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Yahoo Tech Google shares go crazy (SiliconValley.com) SiliconValley.com - The price of Google shares soared Friday, evoking memories of the Internet bubble among some Wall street analysts and traders.
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FOX Sports Hewitt advances to Round 3 at Paris Masters Second seed Lleyton Hewitt beat Gael Monfils 6-3, 7-6 (3) on Tuesday, turning back the French teenager's bid for a second upset at the ?
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Yahoo World Israel Reprimands Officers for Killing of Egyptians (Reuters) Reuters - The Israeli army chief of staff has reprimanded commanders responsible for the killing last month of three Egyptian policemen mistaken for Palestinian militants near the Egypt-Gaza border, an army statement said.
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This is London Sterne shocked by Madrid victory South African Richard Sterne carded a brilliant closing round of 65 to win the Madrid Open and a place on the European Tour for the next two years.
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USA Today Emotional Brown key to Yankees' starting pitching challenges When Kevin Brown, in a fit of rage, smashed his left hand against a New York Yankees clubhouse wall Sept. 3, he not only shattered bones but maybe his team's chances to return to the World Series.
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TheStreet.com Google Wins Fans With IPO Gains If you say you're going to sell your old car for $12,000, and you end up selling it for $8,000, are you a success or a failure?
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Daily Times Spain to face Slovakia in 2005 Davis Cup opener MADRID: Top seeds Spain have been given a potentially tricky first round match up against Slovakia in the 2005 Davis Cup World Group draw made here on Thursday.
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Seattle Times Pac-10 notebook: All eyes on USC-Cal showdown Uh, actually Rodgers was talking about the prospect of ESPN's "GameDay" coming to Los Angeles for the Cal-USC game Saturday.
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Winnipeg Sun World Briefs column A woman who underwent surgery for a brain aneurysm died after she was mistakenly injected with an antiseptic solution instead of a harmless X-ray marker dye, hospital officials say.
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Reuters Business Oil Prices Tick Lower SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices ticked lower on Thursday for the third day in a row as rising U.S. gasoline supplies countered a surprise drop in crude inventories in the world's largest energy consumer.
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CNET networking news T-Mobile debuts Sidekick Slide and Sidekick LX T-Mobile adds two new Sidekick models to its lineup: the T-Mobile Sidekick LX and T-Mobile Sidekick Slide.
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Yahoo Tech Lenovo resumes trading after IBM share sale (InfoWorld) InfoWorld - Shares in Lenovo Group resumed trading on Wednesday, after being temporarily suspended due to the sale of 300 million shares by IBM, the PC company's second-largest shareholder.
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Webindia123.com Terrorism has to stop to take Kashmir talks forward: Natwar Cross-border terrorism has to stop for both Pakistan and India to take the talks relating to the Kashmir issue forward, claimed External Affairs Minister K.Natwar Singh.
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The Washington Post world Sri Lankan Court Halts Tamil Expulsions COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, June 8 -- Sri Lanka's highest court ordered police on Friday to stop expelling ethnic Tamils from the capital, a lawyer said, after rights groups warned that the recent removal of hundreds of Tamils could further fuel a 24-year et...
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Yahoo World Al-Sadr's Ex-Mentor Distances Himself (AP) AP - An Iranian-based cleric who had been the former spiritual guide of radical anti-U.S. Iraqi Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr has distanced himself from his former pupil's actions, his Web site said Sunday.
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Boston Globe sports Car of Tomorrow May Be Today’s Car Even Sooner The so-called Car of Tomorrow, which made its first visit to Bristol Motor Speedway on Wednesday for a test session, was designed to improve safety and competition while limiting costs.
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BBC science British species migrate northward Scientists analysing 25 years of data find some 80% of animals have extended the northern edge of their ranges.
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Boston Globe sports As O’Neal’s Shadow Fades, Who Will Cast the Next One? For the first time in his 16-year career, Shaquille O’Neal is not an All-Star. But his hulking frame still cast a very large shadow at this All-Star Weekend.
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New York Times Business Sallie Mae Battle Could Be Costly to Investors J. C. Flowers & Company has told its investors just how much money they may lose in the private equity firm’s battle over the buyout of Sallie Mae.
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The Washington Post world The Professor's Quantum Leap HOHEN DEMZIN, Germany, June 7 -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel's greatest accomplishment in advance of this week's G-8 summit had nothing to do with global warming or easing tensions with Russia. Rather, it was just persuading her reclusive husband to show up...
