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Boston Globe sports Mets 6, Marlins 2: Hernández Finds Warm Welcome Back Home Orlando Hernández oined in the Marlins’ celebration of Cuban Heritage Night by allowing only two hits over six scoreless innings.
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Boston Globe Fleet layoffs call merger into question ACTIONS SPEAK louder than words -- and Bank of America's layoffs this week are another example of its failure to live up to commitments made prior to receiving state regulatory approval to merge with Fleet Bank.
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Yahoo Business Pfizer Profit Up, Warns of Patent Lapses (Reuters) Reuters - Pfizer Inc. on Wednesday said third-quarter earnings rose on higher sales of cholesterol and arthritis drugs, but the company cautioned that 2005 results will likely be hurt by generic competition for four other popular medicines.
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This is London Virgin jumbo in bomb scare A Virgin passenger jet bound for Heathrow made an emergency landing today after a suicide bomb threat. The alert unfolded as the plane flew over Southend
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Detroit Free Press 4 of a kind for 1st-place Twins, 5-3 On Monday afternoon, Tigers owner Mike Ilitch praised Ivan Rodriguez's leadership. In the fourth inning Monday night, Rodriguez showed plenty of it.
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Reuters Tech Comcast starts offering wireless phone service NEW YORK (Reuters) - Comcast Corp. has become the first U.S. cable operator to take on telecommunications providers in the cell phone market, having begun marketing the service to consumers in Boston.
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Boston Globe sports Whither the Game? Just Asking In the coming months and the coming baseball season, there are a number of questions seeking answers.
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Yahoo World EU Head Office Orders Izar to Repay Aid (AP) AP - The European Commission on Wednesday ordered Spain's troubled state-owned shipbuilder Izar to repay $702 million in government assistance.
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The Register UK to regulate online gambling advertisers Filtering out rogue operators Online gambling operators outside Europe will have to seek Government permission to advertise in the UK. The British government's reform of gambling law mandates the seeking of permission in an attempt to crack down on rogue operato...
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Daily Star Official warns citizens to leave Iraq after abduction of child BEIRUT: The Lebanese charge d'affaires in Iraq warned Lebanese expatriates in Iraq to take extreme cautions or leave the country entirely, following the kidnapping of a 7-year old Lebanese boy there.
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DetNews.com New England wins 21st in row FOXBORO, Mass. - With a little more than two minutes to play and the New York Jets driving for a go-ahead score, the New England Patriots’ defense huddled on the sideline.
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CNET personal technology news Yahoo buys e-mail software firm Zimbra Yahoo's $350 million purchase shows commitment to communications services as company redefines its place in the market, says exec.
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New York Times world Puccini for the People: The Met’s Free Lunch How do you get on the Metropolitan Opera stage? Stand in line.
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BBC News world Thatcher protests coup innocence Mark Thatcher, the son of the former UK prime minister, denies any involvement in an alleged coup in Equatorial Guinea.
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The Washington Post sports Contract Extension for Baxter Former Maryland basketball player Lonny Baxter extends his contract with his Italian club through the 2007-08 season despite being sentenced to two months in jail.
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BBC News world US hails EU passenger data deal A deal on sharing EU passenger data with the US will help fight terrorism, says US security chief Michael Chertoff.
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Search engine watch Yahoo Local Officially Launches After just two months in testing, Yahoo has pushed its local search out of beta and is giving the service prominent exposure on the Yahoo home page.
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New York Times Business Report Stirs Concern Kazakh Oil Deal May Be Scuttled Shares in the Italian oil company Eni dipped Friday following an unconfirmed report that Kazakhstan was poised to cancel a contract to develop the Kashagan field.
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Washington Post Business A Mortgage Is for Paying Off African Americans are often the target of financial pitchmen trying to convince them they should never pay off their mortgages. Instead, the line goes, people should dig deeper into mortgage debt to purchase cars, fund their chosen lifestyles or invest.
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Forbes '); //--> Eye On Stocks Flextronics International (nasdaq: FLEX - news - people ) announced fiscal second-quarter earnings in-line with Wall Street estimates.
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Wired Tech Great Ride: Swobo's Street-Smart City Bike City cyclists don't need fancy, fragile, European racing bikes -- they need unpretentious, street-smart machines that can take a beating. Swobo, the San Francisco company known mostly for woolen cycling outerwear, has answered that call with the burly Folsom.
