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By CAROLINE BROTHERS PARIS - At least 45 people died Wednesday and another 44 were injured when an airliner on route to the Canary Islands of Spain swerved off the end of a runway at Madrid airport, Spanish officials said.
Video: Raw Video: Plane Swerves Off Madrid Runway
At least 45 killed as plane skids off runway in Madrid
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(CNN) -- John McCain's attacks on Barack Obama on national security issues seem to be working: Polls show McCain has cut the Democrat's lead in half.
Obama out-raising McCain in Utah
John McCain is no maverick
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By Barry Newhouse France's President Nicolas Sarkozy visited French troops in Kabul Wednesday to pay respects to ten French soldiers who were killed in a fierce battle just 50 kilometers outside Kabul.
Video: Insurgents Launch Brazen Attacks in Afghanistan
NATO’s Defining Moment
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By NICHOLAS KULISH and TOM RACHMAN WARSAW - Despite fierce opposition from Moscow, the United States and Poland signed a long-stalled agreement on Wednesday to place an American missile defense base on Polish territory.
Video: Raw Video: Rice Signs Missile Deal With Poland
Poland Signs Missile-Shield Agreement With US (Update2)
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New York Times -
By STEVEN ERLANGER PARIS - Two car bombs killed at least 11 people and wounded 31 others on Wednesday in the Algerian town of Bouira, a day after a suicide bombing killed 43 people and wounded 45 others in a neighboring region, according to the ...
Double car bombing in Algeria kills 11 - agency
Eleven killed in new Algeria bomb attacks
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New York Times -
By DANNY HAKIM and JEREMY W. PETERS ALBANY - Gov. David A. Paterson persuaded lawmakers to cut spending by $1 billion over the next year and a half, as legislators took the rare step Tuesday of returning to the capital in the late summer to re-open a ...
NY Legislature to approve nearly $2 billion in spending cuts
Texas' business tax revenue projection falls short
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Passengers on some American Airlines flights can now surf the Internet as they soar through the clouds. American on Wednesday became the first airline to offer mobile broadband service.
American expands inflight Internet service
American launches in-flight Internet on 3 routes
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AP CARBONDALE, Ill. - Southern Illinois University won't be joining other schools in a push to lower the drinking age. About 100 university leaders across the country have signed what's called the Amethyst Initiative.
College leaders hope to renew debate on a lower drinking age
College officials: Let's rethink the drinking age
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By Dan Gallagher, MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO (Marketwatch) -- EBay Inc. said Wednesday that it would cut some listing fees "dramatically" as the online auction giant responds to increasing competitive pressure from such rivals as Amazon.
EBay Cuts Fixed-Price Sale Fee to Compete With Rivals (Update2)
eBay Throws in the Towel
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Boosted by strong laptop and international sales, Hewlett-Packard Co. on Tuesday reported third-quarter net income of $2 billion, or 80 cents a share, up from $1.8 billion, or 66 cents a share in the same period last year.
HP's gets lift on strong forecast
HP profit rises to $2 billion
 Turkish Press |
Bloomberg -
By Eric Martin Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- US stocks dropped for a third day as speculation grew that government will take over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and oil's climb to a two-week high sent airlines and consumer shares falling.
Freddie, Fannie stock slide picks up pace
Fannie, Freddie shares hit 18-year low on bailout fears
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman, the Democratic Party's vice presidential candidate in 2000 and now an independent who is one of John McCain's strongest supporters, will speak at the Republican National Convention, an official said.
Lieberman to Speak at GOP Convention
Say it ain't Joe, John
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(CNN) -- The question is starting to feel a little old: Who will Barack Obama pick as his vice president? Sen. Barack Obama has a big event scheduled Saturday.
Biden Brings Breakfast
The Obama Veepwatch, Vol. 9: Evan Bayh
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By JAKE TAPPER and JOHN BERMAN Sen. Barack Obama and his team may have passed their first real presidential test -- they can keep a secret.
Obama Ready to Announce Running Mate
Biden mum on standing in veepstakes
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New York Times -
By LAURA M. HOLSON MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - If anyone knows how best to survive a corporate near-death experience, it is Jon Rubinstein.
Palm's New Treo Pro Signals Innovation Taking Hold
Palm unveils unlocked, but pricey Treo Pro smartphone
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Reuters -
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Inc has issued a software update for the latest iPhone to help fix connection problems that led to a flurry of online complaints from customers, a European mobile service provider said on Tuesday as Credit Suisse reported ...
Apple Promises 3G iPhone Problems Will Be Fixed In September
Report: iPhone app crash fix coming next month
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ZDNet -
Intel has given new details of what it calls the biggest change in its processor platform in a decade. The new information on Nehalem, discussed in keynotes and presentations at the Intel Developer Forum this week, was expected.
