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| Official: 9 deaths 'fair certainty' in helicopter crash - CNN International - 08/08/2008 02:41 AM | |
CNN International - WEAVERVILLE, California (CNN) -- Investigators believe "with fair certainty" that nine people were killed in Tuesday evening's crash of a helicopter that was shuttling firefighters in northern California, a sheriff's official said Thursday. Video: Search for Firefighters Continues Search on for 9 victims in wildfire chopper crash |
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| Guantanamo jury gives bin Laden driver 5 1/2 years - The Associated Press - 08/08/2008 01:53 AM | |
The Associated Press - GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) - A US military jury gave Osama bin Laden's driver a surprisingly light sentence Thursday, making him eligible for release in just five months despite the prosecutors' request for at least a 30-year sentence to ... Video: Bin Laden Driver Seeks Leniency From Gitmo Jury Hamdan verdict in first terror tribunal |
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| Musharraf Impeachment Bid May Prompt Army Move to Avoid Crisis - Bloomberg - 08/08/2008 01:20 AM | |
Bloomberg - By Khalid Qayum and James Rupert Aug. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf faces the battle of his political life after foes united yesterday on a plan to impeach him -- a fight that may prompt the army he once commanded to intervene ... Video: Pakistan moves to impeach its president - 07 Aug 08 Impeachment hopes and fears |
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| Georgia surrounds breakaway city, rebels defiant - Reuters - 08/08/2008 03:04 AM | |
Reuters - By Margarita Antidze MEGVREKISI, Georgia (Reuters) - Georgia sent troops into its breakaway province of South Ossetia and surrounded the capital Tskhinvali on Friday after a short-lived ceasefire collapsed. Video: Georgia announces ceasefire South Ossetia: Georgia preparing for war, Russia claims |
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| Mauritania: United States Halts Aid After Coup - New York Times - 08/08/2008 02:32 AM | |
New York Times - By REUTERS The United States suspended more than $20 million in nonhumanitarian aid to Mauritania on Thursday and demanded a return to civilian rule. Parting words become just that for Mauritania's president Mauritania police break up anti-coup rally |
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| Detroit Mayor Jailed for Violating Bail - Washington Post - 08/08/2008 02:48 AM | |
Washington Post - By Holly Watt The legal woes of Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick continued yesterday when he was jailed for violating his bail conditions by going on a business trip to Canada. Video: Detroit Mayor Violated Bond, Ordered Jailed Detroit mayor arrives at jail |
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| Democrats Release Platform - Washington Post - 08/08/2008 02:32 AM | |
Washington Post - By Jonathan Weisman A draft of the Democratic National Committee's 2008 platform was sent this morning to platform committee members, and aside from some nods to the losers, Hillary Rodham Clinton and John Edwards, the 54-page document reads like a ... Clinton Repays Debt To Schools Clinton may seek roll-call vote at Dems' convention |
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| McCain calls for probe of company he once aided - The Associated Press - 08/08/2008 02:52 AM | |
The Associated Press - WILMINGTON, Ohio (AP) - Republican John McCain called Thursday for a federal investigation into plans by the DHL shipping company that could cost 10000 jobs here, as he and his campaign manager took criticism for helping DHL complete a key corporate ... McCain seeks answers on UPS/DHL proposal McCain Confronts Lobbying, Job Loss Issue |
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| Auction Rate Sell-Off - Forbes - 08/07/2008 11:51 PM | |
Forbes - Wall Street had a hard day's afternoon on Thursday as what was already shaping up as a bad session turned into a rout in the last two hours of trading. Video: Citi to pay $7B to investors Closed-ends poised to roll out auction-rate fixes |
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| What Investors Can Learn From the Collapse of AIG - Wall Street Journal - 08/08/2008 01:45 AM | |
Wall Street Journal - Nobody knows AIG better than Maurice "Hank" Greenberg, the man who built up this insurance empire and ran it for decades. AIG CEO to take scalpel soon to big insurer Hartford Financial Services Group shares fall |
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| Retailers Pull Back, at a Cost - BusinessWeek - 08/08/2008 02:50 AM | |
BusinessWeek - Stingy consumers force retail chains to keep inventories low. That's boosting profit margins but it may be reducing sales growth, too by Pallavi Gogoi The Children's Place (PLCE) store at the Paramus Park Mall in northern New Jersey has a set of sales ... US July Retail Sales Slow, Hurting Back-to-School (Update2) July Reports Paint Grim Outlook for Retailers |
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| John McCain and the GOP are reviewing curious donations - Los Angeles Times - 08/08/2008 02:20 AM | |
Los Angeles Times - John McCain moved Thursday to return about $50000 in donations amassed by a defense contractor whose partner had raised $500000 for his presidential campaign. McCain Will Review Donations From Fla. Bundler McCain campaign to return 50K in donations |
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| Alleged Barack Obama death threat leads to arrest in Miami - Los Angeles Times - 08/07/2008 11:26 PM | |
Los Angeles Times - The fear that is not very far beneath the surface for some Barack Obama backers no doubt became more palpable today with word that the Secret Service has arrested a 22-year-old man in Miami on charges he threatened to kill the presumptive Democratic ... Man Charged in Miami With Threatening to Kill Obama (Update1) Man held in Fla. on charge of threatening Obama |
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| Ads Debate Whether McCain is a Maverick - Washington Post - 08/07/2008 09:43 PM | |
