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New York Times world News Analysis: Ecuador Vote: Leader Forges Middle Road Among Leftists Rafael Correa’s rise in Ecuador points to how varied, and persistent, the leftist groundswell has become in Latin America.
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Yahoo World Joe Volpe named to replace embattled Judy Sgro in mini cabinet shuffle (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) - Beleaguered Immigration Minister Judy Sgro will resign from cabinet Friday, kicking off a mini-shuffle that will see her replaced by Human Resources Minister Joe Volpe.
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Yahoo News Indonesia Quake Sparks Fatal Tidal Waves Kusol Wetchakul offers prayers for the soul of his sister Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2004, at dawn along the beach near Khao Lak, Thailand.
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Voice of America Nairobi Summit Urges More Progress to Ban Land Mines Diplomats from countries that have signed a treaty banning land-mine use, production, stockpiling, and transfer are assessing the accord's impact at a conference in Nairobi.
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USA Today Pride, jitters as people prepare for first vote This freshly minted democracy is about to hold the first open election in its history, but Saturday's vote fills Afghans here both with elation and fear.
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Yahoo Sports Illini's Mendenhall enters NFL draft (AP) AP - Rashard Mendenhall will skip his senior year at Illinois and enter the NFL draft after rushing for a school-record 1,681 yards while leading the Illini to the Rose Bowl.
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BBC News Business Pace Micro hit by sales warning Pace Micro, Europe's biggest digital set-top box maker, sees its shares dive after it warns sales in 2005 will fall far short of expectations.
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Yahoo Politics Lynne Cheney Helps Soften Husband's Image (AP) AP - Lynne Cheney smiles, nods and applauds. Sitting on a stool beside her husband, she shows none of the fire that made her a leading conservative in her own right. She is the adoring wife, the woman who knew Vice President Dick Cheney when he was a teena...
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Reuters World Olmert, Abbas try to limit Hamas control over border JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will hold crisis talks on Sunday on how to limit Hamas control over Gaza's breached border with Egypt.
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BBC News world Palestinians 'may declare state' A top official says Palestinians could unilaterally declare statehood, as Kosovo did, if talks with Israel fail.
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BBC News Israel antique 'forgers' charged The Israeli authorities have charged four antique collectors with running a forgery ring that created a string of fraudulent biblical artefacts.
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Yahoo World Police issue warning after escalation of 'letter bomb' campaign (AFP) AFP - Police have issued a public warning after the latest in a series of letter bombs took the number of people injured to seven in five days, fueling fears of a concerted bombing campaign.
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New York Times Tech Oracle President Says Bid for PeopleSoft May Be Cut An Oracle executive testified that she expected PeopleSoft’s earnings would continue to drop in the wake of Oracle’s hostile takeover bid.
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Reuters Sports Mauresmo and Sharapova step into the spotlight PARIS (Reuters) - French fans will catch their first glimpse of Amelie Mauresmo on Wednesday when the home favorite begins her bid for a maiden French Open title.
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RedNova science PA DEP Secretary Receives National Award for Litter Prevention, Beautification Efforts HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Pennsylvania Environmental Protection Secretary Kathleen A. McGinty today received Keep America Beautiful's Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson Award, the highest award given to women vol...
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RedNova science Real Estate PEOPLE By Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach Mar. 4--Fillingame joins Anderson Auctions DESTIN -- Anderson Auctions, Inc. of Destin has hired Jeanne Fillingame as a new sales associate. Fillingame is a 20-year veteran of the real estate business.
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RedNova science OPINION: City Not Taking High Road on Eminent Domain By ? Scott Shackford, Desert Dispatch, Barstow, Calif. Jun. 13--The City of Barstow stands poised to declare the right to use eminent domain to take private property in order to assist private developers.
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Yahoo World 14 kidnapped Iraqi policemen found slain (AP) AP - The bodies of 14 policemen were found Friday northeast of Baghdad after an al-Qaida-affilated Sunni group said it abducted members of a government security force in retaliation for the rape of a Sunni woman by members of the Shiite-dominated police.
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The Motley Fool Lilliputian Attack On Lilly? Eli Lilly loses a pair of patent cases over its top compound.
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Yahoo Science NASA lawyer destroyed meeting DVD (AP) AP - NASA's top lawyer said Thursday that he destroyed several DVD recordings of a talk between the space agency's boss and the staff of its internal watchdog office because he wanted to make sure the meeting details weren't made public.
