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Reuters

Georgian parliament urges cutting ties with Moscow

Church trashed as India religious riots spread

Thai police confront protesters in PM's compound

WHO study backs universal health care

Karadzic due for plea hearing at Hague tribunal

Argentine "dirty war" generals get life in prison

Eleven headless bodies found near Mexican graveyard

Grenade blast wounds 7 suspected rebels in Sri Lanka prison

Heavy fighting threatens East Congo peace deal

Flash floods kill 11 in northern Vietnam

New York Times

Putin Suggests U.S. Provocation in Georgia Clash

An Embattled Enclave Yearns to Be Free (and Liechtenstein)

Bolivian Is an Uneasy Ally as U.S. Presses Drug War

Car Bombing of Police Bus Kills 8 in Pakistan

China Defends Its Reviled Soccer Team

Iraq Signs Oil Deal With China Worth Up to $3 Billion

Russia Deal May Fall, a Casualty of Conflict

Security Group Refuses to Back Russia’s Actions

Israelis in Anguish Over the Abuse and Murder of a 4-Year-Old

Faiths Clash, Displacing Thousands In East India

BBC

Obama launches historic campaign

Putin blames US for Georgia role

Strengthening Gustav hits Jamaica

Argentine chiefs jailed for life

'UK PM terror threat' men are charged

Canadian PM presses Arctic claim

Headless corpses found in Mexico

Indian PM says flood 'a calamity'

Dalai Lama admitted to hospital

Catch me if you can: Researchers find flies 'sense swat threat'

MSNBC
Aug. 28: Barack Obama accepts the Democratic presidential nomination before a crowd at INVESCO Field telling them that there is much work to be done and that Americans cannot turn back and must march into the future. (MSNBC)Obama: ‘We cannot turn back’Aug. 28: Indiana citizen Barney Smith tells the Democratic National Convention crowd why he abandoned the Republican Party. "We need a president who puts Barney Smith before Smith Barney." (MSNBC)'I was a proud Republican. Not anymore'Aug. 28: On the last day of the Democratic National Convention, a tribute video to Barack Obama is shown at INVESCO Field. (MSNBC)Obama: Keeping the American promise aliveAug. 28: On the 45th anniversary of the March on Washington and his 'I have a dream' speech, Martin Luther King Jr. is remembered with a video tribute. (MSNBC)Martin Luther King Jr. honored at the DNCAug. 27: Rev. Bernice King and Rev. Martin Luther King III pay tribute to their father at the Democratic National Convetion on the 45th anniversary of the March on Washington. (MSNBC)King: 'One of our nation's defining moments'Aug. 28: On the anniversary of MLK's historic speech, Barack Obama becomes the first African American major party presidential nominee. NBC's Mike Taibbi reports on what this means for some Americans.  (Nightly News)Obama's candidacy, 45 years after 'the dream'Aug. 28: As New Orleans marks the 3-year anniversary of Katrina, it is bracing for a major hurricane that could hit the Gulf Coast. Weather Channel meteorologist Jim Cantore reports on Tropical Storm Gustav.  (Nightly News)Hurricane Gustav gains strengthAug. 28: John McCain is set to name his running mate Friday, and speculation is at a fever pitch. NBC's Kelly O'Donnell reports.  (Nightly News)Will Pawlenty be McCain's VP?
Business

The Economist

Ethiopia's fast-growing economy faces some problems

Europe.view

The Democratic National Convention

Drugs

Market.view

Asia.view

Saudi Arabia opens its stockmarket, at last, to foreign investors

Pakistan's coalition government splits as instability grows

As a political statement the Beijing Olympics had mixed results

Business.view

BusinessWeek

A Law That Could Give Big Labor Some Brawn

Boeing's Tanker Challenges Mount

Dell Earnings Tumble

The Economy's Upside Surprise

Toyota Trims '09 Outlook, Plans Electric Car

Wall Street's Big Sell-Off

Beijing Olympics: Winners and Losers

London Games 2012: Lessons From Beijing

Newark and the Future of Crime Fighting

Coke's New Design Direction

Forbes

The World's 100 Most Powerful Women

The World's Most Powerful Women

The World's Billionaires

The World's Most Wanted White-Collar Fugitives

Business Visionaries

America's Best Colleges

Why Everyone Is Picking On Apple

Microsoft's Sneak Attack On Google

Cell Genesys' Saving Grace

Five Things Steve Jobs Must Do Before He Dies

Tech

Engadget

Android Developer Challenge winners announced

Sony VPL-HW10 SXRD projector peeks from behind the curtain

Ask Engadget: Best "desktop replacement" laptop?

