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Times Online
‘Sinful Saakashvili’ or Hero?
Newsweek - 30 minutes ago
With Russia and Georgia apparently agreeing to a cease fire, a reporter looks back at the lingering images from the bloody conflict.
RussiaToday
Russia is stronger but can only lose Financial Times
Times Online - PRESS TV - Salon - USA Today
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Sydney Morning Herald
Mugabe, MDC Breakaway Leader Sign Deal, Zanu-PF Says (Update1)
Bloomberg - 40 minutes ago
By Brian Latham Aug. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and Arthur Mutambara, leader of a splinter group of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change, signed a power- sharing agreement, a ruling party official said.
Reports of Side Deal in Zimbabwe New York Times
Zimbabweans Express Disappointment after Opposition Leader Walks ... Voice of America
United Press International - The Associated Press - CNN - guardian.co.uk
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USA Today
Critical McCain Olympic ads take wider stage than Obama's
USA Today - 1 hour ago
By Alex Brandon, AP By Jill Lawrence, USA TODAY WASHINGTON - Millions of TV viewers are seeing negative political ads during the Olympics, a gamble by Republican John McCain that the sheer size of the audience outweighs any potential backlash against ...
McCain wants to do better with the youth vote Reuters
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CVS to Pay $2.54 Billion for West Coast Drug Chain
New York Times - all 272 news articles »
Foreign policy lures 'Obamacans'
Financial Times - all 202 news articles »
AMD Unveils Latest Dual-Chip Graphics Card
InformationWeek - all 203 news articles »
Soul icon Isaac Hayes died of stroke-Memphis police
Reuters - all 2,202 news articles »
Official Acknowledges Opening Ceremony Lip-Syncing
Washington Post - all 923 news articles »
Mum improving as family struggles with Olympic slaying
Stuff.co.nz - all 4,274 news articles »
Phelps bags 3rd gold, joins Olympic elite
Inquirer.net - all 3,048 news articles »
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ABC News
New Police Shootings Raise Kashmir Toll to 19
New York Times - 8 hours ago
By YUSUF JAMEEL and SOMINI SENGUPTA SRINAGAR, India - The death toll in Indian-controlled Kashmir climbed to 19 on Tuesday, as security forces fired on protesters defying curfew and found themselves being pelted with stones.
Protesters Defy Curfew in Disputed Kashmir as Toll Rises to 27 Bloomberg
Fifteen shot dead in Jammu & Kashmir Hindu
Voice of America - The Associated Press - AFP - Daily Times
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Washington Post
Pakistan's Musharraf Is Under
Wall Street Journal - 6 hours ago
By ZAHID HUSSAIN ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Deserted by many of his former supporters, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf lost more ground in his struggle to stay in office, as lawmakers in the country's North West Frontier Province overwhelmingly passed ...
AlJazeeraEnglish
Pakistan's Punjab Assembly Votes Overwhelmingly for Musharraf to Quit Washington Post
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Times Online
Three die in knife attacks
Financial Times - 51 minutes ago
By Jamil Anderlini in Kuqa, Xinjiang Knife-wielding attackers killed three Chinese security officers and injured another at a checkpoint in the restive western Chinese province of Xinjiang yesterday, pushing the death toll from attacks during the ...
Three Killed in Renewed Violence in Western China Washington Post
Political killings rock China's north-west ABC Online
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WHDH-TV
Mass. principal behind 'pregnancy pact' row quits
Washington Post - 30 minutes ago
AP GLOUCESTER, Mass. -- A Massachusetts high school principal who was quoted in a magazine as saying that some teenagers had made a pact to get pregnant has resigned.
Gloucester Principal Explains Decision WBZ
Gloucester high school principal quits after teen pregnancy scandal Boston Herald
Boston Globe - Eagle Tribune - NewsBlaze - WBZ
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New York Times
After Crash, US Freezes Approvals of Bus Companies
New York Times - 3 hours ago
By MATTHEW L. WALD and JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr. WASHINGTON - The federal government froze all approvals for new bus companies on Tuesday because a fatal crash in Texas last Friday had exposed a flaw in regulations that allows banned companies to come back ...
