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| | U.S.-Iraq near key security deal
1 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said Thursday that U.S. and Iraqi officials agree that timetables should be set for a U.S. troop withdrawal, but conceded t...
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| U.S., Iraq near key security deal (yahoo! news)
AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said Thursday that U.S. and Iraqi officials agree that timetables should be set for a U.S. troop withdrawal, but conceded that nailing down a broader pact on future relations is difficult.
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| U.S. softball team denied 4th-straight gold, loses to Japan (yahoo! news)
AP - Losing for the first time since 2000, the U.S. softball team was denied a chance for a fourth straight gold medal Thursday, beaten 3-1 by Japan in the sport's last appearance in the Olympics for at least eight years — and maybe for good.
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| Colombian drug lord to be extradited to U.S (reuters)
Brazil will extradite Colombian drug lord Juan Carlos Ramirez Abadia within a week to face drug and homicide charges in the United States, a senior justice ministry official said on Thursday.
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| Rice says US-Iraq coming together on timetables (yahoo! news)
AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said Thursday that U.S. and Iraqi officials agree that timetables should be set for a U.S. troop withdrawal, but conceded that nailing down a broader pact on future relations is difficult.
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| Rice says Iraq troops deal close (yahoo! news)
Reuters - The United States and Iraq are close to a deal extending the presence of U.S. troops beyond 2008, but any timetable for their withdrawal must be "feasible," Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Thursday.
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| Afghan civilians said killed in U.S.-led air raid (yahoo! news)
Reuters - More than a dozen civilians have been killed in an air strike by U.S.-led coalition troops in Afghanistan's eastern province of Laghman, two provincial officials said on Thursday.
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| Rice: U.S., Iraq close on troop timetable (msnbc.com)
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said Thursday the two countries have agreed that timetables should be set for the withdrawal of U.S. troops.
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| Rice: U.S.-Iraq close on troop timetable (msnbc.com)
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said Thursday the two countries have agreed that timetables should be set for the withdrawal of U.S. troops.
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Suicide blasts kill 64 at Pakistan arms factory
33 minutes ago @ yahoo! news
AFP - Two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside Pakistan"s main army munitions factory Thursday, killing 64 workers in the deadliest attack on a military installation in the country"s h...
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| Suicide blasts kill 59 in Pakistan (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside Pakistan's main defence industry complex on Thursday as workers were leaving at the end of their shift, killing 59 people, officials said.
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| Violence hits Pakistan as ruling parties squabble (reuters)
Suicide blasts and sinking financial markets added pressure on Pakistan's government to tackle the nation's mounting problems on Thursday after President Pervez Musharraf quit but a split threatens to tear the coalition apart.
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| Suicide bombing at Pakistan arms complex kills 59 (yahoo! news)
AP - Twin Taliban suicide bombings at Pakistan's largest weapons complex killed at least 59 people Thursday, heightening the turmoil following Pervez Musharraf's ouster as president.
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| Taliban bombs kill 59 at Pakistan arms site (msnbc.com)
Two suicide bombers blew themselves up at the gates of Pakistan's main weapons complex Thursday, killing 59 people and dashing hopes for an end to political turmoil.
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| Violence hits Pakistan as ruling parties squabble (reuters)
Suicide blasts and sinking financial markets on Thursday highlighted the need for Pakistan's government to get down to business after President Pervez Musharraf's departure but a split loomed in the ruling coalition.
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| Violence hits Pakistan as ruling parties squabble (reuters)
Suicide blasts and sinking financial markets on Thursday highlighted the need for Pakistan's government to get down to business after President Pervez Musharraf's departure, but it was riven by political squabbles.
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| Blasts near Pakistan arms plant kill 59 (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside Pakistan's main defence industry complex on Thursday as workers were leaving at the end of their shift, killing 59 people, officials said.
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| Blasts near Pakistan arms plant kill 59 (reuters)
Two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside Pakistan's main defence industry complex on Thursday as workers were leaving at the end of their shift, killing 59 people, officials said.
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Tropical Storm Fay forces more evacuations in Fla.
