Aaron's Daily WWW Newspaper

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  Questions remain about housing secretary AP - 1 hour, 4 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON - During an investigation of his conduct last year, Housing Secretary Alphonso Jackson defiantly defended his interaction with federal contractors doing business with the Housing and Urban Development Department.

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  Fugitive has support of longtime friends AP - 1 hour, 6 minutes ago

  PULASKI, Tenn. - Few in this small Tennessee town can believe the woman they knew as Linda McElroy was capable of murder. Her neighbors and friends learned this week that she was really fugitive Linda Darby — who was convicted of killing her husband but escaped 35 years ago from a life sentence at an Indiana prison.

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  J.K. Rowling outs Hogwarts character AP - 1 hour, 4 minutes ago

  NEW YORK - Harry Potter fans, the rumors are true: Albus Dumbledore, master wizard and Headmaster of Hogwarts, is gay. J.K. Rowling, author of the mega-selling fantasy series that ended last summer, outed the beloved character Friday night while appearing before a full house at Carnegie Hall.

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  Living paycheck to paycheck gets harder AP - 1 hour, 3 minutes ago

  NEW YORK - The calculus of living paycheck to paycheck in America is getting harder. What used to last four days might last half that long now. Pay the gas bill, but skip breakfast. Eat less for lunch so the kids can have a healthy dinner.

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  Boston banks on Schilling to extend ALCS AP - 57 minutes ago

  BOSTON - Before the bloody sock, Curt Schilling was a pitcher in ruin: Injured, ineffective, unsure whether he would be able to help the Boston Red Sox reach the World Series, much less win it.

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  Photo of Karachi bomber released Reuters - 42 minutes ago

  KARACHI (Reuters) - Pakistani police released a photograph on Saturday of a suicide bomber who killed at least 139 people, as opposition leader Benazir Bhutto worked out her next step after the bloody start to her comeback campaign.

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  Iran's top atomic negotiator resigns Reuters - 1 hour, 16 minutes ago

  TEHRAN (Reuters) - Chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani, Iran's main contact with the West over Tehran's atomic program, has resigned, the government said on Saturday.

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  Paedophile suspect denies Thai charges Reuters - 1 hour, 33 minutes ago

  BANGKOK (Reuters) - Canadian paedophile suspect Christopher Neil has denied charges that he molested underage children in Thailand, police said on Saturday, a day after a global manhunt ended with his arrest in a dusty Thai town.

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  Myanmar protester says freed due to old age Reuters - Sat Oct 20, 4:13 AM ET

  YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's military junta has freed an 82-year-old member of the opposition National League for Democracy who was sentenced to five years in jail for joining protests against the regime last month.

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  Turkish PM says expects U.S. to act against PKK Reuters - 1 hour, 20 minutes ago

  ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey expects the United States to take urgent action against Kurdish rebels hiding in northern Iraq, its prime minister said, in comments suggesting Ankara hopes to avoid a Turkish military operation in the region.

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  Stocks sink on '87 crash anniversary Reuters - Fri Oct 19, 5:54 PM ET

  NEW YORK (Reuters) -Caterpillar Inc.'s warning that the housing slump was infecting the wider economy sent U.S. stocks tumbling by the most in more than two months on Friday, in a drop that was made more unnerving as it marked the 20th anniversary of the 1987 market crash.

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  Two Marines face Haditha courts-martial Reuters - Fri Oct 19, 8:09 PM ET

  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. battalion commander and an enlisted man will face courts-martial on charges related to the killing of 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha, Iraq, in 2005, the Marines said on Friday.

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  JK Rowling says wizard Dumbledore is gay Reuters - Sat Oct 20, 2:08 AM ET

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - J.K. Rowling has outed one of the main characters of her best-selling Harry Potter series, telling fans in New York that the wizard Albus Dumbledore, head of Hogwarts school, is gay.

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  Iran nuclear chief unexpectedly resigns AFP - 1 hour, 21 minutes ago

  TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran on Saturday announced its top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani has unexpectedly resigned at a time of growing tension with the West over the Islamic republic's controversial nuclear programme.

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  Pakistan probes Bhutto blast suspects AFP - 1 hour, 15 minutes ago

  KARACHI (AFP) - Pakistan probed Saturday a list of possible suspects given by former premier Benazir Bhutto after a suicide assassination bid that killed 139 people and bloodied her return from exile.

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  US Air Force describes errors in nuclear missile flight AFP - 2 hours, 5 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - The Pentagon acknowledged Friday an unprecedented breakdown in procedures that allowed six nuclear missiles to mistakenly end up on a cross-country flight, an incident which took 36 hours to be discovered.

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  Myanmar under fresh pressure after new US sanctions AFP - 1 hour, 13 minutes ago

  YANGON (AFP) - Military-run Myanmar was under renewed pressure Saturday after the United States announced a new round of sanctions following the junta's bloody crackdown on dissent.

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  Springboks look to clear English hurdle in rugby World Cup final AFP - Sat Oct 20, 5:32 AM ET

  PARIS (AFP) - Unbeaten South Africa face defending champions England in a mouth-watering rugby World Cup final at the Stade de France here on Saturday, a re-match of the pool match the Springboks won with consummate ease.

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  G7 squeezes China, warns of growth slowdown AFP - Fri Oct 19, 9:08 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - The world's top finance leaders said Friday order was returning to financial markets but warned of lingering instability likely to dampen economic growth as they turned up the heat on China to ease its currency restrictions.

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  Paulson backs 'strong dollar'; urges Chinese action on yuan AFP - Fri Oct 19, 11:10 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said his belief in a "strong dollar" remained firm Friday after hosting a meeting of G7 finance chiefs as the dollar's weakness plumbed fresh lows.

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  Health experts seek to calm schools over superbug Reuters - Fri Oct 19, 3:48 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The headlines are disturbing -- schools closing for disinfection, a 17-year-old dead from a drug-resistant "superbug." But health officials said on Friday it is no new emergency and the best way to deal with the bacteria is simply to wash your hands.

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  Saddam jailer gets 2-year sentence in court martial Reuters - Fri Oct 19, 12:42 PM ET

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A senior U.S. army officer who was Saddam Hussein's jailer was himself jailed after a court martial in Baghdad on Friday found him guilty of charges including illegal possession of secret documents.

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  JK Rowling says wizard Dumbledore is gay Reuters - Sat Oct 20, 2:08 AM ET

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - J.K. Rowling has outed one of the main characters of her best-selling Harry Potter series, telling fans in New York that the wizard Albus Dumbledore, head of Hogwarts school, is gay.

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  U.S. panel against cold drugs for kids under 6 Reuters - Fri Oct 19, 7:38 PM ET

  SILVER SPRING, Maryland (Reuters) - Over-the-counter cough and cold medicines that have been widely used for decades should not be given to children under 6 years of age, a U.S. advisory panel recommended on Friday.

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  Mystery underwear stymies Guantanamo investigators Reuters - Thu Oct 18, 3:43 AM ET

  GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - The U.S. military has ended an inquiry into who smuggled unauthorized underwear and a bathing suit to two prisoners at Guantanamo Bay without learning the source of the contraband skivvies, an attorney said on Wednesday.