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OneWorld.net – SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 18 (New America Media) – More than 400 homeless veterans from across Northern California relaxed
in comfort at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton. The occasion: a âStand Down,â where the homeless veterans were given access to good food, clean clothes, showers and beds.
Read More: Standing Up for Homeless Vets at Stand Downs
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AP – For 33 men found alive after 17 days trapped deep in a copper and gold mine, the toughest challenge now may be preserving their sanity during the months it may take to carve a tunnel big enough for them to get out.
Read More: 33 miners in Chile are alive, but stuck for months
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AP – Dozens of biologists and environmental activists rescued two freshwater dolphins Sunday among nine that have been trapped in a river by low water levels for more than a month.
Read More: 2 of 9 trapped dolphins rescued in Bolivia river
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The Christian Science Monitor – Savoring the diplomatic victory of renewed direct peace talks announced last week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his cabinet today that a peace treaty with the Palestinians would be “a difficult thing, but it is possible.”
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AP – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday inaugurated the country’s first domestically built unmanned bomber aircraft, calling it an “ambassador of death” to Iran’s enemies.
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AFP – Rwanda’s capital is changing from a sleepy backwater where most things closed at 9:00 pm to a future Singapore with gleaming office blocks and all-night shopping.
Read More: Kigali — from sleepy backwater to Africa's Singapore
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Time.com – Australia has its first hung Parliament in 70 years, with neither the conservative Liberal-National Coalition nor the Labor Party getting the requisite 76 seats to win the national election
Read More: Australian Voters Face Hung Parliament in Close Election
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AP – NATO says roadside bombs have killed two members of the international security force in Afghanistan, including one American.
Read More: NATO: Bombs kill 2 foreign troops in Afghanistan
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AP – Grammy-winning singer Faith Evans has been arrested after being stopped at a drunken driving checkpoint in the Los Angeles area.
Read More: Faith Evans arrested on drunken driving charge
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Reuters – One learns over the years not to expect too much from a Lifetime original movie.
Read More: Lifetime's "Bond of Silence" a missed opportunity
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Reuters – A Van Gogh painting worth an estimated $55 million was stolen from a Cairo museum on Saturday and after reporting it had been recovered, the state news agency quoted a minister as saying it was still missing.
Read More: Van Gogh painting stolen in Egypt, fate unclear
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AP – “The Sonderberg Case” (Alfred A. Knopf, $25), by Elie Wiesel, translated by Catherine Temerson: After more than 60 years, over 50 books and a Nobel Peace Prize, Elie Wiesel is still struggling with what it means to be a Holocaust survivor.
Read More: Wiesel's `Sonderberg Case' is tale of family ties
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AP – Sylvester Stallone’s “The Expendables” fought off an onslaught of newcomers to finish on top of the weekend box office again.
Read More: Stallone's 'Expendables' retains crown with $16.5M
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Fashion Wire Daily – Motherhood was on everyone’s mind on Monday, Aug. 17, at the Arclight Theatre in Hollywood, where Jennifer Aniston introduced her latest romantic comedy “The Switch” to the world. The film is all about a single, 40-year-old woman who decides to use artificial insemination in order to have a child.
Read More: Jennifer Aniston and Motherhood at "The Switch" Premiere
(Fashion Wire Daily)
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AP – Hip-hop singer Wyclef Jean said Sunday he is not abandoning his presidential bid just yet and will try to get the courts to overturn a decision disqualifying him from the race.
Read More: Wyclef Jean: I'm not giving up my bid for prez yet
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AP – “True Blood” co-stars Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer have taken their true love to the altar.
Read More: 'True Blood' stars Paquin, Moyer tie the knot
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AFP – International hip-hop star Wyclef Jean was expected to file a formal appeal Monday, challenging a decision by Haiti’s electoral authorities to bar him from the November presidential race.
Read More: Wyclef Jean to appeal Haiti election ruling
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AP – The Betty White phenomenon keeps getting bigger.
Read More: Betty White scores Emmy win for `SNL' hosting gig
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AP – The lead singer of a British pop trio climbed a telecommunications mast behind the main stage at a Belgian rock festival and leaped to his death in the parking lot below, police said Saturday.
Read More: UK pop singer in apparent suicide fall at show
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omg! – Reuters – British actress Carey Mulligan (“An Education”) is in negotiations to climb into the passenger seat of the action thriller “Drive,” which already has Ryan Gosling at the wheel. “Breaking Bad” star Bryan Cranston is also negotiating to join the cast.
