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Friday, 08 August 2008
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  • Edwards admits to affair, denies fathering child (AP)

    In this Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2008, file photo, Democratic presidential hopeful former Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., right, and his wife Elizabeth arrive at a campaign rally in Ames, Iowa. Edwards on Friday, Aug. 8, 2008, admitted to an extramarital affair while his wife was battling cancer. He denied fathering the woman's daughter.(AP Photo/Paul Sancya)AP - Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards on Friday admitted to an extramarital affair while his wife was battling cancer. He denied fathering the woman's daughter. Edwards told ABC News that he lied repeatedly about the affair with 42-year-old Rielle Hunter but said that he didn't love her.


  • Georgia says Russian aircraft bombed its air bases (AP)

    A column of Russian armored vehicles, heading towards the breakaway Georgian province of South Ossetia, are seen in North Ossetia, Russia, Friday, Aug. 8, 2008. A surprise military offensive by Georgia, a staunch U.S. ally, to retake the breakaway province of South Ossetia reportedly killed hundreds of people Friday, triggering a ferocious counterattack from Russia that threatened to plunge the region into full-scale war. (AP Photo/Musa Sadulayev)AP - Russia sent columns of tanks and reportedly bombed Georgian air bases Friday after Georgia launched a military offensive to retake the breakaway province of South Ossetia, threatening to ignite a broader conflict.


  • Clinton says she wants Obama to win White House (AP)

    Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., smiles as she campaigns for Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., Friday, Aug. 8, 2008, in Henderson, Nev. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton told an exuberant crowd Friday she wants Barack Obama to win the White House, even though he dashed her own presidential dreams — and she wants her supporters to vote that way, too.


  • China opens its long-sought Olympics spectacularly (AP)

    Fireworks explode above the 'Bird's Nest' during the Opening Ceremony in the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Friday, Aug. 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)AP - China didn't just walk onto the world stage. It soared over it. At last playing its long-sought role as Olympic host, China opened the Summer Games in spectacular fashion Friday with an extravaganza of fireworks and pageantry dramatizing its ascendance as a global power.


  • Osteen's wife denies assaulting flight attendant (AP)

    Victoria Osteen, wife of superstar evangelist Joel Osteen, testifies Friday, Aug. 8, 2008  in Houston. Osteen is being sued by Continental flight attendant Sharon Brown for assault. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)AP - The wife of evangelist Joel Osteen has testified that she did not assault a flight attendant over a spill on her first-class seat. Victoria Osteen said Friday she was dumbfounded that Continental Airlines attendant Sharon Brown accused her of assault before a 2005 flight to Colorado.


  • US weighs stepped-up military forays into Pakistan (AP)

    In this April 19, 2008 file photo, U.S. soldiers of 101st Airborne Division patrol in Mandozai, in Khost province, Afghanistan. Top officials in the Bush administration are pressing the president to direct U.S. troops in Afghanistan to be more aggressive in pursuing militants into Pakistan on foot as part of a proposed radical shift in its regional Counterterrorism strategy, The Associated Press has learned.  (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)AP - Top Bush administration officials are pressing the president to direct U.S. troops in Afghanistan to be more aggressive in pursuing militants into Pakistan on foot as part of a proposed radical shift in regional counterterrorism strategy, The Associated Press has learned.


  • Researchers study mercury in the Great Salt Lake (AP)

    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist Chris Cline marks a cinnamon teal duck egg with an identification number Monday, June 30, 2008, in the marshlands along the shore of Utah's Great Salt Lake. Eggs are then tested for mercury levels. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac)AP - The Great Salt Lake is so briny that swimmers bob in the water like corks. It is teeming with tiny shrimp that were sold for years in the back of comic books as magical "sea monkeys." And, for reasons scientists cannot explain, it is heavily laden with toxic mercury.


  • 'American Idol' crooner Clay Aiken becomes a father (AP)

    In this Jan. 10, 2008, file photo, Clay Aiken is shown  in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, file)AP - Former "American Idol" runner-up Clay Aiken is a father. The 29-year-old crooner from Raleigh announced the birth of Parker Foster Aiken on his Web site's blog Friday. "No hyphens. One first name," he wrote. "One middle name. One last name."


  • Man accused of trying to rob store with empty box (AP) AP - Charleston police said a man tried to rob a movie rental store with an unusual weapon — an empty cheesecake box. Earlier this week, the suspect placed the box on the counter of the Movie Gallery with a note saying it contained a bomb. He told the clerk the bomb would be detonated remotely if he wasn't given cash.
  • Favre touches down in New York (AP)

    New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, left, presents new New York Jets quarterback Brett Favre with a Broadway street sign at a City Hall news conference, Friday Aug. 8, 2008. The Jets acquired Favre from the Green Bay Packers for a conditional draft pick late Wednesday night. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP - Cameras flashing by the dozens, a wide-eyed Brett Favre took his first steps into the New York spotlight. "Just like home," the Jets' newest quarterback said Friday with a deep breath and a sheepish grin. Get used to it, Brett. This is only the beginning.


