Bush in Iraq...Felix moved toward Central America...Heat wave continues

AL-ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq (AP) President Bush has been told by a Marine Cobra pilot that troops are not getting enough time at home and don't have enough time for training. That exchange came today during a surprise visit by the president to an air base in a remote part of Anbar province.

White House (AP) President Bush can be sneaky when he has to be, especially leaving the White House to go to Iraq. The White House says the preisdent ducked out a side door last night and left the White House grounds accompanied by only one other vehicle instead of a motorcade to meet Air Force One to fly to Iraq.

ORANJESTAD, Aruba (AP) Forecasters say Hurricane Felix could be a "potentially catastrophic" storm. The Category 5 storm has been churning toward Central America, packing winds of up 165 miles per hour. Felix is projected to skirt the coastline of Honduras tomorrow before slamming into Belize.

LOS ANGELES (AP) Temperatures are heading back toward triple digits, on the seventh day of a heat wave that has contributed to blackouts in California. The National Weather Service says temperatures could be as high as 108 in the Hollywood Hills and they could pass 110 in the region's desert areas.

PITTSBURGH (AP) Declaring that America "was not built on Wall Street" but instead by miners and steelworkers, Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards has won the endorsement of the United Steelworkers and the United Mine Workers of America. Edwards attended a Labor Day rally and parade in Pittsburgh.

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