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Texas jury rejects lawsuit against Osteen's wife (AP) » Full Story

Rusty Hardin, right, attorney for Lakewood Church co-pastor Victoria Osteen, center, and her husband, Joel Osteen, left, give a news conference in the Harris County Civil Courthouse in Houston on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2008 after a jury found that Victoria Osteen had not committed an assault against Continental Airlines flight attendant Sharon Brown. (AP Photo/The Houston Chonicle, Steve Ueckert)AP - The wife of televangelist Joel Osteen thanked and praised God after a jury unanimously decided Thursday that she did not assault a flight attendant during an alleged tirade over a stain on her first-class seat.




Woman who had dogs cloned wanted in Tennessee (AP) » Full Story

In this Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2008, file photo, Bernann McKinney of the U.S. holds one of five cloned pitbull pupies during her first meeting with them at the Seoul National University Hospital for Animals in Seoul, South Korea. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)AP - A woman who made headlines by having five pups cloned and was linked to an abduction case in England is also wanted in Tennessee on charges she tried to plan a burglary in 2004, a defense attorney and prosecutors there said.




Idaho killer's jury hears voice of abducted girl (AP) » Full Story

In this artist's rendering,  Joseph Edward Duncan III listens to opening statements in the sentencing phase of his death penalty case in U.S. District Court in Boise, Idaho on Wednesday Aug. 13, 2008. A jury that will decide whether Duncan, a convicted pedophile should be executed listened Wednesday as a prosecutor graphically described how the man killed members of an Idaho family, abducted two children and abused the youngsters at a campsite before murdering one of them.  (AP Photo/Ward Hooper)AP - Jurors deciding whether a convicted sex offender who killed four people should be executed heard Thursday the voice of a little girl who endured weeks of torture and despair but survived the 2005 attack that decimated her family.




Links between Ark. Democrat leader, killer unclear (AP) » Full Story

This undated photo released by the Little Rock Police Department on Wednesday Aug. 13, 2008 shows a man identified by the police as Timothy Dale Johnson . Johnson barged into the Arkansas Democratic headquarters Wednesday and fatally shot the state party chairman before speeding off in his pickup. Police later shot and killed the suspect after a 30-mile chase. (AP Photo/Little Rock Police Dept)AP - The killer of Arkansas' Democratic Party chairman had written his victim's name on a Post-It note and had two sets of car keys from his victim's car dealership, but links between the men and a motive for the slaying remained a mystery to investigators Thursday.





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Barack Obama blinks in Hillary face-off - New York Daily News » Full Story

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Barack Obama blinks in Hillary face-off
New York Daily News - 1 hour ago
Obama blinked and stands guilty of appeasing Clinton by agreeing to a roll call vote for her nomination. That he might not have had much choice if he wanted peace only proves the point that he's playing defense at his own convention.
Video: Hillary's Last Stand CBS
Will Detroit's Embattled Mayor Attend the Democratic National ... FOXNews
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State's students make modest progress in English, math - Daily Review Online » Full Story

Washington Post

State's students make modest progress in English, math
Daily Review Online - 1 hour ago
By Kimberly S. Wetzel and Kristofer Noceda California's 4.7 million students continue to make modest gains in English and math comprehension, but less than half meet state and federal standards in the subjects, according to 2008 test data released ...
Area ACT scores steadily creeping up Daily Home Online
Record year for A grades that highlights north-south divide guardian.co.uk
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Rapid Growth Found in Oxygen-Starved Ocean ‘Dead Zones’ - New York Times » Full Story

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Rapid Growth Found in Oxygen-Starved Ocean ‘Dead Zones’
New York Times - 1 hour ago
By BINA VENKATARAMAN Many coastal areas of the world’s oceans are being starved of oxygen at an alarming rate, with vast stretches along the seafloor depleted of it to the point that they can barely sustain marine life, researchers are reporting.
Scientists: Ocean dead zones on the rise at startling rate San Francisco Chronicle
Coastal 'dead zones' spread globally, study finds Reuters
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Sen. Stevens Wants Lying Charges Dropped - ABC News » Full Story

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Sen. Stevens Wants Lying Charges Dropped
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By JASON RYAN In a flurry of court filings filed late this afternoon, attorneys for Sen. Ted Stevens asked a federal court to dismiss the indictment that charges the Alaska Republican with concealing $250000 worth of gifts.
Sen. Stevens of Alaska asks judge to dismiss case Reuters
Stevens questions FBI authority in corruption case The Associated Press
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Georgians: We have Bigfoot carcass in freezer » Full Story
A policeman and a former corrections officer say that on Friday they will unveil evidence of what they claim is their biggest capture ever -- the body of Bigfoot. The Bigfoot-hunting hobbyists from north Georgia say they found the creature's body in a wooded area -- and spotted several similar creatures that were still alive.



U.S., Libya deal closes book on Lockerbie » Full Story
Libya will pay hundreds of millions of dollars to victims of terrorist attacks involving Americans in an agreement signed and finalized Thursday, the U.S. State Department said.



Jury: Osteen did not assault flight attendant » Full Story
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U.S. traffic death rate at record low » Full Story
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U.S. court rules Saudi Arabia immune in 9/11 case » Full Story
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, four princes and other Saudi entities are immune from a lawsuit filed by victims of the September 11 attacks and their families alleging they gave material support to al Qaeda, a federal appeals court ruled on Thursday.



FAA proposes $7.1 million fine against American » Full Story
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - American Airlines, a unit of AMR Corp, knowingly flew planes that needed safety repairs, the U.S. government charged on Thursday in a letter that proposed a $7.1 million fine against the carrier.



U.S. court to rehear case of Canadian sent to Syria » Full Story
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. court will take the unusual step of rehearing a lawsuit it earlier rejected from a Canadian who claims the U.S. government sent him illegally to Syria where he was tortured for a year, lawyers said on Thursday.




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