1 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
AP - Torrential rains from a slow-moving Tropical Storm Fay triggered a new round of flooding Thursday, submerging roads and forcing dozens of people to flee the rising water in their homes.
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| Tropical Storm Fay parks off Florida (cnn.com)
Tropical Storm Fay is hovering just off Florida's east coast, dumping relentless rains and causing what Gov. Charlie Crist calls "historic flooding." The storm is expected to make its third Florida landfall later today and move slowly over the northern peninsula. Fay has sustained winds of 60 mph and may pour 30 inches of rain in some areas.
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| Fay parks off Florida coast (cnn.com)
Tropical Storm Fay is hovering 20 miles off Florida's east coast, dumping relentless rains and causing what Gov. Charlie Crist calls "historic flooding." The storm is expected to make its third Florida landfall later today and move slowly over the northern peninsula. Fay has sustained winds of 60 mph and may pour 30 inches of rain in some areas.
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| Fay parks off Florida coast (cnn.com)
Tropical Storm Fay is hovering just off Florida's east coast, dumping relentless rains and causing what Gov. Charlie Crist calls "historic flooding." The storm is expected to make its third Florida landfall later today and move slowly over the northern peninsula. Fay has sustained winds of 60 mph and may pour 30 inches of rain in some areas.
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| Tropical Storm Fay expected to hit Fla. 3rd time (yahoo! news)
AP - Tropical Storm Fay hung offshore Thursday and poured more rain on Florida's central Atlantic coast after flooding hundreds of homes, trapping residents and leaving much of Florida a soggy mess.
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| Fay won't let go of Florida (cnn.com)
Tropical Storm Fay is nearly stationary 20 miles off Florida's east coast, dumping relentless rains and causing what Gov. Charlie Crist calls "historic flooding." The storm is expected to make its third Florida landfall later today and move slowly over the north Florida peninsula. Forecasters don't predict Fay will strengthen into a hurricane, but it has sustained winds of 60 mph and may pour 30 inches of rain in some areas.
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| Fay won't let go of Florida (cnn.com)
Tropical Storm Fay is hovering 20 miles off Florida's east coast, dumping relentless rains and causing what Gov. Charlie Crist calls "historic flooding." The storm is expected to make its third Florida landfall later today and move slowly over the northern peninsula. Fay has sustained winds of 60 mph and may pour 30 inches of rain in some areas.
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South Ossetia rally blasts Georgia
33 minutes ago @ reuters
South Ossetia will ask the Kremlin to recognize its independence from Georgia, the leader of the breakaway region told a rally including widows and mourning mothers in his war-ravaged capital on Thurs...
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| U.S. demands Russia leave Georgia "now" (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Russia began pulling tanks and troops back over its frontier, pledging all forces would quit Georgia's heartland by Friday night, but the United States demanded it leave "now."
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| Russia halts military cooperation with NATO (msnbc.com)
NATO has received a note from Moscow saying Russia is halting military cooperation, in the latest sign of tension over the violence in Georgia, an official said Thursday.
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| Russian tanks pull back from Georgia (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Russia began pulling tanks and armor back over its frontier, pledging all forces would quit Georgia's heartland by Friday night, but Tbilisi said Moscow was determined to keep a grip on the country.
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| Russia blocks port city as deadline looms (msnbc.com)
Russian forces blocked the only land entrance to Georgia's main port city on Thursday, a day before Russia promised to complete a troop pullout from its ex-Soviet neighbor.
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| Russia armor pulls back from Georgia (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Russia declared it would pull its troops back behind a buffer zone skirting rebel South Ossetia by Friday, but Georgia's President said Moscow appeared determined to maintain its grip on Georgia.
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| Russia says troops will withdraw by Friday (cnn.com)
Russian forces in Georgia will withdraw to a buffer zone by Friday evening -- two weeks after the initial invasion -- according to the deputy chief of staff of Russia's armed forces.
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| Russia armor seen pulling back from Georgia (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Russia declared it would pull its troops back behind a buffer zone skirting rebel South Ossetia by Friday, but Georgia's President said Moscow appeared determined to maintain its grip on Georgia.
