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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Charlotte Star.com http://www.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/10/id/154063713fe5da1f/ en-us Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:18:14 -0400 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:18:14 -0400 30 Bahrain has commissioned leading American provider of credit information on businesses and corporations Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) to conduct a detailed study of the Gulf nation's small and medium enterprises (SME) sector. http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/396323/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:00:34 -0400 Charlotte Star.com http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/396323/cs/1/ Six suicide attackers were killed after a group of Taliban militants attacked a US military base in southeast Afghanistan, near the border with Pakistan, officials said Tuesday. http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/396271/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:00:09 -0400 Charlotte Star.com http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/396271/cs/1/ Beijing, Aug 19 (Xinhua) Superman Hancock not only exists in Hollywood movies. His 19-year-old American namesake has all the elements to qualify for the honorific title. http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/396085/cs/1/ Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:00:15 -0400 Charlotte Star.com http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/396085/cs/1/ New York, Aug 19 : American burlesque artist Dita Von Teese has launched her own limited edition lingerie line with Wonderbra. http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/396397/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:01:29 -0400 Charlotte Star.com http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/396397/cs/1/ New York, Aug 19 : While his marriage is going through a rough patch, Alex Rodriguez was spotted squiring two different women last week. http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/396392/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:01:15 -0400 Charlotte Star.com http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/396392/cs/1/ Washington, Aug 19 : Teenagers are wiling to spend nearly 275 dollars to have never had acne, and even more to be acne-free than to have 50 percent clearance of their acne or to have clear skin with acne scars, a new study has revealed. http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/396366/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:01:37 -0400 Charlotte Star.com http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/396366/cs/1/ New York, Aug 19 : American actor Patrick Swayze has been spotted having a smoke on the sets of his new A and E TV series 'The Beast', despite battling cancer. http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/396354/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:00:56 -0400 Charlotte Star.com http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/396354/cs/1/ Melbourne, Aug 19 : In the wake of deaths and severe illness among US patients, Australian health authorities can upgrade warnings on Byetta - a new diabetes drug that mimics a hormone found in the saliva of a North American lizard. http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/396345/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:01:38 -0400 Charlotte Star.com http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/396345/cs/1/ London, August 19 : Senior U.S. Senator John McCain has been accused of copying material, some from Wikipedia, for the speeches he made on the campaign trail. http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/396316/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:01:25 -0400 Charlotte Star.com http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/396316/cs/1/ New York, Aug.19 : At least 28 percent of the delegates likely to attend the Democratic Convention in Denver, want Hillary Clinto to be Barack Obama's running mate, a new CBS poll has said. http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/396307/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:01:11 -0400 Charlotte Star.com http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/396307/cs/1/ Washington, Aug 19 : American comedian Roseanne Barr has slammed actress Angelina Jolie and actor Brad Pitt in a post on her Web site. http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/396291/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:00:34 -0400 Charlotte Star.com http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/396291/cs/1/ Washington, Aug 19 : A former US government official at the White House has said that former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf had indulged into "selective counter-terrorism" by pursuing only a few terrorists. http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/396258/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:00:49 -0400 Charlotte Star.com http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/396258/cs/1/ New York, Aug 19 : American talk show hostess Tyra Banks kept the audience of her chat show waiting for nearly two hours on August 12, while she was busy giggling, snacking and chatting backstage. http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/396242/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:00:11 -0400 Charlotte Star.com http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/396242/cs/1/ Islamabad, Aug 19 : After former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's resignation yesterday, the US will have to look out for a new "war-on-terror" ally in the fragile looking coalition Government consisting of two old political foes - PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari and PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif, and the new Army Chief Gen Parvez Kayani, said an article in the New York Times. http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/396210/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:01:11 -0400 Charlotte Star.com http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/396210/cs/1/ Washington, Aug.19 : Presumptive Democrat presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama is likely to announce his running mate by the end of this week, perhaps as soon as Wednesday morning, the New York Times quoted his aides, as saying. http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/396176/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:00:11 -0400 Charlotte Star.com http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/396176/cs/1/ New York, Aug 19: Black Eyed Peas star will.i.am is 'furious' with bandmate