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FACT CHECK: Romney's deficit vow lacks specifics

Boston.com - ‎28 minutes ago‎
WASHINGTON (AP) - Mitt Romney promised he would cut deficits and put America on track to a balanced budget as president, but he left voters to take it on faith that he could deliver.
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What You Missed While Not Watching the Last Night of the Republican Convention

TIME - ‎30 minutes ago‎
By Michael Scherer, Adam Sorensen and Alex Altman | August 31, 2012 | + Filmmaker Clint Eastwood gestures while speaking at the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Tampa, Florida, US, on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012.
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Israeli attack on Iran 'would not stop nuclear programme'

The Guardian - ‎15 hours ago‎
An Israeli attack on Iran would delay but probably not stop its nuclear programme, the most senior US military officer has claimed.
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European Stocks Little Changed Before Bernanke Speech

Bloomberg - ‎58 minutes ago‎
European (SXXP) stocks were little changed, with the Stoxx Europe 600 Index heading toward a second consecutive weekly drop, as investors awaited a speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke.
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Basics about hantavirus outbreak in Yosemite

U.S. News & World Report - ‎1 hour ago‎
By TRACIE CONE, AP FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - Answers to common questions about mice and the hantavirus linked to death of 2 people who visited Yosemite National Park: Up to 20 percent of all deer mice carry the virus, though levels can be higher.
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Iran: Persian translator tampers with Morsi's

Ynetnews - ‎43 minutes ago‎
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi received a warm welcome in Tehran on Thursday but it would seem that his historic speech at the Non-Aligned Movement summit may not have been the same speech heard by the Islamic Republic's citizens on national ...
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Isaac's remnants bring headaches but also relief to drought

Reuters - ‎3 hours ago‎
By Ellen Wulfhorst and Scott Malone | NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - The remnants of Hurricane Isaac continue to cause headaches on Friday, bringing heavy rainfall and the threat of flash flooding to the lower Mississippi Valley as Gulf Coast residents get ...
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James Holmes called university 9 minutes before shooting, attorney says

CNN - ‎44 minutes ago‎
Read more in Spanish. (CNN) -- James Holmes called a University of Colorado switchboard nine minutes before he allegedly opened fire at a movie theater in a Denver suburb on July 20, public defender Tamara Brady said in court Thursday.
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Unemployment: Extended claims fall slightly

Christian Science Monitor (blog) - ‎14 hours ago‎
Today's jobless claims report indicated that initial unemployment claims went flat and continued unemployment claims declined slightly while seasonally adjusted initial claims remained below the closely watched 400K level.
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Is the Worst Over for India's Economy?

CNBC.com - ‎38 minutes ago‎
Gross domestic product (GDP) growth in India picked up pace in the April-June quarter helped by a rise in construction output, prompting economists to say the worst might just be over for Asia's third largest economy struggling to return to the days of ...
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Small Ky. town focus of worldwide eclipse chasers, expecting huge turnout in 5 ...

Washington Post - ‎59 minutes ago‎
HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. - In Kentucky, two-minute events that grab the world's attention usually play out at Churchill Downs' racetrack.
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Weidmann resignation report turns up heat on ECB's Draghi

Reuters - ‎33 minutes ago‎
By Paul Carrel | FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German central bank chief Jens Weidmann's reported threat to resign has piled pressure on European Central Bank President Mario Draghi to assuage his opposition to a new bond-buying plan without tying it up in so ...
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Retailers get a back-to-school sales boost

Los Angeles Times - ‎9 hours ago‎
Shoppers hit the malls for back-to-school shopping in August and handed retailers a healthy boost in sales despite continued worries about the job market and a sluggish economy.
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Showbiz looks to read Romney tea leaves

Variety - ‎5 hours ago‎
By Ted Johnson TAMPA, Fla. -- With Mitt Romney now the official Republican presidential nominee, the question for Hollywood is what a Romney presidency would mean for showbiz.

At Republican National Convention, Romney's Digital Director Hints At New App

techPresident - ‎14 hours ago‎
BY Nick Judd | Thursday, August 30 2012 In the run-up to Mitt Romney's speech Thursday night announcing his acceptance of the Republican nomination for the presidency, his digital team has been busy.
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Lenovo updates laptops for Windows 8

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CNET - ‎1 hour ago‎
by Dan Ackerman In addition to the previously announced IdeaPad S series updates, Lenovo is now showing off several other new and updated laptop models at the tail end of the IFA show.
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Amazon says Kindle Fire sold out ahead of event

MarketWatch - ‎34 minutes ago‎
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Amazon.com said Thursday morning that its Kindle Fire tablet has sold out. In a statement before the opening bell, Amazon (US:amzn) said the $200 device has garnered about 22% of tablet sales in the US in the last nine ...
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Lenovo IdeaCentre A520 shrinks a winner and adds Windows 8

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SlashGear - ‎1 hour ago‎
This week the folks at Lenovo have revealed an all-in-one computer by the name of IdeaCentre A520 - a smaller version of the A720 we reviewed quite recently - with Windows 8 and 10-point multi-touch greatness.
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Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott Welcome a Baby Boy—What's His Name?

