N.Z. burglar returns goods, apologizes (AP)

AP - A burglar visited Graeme Glass' home in New Zealand twice in one day — first to steal some goods and later to return them, along with a heartfelt apology note.

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Allawi Gets a Baathist Endorsement (Time.com)

Time.com - The former Iraqi Prime Minister seeking a return to power receives a thumbs-up from Saddam's old party

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IBM's Computing Breakthrough Promises Chips The Size Of Dust (TechWeb)

TechWeb - IBM's new techniques may well lead to the use of atoms for digital storage, which could store the entire contents of YouTube -- about 1,000 trillion bits of data.

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Prevalence of COPD Greater Than Thought (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Aug. 30 (HealthDay News) -- There are more people around the
world suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) than
previously thought, an international team of researchers reports.

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Who Needs the Ivies? (BusinessWeek Online)

BusinessWeek Online - I must confess to being disappointed five years ago when my son, Vineet, told me he had no interest in applying to any of the schools I consider elite. He said he would fit in better at a public state university and he didn't believe that choice would lessen his chances of career success.

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Veggies may lower aggressive prostate cancer risk (Reuters)

Reuters - Men may be able to halve their
risk of aggressive prostate cancer by adding large amounts of
broccoli and cauliflower to their menu. However, the overall
risk of prostate cancer was not changed.

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Seniors Need a Safety Plan in Face of Disasters (HealthDay)

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Aug. 31 (HealthDay News) -- Hurricane season is here, and the
American Geriatrics Society offers advice to seniors to help them prepare
for any potential natural disaster.

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Computer-Related Eye Strain Not Just for Adults (HealthDay)

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Aug. 31 (HealthDay News) -- Parents have two more items to add
to their back-to-school checklist: an eye check for their children and a
review of their computer workstation for possible causes of eye
strain.

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Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 31, 2007 (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of Thomson CenterWatch:

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More may be offered lung cancer surgery (AP)

AP - Thousands more lung cancer patients each year could be offered surgery or other aggressive therapy under a new system that classifies many tumors as more treatable than in the past.

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Doctors aim to loosen anemia drug limits (AP)

AP - Cancer doctors seek to loosen federal restrictions on anemia drugs that carry potentially deadly side effects, saying the tight payment guidelines for treatments made by Amgen and Johnson and Johnson are ultimately bad for patients.

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FDA: New Merck HIV-fighting drug is safe (AP)

AP - A new HIV-fighting drug from Merck & Co. appears superior to options for patients who have stopped responding to available drugs, federal regulators said Friday.

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Memoir details reporting on spaceflight (AP)

AP - Only one person on the planet has covered every manned launch out of Cape Canaveral and now, on the eve of the 50th anniversary of spaceflight, he's written a book about it.

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PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW: Summer Slowdown (Playbill)

Playbill - The theatre doesn't shut down in the summer the way it used to once upon a time, but there's no stopping show folk from taking a week or two before and after Labor Day. So, right now, the tourists own Shubert Alley, and the pigeons reign in Duffy Square.

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CBS looks at morning changes (AP)

AP - CBS News is expected to change management at its morning show, bringing a hard-charging former "Good Morning America" executive producer to help a program that's spent generations stuck in third place.

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Wall St set for lift on Bush speech (FT.com)

FT.com - Wall Street stocks were set for a higher start on Friday, as markets awaited a statement from President George W. Bush in which he is expected to announce that the US government will help Americans with delinquent mortgages keep their homes.

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Delphi settles shareholder lawsuits (Reuters)

Reuters - Bankrupt auto parts maker Delphi Corp
said on Friday it has settled class action lawsuits
by shareholders and employees that grew out of financial
restatements that were the subject of civil fraud charges the
company settled last year.

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U.S. returns to Doha talks with renewed optimism (Reuters)

Reuters - The Bush administration returns to
world trade talks next week with renewed optimism, but even the
most ardent supporters of the Doha round see formidable hurdles
to clinching a deal.

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Ag. Sec. wants lower farm subsidy limit (AP)

AP - The farm bill passed last month by the House doesn't go far enough in limiting which farmers should be eligible to receive government subsidies, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns said.

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Craig interrogation excerpts (AP)

AP - Excerpts from a transcript of Minneapolis Airport Police's tape-recorded interrogation of Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, upon Craig's arrest on June 11 by Sgt. Dave Karsnia. The transcript was provided by the Metropolitan Airports Commission in Minneapolis.

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South of Baghdad, U.S. troops find fatigue, frustration (McClatchy Newspapers)

McClatchy Newspapers - SOUTHEAST OF SALMAN PAK, Iraq— Standing in a small room in the Iraqi home they'd raided an hour earlier, a dozen soldiers from the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team of the Army's 3rd Infantry Division were trading jokes when 1st Sgt. Troy Moore, Company A's senior enlisted man, shouted out.

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Shrimp boat captain delivers baby at sea (AP)

AP - When the cook on his shrimp boat went into labor 30 miles offshore, captain Ed Kiesel grabbed a new roll of paper towels and a first aid handbook and did the best he could.

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Waxman Renews Call for Explanation of Lost White House E-Mail (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg - Aug. 30 (Bloomberg) -- A Democratic House committee chairman
renewed his demand that the Bush administration explain how
millions of White House e-mails may have been lost, revealing for
the first time there was a daily audit of the message system.

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Guilty plea in guns-for-Iran plot (AP)

AP - A man pleaded guilty in a scheme to buy thousands of submachine guns and sell them to Iranians opposed to Iran's president, court records showed.

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Rise in India's female feticide may spark crisis (Reuters)

Reuters - Increasing female feticide in India
could spark a demographic crisis where fewer women in society
will result in a rise in sexual violence and child abuse as
well as wife-sharing, the United Nations warned.

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Space Station Crew Clears Port for New Module (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - Despite
some finicky bolts, astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) moved
an old docking port to a new parking spot Thursday, clearing a berth for the
arrival of a brand new module later this year.

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Justice Department Investigating Whether Gonzales Misled Congress (CQPolitics.com)

CQPolitics.com - The Justice Department’s inspector general is examining the veracity of congressional testimony by embattled Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales.

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Plane Carrying Lawmakers Attacked in Iraq (CQPolitics.com)

CQPolitics.com - Congressional sources confirmed late Thursday that a military transport plane carrying three Republican senators and a Democratic representative was attacked by either missiles or rocket-propelled grenades after taking off from the Baghdad airport.

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DEMOCRACY MUST GROW ORGANICALLY, NOT IMPOSED FROM OUTSIDE (Georgie Anne Geyer)

Georgie Anne Geyer - WASHINGTON -- A funny thing happened this summer on the way to George W. Bush's last year in the White House -- the administration quietly dropped its original crusade to spread democracy all over this woebegone world. Its central commitment!

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Health Tip: When Alzheimer's Patients Wander (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Wandering -- moving about without a definite
purpose in mind -- is a common trait of a person with Alzheimer's disease
and other forms of dementia. This can be dangerous for the patient, and be
a source of great stress for worried caregivers and loved ones.

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Computer-Related Eye Strain Not Just for Adults (HealthDay)

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Aug. 31 (HealthDay News) -- Parents have two more items
to add to their back-to-school checklist: an eye check for their children
and a review of their computer workstation for possible causes of eye
strain.

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Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 31, 2007 (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of Thomson CenterWatch:

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N.Zealand eyes labels to fight obesity (AP)

AP - The government should impose "traffic light" labeling to warn consumers about obesity-causing food and drink products if New Zealand companies won't do it voluntarily, a parliamentary committee said Friday.

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Bertelsmann, music publishers group settle (Reuters)

Reuters - Bertelsmann AG settled a lawsuit filed
by the National Music Publishers' Association that charged the
media company's investment in file sharing service Napster
encouraged the abuse of copyrighted content.

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NBC says it will pull shows from iTunes (AP)

AP - NBC Universal has told Apple Inc. that it would not allow its television content to be sold on iTunes following a dispute over pricing.

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Global overview: Investors worry about liquidity (FT.com)

FT.com - US stocks failed to emulate solid gains across global markets as investors focused on worries about tight conditions in the money markets.

