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Blast Kills Core Syrian Security Officials

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BEIRUT, Lebanon - The killing on Wednesday of President Bashar al-Assad's key security aides in a brazen bombing attack, close to Mr. Assad's own residence, called into question the ability of a government that depends on an insular group of loyalists ...
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Can Romney ride out the storm over his unreleased tax returns?

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Romney can't release any more tax returns now without looking weak, but in the long run, political strategists say, he can't resist the pressure to follow tradition.
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Israel vows tough response to Iran after deadly bus attack kills 7 in Bulgaria

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SOFIA, Bulgaria - Israel vowed to strike back at Iran for a brazen daylight bombing Wednesday that killed at least seven people on a bus full of Israeli tourists in Bulgaria.
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Director Christopher Nolan defends fans angry over Dark Knight reviews

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LONDON - Director Christopher Nolan is defending fans irate over negative reviews of "The Dark Knight Rises." While the final piece of Nolan's "Dark Knight" trilogy has gotten mostly positive reviews, a few critics, including The Associated Press' ...
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Windows 8 to Arrive October 26

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Hold onto your shorts, Microsoft fans -- Windows 8 has an official release date, and it's October 26. Microsoft's Steven Sinofsky announced the fall launch date today at the tech giant's annual sales meeting.
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Faith May Move Mountains, but Dolan Is an Untouched Summit

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By officially cutting the Knicks' ties to Jeremy Lin late Tuesday night, James L. Dolan flunked the faith test he administered to his ticket-buying fan base just a little more than a year ago.
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UN Security Council delays Syria vote until Thursday

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By Michelle Nichols | UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The UN Security Council delayed until Thursday a vote on a Western-backed resolution that threatens Syrian authorities with sanctions and is aimed at ending the 16-month conflict, diplomats said on ...
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Kim's new title aimed at reining in North Korean military

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North Korea announced on Wednesday that its leader, Kim Jong-un, had assumed the title of Marshal, a move widely seen as aimed at bolstering his authority over the military, which analysts say he has been trying to tame through a reshuffling of top ...
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Mandela's 'Rainbow Nation' determined to succeed

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On Wednesday, Nelson Mandela celebrated his 94th birthday, another remarkable accomplishment after enduring so much in the name of freedom.
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US judge orders Tennessee county to let mosque open

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By Michael Winter, USA TODAY A federal judge has ordered that a Tennessee mosque must be allowed to open in time for the Islamic holy month, which begins Thursday.
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McCain blasts GOP attack on Clinton aide

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By Ramsey Cox - 07/18/12 08:14 PM ET Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said claims made by Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) and four other Republicans that Hillary Clinton's top adviser is an infiltrator for the Muslim Brotherhood amount to “specious and ...
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Man who stripped at airport says nudity protected

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PORTLAND, Ore.—An Oregon man kept his clothes on when he went through court security on his way to his trial, unlike the episode that got him there: stripping at Portland's airport to protest security measures he found invasive.
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GOP Says Fed Action Could Hurt Economy

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WASHINGTON - House Republicans pressed the Federal Reserve chairman, Ben S. Bernanke, on Wednesday to forswear additional actions to stimulate growth, warning that the results would be counterproductive.
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Indexes Rise on Good News For Housing and Earnings

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A new sign of recovery in the housing market and strong corporate earnings sent stocks higher for a second day. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 103.16 points, or 0.8 percent, to 12908.70 on Wednesday, a strong showing for what has been a mediocre ...
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IBM's 2nd-quarter earnings top analyst estimates, sustains streak despite weak ...

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SAN FRANCISCO - IBM sustained its nearly decade-long streak of earnings growth as it shook off the economic jitters that have undercut several other technology companies.
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US drought wilts crops as officials pray for rain

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* Soybean prices set record high, corn near record * US expands drought aid, Vilsack warns of higher food costs * No soaking rains seen for wilting corn, soy; herds culled?
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New voter ID laws could impact millions, study says

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New laws in 10 states requiring voters to show photo identification will make it more difficult for millions of Americans to cast ballots and likely will drive down turnout among minorities, the poor and elderly, ...
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Democrats hit Mitt with a tax bill

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By Bernie Becker - 07/18/12 08:18 PM ET Congressional Democrats took aim at Mitt Romney on Wednesday by calling for legislation to require presidential candidates to disclose a decade of their tax returns and the value and location of accounts in ...
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Faceless Freedom: YouTube adds face-bluring tool

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by Megan Geuss - Jul 19, 2012 12:30 am UTC When the video was already blurry, YouTube's new "Blur All Faces" tool overcompensated quite a bit.
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AT&T's New Shared Data Plans Won't Deliver ROI For Most

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By Nathan Olivarez-Giles AT&T will begin offering shared data plans in late August. That means the Motorola Atrix HD, an AT&T exclusive phone, could share its chunk of data with other smartphones and tablets on the same bill.
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Daily Cuppa: Windows 8, Apple-Samsung and IBM earnings

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Summary: Good morning! Overnight we got the latest news on Windows 8, the on-going Apple vs. Samsung saga and IBM's results. By Josh Taylor | July 18, 2012 -- Updated 23:05 GMT (16:05 PDT) We're on the downhill run to the weekend, and to get you ...
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Extra Scoop: Fan Snaps Pic of Beyonce with Blue Ivy

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Beyonce hid baby Blue Ivy's face from paparazzi while the two were running errands in New York on Wednesday, but a fan managed to snap a pic of the too-cute tot, posting the shot on Twitter and tumblr.
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David Ortiz headed to 15-day disabled list

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By Staff reports The Red Sox placed designated hitter David Ortiz on the 15-day disabled list Wednesday with a strained right Achilles after a second opinion Ortiz sought in Miami confirmed the assessment he received from the team's medical staff after ...
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Matt Kemp's walk-off homer gives Dodgers 5-3 win over Phillies

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Matt Kemp slugged a two-run home run in the 12th inning to give the Dodgers a 5-3 win over the Philadelphia Phillies at Dodger Stadium on Wednesday.
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Teixeira homers as Yankees finish sweep of Blue Jays

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NEW YORK (AP) - On Wednesday, it was Dewayne Wise. Next time it might be Raul Ibanez or Andruw Jones or Jayson Nix. The New York Yankees are on a roll and a big reason for the success is the contributions of their role players.
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Hubble spots spiral galaxy that shouldn't exist

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Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered the oldest known spiral galaxy, a 10.7-billion-year-old anomaly that by all rights shouldn't exist.
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Iceberg breaks off from Greenland's Petermann Glacier

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The Petermann Glacier in northern Greenland has calved an iceberg twice the size of Manhattan, scientists say. Images from a Nasa satellite show the island breaking off a tongue of ice that extends at the end of the glacier.
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Newest Mars Curiosity rover aims for accuracy

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NASA expects high heat, blazing speed, and a highly choreographed arrival - dubbing it "seven minutes of terror" - when it tries to deposit the Mars Curiosity rover on the Red Planet in a few weeks.
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Surgery offers no survival advantage for older men with early-stage prostate ...

Boston.com -
By Deborah Kotz, Globe Staff The vast majority of men diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer have surgery or other harsh treatments that can cause permanent side effects, but a study published Wednesday found that men in their 60s who had surgery ...

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