Yahoo! — an Corp, Japan's largest Internet portal site, will likely adopt Google Inc's search engine as part of an alliance between the two companies, media (World)

Television Without Pity — I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues: A daring escape, more shifting alliances, Mysterious Crystal gets even more Mysterious, a surprise bludgeoning and a lotta boys not actually making out. (Entertainment)

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USA Today — The Afghan government said Monday that 52 civilians, including women and children, died when a NATO rocket struck a village in southern Afghanistan... (World)

AP — A remote and poor corner of northeastern Washington has become a place where loggers, ranchers and conservation groups are finding common ground in helping business and protecting the environment... (Politics)

Wall Street Journal — A global alliance of telecom operators said it will establish a corporate entity as part of its plans to set up an open platform for mobile applications. (Technology)

Reuters — Brazilian phone giant Oi said on Wednesday that it had signed anagreement with Portugal Telecom for an ''eventual''alliance. (Business)