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Questions, and Hope, on Plans for Mortgage Giants - New York Times
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By VIKAS BAJAJ and ERIC DASH For months, the questions hanging over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the beleaguered mortgage giants, have unnerved Wall Street and Main Street.
Paulson Meets With Bernanke, Fannie, Freddie Chiefs (Update2)
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac to be Put Under Federal Control, Sources Say
Conventions, Anything but Dull, Are a TV Hit - New York Times
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By JIM RUTENBERG and BRIAN STELTER ST. PAUL - The television ratings for the just concluded political conventions were so unusual that perhaps only the language of a Hollywood trade publication could capture their enormousness: Boffo Auds For Wannabe ...
Palin is catapulted into starring role
Comment by John S. Baick Professor of History, Western New England CollegeUS 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
US Secretary of State visits Tunisia after Kadhafi meeting
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
'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
Haiti gets much-needed hurricane relief supplies
Palin may have left Alaska, but she's not giving up her moose roots - Los Angeles Times
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John McCain and Sarah Palin began their post-convention tour of battleground states today in the small Wisconsin town of Cedarburg.
John McCain and Sarah Palin campaign for swing voters in Midwest
Palin's rise adds twist to celeb claims
Funding problems to delay new highway projects - East Valley Tribune
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Federal funding problems are forcing the Arizona Department of Transportation to delay action on new construction projects around the state.
Bush Makes U-Turn on Highway Funding
Highway Trust Fund Is Nearly Broke
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
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 Workers Set to Strike After Talks Fail
Samsung considers alliance or bid for SanDisk - Financial Times
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By Song Jung-a in Seoul yesterday said it was considering acquiring or forming a strategic alliance with SanDisk in a move to strengthen its dominance of the digital memory storage market.
Samsung Takes Off The Gloves
Samsung Electronics mulls buying 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
Ahead of the Bell: Dell may sell plants, WSJ says
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.
Video: McCain Vs. Obama: Got Change?
Revere Ronald Reagan? Then respect Barack Obama
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
Partisanship Appears to Sway Opinions on Palin - Washington Post
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By Jon Cohen and Jennifer Agiesta Republicans and Democrats have deeply contrasting first impressions of Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, suggesting partisanship, not gender, is paramount in the initial public reviews.
Sarah Palin, if her life was a movie
Half of Voters Doubt Palin Has Necessary Experience, Poll Says
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
The Bill and Jerry Show
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
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 Dangerous
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
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
Trio of reserves could step to fore
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
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
BPA Suspected of Altering Brain Functions
