The Media

Libyan leader seeks EU cash to prevent 'black Europe' - Yahoo! News

ROME (AFP) – Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi, on a visit to Rome, said the EU should pay Libya "at least five billion euros a year" to stop clandestine immigration and avoid a "black Europe."

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Time Warner Cable, Disney near carriage agreement - Yahoo! News

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) – While the war of words seems over in carriage fee negotiations between industry giants Disney and Time Warner Cable, the war for subscribers isn't.

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Questions loom over drug given to sleepless vets - Yahoo! News

WASHINGTON – Andrew White returned from a nine-month tour in Iraq beset with signs of post-traumatic stress disorder: insomnia, nightmares, constant restlessness. Doctors tried to ease his symptoms using three psychiatric drugs, including a potent anti-psychotic called Seroquel.

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Emmy wins prove "modern" families are U.S. hits - Yahoo! News

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Gay marriage and interracial adoptions can be divisive topics across America, but a new crop of TV shows and films showing "modern" families are winning audiences and awards.

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From outer space, a new dilemma for old-growth forests - Yahoo! News

WASHINGTON — A new study using laser pulses shot from satellites has found that the world's tallest forests are those along the Pacific Northwest coast.

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W.Va. governor wins Dem primary for US Senate - Yahoo! News

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Popular Gov. Joe Manchin won the Democratic nomination Saturday and will face GOP primary winner and wealthy businessman John Raese in the race to fill the Senate seat vacated by the late Robert C. Byrd.

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Sara Bareilles learning to enjoy mainstream success - Yahoo! News

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) – Sara Bareilles is a very nice woman who broke through to music's mainstream by writing songs that sweetly and eloquently tell people precisely where they can go.

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Political ads surpass 2006 levels as attacks mount - Yahoo! News

WASHINGTON – It's not even Labor Day and negative political ads are muscling in on your TV time. Across the country, ad spending is up and attack ads lead the way.

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Scientists: We've cracked wheat's genetic code - Yahoo! News

LONDON – British scientists have decoded the genetic sequence of wheat — one of the world's oldest and most important crops — a development they hope could help the global staple meet the challenges of climate change, disease and population growth.

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Knightley and Kidman films to screen at Rome festival - Yahoo! News

ROME (Reuters) – "Last Night", starring British actress Keira Knightley, will open the International Rome Film Festival which runs from October 28 to November 5, organizers said.

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