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Behind the Karbala Clashes (Time.com)

Time.com - As US and British influence in Southern Iraq wanes, rival Shi'ite militias are vying to assert their supremacy

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Judge certifies class action lawsuit vs McKesson (Reuters)

Reuters - A U.S. federal judge certified a
class-action lawsuit against McKesson Corp on behalf of
consumers who claim the drug wholesaler conspired to inflate
the average wholesale price (AWP) of prescription drugs used to
determine payments by Medicaid and insurance plans.

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Pentagon won't make surge recommendation to Bush (McClatchy Newspapers)

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON— In a sign that top commanders are divided over what course to pursue in Iraq, the Pentagon said Wednesday that it won't make a single, unified recommendation to President Bush during next month's strategy assessment, but instead will allow top commanders to make individual presentations.

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Direct Anesthetic Infusion Helps Colorectal Cancer Patients (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Aug. 30 (HealthDay News) -- A technique that delivers local
anesthetic directly to the surgical wound of colorectal cancer surgery
patients helps control postoperative pain and shortens recovery time, a
French study says.

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Health Tip: When Alzheimer's Patients Wander (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Wandering -- moving about without a definite
purpose in mind -- is a common trait of a person with Alzheimer's disease
and other forms of dementia. This can be dangerous for the patient, and be
a source of great stress for worried caregivers and loved ones.

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U.S. Teens Fall Short on Vaccine Coverage (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Aug. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Most young U.S. children
are getting their recommended vaccinations, but rates for teens are
lagging, especially for some newer vaccines, U.S. health officials
announced Thursday.

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Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 30, 2007 (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of Thomson CenterWatch:

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Measles cases increasing in Britain (AP)

AP - The number of cases of measles in Britain is increasing, health authorities said Thursday, as they urged parents to have their children vaccinated against the disease.

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Study: Few teens got new meningitis shot (AP)

AP - Only 12 percent of teens got a meningitis shot that is recommended by U.S. health officials, according to a government survey released Thursday.

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Rosenberg Spy Mystery Lingers in New Play, 'The Brother', in Chicago (Playbill)

Playbill - Hancock Productions opens the world-premiere spy thriller, The Brother, Aug. 30, following previews, at Theatre Building Chicago.

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Telluride film festival unveils expanded lineup (Reuters)

Reuters - The Telluride Film Festival, a
small but highly regarded event for movie fans, unveiled this
year's lineup on Thursday with more feature films than ever
from the United States and around the world.

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Indian tribal leaders honor Al Gore (AP)

AP - Tribal kings and chieftains in a remote corner of India that is one of the rainiest places on Earth chose former Vice President Al Gore for their first "global award" for bringing attention to the dangers of climate change.

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Wall St higher as tech stocks prosper (FT.com)

FT.com - Wall Street stocks moved higher in early trade on Thursday as technology shares prospered and the market awaited further direction from the US Federal Reserve.

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The good from Bad Newz Kennels (The Christian Science Monitor)

The Christian Science Monitor - Pro football superstar Michael Vick has pleaded guilty to dogfighting charges. He faces a jail term and an arduous path to restoring his reputation and career. This sad case should be used to shed light on all forms of animal abuse.

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Give some blood, get free movie tickets (AP)

AP - With blood in short supply, an American Red Cross chapter is offering free movie tickets and a chance to attend the Daytona 500 to entice people to donate.

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Pentagon probes missing weapons and contract fraud (Reuters)

Reuters - The Pentagon's independent watchdog
has launched a probe into the military's inability to account
for weapons in Iraq after reports that Kurdish militants were
using U.S. arms to attack Turkey, the Defense Department said
on Wednesday.

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Craig Keeps Digging (RealClearPolitics.com)

RealClearPolitics.com - I'm not an expert at crisis management, but Senator Craig's press conference yesterday struck me as terribly inadequate - especially this part:

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Foot-tapping ritual common in sex sting (AP)

AP - A foot-tapping ritual was a common thread in many of the 41 arrests reported during a four-month airport bathroom sting that snared Sen. Larry Craig.

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Gonzales' Successor Must Reject Torture, Say Rights Groups (OneWorld.net)

OneWorld.net - NEW YORK, Aug 29 (OneWorld) - The White House is coming under increasing pressure from a number of Congressional leaders and rights watchdog groups to replace Attorney General Alberto Gonzales with someone who can restore faith in the U.S. justice system.

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GOP senators say Craig should resign (AP)

AP - DWINDLING SUPPORT: Idaho Sen. Larry Craig's political support eroded by the hour on Wednesday as fellow Republicans in Congress called for him to resign.

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Man Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Girl, 7 (KPRC Click2Houston.com)

KPRC Click2Houston.com - A man has been accused of sexually assaulting a 7-year-old female family member, KPRC Local 2 reported Wednesday.

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RA Drugs Linked to Slight Skin Cancer Risk (HealthDay)

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Aug. 29 (HealthDay News) -- People taking rheumatoid
arthritis drugs such as etanercept (Enbrel) or infliximab (Remicade) may
be at a slightly increased risk for skin cancer, researchers report.

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Removing Ovaries Before Menopause Leads to Memory, Movement Troubles (HealthDay)

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Aug. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Removing one or both
ovaries before a woman reaches natural menopause increases the risk of
both dementia and movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease.

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School, Church Activities May Help Curb Youth Smoking (HealthDay)

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Aug. 29 (HealthDay News) -- School and church social
activities may help reduce smoking among disadvantaged children, a new
study reports.

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Health Tip: Coping With Chronic Pain (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Chronic pain persists for longer than six
months. Besides pain medications, the American Academy of Family
Physicians offers this list of additional treatment options:


Physical therapy, including stretching and strengthening
exercises.
Low-impact exercise, including swimming, biking and walking.
Occupational therapy to learn how to change daily activities to avoid
making pain worse.
Behavioral therapy, such as yoga and meditation, to increase
relaxation and decrease stress. ...

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Innvar and Woodard Will Lock Horns in DC 'Taming of the Shrew' (Playbill)

Playbill - The Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, DC, will begin its 2007-08 season Sept. 25 with The Taming of the Shrew, featuring Christopher Innvar as Petruchio and Tony Award nominee Charlayne Woodard as Kate.

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Singer El DeBarge arrested in LA County (AP)

AP - R&B singer El DeBarge was arrested over the weekend for investigation of domestic violence, authorities said Wednesday.

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"Hogs" still riding high on DVD charts (Reuters)

Reuters - "Wild Hogs" coasted to
another victory on the national video sales and rental charts
for the week ending August 26.

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Gap CFO leaving for job at Visa Inc. (AP)

AP - Gap Inc.'s chief financial officer is leaving the slumping clothing retailer to oversee the books at Visa Inc. as the nation's largest credit card network prepares to go public.

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Wall St rebounds on bargain-hunting (FT.com)

FT.com - Wall Street stocks rebounded on Wednesday morning, following sharp falls in the leading indices on Tuesday.

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Economy - Wednesday (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke wrote Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., saying he does not think caps on investment limits for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac need to be lifted. Schumer and other lawmakers had argued that easing lending restrictions to let such government-sponsored enterprises offer more mortgages could help calm markets.

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Coors creates high-end beer unit: report (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. beer maker Coors Brewing Co, a
unit of Molson Coors Brewing Co , has created a new
subsidiary to develop high-end beers, the Wall Street Journal
reported in its online edition.

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Chinese anti-graft game proves popular (AP)

AP - A Chinese government-sponsored online game that allows players to battle corrupt officials and their bikini-clad mistresses has been overwhelmed by user demand, state media reported Tuesday.

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Study: Withdrawal possible over a year (AP)

AP - Most U.S. troops can be withdrawn safely from Iraq in roughly one year and the Bush administration should begin planning the pullout immediately, according to a study released Wednesday.

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Attorney General Bruce Fein (The Nation)

The Nation - The Nation -- It is likely -- though not entirely certain in these tumultuous times for the dangerously adrift Bush-Cheney administration -- that the next Attorney General of the United States will be a conservative.

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New guidelines look hard at childhood asthma (Reuters)

Reuters - New guidelines unveiled by U.S.
federal health experts on Wednesday for tackling asthma carve
out a new age group, children 5 to 11, for unique treatment.

