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Olympics Briefs | Beach volleyball: Walsh and May-Treanor roll to repeat gold
Seattle Times (subscribe) | 3 hours ago | World
The Chinese and the wretched Beijing weather were no match for Misty May-Treanor and "Six Feet of Sunshine. " May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh... - 16 Vote!
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Rice in Iraq for troop withdrawal talks
MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines (subscribe) | 39 minutes ago | World
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice flew to Iraq for discussions with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, hoping to iron out differences in a U.S.-Iraq deal that envisions the withdrawal of U.S. troops. -
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Hong Kong denies entry to Glitter; back in Bangkok
Seattle Times (subscribe) | 49 minutes ago | Entertainment
Disgraced rocker Gary Glitter arrived back in Bangkok on Thursday after Hong Kong denied him entry, continuing a two-day odyssey that began when he was released from a Vietnamese prison after serving time for molesting children. -
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GOP's key speaker: Giuliani
Philadelphia Inquirer (subscribe) | 2 hours ago | Politics
WASHINGTON - Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who ran unsuccessfully against John McCain for the Republican presidential nomination, will give the keynote address at the Republican National Convention next month.
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Buzz over Biden for VP crystalizes concerns
MSNBC.com (subscribe) | 2 hours ago | Politics
Sen. Joe Biden's emergence at the center of speculation about who will be Barack Obama's running mate may say more about Obama's challenges in the presidential race than it does about the final selection. -
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Lennon's killer "ashamed"
Denver Post (subscribe) | 4 hours ago | Entertainment
In a confessional excerpted by the New York Daily News, Mark David Chapman last week told a parole board panel he was "ashamed" of murdering John Lennon. -
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Bolt should show more respect: IOC chief
Reuters (subscribe) | 41 minutes ago | Sports
BEIJING (Reuters) - Jamaican double sprint gold medalist Usain Bolt is now on a par with the great U.S. sprinter Jesse Owens but should show more respect to his fellow competitors, IOC chief Jacques Rogge said on Thursday. -
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Missouri and other states see growing Amish population
STLtoday.com (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | US
By Mark ScolforoLANCASTER, Pa. — The Amish are expanding their presence in states far beyond Pennsylvania Dutch country as they search for affordable farmland to accommodate a population that has nearly doubled in the past 16 years, a new study reports. States such as Missouri, Kentucky and Minnesota have seen increases in their Amish populations of more than 130 percent. The Amish now number an estimated... -
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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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Obama Throws a Kidney Punch
The Plank (subscribe) | yesterday | Election 2008
The NYT had an article today pointing out that, while his national spots are all sweetness and light, Obama's been running some pretty tough attack ads against McCain in key states. But I don't think any of those ads are as tough as this one the Obama campaign just put out in Georgia (YouTube embed doesn't seem to be working; you can see the ad here ). The toughest (and maybe even unfair) part of... -
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Obama Links McCain to Abromoff, McCain Fires Back Linking Obama to Ayers
Stop the ACLU (subscribe) | 10 hours ago | Politics
Obama took the gloves off and threw a sucker punch at McCain today with a new ad. McCain turned around and body slammed Obama! “Barack Obama’s ad is ridiculous. Because of John McCain, corruption was exposed and people like Jack Abramoff went to jail. “However, if Barack Obama wants to have a discussion about truly questionable [...] -
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UPDATE 2: Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones alive, but in critical condition
BlogHer (subscribe) | yesterday | Politics
UPDATING 2:39 EDT: CNN is reporting that hospital officials say that Tubbs-Jones is alive but in critical condition. UPDATING: The Cleveland Plain Dealer, citing "sources familiar with the situation" is reporting the Tubbs-Jones, 58, died this afternoon after being removed from life support at 12:19 pm. (h/t Politico.com). The Plain Dealer blog has a photo gallery looking back over her life and accomplishments.... -
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George Hussein Onyango Obama, Another Long Lost Brother, Can you Spare a Dime
Atlas Shrugs (subscribe) | yesterday | Politics
They certainly pop out of the woodwork, don't they. I can just see Ramadan Christmas at the White House. HOPE! CHANGE! BARCK OBAMA'S LOST BROTHER FOUND IN KENYA Telegraph hat tip Cherrie The Italian edition of Vanity Fair said that it had found George Hussein Onyango Obama living in a hut in a ramshackle town of Huruma on the outskirts of Nairobi. Mr Obama, 26, the youngest of the presidential candidate's... - see blog ranking see all discussions











