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The Motley Fool Bookseller Gets Ripped Borders Group warns about its third quarter.
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Boston Globe Pilot accord might aid Delta The battered shares of Delta Air Lines Inc. surged nearly 9 percent yesterday after its pilots agreed to salary cuts to try to help the ailing carrier avoid
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IAfrica South African News England's White ready for Boklash England prop Julian White expects South Africa to be all the more determined come Saturday's Test match at Twickenham following their Grand Slam-ending defeat against Ireland last weekend.
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Boston Globe sports Giants' Line Still Working On Filling In the Gaps The offensive line that will try to protect Eli Manning in his first start for the Giants was among the National Football League's worst last season.
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The Union Leader Cuba Libre! US diplomat makes Castro squirm JAMES CASON, head of the US Interest Section in Cuba (the United States has no embassy there) has ignited a marvelous little propaganda war between the United States and Cuba, and Cuba is losing.
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New York Times world Michael Kidd, Choreographer, Is Dead Mr. Kidd was the award-winning choreographer of exuberant dance numbers for Broadway shows like “Finian’s Rainbow” and “Guys and Dolls” and Hollywood musicals including “The Band Wagon” and “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.”
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Yahoo Science Emory: Patient's Disorder Isn't Mad Cow (AP) AP - Emory University Hospital has confirmed that a brain surgery patient does not have the human version of mad cow disease, but does have a rare, fatal disorder that resembles it.
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The Register Lag caught with phone charger up jacksie Prison officers notice murderer's 'discomfort' A lag at Swaleside Prison on the Isle of Sheppey was caught with an entire phone charger up his jacksie after officers noticed his "discomfort" during a search of his cell, The Sun reports.

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Yahoo Tech Cisco buys social networking vendor (InfoWorld) InfoWorld - Cisco Systems, the biggest vendor in IP (Internet Protocol) networking, is diversifying into social networking.
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The Motley Fool This Just In: Upgrades & Downgrades Susquehanna is sweet on Satyam.
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WBAY Packers Fans Okay with McKenzie Trade Mike McKenzie wanted out of Green Bay. It was a trade many fans wanted as well. The cornerback's trade to the New Orleans Saints was the talk of the day Monday among Packers fans, who are eager
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New York Times Business Once Again Part of Europe, Poland Ponders the Euro Changing currencies is Poland's next huge task, but officials say embracing the euro will offer the country an opportunity to knock economic policies into shape.
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Reuters World Israeli Air Strike Kills One in Gaza Refugee Camp GAZA (Reuters) - Israel fired a missile into a refugee camp in Gaza Saturday, killing a Palestinian and extending a vortex of violence that could complicate an Israeli plan to pull out of the occupied territory.
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BBC science First baby from lab-matured egg The first baby created from an egg matured in the lab, frozen, thawed and then fertilised, has been born.
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Expatica Bundesliga prepares for striker showdown HAMBURG - Champions Werder Bremen run into Bayern Munich for the Bundesliga's top clash on Saturday highlighted by a showdown of in-form strikers Miroslav Klose and Roy Makaay.
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Reuters Business Fed slashes rates to blunt economic slowdown WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve cut U.S. interest rates by a hefty half-percentage point on Wednesday as part of an ongoing aggressive effort to halt a sharp slowdown in an economy hit by a housing slump and a credit crunch.
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New York Times Business Noranda Says It Is in Talks With China Minmetals Noranda, Canada's largest mining company, said on Friday that it may be acquired by the China Minmetals Corporation in a deal worth more than $4.7 billion.
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BBC News Business China consumes most, report says A booming China now consumes more grain, meat, coal and steel - but not oil - than the US, a survey says.
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Edmonton Sun Phillies end Florida frustration At Miami, Cory Lidle took a no-hitter into the seventh inning, Ryan Madson escaped a jam, and the Philadelphia Phillies ended two years of frustration in Florida by beating the Marlins.
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Pittsburgh Post Gazette US Airways Watch: 11/18/04 US Bankruptcy Court Judge Stephen Mitchell will hear arguments today asking him to reconsider a four-month, 21 percent pay cut he imposed on many unionized workers last month.
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The Motley Fool Winners and Losers in Universal Heathcare They're not who you'd think.
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CTV 1,000 Filipinos dead or missing, officials say As many as 1,000 people are dead or missing, and another 160,000 have been displaced as the second typhoon in a week tracks over the eastern Philippines.
