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Former Senator Jesse Helms dead at 86
Boston Globe - 3 hours ago
By Mark Feeney, Globe Staff Jesse Helms, the North Carolina Republican whose unyielding conservatism and obstructionist tactics won him the nickname “Senator No” during his five terms on Capitol Hill, died in Raleigh, NC, today.
Video: A Look Back At Jesse Helms CBS
Reaction to the death of Jesse Helms Newsday
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Red Sox 6, Yankees 4 Yankees’ Surge Lasts an Inning as Red Sox ...
New York Times - 38 minutes ago
By TYLER KEPNER The first inning could not have gone better for the Yankees on Friday. The Boston Red Sox loaded the bases with one out, but Darrell Rasner survived with a pop out and a line out.
Ball on wall helps Sox past Yanks MLB.com
Lowell slugs Sox past Yanks Sports Network
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ABC News
Back From AU Summit, Mugabe Sets Terms For Power-Sharing Talks
Voice of America - 3 hours ago
By Ntungamili Nkomo, Blessing Zulu & Benedict Nhlapho Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, seemingly unfazed by African Union and international pressure to compromise with the opposition on power-sharing, said today that he would only negotiate with the ...
Botswana urges region not to recognize Mugabe's re-election Xinhua
Recognise me as Zimbabwe president or no talks: Mugabe AFP
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BBC News
Hostages reveal details of 'sadism' and executions
guardian.co.uk - 1 hour ago
Harrowing details about the captivity of Ingrid Betancourt and other hostages in Colombia emerged yesterday at the same time as doubts surfaced over the official version of their daring rescue.
ANALYSIS-Colombian rebels on brink of defeat after rescue Reuters
Colombia's future: Readers' views BBC News
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WELT ONLINE
China resumes direct flights to Taiwan after 60 years
guardian.co.uk - 1 hour ago
First came the cries of welcome from officials, the banks of flashing cameras, the thunder of drums, and the prancing lion dancers tossing their heads as tourists jostled their way through the arrivals hall.
RPT-China, Taiwan airlines to see lift from new flights Reuters
China-Taiwan direct: Readers react BBC News
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The Age
UPDATE 1-Firefighters hold line on two California wildfires
Reuters - 34 minutes ago
By Gina Keating LOS ANGELES, July 4 (Reuters) - Exhausted California firefighters worked on Friday to contain two wildfires threatening homes along the coast before sundown, when shifting winds were expected to give the blazes more power.
Shifting Winds and Timber Fuel Calif. Fires New York Times
Goleta fire doubles in size overnight Los Angeles Times
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Boston Globe
Obama’s Independence Day
FOXNews - 53 minutes ago
by Bonney Kapp Senator Barack Obama and his family spent the Fourth of July in Butte, Montana, a state the senator hopes to win in November despite its history of turning red in presidential elections (while the state has two Democratic US Senators, ...
Obama mixes holiday barbecue, politics in Montana Reuters
Obama and family spend Fourth of July in Montana The Associated Press
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New York Daily News
Statue of Liberty's crown may reopen to public
The Associated Press - 1 hour ago
NEW YORK (AP) - The National Park Service is considering reopening Lady Liberty's crown for the first time since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, according to documents a congressman released on July Fourth.
Park Service looks at opening crown KGAN
Statue of Liberty Crown Reopening Is Studied New York Times
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BCE Finalizes Tumultuous Takeover
Forbes - 1 hour ago
Its megadeal will proceed as planned, said Canadian telecommunications company BCE on Friday, finalizing the terms of its 51.7 billion Canadian dollar ($50.9 billion) acquisition--the world's largest leveraged buyout--by a takeover group led by the ...
BCE, Ontario Teachers' Reach Final Agreement on Sale (Update5) Bloomberg
BCE, Buyers, Banks Reach Deal on Completing Buyout Wall Street Journal
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Telegraph.co.uk
Banks pledge £220m to Bradford & Bingley
guardian.co.uk - 1 hour ago
Six high street banks have agreed to guarantee up to £220m of the £400m Bradford & Bingley fundraising that was thrown into disarray on Thursday night when private equity house TPG pulled its investment in the buy-to-let lender.
Bradford & Bingley shares slide after TPG backs out MarketWatch
TPG faces cool reception in future Financial Times
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Aljazeera.net
Societe Generale Is Fined For Failures in Trading Scandal
Wall Street Journal - 1 hour ago
By MIMOSA SPENCER and ALICE DORE PARIS -- The French Banking Commission Friday said it fined Societe Generale €4 million ($6.3 million) for failures in its internal procedures relating to the €4.9 billion loss linked to an alleged rogue trader fraud.