Pirelli Cyber Tire adds some smarts to your slicks

Nintendo explains Wii Fit shortages using familiar language

AMD roadmap leaked, dual core Phenoms could be around the corner

Apple acknowledges iPhone passcode flaw, promises fix next month

Sony debuts Bravia BDV-IT1000 Blu-ray home theater system

Amazon puts the kibosh on Kindle 2.0 rumors

Google talks Android Market app store

Wired

Novelist Neal Stephenson Once Again Proves He's the King of the Worlds

Cowboy Upgrade: Welcome to the NFL's Next Flagship Arena

Aug. 29, 1965: Long-Distance Calling ... Very Long Distance

Obama Address Sets Internet On Fire

Gallery: American Dreamers Run Free at Burning Man

How to Download MP3s From Streaming Music Sites

Make Your Own Custom YouTube-Video Player

Mazda Building a Volt of Its Own

FBI: Uploader Confessed to Pre-releasing Guns N' Roses Tracks

'Babylon A.D.': Add Another Mangled Movie to the List

Slashdot

SSD Won't Make Sense In Laptops For Two Years

Comcast To Cap Data Transfers At 250 GB In October

Hashing Email Addresses For Web Considered Harmful

Black Screens For Unauthorized Copies of Windows

Cost-Effective Server Room Air Conditioning?

Bell Labs Kills Fundamental Physics Research

Will W3C Accept DRM For Webfonts?

Lenovo Requires NDA For Windows License Refund

Case Against Video-Sharing Site Dismissed

Slashdot's Disagree Mail

Science

Popular Science

Lean on Me (Or at Least a Monkey)

Of Brain Disease and Belly Ache

China: Gold Basket of the World

Surgery By Numbers

Huffing and Puffing

Follow That Robot!

Gridiron Gear Goes to War

FCC + Monopoly Sitting in a Tree...

The Baseball Replay Redux

J.J. Abrams Gets Lost Again

The Guardian

Quick-thinking flies are one jump ahead of the swatter

Rose George on the problem with recycling sewage into fertiliser

Environmentalists travel by car to Greece using waste vegetable oil as biofuel

Video: Giant panda birth

Computer virus infects orbiting space station

Obituary: Paul Tessier

From papyrus to the web: photographs of Dead Sea Scrolls to go online

Peta Bee reports on the hazards of buying herbal remedies on the internet

Keith Stuart, Gamesblog: Physics is a changing tide for games development

The world is becoming a happier place

The Great Beyond

Listen up: gene therapies help grow hairy hearing helpers

For and against Templeton

Fusion scientist reprimanded for misconduct

Mistake or insight?

Herbal medicines’ heavy metal problem

Songs about science part VIII: the astrobiology rap

Coral protection zones don't work

Ones that got away

Paparazzi out PAMELA

Indictment in pufferfish toxin case

Society

Salon

Liquoring up the Democrats

Everyone's favorite mean girl

Ask the pilot: Who cares what planes look like? I do! Why do they have to look so ugly and boring?

I married a Nazi -- the comedy

Why I love the city that brutalized me

Dr. Feelbad

WayLay

John Kerry: I learned my lesson in 2004

Biden -- and Kerry and Clinton -- go on the attack

Advice to Obama for his historic speech

Slate

Slate V:

Barack Obama's strong speech.

The latest from Slate's Democratic Convention Twitter feed.

Adventures of an accidental delegate.

You know, that old piece of paper the Bush administration shredded. Why is no one in Denver talking about it?

Does alcohol have more of an effect at high altitudes?

Slate V uncovers the real Denver rivalry.

Slate reader poll: What unwatched Netflix rental have you kept unwatched the longest?

Farhad Manjoo discusses the causes of Apple's recent troubles.

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The New Yorker

Rebecca Mead: The soaring ambition of Santiago Calatrava.

Nick Paumgarten: What happens when the downturn goes upmarket?

We Did Not Make Ourselves

Under Suspicion

Three’s Company

The Theatre

The Same Man

The Gargoyle

The End of Sleep

The Book of Dreams

Opinion

Daily Kos

Buchanan stuns co-panelists

Babington wrote piece before Obama's speech was finished

Fournier outsources AP anti-Obama attack

What "riveted" looks like

Frenzied Scattershot

"The strength and grace to bridge divides..."

"Tomorrow, We're Back At It"

Text of Obama's Acceptance Speech

Liveblogging the Convention

Live Blogging the Convention

The Huffington Post

Obama Speech: More Than 84,000 Attend

Thomas DeLorenzo: Universal Health Care Begins At Home

Joseph A. Palermo: He Came, He Saw, He Conquered!

Jacob Heilbrunn: Obama Goes On the Offense

Donald Miller: My email buddy, Barack Obama

Obama DNC Speech Reactions

Bridget Moloney: Labor Day Marathon Grilling: Magic or Misery?