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Yahoo Business Overview: US retail sales inspire equities (FT.com) FT.com - A surprisingly resilient report on US retail sales drove Wall Street stocks higher on Wednesday, dragged credit spreads down from record wide levels and sent the dollar to its highest level against the yen for a month.
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Yahoo World Three more people charged in Britain over alleged terror attacks (AFP) AFP - Three more people have been charged in connection with the foiled alleged terror plot to blow up US-bound airliners from Britain, bringing the total number to 15, a police spokesman told AFP.
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Yahoo Politics FDA says cloned animals safe (AP) AP - Meat and milk from cloned animals is as safe as that from their counterparts bred the old-fashioned way, the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday.
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Reuters Business Chrysler decision may take months FRANKFURT (Reuters) - DaimlerChrysler may communicate its future strategy for its loss-making U.S. arm only in weeks or months, the world's fifth-biggest carmaker said on Thursday.
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Yahoo Business Australia's Wesfarmers slumps, Coles down after takeover deal (AFP) AFP - Shares in Wesfarmers plunged Tuesday, a day after the Perth-based conglomerate agreed to pay 22 billion dollars (18.7 billion US) for retailer Coles in Australia's largest corporate deal.
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Forbes Update 4: US Retailers Cut Prices After Christmas Shoppers headed to the nation's malls and stores to grab post-holiday bargains Sunday as merchants slashed prices even deeper in hopes of squeezing more sales out of what's winding up to be an unimpressive holiday season.
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Information Week PeopleSoft CEO Steps Down PeopleSoft founder David Duffield, who tried to keep the company from being acquired by Oracle, returned as CEO after Craig Conway was fired in October.
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Boston Globe sports Brawl Fallout: Thomas Left to Shuffle a Limited Roster The Knicks will again have only two guards in uniform Wednesday night against the Charlotte Bobcats. Forwards David Lee and Renaldo Balkman will again spend time in the backcourt.
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Washington Post Business Under Pressure, Palestinian Territories Pull Apart GAZA CITY -- Ali Hussein is making money, quite a bit of it, which places the low-key sales manager in a small minority in this economically depleted city.
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The Motley Fool Take a Lesson From Private Equity What happens when the well runs dry?
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BBC News world Japan's elderly are urged to work Japan's government says it has to work harder to encourage elderly people to remain in the workforce.
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RedNova general Hurricane Ivan Slams Gulf Coast; 20 Dead PENSACOLA, Fla. - Hurricane Ivan drilled the Gulf Coast on Thursday with 130-mph winds that inflicted far less damage than feared everywhere except Florida's Panhandle, where residents were left with surge-ravaged beachfronts, flooded streets and homes ripped a...
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Reuters Business Dow tops record on rate and growth view NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Dow industrials climbed to a record high on Friday after consumer price data reassured investors that the U.S. economy is maintaining growth and inflation is under control.
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RedNova science Sheriff Sees Revenue Increase By Beth O'Malley, The Sedalia Democrat, Sedalia, Mo. Jan. 30--The Pettis County Sheriff's Department brought in about $117,000 more in 2006 than in 2005, mainly because the jail housed more inmates, said Sheriff Kevin Bond.
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Yahoo World Strong quake rocks Tokyo and surrounding areas (AFP) AFP - A strong earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale and a series of aftershocks hit Japan's capital Tokyo and its surrounding areas, the Meteorological Agency said.
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Yahoo Sports No. 18 Marquette makes it to 2nd round (AP) AP - Marquette was facing an early exit from the Big East tournament, and St. John's fans were thinking about an upset. One big run and a bunch of clutch shots down the stretch helped the 18th-ranked Golden Eagles regain control Wednesday night to make th...
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Guardian Howard puts his electoral faith in Australia's trust The Australian prime minister, John Howard, yesterday called a general election for October 9, beginning his campaign with the issue that sank José María Aznar in Spain and threatens the re-election of George Bush and Tony Blair.
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The Washington Post sports Desiring Stability Redskins coach Joe Gibbs expects few major personnel changes in the offseason and wants to instill a culture of stability in Washington.
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Boston Globe sports Eagles' Reid Is More Than Meets the Eye That Eagles Coach Andy Reid, a 300-pound poet/painter/tactician, can come across as the most boring man in football is exactly what makes him intriguing.
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Reuters World Suicide blast kills 24 Pakistani soldiers ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A suicide car-bomber killed 24 Pakistani paramilitary soldiers and wounded 29 on Saturday in an attack that may be linked to an army assault on a radical mosque in the capital, a military spokesman said.
