************************************************************************ USATODAY.com Daily Briefing - 08/25/2004 - Updated 05:28 AM ET ************************************************************************ For the latest breaking news go to http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBLGRPAQc5yPAStzdiASc-fFbp/usat10-0 ************************************************************************ Get Daily Briefing in our graphics version with links back to USATODAY.com for the latest breaking information! To sign up for HTML edit your account at http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBLGRPAQc5yPAStzdiASc-fFbp/usat4-0
NEWS | http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBLGRPAQc5yPAStzdiASc-fFbp/usat29-0 ************************************************************************ Two Russian airliners crash; terrorism feared --------------------------------------------- A Russian airliner crashed and another apparently broke up in the air almost simultaneously after taking off from the same airport, officials said, killing all 89 people aboard and raising fears of a terrorist attack. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBLGRPAQc5yPAStzdiASc-fFbp/usat40-0 Iraqi forces move near Najaf shrine; U.S. forces bomb Fallujah --------------------------------------------- A Shiite insurgency appeared to be weakening Tuesday night as Iraqi forces moved to within 200 yards of the revered Imam Ali Shrine and Iraq's defense minister once again demanded fighters loyal to a radical cleric surrender or face a violent raid. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBLGRPAQc5yPAStzdiASc-fFbp/usat41-0 Panel: Top officials played role in prison abuse --------------------------------------------- A commission investigating abuse of prisoners in Iraq blames top Pentagon officials and senior military commanders for creating conditions that led to "acts of brutality and purposeless sadism" at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBLGRPAQc5yPAStzdiASc-fFbp/usat38-0 MONEY | http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBLGRPAQc5yPAStzdiASc-fFbp/usat20-0 ************************************************************************ Quest for gold won't end with Olympics --------------------------------------------- For most Olympians, the most lucrative gigs after the Athens Games won't be endorsing burger joints or bottled water. It will be giving speeches. Corporate America will pay Olympic athletes and personalities $2,500 to $60,000 per speech. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBLGRPAQc5yPAStzdiASc-fFbp/usat18-0 This year, investors fancy dividends over risks --------------------------------------------- Playing it safe has replaced swinging for the fences as the winning strategy on Wall Street. If 2003 was the year of the home run, marked by big gains on risky stocks that got creamed in the three-year bear market, then 2004 may go down as the year of the dowdy dividend. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBLGRPAQc5yPAStzdiASc-fFbp/usat24-0 Feisty election loosens tongues at some workplaces --------------------------------------------- The buzz over the presidential election is being felt in workplaces as companies mobilize employees to vote and political talk raises questions about free speech on the job. Some employers invite politics into their offices, while others try to regulate politicking. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBLGRPAQc5yPAStzdiASc-fFbp/usat26-0 SPORTS | http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBLGRPAQc5yPAStzdiASc-fFbp/usat48-0 ************************************************************************ Gardner thrown in OT, loses bid for repeat wrestling gold --------------------------------------------- Rulon Gardner, one of the biggest stars of the 2000 Summer Games, was thrown to the mat in overtime Wednesday by Kazakhstan's Georgi Tsurtsumia and lost 4-1 in his Greco-Roman semifinal match. He will wrestle for the bronze medal later in the day. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBLGRPAQc5yPAStzdiASc-fFbp/usat50-0 Mulder outfoxes Orioles for 17th win, keeps A's rolling --------------------------------------------- Mark Mulder became the majors' first 17-game winner, and the Oakland Athletics moved a season-best 19 games over .500 with a 6-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday night. Eric Chavez and Jermaine Dye both homered for the A's, who won for the eighth time in 10 games. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBLGRPAQc5yPAStzdiASc-fFbp/usat44-0 Beltre pelts 40th homer, carries Dodgers past Expos --------------------------------------------- Adrian Beltre hit a grand slam to become the first player to reach 40 home runs this year, and Alex Cora homered and had five RBI to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers over the Montreal Expos 10-2 Tuesday night. Los Angeles scored eight times in the fifth, its biggest inning of the season. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBLGRPAQc5yPAStzdiASc-fFbp/usat43-0 LIFE | http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBLGRPAQc5yPAStzdiASc-fFbp/usat12-0 ************************************************************************ Dave Matthews band sued over dumped waste --------------------------------------------- The state of Illinois sued the Dave Matthews Band on Tuesday for allegedly dumping up to 800 pounds of liquid human waste from a bus into the Chicago River, dousing a tour boat filled with passengers. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBLGRPAQc5yPAStzdiASc-fFbp/usat16-0 Kerry does "The Daily Show' --------------------------------------------- After weeks of charge and countercharge in the presidential campaign, comedian Jon Stewart tried Tuesday to get to the bottom of the debate over Democrat John Kerry's military service in Vietnam. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBLGRPAQc5yPAStzdiASc-fFbp/usat17-0 Couples boast staying-together power --------------------------------------------- And they said it wouldn't last. Overcoming raised eyebrows and tabloid rumors, some of Hollywood's unlikeliest couples are still together despite predictions to the contrary. USA TODAY's Csar G. Soriano looks at celeb matches that have endured against the odds. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBLGRPAQc5yPAStzdiASc-fFbp/usat15-0 TRAVEL | http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBLGRPAQc5yPAStzdiASc-fFbp/usat60-0 ************************************************************************ Ticketing fees loom for Northwest fliers --------------------------------------------- Northwest Airlines said Tuesday that it will charge customers and travel agents extra fees for domestic tickets that are not booked through the airline's Web sites. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBLGRPAQc5yPAStzdiASc-fFbp/usat62-0 Thousands of passengers stranded by canceled British Airways flights --------------------------------------------- Thousands of disgruntled vacationers were stranded at Heathrow Airport on Tuesday after British Airways canceled scores of flights because of staff shortages and technical hitches. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBLGRPAQc5yPAStzdiASc-fFbp/usat61-0 TECH | http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBLGRPAQc5yPAStzdiASc-fFbp/usat56-0 ************************************************************************ NASA picks Swedish launch site for its largest scientific balloons --------------------------------------------- NASA has agreed to launch its largest scientific balloons from a site in northern Sweden, a spokesman said Tuesday. To launch them, the Swedish Space Corp., which owns Esrange, has signed a $1.32 million contract with the Swedish construction company NCC to double the size of the present launch pad. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBLGRPAQc5yPAStzdiASc-fFbp/usat59-0 Calif. approves e-voting in 11 counties; four no go --------------------------------------------- California will allow voting at electronic voting machines in November at all but four counties, after an improvement in security measures, the state's top election official said Tuesday. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBLGRPAQc5yPAStzdiASc-fFbp/usat58-0 WEATHER ************************************************************************ Get today's forecast: http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBLGRPAQc5yPAStzdiASc-fFbp/usat3-0 Unsubscribe ************************************************************************ You are currently subscribed to this newsletter with the address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNSUBSCRIBE, please reply to this message with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line or click: http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBLGRPAQc5yPAStzdiASc-fFbp/usat8-0?password=AQc5yPASc-fFBBLGRPopV3VQ$a3Iz$ Make sure you receive our e-mails. Please add [EMAIL PROTECTED] to your address book. If you have any questions, comments or suggestions for this newsletter, please send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ USATODAY.com is a free service dedicated to providing the best news on the Web. To review your privacy with USATODAY.com please go to http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBLGRPAQc5yPAStzdiASc-fFbp/usat7-0 ************************************************************************ 2004 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Co. Inc. 7950 Jones Branch Drive, McLean, VA 22108 ************************************************************************ ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/BCfwlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kumpulan/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
