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Usher plans 'One Night Stand' tour for ladies only
02.09.2008 16:24
usatoday.com
Usher is preparing a tour for ladies only. The R&B singer revealed in a recent interview with The Associated Press that he will ...
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Recreation & Entertainment
Lohan sounds off on Palin pregnancy
02.09.2008 16:24
usatoday.com
Lindsay Lohan is getting political.
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Recreation & Entertainment
Djokovic survives to reach quarters; Dementieva moves on
02.09.2008 16:24
usatoday.com
Fifth-seeded Elena Dementieva reached the semifinals of the U.S. Open, beating No. 15 Patty Schnyder 6-2, 6-3 Tuesday in another ...
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Tennis
Why airline reregulation is no longer taboo
02.09.2008 16:24
usatoday.com
For three decades now, two things have generally been accepted as truisms in the airline industry: 1) Every airport bar overcharges ...
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Tourism
New RB Rudi Johnson: 'Situation was right' with Lions
02.09.2008 16:20
freep.com
He had another visit lined up with Houston. Other teams had called, too. He said Cincinnati was even interested in taking him back. But running back Rudi Johnson never left Lions headquarters Monday. He said he had a gut feeling Detroit was where he would end up. While his agent was working out the contract, he was already watching film.
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Sports
RECRUITING: U-M offers scholarships to three in-state high school juniors
02.09.2008 16:20
freep.com
Each year, Sept. 1 marks the first day since May that college coaches can call recruits at their homes. It also marks the first day official offers can be made to prospects entering their junior year of high school. Michigan already is looking that far ahead and has extended offers to more than a half-dozen prospects in the class of 2010, including three in the state of Michigan.
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Sports
EPA: Transportation Dept off base on fuel estimate
02.09.2008 16:13
washingtonpost.com
WASHINGTON -- The Environmental Protection Agency says another arm of the Bush administration may be low-balling the economic benefits of increasing fuel economy standards for cars and trucks.
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Machine-Building Industry
After the Storm, La. Officials Focus on Cleanup
02.09.2008 16:13
washingtonpost.com
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 2 -- Hurricane Gustav weakened to a tropical depression as it meandered slowly northwest Tuesday, sparing this city the brunt of its force but leaving damage across a broad swath of Louisiana and Mississippi.
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Machine-Building Industry
Rock band settles $1M R.I. club fire suit
02.09.2008 14:24
usatoday.com
Rock band Great White settles suits for $1M over fatal nightclub fire ignited by pyrotechnics.
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Recreation & Entertainment
Bon Jovi helps build homes for poor, AIDS patients
02.09.2008 14:24
usatoday.com
One of New Jersey's best-known rock 'n' rollers has teamed up with the state to provide affordable housing in the state's largest ...
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Recreation & Entertainment
Goodbye NASCAR: Franchitti headed back to IndyCar Series
02.09.2008 14:24
usatoday.com
Dario Franchitti, whose NASCAR career stalled a few weeks ago, will be back in IRL IndyCar Series in 2009. Franchitti will effectively ...
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Motorsports
Schumacher ties, sets many marks in Top Fuel victory
02.09.2008 14:24
usatoday.com
Tony Schumacher shook off a slow start at drag racing's biggest event and accomplished all of his prerace goals Monday by winning ...
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Motorsports
Predators suspend Radulov for staying in Russia
02.09.2008 14:24
usatoday.com
The Predators suspended forward Alexander Radulov indefinitely without pay for the 2008-09 season.
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Hockey
Sens trade Meszaros to Lightning for Kuba, Picard and a first-rounder
02.09.2008 14:24
usatoday.com
The Ottawa Senators traded defenseman Andrej Meszaros to Tampa Bay on Friday for defensemen Filip Kuba and Alexandre Picard and ...
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Hockey
'The Natural' returns: Couture back in UFC to fight Lesnar
02.09.2008 14:23
usatoday.com
The Ultimate Fighting Championship and its heavyweight champion are back together after a nearly year-long argument.
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Boxing
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