the Canary Islands swerved off the runway and caught fire during takeoff from the Madrid airport on Wednesday, killing at least 45 people, the Interior Ministry said.
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PARIS - France's broadcast authority has banned French channels from airing TV shows aimed at children under 3 years old, to shield them from developmental risks it says television viewing poses at that age.
NEW YORK - The price of oil pared its gains Wednesday after the government reported a massive increase in crude supplies, but lingering concerns about Tropical Storm Fay kept prices higher for the day.
NEW YORK - One of the few remaining Internet-free havens vanished Wednesday as American Airlines launched airborne e-mail, Web and other online services on some of its longer, nonstop flights.
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CHICAGO - A new analysis of government data is the first to link low-level arsenic exposure, possibly from drinking water, with Type 2 diabetes, researchers say.
BEIJING - Usain Bolt of Jamaica broke the world record by winning the 200 meters in 19.30 seconds Wednesday night, becoming the first man since Carl Lewis in 1984 to sweep the 100 and 200 gold medals at an Olympics.
WASHINGTON - Paddlings, swats, licks. A quarter of a million schoolchildren got them last year - and blacks, American Indians and kids with disabilities got a disproportionate share of the punishment, according to a study by a human rights group.
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan - Missiles destroyed a suspected militant hide-out near the Afghan border on Wednesday, killing at least five people, Pakistani officials said.
WASHINGTON - Neither Barack Obama nor John McCain has consistently followed the government's instructions for keeping prohibited foreign money out of their presidential campaigns, and some of that banned money has slipped into Obama's campaign.
CANTON, Ohio - A Canadian couple finally took a restaurant up on an offer that arrived 15 years ago - by balloon. For its 1993 grand opening, Nicky's Restaurant in Canton released balloons with attached cards good for a free dinner for two.
A strong typhoon slammed into the Philippines on Wednesday, cancelling classes and raising storm alerts. The storm is also blamed for several landslides, which killed three young brothers and an elderly woman. (August 20)
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