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| No. 2 Buckeyes get off to fast start, 45-7 |
AP - Terrelle Pryor tossed three touchdown passes, Brandon Saine rushed for 103 yards and two scores and No. 2 Ohio State rolled over error-prone Marshall 45-7 on Thursday night in a tuneup for a big date with Miami.
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| Earl weaker, still powerful, winds hit Outer Banks |
AP - Forecasters say Hurricane Earl is weakening as it passes over North Carolina's Outer Banks but is still packing powerful winds as it heads up the Eastern Seaboard.
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| White House: No second stimulus being considered |
Reuters - The White House stressed on Thursday that no second economic stimulus package is being considered as part of new measures under review by President Barack Obama's team.
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| Drug shootout with army kills 25 in Mexico |
Reuters - As many as 25 people were killed when Mexican soldiers clashed on Thursday with suspected drug gang members in rural northeastern Mexico, local media reported on Thursday.
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| US teen Capra upsets Rezai, plays Sharapova next |
AP - A year ago at the U.S. Open, American teenager Melanie Oudin told the world to "BELIEVE," with her sneakers and her play.
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| FBI: 6 accused in forced labor of 400 Thai workers |
AP - Six recruiters were accused of luring 400 laborers from Thailand to the United States and forcing them to work, according to a federal indictment Thursday that the FBI called the largest human trafficking case ever charged in U.S. history.
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| LA police ID owner of trunk containing baby bodies |
AP - Investigators have identified the owner of a trunk in which the mummified remains of two babies were found, bringing them a step closer to solving the intriguing international mystery.
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| Domestic |
| Phoenix airport worker arrested in luggage thefts |
AP - A man who worked at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport was arrested Thursday on suspicion that he stole hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of items from the luggage of passengers in a case that could include hundreds of victims from around the world.
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| Pearl Harbor marks 65th anniversary of WWII's end |
AP - Don Fosburg recalled friends and family killed in World War II as he marked the 65th anniversary of the end of the conflict on Thursday.
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| Builders of NYC mosque face financial hurdles |
AP - The developers planning to build a $100 million Islamic center near the World Trade Center site still have financial hurdles to clear: They haven't finished buying all the property they want for the project and are nearly a quarter-million dollars behind on real estate taxes and late fees.
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| Police: Discovery Channel hostages planned escape |
AP - Police had been negotiating with James Jae Lee for several hours and intended to keep him talking for as long as it took to safely resolve the standoff at the Discovery Channel's headquarters. Inside the lobby, Lee's three hostages had no intention of waiting.
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| Wash. woman in acid attack recounts agonizing pain |
AP - Bethany Storro had just bought a pair of sunglasses and was celebrating a new job when a woman walked up to her with a cup and said: "Hey pretty girl, do you want to drink this?"
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| Comfort Inn a hurricane hostel in NC |
AP - A two-story Comfort Inn has become a makeshift hurricane hostel on North Carolina's Outer Banks for those who want to stay close to their homes but know they need better shelter from the outslaught of Earl.
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| Arizona governor stumbles during debate |
AP - It will go down as one of the most painful openings to a political debate in recent memory.
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| Politics |
| Wary of tea party, GOP attacks Senate candidate |
AP - Delaware Republicans call Senate hopeful Christine O'Donnell a liar who "could not be elected dog catcher" in a fierce attack that underscores GOP fears of the tea party-backed candidate knocking off top recruit Rep. Mike Castle and winning the nomination.
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| POLITICAL INSIDER: Clinton helps Ark. Democrat |
AP - Former President Bill Clinton is coming to the aid of endangered Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln.
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| Labor, business leaders differ on ways to fix economy |
McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — With the Labor Day weekend approaching, union leaders and U.S. business interests expressed concerns Thursday about the fragility of the nation's economic recovery. They offered drastically different remedies for fixing the country's woes, however.
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| AMERICA'S LITTLE WARS ARE DRAINING US IN A BIG WAY |
Georgie Anne Geyer - WASHINGTON -- You have to wonder exactly what you're supposed to say in a week like this one, as President Obama officially declared the end to the U.S. war in Iraq and most Americans breathed a tempered sigh of relief.
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| U.S. offshore oil fire may delay lift of drill ban |
Reuters - The Obama Administration is likely to stay focused on toughening regulatory oversight of the U.S. offshore oil industry and may push back lifting a ban on deepwater drilling after the latest accident in the Gulf of Mexico, analysts said on Thursday.
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| Obama visits Dole at Walter Reed |
Politico - The president saw the former Kansas senator and 1996 GOP presidential nominee on Monday.
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| Happy beginning for a W.H. production |
Politico - The talks allow Obama to show on the foreign policy stage.