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Health Tip: Coping With Chronic Pain (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Chronic pain persists for longer than six
months. Besides pain medications, the American Academy of Family
Physicians offers this list of additional treatment options:


Physical therapy, including stretching and strengthening
exercises.
Low-impact exercise, including swimming, biking and walking.
Occupational therapy to learn how to change daily activities to avoid
making pain worse.
Behavioral therapy, such as yoga and meditation, to increase
relaxation and decrease stress. ...

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Cholera kills 8 in northern Iraq (AP)

AP - An outbreak of cholera in two northern Iraqi provinces has killed eight people and left dozens more ill, a Kurdistan health official said Wednesday.

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Woman miscarries after ambulance crash (AP)

AP - A pregnant woman miscarried in western Japan on Wednesday after nine hospitals refused to admit her and the ambulance transporting her crashed on its way to a tenth, news reports said.

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Schwarzenegger tries to save health plan (AP)

AP - The prognosis for universal health care in California is grim this year, and experts say a failure could set back similar efforts nationwide for years to come.

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New asthma guidelines urge daily control (AP)

AP - Breathing easier without limiting activities is the goal of new government guidelines that urge more attention to asthma sufferers' day-to-day symptoms, not just their severe attacks.

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Adam Brazier Will Be Sandwiched Between Fosca and Clara in Chicago 'Passion' (Playbill)

Playbill - Adam Brazier will play Giorgio to Ana Gasteyer's Fosca and Kathy Voytko's Clara in the Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) production of Passion, directed by The Color Purple's Gary Griffin.

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News Corp and NBC Universal name video site Hulu (Reuters)

Reuters - News Corp. and NBC Universal said on
Wednesday they have named their new online video joint venture
Hulu, taking a page from the Internet company tradition of
creating meaningless corporate monikers.

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Smoking Boosts Risk for Head, Neck Cancers (HealthDay)

HealthDay - MONDAY, Aug. 27 (HealthDay News) -- Current and past smokers are at
significantly increased risk for head and neck cancers such as cancers of
the larynx (voice box), nasal passages/nose, oral cavity, and throat, says
a U.S. National Cancer Institute study that looked at data collected on
more than 476,000 men and women between 1995 and 2000.

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Giving CPR Kits to Kids Nudges Parents to Learn (HealthDay)

HealthDay - MONDAY, Aug. 27 (HealthDay News) -- Distributing cardiopulmonary
resuscitation (CPR) kits to schoolchildren is an effective way of getting
parents -- who are the most likely to need the lifesaving skill -- to
become trained in CPR, a Danish study suggests.

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Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 27, 2007 (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of Thomson CenterWatch:

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Sexually transmitted wart virus ups mouth cancers (Reuters)

Reuters - Men should be vaccinated against a
sexually transmitted wart virus to protect them against a type
of mouth and throat cancer, U.S. researchers said on Monday.

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Obesity Rate in U.S. Still Climbing (HealthDay)

HealthDay - MONDAY, Aug. 27 (HealthDay News) -- More and more Americans are
sliding into obesity, a clear signal that this national health problem is
getting worse.

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British doctors protest heart stent plan (AP)

AP - British heart doctors are trying to defeat a proposal to end government coverage of drug-coated heart stents, tiny metal-mesh tubes that prop open clogged arteries.

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'Arsonist's Guide' torches memoirs (AP)

AP - "An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England" (Algonquin, 320 pages. $24.95), by Brock Clarke: America lives in the age of the memoir and the confessional. It's the defining literary legacy of our time, much as insanely long novels marked the Victorian Age.

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Tommy and Thierry Trench Up Against Racism (Fashion Wire Daily)

Fashion Wire Daily - Designer Tommy Hilfiger and Thierry Henry, international soccer's classiest goal scorer, are tag teaming to create a new fashion collection One 4 All, whose proceeds go to the anti-racism foundation, One 4 All, recently created by the sport star.

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Rivera, Vereen, Naughton, Neuwirth, Pierce and More Will Salute Kander at Westport Gala (Playbill)

Playbill - A slew of Tony winners will toast composer John Kander and his late collaborator, Fred Ebb, when the Westport Country Playhouse holds a gala evening in their honor Sept. 24.

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'Superbad' helps set box office record (AP)

AP - The boozy teen comedy "Superbad" bubbled to the top of the box office for the second week, lifting Hollywood to its first $4 billion summer.

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A latte with that `Best of SNL' DVD? (AP)

AP - "Saturday Night Live," which has made a living poking convention and corporate America in the eye, is cozying up with Starbucks. The show's "The Best of `06/`07" DVD will only be available for sale at the giant coffee chain.

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Hollywood's fall highlights (AP)

AP - Highlights of the fall film slate (release dates are subject to change, and some films will play in limited release):

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Home sales hit slowest pace in 5 years (AP)

AP - Sales of existing homes dropped for a fifth straight month in July while the number of unsold homes shot up to a record level.

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Boy really really doesn't like snakes... (AP)

AP - A man who shows snakes and other reptiles at schools, festivals and libraries says a boy who told the man he hated snakes stomped and killed the man's 10-foot-long python. Scott Braunstein said he was showing Popcorn, a nonpoisonous albino Burmese python, Sunday at the St. Bernadette Festival near Cincinnati.

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Huge Hole Found in the Universe (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - The universe has a huge hole in it that dwarfs anything else of its kind. The discovery caught astronomers by surprise.

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Bush hails freedom, but can he handle a lousy T-shirt? (USATODAY.com)

USATODAY.com - President Bush's speech at the state capitol in Charleston, W.Va., on Independence Day in 2004, invoked the nation's highest ideals: "On this Fourth of July, we confirm our love of freedom, the freedom for people to speak their minds. ... Free thought, free expression, that's what we believe," Bush told the crowd.

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Ohio judge: Anti-gay lawmaker is "real culprit" (Planet Out)

Planet Out - SUMMARY: A judge in Cincinnati is frustrated that a right-wing lawmaker appears to have escaped justice for his role in altering anti-gay petitions.

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Marine charged with abusing recruits (AP)

AP - A Marine drill instructor has been charged with 225 criminal counts connected to abusing recruits, a Marines spokesman said Thursday.

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Starving tumors from inside may pose risks: study (Reuters)

Reuters - A study in mice suggests a new way of
starving tumors of their blood supply may cause heart attacks
and strokes, raising concerns about this type of cancer
therapy, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.

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Advanced Age No Bar to Liver Transplant (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Aug. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Age alone doesn't increase
the risk of death among liver transplant patients age 70 or older and
shouldn't restrict liver transplantation in the elderly, a new study
finds.

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FDA Approves First Anti-Psychotic for Kids (HealthDay)

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Aug. 22 (HealthDay News) -- The powerful anti-psychotic drug
Risperdal was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on
Wednesday for use in children and adolescents who have schizophrenia or
bipolar disorder.

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Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 23, 2007 (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of Thomson CenterWatch:

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AMA touts plans for uninsured Americans (AP)

AP - The nation's largest doctors' group on Thursday launched a multimillion-dollar media campaign to promote its proposals for helping uninsured Americans get health insurance.

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CDC: Whooping cough cases misdiagnosed (AP)

AP - A reported boom in U.S. whooping cough cases is now being questioned after health officials discovered a regularly used lab test misdiagnosed cases in suspected outbreaks in New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Tennessee.

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CDC identifies two new norovirus strains (AP)

AP - A 90-year-old nursing home patient died from the stomach flu last year, marking the first time U.S. health officials confirmed that the highly contagious bug is sometimes fatal.

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FDA proposes new rules for sunscreens (AP)

AP - It may be the summer of '09 or later before beachgoers can count on finding sunscreens to protect against the deeper, penetrating rays linked to wrinkles and cancer.

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WHO ties rising population, new diseases (AP)

AP - A ballooning world population, intensive farming practices and changes in sexual behavior have provided a breeding ground for an unprecedented number of emerging diseases, the U.N. health agency said Thursday.

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A "Midsummer" delight in Central Park (Reuters)

Reuters - Director Daniel Sullivan
has provided a rollicking production of "A Midsummer Night's
Dream" for the second and final entry of this summer's
Shakespeare in the Park.

