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BCC Technology GameBoy titles keep thumbs busy Some of the best gaming fun is still to be had on the small screen.
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National Geographic Society Under-Ice Volcano Eruption Spewed Ash Over Antarctica Heat from the volcano, which last erupted 2,000 years ago, may be contributing to the melting of nearby glaciers, scientists say.
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Computeractive Orange launches 3G mobile phone services The company joins Vodafone and 3 as providers of high-speed services such as video calling, entertainment downloads and internet access.
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RedNova science Stadium Plan As Real As It Gets By Amelia Nielson-Stowell and Lisa Riley Roche Deseret Morning News Real is here to stay -- for real this time. Now that lawmakers agreed Thursday to set aside $35 million to keep Real Salt Lake from leaving Utah for St.
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Boston Globe sports The Jets Need to Do a Better Job of Protecting Pennington As the Jets prepared for the A.F.C. wild-card game at San Diego, their line was hoping to improve after Sunday's dismal performance.
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Reuters World Abbas weighs options to end Palestinian stalemate GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Saturday he was considering options open to him after the failure of talks with the governing Hamas faction over creating a unity government.
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The Register Toshiba gives price-cutting AMD the nod No longer just Intel inside Toshiba is to start shipping laptops with AMD processors, effectively bringing to an end its exclusive partnership with Intel.

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Yahoo World Amid fear of more unrest, theatre denies Sikh play 'insensitive' (AFP) AFP - A British theatre that's staging a play that has the country's large Sikh community up in arms denied that it was "insensitive," as police sought to avert a repeat of a mini-riot that broke out during the show two days ago.
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Yahoo Science Main camera on aging Hubble shuts down (AP) AP - The main camera on the Hubble Space Telescope has shut down unexpectedly for the second time this year, the operators of the orbiting observatory announced Friday.
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Boston Globe business Boston Capital hopes to raise $1b in IPO Boston Capital Real Estate Investment Trust Inc., an owner of apartment complexes in Florida, Oregon, Washington, and Utah, boosted the size of its initial public offering to as high as $1 billion. The Boston-based company plans to sell as many as 100 mil...
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Boston Globe business Royal Bank sweetens its ABN Amro bid Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC sweetened its $98.1 billion offer for ABN Amro Holding NV by increasing the cash portion, seeking to beat Barclays PLC to the world's biggest banking takeover.
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Boston Globe sports Atlantic 10’s Resurgence Starts With Schedule With four teams in the top 25 in simulations of college basketball’s ratings percentage index, Atlantic 10 athletic directors and coaches do not have to fight so hard for respect this season.
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Yahoo Tech Google asks for help to fight censorship (AP) AP - Once relatively indifferent to government affairs, Google Inc. is seeking help inside the Beltway to fight the rise of Web censorship worldwide.
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The Register NASA crushes lunar real estate industry Moon base will not be a squat NASA has confirmed its moon base will not illegally occupy other people's land.

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New York Times Business Expedia Reduces Its Buyback Plan Shares of Expedia, the online travel agency, fell more than 9 percent, or $2.68, to $26.71.
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New York Times Tech Venture to Use Sea to Fight Warming Runs Out of Cash Planktos, a California company that is trying to turn a profit by fertilizing the ocean with iron dust, canceled planned field tests on Wednesday, citing a lack of funds.
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Washington Post Business EU Considers Appeal of WTO Sugar Ruling The European Union said Wednesday it would consider appealing a World Trade Organization ruling that found its subsidies to European sugar producers violate global trade rules.
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Boston Globe world American deaths The Pentagon has released the names of the following US service members killed recently in Iraq. According to an Associated Press count, at least 2,642 members of the US military have died since the Iraq war began in March 2003. At least 19,773 have been wounded, the military said.
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BBC News world French vote passed on EU treaty The French parliament backs a constitutional change at a special congress to get the EU reform treaty ratified.
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Reuters Sports College Basketball: Villanova Stuns No. 2 Kansas PHILADELPHIA (Sports Network) - Allan Ray poured in 27 points, including 20 in the second half, as Villanova crushed second-ranked and previously-unbeaten Kansas, 83-62, at the Wachovia Center.
