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CNN News 

CNN Political Ticker

DENVER (CNN) – Barack Obama planned to name Joe Biden as his running mate by text message at 8 a.m. ET Saturday morning, but was forced to move up the announcement when CNN broke the story after midnight, a senior Obama official said.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/25/cnn-forces-obama-to-release-vp-pick-early-2/

New York Times

World News

The president of Switzerland stepped to a podium in Bern last May and read a statement confirming rumors that had swirled through the capital for months. The government, he acknowledged, had indeed destroyed a huge trove of computer files and other material documenting the business dealings of a family of Swiss engineers suspected of helping smuggle nuclear technology to Libya and Iran.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/25/world/25nuke.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

Philippine Daily Inquirer

PDI News

MANILA, Philippines -- (UPDATE) The military has "caught up" with the groups of two Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) commanders who are wanted over attacks on civilian communities in Central Mindanao, after they overran 15 rebel camps and "battle positions" over two days, officials said.

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20080825-156702/Troops-closing-in-on-MILF-rebels

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Today's Info: Longest Word in the English Dictionary

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

is, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, "a factitious word alleged to mean 'a lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine silica dust causing inflammation in the lungs. Occurring chiefly as an instance of a very long word. It was coined to serve as the longest English word and is the longest word ever to appear in anEnglish language dictionary. It is listed in the current edition of several dictionaries. A condition meeting the word's definition is normally called silicosis.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

Cleve, the illustrados is bored. I decided to provide some readings to all bored people out there. :D

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