British Muslims feel like 'the Jews of Europe'
Friday, July 4, 2008
| Muslims in Britain feel like aliens in their own society and say they are targeted like "the Jews of Europe", the country's first Muslim government minister said.
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Ailing U.K. spy chief tested for poison
Friday, July 4, 2008
| Britain's senior intelligence official has been rushed to a London hospital after falling into a coma, officials said Friday, but foul play is not suspected in his sudden illness.
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Tibet vows to continue 'difficult' China talks
Friday, July 4, 2008
| An envoy for Tibet's exiled spiritual leader said Friday that the latest round of talks with China were "difficult", but pledged to return for more discussions after the Beijing Olympics.
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7 dead, 5 missing after boats crash into dam
Friday, July 4, 2008
| Seven people died and five others were missing Friday after a group of boaters smashed into a dam being built in Slovenia, police said.
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What's a penis worth? $795,000, court rules
Friday, July 4, 2008
| A court has ordered a Romanian surgeon to pay $795,000 in compensation to a patient whose penis he accidentally severed during an operation.
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With each seat costing $10,000, more than 1,000 players arrived in Las Vegas Thursday for the World Series of Poker opener. High-profile players and unknowns are competing to win millions of dollars and the game’s ultimate crown.
Jon Lester pitched a sharp five-hitter while the Boston Red Sox roughed up Andy Pettitte, beating the New York Yankees 7-0 on Thursday night to end a five-game losing streak.
Bomb injures dozens at Belarus concert
Friday, July 4, 2008
| A homemade bomb exploded at an outdoor concert in Belarus' capital Friday, injuring more than 50 people, officials said.
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Gunmen lobbed a grenade and sprayed a police checkpoint with gunfire in southern Afghanistan, killing eight officers, Kandahar's police chief said Friday.
WP: Vitamin D studies ignite debate
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| A flurry of recent research indicating that Vitamin D may have a dizzying array of health benefits has reignited an intense debate over whether federal guidelines for the "sunshine vitamin" are outdated.
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Jon Lester pitched a sharp five-hitter while the Boston Red Sox roughed up Andy Pettitte, beating the New York Yankees 7-0 on Thursday night to end a five-game losing streak.
Jose Reyes’ bases-clearing triple sparked a six-run third that included pitcher Mike Pelfrey’s first-ever RBI. The New York Mets routed the St. Louis Cardinals 11-1 Thursday.
In his first start since he made the Sports Illustrated cover this week, Tim Lincecum moved to 10-1 on the season, leading the Giants to an 8-3 win over the Cubs.
Justin Duchscherer pitched seven solid innings, Jack Cust and Donnie Murphy homered and the Oakland Athletics beat Chicago 3-2 Thursday night to snap the White Sox’s seven-game win streak.
With each seat costing $10,000, more than 1,000 players arrived in Las Vegas Thursday for the World Series of Poker opener. High-profile players and unknowns are competing to win millions of dollars and the game’s ultimate crown.
NBCOlympics.com: Wariner upset in men's 400
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| LaShawn Merritt pulled an upset, finishing in 44 seconds flat Thursday at the Olympic track and field trials, to defeat Jeremy Wariner by .20 seconds. Merritt, who is 3-12 lifetime against the defending Olympic champ, and Wariner both earned trips to Beijing.
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Cubs to activate ace Zambrano on Friday
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| The Chicago Cubs plan to activate right-hander Carlos Zambrano (8-3) to start the series opener against the Cardinals in St. Louis. Zambrano has been on the DL since June 19 with a strained throwing shoulder.
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NYT: McCain camp struggles to find strategy
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| John McCain has struggled to solidify lines of attack against Mr. Obama, Republican operatives say and some of his own advisers acknowledge.
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Franklin Smith had a wife and infant son when he convinced a Biloxi, Miss. recruiter that he wanted to be a Marine. For the recruiter, bringing in a family man was a dropout risk.
WP: Fate of Gitmo debated
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| The Bush administration is developing a long-range plan to empty the Guantanamo Bay military prison that could include asking Congress to spell out procedures for scores of suspected terrorists whom the government does not plan to bring to trial.
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It could turn out to be one of the significant comments of the 2008 campaign — and due to the July 4 weekend, it isn’t getting much notice. The nation’s highest ranking military officer warned Wednesday upon his return from a visit to Israel that a strike on Iran would be a very bad idea.
A suburban Chicago man locked his two young daughters in a wire cage hidden in the back of his pickup truck because he didn't have a baby sitter, officials said Thursday.
New suspect in Pa. boy's 1985 death
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| Police have a suspect in the 1985 killing of a teenage boy whose body was found in a thicket months after he left home on a bicycle, a coroner said Thursday.
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Alaskans to vote on clean-water measure
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| The Alaska Supreme Court has ruled that an initiative to regulate or restrict pollution from mining can be placed on the ballot in August for voters to consider.
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The plan was nothing if not audacious: A turncoat persuades rebels to bring together their most prized hostages and march them 90 miles through Colombia's wilderness.
