Obama: Minister must cancel Quran-burning 'stunt'
(AP)
Thu, 9 Sep 2010, 7 mins agoAP - President Barack Obama implored a Florida minister to call off his Quran-burning "stunt," saying it would jeopardize U.S. troops abroad.
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Afghans protest Quran burning plan, torch US flag
(AP)
Thu, 9 Sep 2010, 26 mins agoAP - Hundreds of angry Afghans burned a U.S. flag and chanted "Death to the Christians" on Thursday to protest plans by a small American church to torch copies of the Muslim holy book on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks.
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Fla. governor worries about safety over Quran burn
(AP)
Thu, 9 Sep 2010, 36 mins agoAP - As Florida officials worried about public safety surrounding a small church's plan to burn the Quran, President Barack Obama added his voice to the chorus of opposition to a minister's intention to burn copies of Islam's holiest text to mark the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
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Abracadabra! Romania witches win tax fight for now
(AP)
Thu, 9 Sep 2010, 5 hours agoAP - Abracadabra, we'll turn all of you into toads!
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Quran burning flap a distraction from Obama agenda
(AP)
Thu, 9 Sep 2010, 6 hours agoAP - First came the outrage over plans for a mosque near ground zero. Now there's anger over a Florida church's plan to burn copies of the Quran.
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B vitamins found to slow progression of dementia
(Reuters)
Thu, 9 Sep 2010, 6 hours agoReuters - Daily tablets of large doses of B vitamins can halve the rate of brain shrinkage in elderly people with memory problems and may slow their progression toward dementia, data from a British trial showed on Wednesday,
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Final 4 acts advance on 'America's Got Talent'
(AP)
Thu, 9 Sep 2010, 8 hours agoAP - Three very different singers and a group of special-effects wizards got talent — and votes.
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Genetic Scars of the Holocaust: Children Suffer Too
(Time.com)
Thu, 9 Sep 2010, 9 hours agoTime.com - A study finds that severe trauma can cause genetic changes that are passed along to children
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Google search accelerates with 'instant' results
(AP)
Thu, 9 Sep 2010, 12 hours agoAP - Google Inc. stepped on its Internet search accelerator Wednesday by adding a feature that displays results as soon as people begin typing their requests.
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Obama firm, won't yield on tax hike for wealthiest
(AP)
Thu, 9 Sep 2010, 12 hours agoAP - Politically weakened but refusing to bend, President Barack Obama insisted Wednesday that Bush-era tax cuts be cut off for the wealthiest Americans, joining battle with Republicans — and some fellow Democrats — just two months before bruising midterm elections.
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NFL commissioner warns of problems if deal with union delayed
(Reuters)
Thu, 9 Sep 2010, 16 hours agoReuters - NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has warned that a deal with the players' union over a new collective bargaining agreement will be "more complicated" to reach if it is not struck before March.
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Reggie Bush: Heisman matter 'out of my hands'
(AP)
Wed, 8 Sep 2010, 19 hours agoAP - Reggie Bush declined to go into any detail Wednesday on what he knows about the status of his 2005 Heisman Trophy.
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Obama must not let Taliban rule over Afghan women again
(The Christian Science Monitor)
Wed, 8 Sep 2010, 21 hours agoThe Christian Science Monitor - In mid-August in the northern Afghanistan province of Kunduz, the Taliban carried out a horrific sentence against two young Afghan lovers who had eloped against their families wishes. The punishment was death by stoning. Deemed by Islamic extremists to be justified under sharia law, the process involves partially burying the accused, after which a male crowd hurls stones at the victims exposed heads until they die.
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'We must do better' in combating mass rape in Congo
(The Christian Science Monitor)
Wed, 8 Sep 2010, 21 hours agoThe Christian Science Monitor - A year ago, the practice of mass rape by militias in eastern Congo made headlines in the United States as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton visited the region to speak out against rape as a weapon of war.
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Obama's tax break for business: Will it put Americans to work?
(The Christian Science Monitor)
Wed, 8 Sep 2010, 22 hours agoThe Christian Science Monitor - A new round of tax incentives for US businesses could have some positive impact on the job market, but it's not likely to ignite massive employment.
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Apple releases iPhone Configuration Utility 3.1 for Mac, PC
(Macworld.com)
Wed, 8 Sep 2010, 23 hours agoMacworld.com - To coincide with the release of iOS 4.1 for the iPhone and iPod touch on Wednesday, Apple also released iPhone Configuration Utility (iPCU) 3.1, an update to its device management utility for businesses and the enterprise.
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Fidel Castro says Cuban model no longer works
(Reuters)
Wed, 8 Sep 2010, 23 hours agoReuters - Fidel Castro said Cuba's economic model no longer works, a U.S.-based journalist reported on Wednesday following interviews with the former president last week.
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Why Ohio? Behind Obama's choice of Cleveland for jobs speech
(The Christian Science Monitor)
Wed, 8 Sep 2010, 23 hours agoThe Christian Science Monitor - Ohio makes or breaks presidencies. Thats one reason why President Obama picked Cleveland to unveil a new plan for economic recovery just 55 days before voters decide whether Democrats keep their majorities in the House and Senate.
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Two asteroids to pass close to Earth, but won't hit: NASA
(AFP)
Wed, 8 Sep 2010, 23 hours agoAFP - Two asteroids were set to pass close to Earth on Wednesday but posed no risk, the US space agency NASA said.
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Farmer's 24 hour milk filling station a hit
(Reuters)
Wed, 8 Sep 2010 05:43:11 PMReuters - A German dairy farmer has come up with a novel way to drum up new business -- he opened a "milk filling station."
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