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Speedy Tropical Storm Hanna charges for Carolinas - 2 Hours ago

forecast to hit land overnight and promising to deliver gusty winds and heavy rain during a dash up the Eastern Seaboard that could wash out the weekend for millions of people. Not far behind was a much

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Rice meets with Libyan leader Gadhafi - 5 Hours ago

The U.S.'s most senior diplomat, Condoleezza Rice, arrived in Libya on Friday and met with leader Moammar Gadhafi. It was the first time in more than half a century that a U.S. secretary of state has

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Source: Bush considering 8,000 troop cuts in Iraq - 5 Hours ago

The top U.S. general in Iraq is recommending nearly 8,000 troop cuts in Iraq because of the improving situation there, a source close to the process has told CNN. President Bush is considering Gen. David

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Schoolgirl Shannon's mother charged with kidnapping her
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Armed Man Detained Near US Capitol
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Canada's PM to call Oct. 14 election
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Disgraced U.S. sprinter Jones leaves Texas prison
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3 Killed, 1 Missing in Coast Guard Copter Crash
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Iraq wants explanation on reported U.S. spying on PM
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Oldest gorilla in captivity dies in Dallas at 55 - 5 Hours ago
DALLAS (AP) - The oldest gorilla in captivity, a 55-year-old female named Jenny, has died at the Dallas Zoo her home for more than half a century, a spokesman said Friday. Zoo officials decided to euthanize
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Gov. Kaine Declares State Of Emergency - 2 Hours ago
RICHMOND "Governor Timothy M. Kaine declared a state of emergency today, directing state agencies to take all reasonable actions necessary to protect the health and safety of Virginians from the potentially
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Southeast states brace for Tropical Storm Hanna - 4 Hours ago
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Politics/Law

John McCain speech draws record TV ratings - 5 Hours ago
By Jill Serjeant LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain beat Democratic rival Barack Obama in the crucial battle to attract U.S. television viewers during their race to
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Obama: McCain focused on biography over economy - 5 Hours ago
DURYEA, Pa. - Democrat Barack Obama called Republican rival John McCain's acceptance speech the final piece of an out-of-touch convention that focused on its nominee's biography instead of the struggles
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Obama questions McCain's speech - 89 Minutes ago
DURYEA, Pa. - Democrat Barack Obama called Republican rival John McCain's acceptance speech the final piece of an out-of-touch convention that focused on its nominee's biography instead of the struggles

Business

Microsoft deploying in-store customer-service reps - 5 Hours ago
NEW YORK -- As part of its new $300 million marketing campaign and image makeover, Microsoft Corp. plans to deploy its own customer-service representatives at retailers like Best Buy and Circuit City
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GE Says SEC Probing Possible Securities Violations - 4 Hours ago
General Electric Co. says the Securities and Exchange Commission staff has notified the company it may recommend fines and other action for possible violations of securities laws. GE said Friday that
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US naval flagship to arrive in Georgian port despite Russian opposition - 3 Hours ago
POTI, Georgia - The U.S. Embassy says the flagship of the U.S. Navy's Mediterranean fleet is to arrive in the Georgian port of Poti on Friday. The Mount Whitney is the first US naval ship to travel to
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Finance

Fannie, Freddie Shares Could Be Wiped Out! - 4 Hours ago
According to reports in the Wall Street Journal, the Treasury is close to finalizing a plan to backstop Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac . The plan will likely include changes in senior management. The details
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Treasury rescue plan near for Fannie, Freddie? - 5 Hours ago
The U.S. Treasury is close to announcing a plan to bolster the finances of mortgage titans Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the Wall Street Journal reports on its website this afternoon. The brief story doesnâ??t
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FTSE 100 suffers worst week in six years - 4 Hours ago
By Edmund Conway, Economics Editor London shares have suffered their worst week in six years following a slew of dismal economic news which apparently leaves Britain in the mouth of a recession. The FTSE
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Sports

Sox's Quentin breaks wrist hitting own bat - 4 Hours ago
White Sox slugger Carlos Quentin will undergo surgery Monday on his fractured right wrist and will be re-evaluated in two to three weeks. Quentin didn't rule out returning but called his right wrist fracture
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Serena advances to U.S. Open final - 4 Hours ago
Serena Williams mugs for a cameraman after defeating Dinara Safina in the U.S. Open semifinals Friday. Williams knocks off Dinara Safina, 6-3, 6-2, and Jankovic beats Elena Dementieva, 6-4, 6-4, to set
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Serena Williams, Jelena Jankovic reach women's final at U.S. Open - 4 Hours ago
NEW YORK -- A steady old pro in the rude wind, Serena Williams adapted better thanDinara Safina this afternoon inside Arthur Ashe Stadium and advanced to her first U.S. Open final since 2002. Williams
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Industry