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BBC News world Funeral for Greek church head The funeral of the head of the Greek Orthodox Church, Archbishop Christodoulos, is held in Athens.
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InfoWorld Business SAP, Cisco team up on compliance Enterprise applications vendor SAP and networking company Cisco Systems are touting their new marketing alliance on governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) business processes as a major milestone in their 18-month-old partnership.
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Boston Globe business Here's a few ways to help make your investments 'recession-proof' If the US housing bust triggers a recession, you can still profit in the financial markets.
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Yahoo Tech Scientists create robot toddler (AP) AP - A group of scientists in Japan have developed a humanoid that acts like a toddler to better understand child development.
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Forbes Apple Expo - Attendees Mixed if iMac G5 is The Complete Solution PARIS, FRANCE - Attendees at Apple Expo in Paris are impressed at the look of the new iMac G5, but mixed on whether it's the right solution for their needs.
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InfoWorld Business Microsoft wins patent case with Timeline Microsoft won a round in its battle with patent licensing company Timeline.
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The Register Official orders probe of airlines that stole Christmas The weather ate our flight plans
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The Motley Fool The Way to Prosperity You don't need millions to make millions. Just follow this simple four-step plan.
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Yahoo Tech Cigna offers free cancer video game (AP) AP - Roxxi, a brunette nanobot with a blaster for a left arm, takes careful aim at a cancer cell and zaps it into oblivion.
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RedNova general Airlines Told to Turn Over Passenger Data WASHINGTON - Everyone who took a commercial flight within the United States in June will have his travel information turned over to the government so it can test a new system for identifying potential terrorists, federal officials announced Tuesday. The Tra...
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BBC News Business Google troubled by Microsoft move Internet giant Google has urged regulators to scrutinise Microsoft's proposed move to buy Yahoo.
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The Washington Post sports Crosby's Status Uncertain After Reexamination The Penguins won't know for at least a few more days how long star center Sidney Crosby will be out of their lineup with a high ankle sprain.
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New York Times sports Sox set to re-sign Mirabelli Stymied in their quest to re-sign Jason Varitek, the Red Sox last night made substantial progress in filling another void behind the plate as they reached a tentative agreement to retain Doug Mirabelli, one of the game's premier backup catchers. The final details wer...
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PCWorld news Does Free Domain Registration Promote Malware? Easy, anonymous registration boosts sites used for spamming or hosting malicious apps, McAfee says.
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Yahoo Tech Device-Driver Snafu Delays Vista SP1 Rollout (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Microsoft is delaying the rollout of Vista SP1 (Service Pack 1) for several weeks in order to address problems arising from the use of a small number of device drivers that do not conform to the software giant's installation guide...
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Washington Post Against the Irish, Navy Faces 40 Years of Futility Once upon a time, before the Internet, the Bowl Championship Series and the zone blitz, Navy's football team routinely beat Notre Dame.
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New York Times world Tension About Religion and Class in Turkey As Turkey lurches toward a repeal of a ban on head scarves at universities, the country’s secular upper middle class is feeling increasingly threatened.
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Yahoo Sports Wenger concern over Arsenal injury crisis (AFP) AFP - Arsene Wenger is facing an injury crisis that threatens to derail Arsenal's Premier League title challenge.
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Yahoo Business Home loan demand rises as interest rates tumble (Reuters) Reuters - Mortgage applications rose for a second straight week, fueled by demand for home loans as interest rates sank to their lowest since May, an industry group's figures showed Wednesday.
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Sports Network NBA Game Summary - San Antonio at Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Tim Duncan scored 34 points and grabbed 13 rebounds for his 409th career double-double, leading San Antonio to an 88-80 victory over Philadelphia at the Wachovia Center.
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Reuters Sports Injured Capriati Out of Australian Open MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Twice former champion Jennifer Capriati has withdrawn from next week's Australian Open because of an injury to her right shoulder, organizers said on Wednesday.
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Forbes NTT DoCoMo to invest 8.2 mln usd in Chinese cos to strengthen <b>...</b> TOKYO (XFN-ASIA) - NTT DoCoMo Inc, Japan's leading mobile phone service operator, said it will invest a total of 8.2 mln usd in two China-based companies in a move to strengthen its mobile phone businesses in the rapidly growing market th...