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Yahoo Sports The Zidane mystery: What set him off? (AP) AP - Was it something he said? With France and Italy tied in extra time of Sunday's World Cup final, Zinedine Zidane head-butted Marco Materazzi in the chest and was ejected. France went on to lose on penalty kicks. The day after, still no one knew what th...
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New York Times sports Wave of emotion for Seau vs. Chargers He sought solace in the surf. Junior Seau knew of no better way to clear his mind and get himself right with the world.
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Yahoo Tech Hitachi, Oracle to sell China anti-piracy tags: report (Reuters) Reuters - Japanese electronics conglomerate Hitachi Ltd. (6501.T) and U.S. software firm Oracle Corp. will jointly market wireless tags in China that can be used to identify counterfeit goods, the Nikkei business daily said on Sunday.
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Reuters Business Japan Shuts Citigroup Private Bank Unit TOKYO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Japan on Friday ordered Citigroup Inc. C.N to close its Japanese private banking offices after uncovering a series of problems, including failing to prevent suspected money laundering.
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New York Times Business Marketing Company Is Being Acquired The Catalina Marketing Corporation agreed to be acquired by ValueAct Capital, in a deal that values the company at nearly $1.6 billion.
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FOX Sports US beats Greece barely That wasn't easy. Team USA beat Greece Tuesday, but barely, edging out a 77-71 victory. We definitely played better than we did in game one against Puerto Rico, but still not well enough to dominate like we should.
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New York Times Science Journal Faulted in Publishing Korean’s Claims Fraudulent stem cell reports that shook the scientific world could have been prevented by extra review procedures, according to a panel appointed by the journal Science.
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Al-Jazeera Bomber's mother expresses shock The Palestinian mother of the bomber who blew himself up in a crowded Tel Aviv marketplace is questioning why her teenage son was selected for the operation.
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Yahoo Sports Callahan Says Change in Offense Smooth (AP) AP - Take away the glut of turnovers, and Bill Callahan says Nebraska's transition from the triple-option to the West Coast offense has gone smoothly.
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Yahoo Tech Yahoo eyeing online music service (AP) AP - Yahoo Inc., is in early discussions with major record labels over offering unprotected MP3s either for sale or for free as part of an ad-supported service, two record company executives familiar with the talks said Wednesday.
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CNET security news Video: eBay pitches widgets, social commerce to developers Blog: At the eBay Developers Conference in Boston, eBay executives talk about their strategy for building a "commerce operating system."
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Yahoo World Yemen leader to face 1st real challenger (AP) AP - Keeping the peace during one of the Arab world's first truly contested elections is a complicated task in this country with an estimated three weapons per person.
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The Washington Post sports Pennsylvania Coach Who Bit Wrestler During Practice Will Resign A high school wrestling coach in Ebensburg, Pa., accused of biting a wrestler in the leg has agreed to resign rather than face possible criminal charges, police said.
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Deutsche Welle Germany and Britain Warn Iran The foreign ministers of Britain and Germany issued a joint warning to Iran on Tuesday to address international worries about its nuclear program, serving notice that Tehran must take action immediately.
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Yahoo Sports Shockey, Toomer Inactive for Season Finale (AP) AP - Tight end Jeremy Shockey, receiver Amani Toomer and defensive tackle William Joseph were inactive for the New York Giants game against the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday night.
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CNET personal technology news Photos from the CEATEC show in Japan Photo from the CEATEC technology showcase in Tokyo.
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CBS MarketWatch Dollar General earnings up 19 percent CHICAGO (CBS.MW) - Discount retailer Dollar General reported a 19 percent rise in fiscal second-quarter earnings, helped by higher sales and lower charges.
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Yahoo Sports White Sox Down Fading Indians 14-9 (AP) AP - Carl Everett homered and drove in four runs, leading the Chicago White Sox to a 14-9 victory over the fading Cleveland Indians on Thursday night.
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The Washington Post world Prosecutor Asks for Eight Years for Berlusconi An Italian prosecutor asked a court on Friday to sentence Silvio Berlusconi to eight years in jail for bribing judges as the prime minister's four-year corruption trial reached its closing stages.
