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New York Times Tech VeriSign Moves to Address an Internet Security Problem VeriSign is undertaking a $100 million expansion of a crucial part of the system that speeds Web users to their destinations.
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Yahoo Sports Police Seek Chair Thrower in NBA Brawl (AP) AP - Police said Wednesday they have received some tips in their effort to determine who threw a chair during the brawl that broke out during last week's Pistons-Pacers game.
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New York Times Business How to Lose Your Job on Your Own Time The Web is a window on personal lives, and employers can peer in.
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RedNova science Class of '10 Facing MCAS Science Test By RICK COLLINS Education BRAINTREE - South Shore high school students so far have done pretty well passing their reading, writing and arithmetic MCAS tests.
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CNET networking news iPhone gets video ads from Ad Infuse Ad Infuse serves up first video ads for iPhone.
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Reuters Sports Furyk takes early lead at Pebble Beach PEBBLE BEACH, California (Reuters) - Jim Furyk fired a seven-under-par 65 to take the clubhouse lead in the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am second round on Friday.
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New York Times Business KPMG to Pay $10 Million to Settle with S.E.C. Accounting firm KPMG will pay $10 million to settle charges of improper professional conduct while acting as auditor for Gemstar-TV Guide International.
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Washington Post Business A Tax Rebate? Feed Piggy. Once the bluster has settled down on Capitol Hill, millions of taxpayers will likely be getting a tax rebate later this year.
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BBC Sport Adams warns Gunners over Europe Arsenal legend Tony Adams feels Arsene Wenger has to compromise his attacking mentality if the Gunners are to win the Champions League this season.
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Boston Globe business It's the extras that define tax-prep software The two most popular tax preparation software packages are a lot like Coke and Pepsi, but this year they've added some new ingredients that make it easier to tell them apart.
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New Zealand Herald Golf: VJ shatters season earnings record PALM HARBOUR - Vijay Singh became the first golfer to earn more than US$10 million ($14.79 million) in prizemoney in a season with a five-stroke victory in the Chrysler Championship yesterday.
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Bloomberg Altria May Separate Into Three Units, Camilleri Says (Update4) Altria Group Inc., the owner of cigarette maker Philip Morris and Kraft Foods Inc., may separate into two or three units after tobacco litigation dragged down the stock.
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ABC Online 'Seattle Times' writer admits plagiarism A business columnist at the Seattle Times in the United States has resigned after admitting he copied the work of other journalists.
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Yahoo World Indonesia floods leave 145,000 homeless (AP) AP - Floods that have crippled much of Indonesia's capital worsened Sunday, inundating scores of districts and leaving about 145,000 homeless, officials and witnesses said.
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Tacoma News Tribune Huskies get Irish mugging SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Notre Dame is different from any other university in a lot of ways. But on Saturday, the Irish were just another team, like Fresno State or UCLA before them, finding enough ways to put away the Washington Huskies.
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Forbes Brown-Forman: Family Trust Boosts Volume Wine and spirits maker Brown-Forman Corp. said Friday that heavy trading volume of its Class B common shares was due to sales from a "non-affiliate Brown family trust.
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Sports Network Boston Marathon legend dies Boston, MA (Sports Network) - Two-time Boston Marathon champion John Kelley died Wednesday night at the age of 97. Kelley, who is famous for running the race a record 61 times, died at a Cape Cod nursing home.
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San Francisco Chronicle Playoff Capsules Adam LaRoche hit a tying, three-run homer in the sixth inning and JD Drew singled home the go-ahead run in the ninth to give the Atlanta Braves a 6-5 victory Sunday that tied their best-of-five NL series against the Houston Astros at two games apiece.
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Yahoo Sports Predators sign Dumont to 2-year deal (AP) AP - The Nashville Predators never expected J.P. Dumont to be available during this offseason. When the Buffalo Sabres decided that the price was too high for the forward, the Predators were more than happy to bring him down south.
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InfoWorld Ask Jeeves revamps search engine Ask Jeeves Inc. has made three significant enhancements to its search engine, as the Emeryville, California company continues to take aim at its much larger competitors
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BBC News Business EBay chief executive has resigned Meg Whitman, the chief executive of online auction website eBay announces she will step down on 31 March.
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Yahoo World Russia probes Berezovsky over spy death (AP) AP - Russian investigators are looking into allegations that Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky could have been involved in the poisoning death in London of ex-KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko, a top law-enforcement official said Friday.