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New York Times Tech Sun Looks to Wall Street in a Comeback Bid Long given up for dead (or dying), Sun is turning its own business on its head by offering to integrate many different systems.
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Boston Herald US duo 1-2 in long jump No one in the Olympic Stadium could possibly know it at the time, but the men's long jump final last night was over almost as soon as it began.
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Canada.com Canada Basketball dumps senior men's national coach Jay Triano TORONTO (CP) - Canada Basketball dumped Jay Triano on Tuesday after some six years as men's team head coach and 11 years as a player - seven of them as captain.
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Yahoo Politics Rice: Iran a Obstacle to US in Mideast (AP) AP - Iran is a major obstacle to the U.S. vision of a Middle East in which nations will "trade more, invest more, talk more and work more constructively to solve problems," Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says.
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The Washington Post sports Sonics Lose 2, Win Ray Allen scored 20 points and Rashard Lee added 17 as the Seattle SuperSonics overcame the ejections of Jerome James and Danny Fortson to beat the Atlanta Hawks, 94-79, Thursday.
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The Motley Fool Regis's Profits Recede Company gives itself an earnings forecast haircut.
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Washington Post Tech Report Shows Lost FBI Computers Still a Problem The FBI lost 160 laptop computers in less than four years, including at least 10 that contained highly sensitive classified information and one that held "personal identifying information on FBI personnel," according to a new report released today...
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Khaleej Times Fallujah battle: US muscle and fire-breathing Iraqi PM in front NEAR FALLUJAH, Iraq - Prime Minister Iyad Allawi struts into a camp of Iraqi soldiers outside Fallujah to rouse the men as he orders the battle to retake the rebel city while US commanders stand on the side.
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Yahoo Tech Carphone Warehouse boosted by strong Christmas (FT.com) FT.com - Carphone Warehouse predicted a full year result ahead of market expectations on Thursday when the UK mobile phone retailer announced an 11.2 per cent increase in third-quarter like-for-like sales.
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Houston Chronicle SOCCER NOTEBOOK Men's coach Arena scores with strategy US coach Bruce Arena made two decisions with players in the last seven days that could have a lasting effect on the men's national soccer team.
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Boston Globe sports Hearing of Special Interest to an I.R.S. Special Agent Jeff Novitzky, who has led a five-and-a-half-year investigation into steroids in professional sports, is expected to attend hear Roger Clemens testify on Wednesday.
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Chicago Sun Times RCN plan to exit bankruptcy would give bondholders 52-68% RCN Corp., a provider of cable television, phone and Internet service in Chicago, filed a plan to exit bankruptcy that will exchange $1.
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New York Times world Caracas Journal: Behind the Che Bandannas, Shades of Potential Militias Visitors to the Alexis Vive Collective, one of the radical pro-Chávez groups that thrive in the slums of Caracas, can look for the mural of Jesus with an assault rifle.
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International Herald Tribune US trade deficit widens to $54 billion on oil spike WASHINGTON The United States announced Thursday that its trade gap widened in August to $54 billion, the second-largest ever, reflecting record spending on imported oil and a decline in goods exports that may presage a slowdown in manufa...
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Boston Globe sports Earnhardt Sets the Tone in a Qualifier Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s victory in the first qualifying race at Daytona established him as the leading contender going into the Daytona 500.
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New York Times sports Reebok's poor choice of words The words caught me by surprise. Maybe that was the point. But they not only got my attention, they shocked me.
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The Motley Fool Best International Stock: Sadia The Brazilian food producer is poultry in motion.
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Ireland Online Earthquake shakes Japanese cities The quake, which struck shortly after 7pm (11am Irish Time), had a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 and was centred six miles beneath the ocean floor and 70 miles off the coast of the Kii peninsula.
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RedNova technology Toledo Computer Firm Networks Service: Virtual PCs Goes Beyond Retail Needs By Jon Chavez, The Blade, Toledo, Ohio Feb. 19--The name Virtual PCs has been known to Toledo-area computer users for nearly two decades, but few of them may know that six years ago the firm had a schism.
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Winnipeg Sun US to comply with softwood ruling A US trade body has agreed to comply with a NAFTA panel ruling concluding Canadian softwood lumber imports are no threat to the US industry.
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Forbes Fed Holds Out No Hope For Rate Cut FOMC statement offers no support for near-term rate cut.
