Aaron's Daily WWW Newspaper

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  Obama asks supporters to help Clinton pay off debt AP - 31 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON - Democratic nominee-in-waiting Barack Obama is sharing one his most valuable assets — his top fundraisers — with former rival Hillary Rodham Clinton to help her pay off her debt, the latest effort to heal the wounds of a bruising primary campaign.

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  Police: 5 dead in Henderson, Ky., plant shooting AP - 16 minutes ago

  HENDERSON, Ky. - An employee got into an argument with a supervisor early Wednesday, then shot and killed four people at a western Kentucky plastics plant before killing himself, police said.

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  T-Pain, Lil Wayne, Barack Obama rule the BET Awards AP - 1 hour, 11 minutes ago

  LOS ANGELES - T-Pain and Lil Wayne have owned the music scene over the past year: It seems as if T-Pain's voice has accented half the hits on urban radio, while Lil Wayne, another ubiquitous collaborator, has appeared on the rest.

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  Architect hopes new skyscraper keeps us spinning AP - 15 minutes ago

  NEW YORK - An Italian architect said he is poised to start construction on a new skyscraper in Dubai that will be "the world's first building in motion," an 80-story tower with revolving floors that give it an ever-shifting shape.

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  Cubs finally lose at home; Ump hurt by broken bat AP - 1 hour, 1 minute ago

  The Chicago Cubs finally lost at home, Minnesota is winning everywhere and the big story in Kansas City was another broken maple bat.

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  Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai leaves refuge in Dutch embassy Reuters - 18 minutes ago

  HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on Wednesday left the Dutch embassy in the capital Harare where he had sought refuge since Sunday.

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  Fed seen holding rates as inflation unease grows Reuters - Wed Jun 25, 2:42 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday is expected to hold interest rates steady and indicate slightly greater unease on inflation, while stopping well short of signaling higher borrowing costs are imminent.

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  Kremlin's new man strikes a different pose Reuters - Wed Jun 25, 4:09 AM ET

  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev played down differences with his predecessor Vladimir Putin in an interview with Reuters but the contrast in style and tone between the two men was striking.

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  Bomb in Qaeda bastion in Iraq kills 3 U.S. troops Reuters - 21 minutes ago

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A roadside bomb killed three U.S. soldiers and an interpreter in a region of northern Iraq where U.S. and Iraqi forces are battling al Qaeda, the U.S. military said on Wednesday.

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  Olmert salvages Israel coalition in deal with Barak Reuters - Wed Jun 25, 2:43 AM ET

  JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert averted a split in Israel's restive coalition on Wednesday by striking a deal with his biggest partner, the Labour party, that stopped it backing a bill to dissolve parliament.

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  U.N. nuclear inspectors on last day of Syria visit Reuters - 2 hours, 56 minutes ago

  VIENNA (Reuters) - U.N. nuclear investigators were winding up a four-day visit to Syria on Wednesday after checking an alleged atomic site bombed by Israel in September.

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  Afghan, U.S.-led troops kill up to 35 Taliban Reuters - Wed Jun 25, 4:32 AM ET

  KHOST, Afghanistan (Reuters) - U.S.-led coalition and Afghan forces killed up to 35 Taliban insurgents after the militants attacked two towns in eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistan border overnight, a police chief said on Wednesday.

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  South Korea to allow restart of U.S. beef imports Thursday Reuters - Wed Jun 25, 4:28 AM ET

  SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea will allow the resumption of U.S. beef imports starting Thursday, the farm ministry said, implementing an unpopular deal that sparked street protests and caused a crisis for the government.

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  African leaders meet on Zimbabwe crisis AFP - 1 hour, 3 minutes ago

  HARARE (AFP) - Southern African leaders met Wednesday for talks on the Zimbabwe crisis as President Robert Mugabe indicated he was open to negotiations with the opposition, but only after this week's run-off election.

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  Philippines inquiry opens as 800 believed dead in ferry disaster AFP - Wed Jun 25, 3:19 AM ET

  SAN FERNANDO, Philippines (AFP) - Philippine investigators opened an inquiry Wednesday into a ferry disaster believed to have killed 800 as rescuers ended slim hopes of finding survivors in the stricken vessel.

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  Bill backs Obama as Hillary returns to Congress AFP - Wed Jun 25, 2:24 AM ET

  WASHINGTON, (AFP) - Former president Bill Clinton gave terse backing to Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama Tuesday, as his wife returned to politics for the first time since her agonizing primary defeat.

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  Florida megadeal aims to restore Everglades AFP - Wed Jun 25, 5:01 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - Florida has reached a tentative 1.75-billion-dollar deal to buy the largest US sugar producer and turn its vast swaths of farmland into reservoirs to protect the fabled Everglades wetlands, US media reported Wednesday.

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  WHO launches safety checklist for surgeons AFP - 1 hour, 19 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - The World Health Organization unveiled a proposal Tuesday to reduce the risks of complications and possible death linked to major surgery by urging surgeons to use a safety checklist, according to a study in the British journal The Lancet.

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  Barclays announces 4.5-bln-pound share issue AFP - Wed Jun 25, 3:37 AM ET

  LONDON (AFP) - British bank Barclays announced on Wednesday a share issue to raise 4.5 billion pounds (8.9 billion dollars, 5.7 billion euros) with the state-run Qatar Investment Authority and Asian investors taking leading roles.

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  SKorea set to resume US beef imports, more protests called AFP - Wed Jun 25, 4:13 AM ET

  SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea announced it will resume US beef imports from Thursday after negotiating extra safeguards against mad cow disease, despite protests by tens of thousands over recent weeks.

Most Popular Top Stories

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  Some signs of relief on gasoline prices The Christian Science Monitor - Mon Jun 23, 4:00 AM ET

  New York - Some of the long-term factors that have pushed oil prices to record levels are starting to change.

• Switching languages can also switch personality: study Reuters - Tue Jun 24, 11:33 AM ET

  NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - People who are bicultural and speak two languages may unconsciously change their personality when they switch languages, according to a U.S. study.

• Rotating skyscraper plans for Moscow, Dubai -- N.Y.? Reuters - Tue Jun 24, 5:24 PM ET

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - After taking in an expansive view of Manhattan from a friend's apartment, architect David Fisher came up with a way to make the most of a good location -- a rotating building.