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A Kashmiri customerlooks at an Indian newspaper featuring an article quoting US Presidential candidate Barack Obama on sale at a stall in Srinagar on November 5, 2008.
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 The Examiner 
Obama Announces Bush's Mission (Sort Of) Accomplished, While Sarah Palin Tweets Incoherent Nonsense
Fri 3 Sep 2010
OMG, presidential teevee star and A-list celeb B. Hussein Obama is back on the boob tube and in America's hearts and homes, making just the second Oval Office address of his presidency (which is one... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
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 BBC News 
Q&A: Rising world food prices
Fri 3 Sep 2010
Continue reading the main story WHEAT FUTURES US CENTS/BUSHEL Last Updated at 02 Sep 2010, 19:45 price change % 680.75 0.00 0.00 More data on this commodity... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Rice - Crop - Agriculture - Farming  PhysOrg  Fri 3 Sep 2010
University of Arizona-led group awarded $9.9 million to develop 'super rice'
--> "We need to figure out a way to come up with a rice variety that can grow on less land, on poorer soil and with less water and fertilizer," said Rod Wing, a University of Arizona plant science... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
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Burger King  Toledo Blade  Fri 3 Sep 2010
3G Capital to buy out Burger King for $3.26B
CHICAGO - Burger King's new ruler could help expand its empire. Burger King Holdings Inc. sealed a deal Thursday to sell itself for $3.26 billion to 3G Capital, an investment firm with strong ties to... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
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Corn Crop - Agriculture - Farming The Columbus Dispatch Fri 3 Sep 2010
Steamy days shrink sweet-corn season
  If you want to buy fresh-picked, Ohio-grown sweet corn, you'd better hit your local grocery store or farmers market this weekend. Next week, you may be out of... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
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Illinois Lt. Governor Pat Quinn dedicates Armed Forces Day and the conclusion of Chicago Navy Week at ChicagoUs Navy Pier. Kansas City Star Fri 3 Sep 2010
Critics: Ill. lottery contract cloaked in secrecy
Seth Perlman, File FILE - In this Oct. 28, 2009 file photo, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn shows off the Veteran's Cash scratch-off lottery ticket, the Stars & Stripes, in... (photo: US Navy / Senior Chief Photographer's Mate Douglas E. Waite)
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Roger Federer of Switzerland returns the ball to Lu Yen-Hsun of Chinese Taipei during their round one tennis match on centre court at Wimbledon, Monday, June 22, 2009. The News & Observer Fri 3 Sep 2010
Federer cruises to easy victory
Second-seeded Roger Federer breezed through his match at steamy Flushing Meadows on Thursday, defeating Germany's Andreas Beck 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 in Arthur Ashe Stadium - a... (photo: AP / Anja Niedringhaus)
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Motorists caught in traffic during a holiday in   Mandaluyong City , Philippines , February 6 , 2010. redOrbit Fri 3 Sep 2010
NAVTEQ Traffic.com Helps Millions of Labor Day Weekend Drivers Avoid Jams
CHICAGO, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- NAVTEQ, the leading global provider of maps, traffic and location data enabling navigation, location-based services and mobile... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)
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Peanuts - Food The Examiner Fri 3 Sep 2010
Enjoying Chinese Food with a Peanut Allergy
Peanuts are prominent across Chinese cuisine, which makes sense as China is the world's leading peanut producer. Peanuts and/or peanut oil are present on every Chinese... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
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A fly lands on President Barack Obama's face as he delivers remarks on the Affordable Care Act and the New Patients Bill of Rights, Tuesday, June 22, 2010, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Scoop Fri 3 Sep 2010
Obama and His Family Tied to CIA for Years
Friday, 3 September 2010, 10:59 am Opinion: Sherwood Ross Obama and His Family Tied to CIA for Years By Sherwood Ross President Obama---as well as his mother, father,... (photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster)
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