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Romney and Obama push ahead

Philadelphia Inquirer - ‎31 minutes ago‎
CHARLOTTE, NC - President Obama accused Mitt Romney and Republicans on Saturday of offering outdated ideas that are ill-suited to voters during the first stop on a march to the Democratic convention.
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12 killed as Taliban targets US base

Newsday - ‎9 hours ago‎
World Newsday > News Print Aa 12 killed as Taliban targets US base Originally published: September 1, 2012 6:05 PM Updated: September 1, 2012 7:08 PM By AMIR SHAH.
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Syria rebels hit eastern airbase, seize missiles

euronews - ‎36 minutes ago‎
Syrian rebels say they have seized an air defence facility and an airport in the east of the country, while the government claims it has fought off an offensive on another airbase in Aleppo.
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Alabama gets offensive in season-opening plastering of Michigan

SI.com - ‎35 minutes ago‎
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Let it be known, America, the Alabama football team takes your feedback seriously. You made it abundantly clear last January that methodical, drip-drying displays of defensive dominance aren't sufficiently entertaining.
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Hal David dies at 91; songwriting partner of Burt Bacharach

Los Angeles Times - ‎26 minutes ago‎
Hal David, the renowned pop music lyricist whose prolific collaboration with composer Burt Bacharach produced a wealth of enduringly memorable hits in the 1960s and early '70s, including "Walk On By," "What the World Needs Now Is Love" and the ...
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NY teen killed on party bus mourned

Houston Chronicle - ‎45 minutes ago‎
NEW YORK (AP) - Mourning the death of a beloved student in a gruesome accident, English teacher Jane Lynch spoke of the 16-year-old in a trembling voice.
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Amsterdam false alarm revives hijacking memories

USA TODAY - ‎17 minutes ago‎
AMSTERDAM - It was once the nightmare of air travelers the world over: a passenger jet parked in a remote corner of an airport surrounded by armed police and ambulances.
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Muslim cleric arrested for framing girl in Pakistan blasphemy case

Reuters - ‎1 hour ago‎
By Aisha Chowdhry | ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani authorities have arrested a Muslim cleric on allegations of framing a Christian girl who was arrested under the country's controversial anti-blasphemy law, a police official said on Sunday.
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Ethiopia holds state funeral for prime minister Meles Zenawi

CNN - ‎43 minutes ago‎
(CNN) -- Ethiopia bid farewell to its prime minister Meles Zenawi on Sunday in the nation's first state funeral in more than 80 years.
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White House gives recipe in beer brouhaha

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Boston Globe - ‎2 hours ago‎
By Gary Dzen ALEX BRANDON/AP President Obama's fondness for beer has been well documented. Now the White House has bowed to demand for his recipe for beer that he concocted himself with a little help.
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Fewer outages left over from Isaac

KTVL - ‎2 hours ago‎
UNDATED (AP) -- The utility company that serves southern Louisiana is now reporting about 270000 outages from Hurricane Isaac, mostly in Jefferson and Orleans parishes.
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U.S. closes criminal probe against Arizona sheriff

Philadelphia Inquirer - ‎31 minutes ago‎
PHOENIX - The federal abuse-of-power investigation into America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff - Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio - has been closed, with prosecutors saying no charges will be filed.
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Ex-Marine kills 2, self at N.J. supermarket

Philadelphia Daily News - ‎41 minutes ago‎
AN EX-MARINE wearing desert camouflage opened fire at a New Jersey supermarket early Friday, killing two of his co-workers and himself as other terrified store employees ran for cover, authorities said.
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Odds tilt in favor of Fed move in September

MarketWatch - ‎20 minutes ago‎
Jackson Hole, Wyo. (MarketWatch) - The big question going into Jackson Hole on Friday was whether Fed Chief Ben Bernanke was ready to take the plunge and approve a third large round of asset purchases as soon as the next policy meeting in September.
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New York probes private equity tax strategy - source

Reuters - ‎5 hours ago‎
* NY AG subpoenas at least 12 private equity firms * AG probing conversion of fees into fund investments * Bain, Romney's former firm, among those subpoenaed * KKR, Apollo, Silver Lake, TPG also get subpoenas By Karen Freifeld and Greg Roumeliotis Sept ...
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Activists, police plan for big protests at Democratic convention

