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China's flood season deaths top 700 so far

News BEIJING, July 21 (UPI) -- Rains and flooding that officials call the worst in a decade have killed 701 people and left 347 missing in China , government data ... upi.com

Google remodels its image search

News The Search titan, Google, took the opportunity to introduce a new version of Google Images . Google Images gets its major redesign since 2001, abolishing the ... whitehatfirm.com

Mulling Extended Unemployment Benefits

News Following weeks of tug-of-war, Senate Democrats and Republicans look like they will renew extended unemployment benefits —voting perhaps as early as today. smartmoney.com

Romania exhumes Ceausescu's remains

News The graves of Nicolae Ceausescu , the former Romanian communist leader and his wife Elena, have been dug up in order to confirm the identities of the bodies ... english.aljazeera.net

What Hath Breitbart Wrought?

News When Andrew Breitbart decided that someone ought to answer the NAACP's attack on the Tea Party Movement and jumped in, most people started getting edgy ... wizbangblog.com

Doctors inch closer to HIV breakthrough

News BY CATHERINE KARONG'O VIENNA, Austria, Jul 21 - The response to HIV /AIDS has gone a notch higher after a South African study indicated that a gel containing ... capitalfm.co.ke

Andrew Breitbart is in hot waters

News Andrew Breitbart is one of them. Andrew Breitbart , a conservative publisher/writer, has been working as a commentator for Washington Times. buzztab.com

Body Found at Norma Lopez's kidnapped Place

News In southern California, a dead body has been found near the place where a 17 year old teen Norma Lopez went missing after finishing a class a nearby Valley ... today24news.com

SEO for Bing and Yahoo! 'very similar'

News Marketers looking to tweak their search engine optimisation (SEO) strategies now that Yahoo! has officially started testing Bing's technology in its search ... directnews.co.uk

Jeremy Lin Joins Golden State Warriors

News According to sources Jeremy Lin is going to join the Golden State Warriors soon. They are going to pay him $500000 as first year salary. infocuts.com

EU Test May Need to Fail Some Banks

News The United States conducted stress tests of its own major financial institutions ... Analysts say that some banks should fail the stress tests , though they ... dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com

Georgia Election Results in Runoff

News Former Georgia Governor Roy Barnes avoided a runoff election on Tuesday by winning the state's primary by a wide margin—with 84 percent of results counted, ... thestatecolumn.com

Three Gorges passes huge test

News China's controversial Three Gorges Dam appears to have passed its biggest test yet, ... montrealgazette.com