Boeing talks fail, strike set for midnight - 3 Hours ago
A last-ditch effort by Boeing Co. to avert a strike by its largest union has failed and the workers who build its airplanes are set to walk off the job shortly after midnight. This would mark the second
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FDA posts list of potential problem drugs - 118 Minutes ago
WASHINGTON -- The government on Friday began posting a list of prescription drugs under investigation for potential safety problems in an effort to better inform doctors and patients. The first list is
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Hulk Hogan claims heâ??s worth $32 million - 5 Hours ago
CLEARWATER, Fla. - Hulk Hogan and his estranged wife are wrangling over how much money the celebrity wrestler is worth.According to financial affidavits filed in divorce court near Tampa, Florida, Hogan
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Internet

NetApp to Present at the Deutsche Bank Technology Conference on September 9, 2008 - 3 Hours ago
SUNNYVALE, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- NetApp (NASDAQ:NTAP), a leader in advanced networked storage solutions, today announced that Steve Gomo, Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer,
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What will Google's Chrome mean for Firefox? - 92 Minutes ago
Will the sexy new Chrome catch the eye of those early adopters who helped Firefox get started and eventually grab nearly 20 percent of the browser market once dominated by Microsoft's Internet Explorer?
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The Linux laptop goes to school - 64 Minutes ago
The best way to see how a Linux laptop really works is to let someone else try it out. Someone else, in this case, is my daughter Robin (right). She did her first review for me when she was 3. I sat her

Science

ESA spacecraft completes flyby of Steins asteroid - 4 Hours ago
DARMSTADT, Germany -- The Rosetta deep space probe successfully passed close to an asteroid 250 million miles from Earth, the European Space Agency said Friday night. In a mission that may bring man closer
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Monsanto gets approval to import soybeans in China - 3 Hours ago
WASHINGTON - Monsanto Co. said it has received regulatory approval to import its Roundup Ready 2 Yield soybeans into China, the largest purchaser of U.S. soybeans.Chinese imports accounted for roughly
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Environmental threat looms as buried chemicals await disposal - 48 Minutes ago
Moves to dispose of hundreds of tons of harmful insecticides and pesticides that were buried as a temporary measure in the 1970s remain on hold because of bureaucratic inertia and funding shortages. The

Entertainment

"Idol" grad Pickler writes from the heart - 36 Minutes ago
By Ken Tucker NASHVILLE (Billboard) - She has domestic turmoil and tabloid-fodder romance in her past, but Kellie Pickler just wants people 'to get to know me through my music.' It's fitting, then, that

Movie reviews: Blue Velvet - 89 Minutes ago
directed by David Lynch written by David Lynch starring Kyle Maclachlan, Laura Dern, Isabella Rossellini, Dean Stockwell, Jack Nance, Brad Dourif The cruel allure of sex-stained potentialities leads a
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But I did not shoot my deputy down - 69 Minutes ago
Jan Dite, young.....Ivan Barnev Jan Dite, old.....Oldrich Kaiser Liza.....Julia Jentsch Skrivanek.....Martin Huba Walden.....Marian Labuda Professor.....Milan Lasica Sony Pictures Classics presents a

Technology

Show of Hands: Love or Hate the New Microsoft Ad? - 2 Hours ago
The new Microsoft ad with Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates has sure stirred up a blogstorm today. People either sort of like it or hate it. Mostly the latter, it would seem. I dunno, I sorta like it. And

SanDisk shares stocked on Samsung considering a takeover - 5 Hours ago
If completed, such a merger could alter the dynamics in the memory-chip industry, which has been reeling from a market glut that has led to a steady decline in prices and sales. South Korea's Samsung
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Demo Facebook application creates DoS botnet - 7 Hours ago
Do you know what that innocent-looking Facebook app is really doing? Researchers at the Institute of Computer Science (ICS) have created a proof-of-concept Facebook application capable of covertly herding
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Health

David Pryor Tapped to Head Ark. Democratic Party - 3 Hours ago
Former Arkansas governor and U.S. Sen. David Pryor will lead the state Democratic Party after the shooting death of its chairman, Bill Gwatney. The party made the announcement early Friday afternoon.
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Kids born to older dads more likely to be bipolar - 3 Hours ago
CHICAGO (AP) - Children born to older fathers face a greater chance of developing bipolar disorder, according to one of the largest studies linking mental illness with advanced paternal age. HEALTH BLOG:
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Murder Trial Opens in Tenn. Love Triangle Case - 3 Hours ago
A prosecutor described a schoolteacher's husband as a jealous, calculating killer as trial opened Friday on charges he murdered his wife's teenage lover. But a defense lawyer told the jury that the defendant
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Culture

Damien Hirst: Bay Boy Makes Good - 92 Minutes ago
For more than a decade Damien Hirst has been one of the richest and most famous artists in the world. All the same, when you sit down with him, he still seems surprised by it. 'I grew up with quite an
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Local artists join to save forest in Japan - 55 Minutes ago
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Peter Snow: Painter and theatre designer - 94 Minutes ago
Snow designed the first English production of Beckett's Waiting for Godot, including the costume of Pozzo Search Search Go Independent.co.uk Web Bookmark & Share Peter Snow was one of the most imaginative,