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ESPN Giants to guarantee final season of Bonds' deal The Giants have scheduled an 8:15 pm ET news conference for Tuesday night, and sources within the club told ESPN that San Francisco will announce they have picked up the final year of Bonds' contract.
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The Washington Post sports Jordan Makes Statement Wizards coach Eddie Jordan says the team is making a statement that immaturity will not be tolerated by suspending Kwame Brown one game for not taking part in a team huddle during a loss to Denver.
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RedNova technology Device Links Computer, HDTV By David DeKok, The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa. Sep.
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Oakland Tribune Sheffield blasts Bonds Sheffield said Bonds introduced him to Victor Conte, the president of the Burlingame-based Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative that is at the center of a federal investigation for the illegal distribution of steroids.
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Channel News Asia Olympics: Radcliffe to run 10,000 metres after Olympic marathon <b>...</b> ATHENS : British marathon flop Paula Radcliffe will run the Olympic 10,000 metres final, British athletics team officials said. "Paula has decided to run the 10,000 metres," a British athletics team spokeswoman said.
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St. Petersburg Times In stem cell debate, truth lies between the slogans For Republicans trying to hold the White House four more years, it didn't look good: The son of the late President Ronald Reagan, the party's modern savior, addressing
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RedNova science EDITORIAL: No Turning Back on Norfolk Beaches By The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va. May 31--Ever since Hurricane Isabel battered Ocean View, Norfolk has gotten serious about protecting its beaches.
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International Herald Tribune Oil climbs to a record $50 as analysts see no ceiling PARIS The price of oil, which has been inexorably rising for the past two years, finally broke through the $50-a-barrel mark Tuesday, reaching a new milestone as some analysts warned that there was nothing to stop prices from rising ev...
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Reuters World IAEA to Have Partial Access to Iran Military Base TEHRAN (Reuters) - U.N. inspectors will visit a military base in Iran on Thursday which Washington says may be part of a covert atomic arms bid, but they will have only partial access to the site, a senior Iranian official said.
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Reuters World Iraq president sees UK troops gone by end-2007 BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's president forecast on Tuesday that British troops could go home by the end of next year but, on another day of killings, Britain's visiting foreign minister cautioned against leaving a "security vacuum."
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Reuters World Lebanon troops prepare for opposition protest BEIRUT (Reuters) - Thousands of Lebanese troops and police fanned out in Beirut on Friday before a Hezbollah-led opposition protest aimed at bringing down the Western-backed government.
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Yahoo Sports Jeff Gordon takes pole for California (AP) AP - Jeff Gordon won the pole, Brian Vickers finally got Team Red Bull into a race and Michael Waltrip failed to make the lineup on a topsy-turvy qualifying day at California Speedway.
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ZDNet.com Report: Apple G5 chips scarce Apple Computer may be facing greater difficulties than previously thought in getting hold of chips to power its high-end personal computers.
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New York Times Business Economix: Bernanke’s Midterm Tests Sometime before Feb. 1, 2010, the next president will have to decide whether Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke should get a second term.
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Yahoo Politics Analysis: Evangelical message to McCain (AP) AP - Mike Huckabee's recent refrain about believing in miracles makes the ordained Baptist minister appear almost prophetic.
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Indian Express Website SuprNova closes amid Hollywood crackdown London, December 22: SuprNova.org, one of the Internet's most popular sites for finding links to download pirated movies, has been taken offline by its creator amid a legal crackdown by Hollywood's copyright cops.
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BBC News world Prisoners 'to get Afghan trials' The US says many of the prisoners it is holding in Afghanistan will stand trial under Afghan law.
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Yahoo Sports Clement beats Safin in Legg Mason semis (AP) AP - Marat Safin was at his umpire-berating, racket-spiking, error-spraying worst Saturday, and Arnaud Clement took full advantage.
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USA Today Bosox strike deal with Mirabelli; Yanks, Flaherty close The Boston Red Sox have signed backup catcher Doug Mirabelli to a two-year deal worth $3 million, making him the first of the World Series champions' 16 free agents to re-sign.
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New York Times sports Celtics' injuries are piling up When it comes to doling out holiday bonuses, the Celtics cannot give trainer Ed Lacerte enough extra pay for all the injuries and ailments he has handled this season. Add three more names to the less-than-100-percent list: Kendrick Perkins (left foot plantar fasci...
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Yahoo World Blair urges greater efforts to combat poverty in Africa (AFP) AFP - The world's richest nations need to show greater commitment towards Africa, Prime Minister Tony Blair said Thursday, amid concern that pledges on aid and development were falling short.
