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Reuters

Russia's Medvedev looks east for support on Georgia

Sudanese plane hijackers surrender in Libya

Malaysia's Anwar rejoins parliament, heads opposition

Suspected bomber attacks Pakistani police bus

Some 70 migrants feared missing in Mediterranean

Israeli peace pioneer Abie Nathan dies at 81

U.N. official freed in Somalia but MSF closes clinic

Thai protesters defy PM ultimatum to leave

Iraq says U.S. agreed troop pullout compromise

Ten Koreans killed in Philippine traffic accident

New York Times

Military Sending Foreign Fighters to Home Nations

Russia Adopts Blustery Tone Set by Envoy

U.S. Officials Describe Afghan Airstrike

U.S.-Pakistani Brainstorming on Border Violence

7 Are Killed and Family Is Captive in Kashmir

U.S. to Hand Over Security in Anbar to the Iraqis

Switzerland Frees $60 Million in Zardari’s Assets

Protesters Face Police in Thailand

As Food Prices Soar, Brazil and Argentina React in Opposite Ways

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

BBC

Bill Clinton backs Obama for president

Russia faces fresh condemnation

Gaddafi charged over cleric kidnap

Malta fears 71 migrants drowned

Pakistan blast targets prison bus

Thai protesters ordered arrested

Ex-London mayor to advise Chavez

Mugabe 'to form government alone'

Rottweiler fights dog to save boy

Leaking mushroom soup forces plane to make unplanned landing

MSNBC
Aug. 27: The Treasury Department reports Savings and Loans lost $5.4 billion in the second quarter as a result of bad mortgages and other loans. NBC's Brian Williams reports. (Nightly News)S&Ls post second-largest loss everAug. 27: NBC's Brian Williams talks to Michelle Obama about speech-writing, child-rearing and relating to Cindy McCain. (Nightly News)Michelle Obama on the Bidens: 'Our families clicked'Aug. 27: Former president Bill Clinton addresses the crowd at the Democratic National Convention telling them to support Barack Obama for president because he “is ready to lead America and restore American leadership in the world.” (MSNBC)Clinton: 'I want you to support Barack Obama’Aug. 27: NBC's Brian Williams, Andrea Mitchell and Chuck Todd report.  (Nightly News)Hillary Clinton announces Obama's nomination at DNCAug. 27: NBC’s Tom Brokaw reflects on the “huge step” Americans are taking by not only nominating Barack Obama as president but starting to come to terms with the racial complexities that affect the nation.  (MSNBC)Brokaw: ‘A moment to remember’Aug. 27: The Portland zoo's newest mother elephant and her calf are being re-introduced to one another after experiencing a violent birth. KGW's Jane Smith has the details. (NBC News Channel)Baby and mama elephants re-introducedAug. 27:  Tiger Woods talks to CNBC's Bill Griffeth about his injured knee, uncertain return to golf, and outside business ventures. (CNBC)Woods: 'I don't know when I'm playing again'Aug. 27: King James Oladipo Aroko-Ola Buremoh is the hereditary monarch of the Nigerian town of Idera, and a New York City tour guide. WNBC's Vivian Lee reports. (NBC News Channel)Nigerian king a NYC tour guide
Business

The Economist

Drugs

Market.view

Asia.view

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

Pakistan's coaliton government splits as instability grows

The Democratic National Convention

As a political statement the Beijing Olympics had mixed results

Business.view

Religion and politics

Green.view

BusinessWeek

Amazon Beefs Up Kindle Franchise

Chrysler Crunch Hits the Viper

Internet Calls on Planes: The Genie's Out

Credit-Card Rage

Party Time in Denver for Lobbyists

MBA Applications Surge Again

London Games 2012: Lessons From Beijing

Newark and the Future of Crime Fighting

Coke's New Design Direction

Survey Says: People Are Happier

Forbes

The World's Billionaires

Best U.S. Cities To Earn A Living

America's Best Colleges

The World's 100 Most Powerful Women

Microsoft's Sneak Attack On Google

America's Fastest-Dying Cities

Thornburg Fights To Stay Afloat

Another Storm Brewing For Vytorin

The World's Biggest Companies

Forget Obama. I Just Saw Anne Hathaway.

