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Virginia Tech Police Release Sketch of Possible Gunman
ABC News
By AARON KATERSKY and JESSICA HOPPER (@jesshop23) This police sketch shows
the man believed to be the Virgina Tech Shooter, August 4, 2011. (Courtesy
Virginia Tech Police Department) Virginia Tech Police released a sketch
today of a man who may be on ...
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Death Toll Is Said to Double in Center of Syrian Revolt
New York Times
By NADA BAKRI BEIRUT, Lebanon — The Syrian military forces that rolled
into the rebellious city of Hama and occupied its central square have
killed more than 100 people over the past 24 hours, according to rights
activists in satellite communication ...
<http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/05/world/middleeast/05syria.html>
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FAA Funding Deadlock in Congress Idles Construction From New York to Vegas
Bloomberg
By Christopher Palmeri and Lisa Caruso - Thu Aug 04 16:27:58 GMT 2011
Congress's impasse over the Federal Aviation Administration's funding
extension is stalling airport construction work from Memphis to Las Vegas,
with hundreds of projects put on hold ...
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AU Postpones Drought Donor Conference
Voice of America
August 04, 2011 AU Postpones Drought Donor Conference VOA News The African
Union has postponed a conference to raise money for the millions affected
by drought and famine in the Horn of Africa. An AU statement Thursday said
the conference in Ethiopia's ...
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Haiti's 'tent cities' brace for Tropical Storm Emily
Christian Science Monitor
As Tropical Storm Emily heads for Haiti, aid groups scramble to prepare
relief efforts for the more than 600000 people still in makeshift housing
after the devastating January 2010 earthquake. Men try to tie down their
tent, which serves as their home, ...
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Here to raise dough, celebrate big 5-0, Obama says: 'It starts now'
Chicago Sun-Times
President Barack Obama left the heated partisan atmosphere in Washington on
Wednesday for an overly warm hometown 50th Birthday Party with 2400 fans
and donors packing the historic Aragon Ballroom in Uptown. "It doesn't
matter how tough a week I have ...
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Accused child killer found fit to stand trial in New York
Reuters
1 of 2. Murder suspect Levi Aron is escorted out of a New York Police
Department precinct in Brooklyn, New York, July 14, 2011. NEW YORK
(Reuters) - Levi Aron, accused of butchering an 8-year-old boy on his first
walk home alone from an Orthodox Jewish ...
<http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/04/us-crime-newyork-boy-idUSTRE77352P20110804>
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After Google rant on Android patents, Microsoft tweets: 'Really?'
Computerworld
By Matt Hamblen Computerworld - In an escalation of Android patent battles,
Microsoft said it urged Google's legal team to join Microsoft in buying up
hundreds of Nortel patents, but Google refused. "Google says we bought
Novell patents to keep them ...
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Oklahoma Woman Claims Infamous Skyjacker D.B. Cooper Is Her Uncle
TIME
It is the only unsolved hijacking in US history — and claims from two
women could possibly help solve it. "I saw my uncle plotting a scheme," she
told CNN. She added that she remembered hearing that her uncle was severely
injured, going to the hospital ...
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Satirical Mints Poking Fun at President Obama Yanked From Tennessee
Bookstore
Fox News
By Todd Starnes The University of Tennessee bookstore in Knoxville has
decided to stop selling packages of breath mints poking fun at President
Obama after a Democratic lawmaker complained. The product is called,
"Disappoint-mints" and features a blue ...
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