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Reuters World Britain Mulling U.S. Request for More Iraq Troops LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is considering a request it received from Washington last week for extra military assistance in Iraq, but not in flashpoint areas in Baghdad or Falluja, the government said Monday.
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Yahoo World Decision reserved in case of Alberta woman charged with abducting son to U.S. (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - RED DEER, Alta. (CP) - The fate of an Alberta woman charged with abducting her son and fleeing to the United States hangs on the interpretation of a court order.
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New York Times Tech Myanmar Arrests Blogger, Watchdog Says Nay Myo Latt was taken into custody after writing about the suppression of freedoms following last fall’s crushing of pro-democracy demonstrations, Reporters Without Borders said.
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CNN/SI Smells like Olympic spirit For those who dream of smelling like the Argentinean basketball team -- and what man doesn't -- the Olympic Superstore is the place for you.
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Sports Network West Brom lets Megson go immediately Birmingham, England (Sports Network) - West Bromwich Albion has decided to fire coach Gary Megson after he informed the club earlier Tuesday that he would not re-sign after this season.
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Washington Post Business Bush Signs Bill Boosting Aid to Students WASHINGTON -- President Bush on Thursday signed legislation designed to make college more affordable for students from poor and middle-class families, swallowing objections to a bill that enjoyed veto-proof majorities in Congress.
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Reuters Business UAW singles out GM, rallies for possible strike DETROIT (Reuters) - Local leaders with the United Auto Workers union on Thursday began preparing to walk picket lines as soon as Friday if contract talks with General Motors Corp. break down after the UAW singled out the No. 1 U.S. automaker as its str...
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Yahoo Sports Former MLB, NFL executive Howsam dies (AP) AP - Bob Howsam, who assembled the Big Red Machine in Cincinnati, helped put the St. Louis Cardinals to a World Series and co-founded the Denver Broncos, died Tuesday in Sun City, Ariz. He was 89.
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Los Angeles Daily News Lots of returns on day after Christmas You don't need a lefse maker? Or that reindeer sweater? Well, get in line at the return counter. And on the day after Christmas, plan on staying there awhile.
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Yahoo World British death toll from tsunami could approach 200: foreign secretary (AFP) AFP - Forty Britons have died in the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster and 159 others were missing and "highly likely" to have died, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said, suggesting the death toll could approach 200.
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Huntington Herald Dispatch Massive release accompanies highly anticipated video game The Herald-Dispatch. The world is in danger. In just two days, an alien race called The Covenant will attempt to gain control of the most powerful weapon known to man: Halo.
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Radio Free Europe Russia Treads Fine Line On Iranian Nuclear Issue At a press conference during his recent visit to Tehran, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Russia does not support the idea of referring Tehran's nuclear case to the United
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Channel News Asia Chinese leader wants stable climate for yuan reform SANTIAGO : Chinese President Hu Jintao, meeting US leader George W. Bush during an Asia-Pacific summit, said he plans to loosen the yuan's decade-old peg to the dollar, but only under the right conditions.
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KWQC-TV Tribune names new circulation chief CHICAGO Chicago-based Tribune Company has named publishing veteran Vincent Casanova as the new vice president for circulation. Casanova will be responsible for guiding the overall circulation marketing, sales
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San Francisco Chronicle North Carolina 31, No. 4 Miami 28 Conner Barth booted a 42-yard field goal on the final play of the game, giving North Carolina a shocking 31-28 upset of the fourth-ranked Hurricanes on Saturday night.
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Reuters Germany looking at Citigroup bond trading,no probe BERLIN, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Germany's financial watchdog said on Thursday it was looking into recent trading by US financial services group Citigroup (CN: Quote, Profile, Research) in European government bond and derivative markets, but had not started a ...
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Reuters Business Microsoft hit with $1.52 billion patent suit damages NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. federal jury found that Microsoft Corp. infringed audio patents held by Alcatel-Lucent and should pay $1.52 billion in damages, Microsoft said on Thursday.
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Yahoo Sports Henin beats Golovin in Zurich Open final (AP) AP - Justine Henin won her ninth title of the season Sunday, beating 19-year-old Tatiana Golovin of France 6-4, 6-4 at the Zurich Open.
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Search engine journal Yahoo Benefits from new Panama Advertising System comScore has released some data which shows significant gains in the amount of search advertisements which were clicked during the first week of the new Yahoo Search Marketing Panama ranking & Quality Index roll out. The overall Yahoo Search Mark...