Colombian hostages say life grew dire
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| A meal was rice and beans. When they weren't chained by the neck, they were forced on long marches to new hideouts. The hostages freed in Colombia said their grueling existence worsened in recent months.
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Italy fingerprints thousands of Gypsies
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| Italian authorities have started fingerprinting tens of thousands of Gypsies living in nomad camps across the country, brushing aside accusations of racism.
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Iraq's prime minister plans trips to Europe and the Persian Gulf this month, apparently hoping improved security at home will pay dividends in greater international support.
Paparazzi feel the heat in California
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| Los Angeles officials may crack down on the photographers who track and photograph Hollywood celebrities. But the paparazzi, and some legal experts, say that violates their rights.
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On a steamy Fourth of July evening a century ago, a wood-and-fabric biplane lifted off and stayed airborne for almost a mile, in a stupendous triumph over gravity witnessed by more than 2,000 people.
Privacy advocates decry YouTube court order
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| A U.S. judge's order to Google to turn over YouTube user data to Viacom sparked an outcry on Thursday from privacy advocates in the midst of a legal showdown over video piracy.
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Are you eating enough of good-for-you foods? Or could you be overdoing it with some “healthy” choices? We have the facts on how much you need to reap nutritional rewards.
Road-trip rescue
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| Off on a road trip? A drive-through doesn’t have to be a diet detour
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On-the-wagon wines
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| Tasty booze-free vino gives you a heart-health advantage for even fewer calories. We’ll drink to that!
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Yankees owner George Steinbrenner said Thursday he will be in attendance for the July 15 game, which is one of the featured events during the final season at the current Yankee Stadium.
Conor Jackson hit the winning two-run single as the Arizona Diamondbacks rallied from a five-run ninth-inning deficit to defeat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-5 on Thursday.
The NFL Players Association's executive board has begun searching for a successor to 62-year-old executive director Gene Upshaw, against his wishes, the Washington Times reports.
Gilbert Arenas has agreed to re-sign with the Washington Wizards for $111 million over six years, essentially taking millions less so that his team could have more financial flexibility, two newspapers reported Thursday.
Chris Paul and the Hornets have reached a contract agreement that could keep the All-Star point guard with the team for at least the next four seasons.
Michael Beasley returned to practice with the Miami Heat on Thursday, one day after the No. 2 overall pick in last week’s NBA draft was knocked out of his first official summer-league workout with a chest bruise.
NBCOlympics.com: Hansen out of 200 breast
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| In first shocker of U.S. swim trials, former world recordholder and bronze medalist in the event at the Athens Games finished fourth, fading to a shockingly slow time of 2 minutes, 11.37. Only the top two can swim in Beijing.
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Steve Marino used to consider it a treat the few times he played Congressional as a teenager. It was a thrill on Thursday to play bogey-free in the first round of the AT&T National and shoot 5-under 65 for a one-shot lead.
In the 237 times Charles Howell III has teed it up on the PGA Tour, he never had a round end like Thursday at the AT&T National. After signing for an even-par 70, he took an eight-minute drug test which he passed.
The U.S. military says it flew thousands of spy flights over Colombian jungles trying to find and free three Pentagon contractors since their kidnapping in 2003.
Accountant sues Rachael Ray for $1 million
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| A former accountant for Rachael Ray’s television cooking show has filed a $1 million lawsuit, alleging he was forced out of his job because he has an eating disorder.
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Roger Wicker leaned up against the rails of the oyster schooner Mike Sekul, enjoying the slight Mississippi Sound breeze and some scrumptious, bone-sucking ribs with his son McDaniel.
Passport snooping not uncommon
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| An internal State Department investigative report suggests that employees may have been snooping on the passport records of celebrities far more than previously disclosed and urges new action to secure the files.
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Pyrotechnician's 'last shot'
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| One of the fireworks bursting above Indianapolis for tonight's 4th of July fireworks will include the cremated remains of Meredith Smith. He ran the annual event for 40 years before dying earlier this year.
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Six Flags death leads to sign change
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| State regulators say Six Flags Over Georgia must increase the size and number of warning signs near a popular roller coaster that hit and killed a teen.
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New index sizes up nations on rights
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| Imagine slapping a government on a grocer's scale and measuring how its top leaders, officials and judges behave. Experts say the "Rule of Law Index" does just that.
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Bush will attend Olympic opening ceremonies
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| President Bush will attend the opening ceremonies of Olympics in Beijing. While there was no question the president would attend the Olympic Games in August, his plans for the opening ceremonies had not been confirmed until now. Some world leaders have said they may boycott the Aug. 8 opening event to protest the most recent Chinese security crackdown in Tibetan areas of China.
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Assisted suicide case hits German nerve
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| Bettina Schardt knew that the combination of drugs she drank in the living room of her home in Wuerzburg last week would kill her, and she died alone.
