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Washington Post Business AirTran Fires Pilot Accused of Drinking The pilot allegedly showed up for work in Las Vegas smelling of alcohol and carrying a firearm issued by the government as part of a program created in response to the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
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BBC News world Ethiopia leaves key Somali town Ethiopian troops withdrawn from the key town in central Somalia linking a road between the two countries.
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Reuters Sports NFL Hits Jags' Darius Hard NEW YORK (Sports Network) - Jacksonville Jaguars safety Donovin Darius was slapped with a $75,000 fine for the vicious forearm shot he delivered to Green Bay Packers wide receiver Robert Ferguson this past Sunday.
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WANE Many suicide bombers out there,' Indonesian police warn JAKARTA, Indonesia Indonesian police have warned residents to expect more suicide attacks in the capital after a truck bombing Thursday killed nine people and wounded more than 170.
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The Motley Fool Small Employer, Small Retirement? If you work for a small company, is your retirement doomed?
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Wired Tech Total Lunar Eclipse: Wow Stargazers and astronomers around the world watch the first total lunar eclipse in nearly three years. By the Associated Press.
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The Motley Fool TASER Roars Is that holster in season?
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New York Times world Space Station Has Power System Damage Spacewalking astronauts found evidence of damage to a joint that allows solar panels on the International Space Station to rotate to face the sun.
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PCWorld news Memory, Handset Makers Back Flash Storage Standard Rival memory, semiconductor and mobile device makers have joined forces to support the new Universal Flash Storage (UFS) specification.
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CNET security news Alleged NASA hacker's appeal set for New Year Gary McKinnon, the Briton faced with extradition to the U.S., is charged with hacking into U.S. military systems.
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Boston Globe sports Mixed Signals From the Davis Cup The matches that matter most are supposed to be the semifinals this weekend, but playoffs to gain a spot next year, also this weekend, have the bigger buzz.
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Reuters Business Merck profit jumps, raises forecast NEW YORK (Reuters) - Merck & Co. said on Monday that quarterly earnings rose 12 percent on strong demand for its newer vaccines and medicines, and raised its 2007 profit forecast, sending its shares up 4 percent.
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BBC News Business GM 'set to launch warranty drive' GM is set to announce a wide-ranging plan to attract new buyers, potentially including extending car warranties.
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The Washington Post sports Top-Ranked Buckeyes Hurdle Wisconsin No. 1 Ohio State runs away with the Big 10 title Sunday with a 66-49 rout of No. 3 Wisconsin that earns the Buckeyes a top-seed in the NCAA tournament.
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BCC Technology US voters 'going online for news' More than 40% of wired Americans have used the net for information about the US election, a study finds.
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Reuters Sports Kuznetsova ends local hopes in China BEIJING (Reuters) - Russian second seed Svetlana Kuznetsova thrashed a weary Peng Shuai 6-0 6-2 on Saturday to reach the final of the China Open and end local hopes of a first homegrown champion.
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PCWorld news Apple's Leopard Beta Leaks, BitTorrent Downloads Ensue The beta build of Mac OS X 10.5 has leaked to the Internet and is being downloaded by users of PirateBay.
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Washington Post Business Hair Cuttery Accused of Racial Discrimination Two black women filed a class-action lawsuit yesterday against the Hair Cuttery, alleging that the chain of unisex hair salons charges black customers more for services because of their race and sometimes refuses to serve them.
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Reuters World Janjaweed militias massing in West Darfur: source KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Janjaweed militias have been concentrating forces to the north of el-Geneina, the capital of West Darfur state in western Sudan, an African Union military source said on Tuesday, corroborating a U.N. report.
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Yahoo World Myanmar's junta sets timetable for polls (AFP) AFP - Myanmar's military junta unveiled a timetable for the country's first elections in two decades, but it was unclear Sunday if detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi would be allowed to stand.
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Yahoo Sports Sonics keep Knicks sinking, 86-85 (AP) AP - Kevin Durant shook off another poor shooting night to score 21 points, including a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 59 seconds left, and the Seattle SuperSonics beat the sinking New York Knicks 86-85 on Saturday for their season-high third consecutive victory.
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Reuters Business Stock futures point flat as jobs data loom NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. stock index futures were little changed on Friday as traders refrained from taking new positions before the release of September employment data, seen as a key factor in the Federal Reserve's interest rate policy.
