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ESPN Adams steps down as Leicester boss The Championship club have announced a press conference for noon when the news will be confirmed. The club claim they are to make a 'major announcement' at the Walkers Stadium following the Foxes' poor start to the season.
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The Washington Post sports The Candidate Of Substance The best candidate to coach the Redskins is right there at Redskins Park, for no one this side of Joe Gibbs had drawn more admiration and respect from players than Gregg Williams.
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PCWorld news Digital Music No Environmental Cure Replacing physical CDs with digital music downloads doesn't necessarily help the environment.
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InfoWorld news Microsoft CEO dampens Vista sales forecast ( InfoWorld ) - Microsoft chief executive officer Steve Ballmer believes that sales forecasts for its  new Vista operating system  may be "overly aggressive." In a conference call Thursday with financial analysts Ballmer said lower selling prices, limited ne...
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Reuters Spurs frustrated by Norwich keeper Green Tottenham Hotspur were left to rue missed chances after being held to a 0-0 draw by Premier League newcomers Norwich City at White Hart Lane on Sunday.
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The Register It <em>was</em> the MacBook Air subnotebook The rumour mill was right: the world's thinnest notebook Macworld Expo For once the rumour mills were right. "There's something in the air," said Steve Jobs. And then he hit us with the MacBook Air. It’s silver (aluminium), has black keys, is super super thi...
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Reuters World Gaddafi says fear drives world economic system SEBHA, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi criticized the world financial system as a dictatorship based on fear on Friday but said Libya's only pragmatic choice after sanctions was to accept the unfair reality of world trade.
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Reuters World India remembers train bombing dead MUMBAI (Reuters) - Indian commuters offered flowers and prayers to mark the first anniversary on Wednesday of bombs that killed 186 people in its financial capital, but families of victims regretted that justice still evaded them.
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Yahoo News OUTLOOK 05: Fiber Pact's End May Mean China-US Trade War (This is the first in a feature series about the regional impact of the Dec. 31 expiry of the Multifiber Agreement.) By Phelim Kyne OF DOW JONES NEWSWIRES.
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New York Times Tech Yahoo’s Directors Discuss How to Face Microsoft Bid Presentations from Yahoo’s management and its bankers argued that the company was worth more than what Microsoft has offered.
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Yahoo Tech Microsoft to blast Google for its copyright policy (Reuters) Reuters - Microsoft Corp. is set to launch a blistering attack on rival Google Inc.
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SLAM! Sports Lehmann gives evidence at hearing into Hookes' death Darren Lehmann gave evidence Monday at the committal hearing of a man charged in the death of former international cricketer David Hookes.
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East Valley Tribune America West won't bid for ATA Airlines America West Airlines said Thursday it will not bid for bankrupt low-cost flier ATA Airlines, a decision that makes the hometown carrier's biggest rival, Southwest Airlines, and AirTran
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Bloomberg Canada Oct. Housing Starts Fall 5.4%, Led by Cities (Update1) Canadian housing starts fell 5.4 percent to an annual pace of 225,000 units in October, led by drops in multi- and single-family homebuilding in cities, the federal government's housing agency said.
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Sports Network Frank-ly speaking: Nets sign head coach to extension East Rutherford, NJ (Sports Network) - The New Jersey Nets have signed head coach Lawrence Frank to a multi-year contract extension.
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RedNova technology Curbing Trouble An operation to target troublemakers is under way in a County Durham town. Police and community support officers will carry out patrols in Stanley to crack down on anti-social behaviour.
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GameCube Europe News: Resident Evil 4 For PS2 Nov 1st 2004 06:30. In a press release, Capcom announced that the latest entry in the Resident Evil series, Resident Evil 4, will be ported to the Playstation 2. Thought to be an exclusive game
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Yahoo Sports Sonics hire Presti as general manager (AP) AP - The Seattle SuperSonics hired Sam Presti as their general manager on Thursday.
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InfoWorld news Digital home devices to shine in 2007 ( InfoWorld ) - After a series of false starts, sales of devices for the digital home will take off in 2007, the chairman of Acer said Tuesday. Large numbers of users will start to replace their current home entertainment centers with digital devices because the ha...
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BBC News world Mauritania 'to let migrants land' Mauritania agrees to let a stricken ship carrying several hundred migrants ashore, the Spanish government says.
