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RedNova technology OpenMFG Named a Finalist in eWEEK's 7th Annual Excellence Awards Program OpenMFG announced today that eWEEK, a Ziff Davis Media publication and one of the IT industry's leading enterprise magazines, has named the OpenMFG ERP Suite a finalist in eWEEK's seventh Annual Excellence Awards program, in t...
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BBC News world Taiwan votes on leaner parliament A vote is due to be held in Taiwan on plans to halve the number of seats in the island's famously heated legislature.
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The Register BrainAcademy 2007: are you smart enough? No winners last year, the gauntlet is down BrainAcademy, the competition that hands out bursaries to promising computer science students, is kicking off again this summer. Last year the challenge proved too tough for the entrants: no one managed to survive all thr...
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CSMonitor World Kenya talks focus on easing violence The country's two political rivals agreed to help ease distribution of humanitarian aid, but not to a power-sharing government.
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Chicago Sun Times CBOE to sell stake in National exchange, buy CBOT rights The Chicago Board Options Exchange said Tuesday its directors approved steps to reduce its financial ties to two other exchanges in town.
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Scotland on Sunday Dairycrest Shares Slump after Tesco Contract Loss Shares in Dairy Crest crumbled 18% today after the loss of a major contract with supermarket giant Tesco left investors crying over spilt milk.
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Reuters Molik stuns Sharapova to take Zurich title Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova saw her hopes of a third consecutive WTA title dashed on Sunday in a surprise defeat by unseeded Australian Alicia Molik in the final of the Zurich Challenge.
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Yahoo Sports Woodgate given green light to talk to Spurs (AFP) AFP - Jonathan Woodgate is set to join Tottenham after Middlesbrough granted the England defender permission to talk to the London club about a possible move.
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New York Times Tech At a Click, a Clique of the Uncool Two friends created a constellation of 14 Web sites devoted to all fictional things squip: squip news, squip viruses, even squip detractors.
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Wired Tech Wired Test: High-Def TVs No need to play Goldilocks at your local gadget mall this holiday season: Match the right display to your visual appetite with our hands-on reviews.
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Yahoo Science Individual human genome decoded, key step in nature/nurture debate (AFP) AFP - The first individual genome ever sequenced -- a complete DNA blueprint of celebrity scientist Craig Venter -- has revealed genetic variation among humans far richer than previously imagined.
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New York Times Science Vital Signs: Nostrums: Aspirin May Reduce Risk of Colon Cancer Aspirin may help reduce the risk of colon cancer, a new study suggests, when taken in large doses over long periods of time.
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news4colorado.com Cassini Takes A Close Look At Saturn’s Moon Titan Saturn's mysterious moon Titan held onto its secrets despite a close reconnaissance by the Cassini spacecraft's cameras and instruments.
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Reuters Business Sony Ericsson quarterly sales, profit rise NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sony Ericsson, the world's fourth biggest mobile phone maker, posted higher second-quarter sales on Wednesday but its profit and its average phone sale prices were below analyst estimates.
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CBC News Bomb blast explodes near Australian Embassy in Baghdad, killing 2 <b>...</b> A car bomb targeting a US military convoy exploded near the Australian Embassy Monday, killing at least two people, police and the Iraqi Interior Ministry said.
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Yahoo Sports Column: Nowitzki a no-show for Mavericks (AP) AP - Good thing so many Germans are tied up with that World Cup thing. Dirk Nowitzki wouldn't want the fans back home to be seeing him this way.
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Reuters World CORRECTED: Nobel Peace laureates add to Darfur clamor The LONDON story headlined "Nobel Peace laureates add to Darfur peace clamor" wrongly listed International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge as a signatory of a letter calling on China to help bring peace to Darfur.
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The Washington Post sports Appeals Court Upholds Benefits for Estate of Steelers Star RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- The estate of NFL Hall of Fame center Mike Webster is entitled to collect up to $2 million in disability benefits for brain damage that left him unable to work following his football career.
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The Motley Fool Value or Value Trap? Looking for a way to separate the keepers from the duds? Look no further.
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Yahoo Sports Saints march past Falcons at Superdome (AP) AP - The Superdome got a new roof after Hurricane Katrina. The New Orleans Saints did their best to blow it off again.
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The Washington Post sports Verizon Center To Prohibit Fans Bringing in Food Verizon Center, home to the Washington Wizards and Capitals, will no longer allow fans to bring food or beverages into the arena as it had since 1997.
