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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 in 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.
'I wanted to steal some money,' accused killer of B.C. model says: The man Chinese authorities accuse of killing a B.C. model in Shanghai earlier this month says he stabbed Diana O'Brien after she hit him and knocked him to the floor, reports a Shanghai television news program.

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.



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