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• Lehman plans asset sales, expects 3Q loss AP - 21 minutes ago

  NEW YORK - Struggling to survive the credit crisis, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. plans to sell a majority stake in its prized investment management division, slashed its dividend and may even consider selling the entire company.

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  McCain camp: Obama's 'lipstick' remark disgraceful AP - 46 minutes ago

  LEBANON, Va. - What's the difference between the presidential campaign before and after the national political conventions? Lipstick. "You can put lipstick on a pig," Barack Obama told a rally in a reference to a line in Sarah Palin's vice presidential acceptance speech. "It's still a pig. You can wrap an old fish in a piece of paper called change. It's still going to stink after eight years."

• Pearl Flip is first BlackBerry that folds up AP - 1 hour, 11 minutes ago

  NEW YORK - Research in Motion Ltd., the maker of BlackBerry phones, is set to reveal Wednesday a phone that folds in half, a departure from the slab-like design that has defined its products.

• Airline seeks bald men as walking billboards AP - 1 hour, 12 minutes ago

  WELLINGTON, New Zealand - New Zealand's national airline is offering to pay bald travelers to use their heads — literally — in a new advertising campaign.

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  Rays beat Red Sox 5-4, increase lead in AL East AP - 1 hour, 14 minutes ago

  BOSTON - Pinch-hitter Dan Johnson homered off Jonathan Papelbon in the ninth inning to tie it, and Dioner Navarro doubled in the go-ahead run Tuesday night as the Tampa Bay Rays rallied past the Boston Red Sox 5-4 to snap a four-game skid and extend their lead in the AL East.

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  Lehman plans sales, sees $3.9 billion loss Reuters - 8 minutes ago

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc said it plans to sell a majority stake in its investment management division and spin off commercial real estate assets as the struggling U.S. investment bank fights to raise capital.

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  Hurricane Ike over Gulf of Mexico, aims at Texas Reuters - 2 hours, 51 minutes ago

  HAVANA (Reuters) - Hurricane Ike swirled over the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday, targeting Texas near the U.S. offshore oil patch after toppling decrepit buildings in Cuba's capital and ripping the communist-run island from end to end.

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  Afghans hail Bush's move to send more troops Reuters - Wed Sep 10, 3:59 AM ET

  KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan welcomed on Wednesday a U.S. decision to send more troops but reiterated that the strengthening of Afghan security forces was the long-term answer to defeat militants.

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  Boeing virtual fence for Mexico border on hold: report Reuters - 2 hours, 2 minutes ago

  (Reuters) - The U.S. Customs and Border Protection is putting off plans for a "virtual fence" being built by Boeing Co along the Mexico border and instead will focus on getting a physical fence in place, the Wall Street Journal said.

• Strong quake hits southern Iran near oil port Reuters - 16 minutes ago

  TEHRAN (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake struck southern Iran on Wednesday near Bandar Abbas, site of a major Iranian oil refinery, and a provincial official said there could be fatalities.

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  Russian troops dismantle west Georgia checkpoints Reuters - Wed Sep 10, 5:24 AM ET

  KHOBI, Georgia (Reuters) - Russian soldiers were dismantling checkpoints in western Georgia on Wednesday, a Georgian official and a Reuters witness said, two days after Moscow pledged to pull back forces from deep inside its neighbor.

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  Anger after 128 killed by huge China mudslide Reuters - 43 minutes ago

  TASHAN, China (Reuters) - Angry residents wailed and protested as rescuers in northern China hunted on Wednesday for dozens of victims still missing two days after a deluge of sludge from a collapsed mine waste reservoir killed at least 128 people.

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  North Korea dismisses reports leader Kim is ill Reuters - Wed Sep 10, 5:08 AM ET

  SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea on Wednesday dismissed reports that leader Kim Jong-il might be seriously ill, a development that could trigger a power shift in Asia's only communist dynasty.

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  World's mightiest atom-smasher starts operations AFP - Wed Sep 10, 5:05 AM ET

  GENEVA (AFP) - Particle physicists fired up the world's biggest atom-smasher on Wednesday in a mission to answer some of the most perplexing questions about the nature of the Universe.

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  Zimbabwe power sharing talks resume amid hopes of a deal AFP - 1 hour, 18 minutes ago

  HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabwe's power-sharing talks resumed Wednesday amid signs that a deal to end the country's political crisis could be reached by this week between President Robert Mugabe and the opposition.

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  NKorea's Kim suffered stroke, will recover: South Korea AFP - 1 hour, 40 minutes ago

  SEOUL (AFP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has suffered a stroke but will recover, South Korea's intelligence agency told parliament Wednesday, according to a lawmaker.

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  OPEC production cut boosts oil prices AFP - 7 minutes ago

  VIENNA (AFP) - Oil prices rebounded back above 100 dollars on Wednesday after OPEC agreed to cut its output by half a million barrels a day to stem "dramatic" falls in the market.

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  Obama accused of sexism for 'lipstick on a pig' remark AFP - 32 minutes ago

  NORFOLK, Virginia (AFP) - Democrat Barack Obama was forced to defend himself against charges of sexism after likening his Republican White House rivals' promise of change to putting "lipstick on a pig".

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  EU sees eurozone flirting with recession AFP - 1 hour, 41 minutes ago

  BRUSSELS (AFP) - The 15 countries sharing the euro are teetering on the brink of recession, the European Commission said on Wednesday, slashing its economic forecasts.

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  Lehman Brothers takes quarterly loss of $3.9 billion AFP - 24 minutes ago

  NEW YORK (AFP) - US investment bank Lehman Brothers announced Wednesday an estimated loss of 3.9 billion dollars in the third quarter (June-August), but did not unveil plans for an injection of fresh capital for the ailing firm.

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  Poll shows big shift to McCain among white women Reuters - Tue Sep 9, 7:37 PM ET

  RIVERSIDE, Ohio (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Tuesday brushed aside a survey that showed him losing support among white women voters to John McCain since the Republican standard-bearer named Sarah Palin as his running mate.

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  Fannie, Freddie rescue binds taxpayers to housing market The Christian Science Monitor - Tue Sep 9, 4:00 AM ET

  The US Treasury is poised to commit large sums – perhaps exceeding $100 billion – in its rescue of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, but the real cost to American taxpayers won't be known for years.

• U.S. plans $7 billion missile-defense sale to UAE Reuters - Mon Sep 8, 7:48 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration is planning to sell the United Arab Emirates an advanced U.S. missile defense system valued at up to $7 billion that could be used to defend against Iran, people who have attended briefings on the matter said on Monday.

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  "Lonelygirl15" takes another shot at Web fame Reuters - Tue Sep 9, 9:33 AM ET

  CANBERRA (Reuters) - Actress Jessica Rose stumbled into Internet fame as "lonelygirl15" in a fictional hit video series, but she is back and fully aware of online power in a new project that further blurs the line between TV and the Web.

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  Croc carpaccio and emu pate: Australia's new "bush" food Reuters - Tue Sep 9, 1:28 AM ET

  SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - Think bush tucker is all witchetty grubs and kangaroo meat? A scientist who specializes in indigenous Australian food is on a mission to change your mind.