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U.S. Olympic track and field medal winners Angelo Taylor, left, Walter Dix, and LaShawn Merritt, are joined by Nike representative Llewellyn Starks, right, as they ring the opening bell at the New ...
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| | Hurricane Ike targets Gulf, Hanna nears U.S
13 minutes ago @ yahoo! news
Reuters - Fierce Hurricane Ike weakened as it charged across the Atlantic on Friday and took aim at south Florida and the oil fields of the Gulf of Mexico while Tropical Storm Hanna was set to crash a...
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| Hurricane Ike targets Gulf, Hanna nears U.S (reuters)
Fierce Hurricane Ike weakened as it charged across the Atlantic on Friday and took aim at south Florida and the oil fields of the Gulf of Mexico while Tropical Storm Hanna was set to crash ashore in the Carolinas after killing at least 136 people in Haiti.
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| Safety compliance gaps noted for some U.S. airlines (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Three major airlines were among 11 U.S. airlines that failed during an unprecedented industry review to demonstrate full compliance with government safety directives, regulators said on Friday.
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| U.S., Libyan relations "off to a good start": Rice (yahoo! news)
Reuters - U.S. and Libyan relations are "off to a good start," Condoleezza Rice said on Friday as she became the first U.S. secretary of state to visit the North African country in 55 years.
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| First aid ship arrives in Haiti (bbc news)
The first significant aid delivery arrives in Haiti to help thousands struggling in the wake of Tropical Storm Hanna.
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| Iraq reacts sharply to U.S. spying report (msnbc.com)
The Iraqi government reacted sharply Friday to published allegations that the U.S. spied on Iraq's prime minister, warning that future ties with the United States could be in jeopardy if the report were true.
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| Treasury near GSE bailout plan: report (yahoo! news)
Reuters - The U.S. Treasury Department is close to finalizing a plan to buttress mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac , the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
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| Speedy Tropical Storm Hanna charges for Carolinas (yahoo! news)
AP - Tropical Storm Hanna picked up speed Friday as it cruised toward the Carolinas, promising to deliver gusty winds and heavy rain during a dash up the Eastern Seaboard that could wash out the weekend for millions of people.
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| Hanna set to make landfall overnight (msnbc.com)
Beach vacationers in the Carolinas packed up and headed inland Friday and authorities in the Florida Keys ordered the beginning of evacuations there as two storms threatened the U.S. East Coast.
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Obama questions McCains speech
23 minutes ago @ msnbc.com
The Democratic candidate called his Republican rival"s acceptance speech the final piece of an out-of-touch convention that should have focused on the struggles of the middle class.
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| Palin's eldest son to guard top commanders in Iraq (yahoo! news)
AP - Iraq is about to become an unusual common ground for the presidential candidates, despite its divisiveness as a campaign issue. Sons of both vice presidential nominees are expected to arrive there soon to join the fighting. Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's eldest son, Track, will perform security duties for his brigade's top officers.
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| McCain, Palin present themselves as reformers (yahoo! news)
AP - John McCain said Friday the sagging economy has brought "tough times all over America" as he made a splashy debut with Sarah Palin in critical Midwestern states as the newly crowned Republican presidential ticket.
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| John McCain speech draws record TV ratings (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Republican presidential candidate John McCain beat Democratic rival Barack Obama in the crucial battle to attract U.S. television viewers during their race to the White House, according to figures released on Friday.
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| McCain says 'it's over' for special interests (yahoo! news)
AP - John McCain said Friday the sagging economy has brought "tough times all over America" as he made a splashy debut with Sarah Palin in critical Midwestern states as the newly crowned Republican presidential ticket.
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| John McCain speech draws record TV ratings (reuters)
Republican presidential candidate John McCain beat Democratic rival Barack Obama in the crucial battle to attract U.S. television viewers during their race to the White House, according to figures released on Friday.
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| Obama: McCain focused on biography, not economy (yahoo! news)
AP - Democrat Barack Obama called Republican rival John McCain's acceptance speech the final piece of an out-of-touch convention that focused on its nominee's biography instead of the struggles of the middle class.
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| Alaska speeding Troopergate probe (msnbc.com)
The Alaska Legislature will work to complete its ethics investigation into Gov. Sarah Palin's firing of her public safety commissioner earlier than expected, weeks before the national election.
