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Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:57:51
 AP - Barack Obama stepped triumphantly into history Wednesday night, the first black American to win a major party presidential nomination, as thousands of Democrats transformed their convention hall into a joyful, shouting celebration.
 AP - Former President Clinton gave his full-throated endorsement to Barack Obama's bid for the White House on Wednesday, telling delegates to the Democratic convention that Obama is "ready to lead America and restore American leadership in the world."
 AP - Western leaders warned the Kremlin on Wednesday to "change course," hoping to keep the conflict from growing into a new Cold War after tensions broadened to imperil a key nuclear pact and threaten U.S. meat and poultry trade with Russia.
 AP - Gustav stalled offshore Wednesday and poured more misery onto Haiti after landslides and flooding killed 23 people. Oil workers began leaving their rigs and New Orleans drew up evacuation plans as forecasters warned the storm could plow into the U.S. Gulf coast as a major hurricane.
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Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:57:56
Sen. Barack Obama joined Sen. Joe Biden on stage after Biden accepted the vice-presidential nomination. Earlier, former President Clinton ripped the GOP and praised Obama, who officially won the presidential nod.
 Republicans briefly stopped attacking Sen. Barack Obama for what they call his lack of foreign policy experience to note the historic significance of the United States nominating the first African-American for president.
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Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:57:59
Reuters - Writer-producer Aaron
Sorkin, creator of "The West Wing," is about to get a whole lot
of friends on Facebook.
Reuters - Two Disney DVD releases
with tween appeal, "Camp Rock" and "Hannah Montana and Miley
Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert," debuted at Nos. 1 and 3,
respectively, on the national home video sales chart for the
week ended August 24.
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Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:57:59
 AP - "Everything Under the Sky" (HarperCollins Publisher, 387 pages, $25.95), by Matilde Asensi: It's a good thing that the gambling, opium-addicted, prostitute-loving husband of Elvira De Poulain died. She would otherwise be stripped of an adventure that is so engrossing it could compel the reader to skip meals and ignore chores in a mad dash to read the book's ending.
AP - When the two women first cross the river together in the dead of winter, in a rickety Dodge Spirit Melissa Leo's character, Ray, says what the audience is thinking: "This is so ... stupid."
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Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:58:00
 AP - Marion "Suge" Knight was jailed Wednesday on assault and drug charges after he was accused of beating his girlfriend while brandishing a knife near the Las Vegas Strip, police said.
 AP - A blogger suspected of streaming songs from the unreleased Guns N' Roses album "Chinese Democracy" on his Web site was arrested Wednesday and appeared in court, where his bail was set at $10,000.
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Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:58:01
 AP - NASCAR placed Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards on probation Wednesday for the next six Sprint Cup Series races, the result of their on-track incident last weekend at the end of the race at Bristol Motor Speedway.
 AP - The surgeon's knife can wait. Shawne Merriman is going to play football, two torn knee ligaments and all.
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Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:58:07
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Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:58:07
Leave it to Mike Brown to deliver one of the bigger hits from the Chicago Bears recently. While the slate gets wiped clean following Thursday's preseason finale at Cleveland, Brown made no effort to hide his concern after watching the defense fall flat against San Francisco in a 37-30 loss last week.
The Chicago Bears released cornerback Ricky Manning Jr. on Tuesday. In two seasons with the Bears, he appeared in 31 games with 11 starts. With the Bears, Manning had 106 tackles, three sacks and five interceptions. He signed with the team as a restricted free agent in 2006. Manning entered the league in 2003 as a third-round selection of the Carolina Panthers.
The Chicago Bears terminated the contract of cornerback Ricky Manning Jr. on Tuesday.
Rex Grossman vowed to be ready and expressed no regrets about re-signing with the Chicago Bears, but he also made one thing clear about his new role. "I'll never fully get over it," he said. "And I don't think anyone would expect me to." Although he didn't lash out at coach Lovie Smith for making Kyle Orton the starting quarterback last week, Grossman acknowledged he's having trouble accepting...
Coach Lovie Smith named Kyle Orton his starting quarterback to give Orton a few weeks to prepare for the regular-season opener, and he responded with a strong effort against San Francisco on Thursday. He completed 10 of 17 passes for 147 yards, two touchdowns and an interception. He finished with a 126.3 passer rating.
Meanwhile, Grossman turned in his second consecutive lackluster performance, completing 1 of 4 passes for six yards. Granted, Grossman was hampered by poor offensive line play in the second preseason game, but he managed just 74 yards while hitting 9 of 15 passes and finished with a 44.9 passer rating as he failed to lead the offense past midfield in five possessions.
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Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:58:08
If you think I'm reading way too much into things, making mountains out of molehills, Johnny Winter Ands out of...
Just when it appeared Luol Deng was ready to play out the coming season and become an unrestricted free agent in 2009, the Bulls finally came to terms with their 6-foot-8 forward on a six-year, $71-million contract.
Deng's attorney, Jason Levien, set July 29 as a deadline to get something done, because Deng was planning to leave the next day for London, where he'll spend the month of September playing for the Great Britain national team in European championship qualifying.
"He is only 23 years old and one of the best young small forwards in the game," general manager John Paxson said. "So we are happy to have the contract done." Deng suffered from back and Achilles' tendon injuries last season, while his numbers dropped a bit from the 18.8 points and 7.1...
A look around the league and the web that covers it. It's also important to note that the rotation order and...
Luol Deng could be forced to miss Great Britain's qualifying campaign for the 2009 European Championship because the team can't find an insurer to cover the forward's lucrative new six-year contract with the Chicago Bulls. The national team is exploring solutions to the problem with the NBA and the Bulls, who gave Deng a new deal last month reportedly worth up to $80 million.
The Chicago Bulls officially announced the re-signing of restricted free agent Luol Deng on Thursday, but that...
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