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Two sentenced in Jane Creba killing. Louis Woodcock and Tyshaun Barnett, convicted in the 2005 Boxing Day shooting death of Toronto teen Jane Creba, have been given concurrent sentences of 12 years in prison on a manslaughter charge and eight years for aggravated assault.

Florida Rep. Kendrick Meek wins Democratic Senate nomination.
Florida Rep. Kendrick Meek defeated billionaire real estate investor Jeff Greene to win the Democratic Senate nomination. Meek will face former state House Speaker Marco Rubio (R) and Gov. Charlie Crist, who is running as an independent, this fall.

Sales of previously occupied homes drop to lowest level.

Sales of previously occupied homes unexpectedly plunged 27 percent in July from a month earlier to 3.83 million — the lowest level since 1995, according to a report released Tuesday morning by the National Association of Realtors.

While mortgage rates are at record lows, consumers have been skittish about making purchases due to concerns about their jobs and the value of homes.

Massive recall reveals growing vulnerability in egg delivery system.

The largest egg recall in U.S. history comes during recent consolidation in the industry, as a shrinking number of companies produce most of the eggs found on grocery shelves and a defect in one operation can jeopardize a significant segment of the marketplace. Now, just 192 large egg companies own about 95 percent of laying hens in this country. And as the mega producers have developed, they have gone largely unregulated by government agencies responsible for making sure food is safe.

Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda become afterthought in Afghan war.
Although U.S. officials have often said that al-Qaeda is a marginal player on the Afghan battlefield, an analysis of 76,000 classified U.S. military reports posted by the Web site WikiLeaks underscores the extent to which Osama bin Laden and his network have become invisible figures in the war.