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Tired of tossing your hard-earned profits into your SUV's fuel tank? It's a tough decision to switch from these gas guzzlers with large cargo areas to more economical cars with less space. Yet surprisingly, not all SUVs chug gasoline. In fact, the EPA rates many 2007 models as high as 20, 30 or more miles per gallon, based on 45 percent highway driving and 55 percent city. Hybrids with four-cylinder engines lead the pack of efficient SUVs—including Ford's front-wheel drive, automatic transmission 2007 Escape (36 city/31 highway MPG), which has an estimated yearly fuel cost of $1,310, assuming you drive 15,000 miles and pay about $3 a gallon for gas. The four-wheel-drive Escape hybrid gets 32/29 MPG, as does the Mercury Mariner hybrid, with fuel costs for both at $1,439.
AP - A Chinese envoy met North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and delivered a personal message from President Hu Jintao on Thursday in the highest-level Chinese visit to its isolated ally since the North's nuclear test last week.
AP - The U.S. military spokesman says there has been a 22 percent jump in attacks during Ramadan and the drive to secure Baghdad has "not met our overall expectations."
AP - A Roman Catholic priest said he had an inappropriate two-year relationship with former Rep. Mark Foley in the 1960s that included massaging the boy in the nude, but he did not specifically remember having sex, a newspaper reported Thursday.
Anti-terror chiefs say Britain has become the main target for a resurgent al-Qaida, which sees the July 7 attacks as 'just the beginning' of a UK campaign.
Four U.S. soldiers accused of raping and killing a 14-year-old Iraqi girl, and slaying her sister and their parents will face courts-martial on murder charges, military officials say. The prosecution alleges the soldiers set fire to the family's home to cover up the crimes. Two of the men, Sgt. Paul Cortez and Pfc. Jesse Spielman, face the death penalty if convicted.