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Yahoo Business Holiday sales growth expected to slow: NRF study (Reuters) Reuters - Holiday sales are expected to rise, though at a slower rate than last year as consumers fret about the declining housing market, according to a National Retail Federation economic forecast on Tuesday.
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New York Times Science Lady Macbeth Not Alone in Her Quest for Spotlessness Researchers find evidence that those who feel guilty crave antiseptic wipes.
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Reuters Business E-Bay Earns Boost Tech Stocks; Dow Slips NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. technology stocks rose on Thursday as a strong quarterly earnings report from eBay Inc. EBAY.O , the world's largest online market place, helped lift the Nasdaq and Standard & Poor's 500 indexes.
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New York Times Business U.S. Stocks Down Slightly After Sell-Off Abroad An early tumble gave way to a rally on Wall Street on Monday, as investors shrugged off heavy losses in the Asian markets.
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Yahoo World Explosion Rattles Kabul Ahead of Elections (AP) AP - A loud explosion rattled the Afghan capital early Friday, the day before historic elections, and an international peacekeeper said the blast occurred several hundred yards from peacekeeping headquarters.
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San Francisco Chronicle Bush puts off victory speech, although adviser claims 'convincing' <b>...</b> After waiting all night with his presidency and place in the history books hanging in the balance, President Bush gave up plans for a victory speech early Wednesday.
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PHPDeveloper.org Wolfgang Drews' Blog: Curious about the new php5 certification? In his latest blog post , Wolfgang Drews is pointing out a training class his other site, DynamicWebPages.de , is doing for the Zend Framework. Just a short shameless Plug for all who it may concern: Dynamic Web Pages holds a free information webinar about the new php5-certification in german language next week wednesday, 13th of december at 3 p.m. Christian Wenz with be the facilitator and you can get complete information and sign up on phpzertifizierung.eu .
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WebMasterPoint.org Skulls, il virus per cellulari dalla forma di teschio Un mese fa era stato scoperto il primo worm per cellulari, denominato Cabir: Ú notizia di questa settimana che un nuovo virus Ú stato individuato che colpisce cellulari basati sul sistema SymbianOS. Il suo
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CNET enterprise hardware news Palm's losses continue, but Centro proclaimed a hit Centro shipments set a company record, but Palm's still having a rough time battling component shortages and getting products out on schedule.
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Forbes How To Handle A Counteroffer Being asked to stay when you've said you're quitting can flatter but deceive.
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BBC News entertainment School Musical star has surgery High School Musical star Zac Efron undergoes emergency surgery to remove his appendix, his publicist says.
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BBC News Protein stops heart attack damage A protein produced by the heart during its development could be used to repair heart attack damage, research suggests. University of Texas scientists worked on mice, but hope their findings will eventually lead to new treatment for heart disease.
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Forbes Retirement With A Purpose Millions of Americans are preparing to retire, but still want to use their skills and talents to help others. They're becoming volunteers.
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Boston Globe In Cairo, dignitaries converge to pay tribute Although he did not live to see Palestinian statehood, Yasser Arafat was given a funeral yesterday worthy of a head of state and attended by kings and presidents from around the world.
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BBC science UK 'ill-prepared' against floods The UK's disaster management is woefully inadequate, finds a government review into last summer's flooding.
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New York Times Internet Drug Exporters Feel Pressure in Canada Five years ago, a young Manitoba pharmacist fresh out of school started selling Nicorette chewing gum over e-Bay. From that modest beginning the Canadian online
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New York Times world The Moment: Show Time for Adam Kimmel At Kimmel's fashion show, New York artists and fashion followers take over Florence's Istitute d’Arte...
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San Francisco Chronicle Sides bicker instead of negotiate in NHL labor fight An NHL executive accused the players' association of conducting "a charade" and said the union has no interest in working out a new labor deal before a lockout would be imposed in three weeks.
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Ansa Calcio Wellington Manag. al 3,026% di Bpu Emerge dagli aggiornamenti rilevanti resi noti dalla Consob
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The Australian Let UN chief get on with job: Blair TONY Blair threw his weight behind Kofi Annan yesterday amid a growing clamour in the US for the UN Secretary-General to resign over the Iraq oil-for-food scandal.
