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Washington Post
Authorities Investigate Cause of Deadly Spanish Airline Crash
Voice of America - 1 hour ago
By VOA News Authorities are investigating what caused a Spanish passenger jet to crash on takeoff from a Madrid airport, killing 153 people in the country's worst air disaster in more than two decades.
AssociatedPress
Madrid's Worst Air Crash in 25 Years Spurs US Probe (Update1) Bloomberg
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ABC News
Pakistan presidential race begins
BBC News - 1 hour ago
By Charles Haviland The party of the assassinated Pakistani politician, Benazir Bhutto, is pushing hard for her widower, Asif Ali Zardari, to become the country's next president.
Pakistan coalition faces split in row over sacked judges guardian.co.uk
Pakistan party threatens to quit Washington Times
AFP - Wall Street Journal - Reuters UK
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Times Online
Rural Swath of Big State Tests Obama
New York Times - 5 hours ago
John Sylvester, a retired steel worker who must work for $7 an hour, says Barack Obama has not offered economic plans. By MICHAEL POWELL RACCOON TOWNSHIP, Pa.
ReutersVideo
Obama flip-flops -- from up in poll to down Chicago Sun-Times
Houston Chronicle - Examiner.com - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Minnesota Public Radio
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Continental And Schaeffler Make Nice
Forbes - all 145 news articles »
Former Silicon Valley CEOs Fiorina, Whitman to speak at GOP convention
San Jose Mercury News - all 618 news articles »
Palm's Thin Treo Pro ...
InternetNews.com - all 351 news articles »
Garner's busy with babies, but also stays in the spotlight
USA Today - all 408 news articles »
Americans Win Second Consecutive Beach Volleyball Gold
New York Times - all 1,439 news articles »
Bigfoot hoaxers from Georgia face lawsuit
Atlanta Journal Constitution - all 821 news articles »
Bid to Reconsider Drinking Age
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Times Online
3 NATO Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan
Voice of America - 23 minutes ago
By VOA News Three soldiers with the US-led NATO coalition force in Afghanistan have been killed in a roadside bomb blast, the latest casualties in a growing wave of attacks carried out by Islamic insurgents.
US coalition says 30 militants die in battle The Associated Press
Sarkozy, Honoring the French Dead, Vows to Fight On New York Times
BBC News - International Herald Tribune - RTT News
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Washington Post
Despite Yielding Ground, Russia Takes Critical Spots
New York Times - 1 hour ago
A boy sat in a car at a refugee shelter on Wednesday in Tbilisi, Georgia. Russian troops still hold critical Georgian roads and ports.
Russia blocks Georgia's main port city The Associated Press
'Some Signs' of Pullout, Georgian Official Says Washington Post
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ABC News
US and Poland sign missile defense deal
Los Angeles Times - 2 hours ago
Secretary of State Secretary Condoleezza Rice and Polish President Lech Kaczynski during press conference after their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw.
AssociatedPress
Russia vows missile pact response Aljazeera.net
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E Canada Now
Bid to Reconsider Drinking Age
Wall Street Journal - 5 hours ago
By JOHN HECHINGER A new campaign highlighting campus alcohol abuse won heavyweight support this week as top college presidents signed a statement urging consideration of lowering the drinking age, but the effort is already encountering a powerful ...
CBS
Colleges and the legal drinking age Los Angeles Times
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - Portsmouth Herald News - Chicago Tribune - Atlanta Journal Constitution
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New York Times
Inquiry Lays Out Chain of Failures in High-Rise Fire
New York Times - 56 minutes ago
Eric M. Hazard/AP A fire at the former Deutsche Bank building claimed the lives of two firefighters in August 2007. By AL BAKER Contractors tearing down the contaminated former Deutsche Bank building in Lower Manhattan never had a formal demolition ...
FDNY: Radio training needed after deadly WTC fire The Associated Press
No permit for deadly teardown Newsday
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Sen. Ted Stevens' request to move corruption trial to Alaska is denied
Los Angeles Times - 4 hours ago
A federal judge says the Republican lawmaker's reelection campaign could improperly influence potential jurors if the case were to be transferred from Washington.
Judge Won't Move Trial For Stevens To Alaska Washington Post
In Alaska, 2 titans of politics in peril Boston Globe
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AFP
Continental And Schaeffler Make Nice
Forbes - 1 hour ago
LONDON - After much to-ing and fro-ing between the two companies, Germany's Continental and Schaeffler have finally agreed to a takeover deal that suits just about everyone.
Schaeffler agrees to limit Continental stake The Associated Press
Continental Agrees To Schaeffler Buyout Wall Street Journal
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TopNews
Stocks set to fall amid jitters
CNNMoney.com - 31 minutes ago
Worries about mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac pressure futures. Oil rises, dollar weakens. LONDON (CNNMoney.com) -- US stocks futures tumbled early Thursday, weighed by higher oil prices, a weaker dollar and lingering concerns about ...