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New York Times world U.N. Chief Urges Immediate Aid for Tsunami-Torn Countries Kofi Annan said $977 million is urgently needed to provide water, food, shelter and medicine over the next six months.
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Yahoo Tech Virtual Bernanke guides 'Second Life' (AP) AP - Just before U.S. financial markets were roiled by a global credit squeeze this summer, an equally dramatic financial crisis threatened "Second Life," the much-hyped online world.
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ESPN You can leave, Sullivan tells Yorke Birmingham co-owner David Sullivan has revealed Dwight Yorke can leave the club if he wishes to following a row over racism. Sullivan stirred up a hornet's nest after playing down an incident in which Yorke
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NPR (audio) Spanish Scientists Discover Fossil of Ancient Ape Description: The fossil remains of an ancient Spanish ape may help explain a key event in evolution. Scientists say the skeleton offers clues about how our ancestors stopped swinging from trees and started walking upright.
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BBC science First Andes civilization explored Archaeologists describe an ancient civilisation that was flourishing in Peru over 5,000 years ago.
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Yahoo Science NASA rules out Friday shuttle launch (Reuters) Reuters - NASA rescheduled space shuttle Discovery's liftoff for Saturday after thick, low clouds forced a postponement of the first launch attempt on Thursday night.
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New York Times Tech Intel Details Upgrade to Itanium Processor Intel is expected to detail Tukwila, its next generation of 64-bit Itanium processors that are used in enterprise servers.
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BBC News world Iran pledges to halt nuclear work Tehran says it will abide by an agreement with the EU to freeze its uranium enrichment programme on Monday.
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Long Beach Press-Telegram Boeing just behind 2004 projections By staff and wire reports. The Boeing Co. remains slightly behind its projections for 2004 airplane deliveries, according to third-quarter figures released on Friday, setting Boeing up to possibly trail bitter
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ITV.com FERRARI ALL THE WAY IN FIRST PRACTICE The tifosi couldn’t have asked for anything more in first practice at Monza, with Michael Schumacher leading a Ferrari 1-2. As usual, Anthony Davidson was best of the rest for BAR, ending up just 0.4s off
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New York Times Business An SLM Agreement Student lender Sallie Mae and its would-be buyers agreed to language that enables the company to operate while they battle in court over their collapsed $25 billion buyout.
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New York Times sports Fucillo, Winthrop reach their goal The goal for Winthrop the last few years has been the Super Bowl -- something the Vikings hadn't reached since 1993 and hadn't won since 1983.
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The Washington Post world Czech Bill On Child Porn Faces Resistance PRAGUE -- When Austrian authorities announced in February that they had uncovered an online child pornography ring, pedophiles around the world suddenly became potential targets of criminal investigations -- but not the ring's 63 customers in the Czech Republic, where downloading and possessing such...
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Yahoo Sports Valentin's hit in 10th wins it for Mets (AP) AP - Jose Valentin hit an RBI single with two outs in the 10th inning, and the New York Mets edged the Chicago Cubs 1-0 Wednesday to snap a three-game skid.
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Yahoo Business Rate Futures Fall, Fed Rate Hike Seen (Reuters) Reuters - Short-term interest rate futures fell on Friday after August jobs growth came in close to Wall Street forecasts and strong enough to make another Federal Reserve rate increase in September almost certain.
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St. Petersburg Times America's love affair with Federer lies ahead Then, perhaps, more Americans might better know and appreciate Roger Federer. Though the Swiss star is the world's undisputed No.
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Yahoo Sports Correction: Homeless-World-Cup story (AP) AP - In a Sept. 24 story about a Homeless World Cup soccer tournament, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Adam Banda, who played on the British team, was recovering from substance abuse. Banda says he was never a substance abuser.
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Yahoo Science Microscopic Diamond Found in Montana (AP) AP - The bright green rocks jutting through the prairie soil were hard to miss, but Tom Charlton still couldn't believe his eyes.
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BBC News world US author Susan Sontag dies at 71 Author Susan Sontag, widely regarded as one of America's leading intellectuals, dies aged 71.
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The Register Readers love mobiles in church; hate mobiles on planes Letters: More from the Reg postbag
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BBC News world US race quickens amid debate US Republican presidential contenders hold their last TV debate before the nominating race kicks off in January.