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Reuters Tech Global Chip Gear Sales Seen Down 5.15 Pct in 2005 MAKUHARI, Japan (Reuters) - Global chip equipment sales are expected to fall 5.15 percent in 2005, an industry group said on Wednesday in a sharp reversal from its July forecast of growth of 23.98 percent.
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Yahoo World Iraq Nuke Sites Were Stripped by Experts-Diplomats (Reuters) Reuters - The removal of Iraq's mothballed nuclear facilities took around one year and was carried out by experts with heavy machinery and demolition equipment, diplomats close to the U.N. said on Thursday.
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Xinhua 2 Palestinian children killed in mysterious explosion Two Palestinian children were killed in a mysterious explosion in southern Gaza Friday. Palestinians said it was a result of the Israeli tank shelling, while the Israeli army said it was caused by a roadside bomb.
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CNET security news Cisco patches security flaws in number of products Updates address vulnerabilities in products ranging from Cisco Unified CallManager to Cisco Firewall Service Module.
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GEO European countries agree on Iran nuke deadline TEHRAN: France, Britain and Germany proposing a November deadline for Iran to dispel concern that it has a covert atom bomb program.
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Yahoo Tech Director John Woo takes aim at games (USATODAY.com) USATODAY.com - John Woo's latest Hong Kong thriller won't be found in movie theaters. The legendary director chose to bring back his beloved character Inspector Tequila from 1992's Hard-Boiled in a video game called Stranglehold, out today for Xbox ...
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Bloomberg BBVA Fund to Invest Up to $500 Mln in US Hispanic Companies Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA, Spain's second-biggest bank, said it created a private equity fund that will invest as much as $500 million in US companies with links to the Hispanic community.
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SLAM! Sports Warne says new ICC rules on chucking could cause confusion Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne said Thursday a new proposal on bowling deliveries in cricket - brought about by the "chucking" controversy involving Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan - could cause confusion for umpires.
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The Register SNIA promises new push for IP SANs iSCSI seems to be the hardest word... The Storage Network Industry Association (SNIA) says it will put more effort into promoting IP-based storage area networks, or SANs. That means iSCSI, although you might not realise it from reading the trade group's statements on th...
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Voice of America Cassini Spacecraft Discovers 2 New Moons Around Saturn The US Space Agency's Cassini spacecraft has discovered two new moons around Saturn - bringing the planet's count to 33. NASA said Monday the images of the two, small moons were taken June 1.
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New York Times world Inmate Agrees, for Now, Not to Seek Palestinian Authority Presidency Marwan Barghouti, a popular politician now in an Israeli prison, called for Palestinians to support Mahmoud Abbas in elections on Jan. 9.
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Reuters Business Stock futures fall after durable goods data NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stock futures tumbled on Tuesday after a larger-than-expected decline in October durable goods orders prompted worries about an economic slowdown.
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Turkish Press Pfizer stock drops after slump in Celebrex prescriptions NEW YORK (AFP) - Drugs giant Pfizer Inc.'s stock fell on a report that new prescriptions for its blockbuster pain medication Celebrex slumped 56 percent last week.
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Daily Telegraph India fires nuclear-ready missile INDIA today tested a short-range ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead off its eastern coast, defence sources said.
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The Washington Post sports Redskins Offer New Deal Redskins owner Daniel Snyder has created a way for fans to vault over the 75,000 names on the waiting list for season tickets and get prime seats.
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Reuters World Sri Lanka pushes rebels back in east, fighting rages COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's army pushed into Tamil Tiger territory to neutralize artillery and mortar fire in the island's east on Friday, military sources said, as the rebels warned of low expectations at peace talks due later this month.
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Winston-Salem Journal Afghan Elections Hamid Karzai's apparent election as president of Afghanistan caps a remarkable democratic victory in the long-suffering country.
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Yahoo World Colombia Rebels Kill 9 Officers in Ambush (AP) AP - Leftist rebels ambushed a police convoy Tuesday in northeastern Colombia, killing at least nine officers and wounding three others, authorities said. A 10th policeman was killed in a separate incident.
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Yahoo Tech FBI Seizes Counterfeit Software (PC World) PC World - Eleven charged in 'Digital Marauder' case that could hit $87 million.