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Guardian Top News Turkey claims EU bid gets Pope's blessing Europe: Pope Benedict XVI steps into debate on whether Turkey should be part of the EU.
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CBC News 31 reported dead in Indonesia plane crash JAKARTA, INDONESIA - At least 31 people died in a plane crash in Indonesia on Tuesday, after a passenger jet's landing went wrong amid heavy rain.
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E-Commerce Times Oracle Gains Control of PeopleSoft The companies' merger is expected to close in early January. PeopleSoft founder Dave Duffield, who returned as CEO during the company's fight to prevent Oracle's bid, resigned as chairman, CEO and director on December 21.
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Yahoo Europe EU automakers reject 2012 deadline for CO2 cuts (AFP) AFP - European automakers demanded more time on Wednesday to meet mooted CO2 emissions targets but stressed they were on board and working hard to produce cleaner cars.
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Ansa Calcio Benzinai: Sicilia, chiusi 9 su 10 Nell'isola lo sciopero e' scattato con un giorno di anticipo
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The Motley Fool Homebuilding's Latest Freak Show Earnings season had unleashed yet another group of housing write-downs and losses.
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BBC News world UK PM to undergo heart treatment Tony Blair is to be admitted to hospital on Friday for a procedure to correct a heart problem.
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Il Resto del Carlino Decapitato un ostaggio americano Allawi: 'Non si tratta con i <b>...</b> BAGDAD, 21 SETTEMBRE 2004 - Un altro filmato dell'orrore impensabile. L'ultimatum di 48 ore Ú scaduto, e nel video diffuso su un sito web islamico, Eugene Armstrong, ostaggio americano in Iraq, viene sgozzato
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New York Times Tech A Facebook for the Few The social networking site aSmallWorld.net has attempted to create an Internet niche by cultivating an air of exclusivity.
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The Register Astronomers detect red giant survivor planet 10 billion years old Italian astronomers have detected a planet that survived the red giant expansion of its home star. The researchers say that the discovery could be a sneak peek at the fate that awaits the Earth, some four or five billion years from now.

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Cybercast News Service Dalai Lama Visits Russia Despite Chinese Objections The Russian government has allowed the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, to visit the country despite longstanding opposition from China.
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BBC News health 'Act now on biological weapons' The treat of biological weapons is real and needs to be tackled now , medical experts warn.
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Boston Globe sports Bulls Fire Skiles After a Sputtering Start Hoping to shake up a team with one of the worst records in the Eastern Conference, the Bulls fired head coach Scott Skiles on Monday.
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The Statesman Mukesh buys back, Anil pays MUMBAI, Dec. 27. - RIL chairman Mr Mukesh Ambani, battling with brother Anil over control of the Reliance Group, appeared to have won the first round today.
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New York Times Tech Identity Badge Worn Under Skin Approved for Use in Health Care The F.D.A. cleared the way for a company to market implantable microchips that would provide easy access to medical records.
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Yahoo Tech Nortel says optical telecoms demand creeps back (Reuters) Reuters - Demand for fiber-optic network telecoms equipment is starting to creep back, Nortel Networks Corp. said on Thursday, following a long slump sparked by the burst of the tech bubble.
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Guardian Top News Hytner plugs National into political circuit Arts: Religion, race and the failures of New Labour will be central to the new National Theatre season.
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BBC - Front Page Bomb strikes busy Baghdad market At least eight people die and 60 are hurt in a car bomb attack on a market in the Iraqi capital, officials say.
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Reuters Business Boeing plane orders surge in February NEW YORK (Reuters) - Boeing Co. won orders for 51 commercial jets in February, worth about $8 billion at list prices, doubling its tally from the same month last year and making up for a relatively small number in January.
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Reuters Life and Leisure Birdflu study has U.S. students hiding faces ANN ARBOR, Mich (Reuters) - Heather Vogt has agreed not to show her face around campus these days.
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San Diego Union Tribune UCSD slips three notches to No. 35 on list SAN DIEGO Knocked down a few notches, UC San Diego was named the nation's 35th best university in the annual college rankings released today by US News & World Report.
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The Washington Post Top News Key Labor Union Endorses Obama Bush administration meets resistance observers call high even by normally contentious standards.
