Aaron's Daily WWW Newspaper

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  Marines ordered to stay longer in Afghanistan AP - 2 hours, 20 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON - The Pentagon has ordered roughly 1,250 Marines serving as trainers for the Afghan security forces to stay on the warfront almost a month longer to continue a mission that military leaders say is a top priority, according to a senior military official.

• MDs urged to quit prostate screens in elderly men AP - 1 hour, 14 minutes ago

  NEW YORK - Doctors should stop routine prostate cancer screening of men over 75 because there is more evidence of harm than benefit, a federal task force advised Monday in a new blow to a much scrutinized medical test.

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  No change expected in Fed interest rates AP - 1 hour, 14 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve, caught between mounting job losses and rising inflation, is likely to sit tight and hope that the interest rate cuts it has already provided will be enough to heal a sick economy.

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  Official: Olsen seeks immunity in Ledger probe AP - 1 hour, 15 minutes ago

  NEW YORK - Federal investigators want to question Mary-Kate Olsen about how Heath Ledger got two powerful painkillers that contributed to his accidental overdose death, but she's refusing to talk without immunity, a law enforcement official said Monday.

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  No answers as McCarthy, Favre meet late into night AP - 1 hour, 15 minutes ago

  GREEN BAY, Wis. - In a meeting with Brett Favre that ran late into Monday night, Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy likely tried to cut through more than a month's worth of drama to figure out whether Favre really was 100 percent committed to playing again.

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  Tropical storm Edouard hits Texas coast Reuters - 10 minutes ago

  HOUSTON (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Edouard hit the upper Texas coast early on Tuesday, bringing driving rains and winds near 65 mph (100 kmh), U.S. forecasters said.

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  Torch tours quake zone, next stop Beijing Reuters - 28 minutes ago

  CHENGDU, China (Reuters) - Crowds wildly cheered the parading of the Olympic flame through China's quake-ravaged southwest on Tuesday, as Beijing tries to choreograph a happy ending to its troubled international tour.

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  Bush arrives in Seoul, faces large anti-U.S. protest Reuters - 2 hours, 34 minutes ago

  SEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush arrived in South Korea on Tuesday for talks focused on North Korea, his visit likely to be marked by anti-U.S. protests even though some disputes with his host have largely been put aside.

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  Frostbitten Italian survivor reaches K2 base camp Reuters - 33 minutes ago

  ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Hobbling on frostbitten feet, an Italian climber walked down to K2 base camp on Tuesday after heavy mists ruled out an airlift for the last survivor of the worst disaster on the world's second-highest mountain.

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  Strong quake hits China's Sichuan ahead of Games Reuters - 1 hour, 6 minutes ago

  BEIJING (Reuters) - A strong earthquake rocked the western Chinese provinces of Sichuan and Gansu on Tuesday, near the site of May's devastating quake that killed at least 70,000 people, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

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  Plane crashes into Oregon house, kills 3 children Reuters - Mon Aug 4, 10:38 PM ET

  PORTLAND (Reuters) - A small plane crashed into a vacation home on the Oregon coast on Monday, killing three children inside and two adults on board, officials said.

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  Fed starts meeting, rates seen on hold Reuters - 5 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve Board began a one-day meeting on Tuesday expected to end with interest rates on hold as dismal housing markets and tight credit weigh on the economy.

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  Secret deal kept British troops out of Basra: report Reuters - 2 hours, 13 minutes ago

  LONDON (Reuters) - British soldiers in Iraq were prevented from coming to the aid of their American and Iraqi allies during battles in Basra because of a deal between British forces and the Mehdi Army militia, The Times reported on Tuesday.

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  China 'guarantees' safe Games amid terror threat AFP - Tue Aug 5, 4:47 AM ET

  BEIJING, (AFP) - China declared Tuesday it could guarantee a safe Olympics three days ahead of the Games, as it tightened security in its remote northwest following a deadly attack blamed on Muslim terrorists.

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  Hundreds mourn Russian writer Solzhenitsyn AFP - 37 minutes ago

  MOSCOW (AFP) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin led hundreds of mourners paying last respects on Tuesday to Alexander Solzhenitsyn, the dissident writer who chronicled the horror of the Soviet prison camps.

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  Mexican set for US execution in defiance of Intl Court of Justice AFP - 2 hours, 5 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - A Mexican national convicted of murder is scheduled to be put to death in Texas on Tuesday in defiance of an International Court of Justice order to halt his execution.

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  Gorillas, monkeys veering toward extinction: study AFP - 30 minutes ago

  PARIS (AFP) - Humankind's closest cousins -- gorillas, orangutans, and other primates -- are disappearing from the face of the Earth, with some being eaten into extinction, according to a new study.

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  Scientists warn forest clearing more harmful than thought AFP - 2 hours, 26 minutes ago

  SYDNEY (AFP) - Clearing natural forests in Australia would pose a greater danger to the global climate than previously thought because they hold three times as much carbon as estimated, a report released Tuesday said.

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  Oil drops below $120 AFP - 1 hour, 44 minutes ago

  LONDON (AFP) - World oil prices fell below 120 dollars a barrel on Tuesday, a day after hitting the trough for the first time for three months, as slowing US demand for energy offsets tensions over crude-rich Iran, traders said.

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  Societe Generale sees profits dive in second quarter AFP - Tue Aug 5, 1:40 AM ET

  PARIS, (AFP) - Societe Generale, one of France's three biggest banks, saw its profits dive 63 percent in the second quarter because of the current financial crisis, it announced on Tuesday.

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  Fish meals better for brain than supplements: survey Reuters - Mon Aug 4, 2:38 AM ET

  SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - Looking to boost your memory and concentration? You're better off eating oily fish twice a week than popping expensive herbal pills or fish oil supplements, according to a consumer survey.

• Battle over Confederate flag hits highways The Christian Science Monitor - Mon Aug 4, 4:00 AM ET

  TAMPA, Fla. - Chip Witte doesn't consider himself a Rebel. He doesn't hang Dixie battle flags in his living room, nor does he wear one on the back of his leather jacket.

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  Furnished Nazi bunkers surface in Denmark, 60 years on AFP - Sun Aug 3, 12:21 AM ET

  HOUVIG, Denmark (AFP) - With a tight grip on his flashlight, Tommy Cassoe looks like a Danish Indiana Jones as he crawls out of a bunker buried under the sand, one of 7,000 the Nazis built along Denmark's western shores to fend off an allied invasion.