What Happened in Aug 2011
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Gabrielle Giffords Appears in Congress to Vote on Debt-Ceiling Raise
Among House Democrats who crossed the aisle to vote in favor of tonight's debt ceiling bill was one for whom those steps were unthinkable just... Read more
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US House of Representatives Approves Raising of Debt Ceiling
The House on Monday voted to approve a deal to raise the debt limit, voting 269-161 for a bill that would cut government spending by trillions and... Read more
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President Obama Celebrates 50th Birthday in Chicago
President Barack Obama returned to his hometown this evening to raise some campaign cash and celebrate turning 50. Before addressing a... Read more
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Bubba Smith Dies
Former NFL defensive star Bubba Smith, who found a successful second career as an actor, died Wednesday in Los Angeles at age 66. Los Angeles... Read more
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Virginia Tech University Goes on Lockdown After Alleged Gunman Sighting
A 911 call was made to cops after three teenagers believed they saw a man, holding what they believed to be a handgun, "walking fast in the... Read more
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Players Union Chief Predicts 2011-2012 NBA Season Canceled
NBA Players Association executive director Billy Hunter said Wednesday that if he 'had to bet on it,' he would wager that the entire 2011-12 season... Read more
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London Police Shoots Taxi Driver Mark Duggan
With the dismay at the way the media reported the incident, it was no surprise that a peaceful march and protest was arranged by the family and... Read more
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Standard & Poor's Downgrades United States Credit Rating
A day after Standard & Poor's took the unprecedented step of downgrading the creditworthiness of the U.S. government to AA+ from AAA, the ratings... Read more
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31 Americans Killed in Helicopter Crash
A military helicopter was shot down in eastern Afghanistan, killing 31 U.S. special operation troops, most of them from the elite Navy SEALs unit... Read more
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Ministry announce they will reunite for Wacken Open Air next year
The organizers of Germany's most famous heavy metal festival, Wacken Open Air, have announced the first batch of names for next year's edition of... Read more
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Hotel Maid Files Civil Lawsuit Against Dominique Strauss-Kahn
The Sofitel chambermaid who says she was attacked by the man once seen as the next president of France sued him for "violent and sadistic" sexual... Read more
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Wisconsin Holds State Recall Elections
Never before in American politics have voters recalled more than two state legislators in a single year. That record could be broken on Tuesday,... Read more
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Chimpanzee Attack Victim's Face Transplant Revealed
The new face of Charla Nash, the Connecticut woman who was mauled by a chimpanzee two years ago, was revealed for the first time today. The... Read more
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Casey Anthony Ordered to Return to Florida for Check-Fraud Charges
Casey Anthony must return to Orlando within two weeks to begin serving a year of probation for a check-fraud conviction, even though the Probation... Read more
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Heavy Winds at Indiana State Fair Cause Concert Stage to Collapse, Killing 5 and Injuring 45
Saturday night’s accident happened when a wind gust estimated at 60 to 70 mph toppled the roof of the stage and the metal scaffolding holding... Read more
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Google Buys Motorola Mobility
Yesterday (Aug. 15th), Google (NasdaqGS: GOOG) announced that it was acquiring Droid smartphone manufacturer Motorola Motility (NYSE: MMI) for... Read more
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Series of Deadly Coordinated Attacks Erupts in Southern Israel
On Friday morning, Israelis buried family members who were killed in Thursday morning's terror attacks. Some were shot dead by Palestinian Arab... Read more
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6th Person Dies from Stage-Collapse Injuries
A 22-year-old college student died today from injuries suffered in last weekend's stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair. Jennifer Haskell, a... Read more
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Chicago Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts Announces Search for New GM
Chicago Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts said Friday that the search for Jim Hendry's replacement as general manager begins immediately, but there's no... Read more
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Shooting Victims Return to Utoya Island to Grieve
Survivors of the gun attack which claimed the lives of 69 people last month on the Norwegian island of Utøya revisited the massacre scene on Friday... Read more
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'West Memphis Three' Freed
New DNA evidence failed to link the men to the crime, and the state Supreme Court ruled in November that all three could present new evidence to... Read more
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12th Edition of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary Released with Multiple Online Terms such as Sexting, Woot, Retweet, Cyberbullying
Woot! The online expression of enthusiasm is now in the dictionary. So are textspeak, sexting — and, less happily, cyberbullying. They are among... Read more
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7th Person Dies from Stage-Collapse Injuries
A seventh victim of the stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair has died after she was removed from life support so her organs could be... Read more
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All Criminial Charges Against Strauss-Kahn Dismissed
The sexual assault prosecution of Dominique Strauss-Kahn had not even been dropped before the French Socialist party celebrations began. Martine... Read more