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• — Hermine lashes south Texas, 3 other storms possible

     (Tuesday, 07 September 2010 16:34)

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Hermine barely maintained its tropical storm status on Tuesday as 40 mile per hour winds kept lashing south Texas and the storm moved further inland about 15 miles south-southeast of San Antonio, Texas, the National Hurricane Center said.

  
  

• — U.S. judge refuses to lift ban on govt stem cell funds

     (Tuesday, 07 September 2010 16:24)

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge refused on Tuesday to lift a ban on federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research despite Obama administration warnings it would set back key research and cost more than a thousand jobs.

  
  

• — Pressure mounts in U.S. against Koran-burning plan

     (Tuesday, 07 September 2010 16:23)

  MIAMI (Reuters) - Civil and military leaders stepped up calls on Tuesday for an obscure U.S. pastor to drop his plans to burn copies of the Koran on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks, as fears grew it would fan religious hatred.