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Reuters Business Delphi labor deal expected as early as Wednesday: report DETROIT (Reuters) - Delphi Corp. and the United Auto Workers are expected to announce a labor agreement as early as Wednesday, the Detroit Free Press reported, citing hourly workers and people close to the negotiations.
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Yahoo Business South Korea June quarter growth beats projections but consumption a drag (AFP) AFP - South Korea's economy rose a stronger-than-expected 5.5 percent in the three months to June but subdued domestic consumption remained a drag and was unlikely to rebound anytime soon, analysts said.
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Forbes Chambers: Cisco, Fujitsu Team On Japan Networking; 2005 Product <b>...</b> Land of the rising routers. Cisco Systems (nasdaq: CSCO - news - people ) and Fujitsu (otc: FJTSY - news - people ) will join forces to develop high-end routers for Internet networks in Japan.
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CNET personal technology news U.S. wants end to Allofmp3 spinoffs Politicians and trade officials are still pressuring the nation to shut down "illegal" Web sites and to align its intellectual property laws with "international standards."
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RedNova general Surge of Baghdad Violence Leaves 59 Dead BAGHDAD, Iraq - Insurgents hammered central Baghdad on Sunday with one of their most intense mortar and rocket barrages ever in the heart of the capital, heralding a day of violence that killed nearly 60 people nationwide as security appeared to spiral out of c...
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CSMonitor World China takes up civic work in Africa It's sending 1,809 UN peacekeepers and 300 volunteers in a new Chinese 'peace corps' program.
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The Washington Post sports Webber Is Headed Back to Warriors Free agent Chris Webber is set to rejoin Golden State, sending an email to the Associated Press on Monday to confirm that he's returning to where his career started.
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CNET networking news Skype's mobile dreams While it makes sense for Skype to be on mobile phones, it may be years before the free peer-to-peer software makes its way into the mobile market in a big way.
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BBC News world £40bn criminal networks targeted A new bill aimed at tackling organised crime will be published by the government on Wednesday morning.
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Indian Express India take a long walk after pedestrian show birmingham, september 19: Players write the story not me, was what Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer said before the India-Pakistan game.
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Bloomberg Cadbury Says Annual Results to Be at Low End of Range (Update4) Cadbury Schweppes Plc, the maker of 7Up and Dr Pepper, said 2004 earnings will be at the low end of forecasts as demand in the US and Europe stagnates, days after Coca-Cola Co.
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Winnipeg Sun Good disguise, eh? A US company is helping politically wary American travellers pose as peace-loving Canucks. For $25 US, the T-Shirt King.Com provides a package with enough red-and-white gear for vacationers to pass themselves off as Canadians abroad.
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The Motley Fool This Just In: Upgrades and Downgrades Broadpoint needs some sharpening.
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The Scotsman Japan whale hunt 'illegal' ANIMAL rights campaigners today claimed Japan has illegally killed hundreds of whales in an Australian sanctuary, and launched legal action aimed at stopping the hunt.
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New York Times Russian Oil Mogul Expects to Lose It All The Russian tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who has been in jail since October in what many Russians say is Kremlin punishment for political activities, said Thursday that
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Yahoo Politics Angry Egypt cancels talks with EU officials (Reuters) Reuters - Egypt has cancelled talks with senior European Union officials after the bloc criticized the Arab country's human rights record, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.
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Reuters Business DirecTV and EchoStar face slower growth in 2007 NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. satellite TV operators DirecTV Group Inc. and EchoStar Communications Corp. are expected to report steady subscriber growth in the fourth quarter, but face a slowdown this year due to increased competition from cable, analyst...
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CSMonitor World Mexico, U.S. step up drug-war cooperation A top operative of Mexico's infamous Sinaloa cartel was arrested Monday.
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Yahoo Sports Leaney grabs 1-shot lead at Innisbrook (AP) AP - On a golf course where Stephen Leaney said there were no easy holes, he had a simple explanation for how he wound up atop the leaderboard Friday at the PODS Championship. "I've probably holed more putts than anyone," Leaney said.
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Newsday Brown loses by TKO In the course of his first year in pinstripes, Kevin Brown has endured a two-month bout with an intestinal parasite and had two cortisone shots for lower back pain.
