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Gunman Kills Arkansas Democratic Chair
ABC News - 1 hour ago
By ANDREW DeMILLO AP Writer AP Police gather in front of the Democratic Party of Arkansas headquarters, right, near the Arkansas... A man recently fired from a Target store barged into the Arkansas Democratic headquarters Wednesday and fatally shot the ...
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Gunman kills Democratic official in Arkansas International Herald Tribune
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In a Generation, Minorities May Be the US Majority
New York Times - 2 hours ago
By SAM ROBERTS Ethnic and racial minorities will comprise a majority of the nation’s population in a little more than a generation, according to new Census Bureau projections, a transformation that is occurring faster than anticipated just a few years ...
America in 2050: Older, more diverse Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Minorities Will Be Majority by 2042, Census Bureau Says Washington Post
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Canada.com

Bush throws support behind Georgia
AFP - 13 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President George W. Bush demanded Russian troops leave Georgia as he dispatched Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to the country in a strong show of support for his pro-West ally.

Video: Bush Remains Skeptical About Russian Cease-fire

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Bush takes tougher stance on Georgian conflict Los Angeles Times
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Retail Sales Feed a Mood of Decline
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Presidential race one for the books
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Longtime Battle Lines Are Recast In Russia and Georgia's Cyberwar
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Bobby Steals Tom's Thunder
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Youkilis stays hot in win over Rangers
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Elizabeth Edwards stayed with cheating husband John for children's ...
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Rice says Russia faces isolation
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BBC News

Rice says Russia faces isolation
BBC News - 1 hour ago
The US secretary of state has warned Russia that it risks isolation abroad if does not observe a ceasefire with Georgia and withdraw its troops.

Video: Thousands displaced by Russia-Georgia war -- 14 august 2008

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Georgia-Russia Ceasefire Fragile With Future Uncertain Voice of America
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Canada.com

3 Aid Workers, Driver Killed in Taliban Attack
Washington Post - 59 minutes ago
By Candace Rondeaux and Nora Boustany ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Aug. 13 -- Three Western women employed by a New York-based aid agency were killed along with their Afghan driver Wednesday by Taliban insurgents who ambushed their vehicle as it traveled south ...
Three aid workers killed in Afghan attack International Herald Tribune
Aid group suspends Afghan work after slayings AFP
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BBC News

Nkomo's ghost haunts Zimbabwe talks
BBC News - 3 hours ago
By Allan Little There is a ghost at the table around which the four principal negotiators have been sitting these last three days, trying to resolve Zimbabwe's political crisis.
Zimbabwe Talks Drag On Voice of America
Zimbabwe: Mugabe set to keep power amid rumours of breakaway deal guardian.co.uk
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Colin Powell: Will he or won't he publicly back Barack Obama?
Los Angeles Times - 5 hours ago
The Ticket was taken aback when Bill Kristol, citing "people who talk directly to" Barack Obama's campaign, created a flurry of excitement today by saying on Fox News Channel that Colin Powell not only was set to endorse the presumptive Democratic ...
Source: Powell has not decided on presidential endorsement CNN
When it Comes to Colin Powell, What is Bill Kristol Up To? Huffington Post
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Mich. Republicans make pitches for McCain VP
USA Today - 43 minutes ago
By Mary Altaffer, AP By Kathleen Gray and Dawson Bell Detroit Free Press WATERFORD, Mich. - John McCain came to Michigan on Wednesday to raise money.
McCain's Michigan visit stirs up Romney buzz Detroit Free Press
McCain and Huckabee camps meet in MI WACH
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KCBS

$8 Billion Demand in California Prison Case
New York Times - 4 hours ago
By SOLOMON MOORE LOS ANGELES - The court-appointed receiver in charge of bringing California’s prison health system into compliance with federal constitutional prohibitions against cruel and unusual treatment of prisoners said Wednesday that he would ...

