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Nearly 13,000 in hospital as China milk scandal grows
Boston Globe (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | World
The number of Chinese infants sick in hospital after drinking tainted milk formula doubled to nearly 13,000 and the country's top quality regulator resigned on Monday in the latest blight on the "made-in-China" brand. - 23 Vote!
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Biden says mocking McCain was "terrible"
kansascity.com (subscribe) | 27 minutes ago | Politics
Barack Obama's running mate says a campaign ad that mocked Republican presidential candidate John McCain as an out-of-touch, out-of-date computer illiterate was "terrible" and would not have been done had he known about it. -
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UN focuses on Africa ahead of annual meeting
Miami Herald (subscribe) | 53 minutes ago | World
African leaders warned Monday that a lingering global financial crisis coupled with the collapse of talks on a world trade agreement could significantly harm the U.N. campaign to improve life for hundreds of millions of the world's poorest. -
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Saints TE Shockey out 3-6 weeks with sports hernia
Miami Herald (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | Sports
Tight end Jeremy Shockey, the Saints' second-leading receiver through three games, is expected to be out for three to six weeks because of a sports hernia. Shockey, who was acquired from the New York Giants in a trade shortly before training camp, had 16 receptions for 151 yards during the Saints' first three regular-season games.
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Congress, Bush team agree on some bailout terms
Miami Herald (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | Politics
Scrambling for a swift deal on the $700 billion bailout for failing financial firms, key Democrats and Bush administration officials agreed Monday to include mortgage help for beleaguered homeowners but wrangled over other issues, including "golden parachutes" for executives who benefit from the unprecedented rescue. -
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Matt Millen should go, Lions vice chairman says
Miami Herald (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | Sports
Maybe things can get worse for the Detroit Lions. A day after Detroit lost at San Francisco, falling to 0-3, Lions vice chairman Bill Ford essentially said he'd fire team president Matt Millen if he had the authority. -
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Writer Dominick Dunne left court, treated for pain
Examiner (subscribe) | 37 minutes ago | Entertainment
Celebrity crime writer Dominick Dunne was released from a hospital Monday after being stricken with pain in the courtroom in the O.J. Simpson armed robbery-kidnapping trial. -
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Woman whose dogs mauled neighbor gets 15 to life
Kansas City Star (subscribe) | 3 hours ago | US
A woman whose dogs viciously attacked and killed her neighbor in the hallway of their apartment building seven years ago was sentenced Monday to 15 years to life in prison. -
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Some iPhone Power Adapters Recalled -- Ultra-Compact USB Prongs May Break
Red Orbit (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | Technology
CUPERTINO, Calif. - Apple Inc. on Friday advised iPhone 3G users in many countries to replace the device's power adapter following reports that metal prongs broke off and stuck in power outlets, creating a risk of electric shock. - see all breaking news
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Schmidt Jumps the Shark
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Ben Smith fact-checks the McCain campaign's ridiculous conference call assault on the press. But it should be remembered that Steve Schmidt is doing this for two (nefarious) reasons: 1. he's hoping to work the refs: if he complains enough about press bias, we mainstream sorts will cower, cringe and try to seek false equivalences between the two campaigns. 2. the more time we spend covering this nonsense,... -
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Posted by Alex Diaz, Product Manager, Google Book Search Today, we're taking a big step towards bringing more books, across more sites, to more people online. We're launching a set of free tools that allow retailers, publishers, and anyone with a web site to embed books from the Google Book Search index. We are also providing new ways for these sites to display full-text search results from Book Search,... - 11 Vote!
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Technorati's State of the Blogosphere, September 2008
Sifry's Alerts (subscribe) | yesterday | Technology
I'm very pleased to announce that the next installment of the State of the Blogosphere is out! It has been about a year since the last report, and the Technorati team has really worked hard to make this report something comprehensive, interesting, and informative. One of the big changes this year is that along with a comprehensive scan of Technorati 's complete database, we also did a massive survey... - see blog ranking see all discussions