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The Register Egg.com server cracks Techies scramble to blame C&W for downtime cock-up Updated Online banking service Egg.com is currently unavailable to its customers and the firm is pointing the finger of blame at telecoms provider Cable and Wireless (C&W).

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BBC News Business Supply worries push oil to record Oil prices continue their record-breaking run as fresh threats of sabotage in Iraq boost concerns that demand may outstrip supply.
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New York Times Science NASA Expert Criticizes Bush on Global Warming Policy A NASA climate expert planned to say in a lecture on Tuesday night that a Bush administration official told him not to discuss the consequences of global warming.
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RedNova space U.S. Shuttle Launched to International Space Station MOSCOW. June 9 (Interfax-AVN) - The U.S. space shuttle Atlantis with seven astronauts onboard blasted off to the International Space Station on Saturday (Moscow time) from Cape Canaveral. The launch of the shuttle was broadcast live on NASA's website...
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Wired Tech U.S. Airport Screeners Are Watching What You Read Privacy advocates obtain records showing that people pulled aside for extra screening during international travel may have detailed records, including reason for travel, race and reading material, stored by the government for years.
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Reuters UPDATE 2-Genuine Parts profit rises, shares up Genuine Parts Co. (GPC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , a distributor of auto replacement and industrial parts, on Friday said third-quarter earnings rose sharply, pushing its stock up 9 percent.
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New York Times Business Swiss Company to Buy Canadian Drug Maker The Swiss health care company Galenica said it agreed to buy Aspreva of Canada for $915 million to expand its drug portfolio and distribution.
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Jackson Clarion Ledger Miss. groups offer helping hand to disaster victims As the world mobilizes to provide aid for nations devastated by an earthquake, Mississippi charities and religious organizations are working to help the disaster victims.
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Yahoo Sports NBA Power Poll: Celtics-Pistons rematch could shift order (The Sporting News) The Sporting News - Since the Pistons beat the Celtics 16 days ago, the top two spots in the Power Poll have not changed. More significantly, neither has the number in the L column for either team. Combined, they are 14-0...
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Yahoo Science Scientists study Earth's missing crust (AP) AP - British scientists have embarked on a mission to study a huge area on the Atlantic seabed where the Earth's crust is mysteriously missing and instead is covered with dark green rock from deep inside the planet.
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Reuters Business Nike income up, tops Street LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Nike Inc said on Wednesday that quarterly net profit jumped 10 percent, topping Wall Street estimates, helped by strong international demand and higher margins.
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BBC News world China girl completes 3,500km run A Chinese girl arrives in Beijing after running more than 3,550km (2,200 miles) from the province of Hainan.
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Computerworld news ESG Digital Archiving Brief: Plasmon Multi-Tier Enterprise Active Archive (EAA) (Source: Plasmon) In this white paper, Heidi Biggar of Enterprise Strategy Group discusses the ideal solution that creates a multi-tiered active archive for cost-effective, long-term accessibility to compliance data. ...
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The Washington Post sports WADA Chief Takes Swing At Baseball The president of the World Anti-Doping Agency criticizes MLB, saying the sport is resisting the recommendation to transfer drug testing to an independent organization.
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New York Times sports Entries just can't keep pace As expected, none of the four United States entries survived yesterday's second set of Olympic rowing semifinals, leaving just four boats -- the men's and women's eights, the men's double sculls and the women's quadruple sculls -- going for medals this weekend, five ...
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Chicago Sun Times Crybaby of the Week: Tony Dungy The Indianapolis Colts' coach was incensed at the ''Desperate Housewives'' promo that aired during the opening of "Monday Night Football.
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Reuters Sports Yankees rout Devil Rays, A-Rod closes in on 500 homers NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Yankees scored 10 runs in the fourth inning and Alex Rodriguez hit his 498th career homer in a 21-4 pounding of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on Sunday.
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New York Times sports Roaring 20 Raise a cup to the computer nerds. If not for the number crunchers on Yawkey Way who were savvy enough last November to allay Curt Schilling's fears about a fly ball pitcher thriving at Fenway Park, he may never have agreed to waive his no-trade clause to join the Red Sox in their que...
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Yahoo Tech Digital TV shift may aid cable companies (AP) AP - TV's big switch from analog to digital broadcasts will be complete in just one year, on Feb. 17, 2009, and many consumers are puzzling over how the shift will affect them: Do they need a new converter box, a new TV, a better antenna? But it's pretty ...
