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NASA Postpones Shuttle Landing Because of Bad Weather
New York Times - 24 minutes ago CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Aug. 8 -- NASA delayed the landing of the space shuttle Discovery today until Tuesday because of bad weather. The shuttle was due to land this morning after its 13-1/2 day mission, but

Stinger, not singer, for photog
Chicago Tribune - 38 minutes ago MALIBU, Calif. -- In what hopefully isn'ta new shower game, a photographer was shot in the leg with a BB gun outside a home where he believed Britney Spears was attending a bridal shower, authorities said.

Israeli cabinet reels after Netanyahu resigns
Globe and Mail - 3 hours ago By MARK MACKINNON. JERUSALEM -- In a move destined to widen the already deep split in Israeli society ahead of a withdrawal from the Gaza Strip set to begin next week, Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu quit

Ibrahim Ferrer, 78, Cuban singer
Seattle Times - 3 hours ago By Myrna Oliver. Ibrahim Ferrer, the humble, soft-spoken Cuban singer who achieved long-delayed international fame only after he was recruited for the Grammy-winning Buena Vista Social Club, has died. He was 78.

Soldier's mother keeps protest vigil at Bush ranch
People's Daily Online - 5 hours ago The mother of an American soldier killed in Iraq, Sheehan, 48, of Vacaville, Calif., is camping near US president's ranch in Crawford, Texas. She's set up on a narrow strip of land between the hardtop of Prairie Chapel Road and a drainage ditch.

Longtime ABC newsman dies from lung cancer
Fort Worth Star Telegram - 20 minutes ago By David Bauder. Peter Jennings, the dashing anchor whose resonant baritone was a fixture on ABC World News Tonight over five decades, died Sunday night at his home in New York. He was 67. Jennings hadn't been

Downloads for Japan iTunes hit a million
BusinessWeek - 5 hours ago AUG. 8 1:34 AM ET In just four days, 1 million songs have been downloaded at Apple's new iTunes Music Store in Japan, the fastest pace for the service's launch in any of the 20 nations it's now available, including the US, a senior executive said Monday.

'Dukes' come up smelling like Daisies
New York Daily News - 2 hours ago By DAVID HINCKLEY. Yee-haw! "The Dukes of Hazzard" - the big-screen reincarnation of the 1980s TV series about two good ol' boys, one good ol' car and two shapely legs - left everything else eating dust at the box office this weekend.

Techs in focus
CNN - 44 minutes ago NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Tech stocks appeared ready to lead US stocks higher at Monday's open as such developments as a report of Cisco Systems' possible interest in cell phone maker Nokia greeted investors.

Evangelical Lutherans to vote on gay ordination, unions
USA Today - 15 hours ago ORLANDO (AP) � The most divisive issue in American Protestantism will move to the forefront again this week as the 4.9 million-member Evangelical Lutheran Church in America takes a key vote on what role gays should have in the denomination.