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Health Tip: Before a Colonoscopy (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- A colonoscopy -- used to detect colon cancer
and other potential problems -- involves use of a long, flexible tube with
a camera that takes images of the colon.

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Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 22, 2007 (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of Thomson CenterWatch:

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Puffer fish sold as salmon kills 15 (AP)

AP - Unscrupulous vendors in Thailand have been selling meat of the deadly puffer fish disguised as salmon, causing the deaths of more than 15 people over the past three years, a doctor said Thursday.

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Prentiss and Benjamin - Mother and Daughter - Star in 'Mrs. Warren's Profession' in MI (Playbill)

Playbill - Complete casting has been announced for the BoarsHead Theater staging of Bernard Shaw's Mrs. Warren's Profession that will star previously announced stage and screen actress Paula Prentiss opposite daughter Prentiss Benjamin.

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Ticketmaster sees Live Nation tie-up ending in '08 (Reuters)

Reuters - IAC/InterActiveCorp's Ticketmaster,
the largest U.S. ticket seller, said it was not able to reach a
new long-term agreement with its largest client, concert
promoter Live Nation Inc.

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Wall St boosted by rate cut hope (FT.com)

FT.com - US stocks closed higher on Wednesday, boosted by market hopes of an early cut in interest rates by the Federal Reserve and takeover talks that suggested credit concerns had not completely killed off merger-and-acquisition activity.

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Iraq War Resisters to Get Boost from Veterans Group (OneWorld.net)

OneWorld.net - SAINT LOUIS, Aug 20 (OneWorld) - Members of a leading Iraq war veterans' organization voted this weekend to launch a campaign encouraging U.S. troops to refuse to fight.

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Blind golfer hears shot of her career (AP)

AP - Sheila Drummond didn't need to see her hole-in-one. She heard it. Drummond, blinded by diabetes 26 years ago, experienced the highlight of her golfing career Sunday, recording an ace on the 144-yard, par-3 fourth hole at Mahoning Valley Country Club.

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In Ethiopia, one man's model for a just society (The Christian Science Monitor)

The Christian Science Monitor - He can't read or write, but Zumra Nuru created a society that would have made Karl Marx proud. The 60-year-old Ethiopian farmer founded and cochairs Awra Amba, a commune where men cook, women plow, and religion has no place.

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Scramble for the Arctic (The Christian Science Monitor)

The Christian Science Monitor - The prospect of Arctic ice melting in about 36 years has brought the prospector out of countries that covet its gas, oil, and new sea lanes. It's a pity then that the US, with a thousand miles of Arctic coastline, may not have a good seat at the table to decide this frontier's future.

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Judge: Bush official faces contempt (AP)

AP - A federal judge in Montana has ordered the Bush administration's top forestry official to explain why he should not be held in contempt of court for the U.S. Forest Service's failure to analyze the environmental impact of dropping fish-killing fire retardant on wildfires.

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Ex-Illinois governor's conviction upheld (AP)

AP - A federal appeals court upheld former Gov. George Ryan's racketeering conviction Tuesday and rejected his request for a new trial.

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Lawmaker says NIH may be after workers (AP)

AP - Employees of one of the National Institutes of Health are being asked to report all contacts with Congress — a request that one lawmaker suspects is an attempt to flush out would-be whistle-blowers.

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Pakistan frees Iranian hostages in shootout (Reuters)

Reuters - Pakistani police have freed 21
Iranian hostages in a two-hour shootout with gunmen who had
seized them in southeastern Iran, Pakistani and Iranian
officials said on Monday.

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Cranberry Could Juice Up Ovarian Cancer Treatment (HealthDay)

HealthDay - TUESDAY, Aug. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Gulping down a glass of
cranberry juice might greatly boost an ovarian cancer patient's
sensitivity to chemotherapy, a new study suggests.

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Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 21, 2007 (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of Thomson CenterWatch:

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Virus Could Help Drive Obesity (HealthDay)

HealthDay - TUESDAY, Aug. 21 (HealthDay News) -- New research is bolstering
the theory that obesity may stem, a least in part, from a common virus --
one that helps create new, heftier fat cells.

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Painkiller widely abused in South (AP)

AP - When his craving for painkillers got to be too much, Steve Dotson lay down and let his wife drive a car over his leg. It hurt, but he could dismiss the pain with thoughts of the medicated bliss that would follow.

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Stolen Elvis Presley gun is recovered (AP)

AP - A handgun stolen from an exhibit during last week's commemoration of the 30th anniversary of Elvis Presley's death has been recovered.

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Stolen Elvis Presley gun is recovered (AP)

AP - A handgun stolen from an exhibit during last week's commemoration of the 30th anniversary of Elvis Presley's death has been recovered.

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Accredited Home selling $1 billion mortgage loans (Reuters)

Reuters - Struggling subprime mortgage lender
Accredited Home Lenders Holding Co on Tuesday said it
agreed to sell $1 billion of home loans to an unnamed investor,
a move it said would limit its exposure to margin calls.

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European stocks lower as banks fall (FT.com)

FT.com - European equities were lower on Tuesday as banks reacted to market talk of more credit market shocks, but losses were capped by strong earnings and an injection of liquidity by the European Central Bank.

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Market woes alone not grounds for cut: Lacker (Reuters)

Reuters - Recent market turmoil
only warrants a change in interest rates by the U.S. central
bank if it hits the outlook for inflation or growth, Federal
Reserve Bank of Richmond President Jeffrey Lacker said on
Tuesday, noting that price pressures remain a worry.

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Antioxidant Supplements May Raise Women's Skin Cancer Risk (HealthDay)

HealthDay - MONDAY, Aug. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Taking antioxidant
supplements won't protect against skin cancer and may actually boost the
risk, at least in women, according to a new French study.

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Study Puts 1 Alzheimer's Theory in Doubt (HealthDay)

HealthDay - MONDAY, Aug. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Research with mice is poking
holes in a prevailing theory on the origins of Alzheimer's, scientists
say.

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Health Tip: Children Who Play Sports (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Scholastic sports are a great way for
children to get exercise and stay healthy. But young athletes also are at
greater risk of injury to their growing bodies.

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Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 20, 2007 (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of Thomson CenterWatch:

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Rape spurs call to amend French law (AP)

AP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy called Monday for a halt to early prison release for some pedophiles after a 5-year-old boy was allegedly raped by a repeat sex offender who had been prescribed Viagra while behind bars.

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Study finds virus contributes to obesity (AP)

AP - In the buffet of reasons for why Americans are getting fatter, researchers are piling more evidence on the plate for one still-controversial cause: a virus.

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Spook Country fascinates on many levels (AP)

AP - "Spook Country" (G.P.Putnam's Sons, 384 pages, $25.95), by William Gibson: Hollis Henry, investigative reporter and former rock singer, has a fascinating assignment. She's in Hollywood checking out a new art form — a virtual art that can recreate the death scenes of the famous or fill a hotel room with knee-high poppies.

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COLUMN: A lighter White Way as three biggies go dark (Reuters)

Reuters - The summer heat is in, and
three more major Broadway enticements are out, having played
their final performances Sunday:

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Cartoon Net gives "Props" to stars, kids (Reuters)

Reuters - Pro skier Jonny Moseley,
tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams and Billie Jean King and
NBA star Baron Davis have signed on to appear in Cartoon
Network's upcoming one-hour special "Props," the channel's
first effort in the reality programming arena.

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Federline lands `One' guest-star role (AP)

AP - K-Fed is going `Tree' climbing.

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"Logan's Run" races back to big screen (Reuters)

Reuters - "Logan's Run" is back up
and running at Warner Bros. Pictures.

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Uncertainty hangs over Wall St (FT.com)

FT.com - Wall Street stocks finished another volatile trading session mixed yesterday after a late rally clawed back early losses but deep uncertainty continued to damp investor confidence.

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How a Mining Rescue Went Wrong (Time.com)

Time.com - More than 10 days after the disaster, six Utah miners are still trapped and three rescuers are dead. What went wrong?

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Camps offer comfort to grieving children (AP)

AP - After hours of drawing and playing games, the youngsters gathered around a table at summer camp to write letters to their fathers.

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Coloring Compound in Fruits, Veggies May Cut Colon Cancer Risk (HealthDay)

HealthDay - SUNDAY, Aug. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Compounds called
anthocyanins, which give color to most red, purple and blue fruits and
vegetables, may help protect against colon cancer, an Ohio State
University study says.

