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• World

  • Medvedev: Russia must 'be reckoned with'
  • Cheney: Russia's actions an 'affront'
  • China opens Beijing Paralympic Games in celebration of life and humanity

• Business

  • News Analysis: A History of Public Aid During Crises
  • DataBank: Bonds Gain, Stocks Lose and Jobs Vanish
  • Google is world's most powerful 10-year-old

• Celebrity

  • Mickey Rourke caps comeback with Venice film win - Reuters
  • New charges for '40-Year-Old Virgin' actor
  • Nic Cage action flick a bloodfest

• Politics

  • Democrats Post Big Gains In Voter Registration
  • McCain, Obama plan joint stop at Ground Zero
  • Democrats post big gains in voter registration

• Science

  • Dual Citizenship for the Woolly Mammoth
  • Universal flu vaccine being tested
  • FDA posts list of drugs under investigation

• Tech

  • Dell May Shrink Its Network of Factories
  • Google reigns as world's most powerful 10-year-old
  • Sony recalls 438,000 laptops on burn concern

• Sports

  • Another upset for E Carolina, 24-3 over No. 8 WVU
  • Swank's late FG gives Wake 30-28 win over Ole Miss
  • Moreno totals career-high 3 TDs as No. 2 UGA rolls

Selected and fresh photos from around the web.

• Editor's pick

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    A puppy stands on a truck carrying people to be evacuated from the area in preparation for the approach of Hurricane Gustav in Batabano, on the southern coast of Cuba, August 30, 2008. Powerful Hurricane Gustav roared toward western Cuba on Saturday with 125 mph (205 kph) winds on its way to the oil-rich Gulf of Mexico after a deadly pass through the Caribbean.

    1 week ago

    from Reuters Pictures by REUTERS

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    BANGKOK, THAILAND - AUGUST 30: A member of Anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) stands behind barbed wire outside Government on August 30, 2008, in Bangkok, Thailand. The protesters want to unseat the seven-month old coalition government lead by Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej.

    1 week ago

    from Getty Images

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    Georgian soldiers run near a blazing building after a Russian bombardment in Gori, 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 9, 2008. A Russian warplane dropped a bomb on an apartment block in the Georgian town of Gori on Saturday, killing at least 5 people, a Reuters reporter said. The bomb hit the five-story building in Gori close to Georgia's embattled breakaway province of South Ossetia when Russian warplanes carried out a raid against military targets around the town.

    4 weeks ago

    from Reuters Pictures by REUTERS

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    CARSON, CA - JULY 31: Andre Villa practices in the Moto X Freestyle during the summer X Games 14 at Home Depot Center on July 31, 2008 in Carson, California.

    1 month ago

    from Getty Images

• Hot off the wire

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    Uruguay's Cristian Rodriguez, left, battles for the ball with Colombia's Camilo Zuniga, right, during a World Cup 2010 qualifying soccer match in Bogota, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008.

    12 mins ago

    from AP Photo by Fernando Vergara

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    Camilo Villegas of Colombia, watches his tee shot at the 16th hole during third round action in the 2008 BMW Championship golf tournament at the Bellerive Country Club in Town & Country, Missouri near St. Louis September 6, 2008.

    12 mins ago

    from Reuters Pictures by REUTERS

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    LAS VEGAS - SEPTEMBER 06: The exterior of a Silver State Bank branch September 6, 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Regulators on Friday closed Silver State Bank as part of the ongoing credit crisis. Nevada State Bank acquired the insured deposits of Silver State Bank, which became the 11th failure of a federally insured bank this year.

    40 mins ago

    from Getty Images

• Recently starred

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    Former astronaut Lisa Nowak (R) speaks to the press as her attorneys Cheney Mason (L) and Donald Lykkebak (C) stand with her after her pre-trial hearing at Orange County Court in Orlando, Florida August 24, 2007. Nowak is accused of stalking and attacking Air Force Capt. Colleen Shipman at Orlando International Airport.

    12 months ago

    from Reuters Pictures by REUTERS

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    Supporters of the ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP) celebrate the victory of Asif Ali Zardari, widower of slain former premier Benazir Bhutto, in the presidential election, in front of The Parliament House in Islamabad on September 6, 2008. Zardari secured a large win in Pakistan's presidential elections on September 6, capping a remarkable rise from jail, exile and his wife Benazir Bhutto's assassination just nine months ago. The controversial front-runner swept a poll among lawmakers to become the 14th president in Pakistan's short but turbulent history, taking power in the world's only nuclear-armed Islamic state and frontline "war on terror" ally.

    10 hours ago

    from Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images

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    Supporters of the ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP) celebrate the victory of Asif Ali Zardari, widower of slain former premier Benazir Bhutto, in the presidential election, in front of The Parliament House in Islamabad on September 6, 2008. Zardari secured a large win in Pakistan's presidential elections on September 6, capping a remarkable rise from jail, exile and his wife Benazir Bhutto's assassination just nine months ago. The controversial front-runner swept a poll among lawmakers to become the 14th president in Pakistan's short but turbulent history, taking power in the world's only nuclear-armed Islamic state and frontline "war on terror" ally.

    13 hours ago

    from Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images

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    Supporters of the ruling party, Pakistan People's Party, chant slogans as they celebrate the victory of Asif Ali Zardari in the presidential election in Islamabad September 6, 2008. Zardari, the widower of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, swept to victory in a presidential election on Saturday, as a suicide bomber killed at least 10 people in the northwest.

    12 hours ago

    from Reuters Pictures by REUTERS

Our editor's pick, and topics with the most buzz in the last ten minutes.

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  U.S. Open Tennis Championship
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  John McCain
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  Dick Cheney
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  Sarah Palin

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