Former Gitmo detainees work on Bermuda golf course HAMILTON, Bermuda ? Four Chinese Muslims once confined to small prison cells as suspected terrorists at Guantanamo are now helping prepare the wide-open spaces of an oceanside golf course for the PGA Grand Slam of Golf. The Uighurs who moved to the British island territory in June have joined
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Former Guantanamo detainees find work in Bermuda, prepare fairways for PGA Grand Slam of Golf
Giants activate Martinez, send Joaquin to minors HOUSTON ? The San Francisco Giants have reinstated pitcher Joe Martinez from the disabled list and optioned reliever Waldis Joaquin to Triple-A Fresno. Martinez (1-0, 6.75 ERA) was to make his first major league start Wednesday against the Astros
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Giants activate RHP Martinez from DL to make 1st big league start; send Joaquin to Triple-A
Goodell reassures retired players on benefits NFL commissioner Roger Goodell reassured retired players that their pensions and disability benefits would not be reduced in a labor dispute next year, refuting statements made by the NFL Players Association. In a letter to the NFL Alumni Board of Directors on Wednesday, Goodell wrote that claims made by the union
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Goodell reassures retired players? benefits/pensions wouldn?t be affected by labor dispute
Criminal charges for NY train engineer, passenger MINEOLA, N.Y. ? A New York prosecutor says criminal charges have been filed against a Long Island Rail Road engineer and the passenger he allowed to drive a train. Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice says William Kutsch of New York City and the engineer, Ronald Cabrera, have been charged
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Criminal charges filed against New York engineer, passenger accused of driving train
Filipinos bid farewell to democracy icon Aquino MANILA, Philippines ? Former Philippine President Corazon “Cory” Aquino was laid to rest Wednesday next to her assassinated husband after a funeral procession joined by hundreds of thousands of supporters who hailed her as an exemplar of moral leadership. About 600 priests and nuns linked arms around the Aquino mausoleum
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Philippine former President Aquino laid to rest as huge crowds pay tribute
Angry arguments erupt at Fatah convention BETHLEHEM, West Bank ? Angry arguments over elections and money erupted Wednesday between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Fatah activists on the second day of the movement’s convention. Fatah’s first conference in 20 years is meant to elect new leaders, clean up the party’s corrupt image and make it more competitive
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Angry arguments over money and elections erupt at first Fatah conference in 20 years
Philly trio in court over fatal fight outside game PHILADELPHIA ? Three men allegedly involved in a fatal fight over spilled beer at a Philadelphia Phillies stadium bar are in court for a preliminary hearing. A coroner has described the severe head and abdominal injuries suffered by 22-year-old David Sale Jr
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3 in court for fatal fight outside Phillies game; police say melee started over spilled beer
Midwest has been home to foreign detainees before LEAVENWORTH, Kan. ? If suspected terrorists from Guantanamo Bay end up being held in Kansas, it wouldn’t be the first time foreign detainees were imprisoned in the Midwest. Thousands of Germans and Italians spent the last days of World War II in confinement on the prairie, far from the
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Kansas, possible spot for Guantanamo prisoners, has history of holding foreign detainees
WASHINGTON – American singer Britney Spears has been revealed to be among the singers who have been nominated for Best Pop Video at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards. Spears, 27, will be going up against Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Cobra Starship, and Wisin Y Yandel, reports Usmagazine.com. The ‘Toxic’ singer’s “Womanizer”, Beyonce’s “Single Ladies”, Eminem’s “We Made
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LONDON – A new study has found that Orangutans push leaves against their lips, making drawn-out “kiss squeaks”, in order to sound more intimidating to predators. According to a report in New Scientist, researchers recorded kiss squeaks between 2003 and 2005 near a research station in Indonesia’s Central Kalimantan Province on the island of Borneo. “When you’re
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Orangutan?s ?kiss squeaks? make them more intimidating to predators
Societe Generale 2Q net profit down by half PARIS ? Societe Generale SA said Wednesday its net profit fell 52 percent in the second quarter as the French bank wrote down its derivatives holdings and suffered increased losses on bad loans. France’s second largest bank reported net profit of euro309 million ($445 million) for the three months
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French bank Societe Generale 2nd quarter net profit falls by half on higher writedowns
Small Pacific islands call for big carbon cuts CAIRNS, Australia ? Island nations are the least responsible for climate change but will bear the brunt of its ill effects, Australia’s leader said Wednesday, as a group of small Pacific states called for a 45 percent cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. The seven smallest island nations
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Australian PM: Pacific islands least responsible for climate change are most vulnerable to it
Haiti lawmakers OK minimum wage hike after clashes PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti ? Lawmakers voted to more than double Haiti’s minimum wage Tuesday night after long hours of debate and clashes between police and protesters, who complained they can’t feed and shelter their families on the current pay of about $1.75 a day.