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| Palin's swift rise is the talk of her Alaskan town (cnn.com)
Until a week ago, only a relatively few outside Alaska knew of that state's governor, Sarah Palin. All that is different now. To many in Palin's hometown, the GOP vice presidential candidate's near-iconic status is well-deserved. After all, the high school basketball star and former beauty queen rose from Wasilla City Council member to Alaska's first female governor in less than 14 years.
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Rice meets Gadhafi on historic visit to Libya
14 minutes ago @ yahoo! news
AP - The United States and Libya sealed a historic turnaround after decades of terrorist killings, American retaliation, suspicions and insults with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice"s peacemak...
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| Rice meets Gaddafi on historic Libya visit (yahoo! news)
Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi -- once reviled as a "mad dog" by a U.S. president -- on Friday on a historic visit which she said proved that Washington had no permanent enemies.
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| Rice meets Kadhafi on historic Libya visit (yahoo! news)
AFP - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi on a landmark visit to Tripoli Friday, heralding a new chapter in Washington's reconciliation with the former enemy state.
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| Rice meets Gadhafi on Libya visit (msnbc.com)
The U.S. and Libya sealed a historic turnaround in their troubled relations with a meeting Friday between Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.
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| Rice meets Gaddafi on historic Libya visit (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Top U.S. diplomat Condoleezza Rice met Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi on Friday on a historic trip to the north African country she said was proof that Washington had no "permanent enemies."
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| Rice meets Gaddafi on historic Libya visit (reuters)
Top U.S. diplomat Condoleezza Rice met Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi on Friday on a historic trip to the north African country she said was proof that Washington had no "permanent enemies".
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| Rice talks with Libya's Gaddafi (bbc news)
Condoleezza Rice meets Col Gaddafi in Libya in the latest step towards improving relations between the former enemies.
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| Rice hails historic Libya visit (yahoo! news)
AFP - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Libya on Friday on the first such visit in more than half a century, marking a new chapter in Washington's reconciliation with the former enemy state.
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| Rice hails historic Libya visit (yahoo! news)
AFP - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Libya on Friday for a landmark meeting with its veteran leader Moamer Kadhafi, hailing Washington's reconciliation with the former enemy state.
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| Rice arrives in Libya on historic visit (yahoo! news)
AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday that her historic visit to former pariah state Libya proves that the U.S. never writes off another nation forever.
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Jobless rate at 5-year high
5 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
Reuters - An unexpectedly steep 84,000 U.S. jobs were lost in August and the unemployment rate hit a five-year high of 6.1 percent, fanning worry ahead of November"s presidential vote that the ec...
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| Jobless rate at 5-year high (reuters)
An unexpectedly steep 84,000 U.S. jobs were lost in August and the unemployment rate hit a five-year high of 6.1 percent, fanning worry ahead of November's presidential vote that the economy was near recession.
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| U.S. jobless rate hits five-year high (msnbc.com)
The nation's unemployment rate zoomed to a five-year high of 6.1 percent in August as employers slashed 84,000 jobs, the government said Friday.
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| Jobless rate soars to 6.1 percent (cnn.com)
The unemployment rate soared to a nearly five-year high in August, topping 6 percent, as employers trimmed jobs for the eighth straight month. CNNMoney.com reports there was a net loss of 84,000 jobs in August.
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| Jobless rate soars (cnn.com)
The unemployment rate soared to a nearly five-year high in August, topping 6 percent, as employers trimmed jobs for the eighth straight month. CNNMoney.com reports there was a net loss of 84,000 jobs in August.
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| Jobless rate at 5-year high (yahoo! news)
Reuters - The U.S. unemployment rate unexpectedly shot up to 6.1 percent in August, its highest in nearly five years, as employers cut payrolls for an eighth straight month and labor markets showed signs of accelerating decline.
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| Jobless rate soars; 84,000 more jobs lost (cnn.com)
The unemployment rate soared to a nearly five-year high in August, topping 6 percent, as employers trimmed jobs for the eighth straight month, according to the latest government reading Friday that came in weaker than forecasts.
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| Jobless rate at 5-year high (reuters)
The U.S. unemployment rate unexpectedly shot up to 6.1 percent in August, its highest in nearly five years, as employers cut payrolls for an eighth straight month and labor markets showed signs of accelerating decline.