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The Herald News American League Game Summary - Seattle at Kansas City Suzuki is hitting .486 since the All-Star break. He homered for the second time in as many games...Kansas City, which has dropped eight of its last 11 contests, fell to an AL-worst 42-75, while Seattle is just 2 1/2 games better at 45-73...Madritsc...
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Yahoo World Sponsorship inquiry chosen top Canadian news story of 2004 by Media outlets (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) - It outraged a nation, hobbled a political dynasty, poisoned a national election, sparked a series of criminal investigations and police charges and appears destined to dominate newsc...
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Wired Tech Lying Makes Brain Work Harder Researchers expose differences in brain activity between people who fib and those who don't. Brain scans reveal that it really is easier to tell the truth.
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CBC News MLB delays vote to move Expos CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Major League Baseball owners tabled Thursday's vote to relocate the Montreal Expos to Washington. According to baseball commissioner Bud Selig, the owners will likely vote before the winter meetings on Dec. 6.
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Radio Australia Taiwan bans wild animal imports from SE Asia Taiwan has banned the import of wild animals from most Southeast Asian countries as a fatal bird flu outbreak claims more victims in the region.
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Reuters Business BMW says group unit sales rise 0.5 pct in January FRANKFURT (Reuters) - BMW, the world's largest premium carmaker, posted a 0.5 percent rise in group sales to 94,276 vehicles in January, the company said on Wednesday while forecasting continued growth this year.
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SiliconValley.com Deep, faint tremors in central California fascinate, worry <b>...</b> Deep beneath the San Andreas Fault in central California, the ground has been erupting in strange, faint tremors that last up to 20 minutes, scientists reported Thursday.
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Reuters Business Ford says Tata front-runner to buy European brands LONDON (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co said on Thursday India's Tata Motors Ltd was the front-runner to buy its European brands Jaguar and Land Rover.
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Xposed.com Dodgers Look to Stay Alive in Playoffs Los Angeles pitcher Odalis Perez, rocked for six runs in 2 2-3 innings in Tuesday's opener, starts Sunday night for the Dodgers as they try to stave off elimination in their NL division playoff series with the St.
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BBC News world Three Japan prisoners executed Japan hangs three prisoners in the country's second round of executions in less than two months.
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Reuters Tech Video game makers name "Gears of War" best game SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Epic Games and Microsoft Game Studios' alien shooting video game "Gears of War" on Wednesday took home three honors at the Game Developers Choice Awards, winning best game as well as awards for technology and visual arts.
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Boston Globe world UN group says Iran continues atomic expansion VIENNA -- Defying the international community, Iran has sharply upgraded its capacity to enrich uranium in recent months while the outside world's access to and grasp of Iran's nuclear program "has deteriorated," according to a unusually blunt report ye...
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Yahoo Sports Ducks bow out in less than mighty fashion (AP) AP - The Mighty Ducks' surprising playoff run ended short of the Stanley Cup finals, leaving them disappointed yet optimistic about the young players who emerged as steady contributors under pressure.
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Yahoo Sports Rangers Down D-Rays 6-2 to Sweep Series (AP) AP - Laynce Nix homered and drove in three runs, including a tiebreaking sacrifice fly, and the Texas Rangers beat the slumping Tampa Bay Devil Rays 6-2 on Sunday to sweep the three-game series.
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BBC News world Marines killed in 'Farc' attack At least 14 Colombian marines die in an attack on a military outpost by Farc rebels, the navy says.
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BBC News Business Interest rates drive dollar gain Rising US interest rates help push the dollar higher as finance ministers gather for the G7 meeting in the UK.
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Cricmania Windies likely to tour Australia despite contract row A contractual dispute between West Indies players and the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) is unlikely to halt next year's tour of Australia, a WICB spokesman said on Tuesday.
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RedNova science Lutheran Relief Group Welcomes New Leader By Pam Firmin, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss. Mar. 10--BILOXI -- Lutherans working to help rebuild Katrina-damaged homes passed their leadership torch -- wood from a 500-year-old oak tree -- to Jerilyn Dufresne of Milwaukee on Friday.
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Boston Globe business State Street sued over investments NEW YORK - State Street Corp. , the largest US money manager for institutions, was sued by Unisystems Inc. for investing bond funds in high-risk mortgage-backed securities, at least the second such lawsuit filed by a client this month.
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Boston Globe Verizon Wireless to expand data service Verizon Wireless will expand its fastest wireless data service to New York City and 13 other markets Monday, but Boston will probably have to wait until winter.