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YouTube must give Viacom video user logs
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| A federal judge overseeing a $1 billion copyright-infringement lawsuit against YouTube has ordered the online video-sharing service to disclose who watches which video clips.
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Residents of Nice, France, where actress Angelina Jolie awaits the birth of her twins, aren't impressed by celebrity. Stars who escape there aren't hounded by autograph-seekers.
If rumor is true, Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber will have two children who are very close together in age quite soon. Watts gave birth to their first son in July 2007, and is reportedly in her second trimester with another child.
Lindsay Lohan celebrated her 22nd birthday with 100 of her closest friends on Wednesday night at Hollywood hotspot Teddy’s, a source at the party revealed to “Access Hollywood.”
Archaeologists are opening a cave sealed for more than 30 years deep beneath a Mexican pyramid to look for clues about the mysterious collapse of one of ancient civilization's largest cities.
When staffers at a Brooklyn hospital spotted a middle-aged woman lying face-down on a waiting room floor last month, it hardly seemed like cause for alarm.
Haywire brain chemical linked to SIDS
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| Scientists have new evidence that the brain chemical best known for regulating mood also plays a role in the mystifying killer of seemingly healthy babies — sudden infant death syndrome.
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'Pregnant man' gives birth to daughter
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| Thomas Beatie, the transgendered pregnant man, gave birth June 29 to a girl, People magazine and ABC News are reporting. He and his daughter are doing well, he told People.
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New West Nile strain may worsen epidemic
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| A new strain of West Nile virus is spreading better and earlier across the United States, and may thrive in hot American summers, researchers said on Thursday.
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The defending AL Central champions are in last place, 12½ games back in their division and on the verge of an overhaul — one that will likely include trading ace C.C. Sabathia.
Reports that Yankees superstar Alex Rodriguez and Madonna have become close just as their marriages are disintegrating have both the celebrity gossip industry and the sporting world — each a chatty bunch — buzzing with questions about the two “friends.”
Campaigning in North Dakota, Obama says his upcoming trip to Iraq could alter his plan to bring U.S. troops home within 16 months. The Illinois senator says it all depends on what he hears in consultations with military commanders there.
It will be a red-state Fourth of July for Barack Obama, who hopes to find votes as well as fireworks in places that blue-state Democrats often bypass in presidential elections.
The issues are as difficult as ever, but the conditions are likely to be more conducive to agreement as President Bush attends his eighth and final economic summit of industrial democracies.
The new Walter Reed National Medical Center will merge the duties of the existing Army facility in Washington, which came under harsh criticism last year for shoddy care of war veterans.
Utah is going to a 4-day workweek
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| In a yearlong experiment aimed at reducing the state's energy costs, Utah is about to become the first state to switch to a four-day workweek for thousands of government employees.
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A judge declared a mistrial Thursday in the case of two lawyers charged with defrauding clients of $65 million in a diet-drug settlement after jurors could not reach a verdict.
Don't post your baby on eBay — it's not funny
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| A baby boy removed from his parents' custody after they offered to sell him on eBay for just a euro — $1.59 — as a joke is back at home, a prosecutor said Thursday.
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Military vehicles withdrew from streets as life in Mongolia's capital largely returned to normal Thursday just days after rioting sparked by an electoral dispute left five people dead.
China demanded that the Dalai Lama prove he does not support Tibetan independence and disruption of the Beijing Olympics during the latest round of talks with the spiritual leader’s representatives, state media reported Thursday.
Google in deal with Brazil to fight child porn
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| Internet search company Google signed an agreement with Brazilian public prosecutors on Wednesday to help combat child pornography on its social networking site Orkut, an accord that the company believes is the first of its kind internationally.
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Community college classes in the old mall movie theater. A DMV office across from the Starbucks. Maybe a local library between the Victoria's Secret and the Gap.
Judge sentences ex-Refco CEO to 16 years
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| The former chief executive of Refco Inc. was sentenced Thursday to 16 years in prison for a financial cover-up that brought down one of the world's largest commodities brokerages.
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GM may bring new mini car to U.S.
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| General Motors is considering a new Chevrolet mini car for the United States as it reworks its product lineup to cope with a dramatic shift from trucks to cars linked to high gas prices.
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Christie Brinkley testified at her divorce trial Thursday that the day she learned her husband was having an affair with a teenager was the day “my life as I knew it had vanished.”
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: NASA's Great Observatories present a red-white-and-blue view of cosmic stars and stripes, just in time for the Fourth of July.
A NASA spacecraft's first flyby of Mercury has yielded a wealth of information about the inner-most planet, some of which confirms volcanism occurred there, settling a longstanding debate.
Baby's temperament can predict later behavior
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| Parents' interactions with their baby during the first year of life can predict the odds of behavior problems later on — as can the baby's natural temperament, research suggests.
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Fountain of youth? Red wine gives up secrets
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| A compound in red wine may ward off a variety of medical conditions related to aging, providing heart benefits, stronger bones and preventing eye cataracts, researchers said on Thursday.
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