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NEWS | http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBSWL3AQc5yPAS88HvASc-fFjl/usat29-0 ************************************************************************ Ivan makes landfall --------------------------------------------- Hurricane Ivan slammed ashore early Thursday with winds of 130 mph, packing deadly tornadoes and a powerful punch of waves and rain that threatened to swamp communities from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBSWL3AQc5yPAS88HvASc-fFjl/usat58-0 One conjoined twin dies after separation surgery --------------------------------------------- One of the year-old conjoined twin girls who underwent surgery to separate their heads died shortly after the procedure was completed, a spokeswoman for the Johns Hopkins Children's Center said early Thursday. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBSWL3AQc5yPAS88HvASc-fFjl/usat30-0 Two Americans, one Briton abducted in Iraq --------------------------------------------- Gunmen kidnapped two Americans and a Briton from a house in the heart of the Iraqi capital Thursday, the Interior Ministry and witnesses said. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBSWL3AQc5yPAS88HvASc-fFjl/usat36-0 MONEY | http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBSWL3AQc5yPAS88HvASc-fFjl/usat23-0 ************************************************************************ Stewart takes steps to reclaim 'good life' --------------------------------------------- Martha Stewart said Wednesday that she wants to start serving her prison sentence as soon as she can to put the matter behind her. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBSWL3AQc5yPAS88HvASc-fFjl/usat26-0 NHTSA plan calls for monitors in wheels --------------------------------------------- Federal officials Wednesday proposed requiring automakers to install monitors in each wheel on a car to warn drivers when pressure falls more than 25% in any of the tires. If finalized, the plan would require automakers to install the monitors in 50% of their vehicles beginning next Sept. 1. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBSWL3AQc5yPAS88HvASc-fFjl/usat20-0 Auditors warn of Delta's troubles --------------------------------------------- Independent auditors for Delta Air Lines have questioned the ability of the No. 3 airline's ability to continue as a "going concern." The statement by Deloitte & Touche became public in a securities filing late Wednesday and is based on the airline's need to file Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the "near term." http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBSWL3AQc5yPAS88HvASc-fFjl/usat21-0 SPORTS | http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBSWL3AQc5yPAS88HvASc-fFjl/usat42-0 ************************************************************************ Brewers keep Barry from 700 --------------------------------------------- Barry Bonds remained stuck on 699 as the Milwaukee Brewers denied the Giants outfielder a spot in the 700-homer club for the second consecutive night. The Giants outfielder, who went 0-for-4 with a walk in an 8-1 win over the Brewers, is bidding to join Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron at the magic plateau. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBSWL3AQc5yPAS88HvASc-fFjl/usat38-0 Injured fan wants to talk to Rangers --------------------------------------------- The lawyer for fan Jennifer Bueno, the woman who suffered a broken nose during Monday's melee with the Texas Rangers' bullpen in Oakland, said he wants to meet with the team to discuss a settlement. Meantime, baseball said its investigation should be complete by Friday. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBSWL3AQc5yPAS88HvASc-fFjl/usat37-0 Owners ice players --------------------------------------------- When NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman announced Wednesday the owners' unanimous reaffirmation to lock players out of training camp, both sides understood that it was akin to lighting a fuse that could blow up the season. The most optimistic observers believe January is the earliest hockey will be played. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBSWL3AQc5yPAS88HvASc-fFjl/usat43-0 LIFE | http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBSWL3AQc5yPAS88HvASc-fFjl/usat14-0 ************************************************************************ Johnny Ramone dies at 55 --------------------------------------------- Johnny Ramone, guitarist and co-founder of the seminal punk band The Ramones, has died. He was 55. Ramone died in his sleep Wednesday afternoon at his Los Angeles home surrounded by friends and family, his publicist said. He had battled prostate cancer for five years, and was hospitalized in June at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBSWL3AQc5yPAS88HvASc-fFjl/usat17-0 Britney dances down the aisle --------------------------------------------- Here comes the bride. A new video from Britney Spears makes its debut Thursday, and in it, the pop princess who is planning her own fall wedding gets some practice in the role. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBSWL3AQc5yPAS88HvASc-fFjl/usat16-0 'Survivor's Rupert donates $100K --------------------------------------------- Rupert Boneham, the bushy-bearded giant from Indianapolis who was an audience favorite during two Survivor games, is donating $100,000 to help troubled children. The donation will launch Rupert's Kids Inc., designed to help troubled youth and provide affordable housing for the poor in Indianapolis, Boneham said Tuesday. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBSWL3AQc5yPAS88HvASc-fFjl/usat18-0 TRAVEL | http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBSWL3AQc5yPAS88HvASc-fFjl/usat53-0 ************************************************************************ Auditors warn of Delta's troubles --------------------------------------------- Independent auditors for Delta Air Lines have questioned the ability of the No. 3 airline's ability to continue as a "going concern." The statement by Deloitte & Touche became public in a securities filing late Wednesday and is based on the airline's need to file Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the "near term." http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBSWL3AQc5yPAS88HvASc-fFjl/usat55-0 US Airways may ask for OK to cut wages --------------------------------------------- Labor leaders at US Airways expect management to soon seek bankruptcy court permission to cut wages for members of some of its five unions. Pilot union leader Bill Pollock said Wednesday that he's been warned by senior management that pilots must act on concessions within about a week. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBSWL3AQc5yPAS88HvASc-fFjl/usat56-0 TECH | http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBSWL3AQc5yPAS88HvASc-fFjl/usat49-0 ************************************************************************ Stem-cell science: Mirage or shining city? --------------------------------------------- Microscopic embryonic stem cells might hold the answer to afflictions from baldness, wrinkles, and age spots to the most intractable diseases. Or they might be a medical mirage, a tempting oasis of healing on a horizon that never grows closer. http://e.usatoday.com/a/tBBSWL3AQc5yPAS88HvASc-fFjl/usat52-0 The science of shrinkage: nano guitars and clocks --------------------------------------------- If angels danced on a pin head, they might strum molecule-size guitars produced by Cornell scientist Paul McEuen and his colleagues. 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