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Reuters Sports Cano hits two homers as Yankees sweep Red Sox NEW YORK (Reuters) - Robinson Cano clubbed two homers and Chien-Ming Wang pitched one-hit ball over seven innings on Thursday to lead the New York Yankees to a 5-0 win over the Boston Red Sox and a three-game series sweep.
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Yahoo Sports Red Sox Sign Renteria to 4-Year Contract (AP) AP - Edgar Renteria's first choice was to remain in St. Louis, but the Boston Red Sox gave him an offer too good to turn down.
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Yahoo World Ukrainian Rivals Face Off in TV Debate (AP) AP - Ukraine's two presidential candidates faced off Monday in a televised debate less than a week before a rerun of their disputed election, with opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko accusing his rival of trying to steal the Nov. 21 runoff vote.
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BBC science Dementia drug instant hit claim Scientists claim a drug can reverse some early symptoms of Alzheimer's disease - with effects seen within 10 minutes.
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Yahoo World At least 25 dead as Pakistan dam bursts (AFP) AFP - At least 25 people have been killed after a dam burst and washed away a number of villages in southwestern Pakistan.
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Reuters Sports Federer Express Back on Track in Rotterdam ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (Reuters) - Roger Federer began his quest to win one of the few titles to have escaped his grasp with a stylish 6-3, 6-4, first-round victory over Czech qualifier Bohdan Ulihrach at the World Indoor Tournament on Wednesday.
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Yahoo Business Factory orders weak in August (AP) AP - Orders to U.S. factories for manufactured goods were weak for a second consecutive month as the nation's manufacturing sector sent signals it was shifting into a lower gear.
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Reuters Business Clorox 2nd-quarter net profit falls CHICAGO (Reuters) - Clorox Co on Monday posted lower quarterly profit, hurt by rising costs for raw materials used in such products as its Glad plastic storage bags and Hidden Valley salad dressings.
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RedNova technology Sirius-XM Deal Faces FCC Hurdle: Satellite Radio Companies Agree to Merge By Phil Rosenthal, Chicago Tribune Feb. 20--Radio's space race may be over.
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Reuters UPDATE 1-Birmingham's Savage banned for three games by FA Birmingham City midfielder Robbie Savage has accepted a three-match ban after being charged by the Football Association (FA) on Monday with violent conduct for an alleged elbowing incident in a match at the weekend.
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News-Herald.com SportsNetwork Game Preview (Sports Network) - Pedro Martinez tries to stop a personal three-game losing streak this evening when the Boston Red Sox attempt a three-game sweep of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Tropicana Field.
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Boston Globe world UN troops send tanks to Lebanon-Israeli border shootout MAROUN A-RAS, Lebanon -- UN troops sent tanks and armor yesterday to a tense area along the frontier with Israel to try to determine whether an Israeli bulldozer crossed into Lebanon, sparking the first shootout since last summer's Hezbollah-Israel war.
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Reuters World UK May Give Hundreds of Millions in Tsunami Aid LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will probably end up giving hundreds of millions of pounds in aid to victims of the Asian tsunamis, Prime Minister Tony Blair said Wednesday.
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Boston Globe business Oil, gas prices climb Crude oil futures rose yesterday ahead of an extended weekend for traders, even though weekly government data showed rising domestic inventories of crude and distillate fuel, which includes heating oil.
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RedNova technology Erie Times-News, Pa., Business Buzz Column By Michael Regal, Erie Times-News, Pa. Jun. 10--INC.COM, which bills itself as the daily resource for entrepreneurs is out with its list of the best cities to do business in and Erie is on it.
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Reuters World U.S. Planes Bomb Falluja as Rebels Battle On FALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) - U.S. warplanes bombarded hard core rebel areas of Falluja on Monday as troops hunted insurgents house-to-house in the city already devastated by the ferocity of the military's seven-day onslaught.
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BBC News world 'Last wave' for wild golden frog A BBC film crew captures footage of a rare frog waving, wrestling and courting for the first time.
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CNET personal technology news Detailed images from Nikon D3, Canon 40D Time to start squinting at your screen. Nikon releases sample images from its D3 professional-grade SLR, and Canon 40D shots also are emerging.
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Computerworld news Survey: Even iPhone videos offer 'wow' factor The iPhone has so many devotees already that people like it without having touched it, a survey finds.