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Boston Globe business Avoiding future debt from holiday present Anne Maneikis has a problem with the holidays. She goes crazy. The rest of the year, she is perfectly sane. Thirty-seven and single, she works as an account executive for an advertising agency, managing budgets.
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Boston Globe sports Before the Deluge, Woods Delivers a Knockout The likelihood of one of the golfers in the field catching Woods is roughly akin to Noah’s Ark washing ashore in La Jolla cove.
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Reuters World Students stage new anti-Catholic protest in Rome ROME (Reuters) - Students at Italy's top public university protested against the Roman Catholic Church on Thursday after forcing Pope Benedict to cancel a visit.
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Reuters Business Stocks Look to Open Lower; Cisco Awaited NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stock futures pointed to a slightly lower open on Tuesday as investors stay cautious after last week's three-day rally and await results from networking gear maker Cisco Systems Inc. CSCO.O which will set the direction for techn...
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CNET networking news U.K. government may back fiber rollout to homes Government official warns of the danger of falling behind other countries in broadband speeds.
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Forbes American Airlines Gets Credit Line Boost AMR Corp., the owner of American Airlines, said Friday that it received a $850 million, revolving credit line, replacing a $834 million line that was set to expire next year.
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Yahoo Sports Jayson Williams Works Out With Cavaliers (AP) AP - Jayson Williams, acquitted in April of aggravated manslaughter in the shooting death of a limousine driver, worked out with the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday.
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Yahoo World Nepal struggles to break Maoist rebel blockade (Reuters) Reuters - Nepal ordered more troops to patrol highways and warned against hoarding in an effort to break a Maoist blockade across the nation, the biggest challenge so far to King Gyanendra's seizure of absolute power this month.
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Yahoo World Nagorny Karabakh passes separatist constitution (AFP) AFP - Azerbaijan's breakaway region of Nagorny Karabakh has overwhelmingly approved a constitution declaring itself an independent state, according to official results.
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New York Times Business Judge Rejects United Airlines Deal With Pilots A bankruptcy judge today said the agreement between United Airlines and its pilots unfairly forced other unions to join the pilots in letting United terminate their pension plans.
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New York Times sports Second to none It may have looked like Clay Buchholz, the kid from East Texas who became the first Red Sox rookie to throw a no-hitter, was crying in the midst of the red-and-white scrum that engulfed him after he struck out Baltimore's Nick Markakis looking to make history last night.
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The Washington Post sports Arrington May Sit Again Linebacker LaVar Arrington, who missed last week's preseason game in Miami with a sprained knee, may be forced to miss Friday's contest.
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Yahoo Sports Defense Comes Up Big for No. 5 Purdue (AP) AP - Kyle Orton passed for 275 yards, and Taylor Stubblefield set a Big Ten record for receptions. But this time, it was the defense that kept Purdue undefeated.
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Apple Hot News “Greatest hits, in the palm of your hand” Jayson Stark writes for ESPN, “It’s hard to say exactly which moment it was that we realized the iPod had taken over our entire civilization. But it might have been this one: The day we first heard, last summer, that baseball players were using their iP...
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BBC News world Twin bus bombs rock Israeli city At least 15 people are killed in simultaneous explosions on two buses in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba.
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The Age Sally still shoulders rowing blame It started with a late-race collapse, escalated in a physical threat and manifested in a highly public finger-pointing session. Now, after rower Catriona Oliver slapped Sally Robbins before stunned
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The Malaysia Star Adobe adds new Elements ADOBE Systems, maker of the world-renowned Photoshop picture-editing software, has announced two new products for digital video and still-photography hobbyists.
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The Motley Fool Taser's Stunning Rebound Stun gun maker's stock recovers following positive reports.
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Yahoo World 14 arrested in India for harassing women (AP) AP - Police arrested 14 men Friday for allegedly harassing two women outside a five-star hotel in Mumbai during New Year's celebrations, a case that drew widespread criticism after police initially refused to pursue it.
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RedNova general Gimmicks Can't Help Miss America Ratings ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Skimpy swimsuits, a shortened telecast and a last-woman-standing talent competition couldn't help Miss America's TV ratings...
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DetNews.com GM seeks mediation to resolve dispute with Fiat The heads of General Motors Corp. and Italy's Fiat SpA are expected to meet in the next four weeks to try and resolve their dispute over whether Fiat can force GM to buy the ailing Fiat Auto subsidiary.