Prescriptions for Fannie and Freddie New York Times
* Fannie and Freddie travails in spotlight Reuters
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BBC News
Lone Star to Buy IKB, First German Subprime Casualty (Update3)
Bloomberg - 23 minutes ago
By Aaron Kirchfeld Aug. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Lone Star Funds, the Dallas-based private equity firm, agreed to buy IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG after the German bank collapsed, becoming the country's first casualty of the subprime mortgage crisis.
Lone Star Unit to Buy Germany's IKB Wall Street Journal
Lone Star to grab 91% stake in Germany's IKB MarketWatch
Forbes - BBC News - International Herald Tribune - Deutsche Welle
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Boston Globe
Former Silicon Valley CEOs Fiorina, Whitman to speak at GOP convention
San Jose Mercury News - 2 hours ago
By Frank Davies WASHINGTON - Two Silicon Valley CEOs-turned-politicos, Carly Fiorina and Meg Whitman, will speak at the Republican National Convention in two weeks, and so will Gov.
Independent Lieberman upends political world Boston Globe
Lieberman gets prime role at GOP convention Chicago Tribune
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Washington Post
Obama eyes economy; McCain's focus is Iraq
Philadelphia Inquirer - 3 hours ago
By Beth Fouhy, Liz Sidoti and Jim Kuhnhenn AP MARTINSVILLE, Va. - Democrat Barack Obama pledged yesterday to create millions of union jobs in alternative energy and end tax breaks for companies that move jobs overseas, using tough new populist language ...
AssociatedPress
Rally urges women to support Obama Green Bay Press Gazette
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Wall Street Journal Blogs
Health care no longer primary ailment
Chicago Tribune - 3 hours ago
By Jill Zuckman | Washington Bureau In the daily rat-a-tat-tat between Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama, the silence is deafening.
Obama's Health-Care Tipoff Wall Street Journal
Learning to Care About Health Care American Spectator
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Sydney Morning Herald
Palm's Thin Treo Pro ...
InternetNews.com - 29 minutes ago
Nice design, but industry watchers wonder why Palm went without a carrier partner this time. By Judy Mottl: More stories by this author: What's thinner than the traditional Palm Treo but bigger than the Palm Centro and has no wireless carrier subsidy ...
Palm Treo Pro: Not digging it CNET News
Palm Goes For The Pros New York Times
The Tech Herald - San Jose Mercury News - InformationWeek - Washington Post
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BBC News
Intel unites the internet with TV
BBC News - 1 hour ago
Intel has signed a deal with Yahoo to drive web applications to TV and refresh the viewing experience. The collaboration will product a "Widget Channel" that lets viewers e-mail friends, trade stocks or check the weather while watching TV.
Eric Kim talks Internet TV Inquirer
Intel's Growth Focused On Digital TV, Internet Advertising InformationWeek
BusinessWeek - Computerworld - CrunchGear - VentureBeat
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GameSHOUT
American Takes Lead in Sky-High WiFi Race
TechNewsWorld - 3 hours ago
By Renay San Miguel Airlines might charge you extra to check your baggage, then send it to the wrong destination, but they're also doing something to make flying more pleasant.
Inflight Internet takes off Inquirer
American Airlines in-flight Wi-Fi premieres San Francisco Chronicle
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New York Daily News
Garner's busy with babies, but also stays in the spotlight
USA Today - 2 hours ago
By Dan Steinberg, AP By Sharon Knolle, Special for USA TODAY LOS ANGELES - Jennifer Garner will begin promoting two films for 2009, but right now she's concerned with only one project.
New baby daughter for Matt Damon BBC News
Hollywood baby boomers Chicago Tribune
Reuters - Los Angeles Times - People Magazine - AHN
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New York Times
Review: 'The Cho Show' starring Margaret Cho
Newsday - 2 hours ago
Editor-in-chief of Radar, Maer Roshan (L) and comedian Margaret Cho (R) attend a screening of Margaret Cho's "The Cho Show," at Le Royale on August 13, 2008 in New York City.
Margaret Cho, Vivica A. Fox have 'real' different views of their ... Orlando Sentinel
Margaret Cho returns to TV on her terms this time USA Today
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ABC News
Cover band
San Diego Union Tribune - 41 minutes ago
By George Varga The journey from “School of Rock” to “School of Schlock” took just four years, which is nearly as long some of the more interminable scenes in “The Rocker” seem to last.
Rainn Wilson is off his 'Rocker' to take this role New York Daily News
Out of the office Colorado Springs Independent
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Globe and Mail
Americans Win Second Consecutive Beach Volleyball Gold
New York Times - 3 hours ago
By KAREN CROUSE BEIJING - The skies Thursday morning for the women’s beach volleyball final were gray and leaking. The air was heavy with foreboding, as if Mother Nature were ready to lend an assist in bringing down the indomitable United States team ...