E! Online - ‎1 hour ago‎
Another precious little boy has entered the world. According to her personal website, Tori Spelling and husband Dean McDermott welcomed a son, the couple's fourth child together, tonight, and first shared the news on Twitter when she posted, ...
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Sage Stallone killed by heart attack, says coroner

BBC News - ‎33 minutes ago‎
Sylvester Stallone's son Sage died from natural causes due to a heart condition, the Los Angeles County Coroner has ruled. Sage Stallone was found dead at his Hollywood home by an employee and a relative on 13 July.
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Movie Review: "Lawless"

KGO-AM - ‎26 minutes ago‎
The Weinstein Company(NEW YORK) -- If you put an 'F' in front of Lawless, you get flawless, and while I really like this movie, flawless it is not.
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MTV Plans to Put Viewers Out of Their Misery, Pull Plug on <i>Jersey Shore</i ...

Vanity Fair - ‎12 hours ago‎
By Julie Miller After expediting American cultural decline by first conceiving of the Jersey Shore premise and then ladling the reality show's intellectually empty contents onto television viewers for five seasons, MTV has decided that the upcoming ...
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Roddick Says He'll Retire After US Open

ABC News - ‎12 minutes ago‎
Whether it turns out to be a tearful farewell or simply another fun-filled evening of tennis, Friday night figures to be electric in Arthur Ashe Stadium.
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Venus Williams ousted in 2nd round of US Open

Yahoo! Sports - ‎55 minutes ago‎
AP - 3 hours ago Venus Williams waits between sets during a match against Angelique Kerber, of Germany, at the US Open tennis tournament, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012, in … Venus Williams returns a shot to Angelique Kerber, of Germany, during a match at the ...
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Reports: Fan dies after fall at Reliant Stadium

FOXSports.com - ‎53 minutes ago‎
A man has died after falling from an escalator at Reliant Stadium, according a to a report. (Kirby Lee/Image of Sport-US PRESSWIRE) Tully Corcoran spent seven years covering the Kansas City Chiefs and Kansas Jayhawks and writing columns for The Topeka ...
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Andy Staples: No thing of beauty, but Shaw, Gamecocks survive Vandy in opener

SI.com - ‎1 hour ago‎
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Jamie Speronis, South Carolina's associate athletic director for football operations, emerged from the Gamecocks' locker room late Thursday wearing a grin inversely proportional in size to the beauty of the game that caused it.
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Fourth quarter impressions

San Francisco Chronicle (blog) - ‎2 hours ago‎
-Jim Harbaugh said LaMichael James will take some grooming to be a punt returner and tonight proves it. He's has muffed two punts but has gotten both of them back.
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DNA of girl from Denisova cave gives up genetic secrets

BBC News - ‎2 hours ago‎
By Helen Briggs BBC News The DNA of a cave girl who lived about 80000 years ago has been analysed in remarkable detail. The picture of her genome is as accurate as that of modern day human genomes, and shows she had brown eyes, hair and skin.
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Jupiter-bound Juno spacecraft makes key maneuver

Fox News - ‎6 hours ago‎
PASADENA, Calif. - A Jupiter-bound spacecraft successfully fired its engine Thursday in the first of two crucial maneuvers intended to bring it toward Earth for a momentum-gathering fly-by.
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Ohio service planned for hero-astronaut Armstrong

Businessweek - ‎21 minutes ago‎
By Dan Sewell on August 31, 2012 CINCINNATI (AP) - Lunar pioneers plan to attend a private service in Ohio for astronaut Neil Armstrong, following an event to announce a children's health fund in his honor.
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Officials warn of W. Nile dangers

Stockton Record - ‎1 hour ago‎
By The Record But the San Joaquin County Mosquito and Vector Control District cautions people that it can also be a time of danger from mosquitoes carrying the potentially deadly West Nile virus.
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Tiny Batteries a Rising Risk for Children

WebMD - ‎10 hours ago‎
By Matt McMillen Aug. 30, 2012 -- Children and batteries are a dangerous and increasingly common combination, according to a new CDC report.

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