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RAW DATA: Dick Cheney's Health IssuesFOXNews - 9 minutes ago Cheney has a history of heart problems and has a pacemaker. Cheney has had four heart attacks [current as of Feb. 22, 2010], starting when he was 37. Ex-US VP Cheney goes to hospital BBC News Former VP Cheney hospitalized The Associated Press Financial reform package wouldn't change Wall Street muchLos Angeles Times - - 2 hours ago The legislation leaves largely untouched some of the biggest concerns about the financial industry that grew out of the mortgage meltdown and the resulting credit crisis. Federal regs set to restrain Wall Street risk The Associated Press Brewing storm casts a cloud on oil spill responseLos Angeles Times - - 2 hours ago Federal and BP officials scramble to prepare for a possible hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico. Their plan involves pulling all equipment and halting all containment efforts. Video: Storm Brewing Near Gulf Oil Spill
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FOXNews - - 3 hours ago
Washington, DC - Set aside for a moment how inconceivable it is that an article in Rolling Stone magazine could be the cause of anyone being fired - much less a US commanding general in the midst of a war.
Rolling Stone fact checker sent McChrystal aide 30 questions Washington Post
G8 Leaders Discuss Economic Growth, Fiscal Restraint
Voice of America - - 2 hours ago
Photo: AP On the first day of the G8 summit in Canada, President Barack Obama and other world leaders held initial discussions on ways to strengthen the global economy and build on commitments from past summits.
G8 and G20 summit begins in Canada
Jerusalem Post - 2 hours ago
By AP HUNTSVILLE, Ontario - World leaders are searching for common ground on economics, health, security and other issues Friday as three days of summits began Friday in Canada.
World leaders gear up for G-20 and G-8 summits in Canada Los Angeles Times
G-8 Agrees to $7.3 Billion Plan for Maternal Health BusinessWeek
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Global tribute marks year since Michael Jackson's death
Reuters - - 1 hour ago
A fan holds up a single gloved hand during a memorial to Michael Jackson near the Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York June 25, 2010.
Video: Raw Video: Fans Gather at Jackson Childhood Home
The Associated Press
Jackson: A tribute from fans, a lawsuit from dad The Associated Press
BP Oil-Retrieval Rate Holds Steady After Rebound From Cap Crash
Wall Street Journal - 2 hours ago
BP PLC (BP, BP.LN) reported its oil-recovery rate in the first 12 hours of Friday was basically flat with the previous half day. The company said it retrieved 12100 barrels of crude flowing from a broken deep-water well in the Gulf of Mexico Friday ...
Some oil spill events on Friday, June 25, 2010 The Associated Press
Louisiana Wants US Help, and Its Own Way
New York Times - - 45 minutes ago
Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana at a cleanup effort in Barataria Bay. “We're not letting the bureaucracy stop us,” Mr. Jindal says.
Jindal vetoes bill to open oil spill records MiamiHerald.com
Fraud ruling? Experts say minimal impact on Blago
The Associated Press - - 4 hours ago
CHICAGO - A US Supreme Court decision this week gave fresh hope to disgraced Enron CEO Jeff Skilling and jailed former media mogul Conrad Black - but may not significantly affect the corruption trial of former Illinois Gov.
Video: High Court Limits Scope of Fraud Law
PBS News Hour
US Stocks Edge Up, Boosted By Relief Over Financial Bill
Wall Street Journal - - 6 hours ago
NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--US stocks edged up Friday, wiping out only a portion of the week's heavy losses, as relief over a deal on new financial-regulation overhaul helped push stocks modestly higher.
Bank stocks soar on financial regulation agreement The Associated Press
FDIC Awards Third Bank to Bond Street as Failures Climb to 86
BusinessWeek - - 2 hours ago
June 25 (Bloomberg) -- Regulators closed banks in Florida, Georgia and New Mexico today, awarding a third financial institution to Bond Street Holdings LLC, an investment firm that first bought banks in January.
FDIC Closes Banks in Georgia, Florida Wall Street Journal
Don't hold iPhone 4 that way, Apple says
Los Angeles Times - - 3 hours ago
'Avoid gripping it in the lower left corner in a way that covers both sides of the black strip in the metal band,' Apple says.
For X-Rated, a Domain of Their Own
New York Times - - 1 hour ago
SAN FRANCISCO - What if the Web held a sex party and no one showed up? That's what could happen now that the agency governing the Internet address system all but approved the creation of a new red-light district on the Web.