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Medicare won't pay for hospital mistakes (AP)

AP - Medicare will stop paying the costs of treating infections, falls, objects left in surgical patients and other things that happen in hospitals that could have been prevented.

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The Doctor Is In! Hunter Foster Will Manage a Fresh Shop of Horrors in 'Frankenstein' (Playbill)

Playbill - Tony Award nominee Hunter Foster � known for comic turns in Little Shop of Horrors, Urinetown and The Producers � will explore darker material this fall when he plays Victor Frankenstein in the new musical, Frankenstein, Off-Broadway.

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Garth Brooks to release hits album (AP)

AP - Garth Brooks may be retired from touring, but he's not slowing down.

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Sen. Leahy lands role in Batman movie (AP)

AP - Holy Beltway, Batman! Sen. Patrick Leahy has a part in the next Batman movie.

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Fears of crash unfounded - for now (FT.com)

FT.com - Yikes! Stock markets around the world have swung wildly this week; is this a financial crash?

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Author applies economics to life and dating (Reuters)

Reuters - Economics professor Tyler Cowen
delights in using his expertise to get the best out of life. In
his new book, he says anyone can.

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After Fed's rescue, volatile days ahead (Reuters)

Reuters - The Federal Reserve came to the stock
market's rescue on Friday but unless credit markets remain
stable this week, the salvation may prove little more than a
brief respite from its late summer sell-off.

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U.S. paid $1 million to ship two 19-cent washers (Reuters)

Reuters - The U.S. Defense Department said on
Thursday that a flawed system designed to rush supplies to
troops in Iraq and Afghanistan let a small-parts supplier
improperly collect $998,798.38 to ship two 19-cent washers.

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Handling of mine disaster questioned (AP)

AP - The government agency overseeing coal mine safety was supposed to have changed its ways after West Virginia's deadly Sago Mine disaster. Its handling of the cave-ins at Utah's Crandall Canyon Mine have some worried that the changes didn't go far enough.

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Aurigid Meteor Shower Peaks September 1 (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - The Perseid meteor shower has come
and gone, but that doesn't mean that there aren't any more good meteor displays
to look forward to. In fact, another potentially good shower is just around the
corner, scheduled to reach its peak during the early hours of Saturday,
September 1st: the Aurigid meteors.

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Thief drives off with everything but the kitchen sink (CourtTV)

CourtTV - (Court TV) - A Smyrna, Tenn., man chose the wrong
place to fall asleep.

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Man asks officer wearing badge for meth (AP)

AP - A man hoping to score some meth asked the wrong person for the drug. The Eugene police vice narcotics unit had searched an apartment on Monday night and were questioning the tenant when a man came by and asked to buy drugs, Sgt. Jerry Webber said.

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Dutch company recalls Chinese mattresses (AP)

AP - A chain of Dutch bed stores said Friday it is recalling more than 1,300 Chinese-made foam mattresses amid fears they were sprayed with toxic insecticide.

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US debt jolts world markets (The Christian Science Monitor)

The Christian Science Monitor - Over the past six years, Chinese central bankers, French pension-fund managers, and staid German bankers have been the piggy bank for America's housing boom.

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Retirement ‘Wave’ Building Among House Republicans? (CQPolitics.com)

CQPolitics.com - The announcement Friday by former House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., that he will not seek re-election in 2008 capped a week in which three veteran House Republicans in a 24-hour span declared that the current 110th Congress would be their last.

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Zingo Offers Pain Relief During Child Injections (HealthDay)

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Aug. 17 (HealthDay News) -- The pain-relieving drug Zingo
(lidocaine hydrochloride) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration for children aged 3 to 18 who have "venous access"
procedures such as IV insertions or blood draws, maker Anesiva Inc. said
Friday.

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Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 17, 2007 (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of Thomson CenterWatch:

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Toys 'R' Us pulls bibs as a precaution (AP)

AP - Toys "R" Us Inc. on Friday said it was removing all vinyl baby bibs from its Toys "R" Us and Babies "R" Us stores as a precaution after two bibs made in China for one supplier showed lead levels that exceeded Toys "R" Us standards.

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FDA: Codeine risk for some nursing moms (AP)

AP - Nursing mothers who take codeine should watch their infants for increased sleepiness or other signs of overdose, federal health officials warned Friday.

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Business Books: Author applies economics to life and dating (Reuters)

Reuters - Economics professor Tyler Cowen
delights in using his expertise to get the best out of life. In
his new book, he says anyone can.

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PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW: Come Back, Lost Playwrights! (Playbill)

Playbill - Broadway will give two one-time Broadway giants a new look in 2008, it was revealed this week.

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Latin music videos go mobile on ES Musica (Reuters)

Reuters - With 10 original weekly shows,
made-for-mobile Latin music channel ES Musica aims to break
ground by re-creating the music TV experience -- and one-upping
it with portability and interactivity.

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Former La. film commissioner charged (AP)

AP - Louisiana's former film commissioner has been charged with taking $65,000 in bribes by abusing a system of tax credits meant to lure film production to the state, federal prosecutors said.

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Toys "R" Us stops sales of China-made bibs (Reuters)

Reuters - Retailer Toys "R" Us said on Friday it
removed all Hamco Inc.'s vinyl baby bibs, which were made in
China, from its shelves as a precaution after an independent
tester found samples of bibs containing excessive amounts of
lead.

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Wall Street boosted by Fed move (FT.com)

FT.com - Wall Street stocks built on Thursday's late rally on Friday morning, with broad-based gains prompted by the Federal Reserve's surprise cut in the discount rate at which regional Feds lend to banks by 50 basis points.

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Economy - Friday (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - The Economic Cycle Research Institute's U.S. leading index edged down 0.1 point 14 the week ended Aug. 10 to 141.8, the 4th straight weekly drop and the lowest level since April 20. The 4-week annualized growth rate sank to 4.2% from 5.1% in the prior week. It's also the lowest since late April. The growth rate peaked at 6.9% in mid-June.

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Sentinel files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy (Reuters)

Reuters - Sentinel Management Group Inc., a U.S.
futures commission merchant whose decision to freeze client
accounts on Tuesday helped roil global financial markets, filed
for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection late on Friday.

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U.S. paid $1 million to ship two 19-cent washers (Reuters)

Reuters - The U.S. Defense Department said on
Thursday that a flawed system designed to rush supplies to
troops in Iraq and Afghanistan let a small-parts supplier
improperly collect $998,798.38 to ship two 19-cent washers.

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Pentagon Paid $998,798 to Ship Two 19-Cent Washers (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg - Aug. 16 (Bloomberg) -- A small South Carolina parts supplier
collected about $20.5 million over six years from the Pentagon
for fraudulent shipping costs, including $998,798 for sending two
19-cent washers to a Texas base, U.S. officials said.

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Healthy Lifestyle Key To Cancer Prevention (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, August 16 (HealthDay News) -- While the number of deaths from
cancer have been declining, many malignancies could be prevented by
exercising, eating right, maintaining a healthy weight and not smoking, a
new federal report finds.

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Zingo Offers Pain Relief During Child Injections (HealthDay)

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Aug. 17 (HealthDay News) -- The pain-relieving drug Zingo
(lidocaine hydrochloride) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration for children aged 3 to 18 who have "venous access"
procedures such as IV insertions or blood draws, maker Anesiva Inc. said
Friday.

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Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 17, 2007 (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of Thomson CenterWatch:

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Obesity Heightens Kidney Disease Risks (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Aug. 16 (HealthDay News) -- Chronic kidney disease
patients who are also obese are much more likely than normal-weight
patients to have a condition called hyperparathyroidism, which raises
their risk of heart problems and death, U.S. researchers say.

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Stent safety questions trigger declines (AP)

AP - Drug-oozing heart stents became the fastest-selling medical device in modern history — and a cash cow for Johnson & Johnson and Boston Scientific Corp. — because of the device's ability to prevent scar tissue from forming new blockages after artery-clearing surgery.

