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NPR (audio) CDC Develops Plan to Dole Out Flu Shots Description: The US government is working to redirect remaining supplies of the flu vaccine as it tries to ensure it reaches people who need it most: children, the elderly and people with chronic diseases.
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CNET Atomic Time on a Grain of Rice The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have created an atomic clock which measures a mere 1.5mm by 5mm. This is just slightly larger than a grain of rice. Compared to the current crop of commercially available atomic clocks, most of which are about the size of a large filing cabinet, this leap in miniaturization is expected to impact everything from navigation to faster cell phone and data networks. Atomic clocks are prized for their precision. Unlike their piezoelectric crystal counterparts, they use the vibrations of atoms to time events, and are much more accurate because atomic vibrations aren't wildly influenced by environmental factors. An atomic clock might lose a second every three hundred years - a quartz crystal clock loses a second a day. The leap was made possible not by a mere decrease in size, since the technology has existed to do that for years, but by a decrease in power consumption. Current atomic clicks use a couple of watts, but the NIST atomic clock only use 30-50 milliwatts (thousandths of a watt).
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CNET networking news DirecTV faces setback in dubious antipiracy campaign. Good. In a victory for programmers and security researchers, DirecTV faces a setback in lawsuit against alleged signal thieves who dared to order smart-card programmers.
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Reuters Health Study debunks personality link to breast cancer WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The idea that a woman's personality traits can make her more prone to breast cancer appears nothing more than a myth, according to a Dutch study.
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CNET News.com Cisco sees momentum in CRS-1 sales Executives at networking giant Cisco Systems say the company's new CRS-1 core Internet router is ahead of revenue targets, just as the company announced on Sunday a smaller version of the product.
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Yahoo Science Nanotechnology May Change Energy Industry (AP) AP - BISMARCK, N.D. — Jack Uldrich says his stain-resistant pants are just the beginning for a technology that could someday be used to create cell phones so small they can be sewn into clothes and enhance electrical transmission through power lines.
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Topix.Net Europe Britain's Blair sees chance of G8 post-Kyoto deal LONDON - British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Sunday there was a real chance industrialized countries could agree the outline of a deal to succeed the Kyoto Protocol on curbing greenhouse gas emissions at ... Comment
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RedNova technology New-Media Vet Launches Attention PR By O'Brien, Keith NEW YORK: Curtis Hougland, former new media lead at Middleberg & Associates and Ruder Finn, has started Attention PR to focus on "social media relations." Debut clients include three undisclosed Fortune 500 companies, BlogTalkRadio, College.com, and Film Movement.
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Yahoo Tech NetSuite goes wireless with help from its friends (InfoWorld) InfoWorld - NetSuite announced Thursday that three of its partners now provide extensions to the vendor's hosted midmarket applications suite so that the software will run on mobile devices.
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Reuters Entertainment Witness: Actor Blake Thought Wife an Unfit Mother VAN NUYS, Calif. (Reuters) - Ten months before his wife was killed, actor Robert Blake complained that she was an unfit mother and worked behind the scenes to get custody of the their daughter, a prosecution witness testified on Friday.
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Corriere della Sera Iraq: bombardamenti su Falluja, secondo raid questa mattina FALLUJA - Dopo una prima ondata di bombardamenti ieri sera, e' ripresa all'alba di oggi l'offensiva dell'aviazione Usa su Falluja, in Iraq. Bombardate un gruppo di case che si ritiene fossero utilizzate dai
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Ansa Confindustria: resta gap con Ue Imprese italiane pagano piu' tasse, differenze abissali
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Yahoo Sports Royals Score 26, Shut Out in Same Day (AP) AP - Jeremy Bonderman brought the Kansas City Royals back to earth in a hurry. After Kansas City set a team record for runs in a 26-5 victory in the first game of a doubleheader Thursday, the Detroit right-hander shut down the Royals in the nightcap, allowing six hits in eight innings in the Tigers' 8-0 victory.
