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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Educators Urge Lower Drinking Age to Cut Bingeing
Washington Post - 1 hour ago
By Susan Kinzie Scores of college presidents, including the head of Maryland's public university system and the president of Johns Hopkins University, have an unexpected request for legislators: Please, lower the drinking age.
Ripon College president signatory to Amethyst Initiative Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Drinking-age proposal draws attacks Baltimore Sun
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Telegraph.co.uk
Tropical Storm May Strengthen After Crossing Florida (Update2)
Bloomberg - 46 minutes ago
By Brian K. Sullivan and Aaron Sheldrick Aug. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Tropical Storm Fay may emerge over the Atlantic and strengthen into a hurricane within the next two days after sweeping across South Florida.
AssociatedPress
Florida storm Fay is a damb squib BBC News
WXIA-TV - WCBD - North Florida NewsDaily - The Associated Press
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Speaking to VFW, Obama Fires Back At McCain on Iraq
Washington Post - 30 minutes ago
By Shailagh Murray ORLANDO, Aug. 19 -- Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain escalated their debate over foreign policy Tuesday, as the Democrat struck back forcefully against charges that his views on the situation in Iraq are based on political ...
AssociatedPress
Obama cranks up campaign before convention International Herald Tribune
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HP results top Street despite stronger dollar
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For Most, Obama's VP Likely a Blank Slate
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Intel sketches future of Nehalem chip family
CNET News - all 205 news articles »
Dave Matthews Band Saxophonist Dies
E! Online - all 12 news articles »
Delgado, Mets rally past Braves with big 8th
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Bigfoot website stuns the world: "It was a hoax"
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'Knight' still shines in Europe
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Spiegel Online
Russia starts Georgia pullout, West urges speed
Reuters - 2 hours ago
By Dmitry Solovyov GORI, Georgia (Reuters) - Russian troops will pull back from Georgia's heartland by the end of this week, the Kremlin said Tuesday, but NATO said it was freezing contacts with Moscow until all Russian forces were out of the country.
Russian Action in Georgia Shows Limits on West, NATO (Update1) Bloomberg
NATO Ministers Warn Russia, No ‘Business as Usual’ New York Times
McClatchy Washington Bureau - The Associated Press - guardian.co.uk - United Press International
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BBC News
Survivors Tell of Ethnic Killing in Wake of Fighting in Georgia
New York Times - 32 minutes ago
By SABRINA TAVERNISE TKVIAVI, Georgia - The men who came to Gulnara Militaura’s house seemed to know what they were looking for.
US: Georgia Action Seriously Harms Russia's World Standing Voice of America
Air of revenge hangs over Georgia conflict zone Reuters
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BBC News
Anti-Taliban War Failing, Senlis Says, as French Troops Killed
Bloomberg - 38 minutes ago
By Ed Johnson and Helene Fouquet Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- International efforts to contain the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan are failing and reinforcements are needed, a research group said, after militants killed 10 French soldiers and attacked a US ...
AssociatedPress
Afghan War escalates with Taliban raid International Herald Tribune
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ABC News
Obama returning to Springfield; will running mate be with him?
Chicago Tribune - 2 hours ago
By John McCormick and Rick Pearson | Chicago Tribune correspondents RALEIGH, NC— Sen. Barack Obama will return to the Old State Capitol in Springfield on Saturday, where he launched his presidential bid in February 2007, and the Illinois Democrat may ...
Obama and veep choice to campaign on Saturday The Associated Press
Democratic convention lineup Kansas City Star
CNN Political Ticker - Dallas Morning News - MSNBC - International Herald Tribune
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Washington Post
Obama’s 2003 Stand on Abortion Draws New Criticism in 2008
New York Times - 33 minutes ago
By LARRY ROHTER Abortion, a familiar issue in elections past, has again emerged in recent days as a focus of controversy. Senator Barack Obama is coming under intense fire from anti-abortion groups because of the position he took as an Illinois state ...
