Archive for August 6th, 2009

Pakistan, US: Taliban chief Mehsud may be dead (AP)

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FILE - In this May 24, 2008 file photo Pakistan's top Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud, center bottom with back to camera, talks to the media in Kotkai, a village in the Pakistani tribal area along the Afghan border. U.S. and Pakistani authorities were investigating reports that Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud was killed in an American missile strike, officials from both countries said Thursday August 6, 2009. If confirmed, Mehsud's demise would be a major boost to Pakistani and U.S. efforts to eradicate the Taliban and al-Qaida. (AP Photo/File)AP – U.S. and Pakistani authorities were investigating whether Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud, who has led a violent campaign of suicide attacks and assassinations against Pakistan’s government, was killed in a CIA missile strike.

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On the board: Yanks earn first win against Red Sox (AP)

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New York Yankees' Jorge Posada follows through on a three-run home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)AP – Melky Cabrera and the New York Yankees knocked out John Smoltz early, and soon it was all over: They had finally beaten the Boston Red Sox.

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Aerosmith postpones concert after Tyler’s fall (AP)

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File - Vocalist  Steven Tyler of the rock band Aerosmith performs at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in this June 10, 2009 file photo taken in Maryland Heights, Mo. Tyler fell off the stage while performing the song 'Love In an Elevator' in Sturgis South Dakota Wednesday Aug. 5, 2009. Tyler was helped backstage after the fall and was taken to the hospital after being evaluated by medical personnel. This was the first time Aerosmith had performed in Sturgis, but it was Tyler's second appearance at the rally. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)AP – Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler suffered head, neck and shoulder injuries in a tumble from the stage at a South Dakota show, a concert spokesman said Thursday, and the audience thought it was part of his hip-shaking act until he didn’t get up.

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