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| Technology |
| Video lambasting Google on privacy hits Times Square |
AFP - A video cartoon featuring Google's chief giving away ice cream to snoop on children aired on a giant screen in Times Square as a privacy group continued to hound the Internet giant.
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| Google |
Investor's Business Daily - Google (NMS:GOOG) will continue to provide the search results on AOL's Web site under a new, five-year deal. The deal will put AOL video content on Google's YouTube site for the first time. AOL edged up 0.7% to 23.05.
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| IPad faces new tablet challengers |
Investor's Business Daily - Electronic giants Samsung and Toshiba each unveiled new tablet PCs running Google's (NMS:GOOG) Android OS that aim to tap consumer demand ignited by the Apple (NMS:AAPL) iPad. Samsung's Galaxy Tab features a 7-inch touch screen and WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity. Samsung said pricing will be $200-$300, depending on required 3G phone plans. Toshiba's Folio 100 features a larger 10-inch screen, but initially will only have WiFi connectivity. It'll be priced at $510. Apple rose 0.7% to 252.17.
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| Bug found with Automator and iTunes 10 |
Macworld.com - As you’re aware, Apple just released iTunes 10. With that release has come some changes—both expected and not so.
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| Stream TV Android Froyo Tablet: Sneak Peak Now, Preorders Next Week |
PC World - For all of this year's chatter about the coming army of Android tablets, the near radio silence has been deafening. Until now. First, at consumer electronics show IFA in Berlin, came news of a global launch of the Samsung Galaxy Tab. And starting next week, you can hop onto Amazon.com to pre-order the Stream TV eLocity A7.
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| To Boost Security, Facebook Adds Remote Logout |
PC World - Facebook users will soon have a new way of knocking spammers out of legitimate accounts.
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| Tandberg Announces Data Protection Appliance for SMBs |
PC Magazine - Tandberg Data now offers several enterprise-level network-attached data protection devices for the SMB.
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| International |
| Romanian PM shakes up cabinet |
AP - Romania's unpopular government was in turmoil Thursday after the prime minister fired five Cabinet ministers, with the economy minister also saying he will quit.
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| ECB raises 2010, 2011 eurozone growth forecast |
AP - The European Central Bank is raising its growth forecast for this year and next after a healthy second-quarter performance from the eurozone.
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| Summary Box: German government plans bank fee |
AP - THE FEE: Germany's new bank restructuring bill foresees requiring banks to contribute to a bailout fund that would be used to ward off future financial crises. Banks would have to pay annual fees based on their risk level. The fees are expected to total a combined euro1 billion ($1.27 billion).
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| European markets rally despite concern over Germany |
AFP - Europe's leading stock markets pushed higher on Tuesday as investors digested news of falling German investor confidence and lower British inflation in the absence of any major company announcements.
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| Insurer Aegon strikes deal to repay state aid |
AP - Insurer Aegon NV said Tuesday it has reached a deal with European Union regulators on repaying euro2 billion ($2.56 billion) in support it received from the Dutch government at the height of the 2008 financial crisis.
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| Germany leades eurozone to stronger growth |
AP - The economy of the 16 countries that use the euro expanded by a better-than-expected 1 percent during the second quarter before as growth engine Germany expanded at its fastest pace since reunification two decades ago.
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| Germany economy grew by 2.2 percent in 2nd quarter |
AP - Official data show that the German economy — Europe's biggest — grew by 2.2 percent in the second quarter compared with the previous three-month period. That was its best performance since reunification two decades ago.
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| Real Estate |
| Big Deal: On 86th Street, a Town House Awaits Former Glory |
Once a grand mansion steps from Central Park, it had fallen into disrepair. Now it is for sale for $8.95 million.
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| Big Deal: The Weird World of L.L.C. Names |
The wealthy and celebrities often buy property under limited liability companies, often with whimsical names.
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| STREETSCAPES/West End Avenue: Three Apples of Somebody?s Eye |
West End Avenue and vicinity was once a stronghold of town houses. Three of the now-rare breed bear distinctive traces of the attentions of recent owners.
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| House Tour: New Preston, Conn. |
On Lake Waramaug, a converted boathouse has a stone foundation, a wraparound deck and direct access to the water.
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| Property Values: What You Get for ...$275,000 |
A one-bedroom condo in Philadelphia, a three-bedroom bungalow in Tennessee and a two-bedroom house in Wisconsin.
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| The Appraisal: Using Private Eyes to Keep Track of Tenants |
Real estate investigation, a big business in a borough like Manhattan with plenty of rent-regulated apartments ripe for exploitation, has picked up in the past year.
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| Unwelcome Neighbor for Empire State Building |
A defining element of the skyline since 1931 is set to get a rival with 15 Penn Plaza, though it is not clear how soon the project will be built.
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