Obama faces new criticism on abortion The Associated Press
Obama Spars With Anti-Abortion Groups Over Illinois Senate Record FOXNews
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WBT
States throw out costly electronic voting machines
The Associated Press - 3 hours ago
The demise of touch-screen voting has produced a graveyard of expensive corpses: Warehouses stacked with thousands of carefully wrapped voting machines that have been shelved because of doubts about vanishing votes and vulnerability to hackers.
Ohio Bans Home Storage of Voting Machines Washington Post
Mom, Can My Voting Machine Spend the Night? New York Times
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PhysOrg.com
HP results top Street despite stronger dollar
Reuters - 3 hours ago
By Robert MacMillan and Eric Auchard SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co results beat Wall Street targets as net profit rose 14 percent, subduing fears that slowing economies and a stronger dollar would weaken the world's biggest computer and ...
Hewlett-Packard Net Gains on Overseas, Notebook Sales (Update2) Bloomberg
2nd UPDATE: Hewlett-Packard 3Q Net Up 14%; Weak Dollar Aids Revenue CNNMoney.com
Financial Times - TheStreet.com - The Associated Press - Forbes
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Some Investors Say US Bailout of Housing Giants Is Inevitable
New York Times - 1 hour ago
By CHARLES DUHIGG and VIKAS BAJAJ Financial conditions are continuing to worsen at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, leading some investors to prepare for a government bailout of the housing giants even as the Treasury Department and the companies say such ...
Consumers feel fallout from Fannie, Freddie CNNMoney.com
Pressure intensifies as Freddie, Fannie slide further MarketWatch
Financial Times - Forbes - Wall Street Journal - International Herald Tribune
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BBC News
Venezuela Cement Takeover Widens Government's Control (Update4)
Bloomberg - 3 hours ago
By Daniel Cancel and Steven Bodzin Aug. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Venezuela's government extended its hold on the economy with accords to take majority stakes in the local units of cement companies Lafarge SA and Holcim Ltd.
Venezuela seizes control of Cemex cement plants International Herald Tribune
Caracas gets tough over Cemex assets Financial Times
Reuters - Forbes - AFP - guardian.co.uk
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Bodog Beat
For Most, Obama's VP Likely a Blank Slate
Washington Post - 4 hours ago
Barack Obama's apparent short-list for the No. 2 slot contains names familiar to constituents and politicos, but little known nationwide.
The Obama Veepwatch, Vol. 9: Evan Bayh Newsweek
Obama’s VP pick - predictions, Internet hoaxes and guarantees Christian Science Monitor
MyWabashValley - Minneapolis Star Tribune - New York Times - FOXNews
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FOXNews
Polls Show Tightening Race as Conventions Loom
FOXNews - 3 hours ago
by FOXNews.com John McCain, shown here speaking to reporters Monday in Cocoa Beach, Fla., is closing in on Barack Obama in national polls.
Barack Obama's image suffers under John McCain attacks, poll finds Los Angeles Times
McCain catches Obama in new poll Boston Globe
New York Daily News - Arizona Capitol Times - People's Daily Online - Seattle Post Intelligencer
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China Daily
The Ad Campaign Portraying McCain as Out of Touch
New York Times - 1 hour ago
By MICHAEL FALCONE This 30-second advertisement for Senator Barack Obama, the presumed Democratic presidential nominee, is being broadcast in Indiana.
Obama to Go On Offense at Democratic Convention FOXNews
One gibe too many has Obama hitting back Financial Times
Chicago Sun-Times - Newsweek - CQPolitics.com - Los Angeles Times
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Wall Street Journal
Intel sketches future of Nehalem chip family
CNET News - 31 minutes ago
SAN FRANCISCO--Intel senior vice president Pat Gelsinger gave more specifics about Nehalem, the family of chips the company plans to begin rolling out in the fourth quarter, while speaking Tuesday at the Intel Developer Forum.
