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General News Update

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-General News:

Dealmaking and drama lead up to Clinton speech
U.S. Senator and former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) 25th annual conference and political convention in Washington, DC, in this June 26, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/Files
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AP - 10 minutes ago

DENVER - While Hillary Rodham Clinton urges her supporters to heal a fractured Democratic Party by lining up behind Barack Obama, his Republican opponent is asking voters to remember Clinton's own criticism that Obama isn't ready to take that 3 a.m. phone call.

  • In this June 27, 2008, file image from television,  the demolition of the 60-foot-tall cooling tower at its main reactor complex in Yongbyon North Korea.   North Korea said Tuesday, Aug. 26,2008,  it has stopped disabling its nuclear reactor and will consider restoring the plutonium-producing facility in anger over Washington's failure to remove it from the U.S. list of terror sponsors. (AP Photo/APTN, FILE)
    NKorea suspends nuclear reactor disablement AP - 8 minutes ago

    SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea said Tuesday it has suspended work to disable its nuclear reactor in anger over Washington's failure to remove it from the U.S. list of terror sponsors. The North said it will soon consider a step to restore the plutonium-producing facility.

  • In this photo provided by Marina Svahn, homes burn as a wildfire sweeps through a Boise, Idaho, neighborhood Monday, Aug. 25, 2008. A wildfire that started in a field of sagebrush and cheatgrass spread quickly up a ridge and burned as many as 10 homes in Boise neighborhood Monday night. (AP Photo/Marina Svahn)
    Wildfire burns homes in Boise neighborhood AP - 2 hours, 18 minutes ago

    BOISE, Idaho - A wildfire that started in a field of sagebrush and cheatgrass spread quickly up a ridge and burned as many as 10 homes in Boise neighborhood Monday night.

  • New Census figures on poverty due Tuesday AP - 1 hour, 3 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON - The Census Bureau on Tuesday reports new numbers on poverty, income and health insurance — an annual snapshot of the economic well-being of American households.

  • In this photo provided by Mirchi Movies Limited and made available on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008, a poster of  Bollywood's 'Hari Puttar' film shows Zain Khan, left, Swini Khara, second left, Vijay Raaz, right and an unidentified actor.  Bollywood producers set to release a film called 'Hari Puttar: A Comedy of Terrors' are working to fend off a lawsuit filed by Warner Bros. that claims the movie title hews too closely to their mega-famous boy wizard franchise. While Bollywood films often borrow liberally from Western movies, producers of 'Hari Puttar: A Comedy of Terrors' say their movie bears no resemblance to any film in the 'Harry Potter' series. (AP Photo)
    Bollywood's 'Hari Puttar' film sparks lawsuit AP - 1 hour, 14 minutes ago

    MUMBAI, India - Let's see Hari Puttar get out of this one. Bollywood producers set to release a film called "Hari Puttar: A Comedy of Terrors" are working to fend off a lawsuit filed by Warner Bros. that claims the movie title hews too closely to their mega-famous boy wizard franchise.

  • Roger Federer of Switzerland speaks at a news conference during media day prior to the US Open tennis tournament in New York, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2008.  (AP Photo/Peter Kramer)
    Federer, Ivanovic, Williamses go at US Open today AP - 1 hour, 4 minutes ago

    NEW YORK - Roger Federer, bidding for his fifth straight U.S. Open title, is scheduled to begin Tuesday, as were No. 1 Ana Ivanovic and the Williams sisters.

  • Senator Ted Kennedy gestures on stage at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, August 25, 2008. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)
    Clinton takes spotlight at convention Reuters - 18 minutes ago

    DENVER (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton will address the Democratic convention on Tuesday in a speech designed to mend a lingering party rift and persuade her die-hard supporters to get behind Barack Obama's White House bid.

  • A Georgian soldier inspects the helmet of a Russian peacekeeper soldier left in the Senaki Military Base, a Georgian military base which was occupied by Russian forces and evacuated last Saturday, in western Georgia, August 25, 2008. Graffiti on the wall reads with missing words in picture 'Ancle (uncle) Sam thanks for uniform for Russian airborne' (Umit Bektas/Reuters)
    Medvedev convenes security chiefs over Georgia Reuters - 2 hours, 41 minutes ago

    SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev convened security chiefs on Tuesday to consider a plea from parliament to recognize two separatist regions of Georgia as independent, a move Washington says would be unacceptable.

  • A digitalglobe satellite image shows a nuclear facility in Yongbyon, North Korea September 29, 2004. (Digital Globe/Reuters)
    North Korea to suspend nuclear disablement Reuters - Tue Aug 26, 4:39 AM ET

    SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Tuesday it will stop disabling its nuclear facilities and consider restoring the Yongbyon reactor that can make material for atomic bombs, accusing the United States of violating a disarmament deal.