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Italian town offers cash for weight loss (AP)

AP - What better incentive than money to drop a few pounds? Gianluca Buonanno, the mayor of Varallo, a town of 7,500 in northern Italy, thinks it might work. The town is offering cash rewards to overweight residents who slim down and more money if they keep the weight off.

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Indian schools asked to ban junk food (AP)

AP - India's children are getting increasingly overweight and unhealthy and the government is asking schools to ban junk food, officials said Thursday.

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FDA: Codeine risk for some nursing moms (AP)

AP - Nursing mothers who take codeine should watch their infants for increased sleepiness or other signs of overdose, federal health officials warned Friday.

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Hawke: Not easy being in celeb marriage (AP)

AP - Ethan Hawke, whose split from Uma Thurman caused a tabloid frenzy, says being part of a celebrity couple can be hard on the ego.

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Plays recall World War One, present-day conflicts (Reuters)

Reuters - Voices from the 1914-18 "War to End
Wars" are haunting audiences in Edinburgh this year, reminding
theatergoers of the horrors of conflict while British soldiers
fight in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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EMI non-exec directors step down before takeover (Reuters)

Reuters - Four non-executive directors at British
music group EMI have resigned ahead of the impending takeover
by private equity group Terra Firma, and its non-executive
chairman will step down once it is delisted.

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Pirated `Simpsons' tracked to Australian (AP)

AP - The first known pirated copy of "The Simpsons Movie" to make it onto the Internet was tracked to a home raided by Australian police Friday, authorities said.

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Fed makes surprise cut in discount rate (FT.com)

FT.com - Wall Street stocks were set to extend Thursday's late rally into Friday morning, after the Federal reserve surprised investors by cutting the discount rate at which regional Feds lend to banks by 50 basis points.

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Wives struggled after FBI framed spouses (AP)

AP - For three decades, Marie Salvati and Olympia Limone essentially lived as widows, struggling to make ends meet as they raised four children on their own. Their husbands grew old behind bars after being convicted of a murder the FBI knew they did not commit.

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Pentagon Paid $999,798 to Ship Two 19-Cent Washers to Texas (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg - Aug. 16 (Bloomberg) -- A small South Carolina parts supplier
collected about $20.5 million over six years from the Pentagon
for fraudulent shipping costs, including $998,798 for sending two
19-cent washers to a Texas base, U.S. officials said.

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Analysis: NSA Lawsuit Like Alice's Wonderland (PC World)

PC World - If you're the U.S. federal government, how can you prove to someone that something should be kept secret if you can't tell them what the secret is because it's a secret? If you're a federal judge, how can you decide whether someone gets to keep a secret if the secret-keeper won't say what the secret is?

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Pentagon Paid $998,798 to Ship Two 19-Cent Washers (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg - Aug. 16 (Bloomberg) -- A small South Carolina parts supplier
collected about $20.5 million over six years from the Pentagon
for fraudulent shipping costs, including $998,798 for sending two
19-cent washers to an Army base in Texas, U.S. officials said.

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Healthy Lifestyle Key To Cancer Prevention (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, August 16 (HealthDay News) -- While the number of deaths from
cancer have been declining, many malignancies could be prevented by
exercising, eating right, maintaining a healthy weight and not smoking, a
new federal report finds.

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Consulting may prevent depression after vision loss (Reuters)

Reuters - Patients with age-related
macular degeneration, a frequent cause of vision loss in the
elderly, are less likely to develop depressive disorders in the
short-term if they're taught problem-solving skills, new study
findings suggest. However, the benefits don't seem to be
maintained over time.

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Uterus lining predicts in vitro fertilization success (Reuters)

Reuters - Changes in the thickness of the
uterus lining or "endometrium" during in vitro fertilization
predict the likelihood of pregnancy, according to a report in
the journal Fertility and Sterility.

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FDA to Review Safety of Cold Remedies for Kids (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Aug. 16 (HealthDay News) -- Responding to growing
concerns about the safety and effectiveness of cough and cold drug
products used by young children, U.S. health officials said Wednesday that
they will meet in October to reassess the medications.

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Menopause hard on couple's sex lives (Reuters)

Reuters - When a woman enters menopause,
her sex life and that of her partner may suffer, according to a
survey in which more than half of the women reported a decrease
in sex drive and in the amount of sex they were having since
entering menopause.

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Obesity Heightens Kidney Disease Risks (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Aug. 16 (HealthDay News) -- Chronic kidney disease
patients who are also obese are much more likely than normal-weight
patients to have a condition called hyperparathyroidism, which raises
their risk of heart problems and death, U.S. researchers say.

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Kenya reduces child deaths from malaria (AP)

AP - Kenya cut child deaths from malaria by more than 40 percent over five years by handing out insecticide-treated mosquito nets, U.N. and Kenyan officials said Thursday.

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Book eyes NFC East (AP)

AP - "War Without Death: A Year of Extreme Competition in Pro Football's NFC East" (The Penguin Press. $25.95), by Mark Maske: The 2006 season in the National Football League's most cutthroat division offered enough intrigue to fill several books.

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Tiffany Announces 25% Rise in Quarterly Dividend (Fashion Wire Daily)

Fashion Wire Daily - Tiffany & Co.'s Board of Directors announced on Thursday a 25% rise in its quarterly dividend for common stock, in the latest sign of health at the world famous jewelers.

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Reggae singer Kingston rules singles chart again (Reuters)

Reuters - Reggae newcomer Sean Kingston's
"Beautiful Girls" led the U.S. singles chart for a third week
Thursday, while Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie held at No. 2 for
a second with "Big Girls Don't Cry."

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`Delirious' dissects celebrity culture (AP)

AP - Early in "Delirious," two paparazzi argue over their positions in a scrum of photographers on an otherwise empty Manhattan street.

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J.C. Penney 2Q profit up, lifts view (AP)

AP - Department store retailer J.C. Penney Co. said Thursday that its second-quarter profit edged up nearly 2 percent, beating Wall Street expectations, though it said customers are worried about high energy prices and the weak housing market.

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First Magnus, big mortgage lender, halts loans (Reuters)

Reuters - First Magnus Financial Corp., one of
the largest independent U.S. mortgage lenders, said on Thursday
it has stopped funding home loans and taking mortgage loan
applications because investors are not buying its loans.

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Bear Stearns cuts 240 subprime jobs (Reuters)

Reuters - Bear Stearns Cos Inc said on
Thursday it will cut about 240 subprime lending jobs as a
global credit squeeze and a subprime lending crisis rattles
markets.

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Review backs antidepressant effects of omega-3s (Reuters)

Reuters - The results of a major review
of published research that examined the relationship between
depression and level of omega-3 fatty acids in the diet suggest
that omega-3 fatty acids have antidepressant effects. However,
the researchers point out that the quality of the studies means
it's still too soon to say definitively that omega-3s can treat
depression or bipolar disorder.

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On US border, a surge in tidal-power projects (The Christian Science Monitor)

The Christian Science Monitor - Tides are a fact of life on the Bay of Fundy, and here more than most places. Strong enough to carry a small sailboat backward, they flow around this island in reversible rivers. Currents smash together in a violent chop or conspire to create whirlpools – including the hemisphere's largest.

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China's lead problems go beyond toys (AP)

AP - China's problems with lead in consumer products go far beyond tainted toys.

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AN APPEALING CHINESE IMPORT: ACCOUNTABILITY (Ted Rall)

Ted Rall - Should Leaders Who Ruin Lives Go Unpunished?

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Plant compounds blunt menopausal effects in rats (Reuters)

Reuters - Women who enter menopause often
develop high blood pressure, insulin resistance (a risk factor
for type 2 diabetes), and memory loss. New research conducted
in menopausal rats suggests that polyphenols - compounds found
in grapes, soy, and kudzu -- may blunt some of these side
effects associated with menopause.

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Study: Erosion causing lakes' water loss (AP)

AP - Erosion caused by dredging and other human activities on the St. Clair River is causing Lakes Huron and Michigan to lose 2.5 billion gallons of water daily, according to a private Canadian study.

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Man arrested after trying to rob a nun (AP)

AP - A would-be thief came up empty-handed after trying to rob a nun who had taken a vow of poverty. Madison police arrested the man later in the day. They gave the following account:

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Control tobacco, food ads to beat cancer -panel (Reuters)

Reuters - A new presidential report on cancer
takes on not only tobacco companies but the food industry while
calling on the federal government to "cease being a purveyor of
unhealthy foods" and switch to policies that encourage
Americans to eat vegetables and exercise.

