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Sikh temple president, officers hailed as heroes

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By By SCOTT BAUER - 1 minute ago MILWAUKEE (AP) - His community under attack, Sikh Temple of Wisconsin president Satwant Singh Kaleka fought back with all his strength and a simple butter knife, trying to stab a murderous gunman before taking two fatal ...
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NASA releases video of Curiosity's descent, rover returns images of Martian ...

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NASA has released a video of its Curiosity rover in the final few minutes of its descent to Mars, adding to the remarkable barrage of photos and videos that have been released less than 24 hours after the rover successfully landed on the red planet.
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Obama says Mitt is 'Romney Hood' as GOP tops Obama with another huge ...

New York Daily News -
President Obama, fresh off another monthly walloping in the fund-raising race, attacked his Republican adversary by giving him an unflattering nickname: “Romney Hood.
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Syria defiant after PM Riad Hijab defection

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Syria's new cabinet has met in emergency session, after Prime Minister Riad Hijab defected and denounced Damascus's "terrorist regime".
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Chris Paul, Coach K On Team USA's Win

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LONDON -- Maybe it's all true. Maybe this team gets sucked too easily into launching the long ball. Maybe it gambles too much defensively and maybe.

In the cart? Maybe a hint about Romney's pick

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WOLFEBORO, NH—Even Mitt Romney's shopping cart becomes a clue when trying to solve the political world's biggest mystery.
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New Zealand volcano erupts for first time in over 100 years

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Witnesses reported dramatic scenes, with bright flashes and a pillar of steam and ash billowing into the air, as Mount Tongariro burst into life just before midnight local time.
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Israel considers more Egyptian troops in Sinai

Jerusalem Post -
By YAAKOV KATZ, HERB KEINON Netanyahu: Israel can only rely on itself; security officials: at least six of those killed in attack wore explosive vests.
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Torrential rains paralyze Philippine capital, trigger landslide that kills 8 ...

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MANILA, Philippines - Torrential rains in the Philippine capital triggered a landslide that killed eight people and sent government emergency crews scrambling Tuesday to rescue and evacuate tens of thousands of residents, some of whom were stranded on ...
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Chevron's California refinery fire contained, not out yet

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By Braden Reddall and Erwin Seba | RICHMOND/HOUSTON (Reuters) - A massive fire struck at the core of Chevron Corp's large Richmond, California, refinery on Monday, spewing flames and a column of smoke into the air, threatening a prolonged outage that ...
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Fighter jets intercept two small planes in Obama airspace

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Aug 6 (Reuters) - Two F-15 fighter jets intercepted two small planes that strayed into President Barack Obama's airspace during a campaign visit to Connecticut on Monday and the planes landed without incident, media reports said.
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Standard Chartered Faces NY Suspension Over Iran Deals

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By Greg Farrell and Bradley Keoun on August 07, 2012 Standard Chartered Plc (STAN) conducted $250 billion of transactions with Iranian banks over seven years in violation of federal money laundering laws, a New York regulator said in an order warning ...
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Stocks and ETFs roiled by Knight

Philadelphia Inquirer -
The downfall of one of Wall Street's biggest trading firms by a runaway computer should prompt investors to double-check their portfolios for some popular exchange-traded funds, whose prices were roiled on Wednesday.
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Best Buy founder seeks to buy it [Star Tribune, Minneapolis]

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Aug. 07--Casting himself and his management team as the only ones who can rescue Best Buy Co ., founder Richard Schulze said Monday that he wants to buy the struggling Minnesota retailer, and he's ready to pay as much as $8.8 billion.
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Fed's Rosengren favors more bond purchases: New York Times

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(Reuters) - The US Federal Reserve should expand its holdings of mortgage bonds and Treasury securities until the central bank is satisfied with the health of the economy, Eric Rosengren, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, ...
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Wintour, Weinstein Host Connecticut Fundraiser to Help Obama

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By Kathleen Hunter on August 07, 2012 President Barack Obama, seeking to raise at least $2.4 million, turned to movie mogul Harvey Weinstein and other entertainment industry leaders for help funding his re-election campaign.
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Republicans to decide on Senate opponent for McCaskill as Missouri, 3 others ...

