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Former Ohio captive Michelle Knight says she knew she'd escape

Fox News - ‎33 minutes ago‎
CLEVELAND - Free and safe, one of three women kidnapped and raped over a decade in a ramshackle home smiled lightly as her tormentor was led out of court in chains, a method he had used to control them.
Ariel Castro victim Michelle Knight: 'Your hell is just beginning'
Ariel Castro says sorry: I'm 'not a monster' — 'I'm just sick'
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162000 job gains in July; jobless rate falls

USA TODAY - ‎15 minutes ago‎
SHARE 330 CONNECT 46 TWEET 24 COMMENTEMAILMORE. Employers added 162,000 jobs in July, adding to worries that the labor market may finally be wobbling amid federal spending cuts and a payroll tax increase.
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Snowden granted asylum in Russia, leaves Moscow airport

Washington Post - ‎13 minutes ago‎
MOSCOW - Russia's decision to grant temporary asylum to Edward Snowden opened a fresh wound in Moscow's battered relations with the United States, even as it ended the bizarre two-month odyssey that began when the former National Security Agency ...
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Mugabe's Party Has Big Lead in Zimbabwe Vote Results

Voice of America - ‎25 minutes ago‎
JOHANNESBURG - The party of Zimbabwe's longtime President Robert Mugabe took an early and decisive lead in national elections, according to partial official results.
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No deals for MLB cheaters

ESPN - ‎16 minutes ago‎
As we waited this week to see whether Major League Baseball would suspend more players, Alex Rodriguez was reportedly being offered a "deal" to save himself from being banned from baseball forever.
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Bay Area transit workers give strike warning

USA TODAY - ‎2 hours ago‎
SHARE 32 CONNECT 42 TWEET 6 COMMENTEMAILMORE. OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Two transit unions issued a 72-hour strike notice, alerting the more than 400,000 San Francisco Bay area commuters that the system could be shut down during Monday's ...
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Berlusconi Tax-Fraud Conviction Sets Up Italian Senate Showdown

Bloomberg - ‎50 minutes ago‎
Silvio Berlusconi's conviction for tax fraud, upheld late yesterday by Italy's top court, set up a Senate showdown over his potential expulsion from parliament.
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Obama calls Netanyahu, Abbas after peace talks

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Aamer Madhani
SHARE 30 CONNECT 30 TWEET 3 COMMENTEMAILMORE. Days after Israeli and Palestinian negotiators restarted peace talks, President Obama on Thursday called Israel Prime Minister Benjamin and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to thank them ...
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Mali Faces Runoff Vote

Wall Street Journal - ‎51 minutes ago‎
MAMAKO, Mali—Mali faces a runoff vote in 10 days after the first round of presidential elections failed to produce a clear winner, officials said Friday.
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Bulger: Give my money to families that sued

Houston Chronicle - ‎14 minutes ago‎
BOSTON (AP) - James "Whitey" Bulger wants the $822,000 in cash seized from his apartment in Santa Monica, Calif., to go to relatives of victims who filed lawsuits.
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Deal Keeps US Health Care Contribution for Congress

New York Times - ‎51 minutes ago‎
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration told Congress on Thursday that it would allow the federal government to continue paying a large share of the cost of health insurance for members of Congress and their aides, averting a problem for many who ...
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Minneapolis mayor puts stamp of history on gay marriages

Los Angeles Times - ‎40 minutes ago‎
After each gay couple made their way down Minneapolis City Hall's five flights of marble stairs - past flashy floral arrangements and packs of photographers, past a brass quintet and a gay men's chorus - they paused for a private chat with Mayor R.T.
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Dell committee and buyout group close to deal: sources

Reuters - ‎37 minutes ago‎
By Eileen O'Grady and Poornima Gupta. ROUND ROCK, TEXAS / SAN FRANCISCO | Fri Aug 2, 2013 8:59am EDT. ROUND ROCK, TEXAS / SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Dell Inc's special committee and a group led by founder and Chief Executive Michael ...
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Stocks close at record highs

USA TODAY - ‎36 minutes ago‎
Stocks went up, up and away on Thursday. The S&P 500 topped 1,700 for the first time ever, bolstered by better-than-expected economic data and the Fed's decision Wednesday to stay on hold.
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Rage as Cowell gets NY pal's wife pregnant

New York Post - ‎Aug 1, 2013‎
Simon Cowell is becoming a first-time dad with a married woman who targeted him for a paternity payday, her friends said yesterday - and now, her cuckolded husband is gunning for his own piece of the “X-Factor” host in fiery New York divorce papers.
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Megan Fox expecting baby No. 2

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SHARE 5 CONNECT 7 TWEET 1 COMMENTEMAILMORE. Bump alert! Megan Fox, 27, and husband Brian Austin Green, 40, are expecting another baby.
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Drama kings of summer, in Hollywood's '2 Guns' and in DC

Washington Post - ‎47 minutes ago‎
Welcome to the Season of Impotent Swagger. ¶ Even by Hollywood's standards, the summer movie season has been notable for boys blowing up their toys: No sooner did Robert Downey Jr.
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Running back Michael Dyer is headed to Louisville

USA TODAY - ‎2 hours ago‎
SHARE 281 CONNECT 224 TWEET 10 COMMENTEMAILMORE. Michael Dyer is ready to run again - at Louisville. The former Auburn running back, who hasn't played football since the 2011 season, has accepted a scholarship offer and plans to enroll at the ...
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McCoy is disappointed with Cooper

FOXSports.com - ‎47 minutes ago‎
Wonder what Eagles players think about Riley Cooper's racial slur? Many have come out and publicly supported the wide receiver, but there's still a measure of hurt there.
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Red Sox rally with 6 in 9th to beat Mariners 8-7

Boston.com - ‎31 minutes ago‎
The Boston Red Sox trailed by five runs when Daniel Nava walked to lead off the bottom of the ninth inning, and the hopes of a second consecutive walkoff win were too remote to consider.
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Rise in violence 'linked to climate change'

BBC News - ‎48 minutes ago‎
Shifts in climate are strongly linked to increases in violence around the world, a study suggests. US scientists found that even small changes in temperature or rainfall correlated with a rise in assaults, rapes and murders, as well as group conflicts and war.
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Selfish traits not favoured by evolution, study shows

BBC News - ‎48 minutes ago‎
Instead, it pays to be co-operative, shown in a model of "the prisoner's dilemma", a scenario of game theory - the study of strategic decision-making.
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Hot under the collar: Study links climate change to rising tempers

Fox News - ‎6 minutes ago‎
WASHINGTON - Feeling hot under the collar? It may not be all in your head. A new study connects rising world temperatures with aggressive acts of violence and even war -- but experts in the causes of war gave the report a chilly reception.
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Laws may stop identification of cyclospora source

CBS News - ‎1 hour ago‎
(CBS News) NEW YORK -- The mystery over the cyclospora outbreak has deepened. Cyclospora is a dangerous parasite that causes stomach illness.

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