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Reuters Business Lenovo investigates Sony battery-run laptop fire TOKYO (Reuters) - Lenovo Group Ltd. 0992.HK , the world's third-largest personal computer maker, said on Monday it is looking into a fire incident on a Lenovo laptop PC equipped with a Sony Corp. 6758.T battery.
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Reuters Business Anheuser-Busch 4th-qtr profit up NEW YORK (Reuters) - Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc. posted a higher quarterly profit on Thursday, driven by stronger U.S. shipments of beer, higher prices and demand for its imports.
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New York Times Science Migration, Interrupted: Nature’s Rhythms at Risk In a new book, David Wilcove urges conservation of species and their ways, still so little understood.
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The Washington Post sports After a 'Frightening Little Dip,' a Smooth Landing for Trojans The plane carrying Southern California's football team to South Bend, Ind. plummeted during a severe thunderstorm, forcing the pilot to abort his first landing attempt.
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The Washington Post sports For the BCS, Three's Still a Crowd The average score of games involving Southern California, Louisiana State and Oklahoma this season is 50-11.
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BBC News world Japan ruling party elects leader Japan's ruling party is voting for a new leader to replace PM Junichiro Koizumi, who steps down this month.
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Independent Online Astronaut takes a tumble in space The world's first private astronaut, South African-born Mike Melvill, was jubilant as he returned safely from a harrowing roller-coaster ride into space that stopped the hearts of onlookers.
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Reuters Business Defensive share-buying lifts Wall Street NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday and the Nasdaq broke an eight-day losing streak, as talk of recession pushed investors into health care and other defensive sectors seen as resistant to a slowdown.
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Computerworld news Search Google's Earth Google Inc. now provides a searchable index to the millions of Google Earth layers on the Web.
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RedNova technology First Music, Then TV, Now Apple to Sell Movies By Hiawatha Bray, The Boston Globe Sep. 13--Apple Computer Inc. yesterday made its long-awaited move from hip pockets to living rooms.
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TSN.ca Scotland: Rangers close to within four Rangers beat Livingston 4-1 in Scottish Premier League soccer action Sunday to move to within four points of first-place Celtic. Peter Lovenkrands, Nacho Novo, Steven Thompson and Hamed Namouchi scored for Rangers.
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Yahoo Sports Dominator records 72nd career shutout (AP) AP - Dominik Hasek needed just 20 saves to record his 72nd career shutout in the Detroit Red Wings' 3-0 victory over the banged-up Minnesota Wild on Friday night.
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Boston Globe business Du Pont to cut 1,500 jobs, restructure two divisions BALTIMORE -- Chemical maker Du Pont Co. is cutting 1,500 jobs as it restructures its agriculture and nutrition division, putting the $100 million it expects to save into its seeds business, where it is in an increasingly tough battle with riva...
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CNN/SI Falcons' ferocious defensive line keys 3-0 start I would argue, after being in the Georgia Dome to see The Game That Set Offensive Football Back Three Centuries on Sunday, that "e'' is the most surprising of all.
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Reuters Business Dow hits 2nd highest ever close NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rallied on Tuesday, sending the Dow Jones industrial average to its 2nd highest ever close and 80 points shy of its record peak, as a rebound in a measure of consumer confidence boosted optimism about spending and the outlook fo...
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BBC News world Breast scans 'fail' in some women Some women with breast cancer are less likely to have their tumours picked up by scans, say experts.
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RedNova technology Shredding Company Changes Its Name Columbus Secure Shredding announced that it has changed its name from National Data Guard to better reflect its mission to provide secure document destruction services while employing people with disabilities. The company's new Web site is www.columbussecureshred...
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The Washington Post sports Paris Favored to Win 2012 Olympics Bid The five cities looking to host the 2012 Summer Games submitted bids to the International Olympic Committee on Monday, entering the final stage of a long process in hopes of landing one of the biggest prizes in sports.
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New York Times Wholesale Prices Rose 0.5% in November Wholesale prices increased 0.5 percent in November, reflecting the biggest jump in natural gas costs since March 2003, the Labor Department said yesterday.
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WTEV Blast kills at least 15 in southern Philippines Officials say at least 15 people are dead and 58 injured after a powerful explosion ripped through a market full of Christmas shoppers in the Philippines.