Intel Laptop Platform to Boost Graphics, Power Use PC World
Intel Offers Details Of Core i7 'Nehalem' InformationWeek
Wall Street Journal - PC Magazine - TG Daily - CRN
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The Age
Bigfoot website stuns the world: "It was a hoax"
CNET News - 30 minutes ago
But now one has to lie down, shaking with shock, on discovering that the supposed Bigfoot discovery was, indeed, a gorilla suit in a fridge.
AssociatedPress
Bigfoot report a fake, but what about the chupacabra? Los Angeles Times
BBC News - The Associated Press - Atlanta Journal Constitution - Scientific American
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Canada.com
Judge lifts fare card hack gag order, punts on 1st Amendment
Ars Technica - 3 hours ago
By Joel Hruska | Published: August 19, 2008 - 07:00PM CT In court today, Judge George O'Toole refused the Massachussetts Bay Transit Authority's request to impose an additional five-month gag order against five students the MBTA had accused of ...
Judge lifts gag on students over transit security The Associated Press
MIT students ungagged: Judge vacates gag order ZDNet
CRN - Register - Reuters - Slashdot
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E! Online
Dave Matthews Band Saxophonist Dies
E! Online - 27 minutes ago
Saxophonist LeRoi Moore, one of the founding members of the Virginia-based jam band, died Tuesday afternoon at Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Los Angeles , E! News has confirmed.
Dave Matthews Band's Saxophonist Dies People Magazine
Dave Matthews Band sax player LeRoi Moore dies The Associated Press
MSNBC - San Jose Mercury News - 9NEWS.com - The Hook
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National Post
Review: 'The Rocker'
Los Angeles Times - 52 minutes ago
By Zip Code: By Sam Adams, Special to The Times IT'S BEEN 20 years since Robert Fishman (Rainn Wilson), the metal-head hero of "The Rocker," lost his chance to live the dream, and he's been half asleep ever since.
'The Rocker': Drum it out of town USA Today
"The Rocker" Salon
Boston Herald - Hollywood.com - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com - IGN
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Sydney Morning Herald
Ellen & Portia
People Magazine - 9 hours ago
In an exclusive interview and photos, DeGeneres, 50, and de Rossi, 35, share the most romantic moments of the night with PEOPLE. "What can I say?
Ellen’s ‘Just Married’ Message Access Hollywood
DeGeneres: 'I'm The Luckiest Girl in the World' San Francisco Chronicle
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Canoe.ca
Delgado, Mets rally past Braves with big 8th
The Associated Press - 23 minutes ago
NEW YORK (AP) - Carlos Delgado hit a go-ahead double off the left-center fence to end the Mets' long stretch of bases-loaded futility, and New York broke loose in the eighth inning to rally past the Atlanta Braves 7-3 Tuesday night.
Mets' comeback win takes pressure off bullpen Hartford Courant
Braves bring up Reyes; place Gotay on DL Sports Network
Rotoworld.com - AtlantaBraves.com - New York Mets - NJ.com
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Vancouver Sun
• Aybar's single pushes Rays past Angels
MLB.com - 1 hour ago
ST. PETERSBURG -- Willy Aybar's two-out, two-run single in the bottom of the eighth inning powered the Rays to a 4-2 series-clinching win on Tuesday night at Tropicana Field.
New AL-best Rays top Angels with help from Shields, Aybar Sports Network
Aybar, Rays move to 5-0 at home against Angels The Associated Press
Rotoworld.com - National Post - USA Today - Anaheim Angels
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CBC.ca
Yaz undergoes triple bypass surgery in Boston
The Associated Press - 1 hour ago
BOSTON (AP) - Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski, the last player to hit for the Triple Crown, was resting comfortably Tuesday night after having triple bypass heart surgery.
Search BostonHerald.com for Past 7 days Archives Boston Herald
Yaz undergoing bypass Boston Globe
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Voice of America
The Making Of China's Olympic Golden Age
CBS News - 4 hours ago
(CBS) Nine-year-old Zhang Huiman is on the lonely road to Olympic gold, running 20 miles a day preparing for the games of 2020. "My heroes," she says through a translator, "are runners who won gold medals.
