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Reuters Business BMW Car Sales Rise for 10th Month in Row FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German carmaker BMW posted its 10th consecutive month of rising group car sales in November, helped by demand for new models like the compact 1-Series, remaining a nose ahead of arch-rival Mercedes in 2004.
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New York Times sports Brown finds himself in gray area with UMass "Uncertainty" is a word seldom associated with a Don Brown football program, especially five games into the season. The University of Massachusetts coach is known for fielding teams that are aggressive on defense, precise on offense, and consistent on ...
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Reuters Sports Mickelson Accepts Role as Ryder Cup Cheerleader BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Michigan (Reuters) - Masters champion Phil Mickelson played the role of Ryder Cup cheerleader on Saturday as his U.S. team mates began to repair the damage of an opening day meltdown.
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The Washington Post sports Riot Forces Italian League to Postpone Games The Italian soccer federation postpones all league matches this weekend and cancels next week's national team exhibition game after a riot at a Serie A game leads to a police officer's death.
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Yahoo Politics 'Clintonistas' rally behind Kerry's presidential bid (AFP) AFP - Democratic Senator John Kerry's White House bid has become more combative, more open to reporters and delivered a more focused message recently which observers have attributed to the influence of former Bill Clinton administration staffer...
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Reuters UPDATE 1-Delta Air's pilots reach tentative agreement Delta Air Lines' (DAL.N: Quote, Profile, Research) pilots union said late Wednesday it had reached a tentative agreement with the airline on cost savings.
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The Washington Post sports Supporting Cast Steps Into Starring Roles The timely performances of inexperienced players and veteran backups helped the Redskins overcome arguably the most difficult season in franchise history.
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PCWorld news Inside Net Neutrality: Find an Honest ISP Having ISP choices is a good thing, particularly if yours is engaging in filtering or traffic shaping or in any way throttling back your bandwidth.
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New York Times sports Southwestern adventure in a ski town Finding a ski bum working in a ski town restaurant is easy. But Peter Willis took it a step further.
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Yahoo World Pakistan Downplays CIA Report on Leaks (AP) AP - Pakistan on Saturday downplayed suggestions that a new CIA report indicates that a renegade scientist provided more help to Iran's nuclear weapons program than previously disclosed.
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Reuters Sports Hatton knocks out Castillo LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Britain's Ricky Hatton knocked out Jose Luis Castillo of Mexico in the fourth round to retain his IBO light welterweight title in Las Vegas on Saturday.
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BBC News world MPs' letter demands Blair's exit A letter from recently-elected Labour MPs is demanding that Tony Blair stand down as prime minister.
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RedNova technology [Dell Job Losses][Derived Headline] By Alan Formby-Jackson Dell job losses US computer maker Dell will shed more than 8,000 jobs, including 450 in the Irish Republic, over the next year as part of restructuring.
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New York Times Science Really?: The Claim: The Pill Can Make You Put On Weight Quick weight gain may be among the birth-control pill’s most dreaded side effects but how much does it really add to your waistline?
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Times Picayune Dorsey, boxer who fought ban on interracial fights, dead at 69 Joseph Dorsey Jr., a boxer who won a 1957 fight against Louisiana's law banning interracial bouts, has died. He was 69. Dorsey died at his New Orleans home on Wednesday, DW Rhodes Funeral Home said.
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Time Business India's Biggest IPO Turns Bust The dismal performance of Reliance Power's much-anticipated market debut is the latest Asian IPO to turn sour
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New York Times world Bush Meets Pope Benedict for the First Time Pope Benedict XVI expressed concerns to President Bush about the Middle East, according to a church statement.
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InfoWorld news U.S. indicts 11 over 'pump-and-dump' stock spam Eleven people, including one of the top spammers in the world, were indicted on Thursday for allegedly sending millions of unsolicited e-mails intended to inflate the price of Chinese penny stocks. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) called the scheme on...
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RedNova science Of Course: Online Poll Places Myrtle Beach Close to the Very Best By Janice Gaston, Winston-Salem Journal, N.C. Mar. 9--When it comes to beaches, Hawaii has nothing on us. Well, technically, just one spot. In a Yahoo! Travelers poll of the best beaches in the world, Maui's Kaanapali Beach came in f...
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New York Times sports Malkin propels Penguins The Penguins squandered a two-goal lead late in the third period, but Evgeni Malkin won the shootout by deftly faking out David Aebischer as host Pittsburgh beat the Montreal Canadiens, 5-4, last night for its fifth consecutive win.
