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New York Daily News - ‎2 hours ago‎
Police officers stand guard in front of a crowd outside LaGuardia Airport during an evacuation after Port Authority police arrested Scott McGann.
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Iran: Former president blasts post-election trials

CNN - ‎53 minutes ago‎
TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- Iran's reformist former President Mohammad Khatami Sunday blasted the trials of people arrested in demonstrations as an "insult" to Iran and Islam.

NATO says 3 US troops killed in Afghan battle

The Associated Press - Jason Straziuso - ‎22 minutes ago‎
KABUL - Militants in eastern Afghanistan attacked US forces with gunfire Sunday after a roadside bomb hit their convoy. Three American troops died in the attack, officials said.

Aquino mourned at wake by thousands of Filipinos

The Associated Press - Jim Gomez - ‎52 minutes ago‎
MANILA, Philippines - Mourners wept as they paid their last respects at the wake of former President Corazon Aquino on Sunday, with some pledging to carry on her legacy by protecting the democracy she helped install 23 years ago.

Police hunt killer of Israel gays

BBC News - ‎4 hours ago‎
Israeli police are searching for a gunman who killed two people and wounded at least 10 at a gay support centre in the city of Tel Aviv.

Iraqi PM meets Kurdish leaders

Aljazeera.net - ‎1 hour ago‎
Nuri al-Maliki, Iraq's prime minister, is set for talks with Kurdish officials in Iraq's semi-autonomous northern region aimed at resolving disputes over land and oil.

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The Scary, Honest Truth About Race

Washington Post - Sally Quinn - ‎3 hours ago‎
President Obama, in his Cairo speech, spoke about religion and how one of the difficulties in resolving issues in the Middle East was that people would say one thing in public and then say what they really thought in private.

The presidency: Busy week -- but then, that's part of the job

Detroit Free Press - ‎3 hours ago‎
President Barack Obama kicked off a two-day conference on relations with China saying that relationship "will shape the 21st Century," then later last week hosted a meeting that got far more attention: Beers at a picnic table near the South Lawn for ...

Obama campaign style unchanged as president

The Associated Press - Liz Sidoti - ‎6 hours ago‎
BRISTOL, Va. - At times, it seems like Barack Obama has time-traveled back to last summer when he was simply a Democrat running for the White House.
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$2B boost for clunkers now awaits Senate vote

Detroit Free Press - Justin Hyde - ‎7 hours ago‎
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration tried to regain control of the cash-for-clunkers program Friday, rushing a $2-billion refueling through the House and reassuring buyers and dealers that ...

UBS not to pay fine in US tax settlement: reports

Reuters - ‎50 minutes ago‎
ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland's UBS will not have to pay a fine as part of the settlement of a tax evasion dispute with the United States, two Swiss newspapers reported on Sunday.

Nissan unveils zero-emission hatchback "Leaf"

Reuters - Chang-Ran Kim - ‎21 minutes ago‎
YOKOHAMA, Japan (Reuters) - Nissan Motor Co took the wraps off its much-awaited electric car on Sunday, naming the hatchback "Leaf" and taking a step toward its goal of leading the industry in the ...
Nissan Unveils New Electric Car Wall Street Journal

Week in Apple: Google drama, security, jailbreaking, and more

Ars Technica - Jacqui Cheng - ‎59 minutes ago‎
Think your new iPhone 3GS is impervious to hackers? Wondering where all the Google Voice apps went? Want to know Apple's stance on jailbreaking?

Jailbreaking software already works for 3.0.1 iphone update

CNET News - Matt Hickey - ‎Jul 31, 2009‎
So Apple on Friday released an update to the iphone OS (3.0.1) that takes care of an SMS vulnerability. It's a fairly important patch, and usually when Apple updates the iphone OS, jailbreakers have to wait until the Dev Team comes out ...

Astronaut doesn't change his undies for a month

CNET News - Chris Matyszczyk - ‎13 hours ago‎
I know robots will soon be ordering us around like wait staff at the Ritz. But I am gravely concerned about an experiment that has been going on up there in space.

Review | To swim with the sharks or float with the chicks?

MiamiHerald.com - Glenn Garvin - ‎5 hours ago‎
Programmer No. 1 -- I don't know what's with these viewers. We give 'em quality stuff all summer long -- Botoxed South Beach swine, drunken New York preppies, even dancing fat people -- and still they ain't watching.

'Julie & Julia' is a recipe for big-screen success

Waukegan News Sun - Bill Zwecker - ‎1 hour ago‎
WHITE PLAINS, NY -- For Meryl Streep, playing Julia Child in Nora Ephron's new film, ''Julie & Julia'' (opening Friday), wasn't so much about impersonating the iconic cookbook author and TV personality who helped ...
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Mark Wahlberg weds longtime girlfriend

msnbc.com - ‎6 hours ago‎
Wahlberg has finally made it official! The actor and his longtime girlfriend, model Rhea Durham, tied the knot on Saturday, PEOPLE has confirmed.

Red Sox start with a blank slate

Boston Globe - Adam Kilgore - ‎3 hours ago‎
BALTIMORE - After the tumult of the previous two days, maybe the Red Sox deserved a measure of certainty. Timing was on their side last night.
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Sports of The Times Positive or Negative, There's No Changing History

New York Times - George Vecsey - ‎4 hours ago‎
They count. For all the instant disillusionment and partisan morality, the Red Sox' championships of 2004 and 2007 still stand.
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Phelps reels in Cavic to stay butterfly king

Washington Post - ‎1 hour ago‎
ROME (Reuters) - Michael Phelps used his powerful shoulders to perfection to overhaul big rival Milorad Cavic and steal back his 100 meters butterfly world record in an enthralling final at the world championships on Saturday.

Pelosi to fight for health care bill during recess

San Francisco Chronicle - ‎4 hours ago‎
As tourists in flip-flops snapped photos of the sign above her Capitol office last week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi spent 14-hour days mediating a sprawling health care bill among the warring factions of her 256 Democrats.

County health officials: Fear the flu

Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com - Chad D. Lerch - ‎37 minutes ago‎
MUSKEGON COUNTY -- Ken Kraus has a message for residents who have shrugged off the "swine flu" as nothing more than a pesky virus that causes sniffles and sneezes.

China plague death prompts alert

BBC News - Michael Bristow - ‎9 minutes ago‎
Thousands of people have been placed in quarantine in north-western China after a man died of pneumonic plague. Chinese authorities say the man who died was a 32-year-old herdsman from a sparsely populated area mostly inhabited by ...

Obama: Innovation key to improving the economy

The Associated Press - Darlene Superville - ‎8 hours ago‎
WASHINGTON - Future economic prosperity depends on building a new, stronger foundation and recapturing the "spirit of innovation," President Barack Obama says.

Seven killed in Iraq market bombing

AFP - ‎19 minutes ago‎
RAMADI, Iraq - Four women and three children were killed in a car bomb attack on a market in the centre of the western Iraqi town of Haditha on Sunday, military and medical officials.

Wis. Jury: Father Guilty in Prayer Death Case

ABC News - Robert Imrie - ‎5 hours ago‎
AP A central Wisconsin man accused of killing his 11-year-old daughter by praying instead of seeking medical care was found guilty Saturday of second-degree reckless homicide.
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