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AP – The United States and NATO need a new strategy to defeat the Taliban, the top commander in Afghanistan said Monday as he delivered a classified assessment that is widely seen as the groundwork for a fresh request to add more American forces next year.
Read More: Gates: Report details highs, lows of Afghan fight
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AP – It was one of the greatest mysteries of the collapse of the Third Reich. As Russian tanks moved into Berlin and Adolf Hitler committed suicide in his bunker, his brutal and feared private secretary, Martin Bormann, simply vanished.
Read More: UK documents reveal hunt for Hitler's deputy
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OneWorld.net – SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 31 (New America Media) – While California’s standardized testing indicates there has been
some improvement in student achievement this year, it still hasn’t
closed the performance gap between low-income students and their more
economically advantaged counterparts.
Read More: California's Achievement Gap Persists
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AP – Extremely dangerous Hurricane Jimena roared toward Mexico’s resort-studded Baja California Peninsula on Monday, prompting emergency workers to set up makeshift shelters and chasing away an international finance conference.
Read More: Hurricane stronger, heads for Mexico's Los Cabos
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AFP – An Australian zoo that sold endangered antelope to a hunting enthusiast has been barred from trading in animals until an investigation into the incident is completed, a media report said Monday.
Read More: Ban for Australian zoo that sold antelope to hunter
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AP – The son of the late leader of Iraq’s largest Shiite political party on Monday took the reins of the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, a party official said.
Read More: Son of late Iraqi Shiite leader takes over party
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AP – Armenia and Turkey, bitter foes for a century, took a step toward reconciliation Monday by announcing they would launch final talks aimed at establishing diplomatic ties. But they won’t discuss the deepest source of their enmity: the World War I-era massacres of Armenians under Ottoman rule.
Read More: Turkey, Armenia to launch talks on diplomatic ties
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AP – Yukio Hatoyama, the Stanford Ph.D and political blue blood who led Japan’s opposition party to a stunning election victory, is coming to power amid questions about how he will pursue his desire for a more independent relationship with the United States.
Read More: Questions arise over how Japan's new leader will handle U.S. ties
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AP – Mexico is preparing for a second wave of swine flu, looking at what worked and what didn’t last spring when it banned everything from dining out to attending school in an effort to control the virus.
Read More: Lessons from Mexico for next wave of swine flu
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AP – When he was younger, “Dancing with the Stars” pro Mark Ballas says it was a nightly ritual to watch Melissa Joan Hart in the popular 1990s show “Clarissa Explains it All.”
Read More: Ballas hopes for 'Dancing' repeat win with Hart
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Reuters – Adding yet another wrinkle to next year’s Academy Awards, Oscar organizers plan to use a preferential voting system in tallying the final vote for best picture, where 10 nominees will be competing for the first time since 1943.
Read More: Oscars' best picture race to factor in rankings
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Reuters – Here’s an interesting pairing of short plays by Neil LaBute: “The New Testament” is a world-premiere showbiz satire, directed by Bjorn Johnson. The hard-hitting marital drama “Helter Skelter,” directed by LaBute, debuted last year in London.
Read More: Bad boys take center stage in LaBute short plays
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AP – Country music singer Shania Twain is slowly stepping back into the spotlight after the break up of her marriage to Robert “Mutt” Lange in May 2008.
Read More: Shania Twain slowly stepping back into spotlight
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AP – Ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich says in a new book that White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel wanted his help in arranging to leave the Obama administration after two years to reclaim his seat in Congress.
Read More: Ousted Ill. governor explains himself in new book
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AP – A benefit concert that rapper Jay-Z is planning for Sept. 11 is a step in the direction that his career and life is heading in, he said Monday.
Read More: Jay-Z to give Sept. 11 benefit concert in NYC
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AP – Former Miss California USA Carrie Prejean sued pageant officials Monday for libel, slander and religious discrimination, accusing them of telling her to stop mentioning God even before her controversial remarks against gay marriage.
Read More: Former Miss California sues over firing
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Fashion Wire Daily – It’s all about red boots in Sandra Bullock’s crack-up new comedy “All About Steve”; knee-high, chunky heeled red patent leather boots, in fact. As crossword puzzle creator and general oddball Mary Horowitz, Bullock wears those boots throughout the flim, as she wildly pursues Bradley Cooper, a television cameraman she meets on a blind date.
Read More: Sandra Bullock, Boot Gal, Rocks the "All About Steve" Premiere
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AP – Until not so long ago, Stage 42 at CBS’ Broadcast Center held a honeycomb of chambers where “Guiding Light” was shot.
Read More: An institution ends when 'Guiding Light' turns off
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AP – Pop-punk band Blink-182 has pulled out of its show in Saratoga Springs, New York, saying band members were grieving the death of their friend, celebrity disc jockey Adam “DJ AM” Goldstein.
Read More: Blink 182 cancels NY show after DJ AM's death
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AP – When is swine flu just miserable and when do you need a doctor?
Read More: Advice on when flu needs TLC or a doctor's care
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