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Los Angeles Times -
John McCain and Sarah Palin began their post-convention tour of battleground states today in the small Wisconsin town of Cedarburg.
McCain and Obama Clash on Economy
McCain, Palin present themselves as reformers
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Washington Post -
At 11 am, the center of Tropical Storm Hanna was about 375 miles south-southwest of Wilmington, North Carolina, and expected to make landfall along the northern South Carolina coast tonight before tracking north and then northeast toward the Chesapeake ...
Video: NC Gov.: Hanna Will Affect Most of the State
North Carolina crops seen surviving storm Hanna
 Voice of America |
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TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) - The United States and Libya sealed a historic turnaround after decades of terrorist killings, American retaliation, suspicions and insults with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's peacemaking visit Friday with Moammar Gadhafi, ...
Video: Inside Story - Rice visits Libya - 03 Sep 08 - Part 1
Rice meets Kadhafi on historic Libya visit
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BBC News -
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's office has confirmed he will call an early general election. Dimitri Soudas, a spokesman for the prime minister, said voting would be held on 14 October.
Canada's Harper to Call Federal Elections for Oct. 14 (Update3)
Canada's prime minister to call Oct. 14 election
 Voice of America |
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LUANDA (AFP) - Chaos at the start of Angola's first peacetime elections Friday prompted opposition calls for fresh polls, as the ruling party looked set to keep its grip on power in Africa's leading oil producing nation.
Massive Voter Turnout in Angola Legislative Elections
Angolan elections promise change
 CTV.ca |
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GONAIVES, Haiti (AP) - A ship carrying 33 tons of UN relief supplies docked in Gonaives on Friday, the first significant aid delivery to tens of thousands of people who have gone with little food or clean water for four days.
Video: East Coast Braces For Storms
EU gives €2 million to help Haiti storm victims
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New York Times -
By DAVID STOUT WASHINGTON - An important account in the federal Highway Trust Fund will run out of money this month, which could hamper completion of road and bridge construction projects across the country, Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters said ...
With highway money running out, President Bush pulls a U-turn
Highway Trust Fund Is Nearly Broke
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Los Angeles Times -
DURYEA, Pa. -- The presidential campaign began in earnest today as candidates fanned out to battleground states and the economy took center stage as a critical issue in the fall election.
Video: McCain: Change Is Coming
Washington Post National Political Reporter
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation's unemployment rate zoomed to a five-year high of 6.1 percent in August as employers slashed 84000 jobs, dramatic proof of the mounting damage a deeply troubled economy is inflicting on workers and businesses alike.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The US 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.
Report: Treasury near plan for Fannie and Freddie
Treasuries Drop on Speculation of Government to Assist Agencies
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CHICAGO, Sept 5 (Reuters) - General Electric Co (GE.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) said on Friday it had been notified by US regulators that a civil complaint could be filed against the company following a more than three-year-long probe into ...
GE Gets Wells Notice From SEC Over Accounting Probe (Update1)
GE Gets Wells Notice
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By Scott J. Anderson ST. PAUL, Minnesota (CNN) -- Gov. Sarah Palin will need to flesh out the image of the "hockey mom" she presented to the Republican National Convention and start to educate voters on what she believes about the issues they care ...
McCain, Palin Draw Sniping, Support
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The center-spread poster in today's print edition of the Pioneer Press/Politico coverage of the Republican National Convention shows an animated John McCain at the podium in the Xcel center and quotes from his speech - "Let me offer an advance warning ...
Delegates Hope Convention Excitement Turns Into Votes
McCain Gives Short Shrift to Healthcare in Convention Speech
San Francisco Chronicle -
Heart stars Ann and Nancy Wilson have slammed US presidential candidate John McCain for using their hit song "Barracuda" as his campaign's theme song without their prior permission.
Heart to Sarah Barracuda: Cease and Desist
Heart to Palin: Cut it Out
 MTV.com |
InformationWeek -
The game is expected to open up a new revenue stream built on millions of micro-transactions from players buying virtual clothes and accessories for their creatures.
Spore springs to life
PC World's Lucy Bradshaw Spore Interview, Final Slice
 Canada.com |
New York Times -
Bill Gates, left, and Jerry Seinfeld in a new advertisement by Microsoft. The ad kicks off a campaign that is part of a larger effort to connect with consumers and tell the Windows story.
Microsoft Tech 'Gurus' To Hone Windows Retail Pitch
Dissecting Microsoft’s Seinfeld ad
 OverTheLimit.info |
PC World -
It was in line with the likelihood of summer following spring that somebody would declare an application optimized for Google's Chrome, the new web browser that has dominated the geekier end of technology news this week.
Security Bites 113: The security of Chrome
Another Google Chrome Security Flaw Identified
 io9 |
MTV.com -
By Shawn Adler "Go get 'em, tiger!" Tobey Maguire will be back to play web-slinging super Spider-Man in the series' fourth big-screen installment - and director Sam Raimi will return to helm - Nikki Finke reported Friday (September 5) on her blog, ...
Sam Raimi And Tobey Maguire Back For Spidey 4 And 5
Raimi and Maguire Set for Spider-Man 4?
 Canada.com |
E! Online -
Ryan Kwanten has no problems being more naked than not on the new HBO vampire series, True Blood. In the new drama from Six Feet Under creator Alan Ball, Kwanten plays Jason Stackhouse, a small-town Louisiana hick who doesn't seem interested in ...
Vampires Stake a Claim on Audiences' Hearts
Sternbergh on ‘True Blood’: Who Are These Vampires Supposed to ...
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E! Online -
Well, Kanye West certainly came out swinging. He just needs to work on his follow-through. Despite a year-old vow to any media outlet that would listen that he would never again show his face on the backstabbing airwaves of MTV—a proclamation made ...
Can Britney Do It Again and Do It Right
The Video Music Awards: They're Coming! Get Ready!
MLB.com -
By David Just / MLB.com CHICAGO -- The White Sox have been fending off panic talk over the past two weeks, but the latest blow to Carlos Quentin will make such talk unavoidable.
Carlos Quentin of the White Sox has a broken wrist
The MVP field thins
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Sports Network -
Flushing Meadows, NY (Sports Network) - Former world No. 1 Serb Jelena Jankovic secured a berth in Saturday night's US Open women's final.
Jankovic beats Dementieva at Open for 1st GS final
Jankovic Beats Dementieva to Reach Women's Final at US Open
 GolfDigest.com |
ESPN -
By Ron Sirak In this political season, one of the words that enters the vocabulary of the talking heads on television that we don't otherwise hear is "vet," and we aren't talking about horse doctors here.
LPGA suspends rule requiring players to speak English
Women's golf tour backs off controversial English-only policy
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Los Angeles Times -
Score one for the consumer. The US Food and Drug Administration today published its first list of drugs that are on the market and being used by consumers but are under review for potential safety issues.
FDA Posts List of Potential Problem Drugs
FDA posts list of potential problem drugs
 Canada.com |
U.S. News & World Report -
A Resolute Strategy on Georgia: One day after Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced "at least $1 billion" in aid to Georgia, a Center for Strategic and International Studies report looks at increasing criticisms of such programs.
Bisphenol A: If you're alarmed, learn why
BPA Suspected of Altering Brain Functions
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By GAUTAM NAIK After struggling for years to improve the treatment of cancer, scientists now hope to fight the disease with the help of the same techniques that deciphered the human genome eight years ago: mapping it.
What You Need to Know About Mapping the Cancer Genome
Scientists Map Cancer Genome, Genetic Changes Found
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