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AP - The knock on Brian Hart's door came at 6 a.m. An Army colonel, a priest and a police officer had come to tell Hart and his wife that their 20-year-old son had been killed when his military vehicle was ambushed in Iraq.

Reuters - South Korea said on Sunday it would restrict driving of cars owned by public organizations from this week as part of contingency measures aimed at reducing energy consumption in the face of skyrocketing oil prices.

AP - Tropical Storm Bertha continues to speed across the Atlantic Ocean.