Latest news from around the web, updated 10 minutes ago.

• World

  • Pressure grows on Thai prime minister to resign
  • Catholic schools in India protest
  • Boat sinks in flooded northern India, killing 20

• Business

  • Oil industry may get first post-Katrina test
  • Stocks end lower on personal income data
  • Stocks tumble as Dell warns on tech spending

• Celebrity

  • TV Decoder: Ratings: Barack Obama, and All the Rest
  • Obama’s Speech Is a TV Hit, With Viewers and Commentators Alike
  • Singer Winehouse falls ill, misses Paris concert

• Politics

  • Sarah Palin is McCain's pick for VP
  • Sarah Who? McCain's Veep Choice Is Historic Yet Hardly Known
  • Woman in the News: An Outsider Who Charms

• Science

  • Study Questions Flu Shot's Mortality Protection for Elderly
  • 87 salmonella cases reported across Quebec
  • CDC: Salmonella outbreak appears to be over

• Tech

  • Microsoft buys ciao.com to boost e-shopping search
  • Microsoft to Buy European Price-Comparison Firm
  • Qualcomm violates Broadcom ruling

• Sports

  • In Scramble for Top Spot, Kuznetsova Is Latest to Fall
  • L.S.U. Alters Start Because of Storm
  • McKinnie Suspended Four Games By NFL

Selected and fresh photos from around the web.

• Editor's pick

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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.

    3 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.

    4 weeks ago

    from Getty Images

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    A woman collects drinking water from a tube well at the flooded village of Godadhar in Faridpur July 27, 2008. Several areas in north and northeastern Bangladesh remain inundated with floodwaters after the embankments of the rivers Jamuna and Padma collapsed due to heavy rainfall earlier this week.

    1 month ago

    from Reuters Pictures by REUTERS

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    LONDON - JULY 25: Reese Hoffa of United States competes in the Men's Shot Put Final during day 1 of the Norwich Union Aviva London Grand Prix at Crystal Palace Stadium on July 25, 2008 in London, England.

    1 month ago

    from Getty Images

• Hot off the wire

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    Uruguay's President Tabare Vazquez, center, and Economy Minister Danilo Astor, second from left, walk at Changdeokgung palace, the site of UNESCO World Cultural Heritage in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008. Vazquez arrived here on Saturday for his five days official visit.

    1 hour ago

    from AP Photo by Lee Jin-man

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    Protesters wave flags during a rally outside the Presidential Office in Taipei August 30, 2008. Tens of thousands of opponents of Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou marked his first 100 days in office on Saturday with a protest march in the island's capital, calling for economic stimulus and more cautious policies towards China.

    1 hour ago

    from Reuters Pictures by REUTERS

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    Zahid Hussain (L) Chief Justice of the high court of Punjab province of Pakistan reading an oath to four judges who were among dozens sacked by Pakistan's former president Pervez Musharraf during an oath ceremony in Lahore on August 30, 2008. Four judges among dozens sacked by Musharraf were reappointed by the government 30 August, a move condemned by many lawyers as a political stunt. Musharraf resigned on August 18 under the threat of impeachment charges levelled by the government but Pakistan's shaky ruling coalition has since failed to decide how to restore the judges.

    1 hour ago

    from Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images

• Recently starred

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    Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning looks on from the bench during the second quarter of a preseason NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals in Indianapolis, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008.

    1 day ago

    from AP Photo by Darron Cummings

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    India's bowler Harbhajan Singh brings water during the 5th and final One Day International cricket match between India and Sri Lanka on Friday, Aug. 29, 2008. India has an unbeatable 3-1 lead in the 5 match series.

    22 hours ago

    from AP Photo by Eranga Jayawardena

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    South Africa's AB de Villiers (L) is run out by England's Matthew Prior (R) during the third Natwest one day International between England and South Africa at The Brit Oval cricket ground, London, England, on August 29, 2008.

    20 hours ago

    from Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images

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    Anti-government protesters lie down on the street to avoid tear gas during a demonstration at the Metropolitan Police Bureau in Bangkok on August 29, 2008. Thai police fired tear gas to try to break up about 2,000 anti-government protesters gathered outside the Bangkok police headquarters, an.

    20 hours ago

    from Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images

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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  Barack Obama
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  John McCain
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  Sarah Palin
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  Michelle Obama

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