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Reuters Business Stocks Seen Lower as Oil, Cisco Weigh NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. shares were seen opening weaker on Wednesday as oil prices held near $47 a barrel, while a brokerage downgrade on technology bellwether Cisco Systems Inc. CSCO.O could hurt technology shares.
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Financial Times Airbus given go-ahead for A350 marketing Airbus was given the go-ahead yesterday by its shareholders - EADS and BAE Systems - to start marketing its planned A350 mid-range aircraft to airlines, heralding
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BBC News Business UK house prices dip in November Government data shows UK house price inflation rose 13.8% in the year to November but economists expect to see a slowdown in the months ahead.
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Reuters Business Stocks set for cautious open ahead of Bernanke LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. shares are expected to open slightly firmer on Wednesday ahead of congressional testimony from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, while earnings from Coca-Cola will dominate a thin earnings calendar.
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Washington Post Business Entry-Level Hires Are Starting Later, Value Old-Fashioned Perks People who take entry-level jobs are supposed to be young, inexperienced and just out of college.
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Atlanta Journal Constitution (su AirTran: Airline to open hub at Chicago's Midway Airport AirTran Airways is moving to dramatically expand flights in Chicago by buying $87.5 million worth of gate leases and landing rights from ATA Airlines.
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BBC News Japan baseball players to strike Japanese professional baseball players are set to strike this weekend for the first time since the game was introduced from the US 70 years ago.
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sportinglife.com ROVERS BOUNCE BACK IN EWOOD THRILLER Blackburn fought back from 3-1 down at half-time to earn a 3-3 draw with Birmingham in a pulsating Premiership clash at Ewood Park on Sunday afternoon.
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CNET networking news Study: VoIP costs all over the map Companies trying to deploy Internet phone calling face varied costs depending on the technology provider, according to a report.
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Boston Herald Rivers soaks up his big moment The game ball was retrieved following the Celtics' 107-73 victory over the Knicks last night. It will be appropriately lettered and presented to coach Doc Rivers to commemorate his first win for the club.
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Yahoo Sports Cardinals' Ankiel defends himself on HGH (AP) AP - Rick Ankiel says any drugs he received in 2004 were prescribed by a licensed physician to help him recover from reconstructive elbow surgery. Ankiel, whose comeback is one of the great stories of this season, initially acknowledged human growth hor...
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New York Times sports Jaguars' playoff hopes dealt blow JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The Jacksonville Jaguars looked nothing like a team with everything to play for against Houston. Domanick Davis ran for a career-high 150 yards and a touchdown and the Texans crippled Jacksonville's postseason chances with a 21-0 victory ye...
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The Motley Fool 5 All Star Stocks on Fire What's better than a high-quality stock? A high-quality stock with the wind at its back!
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PCWorld news NEC to Market DVD Burners Company's drive is not just for OEMs anymore.
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RedNova science New Labels Can Tout Heart-Healthy Foods WASHINGTON (AP) -- Fish, fowl, baby formula and any other conventional food products that contain two types of omega-3 fatty acids can market the fat's heart-healthy effect, regulators said Wednesday. The fatty acids covered by the Food and Drug Administrati...
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Yahoo Tech Hurd avoids mention of HP scandal (AP) AP - Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO Mark Hurd discussed the computer and printer maker's growth prospects during a tech conference Monday but didn't mention the ongoing scandal involving his company's attempts to uncover the source of boardroom leaks to the media.
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BBC News Business WTO backs US in banana trade war A European Union import duty on bananas is declared illegal by the World Trade Organization (WTO).
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Boston Globe world Police said to stop explosives-laden car MOSCOW -- Police intercepted a car packed with explosives in central Moscow yesterday and said they had thwarted a terrorist attack, Russian media reported. A suspect told investigators he was being paid $1,000 to take the car to a major thoroughfare used by...
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BBC News world Snipes arrested in tax fraud case Actor Wesley Snipes is arrested in Orlando after surrendering himself on tax fraud charges.
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New York Times Business Bush Nominates Kellogg Executive for Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez has been chief executive of the Kellogg Company for more than five years, but he has little background in public policy.
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Yahoo Tech Auction for German broadband Wimax licences raises 56 mln euros (AFP) AFP - The German auction for 28 broadband wireless access (BWA) or Wimax licences raised a total 56 million euros (74 million dollars), the regulatory authority Bundesnetzagentur has announced.