Tech

Engadget

SanDisk Extreme III SDHC cards hit 30MB/s

BlackBerry Storm 9530 for Verizon gets boxed

Creative X-Fi Go! mobile sound card set to appear at IFA

JVC's NX-BD3 system enters the Blu-ray HTIB arena

Eyes-on with LG's NB41 Blu-ray NAS

LG injects 7000-series HDTVs with Bluetooth at IFA

Two-inch-square Space Cube computer gets shown off

Peak's Starpex wooden guitar controller gets the hands-on treatment

MSI rolls out EX300, EX400 laptops

Sony intros TA-DA5400ES and TA-DA3400ES AV receivers

Wired

Tropical Storm Gustav Takes Aim at U.S. Energy Infrastructure

How to Build a 3-D Theater

'True Blood' Vampires Dig Sex, Gore and Wild Abandon

IE8 Catches Up, Shows Improvements With Beta 2

Bell Labs Kills Fundamental Physics Research

Latest Wikileaks Prize for Sale to the Highest Bidder

Can TiVo Stop Bleeding Subscribers?

Synthetic Blood From Stem Cells? Yes, a Company Says

Best Western Rebuts Claims of Massive Data Breach

FAA Says Communication Breakdown Delayed Flights

Slashdot

New Map From Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope

45th Known Mersenne Prime Found?

The Power Grid Can't Handle Wind Farms

Digital Storage To Survive a 25-Year Dirt Nap?

Andy Hertzfeld Shares His Thoughts on 25 Years of the Mac

Full Immersion Cooling Comes To Desktop PCs

Mozilla Labs' "Ubiquity" Helps Automate Web Interactions

Corporate Gaming Is Good For Business

Capturing 3D Surfaces Simply With a Flash Camera

Zero Day Threat

Science

Popular Science

FCC + Monopoly Sitting in a Tree...

The Baseball Replay Redux

J.J. Abrams Gets Lost Again

The Greening of Fresh Kills: In Graphic Exposition

Next-Wave Astrovan: Canadians Pen All-Electric Concept With Aeronautic Touches

Spying From On High

Cow Compass

How Long Would it Take to Walk a Light-Year?

What's Next For Outdoor Adventurers

Make A Walking Beast

The Guardian

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

The world is becoming a happier place

New steam technology to turn car engine's waste heat into power

Noel Sharkey: Children should not have taken part in MoD's Grand Challenge

University of Central Lancashire homeopathy degree suspended after criticism

James Randerson: Can humans sense the Earth's magnetic field?

Ayurvedic medicine: Toxic metals in remedies for sale on internet

The Great Beyond

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

Frigid nights may halt Australia’s warty green menace

Researchers praise Neander-tools

Ones that got away

Solar plane stays aloft for 3.5 days

Society

Salon

Advice to Obama for his historic speech

Hail and farewell

The road to Wikipedia

The ultimate Japanese Shakespeare spaghetti western!

Tom the Dancing Bug

No more purple dinosaurs!

Ain't no wind in T. Boone Pickens' sails

"No way, no how, no McCain"

What makes Biden Biden?

When is a plot not a plot?

Slate

Slate V:

Googling the veep's speech.

Reactions to Bill Clinton's convention speech.

Bill by the numbers.

The latest from Slate's Democratic Convention Twitter feed.

A day in the life of Hillary Clinton's biggest fan.

Can you really "own American wind and sunshine"?

What Obama '08 can learn from Obama '04.

Kelly's mom haunts her dreams.

Plouffe whistles?

The New Yorker

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

Shalizar and Ravagh

Opinion

Daily Kos

Open Thread and Diary Rescue

Post-Convention Liveblogging

Live Blogging the Convention

Liveblogging the Convention

Live Blogging the Convention

Liveblogging the Convention

Live Blogging the Convention

Live Blogging the Convention

Liveblogging the Convention: Network poll edition

Live Blogging the Convention

The Huffington Post

Julia Roberts: Bikini Babe

Jack Hidary: Live from the Pepsi Center - Obama O-Mama!

Keith Olbermann Caught Saying About Mike Murphy: "Let's Wrap Him Up" (VIDEO)

NEW PHOTOS: Brad Pitt And George Clooney Premiere Film, Talk Babies

Kerry Trueman: Slow Food Nation: Taking America Out To The Foodshed

Harry Shearer: "Katrina and Cronyism"

Dems choose Obama in historic acclamation

Why Obama's Drop-in Was A Smart Move

RJ Eskow: That's Why They Call Him 'The Comeback Kid'

Biden says nation needs more than a good soldier

FOX News

La. Officials Declare State of Emergency Ahead of Gustav

Family Suspects Foul Play in Florida Mom's Death

'The Man for This Job'

