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2010-07-31: Headlines

Centre Daily Times: No end in sight to economic pain 2010-07-31
The pain coursing through American families is all too real and no one seems to know what to do about it. A rigorous new analysis for the Rockefeller Foundation shows that Americans are more economically insecure now than they have been in a quarter of a century, and the trend lines suggest that things will only get worse. | src="http:/ / media.centredaily.com/ smedia/ 2010/ 07/ 31/ 01/ cdt-20100731-A006-noendinsighttoe-10749-MI0002.thumb."
Ottawa Citizen: Citizens index 2010-07-31
Division of Canwest Publishing Inc. | More than 300 people lined up outside the Apple Store in the Rideau Centre early Friday morning to get their hands on Apple's latest product, the iPhone 4. | Doomsayers relax: we can, in fact, feed the population of nine billion the world is expected to have by 2050. But to do this, we'll have to abandon our irrational prejudice against genetically modified... | I just called, to say, I'm ...
Sacramento Bee: Broken Dreams: Auto shop owner beset by break-ins, frustrated by police 2010-07-31
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Vancouver Sun: Impaired driving incidents up 16.4 per cent over three years 2010-07-31
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The Desert Sun: Divisional makeup may include zipper format 2010-07-31
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Sify: Post-traumatic stress disorder lingers even 20 yrs after war 2010-07-31
In a study focusing on a region of Liberia, researchers found that the prevalence of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) remains high nearly two decades after the principal conflict there and five...
India Today: Pro-Telangana party sweeps Andhra Pradesh bypolls 2010-07-31
Eleven TRS candidates and one from the BJP-they had all quit their assembly seats in February to force the Centre to carve out a separate Telangana state-were re-elected with a much higher margin than their Congress and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) rivals.
Sify: TRS chief demands separate statehood after massive poll win 2010-07-31
Hyderabad: Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao has said the party's victory in by-elections in the Telangana region nothing less than a referendum for the creation of a separate state, and asked the Centre to take immediate steps in this regard. | "I humbly appealed to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi that please deliver Telangana state without any further loss of time."
Sioux Falls Argus Leader: Editorial: Kids Count survey difficult to decipher 2010-07-31
The results of the recent Kids Count survey, which annually examines the well being of children based on 10 measurements, can be difficult to interpret fairly.
The Rice Thresher: Former Dean Brotzen dies at 94 2010-07-31
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Ottawa Citizen: The End of Forgetting 2010-07-31
Division of Canwest Publishing Inc. | More than 300 people lined up outside the Apple Store in the Rideau Centre early Friday morning to get their hands on Apple's latest product, the iPhone 4. | Doomsayers relax: we can, in fact, feed the population of nine billion the world is expected to have by 2050. But to do this, we'll have to abandon our irrational prejudice against genetically modified... | I just called, to say, I'm ...
Sacramento Bee: Viewpoints: City missed a chance on youth jobs 2010-07-31
The Sacramento City Council meeting of Tuesday, July 20 was a losing night for the youth of Sacramento. Politics and process trumped the needs of Sacramento youth. | The city is currently dismantling the Office of Youth Development; funds for school attendance centers are being cut, and other vital services have disappeared. This fiscal crisis has been increasing over the past two years.
Times LIVE: Zanzibar holds peace referendum 2010-07-31
Zanzibar is holding a referendum aimed at forming a coalition after upcoming polls in a bid to neutralise the bloo...
Virgin Islands Daily News: DANIEL SHEA, Daily News Staff : Historical Trust receives grant to study Battle of St. Thomas 2010-07-31
A National Park Service grant will be used to study the Battle of St. Thomas and Fort Frederik on Hassel Island. | Details are sparse about what happened more than 200 years ago off Hassel Island, but the St. Thomas Historical Trust has an opportunity to bring history to life.With a $44,500 grant it received from the National Park Service, the trust plans to research the historic battle of St.
WireUpdate: At least 170 injured after moderate earthquakes hit northeastern, southern Iran 2010-07-31
At least 170 people were injured and scores of homes were damaged after a moderate earthquake struck northeastern Iran on late Friday afternoon, officials said. A second earthquake, in the country's south, struck on Saturday. | The first earthquake at 6.20 p.m. local time (1350 GMT) on Friday, with a strength of 5.7 on the Richter scale, was centered approximately 7 kilometers (4.3 miles)
National Post: Cleanup time for Obama 2010-07-31
Barack Obama greets Chrysler workers yesterday in Detroit as part of his heartland outreach tour. | about the recovery underway. | Sign up to the Financial Post newsletter today.
