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Ore. man completes flight of fancy - in lawn chair
The Associated Press - CAMBRIDGE, Idaho (AP) - Using his trusty BB gun to help him return to Earth, a 48-year-old gas station owner flew a lawn chair rigged with helium-filled balloons more than 200 miles across the Oregon desert Saturday, landing in a field in Idaho.
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Boca firm crafting technology to allow dialogue with the dead
Palm Beach Post,  United States - By STEPHEN POUNDS He can tell you where to go before the game, what to eat at the Cubs' ballpark and how to sneak into better seats. ...

 

 

'Books: A Memoir' by Larry McMurtry

By Paul Wilner

The novelist reflects on his career as a buyer, seller and lover of the written word.

 

 

Fly SUX: Sioux City embraces its snicker-inducing airport ID code

By Jay Jones

Iowa airport gives up. It's embracing its snicker-inducing airport ID.

 

 

Roger Federer becomes the new face of St. Mark's square in Venice

Federer watches over Venice

 

 

Boston Globe Oil Prices Drive Stocks to Bear Market Washington Post - US stocks fell last week, giving the Dow Jones industrial average a 20 percent bear-market drop from October's all-time high as record oil prices threatened global economic growth. Jobless report, long weekend equal small market gains Denver Post Market down, but not panicky Seattle Times Mail Tribune - The Associated Press - BusinessWeek - Bloomberg all 461 news articles »

 

 

U.S. removes uranium from Iraq
Removal of 550 metric tons of 'yellowcake' helps close books on Saddam's nuclear legacy
--Associated Press

 

 

Iraqis lead final purge of al-Qaida
Huge operation to crush remaining 1,200 fighters from force once estimated at 12,000
--London Sunday Times

 

 

Swords, bombs seized inside Afghan prison
Notorious Kabul facility searched in wake of Taliban jail-break
--Reuters

 

 

'The insurgents are not winning in Afghanistan'
U.S. expert says NATO forces are actually on the right track
--Der Spiegel

 

 

A Betty Ford clinic for jihadis
PlayStations, art classes are part of Saudi approach to rehabilitating terrorists
--London Sunday Times

 

 

8 dead as canoeists sucked into turbines
Accident called 'consequence of a wrong human decision'
--Associated Press

 

 

Nuclear fallout used to uncover phony art  <== today's silver lining
Isotopes released during atomic blasts are markers that distinguish between pre-, post-1945 paintings
--PhysicsWorld

 

 

Smog in Beijing 5 times over safety limit
'We made a commitment to ensure air quality for the Olympic Games'
--London Sunday Times

 

 

You can study abroad through Second Life
Virtual college campuses host international student exchanges
--Christian Science Monitor