Ahmadinejad enjoys second surprise triumphReuters - 32 minutes ago
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North Korea Responds to UN Sanctions with ThreatsVoice of America - 56 minutes ago
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Obama pledges to quickly sign anti-smoking bill
The Associated Press - 34 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is lauding the passage of historic anti-smoking legislation that gives the government sweeping authority to regulate tobacco products, pledging to quickly sign the measure into law.
Congress Passes Measure on Tobacco Regulation New York Times
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'Act of cowardice' says museum shooter James von Brunn's son
New York Daily News - 9 minutes ago
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'Rockefeller' saga ends with guilty
Boston Globe - 4 hours ago
By Maria Cramer He came to America at 17 to strike it rich, and for most of the last three decades he succeeded, mingling with the power elite of Southern California, the Upper East Side of Manhattan, and Beacon Hill in Boston.
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Dow turns positive for '09
CNNMoney.com - 10 hours ago
Wall Street ends a mixed week little changed, but investors manage to push the blue-chip average into the plus column for the year.
Summers Defends US Interventions
Washington Post - 1 hour ago
National Economic Council Director Lawrence H. Summers said yesterday that the government's emergency involvement in the financial system would be temporary and that the Obama administration is committed to free-market principles.
Summers Calls Obama Defender of Free Markets Wall Street Journal
Summers defends intervention as necessary MarketWatch
NYMEX-Crude ends lower on dollar, profit-taking
Reuters - 13 hours ago
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Microsoft Browser Offer Fails to Impress Europe
New York Times - 8 hours ago
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Computerworld - 35 minutes ago
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US Firm Says China Stole Software for Web-Filter
Wall Street Journal - 3 hours ago
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Experts Say Chinese Filter Would Make PCs Vulnerable New York Times
China's Filtering Software Contains Pirated Code PC Magazine
Digital TV conversion isn't creating a lot of waves
Los Angeles Times - 8 hours ago
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Washington Post - 4 hours ago
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Sox overcome Phillies in 13
Boston Globe - 49 minutes ago
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SI.com - 11 minutes ago
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Summer playgrounds may pose flu risk in NYC - mayor
Reuters - 10 hours ago
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Obama to Propose $300 Billion in New Health Cost Cuts
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Porn stars at la convention defend HIV tests
Los Angeles Times - 4 hours ago
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Lawmakers Chide Automakers Over Dealership Cuts
Washington Post - 4 hours ago
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Anti-Taliban Cleric Killed in Lahore
Washington Post - 2 hours ago
A prominent anti-Taliban cleric and three of his followers were killed in a suicide bomb attack Friday in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, police said.
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US boosts effort to close Guantanamo
Inquirer.net - 50 minutes ago
WASHINGTON--The United States continued its efforts this week to close the Guantanamo terrorism detention center with a flurry of releases, capping with the transfer of three Saudi nationals back to their home country.
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