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HREF="http://www.freetheairwaves.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.freetheairwaves.com/"><IMG SRC="870100a0.gif" border=0 width="16" height="10" ALT="WiFi America" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A> News            <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Wedneday September 03, 2008</B></FONT></div> <div> Washington D.C . -  Seattle, Washington  -  Hamilton, Montana  -  kodiak, Alaska</div> <div> RadioZX Executive Editor  <A HREF="contact_us.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us">Mighty Quinn</A></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="93fd82a0.jpg" border=0 width="216" height="42" ALT="Headlines" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="765" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 644 WIDTH="371"><div> <B>McCain . . .</B></div> <div> <B>get's in Bush's Face?</B></div> <div> That's what Bush said!</div> <div> <IMG SRC="92318d00.jpg" border=0 width="280" height="208" ALT="Sen. Joe Lieberman" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="0"><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ST. PAUL, Minn. -</FONT></div> <div> Republicans assailed <A HREF="obama_for_president_news.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Obama for President News Index">Barack Obama</A> as the most liberal, least experienced White House nominee in history Tuesday night and enthusiastically extolled their own man <A HREF="mccain_for_president.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="McCain for President News Index">John McCain</A> as "ready to lead this nation."</div> <div> Delegates at the GOP National Convention rallied behind running mate <A HREF="governor_sarah_palin.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Governor Sarah Palin">Sarah Palin</A> in the face of fresh controversy.</div> <div> Lieberman calls Obama young, untested.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="9279a730.jpg" border=0 width="154" height="115" ALT="Fred Thompson" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="2" VSPACE="0">ST. PAUL, Minn. - Sen. Joe Lieberman, the Democratic vice presidential pick eight years ago, on Tuesday criticized his former party's nominee as an untested candidate unwilling to challenge powerful interest groups as both Republican <A HREF="mccain_for_president.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="McCain for President News Index">John McCain</A> and one-time </div> <bR> <div> Democratic President Clinton have done. And <A HREF="fred_thompson_republican_pre.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fred Thompson Republican Presidential No">Fred Thompson</A> fires up the RNC with hot-button issues that swirl around <A HREF="governor_sarah_palin.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Governor Sarah Palin">Sarah Palin.</A></div> <div> <A HREF="mccain_for_president.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="McCain for President News Index">Click>></A> <B>for more information</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>---------------------------------------------------------</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="644" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="7" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP ROWSPAN=2 WIDTH="371"><div> <B>Economics . . .</B></div> <div> <B>Incomes Drop!</B></div> <div> <B>sharply in July while spending slows</B></div> <div> Consumer spending slowed to a crawl and personal incomes plunged in July, reflecting the waning impact of $93 billion in economic stimulus payments</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.greendragonnews.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.greendragonnews.com/">Chinese</A><B> </B><B>Stocks</B></div> <div> <B>Are World's Worst In 2008</B></div> <div> China won the most gold at the Olympics, but the country's stock market is in dead last.</div> <div> <B>Dell</B></div> <div> <B>2Q profit drops 17 percent and stock plunges</B></div> <div> Slashing computer prices helped Dell Inc. boost sales in its fiscal second quarter, but the No. 2 PC maker's bottom line took a hit when efforts to cut costs failed to make up the difference.</div> <div> <B>Dell set to unveil mini-notebook computer</B></div> <div> Dell Inc is poised to announce a new mini-laptop computer later this week, a source familiar with the company's plan said on Tuesday, confirming a Wall Street Journal story.</div> <div> <A HREF="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080903/tc_nm/dell_mini_dc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080903/tc_n">Dell set to unveil mini-notebook computer- source</A></div> <div> <B>Sears'</B></div> <div> <B>2Q profit drops 62 percent</B></div> <div> CHICAGO - Beleaguered retailer Sears Holdings Corp. reported a hefty drop in second-quarter profit as sales slumped, despite a restructuring aimed at drawing back shoppers who've taken their checkbooks elsewhere.</div> <div> <B>Manufacturing</B></div> <div> <B>shrinks in August, construction down</B></div> <div> For the nation's lumber companies, automakers, home builders and other manufacturers, the final half of 2008 may be as sluggish as the first.</div> <div> <B>GM</B></div> <div> <B>does not see U.S. sales reviving this year</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.hotv8.