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Time.com – Disney announced that it’s going to inject millions into a bundle of new attractions to bring some customers into its flagging Magic Kingdom in Hong Kong. Will it work?
Read More: Can Hong Kong Disneyland Get the Magic Back?
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McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Tuesday slapped financial sanctions on two North Korean firms, including one based in Iran, as part of a crackdown on North Korea’s ballistic missile and nuclear weapons programs following a May nuclear test blast and a series of provocative missile launches.
Read More: Sanctions on North Korean firms indirectly target Iran
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The Christian Science Monitor – In a tearful and gruesome testimony, Salah Al-Samouni spoke of the two days of Israeli helicopter attacks in the Zaytoun area of Gaza that claimed 29 members of his family on Jan. 5 and 6.
Read More: UN probe into Gaza conflict
(The Christian Science Monitor)
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AFP – Poor planning has led to rising costs and huge delays for a nuclear reactor going up in Finland, the country’s biggest-ever construction project, officials have said.
Read More: Poor plans halted Finnish nuke reactor: officials
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AP – Not a single American soldier was in sight. Gone, too, were the American helicopters whose buzz has for years defined Baghdad’s background track. Left alone to protect the capital Tuesday were thousands of Iraqi troops and police manning checkpoints, with army tanks deployed at potential trouble spots and convoys of pickup trucks with machine guns roaming the streets.
Read More: Iraqis celebrate US pullback but bombing kills 27
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AFP – Iran’s hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is expected in Libya to address an African summit, eclipsing the meeting’s agenda despite a slate of conflicts demanding attention.
Read More: Iran leader eclipses agenda of African summit
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AP – Honduras’ ousted president won overwhelming international support Tuesday as he planned a high-profile return to his chaotic country. The politicians who sent soldiers to fly him into exile in his pajamas said he will be arrested for treason if he tries.
Read More: UN tells Honduras to reinstate president
(AP)
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AP – The interim president of Honduras vowed Tuesday not to resign the post he took over following a military coup and claimed that only an armed invasion would restore his ousted predecessor to power.
Read More: Interim Honduran leader vows Zelaya won't return
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AP – The life of “Charlie’s Angels” star Farrah Fawcett was celebrated Tuesday at a private, music-filled funeral that one participant called “stirring.”
Read More: Actress Farrah Fawcett remembered at LA funeral
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AP – Michael Jackson was so distraught over persistent insomnia in recent months that he pleaded for a powerful sedative despite warnings it could be harmful, says a nutritionist who was working with the singer as he prepared his comeback bid.
Read More: AP Exclusive: Insomniac Jackson begged for drug
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E! Online – Christina Applegate is now family to Drew Barrymore.
Read More: Applegate Going to the Movies With Barrymore
(E! Online)
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Reuters – Michael Jackson is about to rock the U.S. album charts.
Read More: Michael Jackson to reign on U.S. catalog chart
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AP – The chief of the nation’s second-largest school district is fuming over comedian Sacha Baron Cohen’s magazine photo shoot with high school football players.
Read More: LA schools chief fumes over `Bruno' school photos
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AP – A lawyer for Michael Jackson’s family said Tuesday a will by the late pop star has been presented.
Read More: Jackson family: Michael Jackson had a will
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AP – It’s one of the biggest mysteries in the Michael Jackson saga: How much was the lavish-spending, massively debt-ridden pop icon really worth?
Read More: AP Exclusive: Jackson said net worth $236M in 2007
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AP – Michael Jackson’s will gives guardianship over his children to the singer’s mother and leaves all his assets in a trust fund, a person with knowledge of the document told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
Read More: AP Source: Jackson's will puts assets in trust
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AP – Irregular heartbeat. Prostate cancer. Back pain. Hearing loss. The government is about to spend millions to try to uncover the best treatments for scores of ailments — and how to handle these four biggies leads a list of top 100 questions that doctors need answered.
Read More: Which treatment works best? Top study needs listed
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Reuters – Pfizer Inc said a late stage trial testing its cancer drug Sutent in advanced colon cancer was discontinued after it was deemed to be no more effective than standard chemotherapy.
