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Lockerbie minister facing critics
BBC News - 57 minutes ago
The Scottish justice secretary will be forced to defend his decision to release the Lockerbie bomber, as the Scottish Parliament is recalled later.
Lockerbie release could topple SNP Times Online
Athens locals flee as fires rage
BBC News - 4 hours ago
Several thousand residents of Athens' northern suburbs have evacuated their homes as several wildfires continue to blaze around the Greek capital.
Police urge fugitive reality TV star to surrender
The Associated Press - - 31 minutes ago
VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Canadian investigators said Sunday they had information that a fugitive reality TV star accused of murdering a former swimsuit model and mutilating her body was in Canada, and urged him to surrender peacefully.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police: Ryan Jenkins is in Canada Los Angeles Times
VH1 Undecided about Future Reality Show Featuring Ryan Jenkins Seattle Post Intelligencer
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Democrats may duck health care foes in Senate
Reuters - - 3 hours ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - US Democrats may sidestep Republican opposition to a sweeping healthcare overhaul by using Senate rules to pass some reform measures, a leading senator said on Sunday.
Obama's partisan reasons for 'bipartisan' healthcare Christian Science Monitor
Lawmakers: Slow Down on Health Care Wall Street Journal
Sources: Report to detail alleged abuse inside CIA secret prisons
CNN - 2 hours ago
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- CIA interrogators threatened an al Qaeda prisoner with a gun and an electric drill to try to scare him into giving up information, according to a long-concealed inspector-general's report due to be made public on Monday, ...
CIA Officer Disciplined for Alleged Gun Use in Interrogation Washington Post
Report Provides New Details on CIA Prisoner Abuse New York Times
Plane lands on California highway
CNN - 1 hour ago
(CNN) -- A single-engine airplane made an emergency landing on a California highway Sunday morning, though no major injuries were reported, authorities said.
Plane Lands on 101 The Santa Barbara Independent
3 cars strike plane that lands on freeway Santa Ynez Valley News
All Clunkered Out
Wall Street Journal - 39 minutes ago
The Transportation Department is ending its "cash for clunkers" program today, but the deadline shouldn't pass without recording a few economic and political lessons.
Trading American Clunkers For Foreign Cars Atlantic Online
Warner Chilcott to Buy P&G Drug Unit for $3 Billion, WSJ Says
Bloomberg - - 2 hours ago
Aug. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Warner Chilcott Ltd. may announce as early as tomorrow that it will buy Procter & Gamble Co.'s prescription-drug business, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing unidentified people familiar with the matter.
WSJ: P&G Pharmaceuticals sale at hand Bizjournals.com
Do you Yahoo? Probably.
CNNMoney.com - - 2 hours ago
Yahoo reaches 80% of Internet users -- same as Google -- but its focus on content over search has yielded a lower profit than its rival.
Europe Divided on Google Book Deal New York Times
Will antitrust probe keep Microsoft, Yahoo apart? The Associated Press
NASA clears shuttle for launch, weather improving
The Associated Press - - 2 hours ago
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA has cleared space shuttle Discovery for liftoff Tuesday, and the weather looks promising as long as thunderstorms stay away during fueling.
Sunday review confirms Discovery's readiness to fly Spaceflight Now
Apple, Google, AT&T Respond To the FCC Over Google Voice
Slashdot - 6 hours ago
We've recently been following the FCC's inquiry into Apple's rejection of the Google Voice app. Apple, Google, and AT&T have all officially responded to the FCC's questions: Apple says they haven't actually rejected the app, they're just continuing to ...
Microsoft, Yahoo Unite Against Google Book Search
InformationWeek - - Aug 21, 2009
Microsoft and Yahoo have confirmed that they have joined the Open Book Alliance, a newly formed group opposed to the Google Book settlement.
Brad Pitt Pulls Them In at the Box Office
New York Times - - 15 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES - Whew: “Inglourious Basterds,” the risky Quentin Tarantino picture that the struggling Weinstein Company badly needed to be a hit, sold a stout $37.6 million in tickets over the weekend.
