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Suicide Bomber Attacks NATO Base in Afghanistan
New York Times - - 1 hour ago
KABUL, Afghanistan - A suicide car bomber attacked a convoy of NATO soldiers near the front gate of their air base in Kabul on Tuesday, a senior police official said.
Taliban car bomber kills 3 in Afghan capital The Associated Press
Deaths in Kabul airport blast Aljazeera.net
Settlement permits placate Israeli hawks
Los Angeles Times - - 5 hours ago
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's move may have been necessary to keep his governing alliance intact and the prospect of US-brokered talks alive.
West Bank Settlement Plans Strain Peace Efforts Wall Street Journal
South Korea Demands Apology From North Over Dam Incident
New York Times - - 1 hour ago
SEOUL, South Korea - Unsatisfied with North Korea's explanation for its release of dam water that created a flash flood in the South that killed at least three people, South Korea on Tuesday demanded a formal apology from the North.
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Oyez! Oyez! Court set for Sotomayor ceremony
USA Today - - 8 hours ago
Tuesday at 2 pm, the Supreme Court will hold an investiture for new justice Sonia Sotomayor. USA TODAY previews the ceremony. A: It is the ceremonial commissioning of a new justice.
Video: New Challenges Face High Court, Term Starts Wed.
The Associated Press
Elections for sale? Los Angeles Times
Bay Bridge detour done; problem needs extra day
San Francisco Chronicle - - 1 hour ago
A crack in a steel link discovered while construction crews completed a complex project elsewhere on the east span will keep the Bay Bridge closed today - a day longer than planned - and probably send a flood of commuters to other bridges, ...
Video: Bay Bridge Will Not Reopen Tuesday Morning
The Associated Press
Transit options during Tuesday Bay Bridge closure San Jose Mercury News
DNA trail leads to arrest in Wisconsin serial killings
CNN International - 1 hour ago
(CNN) -- Using "shoe leather and science," police in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, have arrested a suspect in the serial killings of nine women over 21 years.
Video: Milwaukee Man Linked to 9 Murders Arrested
The Associated Press
Milwaukee police: DNA links man to 9 slain women San Diego Union Tribune
Putin Blinking on Exports Signals Lower Oil for OPEC
Bloomberg - - 54 minutes ago
Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Russia is surpassing Saudi Arabia in oil exports for the first time since the Soviet Union's collapse as Prime Minister Vladimir Putin exploits OPEC production cuts to gain market share.
OIL FUTURES: Crude Slightly Up Ahead Of OPEC; Watching Output Wall Street Journal
US hiring outlook dips, better elsewhere: Manpower
Reuters - - 2 hours ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A forward-looking measure of hiring intentions dipped slightly in the United States even as it improved in many other countries, according to a quarterly survey by Manpower Inc. The survey offers a hint that jobs ...
Hiring Outlook Improves After 17 - Year Low New York Times
Gold Breaches $1000 an Ounce on Dollar's Weakness, Inflation
Bloomberg - - 1 hour ago
Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Gold futures punched through $1000 an ounce for the first time in more than six months as a weaker dollar and concern that inflation may accelerate boosted the precious metal's ...
Gold Flies Through $1, 000 / Oz New York Times
Gold's Gains Spell Trouble For Seasonal Buyers Wall Street Journal
Intel's New Core i7 and Core i5 Processors Explained
PC World - - 3 hours ago
Intel's two new Core i7 CPUs (860 and 870) are mid-range counterparts to its top-of-the-line Core i7 900-series chips, and initial tests (using Intel's new DP55KG motherboard) indicate their performance follows suit.
Google alters book deal to pacify European publishers
The Money Times - - 8 minutes ago
New York, September 8 -- In a move to pacify European publishers' concern over digitization of books, Google on Monday said that European books out of print in US but commercially available elsewhere ...
Astronauts pack Buzz Lightyear for ride home
The Associated Press - - 4 hours ago
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The astronauts aboard the orbiting shuttle and station packed up Buzz Lightyear on Monday for the ride home from "infinity and beyond.
Shuttle Astronauts Prepare to Leave Space Station New York Times
It's a vacant 'Melrose Place'
Los Angeles Times - 4 hours ago
The newest group of neighbors might be pretty, but it's hard to connect to such unoriginal characters. By MARY McNAMARA Television Critic I was a fan of the original “Melrose Place,” though I can't for the life of me remember exactly why.
