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Alexander Zemlianichenko, AP

Moscow Death Rate Doubles
As Many Flee Heat, Smog

Wildfires fueled by a savage heat wave are poisoning the air in the Russian capital and imperiling at least one nuclear facility.
Also: Thousands Die as Floods Sweep Across Asia

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Congress’s $604,000 Bottled Water Binge

Ernie Smith | AOL News

Another thing AOL News found in our audit of $2.6 million spent by the House on meals: Doughnuts have bipartisan appeal. Plus, see who chowed the most on the public dime.
The full $1 billion tab. | About this series.

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Saurabh Das, AP

Wielding a Violin for Change in Afghanistan

By Bina Shah | AOL News

Musician William Harvey learned on 9/11 what music can do outside the concert hall. Now he's applying that lesson in Kabul.

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Mohave County Sheriff's Office / AP

Police: One of Two Arizona Prison Escapees Caught

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Tracy Province, left, who escaped from an Arizona state prison with John McCluskey on July 30, is captured in Wyoming.
Plus: Escapee Attended Church, Sang With Choir

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NOAA

Dual Systems Eyed as Tropical Storm Threat

By Paul Yeager | AOL News

The area of disturbance forecasters think has the better chance of becoming a tropical storm would likely stay far out at sea.

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Ben Garvin, Pioneer Press / AP

Toyota Driver Somber About Release After Deadly Crash

By Kathryn Yao | AOL News

Koua Fong Lee says it feels really good to be back with his family, but adds, "it's still in my mind this accident's cost to life."

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Keith Ducatel, AFP / Getty Images

Englishman First to Walk Length of Amazon River

By Kathryn Yao | AOL News

The former British soldier completes the 4,200-mile trek in 859 days, the first person to make the journey entirely on foot.

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Today / Hulu.com

Family Reunites 3 Decades After 'Deaths'

By Lisa Flam | AOL News

Victoria Rohring thought her children were killed in a car crash in 1976. More than 30 years later, she learns the truth.

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Identity thieves have become savvier than ever. The Internet has created a digital society where a new breed of criminals prowl to collect sensitive information either from a third party or straight from the victims themselves.

The Spectrum

As 39,000 Spill Claims Dangle, BP Defers to Feds
ORANGE BEACH, Ala. (Aug. 9) -- Sheryl Lindsays wedding planner business is on the brink, crumbling with each cancellation over concerns about oil....
US Military Aid to Lebanon Put on Hold
WASHINGTON (Aug. 9) -- The chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee said Monday he has suspended U.S. military aid to Lebanons army amid...
Escaped Ariz. Convict Sang Christian Hit 'Your Grace Is Enough' Before Arrest [LYRICS]
The complete lyrics, music video and (bonus) guitar tabs for the Chris Tomlin song that escaped Arizona convict Tracy Province sang the day before...
US Military Judge Seals Sentence for Gitmo Inmate
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Aug. 9) -- A U.S. military judge on Monday ordered that a plea agreement capping the maximum sentence of an Osama...
Reader Feedback: What's a Great Teacher?
(Aug. 9) -- Kelly Middletons opinion piece (What Makes a Great Teacher?) evokes fond memories of my experience as a student in Catholic schools in...
US Engineer Convicted of Selling Secrets to China
HONOLULU (Aug. 9) -- A federal jury in Hawaii has convicted a former B-2 stealth bomber engineer of selling military secrets to China. Noshir Gowadia...
Cheney Released From Hospital After Heart Surgery
WASHINGTON (Aug. 9) -- Former Vice President Dick Cheney has been released from a suburban Washington hospital following heart surgery last month.
Dual Systems Eyed as Tropical Storm Threat
(Aug. 9) -- The next named storm in the Atlantic basin -- Danielle -- may very well form this week, but where it forms would have drastically...
Tea Party Boot Campers: No Money, No Problem
(Aug. 9) -- Can yard signs and volunteer phone banks trump big money and TV ads this November? Tea party activists wrapping up a four-day election...
Wielding a Violin for Change in Afghanistan
(Aug. 9) -- William Harvey is a slight young man with a shock of brown hair, glasses and a gentle, unassuming air. But when this Juilliard-trained...
Nuclear Watchdog Says Iran Has Activated Enrichment Equipment
VIENNA (Aug. 9) -- Iran has activated equipment to enrich uranium more efficiently in a move that defies the U.N. Security Council, the International...
Exclusive: A Red Panda in Tennessee? Fossils Confirm N. American Heritage
(Aug. 9) -- With the face of a giant panda bear and the body of a small raccoon, fossils of a prehistoric red panda are being unearthed in Tennessee.
UN: Pakistan Flood Misery Exceeds Tsunami, Haiti
ISLAMABAD (Aug. 9) -- The number of people suffering from the massive floods in Pakistan exceeds 13 million %u2014 more than the combined total of...
House Ethics Panel Outlines Charges Against Rep. Waters
WASHINGTON (Aug. 9) -- The House ethics committee on Monday announced three counts of alleged ethics violations against California Democrat Maxine...
Letitia Long Crib Sheet: 5 Things to Know About the Pioneering New Spy Boss
Letitia Long took over as the countrys first female spy chief today, replacing Navy Vice Adm. Robert Murrett as the director of the National...
Toyota Driver Somber About Release After Deadly Crash
(Aug. 9) -- Koua Fong Lee offered a somber reminder today about his release from prison after serving only 2 1/2 years of an eight-year sentence for...
Study: More Than Weight, Larger Waistlines Shrink Lifetimes
Yet another study, this one on more than 100,000 American adults, shows that a thicker waist is associated with increased risk of premature death --...
Captured Inmate Tracy Province Sang With Wyoming Choir
MEETEETSE, Wyo. (Aug. 9) -- A member of a northwestern Wyoming church tells The Associated Press that an inmate who escaped from an Arizona prison...
3 Key Discrepancies in the Big Celebrity 'Blood Diamond' Testimonies
Someones not telling the whole truth at Charles Taylors war crimes trials. Is it Naomi Campbell, her ex-agent now suing her for breach of contract...
Defense Officials: Belt-Tightening Will Cut Major Command
WASHINGTON (Aug. 9) -- The Defense Department plans to shed one of its 10 major military commands as Defense Secretary Robert Gates tries to pare...
Moscow Death Rate Doubles as Many Flee Heat, Smog
(Aug. 9) -- Moscows death rate has doubled, a city health official said today, as a nearly unprecedented heat wave and acrid smog from wildfires...
Englishman First to Walk Length of Amazon River
(Aug. 9) -- English explorer and writer Ed Stafford, with Gadiel Cho Sanchez Rivera at his side, finished the never-before-done trek of the entire...
Family Reunites 3 Decades After 'Deaths'
(Aug. 9) -- In October 1976, Victoria Rohring was newly divorced and waiting for her children to come home after several months away when she...
Study Confirms: Trio of Biomarkers Detects Alzheimer's
New research concludes that three biomarkers found in cerebrospinal fluid yield a signature that can be detected in 90 percent of Alzheimers...