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Yahoo World Tsunami Aid Hits $2B; New Floods Hit Asia (AP) AP - After the devastation wreaked by the seas, a deluge from the skies deepened the misery for tsunami-stricken areas Saturday, triggering flash floods in Sri Lanka that sent evacuees fleeing and increasing the threat of deadly disease. U.S. forces began one...
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Yahoo World Red Mosque complex battered after battle (AP) AP - Chunks of concrete are missing from the mosque's minarets. The walls of a religious school painted with Islamic verses are peppered with bullet holes. Black flies swarm over a makeshift bunker, blasted apart under a stairwell.
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New York Times Business Little Headway With China on Finance China and the United States ended three days of intense economic talks with new accords on food safety, energy and environmental cooperation but only modest progress in opening China’s financial markets.
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Hindustan Times Mystery Martian ‘carwash’ helps space buggy An unexplained phenomenon akin to a space-borne car wash has boosted the performance of one of the two US rovers probing the surface of Mars, New Scientist magazine said on Tuesday.
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Yahoo World Bereft Indian pilots leaving Andamans are saluted by air force (AFP) AFP - The Indian air force saluted pilots who rescued hundreds on the remote Nicobar islands despite losing family and colleagues when their base was destroyed by last week's deadly tsunami.
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CNN/Money WebSideStory cuts IPO price WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Internet data analysis company WebSideStory Inc. cut its expected initial public offering price to $8 to $9 a share from $10 to $12, it said in a regulatory filing Wednesday.
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Reuters Sports Last-gasp Sillinger strike ends Penguins run NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mike Sillinger's goal with 26.8 seconds remaining in regulation time gave the New York Islanders a 6-5 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday, ending the Penguins' point streak at 16 games.
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CNET enterprise software news Digital cinema moves closer to local multiplex A movie studio coalition says it has worked out standards for films without film.
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New York Times Science Glitch Blamed for Fire Alarm on Orbiter Astronauts and mission managers scrambled on Tuesday when a fire alarm went off on the Russian part of the International Space Station.
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The Motley Fool Dirt Cheap Dream Stocks Who says value investing can't be glamorous?
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Reuters World Baghdad Airport Closed Indefinitely -- PM Office BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's interim government extended the closure of Baghdad international airport indefinitely on Saturday under emergency rule imposed ahead of this week's U.S.-led offensive on Falluja.
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The Washington Post sports Missouri Downs Gonzaga Jason Conley has 16 points, and Missouri survives a lengthy cold stretch at the finish to hang on and beat No. 12 Gonzaga, 63-61.
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Yahoo Business Investors stay cool in the US - for now (FT.com) FT.com - The world's stock markets may have plummeted around them, but many US retail investors have kept their cool. For now.
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BBC Sport Mauresmo pulls out of Kremlin Cup Amelie Mauresmo could lose her world number one status this week after pulling out of the Kremlin Cup because of a thigh injury. The Frenchwoman sustained the injury during the final of the Porsche Grand Prix
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PCWorld news Kids' $100 Laptop Jumps in Price The One Laptop Per Child project has reportedly raised the price of its XO laptop to $188.
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Wired Business EU Court Places Online Privacy Above the Outing of Pirates Film studios and record labels cannot demand that internet providers turn over the names of customers suspected of illegally downloading movies or music.
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Reuters World Bewildered tourists find chaos on Kenya's coast MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) - Tourists arriving in Mombasa on Kenya's Indian Ocean coast were expecting to find the usual colorful fruit and vegetable markets lining the streets.
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Wired Tech Deep Space Wine Do pictures of UFOs make you thirsty? Booze producers capitalize on our woo-woo fascination with distillations such as crop-circle beer and astro-yeast sake. By James Lee from Wired magazine.
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Redsox.com Press Row: Pundits praise Pedro com. Pedro Martinez was the focal point of press coverage after pitching the Red Sox into a two-up position over the Angels in the American League Division Series.
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Yahoo Tech Report: News Corp., Yahoo in talks to fend off Microsoft (InfoWorld) InfoWorld - Yahoo may team up with News Corp. to fend off Microsoft's bid to buy the struggling Web portal, according to a Wall Street Journal report on Wednesday.