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The Register US PS3 sales hold up as Wii, Xbox 360 numbers dip PSP demand rises too Nintendo's Wii may be outselling Sony's PS3 by an increasing margin in Japan, but the gap's narrowing in the US, the latest North American market figures show. Not that there's much in it, mind...

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BCC Technology Manhunt 2 set for US release Manhunt 2, the first computer game in ten years to receive a UK ban, is to be released in modified form in the US.
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Yahoo Sports McGrady, Rockets Rally Past Hornets 82-77 (AP) AP - Tracy McGrady scored 10 of his 33 points to help Houston overcome a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit, and Scott Padgett's late 3-pointer put the Rockets ahead for good in an 82-77 victory over the New Orleans Hornets on Wednesday night.
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CJAD Deposed Yugoslav president Milosevic to open defence at war crimes <b>...</b> Deposed Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic is scheduled to open his defence case at war crimes tribunal Tuesday after months of delays due to his frail health.
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Yahoo World 2 reported killed in northern Lebanon (AP) AP - Lebanese troops fired on Palestinian refugees trying to march home to their besieged camp in northern Lebanon on Friday, and at least two people were killed and 20 wounded, Palestinian officials said.
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Yahoo Tech PeopleSoft's Knightly Quest (washingtonpost.com) washingtonpost.com - Oracle may be breathing fire down its neck with an ongoing hostile takeover effort, but PeopleSoft is trying to withstand the siege and stay independent. The business software company has struck a pact with IBM to woo customers and bolst...
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Reuters Sports Coulthard Hints at Red Bull Move LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's David Coulthard says he will be back in Formula One next year and hinted Saturday that a move to the Red Bull Racing Formula One team was imminent.
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Newark Star Ledger Canada begins probe of Nortel's accounting TORONTO -- Shares of Nortel Networks edged lower yesterday after Canadian officials said they were opening a criminal investigation into accounting practices at the telecommunications equipment maker.
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Reuters Business CPI, retail results to drive stocks NEW YORK (Reuters) - With the pace of corporate earnings reports slowing, Wall Street will have its eye on consumer prices and other economic indicators in this holiday-shortened week.
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Yahoo Politics Romney's campaign mirrored father's (AP) AP - George Romney and his youngest child reached the political heights in becoming leaders of a state. On Thursday, Mitt joined his dad in experiencing a political low — denied in his quest to lead a nation.
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Washington Post Business Worn Down by Waves of Change When a board appointed by Congress seized control of the D.C. public schools in 1996, its members were eager to give the school system a clean break from its troubled past. They fired Superintendent Franklin L. Smith, replaced him with a war hero, retired Army L...
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BBC News world MySpace set to sell music online Social networking website MySpace is to allow unsigned bands to sell their music as downloads.
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CNET enterprise hardware news New Mustek pocket camcorders shoot video, fight Megatron Both gadgets sport 3X optical zooms, swiveling LCD screens, and can function as a camcorder, a digital camera, a voice recorder, a Webcam, and an MP3 player. From Crave, CNET's gadgets blog.
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Reuters Business ABN's U.S. sale can proceed, boosts Barclays bid THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Dutch bank ABN AMRO can proceed with its $21 billion sale of U.S. subsidiary LaSalle, the Dutch Supreme Court said on Friday, boosting the prospect Barclays will succeed in its record takeover of ABN.
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RedNova science Court Backs Man Who Sold Donated Water BARTOW, Fla. - A convenience store owner convicted of selling donated water intended for hurricane victims committed no crime and should be released from probation, an appeals court ruled.
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CNN/SI Johnson is first Texas player to win award Texas linebacker Derrick Johnson won the Bronko Nagurski Trophy on Monday night as the best defensive player in college football. Johnson tied an NCAA record by forcing eight fumbles
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The Scotsman Owen Refusing to Predict Barca Role Real Madrid’s Michael Owen refused to contemplate what his role will be in next weekend’s showdown with arch-rivals Barcelona after mixed news for the England forward in Real Madrid’s 6-1 rout of Albacete.
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Houston Chronicle A breakthrough could be in the works By now, every Aggie knows the significance of coach Dennis Franchione's second year. Year two is usually his signature season, the one people look back at as the return to prominence.
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Reuters Circuit City Cautious on Outlook Circuit City Stores Inc. (CC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Friday posted a narrower quarterly loss from continuing operations but said its outlook was cautious for the
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Yahoo Tech Review: Office 2007 a worthy successor (AP) AP - With each update to its Office suite, Microsoft Corp. has piled on features aimed at boosting users' productivity and goosing sales of the world's most widely used collection of programs for handling documents, spreadsheets, e-mail and presentations.