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RedNova technology Free Network Tool for Vista MICROWORLD Technologies has announced that its free ViewTCP network monitoring tool is now Microsoft Windows Vista-compatible. ViewTCP examines transmission control protocol (TCP)/Internet protocol activity on Windows-based systems.
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Houston Chronicle Cowboys' defense drops the ball No one had to remind Dallas and Minnesota about how little Sunday's opener at the Metrodome means over the course of a full season.
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Yahoo Tech U.N. Summit Addresses Growing E-Waste Problems (PC World) PC World - Solution sought to reduce the use of toxic substances found in PCs and cell phones.
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Yahoo World Parents of missing Madeleine face first day home without her (AFP) AFP - The parents of missing toddler Madeleine McCann faced a media siege Monday on their first full day back in Britain after being named suspects in her disappearance in Portugal.
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Reuters Business Best Buy posts higher profit ATLANTA (Reuters) - Retailer Best Buy Co reported better-than-expected second-quarter earnings on Tuesday, helped by international sales and demand for computers and video games, and raised its full-year profit forecast, pushing its shares up more than 5 percent.
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Reuters World Tropical depression forms south of Haiti MIAMI (Reuters) - The 16th tropical depression of the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season formed south of Haiti, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Saturday.
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Yahoo World S. Korea, U.S. can't bridge beef chasm (AP) AP - The United States and South Korea failed to narrow differences this week over Seoul's rejection of American beef imports for containing banned bone fragments, South Korea said Friday.
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Reuters Business Indonesia, Exxon Mobil halt Natuna gas talks: official JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia and Exxon Mobil Corp. have halted negotiations on the disputed Natuna D-Alpha gas block, which is now controlled by the U.S. company, an official at energy watchdog BPMIGAS told Reuters on Tuesday.
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Yahoo World Libyan leader Gadhafi hosts mini-summit on Sudan's Darfur conflict (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) - Saying they hoped African leaders could solve what the United Nations calls the world's worst humanitarian crisis without sanctions, the leaders of Egypt, Chad, Nigeria and Libya discussed the crisis in Sudan's Darfur region with the Sudanese president Monday.
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The Times Repentant Casey fears reaction on US return BARELY holding back the tears, Paul Casey began a damage limitation exercise in an attempt last night to win back the minds, if not the hearts, of the American public.
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Sports Network (Sports Network) - The Philadelphia Eagles will begin life without <b>...</b> Owens on Monday Night, when Andy Reid's team travels to St. Louis to meet the. sprain that will put him on the shelf for 5-7 weeks.
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BBC News world Many dead in northern Iraq blast At least 12 people die in a truck bombing near a Kurdish party's offices in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk
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Wired Business Sony May Launch Movie Download Service Announcing it may soon compete directly with Apple's iPods and iTunes, Sony says it's looking into producing its own movie download service and products.
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Time Business What Inflation Means For ... Prices and interest rates are up, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing
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CNET enterprise hardware news Phoneless iPhones coming by Macworld? Blog: One analyst firm thinks Apple can juice up its iPod product lineup simply by releasing an iPhone without the phone or Internet capabilities.
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Yahoo World Iraqis say report offers little hope (AP) AP - Iraqi citizens said Thursday a U.S. advisory's group recommendation that Washington move toward military disengagement offered little hope of an improvement in their lives anytime soon.
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National Geographic Society "Mafia Birds" Make Others Raise Their Young ... Or Else Some cowbirds make other birds an offer they can't refuse, a new study says: Raise our chicks or we'll whack yours.
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Yahoo Science U.S. needs 2 new icebreakers, study says (AP) AP - The United States should begin construction of two new heavy-duty icebreakers, the National Research Council said Tuesday.
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New York Times Business S.E.C. Is Investigating Morningstar Over Data Morningstar is under investigation from the Securities and Exchange Commission for taking too long to correct inaccurate data it published regarding a single mutual fund.
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BBC science Fusion reactor decision must wait Six nations planning to build the world's biggest nuclear fusion reactor fail to agree where to site the facility.
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Computerworld news User Wish List A desktop supercomputer would find a ready audience among creators of digital content for entertainment.
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BBC News world Ministers to decide on troop move A report on the US request to send British troops to an area near Baghdad is set to come before Cabinet.
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The St. Louis Post-Dispatch Job creation falls short of forecasts The nation added 96,000 jobs in September, a weaker-than-expected figure that could play a pivotal role in the presidential election.