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Boston Globe

Retail Sales Feed a Mood of Decline
New York Times - 39 minutes ago
April L. Brown/AP Flat screen televisions line the wall at a Wal-Mart Store in Rogers, Ark. Retail sales fell in July to the lowest level in five months.
US Economy: Retail Sales Fell in July, Led by Autos (Update3) Bloomberg
Treasurys lower after retail sales, import price data MarketWatch
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Genentech Rejects Takeover Bid From Roche
New York Times - 1 hour ago
By ANDREW POLLACK Roche, the Swiss pharmaceutical giant, is expected to increase its offer for the biotechnology company Genentech now that an initial $43.7 billion bid has been rejected, analysts said Wednesday.
Genentech Rejects Roche's Bid as Shares Trade Higher (Update2) Bloomberg
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Greenspan sees house price bottom in 2009: report
Reuters - 36 minutes ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan predicts US house prices will begin to stabilize in the first half of next year, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
Alan Greenspan's Meaningless Statistics Seeking Alpha
Report: Greenspan Says Housing Market to Stabilize in 2009 The Epoch Times
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Presidential race one for the books
USA Today - 1 hour ago
By Martha T. Moore, USA TODAY Best-selling authors and presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain again have their names on book jackets - this time in the title only.
Kerry strikes back Boston Globe
Barack Gets Booked Newsweek
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Boston Globe

Rising star will dim Hillary: Virginia's Mark Warner to give Dems ...
New York Daily News - 1 hour ago
BY KENNETH R. BAZINET The ex-governor and current Senate hopeful from Virginia has been tapped to deliver a keynote address at the Democratic convention later this month - a role that in years past has catapulted Barack Obama and Bill Clinton to ...
Warner Pick for Convention May Signal Sidelines for Kaine Washington Post
Hillary to share the stage with Mark Warner Christian Science Monitor
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United Press International

Handshake gone awry puts Cindy McCain's arm in sling
New York Daily News - 4 hours ago
BY RICHARD SISK WASHINGTON - Maybe Cindy McCain should skip the handshakes and go with the Michelle Obama fist bumps - just gently.
Cindy McCain's handshake injury Los Angeles Times
Cindy McCain Suffers Injury on the Trail New York Times
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Longtime Battle Lines Are Recast In Russia and Georgia's Cyberwar
Washington Post - 3 hours ago
By Kim Hart As the violence unfolded between Russia and Georgia during the past week, hackers waged war on another front: the Internet.
Russia Might Not Have Attacked Georgian Websites, Researchers Say CRN
Expert: Cyber-attacks on Georgia websites tied to mob, Russian ... Los Angeles Times
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Social Networking Sees Worldwide Growth
CRN - 10 hours ago
Social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace and Friendster are all seeing significant growth in their subscriber base -- just not in the United States.
ComScore: Social sites are going global CNET News
Social Networking Sites Show Worldwide Growth InformationWeek
TechNewsWorld - Computerworld - BusinessWeek - Silicon Alley Insider
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BBC News

Yahoo introduces services that lets users broadcast their location
San Jose Mercury News - 1 hour ago
By Elise Ackerman Yahoo executive Tom Coates recently went to England and rendezvoused with more than 100 random friends who just happened to be in Old Blighty as well.
Privacy worry over location data BBC News
Yahoo unleashes Fire Eagle – and a potential privacy nightmare TG Daily
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Bobby Steals Tom's Thunder
E! Online - 6 hours ago
Plenty of protesters outside the Tropic Thunder premiere in Westwood, imploring onlookers to “ban the movie, ban the word!” So boring, but look, the word they were referring to was the r-word (as in retarded), which is spoken in the combat comedy and ...
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Seattle Post Intelligencer

Tom Cruise's Production Partner Bows Out
E! Online - 4 hours ago
After perhaps one anthrax scare too many, the actor's longtime production partner, Paula Wagner, has announced that she is leaving her chief executive post at the new United Artists to pursue projects independently.
Paula Wagner departs United Artists studio Reuters
Paula Wagner leaving UA as chief executive The Associated Press
New York Times - Los Angeles Times - Variety - Financial Times
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Los Angeles Times