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.hotv8.com/">General Motors</A> does not expect U.S. sales to revive this year as the credit crunch pressures consumers, with a senior official saying the top priority was to turn around the North American business.</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><IMG SRC="925b3830.jpg" border=0 width="179" height="131" ALT="AFP/File Photo: Customers queue to buy Apple's new 3G iPhone in Tokyo in July 2008. China Mobile" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="0"></FONT><B>Apple</B></div> <div> <B>Close to Inking iPhone Deal in </B><A HREF="http://www.greendragonnews.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.greendragonnews.com/">China</A></div> <div> Apple's iPhone has sold by the millions in many parts of the world, but China is perhaps the most notable exception. Now reports from China's government-controlled media indicate the popular mobile device could soon make its way to the Asian nation.</div> <div> <B>Two Vendors Will Offer iPhone 3G Legally in </B><A HREF="world_war_iii.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="World War III News Index">Russia</A></div> <div> Apple's iPhone 3Gs, widely available in Russia on the black market, will be offered legally by at least two phone companies.</div> <div> <B>Apple's "Rock" event expected to unveil new iPods</B></div> <div> Apple Inc is expected to unveil new iPod music players -- and possibly price cuts -- at a media event next Tuesday but may not launch a long-awaited update to its MacBook laptop computers until a later date.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 450 WIDTH="371"><div> <IMG SRC="924b36c0.jpg" border=0 width="179" height="108" ALT="Reuters Photo: Cans of Coca-Cola July 17, 2008 Mario Anzuoni" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="0"><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Coca-Cola</B></FONT></div> <div> <B>buy</B><B>s </B><A HREF="http://www.greendragonnews.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.greendragonnews.com/">Chinese</A><B> </B><B>juice maker for $2.5 bln</B></div> <div> Coca-Cola Co will pay $2.5 billion for Chinese juice maker Huiyuan (1886.HK), triple its value, strengthening the world's leading drinks maker's hold on a booming market in the biggest foreign takeover in China.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>---------------------------------------------------------</B></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><IMG SRC="926b38b0.jpg" border=0 width="179" height="139" ALT="Clones' offspring" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="2" VSPACE="0"></FONT><B>FDA</B></div> <div> <B>Biotechnology News</B></div> <div> <B>Clones' offspring may be in food supply</B></div> <div> Food and milk from the offspring of cloned animals may have entered the U.S. food supply, the U.S. government said on Tuesday, but it would be impossible to know because there is no difference between cloned and conventional products.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="450" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="7" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="7a344060.gif" border=0 width="580" height="6" ALT="stars and stripes line" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Make your opinions known to the U.S. Congress, Senate and State Officials</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm?OrderBy=state&Sort=ASC" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_in">U.S. Senators Contact info</A>     <A HREF="http://www.house.gov/writerep/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.house.gov/writerep/">Congressperson in the U.S. House of Representatives</A>     <A HREF="http://congress.org/stickers/?dir=congressorg&officials=officials&lvl=L" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://congress.org/stickers/?dir=congre">Governors & State Officials</A></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="7a344060.gif" border=0 width="580" height="6" ALT="stars and stripes line" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.adamschocolate.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.adamschocolate.com/"> <img src="HTMLobj-2369/aniGif.gif" alt="Adams Secret Dark Chocolate" border="0" align="bottom" width="468" height="60">  </A></div> <div> Holiday Gifts - Birthday Gifts - Unique Gifts - Personalized Gifts</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>The Newspaper  </I></FONT>Hot <I> </I>Headlines . . .<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>     </I></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><IMG SRC="04b23230.png" border=0 width="35" height="35" ALT="newspaper" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">   </FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >for people on the Run   </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><IMG SRC="57d31110.gif" border=0 width="49" height="17" ALT="UPDATED" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> 24/7 - 365</FONT></div> <div> <IMG SRC="2a7be0f0.gif" border=0 width="190" height="15" ALT="Our Business is Information" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="2e6be0f0.gif" border=0 width="190" height="15" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <A HREF="contact_us.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us">Email Us your questions</A></div> <bR> <div> <B>Get Rid of Life's Little Annoyances</B></div> <div> <B>VOTE</B></div> </td> </tr></table></body>