Washington Post - LIMA, Ohio -- One of the first lessons of politics is to use your adversaries words against them. So perhaps it is no surprise that Sen. John McCain has launched a new ad on the Internet in which politicians -- Democratic politicians -- praise him for ... The Ad Campaign McCain’s Break With Bush McCain: He’s no maverick in Obama’s book |
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| Web Doomsday Averted: Kaminsky - InternetNews.com - 08/08/2008 02:15 AM | |
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InternetNews.com - Security researcher Dan Kaminsky argues that the recent DNS vulnerability wasn't just hype: it could have destroyed the Web. By Sean Michael Kerner: More stories by this author: LAS VEGAS -- The recent Domain Name System (define) caching flaw that had ... Critical DNS Vulnerability Larger than Initially Thought Kaminsky Reveals Details of Critical DNS Flaw |
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| Apple Can 'Kill' iPhone Apps Remotely, Or Can It? - PC World - 08/08/2008 02:10 AM | |
PC World - Apple "kill switch" found in iPhone 2.0 OS causes stir as developers ponder why it's there. With HP wireless printers, you could have printed this from any room in the house. Apple removes $1000 featureless iPhone application May the force be with PhoneSaber: Another iPhone app vanishes |
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| Switzerland: Collider’s Start-Up Is Set for September - New York Times - 08/08/2008 02:32 AM | |
New York Times - By DENNIS OVERBYE Officials at the European Organization for Nuclear Research in Geneva said Thursday that their particle accelerator, the world’s largest, would begin operation on Sept. Large Hadron Collider to Get First Taste of Proton Beam Date set for Large Hadron Collider switch on |
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| Club Murder: Rahman, On Roof, With Lead Pipe - TMZ.com - 08/08/2008 02:06 AM | |
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TMZ.com - Cops say Syed Rahman, an employee at Spotlight Live, has confessed to killing Ingrid Rivera during Lil' Kim's birthday party. Video: Woman Found Dead in Club, After Rapper's Party UPDATE 1-Man arrested over beating death at Lil' Kim party |
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| UPDATE 1-Oscar winner Morgan Freeman released from hospital - Reuters - 08/07/2008 10:02 PM | |
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Reuters - LOS ANGELES, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Oscar winner Morgan Freeman said he was feeling "real good" on Thursday after his release from a Memphis, Tennessee, hospital where he was treated for broken bones and other injuries from a weekend car crash. Video: Freeman to Divorce After 24 Years of Marriage Morgan Freeman Released from Hospital |
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| James Franco plays against type in 'Pineapple Express' - Los Angeles Times - 08/07/2008 07:11 PM | |
Los Angeles Times - Tired of Serious Actor stuff, Franco went for laughs with a stoner comedy. But he reads Pynchon on set. By Chris Lee, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer IN ""PINEAPPLE EXPRESS," he plays a visibly unwashed hippie pot dealer on the run from mobsters: a ... Pineapple Express THE WEEK IN MOVIES: 'Pineapple Express? offers more of the same ... |
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| No answers, just heartbreak, for Packers fans - USA Today - 08/08/2008 02:57 AM | |
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USA Today - By Rick Wood, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via AP By Skip Wood, USA TODAY GREEN BAY, Wis. - Andrew Aguilar was at a party Wednesday night when someone pointed to the television set. Video: Brett Favre Traded to the NY Jets Favre says he's ready to get to work with Jets |
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| Bush dedicates new massive US embassy in Beijing - The Associated Press - 08/08/2008 02:52 AM | |
The Associated Press - BEIJING (AP) - President Bush dedicated the massive new $434 million US embassy in Beijing on Thursday, saying it is a symbol of deepening ties between the two trading partners and sometimes political rivals. Beijing's Games UPDATE 1-Olympics-Rights group stages on-air protest in Beijing |
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| Karlsson, the other Singh lead after rain-shortened first day at PGA - Detroit Free Press - 08/08/2008 03:03 AM | |
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Detroit Free Press - By CARLOS MONARREZ • Free Press Sports Writer • August 7, 2008 Robert Karlsson was almost run off the road Thursday in the automotive capital of the world. Video: Karlsson, J. Singh Enjoy Early PGA Success Karlsson, Jeev Singh take early lead at PGA |
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| Christian Pastor's Wife Embraces AIDS Cause - Voice of America - 08/08/2008 02:55 AM | |
Voice of America - By Greg Flakus At the International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, there has been some discussion of religion and the role in plays in either helping or harming the cause of those infected with the HIV virus. Homosexuality must be legal to beat Caribbean AIDS: activists Speakers call for less stigma, more money for AIDS medicine |
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| Doubts persist on Ivins' guilt - Baltimore Sun - 08/08/2008 03:00 AM | |
Baltimore Sun - By Stephen Kiehl and Josh Mitchell | Sun reporters A day after the Justice Department released hundreds of documents purporting to link Bruce E. Ivins to the 2001 anthrax killings, scientists and legal experts criticized the strength of the case and ... Video: Anthrax Widow Thankful FBI Solved Case Anthrax Evidence Getting Mixed Reaction |
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| Fever fight - Boston Globe - 08/08/2008 02:26 AM | |
Boston Globe - NEWTON - With his white baseball cap flipped backward and his T-shirt flapping as he pumped his Gary Fisher cruiser bike up a hill on Commonwealth Avenue last week, Charles King looked more like a college student heading to a summer lifeguard job than ... The buzz on West Nile virus in Southern California Foreclosure Crisis To Blame For West Nile Fears |
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