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House GOP calls for offshore drilling vote, end to vacation
USA Today - 7 hours ago
By Pamela Brogan, Gannett News Service WASHINGTON - Rep. Roy Blunt asked House Democrats on Thursday to join Republicans in urging House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to reconvene the House and hold votes on proposals aimed at increasing domestic oil production ...
Lucas favors GOP energy effort in Congress Hays Daily News
Offshore oil drilling foes go to see Smith The Times of Trenton - NJ.com
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BBC News

Bin Laden Driver Gets 51/2 Years; US Sought 30
Washington Post - 54 minutes ago
By Jerry Markon and Josh White GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba, Aug. 7 -- A former driver for Osama bin Laden was sentenced by a military jury Thursday to 5 1/2 years in prison for supporting terrorism, a far shorter term than demanded by government prosecutors.

Video: Bin Laden Driver Seeks Leniency From Gitmo Jury

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Guantanamo gives bin Laden driver just 5 1/2 years The Associated Press
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Roles of Clintons at Convention Start to Clear
New York Times - 1 hour ago
By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton asked the question herself, on the last night of the primaries in June: “What does Hillary want?
Democratic Aides Working on Plan To Keep the Peace At the Convention Washington Post
Bill Clinton to Speak at Democratic Convention FOXNews
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UBS Costs to Settle Auction-Rate Probes May Exceed Citigroup's
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A tough call for presidential pollsters
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Apple’s secret iPhone kill switch a step too far?
TG Daily - all 229 news articles »

'Hell Ride': Guaranteed to Make You Sore
Washington Post - all 41 news articles »

Other Singh hopes to make a name for himself at PGA Championships
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Morgan Freeman, Wife Headed for Divorce
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Lawmakers Seek Anthrax Answers
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Canada.com

Musharraf Faces Impeachment
Washington Post - 36 minutes ago
By Candace Rondeaux ISLAMABAD, Aug. 7 -- Pakistan's ruling coalition parties agreed Thursday to impeach President Pervez Musharraf, setting up a major showdown between the former military chief and the newly elected civilian government.

Video: Pakistan moves to impeach its president - 07 Aug 08

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Official: Musharraf impeachment a 'Pandora's Box' The Associated Press
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Reuters

Georgian troops, warplanes, pound separatists
Reuters - 41 minutes ago
By Margarita Antidze MEGVREKISI, Georgia (Reuters) - Georgian troops, backed by warplanes, pounded separatist forces on the outskirts of the South Ossetian capital on Friday hours after launching an assault on the breakaway region following a ...

Video: Heavy fire on Georgian -- South Ossetian border

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Reports: new shooting in South Ossetia The Associated Press
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AFP

Wary calm in Muslim Chinese city as opening ceremony nears
AFP - 1 hour ago
KASHGAR, China (AFP) - The Muslim city of Kashgar woke Friday to a wary calm ahead of the Beijing Olympic opening ceremony following a new threat by separatists from China's far northwest to attack the Games.
Terrorists issue new Olympic threat, US analysts say Monsters and Critics.com
Group Says Video Warns of Olympic Attack New York Times
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Detroit Mayor Jailed for Violating Bail Conditions
Washington Post - 36 minutes ago
By Holly Watt Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, indicted in an obstruction-of-justice case, was jailed yesterday for violating his bail conditions by taking a business trip to Canada.

Video: Detroit Mayor Violated Bond, Ordered Jailed

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Jail's new arrival treated as others DetNews.com
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Seattle Post Intelligencer

