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• Politics

  • McCain makes bipartisan pitch as leader for all
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• Science

  • Study: Workers to pay more for health care
  • Brain Cells Observed Summoning a Memory
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• Tech

  • Sony recalls 440,000 Vaio laptops
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• Sports

  • Paes and Black take mixed doubles title
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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.

    5 days 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.

    6 days 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.

    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.

    1 month ago

    from Getty Images

• Hot off the wire

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    A flooded village is seen near Madhepura, 350 kilometers (217 miles) northeast of Patna, India, Friday, Sept. 5, 2008. Authorities warned villagers in flood-ravaged northern India not to return to their homes Friday because the unpredictable river that burst its banks could flood again. But thousands ignored their calls and took the receding waters as a sign that the danger had passed, officials said.

    44 mins ago

    from AP Photo by Manish Swarup

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    A stand of flamingos are seen at a pond at the Jurong Bird Park in Singapore September 5, 2008.

    42 mins ago

    from Reuters Pictures by REUTERS

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    South African runner Oscar Pistorius speaks at a press conference for the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games in Beijing on September 5, 2008. The 13th Paralympic Games, to include 4,000 athletes, will take place in Beijing from September 6 to 17.

    1 hour ago

    from Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images

• Recently starred

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    ST. PAUL, MN - SEPTEMBER 03: Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks on day three of the Republican National Convention (RNC) at the Xcel Energy Center on September 3, 2008 in St. Paul, Minnesota. The GOP will nominate U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) as the Republican choice for U.S. President on the last day of the convention.

    1 day ago

    from Getty Images

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    Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick faces Judge David Groner as he agrees to a plea agreement and to resign from office in Wayne County Circuit Court in Detroit, Michigan September 4, 2008.

    17 hours ago

    from Reuters Pictures by Reuters

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    Serena Williams (L) and her sister Venus (R), both of the U.S., each react in this combination photo during their quarter-final match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament at Flushing Meadows in New York September 3, 2008.

    1 day ago

    from Reuters Pictures by REUTERS

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    ST. PAUL, MN - SEPTEMBER 03: Republican U.S vice-presidential nominee Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin waves on day three of the Republican National Convention (RNC) at the Xcel Energy Center on September 3, 2008 in St. Paul, Minnesota. U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) will accept The GOP nomination for U.S. President Thursday night.

    1 day ago

    from 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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