Thursday, August 26, 2010

Aug 26, 2010, Thursday, News headlines

Headlines from Yahoo news, 10:18 am eastern time

Top stories
--New jobless claims drop for first time in 4 weeks (AP)
AP - New requests for unemployment benefits fell sharply last week, the first decline in a month and a hopeful sign after a raft of negative economic reports.
--Afghan leader criticizes US withdrawal timeline (AP)
--Drug cartel suspected in massacre of 72 migrants (AP)
--Chile faces unique challenge in maintaining miners (AP)
--Restaurants scramble after massive egg recall (AP)
--Serial stabbings suspect being extradited to Mich. (AP)

Buzz
--I never suspected anything’: Elin Nordegren breaks her silence on the pain of discovering Tiger ... | 0 Votes
--Progeria: When Children Look Like the Elderly | 0 Votes
--Machete (film) | 0 Votes
--World's Biggest Movie Buff Dies at 65 | 0 Votes
--The Ultimate Theft Proof Car (Infographic) | 0 Votes
--Good Day N.Y., Today, GMA | 0 Votes

Local (Phoenix, AZ)
--Analysis: 2 of Arizona voters' GOP picks may actually aid Dems (The Arizona Republic)
--Paradise Valley residents discuss being trapped by India floods (The Arizona Republic)
--Arizona immigration law inspires art exhibit (KTVK 3TV Phoenix)
--AAA: Labor Day travel in AZ to increase 11 percent (KTVK 3TV Phoenix)
==Asylum Denied: Unlike Refugees from Other Troubled Countries, Only a Fraction of Mexicans Seeking U.S. Asylum Are ... (Phoenix New Times)
---Arpaio's Gulags, As Experienced by a Limey; Plus the Media Chumps Out on the Latest Racist Tea Party (Phoenix New Times)

Entertainment
--After Sunday's Emmys, uncertainty for TV honors (AP)
AP - When the Emmy Awards air Sunday, more is at stake than whether "30 Rock" wins its fourth consecutive best-series trophy, "Mad Men" its third or "Glee" its first.
--Red carpet rolled out for Emmys (AP)
--German court finds HIV singer guilty (AP)
--Lindsay Lohan: What She's Drinking Now That She's Out of Rehab (omg!)
--Fantasia vows to rise above the drama in her life (AP)
--Big in China: Brands import foreign celebrities (AP)

Sports
--Woods first to tee off at Barclays (AP)
--NFL owners support 18-game schedule (AP)
--Vikings WR Harvin returns to practice (AP)
--Woods' ex-wife has 'been through hell' (AP)
--Braves blow 9-run lead, lose to Rockies (AP)
--Furyk oversleeps, DQ'd from Barclays (AP)

World News
--Chile faces unique challenge in maintaining miners (AP)
AP - In less than a week the 33 miners trapped under Chile's Atacama Desert will have been stuck underground longer than any others in memory รข€” taxing authorities Thursday with unique challenges on coaxing them and their families through the ordeal.
--Fugitive Turkish Cypriot tycoon returns to UK (AP)
--Afghan leader criticizes US withdrawal timeline (AP)
--Spaniards rethink Afghanistan after fatal shooting (AP)
--Carter in NKorea in bid to release jailed American (AP)
--Spain's Immigrants Suffering Worst in Downturn (Time.com)

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