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Florida pastor not backing down on Koran-burning

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Dove World Outreach Center church pastor Terry Jones announces the burning of the korans will continue as planned during a news conference in Gainesville, Florida September 8, 2010. By Barbara Liston GAINESVILLE, Florida (Reuters) - An obscure ...

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Obama details opposition to extending tax cuts for the wealthy

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CLEVELAND - Calling for a return to "the America I believe in," President Obama pointed to his own biography as proof of what government policies can do for the middle class, using a fiery speech here Wednesday ...

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Transocean, Halliburton blast BP report on cause of blowout, oil spill

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Transocean and Halliburtion, BP's partners on the blown-out well that led to the massive Gulf oil spill, reject findings in a new BP report that finds their workers partly to blame for the rig accident. Natural gas is burned off a support vessel above ...

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Google unveils Instant search

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By Justin Sullivan, Getty Images By Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY Google Instant searches "as you type, not after you type," Marissa Mayer, Google's vice president of user experience, said at a press event at San Francisco's Museum of Modern Art. The new ...

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Speculation swirls as top Obama aide mulls mayoral run

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WASHINGTON, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Nobody at the White House would be surprised if President Barack Obama's influential right-hand man, Rahm Emanuel, decides to run for Chicago mayor and already there is speculation as to who would replace ...

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NATO Drive on Kandahar Begins, With Mixed Results

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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — The white flags of the Taliban no longer fly from neighborhoods in Kandahar City, as they did in some areas only two weeks ago, replaced instead by the red, black and green Afghan colors. ...

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Key Democrats split with Obama on taxes

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Washington (CNN) -- Despite President Obama's accusation Wednesday that Republicans are holding middle class income tax cuts "hostage" by tying them to an extension of tax cuts for wealthier Americans, the reality is several Democratic senators also ...

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Clinton: Southern Sudan Independence Vote 'Inevitable'

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Photo: AP Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, Sept. 8, 2010 US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday that a secession vote by the people of southern Sudan in January is ...

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David Cameron loses 'role model' father

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The prime minister's father, Ian Cameron, died today shortly after his son had cancelled his engagements and flown to the south of France to be at his bedside at a hospital near Toulon. He was 77, the survivor of severe physical disabilities since ...

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Sri Lanka Ends Presidential Term Limits

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Supporters carried portraits of President Mahinda Rajapaksha of Sri Lanka outside parliament in Colombo on Wednesday. By LYDIA POLGREEN NEW DELHI — Sri Lanka's Parliament passed a proposal on Wednesday to remove presidential term limits from the ...

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Florida pastor not backing down on Koran-burning

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Dove World Outreach Center church pastor Terry Jones announces the burning of the korans will continue as planned during a news conference in Gainesville, Florida September 8, 2010. By Barbara Liston GAINESVILLE, Florida (Reuters) - An obscure ...

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Transocean, Halliburton blast BP report on cause of blowout, oil spill

Christian Science Monitor

Transocean and Halliburtion, BP's partners on the blown-out well that led to the massive Gulf oil spill, reject findings in a new BP report that finds their workers partly to blame for the rig accident. Natural gas is burned off a support vessel above ...

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Obama details opposition to extending tax cuts for the wealthy

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CLEVELAND - Calling for a return to "the America I believe in," President Obama pointed to his own biography as proof of what government policies can do for the middle class, using a fiery speech here Wednesday ...

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A Relief Rally in Europe

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Most European stock markets ended with strong gains, buoyed by relief over a successful Portuguese debt auction, although many financial stocks remained weak. The Stoxx Europe 600 index rose 1% to finish at 262.33 points. ...

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Google unveils Instant search

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By Justin Sullivan, Getty Images By Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY Google Instant searches "as you type, not after you type," Marissa Mayer, Google's vice president of user experience, said at a press event at San Francisco's Museum of Modern Art. The new ...

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In Season 9, iPods Still Get High Ratings

New York Times

CUPERTINO, Calif.—At a special press event today, Steven P. Jobs, Apple's chief executive, unveiled a new lineup of iPod models, just in time for the holiday season. The diminutive iPod Shuffle still has no screen and is still made of ...

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MTV's 'Snooki' fined $500 for annoying beachgoers

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SEASIDE HEIGHTS, NJ — Calling her "a Lindsay Lohan wannabe," a judge fined "Jersey Shore" star Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi $500 on Wednesday and ordered her to perform community service after she pleaded guilty to disturbing others on a beach in July. ...

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Movies: Past, present and future

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Stephen King's "The Dark Tower" -- comprising seven novels, short stories and comic books -- will come to life in three films and a television series. The unique deal will have Ron Howard directing the first film in the trilogy and the first season of ...

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Alabama's Ingram likely to miss Penn State game

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By Sports Network Alabama junior running back Mark Ingram will likely miss Saturday's game against Penn State as he continues to recover from knee surgery performed last week. Ingram was hurt during practice on August 30 and underwent an arthroscopic ...

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Reggie Bush on Heisman Trophy: 'At this point it's kind of out of my hands'

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In response to a Yahoo! Sports report that said the Heisman Trophy Trust was planning on stripping Reggie Bush of his Heisman Trophy, the Saints running back said Wednesday that the issue is out of his hands. "I think at this point it's kind of out of ...

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