Posted Monday July 7, 2008, 1:48 am, Over one day old
Time.com - Americans may be rude, but a new survey of attitudes toward foreign tourists shows that they're no match for the French
Read Most Obnoxious Tourists? The French
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Posted Sunday July 6, 2008, 12:42 pm, Over one day old
AP - Freed after years as rebel-held hostages, French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt and four Colombian police officers sent messages of hope in a radio broadcast Sunday to captives still detained in remote jungle camps.
Read Freed Colombian hostages urge hope
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Posted Sunday July 6, 2008, 12:42 pm, Over one day old
AP - Rafael Nadal, grass stains on his white shirt and a Spanish flag tucked under his arm, scampered through the Centre Court stands to celebrate his first Wimbledon title with hugs and handshakes.
Read Nadal ends Federer's 5-year reign at Wimbledon
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Posted Sunday July 6, 2008, 12:42 pm, Over one day old
Read Reports: A-Rod's wife to file for divorce
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Posted Sunday July 6, 2008, 12:42 pm, Over one day old
Reuters - Coca-Cola Co agreed to pay
$137.5 million to settle a shareholder lawsuit that claimed the
world's largest soft drink maker artificially inflated sales to
boost its stock price, according to court documents.
Read Coca-Cola agrees to $137.5 mln settlement in case
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Posted Sunday July 6, 2008, 12:42 pm, Over one day old
AP - Maybe Manny Ramirez, Alfonso Soriano and the rest of the Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs should just play their own All-Star game.
Read Bosox, Cubs each put 7 players on All-Star rosters
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Posted Sunday July 6, 2008, 12:42 pm, Over one day old
AP - The "Norfolk 17" were honored Sunday at the church that educated them 50 years ago when six of the city's all-white public schools closed under Virginia's defiant response to court-ordered desegregation.
Read Black students helped end 'Massive Resistance'
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Posted Sunday July 6, 2008, 12:42 pm, Over one day old
AP - Republican presidential hopeful John McCain attended church Sunday and later visited a Veterans Affairs hospital in his hometown.
Read McCain goes to church, visits VA hospital
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Posted Sunday July 6, 2008, 12:42 pm, Over one day old
AP - NBC Universal and two partners said Sunday they have reached a deal to buy The Weather Channel from Landmark Communications Inc., ending a drawn-out process that had attracted interest from several major media companies.
Read NBC Universal to buy The Weather Channel for $3.5B
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Posted Sunday July 6, 2008, 12:42 pm, Over one day old
AFP - Gunmen on Sunday killed the head of the UN Development Programme in the Somali capital, a UN official said, the latest fatality in a string of attacks on aid workers in the lawless country.
Read Top UN official shot dead in Mogadishu: officials
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