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| Jobless rate at 5-year high (yahoo! news)
Reuters - The U.S. unemployment rate unexpectedly shot up to 6.1 percent in August, the highest in nearly five years, as employers cut payrolls for an eighth straight month and a decline in labor markets accelerated.
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| Jobless rate jumps to 5-year high of 6.1 percent (yahoo! news)
AP - The nation's unemployment rate zoomed to a five-year high of 6.1 percent in August as employers slashed 84,000 jobs, dramatic proof of the mounting damage a deeply troubled economy is inflicting on workers and businesses alike.
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Jules Verne begins final voyage
14 minutes ago @ bbc news
Europe"s space freighter undocks from the International Space Station after completing its mission to the orbiting platform.
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Feed24: Sport |
| | Jankovic reaches first career Grand Slam final
21 minutes ago @ yahoo! news
AFP - World No. 2 Jelena Jankovic advanced to her first career Grand Slam final by defeating Russian fifth seed, and Olympic champion, Elena Dementieva 6-4, 6-4 at the US Open on Friday.
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| Serena to face Jankovic in final (bbc sport)
Serena Williams and Jelena Jankovic will meet in the US Open final after coming through their semis in straight sets.
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| Bryan brothers deny Paes US Open doubles double (yahoo! news)
AFP - American brothers Bob and Mike Bryan won their seventh Grand Slam men's doubles crown Friday, defeating India's Leander Paes and Czech Lukas Dlouhy 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (12/10) to take the US Open title.
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| Rain threatens Murray semi-final (bbc sport)
US Open organisers are preparing for major weather disruption as Britain's Andy Murray waits to take on Rafael Nadal on "Super Saturday" in New York.
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| U.S. warship in Russian-patrolled Georgian port (reuters)
The flagship of the U.S. Navy's Sixth Fleet dropped anchor off Georgia's Black Sea port of Poti on Friday, where Russian troops have been patrolling since last month's war with Georgia.
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| Djokovic injury taunt backfires on Roddick (abc sport)
Andy Roddick's jokes about Novak Djokovic's injuries touched a nerve with the Serbian star, helping inspire the Australian Open champion to some fiery words of his own after a US Open victory on Thursday.
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| Rain threatens Murray semi-final (bbc sport)
US Open organisers are preparing for major weather disruption as Britain's Andy Murray waits to take on world number one Rafael Nadal on "Super Saturday" in New York.
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Newman questionable for Cowboys opener
1 hour(s) ago @ foxsports.com news f...
Dallas Cowboys cornerback Terence Newman is listed as questionable for the season opener at Cleveland.Newman"s uncertain status on Friday"s injury report was another sign that Adam Jones may...
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| Former sprinter released from prison (yahoo! news)
AP - Disgraced sprinter Marion Jones was released Friday from federal prison after completing most of her six-month sentence for lying about her steroid use.
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| Former sprinter released from prison (yahoo! news)
Disgraced sprinter Marion Jones was released Friday from federal prison after completing most of her six-month sentence for lying about her steroid use.
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| Sprinter Jones leaves jail (bbc sport)
US sprinter Marion Jones leaves prison after serving a six-month sentence for lying about steroid use and involvement in a drugs fraud case.
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| Marion Jones released from prison (foxsports.com)
Disgraced sprinter Marion Jones has been released from federal prison after completing her sentence for lying about her steroid use.A federal Bureau of Prisons spokeswoman says Jones was released Friday morning from a halfway house in San Antonio after serving most of her six-month sentence for lying to federal investigators about her use of performance-enhancing drugs.An admitted steriod dealer testified that he gave Jones a cocktail of steriods before the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.
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| Former sprinter released from prison (yahoo! news)
AP - Disgraced sprinter Marion Jones has been released from federal prison after completing her sentence for lying about her steroid use.
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Giants DE Kiwanuka accuses Samuels of dirty play
37 minutes ago @ yahoo! news
New York Giants defensive end Mathias Kiwanuka alleged on Friday that Washington Redskins tackle Chris Samuels made a dirty play when he fell on the back of his ankle after being beaten on a pass rush...
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| Giants sign receiver Burress to extension (yahoo! news)
The New York Giants signed top receiver Plaxico Burress to a contract extension, the team said on its website on Thursday, securing the playmaker through 2012.
