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Wall Street Journal

Compost deal OK'd by council is under federal scrutiny, too
Detroit Free Press, United States - 1 hour ago
Federal officials are probing another Detroit City Council vote on a controversial waste project in southwest Detroit, sources have told the Free Press. ...
Detroit Faces Probe Over Sludge Contract Wall Street Journal
New Player Linked To Synagro Scandal WXYZ
THE SYNAGRO SLUDGE DEAL FBI probe extends to city hall consultant Detroit Free Press
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Voice of America

Opinion: Columbia – Free Trade Prospect or Harbour for Drugs and ...
DigitalJournal.com, Canada - 2 hours ago
Although the recent rescue of kidnap victims from Columbia is cause for celebration, perhaps the time has come to re-examine free-trade negotiations. ...
Free Trade Deal Concluded with Colombia International Law Office
McCain discusses immigration in Mexico, ends free-trade tour USA Today
Colombia Free Trade Agreement in Trouble Human Events
Reuters - The Associated Press
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Bleacher Report

New free-agent line forms for Sixers as Smith moves on
Philadelphia Daily News, PA - 1 hour ago
By PHIL JASNER There was, in the course of the week, the 76ers' impressive courtship of Atlanta Hawks' restricted free agent Josh Smith. ...
Restricted free agent Josh Smith visits Philadelphia 76ers The Canadian Press
Grizzlies remain quiet despite having cap space SportingNews.com
INSIDE THE NBA SI.com
Philadelphia Inquirer - CNN International
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Calgary Herald

Free agents wooing Blackhawks now
Chicago Tribune, United States - 1 hour ago
Last July, Blackhawks general manager Dale Tallon was doing the dialing as he tried to convince free agents to come to Chicago. "We had a lot of agents call ...
Offseason Notebook: Free-agent frenzy ESPN
Free spending may hurt in long run National Post
Blackhawks, Lightning among the early winners in NHL free agency SportingNews.com
The Hockey News - Kansas City Star
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The Australian

Free-Spirited Jennings Is a Serious Contender in the 1500
New York Times, United States - 2 hours ago
On Friday night, the free-spirited Jennings produced the fastest time in the semifinals at 3 minutes 40.07 seconds. He also convinced the world champion ...
Free to run Oregon Daily Emerald
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Microsoft Hopes Office Subscription Plan Will Counter Free Software
InformationWeek, NY - 11 hours ago
Microsoft is counting on Equipt's convenience factor to help it fend off threats from Google, IBM, and others that are offering free desktop productivity ...


Washington Post

100-plus give a lesson in free speech
Charlottesville Daily Progress, VA - 3 hours ago
“What better thing can I teach them about free speech than bringing them out here to show them free speech?” she said. Protesters started arriving around 6 ...
Video: Bush Invokes Jefferson on July 4 AssociatedPress
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Dallas Morning News

State program aims to prevent divorce with free couple classes
Dallas Morning News, TX - 1 hour ago
But when asked earlier this week, she said she was unaware of a new $16 million state program aimed at preventing divorce through free, eight-hour marriage ...


Jones rockets to American record in 50 free
The Associated Press - 13 hours ago
Nathan Adrian, 100 free champion Garrett Weber-Gale and 100 free runner-up Jason Lezak all tied for fourth at 22.05. Also advancing to the evening ...
Bremerton's Adrian fourth fastest in 50 free prelims Seattle Times
US Olympic Trials: Ben Wildman-Tobriner Tops Men's 50 Free Semis SwimmingWorldMagazine.com
21.59! Jones Rockets to American Record in 50m Free Swimnetwork.com
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Doctors invited to provide free medical care to Myanmar's cyclone ...
Xinhua, China - 3 hours ago
YANGON, July 5 (Xinhua) -- Local doctors are being invited to provide long-term free medical care to victims of deadly cyclone Nargis, official newspaper ...