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FDA warns adults about medicine for kids (AP)

AP - The government is warning parents not to give cough and cold medicines to children under 2 without a doctor's order, part of an overall review of the products' safety and effectiveness for youngsters.

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Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 15, 2007 (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of Thomson CenterWatch:

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Halt to 'female' Camel cigarettes sought (AP)

AP - Dozens of women's and public health organizations on Wednesday called on R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. to remove from the market its Camel No. 9 cigarettes, a brand they say is cynically aimed at getting young, fashion-conscious women and girls to start smoking.

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Cell Therapeutics to buy cancer drug (AP)

AP - Biotech firm Cell Therapeutics Inc. on Thursday will announce plans to pay Biogen Idec Inc. up to $30 million for a lymphoma cancer treatment.

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Study: Abortion pills don't bring risks (AP)

AP - Women who use abortion pills rather than the more common surgical method seem to face no greater risk of tubal pregnancy or miscarriage in later pregnancies, according to a new study.

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Study: Dust with retardant may harm cats (AP)

AP - A new federal study suggests that household dust containing a common flame retardant may be linked to an increase in cats getting sick from overactive thyroids. That could be a warning sign for how young children could get exposed to the chemical, said Linda S. Birnbaum, director of experimental toxicology at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and co-author of the study.

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As Comm Planning Takes Off in U.S., So Does Naked (AdWeek.com)

AdWeek.com - NEW YORK Fresh off the biggest win in its short history here, communications planning specialist Naked is eyeing a major U.S. expansion for 2008. It intends to open offices in Los Angeles and Chicago to complement its New York outpost, another sign that communications planning is gaining favor here after catching on in Europe a decade ago.

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Kraft mulls sale of Post cereals business: paper (Reuters)

Reuters - Kraft Foods Inc. is in the
early stages of looking for a buyer for its Post cereals
business, maker of the Grape Nuts and Shredded Wheat brands,
the Wall Street Journal reported on its Website on Thursday.

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Senators question execution speedup (AP)

AP - Two senators have asked the Justice Department to delay new rules that would give Attorney General Alberto Gonzales authority to limit the time death row inmates spend on appeals before being executed.

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Some of the deadliest attacks in Iraq (AP)

AP - Some of the deadliest attacks in Iraq since the war began in March 2003:

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Insurgents destroy bridge, gunmen seize hostages as Baghdad lull is broken (McClatchy Newspapers)

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD— A week of relative calm was shattered Tuesday when a truck bomb blew up a key bridge north of the capital and gunmen in military uniforms kidnapped five officials from a Ministry of Oil building.

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Man pays big tax bill in coins, $1 bills (AP)

AP - A landlord said he wanted people to see the pain of his property tax bill when he hauled $12,656.07 in coins and $1 bills to the county treasurer's office.

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Yahoo Messenger Hole Found (PC World)

PC World - A new vulnerability in Yahoo Inc.'s instant messenger program can potentially cause unwanted code to run on a PC, according to security researchers.

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Molecule May Predict Prostate Cancer's Return (HealthDay)

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Aug. 15 (HealthDay News) -- For the first time,
scientists say they have identified an immune molecule that may predict
prostate cancer recurrence after surgery.

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Medicare won't cover back disc for older people (Reuters)

Reuters - The U.S. Medicare health insurance
program has decided it would not pay for a Synthes Inc.
artificial disc for the lower back in patients older than 60.

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Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 15, 2007 (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of Thomson CenterWatch:

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Hip-hop act UGK leads U.S. album chart (Reuters)

Reuters - After a five-year absence from the
U.S. pop album chart, the hip-hop troupe UGK scored its first
No. 1 on Wednesday with "Underground Kingz."

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More Met Opera, ENO collaborations (AP)

AP - The Metropolitan Opera and the English National Opera will co-produce stagings of John Adams' "Doctor Atomic" and a new work by Osvaldo Golijov.

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Ethan Allen same-store sales slightly up (Reuters)

Reuters - Furniture maker and retailer Ethan
Allen Interiors Inc. said on Wednesday its retail
written sales at stores open at least a year were "modestly up"
in June and July.

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Decline in U.S. Breast Cancers Tied to Drop in Hormone Use (HealthDay)

HealthDay - TUESDAY, Aug. 14 (HealthDay News) -- A decline in women's use of
hormone therapy, not any drop in mammography-linked detection, is likely
responsible for the recent U.S. drop in breast cancers, says new
research.

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Nursing Home Residents at Highest Heatstroke Risk (HealthDay)

HealthDay - TUESDAY, Aug. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Heatstroke may be most lethal for
people who live in nursing homes or take medication to lower their blood
pressure, a French study finds.

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Guiding Kids to Better Diets Boosts Health (HealthDay)

HealthDay - TUESDAY, Aug. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Teaching youngsters about
healthy diets helps improve their blood cholesterol levels, a Finnish
study finds.

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Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 14, 2007 (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of Thomson CenterWatch:

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Few obese adults get treatment plan from docs (Reuters)

Reuters - Few obese adults receive a
formal weight-management plan from their doctors, despite the
proven health benefits of even modest weight loss, a new study
suggests.

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Study: Early diet advice for kids sticks (AP)

AP - Teaching children from a young age to eat a low-fat diet can be effective — even as they reach their teens and begin eating more meals away from home, according to a new study.

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Study: Harsh lighting may damage embryos (AP)

AP - The kind of light commonly used in fertility clinics could damage the development of human and other animal embryos in research, according to research findings conducted by a team from Hawaii and Japan.

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Philly Live Arts Fest to Welcome Wooster Group, 'Gatz', Local and World Artists (Playbill)

Playbill - Programming for the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival, a curated fest offering an array of performing arts, has been announced.

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"Superbad" star takes up "Revolt" (Reuters)

Reuters - Michael Cera, one of the
stars of the Friday release "Superbad," has joined "Youth in
Revolt," an adaptation of a novel that garnered a cult
following throughout the world.

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TJX earnings before charge beat estimates (Reuters)

Reuters - Off-price retailer TJX Cos. Inc.
posted better-than-expected quarterly operating
earnings on Tuesday on strength in all its units and predicted
full-year earnings that could exceed Wall Street's
expectations.

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Mutual Funds Stand Strong Vs. Rivals (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - The mutual fund industry may not be a kid any longer, but it's still growing like a teenager.

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Mining stocks help FTSE rebound (FT.com)

FT.com - The FTSE recouped sharp opening losses on Tuesday as mining stocks continued Monday's gains.

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Australian cities face water shortage (AP)

AP - Nearly every Australian city will have to find new water supplies over the next decade as climate change and population growth stretch the nation's already limited water resources, according to a study released Tuesday.

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New vaccine may help MS patients, study finds (Reuters)

Reuters - An experimental vaccine against
multiple sclerosis appears to be safe and may produce
beneficial changes in patients' brains and immune systems,
Canadian researchers reported on Monday.

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Tropical depression forms in Atlantic (AP)

AP - A tropical depression formed Monday in the far eastern Atlantic, the fourth of the Atlantic hurricane season, meteorologists said.

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An Inside Look at the Malware Black Market (PC World)

PC World - "The best program in its class I have ever seen!" gushes one review. "One of the most powerful products on the market," reads another. They're common lines, indistinguishable from thousands of others for thousands of programs. Until you come to this one: "Works well... to find a new attacker."

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Scientists Create Breast Tumor Stem Cells (HealthDay)

HealthDay - MONDAY, Aug. 13 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. scientists say they've
succeeded in growing breast cancer stem cells from normal tissue.

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Guilty plea in Jackson 5 drummer's death (AP)

AP - A woman has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the death of a former drummer for the Jackson 5, authorities said Monday.

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Countrywide lends less than in June, hires more (Reuters)

Reuters - Countrywide Financial Corp. ,
the largest U.S. mortgage lender, on Tuesday said it funded a
lower amount of home loans in July than in June after
tightening lending standards, but added more than 1,100
employees as smaller rivals folded.