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New York Times health Over-the-Counter Weight-Loss Drug Is Approved Experts expect the drug, Alli, to be available to consumers in the summer without a prescription.
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Boston Globe sports Like Rivers, Bills’ Losman Emerges as a Leader J.P. Losman, the last of four quarterbacks selected in the first round of the 2004 N.F.L. draft, has engineered the winning score during the final possession in two consecutive games for the Bills.
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New York Times FBI Investigating Big Contracts With Halliburton to Repair Iraq <b>...</b> The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating whether the Army's handling of a large Iraq contract with the Halliburton Company violated procurement rules, according to lawyers for an
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Reuters Top News BBC reporter says will be killed if captors stormed DUBAI (Reuters) - BBC Gaza correspondent Alan Johnston appeared in a video posted on the Internet on Sunday wearing what he said was an explosive belt which his captors have threatened to blow up if force was used to free him.
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Boston Globe business Reports mixed on health of economy NEW YORK -- A pair of indicators offered a mixed picture of the economy yesterday as growth slowed among US manufacturers while commercial construction showed surprising resilience.
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Yahoo Europe Spain see off pale England (AFP) AFP - Spain could afford the luxury of a missed penalty as they made England look distinctly ordinary in a 1-0 international friendly settled by an early Asier del Horno goal at the Bernabeu stadium.
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BBC News NHS strikes money-saving IT deal The NHS has struck a discounted deal with computer giant Microsoft to renew its licence for desktop products. The Department of Health said the deal would save the NHS £330m on the current terms.
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Kataweb Sport Bonn, 19:13 - CALCIO, IFFHS: PREMIER MIGLIOR CAMPIONATO, SERIE A TERZA Secondo l'Iffhs, l'Istituto di storia e statistica del calcio, la Premier League è il miglior...
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Yahoo Politics Court Weighs Legal Rights of Mich. Poor (AP) AP - With backing from a fifth of all states, Michigan asked the Supreme Court on Monday whether a state can refuse to pay for appeals by indigent defendants who plead guilty to crimes.
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Ansa Italia Mussi, Pd e' fuori da socialismo Mozione per cercare di bloccare il via a Partito Democratico
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Reuters U.S. Older people take bad news in their stride: study NEW YORK, Jan 30 (Reuters Life!) - Older people are able to take bad news more in their stride than their children or grandchildren which can make them more risky gamblers as losses don't scare them, according to a U.S. study.
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Boston Globe sports Beckett Settles Down and Earns 16th Victory Josh Beckett became the major leagues’ first 16-game winner Friday, surviving a shaky first inning when he walked three batters to lead the Boston Red Sox over the Chicago White Sox in the first game of a day-night doubleheader.
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RedNova technology Afghan Paper Says New Media Law Should Not Restrict Freedom of Expression Text of editorial entitled "Freedom of expression, the government's most notable achievement" published by Afghan state- run newspaper Etefaq-e Eslam on 6 March The freedom of expression currently enjoyed by the media is one the most notable achievements of the government.
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New York Times Business S.E.C. Says Fannie Mae Violated Accounting Rules The Securities and Exchange Commission has ordered Fannie Mae to restate its earnings for the last four years after concluding that it had violated accounting rules.
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Boston Globe Nintendo, Sony try to kindle demand ahead of holidays Nintendo Co. and Sony Corp. made separate product unveilings yesterday that the video game giants hope will attract more customers ahead of the highly competitive holiday shopping season.
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BBC - Front Page Iraq dates 'planned in advance' Top secret plans for attacking Iraq were drawn five months before the war started, a court martial hears.
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Kataweb Calcio Piacenza, 17:22 - CALCIO, PIACENZA: SOMMA CHIEDE SCUSA AI TIFOSI Pace fatta tra Mario Somma e i tifosi del Piacenza. "Non uno, ma tre passi indietro. Chiedo scusa a...