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Yahoo Sports Mourning injures knee in NBA Heat defeat (AFP) AFP - Miami Heat center Alonzo Mourning tore the patella tendon tear in his right knee in an awkward fall during Wednesday's National Basketball Association overtime loss to the Atlanta Hawks.
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CNET enterprise hardware news MySpace to officially join Google's OpenSocial The News Corp.-owned social network is formally part of the Google-created social networking developer platform.
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New York Times Business Novelties: What This Gadget Can Do Is Up to You The creator of a new video recorder, has invited skilled users to customize or “hack” its device and share the improvements with others.
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Reuters Business Citigroup Profit Rises, Cautious on 2005 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc. on Thursday said quarterly profit rose 12 percent as consumer and investment banking grew, but said it sees 2005 profit at the low end of Wall Street estimates due to rising interest rates and other factors.
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New York Times Tech Digital Music Group Plans to Merge With the Orchard The merger will give the Orchard a foothold in the online video distribution business, as well as the ability to raise money in the public markets.
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Reuters World Truck bomber kills 135 in deadliest Iraq blast BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed 135 people on Saturday in the deadliest single bombing in Iraq since the 2003 war, driving a truck laden with one ton of explosives into a market in a mainly Shi'ite area of Baghdad.
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eTaiwan News Worst rains in years kill dozens in PRC At least 79 people were killed and 74 were missing after some of the worst rainstorms in recent years triggered landslides and flash floods in southwest China, disaster relief officials said yesterday.
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Bloomberg China Warns Japan Not to Issue a Visa to Tibet's Dalai Lama China sent a warning to Japan not to issue a visa to Tibet's exiled leader the Dalai Lama, who is planning to visit Japan in April, China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said.
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Houston Chronicle Beijing takes part in a workshop with 30 other countries Long shunned as a player in US-led international space ventures, China has been admitted to talks with NASA about helping to accomplish President Bush's goals for exploring the moon and Mars.
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The Motley Fool Foolish Forecast: Quiksilver Hits Powder The board-sports retailer gets the hang of skiing and golfing.
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Boston Globe sports Giants-Cowboys Game Is on the Lines When the Giants play in Dallas on Sunday, the outcome may depend on how the Giants’ aggressive defensive line performs against the Cowboys’ big and gifted offensive line.
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Insurance Journal Hardie Building Group $1.1 Billion Asbestos Settlement is Largest <b>...</b> Although asbestos was used in such disparate products as building insulation and brake linings, in its raw form it came out the ground, and nobody in Australia mined and processed more of it than the James Hardie group.
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Reuters Afghan president says 'fight drugs like Russians' Afghan President Hamid Karzai has urged his countrymen to tackle the war on drugs with the same zeal they fought the Red Army during the Soviet Union's decade-long occupation that ended in 1990.
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The Motley Fool Hot Stocks for 2008 Find out what -- and where -- the real winners are this year.
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Le Revenu MILAN, Italy--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 1, 2004-- Les sociétés vont concentrer leurs efforts communs en matiÚre de développement, de commercialisation et de marketing en vue de saisir des opportunités d'affaires sur les marchés des réseaux de nouvelle génération et des services de voix aux
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CNET security news Today's Apple iPhone video is: keyboard! Blog: Apple has released another video showing how to use the keyboard on the iPhone.
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Washington Post Markets Join Victory Rally Stocks staged a modest rally Wednesday as Wall Street embraced President Bush's reelection and cheered the absence of a prolonged legal fight for the White House.
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Reuters Business European Shares Up on Fed Relief LONDON (Reuters) - European shares tracked Wall Street's gains after the Federal Reserve stuck to its "measured" rate-tightening pace, reassured on inflation and indicated that the U.S. economy was growing at a moderate pace.
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Boston Globe business SEC alleges Cheshire firm bilked investors of $9b The Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday accused a Western Massachusetts company of bilking investors of $9 million by using high-pressure sales tactics and promises of extraordinary returns to induce them to buy shares in unproductive oi...
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eWeek Longhorn Delay Stirs Dismay, Delight in Developers Developer reaction to Microsoft's decision to hold off on delivering planned parts of the next release of Windows Longhorn to meet the 2006 deadline has been mixed, with many calling it a prudent move and others outright upset by the decision.
