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Apple News
Mossberg/Boehret ?very impressed? with new App Store
iPhone 3G ?a superb piece of multipurpose technology?

BBC
Obama seeks stronger Europe ties: Barack Obama tells Berliners the US and Europe have drifted apart and it is time for them to come together again.
Shock by-election defeat for UK Labour: Britain's Labour party loses a by-election a previously safe seat in Glasgow, increasing pressure on Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
HIV drugs 'add 13 years of life': Life expectancy for people with HIV increases by 13 years on average since the late 1990s, survey finds.
Karzai 'impeding Afghan drug war': An ex-US narcotics official accuses President Hamid Karzai of obstructing efforts to tackle the Afghan drugs trade.

CBC
Disputed evidence 'in play' at Khawaja trial, judge rules: The defence of Mohammad Momin Khawaja suffered a setback Thursday when the judge in his Ottawa terrorism trial decided hearsay evidence entered in the Crown's case against him will remain "in play" for now.
Feds, Ont. commit $6.2B to boost province's infrastructure: The federal and Ontario governments have signed a deal that commits $6.2 billion for roads, bridges, broadband internet service and other infrastructure improvements in the province over the next six years.
Customs agent among accused in smuggling bust: Canadian police have arrested several people, including a customs agent, suspected of smuggling cocaine and marijuana over the border between Quebec and the U.S.

New York Times Science:
Lyall Watson, 69, Adventurer and Explorer of the ?Soft Edges of Science,? Dies: Mr. Watson was a maverick scientific polymath and explorer who wrote the best-selling book ?Supernature? and introduced the ?hundredth monkey? theory.


Makemake Is Named the Newest Plutoid: A dwarf planet orbiting beyond Neptune has been designated the third plutoid in the solar system and given the name Makemake.


On Mustang Range, a Battle on Thinning the Herd: An emotional debate is raging in the West over whether to thin a captive herd of wild horses that numbers 30,000.


Texas Approves a $4.93 Billion Wind-Power Project: The approval of the planned web of transmission lines that will run from remote parts of Texas to major cities is a major lift to the development of wind energy in the state.


Judge Returns Gray Wolves to Endangered List: Gray wolves in the greater Yellowstone area of the northern Rocky Mountains were again put under the protections of the Endangered Species Act by a judge in Montana.



Particle Physics Jobs Rumor Mill: Thu. Jul. 17, 2008 Harvard Hires Two Indiana Hires

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