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Washington Post Business Russia's Gazprom Purchases Siberian Gas Field From BP MOSCOW, June 22 -- The state-controlled energy giant Gazprom on Friday bought a vast natural gas field in Siberia from a unit of British-based petroleum conglomerate BP, continuing the Kremlin's policy of shifting control of the country...
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Houston Chronicle Pierce, Hantuchova win; Zvonareva driven out of Porsche event Filderstadt, Germany (Sports Network) - Former champion Mary Pierce of France and 2002 runner-up Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia were opening-round winners on Tuesday, but sixth-seeded Russian Vera Zvonareva was an upset victim at the $650...
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Yahoo World BA sale of Qantas stake foreshadows alliance shakeup - analysts (AFP) AFP - British Airways (BA) said it would sell its 1.1 billion dollar (770 million US) stake in Australia's Qantas in a move seen as likely to fuel a major realignment of airline alliances.
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Reuters Business Nokia Q4 profits jump, market share at 40 pct HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia , the world's top cellphone maker, reported a 57 percent rise in earnings per share from October to December, with booming demand in emerging markets boosting its global market share to 40 percent.
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Allentown Morning Call 'Tis the season to stop, chop and roll Nels Bergstrom loaded his wife and three children into a sport utility vehicle Friday morning and made the hourlong ride from his home in Delaware County to Walker's Christmas Tree Farm in Carbon County.
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Reuters Sports Nadal cruises into Chennai quarter-finals CHENNAI, India (Reuters) - Top seeded Spaniard Rafael Nadal brushed aside American qualifier Rajeev Ram 6-2 6-1 to cruise into the Chennai Open quarter-finals on Thursday.
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BBC News world Tax worries knock Chinese shares The Chinese stock market drops 6% on fears the government is mulling more ways to cool the economy.
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New York Times world TierneyLab: TierneyLab: A Spot Check of Global Warming How do predictions by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change jibe with reality? The solid brown line shows the warming projected by the IPCC, with a range of uncertainty bounded by the dotted brown lines. The other lines show the actua...
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Yahoo World OSCE will not observe Russian election (AP) AP - An international election monitoring organization said Thursday it will not observe Russia's presidential election next month because of the "severe restrictions" imposed by the Kremlin.
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Boston Globe business Toronto firm's stake in N.E. bank OK'd TD Bank Financial Group won unanimous approval from the Federal Reserve Board to buy a majority stake in New England's largest independent bank. Toronto-based TD, which also operates the brokerage TD Waterhouse in the United States, is buying a 51 percent s...
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Newsday Mercenary sentenced A former apartheid soldier-turned-mercenary avoided the death penalty at a sentencing here Friday, but still received a 34-year prison term for trying to overthrow
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New York Times sports Cashing in on an advance ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis Rams coach Mike Martz couldn't care less that his team finished .500. Somehow, it is in the playoffs.
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The Washington Post sports Randall Rallies Tigers Marcus Randall comes off the bench to throw two touchdown passes, including a 10-yarder with 27 seconds to play, to help No. 24 LSU upset No. 12 Florida, 24-21, on Saturday night.
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RedNova science Visitors From the North Tidy Up Home Away From Home: Snowbirds Help Keep PCB Clean By Ed Offley, The News Herald, Panama City, Fla. Feb. 23--PANAMA CITY BEACH -- Wayne and Kaye Rydberg love the beauty of the sand and surf that defines their winter home away from permanent home in western Iowa.
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The Washington Post sports Orioles Shut Out Angels Jon Leicester and three relievers combine on a five-hitter as the Orioles notch a 3-0 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday.
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Washington Times Kidnappers turn up heat in Hassan case Kidnappers holding an Iraqi humanitarian aide worker threatened Tuesday to turn her over to one of the most feared Muslim terrorists in the nation.
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Renault F1 Valencia Testing, Day 3, 21/01/05 Fernando Alonso, R24-08, 111 laps, 445 km Franck Montagny, R24-05, 82 laps, 328 km
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RedNova science Pinecrest Mayor to Deliver Address: Mayor Gary Matzner Will Give His Annual State of the Village Address Tuesday. He is Expected to Focus on Improvements to Sewage and Pincrest Gardens By Jonnelle Marte, The Miami Herald Feb. 11--Getting all Pinecrest residents hooked into the county water system and...
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Yahoo World Mexican sewage divers submerge in murky world (Reuters) Reuters - Julio Cesar Cu wanted to be an oceanographer but instead he swims through foul-smelling sewage in underground tunnels where the occasional dead body bobs beside excrement and car parts.