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Computerworld news Review: 32GB iPod touch The inclusion of Mail, Stocks, Maps, Weather and Notes has transformed the iPod touch.
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New York Times sports Best game in town WALTHAM -- OK, granted, we're not Texas or Florida, and we're not Arkansas, Nebraska, or Alabama, either. In the grand scope of Football America, what we are is quaint.
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Reuters Sports Steelers Defense Takes a Hit; Two Placed on IR PITTSBURGH (Sports Network) - The Pittsburgh Steelers defense suffered a major blow on Wednesday when the team placed Pro Bowl nose tackle Casey Hampton and safety Mike Logan on the reserved/injured list, effectively ending the season for both players.
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Reuters UPDATE 1 Monaco strike two early goals to tame Deportivo Early goals by strikers Mohamed Kallon and Javier Saviola earned Monaco a 2-0 victory over Deportivo Coruna in their Champions League Group A match on Tuesday.
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Washington Post Nuclear Capabilities May Elude Terrorists, Experts Say Of all the clues that Osama bin Laden is after a nuclear weapon, perhaps the most significant came in intelligence reports indicating that he received fresh approval last year from a Saudi
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Boston Globe sports Belichick Puts Pads Away in Short Week for Patriots With a short week to prepare for their attempt to go 16-0, the Patriots conducted only a walk-through in the team’s indoor practice facility Wednesday.
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Australian IT Stereo sun birds study space weather AUSTRALIAN scientists are working with NASA and the French government to create an advanced space weather instrument that will go on board the STEREO (Solar-Terrestrial Relations Observatory) space mission next year.
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Reuters World China mine bosses jailed after gas blast kills 166 BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese court jailed two managers of a state-owned coal mine on Wednesday for negligence two years after a gas explosion killed 166 miners, Xinhua news agency said.
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BBC News world Afghan warlords 'threaten poll' Afghan warlords are involved in intimidation which could threaten October's elections, Human Rights Watch says.
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Reuters World N.Irish UDA Guerrillas Pledge to End Violence BELFAST (Reuters) - Northern Ireland's largest Protestant guerrilla group promised on Sunday to join the peace process in the British-ruled province by ending violence, but said it would disarm only when its republican foes did so too.
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Washington Post Business How Far Should You Follow Your Boss? Karen Wright feels a connection with her boss. In 1991, she started as a receptionist at a firm led by Kimberle Levin, an entrepreneur who has founded several technology companies. She had little tech experience other than some college courses, and along...
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Rockford Register Star Favre, Pack offense are clicking like never before GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Brett Favre did something Sunday he hadn't done for a long time. He finally posted a quarterback rating of at least 100.
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Bloomberg Crude Oil Little Changed After Rising on Cold Weather Outlook Crude oil futures were little changed after posting their biggest weekly gain in almost five years on expectation below-normal temperatures in the US Northeast will increase demand on heating oil stockpiles.
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The Register Can intelligence really help business get out of a hole? BI want to break free Whitepaper Business Intelligence (or BI) is often promoted as a “get out of gaol free” card – surely, intelligence in business is a good thing (although perhaps we wouldn’t know, we haven’t met much of it), so payin...
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Yahoo Sports Lou Henson Hopes to Return to Coaching (AP) AP - Lou Henson is in a wheelchair and has no mobility in his right leg, but the New Mexico State men's basketball coach is optimistic he'll be back on the sidelines this season.
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Yahoo Sports Celtics dominate Raptors to win ninth straight game (Reuters) Reuters - The Boston Celtics eased to a ninth consecutive victory with a dominant 90-77 road win over the Toronto Raptors on Sunday.
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The Washington Post world Arabs Reject U.S. Push for Reform RABAT, Morocco, Dec. 11 -- Senior Arab officials attending a U.S.-sponsored conference to promote democracy in the Middle East emphatically rejected on Saturday the Bush administration's assertion that greater democracy in the region would help end terrorism...
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The Motley Fool Greeted With Profits Profits double at American Greetings as new initiatives gain traction.
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USA Today Stoudemire scoring big at center for Suns The only centers to lead the NBA in scoring in the last 28 seasons are Shaquille O'Neal and David Robinson, but the way Phoenix's Amare Stoudemire has been pouring in the points, he could very well be the third.
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National Geographic Society Photo Gallery: Gold-Mining, Burial Artifacts Unearthed on Nile Ancient Egyptians coveted the famed gold of the kingdom of Kush. Now, 2,000 years later, evidence of the massive mining operation has finally come to light.