Read More: Carey Mulligan gears up for thriller "Drive"
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AP – Hundreds of people have been sickened in a salmonella outbreak linked to eggs in four states and possibly more, health officials said Wednesday as a company dramatically expanded a recall to 380 million eggs.
Read More: Egg recall tied to salmonella grows to 380 million
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HealthDay – FRIDAY, Aug. 20 (HealthDay News) — For people with the metabolic
syndrome — a cluster of risk factors such as obesity, high blood
pressure, high levels of blood fats or triglycerides and high blood
sugar — adding a little fish oil to a diet low in saturated fats and high
in complex carbohydrates might be just the ticket, a new study
suggests.
Read More: Adding Fish Oil to Low-Fat/High-Carb Diet May Improve
Cholesterol
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HealthDay – FRIDAY, Aug. 20 (HealthDay News) — Older people who have a fear of
falling are at increased risk for future falls, regardless of their actual
risk of tumbling, a new study finds.
Read More: In Seniors, 'Fear of Falling' Risky in Itself
(HealthDay)
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Reuters – Cancer patients, particularly in developing regions, are in dire need of painkillers and affordable drugs, experts said.
Read More: More painkillers needed for cancer patients: experts
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HealthDay – SATURDAY, Aug. 21 (HealthDay News) — Experts used to advise
parents to simply sever ties when their children left home to start
college, but they now recommend letting go in phases and stages.
Read More: Parenting 101: How to Let Go as Your Child Heads Off to
College
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Reuters – While the extent of obesity among kids overall seems to have peaked, it’s still climbing among African American and Native American girls, new research from California shows.
Read More: Study IDs 'alarming disparities' in child obesity
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HealthDay – FRIDAY, Aug. 20 (HealthDay News) — Like so many people, Debra
Greene spent much of her childhood out in the sunshine.
Read More: How Sun Time as a Kid Led to Eye Surgery
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AP – A group of federal health experts narrowly voted to expand approval of a best-selling antidepressant on Thursday, though panelists disagreed over which types of pain the pill effectively treats.
Read More: FDA panel mixed on approving Cymbalta for pain
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AP – More than a half-billion eggs have been recalled in the nationwide investigation of a salmonella outbreak that Friday expanded to include a second Iowa farm. The outbreak has already sickened more than 1,000 people and the toll of illnesses is expected to increase.
Read More: Recall expands to more than half a billion eggs
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HealthDay – FRIDAY, Aug. 20 (HealthDay News) — A new analysis of existing
research suggests that eating more green, leafy vegetables can
significantly reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, but more
study is needed.
Read More: Green, Leafy Vegetables Linked to Lower Type 2 Diabetes
Risk
(HealthDay)
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AP – There’s a lot less smoking in the movies these days, a new report shows.
Read More: Study: Smoking scenes on the decline in top movies
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HealthDay – THURSDAY, Aug. 19 (HealthDay News) — HIV-1 in semen is different
than HIV-1 in blood, possibly due to changes it undergoes in the genital
tract, scientists have found.
Read More: HIV in Blood Different Than in Semen, Scientists Say
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Reuters – A pair of studies suggests that the common painkiller acetaminophen — better known as Tylenol in the U.S. — may be fueling a worldwide increase in asthma.
Read More: Acetaminophen tied to childhood wheezing and allergies
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AP – There’s good news for parents who worry that their teenagers’ sex lives are affecting their school performance: A provocative new study has found that teens in committed relationships do no better or worse in school than those who don’t have sex.
Read More: Teen sex not always bad for school performance
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Ben Patterson – A new beta of Apple’s iOS mobile software reportedly boasts references to a fourth-generation iPod Touch and maybe even a new iPad — not much of a surprise there. It’s the mention of some “unknown hardware” in the iOS beta code that’s raising eyebrows. Are we talking a new Apple TV, perhaps, or something new we haven’t seen yet?
Read More: What could Apple’s 'unknown hardware' be?
(Ben Patterson)
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Mashable – This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.
Read More: Facebook Questions: A New Opportunity for Small Business?
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AP – North Korea appears to have added Facebook to the social networking sites it recently joined to ramp up its propaganda war against South Korea and the U.S.
Read More: North Korea reportedly joins Facebook
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Mashable – On Friday, controversial WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was accused of rape. Only hours later the charges were dropped, and now Al-Jazeera has quoted Assange saying that the accusations were part of “a smear campaign.”