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New York Times Business Good Deals for Banks, Both Coming and Going With so few mergers and acquisitions these days and with fees for them shrinking, bankers have found a new way to milk more cash out of deals: working with both buyer and seller.
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Detroit Free Press ASIAN STRATEGY: DCX sells stake in Hyundai DaimlerChrysler AG sold its 10.5-percent stake in South Korea's Hyundai Motor Co. for $912 million after CEO Juergen Schrempp's plan to win more of the Asian market failed.
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International Christian Embassy FATAH COUNCIL MEETS IN BID TO STOP BARGHOUTI In a bid to put an end to the candidacy of jailed Tanzim terror group leader Marwan Barghouti the revolutionary council of the Palestinian Authority’s dominant Fatah faction endorsed PLO chairman Mahmoud Abbas to succeed Yasser Arafat on T...
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New York Times Business Once Again, Spitzer Follows E-Mail Trail An e-mail exchange between executives at Marsh & McLennan is one of numerous potentially embarrassing communications that were disclosed by Eliot Spitzer.
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Reuters Bonds 700th Homer Ball Gets $804,000 at Auction Baseball slugger Barry Bonds's 700th career home run ball drew a winning bid of $804,129 in an online auction that closed on Wednesday.
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Computerworld news FBI busts two Cisco parts scams The two men, working independently, allegedly obtained more than $10 million in Cisco parts through the company's SMARTnet warranty program.
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New York Times Business Talking Business: This Climate Is Surely Full of Hot Air Recent efforts to force corporate changes on global warming are misguided environmental grandstanding.
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Yahoo Business Intel to ship new chips in August (Reuters) Reuters - Intel Corp. said on Thursday it plans to start shipping new processors for desktop and laptop computers in August.
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Yahoo World Iran opens nuke plant to foreign tourists (AP) AP - Iran's hard-line president has ordered nuclear facilities opened to foreign tourists to prove that the nation's disputed atomic program is peaceful, state-run television reported on Wednesday.
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Canada.com Gunners go to Liverpool stung by more negative headlines Arsenal earned a 1-1 tie with nine men against a Champions League group winner yet still came home to negative headlines. Thierry Henry scored a quality goal for an equalizer at PSV Eindhoven
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The Washington Post sports Bryant Trial Begins After months of legal wrangling, potential jurors for the Kobe Bryant trial began arriving at the Eagle, Colo. courthouse Friday.
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Computerworld news Memory makers expect DDR3 demand to rise by year's end Taiwanese DRAM makers forecast DDR3 will take a 30 percent share of the DRAM market by the fourth quarter of 2008.
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InfoWorld news Microsoft talks security, seriously COPENHAGEN - Products announced this week to streamline software-patch delivery are just part of Microsoft's overall efforts to tighten system security, Scott Charney told attendees of the IT Forum in Copenhagen on Tuesday. ADVERTISEMENT Solaris 10(TM) OS: Position y...
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Yahoo Politics AT&T, Microsoft take patent battle to US Supreme Court (AFP) AFP - Telecommunications giant AT&T and Microsoft took a patent battle to the US Supreme Court Wednesday, in a case that has wide implications for US firms doing business abroad.
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Tehran Times World silent in face of carnage in Gaza The Zionist army’s attacks on residential areas in Gaza reached a peak over the past week. So far, at least 63 defenseless people from Gaza have been martyred in Israel’s military operation, codenamed Days of Penitence.
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The Motley Fool Friday's 5 Large-Cap Leaders Some investors prefer to go big.
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Arizona Republic ABC issues apology for risque 'MNF' promotion ABC apologized Tuesday for its Monday Night Football introduction that featured a naked Desperate Housewives cast member seducing Philadelphia Eagles receiver Terrell Owens in the locker room.
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Voice of America Massive Relief Efforts Begin for Millions of Tsunami Victims <b>...</b> Even as relief efforts begin to provide food and clean water to millions of victims of Sunday's devastating tsunamis, relief officials are saying much more is needed to prevent an even greater loss of life.
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Yahoo World Congo Former Foes Head to S.Africa for Talks (Reuters) Reuters - Former rebels and loyalists now in Congo's transitional government headed to South Africa on Friday for talks on reviving the country's shaky peace process and improving regional security, officials said.