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RedNova science Kind, Other Lawmakers: Hmong Refugees Have Been Wrongly Classified By La Crosse Tribune, Wis. Mar. 14--U.S. Rep.
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Financial Times SocGen profit beats forecast Reuters, Paris, November 9 French bank Societe Generale’s third-quarter profit rose a forecast-beating 10 per cent on consumer banking growth, gains in investment banking, and a sharp fall in bad debt provisions, it said on Tuesday.
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Futbolera Premiership Half-Time Report The current Premiership campaign has reached the halfway stage, with Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea heading the table, champions Arsenal in second place - albeit five points distant â€-nd last May’s promoted clubs occupying three of the bottom four places
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Yahoo World New Timor government sworn in (AFP) AFP - East Timor's President Xanana Gusmao swore in a new government as his tiny nation looked for a return to political order after several weeks of unrest.
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Reuters Sports NL Wrap: Cubs Pound Reds to Retain Wild Card Lead NEW YORK (Reuters) - Todd Walker homered, had three hits and drove in four runs to lead the Chicago Cubs to a 12-5 win over the Cincinnati Reds in National League play at Wrigley Field on Monday.
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Channel News Asia Air New Zealand to look again at Qantas alliance in several years <b>...</b> WELLINGTON : National carrier Air New Zealand will revisit its plans for an alliance with Australia's Qantas Airways in two or three years, Air New Zealand chief executive Ralph Norris said.
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The Washington Post sports Djokovic Holds Off Tsonga Novak Djokovic withstands an expected barrage from upstart Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the first set, then rallied to win the Australian Open for his first Grand Slam title.
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RedNova technology Crunch Time for Newspapers By Michael Oneal and Phil Rosenthal, Chicago Tribune Sep. 20--As the Tribune Co.
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The Motley Fool Amazon's Blown Delivery Amazon disappoints the market, but it could be the sale that you've been waiting for.
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New York Times world Census Reports Slight Increase in ’05 Incomes The rise was not attributed to bigger paychecks, but rather more family members taking jobs and investment income.
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RedNova science Las Vegas Water Board Releases Preliminary Plan ; Increased Storage, Supply Proposed By MARTIN SALAZAR Journal Staff Writer LAS VEGAS, N.M.
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The Washington Post sports Nationals Sign 2 Utility Men, Re-Sign Colome The Washington Nationals signed a pair of left-handed-hitting utility players -- Rob Mackowiak and Willie Harris -- to one-year contracts yesterday. The club also avoided arbitration with reliever Jesus Colome , who agreed to a one-year, $1.25 million deal.
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Yahoo Tech Livewire: Web Sites Help Ease Grind of Daily Commute (Reuters) Reuters - The Internet not only is transforming the way we shop and search for information, but it also is quietly smoothing the grind of the daily commute.
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The Motley Fool Cat Avoids Soft Spot The heavy equipment maker bulldozes over widespread worry about the economy.
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Reuters Iraq Rebels Strike Before US Attack on Falluja Rebels shot dead 21 Iraqi policemen in cold blood on Sunday, a day after killing 34 people in attacks on security forces, in a clear show of force ahead of an
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Reuters NitroMed Heart Failure Drug Helps Blacks - Study In the first major trial to test a drug only in blacks, an experimental drug developed by NitroMed Inc. added to standard therapy helped heart failure patients live significantly longer, researchers on Monday said.
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New York Times sports La Russa, Francona have family ties For the here and now, it is the challenge of matching wits with Terry Francona that dominates Tony La Russa's thoughts in the World Series.
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RedNova science Thames Water Plans Pounds Lbn Reservoir in Oxfordshire By Saeed Shah Thames Water, Britain's leakiest water supplier, unveiled plans yesterday to build a giant pounds lbn reservoir to meet the increasing needs of customers in the South-east.
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Reuters Sports AL Wrap: Schilling Shines as Red Sox Romp Past Yankees NEW YORK (Reuters) - David Ortiz's two-run double launched a four-run first inning and Curt Schilling allowed one hit over seven frames to power the Boston Red Sox to an 11-4 win over the New York Yankees in the American League Sunday.