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McCain-Lieberman coziness irks conservatives
33 minutes ago @ cnn.com
Conservatives and Democrats rarely agree, but the decision to have Sen. Joe Lieberman speak at the Republican National Convention has put both groups on edge.
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| Carville: Why Obama has to get mad to win (cnn.com)
With all of the vice presidential buzz in the air and the Democratic convention just days away, what's most important is what Sen. Barack Obama's campaign does following his speech to the masses at Invesco Field next Thursday.
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| Biden's emergence in VP race crystalizes concerns (yahoo! news)
AP - Sen. Joe Biden's emergence at the center of speculation about who will be Barack Obama's running mate may say more about Obama's challenges in the presidential race than it does about the final selection.
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| Learning from Clinton, McCain narrows gap (cnn.com)
The Clinton campaign's approach provided John McCain and his advisers with a road map for battling Barack Obama, and actually started them down that path, according to the Arizona senator's communications director in the 2000 campaign. It seems to be working: Polls show McCain has cut Obama's lead to a single point.
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| Biden is Democratic favorite for Obama's No. 2 (yahoo! news)
AP - Sen. Joe Biden has emerged as the favorite among Democrats to be Barack Obama's running mate for his understanding of foreign policy in grave global times and his fighting spirit against the rival Republican ticket.
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Feed24: Sport |
| | Nadal to begin U.S. Open title bid against qualifier
33 minutes ago @ reuters
Top seed Rafael Nadal will begin his bid for a first U.S. Open title next week against a qualifier, after the draw was made at The TimesCenter in New York on Thursday.
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| Butterfingers drop US men, women out of 400 relays (yahoo! news)
AP - Tyson Gay reached back to grab the baton "and there was nothing." He's not the only American track favorite who will leave Beijing empty-handed. The American men's and women's 400-meter relay teams both misconnected on the final handoffs in their preliminaries Thursday, a pair of stunning setbacks that made it that much easier for the Jamaicans to say the Bird's Nest is really their house.
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| U.S. 400m relay teams drop batons, miss finals (foxsports.com)
The U.S. has failed to advance out of the first round of the men's 400-meter relay at the Olympics because of a dropped baton.Anchor Tyson Gay, part of the American team that won the relay at last year's world championships, did not get the baton from third-leg runner Darvis Patton on Thursday night.When Gay reached his hand back for the exchange, he never got a grasp of the baton.Trinidad and Tobago won the heat.
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| GB & US both out of sprint relay (bbc sport)
The Great Britain and US 4x100m relay teams crash out in the heats after botching their baton handovers during the heats.
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| U.S. denied softball gold in finale vs. Japan (foxsports.com)
Losing for the first time since 2000, the U.S. softball team was denied its fourth straight gold medal, falling 3-1 to Japan on Thursday as the sport bowed out of the Olympics for at least eight years - and maybe for good.Yukiko Ueno, Japan's remarkably resilient right-hander, shut down the Americans and handed them their first loss since Sept. 21, 2000, at the Sydney Games. The U.S. had won 22 straight since then, with most of the victories coming by outrageously lopsided scores.
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| Gay never gets baton, U.S. out of 400m relay (foxsports.com)
The U.S. has failed to advance out of the first round of the men's 400-meter relay at the Olympics because of a dropped baton.Anchor Tyson Gay, part of the American team that won the relay at last year's world championships, did not get the baton from third-leg runner Darvis Patton on Thursday night.When Gay reached his hand back for the exchange, he never got a grasp of the baton.Trinidad and Tobago won the heat.
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| Walsh, May-Treanor of US win 2nd beach volley gold (yahoo! news)
AP - Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor were prepared for the downpour, just as they were for a young Chinese team that was the latest to challenge their four-year reign over women's beach volleyball.
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Extra-time winner gives US gold
33 minutes ago @ bbc sport
Carli Lloyd"s extra-time winner hands United States a 1-0 victory over Brazil in the Olympic women"s football final.