Jack Hidary: Live From Invesco Field -- Obama: America, We Cannot Turn Back

James Love: Obama Delivers, And Then Some

David Sirota: Obama Speech: Convention Address Makes Economic Populism Central Thrust of Election 2008

FOX News

Louisiana Coast May Evacuate Friday as Gustav Stalks Gulf

Live Architecture: Grow Your Own Home

McCain Makes VP Pick

Iran's Military Advancements Not Just Show, Experts Say

Oxygen Bottle Burst on Qantas Flight, Investigation Reveals

Putin Accuses U.S. of Pushing Georgia to War

Former Marine Acquitted of Iraqi Killings in Landmark Trial

Bond for Missing Tot Caylee's Mom to Be Revoked

Top-Seeded Ivanovic Upset by Coin at U.S. Open

Magazine Recipe Typo Leads to Poisoned Cake Bakers

Games

IGN

Facebreaker Videos

Renegade Kid's Wii Game

PSN Picks (08.28.08)

Dick Tracy Screens

Lock's Quest: Story, Enemy, and Skills Trailer

The Sims 3 Developer Diary

Unsolved Crimes Hands-on

Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness - FAQ/guide

PSN Update (08.28.08)

The Revolution of I, Robot

IGN DS

Lock's Quest: Story, Enemy, and Skills Trailer

Unsolved Crimes Hands-on

Age of Empires: Mythologies Screens

The Cultures of Age of Empires: Mythologies

Age of Empires: Mythologies Trailer

Unsolved Crimes Videos

From the Abyss Arrives at Retail Today

THQ Tests Your Book Smarts This Fall with Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader?: Make the Grade

Detectives Close to Cracking Mysterious Disappearances as Unsolved Crimes for Nintendo DS Goes Gold

Zubo Video

N4G

PSP 2001 vs PSP 3000 - The Comparison

Microsoft Hardware teaser: 'Say Goodbye to Laser'

GTAIV DLC Rumored To Be Huge And Cost 1600 MS Points

First PS3 Firmware 2.5 Details

Microsoft Confirms "Porn Mode" For IE 8, Calls it "InPrivate" (Still Sounds Dirty)

Why The Xbox 360 Was Forced To Launch First

IGN: Infinite Undiscovery Review

The One Reason Too Human failed To Work

Sony unveils 240Hz LCD TV

IGN: Fable II: 10 Things You Absolutely Have to Know

Music

Tiny Mix Tapes

Tonight's Radiohead Show to be Webcasted Live

The Broken West Hit The North, South, East, and West This Fall!

No Age Add U.S. Leg to Tour, Garner Mixed Reviews by Amazon Users

Otis Redding

Mise en Abyme

RIP: Steve Foley, Replacements drummer

Björk Slams Journalists! Ouch...

Guy Who Leaked New Guns N' Roses Songs Arrested By FBI, Totally Worth It; New LP Rumored for Rainy November 25

Second Semester Sophomore Year We All Turned Gay

Richard Serra: Thinking on Your Feet

Pitchfork

Video: Radiohead: Live Webcast from Santa Barbara, Calif.

Pitchfork.tv: Plants and Animals: Live on "Don't Look Down"

Stars Announce Sad Robots EP

New Music: Lou Reed [ft. Antony Hegarty]: "Caroline Says, Pt. II" (Live) [MP3]

The Cure Reveal New Album Title

Witch, Witchcraft, Warlocks, Earthless Do Manifest Fest

Radiohead to Webcast Tonight's Show Live

Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid Announce New Joint LP

On Repeat: High Places: "From Stardust to Sentience" [MP3/Stream]

Photos: Low / Tapes 'n Tapes Members at Obama Benefit [Saint Paul, MN; 08/27/08]

NME

NME.COM - News

REM man curates two new compilations

Oasis announce club show in New York

Radiohead to webcast last US show tonight

US Olympic champ Michael Phelps to present at VMAs

Neon Neon, The Virgins, Duke Spirit for CMJ

M.I.A.: 'I didn't want to make music again'

Axl Rose fancies Kelly Osbourne - Tabloid Hell

Suge Knight released from jail

Zooey Deschanel and M Ward announce fall US dates

Film

Village Voice

A Dreyer Duo—Day of Wrath at the IFC and Vampyr  on DVD

John Carpenter Lives in a BAM Retrospective

Social Climbing Through Politically Turbulent Times in I Served the King of England

