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...home-team favorite--as independent and full of promise as the Internet itself. Firefoxers even tried to set a Guinness World Record for most downloads (8.2 million) in a 24-hour period. Since no one currently holds that title, it's a safe bet that Firefox 3 will claim it. Other reasons for the mad rush: Firefox 3 is stable, meaning it hardly ever crashes. It's fast. You'll see performance differences on sites like Gmail. It's secure. Pop-up alerts tell you when you're visiting sites suspected of pushing virus-laden software or "phishing" scams--pretending...
...Certainly, McCain has a perspective on war that Obama cannot claim to match. What frustrates Obama surrogates and advisers, though, is that their criticisms of McCain's foreign policy positions - from his eagerness to bomb North Korea in 1993 and again in 2002 to his hawkish position on Iran and his unwavering support for the war in Iraq - often fall on deaf ears. The Obama campaign wants "to establish the idea that McCain's military bravery does not automatically make him a good Commander in Chief," says Clyde Wilcox, a political science professor at Georgetown University...
...Bush Administration had come under increasing criticism this year for seeming to forget about Stansell, Howes and Gonsalves. But it can now openly claim, as U.S. officials had privately done, that it was simply allowing the Colombians to mount today's rescue. U.S. Ambassador to Colombia William Brownfield confirmed Wednesday night that the U.S. had been involved in the planning and intelligence-gathering stages of the operation. One fortunate politician who can bask in this American policy victory is John McCain, who just happened to be visiting Colombia when the rescue was announced...
...torturous official investigation into the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann in Portugal on May 3, 2007, her parents, Kate and Gerry, have learned of their status in the ordeal from anonymous leaks rather than through official channels. That precedent held again Monday night: unconfirmed reports from Portuguese media claim that police are closing the case and abandoning any plans to charge the McCanns with Madeleine's disappearance...
...Maharashtra, but they accuse government officials of taking advantage of a transliteration error to deny them their due. In Marathi, the language of Maharashtra, the r at the end of the tribe's name is pronounced as an English d, and "Dhangad" is not a scheduled tribe. The protesters claim officials have been certifying them as "Dhangad" instead of "Dhangar" precisely to deny them their tribal benefits. "It's a conspiracy of the dominant community, the Marathas," charges Bansode. "With 1.2 crore [12 million] members, we're the second largest community in Maharashtra. By denying us reservation [of seats], they...