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Yahoo Sports Mavs Beat Spurs in Game 7 to Advance (AP) AP - The Dallas Mavericks had procrastinated long enough against their in-state rivals. A 3-1 series lead over the defending champion San Antonio Spurs, squandered. A 20-point lead in Game 7, dried up. Then, in overtime, it was finally time for Dirk Nowitzk...
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Reuters World Phelps Powers His Way Toward Olympic Record ATHENS (Reuters) - American Michael Phelps captured a fourth gold at the Athens Games Thursday, keeping him on course to be the first swimmer to win eight medals at a single Olympics.
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CNET personal technology news New Mexico's video game nanny tax PFF's Adam Thierer says the state's decision is a troubling harbinger for makers and users of electronic game technologies.
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Yahoo Sports Nationals' Home Opener at Night (AP) AP - Major league baseball's return to the nation's capital will be under the lights. The Washington Nationals said Thursday they will play their April 14 home opener against Arizona at 7:05 p.m. It will be the first regular-season game at RFK Stadium since the expans...
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New York Times Business Europe Court Strikes ‘Volkswagen Law’ The European Court of Justice ruled illegal on Tuesday a German law that shields car maker Volkswagen AG from foreign takeovers.
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The Motley Fool Book Value Bargains Irrational markets can create buying opportunities for those watching the right numbers.
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EastDay.com Profile: Chen Qi/Ma Lin, China's new &quotgolden pair" From Seoul 1988 to Athens 2004, China has pocketed every gold for men's doubles in the Olympic table tennis tournament and, more amazingly, each time the gold has gone to a different pair of players.
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ABC News Nortel Sees Lower 3rd-Quarter Revenue Nortel Networks Corp. expects to report lower 2004 third-quarter revenues compared to the second quarter, North America's largest maker of telecom equipment said in a market update required by regulators on Thursday.
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The Register Open sourcers rattle EU sabre at BBC on demand player Anti-competitive DRM accusations ramped up The BBC is being threatened with an anti-trust challenge in Europe over its use of the Windows Media format in its on demand service, iPlayer, which is in the final stages of testing.

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Indianapolis Star Krispy Kreme earnings drop 79% in third quarter Shares of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. fell sharply Monday after it reported a 79 percent plunge in third-quarter earnings. The company also withdrew its sales forecast and said it would
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New York Times Business New-Home Sales Fall; Biggest Drop Since 1995 New-home sales fell more than expected in November, tumbling 9 percent from October to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 647,000.
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Reuters World Belgians seen voting out government as polls open BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgians began voting on Sunday in an election expected to replace Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt with the premier of Flanders who wants more power for his Dutch-speaking region.
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Reuters IOC Sets Up Probe Into Marion Jones Allegations International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge announced on Tuesday he had set up a disciplinary commission to investigate allegations made against US sprinter Marion Jones by BALCO chief Victor Conte.
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Boston Globe sports Star Horse From Europe Is Euthanized After Classic George Washington, considered one of the top horses in Europe, sustained a fractured right front leg during the running of the Breeders’ Cup Classic on Saturday and had to be euthanized.
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Reuters Business Banker sought in $400 mln fraud caught after 5 years VIENNA (Reuters) - The five-year getaway of a banker whose U.S. fund lost $400 million when he bet against the Internet stockmarket bubble in the late 1990s ended on Friday when he was caught in Austria, police said on Monday.
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Yahoo Sports Leafs blanked in rare visit to Anaheim (AP) AP - Jean-Sebastien Giguere earned his 27th career shutout, Todd Bertuzzi and Corey Perry each had a goal and two assists, and the Anaheim Ducks beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-0 on Wednesday night for their season-high fifth straight home victory.
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Washington Post Business Arlington Capital Buys Calif. School The for-profit, post-secondary education industry is ripe for consolidation, and Arlington has a letter of intent to buy another school in the western United States and anticipates more deals in the next year.
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Yahoo Politics Mayors blast Congress over immigration (AP) AP - Mayors from across the country said Friday that Congress is unlikely to act on the nation's immigration problems this year and blasted lawmakers for what they called irresponsible procrastination.
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The Washington Post sports Hurricanes, Kings Swap Four Players RALEIGH, N.C. -- The Carolina Hurricanes traded away one of their top prospects Friday, sending promising defenseman Jack Johnson to the Los Angeles Kings in a multiplayer deal.
