3 Indicted in Theft of 130 Million Card NumbersNew York Times - - 5 hours ago
Joel Page/AP By BRAD STONE SAN FRANCISCO - The man who prosecutors said had masterminded some of the most brazen thefts of credit and debit card numbers in history was charged on Monday with an even larger set of digital break-ins.
TJX breach suspect linked to new thefts Boston Globe
Obama's healthcare trade-offLos Angeles Times - - 1 hour ago
By backing away from a public option, he increases the chances for his reform proposal overall. By Peter Nicholas and Janet Hook Reporting from Washington - By dropping his insistence on a public insurance option, President Obama angered some of his ...
Some Democrats Push for Keeping Public Insurance Option New York Times
Taliban hardliners spread out to undermine Afghanistan electionguardian.co.uk - 41 minutes ago
The Taliban leadership has redeployed some of its most hardline foot soldiers into areas of Afghanistan where local insurgents are reluctant to disrupt the country's elections on Thursday.
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President Obama greeted VFW conventioneers yesterday in Phoenix. He vowed that no veterans' medical benefits would be cut. (Michael Chow/The Arizona Republican via Ap) By Liz Sidoti Associated Press / August 18, 2009 PHOENIX - President Obama chastised ...
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Supreme Court Orders New Look at Death Row Case
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WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Monday ordered a federal trial court in Georgia to consider the case of Troy Davis, who is on death row in state prison there for the 1989 murder of an off-duty police officer.
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Stocks: Five Key Signals for Investors
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GLOBAL MARKETS-Asia stocks sag as China shares extend losses
Forbes - - 59 minutes ago
HONG KONG, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Asian stocks retreated on Tuesday, following Shanghai shares into the red and keeping nerves frayed about whether further profit taking will end the bull market that emerged from the financial crisis.
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Reader's Digest -- the publication that grandmas everywhere used to love -- was the original aggregator, the first blog, the pioneer of short-attention-span reading.
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Dell's Mini 3i Smartphone Goes Official
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Last week, we saw a whiff of speculation winds brought information about Dell's Chinese smartphone dubbed Mini 3i. Now, Dell's Chinese handset Mini 3i has seen the bright light but with lower specifications and images captured by Chinese site NetEase.
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Michael Jackson would have turned 51 on Aug. 29. To celebrate Jackson's life, Spike Lee is throwing a Brooklyn block party on that day.
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A prominent judge in Texas has gone on trial accused of refusing to let lawyers for a convicted murderer on death row lodge a last-minute appeal.
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