MiamiHerald.com

House Votes to Add Billion to 'Cash for Clunkers'BloombergJuly 31 (Bloomberg) — The US House approved an emergency measure to add billion to the “cash for clunkers” automobile purchase program after a burst of demand exhausted most of the initial billion in less than a week. …Cash for Clunkers nearly in gearCNNMoney.com'Cash […]

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Straits Times

Obama says "guardedly optimistic" after GDP figuresReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Friday he was "guardedly optimistic" about the direction of the US economy after GDP figures showed the economy shrank modestly in the second quarter. "Today's GDP is an important sign that the …Obama to speak at 1:15 pm ETUSA TodayPresident […]

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Telegraph.co.uk

After beers, professor, officer plan to meet againCNN InternationalWASHINGTON (CNN) — The officer who arrested a top African-American professor said talks over beers Thursday evening at the White House were productive and the two men plan to meet again. Sgt. James Crowley and professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. sit down …Was President Obama's Suds Summit […]

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Filed under: Wacky & Weird, Hot Bodies
TMZ.com: They’re real and they’re spectacular — and yesterday in NYC, Michelle Rodriguez was beggin’ our photographer to have some hands-on interaction with her rack.Don’t worry, our guy knew better….
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Filed under: Wacky & Weird
TMZ.com: It’s been 25 years since she left 70s/80s group Shalamar — but according to Jody Watley, who referred to herself in the third person yesterday in DC, “it’s 2009, not 1984″ and she’s definitely not hankering for a reunion.
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Telegraph.co.uk

Iranian protesters clash with security forces during Neda Soltan …guardian.co.ukTens of thousands of Iranian protestors took to the streets of central Tehran tonight to clash with security forces after a day of unrest marking the memory of Neda Soltan, the young woman whose killing came to symbolise the brutal crackdown after …Neda honoured at Iran […]

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BBC News

Michael Jackson's mother to keep custody of kidsNME.comMichael Jackson's mother Katherine will retain custody of his three children, after coming to an agreement with the mother of his two elder kids. Debbie Rowe will have visitation with Prince Michael Jr. , 12, and Paris Michael Katherine, 11, …Michael Jackson Custody Case Resolution Expected ShortlyMTV.comJackson […]

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ABC News

Obama, prof, cop to sit down over brewsCNN InternationalWASHINGTON (CNN) — President Obama will sit down for a beer at the White House Thursday night with a top African-American professor and the policeman who arrested him earlier this month. President Obama has invited police Sgt. James Crowley and …Apologies aren't expected at Obama 'beer […]

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National Post

Times: Manny, Ortiz tested positive in '03MLB.comAccording to lawyers who spoke to the The New York Times, and whose names were not revealed, David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez are on the list of 104 players who tested positive in Major League Baseball's 2003 survey testing for …Ortiz endorses a V-Mart dealBoston GlobeOrtiz and Ramirez […]

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ABC News

Obama, prof, cop to sit down over brewsCNN InternationalWASHINGTON (CNN) — President Obama will sit down for a beer at the White House Thursday night with a top African-American professor and the policeman who arrested him earlier this month. President Obama has invited police Sgt. James Crowley and …Not many (public) words expected at […]

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