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BBC - Front Page Altadis agrees to Imperial offer Britain's Imperial Tobacco has agreed to buy Franco-Spanish rival Altadis for £11bn.
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Boston Globe sports For Steelers, Perfect Storm for Bonding Some champions are born in training camp, but in Pittsburgh, there is a theory that the Steelers were formed in Florida as Hurricane Jeanne blew through.
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Yahoo Business Lehman boost fails to lift Wall Street (FT.com) FT.com - US stocks had a weak start on Thursday, as doubts continued about a plan by world central banks to help alleviate the worst effects of the credit squeeze and worries about inflation returned.
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PCWorld news Discount Desktops: How Low Can You Go? Here's what you need to know to get the most desktop for your dollar at any price.
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Bloomberg Chelsea Beats Fulham in League Cup; Watford Defeats Portsmouth Frank Lampard scored with two minutes remaining as Chelsea defeated Fulham 2-1 to advance to the semifinals of English soccer's League Cup.
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Yahoo Entertainment Vogue aims to raise the style bar with India launch (Reuters) Reuters - Vogue magazine, the style bible for fashionistas worldwide, is launching an edition in India this month which is set to give the country's wealthy jet-setters a local twist on fashion and the good life.
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National Review Online 332,000 New Jobs This is bad news? If CBS News is your Oracle of Delphi, then the headline of this edition of BuzzCharts probably comes as a bit of a shock. You thought that the US economy had only created 96,000 new jobs in September, as the media announced on Friday.
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Yahoo! Italia Notizie Maremoto: Indonesia, 32mila Le Vittime Giacarta, 29 dic. (Adnkronos) - E' salito a 32mila morti il bilancio delle vittime in Indonesia, uno dei paesi piu' colpiti dal maremoto che ha sconvolto tre giorni fa il sudest asiatico. La maggior parte
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580 CFRA Radio Ruling In Florida Brain Damage Case It's a key court victory for Michael Shiavo who has been fighting to end his severely brain damaged wife's life. The Florida Supreme Court struck down a law known as "Terri's Law" that prevented Shiavo from removing the tube.
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The Inquirer Microsoft man's spaceship wins $10 million prize FORMER MICROSOFT man Paul Allen has been the first man to privately finance a spaceship that has got a civilian into space twice. SpaceShipOne put former US Navy test pilot Brian Binnie into space within two
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The Motley Fool At Last, the New Yamana After an offering price tug-of-war, Yamana and Meridian drop the rope and shake hands.
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MENAFN Analysis: Yukos and China's oil woes In what essentially has turned into a game of chicken, with the winner obvious, embattled Russian oil giant Yukos intends to cause as much havoc as it can before it is torn apart by the Kremlin.
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RedNova Oddities Phone Saves Man's Life in Crossbow Attack BRISBANE, Australia - When Michael Brown was shot with a crossbow he couldn't use his cell phone to call for help. But he didn't need to - his handset stopped the bolt and likely saved his life...
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Ansa Economia Usa: a Congresso budget da 3100 mld Comprende 70 mld per guerre in Iraq e Afghanistan
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iTunes Music Handel: As Steals the Morn...Arias & Scenes for Tenor - Andrew Manze, English Concert & Mark Padmore Handel: As Steals the Morn...Arias & Scenes for Tenor by Andrew Manze, English Concert & Mark Padmore
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BBC News Premiership player on rape charge A Premiership footballer has been charged with raping a 21-year-old woman at his home. Graham Stack, 23, who plays for Arsenal but is on loan to Millwall, is due before Bromley magistrates next Tuesday over the alleged attack in September.
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Ansa Calcio SG: Sarkozy, ci saranno conseguenze Probabile rapido cambio ai vertici della Banca
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Reuters World Olympics Wrap: Bad Day for U.S., New Dawn for China ATHENS (Reuters) - The United States suffered their worst day of the Athens Olympics on Friday when their basketball "Dream Team" were humiliated and Marion Jones flopped, leaving the world's top sports nation almost starved of gold medals.
