Iran tests missiles in Persian Gulf
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Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:16:44 GMT
AP - Iran test-fired nine long- and medium-range missiles Wednesday during war games that officials said aimed to show the country can retaliate against any U.S. and Israeli attack, state television reported.
Senate to pass bill overhauling eavesdropping rules
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Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:15:21 GMT
AP - The Senate finally is expected to pass a bill overhauling rules on secret government eavesdropping, completing a lengthy and bitter debate that pitted privacy and civil liberties concerns against the desire to prevent terrorist attacks.
Attack outside US consulate in Turkey, 6 dead
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Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:17:33 GMT
AP - Armed men attacked a police guardpost outside the U.S. consulate in Istanbul on Wednesday. Turkish officials called it a terrorist attack and said three officers and three of the assailants were killed.
Erratic winds prompt new evacuations in California
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Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:05:57 GMT
AP - They're evacuating Paradise. Authorities ordered thousands of residents in the town north of Sacramento to leave after erratic winds blew embers across wildfire containment lines, destroying 40 homes nearby, in the latest setback for already strained fire crews.
Bush: 'Significant progress' on climate change
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Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:12:23 GMT
AP - President Bush on Wednesday hailed the move by G-8 leaders to coalesce behind a broad climate-change strategy, saying in a valedictory to summitry that "significant progress" has been made on global warming.
Fringe autism treatment could get federal study
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Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:46:32 GMT
AP - Pressured by desperate parents, government researchers are pushing to test an unproven treatment on autistic children, a move some scientists see as an unethical experiment in voodoo medicine.
Congress studies how people track your online use
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Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:45:20 GMT
AP - Executives from major Internet players ? Microsoft Corp., Google Inc. and Facebook Inc. ? are due for a grilling about online privacy in a Senate committee Wednesday, but the company likely to get the most scrutiny is a small Silicon Valley startup called NebuAd Inc.
Google ventures into virtual reality with 'Lively'
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Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:45:55 GMT
AP - In the latest expansion beyond its main mission of organizing the world's information, Internet search leader Google Inc. hopes to orchestrate more fantasizing on the Web.
Lara Logan is pregnant by contractor from Iraq
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Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:43:21 GMT
AP - Lara Logan, the chief foreign affairs correspondent for CBS News, tells The Washington Post she is pregnant, and the father is a married federal contractor whom she met while stationed in Iraq.
Sabathia wild, but a winner in Brewers debut
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Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:32:53 GMT
AP - CC Sabathia was a little wild in his debut with the Milwaukee Brewers, but still delivered as advertised in a 7-3 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday night.