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Boston Globe world Hope fades for Fatah, Hamas deal RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has spent the past two weeks struggling to reach a power-sharing deal with the Hamas government -- a government that hasn't paid salaries in six months and that hobbles along with thousands of workers on str...
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Yahoo Tech TiVo Unveils Portable Transfer Service (AP) AP - TiVo Inc. pioneered digital video recording as a new way of watching television — when you want it. Now it could be TV where you want it, too.
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Reuters Russia Wins Permanent Military Base in Tajikistan Tajikistan on Saturday formally granted Russian forces in the Central Asian state a permanent military base in a move Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed as a guarantee of regional security.
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RedNova technology Reportlinker Has Been Awarded 'Best Hope 2007' By the IE-Club Reportlinker, the vertical search engine, dedicated to open access market research reports, won the prize "Best Hope 2007", in the Services category. 30 projects have been selected by the IE-Club jury, among 120 companies, to become ...
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Boston Globe sports Manning Appears to Be Evolving Into the Special One Three weeks ago, Eli Manning’s unpredictable play was the biggest threat to the Giants’ championship hopes. But since then he appears to have become a different player.
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The Register RIAA drops the dead eDonkey eDonkey seeks sanctuary, finds knackers' yard eDonkey is off to the knackers' yard , after a New York court ruled that the peer-to-peer (P2P) site enabled users to swap copyright material illegally. eDonkey’s owner, New York-based MetaMachine, is ponying up $30m to settle a...
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Yahoo Sports OU coach Stoops still hot over bad call (AP) AP - There are no bad feelings between Oregon's Mike Bellotti and Oklahoma's Bob Stoops. Both are having difficulty with last Saturday's blown call.
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People's Daily Online American Paul Hamm takes men's all-around gymnastic gold in Athens Paul Hamm made the history on Wednesday when he clinched the Olympic men's gymnastic all-around title for the United States in one hundred years.
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Bloomberg Singapore Airlines Flight Diverted After Bomb Threat (Update1) A Singapore Airlines Ltd. flight to New York from Frankfurt landed safely in Manchester, England after a bomb threat, police and airport officials said.
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Washington Post Tax-Free Bonuses Tagged Out Where there's a will there's a way, the old saying goes, but when it comes to ducking taxes it's more like, where there's a way someone will.
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The Motley Fool All Aboard: Costco Meet the elected stewards of the retail giant, and see what they can do.
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Washington Post Business A Good Tall Wagon but No Match We have another tall wagon, the 2007 Lincoln MKX. To prevent head-scratching for the remainder of this column, I'll explain the name upfront.
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New York Times sports Toivonen a stand-up goaltender For the last three weeks, Hannu Toivonen has forsaken his $532,000 NHL salary and all its perks -- charter planes, first-class hotels -- for the smaller paychecks and weary bus travel of the AHL.
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New York Times Business The Count: For Retailers, the Dress Is an ’07 Success Recently released data says sales of women’s dresses surpassed $5 billion in the 12 months ended in April — up 30 percent from the year-earlier period.
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Yahoo Politics Super Tuesday results could take a while (AP) AP - Super Tuesday may be a de facto national primary, but the outcome might not be as clear — or as timely — as results in most November elections.
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Computerworld news Nokia's multimedia plans show mobile users the door Nokia unveils its lineup of new gaming and multimedia phones and says it has aggressive expectations for the new and updated devices.
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Yahoo Tech Nokia Q3 Profits Drop; Sees Strong Sales (Reuters) Reuters - Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone maker, reported lower third-quarter earnings on Thursday after cutting handset prices to win back market share but said sales volumes were strong as it moves into the key year-end shopping season.
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Reuters Tech Bush tries again to kill second engine for F-35 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush called on Congress Monday for the third straight year to cancel a multibillion-dollar project to develop a second engine for Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35 fighter jet.
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Yahoo Business Oil Firm Near $54 on Heating Fuel Worries (Reuters) Reuters - Oil prices rebounded to $54 a barrel on Thursday ahead of U.S. inventory data expected to show tight heating fuel stocks ahead of winter.