Ottawa Citizen: Preventive detention can save lives 2010-07-31
Division of Canwest Publishing Inc. | More than 300 people lined up outside the Apple Store in the Rideau Centre early Friday morning to get their hands on Apple's latest product, the iPhone 4. | Doomsayers relax: we can, in fact, feed the population of nine billion the world is expected to have by 2050. But to do this, we'll have to abandon our irrational prejudice against genetically modified... | I just called, to say, I'm ...
Blogger News Network: In Britain they are the masters now 2010-07-31
High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. | It was Herbert Morrison who declared after Labour's landslide election victory in 1945 that "We are the masters now". The "We" in that case went beyond Party and referred to a whole class — the working classes of Britain had their men in power for the first time in history.
Twin Falls Times-News: F Wolves not causing most elk losses 2010-07-31
Keywords: research is showing the predators have gotten a bum rap. | populations are declining and wolves are culprits in few. | declining elk populations aren't holding up. | provide exact numbers. | snapshot of what was happening across the state," White said. | killed 20 percent of the Lolo sample, or about six elk. | Game's survival goal of 88 percent. | factor of elk decline may be high human population growth."
Medical News Today: Broadening Partnerships To Spur Medical Advances For War Injuries 2010-07-31
Ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have stretched the resources available for preventing and treating many of the visible and invisible wounds facing today's service members.
Baltimore Sun: Capacity of planned juvenile jail in Baltimore eyed 2010-07-31
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City College News: Student Opinion Divided Over Conflict in Somalia 2010-07-31
Somalia is a country torn by conflict, home to a people divided by history. | After nearly sixteen years submerged in anarchy, controlled by various warring clans, new measures to consolidate power on the part of militant Islamists and the recent transitional government have caused a great divide in opinion in Somalia and around the world; MCTC's student population reflects stances on all sides of this issue.

2010-07-30: Headlines

Eurasia Review: SAAG: Myanmar: Than Shwes Visit To India 2010-07-30
U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates says he h ... | Retired U.S. Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen, who ov... | U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon spoke with several... | Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and other... | By C. S. Kuppuswamy Myanmar€™s Head of State, Senior General Than Shwe visited India from 25 to 29 July 2010.
Vancouver Sun: BC plays catch-up with family law reform 2010-07-30
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The Spokesman Review: Leak exposes bad war policy 2010-07-30
Sorry, but you need to be logged in to share stories via e-mail. This helps us prevent abuse of our e-mail system. | Don\'t have a Spokesman.com account? Create one here for free. | Wikileaks.org has done it again, publishing thousands of classified documents about the U.S. war in Afghanistan.
Corvallis Gazette Times: Beavers among favorites in Pac-10 race 2010-07-30
Keywords: details of the historic stadium. | the postseason - to play in the granddaddy of them all. | day's competition and he wasn't able to enjoy the experience. | quest to play there on New Year's Day as the Pac-10 champion. | playing for," Rodgers said Thursday in a phone interview. | this year after coming a Civil War loss away the last two seasons. | years due to NCAA infractions. | to bring your A-game each week to win it."
EUobserver.com: Bulgarias murder bureau targetted emigre dissidents 2010-07-30
Bulgaria's Communist-era security agency, the dreaded Committee for State Security, maintained a top secret unit in charge of kidnapping, discrediting and killing of Bulgarian émigrés around the world long before the notorious assassination of writer Georgi Markov in London in 1978, it can be revealed. | The secretive Cold War structure, dubbed "Service 7"
Kyodo News: FEATURE: British potter traces familys turbulent past through Japanese carvings 2010-07-30
Sorry, but you need to be logged in to share stories via e-mail. This helps us prevent abuse of our e-mail system. | Don\'t have a Spokesman.com account? Create one here for free. | Wikileaks.org has done it again, publishing thousands of classified documents about the U.S. war in Afghanistan.
Regina Leader-Post: Aylesbury -- its all in the name 2010-07-30
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Denver Post: HIV and the US-led war on drugs 2010-07-30
Last week, thousands of scientists, physicians and activists fighting the HIV and AIDS pandemic around the world gathered in Vienna to discuss the latest breakthroughs — and frustrations. | There were reports on several landmark studies describing the crucial role that treatments can play in reducing the infectiousness of HIV-positive individuals.