  • John Edwards admits affair: report (Reuters)

    Former U.S. Democratic presidential candidate and former Senator John Edwards (D-NC) waits in a hallway before campaigning at the Capanna Coffee Company in Iowa City in this file photo January 2, 2008. Edwards has admitted to having had an extramarital affair with a woman he met in a New York City bar in 2006, ABC News reported on August 8, 2008.  REUTERS/John Gress/files   (UNITED STATES)Reuters - Former U.S. Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards has admitted to having had an extramarital affair with a woman he met in a New York City bar in 2006, ABC News reported on Friday.


  • Russia, Georgia seek control of South Ossetia capital (Reuters)

    An armored vehicle on fire in the separatist capital of South Ossetia Tskhinvali is seen in this image from television footage by RTR Russian Television Channel, August 8, 2008. (Reuters Television/Reuters)Reuters - Georgia said on Friday its forces were in control of the capital of the breakaway region of South Ossetia, but rebels said Russian armored vehicles had entered the northern edges of the city.


  • Dazzling ceremony reveals China's world dream (Reuters)

    Fireworks illuminate the sky over the National Stadium during the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, August 8, 2008. (Reinhard Krause/Reuters)Reuters - Resurgent China opened the Olympics on Friday with volleys of fireworks at a spectacular ceremony that wove ancient Chinese history with modern wizardry and aimed to draw a line under months of political controversy.


  • Obama family heads to Hawaii, campaign stays home (Reuters)

    U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama smiles as the audience sings him 'Happy Birthday' during a campaign stop at the Lansing Center in Lansing, Michigan August 4, 2008. (Rebecca Cook/Reuters)Reuters - It's not a battleground state and it's unlikely to tip the U.S. election in November, but White House hopeful Barack Obama headed to Hawaii on Friday - minus, largely, his presidential campaign.


  • Guantanamo convict eligible for "movie night" (Reuters)

    Salim Hamdan is seen in a photo taken in Yemen in 2000. (Neal Katyal/Handout/Reuters)Reuters - Guantanamo's only convict was moved to a prison wing all by himself hours after U.S. military jurors found him guilty of driving Osama bin Laden, his lawyers said.


  • U.S. hints Monday deadline for North Korea will lapse (Reuters)

    North Korean leader Kim Jong-il visits a military unit at an undisclosed location in North Korea in this recent picture released by KCNA on August 5, 2008. (KCNA/Reuters)Reuters - The United States said on Friday North Korea had to make "substantial progress" on a verification plan for its nuclear weapons before being taken off a U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism.


  • Detroit mayor freed, but facing new charges (Reuters)

    Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, after spending the night in the Wayne County Jail, sits in the courtroom as he faces Judge Thomas Jackson during a bond appeal hearing in Detroit, Michigan August 8, 2008. (Rebecca Cook/Reuters)Reuters - Indicted Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was freed on Friday after spending one night in jail, but with new restrictions on his movements and facing fresh assault charges.


  • Bus crash in Texas kills 13 (Reuters)

    At least 13 people on their way to a religious festival were killed when a private charter bus crashed north of Dallas, police reported on Friday. (Graphics/Reuters)Reuters - At least 13 people on their way to a religious festival were killed when a private charter bus crashed north of Dallas, police reported on Friday.


  • China dazzles, offers friendship as Games open (AFP)

    US President George W. Bush (R) and First Lady Laura watch the festivities during the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in the Chinese capital.(AFP/POOL/Charles Dharapak)AFP - China's once-in-a-lifetime Olympic dream became reality Friday as the Beijing Games opened with a dazzling ceremony showcasing the nation's ancient civilization and an offer of friendship to the world.


  • Russia thrusts into South Ossetia; clashes with Georgia reported (AFP)

    Georgian troops ride in a tank during the conflict with separatist South Ossetian troops at an unnamed location not far from Tskhinvali. Russian tanks and troops surged into Georgia's breakaway South Ossetia province on Friday to repel a Georgian offensive to reclaim the region amid fighting said to have left hundreds dead.(AFP/Vano Shlamov)AFP - Russian tanks and troops surged into Georgia's breakaway South Ossetia province on Friday to repel a Georgian offensive to reclaim the region amid fighting said to have left hundreds dead.


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