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| Giants lead Redskins 16-7 after 3 quarters (yahoo! news)
Eli Manning scored on a 1-yard run and the New York Giants opened defense of their Super Bowl championship by scoring on their first four possessions in taking a 16-7 lead over Washington after three quarters in the NFL season opener Thursday night.
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Bolt defeats Powell in Brussels
1 hour(s) ago @ bbc sport
Usain Bolt wins the 100m at the Van Damme Memorial meeting while 800m runner Pamela Jelimo clinches the Golden League"s entire $1m jackpot.
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| Bolt runs 9.77 after slow start in Belgium (foxsports.com)
Usain Bolt battled the cold and a headwind, and was forced to come from behind to beat Asafa Powell in 9.77 seconds Friday in a season farewell 100 meters at the Van Damme Memorial.Running into 1.3 meter-per-second headwind, the Olympic champion had a bad start and immediately saw Powell shoot ahead of him. In his last race of the season, however, nothing was going to stop the world record-holder from spoiling his farewell party in Europe.
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| Bolt defeats Powell in Brussels (bbc sport)
Usain Bolt wins the 100m at the Van Damme Memorial meeting while 800m runner Pamela Jelimo clinches the Golden League's entire million-dollar jackpot.
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Peters to end holdout, will not play Sunday
1 hour(s) ago @ foxsports.com news
The Buffalo Bills said Pro Bowl left tackle Jason Peters will end his holdout and report to the team Saturday morning.Bills chief operating officer Russ Brandon said in a statement Friday that Peters ...
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| Bills: Pro Bowl LT Peters ends holdout (yahoo! news)
Rather than losing a game paycheck of more than $191,000, Buffalo Bills Pro Bowl left tackle Jason Peters made plans on Friday to end his holdout and report to the team by Saturday.
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Feed24: Entertainment |
| | Oprah Biased? Host Wont Interview Palin
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Oprah Winfrey won"t interview Palin on her show until after the election.
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CMA Music Festival: Carrie Underwood Performs Last Name
6 hour(s) ago @ hollywood.com entert...
CMA Music Festival: Carrie Underwood Performs "Last Name" Clip
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| Namibia: College to Hold Music Festival (allafrica news)
The College of the Arts is delighted to announce its Music Festival 2008, which takes place on September 12 and 13 at 20h00 in the National Theatre.
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| Paris Hilton to Debut Documentary at Toronto Film Festival (hollywood.com)
Paris Hilton is taking her amateur filmmaking to the big screen with her documentary so aptly titled Paris, Not France which has been billed as a behind-the-scenes look at her life. The film is due to premiere at the Toronto Film Festival on Tuesday, September 8.
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Lindsay Lohan Offered $700,000 to Pose for Playboy
2 hour(s) ago @ hollywood.com
Lindsay Lohan recently bared all in the recreation of the iconic Marilyn Monroe photo shoot in the February 2008 issue of New York magazine--will she do the same for Playboy?
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Rapper West to make MTV comeback
5 hour(s) ago @ bbc news
Kanye West will close the MTV Music Video Awards, a year after complaining about failing to win a single prize at the event.
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| Rapper West to make MTV comeback (bbc news)
Hip-hop star Kanye West is to close the MTV Music Video Awards, a year after complaining about failing to win a single prize at the event.
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| Britney Will Open VMAs! (britneyspears.org)
Britney Spears will open the show at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, PEOPLE has learned. “MTV has long played an important role in my career. How can I not be there to kick off their 25th VMAs?” Spears tells PEOPLE in a statement. “I’m excited to open the entire show, to say hi [...]
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| Britney Spears to Open VMAs (hollywood.com)
Britney Spears will open the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday with a heartfelt message to her fans.
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Mikey takes on Rachel in BB final
1 hour(s) ago @ bbc news
Darnell Swallow, Rex Newmark and Sara Folino are evicted from the Big Brother house with the £100,000 winner to be announced soon.
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Feed24: Computers & Internet |
| | Online TV Viewing Approaches the Mainstream
1 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
Nearly 20 percent of American households are tuning into TV over the Internet. That"s twice the number from 2006, according to new research from The Conference Board Consumer Research Center and ...
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| John McCain speech draws record TV ratings (reuters)
A record 38.9 million U.S. TV viewers watched John McCain accept the Republican nomination for president on Thursday, slightly more than the 38.3 million people who tuned in for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's speech, Nielsen Media Research reported.