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Yahoo Science Scientists to save 5,000-year-old embrace (Reuters) Reuters - Italy won't split up its Stone Age "lovers."
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Reuters World NATO head asks Canada to prolong Afghan mission MONTREAL (Reuters) - NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer urged Canada on Thursday to keep its military mission in Afghanistan beyond the scheduled February 2009 date for withdrawal.
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Yahoo Tech REVIEW: IPod Speaker Sets Get a Hearing (AP) AP - Compact speakers for personal music players have been around since the original Walkman. Now that mini-hard drive music machines can hold your entire collection, the product category is back with a vengeance.
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Yahoo Tech Nokia Jumping Into Web Services Field With Music, Games (Investor's Business Daily) Investor's Business Daily - Nokia on Wednesday not only upped the ante against its cell phone rivals, but also took dead aim at some online services, including Apple's iTunes music store.
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Click10.com What A Waist: Tigers OF Monroe Arrested For Stealing Belt Port Charlotte, FL -- Detroit Tigers outfielder Craig Monroe was arrested last week for allegedly stealing a $29.99 belt from a department store.
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BBC News Business Executive trio leave Aer Lingus Three executives at Aer Lingus are to leave the state carrier earlier after accusations of a conflict of interest.
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Cincinnati Business Courier Delta gets tentative deal with pilots After 15 months of negotiations, Delta Air Lines Inc. has secured a tentative contract with its pilots, a move that might help the struggling carrier avoid a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing.
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This is London Cemex snaps up RMC for £2.3bn RMC Group, the world's largest maker of ready-mixed concrete, today accepted a £2.3bn takeover bid from Mexico's Cemex, the world's third-largest cement maker.
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New York Times Science Healing: In I.C.U., Lack of Sleep Can Hurt Recovery Patients in intensive care units are so busy being poked, prodded, jabbed and medicated that they rarely have time for sleep.
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The Motley Fool A Fool Looks Back Don't let the holidays' heavy lifting scare you away.
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Reuters Business G7 pressures China to let currency rise WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Global finance chiefs sought on Friday to put pressure on China to let its currency rise in value to ease global trade imbalances and also aimed to craft a message to soothe turbulent financial markets.
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Reuters Business AT&T adjusted profit up on strong wireless sales NEW YORK (Reuters) - Top telecommunications service provider AT&T Inc. on Tuesday said its profit and revenue grew on an adjusted basis, helped by strong growth in its wireless business.
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Reuters World Rwandan Troops Enter Congo, Congo Officials Say KINSHASA/KIGALI (Reuters) - Rwandan troops have killed at least 19 civilians in an attack on a town in eastern Congo, a Congolese commander said on Tuesday, after Rwanda said its forces may have launched an attack in pursuit of Hutu rebels.
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The Motley Fool Baby Breaker Birth Announcements We track the week in private equity in search of Rule Breakers of the future.
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Boston Globe business Mass. auto rates to stay fairly steady next year The state insurance commissioner yesterday held auto insurance premiums fairly steady for next year while approving measures that could sharply increase the rates paid by inexperienced teenage drivers.
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New York Times Business Stocks Decline on Inflation Fears Stock prices extended their losses on Wednesday as Wall Street faced an array of unwelcome economic news that stirred concerns about high inflation.
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Yahoo World Japan reports 0.1% Oct.-Dec. economic shrinkage: third straight down quarter (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - TOKYO (AP) - Japan's economy shrank 0.1 per cent during the quarter ended Dec. 31, the government said Wednesday, as numbers were revised to show three straight quarters of contraction.
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The Register CfH report confirms confidentiality risk Keeping mum on care records Plans to upload medical records onto a central database - the so-called spine - will put patient confidentiality at risk, Connecting for Health (CfH) has been told by its own consultants.

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CNET security news Flow battery maker gets $15 million Want to get some VC funds? Come up with a cool energy-storage concept like the flow battery from Deeya Energy.
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Reuters Sports Tigers take series lead DETROIT (Reuters) - Veteran lefthander Kenny Rogers guided Detroit to a 6-0 win over the New York Yankees on Friday, bringing the Tigers to the brink of a shock victory in their American League divisional playoff series.
