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As striking screenwriters keep late-night talk shows in reruns, Hollywood publicists have been scrambling to find new ways to promote star-driven movies.
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By Tony Henshaw Unisys Corp, a worldwide technology services and solutions provider, surveyed more than 200 IT executives recently, trying to find out how large organizations are restructuring end-user services to meet insatiable end-users, proliferating devices and soaring complexity.
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Reuters - A federal court judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit against Google Inc. by disgruntled advertising customer Kinderstart that had accused the Web search leader of monopolistic business practices.
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Crude-oil futures sank for a fourth straight day yesterday, settling beneath $43 a barrel for the first time in nearly three months and capping a 14 percent decline for the week.
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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- First Albany lowered its stock price target for Intel (INTC) to $24 from $30 following the chip sector bellwether's lowered third-quarter revenue and margin outlook.
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British fire-fighting equipment manufacturer Kidde Plc said Friday it had rebuffed an unsolicited cash approach from US rival United Technologies Corp.
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Despite rapid growth in the medium, many still ask, "What's a blog?"
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Iran insisted yesterday that it had a right to exempt some equipment from an agreement with the European Union that requires the country to freeze all parts of a program
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MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's civil guard, on national alert after Basque separatists called off a ceasefire, said on Thursday it had found a car packed with explosives near seaside resorts next to the border with Portugal.
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First-degree relatives of people with Parkinson’s disease are about 50 percent more likely to suffer depression or anxiety, a new study reports.
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NATO helicopters searching for an Afghan passenger jet that disappeared during a snowstorm found the wreckage of the plane Saturday in the forbidding mountains east of the capital, and officials said all 104 people aboard appeared to have been killed.
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AstraZeneca intends to invest over £120m in Cambridge Antibody Technology (CAT) through an innovative five-year research collaboration and a £75m equity
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It had to be someone.
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Reuters - The U.N. Security Council on Monday imposed an immediate arms embargo on Ivory Coast and voted to punish key government and rebel leaders with additional sanctions next month.
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AP - Bangladeshi security forces used emergency powers to detain 13 senior politicians and former government ministers early Sunday, according to news reports and family members of those detained.
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AP - Phil Mickelson's return to Beantown was sweeter than he ever imagined. He was sitting in a suite at Fenway Park on Saturday night when Boston Red Sox rookie Clay Bucholz threw a no-hitter. And on a Labor Day finish that brought playoff atmosphere to the PGA Tour, Lefty pitched a gem of his own.
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NEW YORK -- Shareholders of Dow Jones & Co. gave final approval Thursday to a $5 billion bid from Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. to acquire the media company, the final step needed before one of the world's most influential newspapers, The Wall Street Journal, changes hands.
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Tire maker Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. has sold its Detroit-area auto supplier business -- known as Cooper-Standard Automotive -- to two New York private-equity firms.
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Minnesota Vikings receiver Randy Moss stands on the sidelines with coach Mike Tice, right, in the second quarter of their game against the Green Bay Packers Sunday, Nov. 14, 2004, in Green Bay, Wis.
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In the asset management business, it's all about getting big.
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The San Francisco Giants outfielder is the 2004 Most Valuable Player in the National League, an award he has now won four years in a row and seven times overall.
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Cisco Systems this week issued four security alerts, including two yesterday that outlined serious vulnerabilities in its appliances, routers and switches.
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Daniel Chopra is now breathing the rarefied air of achievement on the PGA Tour, golf’s biggest stage, both on and off the golf course.
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The online specialist endures a rocky shareholder meeting.
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The chief executive of Citigroup has taken a number of symbolic steps to address concerns by investors that his company is too immense to manage.
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Hollywood’s writers made it official, ending their bitterly fought strike at the 100-day mark by an overwhelming margin.
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The new NAND chip design will increase throughput up to 5X
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The sale of Riggs National Corp. RIGS.O to PNC Financial Services Group Inc. PNC.N was resurrected on Thursday, with Riggs agreeing to accept a 16 percent cut in the purchase price.
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An iPhone owner has hacked his device so that it can record video.
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Juan Carlos Ferrero became the first seeded casualty at the U.S. Open after he was beaten 6-3 6-4 6-4 by fellow Spaniard Feliciano Lopez in the first round on Monday.
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Major League Baseball players and owners are currently meeting to hammer out a deal that would toughen rules on steroid testing in baseball.
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China's PetroChina is looking to raise more than $5.5bn to fund foreign expansion by selling shares on the Shanghai stock market.
