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3 hrs ago | Free Republic

Changes in Politics

One of the few political cliches that makes sense is that "In politics, overnight is a lifetime." Less than a year ago, the big question was whether Rudolph Giuliani could beat Hillary Clinton in this year's ...

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Related Topix: Hillary Clinton, US Politics, US News, John McCain, Mitt Romney, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Election

Fri Aug 29, 2008

Mydd.com

The Washington Post Digs Deeper in the Palin Corruption Scandal

Thought that the investigation into the alleged improprieties of the presumptive Republican Vice Presidential nominee wouldn't come back to bite John McCain, that it doesn't matter whether a presidential ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, John McCain, US News, US Governors, Sarah Palin

Shanghai Daily

Olympic sex scandal rocks soccer team

OFFICIALS are investigating a Chinese national soccer team player for ''booking a hotel room'' during the Beijing Games.

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Related Topix: Xie Yalong, Nan Yong, Summer Sports, Olympic Soccer, Zhi Zheng, Li Weifeng

All About Jazz

WEB/TECH: Comcast to Cap Monthly Internet Use

Comcast Corp., the nation's second-largest Internet service provider, Thursday said it would set an official limit on the amount of data subscribers can download and upload each month.

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The Post-Standard

Gas prices up as Gustav threatens Gulf refineries

Retail gas prices ticked higher today, rising for the first time in 43 days as a menacing Tropical Storm Gustav steamed toward offshore oil rigs and coastal refineries.

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Related Topix: Hurricane, Natural Disasters, New York

NewsBusters.org

TV Journalists Relieved Obama 'Masterpiece' Took on McCain

Television journalists were nearly uniformly enthralled with Barack Obama's Thursday night acceptance speech, relieved he showed the toughness to take on John McCain directly, unlike, in their world view, all ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Al Gore, George Bush, Barack Obama, John McCain, 2008 Presidential Election

Xbox 360 News Coverage 24

Square Enix reveals plans of taking over Tecmo

Tags: Japan , Square Enix , Electronic Arts , Tecmo , Tomonobu Itagaki O 13 The take-over business is sure the in thing nowadays, isn't it? Apart from the whole Electronic Arts -Take Two hullaballoo, there's ...

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Thu Aug 28, 2008

Washington Post - The Fix

The Speech: How Did He Do?

Barack Obama formally accepted the Democratic presidential nomination tonight in the Mile High City, delivering a speech that was among the most anticipated political events in modern memory.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, US Senate, Democrat, Illinois, Illinois Government, 2008 Presidential Election, John McCain

Universal Hub

Four say they were attacked by gay-bashing thugs in the South End

Too bad the victims, John, Cain and Jenna, didn't all have a license to carry and 40 cal Sig-Sauers with 15 round magazines.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Violent Crime

Holly's Fight to Stop Violence

Huppie found guilty in brutal rape case by Karen Kleiss

Ryan Huppie in a photo from a binder of exhibits at his trial. EDMONTON - An Edmonton man who brutally raped and tried to kill his neighbour on a $500 bet has been found guilty on all five charges against him.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime

MediaGuardian.co.uk

Check out Pacino and De Niro on screen together in Righteous Kill

Are you looking forward to seeing the Heat stars double up properly for the first time? Or should this all have happened years ago? August 28, 2008 3:00 PM There wasn't too much wrong with Michael Mann's fine ...

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Related Topix: Al Pacino, Crime Movies, Heat, Drama, Action, Comedy Movies, Thriller, Righteous Kill

The Huffington Post

Blogger Arrested For Streaming Unreleased Guns 'N Roses

A blogger suspected of streaming songs from the unreleased Guns N' Roses album "Chinese Democracy" on his Web site was arrested Wednesday and appeared in court, where his bail was set at $10,000. FBI agents ...

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Rocky Mountain Collegian

'Suge' Knight posts bail after Las Vegas arrest

Marion "Suge" Knight was jailed Wednesday on assault and drug charges after he was accused of beating his girlfriend while brandishing a knife near the Las Vegas Strip, police said.

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Related Topix: Marion 'Suge' Knight

Wed Aug 27, 2008

Global Voices Online

Brazil: Rights of bloggers, rights of blog readers

Brazilian blogger Alex Castro [pt] posts the Terms of Use of his blog, among them the rights of bloggers and of blog readers.

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Related Topix: Blog News

Scotsman.com News

Guilty: 'James Bond' gunsmith who armed underworld assassins

A GUNSMITH who converted replica weapons into working machine-guns used in a series of gangland murders was facing jail last night.

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Autoblog

REPORT: Chrysler may sell Dodge Viper rather than kill it

Posted Aug 27th 2008 11:27AM by John Neff Filed under: Supercars , Chrysler, LLC.

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Related Topix: Dodge Viper, Dodge, Autos

Foreign Policy

Morning Brief: Hillary pleads for Democratic unity

Speaking Tuesday before the Democratic National Convention and a political press ready to pounce on any signs of lingering rancor from the primary season, New York Sen.

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Related Topix: New York, Hillary Clinton, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Election

TreoCentral

Review: Jabra BT3030 Stereo Headset for Centro, Treo

The Treo's and Centro's 2.5mm audio jack is the phone's biggest Achilles' Heel. Having an 8GB microSD card full of music, but then having to use a 2.5mm headset or adapter is like putting high test gas into a ...

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology, Wireless, Cellphones, Bluetooth, Headphones

EUobserver.com

Ireland shoots down idea of swift Lisbon revote

The Irish government has insisted that no second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty is in the works after Europe minister Dick Roche on the weekend told press that another vote on the text would be "appropriate." ...

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Related Topix: Sinn Fein

Tue Aug 26, 2008

Planet GNOME

Morten Welinder: Beijing, August 2008

Security at this year's Olympic Games in Beijing was impressive, at least to my five-year old son, _L_: one of the first things he built with his limited supply of Lego was a security checkpoint.

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Related Topix: Sports, Olympics, Olympic Summer Games

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