US takes beach volleyball gold Washington Post
Even the unlikeliest of opponents doesn't stop May-Treanor, Walsh ... ESPN
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San Diego Union Tribune
Animated Bolt completes sprint double with 200
Boston Globe - 3 hours ago
By Shira Springer BEIJING - Chasing a world record in the 200-meter dash, Usain Bolt saved his victory celebration for after the finish line.
AssociatedPress
A Force of Nature Rewrites the Record Book New York Times
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Boston Globe
Wariner chases mentor Michael Johnson
MSNBC - 30 minutes ago
By AP BEIJING (AP) - Only one man has ever won back-to-back Olympic titles in the 400m, and Jeremy Wariner is rather familiar with his work.
Merritt Seeks To Take Wariner's 400 Crown Hartford Courant
An inside advantage? Dallas Morning News
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Telegraph.co.uk
Liu to remain a marketing phenomenon despite Olympic flop
AFP - 2 hours ago
BEIJING (AFP) - Liu Xiang may be injured and vulnerable after his shock Olympic flop, but advertising executives believe the groundbreaking Chinese athlete will remain a marketing phenomenon for many years to come.
'Focus' key to Chinese Olympic gold haul Radio Australia
The Jiang family's 70-year Olympic bondage Channel News Asia
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Stuff.co.nz
Olympic Games inspire influx of new young athletes in North Texas
Dallas Morning News - 2 hours ago
By SCOTT FARWELL / The Dallas Morning News For many young athletes, their parents and coaches, the Olympic Games breathe life into a dream.
Olympics interest dominates sports scene Worcester Telegram
Liukin who? Sports agent strikes gold with US gymnast Reuters
The Times - Melbourne Herald Sun - Associated Content - Houston Chronicle
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Boston Globe
Olympics buzz: Ugly side of China
Kansas City Star - 2 hours ago
AP Wu Dianyuan, 79, (right), and Wang Xiuying, 77, must go to labor camp after they had the audacity to apply for a protest permit.
Olympic dream leads to greener lifestyle China Daily
Beijing Olympics 2008: Elderly evicted women given labour sentence guardian.co.uk
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TopNews
Study Questions Cost-Effectiveness Of Gardisil Cervical-Cancer Vaccine
Wall Street Journal - 5 hours ago
By PETER LOFTUS A new study suggests that giving Merck & Co.'s cervical-cancer vaccine Gardasil to women through their mid-20s may not be worth the price, despite US recommendations that this age group receive the costly shot.
Cervical Cancer Vaccine Worth the Cost: Study Washington Post
Merck Cancer Shot Not Economical for Adult Women, Study Finds Bloomberg
USA Today - New York Times - Minneapolis Star Tribune - WebMD
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eFluxMedia
California sees weekly high in mosquitoes with West Nile
San Jose Mercury News - 9 hours ago
AP LOS ANGELES—Officials say more mosquitoes have tested positive for the West Nile virus in California this week than any previous week.
Officials: West Nile virus infects 78 in California so far this year Xinhua
Pennsylvania Steps Up Spraying to Combat West Nile Occupational Health Safety
NewsTalk 1010 WCSI - eFluxMedia - Cherry Hill Courier Post - South Coast Today
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The Age
We survived, too! Double mastectomy surgery not uncommon
New York Daily News - 6 hours ago
BY NANCY DILLON Judy San Roman 'went numb for a few days' when doctors found a lump in her left breast. Stephanie Rivers tested positive for the BRCA breast cancer gene last October.
Tough decisions on breast cancer Susan Reimer Baltimore Sun
Christina Applegate's Mastectomy: FAQ WebMD
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Rice in surprise visit to Baghdad
BBC News - 22 minutes ago
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is in Baghdad to discuss the future of American forces deployed in Iraq. Ms Rice is holding talks with Iraqi leaders including Prime Minister Nouri Maliki during the unannounced visit.
Rice Arrives in Iraq for Security Talks Voice of America
Rice says troops deal close Reuters
CNN - AFP - Bloomberg - The Associated Press
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Sydney Morning Herald
California: Sentence in Train Wreck
New York Times - 7 hours ago
By AP A Superior Court judge sentenced a man convicted of causing a fatal commuter rail crash to 11 consecutive life terms after denouncing him as a remorseless killer.
AssociatedPress
Man who caused fatal train wreck receives 11 life sentences Los Angeles Daily News
Chicago Tribune - BBC News - Washington Post - The Associated Press
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Los Angeles Times
Ohio Congresswoman Tubbs Jones Dies at 58
Washington Post - 9 hours ago
By Ben Pershing Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, a key figure in Ohio Democratic politics and the chairman of the House ethics committee, died yesterday at a Cleveland hospital after suffering a brain hemorrhage.
AssociatedPress
• Remembering Stephanie Tubbs Jones: Connie Schultz The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com
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