Feds Seek Reduced Sentence for Jailed Lobbyist

1 Dead, 41 Hospitalized in Okla. E. Coli Outbreak

Report: Body in Car Driven by Missing Tot's Mom

Iraq: U.S. Sought to Maintain Troop Presence Until 2015

Drug Case Puts San Francisco Illegals Policy in Spotlight

Report: White House Calls Russia's Decisions 'Shortsighted'

Kuznetsova Tastes Victory in U.S. Open

Games

IGN

SingStar Legends - Song List (UK)

New Warhammer 40K Project for PS3 and 360

Reel Deal Slots iPhone Review

GTS World Racing iPhone Review

Vanguard: Saga of Heroes Trailer

Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir Video

FIFA 09 Screens

Infinite Undiscovery Video Review

FIFA 09 Screens

Smackdown vs. Raw 09 Video

IGN DS

Zubo Video

Smart Girl's Magical Book Club Review

MLB Power Pros 2008 Videos

MLB Power Pros 2008 Images

Neopets Puzzle Adventure Screens

Neopets Puzzle Adventure Hands-on

Neopets Puzzle Adventure Videos

Aspyr Media To Bring Stunning New Nintendo DS Titles for Kids to U.S. Shores

Encounter Mystery, Mayhem and Mummies in a Fun New Adventure Game for Nintendo DS

MLB Power Pros 2008 DS Review

N4G

Acer debut 'new console'

PSP 2001 vs PSP 3000 - The Comparison

GTAIV DLC Rumored To Be Huge And Cost 1600 MS Points

First PS3 Firmware 2.5 Details

Microsoft Hardware teaser: 'Say Goodbye to Laser'

Improved 360 Controller Confirmed and Dated

Why The Xbox 360 Was Forced To Launch First

New Halo Game: And its Not What You Think

The One Reason Too Human failed To Work

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

Music

Tiny Mix Tapes

Second Semester Sophomore Year We All Turned Gay

TMT Is Upgrading to a New Server!

Richard Serra: Thinking on Your Feet

=Eureka!=
Toshimaru Nakamura

Toshimaru Nakamura

Milez Benjiman

Animal Collective Expand European Tour, Me to Watch Eurotrip This Fall

Nick Cave, Burt Bacharach, Irma Thomas And More Head-Up Best Pop Montreal Lineup of All-Time

Goodbye 21st Century Geffen: Sonic Youth Leave Longtime Major Label for "Indie" Label

RIAA File-Sharing Lawsuit Victim Exhibits No Signs of Stockholm Syndrome, Turns to Free Culture Activism

Pitchfork

Pitchfork.tv: The Walkmen: "In the New Year" [Video Premiere]

Pitchfork.tv: Beach House: "Apple Orchard" (Live from Juan's Basement)

Photos: Be Your Own Pet's Final Show [London, England; 08/26/08]

On Repeat: Of Montreal: "Nonpareil of Favor" [MP3]

Pitchfork.tv: Adventure: "Ultrazone" [Video Premiere]

Guns N' Roses Leaker Dude Arrested by Feds!

New Music: The Shortwave Set: "Now Til '69 (Aeroplane Remix)" [Stream]

Fujiya & Miyagi Plot Fall Tour, Prep Nike Running Mix

Gutter Twins Cover Jose Gonzalez, Scott Walker on EP

Video: Common [ft. Pharrell]: "Announcement"

NME

NME.COM - News

Muslim youths ordered to protest Avril Lavigne Malaysia show

Lil' Wayne in court no-show for drugs charges

Snow Patrol announce US release of fifth album

R Kelly denies involvement with fraud scam

Blogger arrested for leaking Guns 'N Roses tracks

'Suge' Knight arrested on assault and drug charges

MGMT man clears up rumours about Kirsten Dunst romance

Slash to participate in free Q

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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

Sukiyaki Western Django

Year of the Fish

Rotten Tomatoes

Certified Fresh Picks from the WB Vault

Total Recall: History of the Spoof Movie, Part One

Exclusive Clip: Sukiyaki Western Django

No Bat-Plans for Nolan Just Yet

Roberto Orci Answers Transformers 2 Questions

NYT Probes the Murky Side of Movie Rights

Marvel Heroes Turning Japanese

Dragonball Trailer Gets a Date

Spielberg Still On Board for Tintin

PETA Doc Examines Chimp Abuse

Empire

New Pics From Oliver Stone’s W

Something Borrowed For Hilary Swank

Christopher Landon Has Burning Palms

Columbia Has A Bad Teacher

Audrey Tautou To Play Coco Chanel

Trailer For The Coffin Online

Exclusive: On-Set Twilight Image

New Che Poster Online

Two More Riddick Films Coming?