Applications for new bus companies put on hold Houston Chronicle
Criminal Charges Possible in Deadly Texas Bus Crash FOXNews
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The Tech Herald
Are they really going to gut the Endangered Species Act?
Christian Science Monitor - 3 hours ago
By Eoin O'Carroll | 08.12.08 The US Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service announced Monday that they are proposing major changes to the Endangered Species Act, a move that critics say will dramatically weaken federal ...
Endangered Species Act: Who needs laws? Seattle Post Intelligencer
Critics say Bush plan would weaken endangered species protection Los Angeles Times
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Reuters
CVS to Pay $2.54 Billion for West Coast Drug Chain
New York Times - 25 minutes ago
By REUTERS CVS Caremark said on Tuesday that it would buy its West Coast rival Longs Drugs Stores in a $2.54 billion deal that would allow it to expand in states like California and broaden the reach of its prescription services.
UPDATE 3-CVS Caremark to buy Longs in $2.54 bln deal Reuters
Longs Drug Stores shares fall on downgrade Forbes
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Canada.com
Yahoo To Name Two New Board Members; One May Come From Mobile
Washington Post - 25 minutes ago
Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed.
Yahoo near naming Biondi, Chapple to board: source Reuters
Yahoo vetting Icahn's board nominees: report MarketWatch
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Maktoob
June trade gap shrinks despite oil price surge
Reuters - 39 minutes ago
By Doug Palmer WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The US trade deficit shrank unexpectedly in June as the weak US dollar helped push exports higher and overpowered record high prices for imported oil, a Commerce Department report showed on Tuesday.
US Economy: Trade Gap Narrows on Surge in Exports (Update2) Bloomberg
Jump in exports cuts US trade gap Financial Times
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ABC News
Foreign policy lures 'Obamacans'
Financial Times - 52 minutes ago
By Edward Luce in Washington Barack Obama yesterday netted the endorsement of three prominent Republicans, including Jim Leach and Lincoln Chafee, both of whom lost their congressional seats to Democratic opponents in the 2006 mid-term elections.
Obama courting rural Iowa voters Quad City Times
Republicans come out for Obama United Press International
Iowa Independent - ABC News - WXVT - FOXNews
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Boston Globe
Hillary Unbound: The Memos
Washington Post - 6 hours ago
For political junkies, the only thing better than following a political campaign is sifting through the wreckage of a failed one -- trying to understand why a candidate pursued a certain course, and what worked and didn't work.
Memo could keep Clinton-Obama rift open CNN
Memos and E-Mail Reveal Discord in Clinton Campaign New York Times
guardian.co.uk - Boston Globe - Huffington Post - The Washington Independent
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Sydney Morning Herald
Prayer video that sought a Barack Obama drenching gets yanked
Los Angeles Times - 1 hour ago
Be careful what you ask people to pray for; you may find yourself embroiled in a public relations flap. The political arm of the socially conservative Focus on the Family religious group today yanked from its Web site a video that called on folks to ...
Pray For Rain during Obama’s Speech: Focus on the Family Right Pundits
Focus On Family Pulls Controversial Obama 'Rain' Video ChicagoPride.com
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Geekzone
AMD Unveils Latest Dual-Chip Graphics Card
InformationWeek - 1 hour ago
The latest cards bring to three the number dual-chip cards released by AMD; the first was the HD 3870 X2. By Antone Gonsalves Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday introduced a dual-processor graphics card for gamers that the company claims is capable of ...
Blizzard, AMD forge graphics-card deal GameSpot
UPDATE: Nvidia Shares Recover Despite Loss, Weak Desktop Market CNNMoney.com
CNET News - CRN - VNUNet.com - TG Daily
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Yahoo Launches Fire Eagle To Manage Location-Based Information
Washington Post - 25 minutes ago
Yahoo ( NSDQ: YHOO) said today its finally taking Fire Eagle out of beta and opening it up to the public. The service helps manage location information for Web sites, or for that matter any device that has Internet access.