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Haitian lamwakers vote to double minimum wage after police, protesters clash amid tear gas
Chargers’ Twitter cops bust Cromartie for tweet SAN DIEGO ? Hey Antonio Cromartie, tweet this ? you’re busted! The San Diego Chargers have fined their star cornerback $2,500 for using Twitter to wonder whether the “nasty food” has contributed to the Bolts failing to make it to the Super Bowl in recent years
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Antonio Cromartie flagged by Chargers for tweet complaining about camp grub, fined $2,500
Muni’s chief operating officer gives resignation SAN FRANCISCO ? The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’s chief operating officer is stepping down after two high-profile crashes involving Muni trains. Kenneth McDonald turned in his resignation Tuesday, saying his last day on the job would be Oct
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San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency?s chief operating officer turns in resignation
Clinton, 2 journalists depart NKorea for US SEOUL, South Korea ? His mission accomplished, former President Bill Clinton left Pyongyang early Wednesday accompanied by American journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling after North Korean leader Kim Jong Il pardoned the women from their 12-year prison sentences. Clinton and the two Californians were flying back to the U.S.,
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Clinton, 2 American journalists have left North Korea for California: spokesman
Joe Jackson won’t help raise son’s children LOS ANGELES ? Joe Jackson doesn’t plan to help raise Michael Jackson’s three children. The Jackson family patriarch lives in Las Vegas and wrote in a statement filed in a Los Angeles court on Monday that he only occasionally visits the family home in the San Fernando Valley, north of
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Family patriarch Joe Jackson doesn?t plan to help raise Michael Jackson?s children
Battle lines set, Senate debates Sotomayor WASHINGTON ? The Senate held a history-making debate Tuesday on confirming Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor as the first Hispanic justice, with Republican opponents asserting she would bring bias to the bench and Democratic supporters saying she was a mainstream moderate. There was little doubt that President Barack Obama’s first high
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Conrad, Kardashian set as ‘Top Model’ guest judges LOS ANGELES ? Reality TV stars Lauren Conrad and Kim Kardashian are set to appear as guest judges on the new season of “America’s Next Top Model.” The series, returning Sept. 9 on the CW network, will feature other guest judges from the fashion world, including models Chanel Iman
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Lauren Conrad, Kim Kardashian set as ?Top Model? guest judges in season of ?petite? contest
CW: ‘No issues’ with Barton’s work on new series PASADENA, Calif. ? The CW television network says Mischa (MEE’-shah) Barton is at work in New York on the new fall series “The Beautiful Life: TBL” and her health hasn’t been an issue. The 23-year-old actress was hospitalized last month for undisclosed reasons after Los Angeles police removed
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CW says Mischa Barton?s work on new series ?Beautiful Life? unaffected by her health
Dealers in neutral as Senate debates ‘clunkers’ As dealerships and car shoppers alike wait for the Senate to decide the fate of “cash for clunkers,” one question reigns: Deal or no deal? Many dealerships have stopped selling cars and trucks through the program while Washington decides whether to approve more money for it
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Some dealers hold back on new ?clunkers? deals until Senate approves additional money
Report: Early costs of climate bill will be modest WASHINGTON ? Climate change legislation before Congress would boost electricity prices by about 20 percent by 2030, although most of the increases wouldn’t begin until after 2020, a government analysis concluded Tuesday. The Energy Information Administration said the ability to contain the cost to consumers depends largely on
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Report says early costs of climate bill will be modest, with prices rising 20 percent by 2030
Pepsi, UAL, Orbitz, ADM, Herbalife are big movers NEW YORK ? The following stocks were among those that moved substantially or traded heavily Tuesday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE PepsiCo Inc., up $2.86 at $59.06 The beverage giant is buying its two biggest bottlers for $7.8 billion in order to get new products
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PepsiCo, United Airlines parent UAL, Orbitz, ADM, Herbalife are big market movers Tuesday
Catholic sisters queried about doctrine, fidelity A Vatican-ordered investigation into Roman Catholic sisters in the U.S., shrouded in mystery when it was announced seven months ago, is shaping up to be a tough examination of whether women’s religious communities have strayed too far from church teaching. The review “is intended as a constructive assessment and an expression
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Catholic sisters asked about fidelity to church teaching, doctrine in sweeping Vatican inquiry
Felicia strengthens into hurricane in the Pacific MIAMI ? Forecasters say Felicia has strengthened from a tropical storm to a hurricane far out in the Pacific while Tropical Storm Enrique is getting stronger not far away. The National Hurricane Center in Miami says Felicia’s maximum sustained winds are near 80 mph and it could be a major
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Felicia strengthens into a hurricane far out in the Pacific; Tropical Storm Enrique nearby
Dem, GOP leaders say Senate will vote on clunkers WASHINGTON ? The Senate will vote to extend the popular “cash-for-clunkers” program before going home on Friday, Majority Leader Harry Reid declared Tuesday in a strong signal the government won’t let the trade-in rebates die under the surging demand that has almost exhausted federal backing.
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Senate will approve cash-for-clunkers extension, Democratic leader says; GOP won?t block vote
Prosecutor denies violating rights in ID probe DENVER ? Colorado authorities say they did not violate anyone’s privacy rights when they seized thousands of tax documents to investigate undocumented immigrants for identity theft. In a late Monday filing, Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck and Sheriff John Cook also said a judge erred in halting the probe
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Colorado prosecutor denies violating immigrant privacy rights in identity-theft investigation