Fergie, as she's too busy making a movie to go on tour. http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/396149/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:00:41 -0400 Charlotte Star.com http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/396149/cs/1/ New York, Aug 19 : Former model Christie Brinkley has stated that she totally understands messy public splits. http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/396148/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:00:40 -0400 Charlotte Star.com http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/396148/cs/1/ New York, Aug 19 : Hugh Hefner has denied reports claiming that he is cutting down on his parties at the Playboy mansion. http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/396144/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:00:36 -0400 Charlotte Star.com http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/396144/cs/1/ updated And while our Presidentials try to out pander each other...and our "Free" Press is keeping their Vows to NEVER Print anything unfavorable about any illegal alien..lawbreaker or any .radical co... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024065/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:48:39 -0400 Politico http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024065/ The United States is pressing North Korea for nuclear verification, a government spokesman says. Here, the ruins of the Yongbyon nuclear complex' cooling tower are seen in Yongbyon, North Korea, in Ju... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024899/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:12:18 -0400 USA Today http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024899/ LAS VEGAS – The United States can capture the world's imagination by creating an energy independent state, territory or nation, former President Bill Clinton told an energy summit. “We ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17023284/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:44:53 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17023284/ JUNEAU, Alaska – Here are two reasons to smile if you live in Alaska: Your annual oil royalty dividend will likely be bigger than ever and the checks will go out earlier than ever before. Nea... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024079/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:44:45 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024079/ DAYTON, Ohio - The cousin of a month-old girl who was burned to death in a microwave told friends that he was responsible for putting her in the oven, a defense attorney said Monday during opening sta... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024897/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:14:13 -0400 MSNBC http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024897/ Calif. activist gets 4-year term for witness bribe A Muslim activist and frequent critic of local police was sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to trying to bribe a witness in a c... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024904/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:26:14 -0400 Federal News Radio http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024904/ SAN ANTONIO, TX--(Marketwire - August 19, 2008) - EADS North America Defense Security and Systems Solutions, Inc. has been recognized as one of the industry's top simulation companies in the 7th Ann... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17023935/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:22:21 -0400 Market Wire http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17023935/ ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Make that three babies - count 'em, three - to go. Babies in a hurry made for a memorable Monday morning for firefighters in and around Rochester who were summoned three times t... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024066/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:41:44 -0400 C News http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024066/ Chicago Police Detective Robert Soto's casket is placed in a hearse at Foran Funeral Home in Summit before a funeral mass Tuesday morning at St. Francis of Assisi Church on the Near West Side. http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024886/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:45:03 -0400 Chicago Tribune http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024886/ BOSTON – A retired Massachusetts lawyer has been found guilty of possessing six valuable paintings that had been stolen from a home in 1978. Robert Mardirosian (mar-di-ROZ'-ee-an) of Falmouth... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024086/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:44:56 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024086/ GREENVILLE, S.C. – A Montana woman has pleaded guilty to stealing the identify of a missing South Carolina woman to get into an Ivy League school. Esther Elizabeth Reed pleaded guilty to frau... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024082/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:45:00 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024082/ ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) ― Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is criticizing Republican rival John McCain for questioning his patriotism and his judgment on national security matters.Oba... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024900/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:07:39 -0400 CBS 2 Chicago http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024900/ NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - August 19, 2008) - imc2 announced today that it has bolstered its New York-based creative group with the addition of Bob Lukasik, former executive creative director of G2... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024090/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:22:40 -0400 Market Wire http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024090/ NEWARK, N.J. – Thousands of Iraqi refugees have arrived in the United States as part of a nationwide resettlement program to bring 12,000 Iraqis to the United States by the end of next month, of... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024080/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:44:46 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024080/ CANM ), a global provider of business process and information technology outsourcing services, announced today that it has received the #3 ranking on the 2008 CRN Fast Growth 100 list for the Unite... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17023941/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:22:05 -0400 Market Wire http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17023941/ (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)An armoured vehicle of French troops heads toward the scene of a gun battle in Surobi, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug 19, 2008. About 100 insurgents ambushed a group of French parat... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17023926/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:29:35 -0400 Examiner http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17023926/ Posted: 9:57 AM- ROCHESTER, Minn. - The wife of an American killed in Beijing is starting to talk and walk short distances while recovering at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. A statement po... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17023930/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:15:53 -0400 Salt Lake Tribune http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17023930/ — A stalagmite in a West Virginia cave has yielded the most detailed geological record to date on climate cycles in eastern North America over the past 7,000 years. The new study confirms that du... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17023934/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:44:28 -0400 Science Daily http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17023934/ (AP Photo/Matt York)Evacuees rest in a Red Cross shelter Aug. 18, 2008 in Peach Springs, Ariz. Flooding along the western end of the Grand Canyon after heavy weekend rains caused flooding near Havasu ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024893/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:22:04 -0400 The Examiner http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024893/ BEIJING (AP) — Shawn Johnson's smile was a thousand times wider than the balance beam she had just conquered. Finally, it was a golden grin. The world champion made a habit of collecting silver a... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17023038/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:13:41 -0400 Deseret News http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17023038/ A man who contends he got a 9-foot tapeworm after eating undercooked fish has sued a Chicago restaurant. In the lawsuit filed Monday, Anthony Franz said he ordered salmon salad for lunch from Sha... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024898/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:13:30 -0400 Newsday http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024898/ LOS ANGELES – A defense attorney for the Missouri woman charged in a MySpace hoax that allegedly led to a 13-year-old girl's suicide argued in court papers that prosecutors are bending a cyber c... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17022887/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:44:47 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17022887/ A research firm says home prices in the San Francisco Bay area plunged 29.3 percent in July to a 53-month low. MDA DataQuick says in its report today that the median price for new and resale homes... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024887/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:27:55 -0400 Associated Press http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024887/ ESCOBARES, Texas – The Rio Grande Valley's main highway was open to traffic again Tuesday as flooding receded following a deluge of up to 13 inches of rain across southern Texas. The torrenti... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024083/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:44:59 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024083/ By BEN NEARYASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER WIND RIVER INDIAN RESERVATION, Wyo. -- Rows of rundown houses sit among stunted trees on a bleak, wind-swept plateau. The nearest mountains are a faint smudge on... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024894/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:15:06 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024894/ Investigators hold briefing to counter widespread questions about anthrax probe "We learned as we went along," says scientist-adviser FBI admits it destroyed sample sent by suspect in early ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17023937/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:22:40 -0400 CNN http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17023937/ CRAWFORD, Texas – The White House Tuesday said it was not considering a second economic stimulus package at the moment. “With regards to a second stimulus, I don't think that we are the... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17022268/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:44:55 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17022268/ ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill. (CBS) ― Five Chicago teens were arrested Sunday and charged with burglarizing a northwest suburban video game store. Two of them were caught after trying to hitch a ride ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024910/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:15:32 -0400 WBZ4 http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024910/ ). In 26 issues, from September 1967 through November 1977, under the successive sponsorships of New American Library, Simon & Schuster, and finally Bantam, http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17023945/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:13:11 -0400 Slate http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17023945/ BEIJING -- The American gymnasts closed out their Beijing stay in spectacular style on Tuesday, with Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin adding to their medal haul by winning gold and silver in the balanc... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17023946/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:13:06 -0400 Sports Illustrated http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17023946/ Also, American second baseman Jayson Nix — still recovering from a foul ball off his left eye that resulted in surgery, stitches, bruises and fuzzy vision — said he hopes to still return to Olympi... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17023928/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:24:18 -0400 Register-Guard http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17023928/ DAVENPORT, Wash. (AP) ― Firefighters in eastern Washington say a wildfire has raced across about 35 square miles of grass, sagebrush and some scattered trees in a sparsely populated region. Ca... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024906/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:15:34 -0400 WBZ4 http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024906/ KENAI NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Here in a 13,700-year-old peat bog, ecologist Ed Berg reaches into the moss and pulls out more evidence of the drastic changes afoot due to the Earth... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024916/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:09:01 -0400 Reuters http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024916/ August 19, 2008 American Home Mortgage Investment Corp., once one of the nation's largest mortgage lenders, said it expects to pay unsecured creditors no more than 5.9 cents on the dollar as it liqui... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17023923/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:44:44 -0400 CFO http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17023923/ ) said Tuesday it completed its recently announced secondary stock offering. Including over allotments, the company issued just under 21.9 million shares for $8.50 a share. US Airways said it plans ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17022523/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:19:53 -0400 Market Watch http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17022523/ WASHINGTON – The United States says it has not been asked about giving former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf asylum, but that the former army general “has a right to live wherever he... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17023985/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:45:01 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17023985/ CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) ― Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, confronted with sudden array of global troubles, has dropped plans to attend the closing ceremonies of the Olympics in Beijing this ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024901/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:07:39 -0400 CBS 2 Chicago http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024901/ (PRESS RELEASE) -- Giesecke & Devrient America, Inc. (GDAI) has announced the latest addition to their gaming industry product portfolio with the launch of its newest solution, the Bank Express System... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17022731/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:07:12 -0400 Online Casino City http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17022731/ BEIJING (Reuters) - American Dawn Harper sprung a huge surprise when a dramatic mistake by compatriot Lolo Jones let her through to win Olympic gold in the women's 100 meters hurdles on Tuesday. http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024915/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:09:00 -0400 Reuters http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024915/ Posted on: Tuesday, 19 August 2008, 12:01 CDT In the final weeks to the start of BioPharm America(TM), September 9-10, 2008 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Atlanta, GA, EBD Group today announced new prog... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17023927/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:29:33 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17023927/ GREEN BAY, Wis. – A sailor rescued after he fell into Lake Michigan says one of the worst moments of the 12-hour ordeal came near the end, when a Coast Guard helicopter seemed to have its spotli... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024087/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:44:55 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024087/ Ohio college composite football schedule for 2008 Members of the board initially said they knew about Barbero's record but honored him because he deserved recognition.After media reports about Barbero... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024892/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:22:02 -0400 The Examiner http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024892/ BEIJING (Reuters) - American gymnast Nastia Liukin finished the Beijing Olympics on Tuesday by taking home more medals than any other gymnastics competitor and surpassing the haul of her own father in... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024914/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:08:58 -0400 Reuters http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024914/ LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) _ The funeral for slain Arkansas Democratic Party chairman Bill Gwatney was marked by humor as former President Clinton and others remembered the man who had touched their lives... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024074/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:13:30 -0400 Newsday http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024074/ REYKJAVIK, ICELAND and NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - August 19, 2008) - Glitnir, the leading provider of financing and advisory services to the global seafood industry, advised Seattle-based American ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17023940/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:21:41 -0400 Market Wire http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17023940/ Corey Knapp , resident manager of the Ivey House, a bed and breakfast in Everglades City. Water was knee deep on some side roads, but he said the storm was not as bad as he expected.Forecasts for most... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024891/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:22:05 -0400 The Examiner http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024891/ Barbara Jessop's attorney, Gonzalo Rios, planned to call a child development expert and a stepdaughter to testify when the custody hearing resumes Tuesday morning. Jessop has 10 children, and Ruby ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024088/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:44:51 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024088/ CHICAGO (CBS) ― Chicago Police Supt. Jody Weis joined hundreds of mourners today to remember the life of one officer whose life was cut short by a bullet.As CBS 2's Joanie Lum reports, authori... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17022242/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:21:10 -0400 CBS 2 Chicago http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17022242/ Posted on: Tuesday, 19 August 2008, 12:00 CDT By MARCY GORDON WASHINGTON -- The former top attorney at Apple Inc. on Thursday agreed to pay $2.2 million to settle federal regulators' charges that she... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024067/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:29:44 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024067/ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SPOKANE, Wash. -- United Airlines is ending its direct flight between Spokane and Chicago, even though it generally flies at 80 to 85 percent of capacity. That daily flight is... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024896/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:14:45 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024896/ GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) ― A sailor rescued after he fell into Lake Michigan says one of the worst moments of the 12-hour ordeal came near the end, when a Coast Guard helicopter seemed to have its... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024911/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:15:32 -0400 WBZ4 http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024911/ WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 (AP) - (Kyodo)—(EDS: ADDING DETAILS) Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will skip the closing ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games on Sunday because of the crisis in Georgia... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024064/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:48:53 -0400 Breitbart http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024064/ Rallies planned for Sen. John McCain in at least three battleground states August 29 Sources warn McCain could announce his choice for vice president at any time Rallies planned as show of support lea... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17023938/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:22:42 -0400 CNN http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17023938/ DETROIT – Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick won a small but much-needed legal victory when a judge ruled the Detroit City Council doesn't have the authority to force him from office. The mayor, facing 1... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17022929/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:44:52 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17022929/ Boston-based insurer Liberty Mutual Holding Co. has filed a federal lawsuit challenging several recent amendments to New York State's workers' compensation law are unconstitutional. http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17022845/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:05:36 -0400 Insurance Journal http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17022845/ POTI, Georgia (AP) ― Russian soldiers took about 20 Georgian troops prisoner at a key Black Sea port in western Georgia on Tuesday, blindfolding them and holding them at gunpoint, and commande... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024908/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:15:35 -0400 WBZ4 http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024908/ pretax charge in 2007 for a class-action settlement and items related to its acquisition of Corporate Express. Staples said it sees the Corporate Express merger adding slightly to earnings. Stap... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17023947/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:05:22 -0400 Morning Star http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17023947/ US wholesale prices rose twice as fast as expected last month as new home construction plunged, government data showed on Tuesday, offering little reason for optimism on the outlook for either inflati... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024918/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:02:24 -0400 Financial Times http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024918/ WASHINGTON — More American women in their early 40s are childless, and those who are having children are having fewer than ever before, the Census Bureau said Monday. In the last 30 years, the nu... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024917/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:59:47 -0400 Fox News http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17024917/ BLACKWATER and Halliburton are the names most associated with the work of private contractors in Iraq but plenty of other firms have shared the spoils of war. Between 2003 and 2007 America's governmen... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17023948/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:58:04 -0400 The Economist http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17023948/ Federal officials say they need nearly $260 millino to overhaul training of the National Guard. Here, a soldier takes part in National Guard training at Fort Dix Army Base in southern New Jersey in th... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17019251/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:23:01 -0400 USA Today http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17019251/ 8/19/2008, 8:55 a.m. EDT RUISI, Georgia (AP) — A small column of Russian tanks and armored vehicles left the strategic Georgian city of Gori on Tuesday, the first sign of a Russian pullback of t... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17016902/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:50:20 -0400 New Jersey Online http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17016902/ It started as a lark, a way to raise money for a nudist presidential candidate. Over the past 30 years, the Exotic Erotic Ball has became a San Francisco institution. Now the organizer is bringing a... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17017479/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:42:45 -0400 Las Vegas Sun http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17017479/ SpongeTech(R) Delivery Systems, Inc. CEO Interviewed Live on Steve Crowley's American Scene Radio Show and National Patent Development Corporation Reports Second Qu http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17016581/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:17:17 -0400 Financial News USA http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17016581/ BEIJING - Henry Cejudo, a son of illegal immigrants from Mexico, completed his American dream Tuesday by crushing Japan's hopes of their first Olympic men's wrestling gold medal in two decades. http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17018095/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:41:20 -0400 Khaleej Times http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17018095/ PP ), a specialty pharmaceutical company developing innovative late-stage drug candidates for the treatment of central nervous system and autoimmune diseases, today announced that its Chief Executi... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17017244/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:28:14 -0400 Market Wire http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17017244/ CHANTILLY, VA--(Marketwire - August 19, 2008) - TV Worldwide, the Internet's first TV network, announced that it had been selected by the Information Today to produce the official webcast of both th... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17018319/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:28:11 -0400 Market Wire http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17018319/ PHOENIX - A search is due to resume Tuesday for 11 hikers who were missing after flooding struck a tiny village near the Grand Canyon rim, a community so remote it is the only one in America where the... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17019248/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:24:39 -0400 MSNBC http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17019248/ Reading are looking at Venezuelan starlet Alejandro Valldeperas. The 17-year-old midfielder has been recommended to The Royals and he is now training with their youth squad.Valldeperas currently pl... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17018089/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:12:16 -0400 Sky Sports http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17018089/ VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Aug. 19, 2008) - North American Tungsten Corporation Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:NTC) (the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has mobilized crew and equipment i... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17018108/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:27:46 -0400 Market Wire http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17018108/ BEIJING (AP) -- Henry Cejudo, the 21-year-old wrestling prodigy who had wrestled in only one world-level senior tournament before Beijing, has won the Olympic gold medal in men's freestyle 55-kilogram... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17017148/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:16:22 -0400 Tampa Bay Online http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17017148/ Indian Kashmir protests called off for 3 days After weeks of massive separatist protests in Indian Kashmir that virtually shut down the region, Muslim leaders called Tuesday for three days of calm, al... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17019258/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:32:21 -0400 Federal News Radio http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17019258/ RHINEBECK, N.Y. — A veteran pilot and flight instructor died after crashing a World War I replica biplane during a Hudson Valley air show. Vincent Nasta of Wading River, N.Y. was flying a single-... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17018317/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:49:00 -0400 General Sources http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17018317/ WASHINGTON (AP) ― Wholesale inflation surged in July, leaving prices for the past year rising at the fastest pace in 27 years, according to government data released Tuesday. The Labor Departme... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17019265/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:19:32 -0400 WBZ4 http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17019265/ (CBS) Russia and Georgia exchanged 20 prisoners of war Tuesday, a move that could bring a substantial reduction in tensions and that Georgia hopes will expedite a Russian troop withdrawal from its t... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17019262/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:19:29 -0400 WBZ4 http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17019262/ ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) ― A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-rigged car into a police academy as applicants lined up to register for classes, killing at least 43 people, Algeria's Interior Mi... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17019260/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:19:29 -0400 WBZ4 http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17019260/ American women are waiting longer to have children, and more than ever are choosing not to have children at all, according to a report by the U.S. Census Bureau. Twenty percent of American women from... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17018096/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:36:12 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17018096/ An eye-opening survey reveals widespread belief that divine intervention can revive dying patients. And, researchers said, doctors "need to be prepared to deal with families who are waiting for a... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17018103/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:28:10 -0400 CNN http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17018103/ SourceAnywhere for VSS VANCOUVER, BC--(Marketwire - August 19, 2008) - Dynamsoft Corporation today announced Continental Airlines, the world's fifth largest airline, has implemented http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17016782/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:28:02 -0400 Market Wire http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17016782/ National Aviation Services (NAS), the region's fastest growing private airline ground handling company today announced the award of a comprehensive security handling service agreement with Delta Airli... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17016784/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:20:28 -0400 AME Info http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17016784/ The HON Company's new SmartLink(TM) furniture system connects the teacher, the students and the environment together in a uniquely synergistic manner designed to foster an interactive learning process... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17018102/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:27:52 -0400 Market Wire http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17018102/ TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Aug. 19, 2008) - The second annual TorontoTechWeek, which provides an opportunity to showcase, promote and network with information and communication technology (ICT) p... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17018100/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:28:47 -0400 Market Wire http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/17018100/