A 'Star Wars' fan boy first
Los Angeles Times - 5 hours ago
By Geoff Boucher, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer GEORGE LUCAS, looking overheated under the midday sun, gamely worked the red carpet last Sunday at the world premiere of the latest cinematic installment to his space saga, " Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
‘Clone Wars’ enjoyable, though lightweight Nashville City Paper
Star Wars: The Clone Wars, An Old Familiar Space ACED Magazine
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Washington Post

Youkilis stays hot in win over Rangers
Sports Network - 2 hours ago
Boston, MA (Sports Network) - Jon Lester pitched into the eighth inning, and Kevin Youkilis hit three doubles and drove in two, as Boston upended Texas, 8-4, in the second of three games with the Rangers.
Wild-card hopes for Texas Rangers look pitch black Fort Worth Star Telegram
Red Sox squash Rangers' rally for win MLB.com
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TSN.ca

Chinese Join World Record Swimming Fun
Washington Post - 56 minutes ago
By Barry Svrluga BEIJING, Aug. 14 -- Before Thursday, the National Aquatic Center was a source of national pride for its unique, bubble-wrap architecture.
Kitajima Completes Sweep of Breaststroke Events New York Times
Liu Gets China's 1st Swim Gold; Kitajima Wins Again (Update2) Bloomberg
International Herald Tribune - The Observer Blog - United Press International - guardian.co.uk
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New York Times

Shawn Johnson, Nastia Liukin vie for individual gold
Los Angeles Times - 3 hours ago
Shawn Johnson, left, and Nastia Liukin, on the podium for the medal ceremony after the US took the silver in the women's gymnastics team competition, are the favorites in the individual all-around event.
Are Gymnasts Pushed Too Far? TIME
Amid tears, Karolyi complaints, no regrets for US women Kansas City Star
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Phelps has most Olympic golds ever -- 11
Minneapolis Star Tribune - 3 hours ago
Ricky Berens, Ryan Lochte and Michael Phelps of the United States celebrate finishing first in the Men's 4 x 200-meter freestyle relay.

Video: Olympics '08: Phelps Wins 10th, 11th Golds

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Olympic journal: On the road with the Today Show in Beijing Chicago Tribune
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ABC News

Phelps advances, others claim Olympic spotlight
The Associated Press - 51 minutes ago
BEIJING (AP) - Michael Phelps isn't the only swimmer setting records at the Water Cube. It only seems that way. While Phelps took care of routine qualifying for the finals of the 200-meter individual medley, others got their turn in the spotlight ...
Olympics best bets Seattle Times
Olympics-Swimming-US win 4x200m relay, 11th gold for Phelps Reuters
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Hop on the Olympics-mobile
Reuters India - 1 hour ago
One of the more entertaining things about these Olympics for me has been seeing Chinese people of all ages and backgrounds find their own ways of expressing enthusiasm for the Games.
'Olympics Are A Waste Of Money' Sky News
Security keeps public away from Olympic sponsors The Associated Press
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Infant Heart Transplants Raise Questions on Criteria for Death
Bloomberg - 35 minutes ago
By Nicole Ostrow Aug. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Doctors have reignited a debate over when an organ donor should be declared dead after a study reported on first three known successful cardiac transplants from infants who were pronounced dead after their hearts ...
Report on Infant Heart Transplants New York Times
Organ Transplant Program Removes Babies' Hearts Washington Post
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MedPage Today

Heart Stents' Advantage Over Drugs Fades With Time, Study Says
Bloomberg - 1 hour ago
By Alex Nussbaum Aug. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Using heart stents to prop open diseased arteries has little advantage over medicines, exercise and a better diet, according to researchers who said the devices should be a last resort for most patients.
Drugs treat heart pain nearly as well as stents, study says Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Angioplasty No Better Than Drug Treatment in Long Run U.S. News & World Report
Reuters - The Associated Press - Pioneer Press - WCSH-TV
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Teens Cite Ease of Access To Drugs
Washington Post - 3 hours ago
By Holly Watt A growing number of teenagers say it's easier to illegally obtain prescription drugs than to buy beer, according to a survey published today.
Prescription drugs more accessible to teens than beer USA Today
Not wise to cut drug treatment dollars Chicago Daily Herald
MarketWatch - Atlanta Journal Constitution
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