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TOP STORIES
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> CDC: MORE AMERICANS HIV-POSITIVE THAN PREVIOUSLY BELIEVED

There are more new cases of Americans infected with HIV, the virus that causes
AIDS, than previously believed, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
said Saturday.

... FULL STORY: http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/08/02/hiv.cdc/index.html

> OLYMPIC TORCH IGNITES EMOTION IN QUAKE ZONE

Crowds roared with delight and waved hundreds of Chinese flags in welcome as
the Olympic torch began an emotional tour of Sichuan on Sunday, three months
after a powerful quake devastated large swaths of the lush, mountainous
province.

... FULL STORY: http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/03/oly.sichuan.torch.ap/index.html



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U.S. NEWS
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> CAR IN POLICE CHASE HITS PARADE ROUTE; 4 HURT

A drunken driver led deputies on a high-speed chase Saturday before barging
through a parade route and injuring a total of four people, none seriously,
authorities said.

... FULL STORY: http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/08/02/parade.crash.ap/index.html

> U.S. RELAY TEAM STRIPPED OF 2000 OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALS

The International Olympic Committee has stripped gold medals from the U.S.
men's 1,600-meter relay team that competed at the 2000 Games in the aftermath
of Antonio Pettigrew's admission that he was doping at the time.

... FULL STORY: http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/08/02/ioc.medals.ap/index.html

> SEX OFFENDER'S BOND REVOKED AFTER YEAR OF FREEDOM

A former Florida teacher, who for a year avoided serving a 43-year sentence
for sexually molesting a 13-year-old boy, was handcuffed and ordered back into
state custody Friday.

... FULL STORY: http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/01/sex.molester.bond/index.html

> IRAQ CONTRACTOR BANS CELL PHONES FOR 'SAFETY AND SECURITY'

A major Defense Department contractor has ordered its employees in Iraq to
turn in their personal cell phones because "of a safety and security concern."

... FULL STORY: http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/08/01/kbr.cellphones/index.html



.... More U.S. stories at http://www.cnn.com/US


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WORLD NEWS
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> 150 FATAH SUPPORTERS ENTER ISRAEL AFTER HAMAS TAKES OVER EAST GAZA

About 150 pro-Fatah Palestinians seeking refuge from a Hamas crackdown in
eastern Gaza City were allowed into Israel on Saturday, an Israel Defense
Forces spokesman told CNN.

... FULL STORY: http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/08/02/palestinian.infighting/index.html

> DOZENS KILLED, INJURED IN IRAQ BOMBINGS

Dozens of people were killed or injured Sunday after a wave of bombings in
Iraq.

... FULL STORY: http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/08/03/iraq.main/index.html

> BOMB KILLS 15 WOMEN STREET CLEANERS IN MOGADISHU

A roadside bomb killed 15 women who were cleaning rubbish from a street in
southern Mogadishu Sunday morning, according to journalists and witnesses at
the scene.

... FULL STORY: http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/08/03/somalia.strife/index.html

> N. KOREA TO EXPEL S. KOREANS FROM RESORT

North Korea said Sunday it will expel all "unnecessary" South Koreans from a
mountain resort in the communist nation where a South Korean tourist was shot
dead by a soldier last month.

... FULL STORY: http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/03/nkorea.blame/index.html



.... More World stories at http://www.cnn.com/WORLD


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SPORTS
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> SIX ENSHRINED INTO PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME

CANTON, Ohio (AP) -- The Hall of Fame induction ceremony turned Hog wild
Saturday.

... FULL STORY: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/football/nfl/08/02/hall.of.fame.ap/index.h tml

> CHFF: POINTING OUT DEFENSIVE BIAS IN NFL HALL

Pro Football Hall of Fame voters have long treated NFL defenders the same way
Patton's 3rd Army treated German defenders in World War II.

... FULL STORY: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/football/nfl/specials/preview/2008/08/01/c hff.hof/index.html



.... More Sports stories at http://SI.com
.... For scores see http://SI.com/scoreboards


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BUSINESS
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> WELCOME, MR. PRESIDENT: HERE'S THE TAB

They're not running for poet laureate. But surely John McCain and Barack Obama
are aware of the cautionary verse from Scottish poet Robert Burns: "The
best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry."

... FULL STORY: http://money.cnn.com/2008/07/28/news/economy/deficit_record_candidates/index.htm

> WALL STREET WOBBLES INTO WEEKEND

Stocks slipped Friday, completing a topsy-turvy week, as investors mulled a
seventh straight month of job losses, a dismal quarterly report from General
Motors and slumping U.S. auto sales reports.

... FULL STORY: http://money.cnn.com/2008/08/01/markets/markets_newyork/index.htm



.... More Business stories at http://CNNmoney.com
.... For market numbers see http://CNNmoney.com/markets


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HEALTH NEWS
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> HOW ONE BUSY MOM FOUND HER INNER PEACE

Thanks to the flu, a broken ankle, a staph infection, and bronchitis, plus
several school cancellations, my three children were at home -- hurting,
vomiting, coughing, or tracking muddy water into our house -- all but seven
days last February. (Shall I pause to let the horror of that number sink in?
All but seven.) I'm normally an efficient, organized person who thrives on
plans and checklists, but by the end of that month, I'd accomplished almost
nothing beyond reading aloud the entire fifth book of Harry Potter. I felt so
anxious that I was on the verge of hyperventilation.

... FULL STORY: http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/family/08/01/healthmag.me.time/index.html

> AWAKE PATIENT READS ALOUD DURING BRAIN SURGERY

One night last spring, Conor Mather-Licht was celebrating the end of his
freshman year in college. Out to dinner with friends, he started to read the
menu, but couldn't.

... FULL STORY: http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/08/01/open.brain.surgery/index.html



.... More Health stories at http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH


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TECHNOLOGY NEWS
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> ARE WE HEADING FOR A HUMAN-POWERED FUTURE?

Would you still watch your favorite television program if you had to cycle for
an hour before you could view it?

... FULL STORY: http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/08/01/Human.power/index.html

> FCC: COMCAST VIOLATED WEB ACCESS POLICY

A divided Federal Communications Commission has ruled that Comcast Corp.
violated federal policy when it blocked Internet traffic for some subscribers
and has ordered the cable giant to change the way it manages its network.

... FULL STORY: http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/biztech/08/01/fcc.comcast.ap/index.html



.... More Technology stories at http://www.cnn.com/TECH


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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
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> GETTING A SUGARLAND RUSH OF ENERGY

After Sugarland's first two albums, singer Jennifer Nettles kept hearing how
their records were good and all but somehow ... not.

... FULL STORY: http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/01/music.sugarland.ap/index.html

> PEOPLE MAGAZINE GETS PITT-JOLIE BABY PICTURES

A person involved in the negotiations for pictures of Brad Pitt and Angelina
Jolie's newborn twins says the rights have fetched $14 million.

... FULL STORY: http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/08/01/brangelina.photos.ap/index.html



.... More Entertainment stories at http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ



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