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Palin is catapulted into starring role - Financial Times
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By Edward Luce and Andrew Ward It was the loudest and most prolonged cheer since Barack Obama appeared on the podium last week in Denver.
Palin may have left Alaska, but she's not giving up her moose roots
Comment by John S. Baick Professor of History, Western New England CollegePaulson Meets With Bernanke, Fannie, Freddie Chiefs (Update2) - Bloomberg
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By John Brinsley and Dawn Kopecki Sept. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson met with regulators and executives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac today as the Bush administration prepared to announce a plan to prop up the firms hit by $14.9 ...
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac to be Put Under Federal Control, Sources Say
Gov't may soon back Fannie, Freddie
US Libya relations in 'new phase' - BBC News
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Relations between the US and Libya have entered a "new phase", according to US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Speaking after a historic meeting with Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi, she said the talks were very fruitful.
Video: Inside Story - Rice visits Libya - 03 Sep 08 - Part 1
Qaddafi Meets Rice, Talks of Cooperation on Africa, Terrorism
Bhutto's widower set to become Pakistan president - AFP
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ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Pakistan lawmakers were Saturday expected to elect slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto's widower as president of the frontline state in the United States-led "war on terror".
Pakistan yearns for political saviour
Zardari May Be Voted in as Pakistan's President by Lawmakers
'Hundreds' killed by Haiti storm - BBC News
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Almost 500 bodies have been found in the port city of Gonaives after floodwaters caused by recent storms receded, according to reports.
Video: First Person: Helping Haitian Flood Victims
US east coast braces for deadly Hanna, Hurricane Ike nears
Transportation Dept. almost out of highway funds - The Associated Press
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The federal highway trust fund will run out of money this month, requiring delays in payments to states for transportation construction projects, Transportation Secretary Mary Peters said Friday.
Federal highway payments delayed, state to lose millions
Funding problems to delay new highway projects
Red Cross update - MyFox Gulf Coast
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MOBILE, Ala. -- Before Hurricane Gustav, almost 3000 people evacuated to Red Cross shelters in Mobile, Baldwin and Clark counties.
Gustav evacuees head back to homes
Some evacuees are stranded in the Capital City
Mayor's resignation not end of Detroit's troubles - Chicago Tribune
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By COREY WILLIAMS | AP Writer DETROIT - A text-messaging sex scandal that has cost the city millions of dollars and stifled some government operations for months is coming to a close with the resignation of Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.
Video: A Timeline of Detroit Mayor's Text Scandal
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick resigns
Boeing's Talks With Machinists Fail; Strike to Start (Update3) - Bloomberg
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By Susanna Ray Sept. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Boeing Co.'s extended contract talks with its largest union ended in failure, setting up a walkout at midnight that will halt aircraft production and may further delay the 787 Dreamliner.
Boeing workers to strike at midnight -- reports
Boeing Labor Talks Fail; Machinists Union Set to Strike
SanDisk Shares Soar on Samsung Interest - BusinessWeek
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by Arik Hesseldahl Battered by a year of flagging prices for flash-memory chips and by an inability to get traction in sales of digital media devices, SanDisk (SNDK) may soon get scooped up by South Korean electronics giant Samsung Group.
Samsung Weighs Buying SanDisk
Samsung considers alliance or bid for SanDisk
Dell May Shrink Its Network of Factories - New York Times
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By STEVE LOHR Dell, in a government filing this week, strongly suggested that it planned to shrink its network of factories as part of the computer company’s drive to reduce costs.
Dell considers plan to outsource production and sell its factories
Report: Dell may sell its manufacturing operations
McCain seizes on theme of ‘change’ - Financial Times
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By Daniel Dombey in Washington John McCain accepted the Republican presidential nomination on Thursday night by seeking to wrest the mantle of change from Barack Obama in a speech that mixed appeals to patriotism, criticism of Washington and a promise ...
Video: McCain Vs. Obama: Got Change?
McCain, Obama Vie For 'Reformist' Mantle
Palin fascinates European media - Financial Times
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By Ben Hall and Julie Jammot Sarah Palin, the Republican vice-presidential nominee, grabbed European headlines on Thursday with the focus either on her ideology or her gender.
John McCain, Sarah Palin, and "Rights"
Annette John-Hall: Pit bull of a hockey mom leading war on diversity
John McCain’s speech - Financial Times
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Thank you all very much. Tonight, I have a privilege given few Americans -- the privilege of accepting our party’s nomination for President of the United States.