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CNN poll: Most say Founding Fathers wouldn't be impressed
CNN - 13 hours ago
(CNN) -- How would the likes of Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin feel about the way the United States has turned out 232 years after declaring its ...
Most Americans say Founding Fathers not pleased with state of the ... Xinhua
Poll: Founding fathers would be disappointed in America CNN Political Ticker
A nation grounded in God must hold on to its devotion Philadelphia Daily News
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AlaskaReport

CNN poll: Voters say both candidates flip-flop
CNN - Jul 3, 2008
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- How do voters feel about the two major-party presidential candidates this year? A poll out Thursday suggests registered voters think ...
CNN/Opinion Research Corporation Poll: Obama, McCain Stand Neck To ... TopNews
New CNN Poll Finds Barack Obama Leading John McCain Within Margin ... LifeNews.com
Obama, McCain are 'flip-floppers', say voters Financial Express
TPM - CNN Political Ticker
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Boston Globe

Hostages chained by the neck, slept in mud
CNN - 15 hours ago
(CNN) -- They were chained by their necks as punishment -- sometimes to a tree or post -- other times to each other. Ingrid Betancourt, center, hugs her ...
Quotations of the day International Herald Tribune
Colombian hostages say life grew more dire The Associated Press
Captured soldier saved Betancourt's life The Australian
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CBC.ca

US salmonella probe expands to Mexico: CNN
Reuters India, India - Jul 3, 2008
There have been at least 922 reported cases of salmonella food poisoning in 40 states and the District of Colombia since mid-April, CNN reported. ...
Video: Salmonella Cause Still Uncertain AssociatedPress
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BBC News

Poll: Some Clinton supporters still not embracing Obama
CNN - 7 hours ago
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- One week after Sen. Hillary Clinton made a public show of unity with Sen. Barack Obama, a new survey suggests supporters of the New York ...
First Call Boston Globe
Aide: Obama, Bill Clinton to meet United Press International
Announcing the Launch of a New Website - PutHillaryOnTheTicket.com PR Web (press release)
New York Daily News - Huffington Post
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mediabistro.com

CNN Declares Its Independence
mediabistro.com, NY - 17 hours ago
CNN's newest promo campaign sounds like it could be for just their 7pmET show, Lou Dobbs Tonight. The newest push has been CNN positioning itself as the ...
Greta Tries "To Keep CNN Honest" mediabistro.com
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From the Wire
AlterNet, CA - 17 hours ago
CNN at 10pm does crime. I have a giant list of crimes CNN has covered at 10pm. Here is the difference - we do it better." (She did give them the edge on the ...


LEGO artist building bigger career
CNN International - 16 hours ago
Since CNN spoke with LEGO artist Nathan Sawaya a year ago, his popularity has skyrocketed. Just check out his clientele. Donald Trump recently asked Sawaya ...


Guests for Sunday TV news shows include Lieberman
Kansas City Star, MO - 1 hour ago
C. NBC's "Meet the Press" - pre-empted by coverage of Wimbledon tennis. CNN's "Late Edition" - Retrospective on the show's 10th anniversary.


Benyus believes we can use nature's best ideas to solve human problems
CNN - 17 hours ago
(CNN) -- Janine Benyus is a pioneer and champion of the Biomimicry movement and author of the influential 1997 book "Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by ...
The Nature of Things: Janine Benyus Biography CNN International
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The Associated Press

Damon leaves after amazing play
MLB.com - 13 hours ago
By Bryan Hoch / MLB.com NEW YORK -- Johnny Damon hurt his left shoulder as he chased a fly ball against the Red Sox on Friday, leaving the game after ...
Fantastic catch ... almost Boston Globe
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An incredible journey: Six amazing stories
SportingNews.com - 17 hours ago
After all the players went through just to play baseball in the United States, it would be heartwarming if each suited up and started hitting the ball all ...


Amazing? Not the human race
The Age, Australia - 12 hours ago
FROM TIME TO TIME I'D caught snippets of The Amazing Race and thought "Surely there must be more to it than this". After sitting through three episodes I ...


Competitors learn tricks of the treasure hunt in Cloquet's ...
Duluth News Tribune, MN - 3 hours ago
Considering it spanned a couple of miles in Cloquet and not all over the world, the Carlton County Historical Society’s version of CBS’s “The Amazing Race,” ...


The Age

Mickey & Minnie's Amazing Journey
The Age, Australia - Jul 3, 2008
The latest, Mickey & Minnie's Amazing Journey, seemed to keep a stadium full of children happy, and at the end of the day, that's what it's there to do. ...


Amazing Tech Products, Inc. Launches Online Marketing Program in ...
Newswire Today (press release), UK - 11 hours ago
Amazing Tech Products Inc announced a marketing partnership with Simplexity to produce a demo video of the new BlackBerry Pearl 8110, introduce a special ...


Amazing July Savings on New 3G Phones from Cellhut
PR-CANADA.net (press release), Montenegro - 3 hours ago
If the example of a perfect phone comes from RIM, Nokia, Samsung, or LG, Cellhut has discounts through the month of July on all the best-selling phones. ...


