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This undated image taken from Al-Arabiya TV Wednesday, July 14, 2010 shows failed Times Square car bomb suspect Faisal Shahzad holding a Quran. Al-Arabiya broadcast excerpts showing Shahzad saying he planned a "revenge attack" against the U.S. that he hoped would touch the hearts of Muslims. Shahzad appears in the clips sitting on the ground in a black turban and military fatigues, with a gun next to him.
Pakistan   Photos   Terrorism   US   Wikipedia: Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan  
 NZ Herald 
US puts Pakistan Taleban on official terrorist register
5:30 AM Friday Sep 3, 2010 Share Email Print | WASHINGTON - United States officials launched a broad legal offensive against Pakistan's Taleban yesterday, placing the group on its international terror... (photo: AP / Al-Arabiya via AP Television Network)
Back to school shoppers crowd an isle at the Wal-Mart in Fenton, Mo., Thursday, Aug. 12, 2004.
Business   Economy   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Retailing  
 The New York Times 
U.S. Retailers Depended on Discounts in August
| Back-to-school season started off on sale, with retailers receiving new merchandise in August, and then marking it down to get it out the door. Mary Altaffer/Associated Press | Shoppers at Macy’s ... (photo: AP / Charles Rex Arbogast)
Houses - Building - Mortgage - Housing estate  Ohio 
Mortgage rates hit decades-low of 4.32 percent
| WASHINGTON: Mortgage rates fell to the lowest level in decades for the tenth time in 11 weeks, as investors worried about the economy. | The average rate for a 30-year fixed loan was 4.32 percent th... (photo: WN / Akgun Semra)
About   Photos   Rates   Time   Wikipedia: Mortgage  
 Stocks higher after drop in oil prices, reassuring words on economy   The Guardian 
US economic data damp down fears of new recession
* Pending home sales rise 5.2 percent in July * New jobless claims fall 6,000 but still high * Second-quarter productivity revised downward * Unit labor costs up 1.1 pct, fastest rate since Q4 2008 (U... (photo: WN)
Data   Fears   Home   Photos   Wikipedia: Economic  
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Burger King - Fast Food The Guardian
Burger King agrees to $3.3 bln sale to 3G Capital
* Deal with 3G Capital reached at $24/shr * Valued at $4 billion, including debt * Tender offer expected to start by Sept. 17 * Price is a 46 pct premium vs pre-rumor sha... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Burgerking   Investment   Photos   Prices   Wikipedia: Burger King  
James Cameron speaking at TED 2010. The Examiner
Avatar Director James Cameron Has Some Biting Comments About Piranha 3-D
| It seems that Hollywood bigwig James Cameron is out to tear into anyone who he deems unworthy. Not long after his tear into manmade global warming skeptics, calling the... (photo: Creative Commons / Steve Jurvetson)
Cameron   Future   Hollywood   Photos   Warming  
Restaurant PhysOrg
Businesses see advantage in green buildings
--> | The Subway sandwich shop on Chicago's State Street may look like any other new restaurant, but its tile, crown molding and most wall coverings are made from recycle... (photo: WN / Julie Adnan)
Chicago   Green   Look   Photos   Wikipedia: Restaurant  
Skype CBC
Skype surges as TV interview tool
Barbara Walters, shown on screen at back, gave a health update to her View co-hosts via Skype earlier this summer. Shown from left are Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sherri ... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Computer   Health   Photos   Technology   Wikipedia: Skype  
Onions The Examiner
Good for you food of the week: onions
| Onions are the good for you food of the week. Sweet onions like Vidalia and Walla Walla varieties are easy to find on Treasure Valley grocery shelves and farmers’ mar... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Diabetes   Food   Health   Photos   Wikipedia: Onion  
Eggs Post-Bulletin
Egg recall benefits smaller producers
Tweet | 9/2/2010 7:00:07 AM By Laura Horihan | The Post-Bulletin, Rochester MN | Egg recall recap | • No deaths have been reported due to the contaminated eggs, but ... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Food   Health   Photos   Trade   Wikipedia: Egg (food)  
Passers-by are reflected on an electronic market board of a private securities firm in Tokyo Monday, Dec. 8, 2008. The benchmark Nikkei 225 Average ended Monday morning session, up 203.20 points to 8,120 Breitbart
Asia stocks gain on brighter US manufacturing data
| Traders and specialists work the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange... | Traders and specialists work the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange... | TO... (photo: AP / Katsumi Kasahara)
Asia   Photos   Stock   Trading   Wikipedia: Nikkei 225  
Dog - Pet - Animal The Examiner
Pets are friends and family too
| Everyone needs a break now and then. Vacations are usually planned once or twice a year. Some people prefer long weekends, while others take one or two weeks at a time.... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Family   Friends   People   Photos   Wikipedia: Pet  
US Vice President Joe Biden speaks during the United States Forces-Iraq change of command ceremony in Baghdad, on Wednesday Sept. 1, 2010, as a new US military mission in Iraq was launched ending seven years of combat. The Star
Biden says Iraq close to forming government
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, in Iraq to mark the end of U.S. combat operations, said on Wednesday he believed Iraqis were close to forming a ne... (photo: AP / Jim Watson Pool)