Reuters - ‎2 hours ago‎
By Colleen Jenkins | CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - The big protests that were planned outside the Republican National Convention last week in Tampa, Florida, never really materialized, doused in part by a tropical storm.
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Samsung Debuts First Windows Phone 8 Smartphone: ATIV S

Hot Hardware - ‎45 minutes ago‎
One might expect Nokia to be first to announce a full series of Windows 8 devices. After all, it sold out to Microsoft in order to ditch Symbian and allow its Lumia hardware to run nothing but Windows Phone.
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Apple Targets Galaxy S III, Note in Latest Legal Action

PCWorld - ‎16 hours ago‎
By John P. Mello Jr., PCWorld Sep 1, 2012 8:10 AM Apple, grinning after winning a mega patent infringement case against Samsung, is now targeting some of its rival's hottest selling products.
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New earphones coming with the iPhone 5?

CNET - ‎3 hours ago‎
A Vietnamese tech news site published images of earphones that it speculates will come with the new iPhone this month. by CNET News staff With the iPhone 5 expected to make an official debut in the next few weeks, the rumors and pictures are hitting a ...
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Razer's Blade gaming laptop gets stronger, power upgrades

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USA TODAY - ‎16 hours ago‎
By Mike Snider, USA TODAY The next generation Razer Blade, unveiled at the PAX convention in Seattle, will have more processing power and onboard storage while retaining its thin profile.
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Prince Harry's Vegas Hookup Speaks Out, Shares Intimate Details of "Drunken ...

E! Online - ‎37 minutes ago‎
What happens in Vegas sure isn't staying there for Prince Harry. The latest development in the scandal that won't die? A British-born blonde named Carrie Reichert, 32, reveals to the UK Mirror that she spent 15-20 minutes alone making out with the ...
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Heidi Klum -- I Never Cheated on Seal with My Bodyguard

TMZ.com - ‎12 hours ago‎
Seal's accusation that Heidi Klum cheated on him during their marriage is absolutely false ... at least that's what Heidi is telling close friends.
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Kanye, Obama featured at Jay-Z music festival

Fox News - ‎1 hour ago‎
PHILADELPHIA - Jay-Z brought out heavy hitters to support him at the "Budweiser Made In America" festival: Kanye West and President Barack Obama.
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Serena Williams avenges Australian Open loss to Ekaterina Makarova

Detroit Free Press - ‎39 minutes ago‎
NEW YORK -- Serena Williams didn't watch any video of her Australian Open loss to Ekaterina Makarova as she prepared for their rematch at the US Open.
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Barkley, USC take care of Hawaii in opener

Chicago Tribune - ‎32 minutes ago‎
Los Angeles, CA - Matt Barkley and Marqise Lee hooked up for a 75-yard touchdown on the game's opening play and Southern California began its season with a 49-10 romp of Hawaii.
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Proud Penn State fans show their support

Detroit Free Press - ‎39 minutes ago‎
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- The Nittany Lions bounced and bumped off each other behind a closed gate, antsy to attach the focus for a battered fan base on football, not lurid tales of child abuse, for the first time in 10 months.
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Tour Report: Missed cut leaves Crane in limbo

Yahoo! Sports - ‎6 hours ago‎
By helenross | PGA Tour - 5 hours ago Ben Crane is on the bubble for the BMW Championship after missing the cut on Saturday at TPC Boston.
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Higgs Boson Explained | EASTSIDE SCIENCE CAFE

KCTS 9 - ‎Aug 31, 2012‎
http://kcts9.org/education/science-cafe Event date: July 3, 2012. Faculty from the UW Physics Department provide some context for our current understanding of particle physics, the Higgs boson, and the experiments at CERN's Large Hadron Collider.
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Can Curiosity Mars inspire like Apollo?

San Francisco Chronicle - ‎2 hours ago‎
Los Angeles -- Neil Armstrong inspired millions with his moonwalk. Can a feisty robotic rover exploring Mars do the same for another generation?
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Thalidomide victims: drugmaker's apology not enough

Reuters - ‎17 hours ago‎
By Annika Breidthardt | BERLIN (Reuters) - Victims of thalidomide said on Saturday an apology from the German inventor of the drug that caused birth defects in thousands of babies around the world was too little too late.

Tufts, Vanguard to form new health plan

Worcester Telegram - ‎Sep 1, 2012‎
By Priyanka Dayal McCluskey TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF Vanguard Health Systems Inc. and Tufts Medical Center have received $88.5 million in federal funds to launch a first-of-its-kind health plan in Massachusetts that will put members in control.

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