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| McCain draws record 38.9 million viewers, bests Obama (reuters)
A record 38.9 million U.S. TV viewers watched John McCain accept the Republican nomination for president on Thursday, beating the record set last week by Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, Nielsen Media Research reported.
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| McCain and Obama clash on economy (reuters)
Presidential rivals John McCain and Barack Obama, back on the campaign trail after their party conventions, clashed over the ailing U.S. economy on Friday as unemployment hit its highest monthly rate in nearly five years.
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| Obama Won the Web, Early On (yahoo! news)
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama has run a more advanced online campaign during the first half of 2008 than his Republican opponent Sen. John McCain, according to a Thursday report from comScore.
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Rosetta probe makes asteroid pass
43 minutes ago @ bbc news
Europe"s Rosetta space probe makes a close pass of asteroid Steins, taking pictures and recording other scientific data.
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Was Palins SSN published on the Web?
6 hour(s) ago @ msnbc.com
Part of vice presidential candidate and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin"s Social Security number apparently was published on the Web earlier this week, stirring up privacy concerns.
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| McCain pledges to change partisan Washington (reuters)
Republicans John McCain and Sarah Palin kicked off a two-month battle for the White House on Friday with a promise that "change is coming," a theme co-opted from their Democratic rivals.
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| What you can--and can't--find about Palin on the Internet (yahoo! news)
John McCain's announcement last week that he has chosen Sarah Palin as his running mate left the public thirsting for information about the Alaska governor-- and inspired hundreds of commentators, entrepreneurs, and Palin imitators to try to fill in the gaps.
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Comcast Challenges FCCs Authority To Order Neutrality
5 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
Comcast fired back at the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday in its long-running duel with the agency. The cable-TV and Internet service provider filed suit in the U.S. Court of Appeals in ...
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| Comcast files appeal of FCC Web traffic order (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Comcast Corp has filed an appeal to reverse a U.S. Federal Communication Commission (FCC) decision ordering the cable operator to change how it manages its broadband Internet network.
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| Comcast files appeal of FCC Web traffic order (yahoo! news)
Comcast Corp has filed an appeal to reverse a U.S. Federal Communication Commission (FCC) decision ordering the cable operator to change how it manages its broadband Internet network.
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| Comcast appeals FCC Web-blocking decision (msnbc.com)
Comcast Corp. is appealing an FCC ruling that the company is improperly blocking customers' Web traffic, triggering a legal battle that could determine the extent of the government's authority to regulate the Internet.
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Google is worlds most powerful 10-year-old
5 hour(s) ago @ msnbc.com
When Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google Inc. on Sept. 7, 1998, they had little more than their ingenuity, four computers and an investor"s $100,000 bet on their belief that an Internet sea...
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| Google reigns as world's most powerful 10-year-old (yahoo! news)
AP - When Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google Inc. on Sept. 7, 1998, they had little more than their ingenuity, four computers and an investor's $100,000 bet on their belief that an Internet search engine could change the world.
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Feed24: Business & Economics |
| | Unemployment climbs to 5-year high of 6.1 percent
58 minutes ago @ yahoo! news
AP - The nation"s unemployment rate bolted above the psychologically important 6 percent level last month for the first time in five years — and it"s likely to go even higher in the months a...
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| Unemployment rate soars to 5-year high (business and financi...)
The unemployment rate soared to a nearly five-year high in August, topping 6%, as employers trimmed jobs for the eighth straight month, according to the latest government reading Friday that came in weaker than forecasts.
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| Stocks down on recession fears (latest financial new...)
Stocks dipped at midday Friday, but were off the worst levels of the session, after a government report showing unemployment at a five-year high exacerbated fears about the recession and slowing corporate profits.
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| Jobless rate soars to 5-year high (business and financi...)
The unemployment rate soared to a nearly five-year high in August, topping 6%, as employers trimmed jobs for the eighth straight month, according to the latest government reading Friday that came in weaker than forecasts.
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| Jobless rate soars to 6.1% (cnnmoney.com)
The unemployment rate soared to a nearly five-year high in August as employers trimmed jobs for the eighth straight month, the government reported Friday.
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| Stocks sink on jobs report (business and financi...)
Stocks tumbled Friday morning after a government report showed unemployment at a five-year high, exacerbating fears about the recession.
