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Clinton urges support, calls for party unity.

Afghan national army soldiers patrol on a street in Kabul August 18, 2008. (Omar Sobhani/Reuters)

Reuters - An air strike killed 30 Taliban in southeastern Afghanistan close to the border with Pakistan and Afghan police killed 18 more militants in the south of the country, officials said on Wednesday.

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Afghan police men take a member of the Taliban into custody, center left, who is alleged to be involved in the kidnapping of a Japanese aid worker. He was captured, during the search operation for kidnapped Japanese aid worker Kazuya Ito in Bodyalai village of Khiva district in Nangarhar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008. The Japanese aid worker was abducted early Tuesday, according to the Foreign Ministry. A Taliban spokesman claimed responsibility for the kidnapping. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

AP - More than 30 Taliban fighters and four policemen were killed in a series of clashes, airstrikes and bombings in Afghanistan, officials said Wednesday.

This NOAA satellite image taken Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008 at 1:45 a.m. EDT shows Tropical Storm Gustav about 130 miles southeast of Guantanamo, Cuba. In addition, an area of low pressure northeast of the northern Leeward islands is producing showers and thunderstorms. This system may develop into a tropical depression over the next few days as it moves northwestward. Farther south, moderate to strong thunderstorms are develop over far northern South America. (AP PHOTO/WEATHER UNDERGROUND)

AP - Tropical Storm Gustav was losing steam early Wednesday as it moved through the Caribbean a day after hitting Haiti as a hurricane.

Zimbabwe's Mugabe says he will form new government with or without opposition.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistani officials say security forces have killed up to 30 militants in a clash near the Afghan border.

AP - Tropical Storm Gustav was losing steam early Wednesday as it moved through the Caribbean a day after hitting Haiti as a hurricane.

Mattel wins $100 million copyright case against makers of Bratz dolls.

This undated photo, supplied by the Curry County Sheriff's Department, shows Raynaldo Enriquez, who was one of eight men who escaped from the Curry County jail in Clovis, N.M., Sunday, Aug. 23, 2008. He was being held on multiple charges of aggravated burglary, robbery and assault and battery charges. (AP Photo/Curry County Sheriff's Department)

AP - Four jail inmates who authorities say helped eight others make a brazen escape were charged Wednesday, as officials kept up the search for the five prisoners who remain on the loose, including a convicted murderer.

Mattel wins $100 million copyright case against makers of Bratz dolls.

New home sales rose in July, but prices continued to plunge at a record pace.

The headquarters of Freddie Mac are pictured in McLean, Virginia, May 14, 2008. (Jason Reed/Reuters)

Reuters - Stocks of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the largest U.S. housing finance companies, rallied for a third straight day on Wednesday as investors grew more confident their shareholdings would not be wiped out by any government intervention.

SEN. BARACK OBAMA (D-Ill.): Thank you. Thank you, everybody.

SPEAKER: SEN. HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON, (D-N.Y.): Thank you. Thank you all.

Barack Obama officially nominated Democratic party presidential candidate.

AP - Tropical Storm Gustav was losing steam early Wednesday as it moved through the Caribbean a day after hitting Haiti as a hurricane.

People, carrying belongings, crosses a street flooded by rain caused by Hurricane Gustav in Port-au-Prince,Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008. Gustav barreled into Haiti on Tuesday, toppling trees, dumping rain and sending fuel prices soaring on fears the storm could become 'extremely dangerous' when it reaches the Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

AP - Hurricane Gustav caused a killer landslide and dumped torrential rains on southern Haiti before weakening to a tropical storm late Tuesday.

This NOAA satellite image shows Tropical Strom Gustav. Gustav churned toward Cuba and the United States after lashing Haiti and the Dominican Republic with hurricane force winds and rain that killed 22 people.(AFP/NOAA)

AFP - Tropical Storm Gustav churned toward Cuba and the United States after lashing Haiti and the Dominican Republic with hurricane force winds and rain that killed 22 people.

If Major League Baseball?s new instant replay system had been in place this season, it would have been used about 18 times so far to determine if a home run had been hit.

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Actors George Clooney, left, and Brad Pitt pose during the photo call of their movie 'Burn after reading' at the 65th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)

AP - George Clooney and Brad Pitt: Bachelor and family man.

It was only her first day as an "American Idol" judge, but already Kara DioGuardi seemed part of the dysfunctional family.

From let, director Joel Coen, actress Tilda Swinton, actress Frances McDormand, actors Brad Pitt, and George Clooney, and director Ethan Coen pose during the photo call of their movie 'Burn after reading' at the 65th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)

AP - A dark comedy by the Coen brothers is opening the Venice film festival.

New study says skin cancer may raise risk of cancers later in life.

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- It's important for a child to learn to be independent and care for himself. But how do you know when a child is old and mature enough to stay alone?

It's one of the biggest frustrations of life with food allergies: That hodgepodge of warnings that a food might accidentally contain the wrong ingredient.