Yahoo Unveils Platform for Location-Based Services New York Times
Yahoo knows where you are CNNMoney.com
InformationWeek - CNET News - InfoWorld - NetworkWorld.com
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Sydney Morning Herald
Russian Cyber Attacks Shut Down Georgian Websites
CRN - 1 hour ago
By Stefanie Hoffman, ChannelWeb Following just six days after the initiation of the Georgia-Russian conflict, the Georgian Internet became the target of a coordinated cyber attack, which compromised several government Websites with defacement and ...
Georgia conflict may mean the birth of modern cyber-warfare ZDNet
Russia and Georgia continue attacks--online CNET News
Slashdot - TechNewsWorld - Computerworld - VNUNet.com
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Soul icon Isaac Hayes died of stroke-Memphis police
Reuters - 2 hours ago
CHICAGO, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Isaac Hayes, the deep-voiced soul music star who won an Oscar for writing the theme song to the movie "Shaft," died over the weekend from a stroke related to high blood pressure, Memphis authorities said on Tuesday.
Family Doc: Isaac Hayes Had a Stroke E! Online
Sheriff's department: Hayes likely died of stroke The Associated Press
Entertainment Weekly - Actress Archives - NME.com - KOIN.com
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The Age
Tom Cruise in 'Tropic Thunder': Not 'retarded'
Los Angeles Times - 31 minutes ago
Hollywood loves buddy pictures, so it's kind of fun these day to see Ben Stiller doing some serious cozying up to Tom Cruise, who if you haven't already heard 1000 times does a funny turn as a bald studio chief in Stiller's new Hollywood spoof "Tropic ...
AssociatedPress
War May Be Hell, but Hollywood Is Even Worse New York Times
USA Today - Salon - San Francisco Chronicle - Entertainment Weekly
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3 News NZ
John Lennon's killer denied parole for fifth time
Reuters - 3 hours ago
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mark David Chapman, imprisoned for murdering former Beatle John Lennon in New York nearly 28 years ago, has been denied parole for a fifth time, state authorities said on Tuesday.
John Lennon's killer denied parole for 5th time The Associated Press
John Lennon's killer denied parole again NME.com
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Official Acknowledges Opening Ceremony Lip-Syncing
Washington Post - 7 hours ago
By Ariana Eunjung Cha BEIJING, Aug. 12 -- The pig-tailed girl in a red dress who sang "Ode to the Motherland" during Friday's Opening Ceremony for the Olympics was fit for the event, but apparently her voice was not.
Politburo silenced cute singer's voice Financial Times
Olympic opening uses girl's voice, not face The Associated Press
Los Angeles Times - Newsday - MTV.com - Variety
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Los Angeles Times
Sox add an arm, obtain Byrd from Tribe
MLB.com - 5 hours ago
By Mark Remme / MLB.com BOSTON -- The Red Sox helped bolster their ailing starting rotation on Tuesday by dealing for Indians right-hander Paul Byrd.
Red Sox Get Byrd From Indians Hartford Courant
A veteran presence Boston Globe
Boston Herald - The Republican - MassLive.com - SportingNews.com - Fremont News Messenger
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Sportsnet.ca
Islanders hire Gordon
Boston Globe - 58 minutes ago
Scott Gordon, Boston’s top coach in Providence (AHL) the past five seasons, has been named the new coach of the New York Islanders.
Islanders name Gordon head coach Seattle Post Intelligencer
Islanders hire AHL coach of year Gordon The Associated Press
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ABC News
The Olympic Games Opening Ceremony did not take place
Sydney Morning Herald - 1 hour ago
I'm fascinated by the report that said that part of the footage of the Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony was faked, and since it was top story on this website yesterday, I'm evidently not the only one.