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New York Times sports Reed set to step up PITTSBURGH -- The Steelers' chances of getting to the Super Bowl could rest on the foot of kicker Jeff Reed .
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Yahoo Science Millions in China to greet new year without power (Reuters) Reuters - Trains and planes are starting to return to normal across China, but millions are likely to spend the biggest holiday of the year without power and water in what for some is the coldest winter in a century.
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New York Times Business Google Shift on Handling of News Google will now host articles from four news agencies, setting the stage for the company to generate advertising revenue from Google News.
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Computerworld news New Netscape browser supports Internet Explorer America Online today released a preview of a new Netscape browser that is based on the Firefox browser, but also supports Microsoft's Internet Explorer engine.
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The Washington Post sports Randy Moss' Restraining Order Extended BOSTON -- Lawyers for Randy Moss and the woman who accused him of battery agreed to extend a temporary restraining order she obtained against the New England Patriots wide receiver, his agent said Monday.
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InfoWorld news Liberty Alliance offers guide for identity roll-out ( InfoWorld ) - The Liberty Alliance Project has published a document outlining the legal issues enterprises should consider when networking their Web applications and identity systems with those of other businesses. The primer on creating circles of...
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ESPN Liverpool table Morientes bid - report Liverpool are reported to have made on offer of £3.5m bid for Real Madrid striker Fernando Morientes, according to the BBC. However, the Anfield club are likely to have to increase their offer to around £5m
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Forbes Investing With The Faith How does a God-fearing Muslim finance a gas well? With sort of a sale-leaseback.
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Springfield News Sun Judge OKs Human Rights Suit Against Unocal A California judge on Tuesday kept alive a human rights lawsuit that claims energy giant Unocal Corp. should be held liable for the alleged enslavement of local residents during
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Yahoo Business European stocks slide on growth woes (FT.com) FT.com - European equity markets slid sharply on Thursday as investors shrugged off the combined action by central banks to improve liquidity in the global banking system.
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Yahoo Sports Patriots Waive LB, DB (AP) AP - The New England Patriots waived linebacker Justin Kurpeikis and defensive back Omare Lowe on Wednesday.
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New York Times NASA Prepares to Spy on a Satellite Scientists are about to get their first really close and revealing look at Titan, the invitingly mysterious giant moon of Saturn. The Cassini spacecraft is
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New York Times sports Cardinals in a tough spot How did these birds ever win 105 games? Did they have some kind of win-one, get-one deal from the commissioner's office? These Cardinals are playing March baseball in October, and they're one game from sacking up the bats for the winter.
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Washington Post Business Russian Central Banker Dies of Wounds MOSCOW -- The top deputy chairman of Russia's Central Bank died Thursday, hours after being shot by unidentified assailants in an attack that officials suggested was prompted by his efforts to clean up the country's banking system.
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Reuters Police Kill India's Most Wanted Bandit Police have shot dead India's most wanted bandit, Koose Muniswamy Veerappan, accused of killing more than 100 people, kidnapping, poaching and smuggling from his jungle hideout, officials said on Tuesday.
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Yahoo World Eight US soldiers, seven Afghans killed in Afghanistan (AFP) AFP - Eight US soldiers involved in efforts to defeat extremist Taliban militants in Afghanistan were killed in a helicopter crash as authorities reported the killings of seven Afghans in new unrest.
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Washington Post Business For the Rejects Of Christmas, A 2nd Chance Kent Manley keeps a wish list on amazon.com of 177 books he'd like to have. Of the four books his mother gave him for Christmas, none was on it.
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Wired Tech Flickr Still Fired Up About Possible Microsoft Takeover Members of the Yahoo-owned website Flickr, the web's most unique and outspoken photo-sharing community, are still enraged at the thought of the property falling into the hands of Microsoft. The software giant's $44.6 billion takeover bid for Yahoo is ...
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ClickZ News SBC Picks Microsoft for IP-based TV Regional Bell SBC Communications today announced a 10-year, $400 million deal to use Microsoft's Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) software platform to power its foray into IP-based television services.
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Reuters Cadbury sees results at lower end of targets The world's biggest confectioner, Cadbury Schweppes, says its full-year results will be at the lower end of target ranges after a wet summer hit soft drinks sales in Europe.
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New York Times Business Suits: The Highest Fashion: A Royal Accessory The new year started smashingly for Glenda Bailey, editor in chief of Harper’s Bazaar: she was named on Queen Elizabeth’s New Year Honours List.