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Australian Financial Review US flight attendants prepare for strike The governing body of the US Association of Flight Attendants-CWA has approved a resolution that will allow it to call a nationwide strike if any airline cancels a contract, subject to approval by union members at the carrier, with or without bankrup...
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Yahoo Sports Buffalo signs first-round draft pick (AP) AP - Rookie safety Donte Whitner signed a five-year contract with the Buffalo Bills on Saturday, joining the team after missing the first eight days of training camp.
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The Register HP's Hurd vows to be held accountable for all that goes right Remember the future Opinion "Now we know the depth of what has transpired, I take full accountability to drive the actions to set it right," said HP's CEO Mark Hurd yesterday at the company's spy scandal press conference.

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Reuters Sports Angels Sign Finley to a Two-Year Deal ANAHEIM, Calif., (Sports Network) - The Anaheim Angels on Friday signed veteran free-agent outfielder Steve Finley to a two-year deal worth $14 million, with a club option for the 2007 season.
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Reuters Business American Airlines ramps up competition in New York CHICAGO (Reuters) - American Airlines said on Thursday it will beef up service to and from New York area airports, a move that puts new pressure on JetBlue Airways as it strives to regain customer confidence after last week's operational meltdown.
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Yahoo World Producer prices surge to 16-year peak (AFP) AFP - Producer prices, or the cost of goods at the factory gate, surged by the highest rate in January for 16 years, according to official data published Monday.
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Yahoo Tech Sprint, Global Signal Reach Tower Deal (AP) AP - Cellular phone tower operator Global Signal Inc. will pay $1.2 billion cash for the right to operate or lease more than 6,600 towers owned by Sprint Corp. for 32 years, the companies announced Monday.
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The Motley Fool Do You Have the Guts to Buy? Is ultimate growth investing for you? Find out.
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Yahoo Politics McConnell: Repression in Cuba increases (AP) AP - Repression is increasing in Cuba under the control of Raul Castro, and the domination of the government by his brother, Fidel, is nearing an end, Bush administration officials said Tuesday.
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New York Times Business Marketing Cars With the Use of a Lightning Rod G.M. is getting grief for a promotion that awards a free car every week through Nov. 6 to listeners of Sean Hannity’s conservative Fox News radio show.
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Reuters Tech MySpace could be worth $15 billion SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - MySpace, the social networking Web site, could be worth around $15 billion within three years, measured in terms of the value created for shareholders of parent company News Corp. NWSa.N , a Wall Street media analyst forecast on Wednes...
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Reuters World Explosion Hits Islamabad Hotel, Causes Casualties ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - An explosion hit the Marriott Hotel in central Islamabad on Thursday, causing several casualties, witnesses said.
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Yahoo Science Polar bear population seen declining (AP) AP - Two-thirds of the world's polar bears will be killed off by 2050 — and the entire population gone from Alaska — because of thinning sea ice from global warming in the Arctic, government scientists forecast Friday.
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Yahoo Tech IBM unwraps lowest-end eServer P5 (InfoWorld) InfoWorld - Continuing to pound away at the low end of the Unix market, IBM on Tuesday rolled out its first less-than-$4,000 pSeries server, which the company hopes will attract first-time users looking to blend existing Unix- and Linux-based environments.
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ABC News FDA Approves Use of Chip in Patients WASHINGTON Oct. 13, 2004 - The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved an implantable computer chip that can pass a patient's medical details to doctors, speeding care.
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The Motley Fool Better Know a Stock Picker Give John Montgomery a spreadsheet, and he'll make you rich.
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Reuters World Nuclear watchdog debate to urge Iran talks VIENNA (Reuters) - Most members of the U.N. nuclear watchdog's governing board, a barometer of world sentiment on Iran, are likely in a pending debate to champion last-gasp talks to defuse a stand-off over Iran's atomic work, diplomats say.
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MSNBC Giants will give Eli first start Thursday No. 1 draft pick Eli Manning will make his first start at quarterback for the New York Giants in their exhibition game Thursday against the Carolina Panthers, coach Tom Coughlin announced Thursday, according to ESPN.