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Yahoo Sports Thomas, Everett, Takatsu Return to Chisox (AP) AP - Frank Thomas' decision to return to the Chicago White Sox wasn't nearly so dramatic this year.
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Reuters World Afghans, foreign forces at odds over casualties KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan and foreign officials were at odds on Sunday over the civilian death toll from a U.S.-led airstrike that a local investigating team said killed more than 100 people.
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Reuters Business Japan Tobacco shares fall after Gallaher deal TOKYO (Reuters) - Shares of Japan Tobacco Inc. halted their recent bull run on Monday, falling more than 4 percent as market participants said the company's plan to buy British cigarette maker Gallaher Group Plc was now factored into the stock price.
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Reuters Tech Apple Faces Spotty Shortages of Popular IPods SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Spotty shortages abound for Apple Computer Inc.'s wildly popular iPod digital music players amid Wall Street expectations for a doubling in sales of the devices in the holiday quarter, analysts said on Wednesday.
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Banktech Opening the Desktop The Mozilla Foundation's new Thunderbird E-mail client, released last week, is positioned as a simple-but-secure alternative to Microsoft's widely used Outlook Express.
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New York Times Tech God (or Not), Physics and, of Course, Love: Scientists Take a Leap Fourteen scientists ponder everything from string theory to true love.
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Yahoo Science Gulf's 'Dead Zone' Less of a Mystery (AP) AP - The oxygen-depleted "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico, long a subject of scrutiny by scientists, is only now becoming less of a mystery.
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PCWorld news Apple Offers iPhone Price Protection iPhone buyers can get a credit if Apple reduces the price within ten calendar days of shipment.
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Boston Globe sports Landis to Skip Racing in France to Focus on Drug Cases In a deal with French antidoping authorities, Floyd Landis has agreed not to compete this year in the Tour de France, or any other race in France.
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New York Times world A Severed Car Grille? It’s Super Bowl Ad Time An assessment of some of the high and low points among this year’s Super Bowl ads.
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Yahoo Politics House Dems to Contest Electoral Vote Count (AP) AP - A handful of House Democrats plan a long-shot effort to snarl President Bush's formal re-election by preventing Congress from counting Ohio's pivotal votes when lawmakers tally the electoral vote on Thursday.
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St. Petersburg Times Perfection not enough for Auburn Oklahoma and USC, 12-0 like the Tigers, head to the Orange Bowl title game while Texas vaults Cal for a BCS berth. By wire services.
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Yahoo Sports Ducks' Selanne relishes Stanley Cup win (AP) AP - Teemu Selanne sat on the bench with tears in his eyes, remembering the days when the Anaheim Ducks were mighty in name only. After 14 seasons and various stops around the Western Conference, the Finnish Flash and the rest of his Ducks teammates are ...
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New York Times Business Pressure Mounts for Resignation at French Bank Politicians in France increased calls for the resignation of top executives at Société Générale, ahead of the board’s regular meeting, scheduled for Wednesday.
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Jerusalem Post Report: Arafat seeking Abbas' return to activity Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat is interested in returning former Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas to activity, according to Fatah central committee member Sacher Habash.
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ESPN Nothing doing on Big Unit trade front NEW YORK -- Free-agent center fielder Carlos Beltran will get to meet George Steinbrenner on Tuesday. Beltran will travel to Tampa, Fla.
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The Motley Fool Foolish Book Review: "The Investing Wisdom of Crowds" Hate crowds? Don't underestimate collective intelligence.
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New York Times Science We Love Them. We Hate Them. We Take Them. The relationships we all have with those little pieces of matter, our pills, are becoming ridiculously tangled.
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Washington Post Business FTC Chairman Wants Action on Food Labeling The new chairman of the Federal Trade Commission wants the agency to play a more active role in the national campaign against obesity. -The Washington Post
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Reuters Sports Henin survives scare to reach Antwerp final ANTWERP, Belgium (Reuters) - World number one Justine Henin recovered from an early scare to beat qualifier Timea Bacsinszky 2-6 6-3 6-3 on Saturday and reach the final of the Antwerp Diamond Games.
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Boston Globe Below a dimming light, city glows Tomorrow night, after the closing ceremonies of the 2004 Summer Games, Mitch Benoff of Boston will turn off his "Athens Olympic Meteor.
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The Motley Fool Brady in a Bunch Over Yahoo! Tom Brady isn't happy about Yahoo! fantasy football ads.
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