Read More: WikiLeaks Founder Calls Rape Accusations a "Smear Campaign"
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PC World – Canonical this week released a software framework that brings multitouch interaction to the open-source Ubuntu OS, which could accelerate adoption of the OS on tablets.
Read More: Canonical Takes a Step in Bringing Ubuntu to Tablets
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Appolicious – Everyone’s been there a time or two: shut out from a live event you really wanted to go down and willing to pay almost anything to get inside. But why should you pay almost anything? There are more than enough online ticket brokers, so paying 300 percent of the face value on a concert ticket or sporting event shouldn’t be your first inclination.
Read More: Could FanSnap be the Google of online ticket resale?
(Appolicious)
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AP – Swedish prosecutors defended their handling of a rape allegation against the founder of WikiLeaks, saying Sunday that they had made no mistakes in issuing an arrest warrant and withdrawing it less than a day later.
Read More: Swedish prosecutors defend WikiLeaks about-face
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Reuters – Movie marketers — who devote as much as 70% of their budgets to TV advertising — might be fighting a losing battle as a record amount of viewers time-shifted their viewing, potentially skipping their ads.
Read More: DVRs shaking up movie marketing
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AP – A video game that allows players to adopt the role of the Taliban is a “tasteless product,” Britain’s defense secretary said Sunday, calling on retailers to show their support for troops by not selling it.
Read More: UK official decries video game with Taliban role
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AFP – Smartphones will make up over half of Asian mobile phone sales by 2015, with 477 million units likely to be sold, an industry report said Monday.
Read More: Smartphones to make up over half of Asian sales by 2015
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AP – The seemingly recession-proof smart phone is suffering from a side effect of the rough economy: Manufacturers simply can’t build enough of the gadgets because chip-makers that rolled back production last year are now scrambling to play catch-up.
Read More: Recession hits smart-phone makers in the chips
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Ben Patterson – Google tried — and ultimately failed — to turn the U.S. wireless market upside-down by selling its supercharged Nexus One Android phone online, with minimal help from the big carriers. But now, months after shuttering its online storefront for the phone, the Nexus One is a sudden, improbable hit.
Read More: A flop with consumers, sold-out Nexus One scores with developers
(Ben Patterson)
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 CBC.ca |
Philippine Hostage-Taker Releases 7 of 25 Captives
Voice of America Photo: AP Hostage negotiators, left and right, talk to foreign tourists taken hostage by Police Senior Inspector Rolando Mendoza after securing their release at Manila's Rizal Park Monday Aug. 23, 2010. An ex-policeman who hijacked a tour bus in the … Dismissed police inspector takes tourist bus hostage in Philippines 8th passenger released from tourist bus hijacked in Manila Manila police: Optimistic hostages to be released 0700 GMT |
Read More: Philippine Hostage-Taker Releases 7 of 25 Captives – Voice of America
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 The Hindu |
Ottawa to match aid for Pakistani flood victims
Globe and Mail Villagers, displaced by floods, lead their livestock through flood waters on August 22, 2010 in the village of Baseera near Muzaffargarh in Punjab, Pakistan. The country's agricultural heartland has been devastated, with rice, corn and wheat crops … Pakistan appeal donations to be revealed Feds to match Pakistan relief donations Economic outlook dire for Pakistan flood victims |
Read More: Ottawa to match aid for Pakistani flood victims – Globe and Mail
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 Daily Mail |
Cairo museum officials admit $50m Van Gogh Poppy Flowers still missing
Daily Mail By Mail Foreign Service The fate of a £32million Van Gogh masterpiece stolen from a Cairo museum remained a mystery last night. The 12in-square painting of red and yellow flowers was cut from its frame at the Mahmoud Khalil Museum on Saturday. … Van Gogh Painting Remains Missing No alarm at Egypt Van Gogh museum Van Gogh $55 Million `Poppy Flowers' Theft in Cairo Blamed on Lax Security |
Read More: Cairo museum officials admit $50m Van Gogh Poppy Flowers still missing – Daily Mail
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Farms fell short on safety, FDA chief says
CNN By the CNN Wire Staff Washington (CNN) — The companies that have recalled more than half a billion eggs following a salmonella outbreak fell short of safety standards at their farms, FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg said Sunday. … Egg salmonella cases spark lawsuits New Food-Safety Rules Come Amid Egg Probe Farms recalling eggs share suppliers, other ties |
Read More: Farms fell short on safety, FDA chief says – CNN
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