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Will Video Games Help Air
Force Recruit Drone Pilots?

How do you persuade young people that remotely operating an unmanned aircraft is as glamorous as being a fighter pilot? The military is trying to do just that with a video game.

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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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Clinton Announces More Flood Aid for Pakistan

By Betwa Sharma | AOL News

The grim extent of Pakistan's flooding catastrophe is driving the U.S. -- and some others -- to increase aid pledges.
Also: Only a Trickle of Private Donations

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Iraqis Fret About What US Troops Leave Behind

By Joseph Schuman | AOL News

The departure of the last U.S. combat brigade leaves some Iraqis worried about a new wave of bloodshed and chaos.
And: US Embassy in Baghdad Not Big Enough

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As France Expels Gypsies, a Q&A on a Mysterious People

By Dana Kennedy | AOL News

As France deports the first of what will be several hundred Roma, we ask how and why they became a people apart.

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Egg Recall Expands Again, May Be Nationwide Problem

By Andrew Schneider | AOL News

An Iowa company now says it's recalling 380 million eggs, which could have been shipped anywhere in the country.
Plus: Recall Came Despite New FDA Rules

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Mass. County Drafted to Join the War on Obesity

By Kathryn Yao | AOL News

A federal pilot program will give selected low-income Hampden County residents a discount of 30 percent to purchase produce.

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Giuliani: Mosque by Ground Zero Would Stir Hatred

By Terence Neilan | AOL News

The former New York City mayor turns up his rhetoric against a proposed Islamic center two blocks from the site of the 9/11 attacks.
Plus: Mosque Debate Muddles Partisan Lines

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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

Analysis: Is Anti-Muslim Fervor a New Chapter in an Old Book?
Are Muslims the new Jews? Or Irish Catholics? Perhaps Mormons? Or are they really this wars Japanese? Religious experts and historians say: all of...
Sen. Al Franken's Minneapolis Condo Hit by Bullet
Police are investigating a report of a bullet fired into the uninhabited Minneapolis condominium owned by Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.), Politico...
Dallas Police Chase Ends Alongside Airport Runway
DALLAS (Aug. 19) -- A suspected carjacker led police on an hour-long chase Thursday before crashing through a locked chain-link fence and driving...
High-Flying Vulture Escapes, Posing Threat to UK Airplanes
Iraq War Vet Kills Pregnant Wife, Daughter, Self
April Oles-Magdzas was due to give birth to her second daughter Wednesday, a little more than a year after she and her Iraq war veteran husband...
Ketamine: Club Drug, Anesthetic...Prescription Anti-Depressant?
Several new studies indicate that the hallucinogenic drug, known by the street name Special K, might actually have more profound medical benefits...
As France Expels Gypsies, a Q&A on a Mysterious People
(Aug. 19) -- France began expelling the first of 700 Roma people today as part of a controversial crackdown on illegal encampments around the country...
Scenes of Desperation: Pakistan Flood Photos
Photos show the devastation and desperation in flood-ravaged Pakistan.
BP Accused of Withholding 'Critical' Oil Spill Data
WASHINGTON (Aug. 19) -- The company that owned the oil rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico is accusing BP of withholding critical evidence needed...
Vacationing Obama Makes 4 Recess Appointments
VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass. (Aug. 19) -- Once again bypassing a gridlocked Senate, President Barack Obama acted Thursday to install three agency officials...
How Much Oil Really Remains in the Gulf?
Will Video Games Help Air Force Recruit Drone Pilots?
(Aug. 19) -- The Air Force is developing a new video game designed to attract young recruits to a crucial, growing career field: drone piloting.
How the Worst President Ever Ended Up on a Controverisal New Coin
Senator John Sununus presidential 1 coin program was supposed to save printing costs on dollar bills and educate Americans about history. But...
Mass. County Drafted to Join the War on Obesity
(Aug. 19) -- The U.S. continues its war on the obesity epidemic by selecting Hampden County, Mass., for its first Healthy Incentives Pilot -- a...
Iraqis Fret About What US Troops Leave Behind
(Aug. 19) -- It is one thing for a country to crave sovereignty, and another to get it. Iraqi government officials today welcomed news that the last...
How Big Was BP Oil Plume? A Geographically Agnostic Guide
A new scientific study confirms the oil spill left behind a plume the size of Manhattan. For those who dont inhabit the Tri-state region, just how...
Bear Pack Greets Cops on Pot Bust in Canadian Woods
(Aug. 19) -- Police in Christina Lake, British Columbia, found 1 million worth of marijuana plants on a remote property. They also discovered at...
The Entire Internet Is Searching for Potentially Lethal Sandwiches
Five Guys Burgers may be Americas chain, but in the wake of the fearsome KFC Double Down, America is also hungry for gross fast food stunts.
US Pledges Additional $60 Million for Pakistan Flood Relief
(Aug. 19) -- As Pakistan reels from devastating floods, the U.N. has called on the world for more aid, saying the ongoing disaster is worse than the...
Flight From California to NYC Grounded After Threat
WASHINGTON (Aug. 19) -- A Transportation Security spokesman says officials are investigating a report of a threat made over the phone to a flight...
Teacher Quits After Facebook Posts Diss Parents, Kids
(Aug. 19) -- Call it an online education. A teacher in a Massachusetts high school resigned after she posted Facebook comments describing the local...
Opinion: Blagojevich Wins, So Amend the Constitution?
(Aug. 19) -- Talk about an overreaction!%0A%0AIn a New York Times op-ed on Wednesday, noted author and attorney Scott Turow claims that the Rod...
Radioactive Boars on the Rise in Germany
(Aug. 19) -- Almost a quarter century after the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear meltdown in Ukraine, its fallout is still a hot topic in some German regions,...
Glenn Beck Blasts 99er Movement
(Aug. 19) -- Fox News commentator Glenn Beck lambastes the 99er movement for being socialist and anti-capitalist.