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RedNova general Americans Wake Up on Day 2 of Ryder Cup BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. - The Americans finally showed up at the Ryder Cup...
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Reuters World Mortar blasts rock Mogadishu, 10 killed MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Mortar bombs hit several parts of Mogadishu before dawn on Tuesday, killing at least 10 people in one of the fiercest bombardments since an Islamist movement was chased from Somalia's capital last month.
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Yahoo World Harbinger of India's economic reforms, former PM Rao, cremated (AFP) AFP - Former Indian prime minister P.V. Narasimha Rao, who died of a heart attack, was cremated with state honours in southern India.
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Yahoo World Mittal wins bidding battle for Arcelor tie-up (AFP) AFP - A bitter five-month standoff over the future of European steel group Arcelor wound down when Arcelor directors accepted a sweetened partnership deal with Mittal Steel to create a global steel behemoth.
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RedNova general Bush to Mark 9/11 at Church, South Lawn WASHINGTON - President Bush typically closes his campaign speeches by saying "none us will ever forget" the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks...
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Reuters World Italy seeks way out of crisis after Prodi quits ROME (Reuters) - President Giorgio Napolitano starts crisis talks on Friday meant to rescue Italy from political limbo after the resignation of the prime minister raised the specter of snap elections.
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Reuters Sports Serena warms up in style for Henin clash PARIS (Reuters) - Serena Williams reached the 19th grand slam quarter-final of her career on Sunday with a comfortable 6-2 6-3 defeat of Russian Dinara Safina.
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Yahoo World Gadhafi's Son Says Libya Forsakes Mideast (AP) AP - The son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi proposed a new plan for general reforms in which he said his country will move away from the Middle East and reduce spending on the military.
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CNET enterprise hardware news Does it Blend? iPhone Backlash - blended, not stirred Blog: Backlash against the iPhone - blended
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National Geographic Society Photos: Carnival Celebrated With Blood, Mud and Glitter See the surprising ways Carnival is being marked around the world—from masked marvels in Venice to animal sacrifice in Bolivia.
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Oakland Tribune Off field, Bonds is no Babe Ruth WHEN BARRY Bonds was a youngster, he walked among adult major-leaguers, many of them the greatest baseball players of the 1960s and'70s.
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New York Times sports Phillies enjoy sweep success A rout, a rally, and a rare call gave the Phillies their first three wins over the Mets in a pivotal series.
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BBC News world Litvinenko friend breaks silence A close friend of murdered ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko breaks his silence in a BBC interview.
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BBC News world Nasrallah demands militant freed Hezbollah's leader says two Israeli soldiers will only be freed in return for a Lebanese militant jailed since 1979.
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Bloomberg Tenon's Second-Half Loss Narrows to NZ$16 Mln After Forest Sale Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Tenon Ltd., a New Zealand exporter of lumber and moldings, narrowed its second-half loss after quitting its forest business and increasing lumber sales in North America and Europe.
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Wired Tech Who's Got the Geekiest Halloween Get-Up? Vote on the latest in Halloween nerdwear and submit photos of your own costume.
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New York Times Business Merck Makes Deal to Develop Schizophrenia Drug Merck agreed to pay a Swiss company, Addex Pharmaceuticals, as much as $702 million to help develop a new schizophrenia drug.
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Reuters Sports Orioles and Julio Agree on One-Year Deal BALTIMORE, Md. (Sports Network) - The Baltimore Orioles came to terms with reliever Jorge Julio on a one-year deal on Saturday, avoiding salary arbitration. The deal is worth a reported $2.5 million.
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BBC News world England smoking ban takes effect Smokers across England have sparked up at work and in the pub for the last time as the smoking ban begins.
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The Washington Post sports Stagg Bowl Will Remain In Salem, Va. The Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl, the NCAA Division III football championship game, will remain in Salem, Va., at least through 2009.
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CNN GM, Euro labor debate 12,000 layoffs Outraged workers in Germany refuse to resume production as automaker seeks to save $623.8Ma year. FRANKFURT, Germany (Reuters) - General Motors management started negotiations with union leaders Monday over
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Reuters Business China Needs Freer Currency, Trade --Evans BEIJING (Reuters) - China should not only make its yuan currency freely tradeable, but also knock down tariffs and other trade barriers to keep its economy humming for a long time to come, U.S. Commerce Secretary Don Evans said on Thursday.