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Colombo Page * Balasingham says President Kumaratunga has no new message for <b>...</b> Nov 11, Colombo: LTTE advisor Anton Balasingham says President Chandrika Kumaratunga has sent no new message through Norwegian Foreign Minister Jan Petersen, who held talks with LTTE leader V. Prabhakaran today in Kilinochchi.
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New Ratings Oil prices rise on Nigerian strike concerns NEW YORK, November 1 (newratings.com) - World crude oil prices rose in Asia trading this morning, with the Nigerian oil unions beginning their protests in a build-up to a nationwide general strike planned for later this month.
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Pittsburgh Post Gazette CMU grad hopes to turn Skype's fast-growing Internet phone service <b>...</b> To say that Skype may be one of the fastest-growing software programs in history may sound like a lot of dot.com hype, but consider this: Since the program that turns
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Reuters Sports NL Wrap: Maddux Hits 15-Win Mark as Cubs Beat Pirates NEW YORK (Reuters) - Greg Maddux reached the 15-win plateau for a record 17th straight season and also drove in two runs in the second inning to power the Chicago Cubs to a 6-3 victory over the host Pittsburgh Pirates in the National League Thur...
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Yahoo Sports No. 7 Utes Go for First School 9-0 Start (AP) AP - Colorado State coach Sonny Lubick is impressed with what former Rams assistant Urban Meyer has done in just two years at Utah.
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Reuters Business Dollar General to close 400 stores, take charges CHICAGO (Reuters) - Dollar General Corp. named a new president on Wednesday and announced plans to close about 400 underperforming stores and record $138 million of charges as it tries to revive lackluster sales at its discount stores.
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Slashdot Spammers Are Early Adopters of SPF Standard nazarijo writes "In an article entitled Spammers using sender authentication too, study says, Infoworld reports that a study by CipherTrust shows that SPF and Sender ID (SID) aren't nearly as effective as we expected them to be when combatting spam.
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AMIN Knowing What to Expect Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has made a fundamental and strategic change that is almost unexplainable and therefore very difficult to understand and to believe.
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New York Times sports Stanley Cup iced by Sox? Blame it on the Red Sox. For only the second time in 112 years, the Stanley Cup -- the oldest trophy competed for by North American sports teams -- will not be awarded. And both times, the Red Sox were the defending World Series champions.
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KOTV Consumer Confidence Drops In November _ Consumer confidence declined in November for a fourth consecutive month, a private research group reported Tuesday, reflecting doubts about the economy once the holidays are past.
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The Register Napster tunes into mobile ringtones Even as parent Roxio's stock is downgraded
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New Ratings Metcash lunges at Foodland Australian wholesaling group Metcash Trading Ltd. launched an audacious A$846 million ($661 million) bid Monday, Dec. 6, to buy the Australian assets of larger rival wholesaler Foodland Associated Ltd.
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Reuters Stocks Surge; Bush Win Boosts Drugs, Oil US stocks surged on Wednesday as President Bush won re-election, boosting shares of companies in sectors seen benefiting from Republican administration policies, such as defense and drugs.
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Reuters Business Analysts miss mark on Wall St brokerage profits ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - Wall Street is puzzling Wall Street.
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The Washington Post sports Magic Won't Say Just Why Hill Is Out as Coach Orlando continues to play coy in regards to the dismissal of head coach Brian Hill but are prepared to offer him another job.
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Reuters World Arafat's Lieutenants to Fly to Paris to See Him PARIS (Reuters) - Yasser Arafat's senior deputies were to fly to France on Monday hoping to visit the critically ill Palestinian president after approving a plan for maintaining law and order in the West Bank and Gaza.
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Search engine journal Sortprice Shopping Search Engine Includes 1000 Merchants Sortprice Shopping Search Engine Includes 1000 Merchants SortPrice.com announces reaching 1000 merchants with over 10 million product listings which ranges from small retailers to industry giants including companies such as Target, Buy.co...
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CNET networking news Confirmed: Big Facebook advertising announcement on Nov. 6 After invitees leaked details to bloggers, the company has confirmed that its much-rumored advertising strategy will see the light of day at a high-profile New York event.
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RedNova science Moderate Quake Jolts Seas West of Indonesia Moderate quake jolts seas west of Indonesia HONG KONG, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- A moderate earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale struck the seas west of Sumatra Island, Indonesia, early Monday morning, according to a bulletin released by Hong Kong Obse...
