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LOCAL NEWS

High water delays river cleanup

High water caused by recent heavy rains is prompting a local company to put off its volunteer effort to clean up the Winooski River. (AP, 10:17 a.m.)

Two dead in Mass. after car to car shooting

Two men were killed at a Milton intersection after one car pulled up beside another and its occupants opened fire. (AP, 10:07 a.m.)

E. coli warnings rarely seen on private property

State officials are quick to close down public swimming areas when they show high levels of bacteria, but they caution that swimming holes on private properties often carry the same risk and are rarely posted with warning signs. (AP, 10:05 a.m.)
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NATION

Coast Guard stops search for missing fisherman

The Coast Guard has stopped searching for the owner and captain of a Rhode Island fishing boat that sank off the coast of New Jersey. (AP, 10:53 a.m.)

Montana town loses 4 teens, their athletic hopes

Here in rural Montana, the long roads stretch to the horizon over rolling hills covered with wheat. Drivers casually lift a hand off the wheel to greet oncoming drivers, whether they recognize the car or not. (AP, 10:50 a.m.)
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WASHINGTON

Bush eager to sign bill tripling AIDS assistance

President Bush said Saturday he's eager to sign legislation that triples money to fight AIDS and other diseases around the world -- an initiative that has won him praise from some of his harshest critics. (AP, 10:17 a.m.)

Provisions of housing-mortgage relief bill

The housing bill Congress plans to send President Bush would: --Give the Federal Housing Administration $300 billion in new lending authority and relax standards to provide affordable, fixed-rate mortgages to an estimated 400,000 debt-ridden homeowners. Any losses would be covered by an affordable housing fund financed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac , the government-sponsored companies that finance mortgages. (AP, 3:56 a.m.)
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WORLD

8 foreigners abducted in Nigeria

Unidentified men in a speed boat seized eight foreign oil workers at gunpoint Saturday, a military official said. (AP, 11:05 a.m.)

Beijing manufactures its own scenery for Olympics

Polluted Beijing is usually shrouded in gray, so for the Olympics, Beijing city officials have tried to add some color. (AP, 11:05 a.m.)
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