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InfoWorld news EBay to broker radio ads ( InfoWorld ) - EBay is getting into the radio advertising business, becoming a broker of ad spots and on its way to competing with Google, which provides a similar service. The new service will go live on Wednesday as part of the eBay Media Marketplace , it said in a statem...
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Yahoo Sports No. 11 Spartans regroup to edge Buckeyes (AP) AP - Drew Neitzel scored eight of 13 points in the first half, helping No. 11 Michigan State start strong and regroup from a humiliating performance with a 66-60 victory over Ohio State on Tuesday night.
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Reuters Vancouver Businessmen to Buy NHL's Canucks -Report Two Vancouver businessmen are set to buy the Vancouver Canucks National Hockey League team, a newspaper reported on Tuesday. Citing sources close to the deal, the Vancouver Sun said Tom
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Yahoo Sports Astros rally in 15th; win 8th straight (AP) AP - Brad Ausmus' sacrifice fly in the 15th inning finished off Houston's comeback within a comeback as the Astros rallied from five runs down to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-6 on Wednesday night, their eighth straight win that kept them close to St. Lou...
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Washington Post Business Turbulence Over Executive Pay FORT WORTH -- American Airlines executives should have been celebrating last week during their annual stockholders' meeting, the first in six years at which they could spotlight an annual profit.
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Reuters Business OPEC cuts 1 mln barrels in 1st reduction since 2004 DUBAI (Reuters) - OPEC will take one million barrels of oil a day off oversupplied world markets as soon as possible with its first output cut in more than two years, a senior OPEC delegate said on Thursday, sending oil prices up nearly $1.50.
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Yahoo World China Completes Military Power Transfer (AP) AP - Hu Jintao became the undisputed leader of China as the country completed its first orderly transfer of power in the communist era on Sunday with the departure of former President Jiang Zemin from his top military post — giving a new generation a freer hand...
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Boston Globe world To have and have not published ROME -- A bullfight, an act of bravado, a brush with death. A newly discovered story by a young Ernest Hemingway has all the elements to delight fans and scholars -- but it can't be published.
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The Age Australia one-up and wary Michael Clarke, man of the match in his debut Test, is "chaired" from the field by Shane Warne after Australia's winning start to the series in India yesterday.
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BBC News Supercomputer breaks speed record The US is poised to push Japan off the top of the supercomputing chart with IBM's prototype Blue Gene/L machine. It is being assembled for the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories, a US Department of Energy lab (DOE).
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MSNBC Playoff preview? Hot Red Sox, A's meet But first, two of the hottest teams in the majors get a chance to feel each other out for three games at Network Associates Coliseum.
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BBC News world French Sikhs lambast school ban French Sikhs say a deal exempting Sikh schoolchildren from a ban on overt religious attire has been flouted.
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New York Times sports How the runs scored FIRST INNING RED SOX -- Crisp tripled to right. Cora sacrificed, pitcher to first, scoring Crisp. Ortiz struck out. Drew doubled to center. Lowell lined to first. ONE RUN, TWO HITS, ONE LEFT.
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NorthJersey.com Vince, Nets ready for beginning of new era The new guy sported a new white headband, and stayed after Nets practice, running through the plays so he would be sure he had them down when his number was called.
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Wired Tech Easy E-Mail for Computerphobes Presto digital delivery service helps folks without a PC stay connected. In Gear Factor.
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World Peace Herald Russia's Yukos seeks protection in US Russia's Yukos oil company has filed for bankruptcy in a Houston court to halt a Kremlin-driven liquidation of the nation's biggest crude oil producer.
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New York Times BASEBALL ROUNDUP Wigginton's Homer Helps the Pirates Win Ty Wigginton, a former Met, hit a two-run homer and Oliver Perez pitched six and two-thirds strong innings, helping the Pittsburgh Pirates stop a seven-game road losing streak with
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Reuters World Colombian boy, born captive, at center of mystery BOGOTA (Reuters) - A child born captive in a rebel camp is at the center of a bitter dispute between Colombia's government, which says the boy was abused and then freed, and Marxist guerrillas who say they still have him in the jungle.
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The Mirror KOP FIND A FORMULA TO BEAT THE GUNNERS Coach Rafael Benitez devised the game-plan to defeat Arsenal and it worked a treat as Liverpool sent the champions crashing to only their second loss in 55 Premiership matches.
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