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NEWS | http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBSCMLAQc5yPAS8BwwASc-fFTN/usat28-0 ************************************************************************ Ivan spurs evacuations along Gulf Coast --------------------------------------------- More than 1.2 million people in metropolitan New Orleans were warned to get out Tuesday as 140-mph Hurricane Ivan churned toward the Gulf Coast, threatening to submerge this below-sea-level city in what could be the most disastrous storm to hit in nearly 40 years. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBSCMLAQc5yPAS8BwwASc-fFTN/usat61-0 Militants in Iraq release Turkish hostage --------------------------------------------- A Turkish man taken hostage in Iraq has been freed, according to a videotape obtained by Associated Press Television News on Wednesday. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBSCMLAQc5yPAS8BwwASc-fFTN/usat40-0 Militant attacks kill 59 in Iraq --------------------------------------------- Striking with seeming impunity, insurgents carried out a suicide car bombing outside a Baghdad police station Tuesday killing 47 people. Twelve more died in a drive-by shooting on police north of the capital making it one of the bloodiest days in Iraq in six months. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBSCMLAQc5yPAS8BwwASc-fFTN/usat38-0 MONEY | http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBSCMLAQc5yPAS8BwwASc-fFTN/usat21-0 ************************************************************************ Domestic auto market share under 60% --------------------------------------------- Market share for domestic automakers is below 60% this year through August, an all-time low. General Motors, Ford Motor and Chrysler Group, which have been losing U.S. market share for 10 years, had a combined 58.8% share January through August, according to Autodata. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBSCMLAQc5yPAS8BwwASc-fFTN/usat18-0 Eyeing downturn, chip makers trim equipment buying --------------------------------------------- The semiconductor industry is showing the first signs of slowing growth, trimming purchases of raw materials and production equipment as demand slows, industry executives and analysts said on Tuesday. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBSCMLAQc5yPAS8BwwASc-fFTN/usat24-0 Fed up with pension defaults --------------------------------------------- Citing failure of two big airlines to make payments to their pension plans, top officials Tuesday called on Congress to make it harder for corporations to dump obligations on taxpayers. The head of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. said his agency needs a stronger legal claim on such companies. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBSCMLAQc5yPAS8BwwASc-fFTN/usat19-0 SPORTS | http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBSCMLAQc5yPAS8BwwASc-fFTN/usat46-0 ************************************************************************ Bonds does it without the bat --------------------------------------------- Barry Bonds failed to hit his 700th home run Tuesday, but the Giants star still flashed his brilliance in a 3-2 victory over the Brewers. The victory assured San Francisco of remaining 1/2 game ahead for the NL wild card. Bonds walked twice, scored once and threw out the potential tying run at home. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBSCMLAQc5yPAS8BwwASc-fFTN/usat41-0 Hockey joy in Canada, but for how long? --------------------------------------------- The World Cup returned to Canada after 13 years courtesy of a 3-2 victory over Finland on Tuesday. Joe Sakic, Scott Niedermayer and Shane Doan scored and Martin Brodeur shook off a wrist injury to make 27 saves. The joy was tempered somewhat because the NHL is set to lock out players. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBSCMLAQc5yPAS8BwwASc-fFTN/usat47-0 Marshall football coach Pruett apologetic --------------------------------------------- In the week leading up to last Saturday's college football game against Ohio State, Marshall coach Bob Pruett called the Buckeyes "a bunch of Mandingos," a term viewed by some as racially insensitive toward African-Americans. "By all means if it was offensive to anyone, I profusely apologize," Pruett said Tuesday after being called about the remark by USA TODAY. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBSCMLAQc5yPAS8BwwASc-fFTN/usat43-0 LIFE | http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBSCMLAQc5yPAS8BwwASc-fFTN/usat13-0 ************************************************************************ Marc Jacobs has it --------------------------------------------- What makes designer Marc Jacobs so special? Jacobs, long a favorite of the superstar set, was feted by Hollywood's finest at his packed presentation, the celebrity crown jewel of Manhattan's always-glam Fashion Week. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBSCMLAQc5yPAS8BwwASc-fFTN/usat16-0 A 'Wimbledon' party, served without a fault --------------------------------------------- Tennis, anyone? he final score at Monday night's Wimbledon premiere: love-all as the film's star, Paul Bettany, and his Oscar-winning wife, Jennifer Connelly, held court on the lawn outside the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Theatre. (Related video: Watch the Wimbledon trailer) http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBSCMLAQc5yPAS8BwwASc-fFTN/usat17-0 Jerry Lewis praises "pain pacemaker" --------------------------------------------- Comedian Jerry Lewis was once in so much pain that he regularly contemplated suicide. A "pain pacemaker" implanted in 2002 now enables him to trigger electronic impulses through his spine to his brain that eliminate the pain. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBSCMLAQc5yPAS8BwwASc-fFTN/usat15-0 TRAVEL | http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBSCMLAQc5yPAS8BwwASc-fFTN/usat57-0 ************************************************************************ Hotel workers strike --------------------------------------------- Thousands of hotel workers in Los Angeles voted to authorize a strike, their union said Tuesday, joining in an effort that could lead to walkouts in three cities. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBSCMLAQc5yPAS8BwwASc-fFTN/usat63-0 Explosive munitions found in contractor's bags at JFK airport, feds say --------------------------------------------- A government contractor brought highly explosive Soviet munitions on his trip home from Afghanistan that were not detected until he arrived at John F. Kennedy airport, federal officials said. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBSCMLAQc5yPAS8BwwASc-fFTN/usat33-0 TECH | http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBSCMLAQc5yPAS8BwwASc-fFTN/usat53-0 ************************************************************************ Gateway shifts focus back to personal computers --------------------------------------------- Gateway Monday said it would return to its roots as a personal computer company, backing off on an aggressive strategy of expanding into TVs, digital cameras and other gadgets in a move to return to profitability. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBSCMLAQc5yPAS8BwwASc-fFTN/usat56-0 Light pollution affecting work at Colorado observatory --------------------------------------------- Light pollution is affecting work at the observatory on Mount Evans west of Denver and the light isn't coming from the sprawling metropolitan area. 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