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Yahoo Politics US top court to re-examine Exxon Valdez suit (AFP) AFP - The US Supreme Court said Monday it would examine the legality under maritime law of damages of 2.5 billion dollars awarded against ExxonMobil for the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil tanker disaster.
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Reuters Business Global LCD Oversupply to Peak SEOUL (Reuters) - A global oversupply of large-sized liquid crystal displays (LCDs) is forecast to peak in the third quarter of this year, but it will balance out by the fourth quarter, a U.S.-based research firm said on Friday.
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Boston Globe US faces delicate task in volatile Fallujah The US military and the Iraqi government, poised to launch an all-out attack on Fallujah, are hoping that driving out hard-core insurgents
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The Register Sun clarifies client-side Java strategy (sort of) 'Filthy rich internet applications' Sun has given the world a (slightly) better idea of what's on the way from client-side Java.

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Washington Post Business Consumer Spending Up Modestly in Nov. Consumers kept a closer eye on their wallets as they moved into the holiday shopping season, boosting their spending by a modest 0.2 percent in November.
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Reuters Business Toshiba to buy 77 pct of Westinghouse for $4.2 bln TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Toshiba Corp. said on Wednesday it would take a 77 percent stake in Westinghouse, British Nuclear Fuels' U.S. power plant unit, for $4.16 billion, buying a much bigger chunk of the firm than it initially planned.
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Yahoo Business Baxter net income rises 39 percent (AP) AP - Drug maker Baxter International Inc. on Thursday said second quarter profit grew 39 percent, helped by sales of its treatment for hemophilia and lower interest and income tax expense.
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Yahoo Politics Cheney: Terrorists May Bomb U.S. Cities (AP) AP - Vice President Dick Cheney on Tuesday raised the possibility of terrorists bombing U.S. cities with nuclear weapons and questioned whether Sen. John Kerry could combat such an "ultimate threat ... you've got to get your mind around."
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New York Times More Job Cuts Set by AT&T; Total to Hit 20% of Staff The AT&T Corporation, the nation's largest long-distance provider, said yesterday that it would eliminate more than 20 percent of its work force this year and write off $11.
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Yahoo Business Stocks to Watch Friday (Reuters) Reuters - Stocks to watch on Friday: DELL INC. : The top personal computer maker's earnings on Thursday reflected slow sales in the consumer market, and its revenue missed analysts' estimates. Its forecast for the first quarter was also disappointing to Wall Street.
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RedNova science Thorp Reed & Armstrong to Host Launch of Allegheny County Bar Association's Hispanic Attorney's Committee Event Will Feature Thorp Reed & Armstrong Assoc
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phillyburbs.com Lewis: We're not a one-man team Greg Lewis doesn't want to hear about what the Eagles are missing. He's only concerned with what the Eagles have. Lewis is one of the wide receivers the Eagles are counting on to help them survive in a post-Terrell Owens world.
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CollegeFootballNews.com Mr. Pac 10 week seven picks (Oct. 9) Obviously, Cal @ USC could be huge, but there are other ones that are at least worth a look as well. Surprisingly, Washington State is favored over Oregon, and by more than one point.
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New York Times Business China's Elite Learn to Flaunt It While the New Landless Weep In a generation, a rough-and-tumble form of capitalism is eclipsing the remnants of socialism in China.
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Yahoo World Sweden Fears Worst as First Tsunami Dead Come Home (Reuters) Reuters - The first Swedish dead from the Asian tsunami came home on Wednesday morning to a nation which fears it may have suffered its worst loss of life for 200 years.
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Boulder Daily Camera Harrison still haunts defense Peyton Manning had a perfect passer rating during Indianapolis' 41-10 playoff victory over Denver nearly a year ago. But play of the league's most valuable
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Fox Sports Socceroo hot-shots COLD professionalism reigned over raw optimism yesterday as the Socceroos used their visit to the Solomon Islands to clinch a spot at next year's rich Confederations Cup.
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Bloomberg UFJ Says Supreme Court Clears Mitsubishi Tokyo Merger (Update2) UFJ Holdings Inc., Japan's fourth- biggest lender, said the nation's Supreme Court upheld its right to merge with Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc.
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Turkish Press 'Kick up the backside for England,' says Vaughan after loss POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa (AFP) - England captain Michael Vaughan admitted his team had received a "kick up the backside" when they crashed to a seven-wicket defeat against South Africa A at Sedgars Park.
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