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Phelps ends Olympic career with 18th gold

Newsday -
Olympics Newsday > Sports Print Aa Michael Phelps ends Olympic career with 18th gold Originally published: August 4, 2012 9:12 PM Updated: August 4, 2012 9:58 PM By JEFF WILLIAMS jeff.
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AP source: Loughner would get life in shooting

Boston.com -
PHOENIX (AP) - A possible plea deal in the deadly Tucson shootings that wounded then-US Rep. Gabrielle Giffords would send Jared Lee Loughner to prison for the rest of his life, according to a person familiar with the case.
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Tropical Storm Ernesto heads toward Jamaica

USA TODAY -
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) - Forecasters say Tropical Storm Ernesto is churning over the open waters of the Caribbean and is expected to pass south of Jamaica on Sunday afternoon.
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Nonconformist Norma Jeane Nell: We Miss You Marilyn Monroe

Huffington Post (blog) -
On the 50th anniversary (and what a sad anniversary) of Marilyn Monroe's death August 5, 1962, I'm revisiting one of her most interesting performances -- "Don't Bother to Knock" -- a movie that not only boasts Monroe's early skills as an actress, ...
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Suicide Bomber Kills 35 in Yemin

Voice of America (blog) -
Yemeni officials say a suicide bomber killed at least 35 people and wounded dozens of others late Saturday in a southern town. The bomber struck in the village of Jaar, one of several towns in Abyan province that were retaken from Al-Qaida in a major ...
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Sudan, South Sudan reach deal on oil before adjourning final phase of negotiations

Xinhua -
• S Sudan said it has offered about 3.028 billion dollars in direct financial assistance (TFA) to Sudan. • The presidents of the two countries would have summit to sign documents.
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China rebukes US diplomat for sending 'wrong signal' on South China Sea

The Guardian -
China's foreign ministry has called in a senior US diplomat to express "strong dissatisfaction" at remarks by the US state department raising concerns over tensions in the disputed South China Sea, in the latest political spat between the two countries ...
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Iran Says Test-Firing of Missile a Success

New York Times -
TEHRAN (AP) - Iran said Saturday that it had successfully test-fired an upgraded version of a short-range ballistic missile with improved accuracy, increasing its capacity to strike land and naval targets.

Wife critical after husband of 45 years shoots her in hospital ICU, police say

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AKRON, Ohio - Ohio police say a 66-year-old man entered the intensive care unit of Akron General Medical Center and shot his 65-year-old wife while standing at her bedside.
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Obama spends his 51st birthday on the golf course

Reuters -
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama celebrated his 51st birthday on Saturday with a round of golf, then helicoptered to the Camp David presidential retreat for a quiet evening off the campaign trail.

Long Island man accused of flying plane too low

CBS News -
BELLMORE, NY - A Long Island man has been arrested on a reckless endangerment charge after police say he flew his plane too low in the vicinity of a high school.
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Letter: Chick-fil-A President has wrong idea on marriage

Palm Beach Post -
By Post readers Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy set off a national debate by saying he supports the biblical definition of family, and believes Americans have a prideful, arrogant attitude about gay marriage that risks inviting God's judgment on our ...
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Nation in Focus

San Francisco Chronicle -
A passenger struggles to walk back to his vehicle stopped on a flooded US 20 after a severe thunderstorm went through the area with high winds and torrential downpour Saturday August 4, 2012 in New Carlisle, Ind.
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Economy generates 163K jobs in sign of resilience

Wall Street Journal -
AP WASHINGTON - The US economy generated jobs last month at the fastest pace since February, a sign it is resilient enough to pull out of a midyear slump and grow modestly even as the rest of the world slows down.
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Global stocks, oil jump on US job gains, Europe optimism

Reuters -
By Caroline Valetkevitch | NEW YORK (Reuters) - World stocks rallied, US oil jumped nearly 5 percent and the euro surged on Friday on news US employers increased hiring in July by the most in five months and on renewed optimism that Europe was closer ...
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Making a Pitch to the Tea Party in Indiana

New York Times -
EVANSVILLE, Ind. - When Mitt Romney campaigned last week at one stop in Colorado, a key swing state whose governor and senators are Democrats, he sought to sell himself with a simple message: He is a deal maker, someone who can work with Democrats and ...
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163000 new jobs reported for July

Philadelphia Inquirer -
A fairly upbeat US employment report released Friday showed 163000 new jobs added in July, despite the overall unemployment level ticking up to 8.3 percent.
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Samsung to unveil new Galaxy Note in late August

Reuters -
| SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics is set to take the wraps off a sequel to its popular Galaxy Note smartphone at an event on August 29, about two weeks before the possible debut of Apple's new iPhone.
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New study links current events to climate change

Daily Democrat -
By SETH BORENSTEIN/AP WASHINGTON -- The relentless, weather-gone-crazy type of heat that has blistered the United States and other parts of the world in recent years is so rare that it can't be anything but man-made global warming, ...
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Lollapalooza Day 2: Chief Keef, Frank Ocean, Chili Peppers and an evacuation

Chicago Tribune -
Day 2 is done at Lollapalooza in Grant Park, and what a day Saturday was: It was sandwiched by much-anticipated sets by Chief Keef and Frank Ocean, and in between came the first evacuation in the festival's Chicago history.
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Mo Farah makes history as first British man to take gold in Olympic 10000m

Telegraph.co.uk -
He had just sprinted into athletics legend with what must go down as the most accomplished, perfectly executed and dazzling track triumphs by any British athlete in Olympic annals.
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Double-amputee Pistorius qualifies in 400

Boston.com -
LONDON - Oscar Pistorius ran into history Saturday morning, then kept going. By taking the track for Heat 1 in Round 1 of the men's 400 meters, Pistorius became the first double-amputee to compete in the Olympics.
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Serena Williams can't be denied Olympic gold as she hands Maria Sharapova an ...

New York Daily News -
WIMBLEDON - The American flag flapped right off its pole during the national anthem, yet another reminder why Serena Williams had no right to play the way she did in this wind on Saturday, against such a top opponent.
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Jim Furyk holds Bridgestone lead

San Francisco Chronicle -
Jim Furyk spent more time looking at the forecast than the leaderboard Saturday at the Bridgestone Invitational at Akron, Ohio. He's not sure which looks more favorable.
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Mars rover Curiosity to explore intriguing giant crater

USA TODAY -
PASADENA, California (AP) - The latest Mars destination is a giant crater near the equator with an odd feature: a mountain rising from the crater floor.
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The Mystery of the Purring Elephant

TIME -
By Veronique Greenwood | August 3, 2012 | + Lisa Jeffries / AP An African elephant, Mara, 28, originally from San Jose's Happy Hollow Zoo, wanders in a field at PAWS ARK 2000 sanctuary in San Andreas, Calif.
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CDC: Swine flu hits U.S.

The Capitol Column -
The CDC has reported 12 new cases of swine flu virus strain H3N2v in Indiana, Ohio, and Hawaii. These cases come on top of 17 cases of the virus detected since July 2011.
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'Spray-on skin' helps heal leg ulcers

BBC News -
By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News A "spray-on skin" which coats a wound with a layer of skin cells could help healing, according to US and Canadian researchers.

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