Haaretz: Avoiding the land mines 2010-07-30
Netanyahu appointed Yaakov Neeman as justice minister to be a troubleshooter in his troubled coalition. But it turns out 'Yankele' is causing the problems, not solving them.
AlterNet.org: Daniela Perdomo: Will California Legalize Pot? 2010-07-30
With only a few months to go until the election, the campaign to legalize marijuana in California has only $50,000 in cash on hand. The question now is: How can it win?
ABC Online: Most Pakistanis see US as an enemy 2010-07-30
A new poll shows a majority of Pakistanis view the United States as an enemy, oppose the US-led war in Afghanistan and are less concerned about the Taliban and Al Qaeda than a year ago.
Asianjournal.com: AJPress: Missed opportunity 2010-07-30
THE whole nation waited with bated breath for President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III€™s first-ever State of the Nation Address (SONA) which took place last July 26 at the Batasang Pambansa Complex in Quezon City.
Vancouver Sun: What can happen in a war 2010-07-30
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Thaindian.com: Zardaris ratings plummet to all-time-low of 20 percent in poll 2010-07-30
Islamabad, July 30(ANI): A new poll has revealed that only one in five Pakistanis view President Asif Ali Zardari favourably, while the countrys Army Chief General Ashfaq Kayani is high on the countrys popularity charts.
ABC Online: Three Aboriginal candidates vie for one seat 2010-07-30
An hour of current affairs background and debate from Australia and the world every Monday to Friday, 12:10 pm, ABC Local Radio and Radio National. | MP3 Audio for Friday 30 July, 2010(2938.130) | The World Today is a comprehensive current affairs program which backgrounds, analyses, interprets and encourages debate on events and issues of interest and importance to all Australians. | Listen to MP3 of this story ( minutes)
The Colorado Statesman: Norton hammers Buck on profanity laced tirades 2010-07-30
Buck apologized for the remarks but his campaign shrugged off the attacks, saying the Norton camp is trying to distract Republican primary voters from important differences between the candidates.
AlterNet.org: Aliza Bartfield: Why Young Women Have Trouble Achieving Financial Security 2010-07-30
Many young women don't plan for retirement, due to a lack of time and too many basic living and short term expenses.
Sun-Sentinel: Republicans gave Governor Charlie Crist an unintended huge victory on oil issue 2010-07-30
Islamabad, July 30(ANI): A new poll has revealed that only one in five Pakistanis view President Asif Ali Zardari favourably, while the countrys Army Chief General Ashfaq Kayani is high on the countrys popularity charts.
Chicago Tribune: Auroras first female police commander breaks barriers 2010-07-30
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Arizona Daily Star: Tales from the Morgue: Veterans Hospital started in old saloon 2010-07-30
Veterans Hospital in Tucson circa 1928. Copyright 1996 The Arizona Daily Star. | precursor to the Veterans Hospital we now have in Tucson. | identify the place as a U.S. Veterans Hospital. | narrow drive flanked by huge palm trees and carpet-like lawns. | with flower beds and edged by concrete walks. | where ambulatory patients, visitors and staff have their meals. | decorated canteen complete with fountain and sandwich grill.

2010-07-29: Headlines

West Hartford News: MEDICAL ADVICE: Are you playing with a loaded gun? 2010-07-29
Connecticut weekly Newspaper covering local news including local sports, video and multimedia coverage, and classified advertising.
kmph.com: KMPH Fox 26 Central San Joaquin Valley News Source in Fresno, California Entertainment, News, Sports and Weather | AP Top News at 2:30 a.m. EDT 2010-07-29
Keywords: ge stepped into the fight over Arizona's immigration law at the last minute Wednesday, blocking the heart of the measure and defusing a confrontation between police and thousands of activists that had been building for months. Coming just hours before the law was to take effect, the ruling isn't the end.
Sin Chew Jit Poh: Fugitive Chinese journalist becomes public hero 2010-07-29
BEIJING, Thursday 29 July 2010 (AFP) - A fugitive Chinese journalist has become a cause celebre after his corporate whistle-blowing reports landed him on a most-wanted list in a case testing the limits of media freedom in China.