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New York Times Business Northern Rock Sells Portfolio to JPMorgan Northern Rock, the mortgage lender saved from collapse by the Bank of England, took a step toward repaying the loans by selling a 2.2 billion pound portfolio to JP Morgan.
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Yahoo Science China launches first satellite after satellite-killing missile test (AFP) AFP - China has launched an experimental navigation satellite into space, state press reported, the nation's first space launch since it tested a satellite-killing missile last month.
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Reuters Business Market flat as techs offset bank declines NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks were little changed on Monday as strength in the technology sector helped offset declines in banks' shares, prompted by worry over loan losses related to the housing slump, .
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BBC News world Officer snatched in west Pakistan A senior Pakistani paramilitary officer is abducted along with three others near the Afghan border, officials say.
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Reuters World Pakistani Islamists protest as new rape law signed ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Religious party activists held small protests on Friday in several cities around Pakistan as President Pervez Musharraf signed into law a bill curtailing the scope of Islamic laws on rape.
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Yahoo World Cuba Frees Seventh Dissident in a Week (AP) AP - Authorities Monday freed an independent journalist who had opposed Cuba's communist government, bringing to seven the number of political prisoners released in a week.
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New York Times world General Peter Pace to Retire as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff The move reflects a feeling among top civilian officials at the Pentagon and in the White House that the American military needs a new direction.
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PCWorld news T-Mobile Dumps Google in Europe for Yahoo T-Mobile customers in 11 countries will see oneSearch as their mobile search application.
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Yahoo Sports Baseball Gives Selig Contract Through 2009 (AP) AP - Baseball commissioner Bud Selig received a contract extension through 2009 Thursday as owners praised his 12-year reign, but dissension surfaced among teams in the decision to launch a World Cup tournament.
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Yahoo World Iraqi refugees are arrested in Lebanon (AP) AP - Mohammed, an illegal Iraqi refugee, counts himself lucky. He has managed to find a carpentry job in Lebanon. And even better, his workplace is near his home — meaning he doesn't have to drive to work and risk arrest at one of Beirut's security checkp...
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Yahoo Tech Sirius goes stellar (Variety) Variety - NEW YORK -- Shares in Sirius Satellite Radio surged for a second day as investors flocked to the satcaster in the wake of the Howard Stern deal.
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Korea Herald Regulator says Hynix cooked books in 1999 Hynix Semiconductor Inc., the world's fourth biggest memory chip maker last year, engaged in accounting frauds between 1999 and 2003 that total nearly 2 trillion won, Korea's financial regulator said yesterday.
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RedNova science NORDAM Product OK'D for Boeing 787 By The Daily Oklahoman Feb. 8--TULSA -- NORDAM has received approval from The Boeing Co. to supply its new composite window frame for the 787 Dreamliner.
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New York Times Business Cellphone Industry Hits Snag as It Woos Untapped Market Having equipped most adults and half of all teenagers with cellphones, the mobile phone industry is turning its attention to the last untapped demographic - people over 65.
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BBC News world Dhaka garment workers defy ban Thousands of Bangladeshi garment workers defy a ban on public protests to demand better pay and conditions.
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Yahoo Tech New Sony PC Boasts 1,000 GB of Storage (AP) AP - Japan's Sony Corp. will begin selling a computer and home-server system in Japan with 1,000 gigabytes of hard-drive storage — enough to record six TV channels for a week straight — the company said.
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RedNova technology Tip From Neighbor Points Police to Murder Suspect By Maria Sudekum Fisher OLATHE, Kan. - The next-door neighbor of a man charged with kidnapping a young woman from a store parking lot and killing her contacted police when he saw the man's pickup in a surveillance video, he said.
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CNN International Sub Teber brings relief for coach Kaiserslautern sub Selim Teber probably kept coach Kurt Jara in his post with two late goals in a 2-1 Bundesliga victory over Arminia Bielefeld.
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New York Times Business Your Money: Exotic I.R.A.’s: Leaving Stocks and Bonds Behind Investors are allowed to put the money in their I.R.A.’s in to almost anything, be it condominiums or airplanes. A growing number of people are doing just that.
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Forbes Semel Steps Aside Yahoo! co-founder Jerry Yang takes CEO spot, rising star Sue Decker named president.
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ZDNet.com AOL buys into comparison shopping com September 20, 2004, 7:32 AM PT. There's no doubt the Internet will continue to make its mark in the world of business and technology.