Video: "Inglourious Basterds"
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Police probe burglary at Lindsay Lohan's LA home
Reuters - 49 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Police were called for the second time in three months to the Hollywood Hills home of actress Lindsay Lohan on Sunday to investigate a burglary there.
Lindsay Lohan is 'okay, but upset' after her house is burglarized New York Daily News
LOHAN'S HOME BURGLARIZED: REPORTS New York Post
Milla Jovovich gets married
TheCelebrityCafe.com - - 19 minutes ago
Milla Jovovich, has wed “Resident Evil” director Paul WS Anderson in the couple's Beverly Hills home this Saturday. The ceremony was held in the backyard, where Jovovich wore a '60s style sleeveless wedding dress that she designed herself.
Jovovich, Anderson tie knot in ceremony United Press International
Milla Jovovich marries 'Resident Evil' director Paul WS Anderson ... Entertainment Weekly
Phillies back Pedro, beat Mets on triple play
Sports Network - 1 hour ago
Flushing, NY (Sports Network) - Jayson Werth and Carlos Ruiz each hit a three- run homer in the first inning to support Pedro Martinez in his return to Flushing and help the Phillies to a 9-7 win over the Mets that ended on an unassisted triple play.
Phillies-Mets Preview CBSSports.com
Pedro gets the job done in return to New York SportingNews.com
Cubs escape LA with victory in finale
MLB.com - - 1 hour ago
LOS ANGELES -- Manager Lou Piniella told the Cubs after Saturday's game that things have to get better. For one day, they did.
Recap: Los Angeles vs. Chicago Cubs MiamiHerald.com
Cubs top Dodgers 3-1 Chicago Tribune
Moore Wins Wyndham Championship In Play - Off
New York Times - - 23 minutes ago
By REUTERS GREENSBORO, North Carolina (Reuters) - Ryan Moore birdied the third extra hole to win a three-way play-off at the $5.1 million Wyndham Championship on Sunday.
Moore beats Stadler in sudden death The Associated Press
Schoolyards Could Be Hotbeds of Swine Flu Infection
Washington Post - - 2 hours ago
One of the main battlegrounds in the fight against an expected resurgence of swine flu this fall will be the schoolyard, a place where the disease could, well, go viral.
Swine flu suspected Forsyth County News Online
True private options needed but don't blame Medicare
Kansas City Star - 3 hours ago
Tom McClanahan's editorial ("True private options a must," KC Star Aug. 23) makes good points that advance the health care reform debate.
Good health care everyone's concern Williamsport Sun-Gazette
The great health care debate Dubuque Telegraph Herald
H1N1 and seasonal flu: Multiple doses, many questions
USA Today - 2 hours ago
The novel H1N1 flu strain, commonly known as swine flu, circling the globe has prompted the US government to order 195 million doses of vaccine and prepare for a widespread vaccination campaign that would be carried out along with the already scheduled ...
Afghanistan situation getting worse: US military chief
ABC Online - 1 hour ago
By John Shovelan in Washington for AM The situation in Afghanistan is "serious and deteriorating", according to the United States' top military officer Admiral Mike Mullen.
More US troops to Afghanistan? Why Mullen won't answer. Christian Science Monitor
Better Health Through Fasting
Washington Post - - Aug 21, 2009
With the sighting of the crescent moon, the holy month of Ramadan has begun this year, marking the start of a spiritual boot camp in which Muslims fast without any food or water from sunup to sundown.
Video: Obama Marks Beginning of Muslim Holy Month
The Associated Press
The Associated Press
For Ramadan, best dates in Egypt named after Obama Boston Globe
Israel advocacy group calls Obama settlement policy 'ethnic cleansing'
Ha'aretz - - 2 hours ago
A pro-Israel lobbying group in the United States has launched a project intent on shifting the focus of the Obama administration away from West Bank settlements, claiming they are not an obstacle to peace and that their evacuation ...
Article Fuels Israel, Sweden Tensions Wall Street Journal
Netanyahu enters Sweden organ row BBC News