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NASA Earth Observatory News: Droughts Like 1930s Dust Bowl May Have Been Unexceptional in Prehistoric Times, New Study Suggests Events like the great Dust Bowl of the 1930s, immortalized in "The Grapes of Wrath" and remembered as a transforming event for millions of Americans, were regular parts of much-earlier cycle...
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New York Times world Date for Bhutto’s Return to Pakistan Announced Benazir Bhutto, an exiled former prime minister, will return to Pakistan on Oct. 18, her party said today.
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New York Times Business As Buyouts Falter, New Tactics Aim to Lock in Deals After a series of failed buyout deals, companies and their lawyers are likely to focus on strengthening the language in takeover contracts to help ensure that transactions are completed.
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Wired Business In Praise of the Pro My new Mac Pro is a badass computer; but how many cycles do I need to print pictures of my kids? Commentary by Leander Kahney.
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RedNova general Video on Web Site Shows Beheading of Man CAIRO, Egypt - A video posted Monday on a Web site showed the beheading of a man identified as American hostage Eugene Armstrong. The militant group led by Jordanian terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi claimed responsibility for the slaying and said anoth...
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Yahoo World CIA Documents Show Struggle Over China (AP) AP - The CIA is offering a rare glimpse into its successes and failures at trying to understand China during its first communist decades in a huge cache of newly declassified documents released this week in Washington.
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Reuters Business Microsoft Fails to Delay EU Sanctions LUXEMBOURG/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O was ordered by a European Union court to change its business practices and immediately market a stripped-down version of Windows after it lost an appeal to delay sanctions imposed earlier this year.
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San Francisco Chronicle Williams ends Mauresmo's bid for year-end No. 1 ranking at WTA <b>...</b> Serena Williams moved a step closer to salvaging her season with a 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4 semifinal victory over Amelie Mauresmo in the WTA Championships on Sunday.
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RedNova technology Sanyo Electric 3rd Qtr Net Balance Sinks to Red on Downsizing Costs By Kyodo News International, Tokyo Jan. 30--TOKYO -- Sanyo Electric Co. said Tuesday its group net balance in the three months to Dec. 31 sank into the red as it booked an 11.9 billion yen one-off expense to pay special retireme...
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Tennis Magazine Olympic champion Massu gets win in Vienna _ Olympic champion Nicolas Massu defeated Karol Kucera 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-4 at the CA Trophy tournament on Tuesday. In the final set, the second-seeded Massu broke Kucera's serve at 2-all and then closed out the match.
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RedNova science DNA From Ivory May Lead to Poachers By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID WASHINGTON - The complex science of DNA analysis is now helping protect elephants by showing police and conservationists the source of black-market ivory.
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Yahoo Politics Bush View of Economy at Odds With Forecast (AP) AP - An economy with blue skies, happy workers and prosperity for all, just around the corner. That's the sunny picture painted Wednesday at President Bush's economic conference, where nary a discouraging word was uttered and Bush's second-term priorities...
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Yahoo Politics GOP Senate Primary Seen as Prelude to a Clinton Landslide in N.Y. (CQPolitics.com) CQPolitics.com - New York Republicans once had a vision for this year’s Senate campaign, in which Democratic nemesis Hillary Rodham Clinton —the former first lady and possible contender for the presidency...
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Yahoo Science No Sign Yet of Predicted Big California Earthquake (Reuters) Reuters - The clock is running out on a highly publicized prediction that a major earthquake will rip through Southern California by Sunday.
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Reuters Tech Researchers say Sony software makes PCs vulnerable BOSTON (Reuters) - Software included with high-end memory sticks sold by Sony Corp can make personal computers vulnerable to attack by computer hackers, according to researchers with two Internet security firms.
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BBC News world Tories to back plans for ID cards The Tories are to back controversial government plans to introduce ID cards in the UK, the party has said.
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Reuters Business Pressure piles on SocGen over trading scandal PARIS (Reuters) - Societe Generale came under mounting pressure on Friday to give a full account of how a rogue trader managed to dupe his supervisors and run up a $7 billion loss.
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Euractiv Europe goes to the Moon Europe's first mission to the Moon is about to start. The unmanned, solar energy driven SMART-1 spacecraft has entered the orbit around the Moon.
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RedNova technology E-Mail Virus Behind Trailer Promise COMPUTER security researchers at SophosLabs in Sydney are warning Internet users about a widely-spammed e-mail teaser promising a trailer of the film Pirates of the Caribbean 3 - and the chance of free tickets if you are in North America or Europe.