NorthJersey.com: Looney excited about 2nd season at Colgate 2010-07-29
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Bloomberg: UK Home Values Drop in July as Confidence Wanes, Austerity Measures Loom 2010-07-29
U.K. house prices fell in July for the first time in five months as tighter lending conditions and concern that government cuts will slow economic growth deterred potential home buyers, Nationwide Building Society said.
Seacoastonline.com: Sassy Senior: Who was George Washington? 2010-07-29
BEIJING, Thursday 29 July 2010 (AFP) - A fugitive Chinese journalist has become a cause celebre after his corporate whistle-blowing reports landed him on a most-wanted list in a case testing the limits of media freedom in China.
Haaretz: A state afraid of its past 2010-07-29
The role of the security establishment and intelligence services is to protect the state in the present, not to hide the past.
SteelGuru: Afghan iron ore auction unlikely to attract mining majors 2010-07-29
157402 - 2010-07-29 - Dow Jones reported that Afghanistan is preparing to auction off a round of iron ore, copper and natural gas deposits over the next year but, with the war still raging, the major international miners aren't likely to go in until...
ABS CBN News: Excess rice a boon for Aquino govt 2010-07-29
A glut in imported rice could prove to be a boon for the Aquino administration amid plans to give away the food staple to some of the country's poorest families.
Israel Diamond Portal: TGI Poll: Yediot No Longer Top Daily 2010-07-29
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Socialist Worker Online: An era of crisis and struggle 2010-07-29
Irving Bernstein's two volumes The Lean Years and The Turbulent Years explore the hidden history of U.S. workers' struggles in the 1920s and '30s.
Bloomberg: Cheung Kong Infrastructure Profit Falls After One-Time Gain Year Earlier 2010-07-29
Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Ltd. , the roads and utility company controlled by Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing , posted a 48 percent drop in first-half profit after making a one-off gain last year selling assets.
Socialist Worker Online: The terrible truth about the 'good war' 2010-07-29
WikiLeaks' release of thousands of documents on Afghanistan has left the Obama administration and its war partners trying to defend the indefensible.
News-Herald.com: Jay Ambrose: Congress not earning good grades 2010-07-29
Northern Ohio daily newspaper covering local, regional, and national news including local sports, video and multimedia coverage, and classified advertising.
Pacific Northwest Inlander: Plastic Paper 2010-07-29
It consumed the minds of parents for months. Scientists investigated it and TV news stations ran segments on its potential harm to humans, including a CNN special report Toxic America.
Pacific Northwest Inlander: Separation Anxiety 2010-07-29
A strange state law requires that Laurel Siddoway, who was appointed by Gov. Christine Gregoire to fill the vacancy on the State Court of Appeals in May, must already hit the campaign trail. She faces an election on Aug. 17.
The Morning Journal: Why are we beginning to hate Congress? 2010-07-29
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India Education Diary: Himachal Pradesh CM releases book on Himachal 2010-07-29
New Delhi: Siemens PLM Software, a business unit of the Siemens Industry Automation Division and a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services, today announced that Chrysler Group LLC, which produces Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep®, Ram Truck and Mopar® vehicles and products, has selected Siemens PLM Software's technology for product design and development.
EurActiv: Sarkozy under fire for taking aim at Roma 2010-07-29
The French left joined human rights groups and specialised organisations in criticising an anti-delinquency initiative launched by French President Nicolas Sarkozy yesterday (28 July), which is specifically targeted at the Roma community. | According to the European Commission, Roma are the EU's largest ethnic minority, and trace their origins to medieval India. There are many Roma subgroups.

2010-07-28: Headlines

Cyprus Mail: Turkish invasion has cost Cyprus over €100 billion 2010-07-28
Follow the mail on Twitter. | PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS and companies have lost over ‚ 109 billion as a result of the Turkish invasion, according to a study by the University of Cyprus (UCY). | The report was prepared by the university€™s Economics Research Centre, headed by Panos Pashardis, and published in Sunday€™s Phileleftheros. It did not include losses incurred by state and church-owned properties.