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CNET personal technology news CNET News.com feature: Gossip blogs get casting call Last year, the big trend in the new fall season was bringing broadcasting to the Web--now, it's bringing the Web to the TV screen, with new shows like TMZ TV and What Perez Sez.
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Yahoo Tech Korea's PlayTomato Takes a Cue from iPod Touch (PC World) PC World - The new audio and video player has a smaller screen, function list, and price tag than Apple's entry.
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Washington Post Business WORKING It's not just the rank and file who feel fidgety: Some bosses are restless, too.
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New York Times Business Google and Utility to Test Hybrids That Sell Back Power Google and Pacific Gas & Electric have unveiled their vision of a future in which cars and trucks are partly powered by the country’s electric grids, and vice versa.
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Yahoo World 12 bodies found in Russia mine fire (AP) AP - Rescuers pumped fresh air into the smoke-choked shafts of a Siberian gold mine Friday, hoping that 21 miners were still alive a day after a fire killed at least 12 workers in Russia's latest mining disaster.
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Forbes Apple Seen Building Entertainment Servers Merrill Lynch said game consoles will likely eventually edge out PCs as the dominant home computing system. "The future of microprocessors, storage devices, and development environments could be driven by
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Reuters Kroger's Profit Climbs, Misses Forecast Kroger Co. (KR.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the top US grocer, on Tuesday said quarterly profit rose 29 percent as it kept a tight rein on expenses and sales rebounded.
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Yahoo Sports Packers Insist Sharper Helps by Playing (AP) AP - Darren Sharper knows he's a step slow but that's not going to stop him from playing hurt.
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CNET security news AI search Powerset to launch next month Blog: Powerset CEO Barney Pell will demonstrate the technology called Powerlabs next week while speaking at the Singularity Summit on artificial intelligence and the "future of humanity."
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Reuters Indonesia's Bashir Mocks Terror Charges in Court Indonesian Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir told a court on Thursday his terrorism trial was a joke and mocked prosecutors by challenging them to file more bombing charges against him so the "thrill" was complete.
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Yahoo Politics High Court to Review Arthur Andersen Case (AP) AP - The Supreme Court agreed Friday to consider overturning the conviction of the Arthur Andersen accounting firm for destroying Enron Corp.-related documents before the energy giant's collapse.
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New York Times world Pennington Leads Jets to 26-11 Victory Over Texans Chad Pennington threw for 286 yards and a touchdown in New York’s victory over the Houston Texans, 26-11, on Sunday.
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The Motley Fool Dreadful Stocks to Avoid Warren Buffett avoids five types of stocks. Maybe you should, too.
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Reuters World Australia, others, to follow U.S. Iran sanctions: Downer SYDNEY (Reuters) - Many nations will follow the United States in slapping sanctions on Iran if it fails to suspend its nuclear enrichment program soon, Australia, a strong U.S. ally, said.
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Information Week EU Gives Oracle Green Light To Buy PeopleSoft It looks like only relatively minor administrative tasks stand between the two companies becoming one. By TechWeb News. The European Union has approved Oracle's takeover of PeopleSoft, bringing the deal closer to completion.
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PCWorld news Microsoft, Talend Team on Data Integration Talend's Open Studio product and Microsoft's business software will interoperate better, vendors say.
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New York Times sports Bruce can't make go of it Rams wide receiver Isaac Bruce was inactive for last night's 47-17 playoff loss to the Falcons in Atlanta because of a groin injury that limited him in practice all week.
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Reuters Business Futures little changed before jobs report NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures were little changed on Friday before a much-anticipated employment report that could help answer questions about economic growth in the wake of recent losses.
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Reuters Sports Jones Wants Lie Detector Test for BALCO Head SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The lawyer for triple Olympic champion Marion Jones has challenged the indicted head of the BALCO laboratory to take a lie detector test after he alleged he had seen her taking performance-enhancing drugs.
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Reuters Sports Olympics: South Korean TV Crew Member Drowns in Athens ATHENS (Reuters) - A South Korean TV technician accredited at the Olympics drowned late on Friday while swimming in an Athens seaside suburb, police sources said.
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Yahoo Business Starbucks to up noncoffee merchandise for holidays (Reuters) Reuters - Starbucks Corp. -- home of the $4 cup of coffee and white chocolate mocha frappuccinos -- is on a mission to boost sales of glittery snow globes and other noncoffee items.