  • An Afghan woman who lost family members weeps after air strikes on Friday in Azizabad district of Shindand August 23, 2008. (Mohammad Shoiab/Reuters)
    U.N. says has evidence air strikes killed 90 Afghans Reuters - 6 minutes ago

    KABUL (Reuters) - The United Nations said on Tuesday it had found convincing evidence that 90 Afghan civilians, most of them children, were killed in air strikes by U.S.-led coalition forces in western Afghanistan last week.

  • Hummer vehicles are displayed outside a dealership in Chantilly, Virginia, June 3, 2008. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
    GM receives Gulf Arab interest in Hummer buy Reuters - 1 hour, 21 minutes ago

    DUBAI (Reuters) - General Motors Corp (GM) has received interest from two separate investors from the Gulf Arab region to buy its Hummer brand, the company's Middle East chief told Reuters on Tuesday.

  • Ruling Pakistan People's Party leaders make victory signs as they leave the office of Pakistan's election commission in Islamabad August 26, 2008, after filing Asif Ali Zardari's nomination papers for the presidential election. (Faisal Mahmood/Reuters)
    Pakistani stability hope fades with coalition split Reuters - Tue Aug 26, 4:47 AM ET

    ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Prospects for political stability in Pakistan faded on Tuesday, a day after a split in the ruling coalition, with a battle looming over who will become the next president of the nuclear-armed U.S. ally.

  • A U.S. soldier walks past Iraqi carpets for sale at the Jadriya Lake park in Baghdad August 23, 2008. (Mohammed Ameen/Reuters)
    Suicide bomber kills 28 in strike on Iraq recruits Reuters - 2 hours, 5 minutes ago

    BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest blew himself up in a crowd of Iraqi police recruits on Tuesday, killing 28 people and wounding 45, police said.

  • An image showing wind speed probabilities for Tropical Storm Gustav, released by the National Hurricane Center on August 25, 2008. (National Hurricane Center/Handout/Reuters)
    Hurricane Gustav takes aim at Haiti, Gulf Reuters - 1 hour, 3 minutes ago

    MIAMI (Reuters) - Hurricane Gustav barreled toward vulnerable Haiti on Tuesday and appeared set to become a "major" storm later in the week as it neared the Gulf of Mexico where the United States produces a large amount of oil and gas.

  • A Georgian holds a poster during a demonstration outside the Russian peacekeepers' base in Teklati. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed a decree under which Russia formally recognises the rebel Georgian provinces of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states.(AFP/Louisa Gouliamaki)
    Russia recognises South Ossetia, Abkhazia as independent AFP - 1 hour, 10 minutes ago

    MOSCOW (AFP) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced Tuesday he had signed a decree under which Russia formally recognises the rebel Georgian provinces of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states.

  • Anti-government protesters wave national flags in Bangkok. Thai premier Samak Sundaravej has vowed "decisive action" to end escalating anti-government rallies, as thousands of protesters stormed a state-run TV station and blockaded key ministries.(AFP/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul)
    Thai PM vows action as protesters besiege state offices AFP - 1 hour, 34 minutes ago

    BANGKOK (AFP) - Thai premier Samak Sundaravej on Tuesday vowed "decisive action" to end escalating anti-government rallies, as thousands of protesters stormed a state-run TV station and blockaded key ministries.

  • Chinese President Hu Jintao (righ) with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak in Seoul. North Korea says it has stopped disabling its nuclear plants and will consider restoring the Yongbyon complex as it accused the United States of violating a six-nation disarmament deal.(AFP/Lee Jin-Man)
    NKorea halts denuclearisation AFP - 1 hour, 39 minutes ago

    SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea said Tuesday it has stopped disabling its nuclear plants and will consider restoring them because the United States has failed to remove it from a terrorism blacklist.

  • Iraqi police on motorcycles head a funeral motorcade for Kamel Shiya Abdallah, an official with Iraq's culture ministry, in Baghdad earlier this week. A suicide bomber thwarted a security check at a police recruiting centre in Iraq and blew himself up, killing at least 25 young people, the local police chief has said.(AFP/File/Ali Yussef)
    Iraq bomber kills 25 at police recruitment centre AFP - 1 hour, 1 minute ago

    BAQUBA, Iraq (AFP) - A suicide bomber thwarted a security check at a police recruiting centre in Iraq on Tuesday and blew himself up, killing at least 25 young people, the local police chief said.

  • Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy addresses the Democratic National Convention at the Pepsi Center in Denver on August 25. The Democrats formally opened their convention to crown Barack Obama as the first black presidential nominee in US history.(AFP/Paul J. Richards)
    Patriotism, poignancy as Democrats open historic convention AFP - Tue Aug 26, 3:20 AM ET

    DENVER, Colorado (AFP) - Barack Obama's wife Michelle on Monday pledged allegiance to the "blessing" of the American dream, as the historic Democratic convention opened in a pageant of political symbolism.