Jefferson City News Tribune: Jefferson City man challenging Skelton in Democratic primary 2010-07-28
Leonard Steinman of Jefferson City wants to succeed U.S. Rep. Ike Skelton in Congress.While much of the public attention has focused on next Tuesday's nine-person Republican primary in the 4th Congressional District, Skelton -- the incumbent Democrat -- faces Steinman in the Democratic primary.Skelton said he's seeking re-election because he wants to
Scoop.co.nz: Questions and Answers 2010-07-28
Parity with Australia; Overseas Investment Rules—Sale of Land; Economy—Reports; Overseas Investment
Domestic Fuel: More Transparency Needed Among Environmental Groups 2010-07-28
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) | I€™m calling the environmental movement out for supporting nothing and opposing everything. | Not too long ago, I was proud to call myself an environmentalist. Today, I€™m bordering on embarrassed to admit that I support sustainability programs. The cause of my distress is what is happening under the carpet among environmental groups.
AFP: Australian PM hits back at pre-election leaks 2010-07-28
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Wednesday angrily denied opposing popular welfare increases after damaging cabinet leaks rocked her campaign for next month's elections. | The centre-left leader admitted raising questions about a 50-billion-dollar (45 billion US) boost to old-age pensions and paid leave for new parents, but said she had always supported the measures.
Forex Pros: Reuters World News Highlights 0620 GMT July 28 2010-07-28
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Wednesday angrily denied opposing popular welfare increases after damaging cabinet leaks rocked her campaign for next month's elections. | The centre-left leader admitted raising questions about a 50-billion-dollar (45 billion US) boost to old-age pensions and paid leave for new parents, but said she had always supported the measures.
Shreveport Times: Community news 2010-07-28
The Greater Shreveport Chamber of Commerce will host the third annual Haynesville Shale Energy Luncheon from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Shreveport Convention Center in downtown Shreveport.
Louisville Courier-Journal: News from You | Bernheim picnic was a blast 2010-07-28
Keywords: window.yahooBuzzBadgeType= 'text'; | Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest is the best place in the world for peace and quiet or to get back to nature. | But not on July 10. That is when the forest had its Old Fashioned Family Picnic. | Kids were having so much fun. They had a three-legged race, watermelon-seed spitting, cornhole, croquet and water games. | Everywhere you went you could smell the hot dogs.
Denver Post: Large metro duck die-off blamed on chemicals 2010-07-28
Keywords: those who question the necessity of immunization. | number seen last year. | children immunized and to get a booster themselves. | immunized, 12 percent above the national average. | know why Idaho is in last place. | But Ingri Cassel, director of Vaccination Liberation, disagrees. | to remove the school requirement for immunization. | people lose their immunity as they age. | requirement for vaccinations for schoolchildren.
Washington Post: NH GOP Senate front-runner hits a few bumps 2010-07-28
Kelly Ayotte, the tough former prosecutor and wife of an Iraq war vet, seemed to be on a glide path to the Republican nomination in New Hampshire and perhaps the U.S. Senate. | But GOP rivals have tripped her up and an endorsement from Sarah Palin has been a mixed blessing. | National Republicans recruited Ayotte, who served both Republican and Democratic governors as attorney general, in their bid to keep the seat of three-term Sen.
Occupational Health Safety: Army Policy on Concussions Updated 2010-07-28
The U.S. military has been criticized recently -- notably in a June 2010 series from NPR and ProPublica -- for how it has treated soldiers who suffered them during service in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Twin Falls Times-News: Whooping cough risingin vaccine-averse Idaho 2010-07-28
Keywords: those who question the necessity of immunization. | number seen last year. | children immunized and to get a booster themselves. | immunized, 12 percent above the national average. | know why Idaho is in last place. | But Ingri Cassel, director of Vaccination Liberation, disagrees. | to remove the school requirement for immunization. | people lose their immunity as they age. | requirement for vaccinations for schoolchildren.
HeraldNet: This years race could be Sen. Murrays toughest yet 2010-07-28
Democrat Patty Murray made history in 1992 when she defeated a sitting congressman to become the state's first female U.S. senator. She's been re-elected twice since, pretty easily both times.
Trading Markets: Univision to pay $1 million for pay-for-play radio scheme 2010-07-28
The nation's largest Hispanic media conglomerate has agreed to pay $1 million to settle allegations that some of its radio stations accepted bribes to play certain songs more frequently. | The Federal Communications Commission and the U.S. Justice Department announced separate settlements with two wings of Los Angeles-based Univision Communications Inc. late Monday.
ABC Science Online: Planet bonanza fuels alien excitement 2010-07-28
The Kepler results suggest the Milky Way could contain up to 100 million habitable planets (Source: L Calcada/) | News analysis Are we alone in the Universe? It's a question many of us have asked at some point in our lives, and for centuries the question has remained unanswered.