Iraq   Photos   Politics   US   Wikipedia: 2003 invasion of Iraq  
A New York City police officer stands outside the Armed Forces recruitment center, Sunday, May 2, 2010 in New York's Times Square. The Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility for the failed car bomb attack in Times Square in New York City. The Star
U.S. adds Pakistan Taliban to terror list
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday formally added the Pakistani Taliban to its blacklist of foreign terrorist organizations subject to travel and eco... (photo: AP / Mary Altaffer)
Pakistan   Photos   Taliban   US   Wikipedia: Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan  
The headquarters of Lehman Brothers is shown in this, June 11, 2007 file photo in New York. Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., the No. 4 investment bank, on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2007 said third-quarter profits fell less than expected, as strength in stock trading and investment banking offset losses from the struggling mortgage m The New York Times
Fuld Says Lehman Was Denied the Help Its Rivals Received
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Federal regulators did not give the investment firm Lehman Brothers the same assistance as its competitors, knocking out the possibility of... (photo: AP / Mark Lennihan, file)
Company   Financial Crisis   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers  
An unidentified person looks at job postings at the Northeast WorkSource Center in East Los Angeles on Friday, April 17, 2009. Asia Times
Jobs deficit lays bare failure of Obamanomics
|      Sep 2, 2010 Jobs deficit lays bare failure of Obamanomics | By Peter Morici | With thousands of young college graduates moving in with parents ... (photo: AP / Damian Dovarganes)
Economy   Jobs   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Jobless claims  
Tax Issues Finance & Investments
- Homebuyer tax credit numbers are in: Va., Md., D.C. snag $1.
- Democrats again sue tax office over voter registrations
- More Dems buck plan to let taxes increase for rich
- Perry to White: Release tax returns, then debate
Smoking - Cigarette - Tobacco
NY's reservation cigarette tax case back in court
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- Asia stocks rise on US factory data, Ping An gains 2.7%
- US puts Pakistan Taleban on official terrorist register
- U.S. Retailers Depended on Discounts in August
- Utah bar sales rise 1 percent following end of private club
This undated image taken from Al-Arabiya TV Wednesday, July 14, 2010 shows failed Times Square car bomb suspect Faisal Shahzad holding a Quran. Al-Arabiya broadcast excerpts showing Shahzad saying he planned a "revenge attack" against the U.S. that he hoped would touch the hearts of Muslims. Shahzad appears in the clips sitting on the ground in a black turban and military fatigues, with a gun next to him.
US puts Pakistan Taleban on official terrorist register
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Currency Banking
- NZ dollar holds gains before US payrolls
- NZ dollar continues to climb
- Dollar mostly lower before Friday's key US jobs report;
- Rupee ends stronger against dollar
Japanese Yen - Currency
Dollar, yen recover losses; ECB eyed
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- Horary astrological view of Bernanke's statement to shut
- Deutsche Bank renews sponsorship of TPC Boston golf tourney;
- Earl skirts by the Outer Banks tonight...
- Deutsche Bank Championship Roundtable Preview
Tiger Woods
Deutsche Bank Championship not a guarantee for wayward Tiger Woods
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Finance Oil & Energy
- Know banking codes and get yourself heard
- Saudi Aramco extends closing date for bids to build Wasit ga
- World meat prices likely to rise as demand gains, Rabobank s
- Asia stocks rise on US factory data, Ping An gains 2.7%
 People walk past a branch of Burger King in central London Thursday July 25, 2002. Britain´s Diageo PLC said Thursday it has agreed to sell Burger King Corp., the world´s second-largest fast-food business, to a consortium of U.S. investors. (
3G Capital to acquire Burger King for $3.3 bn
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- Second oil rig explodes in Gulf of Mexico
- New oil rig explosion in Gulf of Mexico
- Oil rig blast forces 13 workers into Gulf of Mexico
- Oil sheen spreading after rig blast, fire
Boats are seen spraying water on an oil and gas platform that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana., Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. All 13 crew members were rescued.
Oil sheen spreading after rig blast, fire
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Industries Technology
- Spare Times: For Children
- Give us jobs, say Somali pirates
- Oil rig blast forces 13 workers into Gulf of Mexico
- US workers see higher health costs, less care
Back to school shoppers crowd an isle at the Wal-Mart in Fenton, Mo., Thursday, Aug. 12, 2004.
U.S. Retailers Depended on Discounts in August
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- Top Chef contestants compete to make astronaut meals
- Report: Discovery networks hostage-taking a rare terror even
- Avatar Director James Cameron Has Some Biting Comments About
- Oklahoma man showing progress week after receiving 2 transpl
James Cameron speaking at TED 2010.
Avatar Director James Cameron Has Some Biting Comments About Piranha 3-D
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