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WASHINGTON - Republicans have long considered Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri one of their top targets in the Senate this year.
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Tea Partiers see UN plot to take over America

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By Farah Stockman Tea Party activists have always raised their fist against the pesky intrusions of the federal government. But these days, they are turning their eyes toward a far more insidious threat: the United Nations.
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Apple to Drop Google's YouTube From Next Mobile Software Upgrade

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Aug. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Apple Inc. said Google Inc.'s YouTube won't be included in the next version of the software used in the iPhone and iPad, the latest evidence of escalating competition between the two companies.
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How Apple and Amazon Security Flaws Led to My Epic Hacking

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By Mat Honan Meet Mat Honan. He just had his digital life dissolved by hackers. Photo: Ariel Zambelich/Wired. Illustration: Ross Patton/Wired In the space of one hour, my entire digital life was destroyed.
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Apple v. Samsung trial blows out to mid-2013

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Summary: The Australian patent dispute between Apple and Samsung has been dragged out to May 2013, and risks being dragged out further.
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samsung apple v. samsung

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Confusion with the iPad appears to have played less of a role in returns of Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 than previously suggested.
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Gary Barlow Mourning Stillborn Baby Poppy

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Gary Barlow has confirmed that he and his wife Dawn's baby daughter Poppy has been delivered stillborn. The Take That star issued a statement which read: "Dawn and I are devastated to announce that we've lost our baby.
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Warner Bros. bumps 'The Great Gatsby'

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Entertainment Newsday Pop Cult Thoughts, ideas and videos from the world of movies, music, TV and everything else pop culture. PrintAa « Previous postReport: 'Dark Knight Rises,' slowed by shooting, Warner Bros.
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Usain Bolt back at Olympic Stadium to highlight Tuesday action at London Games

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LONDON - Usain Bolt returns to the Olympic Stadium on Tuesday for heats of his favorite race, the 200 meters. Bolt is looking to successfully defend the 200 title he won in Beijing four years ago in the same way he has already repeated in the 100 in ...
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U.S. women go to soccer gold medal game

San Francisco Chronicle -
Manchester, England -- On the verge of missing the gold-medal game for the first time, the US women's soccer team caught a break when the referee made a call rarely seen in the sport.
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Richard Deitsch: Daily Olympic Briefing: Aug. 7

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After struggling Monday, Olympic all-around champion Gabby Douglas gets one more shot at gold Tuesday. LONDON -- The mega-stardom and riches, the talk-shows and the tours, they all are coming for Gabby Douglas.
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Youth being served, and Nova's eaten up

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DETROIT - He started part two of rain-suspended Game 1 when the Yankees faced these Tigers in last year's American League Division Series.
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See a meteor shower in the August sky

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By Tom Webber The Sky Guy is giving up some of his space this week to the ongoing and very cool Treasure Quest clue, but he didn't want you to miss what you can see in the August sky.
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Malaria genome sequencing offers challenges and opportunities

Vaccine News Daily (blog) -
Genomic sequencing recently reported by two multi-national research teams presents both challenges and opportunities in the battle against malaria.
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News Summary: Pfizer, J&J Alzheimer's drug fails

Wall Street Journal -
AP THE RESULTS: Pfizer Inc. and Johnson & Johnson said their experimental Alzheimer's disease drug bapineuzumab failed in a second late-stage trial.
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Patrick signs health care cost reform law

Daily Item -
LYNN - A critic called a health care reform law state Rep. Steven Walsh helped forge and Gov. Deval Patrick signed on Monday “simplistic,” but a supporter said the law is overdue.
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Weight-lifting reduces risk of type 2 diabetes: study

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Even small amounts of weight training had an effect on type 2 diabetes, it was found, which is important for those people who cannot cope with aerobic exercise, the authors said.

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