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WRAPUP 4-U.S. seizes Fannie, Freddie, aims to calm markets - 5 Hours ago

* U.S. government takes over Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac * Move is aggressive bid to help battered housing market * Regulator to operate companies until stabilized * CEOs at both companies replaced (Adds

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Hurricane Ike weakens near Cuba - 5 Hours ago

MIAMI (Reuters) - Hurricane Ike weakened into a Category 3 hurricane as it bore down on Cuba on Sunday, the U.S. National Hurricane Centre said. Ike was still considered a 'major' hurricane with tremendous

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Chinese president congratulates Zardari on being elected Pakistani president - 113 Minutes ago

Chinese President Hu Jintao extended his sincere congratulations and well wishes to newly elected Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday. China and Pakistan are friendly neighbors that are joined

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Hurricane Ike rips across the Caribbean
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Ike threatens Cuba; slams Turks and Caicos
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Feds to take over Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac
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Worst storm in 48 years hits Caribbean
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Georgian president vows to reclaim two provinces
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Officials: Burglar whacks man with sausage - 86 Minutes ago
Authorities say they've arrested a man who broke into the home of two California farmworkers, stole money, rubbed one with spices and whacked the other with a sausage before fleeing. Fresno County sheriff's

Hanna's aftermath soaks Maritimes - 3 Hours ago
Tropical storm Hanna delivered little more than heavy rains and strong winds to Southern States, but hurricane Ike is a menacing category three that has officials worried. 3 Much of the Maritimes has
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Spying on Iraqi Leader: Worth Risk? - 21 Hours ago
Throughout much of the past two years, U.S. surveillance of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, his staff and others within the Iraqi government has given the Bush administration a transparent view of the
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Politics/Law

Ailing Kennedy aims at January return to Senate - 4 Hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Edward Kennedy, who has brain cancer, will not be on Capitol Hill this week when Congress returns from its summer break. He intends to work from his Massachusetts home this fall
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Obama: Recession could delay rescinding tax cuts - 51 Minutes ago
WASHINGTON Democrat Barack Obama says he would delay rescinding President Bushs tax cuts on wealthy Americans if he becomes the next president and the economy is in a recession, suggesting such an increase
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Obama plans extended meeting with Bill Clinton - 2 Hours ago
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama plans to lunch with former President Clinton this week in what will be their first extended face-to-face meeting since the bitter primary season. Obama intends

Business

Bush: Takeover of housing giants 'critical' - 5 Hours ago
President Bush said Sunday that the historic federal government takeover of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is needed to keep them from failing, a risk he called 'unacceptable' for an economy
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OPEC considers cutting oil production - 4 Hours ago
With oil prices off nearly 30 percent from their highs of almost $150 a barrel, OPEC oil ministers are considering what was unthinkable just a few weeks ago -- cutting back output to prop up the price
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Canada's prime minister calls early election - 5 Hours ago
TORONTO (AP) _ Canada's prime minister on Sunday triggered an early election, dissolving Parliament in a bid to bolster his party's grip on power in a vote next month that will be the country's third
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Finance

Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae: US government-sponsored enterprises expained - 3 Hours ago
are uniquely US institutions with no direct British equivalent. The government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) buy mortgages from lenders, package them up and sell them on to financial institutions around
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Rescue to Offer Just a Quick Fix - 109 Minutes ago
Many investors applauded the government's decision to rescue mortgage-investment giants Fannie Mae and

Building societies: Nationwide in merger talks with rival lenders - 3 Hours ago
Nationwide, Britain's largest building society, yesterday announced it is on the brink of swallowing the Derbyshire building society and Cheshire building society. The move, the result of the credit squeeze
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Sports

Patriots QB Brady hurt in opening win over Chiefs - 5 Hours ago
Reigning NFL MVP Tom Brady left Sunday's game against Kansas City after being hit on the left leg, depriving the New England Patriots of the quarterback who last season led them to a 16-0 regular season
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Knee injury knocks QB Tom Brady out of game in 1st quarter, but Patriots beat Chiefs - 3 Hours ago
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) _ Tom Brady screamed. The fans went quiet. The seemingly indestructible star of the New England Patriots lay on the ground, clutching his left knee. The NFL's reigning MVP and three-time
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McLaren appeal after Hamilton stripped of dramatic race victory - 5 Hours ago
McLaren have launched an appeal after Lewis Hamilton was last night stripped of victory in the Belgian grand prix. The Briton believed he had extended his lead in the drivers' championship to eight points
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Industry

Police recommend indicting Olmert on corruption charges - 5 Hours ago
JERUSALEM (AP) _ Israel's police recommended Sunday that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert should be indicted in a string of corruption cases, according to an official document.The police statement said they
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Palin's First Interview to Be With ABC News - 4 Hours ago
Palin accepted the nomination to be Sen. John McCain's running mate 10 days ago, but has yet to submit to questions from reporters covering the election. The Alaskan governor was taunted by the spokesman
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ET: Gary Coleman in auto-pedestrian accident - 3 Hours ago
Entertainment Tonight Actor Gary Coleman was involved in a car accident in Utah in which a 24-year-old pedestrian suffered minor injuries, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. Coleman, 40, was backing out of
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Internet