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Yahoo Entertainment '24,' 'Anatomy' among top Emmy nominees (AP) AP - The thrills of "24" and the sex appeal of "Grey's Anatomy" eclipsed last year's Emmy darlings "Lost" and "Desperate Housewives" in the award nominations Thursday, while shows that have fallen off the TV schedule scored a number of high-profile bids.
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Guardian Insurgents strike in Baghdad Insurgents mounted fresh attacks in Baghdad today, killing a senior oil ministry official and an American soldier and kidnapping a Lebanese-American contractor.
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New York Times Scott Peterson's Father Paints a Picture of a Model Son Scott Peterson, sitting upright in a neatly pressed navy suit, wept softly in a courtroom here Wednesday as his father spoke tenderly of his own father's death
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RedNova technology Man Faces Child Pornography Charges State Police arrested a Cabell County man on charges that he made and distributed child pornography. Harold E. Wooten, 56, of Culloden was charged Monday with possession, distribution and manufacturing of child pornography, said Sgt. C.M.
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Kataweb Sport Amburgo, 15:13 - CICLISMO, TOUR DE FRANCE: LA FORMAZIONE DELLA T-MOBILE La T-Mobile ha ufficializzato la formazione che prenderà parte al prossimo Tour de France, a...
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BBC - Front Page Nepal's monarchy faces new threat Nepal's parliament gives itself the power to abolish the monarchy if the king interferes in forthcoming elections.
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Yahoo Tech Malaysia raids illegal software sellers (AP) AP - Malaysian authorities have begun raiding computer retail outlets offering pirated software amid concerns that illegal copies of Microsoft Corp.'s newest operating system, Windows Vista, are already on sale.
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Daily Times Apple rolls out iPod Photo Apple Computer Inc has rolled out a new iPod that allows users to view and share photos as it opened nine new iTunes music stores in Europe, spurring its rivalry with Microsoft Corp and others.
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Voice of America Cuban Judo Player Tests Positive for Banned Substance A Cuban judo player has tested positive for a banned substance at the Athens Paralympics and is being stripped of his gold medal. The International Paralympic Committee said 35-year-old Sergio Arturo Perez
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Edilbase Terremoto. Oltre 24mila morti in Asia, 13 gli italiani. 30mila <b>...</b> Sono tredici (11 in Thailandia e 2 nello Sri Lanka) sino a questo momento i morti italiani del maremoto che ha colpito il Sud-Est asiatico. Tra questi ci sono due minori. Un centinaio, ancora, gli italiani
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BBC science Adaptation 'key to climate deal' The UK's former top diplomat says developing nations need much more money to adapt climate change.
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Ansa Spettacolo Benigni:assurdo udire spari in show Incredibile, stavo cantando l'amore di Paolo e Francesca
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CNN/SI Report: Sexson, M's agree on four-year deal ANAHEIM, Calif. (Ticker) -- The Seattle Mariners, desperate to add pop to their anemic lineup, reportedly have come to terms on a four-year contract with slugger Richie Sexson.
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Apple Hot News Joe McNally: High-Flying Images For photographer Joe McNally, who has covered the Olympics for Sports Illustrated and is now in Beijing to promote the 2008 Games, it’s the limits of the human body — and the stories inherent in them — that capture his imagination. He counts on Aperture and Apple technology to help him tell those stories.
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New York Times world Michigan Faced a Proud, Talented Underdog Appalachian State’s defeat of fifth-ranked Michigan was a stunning upset by any measure, but was not as great a shock to those who have followed the team.
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Reuters Health WHO to recommend ways to reduce harm of alcohol GENEVA (Reuters) - World Health Organization (WHO) experts will recommend ways to fight dangers linked to alcohol, including heart and liver disease, road accidents, suicides and sexually-transmitted infections, a spokeswoman said on Friday.