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Yahoo World Trial of Peru Rebel Leader Collapses (AP) AP - The first public trial of Shining Path rebel leader Abimael Guzman fell apart on Monday as the second of the three judges presiding over the case stepped down citing a conflict of interest.
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Boston Globe sports Abraham Isn't Likely To Play HEMPSTEAD, N.Y., Dec. 27 - Jets Coach Herman Edwards said Monday that defensive end John Abraham would most likely be listed as questionable for Sunday's game at St. Louis as he continues to rehabilitate a strained knee ligament.
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New York Times Delegation Is Delayed Before Reaching Najaf AGHDAD, Iraq, Aug. 17 A delegation of Iraqis was delayed for security reasons today but still intended to visit Najaf to try to convince a rebellious Shiite cleric and his militia to evacuate a shrine in the holy city and end ...
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Yahoo Politics EU could change Balkans at a stroke, says Serbia (Reuters) Reuters - The European Union could change the Balkans at a stroke by giving membership candidate status to countries still uncertain whether the bloc really wants them, Serb Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic said on Monday.
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Yahoo Politics Ellison talks up U.S. in Muslim circles (AP) AP - The State Department is turning to Rep. Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, to help burnish the country's image in the Muslim world — despite Ellison's outspoken criticism of the Bush administration's foreign policy.
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Reuters Sports Kotalik adds to Sabres injury woes TORONTO (Reuters) - Buffalo Sabres forward Ales Kotalik is expected to miss between four and six weeks with a right knee injury, the club said on Monday, as the NHL's top team added another name to its growing injury list.
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Bloomberg F&P Appliances Buys Dynamic Cooking for $33 Mln (Correct) Fisher & Paykel Appliances Holdings Ltd., New Zealand's biggest home appliances maker, agreed to buy Dynamic Cooking Systems Inc.
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Search engine watch Search and the Law: Attorney Deborah Wilcox As part of a series looking at Internet and intellectual property law, Deborah Wilcox, co-chair of a national intellectual property litigation practice, discusses changes in attitudes toward online intellectual property, the challenges courts face in lit...
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Yahoo World Princes bid to stop broadcast of Diana death photos (AFP) AFP - Princess Diana's sons William and Harry appealed Tuesday to a British broadcaster not to air photos taken after her fatal 1997 car crash, terming the plan "gross disrespect" to her memory.
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Yahoo Science NASA to try launching shuttle next week (AP) AP - NASA managers announced Thursday that they would press ahead with the first space shuttle launch of the year next week, three months later than originally planned because of a hail storm that pockmarked the spacecraft's external tank.
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Yahoo Science U.S. Researcher Says Finds Atlantis Off Cyprus (Reuters) Reuters - A U.S. researcher on Sunday claimed he had found the lost civilization of Atlantis in the watery deep off Cyprus -- adding his theory to a mystery which has baffled explorers for centuries.
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San Francisco Chronicle Midgley out of position but not out of touch for Bears The switch to point guard has had a rather strange effect on Cal junior Richard Midgley. Typically, a move from shooting guard to the point results in fewer points, more assists, and, if things are going smoothly, fewer turnovers.
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Reuters Business Futures gain as Fed policy-makers gather NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures rose on Tuesday as investors looked forward to another interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve this week to help cure the economy's ills.
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Yahoo Sports Barbaro's trainer is encouraged (AP) AP - Barbaro trainer Michael Matz was encouraged Tuesday by the colt's recent stability in his health, though he noted the Kentucky Derby winner's condition could still turn any time.
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Reuters Sports Players Offer to Slash Salaries to Save NHL Season TORONTO (Reuters) - Hopes for an NHL season were left hanging by a thread Thursday as players presented a proposal that included a massive 24 percent rollback in salaries but did not address owners' main demand for cost certainty.
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CNET enterprise hardware news Report: FTC to probe Microsoft, Yahoo ad deals too Blog: Commission plans to expand its probe beyond Google-DoubleClick to also review Microsoft and Yahoo bids, The Wall Street Journal is reporting.
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Yahoo World Hezbollah guerrillas reflect on damage (AP) AP - In ruined towns along Lebanon's southern border, Hezbollah fighters swerved their motorbikes around flattened houses and sewer pipes protruding from bombed-out roads. One offered up mineral water with a Hebrew label — taken from the stash of some Isra...
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Washington Post Business Retailers Tap High Tech To Aid Customers Encouraged by consumer's willingness to use self-checkout scanners, stores are testing new innovations to add service and cut costs. -The Washington Post
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