IDF: Gelsinger, Perlmutter Keynotes Promise New Systems
Intel says it has 'first silicon' for next mobile chip
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MTV.com -
"The Rocker" is about a dumped musician attempting a comeback with a band composed of little kids, and hoping in the process to wreak vengeance on the now-successful group that discarded him.
'The Rocker'
Rainn Wilson is off his 'Rocker' to take this role
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ABC News -
By RAQUEL MARIA DILLON AP Writer AP LeRoi Moore, the versatile saxophonist whose signature staccato fused jazz and funk overtones onto the eclectic sound of the Dave Matthews Band, died Tuesday of complications from injuries he suffered in an ...
Video: AP Top Stories
Fans express ‘intense sadness’ over LeRoi Moore’s passing
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E! Online -
After an hourslong standoff in a Bangkok airport, which began with a brief layover for the recently sprung British glam rocker and included the feigning of a heart attack and a refusal to board a Britain-bound plane, Glitter has finally agreed to exit ...
Video: Vietnam Releases Gary Glitter From Prison
Glitter facing Thai deportation
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New York Times -
Usain Bolt of Jamaica after breaking the world record with a time of 19.30 to win the gold medal in the men's 200-meter final on Wednesday.
World Beater: Bolt wins gold in 200
Like lightning, Bolt sets record in Olympic 200m
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CHARLOTTE, NC (AP) - NASCAR suspended two Joe Gibbs Racing crew chiefs indefinitely and stripped drivers Tony Stewart and Joey Logano of 150 points each Wednesday for cheating after last weekend's Nationwide Series race.
Nationwide notes: JGR waiting for hammer to drop - Racing
NASCAR heavily penalizes Joe Gibbs Racing
Sports Network -
Beijing, China (Sports Network) - Rei Nishiyama looped an RBI single into right-center field to lift Japan to a 4-3 victory over Australia in 12 innings on Wednesday, ending a thrilling bronze medal softball game at the Beijing Olympics.
US and Japan to play for last softball gold
US softball survives scare, beats Japan
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NEW YORK, Aug 20, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- What's it like to be the mother of an Olympic Gold Medal winner? The world watched Teri Johnson's tears of joy as her daughter Shawn Johnson won the Gold Medal on the balance beam in the final woman's ...
Video: Olympic Minute: Gymnastics Gold, and More
Johnson ends gold drought with Olympic win in balance beam
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CBC.ca -
Phelps has gone where no Olympian has gone before, swimming to eight gold medals in China and setting a record for most gold at a single Olympics.
Chinatown gets a lift from Beijing Olympics
The Making Of China's Olympic Golden Age
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Minneapolis Star Tribune -
China’s Liu Chunhong exalted in her weightlifting gold on Day 5 of the Games. Many Chinese athletes have felt intense pressure to bring home the gold.
Raising the Stakes at the Olympics
Coach says Phelps cannot better Beijing
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By the Herald staff A King County woman who recently traveled through Eastern Washington and Oregon has contracted West Nile virus, possibly the first human case reported in the state this year, officials said Tuesday.
Probably human West Nile case in Perry Co.
Mosquitoes test positive for West Nile
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Actress Christina Applegate revealed yesterday that she had a double mastectomy three weeks ago to remove a tumor in one breast and to prevent future tumors in the other.
Actress Christina Applegate. (AP Photo)
Applegate and other high-risk women act fast against cancer
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The waistlines of Americans continued to expand in 37 states over the past year, with no state seeing a decrease in obesity rates, according to a report released Tuesday.
Report: California is 41st fattest state
Americans Fatter in 37 States
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Bloomberg -
By Viola Gienger and Ken Fireman Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Almost a week after Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told Russia it couldn't roll back the clock to 1968 and invade its neighbors, the US and European allies are still trying to reverse the ...
Video: NATO's one-sided view 'puzzles' Moscow
NATO accuses Russia of not honoring agreed cease-fire with Georgia
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Bloomberg -
By Brian K. Sullivan Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Tropical Storm Fay probably won't strengthen into a hurricane as it moves along Florida's east coast before heading back inland across the northern part of the state, forecasters say.
Video: 'Boomerang' Fay Strengthens Over Florida
Tropical Storm Fay hugs Florida's Atlantic coast
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FOXNews -
AP EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio - US Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, one of Hillary Clinton's biggest supporters during the primaries, remained unconscious Wednesday in a Cleveland area hospital after being transported there Tuesday night.
US Rep. Tubbs Jones hospitalized near Cleveland
Ohio Congresswoman Hospitalized
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