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Yahoo Politics Bill Clinton made $10 million for talks (AP) AP - Former President Clinton made more than $10 million in paid speeches last year, according to new filings that show he and his presidential-candidate wife have at least $10 million in the bank, and may have closer to $50 million.
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Reuters Tech Japan eel wishes you an electric Christmas TOKYO (Reuters) - Not even a blackout could put a damper on festivities at one Japanese aquarium where an electric eel is being used to light up its Christmas tree.
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Reuters EBay Reports Sharply Higher Profit EBay Inc., the world's largest online marketplace, on Wednesday posted a quarterly profit that rose 77 percent from a year ago, fueled by strong back-to-school shopping
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People's Daily Online Day 10 roundup: Ryu denies China 3rd clean sweep But this time in Athens, they have to accept the bitter fact that South Korean Ryu Seung Min was a better player in the pulsating men's singles final against Chinese Wang Hao.
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New York Times world Pakistanis Capture Cleric in Mosque Rebellion Maulana Mohammad Abdul Aziz was caught trying to slip out dressed as a woman, officials said.
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Reuters World Larger Palestinian force may get U.S.-funded training JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The United States is considering expanding assistance beyond Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's presidential guard to members of the largest force under his command, Western and Palestinian officials said.
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The Ledger Streak over, Patriots back to work The New England Patriots got their wish: They won't have to hear about their record-breaking streak any more. The Patriots' 21-game winning streak ended with a 34-20 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday.
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The Washington Post world Exits Locked in Argentina Nightclub Fire Emergency exits at a nightclub packed with teenagers were padlocked or wired shut when a flare ignited the foam ceiling, sparking a blaze that killed 175 people and injured more than 700 in one of Argentina's worst disasters, survivors and officials s...
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BBC News Business Pay rising as unemployment falls Average wages in the UK are rising as the unemployment rate falls to the lowest level for two years.
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Columbus Ledger-Enquirer UPS to buy out local partner's share in China joint venture SHANGHAI, China - US express mail operator United Parcel Services Inc. will take direct control of a large share of its joint venture operations in China next year, the company said Thursday.
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Washington Post Business Building a Career Path Where There Was Just a Dead End NEW YORK -- Barely two years ago, Cristina Rodriguez and her three children were moored on the wrong side of the income gap. A high school dropout, she was making a little more than $200 a week, stapling price tags to shirts and boxing ...
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CNET networking news MTV Networks video, coming soon to a site near you Following other companies like CBS, NBC, and News Corp., Viacom's MTV Networks has announced a comprehensive plan to syndicate its content on partner sites like Veoh and Imeem.
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sportinglife.com PATRIOTS IN RECORD BID The New England Patriots will attempt to tie the NFL record of 18 straight wins - including play-offs - when they meet former hero Drew Bledsoe and the Buffalo Bills on Sunday.
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Washington Post Business Manufacturing Sector Growth Slows NEW YORK -- The nation's manufacturing sector, hurt by softer U.S. auto sales and a weakening housing market, expanded at a slower pace in September than in August, a trade group said Monday.
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New York Times sports Keeping score around New England People One more for Balter Ben Balter , a 12-year-old from Wayland who plays competitively on the US Challenge Cup, has been on a bit of a roll with the aces. He used a 9-iron to slam-dunk a shot at the 107-yard 14th hole at Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton Head...
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USCTrojans.com Trojan Felix Sanchez Wins Olympic Gold Medal In 400-Meter Hurdle ATHENS -- Trojan hurdler Felix Sanchez of the Dominican Republic won the gold medal in the 400-meter hurdle today (Aug. 26) at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
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CNET enterprise software news Piracy crackdown yields $2.2 million The Business Software Alliance collects out-of-court settlements from companies that violated copyright rules.
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Reuters Business Chrysler says exceeding financial targets NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chrysler LLC on Friday called recent media reports about its financial picture inaccurate, saying the auto maker is exceeding most financial targets heading into 2008.
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Chicago Daily Herald Turner expects Beutjer to start vs. Purdue Illinois head coach Ron Turner expects Jon Beutjer to be in the starting lineup when the Illini start Big Ten play Saturday against No.
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New York Times world Dot Earth: A Starting Point for Climate Discourse A list of things about climate and energy that are not in dispute.
