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Afghan War Doesnt Seem Winnable: Pakistans UN Ambassador
This post originally appeared on Think Progress.Three U.S. service members were killed in Afghanistan yesterday, bringing the death toll for July to at least 63, making it the deadliest month thus far in Americas longest war. Meanwhile, ...
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Club rallies to the Cause
Cause It has drafted in one of Canada's best techno DJs, Patrick DSP, to bring in crowds to the Guthrie Street venue.All funds raised will go towards the Evening News-backed campaign to raise 7 mill...
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Lawsuit: Woman Found Dog Tooth in Her Chinese Food
At a Far Rockaway Chinese restaurant, a woman says she found what appeared to be a tooth in her fried fish and brown rice: I was confused as to what it was because it definitely did not look human, she tells the Wave . So I brought the tooth to my
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Cocoa Will Dip, Then Pop
Short-term, cocoa prices will be tepid, but longer term, they will heat up, given growing global demand for quality chocolates.
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Fashion Face-Off: Starlets in Minidresses
Every Friday VF.com pores through the cr de la cr of party pictures to find two contenders for the best outfit of the week. Tell us your favorite in our Fashion Face-Off. Perhaps to beat the heat, minis became de rigueur for movie premieres this ...
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Patrick Cockburn on Missing Billions in Iraq and Soaring Cancer & Infant Mortality Rates in Fallujah
In Iraq, an official audit by the US Special Investigator for Iraq Reconstruction found that the Pentagon cannot account for almost $9 billion taken from Iraqi oil revenues between 2004 and 2007 for use in reconstruction. Meanwhile, a new medical study ...
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A Shady Resume Sparks Debate Over Honesty in China
After the former head of Microsoft China's academic credentials have come under scrutiny, a nationwide debate is raging on the place of integrity in Chinese society
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Leong, Siddikur tie for lead at Brunei Open
AFP - BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei (AFP) - Malaysia's Ben Leong returned to his best form to take a share of the third-round lead with overnight leader Siddikur of Bangladesh at the Brunei Open on Saturday.
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Ocean Power Technologies Wins 1.5 Million Award in UK To Spur Development of Higher Output PowerBuoy
Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. UK-based subsidiary, Ocean Power Technologies, Ltd, has been awarded a 1.5 million (approximately $2.3 million) grant from the South West of England Regional Development Agency (SWRDA) for the development of its ...
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Great July, uncertain future: Stocks have best month since July '09, but traders are cautious
WHAT A MONTH: The Dow Jones industrial average and Standard & Poor's had their best month since July 2009 and their first winning month since this past April. Strong earnings were behind the big gains.
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Neatorama presents: HDYK? {day 4}
Its an all-new 5-day trivia hunt!Co-puzzle Master Josh Halbur and I are happy to bring you the next How Did You Know? sponsored by our friends over at neatorama.com .Heres how it works: Starting today, and every day the rest of this week, we
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What's a Real Company?
At Y Combinator's AngelConf yesterday, Michael Arrington bemoaned the proliferation of, as he called them, " dipshit companies ." I suppose by this he meant companies that offer unassuming products and services--and entrepreneurs whose chief ambition ...
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Solar-Powered Data Center the Keystone to Canada's Green IT Ambitions
The facility is the first phase of a two-year plan to build a network of data centers powered by renewable energies that could eventually host the world's largest websites and shrink the internet's carbon footprint.
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Chelsea match is the hottest ticket of the year
When 500 guests arrive at a 50-acre estate by the Hudson River Saturday afternoon they will be asked to surrender their devices before security checks suitable for a summit.
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Arizona police release 80 immigration protesters from jail
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio also announces that three illegal immigrants were arrested in his sweep. Eighty demonstrators against Arizona's ...
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FBI Warns of Online Scams, Predators, Social-Networking Ploys
In testimony before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security on Wednesday, FBIs Assistant Director Gordon M. Snow highlighted how yesterdays con men have transformed into modern-day charlatans conducting their ..
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Riders on the storm
WASHINGTON -- When people think of New Orleans, most think of jazz, hurricane cocktails, Katrina -- and now the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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In Many CPRs, Skip the Mouth-to-Mouth
Two studies published Wednesday bolster a shift in thinking about how to revive many cardiac-arrest patients: Don't do mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Instead, bystanders can help most victims as effectively by doing chest compressions alone. ...
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Ideas And Advice: The School Of Everyday Life
Not everything always goes according to plan. Sometimes you have to change your vision to see results.This week we asked: Whats the greatest lesson youve learned from a marketing mentor or consultant?1. The importance of a marketing and .
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China ETFs: Be Selective
ETF investors need to careful which funds to choose because of the economic uncertainty arising from China's shaky real estate market.
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Duane Hurleys Friend: Stabbing victim not a pedophile
North Ridgeville, OH The mention of Duane Hurley causes Denise to grow quiet and her eyes well up with tears. She does not want to give her last name for fear of reprisals. She and Hurley had been best friends for nearly 30 years. Her last ...
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Obama Nominates Raffinan to D.C. Superior Court
Maria Elizabeth Maribeth Raffinan has become President Barack Obamas latest nomination to a seat on the D.C. Superior Court. Raffinan is currently a supervising attorney in the D.C. Public Defender Services Trial Division. Raffinan joined ...
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Marinated Brisket Recipe
Let the flavors melt in your mouth
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Get Married At Ozzfest
07/28/10 4:47pmby Kate MacRae (CHARTattack) When it comes time to plan for that special day, does the thought of a reception hall, a poofy white dress and some terrible overpriced DJ just not cut ...
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Lack of jobs hits consumers to slow world's biggest economy
THE US economy slowed in the second quarter as a scarcity of jobs eroded consumer spending, leaving the rebound dependent on a surge in business investment.
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Sestak to Obama: Can you send Michelle instead? (The Upshot)
The Upshot - This may be the closest Joe Sestak comes to being photographed with President Obama before November. The Democratic U.S. representative told reporters earlier this week that although the president had offered to campaign on his behalf of ...
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Google Earth Now Displays Real-Time Rain and Snow
The latest version of Googles 3D map application, Google Earth, now has the ability to display real-time rain and snow in certain parts of the world. To see it, you must first enable the clouds layer, and
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Last Driver Recalls Minnesota Bridge Collapse
Michelle McClain was driving onMinnesota's I-35 Westbridge during rush hour, Aug. 1, 2007, whenthe structurebegan to collapse from underneath her.
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Protesters bare their chests at Mainestreet
OGUNQUIT, Maine - Protestors exercised the right to bare skin, taking off their shirts at Mainestreet on Saturday,...
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The Buzz on Angel and Seed Investing Continues
Ah well another day passed and there was once again a ton of chatter around angel investing. A lot of it was prompted by AngelConf 2010 which you can watch recordings of on Justin.tv ( AngelConf 2010 Part 1 and AngelConf 2010 Part 2 ). ...
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