Aaron's Daily WWW Newspaper

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  AP Exclusive: Hit squads training in Iran AP - 1 hour, 37 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON - Iraqi Shiite assassination teams are being trained in at least four locations in Iran by Tehran's elite Quds force and Lebanese Hezbollah and are planning to return to Iraq in the next few months to kill specific Iraqi officials as well as U.S. and Iraqi troops, according to intelligence gleaned from captured militia fighters and other sources in Iraq.

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  Yahoo selects Biondi, Chapple as new board members AP - 1 hour, 6 minutes ago

  SEATTLE - Yahoo Inc. said Thursday it will add the former chief executives of Viacom and Nextel Partners to its board of directors as part of the company's deal to ward off a proxy fight with billionaire investor Carl Icahn.

• Court says copyrights apply even for free software AP - 1 hour, 8 minutes ago

  SAN FRANCISCO - In a crucial win for the free software movement, a federal appeals court has ruled that even software developers who give away the programming code for their works can sue for copyright infringement if someone misappropriates that material.

• Worrying invasive snail found in Lake Michigan AP - 1 hour, 8 minutes ago

  CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Scientists worry that a rapidly reproducing, tiny invasive snail recently found in Lake Michigan could hurt the lake's ecosystem.

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  Jackson Browne sues McCain, RNC over song in ad AP - 1 hour, 9 minutes ago

  LOS ANGELES - Jackson Browne doesn't want John McCain running on anything fueled by his lyrics. The singer-songwriter sued McCain and the Ohio and national Republican committees in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles on Thursday, accusing them of using his song "Running on Empty" without his permission.

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  Phelps scoops sixth gold in Beijing Reuters - 49 minutes ago

  BEIJING (Reuters) - Michael Phelps scorched to his sixth gold and his sixth world record at the Beijing Olympics on Friday in a great day for the United States in the pool and in women's gymnastics.

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  U.S.'s Rice in Georgia to secure peace plan Reuters - 19 minutes ago

  TBILISI (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Georgia on Friday to show Washington's support for its embattled ally and to secure a French-led peace deal to withdraw occupying Russian forces.

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  Pakistan's Musharraf said ready to quit Reuters - 1 hour, 28 minutes ago

  ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf is ready to resign rather than face impeachment but is seeking immunity from prosecution and agreement on a safe place to live, coalition government officials said on Friday.

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  Iraq heightens pilgrimage security as bombers strike Reuters - 45 minutes ago

  KERBALA (Reuters) - A roadside bomb struck a minibus packed with pilgrims bound for the holy Shi'ite city of Kerbala on Friday even as Iraqi authorities deployed over 40,000 police and soldiers to avert new violence in the annual rite.

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  Thai court jails "swirly-face" Canadian pedophile Reuters - Fri Aug 15, 2:18 AM ET

  BANGKOK (Reuters) - A Thai court sentenced Canadian "swirly face" pedophile Christopher Neil to 39 months in prison on Friday for abducting and molesting a 14-year-old boy and posting pornographic pictures on the Internet.

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  Huge protests expected at political conventions Reuters - Fri Aug 15, 1:04 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters are expected to jam the streets of Denver and St. Paul at the Republican and Democratic conventions in a noisy counterpoint to the parties' carefully scripted speeches.

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  FAA proposes $7.1 million fine against American Reuters - Thu Aug 14, 6:24 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - American Airlines, a unit of AMR Corp , knowingly flew planes that needed safety repairs, the U.S. government charged on Thursday in a letter that proposed a $7.1 million fine against the carrier.

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  Consumer prices up sharply, job market softens Reuters - Thu Aug 14, 5:43 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. inflation hit a 17-year high last month, underscoring the pressure on Americans who face soaring gasoline and food costs while their job prospects dim and incomes shrink.

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  US in show of support for Georgia AFP - Fri Aug 15, 5:15 AM ET

  TBILISI, (AFP) - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is heading for Georgia on Friday in a show of support for its pro-western government as it struggled to regain control of much of the country from Russian troops after a ceasefire.

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  Poland, US clinch missile shield deal AFP - 2 hours, 7 minutes ago

  WARSAW, (AFP) - Warsaw and Washington signed a preliminary deal on basing part of a US missile shield in Poland, in the face of Moscow's vehement opposition and mounting East-West tensions over Georgia.

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  Pakistan's Musharraf in resignation talks: officials AFP - 1 hour, 33 minutes ago

  ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's aides are in talks with the ruling coalition to secure a deal under which he could quit to avoid facing impeachment or criminal charges, officials said Friday.

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  Zimbabwe opposition leader to arrive in SAfrica AFP - Fri Aug 15, 3:51 AM ET

  JOHANNESBURG, (AFP) - Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai is expected to arrive in South Africa this morning after being briefly prevented from attending a regional summit, when his travel documents were seized by authorities in Harare airport on Thursday, his spokesman said.

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  Phenomenal Phelps rises again to claim sixth gold AFP - 46 minutes ago

  BEIJING (AFP) - Michael Phelps claimed his sixth Beijing gold and sixth world record as the United States mounted a gold rush on Friday, but the gloss of the Games was tarnished with the first drug failures.

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  Researchers find gene link to colon cancer: study AFP - Fri Aug 15, 1:51 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - US researchers have discovered a genetic trait that shows the strongest link yet to colorectal cancer, the number-two cancer killer in the United States, according to a study.

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  China's fixed asset investment up 27.3 percent AFP - Fri Aug 15, 1:54 AM ET

  BEIJING (AFP) - China's urban fixed asset investment rose 27.3 percent in the first seven months of 2008 compared with a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics said Friday.

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  'Don't Worry Be Happy': happiness is key to longer life AFP - Wed Aug 13, 11:36 PM ET

  PARIS (AFP) - Keep humming "Don't Worry Be Happy". The 1980s New Age-inspired hit got it right. New research shows being happy can add several years to life.

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  Peru's boxing dog packs a mean punch Reuters - Thu Aug 14, 7:21 AM ET

  LIMA (Reuters Life!) - She can't float like a butterfly, or sting like a bee, but Chela the boxing dog certainly packs a punch -- and a bite too.

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  Buy evidence of my husband's adultery on eBay Reuters - Wed Aug 13, 9:33 AM ET

  CANBERRA (Reuters) - An Australian woman has taken revenge on her cheating husband by putting a photograph of his lover's underpants up for sale on the auction site eBay.