Lincoln Center Honors Charlton Heston

My Mexican Shivah

The Sensation of Sight

Traitor

Two Films @ Two Boots

The Absurdist Bloodshed of Takashi Miike's Sukiyaki Western Django

Year of the Fish

Rotten Tomatoes

Box Office Guru Preview: Vin Diesel Leads Final Charge of Summer

Critics Consensus: Babylon Condemned, Traitor Fails

New Images: Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire

Summer Box Office Sets New Record

Sony Auctions Spider-Man 4 Role for Charity

Neveldine and Taylor Talk Crank 2, Jonah Hex

Luhrmann's Australia Slightly Delayed

Dragonball Story Outline Revealed

Rain of Madness Available for Free on iTunes

Downey, Fey in Talks for Animated Superhero Spoof

Empire

Two Writers For The Boys

Ashley Greene Signs On For Summer

Australia Pushed Back To Thanksgiving

Jason Statham Photo Special

Get Ready For Facebook: The Movie

The Strangers Set For A Sequel

George Clooney Is Up In The Air

Solondz Plans Sequel To Happiness

New Pics From Oliver Stone’s W

Something Borrowed For Hilary Swank

Humor

The Onion

Report: Turkey Sandwiches An Excellent Source Of Turkey Sandwiches

Amish Population Boom

Hawaii Wins Little League World Series

Report: Dwyane Wade Left Cell-Phone Charger In China

[audio] Challenging New Iraq War Video Game Will Take 14 Years To Play

Cheney To Speak At Republican Convention From Section 109, Row 56, Seat 3

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FBI Launches Nationwide Manhunt For New Office Manager

Obama Modifies 'Yes We Can' Message To Exclude Area Loser

America Needs To Have A Superficial Conversation About Race

Fark

[Florida] Two geezer former mayors get in fight after primary, activate their LifeAlerts, end up in hospital with chest pains

[Scary] Old and busted: Crazy Cat Lady. New hotness: Crazy Cobra Dude

[Strange] Baby in 30ft fall horror saved by his dirty diaper

[Interesting] Woman sues PA town after being denied permit to open a pole-dancing studio

[Photoshop] Photoshop this blind pianist

[Followup] Fat cat Prince Chunk not so chunky after all. Only 22 pounds. Another tubby tabby, Shamu, much more of a whale

[Unlikely] Emotional pain "hurts more than physical pain", claim scientists who have never taken a hard one to the nads

[Fail] Fake $3 bill with Obama in an Arabic headdress? Check. Openly racist text on said "currency"? Yup. Party chair having no idea how the bills got in the GOP booth ? You betcha

[Hero] Woman spots cancer in a baby through an online photo, informs the mother

[Scary] Women's rights in Iraq - "Hey we can blow people up just as good as men can"

Truemors

Abercrombie & Fitch Judge Workers Based on Looks

Afghan Spider Puts Soldier’s Family On the Run

Chinese Diagnosed With “Olympic Syndrome”

Fashion on the Go: Style.com Launching iPhone App

Muppet Show Return Movin’ Right Along

Armani Designing Villas for $1.8B Egyptian Development

NYC Fashion Week to Feature Health Initiative Booths

WB Financing Coco Chanel Biopic Starring Audrey Tautou

Time Runs Out for “100 Things To Do Before You Die” Author

The Hot Seat a No-No for Sperm

Intervention with Kristin Chenoweth
Intervention with Kristin Chenoweth
Office Survivalist
Office Survivalist
McCain's Roommates
McCain's Roommates
Speedo Tuxedo
Speedo Tuxedo
PSI: Missing Keys
PSI: Missing Keys
Michael Phelps Sex Tape
Michael Phelps Sex Tape
Pranksville USA
Pranksville USA
Buzz Sites

Digg

Leipzig: The real-life Half-Life 2 [PICS]

Men Want Women To Be Traditional-Women HAPPY To Be Housewife

Trial Against The Pirate Bay Delayed

Kitten of War (PIC)

Sex ads on Denver Craigslist spike with Democrats' arrival

Crazy. City-In-a-Pyramid Could House a Million Dubaians.

A Black Man, Living in D.C. Dies Younger Than a Man in India

Giant Clams Fed Early Humans

Study says eyes evolved for X-Ray vision

How You Can "Save" PC Gaming

Reddit

reddit.com: what's new online

It's official: Comcast starts 250GB bandwidth caps October 1

Vote up if you thought Obama did a good job with his speech

Cops threaten girl, 23, to turn informant or face 5 yr jail term for posessing weed--they give her 13K and tell her to buy drugs and a gun from dealers she never met. She's dead now.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has accused the US of provoking the conflict in Georgia, possibly for domestic election purposes.

FUCKEN PARTY!!!! [pic]

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

Cool! An Interactive Site That Shows You How Much Your Taxes Will Be Lowered Under Obama's Tax Plan

This video is simply awesome. It slowly zooms in on concrete until it reaches the atoms, while verbally explains what we're seeing. I wish there were others like it taken of different materials.

What Michael Jackson should look like.

Technorati

Natgas cars: Clean, green, going nowhere

Lesbian rights pioneer Del Martin dies at 87

Romney Is Top V.P. Choice Of GOP Delegates

What Bush Taught McCain

John McCain:

Lexington:

Private equity and banks:

Twilight Voted Most Anticipated Movie Of The Fall On Fandango

Breaking - Android Market announced

Court Upholds KPMG Ruling