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Reuters Business Kraft aims to increase sales, reinvest, cut costs CHICAGO (Reuters) - Kraft Foods Inc. said on Tuesday it plans to invest $300 million to $400 million on marketing, research and development and other plans this year as it works to boost lagging sales and profits.
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BCC Technology Windows update causes headaches Games and security programs are on a long list of software that does not work well with the Windows SP2 update.
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The Register GPS tracking Feds bust Cisco reseller 'fraud' The network is the sting A GPS tracking sting has led to accusations that a reseller defrauded Cisco of millions of dollars in networking gear by fiddling its hardware maintainance program on a grand scale.

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Reuters World S.Korea Says Boosting Security at N.Korea Border SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea is stepping up security along the Demilitarized Zone frontier with North Korea after a hole was found cut in a border fence, the South Korean Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
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The Washington Post sports Big East Picks Syracuse Hoops in Preseason Syracuse was the runaway preseason pick of Big East coaches Wednesday on the strength of a team that has all its starters back after reaching the round of 16 last season.
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The Michigan Daily Blue refuses to take Notre Dame lightly Even though Michigan avenged its 2002 loss to the Fighting Irish last season, the memory of the 25-23 heart-breaker at Notre Dame Stadium still stands out in Braylon Edwards’ mind.
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CNN/SI SI.com's BJ Schecter breaks down the SEC Championship Game Auburn has won nine of its 11 games by 18 points or more. The Tigers are averaging 419.2 yards per game and will pound teams on the ground before going for the kill through the air.
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Yahoo Tech Penn State researchers ID worms by speed (AP) AP - Researchers looking to root out computer attacks hope that speed kills.
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The Motley Fool Dueling Fools: CNET Bull You may have seen it, but now it's time to CNET.
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New York Times Business Within Its Walls, Club Med Opens a First-Class Preserve Will five-star designer suites, spice scrubs and Taoist massages attract luxury vacationers to Club Méditerranée?
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FOX Sports Klinsmann to issue code of conduct for his players German national team coach Juergen Klinsmann plans to introduce a code of conduct for his players, the side's manager said Monday.
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CNET security news IE exploit is top of the hacks Attacks via an Internet Explorer flaw are more common than any other hacking technique, a security firm has found.
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Yahoo Sports Sixers Robinson, Dalembert Get Demotions (AP) AP - Glenn Robinson and Samuel Dalembert have been demoted from the Philadelphia 76ers' starting lineup, coach Jim O'Brien announced Tuesday as he put the first stamp on his new team.
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PCWorld news Sony Looks to PlayStation 3 for Profits Strong sales and lower production costs should boost Sony's take on game console, exec says.
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SLAM! Sports Victims of tsunami mourned Malaysia defeated Indonesia 2-1 Tuesday at the Tiger Cup in a game in which the teams wore black arm bands as a tribute to those killed by the deadly earthquake and tsunami in both countries.
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Servihoo Iraq says southern oil exports stable Crude oil exports from southern Iraq were stable at around 1.5 million barrels a day despite several recent attacks on pipelines, a South Oil Company official said.
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Reuters Business Dollar Rises in Corrective Bounce NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar rebounded on Wednesday as investors focused on relative interest rates, which increasingly were expected to favor the dollar, and reversed some bets against the currency.
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Washington Post Business Report Offers Improvement Plan for Government Hiring Complaints about the federal hiring process are long-standing. Job applicants say it takes too long and is too confusing and that they often wait for much of a year without feedback on where their application stands.
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Yahoo Business Franklin Templeton Cos. to Settle Charges (AP) AP - Two companies that manage and market Franklin Templeton mutual funds have agreed to pay a total of $20 million to settle federal regulators' charges that they failed to disclose their use of fund assets to pay brokerages for steering customers to the ...
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CNET News.com Trojan poses as Lycos Europe screensaver An identity-stealing e-mail Trojan horse that disguises itself as the Lycos Europe antispam screensaver is being distributed around the Internet, an antivirus company has warned.
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Daily Star More danger in the future with Moqtada al-Sadr Najaf, after three weeks of fighting, has more or less settled down from a military standpoint. The sometimes-fierce combat has ended.
