Aaron's Daily WWW Newspaper

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  Tatum O'Neal: Manhattan drug arrest `saved' her AP - 1 hour, 1 minute ago

  NEW YORK - Tatum O'Neal has told a newspaper that she was distraught over the loss of her dog when she went looking to buy drugs from a Manhattan street dealer last weekend.

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  Colbert tells grads: Please don't change the world AP - 1 hour, 7 minutes ago

  PRINCETON, N.J. - Stephen Colbert, the host of his own Comedy Central show, Emmy winner, faux presidential candidate and best-selling author, added to that esteemed collection an award from Princeton University: "The Great Princeton Class of 2008 Understandable Vanity Award."

• Mow your lawn... or risk jail time in Canton, Ohio AP - 1 hour, 11 minutes ago

  CANTON, Ohio - Homeowners who don't mow their grass in the northeast Ohio city of Canton now face stiffer penalties — including possible jail time.

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  Penguins stay alive with triple-overtime victory AP - 1 hour, 12 minutes ago

  DETROIT - Not so fast Motor City. The Detroit Red Wings' road to the Stanley Cup has another stop to make. Against all odds, the Pittsburgh Penguins stayed alive in the Stanley Cup finals with a 4-3 victory in Game 5 that ended on Petr Sykora's goal 9:57 into the third overtime Monday night.

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  Kuznetsova, Kanepi advance in French Open AP - 1 hour, 1 minute ago

  PARIS - Svetlana Kuznetsova advanced to the French Open quarterfinals for the third year in a row Tuesday by completing a fourth-round victory over Victoria Azarenka, 6-2, 6-3.

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  Obama, Clinton near end of historic race Reuters - 59 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton end their historic Democratic presidential battle on Tuesday with two nominating contests that could help Obama clinch the nomination and push Clinton from the race.

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  China forced to wait days for draining of quake lake Reuters - Tue Jun 3, 5:39 AM ET

  WUFU, China (Reuters) - The largest "quake lake" formed by China's most devastating earthquake in decades is not expected to start draining until Thursday due to a lack of rain, the government said.

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  New U.S. general takes command of Afghan NATO force Reuters - Tue Jun 3, 4:45 AM ET

  KABUL (Reuters) - U.S. General David McKiernan took command of around 50,000 troops in NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan on Tuesday, pledging that anyone who stood in the way of security would be dealt with.

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  Israel's Olmert begins U.S. visit under cloud Reuters - 2 hours, 58 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert began a three-day visit to Washington on Tuesday, under criminal investigation back home in a corruption scandal that is casting a shadow over U.S.-brokered talks with the Palestinians.

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  Aid groups press Myanmar on camp evictions Reuters - 31 minutes ago

  YANGON (Reuters) - International aid groups pressed Myanmar on Tuesday to stop closing cyclone relief camps as southeast Asian experts kicked off a mission to pin down the scale of the devastation a month after the storm.

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  North Korea is a 'serious adversary,' Gates says Reuters - Tue Jun 3, 12:48 AM ET

  SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea presents a serious security threat and U.S. forces in South Korea are ready to respond quickly and decisively to counter any attack, the U.S. defense secretary and military leaders said on Tuesday.

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  Sen. Kennedy's cancer surgery deemed successful Reuters - Mon Jun 2, 5:18 PM ET

  DURHAM, North Carolina (Reuters) - U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy, a Democratic icon and a leading backer of presidential contender Barack Obama, had successful surgery on Monday to remove a malignant brain tumor and should suffer "no permanent neurological effects," his surgeon said.

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  Iran to press ahead with nuclear work: Khamenei Reuters - Tue Jun 3, 3:35 AM ET

  TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran will press ahead with its nuclear program, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday, making clear the Islamic Republic would not bow to Western pressure and halt sensitive atomic work.

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  Food crisis summit starts with call to boost output AFP - 38 minutes ago

  ROME (AFP) - An international summit on the global food price crisis opened in Rome on Tuesday with UN chief Ban Ki-moon calling for a 50 percent rise in world food production by 2030.

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  Pakistani Taliban likely behind Danish embassy blast: officials AFP - Mon Jun 2, 9:25 PM ET

  ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Pakistani Taliban militants likely carried out a suicide attack on the Danish embassy in Islamabad in revenge for controversial cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, officials said Tuesday.

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  Myanmar denies delays to cyclone aid, as relief effort lags AFP - 9 minutes ago

  YANGON (AFP) - Myanmar denied Tuesday any delays to cyclone aid, but the United Nations said the operation to help 2.4 million survivors is still moving too slowly one month after the deadly storm.

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  Vaccine for brain tumor may double survival: study AFP - Mon Jun 2, 10:15 PM ET

  CHICAGO (AFP) - An experimental vaccine designed to treat the most common and deadly brain tumor has more than doubled the survival of patients, according to results of a small clinical study.

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  Britain pledges 12 billion dollars to combat AIDS AFP - Mon Jun 2, 10:16 PM ET

  LONDON (AFP) - Britain has pledged six billion pounds (7.6 billion euros, 11.8 billion dollars) to improve health services and systems in developing countries in a bid to combat AIDS.

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  Ryanair profits climb despite soaring fuel costs AFP - 1 hour, 48 minutes ago

  LONDON (AFP) - Irish low-cost airline Ryanair said Tuesday that net profit jumped by a fifth to a record 481 million euros (749 million dollars) in 2007-08 despite surging jet fuel costs.

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  China Unicom, Netcom in 56-bln-dlr merger AFP - Mon Jun 2, 11:51 PM ET

  HONG KONG (AFP) - Wireless telecom provider China Unicom will take over fixed-line operator China Netcom in a share swap valued at 56 billion dollars, Unicom officials have said.

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  Heavy marijuana use shrinks brain parts: study Reuters - Mon Jun 2, 4:15 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Long-term heavy use of marijuana may cause two important brain structures to shrink, Australian researchers said on Monday.

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  Men prefer being solo over a bad marriage: study Reuters - Mon Jun 2, 1:26 AM ET

  SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - Bachelor Carl Weisman got fed up of being classified as a playboy, a loser or a commitment-phobe so he set out to find out exactly why he and a growing number of eligible men were steering clear of marriage.

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  Dangers of talking while driving explained Reuters - Mon Jun 2, 12:01 PM ET

  NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Why is driving while talking on a cellphone so dangerous? American researchers have shown that language interferes with visual tasks and why speaking is more taxing on the brain than listening.

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  Saying "I do" on top of Sydney's Harbor Bridge Reuters - Tue Jun 3, 12:41 AM ET

  SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - Swapping their wedding finery for jumpsuits and harnesses, a Scottish couple became the first to officially tie the knot on top of Sydney's iconic Harbor Bridge on a blustery and rainy Tuesday.

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  North Korea is "serious adversary": U.S.'s Gates Reuters - Tue Jun 3, 12:48 AM ET

  SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea presents a serious security threat and U.S. forces in South Korea are ready to respond quickly and decisively to counter any attack, the U.S. defense secretary and military leaders said on Tuesday.