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InfoWorld news IT predictions for 2007 ( InfoWorld ) - As we gaze toward the vista of 2007, we find our e-mail inbox inundated with IT predictions for the new year from analysts, vendors and consultants. From those predictions and our own prognostications we present our forecast for the top IT stories in the year ahe...
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New York Times Business Drilling Down: Sales of iPods and iTunes Not Much in Sync The numbers suggest that iPods are not driving iTunes sales as much as early supporters may have expected.
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New York Times sports Montoya speeds to Brazilian GP title Juan Pablo Montoya won in his final race for Williams-BMW, beating future McLaren teammate Kimi Raikkonen to capture the Brazilian Grand Prix yesterday at Sao Paulo. In the last race of the Formula One season, Brazilian Rubens Barrichello started from the pol...
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RedNova science Odour Diaries Revealed By Harward Esther Neighbours of a Morrinsville mushroom plant who have complained about a bad smell for more than 10 years vented their frustration at an Environment Court hearing yesterday.
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RedNova technology Alereon Announces Industry's First 3.1-10.6 GHz World Wide Ultrawideband Solution Alereon, Inc., the Certified Wireless USB techn
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Yahoo Sports Red Sox Dealing With Change As Camp Begins (AP) AP - Banners proclaiming the Red Sox as World Series winners finally hung from lampposts outside their spring training ballpark 86 years after their last championship.
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Yahoo World Islamists set for gains in Morocco vote (Reuters) Reuters - Moroccans voted on Friday in parliamentary polls expected to show gains for moderate Islamists pushing an anti-corruption message to voters seeking more vigorous efforts to fight poverty.
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Yahoo Sports Shaq headed to LA for hip treatment (AP) AP - Miami Heat center Shaquille O'Neal flew Monday to Los Angeles to seek medical treatment for a hip injury that has sidelined him the past five games.
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Melbourne Herald Sun US Airways cash relief A BANKRUPTCY judge gave US Airways Group Inc permission today to tap a government loan to fund daily operations - a move expected to allow the airline to continue its normal
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New York Times Science Study Raises Doubts About Lung Cancer Screening Lung cancer screening with CT scans does not appear to save lives, and it exposes people to risks, researchers say.
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The Register New Jersey BOFH cuffed over $10m Cisco scam Replacement kit 'fraud' A public sector computer technician from New Jersey has been arrested over allegations he took Cisco for $10m through a fraud that exploited the networking giant's programme for replacing broken or defective kit.

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Yahoo Business Best Buy says testing cell phone only stores (Reuters) Reuters - Consumer electronics retailer Best Buy Co. Inc. said on Thursday it is partnering with U.K. retailer Carphone Warehouse to test mobile phone-only stores at nine locations in Manhattan.
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BBC News world Ex-Bosnia army chief to be tried The former head of the Bosnian Muslim army, Rasim Delic, is to go on trial in The Hague on war crimes charges.
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Detroit Free Press AUTO RACING: I hope to help Busch Roush Racing driver Matt Kenseth, the defending NASCAR champion, will race Sunday in the Ford 400 at Homestead, Fla., the final event in the Nextel Cup series.
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Yahoo Tech Sony to launch blu-ray recorder in Japan in Dec (Reuters) Reuters - Sony Corp. (6758.T) said on Tuesday it would launch its Blu-ray high-definition optical disc recorder in Japan in December with an expected price tag of around 300,000 yen ($2,550) for a model with a 500-gigabyte hard disk drive.
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Yahoo Tech 'Journey of Dreams' is nightmare to play (USATODAY.com) USATODAY.com - After a 12-year slumber, ethereal jester NiGHTS returns to the Nintendo Wii in NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams, a nightmare adventure doomed by frustrating controls. The last time this franchise made an appearance, Sega was still in th...
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Yahoo Sports NFL Network in N.Y. freebie carriage deal (Reuters) Reuters - The NFL Network said Monday it would accept Time Warner Cable's offer to carry the channel on a digital tier for a week beginning Christmas Eve.
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Reuters World Pakistan's Musharraf may quit army for votes: paper ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's embattled President Pervez Musharraf may quit as army chief in return for support from political parties to re-elect him for another term, a newspaper reported on Tuesday.
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Yahoo Tech Hubble and Facebook Help Save Endangered Species (PC World) PC World - Hubble space technology and the global networking power of the Internet is being put to good use in wildlife conservation by giving researchers a clearer understanding of the status of the endangered whale shark.
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New York Times Business MTV President Is Stepping Down The president of MTV, Christina Norman, is stepping down after almost three years of trying to revitalize the cable channel and adding music and reality-based programming.
