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Telegraph.co.uk

Violence Surges Ahead of Afghan ElectionWall Street JournalAP KABUL — Gunfire and explosions reverberated through the heart of the Afghan capital Wednesday on the eve of the presidential election and a day after insurgents fired at the presidential palace and unleashed a suicide car bomb on a NATO convoy in …Q+A-What are the stakes for [...]

Boston Globe

Hurricane Bill Strengthens Over Atlantic Into Category 3 StormBloombergAug. 19 (Bloomberg) — Hurricane Bill strengthened into a Category 3 storm as it churned across the Atlantic on a course that's forecast to take it toward Bermuda, the US National Hurricane Center said. …Hurricane Bill grows to major storm, should miss USReutersHurricane Bill now Category [...]

PC World

Sony slashes price of PlayStation 3 by $100 to $299Los Angeles TimesThe Japanese electronics giant, which is seeking to boost sales ahead of the crucial holiday shopping season, also unveils a sleeker, thinner model of the game console. By Alex Pham and Ben Fritz Sony Corp. slashed $100 off the price of its entry-level [...]

KOMO News

Seattle Votes Down Fee on BagsNew York TimesSEATTLE — A proposed 20-cent fee on plastic and paper bags at many retail stores in this city was headed for defeat in a voter referendum here late Tuesday. The proposal, which was intended to reduce pollution by encouraging reusable …Seattle voters reject 20-cent grocery bag feeThe [...]

Times Online

Artist of Obama as Joker is unmaskedLos Angeles TimesThe University of Illinois student says he was playing around with Adobe Photoshop software and a Time magazine cover picture of the president and posted the results on Flickr. He didn't expect such a SIGHTING: A poster portraying President Barack …Obama's not first 'Joker' POTUSChicago TribuneFelony [...]

Los Angeles Times

Reality show contestant sought in model's deathLos Angeles TimesBuena Park police say Ryan Alexander Jenkins, a Canadian national, was last seen with the victim, Jasmine Fiore, a former swimsuit model. Her body was found in a trash bin, stuffed inside a suitcase. Jasmine FioreÂ's body was found in a trash bin, …Body in [...]

FOXNews

Health co-ops' fans like cost and careBoston GlobeGroup Health clinic's Dr. Harry Shriver with patient Grover Williams in Bellevue, Wash. The co-op has helped the state maintain low insurance rates. (Mike Siegel/ The Seattle Times) By Michael Kranish WASHINGTON - A collection of little-known insurance …White House Rethinks How It Sells Health OverhaulWall Street JournalHealth [...]

The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com

ACT prognosis: 23% could earn C, at best, in first-year college …USA TodayEven as high school graduates in recent years have grown increasingly better prepared for college, too many members of the class of 2009 cannot adequately perform all of the academic skills they will need to succeed, …College-Entrance Test Scores [...]

WA today

Pot farm fire reveals a troubling trendLos Angeles TimesDrug rings' operations in the state and federal forests are becoming more sophisticated, officials say. By Catherine Saillant Reporting from Santa Barbara - Narcotics agents said Tuesday they had little doubt that the nearly 90000-acre La Brea fire was …Suspects who sparked fire may be linked [...]

Washington Post

The Heart of the 'Prince of Darkness'Washington PostHe was an opinionated op-ed man, a combative conservative on television, but through it all, Robert Novak prided himself on being a shoe-leather reporter. That was true, in the sense that Novak regularly vacuumed up scraps and scoops …Veteran Washington political columnistChicago TribuneRobert Novak on cable TV: [...]