McCain Takes On Populist Tone Over Job Cuts in Ohio
Wall Street Journal - 1 hour ago
By ALEX ROTH and ELIZABETH HOLMES WILMINGTON, Ohio -- Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Thursday jumped onto a populist, anticorporate bandwagon, appearing before workers expected to lose their jobs in the planned shutdown of a large DHL ...
McCain Pledges To Help Ohioans Washington Post
McCain seeks answers on UPS/DHL proposal Reuters
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Search for Rockefeller's identity turns to Germany
Boston Globe - 3 hours ago
Federal immigration authorities confirmed today that they have joined the search for the true identity of accused kidnapper Clark Rockefeller, an investigation that has stretched from coast to coast and now overseas to Germany.
Family glad oddball Cristian Gerhartsreiter hit the road Boston Herald
Feds investigate if Rockefeller was German student The Associated Press
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UBS Costs to Settle Auction-Rate Probes May Exceed Citigroup's
Bloomberg - 1 hour ago
By Michael McDonald and Karen Freifeld Aug. 8 (Bloomberg) -- UBS AG, Switzerland's biggest bank, may pay more than Citigroup Inc. or Merrill Lynch & Co.
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Banks' Wariness Pinches Municipalities Wall Street Journal
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Slowdown Reflected In Retail Sales Data
Washington Post - 37 minutes ago
By Ylan Q. Mui and Heather Landy Consumers scaled back on discretionary spending and hunted for values on necessities last month, according to retail sales figures released yesterday, as the boost from economic stimulus checks began to wear off.
Wal-Mart's Sales Slowdown May Signal End of Best-of-Dow Run Bloomberg
Signs Point to a Slower Sales Season for Retailers New York Times
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Dollar Pushes Back Against Euro
Forbes - 56 minutes ago
The dollar is making a comeback, partly due to the actions of the European Central Bank. Although the European Central Bank's decision to hold interest rates at 4.25% was widely expected Thursday, the subsequent question-and-answer session with ECB ...
Euro tumbles to 5-mth low as dollar turnaround eyed Reuters
Euro Declines to 8-Week Low as ECB Cites Economic Growth Risks Bloomberg
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A tough call for presidential pollsters
Boston Globe - 1 hour ago
It is not "too close to call" merely because polls have John McCain and Barack Obama virtually tied in swing states. Pollsters interview randomly selected voters, but then weight the results to reflect the expected composition of the electorate in ...
Do Americans have ‘Obama fatigue?’ Reuters

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ABC News

Florida Man Held In Threat to Obama
Wall Street Journal - 1 hour ago
By GARY FIELDS WASHINGTON -- A Florida man is being held without bond, accused of threatening to shoot Sen. Barack Obama if the Democrat from Illinois wins the presidential election.
Alleged Barack Obama death threat leads to arrest in Miami Los Angeles Times
Man Arrested For Death Threat Against Barack Obama RTT News
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Incumbent Tenn. congressman loses primary
The Associated Press - 24 minutes ago
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) - A freshman US representative on Thursday became the first Tennessee congressman to lose a primary since 1966 after a bruising campaign in which he was accused of selling out to "Big Oil.
Democratic incumbent in Tenn. easily beats primary opponent who ... Newsweek
Race Takes Central Role in a Memphis Primary New York Times
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Apple’s secret iPhone kill switch a step too far?
TG Daily - 27 minutes ago
By Christian Zibreg Chicago (IL) - An iPhone enthusiast discovered a kill switch that enables Apple to wipe a malicious or unauthorized iPhone application even after it has been paid for and installed on a user's iPhone.
Apple Can 'Kill' iPhone Apps Remotely, Or Can It? PC World
Apple removes $1000 featureless iPhone application Los Angeles Times
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DailyTech

Kaminsky Reveals Details of Critical DNS Flaw
CRN - 7 hours ago
By Stefanie Hoffman, ChannelWeb It was a long road to travel but security researcher Dan Kaminsky finally got his day in court, so to speak.
Critical DNS Vulnerability Larger than Initially Thought DailyTech
Web Doomsday Averted: Kaminsky InternetNews.com
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Canada.com

Switzerland: Collider’s Start-Up Is Set for September
New York Times - 5 hours ago
By DENNIS OVERBYE Officials at the European Organization for Nuclear Research in Geneva said Thursday that their particle accelerator, the world’s largest, would begin operation on Sept.
Large Hadron Collider to Get First Taste of Proton Beam Scientific American
CERN's new collider to fire first beam next month The Associated Press
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Washington Post

'Hell Ride': Guaranteed to Make You Sore
Washington Post - 1 hour ago
By John Anderson The bikersploitation epic "Hell Ride" could be amusing, but only if viewers imagine that all the be-whiskered, be-leathered, two-wheeled gangsters arrived on set having just stripped off their organic honey-fruit facial masks, ...
Biker flick takes you on highway to ‘Hell’ Boston Herald
Hell Ride New York Times
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Washington Post

On Balance, 'Man on Wire' Reflects a Gentler Time
Washington Post - 56 minutes ago
By Ann Hornaday The documentary "Man on Wire" opens with a grainy black-and-white reenactment of events that transpired in August 1974, when French high-wire artist Philippe Petit and a group of friends infiltrated the newly built World Trade Center, ...
‘Wire’ taps Petit hero with towering aura Boston Herald
Nostalgia rides high in 'Man on Wire' The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Wall Street Journal - San Francisco Chronicle - Arizona Republic - Los Angeles Times
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Los Angeles Times