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FXstreet.com UPDATE 4-Brent crude sets record as supply worries persist London oil prices hit record highs on Monday as worries about the stability of supplies from Iraq, Nigeria and Russia compounded concerns over low US fuel stocks ahead of winter.
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Yahoo World Pakistan's largest city paralyzed (AP) AP - Residents of Pakistan's largest city cautiously emerged from their homes Sunday and struggled to find food and fuel amid the blackened buildings, shattered glass and burnt-out vehicles littering the streets of Karachi.
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New York Times Arts The Winds of Change Are Felt at Publishers Weekly Sara Nelson, who will take over the top editorial job at Publishers Weekly on Jan. 24, says the magazine "needs to be modernized."
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Yahoo Europe Finland Court Blocks Custody Order (AP) AP - Finland's Supreme Court blocked a lower court ruling Friday that two boys be returned to their Finnish mother who is in a trans-Atlantic custody battle with their American father.
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National Geographic Society New Fault Found in Europe; May "Close Up" Adriatic Sea An active fault off southern Croatia is building new islands and bulking up mountains, a new study says—but is also drawing Italy closer to the Dalmatian coast.
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Yahoo Science Minks freed from cages, farmers give chase (Reuters) Reuters - Farmers and other locals were chasing thousands of minks let out of their cages at a fur farm in western Finland early on Friday by suspected animal rights activists.
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ABC News Italy Rallies G8 as Tsunami Debt Plan Takes Shape Italy called on Group of Eight rich nations on Thursday to discuss a joint response to the Indian Ocean tsunami catastrophe as moves to grant debt relief to some of the stricken countries gathered pace.
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Monterey County Herald OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS The 49ers rehearse the end-around run to Arnaz Battle so often that they never doubted the play would work. ''We practice and practice and practice and practice that play,'' coach Dennis Erickson said.
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CNN Top News ADV: Distance Learning Directory - Online Degrees Bachelor, Master and Post-Grad degrees online from accredited colleges and universities. Business, Education, IT, Healthcare, more. Browse by degree or program. Request info and get started today.
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CNET News.com Stopping spam at the source New antispam technology standards are on the way that promise to hit spammers where it hurts the most--their wallets. At issue is the ability to authenticate the original source of e-mail messages, a major
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Reuters U.S. High winds may stoke California's Tahoe wildfire SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, California (Reuters) - High winds expected at California's Lake Tahoe could fan a raging wildfire that has jumped a containment line after destroying hundreds of buildings and forcing thousands to evacuate the resort area, firefighters said on Wednesday.
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New York Times health Both Sides Cite Science to Address Altered Corn A proposal to ban the planting of a genetically modified corn strain sets up a bitter war within the European Union.
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BBC UK Suggest a debate? What would you like to talk about? What do you want the world to talk about?
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Repubblica Finanziaria, Cdl furiosa "Scenderemo in piazza" La manovra del governo provoca le proteste dell'opposizione Lega, An e Udc annunciano manifestazioni contro la "stangata" Finanziaria, Cdl furiosa "Scenderemo in piazza" Bossi: "E' una bastonata sul Paese, e le pensioni non si toccano" Cesa: "La manovra si abbatterà come una scure sui poveri" (12:20 01/10/2006)
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Ansa Spettacolo Sanremo:Munoz all'Ariston l'1 marzo Il cantante spagnolo ospite internazionale della serata
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Reuters Top News Al Qaeda leads suspect list in Bhutto killing WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Al Qaeda is the chief suspect in the murder of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, standing to gain by preserving its remote stronghold, undermining President Pervez Musharraf and destabilizing the country, U.S. government and private analysts said.
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Reuters U.S. Ernesto charges toward Carolina coast RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Ernesto dumped heavy rain on North and South Carolina as it closed in on the U.S. East Coast near hurricane strength on Thursday, and forecasters warned it could trigger life-threatening floods and tornadoes.
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Yahoo U.S. Suicide exposes squalor in Texas prison (AP) AP - After months alone in his cell, Scot Noble Payne finished 20 pages of letters, describing to loved ones the decrepit conditions of the prison where he was serving time for molesting a child.
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Yahoo Entertainment 'Slutwear' Is So Last Year on New York Runways (Reuters) Reuters - Now you see it. Soon you won't. In a trend sure to be a relief to some and a disappointment to others, women will cover up instead of baring it all next season as the "slutwear" look comes to an end.