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| Stocks fall as jobs data stirs fear about economy (yahoo! news)
AP - Selling swept across Wall Street for a second straight session Friday on news that the economy shed jobs for the eighth straight month in August and at a faster-than-expected pace. The Dow Jones industrial average fell about 100 points.
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| Stocks open lower after disappointing job data (yahoo! news)
AP - Selling swept across Wall Street for a second straight session Friday on news that the economy shed jobs for the eighth straight month in August and at a faster-than-expected pace.
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| Stocks slide on jobs report (business and financi...)
Stocks tumbled Friday morning after a government report showed unemployment at a five-year high, exacerbating fears about the recession.
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As Consumers Buy Less, Europe?s Economy Slows
13 minutes ago @ nyt > business
For the first time in more than a decade, consumers in much of Europe are buying less than they did a year earlier, helping to slow economies that may have fallen into recession.
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Stocks finish mixed at end of tough week
43 minutes ago @ latest financial new...
Stocks ended mixed Friday after a tough session and week, as a rally in the hard-hit financial sector countered amplified recession fears that were sparked by a weak labor market report.
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| Stocks mostly rise as investors snap up financials (yahoo! news)
AP - Wall Street wrestled with intensifying economic worries Friday, extending sharp losses after a disheartening jobs report and then grudgingly engaging in some mild bargain hunting that gave the market some modest gains. The major indexes ended the week with big declines, a sign that investors, who not long ago expected the economy to improve, are now growing increasingly discouraged.
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| Stocks mixed at end of tough week (latest financial new...)
Stocks ended mixed Friday after a tough session and week, as a rally in the hard-hit financial sector countered amplified recession fears sparked by a weak labor market report.
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| Stocks mixed at end of tough week (business and financi...)
Stocks were mixed Friday afternoon at the end of a tough session and tough week on Wall Street, as a rally in financial shares countered amplified recession fears sparked by a weak labor market report.
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| Stocks Withstand Jump in Jobless Rate (nyt > business)
Wall Street managed a slight gain on Friday, a day after concerns about the economy, and in particular the labor market, sent the Dow plunging. Markets in Europe and Asia ended the day lower.
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| Stocks pull back on disappointing jobs report (yahoo! news)
AP - Wall Street fell for a second straight session Friday following a worrisome reading on the nation's job market, but stocks pulled off of steep losses as investors sought bargains in sectors like financials and consumer staples.
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Report: Treasury near plan for Fannie and Freddie
59 minutes ago @ business and financi...
The Treasury Department is close to finalizing plans for beleaguered mortgage buyers Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, according to a report published Friday afternoon.
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Oil hits 5-month low as demand shrinks
1 hour(s) ago @ latest financial new...
Oil prices fell to their lowest level in five months on Friday as investors worried that an economic slowdown could chip away at demand for energy.
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| Oil hits 5-month low (business and financi...)
Oil prices continued to decline Friday as investors worried that an economic slowdown could chip away at demand for energy.
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| Oil at 5-month low (business and financi...)
Oil prices fell Friday as market participants remained focused on how a global economic slowdown will chip away at demand for energy.
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| Oil falls on shrinking demand (latest financial new...)
Oil prices fell Friday as market participants remained focused on how a global economic slowdown will chip away at demand for energy.
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| Oil prices slide under $105 (yahoo! news)
AFP - Oil prices fell below 105 dollars Friday on concerns over slowing energy demand and a strong US currency, while the market awaited next week's OPEC meeting on crude output levels, traders said.
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| Oil prices edge off their lows (business and financi...)
Oil prices edged off their early morning lows Friday as market participants remained focused on how a global economic slowdown will chip away at demand for energy.
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| Oil prices settle below $108 (latest stock market ...)
Oil prices fell Thursday as investors weighed signs of weakening demand against a government report showing a surprise drop in the nation's supplies of crude.
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| Oil prices off their lows (latest stock market ...)
Oil prices pared earlier losses Thursday as investors appeared to look past a report that showed the nation's crude inventories dwindled last week and focused on signs of flagging demand.
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| Oil prices dip (business and financi...)
Oil prices remained lower Thursday after the government's weekly supply report showed the nation's crude stockpiles shrank unexpectedly last week, but investors appeared to remain focused on longer term trends.
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