Read More: Pfizer's Sutent fails in colon cancer, trial halted
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Reuters – Among working women with newly diagnosed breast cancer, those treated with chemotherapy appear more likely to experience a major change in work status, study findings suggest.
Read More: Breast cancer treatments impact work status
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HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of CenterWatch and ClinicalConnection.com:
Read More: Clinical Trials Update: June 30, 2009
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Reuters – A sizable minority of adolescents believe they are likely to die at a young age, and this perception is a powerful predictor of involvement in high risk behaviors and poor health outcomes, according to a report in the journal Pediatrics.
Read More: Teens' idea of death risk linked with behavior
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Reuters – China’s ambitions to strengthen control of the Internet with filtering software became a show of the limits of its power on Wednesday, as Internet activists and businesses welcomed the abrupt delay of the controversial plan.
Read More: China's Internet backdown lauded by firms and activists
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PC World – YouTube plans to soon switch all of its members to a redesign of its channel pages that it has been testing for several months, although many people want the Google video-sharing site to give them the option to keep the old layout.
Read More: YouTube Readies Redesign Amid Chorus of Complaints
(PC World)
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Macworld.com – Apple on Tuesday released an update to its iPhoto 8 software, part of the iLife ’09 suite of applications. iPhoto 8.0.4 fixes a rare bug in which updating to iPhoto 8.0.3 could cause the application to quit unexpectedly, as well as corrects references to some incorrectly labeled points of interest and location names.
Read More: iPhoto 8.0.4 fixes crashing bug, corrects location names
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AP – In a rare reversal, China’s government gave in to domestic and international pressure and backed down Tuesday from a rule that would have required personal computers sold in the country to have Internet-filtering software.
Read More: China backs down from requirement for Web filter
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PC World – Cisco Systems believes networking among doctors as well as among sensors in the field can help prevent pandemics, Chairman and CEO John Chambers said in a keynote address at the company’s annual Cisco Live customer conference that was briefly disrupted by a protest and a technical glitch.
Read More: Chambers Unfazed at Disrupted Speech
(PC World)
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PC World – Upcoming real-time strategy Windows game StarCraft II will ship without Local Area Network multiplayer support in an effort to combat piracy, says Blizzard, in an official statement sure to annoy if not outright confound series fans the world round.
Read More: Blizzard Kills StarCraft II LAN Support
(PC World)
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Macworld.com – Cooliris, the visually-enthralling free browser plug-in that allows you to navigate through online photos and video via a 3-D image wall, has been updated to version 1.1.1. New to this version is support for displaying Cooliris within tabbed windows, sharable URLs, and greater support for Flickr information and MySpace content.
Read More: Cooliris even cooler
(Macworld.com)
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 National Post |
Argentina declares swine flu emergency
ABC Online Argentina has announced a health emergency in the capital Buenos Aires and the surrounding province, as the number of deaths from swine flu continue to rise. The Argentine health ministry announced that at least 35 people have died … Argentina Bonds Pull Back On Profit-Taking After Vote Surge Argentine Defaulted Bonds Rise as Fernandez Will Resume Talks Argentine regions declare swine flu emergency |
Read More: Argentina declares swine flu emergency – ABC Online
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 BBC News |
Death toll rises to 16 in Italy's train explosion
Xinhua ROME, June 30 (Xinhua) — At least 16 people were killed and 36 others injured in northern Italy when a freight train carrying liquefied petroleum gas derailed and exploded just before midnight Monday, local health authorities said Tuesday. … Train Crash Kills at Least 14 in Western Italy Gas train derails in Italy, kills 14, burns 50 Italy train explosion kills at least 14 |
Read More: Death toll rises to 16 in Italy's train explosion – Xinhua
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 Brisbane Times |
Girl survives Yemen plane crash