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Topix.Net Europe Pope beatifies five, including German nun who inspired Gibson film Advancing the sainthood causes of five Europeans, Pope John Paul II beatified the last Hapsburg emperor and the nun whose visions inspired Mel Gibson's film, "The Passion of the Christ." The pope said Blessed ...
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Reuters Top News Rocket launch in New Mexico ushers in cheap space flight TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, New Mexico (Reuters) - A rocket packed with cargo is set to blast off into space from a desert launch range in New Mexico, ushering in what its backers say is a new era of cheap public access to the stars.
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Yahoo Entertainment Former child star Fishel arrested (AP) AP - Former child star Danielle Fishel, a teen heartthrob on ABC's "Boy Meets World," was arrested this week on a drunken driving warrant from Los Angeles County, police said.
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Topix.Net Europe In Writing Mode Finnish melodic power metallers THUNDERSTONE are currently writing songs for their third album, tentatively due next spring through Nuclear Blast Records.
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Kataweb Sport Palermo, 21:08 - CALCIO, PALERMO: BARZAGLI E ZACCARDO VERSO IL FORFAIT Il Palermo prosegue al campo militare "Tenente Onorato" di Boccadifalco la preparazione in vista de...
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The Washington Post health Get Real, Hollywood: Babies Are No Joke In the hit movie "Juno," cheeky teenager Juno MacGuff wants nothing to do with her baby once it's born. "Can't we just, like, kick this old school?" she asks the prospective adoptive parents. "Like, I have the baby, put it in a basket and send it your way, like Moses and the reeds?"
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Yahoo Politics U.S. farm groups deflect pressure on Doha cuts (Reuters) Reuters - U.S. farm groups bristled this week at calls for deeper cuts to American agriculture subsidies, just as trade negotiators urged the United States to do more to break a stubborn stalemate in world trade talks.
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Reuters World Iran says wants atom talks MADRID (Reuters) - Iran wants a negotiated solution to its nuclear standoff with world powers but this must recognize an Iranian right to a peaceful nuclear programme, Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Thursday.
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Reuters Sports Armstrong Still in Two Minds About 2005 Tour PARIS (Reuters) - Six times champion Lance Armstrong will decide early in 2005 whether to take part in next year's Tour de France, the itinerary of which was unveiled Thursday.
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CNN Calif. to host greatest garage sale ever The state is holding a rummage sale to get rid of a whole bunch of unwanted stuff. SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is holding a rummage sale to dispose of unwanted state property from aircraft engines to jewelry.
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InfoWorld Business Senators push for Internet tax ban Three Republican U.S. senators on Thursday called on Congress to pass a permanent Internet tax ban before a moratorium expires Nov. 1.
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CNN Top News Scientists dissect mystery of genius A young man in a white physician's coat and a bow tie is walking toward us down the sidewalk, a plastic five-gallon bucket swinging from his hand.
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Financial Times Bank of America reveals plans to lay off 4,500 Bank of America said Thursday it will layoff 4,500 employees as part of the company’s ongoing integration of FleetBoston Financial.
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San Francisco Chronicle Governor to release details of schedule Tokyo -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said in an interview today that he will make public his daily schedule, a move that open government advocates say will provide an unprecedented look at how his administration determines public policy.
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Yahoo Sports Beer here! Thirsty fan gets Bonds' HR ball (AP) AP - A fan waiting in line for beer and peanuts got something extra at the concession stand: home run ball No. 715 by Barry Bonds.
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Kataweb Sport Roma, 20:17 - CALCIO, ARBITRI; FARINA: DOBBIAMO POTER SBAGLIARE "Credo che noi arbitri dobbiamo ragionare nel trattare tutti allo stesso modo, non conta se uno &egr...
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BBC News world Iran gives early date for reactor Iran says its Bushehr nuclear plant will start work in the summer - earlier than its Russian builders had said.
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Forbes Unusual Trips And Tours Looking for something completely different? Here are eight of the most unusual travel experiences you'll ever have.
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National Geographic Society King Crab Invasion Threatens Antarctic Marine Life As Earth's oceans heat up, king crabs expanding into new habitats may decimate native species that are unable to cope with the strong, fast-moving predators.