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| Jamaica sweeps the sprint golds in Beijing (reuters)
Jamaica made a clean sweep of Olympic sprint golds on Thursday with victory in the women's 200 meters humbling the United States, the traditional track and field superpower.
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| Merritt beats Wariner for 400m gold (abc sport)
LaShawn Merritt has upset defending Olympic champion Jeremy Wariner to win gold in the men's 400 metres final at the Bird's Nest.
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| Jamaica sweeps the sprint golds (reuters)
Jamaica made a clean sweep of Olympic sprint golds on Thursday with victory in the women's 200 meters shutting out athletics giant the United States.
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| Jamaican woman wins 200m for sprint sweep (foxsports.com)
It was Jamaica Night again at the Bird's Nest, and this time Veronica Campbell-Brown did the honors.The defending Olympic champion capped a Jamaican sweep of the four men's and women's Olympic sprint races Thursday night, routing Allyson Felix of the United States to the finish line in 21.74 seconds to win by 0.19 second.
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| More Jamaican dominance in women's 200 (yahoo! news)
AP - It was Jamaica Night again at the Bird's Nest, this time with Veronica Campbell-Brown doing the honors, easily winning the 200 meters Thursday to cap the first sweep of all four men's and women's Olympic sprints in 20 years.
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| Campbell-Brown defends 200m crown (abc sport)
Veronica Campbell-Brown has secured a Jamaican clean sweep of the sprint events at the Beijing Olympics, taking out the women's 200 metres event at the Bird's Nest.
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| Campbell-Brown takes 200m gold (bbc sport)
Jamaica's domination of the sprint events at the Olympics is completed as Veronica Campbell-Brown wins gold in the women's 200m.
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Bolt should show more respect: Rogge
4 hour(s) ago @ reuters
Jamaican double sprint gold medalist Usain Bolt is now on a par with the great U.S. sprinter Jesse Owens but should show more respect to his fellow competitors, IOC chief Jacques Rogge said on Thursda...
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| Bolt should show more respect: IOC chief (reuters)
Jamaican double sprint gold medalist Usain Bolt is now on a par with the great U.S. sprinter Jesse Owens but should show more respect to his fellow competitors, IOC chief Jacques Rogge said on Thursday.
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| IOC chides Bolt for lack of respect to rivals (yahoo! news)
AP - IOC president Jacques Rogge criticized Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt on Thursday for showing a lack of respect to other competitors after his record-breaking gold medal performances in the 100 and 200 meters.
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| Brilliant Bolt lights up Bird's Nest (abc sport)
Jamaican Usain Bolt streaked to the 200m gold in world record time in the early hours of this morning (AEST) to complete the sprint double for the first time in 24 years at the Olympic Games and then loudly declared himself "Number One".
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| Bolt sprints to 200m record (foxsports.com)
This time, Usain Bolt was good to the finish. And Tim Dahlberg says it saved the Olympics from its post-Phelps doldrums.
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| Like lightning, Bolt sets record in Olympic 200m (yahoo! news)
AP - Arms churning high, face twisted in pain as he sprinted toward the finish line, Usain Bolt kept glancing at the clock. The win in the Olympic 200 meters was a given, his second gold medal of the Beijing Games assured. This was now about a world record. About racing against history.
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Hall of Famer Gene Upshaw dies at 63
1 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
Reuters - Pro Football Hall of Famer and longtime head of the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) Gene Upshaw has died after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, the NFLPA announced on Thursday. He was...
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| Hall of Famer Gene Upshaw dies at 63 (reuters)
Pro Football Hall of Famer and longtime head of the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) Gene Upshaw has died after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, the NFLPA announced on Thursday. He was 63.
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| NFLPA head, Hall of Famer Upshaw dies at 63 (foxsports.com)
Gene Upshaw, the Hall of Fame guard who as union head helped get NFL players free agency and the riches that came with it, has died. He was 63.Upshaw's death was announced by the NFL Players Association, which he headed for a quarter century.His outstanding 15-season playing career was entirely with the Oakland Raiders and included two Super Bowl wins and seven Pro Bowl appearances.