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New York Daily News Kids in orbit A group of enterprising students from a Washington Heights school are wishing for a Christmas that's out of this world - literally.
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ZDNet.com Reheated Bagle smokes out antivirus defenses com October 29, 2004, 8:21 AM PT. Cyber threats, chiefly viruses like NetSky and Sasser, make security an ongoing concern as it holds steady over software infrastructure as the third top priority.
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Reuters Business US Stocks Up; Pfizer,IAC/InterActive Gain NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks gained strength on Tuesday, getting a boost from Pfizer Inc. PFE.N , after investor fears of the withdrawal of its arthritis drug Celebrex were calmed, while IAC/InterActive Corp.'s IACI.O helped fuel the tech-heavy Na...
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Yahoo Sports Bobby Bowden, Turning 75, Eyes ACC Title (AP) AP - Florida State coach Bobby Bowden turns 75 Monday and wants to keep winning so fans won't say he's getting too old.
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Yahoo Business Circuit City names chief financial officer (Reuters) Reuters - Electronics retailer Circuit City Stores Inc. , which is in the midst of a multiyear effort to overhaul its business and win back market share, on Wednesday said it named Bruce Besanko chief financial officer, effective July 30.
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New York Times sports Stanford makes a local connection With most of the Globe's All-Scholastics opting to attend local colleges, Stanford pulled off a major coup by nabbing two of the state's best linemen yesterday when Chris Marinelli of BC High and Gatorade Player of the Year James McGillicuddy of St. John's of Sh...
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The Motley Fool The Best Closed Mutual Funds: Part 1 Though closed to new money, these large-cap funds still excel.
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CNET security news Google offers $10 million to 'sustainable transportation' firms Google.org incites others to share its love for plug-in hybrid vehicles and other cleaner forms.
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International Herald Tribune ADV: Trade Currency-Free Practice Account Learn currency trading with real-time rates, news, charts, and a free demo trading account from FXCM - the market maker for Forex trading.
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Straits Times Justine exits, loses top rank NEW YORK - She came into the tournament as Olympic champion, US Open champion and the world No 1. Justine Henin-Hardenne will leave with just her Olympic title after she was bumped from the fourth round 3-6, 2-6 by Russia's Nadia Petrova.
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Independent Oil prices slip back after coming close to $50 level Oil prices surged closer to $50 a barrel after hitting yet another record high in the US yesterday, as confusion reigned over the fate of Najaf, sparking fresh fears about Iraq's oil supplies.
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CNET networking news Research on a dire problem--carbon capture--gets going Big holes in Texas could hold carbon dioxide.
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RedNova technology Metacafe Named One of Business 2.0's Next Net 25 Metacafe, one of the world's largest video sites, today announced it has been named to Business 2.0 Magazine's Next Net 25. The Next Net 25 picks out the top technology companies that are best positioned to succeed in 2007.
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Canada.com Japanese PM to view earthquake damage; death toll rises to 27 Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi headed to northern Japan on Tuesday to survey the damage wrought by the deadliest earthquakes to hit the country in nearly a decade, as the death toll rose to 27.
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InfoWorld news India kicks off pan-African e-network project ( InfoWorld ) - Ethiopia, South Africa, Ghana, and Mauritius will be the initial countries for the Indian government's $1 billion Pan Africa E-network project, a joint initiative with the Africa Union (AU). The project aims to develop Africa's information a...
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New York Times sports A 7th-rounder, Givens has caught up fast FOXBOROUGH -- It began as a punch line for Tom Brady's satellite radio ad. "I thought I was his favorite receiver," David Givens says, as Troy Brown and Deion Branch glance at him askance. Right now, he is. Brady, the Patriots' diplomatic quarterback, lik...
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Yahoo World Ericsson sees growth in GSM: CEO (Reuters) Reuters - Ericsson (ERICb.ST), the top global mobile telecoms equipment maker, said on Thursday it expects growth of about 5 percent for the world's biggest mobile standard, GSM, and its successor, WCDMA, in 2006.
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Yahoo Sports Young Suns Outhustle 76ers 108-98 (AP) AP - Amare Stoudemire scored 29 points, Shawn Marion had 24, and Joe Johnson 22 to lead the Phoenix Suns to a 108-98 win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday night.