Olympic Daily Preview - Wednesday, August 20th Sports Network
British cycling team keeps rolling at Olympics with another gold medal The Canadian Press
USA Today - Xinhua - Bloomberg - Sports Network
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Seattle Post Intelligencer
More Medals Awarded at Beijing Olympics
Voice of America - 5 hours ago
By Jim Stevenson One day after China's disappointment of losing hurdles star Liu Xiang to an injury, the host nation has continued to find success in several other events at the Beijing Olympics.
AssociatedPress
Now, sweetest smile in China has gold all her own Kansas City Star
The Associated Press - Minneapolis Star Tribune - Voice of America - Kansas City Star
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Times Online
Beijing Olympics diary
guardian.co.uk - 3 hours ago
· China's leaders have sprung to the defence of Liu Xiang, under fire from former fans after pulling out due to injury yesterday.
Lithuanian PM: Beijing sets high-level example for future Olympic ... Xinhua
Apologetic Liu Xiang: Unbearable pain forced me out of Olympics CNN
New York Times - Los Angeles Times - Sportinglife.com - Xinhua
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BusinessWeek
Obesity Rates Up in 37 States: Report
U.S. News & World Report - 6 hours ago
TUESDAY, Aug. 19 (HealthDay News) -- The obesity epidemic in America has gotten worse -- not better -- in the last year, despite public service campaigns warning about the health risks posed by carrying too much weight, a new report found.
Report: California is 41st fattest state Bizjournals.com
Obesity Continues to Rise in Most States ABC News
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Applegate and other high-risk women act fast against cancer
USA Today - 3 hours ago
By Liz Szabo, USA TODAY Christina Applegate's choice to undergo a double mastectomy puts her in the company of a growing number of women taking aggressive steps to avoid dying of breast cancer.
Christina Applegate cancer free after double mastectomy Reuters
Those at risk for breast cancer are having mastectomies Newsday
U.S. News & World Report - The Associated Press - Actress Archives - Seattle Post Intelligencer
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Chatter Shmatter
Arsenic in Drinking Water Raises Diabetes Risk
Washington Post - 5 hours ago
By Amanda Gardner TUESDAY, Aug. 19 (HealthDay News) -- High levels of arsenic in urine may be linked with a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes, researchers report.
Arsenic Linked to Diabetes WebMD
Is Your Drinking Water Giving You Diabetes? U.S. News & World Report
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Musharraf Ouster Fails to End Deadlock, Distraction Over Judges
Bloomberg - 26 minutes ago
By Khalid Qayum and Robin Stringer Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Pakistan's ruling coalition, fresh from ending a six-month standoff by forcing President Pervez Musharraf to resign, failed to resolve a festering dispute over reinstating judges he fired.
Sharif Threatens to Pull Out of Pakistani Coalition New York Times
Cracks appear in Pakistan's ruling coalition Times Online
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Sydney Morning Herald
Apple says older iPods have battery problem
International Herald Tribune - 50 minutes ago
AP TOKYO: Apple said Wednesday that iPod music players sold in 2005 and 2006 on rare occasion can overheat, fail and deform because of a battery defect traced to a single supplier, and that other models are fine.
Alert over iPod nano fires Financial Times
Overheating iPod Nano and Frayed MagSafe Replacements Mac Rumors
Afterdawn.com - The Associated Press - TechNewsWorld - Reuters
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Canada.com
A MAYOR IN CRISIS Appeals court won't review Kilpatrick bond
Detroit Free Press - 25 minutes ago
The Wayne County Prosecutor today lost its effort to have the Michigan Court of Appeals review Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s relaxed bond conditions for the perjury and conspiracy case set last week by Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Leonard Townsend.
A few continue to stand by embattled Detroit mayor The Associated Press
Appeals Court upholds judge's decision to relax Kilpatrick's bond DetNews.com
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