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| Yastrzemski undergoes triple bypass surgery (yahoo! news)
AP - Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski, the last player to hit for the Triple Crown, was resting comfortably Tuesday night after having triple bypass heart surgery. Yastrzemski, who turns 69 on Friday, had the operation at Massachusetts General Hospital, where he underwent tests after experiencing chest pains in the morning, said his spokesman, Dick Gordon.
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| Yaz undergoes triple bypass surgery in Boston (yahoo! news)
AP - Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski, the last player to hit for the Triple Crown, was resting comfortably Tuesday night after having triple bypass heart surgery. Yastrzemski, who turns 69 on Friday, had the operation at Massachusetts General Hospital, where he underwent tests after experiencing chest pains in the morning, said his spokesman, Dick Gordon.
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| Yaz undergoes heart bypass surgery (foxsports.com)
Baseball Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski was hospitalized for tests Tuesday after experiencing what his spokesman called chest pains.The spokesman, Dick Gordon, said Yastrzemski went to Massachusetts General Hospital in the morning."He had experienced some chest pains and he's in for testing," Gordon said.When asked if it was serious, Gordon said: "Any time you are in the hospital, it's got to be pretty serious.
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| Yaz undergoes heart bypass surgery in Boston (yahoo! news)
AP - Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski, the last player to hit for the Triple Crown, underwent heart bypass surgery Tuesday after experiencing chest pains. The 68-year-old Yastrzemski was in surgery Tuesday evening after being admitted to Massachusetts General Hospital, said his spokesman, Dick Gordon.
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Rams RB Jackson ends holdout, but no new deal yet
18 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
AP - St. Louis Rams running back Steven Jackson ended his holdout on Wednesday while his agent continues negotiations for a new contract.
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| Rams RB Jackson ends holdout, but no new deal yet (yahoo! news)
St. Louis Rams running back Steven Jackson ended his holdout on Wednesday while his agent continues negotiations for a new contract. Jackson, the centerpiece of the team's offense, is entering the final year of a deal he signed as a first-round pick in 2004.
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Feed24: Entertainment |
| | Obstacle show heading to BBC One
1 hour(s) ago @ bbc news
The BBC has commissioned a new game show based on the US hit Wipeout.
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Swearing removed from kids book
1 hour(s) ago @ bbc news
A children"s book by Dame Jacqueline Wilson is to be altered after parents complain it contains offensive language.
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Richard Serra: Thinking On Your Feet, Rated: NR, Opens: 08/20/2008
12 hour(s) ago @ hollywood.com entert...
Richard Serra's monumental steel sculptures are among the defining works of art of our time. Serra is wonder fully articulate, whether talking about his early paintings, Brancusi's influence upon ...
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| Traitor, Rated: PG-13, Opens: 08/27/2008 (hollywood.com)
When straight arrow FBI agent Roy Clayton heads up the investigation into a dangerous international conspiracy, all clues seem to lead back to former U.
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| Ballet Shoes, Rated: PG, Opens: 08/26/2008 (hollywood.com)
In 1930's London, three orphans, Pauline, Petrova and Posy Fossil, are adopted by an eccentric explorer and raised as sisters by his selfless niece. Each of the girls has her own destiny to fulfill; Pauline...
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| Momma's Man, Rated: NR, Opens: 08/22/2008 (hollywood.com)
Mikey, a young husband and father, stops off at his parents' loft during a business trip to New York and finds himself emotionally unable to leave. Unsure of his own motivations, he makes up excuses about...
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Oprah Winfrey Denies Snub
1 hour(s) ago @ hollywood.com
TV mogul Oprah Winfrey has denied snubbing her own magazine by refusing to pose for the front cover.
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New dance company home approved
1 hour(s) ago @ bbc news
A new purpose-built home for the Rambert Dance Company on London"s South Bank is approved.
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Feed24: Computers & Internet |
| | Experts: Internet filtering and censorship rife
33 minutes ago @ cnn.com
Believe the conspiracy theories -- out of sight and without your knowledge, governments truly are filtering what you see on the internet.
