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  Boeing workers to vote today on new contract AP - 1 hour, 6 minutes ago

  SEATTLE - The workers who assemble The Boeing Co.'s commercial planes and some of its key components prepared to vote Wednesday on the company's "best and final" contract offer, with union leaders recommending they reject the deal and go out on strike.

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  Google polishes product line with Chrome browser AP - 1 hour, 7 minutes ago

  MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - The new Web browser that Google Inc. released Tuesday is designed to expand its huge lead in the Internet search market and reduce Microsoft Corp.'s imprint on personal computers.

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  Letterman wants to call sunset for late-night gig AP - 1 hour, 8 minutes ago

  LOS ANGELES - David Letterman wants to stick with CBS' "Late Show" through his contract — and maybe longer — as rival Jay Leno prepares to surrender the "Tonight" reins next year.

• Cat survives 70-mile trip under owner's truck AP - 1 hour, 9 minutes ago

  GILBERT, Ariz. - A cat survived a 2 1/2-hour trip on a spare tire under her owner's truck. Gil Smith recently drove from his Gilbert home 70 miles away for a business meeting in Kearny. When he got out of the truck, he heard a cat in distress and realized it was his.

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  Ramirez helps Dodgers close in on Diamondbacks AP - 1 hour, 9 minutes ago

  Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers won't be counted out of the NL West that easily. Ramirez hit his 30th home run of the season — 10th since joining the Dodgers — and Los Angeles beat San Diego 8-4 on Tuesday night.

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  Palin to try to silence media storm in debut Reuters - 27 minutes ago

  ST. PAUL (Reuters) - Sarah Palin has dominated the Republican convention for days without making a public appearance but on Wednesday she takes the spotlight with a prime-time speech that will introduce her to American voters.

• Shooting spree leaves six dead in Washington state Reuters - Wed Sep 3, 2:08 AM ET

  SEATTLE (Reuters) - A man shot and killed six people and wounded two more during a shooting spree that lasted a few hours and included a high-speed chase in a rural area north of Seattle, local police said on Tuesday.

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  Bush visits Louisiana as state claws back from storm Reuters - Wed Sep 3, 2:33 AM ET

  NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - President George W. Bush heads to storm-battered Louisiana on Wednesday to survey damage from Hurricane Gustav as tens of thousands who fled New Orleans prepare to return to a "dark and hot" city struggling to restore power and maintain basic services.

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  Russia's top diplomat to have shield talks in Poland Reuters - 2 hours, 46 minutes ago

  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will travel to Poland next week for talks on a plan, opposed by Moscow, to station parts of the U.S. missile shield on Polish soil, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Wednesday.

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  Shots fired at Pakistani PM's motorcade Reuters - 1 hour, 7 minutes ago

  ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Shots were fired at Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani's motorcade near Islamabad's airport on Wednesday but officials and police said he was not in it at the time.

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  North Korea begins reassembling nuclear facility: report Reuters - 2 hours, 49 minutes ago

  TOKYO (Reuters) - North Korea has begun reassembling its Yongbyon reactor that can make material for atomic bombs in violation of U.S. conditions for improved diplomatic relations, media reported.

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  U.S. to announce $1 billion aid for Georgia: official Reuters - Wed Sep 3, 1:21 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration will announce on Wednesday a package of roughly $1 billion dollars in aid to help rebuild war-torn U.S. ally Georgia, which battled Russia over a separatist enclave last month, an administration official said.

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  Suspected U.S. troops kill 20 in Pakistan attack Reuters - Wed Sep 3, 5:23 AM ET

  WANA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Suspected U.S. commandos from Afghanistan killed 20 people, including women and children, in a pre-dawn raid inside Pakistan, officials said, an attack branded as an assault on the nation's sovereignty.

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  Pakistan PM escapes assassination attempt AFP - 29 minutes ago

  ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani escaped an apparent assassination attempt when two shots hit his motorcade Wednesday, just three days before the country's presidential election.

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  Thai protesters reject talks as strike fails to bite AFP - Wed Sep 3, 1:59 AM ET

  BANGKOK (AFP) - Thousands of protesters besieging Thailand's seat of government rejected talks with the military Wednesday, insisting they would only negotiate after Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej steps down.

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  Palin to address Republican convention AFP - 2 hours, 7 minutes ago

  ST PAUL, Minnesota (AFP) - White House hopeful John McCain's vice presidential pick Sarah Palin was to make her high-stakes debut at the Republican party's convention on Wednesday following revelations about her family and her record as a little known Alaska governor.

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  Sarkozy heads to Syria for Mideast peace talks AFP - 1 hour, 42 minutes ago

  PARIS (AFP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Wednesday headed to Damascus on the first visit by a Western head of state since the 2005 murder of Lebanese ex-premier Rafiq Hariri left Syria isolated.

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  Ukraine leader claims 'coup' ahead of Cheney visit AFP - 19 minutes ago

  KIEV (AFP) - Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko claimed Wednesday he was the victim of a "coup" attempt after parliament approved laws trimming presidential powers ahead of a visit by US Vice President Dick Cheney.

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  Coca-Cola to buy China juice maker for $2.4bln AFP - 52 minutes ago

  SHANGHAI (AFP) - Coca-Cola moved Wednesday to further strengthen its global reach by announcing plans to buy Huiyuan Juice Group for 2.4 billion dollars, the US soft drink maker's biggest acquisition in China.

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  Oil prices drop as US opens reserve taps AFP - 35 minutes ago

  LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices fell on Wednesday as the US government decided to release crude stocks from its strategic reserve after Hurricane Gustav halted energy production in the Gulf of Mexico.

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  Study: DVRs save relationships Reuters - Wed Sep 3, 1:48 AM ET

  LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Digital video recorders don't just save TV shows, according to a new survey; they save relationships.

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  Massive Canada Arctic ice shelf breaks away Reuters - Tue Sep 2, 10:31 PM ET

  OTTAWA (Reuters) - A huge 19 square mile (55 square km) ice shelf in Canada's northern Arctic broke away last month and the remaining shelves have shrunk at a "massive and disturbing" rate, the latest sign of accelerating climate change in the remote region, scientists said on Tuesday.

• 7 Ways to Learn More Without More Study U.S. News & World Report - Tue Sep 2, 4:49 PM ET

  The abundance of new research on how teenage brains work, aside from being cool for its own sake--teen brains are developing madly, pruning synapses and insulating neurons to build a lean computing machine--is fueling a new movement to help kids make the most of the brain they've got. Think of it as a user's manual for a machine that's still being wired.

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  High-tech tools to fight fine wine fraud AFP - Tue Sep 2, 7:12 PM ET

  PARIS (AFP) - One of Britain's top rare wine merchants and nuclear scientists in France on Tuesday jointly unveiled a 21st-century tool for unmasking counterfeit vintage wines.

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  Stevie Wonder honored by U.S. Library of Congress Reuters - Tue Sep 2, 11:20 PM ET

  LOS ANGELES (Reuters Life!) - Stevie Wonder was named on Tuesday as the second recipient of the U.S. Library of Congress's Gershwin Prize for Popular Song after singing for nearly five decades about love, joy and injustices in the world.