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New York Times sports Let's just acknowledge their superiority BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- Four out of five is a bit more than a trend, wouldn't you say?
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Boston Globe sports Sports of the Times: Yanks Find New Leader in Former Outcast The strangest part of the A-Rod saga is the identity of the player who put the hammer down on the most remote Yankee, Jason Giambi.
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Turkish Press Oil prices head higher despite Nigeria peace talks LONDON, Sept 30 (AFP) - Oil prices resumed their march towards 50 dollars in New York on Thursday even as peace talks were set to resume in major producer Nigeria and following an unexpected rise in US crude inventories.
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FOX Sports US dreams end as Agassi, Roddick exit Open In what was certainly the darkest day for American men's tennis this year, Andy Roddick and Andre Agassi were sent packing out of the US Open quarterfinals Thursday by a classy Swiss and a cool-headed Swede.
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The Washington Post world Pfizer Charged by Nigerian Officials Officials in Nigeria have brought criminal charges against pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. for the company's alleged role in the deaths of children who received an unapproved drug during a meningitis epidemic.
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Reuters World Disease fears rise in Indonesia's flood-hit capital JAKARTA (Reuters) - Fears of disease gripped Indonesia's flood-hit capital on Friday with thousands of people living in cramped emergency shelters and some streets still inundated a week after the city's worst floods in five years.
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Yahoo Sports Sportsview: Effort Benefits Steelers (AP) AP - All the Buffalo Bills had to do to make the playoffs was beat a Pittsburgh team playing Brian St. Pierre at quarterback, Willie Parker at running back and a bunch of other no-names.
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New York Times Tech The Deal Professor: How Microsoft Could Go Hostile If Yahoo’s board resists the offer, Microsoft would have to pursue a proxy contest.
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New York Times Business Sony Profit Spikes on Sales of Consumer Electronics Sharply higher quarterly profits are the latest sign that cost-cutting and the disposal of some units have set the electronics and entertainment giant firmly on the course to recovery.
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CBC News Biggest US insurance broker faces penalty 'far higher' than $500M <b>...</b> The price for settling state charges of collusion and bid-rigging by America's largest insurance broker could be "far higher" than $500 million, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer said Thursday.
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Forbes Fast Track To Nowhere Democrats signal intention to block trade agreements with South Korea and Colombia.
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Washington Post Business Blackstone, Sugar Daddies and a Sweet Deal We'd all love to find an Uncle Sugar to fork over the dough we need to pay the income taxes we owe Uncle Sam. For most of us, alas, finding such a sugar daddy (or mommy) is only a fantasy.
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Reuters World Anger over river burials for India's dead babies NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Within sight of Delhi's gleaming new metro train, Nawal Kishore slips the body of a baby into the waters of the Yamuna, one of the world's filthiest rivers.
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The Register Spooky <u>Reg</u> powers zap MS Linux hit man's gig It just came apart in our heads
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Forbes Climate Change's $75 Billion Bill Economic cost of natural catastrophes rises by 50% in 2007 driven by climate change, according to Munch Re.
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Yahoo Politics Ga. runoff expected for U.S. House seat (AP) AP - Two Republicans will likely go head-to-head in a runoff after Wednesday's election to replace the late U.S. Rep. Charlie Norwood.
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Boston Globe Green, Chiefs not half bad OAKLAND, Calif. -- Trent Green completed 14 of 15 passes after halftime for 229 of his 340 yards and hit Eddie Kennison for a tiebreaking 70-yard touchdown with 2:04 left in Kansas City's 34-27 victory over the Oakland Raiders yesterday.
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New York Times Business Lilly in Settlement Talks With U.S. A settlement of an inquiry into Lilly’s marketing of the antipsychotic drug Zyprexa could result in the company paying more than $1 billion to federal and state governments.
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The Scotsman Chip sales hit £10.1bn GLOBAL semiconductor sales rose to £10.1 billion in August from the previous month and it appears chip inventories are declining, industry trade group the Semiconductor Industry Association said.
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Computerworld news IBM to buy Web application security vendor Watchfire IBM has agreed to buy Watchfire, a developer of web application security auditing tools, and plans to incorporate it into its Rational business unit.
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Boston Globe sports Three Shorthanded Goals Lift Islanders Mike Sillinger scored two of New York’s three short-handed goals to lead the Islanders past the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday night.
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