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Syria Defiant as US Allies Lay Ground for Strike

Wall Street Journal
47 minutes ago
Written by
Sam Dagher
Syria vowed to defend itself against any foreign attack, while the Arab League said that Damascus had used chemical weapons against its population.
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RIM FIRE: Crews report progress (UPDATED: 9:51 a.m.)

Stockton Record - ‎45 minutes ago‎
TUOLUMNE CITY, Calif. (AP) - Firefighters gained some ground Tuesday against the huge wildfire burning forest lands in the western Sierra Nevada, including parts of Yosemite National Park.
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Sentencing phase of Fort Hood shooting court-martial resumes

CNN International - ‎19 minutes ago‎
Fort Hood, Texas (CNN) -- Heartbreaking testimony from victims and family members of the Fort Hood shooting concluded Tuesday as the court-martial of convicted shooter Nidal Hasan moved closer to a dramatic resolution.
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Lamar Odom surfaces looking gaunt, exhausted as he battles alleged drug ...

New York Daily News - ‎47 minutes ago‎
Lamar Odom surfaced near his home in Los Angeles on Monday, looking gaunt and tired amid his alleged battle with drug addiction. The NBA star was photographed driving his white SUV around the San Fernando Valley, near where he lives with wife Khloe ...
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Israel, always in the crosshairs, jittery over Syria

USA TODAY
48 minutes ago
Written by
Oren Dorell
Better to be safe than sorry, say residents bracing for a collateral attack. ISRAEL GAS MASKS. An Ultra-Orthodox woman shows her daughter how to use a gas mask during the distribution of safety kits in Jerusalem on Tuesday.
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Home Price Growth Beginning To Slow Down, Says S&P/Case-Shiller

Forbes - ‎25 minutes ago‎
U.S single-family home prices in 20 metropolitan areas rose a seasonally-adjusted 0.9% in June from a month earlier, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index, after rising 1% in May.
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France unveils pension reforms

Financial Times - ‎2 hours ago‎
The French government has unveiled a much-anticipated reform of its deficit-hit pension system, raising the level and duration of contributions but avoiding some of the measures demanded by the EU and others seeking a more radical overhaul.
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Syria: Kerry lying about gas attack, regime will press on with military efforts

Haaretz - ‎1 hour ago‎
Syrian government says U.S. secretary of state 'fabricated' evidence that Assad was behind chemical weapons attack; Russia warns strike on Syria would have 'catastrophic' implications for Mideast.
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Pakistan says Taliban unwilling to talk to Afghan gov't

Xinhua - ‎23 minutes ago‎
ISLAMABAD, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan said Tuesday that Afghan Taliban insurgents are unwilling to talk to Karzai government and its peace negotiators at least for now.
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Syria Strike Could Undo Gains With Iran

Wall Street Journal - ‎47 minutes ago‎
BEIRUT—A U.S. attack on Syria would likely dash expectations of progress in nuclear negotiations with Iran and undermine new Iranian President Hasan Rouhani's call for improving relations with the West, diplomats said.
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New photos show marathon bomb suspect's surrender

Seattle Post Intelligencer - ‎33 minutes ago‎
BOSTON (AP) - More photos showing the Boston Marathon bombing suspect's surrender have been released. The images made public Tuesday were among those given to Boston Magazine last month by a state police officer.
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Lawyers for convicted killer Jodi Arias ask judge to move new sentencing phase ...

Washington Post - ‎14 minutes ago‎
PHOENIX - Lawyers for convicted killer Jodi Arias want her new sentencing moved out of the Phoenix metropolitan area because of excessive publicity.
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Teen who died in Ore. woods fixated on 'Into the Wild'

USA TODAY - ‎33 minutes ago‎
The dead boy's father says his son was "a young man who had a broken heart." jonathan croom. This undated photo provided by Monica Croom shows her son, 18-year-old Johnathan Croom, found dead in Oregon.
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Syria worries send oil to six-month high; stocks tumble

Reuters - ‎18 minutes ago‎
By Angela Moon. NEW YORK | Tue Aug 27, 2013 4:39pm EDT. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Geopolitical uncertainty over a possible U.S.-led military strike against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces pushed oil prices to a six-month high on Tuesday and ...
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Debt ceiling, government shutdown battles simmer in summer recess

Fox News - ‎28 minutes ago‎
FILE: Jan. 21, 2013: Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, arrives on the West Front of the Capitol, in Washington, D.C.AP. ADVERTISEMENT. The Washington dance of flirting with fiscal catastrophe intensified this week, as the Obama administration warned House ...
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Government requests to Facebook outlined in report

