In this June 19, 2008 file photo, U.S. soldiers inspect a damaged mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicle (MRAP) following a roadside bomb explosion targeting an American patrol in Baghdad Thursday, June 19, 2008. Two fatal MRAP rollovers and dozens of other accidents over the past eight months have heightened concerns among Pentagon leaders about how the MRAPs are operated, according to military documents and Associated Press research. .(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File)
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AP IMPACT: Fatal MRAP accidents prompt warnings

AP - 20 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - The towering trucks that give U.S. troops the best protection against roadside bombs and enemy bullets also make them vulnerable to routine hazards like sharp turns, rutted roads and rickety bridges.

File picture shows Turkish soldiers patrolling a road near the Turkey-Iraq border. Turkish warplanes bombed Kurdish rebel hideouts in northern Iraq overnight in the latest air raid in the region since mid-December, the military said Thursday.(AFP/File/Mustafa Ozer)

Turkey bombs Kurdish targets in northern Iraq

AP - Thu Jul 24, 2:54 AM ET

ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey's military says warplanes have bombed 13 Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq.

George Soberanis puts his hand up to block the pelting rain from Hurricane Dolly as he wades through floodwaters outside his house Wednesday, July 23, 2008 in Los Fresnos, Texas. Hurricane Dolly barreled into South Texas on Wednesday, lashing the coast with winds up to 100 mph and dumping heavy rain that threatened to flood low-lying areas but spared levees along the heavily populated Rio Grande Valley. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Texas levees hold but waters rise in Dolly's rains

AP - 23 minutes ago

BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Hurricane Dolly slammed ashore and then loitered over deep south Texas as a tropical storm, dumping as much as a foot of rain in places and ripping roofs off buildings with 100 mph winds.

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