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Dwight Gooden turns himself in
New York Daily News - 5 hours ago BY MIKE LUPICA and MICHAEL O'KEEFFE. After more than three days on the lam, Dwight Gooden turned himself in to Tampa police at 4:40 today, according to Joe Durkin, spokesman for the Tampa police department.

After Gaza, Sharon's next aim is do nothing
Guardian Unlimited - 1 hour ago The answer, whether the question is asked of the left or right, militarists or peaceniks, almost always boils down to one word: nothing. Even before Ariel Sharon finished prising 8,000 Jewish settlers from

Curtis and Lewis share Buick lead
Seattle Post Intelligencer - 3 hours ago Cromwell, CT (Sports Network) - Former British Open champion Ben Curtis and JL Lewis each fired rounds of six-under-par 64 on Thursday to share the first-round lead of the Buick Championship. Michael Putnam

Panel Votes to Merge Military Medical Centers
New York Times - 48 minutes ago By DAVID S. CLOUD. WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 - The independent commission reviewing the Pentagon's plan to close or reorient hundreds of military bases decided Thursday to create a major new medical center for troops

The Cindy Sheehan effect
MSNBC - 4 hours ago By Carl Quintanilla. Cindy Sheehan is back in Crawford, Texas, resuming her demands to see President Bush, who himself is facing declining poll numbers. Are attitudes toward the war reaching what Americans like to call �a tipping point�?

Is Google Talk a Skype Killer?
Red Herring - 6 hours ago Google�s new voice-chat offering is viewed by some as a challenge to Skype�s VoIP service. When Google Talk launched this week, its voice-chat feature drew comparisons not just to other instant messaging

Fears grow over arrival of bird flu in UK
Scotsman - 3 hours ago BRITAIN'S public health experts are losing sleep over the threat posed by bird flu to Britain's health and economy, one of them revealed yesterday. Professor Hugh Pennington said the threat to Britain was

Leaders battle to win Sunni backing
Financial Times - 36 minutes ago By Steve Negus in Baghdad. Amid procedural confusion, Iraqi leaders worked yesterday to win Sunni Arab approval for a constitution largely shaped by Shia and Kurds, while calling for calm as clashes between two rival Shia militias entered their second day.

Poll finds Schwarzenegger ballot measures under fire
Reuters - 4 hours ago By Jim Christie. SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's job approval rating is falling and pulling down support for his ballot measures seeking to overhaul the state government, according to a report released on Thursday.