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NEWS | http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBKcAkAQc5yPASkfW3ASc-fFlp/usat27-0 ************************************************************************ U.S. forces and Shiite militants battle in Najaf; talks drag on --------------------------------------------- Explosions and gunfire shook Najaf on Monday amid fierce battles between U.S. forces and Shiite militants, who remained in control of a revered shrine here as negotiations dragged on for its handover to religious authorities. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBKcAkAQc5yPASkfW3ASc-fFlp/usat39-0 Key states lose jobs in July --------------------------------------------- Twenty-two states reported a drop in payroll jobs last month, double the number for June, according to new Labor Department statistics. Among them were six of the states that could decide this fall's presidential election. The declines in most cases were slight. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBKcAkAQc5yPASkfW3ASc-fFlp/usat30-0 Munch's famous 'Scream' stolen --------------------------------------------- Armed, masked thieves burst into a lightly guarded Oslo museum Sunday and snatched the Edvard Munch masterpiece The Scream and a second Munch painting from the walls as stunned visitors watched in shock. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBKcAkAQc5yPASkfW3ASc-fFlp/usat35-0 MONEY | http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBKcAkAQc5yPASkfW3ASc-fFlp/usat19-0 ************************************************************************ More self-employed bet on not getting sick, hurt --------------------------------------------- Amid soaring health insurance costs, more entrepreneurs are gambling on the once unthinkable: living without insurance. About 27% of self-employed workers did not have health insurance in 2002, up from 24.6% in 2001, according to new data. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBKcAkAQc5yPASkfW3ASc-fFlp/usat25-0 Investors wonder what's next for oil --------------------------------------------- Ask anyone on Wall Street what's been ailing the stock market lately, and they're likely to tell you, "It's oil, stupid!" Ask those same investors when record-high oil prices, which have been flirting with $50 a barrel, will start to recede, and the answer is far less clear. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBKcAkAQc5yPASkfW3ASc-fFlp/usat23-0 Economists dial back growth forecasts --------------------------------------------- Economic growth will be less robust than expected through 2004, while inflation will be higher, largely due to rising energy prices, according to 61 top economists surveyed by USA TODAY. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBKcAkAQc5yPASkfW3ASc-fFlp/usat17-0 SPORTS | http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBKcAkAQc5yPASkfW3ASc-fFlp/usat43-0 ************************************************************************ Ancient Olympia's first female winner stripped of medal --------------------------------------------- Russia's Irina Korzhanenko was stripped of her shot put gold medal Monday. Korzhanenko, who served a previous two-year drug suspension, faces a lifetime ban from the sport. The gold goes to Cuba's Yumileidi Cumba Jay. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBKcAkAQc5yPASkfW3ASc-fFlp/usat47-0 Gatlin roars to 100 gold --------------------------------------------- Justin Gatlin ran the race of his life, barely holding off the fastest Olympic 100 field ever to win the gold in 9.85 seconds. Portugal's Francis Obikwelu got the silver and defending champion Maurice Greene won bronze. A third American, Shawn Crawford, was fourth. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBKcAkAQc5yPASkfW3ASc-fFlp/usat46-0 U.S. men's 8 swing gold; American women grab silver --------------------------------------------- The United States won the gold medal Sunday in men's eights rowing with a time of 5:42.48. The Netherlands took the silver and Australia earned the bronze. Romania won the gold medal in women's eights with a time of 6:17.70, beating silver medalists the United States. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBKcAkAQc5yPASkfW3ASc-fFlp/usat44-0 LIFE | http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBKcAkAQc5yPASkfW3ASc-fFlp/usat12-0 ************************************************************************ Car dealer apologizes to Schwarzenegger --------------------------------------------- An Ohio car dealership has apologized to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger for using a photo from his Terminator days in ads without permission. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBKcAkAQc5yPASkfW3ASc-fFlp/usat14-0 Stamos files for divorce --------------------------------------------- Actor John Stamos, 41, has filed for divorce from actress Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, 31, after five years of marriage. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBKcAkAQc5yPASkfW3ASc-fFlp/usat15-0 'That '70s' guy Valderrama is hot property --------------------------------------------- Several dark-tinted paparazzi vans circle That '70s Show's Wilmer Valderrama as he tries to enjoy his caprese salad on the Sunset Strip. After lunch, a photographer ambushes him in the parking lot; then three vans chase him over Laurel Canyon on his drive home to the valley. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBKcAkAQc5yPASkfW3ASc-fFlp/usat16-0 TRAVEL | http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBKcAkAQc5yPASkfW3ASc-fFlp/usat58-0 ************************************************************************ Where United's billions in losses began --------------------------------------------- United Airlines has been slashing costs, but it may be the other side of the ledger persistently weak revenue that's blocking its recovery. An examination of United's finances shows the airline has been undermined in part by an inability to keep pace with competitors in generating revenue from fares. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBKcAkAQc5yPASkfW3ASc-fFlp/usat60-0 Feds consider auctions, fees to ease airport delays --------------------------------------------- Federal transportation officials are considering controversial solutions for overcrowding at airports, including auctioning landing spots to airlines for the first time, to prevent the type of record flight delays seen this year at Chicago's O'Hare International. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBKcAkAQc5yPASkfW3ASc-fFlp/usat59-0 TECH | http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBKcAkAQc5yPASkfW3ASc-fFlp/usat54-0 ************************************************************************ Thais lift ban on GMO planting, will regulate trials --------------------------------------------- Thailand has lifted a three-year ban on planting genetically modified organisms (GMOs) by allowing the crops to grow in open-field trials with non-GMO plants, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said on Saturday. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBKcAkAQc5yPASkfW3ASc-fFlp/usat57-0 Robovacs more amusing than thorough --------------------------------------------- A new generation of robotic vacuums is ready to do battle with dirt, dust and dog hair with more cleaning power and cunning than their ancestors could muster. 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