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Guardian State Dept. Cautious of Najaf Reports WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration reacted cautiously Wednesday to reports that the radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr had accept a peace plan to end fighting in Najaf.
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RedNova science Fishing: Shy Salmon Can't Spoil the Joy of Six ; FISHING LINES By Keith Elliott You need to rise early to nab a prime spot on 66 Pool, the best free fishing on New Brunswick's prolific Miramichi river. Scared that I'd oversleep, I stumbled out of bed at 5am - and enjoyed the sweet soul music of five ...
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Reuters UPDATE 1-Monaco power past Deportivo into the last 16 Last season's losing finalists Monaco powered their way into the knockout stages of the Champions League with a crushing 5-0 win over Deportivo Coruna in Group A on Wednesday.
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The Register Bad week for Redmond and Reding To subscribe to The Register's weekly newsletter - seven days of IT in a single hit - click here
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Reuters World Annan meets with Kenya's Kibaki over crisis NAIROBI (Reuters) - Former U.N. boss Kofi Annan met Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki on Thursday to try to end a political crisis that has fuelled weeks of bloody unrest.
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Reuters Singh on Top of Pile Again in Pennsylvania World number one Vijay Singh fired an eight-under-par 64 to take a three-shot lead when the first round was suspended for the day at the $4.
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New York Times Business Company Behind Many TV Hits Is Sold Ben Silverman, the co-chairman of NBC Entertainment, announced Thursday the sale of his independent production company Reveille to a British firm, the Shine Group, for $125 million.
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BBC News Business Vote on EU-wide piracy penalties Proposals for EU-wide penalties for counterfeiting face a key vote in the European parliament.
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Washington Post Tech Child Porn Ring Uncovered in Austria VIENNA, Austria -- Austrian authorities said Wednesday they have uncovered a major international child pornography ring involving more than 2,360 suspects from 77 countries, including hundreds in the United States, who paid to view videos of young children b...
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New York Times Business New Scrutiny of the Flow of Iraqi Oil to American Consumers Almost until the eve of the invasion of Iraq in March 2003, U.S. oil companies, including ExxonMobil and ChevronTexaco, were among the largest purchasers of Iraqi crude oil.
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Canada.com No thanks: Optimism subsides in advance of NHL meetings (CP) - Any optimism that may have existed after last Thursday's proposal by the NHL Players' Association has all but vanished on the eve of the next round of labour talks.
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Reuters Business IBM Profit Rises, Aided by Dollar SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - International Business Machines Corp. IBM.N on Tuesday posted a quarterly net profit that beat Wall Street's recently raised target as solid year-end product sales were buoyed by a weaker U.S. dollar.
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Reuters Bayern leave for Israel without Iranian striker Bayern Munich left for Israel on Tuesday without Iranian striker Vahid Hashemian and with guarantees that everything would be done to ensure the team's safety.
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Yahoo Sports Texans, RB Ahman Green reach agreement (AP) AP - The Houston Texans agreed to terms with free agent running back Ahman Green on Sunday. The 30-year-old former Green Bay Packer will likely become the starter for a team that struggled at the position last season after Domanick Williams — formerly Dav...
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RealEstateGates.com Macerich to buy Wilmorite’s malls One of the largest owners of US regional malls, The Macerich Co., has signed a $1.45 billion deal to buy Wilmorite Properties, a leading shopping centre manager with malls in the Northeast, including well known Tysons Corner Centre in the Washington, DC.
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Reuters World Israeli Forces Raid Northern Gaza GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli tanks moved into the northern Gaza Strip on Sunday to try to stop cross-border rocket attacks that front-running Palestinian presidential candidate Mahmoud Abbas said could achieve nothing.
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The Motley Fool Race You to the Car Dealership! Don't grab that dangling set of car keys until you shop around.
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Channel News Asia Volkswagen workers lay down tools in first warning strikes WOLFSBURG, Germany : Around 4,000 workers at three factories of German car giant Volkswagen halted production for about an hour overnight in the first official warning strikes aimed at putting pressure on management in the deadlocked wage ta...
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Time World Ruling Party Wins Big in Turkey Despite secularist fears of its Islamist roots, Erdogan's party gets even more support than it did five years ago
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Yahoo Sports Fatigued Henman Wins in Straight Sets (AP) AP - Tim Henman shook off a recent bout of fatigue to beat Antony Dupuis of France 6-3, 6-4 Wednesday in the opening round of the Swiss Indoors.