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BBC News world Dominican posts move raises row A row erupts after the Dominican Republic's new president awards top jobs to four fraud suspects. Opposition leaders attack he new president of the Dominican Republic, Leonel Fernandez,
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Yahoo Sports Steelers Top Ravens 20-7, Go 8-0 at Home (AP) AP - Ben Roethlisberger gave the Pittsburgh Steelers a lot bigger scare than the Baltimore Ravens did. Roethlisberger threw two touchdown passes in a run-heavy offense before being pulled from a 20-7 victory Sunday with an unspecified rib injury caused when he was blindsided on a scoring pass.
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Yahoo World SKorean spy chief visited NKorea (AP) AP - South Korea's spy chief made an unannounced visit to North Korea on the eve of his country's presidential election last month, an official said Friday.
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New York Times world Ex-Premier Returns to Uneasy Pakistan Nawaz Sharif, a Pakistani opposition leader and former prime minister, arrived in Islamabad today intent on ousting the current president. His plane was held on the runway as he negotiated with police today.
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ABC News Pole-Winner Newman Longshot to Win Title Ryan Newman, right, talks to a crew member after posting a speed of 97.043 mph to take the pole for for Sunday's NASCAR Subway 500 at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Va.
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Deutsche Welle Controversial Hitler Film Opens Across Germany "Der Untergang," the film that portrays the human side of Adolf Hitler opens across Germany this week. The film's director Oliver Hirschbiegel talked to DW-WORLD about his reasons behind the portrayal.
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Reuters Sports Mickelson Halts Weir Charge to Win at Pebble Beach TORONTO (Reuters) - U.S. Masters champion Phil Mickelson claimed consecutive PGA Tour titles for the first time in his career with a four-stroke victory at the $5.3 million Pebble Beach National Pro-Am in California on Sunday.
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Forbes Update 12: Crude Oil Climbs Above $50 in Asia Crude oil prices climbed above the key $50 mark in Asian trade Tuesday, creeping close to an all-time high as worries continued over supply and unrest in key oil producing areas.
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CNET enterprise hardware news eBay to host developer conference Blog: The online auction powerhouse to host third-party developers and show off Apollo-based desktop application.
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Boston Globe sports Jets 13, Chiefs 10: Jets Outlast Chiefs in a Fitting Ending to a Foul Season The Jets season officially ended on Sunday evening on an overtime field goal in an almost empty stadium, in the rain, to a mixed soundtrack of more jeers than cheers.
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New York Times sports Mr. Clean Tomorrow night will be a night for law or disorder. There is a strong sense of foreboding among boxing people concerning what might happen when World Boxing Association heavyweight champion John Ruiz squares off with mercurial challenger Andrew Golota in the main event of a five-fight heavyweight show promoted by Don King at Madison Square Garden. To ...
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RedNova technology WIN A Pounds 50 BET SEVERAL people predicted 48-1 correct-score doubles last week so the prize had to be decided by a lucky draw. And first out of the hat was Margaret Caithness from Bishopton who went for 1-0 Hartlepool and 1-0 Swindon. Her prize is a pounds 50 free bet from Betrescue.
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Guardian Our business too Horror and revulsion are the most natural of reactions to the aftermath of the hideous Beslan school siege, and the thoughts of decent people everywhere go out to the bereaved and suffering.
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RedNova general Trump Confirms 'Apprentice' 3 Now Filming NEW YORK - Although the second season of "The Apprentice" is far from over - 12 candidates remain - Donald Trump has confirmed the third installment is now filming. "It's going very well," Trump told The Associated Press...
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The Scotsman Harrington loses out PADRAIG Harrington was left with yet another runners-up finish to his name yesterday as Ryder Cup team-mate Miguel Angel Jimenez pipped him to the Omega Hong Kong Open title.
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New York Times Business The Fox Is in Microsoft's Henhouse (and Salivating) The success of the web browser Firefox has shown that open-source software can move from back-office obscurity to your home, and to your parents', too.
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New York Times Tech In the List of Top-Selling Games, Clear Evidence of a Sea Change As video games become more popular than ever, hard-core gamers and the old-school critics who represent them are becoming an ever smaller part of the audience.
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Reuters UPDATE 2-Manpower results push up staffing stocks Manpower Inc. (MAN.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the world's second-largest staffing company, on Tuesday said third-quarter earnings nearly doubled on stronger
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Yahoo World Winter storm chaos grips China (AP) AP - Hundreds of thousands of migrant workers desperate to get home for the Chinese New Year shivered in the cold under a sea of umbrellas outside train stations Tuesday, as the worst winter storms in half a century paralyzed China.