Presidential candidates hit the campaign trail
Is Barack That Bad?
Critics Boo Microsoft's Seinfeld-Gates Ad - Red Herring
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by Lalee Sadighi The much-anticipated Jerry Seinfeld-Bill Gates commercial, intended to give a face-lift to Microsoft’s tired image, aired Thursday evening during the season’s first National Football League game, but it failed to impress critics.
Seinfeld and Gates' Microsoft misfire
Microsoft Works to Perfect Windows Vista
Google Chrome Hit With Another Security Bug - CRN
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By Stefanie Hoffman, ChannelWeb Less than a week after the release of Google's new Web browser Chrome, security researchers detected a buffer overflow vulnerability that could enable remote attackers to completely take control of a user's computer.
NetSuite boasts of Google Chrome support
NetSuite Says Chrome-optimized Apps Are Flying
Large Hadron Collider scientists receiving death threats - TG Daily
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By Humphrey Cheung Geneva (Switzerland) - The Large Hadron Collider is just a few days from being switched on, but the scientists in charge of the 17-mile long super collider are already getting impassioned pleas to stop their work, ...
Science outreach done right: the LHC
Collider Triggers End-of-World Fears
Use of 'Barracuda' for Sarah Palin nets GOP a Heart attack - New York Daily News
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BY NANCY DILLON They put the "amp" in campaign and get voters tapping their toes to the ballot box - but hit songs can be tricky territory for political campaigns.
Heartless GOP
Heart Duo Furious Over Republicans' Use of 'Barracuda'
Ryan Kwanten Is Bloody Hot - E! Online
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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 ...
True Blood
Vampires Stake a Claim on Audiences' Hearts
Film Review: Bangkok Dangerous - Hollywood Reporter
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By Stephen Farber Everything is relative in the realm of hyperviolent movies, and compared to this summer's other assassination thriller, "Wanted," "Bangkok Dangerous" is a model of restraint and moral rectitude.
Video: 'Bangkok Dangerous' - Not a Safe Bet
Bangkok Dangerous
Phillies 3, Mets 0 Mets Find a Victory Is Just Out of Reach - New York Times
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By BEN SHPIGEL Greg Dobbs’s seventh-inning fly ball Friday night appeared to stand an equally reasonable chance of dropping beyond the right-field fence or nestling in the glove of Ryan Church, who was patiently timing his leap.
Phils blank Mets, shrink gap in East
National League Game Summary - Philadelphia at New York
Chicago White Sox may lose Carlos Quentin for season - Los Angeles Times
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The American League home run leader broke his wrist in frustration over an at-bat. By Mike DiGiovanna, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer CHICAGO -- The pennant hopes of the Chicago White Sox were dealt a severe -- and self-inflicted -- blow Friday when ...
Carlos Quentin breaks wrist hitting own bat
White Sox outfielder Quentin might be out for season
US Open: Serena Williams ready to win - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
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by David Waldstein/The Star-Ledger Noak K. Murray/The Star-LedgerSerena Williams could be jumping for joy once more at the US Open -- if she beats Jelena Jankovic in the women's final NEW YORK -- For the past six years, American women have stood idly ...
Serena, Jankovic to meet in US Open final
Serena Williams in Open Final
20 Drugs FDA Is Watching - WebMD
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By Daniel J. DeNoon Sept. 5, 2008 -- The FDA is "evaluating" new adverse-event reports for 20 drugs, the agency announced today.
FDA posts list of drugs that may be unsafe
FDA to List Drugs Under Review for Safety Issues
Health Buzz: Immunosuppressive Drug Warning and Other Health News - U.S. News & World Report
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The Food and Drug Administration has asked the manufacturers of Humira, Cimzia, Enbrel, and Remicade—which belong to a class of medications known as tumor necrosis factor alpha blockers (TNF-alpha blockers)—to strengthen the warning for risk of fungal ...
FDA urges more caution over TNF blocker infections
What is histoplasmosis?
West Nile virus kills San Bernardino County man - Los Angeles Times
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By Amanda Covarrubias, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer A 48-year-old San Bernardino County man has died of West Nile virus, the third death this year in California from the mosquito-borne illness, authorities said today.
STORM UPDATE: DHH warns about mosquitoes
West Nile virus claims first Inland fatality
