Aaron's Daily WWW Newspaper

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  Olympic torch arrives in Hong Kong after activists deported AP - 54 minutes ago

  HONG KONG - The Olympic torch returned to Chinese soil Wednesday after a turbulent 20-nation tour, landing in the bustling financial capital of Hong Kong where officials deported at least seven activists before the flame's arrival.

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  Albert Hofmann, father of drug LSD, dies in Switzerland AP - 52 minutes ago

  GENEVA - Albert Hofmann, the father of the mind-altering drug LSD whose medical discovery inspired — and arguably corrupted — millions in the 1960s hippie generation, has died. He was 102.

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  Another celebrity is finished `Dancing With the Stars' AP - 29 minutes ago

  LOS ANGELES - Shannon Elizabeth won't have to shed any more tears over "Dancing With the Stars."

• Prom invite is written on lacrosse players' bare bottoms AP - 23 minutes ago

  ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Thirteen members of a high school lacrosse team have been disciplined for baring their bottoms on which was written a prom invitation from one player to a girl.

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  Hornets, Spurs advance to 2nd round of NBA playoffs AP - 45 minutes ago

  NEW ORLEANS - The New Orleans Hornets and the San Antonio Spurs have advanced to the second round of the NBA playoffs.

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  April deadliest month for U.S. in Iraq since Sept Reuters - 30 minutes ago

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Two U.S. soldiers were killed in Baghdad, the U.S. military said on Wednesday, taking the American troop death toll in Iraq for April to 46.

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  Austria plans image campaign after incest horror Reuters - 1 hour, 47 minutes ago

  AMSTETTEN, Austria (Reuters) - Austrian Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer said on Wednesday the government planned to launch an image campaign to restore its reputation abroad after an incest case that shocked the world.

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  North Korea heading towards famine: report Reuters - 19 minutes ago

  SEOUL (Reuters) - Soaring global food prices and reluctant donors are pushing North Korea back towards famine, which could see the secretive government turn even more repressive to keep control, a paper released on Wednesday said.

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  Democrat Obama "outraged" by former pastor Reuters - Tue Apr 29, 6:37 PM ET

  WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) - Democratic Sen. Barack Obama, trying to quell a political firestorm that has roiled his presidential campaign, strongly denounced his former pastor on Tuesday and called his racially charged comments "appalling."

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  Moderate quake hits northern California Reuters - Wed Apr 30, 12:38 AM ET

  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A moderate earthquake struck near the coastal city of Eureka in Northern California on Tuesday but there were no immediate reports of damage.

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  Zimbabwe dismisses U.N. talks as "racist and colonial" Reuters - 1 hour, 1 minute ago

  HARARE (Reuters) - President Robert Mugabe's government dismissed the United Nations' first session on Zimbabwe's election crisis as "sinister, racist and colonial" on Wednesday and said it would have no impact on the country.

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  Torch back in China, 100-day countdown starts Reuters - 1 hour, 44 minutes ago

  BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) - China began counting down 100 days to the Beijing Olympics on Wednesday with songs, a mass run and prayers, as the torch arrived back on Chinese soil after a tumultuous world tour.

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  Taliban militants kill themselves in Afghan siege Reuters - Wed Apr 30, 5:40 AM ET

  KABUL (Reuters) - Five Taliban militants blew themselves up in a house in the Afghan capital Kabul after 10 hours of clashes with besieging Afghan security forces on Wednesday, an Interior Ministry official told Reuters.

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  At least 925 people killed in Iraq's Sadr City clashes AFP - 6 minutes ago

  BAGHDAD (AFP) - At least 925 people have been killed in clashes between militiamen and security forces in Baghdad's Sadr City that began last month, a senior Iraqi official told reporters on Wednesday.

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  China marks 100 days to Olympics amid Tibet, torch troubles AFP - Wed Apr 30, 3:45 AM ET

  BEIJING (AFP) - China hailed the 100-day countdown to the Beijing Olympics on Wednesday, but simmering controversies over Tibet and the torch relay, as well as heavy pollution, cast a shadow over the milestone.

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  New identities for incest-scarred Austrian family AFP - 1 hour, 13 minutes ago

  AMSTETTEN, Austria (AFP) - Austrian authorities are to give new identities to the woman held prisoner by her father for 24 years and the children she bore in a cramped cellar, to help them escape the trauma of their captivity, officials said Wednesday.

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  Georgia accuses Russia of 'full scale military aggression' AFP - 1 hour, 34 minutes ago

  BRUSSELS (AFP) - Georgia on Wednesday slammed Russia's plans to boost peacekeeping troops in two rebel Georgian regions as the start of "full scale military aggression".

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  WWW inventor says web only in infancy AFP - 1 hour, 19 minutes ago

  LONDON (AFP) - The World Wide Web is still only in its infancy, its British inventor said Wednesday, on the 15th anniversary of the web's effective launch.

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  'Father of LSD' takes final trip AFP - 1 hour, 26 minutes ago

  GENEVA (AFP) - Albert Hofmann, the Swiss chemist who discovered the now-banned hallucinogenic drug LSD that was an icon of the Hippy movement, has died at the age of 102, authorities said Wednesday.

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  Microsoft could nominate proxy slate of directors for Yahoo: report AFP - Wed Apr 30, 3:39 AM ET

  NEW YORK (AFP) - Microsoft could make its next move against Yahoo Wednesday with the software giant likely to try and replace Yahoo's board of directors, the Wall Street Journal reported.

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  Hair of the dog keeps children's allergies at bay Reuters - Mon Apr 28, 7:31 PM ET

  LONDON (Reuters) - Having a dog in the house reduces the risk that young children will develop allergies, German researchers said on Tuesday.

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  Medicare "drifting towards disaster": U.S. official Reuters - Tue Apr 29, 6:34 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Medicare is lurching toward disaster and it is too late for the Bush Administration and Congress to do anything about it, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt said on Tuesday.

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  Biggest squid ever caught may be a minnow: scientists AFP - Tue Apr 29, 4:02 AM ET

  WELLINGTON (AFP) - The biggest squid ever caught, at up to 10 metres long and boasting a fearsome beak and razor-sharp hooks, may be small compared to others still lurking in the depths, scientists said Tuesday.

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  Family in Austrian incest case united Reuters - Tue Apr 29, 3:52 PM ET

  AMSTETTEN, Austria (Reuters) - The family of an Austrian man who imprisoned his daughter for 24 years and fathered seven children with her have been united for the first time in what doctors described as an "astonishing" gathering.

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  Wanted: Manager, Chinese-speaking only Reuters - Mon Apr 28, 11:09 AM ET

  HONG KONG (Reuters) - American-born Thomas Kwan's career has taken off since he moved to China to work as the country manager for a U.S. health products company.