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Reuters Sports Heat return to .500 mark with win over Portland MIAMI (Reuters) - The defending NBA champion Miami Heat returned to the .500 mark for the first time since November by beating the Portland Trail Blazers 104-85 on Tuesday.
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Yahoo Politics Congress Nears Approval of Multiple Bills (AP) AP - Ending weeks of stalemate, Congress is preparing to ship nearly $15 billion to states battered by hurricane and drought as lawmakers plow through a final pile of pre-election bills that would cut taxes and revamp the intelligence community.
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New York Times sports In fun league of his own The Burlington Fun League, which is where Scott "Nomar" FitzGerald is the all-time home run champion, is the huggable mongrel of all summer softball leagues. Any guy in town over 30 years old is eligible to play, but even that basic rule gets stretched thinner than a politician's promise if, say, a young and spry townie shows the ability to ...
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New York Times Ambush Kills 50 Iraq Soldiers Execution Style In the deadliest ambush of the insurgency, guerrillas dressed as policemen killed about 50 freshly trained Iraqi soldiers in remote eastern Iraq as the unarmed soldiers
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Reuters Sports Nadal downed by Youzhny as Federer cruises NEW YORK (Reuters) - Second seed Rafael Nadal was bundled out of the U.S. Open on Wednesday, denying New Yorkers the chance of a third straight grand slam final between the Spaniard and Swiss maestro Roger Federer.
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CNET enterprise hardware news Comcast: Bloggers keep us honest Featured links from the CNET Blog Network Grappling hook back-ups high tech gear -- Digital Force Technologies markets pneumatically launched grappling hook. Virtualization in Linux: A Review of Four Software Choices -- There is an inevitable march toward virtualization in the enterprise. Odds are you will run into it sooner or later. Take a look at a few technologies tested out on Linux. Bad luck with Belkin -- Continuing the theme of minor problems with computer products, Glaskowsky describes failures in two recently-purchased Belkin products. Comcast: Bloggers keep us honest -- Comcast has recently cited bloggers as a major source of checks and balances in an FCC filing. Is oversight from the blogosphere really enough?
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New York Post ALL EYES ON BOWDEN AFTER FAMILY TRAGEDY MIAMI - Who would have thought that one of the greatest rivalries in college football over the last 20 years, a game that often has decided who will play for the national championship, would become an afterthought?
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CNET personal technology news A practical consumer fuel cell, coming soon Featured links from the CNET Blog Network Southwest to test in-flight WiFi, but only to the first 20 passengers -- Southwest is bringing the world WiFi. But what about electricity? A practical consumer fuel cell, coming soon -- Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies is preparing to introduce what may be the first practical fuel-cell power supply aimed at ordinary consumers. It isn't perfect, but it has the right price point and convenient refueling. Is the market ready? China Mobile to require ID for previously anonymous prepaid users -- China Mobile will start requiring prepaid phone customers to show ID when buying SIM cards, the company's general manager announced. Microsoft claims Vista more secure than XP, OSX and Linux -- Security? Bah! Who needs it!
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The Hindu Dravid falls for 160; India 413/7 Chittagong, Dec. 18. Rahul Dravid fell for 160 while Sachin Tendulkar exited after making 36 runs on the second day of the second and final test between India and Bangladesh here today.
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The Register eBayer invites buyers to rip him off Sony laptop punted to scammers worldwide Here's an eBay auction with a difference: an apparently innocent-looking punt of a Sony VAIO VGN-NR21J/S laptop:

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Canada.com Pacers-Pistons melee another black eye for Detroit's image The sight of Detroit fans scuffling with NBA stars and showering them with beer, ice and popcorn gives the city another black eye as it struggles to improve its image and overcome a well-worn reputation for violence and urban unrest.
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BBC News world Sandwiches 'rival crisps on salt' Many shop-bought sandwiches contain as much salt as several bags of crisps, a survey suggests.
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New York Times world Museum Puts Life, Truth and, It Hopes, Sales in a Wine A new museum in Italy features exhibits that show the link between wine and the place it comes from.
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Boston Globe business A bilingual toy boom Odra Heitmann hauled the heavy package labeled "Dora's Talking Kitchen" off a Toys "R" Us shelf.
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Boston Globe sports Prior Is Free of Pain During Workout With the Padres Mark Prior did not experience pain in his surgically repaired right shoulder during his first spring workout with the San Diego Padres in Peoria, Ariz.
