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    Space probes show solar system dented, not round (AP)
    AP - When viewed from the rest of the galaxy, the edge of our solar system appears slightly dented as if a giant hand is pushing one edge of it inward, far-traveling NASA probes reveal. -- read full article
    Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:00:23 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Doctor: Birth of Jolie twins may be weeks away (AP)

    Angelina Jolie's obstetrician, Dr. Michel Sussmann speaks during a press conference at the Lenval Hospital in Nice, southern France, Wednesday, July 2, 2008. U.S. actress Angelina Jolie checked into the Lenval Hospital in the south of France on last Tuesday, where she is expected to give birth to her twins, a hospital spokeswoman said last Tuesday. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)AP - Angelina Jolie's doctor says her twins may take a few more weeks to arrive.


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    Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:01:02 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Microsoft and Yahoo rise on deal talks report (AP)

    Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer speaks at a press conference at the CeBIT technology fair one day ahead of the fair's official opening in March 2008. Microsoft is considering a new attempt to buy part of Yahoo in a deal with other media companies that would likely see a break-up of the Internet firm, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.(AFP/DDP/File/David Hecker)AP - Yahoo Inc. shares rose more than 5 percent Wednesday as The Wall Street Journal reported Microsoft Corp. has talked to other media companies about teaming up to buy Yahoo's search business.


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    Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:09:53 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Fugitive hedge-fund swindler surrenders in Mass. (AP)

    In this April 14, 2008 file photo, Samuel Israel, right, founder of the Bayou Group hedge funds, arrives at U.S. District Court in New York. Israel, who turned fugitive after pleading guilty to bilking hundreds of millions of dollars from investors, turned himself in to Southwick, Mass., police Wednesday morning, July 2, 2008. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)AP - A fugitive hedge-fund swindler who faked suicide on a Hudson River bridge and went on the run to avoid a prison sentence surrendered Wednesday in Massachusetts, the U.S. attorney's office said.


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    Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:45:50 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Obama: Service to be a cornerstone of presidency (AP)

    Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks during a campaign stop in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Wednesday, July 2, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP - In a bastion of the religious right, Barack Obama urged Americans Wednesday to look past the "bustle and busyness" of their everyday lives to find a way to help make the American dream real not just for themselves, but for all.


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    Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:48:27 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Bush concedes `tough month' in Afghanistan (AP)

    President Bush pauses during remarks on the upcoming G-8 summit in the Rose Garden of the White House on Wednesday, July 2, 2008 in  Washington.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - President Bush said Wednesday it has been a "tough month" in Afghanistan, where more U.S. and NATO troops died during the past two months than in Iraq. The Pentagon said it is too strapped to send more forces to Afghanistan now.


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    Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:16:13 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Iran dismisses threat of U.S. or Israeli attack as 'craziness' (AP)

    Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki is interviewed in New York, Wednesday July 2, 2008. He dismissed talk of a U.S. or Israeli attack against his country, calling the prospect of another war in the Middle East 'craziness.' (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP - Iran's foreign minister on Wednesday dismissed talk of a U.S. or Israeli attack against his country, calling the prospect of another war in the Middle East "craziness."


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    Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:51:36 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Palestinian goes on rampage in Jerusalem; 3 killed (AP)

    People gather around a bus after it was rammed and overturned by a bulldozer in an attack in Jerusalem, Wednesday, July 2, 2008. A Palestinian bulldozer driver went on a deadly rampage on a busy Jerusalem street Wednesday, plowing into a string of vehicles and pedestrians, killing at least two people and wounding dozens of others before he was shot dead by police. The attack wreaked havoc and left a large swath of damage in the heart of downtown Jerusalem. Traffic was halted, and hundreds of people fled through the streets in panic as medics treated the wounded. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)AP - A Palestinian man plowed an enormous construction vehicle into cars, buses and pedestrians on a busy street Wednesday, killing at least three people and wounding at least 45 before he was shot dead by security officers.


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    Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:04:39 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    SAfrica's Mbeki rejects EU demand on Zimbabwe govt (AFP)

    Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe attends the opening of the 11th African Union Summit in the Sinai resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt on June 30. South African President Thabo Mbeki on Wednesday rejected an EU position that it will only accept a Zimbabwean government led by opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai.(AFP/File)AFP - South African President Thabo Mbeki on Wednesday rejected an EU position that it will only accept a Zimbabwean government led by opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai.


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    Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:36:25 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Soldiers patrol Mongolian capital amid state of emergency (AFP)

    A soldier stands guard outside the headquarters of the former communist Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party in Ulan Bator on July 2 which was set alight and looted after 6,000 protestors rampaged through the city to protest what they claimed was the alleged election rigging.(AFP/Michael Kohn)AFP - Mongolia said Wednesday it had sent soldiers and border guards to help protect its capital amid fears of more confrontations following deadly protests over allegedly rigged elections.


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    Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:08:29 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    U.S. won't let Iran shut Gulf: Navy official (Reuters)

    The guided missile cruiser USS Chosin (L) and guided missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald transit the Straits of Hormuz while entering the Arabian Gulf region in a file photo. The United States will not allow Iran to block the Gulf, the waterway that carries crude from the world's largest oil exporting region, a senior official of the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet said on Wednesday. (U.S. Navy/Handout/Reuters)Reuters - The United States will not allow Iran to block the Gulf, the waterway that carries crude from the world's largest oil exporting region, the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet said on Wednesday.


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    Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:32:29 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    U.S. helicopter shot down in Afghanistan (Reuters)

    File photo shows a US Black Hawk helicopter taking off from an undisclosed location in Afghanistan. A helicopter from the US-led coalition in Afghanistan was shot down with small arms fire near the capital Kabul early Wednesday but there were no serious injuries, the force said.(AFP/File/Nicolas Asfouri)Reuters - A helicopter belonging to U.S.-led coalition troops was shot down by small-arms fire south of the Afghan capital on Wednesday, but there were no serious injuries to those on board, the U.S. military said.


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    Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:52:22 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Some Americans will drive trucks, no matter cost (Reuters)

    Alex Lopez (R) and Christian Morales fill up their painting company's truck at a gas station in Santa Monica, California, in this May 28, 2008 file photo. (Lucy Nicholson/Files/Reuters)Reuters - Seven women pile out of a massive white Chevrolet Suburban and unload the vacuums, mops and buckets of their trade. Gasoline may cost $4 a gallon, but the Chevy's driver and business owner Leesa Baldwin has no intention of downsizing to a smaller vehicle.


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    Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:12:01 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Five dead in Mongolia post-election violence (Reuters)

    Protesters clash with riot police in Ulan Bator July 1, 2008. (Zeev Rozen/Reuters)Reuters - A riot in Mongolia's capital over alleged election fraud has killed five people, dampening hopes for a period of stable government to develop the mining sector and tackle inflation.


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    Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:37:05 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    U.S. facing tough Q2, Europe to suffer: Paulson (Reuters)

    Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson pauses during remarks about the Federal Reserve and trying to reduce threats to the economy at a Women in Housing and Finance meeting in Washington, June 19, 2008. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)Reuters - The U.S. economy is facing a tough second quarter and Europe will not be immune to the impact, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson was quoted as saying on Wednesday.


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    Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:47:16 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
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