Reliance Gets Stake in Cricket Site - 46 Minutes ago
MUMBAI -- In its latest foray into the U.S. entertainment industry, Reliance ADA Group of India has

6 Linux in U.S. Schools: Why the Resistance? - 2 Hours ago
â??Software alternatives are just not available for Linux.â? I hear the statement above almost everyday. What makes the statement so ridiculous is that it is completely inaccurate 99 percent of the time.
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Google Chrome is faster than Firefox or Internet Explorer - 2 Hours ago
Google Chrome is faster than Firefox or Internet Explorer User Rating: / 0 PoorBest Page 1 of 2 Have you heard about Googles new beta search engine, Google Chrome? Ive just installed it. I find it faster
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Science

U.S. seeks more data on Dow Chemical purchase of Rohm & Haas - 102 Minutes ago
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Dow Chemical Co. (DOW:DOWNews, chart, profile, moreLast: Delayed quote dataAnalyst Create alertInsiderFinancials Sponsored by:, , ) said Friday that antitrust regulators have

Dow Chemicals to pump in 'billions of dollars' in - 110 Minutes ago
US chemical giant Dow, fighting to overcome the dubious legacy inherited from Union Carbide said it could pump in 'billions of dollars' in India, as it looks to expand operations in the country. The company,
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Criminals beware â?¦ texting may lead the police to your door A BRANCH of forensic - 103 Minutes ago
British scientists are pioneering the use of forensic linguistics â?" the systematic analysis and comparison of patterns of written speech â?" to identify the authors of electronic messages and written
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Entertainment

Tahaan: Movie Review - 2 Hours ago
Tahaan, I voted for this movie because of Santosh Sivan. And got much more than Santosh Sivan and his wizardy with the camera. The cast, storyline, fantastic acting, subtle music all played their part.

Che film premieres to mixed reviews - 110 Minutes ago
The Argentine, a new movie by Oscar-winning US director Steven Soderbergh based on the life of Latin American revolutionary Ernesto 'Che' Guevara, had its world premiere in Spain to mixed reviews. The

Director draws 'Blood' - 14 Hours ago
Alan Ball likes to get under people's skin. There were the suburbanites of 'American Beauty,' the movie for which Ball won an Oscar for best original screenplay, about a group of adults and teens leading

Technology

NBC Returns to Adobe Flash for NFL - 5 Hours ago
Switch from Silverlight not successful tags: Video Â· business Tipped by TK Junk Mail NBC did a variety of different things to handle the high demand for Olympics video content that was streamed on their
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Show of Hands: Love or Hate the New Microsoft Ad? - 9/6/2008
The new Microsoft ad with Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates has sure stirred up a blogstorm today. People either sort of like it or hate it. Mostly the latter, it would seem. I dunno, I sorta like it. And

Samsung Considers Deal for SanDisk - 8 Hours ago
"We are looking at various opportunities regarding SanDisk, but nothing has been decided yet," Samsung spokesman James Chung told Reuters in response to reports the South Korean firm was interested in
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Health

US advertiser group objects to Google-Yahoo tie up - 4 Hours ago
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Association of National Advertisers sent a letter objecting to the proposed Internet search advertising partnership between Yahoo Inc (nasdaq: YHOO - news - people ) and Google
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Teen Obesity & Liver Disease - 4 Hours ago
It's another hazard to American teens caused by obesity. Some overweight teens have severe liver damage caused by too much body fat. And a few of them have even needed liver transplants. Experts warn
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Owner: Ride's over at Coney Island amusement park - 4 Hours ago
NEW YORK -- When reports circulated over the weekend of a last-minute deal to keep Coney Island's historic Astroland amusement park open for another year, owner Carol Hill Albert was not amused. Indeed,
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Culture

It's Puccini, Woody Allen-style, at L.A. Opera - 3 Hours ago
Let's see, what was the body count? One murder. Two children tragically dead (at least one took ill). A suicide. One dead old man (natural causes). Wait, what's this? Another murder (unscheduled).Let
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Eight Belles memorialized at Ky. Derby Museum - 2 Hours ago
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Larry Jones stood at the podium, his voice breaking ever so slightly. Even now, four months later, the veteran trainer finds it difficult to talk about the death of Eight Belles.
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Good governance as bank, art centre scoop black awards - 51 Minutes ago
The winners and finalists from the 2008 Indigenous Governance Awards. (Images: Wayne Quilliam) ISSUE 161, September 4, 2008 - 05 Sep 2008 VICTORIAISSUE 161, September 4, A remote Aboriginal arts centre