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New York Times Business Harrah's Close to Largest Casino Buyout Harrah’s said the National Indian Gaming Commission approved the company’s $17.7 billion purchase by Apollo Management and Texas Pacific Group, pending final review.
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Forbes Novartis' Urinary Incontinence Drug Approved Enablex, also known as darifenacin, was approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Novartis (nyse: NVS - news - people ) had purchased the drug from Pfizer (nyse: PFE - news - people ) for $225 million
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New York Times Business Federal Alzheimer’s Researcher Accused of Conflict of Interest Federal prosecutors charged the researcher with felony criminal conflict of interest, saying he earned $285,000 in private consulting fees from a drug maker.
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Reuters Business Oil Eases After U.S. Inventory Rise NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices fell about 3 percent on Wednesday after U.S. crude supply rose while distillate fuel's slip in inventory was within market expectations.
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Yahoo Business Ford U.S. May sales down 6.8 percent (Reuters) Reuters - Ford Motor Co. said on Friday U.S. May vehicle sales fell 6.8 percent from a year earlier as higher gas prices and a weaker housing market hurt consumer demand and the automaker cut back on fleet sales.
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San Francisco Chronicle White Sox 9, Royals 2 Mark Buehrle pitched a four-hitter for his fourth complete game of the season, leading the Chicago White Sox over the Kansas City Royals 9-2 Thursday night.
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Bloomberg Indonesia Struck by 8.5-Magnitude Quake, US Seismologists Say The Indonesian island of Sumatra was rocked by a magnitude 8.5 earthquake, the US Geological Survey said on its Web site. That may rank it among the 10 strongest earthquakes in the last century.
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Computerworld news Review: Seagate's whopper of a drive -- the 1TB Barracuda Should you buy this Seagate drive? Certainly! The odds are excellent that Windows will never again tell you that you're running low on hard disk space, and that alone might be worth the price of admission.
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Yahoo Sports Davydenko faces Murray in Qatar tennis semi-finals (AFP) AFP - Russian top seed Nikolay Davydenko earned a chance of revenge over Andy Murray, the Briton who beat him in last year's semi-finals, as both of them reached the last four of the Qatar Open on Thursday.
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Yahoo Politics AP: Memo Says New Medicare Cards Confusing (AP) AP - A day before the first presidential debate, the government's health policy watchdog raised concerns that early mailings to seniors about the new Medicare prescription discount cards championed by President Bush were confusing or inadequate.
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Yahoo Sports Solberg Wins Three-Day Swedish Rally (AP) AP - Petter Solberg cruised to an easy victory in the Swedish Rally on Sunday, finishing more than two minutes ahead of Markko Martin in the three-day event.
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New York Times sports Vinatieri will give Colts a kick Adam Vinatieri carved out a living at his former address by insisting kickers should be seen and not heard.
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New York Times Tech Intel Quits Effort to Get Computers to Children Intel and the One Laptop Per Child group had a rocky relationship from the start in their short-lived effort to get inexpensive laptops into the hands of the world’s poorest children.
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Yahoo Politics Holocaust survivor Rep. Lantos to retire (Reuters) Reuters - Rep. Tom Lantos, who chairs the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee and is the only Holocaust survivor elected to the Congress, on Wednesday said he has been diagnosed with cancer and will not seek re-election in Nov...
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Reuters Turkey bristles at tough EU draft Turkey has bristled at a toughening of conditions for its bid to open European Union membership talks, including an explicit mention of torture, but Cyprus says the terms are not tough enough.
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New York Times Tech Technology Briefing: Six Apart Acquires LiveJournal.com Six Apart, the maker of Movable Type, software for publishing Web logs, said that it had acquired Danga Interactive, which operates the popular blogging site LiveJournal.com.
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RedNova space We Have to Make Sure Our Trees Are Replaced ; THE GREAT BIRMINGHAM MAIL DISNEY BOOKS OFFER Bookworms Are Eagerly Anticipating the Next Volume in the Birmingham Mail's Brilliant Book Promotion - Planet Earth. Hayley Gardener Called in at St Teresa's Primar By Hayley Gardener JAMEEL Shariff, aged nine, w...
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The Washington Post sports Mavericks Handle Heat The Dallas defense finds a way to throttle Shaquille O'Neal and the Heat, leading the Mavericks to a 109-104 win.