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Yahoo World Oil-for-Food Chief Said to Block Audit (AP) AP - The U.N. oil-for-food program chief under scrutiny for alleged corruption and mismanagement blocked a proposed audit of his office around the same time he's accused of soliciting lucrative oil deals from Iraq, according to investigators.
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Forbes Stocks Up Despite Sluggish GDP Reading A sluggish gross domestic product reading was nonetheless better than expected, prompting investors to send stocks slightly higher Friday on hopes that the economic slowdown would not be as bad as first thought.
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Reuters Top News Hastert moves to counter criticism BATAVIA, Ill (Reuters) - Embattled Republican leader Dennis Hastert on Thursday outlined steps to investigate the House cybersex scandal and said he intends to stay in office despite calls for him to step down before the November elections.
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BBC - Front Page Football: Blackburn out Blackburn limp out of Europe at Ewood Park after a tame draw against Bayer Leverkusen.
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RedNova science Developer Proposes $150-Million Yacht Facility at Quonset By Benjamin N. Gedan, The Providence Journal, R.I. Jun. 20--A Florida developer has received preliminary approval to construct a $150-million shipbuilding and repair yard on 43 acres at Quonset Point.
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Yahoo Politics Clinton, Giuliani out front in NJ (AP) AP - THE RACE: Presidential race for Democrats, Republicans in New Jersey.
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Glasgow Evening Times Raf's five star Reds Rafael Benitez focused his sights on a top-four place after watching Liverpool destroy rock-bottom West Brom. John Arne Riise led the way with a double as the visitors won 5-0.
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The Register 3 shifts phones through Xtra-vision video stores X-clusive While most companies are looking to rent films over their mobile phone networks, 3 has started selling phones through a film rental network.

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Corriere della Sera 26 ott 22:40 Calcio: 10/a giornata serie B, vincono fuori casa <b>...</b> MILANO - Si e' giocata questa sera la 10/a giornata del campionato di calcio di serie B. Importanti vittorie esterne dell'Empoli capolista a Perugia e del Torino a Pescara. I granata con questo risultato salgono al secondo posto in classifica.
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Washington Post Business GM Posts Biggest Annual US Auto Loss DETROIT -- General Motors Corp. reported a $38.7 billion loss for 2007 on Tuesday, the largest annual loss ever for an automotive company, and said it is making a new round of buyback offers to U.S. hourly workers in hopes of replacing some of them with lower-paid help.
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The Washington Post sports 0-for-2 in World Cup Russia outhustles the American squad and deals Team USA its second consecutive loss, 3-1, Thursday night.
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Reuters World 80 reportedly killed in Iranian plane fire TEHRAN (Reuters) - A passenger plane caught fire on landing at an airport in the northeastern Iranian city of Mashhad on Friday, killing at least 80 people, state television reported.
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MENAFN Napster founder back with new file-sharing venture The kid who sparked the digital music revolution says he's back to finish the job. As a 19-year-old college freshman, Shawn Fanning created Napster, the file-sharing software program
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Winston-Salem Journal US, Norwegian economists to share Nobel An American and a Norwegian won the 2004 Nobel Memorial Prize in economics yesterday for shedding light on how government policies and actions affect economies around the world.
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ABC Online Multiple ultrasounds safe during pregnancy: study More than 2,500 families participated in the study carried out by the King Edward Memorial Hospital over a 15-year period. Pregnant women are usually scanned at 12 and 18 weeks and after 20 weeks if there are any medical concerns.
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Ansa Anas, in giudizio contro Autostrade Per la mancata esecuzione di investimenti per circa 2 mld
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Yahoo Health Teens need specialized cancer care (AP) AP - When teenager Nicole Agostino was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma last year, the hospital where she was treated was full of children and coloring books.
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Futbolera Aragones Investigation Begins Luis Aragonés could lose his job as Spain's coach after the Spanish Football Association launched an investigation into remarks he made about Arsenal's Thierry Henry.
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Yahoo Europe German warships to sail for Lebanon (AP) AP - Germany was to begin its biggest naval operation since World War II on Thursday, sending eight warships to the eastern Mediterranean to help the U.N. keep the peace in Lebanon.
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Yahoo Elections Huckabee: Stronger military, families (AP) AP - Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee appealed to Iowa conservatives on two fronts Saturday, calling for a stronger military and stronger families.
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