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Russian train derails, injuring 27 (AP)

AP - An apparent explosion derailed several cars on a Russian passenger train traveling from Moscow to St. Petersburg late Monday, injuring at least 27 people, officials said.

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Most Asian Men Have Better Prostate Cancer Survival Rates (HealthDay)

HealthDay - MONDAY, Aug. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Your prognosis for surviving
prostate cancer may depend on your racial and ethnic background, a new
study suggests.

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U.S. Culture Boosts Hispanic Immigrants' Substance Abuse Risk (HealthDay)

HealthDay - MONDAY, Aug. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Adoption of American culture and
lifestyle makes Hispanic immigrants to the United States more likely to
use illegal drugs and abuse alcohol, a new study suggests.

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Duke patients blame fluid for problems (AP)

AP - Patients of Duke University hospitals who were exposed to surgical tools cleaned in used hydraulic fluid still blame the mistake for their health problems despite a Duke-commissioned study that suggests otherwise.

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Study: Early diet advice for kids sticks (AP)

AP - Teaching children from a young age to eat a low-fat diet can be effective — even as they reach their teens and begin eating more meals away from home, according to a new study.

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MTV Applies Web Lessons to 'Yo Momma' Campaign (AdWeek.com)

AdWeek.com - SAN FRANCISCO MTV is applying lessons learned from past marketing efforts about the power of online communities to the new marketing strategy for its show Yo Momma. Using young people's natural affinity for trash talking--and their equally strong craving for Internet fame--the network is seeking to forge a bond with viewers that promotes the show and stays alive long after the TV program is over.

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Tiger drives CBS to ratings win (Reuters)

Reuters - Tiger Woods' win at the PGA
Championship spotlighted an afternoon and evening of television
that overshadowed the usual can't-miss preseason football.

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MTV Networks splits Noggin, the N channels (Reuters)

Reuters - Noggin and the N, two MTV
Networks-owned outlets that had been sharing the same channel,
will split by year's end and become separate networks.

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`Rush Hour 3' speeds to $49.1 million (AP)

AP - "Rush Hour 3" worked up some box-office velocity, debuting with $49.1 million to lead the weekend.

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Nervous optimism ahead of Wall St open (FT.com)

FT.com - Wall Street stocks were set for a firmer start on Monday, amid some signs of stability returning to the money markets.

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Economy - Monday (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - Inventories rose by 0.4% in June, matching views, with gains across the factory, wholesale and retail sectors. Overall sales dropped 0.3%, the biggest decline since Jan. Auto inventories jumped 1%, the largest gain since June '06. The inventory-to-sales ratio climbed to 1.27 months' worth from 1.26 in May.

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Aegon to buy Merrill insurance units for $1.3 bln (Reuters)

Reuters - Dutch insurer Aegon NV
said on Monday it agreed to buy Merrill Lynch Life
Insurance Co. and ML Life Insurance Co. of New York for $1.3
billion in cash to boost its sales of variable annuities and
distribution in the United States.

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Grueling search at bridge collapse site (AP)

AP - The command center is a jumble of trailers, tents and canopies, the impromptu infrastructure of a recovery effort that has shifted from frenzied to plodding as divers struggle to find the last victims of the Interstate 35W bridge collapse.

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Police: Boot camp girl dragged with van (AP)

AP - Authorities charged the director of a Christian boot camp and an employee with dragging a 15-year-old girl behind a van after she fell behind the group during a morning run.

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MySQL Changes Draw Ire (PC World)

PC World - MySQL AB has made it harder for developers to use the enterprise edition of its database software for free, sparking a debate about whether the company has strayed from its obligation to its open-source community.

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Microsoft Loses XML Vote (PC World)

PC World - Microsoft Corp. has lost a key vote in its quest to develop an alternative to the Open Document Format standard, backed by the open-source community.

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China seeks to dampen US dollar rumors (AP)

AP - China sought Sunday to dampen speculation it will conduct a massive sell-off of U.S. dollar holdings, with a central bank official saying the dollar remains a mainstay of its foreign exchange reserves.

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Weapons, legal and illegal, flood Iraq (AP)

AP - Since the U.S. invasion in 2003, when looters ransacked armories and deserting Iraqi soldiers took their rifles home, this bloodied land has been flooded by a sea of weapons fed from both the legal and illegal market.

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MRI Beats Mammograms at Spotting Early Breast Cancer (HealthDay)

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Aug. 10 (HealthDay News) -- MRI appears to be better than
mammograms at finding breast cancer before it spreads, German researchers
report.

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Extreme Heat Hits Elderly Harder (HealthDay)

HealthDay - SATURDAY, Aug. 11 (HealthDay News) -- A combination of age-linked
factors helps explain why older adults and the elderly are at higher risk
on very hot days, experts say.

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Obesity-Linked Woes Boost Kids' Lifetime Heart Risk (HealthDay)

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Aug. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Obese children diagnosed with
health problems collectively known as the "metabolic syndrome" are at
higher risk for developing heart disease as adults, new research
reveals.

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Egyptian girl dies in circumcision (AP)

AP - A 13-year-old Egyptian girl has died during a circumcision operation, two months after the death of another girl prompted health officials to ban the widespread traditional procedure, local media said Saturday.

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Lessons for today's market in 1907 panic (Reuters)

Reuters - The current upheaval in global markets
has many on Wall Street drawing comparisons to turmoil seen in
1998, 1987 and even 1929, but a new book suggests investors
should look back as far as 1907 for insight into the mechanisms
that can trigger a crash.

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British music mogul Tony Wilson dies (AP)

AP - Tony Wilson, a music impresario credited with guiding a crop of bands from industrial England to the international stage, died Friday. He was 57.

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'High School Musical': Big summer TV (AP)

AP - Anyone who considers mid-August a dead time for anything original on television definitely doesn't have an elementary-school-aged girl at home.

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Ann Taylor CFO James M. Smith resigns (AP)

AP - Women's clothing retailer AnnTaylor Stores Corp. said Friday James M. Smith resigned as chief financial officer. AnnTaylor said Smith, 45, will stay in his current position until the end of September or until his successor is named. The company is looking for someone to fill the post, it said.

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Barneys to open five clothing stores: Dubai owner (Reuters)

Reuters - Dubai government investment agency
Istithmar, which agreed last week to buy Barneys New York Inc.
for $942.3 million, said the U.S. luxury-clothing store plans
to open up to five outlets at a cost of as much as $100
million.

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Risky-mortgage meltdown was predictable, preventable (USATODAY.com)

USATODAY.com - It's called "payment shock." A typical home buyer with slightly blemished credit starts off with a $200,000 mortgage, a 7% interest rate and an initial monthly payment of $1,531. Everything's fine for two years until that low "teaser" rate expires and jumps to 11.5%, adding a whopping $625 to the monthly payment.

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Kayaker Rescued After Spending Night In Ocean (KGTV TheSanDiegoChannel.com)

KGTV TheSanDiegoChannel.com - A 29-year-old kayaker from Clairemont is safe after spending the night swimming through the Pacific Ocean, 10News reported.

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As British taxes target gas guzzlers, sales of greener cars double (The Christian Science Monitor)

The Christian Science Monitor - Driving an SUV in Britain already has a certain stigma, thanks to a growing climate-change clamor. But now it's set to become wildly expensive in addition to uncool.

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MRI Beats Mammograms at Spotting Early Breast Cancer (HealthDay)

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Aug. 10 (HealthDay News) -- MRI appears to be better than
mammograms at finding breast cancer before it spreads, German researchers
report.

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Warfarin Trumps Aspirin in Preventing Stroke in Elderly (HealthDay)

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Aug. 10 (HealthDay News) -- The largest study ever of its
kind finds the clot-preventing drug warfarin to be more effective than
aspirin in preventing strokes in older people with the abnormal heartbeat
called atrial fibrillation.

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Fertility drugs don't raise breast cancer risk: report (Reuters)

Reuters - Drugs used to treat female
infertility do not appear to be associated with an increased
risk of breast cancer, according to a new report.

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Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 10, 2007 (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of Thomson CenterWatch:

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Study: Obese kids are absent more (AP)

AP - Obese elementary schoolchildren miss a couple more school days on average than their normal-weight classmates, according to a study that says being fat is a better predictor for absenteeism than any other factor.

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