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Satellites track Mexico kidnap victims with chips
33 minutes ago @ reuters
Wealthy Mexicans, terrified of soaring kidnapping rates, are spending thousands of dollars to implant tiny transmitters under their skin so satellites can help find them tied up in a safe house or stu...
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New PlayStation and PSP unveiled
2 hour(s) ago @ bbc news
A high-capacity PlayStation 3 and a new PlayStation Portable have been unveiled by Sony at the Leipzig games conference.
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| Sony introduces updated PSP (msnbc.com)
For PlayStation 3 fans who want to do more than mash buttons when playing games on the console, Sony Corp. is introducing a wireless keypad that can be attached to the system's controller for typing and Web browsing.
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| Sony says to launch new version of PSP handheld (reuters)
Consumer electronics giant Sony announced a new version of its Playstation Portable handheld games console that can be used as a telephone, to go on sale in Europe and the United States in mid-October.
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Analyst: New BlackBerry not revolutionary
20 hour(s) ago @ msnbc.com
Research In Motion"s powerful new BlackBerry Bold is a strong product, but it isn"t revolutionary, according to an analyst who reviewed the smartphone ahead of its North American launch.
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| Palm's Treo Pro takes on BlackBerry (msnbc.com)
Palm Inc. unveiled a Treo smartphone on Wednesday based on Microsoft Corp. software to compete for business users against rivals such as Research In Motion's BlackBerry.
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| Palm unveils Treo Pro to battle BlackBerry (reuters)
Palm Inc unveiled a Treo smartphone Wednesday based on Microsoft Corp software to compete for business users against rivals such as Research In Motion's BlackBerry.
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Iran says it will send man to space
1 hour(s) ago @ msnbc.com
Iran plans to send a manned rocket into space in the next 10 years, state television reported on Thursday, just days after the Islamic Republic announced it had put a dummy satellite into orbit.
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| Iran plans manned space mission in 10 years (reuters)
Iran plans to send a manned rocket into space in the next 10 years, state television reported on Thursday, just days after the Islamic Republic announced it had put a dummy satellite into orbit.
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Feed24: Business & Economics |
| | Fannie, Freddie shares keep falling
3 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
AP - Shares of troubled mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac continued their freefall Thursday, as market expectations grew that the government would intervene and eliminate common st...
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| Wall St opens lower on credit woes, oil (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Stocks dropped at the open on Thursday as fears of more credit losses in the financial sector rattled investors while shares of mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac slid anew.
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| Fannie Mae shares down 13% in early trading (marketwatch.com)
This is a Real-time headline. These are breaking news, delivered the minute it happens, delivered ticker-tape style. Visit www.marketwatch.com or the quote page for more information about this breaking news.
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| Wall St set to drop on credit woes, oil (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Stock headed for a lower open on Thursday as fears of more credit losses in the financial sector rattled investors while shares of mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac slid anew.
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| Bailout for mortgage giants? Hold on... (business and financi...)
The frenzied trading in shares of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac seems to assume the government will soon ride to the rescue of the mortgage giants.
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| Prescriptions for Fannie and Freddie (nyt > business)
As policy makers work to ease the strain on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, a consensus is emerging that the two companies will have to look substantially different in the long term.
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| Stocks fight back (business and financi...)
Rallying financial and energy stocks pushed Wall Street higher Wednesday, after a choppy session dictated by fluctuating oil prices and fears that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are on the brink of a government takeover.
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Fannie, Freddie shares stabilize
1 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
AP - Shares of troubled mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac stabilized Thursday in late morning trading, reversing three days of double-digit declines.
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| Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac shares tumble on bailout fears (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Shares of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac slid at the open on Thursday, on mounting fears that the two mortgage finance companies may need a government bailout, which would wipe out shareholder value.
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| Dollar falls on weak financial sector (latest financial new...)
The dollar fell against major currencies Thursday as investors perceived further weakness in U.S. financial institutions and rallying oil attracted investors.
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| Fannie, Freddie: Plunge then rebound (business and financi...)
Shares of mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac plunged and then rebounded in early trading on Thursday after new reports that the federal government may have to take over the troubled firms.