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Bloomberg Canadian Stocks Fall, Led by Toronto-Dominion Bank, EnCana Canadian stocks fell, led by Toronto- Dominion Bank, after the lender said it would buy a controlling stake in Banknorth Group Inc.
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Forbes Update 1: Altera, Xilinx Warnings Slam Sector Shares of chip makers sank in Thursday trading after two US firms lowered their quarterly sales expectations, but the sector saw some relief after National Semiconductor Corp.
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Yahoo World Irish extremist charged in bomb attempt (AP) AP - The Protestant extremist who triggered a dramatic evacuation of the Northern Ireland Assembly was charged Saturday with attempting to murder five people, including Sinn Fein leaders Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness.
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PCWorld news Facebook Links Up With Vodafone on Mobile Platform Vodafone is the first operator to use Facebook's new mobile social networking platform.
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Yahoo Sports Priest Holmes Helps Chiefs to First Victory (Reuters) Reuters - Priest Holmes rushed for 125 yards and two touchdowns to help the Kansas City Chiefs pick up their first win of the season, 27-24 over the host Baltimore Ravens Monday.
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New York Times sports Finnish product Considering the source, the following statement could be considered heresy: "I'm not putting a whole lot of stock in how many pucks he's stopping," Bob Essensa said yesterday at Ristuccia Arena.
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Time World South Africa's Mbeki Repudiated The triumph of Jacob Zuma in the race to lead the ANC marks a stunning veto by the ruling party of the direction charted by its own leader
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Search engine journal Higher Rankings the Higher Revenue Per Click on AdSense Higher Rankings the Higher Revenue Per Click on AdSense Shaw, aka DigitalPoint, has posed an interesting observation. He has seen a correlation between the natural rankings of a page for a keyword term and the earned revenue per click on the AdSense ads for that page. He said, and its just ...
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Houston Chronicle Storm damage to hotels, restaurants reported minimal Walt Disney World, Universal Orlando and other Orlando, Fla.-area attractions escaped serious damage from Hurricane Jeanne last weekend and are fully operational, according to the Orlando/Orange County Convention & Visitors Bureau.
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Yahoo Sports Little Al, Andretti to duel again at Indy (AP) AP - Al Unser Jr.'s weathered face lit up at the mere suggestion. What would it be like to come down to the final laps of the Indianapolis 500 in a side-by-side duel with Michael Andretti?
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Yahoo Science Extinction May Have Trickle-Down Effect (AP) AP - Conservationists concerned about the extinction of plants and animals may be overlooking the danger to thousands of other species that depend on the threatened ones.
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Reuters Business Archstone LBO could hurt Wall Street firms: report NEW YORK (Reuters) - A leveraged buyout of apartment landlord Archstone-Smith may leave Wall Street firms hurt as they could be left holding some equity in the deal, Barron's said on Sunday.
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Yahoo Tech India's Essar group says will stay a partner in Hutch Essar (AFP) AFP - India's Essar conglomerate has said it would remain a partner in Hutchison Essar after British mobile phone giant Vodafone bought majority control of the Indian cellular company.
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Boston Globe business High court will consider liability of device makers The Supreme Court yesterday accepted a case that could hurt medical device manufacturers, turned down another that could have harmed pharmaceutical companies, and put off deciding on the Enron scandal.
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CNET personal technology news Flat-panel TV makers sing the discount blues Big consumer electronics manufacturers and retailers say deep price cuts on flat panels will eventually end. They hope.
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Yahoo Tech Myanmar arrests blogger, watchdog says (AP) AP - Myanmar's junta has stepped up surveillance of the Internet, arresting one blogger who wrote about the stifling of free expression in the military-ruled nation, a media advocacy group said.
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Wired Tech U.S.: Copter Was Shot Down A Marine helicopter that crashed last week near Baghdad was actually shot down. Are the insurgents using better antiaircraft technology? The U.S. says no. By the Associated Press.
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New York Times world Taliban and Allies Tighten Grip in North of Pakistan Islamic militants are flouting a recent peace deal and fortifying alliances with Al Qaeda and foreign fighters, creating a virtual Taliban mini-state.
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New York Times world Gunman, Active and Successful, Showed Few Hints of Trouble Steve Kazmierczak was seen as personable and an excellent student, not a brooding outcast.
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