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Yahoo World Man tries to jump into popemobile (AP) AP - A man tried to jump into Pope Benedict XVI's uncovered popemobile as the pontiff began his general audience Wednesday in St. Peter's Square and was wrestled to the ground by security officers.
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BBC science Ban on 'brutal' fishing blocked UN negotiations on fisheries end without the ban on bottom trawling advocated by conservation groups.
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New Kerala New York supermodel survives tsunami in Thailand: [World News]: New York, Dec 29 : New York Supermodel Petra Nemcova survived the killer Asian tsunami by clinging to the top of a palm tree for eight hours, while bearing the pain of a broken pelvis and the tragedy of her boyfriend Simon Atlee being
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Yahoo Science Astronauts Briefly Fix Oxygen Generator (AP) AP - The astronauts aboard the international space station got their broken oxygen generator running after three tries Friday, but the machine shut down again after barely an hour of operation.
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sportinglife.com MURRAY INSPIRES SCOTTISH YOUNGSTERS Tennis Scotland believe Andrew Murray's success could herald the dawn of a new era in the sport north of the border. The 17-year-old from Dunblane became the first British winner of the US Open boys' title
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BBC Sport Clijsters out of Australian Open Kim Clijsters will not compete in next January's Australian Open because of her persistent wrist injury. Last year's runner-up in Melbourne has decided to spend more time resting instead of rushing back her return.
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NASA Science A New Paradigm for Lunar Orbits Orbiting the Moon is tricky. There's a big planet nearby (Earth) that tugs on satellites and destabilizes their orbits. NASA researchers have an idea for a new class of orbits that may solve the problem.
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CBC News CIBC orders companywide halt to faxes with customer info until <b>...</b> TORONTO (CP) - Scrambling to deal with a potentially serious breach of client privacy, CIBC said late Friday it is ordering all employees to stop using the bank's internal fax system to send customer information between branches or off...
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Boston Globe sports Matsuzaka Running Out of Gas in the Fast Lane Five and a half months into Daisuke Matsuzaka’s hyped first season with the Boston Red Sox, he has deteriorated into a pitching punching bag.
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The Register FTC rubberstamps Google DoubleClick merger But not without dissent The FTC has voted to approve Google's of web advertising powerhouse DoubleClick, after an eight month investigation - but not without a dissenting voice.

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The Register Wikipedia clarifies steam pipe menace 'They sometimes explode' Wikipedia moved with its customary lightning speed this morning to bring netizens the very latest in-depth information on steam pipes, one of which yesterday gave New Yorkers a nasty fright:

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BBC News world Senegal to sign peace accord Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade is to sign a peace deal with Casamance rebels, aimed at ending conflict.
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Yahoo Tech U.S. OMB pushes for software as a service (InfoWorld) InfoWorld - A top official with the U.S. White House's Office of Management and Budget (OMB) gave her strongest endorsement yet to SaaS (software as a service), saying Wednesday it can help federal agencies cut development costs.
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New York Times sports Cubs go extra mile for victory Nomar Garciaparra scored the go-ahead run on Claudio Vargas's wild pitch in the 11th inning and Mark Grudzielanek added an RBI single to lead the Chicago Cubs to a 2-1 win over the Expos last night in Montreal.
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The Motley Fool Diary of a Stock Market Loser I got myself into this mess. I'm going to get myself out.
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Salt Lake Tribune Government says new-home sales skyrocket Sales of new homes rose by 9.4 percent in August, the Commerce Department said Monday, as mortgage interest rates remained at low-enough levels to continue enticing buyers worried about future rate hikes.
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InfoSync AT&T and IXI launch OGO IXI Mobile and AT&T Wireless have launched a text-centric device aimed at those who keep their fingers moving, and a surprising price.
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National Geographic Society Photo Gallery: Early Polynesians Sailed Vast Distances Early Polynesians traveled thousands of miles - from Hawaii to Tahiti - for trade and exploration, suggests a new study of woodworking tools.
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Boston Globe sports Most States Don't Regulate Prep Steroids They were thinking big in New Mexico. Encouraged by the Drug Enforcement Administration, state officials staged a national summit to discuss solutions for the growing problem of steroids in high school sports.
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New York Times sports Their play speaks well Ellis Hobbs is aware of the buzz, but he's keeping it in the background. "You feel it, you hear it, but it's just talk right now," he said.