Review | Up from the dead rises sleazy, shady 'Melrose Place' MiamiHerald.com
'Melrose Place' Fresno Bee
Stars arrive for Venice festival
BBC News - 2 hours ago
Movies examining the global financial collapse are high on the agenda at this year's Venice Film Festival, with Michael Moore unveiling his latest work, Capitalism: a Love Story.
Rock stars cool over video games
BBC News - 38 minutes ago
By Tim Masters Former Rolling Stones star Bill Wyman has expressed concern that music games like Rock Band stop young people from practising real musical instruments.
All you need is game New York Post
Redemption center
Boston Globe - - 3 hours ago
NORTON - Steve Stricker had enough to worry about, with Tiger Woods sending an early charge through the TPC Boston grounds and seven players getting their hands on the lead during a tense, topsy-turvy final day of the Deutsche Bank ...
First Down: Who will win the FedEx Cup? Washington Times
Victory erases Steve Stricker's many doubts Boston Herald
Recap: US Open - Day 8
Detroit Free Press - 30 minutes ago
WHAT HAPPENED: Melanie Oudin, 17, extended her run to the quarterfinals with another come-from-behind victory, 1-6, 7-6 (2), 6-3, over 13th-seeded Nadia Petrova.
Melanie Oudin the star in a US Open full of upsets The Associated Press
Oudin captures hearts of America at US Open FOXSports.com
Miami, FSU stage another thrilling finish
FOXSports.com - - 57 minutes ago
by CollegeFootballNews.com In a weekend when all the marquee games stunk, with a pall cast over the BYU win, thanks to the Sam Bradford injury; the Boise State beatdown overshadowed by a beat-up; and Oklahoma State's win over Georgia making a big ...
Hurricanes-Seminoles Game Review USA Today
Harris lifts Miami to 38-24 upset over No. 18 FSU The Associated Press
US races to get millions of swine flu doses ready
Boston Herald - - 21 minutes ago
MILWAUKEE - In a contest that pits human against virus, the US government is evaluating the safety and effectiveness of swine flu vaccine in hopes of having millions of doses ready for ...
Preparing for a Stressful Flu Season New York Times
H1N1 swine flu: Vaccine faces setbacks Chicago Tribune
Virus 'could trigger some cases of prostate cancer'
Telegraph.co.uk - - 1 hour ago
Scientists have identified a virus which they believe could trigger some cases of prostate cancer. By Kate Devlin, Medical Correspondent Researchers hope that, if proven, the findings could lead to a test and possibly even a vaccine against the deadly ...
Prostate Cancer's Worst Form Linked to Gene-Influencing Virusf TopNews United States
Virus linked to prostate tumours BBC News
NOAH BERGER / Associated Press
Philadelphia Inquirer - 1 hour ago
A structural patch known as an eyebar saddle is hoisted into place to shore up a cracked beam in the east end of the San Francisco Bay Bridge.
2K WSU Students Have Swine Flu Symptoms MyFox Wausau
Swine Flu Update...2000 sick at US University Examiner.com
How Wired.com Built Beer Robot, Our DIY Kegerator
Wired News - - Sep 4, 2009
This is the story of Beer Robot, an ugly old fridge that grew into a super geeky kegerator. It started out innocently enough. After work one day at the local brewpub, three Wired.
Did Texas execute an innocent man?
New Yorker - - Aug 30, 2009
Cameron Todd Willingham in his cell on death row, in 1994. He insisted upon his innocence in the deaths of his children and refused an offer to plead guilty in return for a life sentence.
Elizabeth Taylor joins Michael Jackson's children for final ...
Daily Mail - - Sep 4, 2009
Actress Elizabeth Taylor joined Michael Jackson's three children as they said a final goodbye to their father in the early hours of this morning.
Bringing 'Where the Wild Things Are' to the Screen
New York Times - - Sep 2, 2009
Spike Jonze, the director with the childlike imagination, and the actor Max Records. (Jonze is the one without a wolf suit.) By SAKI KNAFO In February 2008, a blogger named Devin Faraci led off a post on the Hollywood news site CHUD (Cinematic ...
A Clash of Camelots
Vanity Fair - - Aug 31, 2009
Within months of JFK's death, the president's widow asked William Manchester to write the authorized account of the assassination.