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Boston Globe business EMC to expand Irish operations EMC Corp.'s booming VMware subsidiary plans to beef up its European operations by adding about 369 workers to its technical support call center in Ireland.
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Auto123 Honda to keep up the pressure Nestling deep inside the Ardennes forest near Liege, Spa-Francorchamps is probably the most visually inspiring stop on the Grand Prix tour.
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CNET News.com No-go zone for Passport Microsoft's Passport authentication technology lost a prominent partner this week when eBay announced that it would stop supporting customer logins through Microsoft's Passport and .
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Yahoo Tech Nokia says ITC starts Qualcomm investigation (Reuters) Reuters - The world's top cellphone maker Nokia (NOK1V.HE) said on Tuesday the U.S. International Trade Commission has decided to start investigating Qualcomm Inc's trade practices and alleged patent infringement.
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ITV.com United probing tunnel fracas Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed that they are conducting their own investigation into 'Foodgate'. The reports that an unnamed Arsenal player threw pizza and soup at the Red Devils boss
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Yahoo Business Senate passes stimulus plan (AP) AP - The Senate passed an economic rescue plan Thursday that would speed $600 to $1,200 in rebates to most taxpayers and $300 checks to low-income people, including disabled veterans and the elderly.
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Seattle Times M's sign Dan Wilson to one-year deal Only hours before Dan Wilson might have become an ex-Mariner today, Seattle re-signed the veteran catcher to a one-year contract. Financial figures were not released, nor was any word about the status of ongoing
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The Washington Post sports Belliard Has 4 RBIs As Cards Dump Astros Chris Carpenter throws a six-hitter and Ronnie Belliard has four RBIs, helping St. Louis take advantage of a fill-in starter in a 7-0 victory over Houston.
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The Washington Post sports Fulmer Gets a Raise Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer receives a raise that will push his salary to over $2 million per year.
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PC Pro Red Hat buys Netscape Enterprise Solutions from AOL Enterprise Linux specialist Red Hat has snapped up choice pieces of Netscape Enterprise solutions from AOL. These include the Netscape Enterprise Suite and include Netscape Directory Server and Netscape Certificate Management System.
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Yahoo Science Astronauts repair space station's broken wing (Reuters) Reuters - Two U.S. astronauts replaced a broken motor on one of the International Space Station's solar wings during a spacewalk on Wednesday, clearing the way for more modules to be added to the outpost.
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Bloomberg China Fires Soccer Coach Haan After World Cup Exit (Update1) China's Dutch coach Arie Haan was fired after a missed penalty in his team's 7-0 win against Hong Kong sealed the country's elimination from qualifying for soccer's 2006 World Cup in Germany.
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Reuters World Embattled Japan PM woos back conservatives KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe moved to woo back his conservative supporters on an Asian tour this week, snubbing China and paying tribute to an Indian figure revered by Japanese nationalists.
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Boston Globe world Paris turns toward the two-wheeler PARIS -- A city notorious for aggressive drivers was transformed into a giant bicycle-friendly zone beginning yesterday as part of an experiment being closely watched by US cities, including Atlanta and Austin, Texas.
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Reuters Business Market rises on report of Countrywide deal talk NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks rose on Thursday after a Wall Street Journal report that Bank of America is in talks to buy mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp sent financial stocks higher.
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Yahoo Politics Bush: New plan to help end Iraq violence (AP) AP - President Bush said Tuesday a new plan to increase U.S. and Iraqi forces in the besieged capital of Baghdad will help quell rising violence that is threatening Iraq's transformation to a self-sustaining democracy.
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CSMonitor World ICC path to justice tested in Congo Investigations for the International Criminal Court's first trial face serious logistical and security obstacles as well as charges of selective justice.
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RedNova technology Fox Opens Competition With CNBC With Jab By DAVID BAUDER NEW YORK - News Corp. chief Rupert Murdoch says the new Fox Business Channel will be "more business-friendly" than rival CNBC, making that point on the day he announced his network would launch at the end of the year.
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The Register Alleged Apple Flash iPod 'partner' signs with Rio Hopes that Apple may be preparing a Flash-based iPod appeared to be dashed on Friday when the company's alleged MP3 chip partner announced a deal with Apple portable player rival Rio.
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