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New York Times sports Changeup from Foulke With Jonathan Papelbon likely headed back to the starting rotation, with Mike Timlin showing his age over the last half of the season, with the youngsters yet to prove themselves as viable late-inning relievers, a vintage Keith Foulke would fill a gaping hole in the Red Sox ...
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Reuters Business Dollar Weighed Down by PPI, Trade Reports NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar eased against major currencies on Friday, as analysts fretted over the U.S. trade deficit number for July, which came in narrower than expected, but was still the second-highest on record.
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Yahoo Sports A's give GM Beane a 7-year extension (AP) AP - Athletics general manager Billy Beane, the architect behind Oakland's four division titles since 2000, was rewarded with a seven-year contract extension Wednesday.
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Bloomberg US Welcomes Georgian Withdrawal From South Ossetian Region Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Georgia's withdrawal of its soldiers after an advance into the breakaway region of South Ossetia sends the ``right signal'' toward ending their standoff peacefully, the US State Department said.
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San Francisco Chronicle Freshman recovered from bruised lung, back in Georgia backfield Georgia tailback Danny Ware is ready to pick up where he left off for the Bulldogs. After sitting out part of one game and all of another because of a bruised lung, the freshman sensation will start at the tailback for the No.
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Yahoo World Indian double centuries floor Pakistan-A (AFP) AFP - Gautam Gambhir and Mohindu Singh Dhoni posted two huge centuries to help India-A beat Pakistan-A by 121 runs in their Nairobi series one-day game here.
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Yahoo Politics Romney falls to Huckabee in Iowa (AP) AP - Republican Mitt Romney failed Thursday to pick up the first of two back-to-back wins he hoped would propel him toward his party's presidential nomination, losing the Iowa caucuses five days before what is now for him a pivotal New Hampshire primary.
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FOX Sports Liverpool complete Nunez signing as part of Owen transfer LIVERPOOL, England (AP) - Liverpool completed the signing of midfielder Antonio Nunez from Real Madrid on Tuesday as part of the Michael Owen transfer.
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Yahoo Business Insurance Probe Widens as Investors Flee (Reuters) Reuters - The probe into insurance bid-rigging by New York's attorney general widened to health insurers on Tuesday, unnerving investors worried that more revelations of wrongdoing and lower profits lie ahead.
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BBC News world GM ends talks with Renault-Nissan GM confirms it has ended talks to team up with car alliance Renault-Nissan, ahead of an official deadline.
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Yahoo Tech Bogus anti-spyware makers ahead of law in South Korea (AFP) AFP - Bogus anti-spyware makers are a growing source of public concern in IT powerhouse South Korea, a top online security firm has said.
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The Washington Post sports Southern Illinois Upsets No. 14 Drake CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Randal Falker had 13 points and 10 rebounds and Southern Illinois snapped No. 14 Drake's 21-game winning streak, 65-62 on Wednesday night. Leonard Houston's 3-pointer that could have sent the game into overtime bounced off the rim ...
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Yahoo World Tokyo Stocks Higher; Dollar Down Vs. Yen (AP) AP - Tokyo stocks opened higher Thursday as investors bought a broad range of issues following Wall Street's strength. The dollar was down against the Japanese yen.
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Reuters Business Royal Caribbean buys Spanish cruise operator OSLO (Reuters) - U.S.-Norwegian Royal Caribbean Cruises RCL.OL RCL.N has agreed to buy Spain's biggest cruise and tour operator, Pullmantur S.A., for 700 million euros ($898.5 million), sending its shares sharply higher on Thursday.
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Computerworld news Semel out as Yahoo CEO; co-founder Yang to take over Terry Semel is stepping aside as Yahoo CEO, with co-founder Jerry Yang set to take over the helm.
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BBC News world Fujimori mulls Japan party offer Peruvian ex-leader Alberto Fujimori, under house arrest in Chile, considers an offer to run for office in Japan.
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Yahoo Sports Bears beat Vikings to clinch NFC North (AP) AP - Now that they've clinched their second straight division title, the Chicago Bears can focus on bigger goals: a No. 1 seed and, maybe, the conference championship.
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Channel News Asia Soccer: Ugly scenes overshadow Bremen triumph in Spain VALENCIA : German champions Werder Bremen booked their place in the last sixteen of the Champions League with a 2-0 triumph over Valencia on Tuesday but the match was overshadowed by a series of ugly scenes in the final minute.
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