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BBC News world Hurricane aid reaches Nicaragua Aid starts arriving in Nicaragua, where Hurricane Felix killed at least 40 people and left thousands homeless.
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Reuters Business Stocks Seen Lower; Retailers, Oil Weigh NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks were seen opening lower on Thursday as rising oil prices and lackluster September sales reports from retailers weighed on the market.
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Reuters Sports Recap: U-N-L-V Vs. Oklahoma State Las Vegas, NV (Sports Network) - Joey Graham netted 20 points to lead No.4 Oklahoma State to a 79-67 victory over UNLV in the Las Vegas Showdown at the Thomas & Mack Center.
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New York Times world In Bellwether District, G.O.P. Runs on Immigration Republicans are finding that a hard-line stance on immigration resonates with a wide swath of voters.
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Reuters World Jakarta Hunts Islamic Militants After Embassy Attack JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian police launched a nationwide manhunt on Friday for al Qaeda-linked militants blamed for a suicide car bomb attack outside the Australian embassy that jolted both countries ahead of elections.
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Reuters World Sri Lanka says ends ceasefire with Tamil Tigers COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's government has decided to formally annul a ceasefire agreement with the Tamil Tigers, a senior government official said on Wednesday.
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Reuters Sports Williams makes belated Hopman Cup entrance PERTH (Reuters) - Serena Williams made a belated arrival at the Hopman Cup on Sunday, pronouncing herself ready to go for her first match against the Czech Republic on Monday.
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Velozie Microsoft, Others File More Anti-Spam Lawsuits Microsoft Corp. and other Internet access providers filed three new lawsuits on Thursday to stop the spread of unsolicited e-mail messages touting everything from home refinancing to miracle health cures.
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Sports Network Gators give Zook the hook Gainesville, FL (Sports Network) - The University of Florida announced during a Monday afternoon press conference that head football coach Ron Zook has been fired, effective at the conclusion of the season.
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RedNova general Qureia Says Response Vs. Israel Justified GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia condemned an Israeli airstrike that killed 14 Hamas militants in unusually harsh terms Tuesday, warning the attack will invite a tough response from the militant group and saying retaliation will ...
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Cybercast News Service Political Milestone for Bush's Australian Ally Australian Prime Minister John Howard, one of President Bush's closet allies, on Tuesday became his country's second-longest serving leader.
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Yahoo Business Dow may stall after rally, earnings eyed (Reuters) Reuters - A rally in U.S. stocks that pushed the Dow industrials to a record may stall next week as signs of an economic slowdown curb the appetite for equities just as the third quarter's earnings season gets under way.
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Ireland Online Mutu vows to fight back Striker Adrian Mutu has vowed to rebuild his career and reputation when his seven-month ban for failing a drugs test ends. Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon last night stressed the club’s opposition to
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Reuters Business Dean Foods profit falls on soaring milk costs CHICAGO (Reuters) - Dean Foods Co reported lower-than-expected fourth-quarter profit and said it was uncertain about raw milk costs in 2008, sending its shares down as much as 8.5 percent.
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The Space Review Now what? It was an event more than eight years in the making. For the second time in less than a week, a piloted reusable suborbital spacecraft—SpaceShipOne—soared into the outskirts of space, more
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Yahoo Sports BoSox Fans Swept Up in Red Sox Hysteria (AP) AP - After the Boston Red Sox lost Game 7 of last year's AL championship to the New York Yankees, David Walsh took a vow: No more Red Sox games. No more sports pages. No more team gear. No more heartbreak.
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Yahoo Business Vonage hit by Verizon patent lawsuit (Reuters) Reuters - Internet phone service provider Vonage Holdings Corp. on Monday said it has been served with a patent infringement lawsuit filed by two units of Verizon Communications Inc. .
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Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Kodak wins Java lawsuit Eastman Kodak Co. will return to US District Court next week to seek $1 billion in damages from Sun Microsystems Inc. now that a federal jury has ruled in its favor in a dispute over the Java computer language.
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Boston Globe Shell's game: Take chance When the former coach of the Oakland Raiders traveled to Miami Monday to spend nearly five hours being interviewed for an opening that was, for all intents and purposes, already closed, Shell understood the situation.
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New York Times world Paraguay’s Ruling Party Faces Threat of a Populist Bishop A charismatic Roman Catholic bishop recently suspended by the Vatican has emerged as the front-runner for next year’s presidential election.
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