French regulator fines Societe Generale for rogue trade AFP
France's Societe Generale Bank Fined €4 Million For Rogue Trade RTT News
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PolitickerOR
Poll: Clinton supporters not embracing Obama
CNN - 1 hour ago
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- One week after Sen. Hillary Clinton made a public show of unity with Sen. Barack Obama, a new survey suggests supporters of the New York senator are increasingly less likely to follow her lead.
How Bush Ratings Complicate Wall Street Journal
Polls: Obama up, but race remains close CNN Political Ticker
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AFP
McCain vs. Obama on Latin America? Not much difference
Los Angeles Times - 6 hours ago
Presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and John McCain go head to head in this BBC piece on their policy differences over Latin America this morning.
Bad time to question McCain's qualifications Chicago Sun-Times
Bush, candidates wax patriotic on US Independence Day AFP
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Obama may accept nomination at NFL stadium
CNN Political Ticker - 9 hours ago
Barack Obama's campaign is thinking of having the Democratic presidential candidate give his presidential nomination acceptance speech at a football stadium rather than in the arena in Denver, Colorado, where the Democratic National Convention is being ...
Invesco Field considered by Obama as the site of his nomination Examiner.com
Friday’s campaign round-up The Carpetbagger Report
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BBC News
• YouTube Ordered To Release User Data
Washington Post - 21 hours ago
By Ellen Nakashima A federal judge in New York this week ordered the video-sharing site YouTube, the world's third-most-visited Web site, to release data on the viewing habits of its tens of millions of worldwide viewers.
Google Lawyers Look to Hide Wall Street Journal
Viacom vs. YouTube: Beyond Privacy BusinessWeek
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CNET News
Google Changes Home Page, Adding Link to Privacy Policy
New York Times - 10 hours ago
By Saul Hansell The word “privacy” now appears on Google’s home page, with a link to the company’s privacy policy. With that one word, the Web search giant heads off the growing controversy over whether its previous practice ran afoul of a California ...
Ending tussle, Google adds privacy link to home page Los Angeles Times
Google Bows to Pressure, Adds 'Privacy' Link to Home Page PC World
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ABC News
Mercury Revealed: Smallest Planet Is Further Shrinking
eFluxMedia - 3 hours ago
By Alice Turner NASA revealed images sent by its MESSENGER probe in January, when it snapped up some 1200 photos taken from some 120 miles from the planet's surface.
Smallest planet shrinks in size BBC News
First Results From Messenger's Mercury Flyby Slashdot
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New York Daily News
A-Rod's wife tells pals she believes Madonna lured Yank with kabbalah
New York Daily News - 17 hours ago
BY GEORGE RUSH and BILL HUTCHINSON Alex Rodriguez with his wife, Cynthia, who believes Madonna (below) has lured away her husband with kabbalah.
Madge Kabbalah'd A-Rod into Submission TMZ.com
Baseball star Alex Rodriguez and wife split Reuters
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Boston Globe
'Gonzo' diverting rehash of what a long, strange trip it's been
San Jose Mercury News - 6 hours ago
By Glenn Whipp With two volumes of letters, a handful of biographies, three previous documentary movies, two feature films and a comic strip character, not to mention a writing career spent mostly in the first person, is there anything that hasn't been ...
The perfect subject for 'Gonzo' Seattle Post Intelligencer
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson Chicago Sun-Times
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NEWS.com.au
Applegate 'Profoundly Saddened' By Ex's Death
San Francisco Chronicle - 2 hours ago
Actress Christina Applegate has paid an emotional tribute to her on-again, off-again boyfriend, Lee Grivas, 26, who was found dead by a neighbor in his Hollywood apartment on Tuesday.
Christina Applegate's Boyfriend Found Dead FOXNews
Christina Applegate's sometime boyfriend, Lee Grivas, found dead New York Daily News
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Federer One Away From Another Wimbledon Title
New York Times - 4 hours ago
By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY For the third straight year, the men’s final will be between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. And the women’s final will be the latest family affair between Venus Williams and her sister Serena.
Federer, Nadal to meet for Wimbledon men's title Los Angeles Times
Federer aims to keep winning in Nadal battle Financial Times
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The Associated Press
Menard surprise pole winner in Daytona
Sports Network - 50 minutes ago
Daytona Beach, FL (Sports Network) - Paul Menard became a first-time pole winner in the Sprint Cup Series, taking the top spot for Saturday night's Coke Zero 400 at the Daytona International Speedway.
DEI sweeps front row at Daytona Seattle Post Intelligencer
DEI has a field day in Daytona Motorsport.com
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