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In this Nov. 28, 2007 file photo, mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles (MRAP), produced by Navistar International, are loaded onto an airplane at the Charleston Air Force Base in North Charleston, S.C. The military has bought thousands of MRAPs to guard troops in Iraq and Afghanistan from deadly roadside bombs. The surge in attacks in 2008 is putting the vehicles to the test, and so far they are largely passing. (AP Photos/Alice Keeney, File)

Military adds armor to Iraq vehicles as roadside bombs surge (AP)

AP - The U.S. military is reinforcing the sides of its topline mine-resistant vehicles to shore up what could be weak points as troops see a spike in armor-piercing roadside bombings across Iraq, The Associated Press has learned.

Obama picks up 9 superdelegates, union endorsement (AP)

Records show Sharpton owes overdue taxes, other penalties (AP)

Aid on the way to devastated Myanmar but so is heavy rain (AP)

Blackwater unlikely to face charges in Iraq shooting (AP)

TODAY'S COMMENTARY

Gearing up for an eco-week

By Kate Sheppard

John McCain gave a campaign speech in New Jersey today in which he touched on environmental issues and talked up his record in that area. "There is no doubt our environment is globally challenged," McCain said in a stop at the Liberty Science Center in Jersey City, N.J. "I'm proud of my environmental record."

But as some enviros in the state were quick to point out, that record is mixed at best (take, for example, his lifetime League of Conservation Voters score of 24 percent and his 2007

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