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Lex 18 Sports: Cobbs out for the season DENTON, Texas Last season's NCAA rushing and scoring leader will miss the rest of this football season. North Texas running back Patrick Cobbs has sprained ligaments in his left knee.
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Ansa Panama: gemelli italiani annegati Lo conferma l'autopsia fatta ai tre fratellini
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Yahoo Health Betel Nut Tied to Head, Neck Cancers (HealthDay) HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Oct. 20 (HealthDayNews) -- There's a link between increased betel nut quid nut production and consumption and a substantial rise in the incidence of head and neck cancers among Taiwanese men, says a National Taiwan University Hospital study.
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Yahoo Entertainment Judge Orders FBI to Release Lennon Files (AP) AP - The FBI must turn over the remaining secret files on Beatle John Lennon to a professor who has waged a more than 20-year legal battle to get the documents, a judge ruled.
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Reuters World Kurds rally in Iraq against Turkish incursion vote ARBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - Thousands of Kurds, many of them students, marched on the U.N. offices in the Kurdish capital Arbil on Thursday to protest the Turkish parliament's authorization of military incursions into northern Iraq.
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Ansa Velista muore nel Canale d'Otranto La vittima e' un giovane bulgaro
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Reuters Sports Cable nets offer Super Bowl halftime alternatives NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - For fans unmoved by the prospect of a Tom Petty Super Bowl halftime show, the cable industry has an answer. Many answers, in fact.
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The Motley Fool Hurry Up and Crash Already Not everyone wants the market to keep going up.
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Ninemsn Australia snubs ASEAN treaty: report The federal government's refusal to sign a non-aggression pact with Australia's Asian neighbours is causing tension ahead of Prime Minister John Howard's visit to the ASEAN leaders' summit in Laos, a newspaper report says.
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Yahoo Europe London court hearing begins over Rwanda genocide suspects (AFP) AFP - Prosecutors in London on Monday began outlining the extradition case against four Rwandan exiles accused of crimes against humanity over the genocide in their home country 13 years ago.
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New York Times Tech Making Sense of Specs In many cases, product specifications may mean something different from what they appear to, or mean nothing at all.
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Yahoo Science Scientists: Hobbit wasn't a modern human (AP) AP - Scientists, wringing their hands over the identity of the famed "hobbit" fossil, have found a new clue in the wrist.
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Yahoo Politics Dutch government says no referendum on new EU treaty (AFP) AFP - The Dutch government on Friday refused to order a referendum on a new EU constitutional treaty which risks opening up new divisions over Europe.
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New York Times Fashion It Never Hurts to Quote the Classics Is traditional the new modern? Several innovative designers at the French fall men’s shows made that case over the weekend, none more plausibly than Raf Simons.
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Reuters Top News Interest high in scope of Mitchell steroids report NEW YORK (Reuters) - The keenly anticipated Mitchell Report on steroids usage in Major League Baseball will be issued on Thursday, fueling hope the record will be set straight on a suspected doping era in the sport.
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Yahoo Europe Submariner remembered for his dedication at memorial service held in Scotland (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - RHU, Scotland (CP) - The heartbroken crew of HMCS Chicoutimi couldn't muster the strength Wednesday to deliver a eulogy for a fallen comrade at a memorial service in this picturesque Scottish village.
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Yahoo Entertainment 'Better Than Ezra' Helps Open Library (AP) AP - Southern pop trio Better Than Ezra will play at a free concert on Little Rock's riverfront the night before the Clinton Library opens.
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Boston Herald Biogen's second MS drug gets OK to sell Biogen Idec Inc. won federal approval for its new anti-multiple sclerosis drug Antegren - the first new treatment for MS patients in eight years.
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Forbes Tokyo Stocks Open Higher; Dollar Falls Tokyo stocks opened higher Monday following Wall Street's strength on Friday. The dollar was down against the Japanese yen. The Nikkei Stock Average of 225 issues was up 56.
