08/29/2008
Coin rolls over Ivanovic in one of the biggest upsets in Grand Slam history (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Qualifier Julie Coin scored one of the biggest upset in US Open women's open era history Thursday, sending world No. 1 and top seed Ana Ivanovic crashing out in the second round.
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08/28/2008
History echoes all around as Obama steps up to big speech (McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News)
DENVER — History was in the air Thursday as Barack Obama prepared to become the first African-American to accept a major party's presidential nomination.
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08/28/2008
Online maps 'wiping out history' (BBC News)
Internet mapping is demolishing thousands of years of Britain's geography and history, a leading cartographer claims
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08/28/2008
T.I. "Likes" Making Hot 100 History (E! Online)
House arrest has paid off big time for T.I. The rapper, who recorded his forthcoming Paper Trail while confined to his Atlanta-area home, made chart history as his album single...
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08/29/2008
Top seed Ana Ivanovic is history in loss (The Star-Ledger)
Welcome to history, Ana Ivanovic. And not the good kind. The women's No. 1 seed lost 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 to qualifier Julie Coin of France in the second round at the U.S. Open yesterday in one of the biggest upsets in tennis history.
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08/28/2008
GRIEGO: History is made, and tears are shed (Rocky Mountain News via Yahoo! News)
I've never been to a national convention before and so I can't tell you if the emotion that poured out of the delegates at the announcement of Barack Obama as Democratic nominee for president of the United States has been matched in recent history.
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08/28/2008
Todd: Obama's night for the history books (MSNBC)
Will these nights simply be a page in the history of America or the start of a completely new chapter? NBC Political Director Chuck Todd previews Obama's acceptance speech.
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08/28/2008
Obama Rewrites History, Clinches Nomination (NPR)
Sen. Barack Obama made history last night as the first black man to lead a major party's bid for the White House. An emotional day included speeches by former President Bill Clinton, vice presidential candidate Joe Biden and a relinquishing of delegates by former candidate Hillary Clinton. Host Michel Martin gives an update from Denver.
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08/28/2008
Today Marks Dual Landmarks In American History (NPR)
Sen. Barack Obama makes history tonight when he speaks before the Democratic National Convention as the first black presidential nominee of a major party. But today also marks the 45th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington. Civil rights activist Marian Wright Edelman discusses the significance of both events.
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08/29/2008
Barack Obama makes history in the United States (Metro Halifax)
For Democrats, it's a convention script made in Hollywood: a dynamic man succeeds against all odds to inspire millions and possibly lead America into a new era of politics. Along the way, Barack Obama made history as the first black American presidential candidate in history. "We have to remember that 50 years ago blacks couldn't ride on the same bus as whites," says executive director Norman ...
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