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Reuters World Thousands attend Gaza funerals, Israel ends raid GAZA (Reuters) - Thousands of Palestinians marched in Gaza on Friday for the funerals of 11 people, including nine militants from the ruling Hamas, who were killed in an Israeli raid into the central Gaza Strip a day earlier.
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ITAR-TASS Putin, Jiabao discuss bilateral, international issues MOSCOW, September 24 (Itar-Tass) - Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed satisfaction with the tempo of trade turnover growth between Russia and China.
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Scotland on Sunday Sorry Sonia Trails in Last Sonia O’Sullivan, who claimed silver for Ireland in Sydney four years ago, struggled home in last place in the 5,000m final in Athens tonight.
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Computerworld news Netflix, QVC, Amazon top online retail satisfaction survey Online retailers Netflix, QVC.com and Amazon.com, do the best job of satisfying visitors to their Web sites, according to a customer satisfaction survey.
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Reuters Sports Triple delight for title holder Pak at Bulle Rock HAVRE DE GRACE, Maryland (Reuters) - Pak Se-ri has triple cause to celebrate being back at the Bulle Rock Golf Course for this week's LPGA Championship.
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The Register eBay ups Korean stake In brief Mopping up the minorities
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Team 4 News Bypassed for top job, Penney's department store chief leaves PLANO, Texas An executive recruited by JC Penney to revive its sagging department stores has left the company after being passed over for the retailer's top job.
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RedNova science Holiday Shopping Surf City USA-Style HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif., Dec. 8, 2006 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- The free-spirited Surf City USA(r) lifestyle works its magic on everything in Huntington Beach, right down to the shopping. Visit the vibrant beach city for a weekend, and you're certain to return rejuvenated.
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The Scotsman Franchitti peaks in Colorado DARIO Franchitti won his second Indy Racing League event of the season in Colorado on a day of dominance by British drivers. The Scot was the man to beat all day in the Indy 225 at Pikes Peak, and only Mexican
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Macon Area Online Clemens Helps Astros Take 1-0 Series Lead Over Braves Roger Clemens pitched seven innings and Carlos Beltran homered, had three hits and scored three runs to help the Houston Astros rout the Atlanta Braves 9-3 in the opening game of their National League Divisional Series Wednesday.
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The Motley Fool Tackling the Dreaded Details Dotting and crossing the I's and T's may save you from financial heartache.
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Boston Globe sports How the Red Sox Created a Panacea for 86 Years of Pain After their emphatic sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series on Wednesday, the Boston Red Sox no longer need to apologize for their history.
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Yahoo World Somalia police arrest demonstrators (AP) AP - Police fired into the air and arrested several people demonstrating Friday in support of an Islamic group that is vying for authority in Somalia and against calls for the deployment of peacekeepers here.
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CNET security news Google: Don't give up on OpenSocial It looks like the social-networking world has moved on from Google's yet-to-launch developer initiative, but top engineers and partners say give it time.
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Yahoo Sports Safina, Loit advance in Paris (AP) AP - Former champion Dinara Safina of Russia beat Michaella Krajicek of the Netherlands 6-4, 7-5 in the opening round of the Gaz de France on Monday.
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CNET security news Netvibes goes mobile, for real this time Netvibes finally gets good mobile support.
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Boston Globe sports Men’s Basketball Roundup: Fairfield Climbs Back in Second Half and Wins Anthony Johnson scored the decisive basket on a right-handed layup in the lane with 52.4 seconds left, helping Fairfield overcome an 11-point second-half deficit Friday night in a 69-67 triumph at Loyola of Maryland.
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Channel News Asia Cadbury Schweppes drink sales hit by poor weather LONDON : Cadbury Schweppes said trading at its beverage business had been weaker than expected during the US and European summer with sales of fizzy drinks hit by poor weather.
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Voice of America WHO Urges ASEAN to Curb Tobacco Trade The World Health Organization is urging Southeast Asian nations to strengthen curbs on tobacco trade. Shigeru Omi, the WHO regional director for the Western Pacific, told a conference of the Association of
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BBC News world Saddam ordered out of court Saddam Hussein is ordered out of court by the new chief judge at his genocide trial in Baghdad.
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Reuters Sports Blue Jackets goalie Leclaire out for rest of season NEW YORK (Reuters) - Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Pascal Leclaire will be out for the rest of the season due to a nagging knee injury, the team said on Thursday.
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