A weird day for earthquakes in the US, but that's, um, normal
Los Angeles Times
Lost in the hullabaloo about the 5.8 quake in Virginia on Tuesday was the
fact that there were about 90 other earthquakes across the United States
that same day, including a 5.3 quake in Colorado. Of course, only a few of
those were detectable by ...
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Impact uncertain as Hurricane Irene aims at New England
Boston Globe
By Martin Finucane, Globe Staff The worst-case scenario sounds scary:
Hurricane Irene could sweep ashore in New England this weekend, dousing the
state with torrential rains, and lashing it with damaging wind gusts, while
heavy surf pounds the coasts ...
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Captive journalists walk free from Tripoli hotel
CNN International
By the CNN Wire Staff CNN's Matthew Chance is currently in the Rixos hotel
-- follow him on Twitter for the latest updates from Tripoli. Tripoli,
Libya (CNN) -- Dozens of international journalists trapped in one of
Tripoli's most glittering hotels for ...
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Google settles pharmacy charges for $500 million: report
Reuters
One of the business sites of Internet search engine Google Inc is shown on
a computer screen in Encinitas, California in this April 13, 2010 file
photo. SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc will pay $500 million to settle
government charges that it ...
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Budget agency: Jobless rate above 8% for years
USA Today
By Richard Wolf, USA TODAY The Congressional Budget Office projects slow
growth and high unemployment for years to come as a result of the financial
crisis and recession, a new report shows. In its semiannual update of
budget and economic data, ...
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Pak watches Hazare bandwagon with questions
The Hindu
First came the Arab Spring and then the Indian Summer of Discontent.
Pakistan has been watching both keenly with some hoping that these winds of
change will be strong enough to blow into this country and set off a
similar movement. ...
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Strauss-Kahn 'paid a heavy price,' defense attorney says
msnbc.com
>>> back at 7:41. where does dominique strauss-kahn go from here now that
the sexual assault case against him has been dismissed? we'll talk to his
defense team in a moment, but first nbc's ron allen has the latest. ron,
good morning. ...
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Marco Rubio at Reagan Library: 'Conservatism is about empowering people
to ...
Los Angeles Times
If you're hale, hearty and running for president on the Republican ticket,
you might be out of luck adding Florida Sen. Marco Rubio to your team. More
on that in a bit. It was something of a West Coast political coming-out
party for the Floridian, ...
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Medvedev hails Kim as 'partner' in Siberia talks
Financial Times
By Charles Clover in Moscow and Christian Oliver in Seoul Kim Jong-il,
North Korea's leader, met Russia's president, Dmitry Medvedev, in Siberia
on Wednesday in a further attempt to reintegrate himself into the
diplomatic fold after international ...
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Pa. escapes serious damage from earthquake
Houston Chronicle
Cracks appear on the facade of a building on Market Street in downtown
Philadelphia following an earthquake along the East Coast Tuesday Aug. 23,
2011. A 5.9 magnitude earthquake centered in Virginia forced evacuations of
all the monuments in ...
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