Do Porn Sites Need .XXX Web Domain? ABC News
Chinese language top-level domains win ICANN approval Computerworld
New Apple iPhone hard to find, but not impossible
Reuters - - 2 hours ago
A customer looks at an iPhone 4 at the Apple Store 5th Avenue in New York, June 24, 2010. SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc's newest iPhone flew off store shelves, but lucky shoppers still managed on Friday to get their hands on one at least a dozen ...
Video: iPhone 4 goes on sale in US
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Teen love triangle at center of new "Twilight"
Reuters - - 4 hours ago
Fans camp out as they wait for the premiere of the movie ''The Twilight Saga: Eclipse'' at Nokia Plaza LA Live in Los Angeles June 21, 2010.
Video: Fans Go Wild for 'Eclipse' Stars at LA Premiere
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'Grown Ups' Star Chris Rock On Adam Sandler: 'He's Dre, I'm Snoop'
MTV.com - - 2 hours ago
'I don't question Dre,' Rock tells MTV News of co-star/producer. 'Dre says, 'Do it again,' you do it again.
'Grown Ups' that are anything but Washington Post
Grown Ups review The Agora
People: Mel Gibson, ex-girlfriend seek dueling restraining orders
San Jose Mercury News - - 4 hours ago
The supposedly amicable split between Mel Gibson and Russian singer Oksana Grigorieva is not going so amicably. Reports said Friday that each has obtained a restraining order against the other, and that Grigorieva has accused Gibson ...
Mel files restraining order against ex The Money Times
PREACH IT! Mel Gibson is in the hot seat -- again Los Angeles Times (blog)
Bruins take Tyler Seguin with No. 2 pick in draft
USA Today - 49 minutes ago
BOSTON (AP) - Boston Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli's gamble to trade star winger Phil Kessel to Toronto last September finally paid dividends Friday night.
Taylor Hall: Top Overall Pick Rotowire
Cubs-White Sox Preview
CBSSports.com - 1 hour ago
With their first double-digit winning streak in 34 years in tow, the next task for the Chicago White Sox is going for their first 11-game streak in nearly a half-century.
Another sterling outing for Peavy Chicago Tribune
Cubs suspend Zambrano indefinitely after incident MiamiHerald.com
Avs select Joey Hishon with 17th pick in NHL draft
USA Today - - 10 minutes ago
DENVER - The Colorado Avalanche take the offensive route again as they select center Joey Hishon with the 17th pick in the NHL draft.
Avalanche Selects Joey Hishon NHL.com
CA doctors hit cost of whooping cough vaccine
San Jose Mercury News - - 6 hours ago
LOS ANGELES—California's potentially record whooping cough epidemic has spotlighted complaints by some rural doctors that vaccines to prevent that disease and others are too expensive to provide.
Health Buzz: Whooping Cough Epidemic U.S. News & World Report
California says whooping cough is at epidemic levels Los Angeles Times
More American women not having children: report
Reuters - - 5 hours ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - More American women are choosing not to have children than three decades ago, according to a new report. Nearly 20 percent of older women do not have children, compared to 10 percent in the 1970s, the Pew Research Center said.
UK report: fetus can't feel pain before 24 weeks
The Associated Press - - 9 hours ago
LONDON - Human fetuses cannot feel pain before the age of 24 weeks, a British medical association said Friday - delivering a setback for anti-abortion activists campaigning to lower the country's 24-week time limit.
Video: 'No foetal pain' before 24 weeks
Al Jazeera
'No foetal pain before 24 weeks' BBC News
Finding the Right Words for Wine | Lettie Teague on Wine
Wall Street Journal - - 6 hours ago
A friend of mine maintains a veritable library of self-improvement guides—though no book of his may be better thumbed than "30 Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary.
Subscription Hulu: Beginning of the End for Cable/Satellite TV?
Wired News - - 5 hours ago
Hulu, which currently showcases free content from NBC, Wired.com and other video providers, will try charging for a premium version soon, according to reports (Image: Wired.
Is 'red' the same to all creatures?
CNN - - Jun 24, 2010
(CNN) -- Violets are blue and roses are red, but maybe those colors are all in your head. What does it mean for an object to be "red"?
Jon Shields: A Fool for Christ: Manute Bol and the Real Meaning of Redemption
Wall Street Journal - - Jun 24, 2010
As any churchgoer who tuned in to watch the recent NBA finals contest between the Lakers and Celtics already knows, the term redemption is probably now heard more often in NBA sports broadcasts than in homilies.
Anti-Rape Condoms (PICTURE): Will Jagged Teeth Deter World Cup Sex Assaults ...
CBS News - - Jun 21, 2010
(CBS) A South African doctor has created a female condom that puts teeth in the fight against rape. The anti-rape condom, called "Rape-aXe," features rows of jagged hooks designed to attach to a man's penis during penetration.