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NFL Union Chief Gene Upshaw Dies
Law Blog - WSJ.com (subscribe) | 50 minutes ago | Sports
Gene Upshaw, the Hall of Fame guard who as union head helped get NFL players free agency, has died. He was 63 years old. -
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Tropical Storm Fay expected to hit Fla. 3rd time
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Tropical Storm Fay hung offshore Thursday and poured more rain on Florida's central Atlantic coast after flooding hundreds of ... -
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Ohio Rep. Tubbs Jones Dies from Brain Aneurysm
Law Blog - WSJ.com (subscribe) | 40 minutes ago | Politics
Susan Davis reports on Congress. Ohio Democratic Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones died Wednesday after suffering an aneurysm while driving her car on Tuesday. The 58 year old lawmaker was the first African American elected to represent Ohio in Congress. She was also the first African American woman to serve on the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee. Getty [...] -
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Give The Brotha A Break
Bossip (subscribe) | 40 minutes ago | World
Posted by Bossip Staff They are trying rain on Usain Bolt’s parade: IOC president Jacques Rogge criticized Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt on Thursday for showing a lack of respect to other competitors after his record-breaking gold medal performances in the 100 and 200 meters. “That’s not the way we perceive being a champion,” Rogge said.“I have no problem [...] -
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U.S. softball loses gold to Japan in Olympic swan song
Detroit Free Press (subscribe) | 40 minutes ago | World
BEIJING — The U.S. Olympic softball team was denied a fourth straight gold medal, losing, 3-1, today to Japan in the sport's final appearance in the games for at least eight years.
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Oil rises on US-Russia tensions, sliding dollar
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Oil prices jumped above $119 Thursday as rising antagonism with Russia underscored the possibility it could affect energy shipments from the world's second-largest oil producer. -
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Doctor: Boy Tortured by Pedophile Could Have Lived
Fox News (subscribe) | 58 minutes ago | US
A boy who was kidnapped, tortured and shot by Joseph Edward Duncan III likely suffered excruciating pain before his death, a forensic pediatrician told jurors Wednesday. -
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Investigators Probe Madrid Crash
Law Blog - WSJ.com (subscribe) | 2 hours ago | World
Investigators tried to find out what caused a Spanish airliner with reported engine trouble to crash on takeoff from Madrid, killing 153 people. -
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Disgraced rocker Gary Glitter's Asia tour goes on - Summary
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | Entertainment
Bangkok - Disgraced British glam-rock star Gary Glitter was stuck in transit Thursday at Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport where immigration authorities were in a legal limbo about what to do with the convicted paedophile. Glitter, who earlier this week c... -
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Cervical Cancer Vaccine Most Effective in Young Girls
Fox News (subscribe) | 2 hours ago | Health
An expensive vaccine aimed at preventing cervical cancer makes sense for young teens when it comes to cost-effectiveness, but not for women in their 20s, contends a new report. - see all breaking news
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Microsoft Launches Photosynth: Your Pictures in 3D
ReadWriteWeb (subscribe) | 9 hours ago | Technology
Tonight, Microsoft has publicly launched Photosynth , its long awaited Live Labs product that allows you to stitch your photos together to create a detailed 3D environment. While most of the computation is done on your desktop, the images are uploaded to Microsoft's servers and Microsoft is giving all Photosynth users a total of 20GB of storage for their collections. The rendering and browsing is... -
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McCain Doesn't Know How Many Houses He Owns
MyDD (subscribe) | 2 hours ago | Election 2008
I'm not sure what McCain's definition of rich is, but in my book you instantly qualify if you can't remember how many #&^#@%* houses you own : Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said in an interview Wednesday that he was uncertain how many houses he and his wife, Cindy, own. "I think - I'll have my staff get to you," McCain told us in Las Cruces, N.M. "It's condominiums where - I'll have them get to you."... -
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Angry iPhone 3G Customer Sues Apple
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Good News For Obama
Balloon Juice (subscribe) | yesterday | Politics
Let me preface my remarks by saying that I am a firm believer that the national polling really does not matter until after the second convention. When both candidates have chosen their VP and held their conventions, then I think we will really get a good idea of how the candidates are stacking up. [...] -
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Copy and Paste is Coming to an iPhone Near You
ReadWriteWeb (subscribe) | yesterday | Technology
Thanks to enterprising developer Zac White , we might just see a version of copy and paste working on the iPhone even before Apple issues an official update. Zac, who has termed his solution OpenClip , has found a way to use a small amount of shared space on the iPhone to store data and then make it available to another app. Apparently, this is within the limits of Apple's license agreements, but... - see blog ranking see all discussions