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| Stocks dip on banks, oil (latest stock market ...)
Stocks trimmed losses Thursday morning as financial shares recovered slightly from opening declines. However, any comeback was limited as oil prices jumped nearly $4 a barrel and the dollar weakened.
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| Stocks slide on banks, oil (latest financial new...)
Stocks tumbled early Thursday as oil prices jumped nearly $4 a barrel on the weak dollar and worries about Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Lehman Brothers kept the financial sector under pressure.
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| Stocks open lower on financial sector worries (yahoo! news)
AP - Stocks fell in early trading Thursday as oil prices rose again and investors grew more anxious about the financial sector, particularly mortgage financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.
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| Stocks point lower on financial sector worries (yahoo! news)
AP - Wall Street headed for a lower open Thursday amid growing anxiety over the financial sector, particularly mortgage financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.
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Oil surges $5 - crosses $120 mark
2 hour(s) ago @ cnnmoney.com
Oil surged more than $5 a barrel on Thursday to soar past $120 for the first time in nearly two weeks, as a falling dollar and renewed concerns over the credit crunch motivated investors to move their...
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| Oil surges $6 - crosses $121 mark (business and financi...)
Oil surged more than $6 a barrel on Thursday to touch $122 a barrel, as a falling dollar and renewed concerns over the credit crunch motivated investors to move their assets back to commodities.
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| Oil jumps $6 on US-Russia tensions, sliding dollar (yahoo! news)
AP - Oil prices shot up $6 a barrel Thursday, rising to the highest level in two weeks as escalating tensions with Russia stoked fears of a disruption of energy shipments to Western countries.
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| Oil nears $120 in surge on weak dollar (latest financial new...)
Oil prices surged Thursday, rising to within a few cents of $120 a barrel, as a falling dollar and renewed concerns over the credit crunch motivated investors to move their assets back to commodities.
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| Oil nears $120 in surge on weak dollar (business and financi...)
Oil prices surged Thursday, rising to within one cent of $120 a barrel, as a falling dollar and renewed concerns over the credit crunch motivated investors to move their assets back to commodities.
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| Oil rises towards $120 on Russia-U.S. tension (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Oil rose by more than $4 a barrel to nearly $120 on Thursday, climbing for a third day, as Washington's missile shield deal with Poland angered Russia, adding to international tension.
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| Oil nears $120 in surge on weak dollar (business and financi...)
Oil prices surged Thursday, rising to within a few cents of $120 a barrel, as a falling dollar and renewed concerns over the faltering economy motivated investors to move their assets back to commodities.
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| Oil surges on weak dollar (latest financial new...)
Oil prices surged Thursday, rising to within a few cents of $120 a barrel, as a falling dollar and renewed concerns over the faltering economy motivated investors to move their assets back to commodities.
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US group buys German subprime casualty
3 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
AFP - US private equity group Lone Star is to take over IKB, the German bank rescued by state development bank KfW after falling victim to the subprime mortgage meltdown, KfW said Thursday.
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| KfW, Lone Star won't disclose deal price for IKB stake (marketwatch.com)
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| Lone Star Funds to take over IKB (bbc news)
US private equity firm Lone Star is to buy German lender IKB Deutsche Industriebank, according to IKB's biggest shareholder.
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Oil jumps $5 on US-Russia tensions, sliding dollar
33 minutes ago @ yahoo! news
AP - Oil prices shot up more than $5 a barrel Thursday, rising to the highest level in over two weeks as escalating tensions with Russia stoked fears of a disruption of energy shipments to Western cou...
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| Oil Jumps Amid U.S.-Russian Tension (nyt > business)
Crude prices shot up $6 a barrel, rising to the highest level in over two weeks as escalating tensions with Russia stoked fears of a disruption of energy shipments to Western countries.
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| Oil jumps $6 on US-Russia tensions, sliding dollar (yahoo! news)
AP - Oil prices shot up $6 a barrel Thursday, rising to the highest level in over two weeks as escalating tensions with Russia stoked fears of a disruption of energy shipments to Western countries.
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