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New York Times Science Panel Supports Tax Breaks for Coal and Non-Oil Fuel The Senate Finance Committee approved $28 billion in tax breaks to underwrite renewable fuels, all at the expense of the oil industry.
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Xinhua Chirac on historic visit to Libya BEJIJING, Nov. 25 (Xinhuaent) -- French president Jacques Chirac is in Libya, the first such visit by a French leader over 50 years.
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CNET security news Security pros warn of critical flaws in Kerberos (cont.) Vulnerabilities in technology widely used for network authentication leave computers open to attack.
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Washington Times China's rate rise not enough: expert An economist has warned that China did not raise its interest rates enough to curb inflation, the China Daily reported. Tang Min, chief economist with the resident mission
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Telegraph.co.uk 'Chechen suicide bomber' kills 10 at Moscow metro Ten people were killed and 51 injured last night when a suicide bomber blew herself up near a Moscow market. The explosion went off soon after 8pm in a busy car park next to the Rizhskaya metro station.
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Reuters Business AIG Faces U.S. Criminal Probe NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department has opened a criminal probe into whether American International Group Inc., the world's largest insurer by market value, helped a major banking client move bad loans off its books, AIG said on Wednesday.
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RedNova technology Tek-Tools Partners With Cambridge Computer Tek-Tools Software, Inc., the leading developer of proven resource management software solutions, announced today that it has signed a premier reseller agreement with Cambridge Computer, a national integrator specializing in data storage and data protec...
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Guardian Draft inclusion offers hope for Silverstone The British grand prix at Silverstone will be included on formula one's draft 2005 calendar when it is published tomorrow, according to sources close to the negotiations.
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Reuters World Lebanon holds funeral for slain anti-Syrian MP BEIRUT (Reuters) - Crowds gathered in Beirut on Friday for the funeral of an anti-Syrian Christian legislator whose assassination has fuelled tensions ahead of Lebanon's bitterly contested presidential election.
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Washington Post Tech Nextel 3Q Profit Rises Wireless communications service provider Nextel Communications Inc. on Friday posted 69 percent growth in third-quarter earnings based on demand across its business sectors, and raised its outlook for 2004.
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Reuters World Israel Kills Militant in 6th Day of Mass Gaza Raid GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli forces launched the sixth day of a massive offensive in the Gaza Strip early on Tuesday with an air strike that killed a Palestinian militant and wounded two others in Jabalya refugee camp.
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Reuters Business HSBC to buy Taiwan bank, eyes capital boost LONDON (Reuters) - HSBC Holdings , Europe's biggest bank, is acquiring The Chinese Bank Co. in Taiwan and will provide it with additional capital of between $300 million and $400 million, it said on Friday.
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NPR (audio) Bombers Target Christian Churches in Iraq Description: Five bombs explode at Christian churches in Baghdad early Saturday. Meanwhile, the Army is investigating a report that 19 reservists refused to go on a mission to deliver supplies, citing concerns about danger and their safety equipment.
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Washington Post Williams Says Deal With MLB in 'Great Jeopardy' Mayor Anthony A. Williams said today that the deal to bring Major League Baseball to Washington is in "great, great jeopardy" because of significant changes the DC Council made to a stadium financing agreement.
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Sify Japanese emperor's only daughter to wed Tokyo: Japan on Thursday ended a year of disasters on a happy note with the royal family announcing that the emperor's only daughter Princess Sayako will marry, a piece of good news delayed twice by tragedy.
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The St. Louis Post-Dispatch A little-known actor has been cast as Superman NEW SUPERMAN: A little-known actor has been cast as Superman in a big-budget film slated for 2006, according to Variety magazine. Brandon Routh, 25, has appeared in the soap opera "One
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Reuters Business Ford exploring sale of Aston Martin DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co. F.N on Thursday said it was trying to sell its Aston Martin luxury unit to free up funds to invest in its other brands amid a sharp downturn in sales.
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Yahoo Business Japan's Central Bank Downgrades Assessment (AP) AP - Japan's central bank offered a bleaker assessment of the economy for the first time in more than a year and a half on Friday, citing weakening industrial production and slowing export growth as a cause foir concern.
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New York Times world Panel Urges Basic Shift in U.S. Policy in Iraq The blueprint for a different approach includes the pullback of all American combat brigades over the next 15 months.
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CNET 10 features for a perfect browser There are some great browsers out there. But they all seem to have some slight niggles, different for each, that make it hard for me to kick back and enjoy them. While there are some projects out there to make browsers more useful for some specialised purposes or by...
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