Lee Mead portrait to be raffled off
The Press Association - 22 hours ago
The portrait of the winner of the TV show Any Dream Will Do, who is now starring in the West End in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, ...


The amazing adventures of the Ergenekon mates
Turkish Daily News (subscription), Turkey - 11 hours ago
But the information we have at hand right now suggests that the Ergenekon mates might have really been in some amazing adventures. One final note: Retired ...


Durban’s amazing race
The Times, South Africa - Jul 3, 2008
The first Durban July was held in 1897 and was won by the five-year- old Campanajo at 2/1, beating the red-hot favourite, Speculator. ...

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What a woman's touch brought to American Girl
Globe and Mail, Canada - 1 hour ago
Because the movie was Kit Kittredge: An American Girl, this amplitude of estrogen may not seem surprising. Since 1986, the successful American Girl ...
Video: Will Smith's 'Super' Role CBS
Little Miss Irresistible TheChronicleHerald.ca
Oh do you go, Girl Edmonton Sun
Salt Lake Tribune - RedOrbit
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Calgary Herald

Movie Review: Hancock
Firefox News, AZ - 5 hours ago
I now spend my free time reading comic books, playing video games, and watching all kinds of movies while impatiently waiting for She-Ra's big comeback. ...
Movie Review: Hancock Seattle Post Intelligencer
Mr Movies: When a slob is the superhero St George & Sutherland Shire Leader
Movie Review: 'Hancock' The Epoch Times Ireland
Calgary Herald - Charleston Gazette
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BBC News

Studio Exec Denies 'Friends' Movie Rumors
San Francisco Chronicle,  USA - 10 hours ago
A representative for Warner Bros film studio has quashed speculation of a "Friends" reunion movie. The hit TV sitcom, which starred Courteney Cox, ...
Friends movie 'not happening' guardian.co.uk
'Friends' movie rumours denied Digital Spy
‘Friends’ Movie Reportedly In Development, But Does Anyone Still Care? MTV.com
Orlando Sentinel - Metro
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TopNews

Tailers find big audiences online
Globe and Mail, Canada - 14 hours ago
The “Dark Knight” trailer (specifically the second trailer) is a moody mini masterpiece, though it may show too many of the movie's cards. ...
Heath Ledger’s Joker is the height of screen villainy Inquirer.net
Will Pfeifer: All types try hand at Batman in animated collection Wellsville Daily Reporter
Exclusive! Inside 'The Dark Knight' Entertainment Weekly
The Press Association - WXYZ
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Movie Review: 'The Wackness'
RedOrbit, TX - 18 hours ago
BOTTOM LINE A heartfelt script and fine performances make this quirky coming-of-age movie an unexpected treat. Jonathan Levine, the writer-director of "The ...
Film is more about questions than answers Minneapolis Star Tribune
Movie Review: 'The Wackness' The Epoch Times Ireland
Movie Review: The Wackness LAist
Cinema Blend - New York Times
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Afterdawn.com

Review: Netflix delivers Internet movies to TV
The Canadian Press - Jul 3, 2008
It's the big horse race in the gadget market this year: Who's going to win consumers' hearts with a box that brings Internet movie downloads to the TV set? ...
Netflix's Online Movie Dreams Forbes
Roku provides Netflix with content lifeline The Tech Herald
NetFlix’s New Plan: This Could Change Things Mashable
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Say it, don't spray it
Houston Chronicle, United States - 3 hours ago
In fact, the addition of Jessica Biel and Ryan Reynolds to the cast of the last movie, Blade: Trinity, was viewed by some as a way of passing the torch. 3. ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Joe Williams Column: Today's Movie Heroes ... RedOrbit
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Movie review: 'Gonzo' - portrait of a
San Francisco Chronicle,  USA - Jul 4, 2008
But the nice thing about this movie - directed by Alex Gibney ("Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room," "Taxi to the Dark Side") - is that you can see it in ...
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson Boston Globe
Movie Review: 'Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson' RopeofSilicon.com
Movie Review: "Gonzo" Is a Trip The Oregonian - OregonLive.com
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Movie Stars
Boston Globe, United States - 2 hours ago
Taken by Laura Jones from Monica Ali's novel and directed with watchable downiness by Sarah Gavron, the movie revolves around a Bangladeshi woman ...


Dallas Morning News

Dallas Morning News midsummer movie report
Dallas Morning News, TX - Jul 3, 2008
STEPHEN BECKER: July 4 makes for a logical dividing line in the summer movie season and a good opportunity to discuss the hits and the misses. ...

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