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Yahoo World Arafat Nephew Arrives in Paris for Records (AP) AP - Yasser Arafat's nephew was in Paris on Sunday to collect the Palestinian leader's medical records, but he faced an objection from Arafat's widow, whose lawyers insisted she had sole legal rights to the file.
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Ocala Star-Banner Garciaparra stays with Cubs short time I was there,'' he said. ``I just felt Chicago is the best place for. me. I'm looking forward to going out there and, hopefully, turning this into a. 182 home runs and 710 RBIs.
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Yahoo Science Divers Find Ancient Skeleton in Mexico (AP) AP - Divers making dangerous probes through underwater caves near the Caribbean coast have discovered what appears to be one of oldest human skeletons in the Americas, archaeologists announced at a seminar that was ending on Friday.
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BBC News world Thousands mourn Pakistan cleric Thousands attend the funeral of a Pakistani cleric who died in controversial circumstances.
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Financial Times Four held over Jakarta attack Indonesian police investigating September's suicide attack on the Australian embassy in Jakarta said yesterday they had arrested four suspects but that a top bombmaker might have eluded arrest
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Business Report World has 1.5bn cellphone subscribers Cellphone subscribers around the globe totalled nearly 1.5 billion by the middle of this year, about 25 percent of the world's population, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) said yesterday.
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Cato Institute How Science Abuses Politics Patrick J. Michaels is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and author of Meltdown: The Predictable Distortion of Global Warming by Scientists, Politicians, and the Media.
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NDTV.com APEC meet focuses on global trade Pacific Rim leaders ended a two-day summit with pledges to push ahead with negotiations to lower global trade barriers, seen as impediments to the world's economic growth.
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Yahoo Business Will 2005 See More Mergers for Retailers? (AP) AP - Is merger mania taking over the retailing industry?
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RedNova science Sewer District Hiking Fees for Connections By Jared Page Deseret Morning News Fees for new sewer connections in the southern third of Salt Lake County will increase by about $1,000 per home beginning June 1 to help pay for a planned sewage-treatment plant in Riverton, sewer district officials said.
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Reuters Business Market sinks as AT&T stirs recession fear NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks tumbled on Tuesday after a warning by phone company AT&T of soft consumer spending sparked a new round of recession fears, helping drive the S&P to its worst-ever five-day start to a year.
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Yahoo Tech Dial 4-1-1 for Cell Phone Numbers? (PC World) PC World - A proposal for a wireless phone directory raises concerns in Congress.
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Otago Daily Times Pakistan makes Australia work for win; Flintoff inspires England London: Australia continued its dominance over Pakistan but cricket's world champion was pushed all the way in a thrilling one-day international at Lord's yesterday.
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Forbes Update 2: Qualcomm Raises 4Q, Year Outlook Qualcomm Inc. Friday raised its earnings and revenue forecasts for the current quarter, based on higher shipments of its cell-phone chips.
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San Francisco Chronicle Online shopping clicks DISPLAY WINDOWS for holiday shoppers can be found more and more on 17-inch computer screens. The number of Americans who regularly use the Internet for shopping rose dramatically this year, with one market
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ComputerWorld Cisco Users See Some Pricing Relief DECEMBER 13, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - SAN JOSE -- Cisco Systems Inc.'s prices have typically been higher than those charged by its smaller networking rivals.
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New York Times world [TS] This Land: An Unpleasant Trudge Toward Baseball’s Record Books With all that is swirling around him, Barry Bonds seems to find true serenity only in the few square feet of the batter’s box.
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BCC Technology Government backs Trust on iPlayer The government has responded to calls to make the BBC's iPlayer work on computers that do not run Windows.
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Lex 18 Federer defends Master Cups with 13th victory HOUSTON It's lucky number-13 for Roger Federer. The top seed won a record 13th straight final by beating Lleyton Hewitt 6-3, 6-2 in the title match of the ATP Masters Cup.
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The Washington Post sports Rhythm Keeping Coach, Overturning Firing Ashley McElhiney is remaining as coach of the Nashville Rhythm, after the ABA team said Thursday that a co-owner didn't have the authority to fire her.
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New York Times world Nets Get Carter From Raptors in Bid to Rebuild Fractured Core The Nets took a big step back toward viability today with the completion of a blockbuster deal for Toronto Raptors' swingman Vince Carter.
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