  • US dollar and euro bank notes. The dollar scored a six-month high against the euro and a two-year peak against the British pound, as dealers digested evidence of slowing economic growth in Europe.(AFP/File/Philippe Desmazes)
    Dollar soars against euro, sterling AFP - 58 minutes ago

    LONDON (AFP) - The dollar scored a six-month high against the euro and a two-year peak against the British pound on Tuesday, as dealers digested evidence of slowing economic growth in Europe.

  • This undated Rio Tinto handout photo shows a worker inspecting iron ore stockpiles in Marandoo, Australia. Mining giant Rio Tinto has said it has more than doubled first-half net profit to a record 6.91 billion US dollars as it continues to fend off a hostile takeover bid by rival BHP Billiton.(AFP/HO/File)
    Rio Tinto half-year profit surges to $6.9bln AFP - 2 hours, 58 minutes ago

    SYDNEY (AFP) - Mining giant Rio Tinto said Tuesday it had more than doubled first-half net profit to a record 6.91 billion US dollars as it continues to fend off a hostile takeover bid by rival BHP Billiton.

Most Popular Top Stories

  • A Chevrolet Equinox Fuel Cell test vehicle is seen in Los Angeles, June 10, 2008. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)
    First mass U.S. crossing for hydrogen cars completed Reuters - Sun Aug 24, 6:16 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hydrogen fuel cell cars from nine automakers completed a 13-day cross-country trip this weekend, in the first such mass U.S. crossing for vehicles powered by a zero-emission technology still in its infancy.

  • Beds lie empty in the emergency room of Tulane University Hospital in New Orleans February 14, 2006. (Lee Celano/Reuters)
    Uninsured pay $30 billion for health care: study Reuters - Mon Aug 25, 11:06 AM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans who go without health insurance for any part of 2008 will spend $30 billion out of pocket for health care and they will get $56 billion worth of free care, according to a report released on Monday.

  • People play games as others stroll the mall in Manila August 12, 2008. The Philippines has three of the world's 10 largest shopping centres, two of them in the capital, Manila. Although over 40 percent of the country's 90 million people live on $2 or less per day, malls here are crowded at all times, and especially packed at weekends. Picture taken August 12, 2008. (Cheryl Ravelo/Reuters)
    "Malling" consumes shoppers in the Philippines Reuters - Sat Aug 23, 8:22 PM ET

    MANILA (Reuters) - In the Philippines, "malling" has become a verb, the act of going to a shopping mall and whiling away the hours.

  • Rescue teams in a chopper scan the Alpine snow of Mont Blanc in the French Alps, following an avalanche late on August 23, that buried three Swiss and five Austrian climbers. Mountain rescue workers on Sunday suspended their search for eight climbers missing in an avalanche in the French Alps, because of worsening conditions.(AFP/Jean-Pierre Clatot)
    'No chance' for missing climbers after Alps avalanche: minister AFP - Sun Aug 24, 3:46 PM ET

    CHAMONIX, France(AFP) - Mountain rescue workers on Sunday suspended their search for eight climbers, five Austrians and three Swiss, missing in an avalanche in the French Alps, because of worsening conditions.

  • A view shows a street with destroyed houses in Gori, about 50 miles from Tbilisi, August 24, 2008. (David Mdzinarishvili/Reuters)
    West awaits Medvedev word on recognizing rebel areas Reuters - Mon Aug 25, 6:19 PM ET

    TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgia and its Western allies waited on Tuesday to hear if Russian President Dmitry Medvedev would recognize Georgia's separatist regions as independent, a move Washington has warned would be unacceptable.

Sports News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Sports:

Giants interested in luring Strahan back on field

AP - Tue Aug 26, 4:14 AM ET

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - The New York Giants are interested in luring Michael Strahan out of retirement after losing Pro Bowl defensive end Osi Umenyiora to a season-ending knee injury Saturday night.

Business News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Business:

World oil prices held steady in Asia in a market torn between fears of falling demand and worries that OPEC might cut production. In afternoon trade New York's main contract, light sweet crude for October, fell six cents to 115.05 dollars a barrel after a gain of 52 cents to 115.11 dollars at the close of floor trading Monday on the New York Mercantile Exchange.(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)
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Oil falls as dollar strengthens against euro, yen

AP - 2 hours, 7 minutes ago

Oil prices slumped below $113 a barrel Tuesday as gains by the U.S. dollar against other major currencies pulled investors away from commodities and outweighed concerns Hurricane Gustav may disrupt oil operations in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - August 26, 2008
Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.
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Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894)
They say that God is everywhere, and yet we always think of Him as somewhat of a recluse.
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Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.
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Albert Schweitzer (1875 - 1965)
Ever heard Victoria's REAL secret? Too much support hurts.
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R. Stevens, Diesel Sweeties, 03-17-08

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