BBC News Details have emerged about the rescue of the only person known to have survived the crash of a Yemeni-operated plane off the Comoros islands. A French rescuer said he had spotted the 14-year-old-girl in choppy waters amid bodies and wreckage. … Teenage girl sole survivor of Comoros jet crash French Navy to Join Search for Bodies, Jet Wreckage off Comoros France claims crashed A310 failed 2007 inspection; teenaged … |
Read More: Girl survives Yemen plane crash – BBC News
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 MiamiHerald.com |
National Guard: Gay Iraq veteran must leave service
CNN International (CNN) — A panel of New York National Guard officers has recommended that an Iraq war veteran who acknowledged his homosexuality must leave the service, his supporters said Tuesday. First Lt. Dan Choi, shown at a gay protest rally in May in California, … Board: Discharge gay NY National Guard officer Breaking Local News from Syracuse & Central New York Lt. Dan Choi loses first DADT battle, vows to keep fighting |
Read More: National Guard: Gay Iraq veteran must leave service – CNN International
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 BBC News |
Firefighters and Race
New York Times The court ruled, 5-to-4, that New Haven acted illegally when it threw out a promotion test on which minority firefighters had done poorly. In doing so, it put a new, narrower definition on Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which is intended to … The Supreme Court Says No To Quotas Supreme Court decisions made in the 2008-09 term Death, Taxes, and Judge Sotomayor |
Read More: Firefighters and Race – New York Times
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 CTV.ca |
Drive-By Shooting at Detroit Bus Stop Injures 7 Teenagers
New York Times By AP DETROIT (AP) — Gunmen in a minivan opened fire on a group of teenagers waiting at a bus stop near a Detroit school on Tuesday, wounding seven, the authorities said. Carlos Osorio/Associated Press Bria Wilson, right, was comforted after a shooting … Gunfire wounds 7 Detroit teens; 3 critical POLICE: 'Witness' in Shootings Questioned Gunmen fire on group of Detroit teens, wounding 7 |
Read More: Drive-By Shooting at Detroit Bus Stop Injures 7 Teenagers – New York Times
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 NJ.com |
Cities Grow at Suburbs' Expense
Wall Street Journal US cities that for years lost residents to the suburbs are holding onto their populations with a mix of people trapped in homes they can't sell and those who prefer urban digs over more distant McMansions, according to Census data … Central Valley cities still among the fastest-growing US Census Bureau releases 2008 city population estimates NJ lags behind nation in growth, US Census reports |
Read More: Cities Grow at Suburbs' Expense – Wall Street Journal
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 Boston Globe |
GM Pushes the Case For Its Rebirth in Court
New York Times General Motors headed to bankruptcy court on Tuesday to seek approval for the linchpin of its turnaround plan, the sale of its best assets to a new government-backed company. If the motion is approved, … General Motors Executives Put Wind-Down Costs at $1.25 Billion GM CEO makes case for US bankruptcy asset sale GM's CEO grilled at court over company's sale |
Read More: GM Pushes the Case For Its Rebirth in Court – New York Times
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 CBC.ca |
Bugs & Fixes: IPhones That Are Too Hot to Handle
PC World According to a report on the Web, a newly-released iPhone 3GS became so hot during normal use, that its white case turned a bit brown. While this toasted iPhone has generated a lot of Internet buzz, let's keep it in perspective. So far as I know, … White iPhone 3GS units discoloring from excessive heat On Call: Apples and Androids So Long, HackBook: You're Useless Now Thanks to iPhone 3GS |
Read More: Bugs & Fixes: IPhones That Are Too Hot to Handle – PC World
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 New Zealand Herald |
Pirate Bay to be acquired by Global Gaming Factory
Los Angeles Times The popular site for illegal music and movie downloads is going legit, but consumers and studios might not play along. By Ben Fritz The world's most popular source for illegal music and movie downloading is going legit, but it's far from certain … Hands On: The Video Bay Swedish Software Firm Buys Filesharing Site Pirate Bay RIP, Pirate Bay |
Read More: Pirate Bay to be acquired by Global Gaming Factory – Los Angeles Times
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 Multichannel News |
Joost Reinvents Itself Amid Competition And Ad Woes
Wall Street Journal SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones)–Joost NV, the online video service launched by the founders of Skype Technologies, on Tuesday said it would reinvent itself as a technology provider that will enable media companies to publish Internet video … Joost Moves to a Platform Strategy Web video site Joost cuts service, jobs, CEO goes Joost Reinvents Itself — Again |
