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Turkey catches suspect in US consulate attack
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Turkey catches suspect in US consulate attack

News – A news agency says police have caught a fugitive gunman wanted in connection with the attack on the U.S. consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. The private Dogan news agency says the man who fled the scene amid the chaos after Wednesday's attack was caught after his getaway car was found earlier on Thursday. There was no immediate confirmation of the report.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 10, 2008 05:25pm

Washington struggles to avoid a federal bailout of Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac
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Washington struggles to avoid a federal bailout of Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac

News – Top officials in Washington struggled Thursday to reassure the markets about the financial health of the nation's two largest mortgage finance companies as their stock prices plunged to their lowest levels in 17 years on fears that they could face the possibility of a government bailout.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 10, 2008 05:19pm

Tehran leaves no room for doubt
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Tehran leaves no room for doubt

News – Just in case there was any ambiguity about Iran's missile test today in the Hormuz Straits, the air force chief, General Hossein Salami, put any lingering uncertainty to rest. Salami said the tests of long- and medium- range missiles were intended to demonstrate Iranian resolve "against enemies who in recent weeks have threatened Iran with a harsh language".

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Submitted and Voted for on July 09, 2008 07:19pm

6 die in attack on U.S. Consulate in Istanbul
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6 die in attack on U.S. Consulate in Istanbul

News – A group of unidentified gunmen opened fire Wednesday on Turkish security guards outside the U.S. Consulate in Istanbul, the Turkish authorities said, and at least three police officers and three assailants were killed.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 09, 2008 06:53pm

Senate Backs Wiretap Bill to Shield Phone Companies
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Senate Backs Wiretap Bill to Shield Phone Companies

News – More than two and a half years after the disclosure of President's Bush's domestic eavesdropping program set off a furious national debate, the Senate gave final approval on Wednesday afternoon to broadening the government's spy powers and providing legal immunity for the phone companies that took part in the wiretapping program.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 09, 2008 06:34pm

Woman who died on hospital floor called 'beautiful person'
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Woman who died on hospital floor called 'beautiful person'

News – To people around the world who have seen the video, Esmin Green is a symbol of a health-care system that seems to have failed horribly.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 04, 2008 08:44am

Blazes in California Take a Toll on Fireworks
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Blazes in California Take a Toll on Fireworks

News – Lis and Robert Billingsley Ã;¢ââ;;¬" retirees, volunteers and proud American Legion members Ã;¢ââ;;¬" said they had exactly one word to describe sales this holiday period at the fireworks stand they run here for the Legion.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 04, 2008 08:29am

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YouTube Ordered To Give Viacom Its User Data...

News – Dismissing privacy concerns, a federal judge overseeing a $1 billion copyright-infringement lawsuit against YouTube has ordered the popular online video-sharing service to disclose who watches which video clips and when.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 04, 2008 08:12am

Celtics clinch 17th title in blowout fashion
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Celtics clinch 17th title in blowout fashion

Sports – Now another generation has stories to tell. The Celtics ran roughshod over an overmatched Lakers team tonight at the Garden, winning Game 6 of the NBA Finals 131-92 to capture the 17th NBA tite in franchise history. Once again, the Celtics are on top of the basketball world. Paul Pierce was named MVP.

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Submitted and Voted for on June 18, 2008 12:29am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 20 votes / No sinks

Democrats Debate Seating Delegates From Two States

News – As hundreds of protesters demonstrated outside, leading Democrats called for unity as party officials gathered Saturday to settle a dispute over seating Florida and Michigan delegates and resolve a bitter impasse that has complicated the primary fight between Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 31, 2008 02:36pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 20 votes / No sinks

Deutsche Telekom admission triggers privacy debate

News – Germany was engulfed in a debate over privacy standards Monday following an admission by Deutsche Telekom that it had surreptitiously tracked thousands of phone calls to identify the source of leaks to the news media about the company's internal affairs.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 26, 2008 06:02pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 16 votes / No sinks

Parents of quake victims to be allowed 2nd children

News – As the death toll in southwest China rose to more than 65,000, a provincial planning commission issued what it called a clarification Monday of the country's one-child policy, saying that a family whose child dies young can obtain a certificate to have another child.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 26, 2008 05:56pm

With McCain on hand, knives won't cut it at massive NRA gunfest
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With McCain on hand, knives won't cut it at massive NRA gunfest

News – A small but startling sign welcomed the gun lovers who arrived at the National Rifle Association's annual gathering Friday. "Firearms WILL NOT be allowed in Hall A during the Celebration of American Values Leadership Forum."

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Submitted and Voted for on May 18, 2008 01:10am

Arctic global warming
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Arctic global warming

News – Over 300 miles north of the Arctic Circle, in the polar dark of a December morning, University of Manitoba Ph.D. student Jesse Carrie is out on the frozen Beaufort Sea, collecting ice samples to measure for mercury and pesticides. Lowered by crane from the deck of the icebreaking research vessel the CCGS Amundsen, and accompanied by a rifle bearer who keeps watch for polar bears, Carrie extracts ice cores and vials of frigid water.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 02, 2008 12:16am

To save a species, serve it for dinner
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To save a species, serve it for dinner

News – Some people would just as soon ignore the culinary potential of the Carolina flying squirrel or the Waldoboro green neck rutabaga. To them, the creamy Hutterite soup bean is too obscure and the Tennessee fainting goat, which keels over when startled, sounds more like a sideshow act than the centerpiece of a barbecue.

View Story Discuss (3) (iht.com) 85 days ago by Alexia

Submitted and Voted for on April 30, 2008 08:31pm

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