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Thursday, July 30, 2009

$2 Billion re-fueling of "Cash for Clunkers" program awaits Senate vote

Phelps stuffs Serbian Cavic, wins 100 butterfly in world record time

US Marshals seize sanitizer made by Utah company

Thousands of people have been placed in quarantine in north-western China after a man died of pneumonic plague

A deal is reached to end a week-long strike over pay by some 150,000 municipal workers in South Africa

Al Qaeda's training adapts to drone attacks

Sen. Franken relishes policy role in new position

Is Karl Rove in trouble?

Remains of 1991 Gulf War pilot finally found

Outdoor stage collapse in Alberta kills one, injures 15

WSJ: Photos for the Day - 31 July 09

Firefox passes 1 billion downloads



Matt Taibbi shreds the latest sellout flack taking up for Goldman Sachs

Ten to twenty thousand protesters fight Malaysian police in the streets

Former Philippine president Corazon Aquino has died after a battle with colon cancer

Gates sends flowers to passerby who called police

WSJ: Photos for the Day - 30 July 09

U.S. jobless claims rise, but trend seen slowing

Ormet Aluminum production plant to shed 982 jobs

The US military plans to use more drone aircraft to target Taliban militants in Afghanistan while focusing less on hunting down Al-Qaeda figures

There is fresh hope that the world's depleted fisheries can be saved from collapse

American beer manufacturers in a snit over choice of beers at "Beer Summit"

Minnesota Governor Pawlenty says GOP must broaden its base

The Big Picture Blog: Stories from Israel, Tanzania and Malaysia

Shocking email text from Police Officer Bartlett to a Boston Globe writer

New $95 million yacht looks like a killer whale

Mohammed Yusuf, the leader of a fundamentalist Islamist sect who was initially reported captured Thursday by the Nigerian military, is dead

Security forces clash with protesters in Iran

Racial furor pauses for White House happy hour

Thousands evacuated in Texas due to chemical plant fire

Hurricane season's been a breeze, but don't breathe easy yet

Raging Success: "Cash for Clunkers" runs out of money in first week

Sunday, July 26, 2009

WSJ: Photos for the Day - 29 July 09

The Top 10 Ironic Ads from History

More Japanese women turn to a career "hostessing" during this protracted Recession

U.S. Durable Goods Orders Rise Excluding Cars, Planes

Japan’s retail sales fell for a 10th month in June, extending the longest losing streak since 2003

Scientists sound Oceania extinction warning

Oil falls below $66 a barrel on consumer confidence drop

Man With Gun "Tasered" at Gatwick Airport

FIRE Economy Explosion Fallout -- Part I: Recession ends, depression begins

Uighur leader says 10,000 went missing in one night

Texting while driving raises risks of crashing by 2,300%

Vick Sweepstakes: One Day and, So Far, No Takers

Just cold beer and chat with Obama

'No doubt' sunbeds cause cancer

Obama takes health care pitch back to people

Spanish police barracks hit by van bomb, 60 injured

Nearly 20 horses in Miami/Dade have been slaughtered and butchered by poachers since January

Feds Search Home, Office of Jackson's Doc

Study: Using Home ATM Led to Most Foreclosures in SoCal

Microhoo? Yahsoft? Two big dotcom names to work together on searches and online advertising


Incredible Shrinking Boomer Economy

How Simple Arithmetic Shows Us Exponential Growth Cannot Be Perpetual Without Running Up Against Finite Resources

Evil Syndicated

San Diego high-rise condo market fizzles out

Global warming played a role in Incas' rise, report says

The Big Picture Blog looks at the 2009 Tour de France

Sen. Jim Bunning to Retire Due to Slow Fundraising

7 North Carolina men charged with planning "violent Jihad"

Obama urges deeper China-US ties

A President in exile has many supporters flocking to his hideout across the border

New Taser gun can shock 3 people at one time without need of a reload

NFL conditionally reinstates Michael Vick

"Cash for Clunkers" drives new car shoppers to the showrooms on launch day

WSJ: Pictures of the Day - July 27, 2009


A new term to learn from the credit card companies: ruthless defaulter

Black Man in a big house

Joe the Plumber tries for a sixteenth minute of fame

Bill Moyers: Dangerous Alliance of Health Industry and Right-Wingers Will Stop at Nothing to Derail Progressive Reforms

North Korea warms up to talks with USA

WSJ: Pictures for the day - 24 July 09



Revealed: the secret evidence of global warming Bush tried to hide

Pakistan Arrests Spiritual Head of Taliban

U.S. Home Vacancies Hit 18.7 Million; What's the Real Story?

FBI's interrogation of captured American Taliban delivering more results than CIA torture methods

Revealed: McCain's lawyers looked into Obama's citizenship claims by radical right and found them without merit

Nigerian security forces fight Islamic radicals called Boko Haram who want Sharia Law imposed across Nigeria . . . dozens dead

Big Picture Blog looks at The Longest Solar Eclipse of the Century






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