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Alligators loom over submerged cars. Mountains of debris are embedded in the ground. Cows, trucks and the remnants of homes are sunk into the ocean. And unverified sightings of missing loved ones are still making the rounds. More than 300 people are missing since Hurricane Ike hit the Texas coast last month, and the obstacles to finding them are frustrating family and friends who desperately want to know if their loved ones are dead or alive.

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US stocks decline on caution over whether the House of Representatives will back the new bank rescue plan.

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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Thursday praised Congress’ approval of a controversial nuclear deal with India, saying it “bolsters our partnership with the world’s largest democracy and a growing economic power.”

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Toronto’s benchmark stock index fell nearly 600 points Thursday morning as big fertilizer stocks tanked and markets appeared to take little comfort from a vote in favour of a Wall Street bailout.

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Toronto’s benchmark stock index fell more than 600 points Thursday morning as big fertilizer stocks tanked and markets appeared to take little comfort from a vote in favour of a Wall Street bailout.

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A hearing set for Thursday afternoon could result in the dismissal of charges against Alaska Republican Sen. Ted Stevens in the first week of his corruption trial.

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The plane Steve Fossett was flying when he disappeared last year has been found, but the millionaire adventurer’s remains have not, search officials say. Fossett was last seen on the morning of September 3, 2007, when he took off from the Flying-M Ranch outside Minden, Nevada.

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The plane Steve Fossett was flying when he disappeared last year has been found, but the adventurer’s remains have not, the Madera County, California, sheriff said today. “They did locate an aircraft which we have now confirmed is the one Steve Fossett was flying,” Sheriff John Anderson said. He said the plane apparently crashed head-on into a mountain, and the damage was “so severe I doubt someone would’ve walked away from it.”

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Five years ago, Sara Vreed got embroiled in soap-opera-style custody arrangements with her ex-boyfriend — and they don’t even have children. What was at stake were the living arrangements for their 5-year-old canine, a Shetland sheepdog named Ivo.

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Even as Canadian financial institutions have been relatively sheltered from the credit meltdown in the United States, this country’s mutual funds performed poorer than their American counterparts, according to fund watcher Morningstar Canada Thursday.

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