'Olympics Are A Waste Of Money' Sky News
We welcome your say in Beijing Olympics China Daily
Reuters.uk - guardian.co.uk - Yass Tribune - Oelwein Daily Register
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Washington Post
The Olympics as a milestone of growth
China Daily - 30 minutes ago
Hosting of the Olympics Games by China will not bring a boost to the country's economy as a large power, whether in terms of direct investment or indirect promotion, but it will prove to be a milestone of the country's economic growth and development.
Phelps wins again to join elite Olympic group National Post
Phelps ascends to Olympic pantheon Financial Times
Ottawa Citizen - Los Angeles Times - The Canadian Press - Voice of America
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National Post
Phelps bags 3rd gold, joins Olympic elite
Inquirer.net - 3 hours ago
BEIJING—US swimmer Michael Phelps joined an elite list of Olympic greats Tuesday by becoming only the fifth competitor in history to win nine gold medals.
AssociatedPress
For Phelps’ family, Olympics are ‘like a roller coaster’ MSNBC
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TVNZ
Risk of Breast Cancer Relapse Can Linger
Washington Post - 25 minutes ago
By Kathleen Doheny TUESDAY, Aug. 12 (HealthDay News) -- The risk of relapse can linger for some breast cancer survivors even after completing five years of what doctors call systemic therapy, a new study found.
Breast Cancer Recurrence Debate Rages ABC News
Breast Cancer: Risk Remains Years Later WebMD
Reuters - Bizjournals.com - PhysOrg.com - ABC7Chicago.com
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ChattahBox
Surgery Helps With Prostate Cancer, Sometimes
Washington Post - 5 hours ago
By Ed Edelson TUESDAY, Aug. 12 (HealthDay News) -- The latest update from a European study that has followed men with prostate cancer for more than a decade leaves the debate about the advantages of aggressive treatment versus "watchful waiting" ...
Prostate screening common in elderly men, poll shows Boston Globe
Prostate Screening Rules Hartford Courant
New York Times - MedPage Today - U.S. News & World Report - Reuters
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eFluxMedia
7 Steps Newly Diagnosed Diabetics Should Take
U.S. News & World Report - 6 hours ago
Tip No. 1: Losing weight improves blood pressure and blood sugar, even if the pounds come back By Michelle Andrews Diabetes sufferers may be able to give up their cake and eat it, too.
Weight Loss Helps Diabetes Control WebMD
Weight Loss After Diabetes Diagnosis Offers Big Benefits: Study Washington Post
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ABC News
Illegally Rejected Justice Dept. Applicants May Get Another Look
Washington Post - 3 hours ago
By Carrie Johnson Job applicants who were rejected by the Justice Department because of improper political considerations will be urged to apply for open positions, Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey told an audience yesterday.
Justice chief rejects criminal prosecution in political hirings Minneapolis Star Tribune
Mukasey: Justice won't seek charges in Gonzales hirings AZ Central.com
New York Times - CNN - ABC News - Kansas City Star
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KCBS
Algebra mandate will cost California $3.1 billion, education
San Jose Mercury News - 30 minutes ago
By Dana Hull California will need to spend an additional $3.1 billion to implement the aggressive plan that calls for every student to take algebra in the eighth grade within three years, state Superintendent Jack O'Connell said today.
California may need extra $3 bln for schools Reuters
O'Connell to Schwarzenegger: Here's the bill, where's the cash? San Francisco Chronicle
Tri Valley Herald - abc7.com - Sacramento Bee - KCBS
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Texas executes man for 1994 double slaying
Reuters - 1 hour ago
DALLAS (Reuters) - Texas executed a man by lethal injection on Tuesday for a 1994 double slaying during an armed robbery, the seventh convict put to death this year by America's most active death penalty state.
Texas executes inmate convicted of double slaying The Associated Press
Texas Executes Twice-Convicted Killer KWTX
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