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Spanair says crashed plane had earlier problem
(AP)
AP - Spanair says the plane that crashed last week in Madrid had landing gear trouble that forced it to abandon a takeoff attempt last month on a flight from Spain to Denmark.
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2 hijackers of Darfur plane surrender in Libya (AP)»AP - An airline official says the two hijackers of a jetliner that took off from Sudan’s Darfur region and was diverted to southern Libya have surrendered to authorities after a 22-hour standoff.
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South Ossetia conflict Russia seeks Chinese support as West warns of new dangers»Russia sought to bolster its diplomatic position in its stand off with the West over Georgia today by dispatching President Dmitry Medvedev to meet his Chinese counterpart.
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AP - Pakistani officials say security forces have killed up to 30 militants in a clash near the Afghan border.
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Zimbabwe’s Mugabe says he will form new government (AP)»AP - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe says he will form a new government soon, with or without the opposition.
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Olympic faking Sydney orchestra mimed entire opening ceremony performance»The orchestra that played at the Sydney Olympics opening ceremony has admitted miming its entire performance in a faking confession that dwarfs the Beijing lipsynching scandal.
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A twoyearold boy has survived being mauled by wild dogs and partly eaten after he was abandoned as a newborn baby in a Vietnamese forest.
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AP - A U.S. military ship carrying humanitarian aid docked at the Georgian Black Sea port of Batumi on Wednesday, avoiding the port of Poti, which is still controlled by Russian forces.
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Newlywed London couple died in Madrid plane crash»Couple who lived in London were among the 153 killed in Madrid.
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AP - At the Russian-controlled roadblocks around Gori, the deadpan soldiers are firm but restrained, searching cars and checking identification, but not too rigorously.
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Georgia conflict Russians pull out of Gori»Russian troops left the key Georgian town of Gori on Friday and are pulling out from surrounding areas a senior Georgian official has said.
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Sport
Phillies rally to beat Mets and reclaim 1st place (AP)»AP - The New York Mets’ beleaguered bullpen blew another one. Chris Coste hit an RBI single in the bottom of the 13th inning and the Philadelphia Phillies overcame a 7-0 deficit to beat the Mets 8-7 on Tuesday night and retake the lead in the NL East.
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Peyton takes knee out of question by practicing (AP)»AP - More than a month after having knee surgery and enduring weeks of rampant speculation about whether the injury was worse than first feared, two-time league MVP Peyton Manning finally provided his doubters with one emphatic answer Tuesday: He’s back, right on schedule.
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Baseball to start using instant replay Thursday (AP)»AP - Umpires will be getting a third choice on potential home runs down the line: fair, foul or replay.
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Michael Strahan will stay in retirement (AP)»AP - Michael Strahan isn’t doing a Brett Favre.
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US Open: Roddick, Dementieva, Jankovic play today (AP)»AP - Andy Roddick, Elena Dementieva and Jelena Jankovic are among the major players in action today in U.S. Open tennis. Roddick takes on Fabrice Santoro, Dementieva faces Pauline Parmentier and Jankovic goes against Sofia Arvidsson.
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Webb wins No. 19 as Arizona beats Padres 4-1 (AP)»AP - Brandon Webb pitched seven shutout innings for his career-high and major league-leading 19th victory Thursday night in the Arizona Diamondbacks’ 4-1 win over the San Diego Padres.
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Gymnasts’ parents ‘indignant’ over age questions (AP)»AP - China was asked to provide additional documents proving that five of the six members of its gold medal women’s gymnastics team were old enough to compete in the Beijing Olympics, in hopes it will end persistent questions about the girls’ ages.
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Americans sweep beach volleyball gold medals (AP)»AP - Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser have completed the American sweep of the beach volleyball gold medals, beating Brazil in three sets.
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US beats Russia to reach Olympic volleyball final (AP)»AP - The U.S. men’s volleyball team will play for the Olympic gold medal after defeating Russia in five sets.
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Former Raider great, NFLPA head Gene Upshaw dies (AP)»AP - Gene Upshaw, a towering lineman on the football field who went on to win untold millions of dollars for NFL players as their union leader, has died at age 63.
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World Business
E.ON to cut 1,800 jobs in Germany»E.ON confirms it is cutting 1,800 sales jobs as it closes two-thirds of its German service centres.
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Global output by Japan’s top three carmakers picked up in July, reflecting strong demand despite the global economic slowdown.
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Reuters - U.S. stock futures slipped on
Wednesday, suggesting a weaker market opening, prompted by
lingering worries about the battered banking sector and crude
prices rising for a third straight day.
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Lehman asks private equity firms to remain in bid: report (Reuters)»Reuters - Lehman Brothers has asked three private
equity firms to remain in bidding for its asset management arm
even though the investment bank has yet decide on whether to
sell the unit, the Financial Times reported.
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World poverty ‘more widespread’»The World Bank says there are more poor people in the world than previously thought, with one in four in poverty.
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Reuters - Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC) might
have to borrow money from the Treasury Department to see it
through an expected wave of bank failures, the Wall Street
Journal reported.
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US interest rates ‘not too low’»A flagging housing market and rising unemployment meant US interest rates were held, Federal Reserve minutes show.
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Reuters - The New York attorney general’s office is
probing the relationship between Fidelity Investments and
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. in connection with the sale of
auction-rate securities, the Wall Street Journal said, citing a
person familiar with the investigation.
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Mortgage applications up 1st time in 3 weeks: report (Reuters)»Reuters - U.S. mortgage applications rose for
the first time in three weeks as interest rates edged lower, an
industry group said on Wednesday.
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Euro gains as dollar rally stalls»The dollar loses some ground against the euro, a day after hitting a six-month high against the single currency.
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technology
Broadcom co-founder apologizes after plea deal (AP)»AP - Broadcom Corp. co-founder Henry Samueli has apologized for lying to the Securities and Exchange Commission during its probe of stock options backdating at the chip maker.
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AP - Bluetooth wireless headsets for mobile phones are puzzling: We’re supposed to control them with couple of unmarked buttons and get feedback from a single indicator light.
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TechnoNews - Creative headphones, video and Carbonite»A look at the latest gizmo, software and hardware in the technology market and this month its noise cancelling headphones, ultra light-weight video camera, latest from Samsung and on-line backup from Carbonite.
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CNET - SAO PAULO, Brazil–Brazilian journalist Gilberto Dilmenstein walks down an alley in the Villa Madelena neighborhood showing how what was once a haven for drug dealers has been transformed into a canvas for artists.
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AP - A highly popular Scrabble clone already pulled from Facebook in the United States and Canada continued its tumble over the weekend as the online hangout extended its block of the game throughout most of the world.
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Best Western rebuts claims of massive data breach (AP)»AP - Did a computer intrusion at a Best Western hotel in Germany open the door for a hacker to steal the records of 8 million customers and pull off “the greatest cyber-heist in world history,” as a Scottish newspaper put it?
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AP - NASA says it destroyed an unmanned suborbital rocket shortly after a failed launch early this morning from an island off the Virginia coast.
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AP - Can’t Michael Phelps stay? Please? No amount of begging by NBC will make it happen. The Olympics swim meet ends soon after Phelps’ bid for his eighth gold medal on NBC Saturday night, with another week of competition remaining.
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Report: Google, Verizon near mobile-search pact (CNET)»CNET - Google is close to inking a deal with Verizon that would build its search interface into the mobile phone service provider’s products, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
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AP - Oracle Corp. founder Larry Ellison, a longtime fixture on the list of the world’s richest people, is now ensconced atop The Associated Press’ rankings of the top-paid chief executives in the United States.
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