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| Conferences and a Cadillac Ranch: Council Members on Break (Washington Post) |
| Remember those first-day-of-school essays you had to write about what you did on your summer vacation? Your County Council members have been on a break since July 29 and aren't expected to return to Rockville until Sept. 5. Here are some hi |
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| Official: Attacks at Pakistan arms factory kill 37 (AP via Yahoo! News) |
| A hospital official says the death toll from two suicide attacks at the gates of Pakistan's main weapons complex has risen to 37. |
| http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_re_as/pakistan_explosion_5 |
| 12 killed in new Algeria bomb attacks (AFP via Yahoo! News) |
| Two car bomb attacks in eastern Algeria killed at least 12 people, state radio and a Canadian employer reported with the country still reeling from a suicide bomber who killed 43 people a day earlier. |
| http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080821/ts_afp/algeriaattacks_080821014343 |
| Witnesses: About 40 Somalis Killed In 2 Attacks (CBS News) |
| Separate attacks with roadside bombs struck near a presidential motorcade and a military convoy in Somalia's capital region Friday, causing soldiers to open fire, witnesses said. |
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| Taliban claims responsibility for twin blasts in E Pakistan, warns of more attac |
| Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)spokesman Maulvi Umar Thursday claimed responsibility for two blasts in eastern Pakistan, private TV channel Ary One World reported. Maulvi Umar also asked the security forces to stop their operations in the |
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| Lack of Insurance, High Medical Costs Put More in a Bind (Washington Post) |
| Americans are struggling to pay medical bills and are accumulating medical debt at an increasing rate, according to a survey released today. |
| http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/19/AR2008081902638.... |
| Bid to ban trans fat statewide gets a boost (Boston Globe) |
| All of Massachusetts may soon become a trans fat-free zone. The state's public health commissioner responded enthusiastically yesterday to a lawmaker's request that his agency impose a statewide ban on the artery-clogging fat in all restaur |
| http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/08/21/bid_to_ban_trans_fat_statew... |
| Bisphenol A exposure can increase risk of Diabetes and Heart Attacks. (Environme |
| In human fat tissues, bisphenol A (BPA) suppresses levels of a key hormone, adiponectin, that protects people from heart attacks and Type II diabetes. These results implicate BPA as a potential cause of metabolic syndrome, one of the most s |
| http://www.enn.com/health/article/37984 |
| US condemns Algeria terrorist attacks (AFP via Yahoo! News) |
| The United States on Wednesday condemned terrorist attacks in Algeria, saying they were the work of "criminals and thugs" and vowing to support counter-terrorism efforts. |
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| Deputies: Suspect Linked To Other South Shore Attacks (The Tampa Tribune) |
| Deputies have arrested the man they say abducted, robbed and sexually assaulted two restaurant workers at gunpoint in Apollo Beach on Saturday, and they say they have evidence the same suspect is responsible for two other attacks in July. |
| http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/aug/21/210910/deputies-arrest-man-wanted-apollo... |
| Day-by-day: Georgia-Russia crisis |
| A day-by-day look at how the conflict involving Russia and Georgia over the breakaway region of South Ossetia is unfolding. |
| http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/news/int/search/news%2Bsport/a+attacks/-/2/hi/europ... |
| Pakistan bombers hit arms factory |
| Pakistan suffers its deadliest attack on a military installation, as suicide bombers kill at least 55 outside a munitions factory. |
| http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/news/int/search/news%2Bsport/a+attacks/-/2/hi/south... |
| Timeline: Pakistan |
| A chronology of key events. |
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| Man jailed for ã30 debt slashing |
| A gardener who slashed a man with a Stanley knife over a ã30 debt is jailed for four-and-a-half years. |
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| Four arrested over street attack |
| Police are questioning four men over an attack which left a 25-year-old man critically ill in hospital. |
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| Photos wanted to catch attacker |
| Police in North Yorkshire urge people to send in photos from a music festival in a bid to identify a sex attacker. |
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| Weapon wielding gang attack man |
| A man is attacked by a hooded gang wielding weapons as he walks at night in Oxfordshire. |
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| Woman arrested over attack on Pc |
| Police hold a 35-year-old woman after a Pc is attacked during a disturbance in north east Lincolnshire. |
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| Arrest over music row stab attack |
| A man is arrested over a stabbing in Manchester after a row over loud music. |
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| Three die in fresh Afghan attack |
| Three soldiers die in central Afghanistan in the latest attack in a deadly week for Nato, as UK PM Gordon Brown arrives for a visit. |
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