Woody Harrelson Joins Zombieland

Humor

The Onion

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

Moisturizers Cause Cancer In Mice

[audio] New Flavored Fork Adds Taste Of Ham To Every Meal

[audio] Hundreds Of Musicians Removed From Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame For Drug Use

Bush Lets War Widow Punch His Arm Once

Seinfeld To Revive Microsoft

Fark

[Strange] If you're a guy who enjoys sitting through long traffic jams because of your heated car seat, you never have to buy another condom ever again

[Farktography] Theme of Farktography Contest No. 173: "Panoramics" Details and rules in first post. LGT next week's theme

[Amusing] Portland "green" gym to generate its own energy from rooftop solar panels, patrons' exercise bikes and treadmills, and their inexhaustible supply of smug

[Obvious] Alcohol found to be linked to assaults. I swear to God, if *hic* this doesn't get greenlit, I'm gonna punch someone in the face

[Scary] The crane's to blame, it's mainly in the train

[Fail] Today on ask Billy Graham: My wife is disabled because of a stroke, some of my friends are telling me I'm crazy not to find a mistress. How can I explain to them that God wants me to be faithful?

[Photoshop] Photoshop this sky rider

[Strange] Jar of mushrooms leaking onto passenger with mushroom allergy forces Boeing 737 to make emergency landing

[Scary] It's still too early to buy tickets to Katrina II: Electric Boogaloo, but it appears to be deep into post-production

[Amusing] Angry that his in-laws won't leave his home, man does the logical thing and calls the cops then storms upstairs and tears up his wife's new $28 bra

Truemors

Hot Dogs Cause Cancer! Well, Maybe Not

Surfer Creates a Truly “Universal” Theory

German Men Boast Beauty Regime Savviness

Urban Outfitters Enjoying Growth Despite Economy

American Doctor Comes to the Rescue of “Tree Man”

U.S. Gymnasts Ink Deals with CoverGirl

Yves Saint Laurent Handing Out Free Bags

$40 Million for Mattel in Bratz Payout

Time is Precious in the World of Customer Service

Birth of Two-Headed Child in Bangladesh

Intervention with Kristin Chenoweth
Intervention with Kristin Chenoweth
Office Survivalist
Office Survivalist
Michael Phelps Sex Tape
Michael Phelps Sex Tape
Diddy Blog #12 - Gas Prices
Diddy Blog #12 - Gas Prices
Reading The Paper
Reading The Paper
Doctor - Downs
Doctor - Downs
Olympic Fart
Olympic Fart
Buzz Sites

Digg

How to Deal with Difficult People

Games Demystified: Portal

Apple Imperfect

Rappers Bow Wow and The Game Wager $100k on Madden Game

The Truest Graffiti Message You'll See All Day

Applebee's Food Comes With Delicious "Use By" Sticker

ObamaTaxCut.com - What's your Obama Tax Cut?

MIT Says U.S. Could Cut Fuel Use 50% by 2035

Japanese Physicists Aim to Unlock Universe's Mysteries

Tattoos Can Be Removed By Cream without Pain Or Scarring

Reddit

Gummy Bear in molten potassium chlorate.

Vote up if you are an American or Iranian who holds no ill will to your international counterpart and wish your governments would chill the fuck out.

Jon Stewart to print reporters: "How can you keep talking to people who are lying to you? This loveless marriage has to be unconsummated"

Piracy Vs Theft [PIC]

Password must be 6 letters: yes. Must contain a numeral: yes. Must not say your bank is pants: WTF?

Ten Sci-Fi Movies That Don't Get the Credit They Deserve

U.S. soldiers say they executed Iraqis on riverbank

Man takes over the barbie fishing rod for his daughter. Man breaks N. Carolina's fishing record.

Got A Bootleg Copy of XP? Expect to be Nagged Endlessly

The Dirty Secret of Clean Energy- "While generating it is getting easier, moving it to market is not."

Technorati

Sony intros TA-DA5400ES and TA-DA3400ES AV receivers

So You Think You Can Dance With Lance

permalink to Mackenzie Phillips Collared for Drugs

Live From Hillary Clinton Delegate Meeting UPDATE

John McCain Relaunches His Social Network. Its Surprisingly Good.

CE-Oh no he didn't! Part LVIII: NVIDIA CEO doesn't know what Larrabee is, doesn't care

LGBT rights pioneer Del Martin passes away

The 52-Week Low Club 8/27/2008 (F)(NEXM)(CEGE)(AMLN)

Garmin's Nuvifone teases its way through another trade show

Shannen Doherty & Jennie Garth Cover Entertainment Weekly