Stoners in films and on TV resemble the rest of us
Los Angeles Times - 5 hours ago
By Susan King, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer It is the hazy days of summer. No, make that the “purple haze” of summer. First, legendary 1970s pothead comedy team of Cheech and Chong say they are reuniting for their first tour in 25 years.
ON THE EDGE: "Pineapple' toking out of both sides of its mouth Washington Times
Box Office Guru Preview: Pineapple Hopes To Defeat Knight Rotten Tomatoes
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Other Singh hopes to make a name for himself at PGA Championships
Fort Worth Star Telegram - 39 minutes ago
Jeev Milkha Singh hits from a bunker on his way to a 2-under 68 and a share of the first-round lead. AP/Kiichiro Sato Jeev Milkha Singh travels the planet to play golf, trying to make a name for himself along the way.

Video: Karlsson, J. Singh Enjoy Early PGA Success

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Mickelson inconsistent, but in the hunt at PGA FOXSports.com
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New York Times

Steady Mussina Gives Yankees a Needed Lift
New York Times - 50 minutes ago
By TYLER KEPNER ARLINGTON, Tex. - He ended last season mopping up a playoff loss, and he started this season with uncertainty. If Mike Mussina had not been signed for $11 million, the Yankees probably would not have wanted him back.
Mussina blanks Texas for win No. 15 MLB.com
Mussina has Texas Rangers number in Yankees’ 3-0 win Fort Worth Star Telegram
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CBC.ca

US flag-bearer Lopez Lomong shares his story
Los Angeles Times - 1 hour ago
The 1500-meter runner was torn from his family in Sudan at age 6, then was rescued from a Kenyan refugee camp. BEIJING -- US flag bearer Lopez Lomong told his heart-warming story in a spellbinding meeting with the media here this morning but artfully ...
Lost . . . and Found Washington Post
Former refugee carrying flag for US Memphis Commercial Appeal
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Telegraph.co.uk

The Olympic torch has reason to be scared
Independent Online - 38 minutes ago
Beijing: The China Daily on Thursday referred to the Olympic torch as the "scared flame". Though a case of mistaken letter placement that might have been, it did cause a few chuckles considering the intense protection and controversy that have followed ...
China throws out Olympic protester Scotsman
Games without the politics guardian.co.uk
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Times Online

Riding high on Olympics marketing strategy
China Daily - 2 hours ago
By Xiao Lei (China Daily) China's hosting of the Olympic Games is the realization of a dream. For Bank of China (BOC), sponsoring the Games not only helps promote its brand both at home and abroad, but also improves the lending giant's corporate ...
First Burning Question: Who Will Light the Olympic Flame? Wall Street Journal
UPDATE 1-Olympics-Torch relay enters final leg under hazy skies Reuters
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Canada.com

Week of Olympic protests
guardian.co.uk - 1 hour ago
Aug 8 (Reuters) - A group denouncing China's censors made an on-air challenge to the Beijing Olympics on Friday in a week of protests, and a deadly attack in the far west.

Video: US Demonstrators Taken From Tiananmen Square

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The Beijing Olympics Five-ring circus Economist
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Lawmakers Seek Anthrax Answers
Wall Street Journal - 1 hour ago
By GARY FIELDS and EVAN PEREZ WASHINGTON -- Prosecutors have published the evidence implicating Bruce Ivins in the 2001 anthrax attacks, but the case against the government for its oversight of the anthrax expert and its handling of the investigation ...
FBI Can Examine Library Computers That Scientist Used New York Times
Anthrax Case Raises Doubt On Security Washington Post
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Washington Post

Antibodies May Lead to Protection Against HIV
Washington Post - 1 hour ago
Suzana Lopez, 20, who has HIV, demonstrates outside the 17th International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. (By Alexandre Meneghini -- Associated Press) Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will ...
Only 40 percent in US are HIV-tested, study finds Reuters
Top Scientist Says AIDS Might Be Preventable And Curable By 2031 AHN
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Blaine County resident picks up West Nile
Idaho Mountain Express and Guide - 42 minutes ago
By DANA DUGAN A Blaine County man apparently contracted West Nile virus, through mosquito bites, after a weekend at Anderson Reservoir near Pine.
City health staff recommends mosquito patrol Joplin Globe
Mosquitoes may be a health threat in your yard and garden Springville Journal
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