Aaron's Daily WWW Newspaper

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  Comcast to make monthly Internet use cap official AP - 1 hour, 34 minutes ago

  NEW YORK - Comcast Corp., the nation's second-largest Internet service provider, Thursday said it would set an official limit on the amount of data subscribers can download and upload each month.

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  Lindsay Lohan lashes out at father on blog AP - 15 minutes ago

  LOS ANGELES - Lindsay Lohan had words for her father on her blog. The 22-year-old actress lashed out at father Michael by calling him a "public embarrassment" and a "bully" in a MySpace blog entry posted Thursday. Earlier in the week, Michael said in an interview with E! that Lohan gal pal Samantha Ronson was "using" his daughter.

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  David Duchovny enters rehab for sex addiction AP - 32 minutes ago

  LOS ANGELES - David Duchovny, who plays a sex-obsessed character on Showtime's "Californication," has entered a rehabilitation facility for sex addiction.

• Help-wanted ad for nanny: `My kids are a pain' AP - 1 hour, 35 minutes ago

  NEW YORK - It was an unusually honest ad for a live-in nanny, a 1,000-word tome beginning, "My kids are a pain." But it worked, attracting a brave soul who's never been a nanny before.

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  Angels already closing in on AL West title AP - 1 hour, 35 minutes ago

  Rangers manager Ron Washington has come to the realization that his club isn't going to catch the Los Angeles Angels in the AL West. That might go for the rest of the American League pretty soon, too.

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  Obama vows to reverse Republican legacy Reuters - 1 hour, 23 minutes ago

  DENVER (Reuters) - Barack Obama launched a sharp assault on Republican presidential rival John McCain on Thursday with a promise to reverse the economic failures of the past eight years and restore America's global reputation.

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  Storm Gustav to begin strengthening into hurricane Reuters - 8 minutes ago

  GEORGE TOWN (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Gustav was expected to start growing into a large and powerful hurricane as it pulled away from Jamaica and headed toward the Cayman Islands on Friday, the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's deadly strike on New Orleans, forecasters said.

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  Iran says 4,000 atomic centrifuges working: report Reuters - Fri Aug 29, 3:53 AM ET

  TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has 4,000 working nuclear centrifuges, an official said in remarks published on Friday, in line with a number verified by the U.N. atomic watchdog but lower than a figure cited by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

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  Zardari should give up Pakistan president bid: rival Reuters - 29 minutes ago

  ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The widower of assassinated former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto should withdraw as a candidate for president because of questions about his mental health, a rival candidate said on Friday.

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  Russia hits back at Western "bias" over Georgia Reuters - 1 hour, 12 minutes ago

  PARIS/MOSCOW (Reuters) - A defiant Russia said on Friday that international condemnation of its actions in Georgia was "biased," while the appetite in the European Union for imposing sanctions on Moscow appeared to dwindle.

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  Doctors say Dalai Lama health not serious Reuters - 1 hour, 7 minutes ago

  MUMBAI, India (Reuters) - Doctors treating the Dalai Lama say there is no cause for concern despite him being admitted to hospital in India, and the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader will take part in a fast on Saturday, aides said.

• Hezbollah shot Lebanese army helicopter: paper Reuters - Fri Aug 29, 4:41 AM ET

  BEIRUT (Reuters) - A Lebanese army helicopter that was hit by gunfire in south Lebanon was targeted by Hezbollah fighters who thought the aircraft was Israeli, the Lebanese newspaper as-Safir reported on Friday.

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  Thai protesters attack Bangkok police HQ Reuters - 3 minutes ago

  BANGKOK (Reuters) - Protesters trying to overthrow Thailand's government launched an attack on Bangkok's police headquarters on Friday as demonstrations against Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej spread from the capital.

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  Obama vows to renew America's promise AFP - 1 hour, 56 minutes ago

  DENVER, Colorado (AFP) - Barack Obama savaged John McCain and "broken" Republican politics, vowing to restore America's promise in a tumultuous climax to the Democratic convention before an 84,000 strong crowd.

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  Russia slams West's 'bias' over Georgia conflict AFP - 1 hour, 48 minutes ago

  MOSCOW (AFP) - Russia on Friday stepped up its war of words with the West over the Georgia conflict, accusing the Group of Seven industrialised powers of bias after Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said the United States had orchestrated the hostilities.

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  Thai police fire tear gas on protesters: witness AFP - 11 minutes ago

  BANGKOK (AFP) - Thai police fired tear gas Friday to try to break up about 2,000 anti-government protesters gathered outside the Bangkok police headquarters, an AFP correspondent and witness said.

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  Death toll climbs as Gustav barrels through Caribbean AFP - 2 hours, 33 minutes ago

  KINGSTON (AFP) - Tropical Storm Gustav battered Jamaica on Friday, dumping rain and ripping roofs off homes and threatened to grow into a hurricane after leaving 59 people dead in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

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  Novartis halts research on MRSA drug after poor tests AFP - 25 minutes ago

  GENEVA (AFP) - Novartis said Friday it was halting research into its Aurograb treatment designed to combat bacterial infections such as the deadly MRSA bug after disappointing clinical tests.

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  Eurozone inflation pulls back from record high AFP - 1 hour, 37 minutes ago

  BRUSSELS (AFP) - Inflation in the 15 countries sharing the euro pulled back in August from a record high, offering an increasingly rare ray of light as the threat of recession looms, official EU data showed on Friday.

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  Japan unveils economic plan as inflation hits decade high AFP - 1 hour, 26 minutes ago

  TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's government announced an economic stimulus package worth more than 100 billion dollars Friday to tackle the fastest inflation in a decade and the looming threat of a recession.

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  Orchestra admits 'miming' at Sydney Olympics in 2000 AFP - Thu Aug 28, 11:43 AM ET

  SYDNEY (AFP) - Eight years after it hosted an Olympics that were famously hailed as the "best games ever," Sydney has had to confess that it faked one of the key musical performances at the opening ceremony in 2000.

• Cat survives being walled in under bath for 7 weeks Reuters - Tue Aug 26, 1:48 PM ET

  BERLIN (Reuters) - A four-year-old cat in Germany called Bonny has survived after being walled in beneath a bathtub for seven weeks, its owner said Tuesday.

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  Germany's Merkel most powerful woman again: Forbes Reuters - Wed Aug 27, 6:05 PM ET

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel is the world's most powerful woman for the third straight year, topping Forbes magazine's 2008 list of the top 100 women based on their career, economic impact and media coverage.

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  Top U.S. Marine sees shift from Iraq to Afghanistan Reuters - Wed Aug 27, 5:27 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. Marine officer said on Wednesday he could reduce his 25,000-strong force in the former al Qaeda stronghold of Iraq's Anbar province to reinforce military operations against a growing Taliban threat in Afghanistan.

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  Dalai Lama in hospital with "discomfort" Reuters - Thu Aug 28, 12:06 PM ET

  NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, has been admitted to a hospital in India with "abdominal discomfort" but there was no cause for concern, doctors said on Thursday.