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UPDATE 6-Rice meets Gaddafi on historic Libya visit - 4 Hours ago
TRIPOLI, Sept 5 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi -- once reviled as a 'mad dog' by a U.S. president -- on Friday on a historic visit which she said
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Speedy Tropical Storm Hanna charges for Carolinas - 3 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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Iraq: Spying Report Could Hurt U.S. Ties - 99 Minutes ago
The allegations appear by a new book, 'The War Within: A Secret White House History, 2006-2008,' by journalist Bob Woodward, who writes that the United States spied extensively on Prime Minister Nouri
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Rice Makes Historic Visit to Libya
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Report: Bush told to delay Iraq cuts
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Schoolgirl Shannon's mother charged with kidnapping her
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Canada's PM to call Oct. 14 election
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McCain and Obama clash on economy
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3 Killed, 1 Missing in Coast Guard Copter Crash
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Oldest Gorilla in Captivity Dies in Dallas at 55 - 3 Hours ago
55-year-old gorilla dies at Dallas Zoo; experts say she was world's oldest in captivity The Associated Press FONT SIZE The oldest gorilla in captivity, a 55-year-old female named Jenny, has died at the
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Sprinter Marion Jones Freed from Prison - 5 Hours ago
(SAN ANTONIO) Disgraced sprinter Marion Jones was released Friday from federal prison after completing most of her six-month sentence for lying about her steroid use. Jones left a halfway house in San
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US Boeing workers set to strike - 46 Minutes ago
The union says its members have gone without a pay rise for four yearsProduction at the world's biggest aircraft manufacturer, Boeing, is to stop in the US after 27,000 workers at the company called a
 
>>   Politics/Law
McCain speech breaks record - 5 Hours ago
WASHINGTON: After back-to-back convention weeks with some soaring oratory and flawless television productions, Republican presidential nominee John McCains crowning night offered a befitting finale. A
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Most Clinton Backers Say Palin's Too Far a Stretch - 3 Hours ago
Sandy Goodman was deeply disappointed when Hillary Rodham Clinton didn't get the Democratic nomination, then again when she was bypassed for the VP spot. So Goodman, a longtime Florida Democrat, flirted
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Obama, seeing hope in Ohio, shifts schedule there - 3 Hours ago
Despite early optimism, Obama's strategists are mapping out an electoral plan similar to Democrat John Kerry's from 2004. Obama still is pushing into traditionally Republican and rural areas, such as
 
>>   Business
Prosecutors: Loss in AIG scheme exceeds $1B - 3 Hours ago
Federal prosecutors in Connecticut said Friday a scheme to manipulate the financial statements of the world's largest insurance company, American International Group Inc., resulted in a loss of more than
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Home loan troubles break records again - 91 Minutes ago
The source of trouble in the mortgage market has shifted from subprime loans made to borrowers with bad credit to homeowners who had solid credit but took out exotic loans with ballooning monthly payments.
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GE: SEC probing possible securities violations - 5 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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>>   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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Report: Treasury Near GSE Bailout Plan - 4 Hours ago
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Treasury Department is close to finalizing a plan to buttress mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. Citing people familiar
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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 - 4 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 - 2 Hours 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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Divorce papers reveal Hulk Hogan's net worth - 3 Hours ago
CLEARWATER, Fla. --Thousands of dollars spent on clothing, grooming and vacations are among the average monthly expenses for Hulk Hogan's wife, according to financial affidavits filed in the couple's
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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? - 119 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 - 91 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 - 75 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 - 63 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

Nicolas Cage is a drag in dreary, grey remake 'Bangkok Dangerous' - 3 Hours ago
Nicolas Cage is back to his dreary former self - you know, the guy who starred a decade ago in such downers as '8MM' and 'Bringing Out the Dead' - with the tediously monotonous action flick 'Bangkok Dangerous.'
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Movie reviews: Blue Velvet - 116 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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>>   Technology
Microsoft to deploy customer-service representatives at U.S. stores - 4 Hours ago
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) -- Software giant Microsoft announced on Friday it will deploy 155 representative at stores across the nation by year's end to help boost PC sales. The move was part of Microsoft's
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Show of Hands: Love or Hate the New Microsoft Ad? - 3 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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>>   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 - 119 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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Heavy Metal in Baghdad: 'our lives are heavy metal' - 105 Minutes ago
Suddenly, the Middle East is alive to the sound of riffs. Sukhdev Sandhu meets the makers of a new film about the phenomenon The plaintive beauty of Iranian folk. The effervescence of Algerian rai. The
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Local artists join to save forest in Japan - 82 Minutes ago
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>>   Top Stories
Hundreds reported dead in Haiti - 68 Minutes ago
GONAIVES, Haiti - Haitian police found 495 corpses when muddy floodwaters began to recede on Friday from the port city of Gonaives following days of heavy rain from Tropical Storm Hanna, the town's police

Detroit Mayor Kilpatrick Pleads Guilty, Resigns - 57 Minutes ago
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After the speeches, tussle begins for swing voters - 116 Minutes ago
John McCain shrugged off a poor prime time speech to the Republican convention on Thursday night to begin an aggressive play for the votes of the working class and women, heading off Friday on the campaign
 
>>   Media & Advertising
Seinfeld Ad Draws Negative Reviews - 5 Hours ago
(NEW YORK) No soup for Microsoft? The software giant's new ad starring Jerry Seinfeld has drawn largely negative reviews online after premiering Thursday night during NBC's broadcast of the National
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Internet Marketing Helps Businesses Cope with Economy - 57 Minutes ago
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Sept. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a recent data from PRstore, small businesses are fueling a surge in Internet marketing. More than 25 percent of new orders from PRstore's 40+

Apple clamps down on Google AdWords - 3 Hours ago
This story is reprinted from Australian Macworld. For more information about the Mac from a down-under perspective, visit macworld.com.au. The disappearance of Apple-related advertisements from Google's
 
 
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