Read More: Joost Reinvents Itself Amid Competition And Ad Woes – Wall Street Journal
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 New York Times |
iPhone v Pre – the celebrity smartphone deathmatch
Register Review Two top-of-the-line smartphones were released in June: the Palm Pre and the iPhone 3GS. If you're eyeing them, you'll have to choose one or the other – no one in their right mind owns more than one smartphone. So which one is worthy of your … Heads Up: Smart phone news You, Palm Pre, Are No iphone Spazzing out with webOS app developer Ed Finkler |
Read More: iPhone v Pre – the celebrity smartphone deathmatch – Register
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 PC World |
Firefox 3.5: Excellent for fans, but competition getting tougher
CNET News Firefox 3.5 brings the world's second-most popular browser up to speed with current browsing technology and trends, and perhaps nudges it just a bit ahead of the competition. However, it is by no means the leap ahead that its … Beyond Firefox 3.5: A Sneak Peek at Mozilla's Next Browser Firefox 3.5 downloads surpass 2M within hours Firefox 3.5 – it's not a 'web upgrade' |
Read More: Firefox 3.5: Excellent for fans, but competition getting tougher – CNET News
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 Product Reviews |
Apple's HTTP Adaptive Video Streaming in Action
BusinessWeek When Apple (AAPL) upgraded its iPhone operating system in June, it included some highly prominent and loudly demanded features, like search and copy & paste. But the Cupertino (Calif.) computer maker also added some behind-the-scenes … The Limits of Apple's Push Notification for the iphone Ericsson Rolling Out App Store moconews – Skype Updates Mobile Apps; Users Scoff At Lack Of New … |
Read More: Apple's HTTP Adaptive Video Streaming in Action – BusinessWeek
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 Seattle Post Intelligencer |
Woods Plays Genial Host, Then Responds to Criticism
New York Times Woods's trials since having knee surgery have shown how difficult it is to win consistently on the PGA Tour. By LARRY DORMAN BETHESDA, Md. — Shortly after noon Tuesday, about 36 hours before the official start of his third AT&T National as tournament … Tiger Woods faces hazards as host of AT&T National Future of AT&T National appears secure A game that taught Tiger how to break par |
Read More: Woods Plays Genial Host, Then Responds to Criticism – New York Times
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 MiamiHerald.com |
Another Day, Another Embarrassment for Mets
New York Times Morry Gash/AP By BEN SHPIGEL MILWAUKEE — Go ahead, sift through the remnants of the Mets' latest loss. Pick out the infuriating moments, the distressing lapses, the embarrassing fourth inning, and in the end what remains is a feeling of emptiness. … Fernando Martinez slips, Johan Santana falls as Mets lose to Brewers Braun drives in 4, Fielder homers in Brewers' win Recap: Milwaukee vs. NY Mets |
Read More: Another Day, Another Embarrassment for Mets – New York Times
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Reuters – Having sex every day improves the quality of men’s sperm and is recommended for couples trying to conceive, according to new research.
Read More: Daily sex makes for healthier sperm
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Reuters – A Polish couple living in Germany fell out after tying the knot and decided to end their marriage on the same day.
Read More: So the honeymoon is over?
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AP – An Arizona man who likes several drinks with his lunch has been arrested three times in the past week for refusing to pay at restaurants where he ate. Jefferson Parish sheriff’s records show that a 36-year-old man was booked with defrauding an innkeeper after he ate at three restaurants, then laughed when asked to pay his bill.
Read More: Man nabbed 3 times in week for skipping on tab
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Reuters – Spanish police have arrested a man whom they suspect hired a contract killer to murder his boss in a desperate bid to avoid being laid off, newspaper El Pais reported on Tuesday.
Read More: Man had boss killed to save job – Spanish police
(Reuters)
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AP – The Dream Team is still dominating.
Read More: Slam dunk! Dream Team earns spot in Hall of Fame
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AP – Cavaliers forward Anderson Varejao did not exercise his option on a $6.2 million contract for next season, making him an unrestricted free agent.
Read More: Cavaliers' Varejao now a free agent
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