BBC News - ‎2 minutes ago‎
Governments around the world requested information on about 38,000 Facebook users in the first six months of 2013. Facebook's Global Government Requests Report, released on Tuesday for the first time, offered details on official requests from 74 countries ...
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BlackBerry in talks to spin off Messenger division - report

Register
24 minutes ago
Written by
Neil McAllister
Struggling smartphone maker BlackBerry is seriously considering spinning off its BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) service into its own, subsidiary company, according to reports.
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Windows 8.1 to be ready for consumers Oct. 18, Microsoft says

Washington Post
42 minutes ago
Written by
Hayley Tsukayama
Microsoft said Tuesday that consumers can get their copy of the new version of its Windows operating system Oct. 18 and that it has already shipped the updated Windows 8.1 to manufacturers.
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Kelly Osbourne to Miley Cyrus: 'Put Your F**king Tongue in Your Mouth'

Celebuzz
7 minutes ago
Written by
Gabrielle Chung
Even Miley Cyrus' BFF isn't too thrilled with her raunchy getup at this year's MTV VMAs. While hosting E!'s Fashion Police Monday, Kelly Osbourne unleashed her criticisms on the nude bra and booty shorts combo the "We Can't Stop" songstress wore while ...
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Harry Styles: 'It's all good' after Swift diss

USA TODAY - ‎42 minutes ago‎
She might have dissed him earlier in the night, but the two posed peacefully for a pic at an after-party. harry styles vmas. Harry Styles of One Direction attends the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards on Aug. 25, 2013 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.
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Alec Baldwin -- Street Fight with NYC Photog [Update]

TMZ.com - ‎57 minutes ago‎
10:00 AM PT -- A rep for the NYPD tells us ... cops have spoken with both the photog and Alec who each admit pushing and shoving each other.
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Kvitova, Wozniacki advance to second round of the US Open

SI.com - ‎14 minutes ago‎
NEW YORK (AP) -- Seventh-seeded Petra Kvitova needed nearly two hours to win her first match at the Grand Slam tournament that has always bedeviled her.
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Pirates add Byrd, Buck in deal with Mets

MLB.com - ‎1 hour ago‎
PITTSBURGH -- The Pirates on Tuesday satisfied both of their biggest September stretch needs, dealing for outfielder Marlon Byrd and catcher John Buck from the New York Mets.
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Washington DC group wants to hold 2024 Olympics

USA TODAY
38 minutes ago
Written by
Kelly Whiteside
SHARE 389 CONNECT 48 TWEET 11 COMMENTEMAILMORE. Washington D.C. knows a little about elections and this time it thinks it has a winning bid.
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NFL Players Association Files Grievance On Behalf Of Accused Murderer Aaron ...

Fox News Latino - ‎1 hour ago‎
While Aaron Hernandez sits in jail on charges of first-degree murder, the NFL Players Association is filing a grievance on his behalf in an attempt to force the New England Patriots to pay the former tight end $82,000 in offseason workout bonuses.
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Researcher remotely controls colleague's body with brain

USA TODAY
57 minutes ago
Written by
Dan Vergano
In the first demonstration of human brain-to-brain control, a scientist wearing an electrical brain-signal reading cap triggered motion in his colleague across campus.
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Evidence for new periodic table element boosted

BBC News - ‎1 hour ago‎
Scientists have presented new evidence for the existence of an unconfirmed element with atomic number 115. The element is highly radioactive and exists for less than a second before decaying into lighter atoms.
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European hunter-gatherers domesticated pigs earlier than thought

Christian Science Monitor - ‎2 hours ago‎
Ancient hunter-gatherers in Europe, whose meat intake was once limited to wild game, may have enjoyed bacon, ham, pork chops and other tasty bites from pigs they owned starting about 7,000 years ago, researchers say.
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Die-off of bottlenose dolphins, linked to virus, is worst in 25 years

Washington Post - ‎23 minutes ago‎
Marine scientists said Tuesday that a die-off of bottlenose dolphins along the Atlantic Seaboard is the largest in a quarter-century and is almost certainly from the same cause as the 1987-88 outbreak: cetacean morbillivirus, which is spreading throughout the ...
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Parents of Sarah Murnaghan say 11-year-old lung transplant girl ready for rehab ...

Washington Post - ‎24 minutes ago‎
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. - Sarah Murnaghan waved to her siblings as she returned home for the first time in six months while her parents readied for a recovery effort that will include four days of physical therapy a week.
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Measles outbreak tied to Texas megachurch sickens 21

NBCNews.com - ‎3 hours ago‎
Video: Measles is making a resurgence in the U.S.; some 159 cases have been documented so far this year, with the biggest outbreak being tied to a Texas megachurch.
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