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US to take control of mortgage giants: reports - Reuters
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The US government plans to put troubled mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac under federal control, the New York Times and Washington Post newspapers reported on Friday.
Questions, and Hope, on Plans for Mortgage Giants
Paulson Meets With Bernanke, Fannie, Freddie Chiefs (Update2)
Hanna landfall just hours away along North Carolina/South Carolina ... - StarNewsOnline.com
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By Gareth McGrath The 11 pm update from the National Hurricane Center showed Tropical Storm Hanna heading toward the coast of South and North Carolina in a hurry.
Video: NC Gov.: Hanna Will Affect Most of the State
Hanna Charging Towards Carolina Coast
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
Rice sits down with Gadhafi
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
Pakistan set for presidency vote
Thailand to buy 40% more rice from farmers - Financial Times
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By Amy Kazmin in Bangkok Thailand’s struggling government has agreed to buy 40 per cent more rice from farmers this year, a decision that could boost its popularity among rural voters as it prepares to face a national referendum aimed at ending an ...
Video: Locking horns over politics in Thailand -- 05 September 2008
Thailand: What might happen next?
Federal Highway Fund About to Run Out of Money - New York Times
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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 ...
Transportation Dept. almost out of highway funds
Federal highway payments delayed, state to lose millions
Some See a Fighting Spirit as Detroit Mayor’s Ruin - New York Times
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By SUSAN SAULNY and NICK BUNKLEY DETROIT - When it looked to most people around here as if a 31-year-old might be too young to win a mayoral election, Kwame M. Kilpatrick decided to take on the fight, and the reward was his inauguration in 2002 as ...
Video: A Timeline of Detroit Mayor's Text Scandal
Mayor's resignation not end of Detroit's troubles
Gun Sighting Leads to Arrest Near Library of Congress - New York Times
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By ASHLEY SOUTHALL The police said they arrested a driver on a street near the Library of Congress after he stopped to ask an officer for directions and a rifle was spotted in the vehicle.
Video: Police: Armed Man Arrested Near US Capitol
Capitol Police Arrest Man with Explosive
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
US Boeing workers set to strike
Samsung Weighs Buying SanDisk - New York Times
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By REUTERS The Samsung Electronics Company, the memory chip maker, said Friday that it might buy a flash memory maker, SanDisk, in a deal that could reshape a struggling industry.
SanDisk Shares Soar on Samsung Interest
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 Trades Factories For Money
Dell considers plan to outsource production and sell its factories
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 Battle for Mantle of Change
Obama attacks Republicans over convention - Financial Times
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By Andrew Ward in St Paul Barack Obama tried to shift the struggling US economy back to the centre of the presidential campaign on Friday after a Republican national convention dominated by the politics of character and culture.
Palin may bring more Georgia evangelicals to McCain camp
McCain, Obama Vie For 'Reformist' Mantle
BLOG BITS: McCain was impulsive; evangelicals will fire back ... - Kansas City Star
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What seems bold now may look ridiculous later. John McCain barely knows his vice presidential pick Sarah Palin, passing up some great choices in women Sens.
Republicans take their turn on stage
John McCain chose wisely
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.
Microsoft Works to Perfect Windows Vista
Seinfeld and Gates' Microsoft misfire
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
Chrome reflects need for internet speed
Subatomic safety revisited - MSNBC
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As Europe's CERN particle-physics center is counting down to the official startup of the Large Hadron Collider, a report reassuring the public that the world's largest atom-smasher won't destroy the world is getting a second wave of publicity.
Large Hadron Collider scientists receiving death threats
Science outreach done right: the LHC
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
Republicans Take Heart; Heart Takes It Back
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' is dangerous - for Cage's career
Taking Aim at Title and Top Spot - New York Times
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By LIZ ROBBINS Serena Williams steamrolled Dinara Safina, smacking screaming winners past her and at her, and when she was done, Williams had even bent the swirling wind to her will.
US Open: Serena Williams ready to win
Serena, Jankovic to meet in US Open final
Asking ‘What If?’ As Ewing Is Inducted - New York Times
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By HARVEY ARATON The man sitting between Patrick Ewing and Pat Riley happened to be the one who flicked away their best shot at a championship, denied their four-year union and the Knicks’ longer Ewing era its ultimate definition.
Basketball Hall needs to stop snubbing these five
Ewing, Olajuwon linked again, this time in Hall
• Uribe's two homers lead White Sox rout - MLB.com
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CHICAGO -- No Carlos Quentin. No Joe Crede. No problem for the White Sox on Friday at US Cellular Field. Led by two home runs and four RBIs from Juan Uribe, the White Sox cruised to a 10-2 victory over the American League West-leading Angels.
Uribe hits 2 homers for Chisox
Uribe's pair of homers help White Sox to win
FDA System to List Drugs - Wall Street Journal
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By JARED A. FAVOLE WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration on Friday unveiled a new system to tell health-care professionals and consumers of drugs it is investigating for potential adverse events.
20 Drugs FDA Is Watching
FDA posts list of drugs that may be unsafe
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.
Atlantan gets West Nile virus
West Nile concerns health officials
Hot Docs: Defending Georgia, Girls Married by 15, the Chemical BPA ... - U.S. News & World Report
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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
Chemical in Plastic Is Connected to Health Problems in Monkeys