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RedNova technology Languages Should Be Preserved By S.E. Ruckman, Tulsa World, Okla. Feb. 12--Language is sort of like Play-Doh. It can be molded to fit the needs of those using it. An anthropologist friend recently encouraged me to think of spoken American Indian languages that way.
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Washington Post Tech In the Flat-Screen Loop Have you hesitated to upgrade to a wall-mounted flat-screen TV because you can't bear to hack a hole in your perfectly painted walls? You are not alone, and the design team at Crate and Barrel has come up with a TV stand that eliminates drilling.
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Boston Globe sports Bobcats Erase 19-Point Deficit to Beat Magic Gerald Wallace had 36 points and 14 rebounds, and Jason Richardson hit a 3-pointer and four free throws in the final minute to help the Charlotte Bobcats stun the visiting Orlando Magic, 99-93, on Wednesday night.
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Yahoo World Canadian mountain town mulls bunny crackdown (Reuters) Reuters - A Canadian Rocky Mountain town is surveying residents on whether a ballooning rabbit population that's chewing and burrowing its way through gardens and lawns should be rounded up and euthanized.
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BBC News world Iran defiant over EU uranium call Iran will not stop uranium enrichment despite opposition from the EU, Tehran's chief nuclear negotiator says.
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New York Times Tech [TS] Talking Business: Running an Empire? No Sweat Despite a tough ride as Time Warner C.E.O., Richard D. Parsons prefers that you never see him busting his chops.
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L'Unità Barroso pronto a inabissarsi. Insieme a Buttiglione Gli occhi. Gli occhi di Buttiglione. Torvi. Fissi. Puntati su Barroso. Quello parla nell'aula sullo «sfortunato incidente». L'incidente di Buttiglione: i diritti, gli omosessuali, le madri senza marito, insomma le discriminazioni.
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New York Times Science Joshua Lederberg, 82, a Nobel Winner, Dies Dr. Lederberg was one of the 20th century’s leading scientists, whose work in bacterial genetics had vast medical implications and led to his receiving a Nobel Prize.
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Yahoo World General Motors to Launch New China Models (AP) AP - Boosting its lineup in an increasingly competitive market, General Motors Corp. announced Tuesday that it will launch a new series of made-in-China Chevrolets next month.
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Bloomberg Toyota's Shares Decline After Unexpected Quarterly Profit Drop Toyota Motor Corp.'s shares fell for a second day, after the world's second-biggest automaker had an unexpected quarterly profit drop.
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BBC UK Tenors lead tributes to Pavarotti Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras lead tributes to opera star Luciano Pavarotti, who has died aged 71.
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Reuters Business Oil falls toward $78 as Atlantic storm fades SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices on Monday extended a retreat from record highs after tropical storm Ingrid faded in the Atlantic over the weekend, soothing fears it could hit Gulf of Mexico crude production and refining.
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Yahoo Business Ford set to trim up to 13,000 more jobs: WSJ (Reuters) Reuters - Ford Motor Co is set to announce up to 13,000 new job cuts after agreeing with the United Auto Workers union on terms of the redundancies, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
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BCC Technology Computer brings science up a gear Researchers hope a new supercomputer will help develop life-saving drugs and model climate change.
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Guardian Top News Asylum seeker support scheme scoops Guardian award Society: A group which provides support to detained aslyum seekers was among the winners of this year's Guardian Charity Awards, it was announced today.
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Reuters Business HTC to launch new PDAs with Qualcomm chips TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan smartphone maker High Tech Computer (HTC) said on Wednesday it will launch 10 new PDAs and smartphones using chips from U.S.-based Qualcomm Inc by the end of the year.
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Reuters Stakeholder says US Airways Ch. 11 filing "necessary" A major stakeholder in US Airways Group Inc. (UAIR.O: Quote, Profile, Research) on Sunday said the airline's second filing for bankruptcy protection in two years was a "difficult
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