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Boston Globe sports [TS] Sports of The Times: With Three Games Left, There Is Still Time to Get It Right Suddenly the Jets, who had silently been looking ahead to the possibility of qualifying for the playoffs, are looking in their rearview mirrors.
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Newark Star Ledger Competitors voice pride in being pioneers as women's wrestling <b>...</b> This was not one for the books. It was one for the looks. How many times had Sara McMann seen the look? She would tell people she was a wrestler, and their eyebrows would
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Washington Post Tech Officers Reach Beyond Beat's Boundaries Northern Ohio is a long way from Northern Virginia, and it is especially off the beat for John Chapman, a police officer in the tiny Prince William County town of Dumfries.
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Reuters Business Shanghai Airlines predicts loss for 2007 SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Shanghai Airlines , a Chinese regional carrier, predicted on Tuesday that it would post a loss for 2007, deteriorating from a net profit of 8.2 million yuan ($1.1 million) in 2006.
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Yahoo Tech NEC cuts cellphone shipment forecast by 8 pct (Reuters) Reuters - Japan's NEC Corp. (6701.T) said on Tuesday that it now expected to ship 5.5 million mobile phones in the year to March 2007, down 8 percent from its previous estimate of 6 million phones.
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sportinglife.com PANATHINAIKOS V ARSENAL MIN-BY-MIN 90 mins Arsenal's woes on their travels in Europe continue as they fail to secure the win, settling for a draw against a well organised Panathinaikos.
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San Francisco Chronicle Ortiz growing more popular in Boston David Ortiz has yet to steal a base for the Red Sox. He's unlikely to score from first on anything but a homer. For him to triple, something pretty awful has to happen to at least two outfielders.
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Indianapolis Star Stent slump putting Guidant in play Guidant Corp.'s stent business is like a model strutting down a runway wearing last year's fashions, some industry watchers say.
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ESPN Gunners roll; United struggles to tie LONDON -- Arsenal extended its record unbeaten run with a 4-1 win at Norwich City and Chelsea topped Southampton 2-1 Saturday, but Manchester United needed a stoppage-time equalizer to draw 1-1 with 10-man Blackburn Rovers.
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Reuters Anwar in Munich for treatment Malaysian rebel politician Anwar Ibrahim has arrived in the southern German city of Munich for medical treatment. He arrived at a clinic in Munich under bright blue skies on Sunday
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BBC Sport Calderwood's added time quandary Jimmy Calderwood admitted he had been angry the referee added on four minutes with Aberdeen holding Celtic to a draw, only for the Dons to grab a late goal.
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RedNova technology PRIMEDIA's Automotive.Com Offers Free Gas Price Finder Tool for Web Masters and Bloggers PRIMEDIA's Automotive.com today announced it will be offering its popular Gas Price Finder widget free to local news and information sites. "Gas prices and the weather are two ubiquitous topics of conversati...
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BBC Sport Dementieva hits back to win Elena Dementieva fought back from an atrocious start against fellow Russian Elena Bovina to win the Gaz de France Stars tournament in Belgium.
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Wired Tech Effects of Network Shutdown on Analog Devices Carriers will begin to shut down the country's oldest cellular network, for analog devices, in February. How to know if your gadgets will be affected.
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New York Times Big Grocer in Japan to Get Help With Debt The ailing Japanese supermarket chain Daiei, a company that has come to epitomize Japan's bad-loan troubles, capitulated to pressure from its banks Wednesday and agreed to pursue a government-led restructuring.
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Washington Post Tech U.S. Unprepared Despite Progress, Experts Say The United States remains woefully unprepared to protect the public against terrorists wielding biological agents, according to government officials and specialists in bioterrorism and public health.
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The Motley Fool How to Stop Losing Money in Stocks Four simple steps for curbing your losses.
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Hilton Head Island Packet Kettle tradition losing steam The two sisters standing outside the Sam's Club in Port Royal Plaza on Saturday afternoon were part of The Salvation Army's effort to focus its Red Kettle fund-raiser on the chain store's weekend shoppers.
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New York Times Business Shell Warns Profit Rise Hides Flaws The company said third-quarter profit rose 16 percent despite a drop in production, but warned that performance of its refining operations was weaker than it appeared.
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The Washington Post world Regional Registration Light for Iraq Election The New Carrollton Ramada Inn is a fortress this week, complete with concrete barriers, bomb-sniffing dogs and an army of police and government officials determined make the hotel secure for Iraqis who want to cast absentee ballots in their homel...
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