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Pfizer warned doctors yesterday that one of its best-selling painkillers, Bextra, might increase the risk of heart attack or stroke in coronary artery bypass surgery patients.
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AP - Over strong opposition from China, the U.N. Security Council on Friday put Myanmar on its agenda in what U.S. officials called a "major step forward" in American efforts to increase pressure on the country's military dictatorship.
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Reuters - Despite a tropical storm and a tropical depression spinning in the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico, no storms currently threaten the U.S. oil and natural gas production in the northern Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said Wednesday.
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AP - Zab Judah claimed the undisputed welterweight title, beating Cory Spinks in his hometown with a ninth-round technical knockout Saturday night.
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American International Group, one of the world's largest insurers, continues to clash with regulators, but Wall Street seems more puzzled than alarmed.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New orders at U.S. factories fell unexpectedly in August after a sharp drop in demand for civilian aircraft, government data showed on Monday. But excluding transport, the data showed reasonable strength.
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BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau - Hundreds of mutinous soldiers demanding pay for peacekeeping duty abroad seized key buildings in the capital of Guinea-Bissau on Wednesday and patrolled the potholed streets in trucks with mounted machine guns.
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South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier has almost a half-million more reasons to stay with the Gamecocks. The university's board of trustees approved a reworked contract that increases Spurrier's yearly salary to $1.75 million, up from his current package of about $1.25 million. The first coach to lead South Carolina to a...
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HOUSTON (Reuters) - Roger Clemens, fighting to save his tarnished reputation as a great baseball pitcher, issued a fresh denial on Tuesday that he used steroids and urged the public "not to rush to judgment" about him.
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AP - Josh Howard scored 29 points and Dirk Nowitzki just missed his first career triple-double, carrying the Dallas Mavericks past the Los Angeles Lakers 110-101 on Wednesday night.
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Doc Rivers knows it takes a special balance of coaching and psychology to successfully blend players with headstrong personalities.
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Hewlett-Packard Co. HPQ.N on Friday will unveil a range of products including its version of the iPod digital music player that raises the stakes in a war between
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Higher costs in China could spell the end of an era of ultra-cheap goods, as well as the beginning of China’s rise from the lowest rungs of global manufacturing.
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By Lisa Smith lsmith@@dailyherald.com A new agricultural land-use category could be created to accommodate a proposed 415-acre development in western Kane County under a plan reviewed by the county board's development committee Tuesday.
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Reuters - Dallas Cowboys Pro Bowl safety Roy Williams was suspended for one game for committing his third horse-collar tackle of the season, the National Football League said.
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AFP - Nineteen South Korean Christians freed by Afghanistan's Taliban after six weeks in captivity started their long journey home on Friday as Seoul came under fire for negotiating with the rebels.
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Also: Stephen Hawking looking for assistant. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.
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The two brightest planets are converging for a beautiful close encounter on Friday morning, February 1st.
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Two underwater cables damaged in the Mediterranean led to Internet disruptions across much of the Middle East, and officials said repairs could take days.
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MONTREAL (CP) - Victor Diaz hit his first career home run and Gerald Williams added a two-run shot to power the New York Mets to a 4-2 win Thursday over the Montreal Expos.
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BEIJING, Sept. 24 (Xinhuaent) -- Premier Wen Jiabao is now in Moscow with a mission to secure more power supply from Russia to satisfy China's booming demand for oil and gas.
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Monsanto Co., a producer of Roundup herbicide and insect-resistant seeds, posted narrower fourth-quarter losses on Wednesday, but said lower Roundup herbicide sales in the United States hurt total quarterly revenue.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Communications equipment maker Ciena Corp. reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit on Thursday on sharply higher revenue and lower expenses, sending its shares as much as 10 percent higher.
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Late summer usually gives some renewed bounce to the fishing season, and this year is no exception. Most waters that were abandoned by striped bass in midsummer have been churning with bass, some heavyweights. Bluefish are also appearing more regularly, with the exception of the far north, where their absence has been ...
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WASHINGTON - The White House released memos Wednesday night saying that George W. Bush was suspended from flying fighter jets for failing to meet standards of the Texas Air National Guard...
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Biogen presents at the JPMorgan Healthcare Conference.
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Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire launched a voluntary safety campaign Thursday to replace 27,000 tires, the same model as those involved in accidents that injured more than a dozen people and killed one.
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AP - U.S. Marines clashed with insurgents in the battered city of Fallujah on Thursday with warplanes dropping bombs and tanks shelling suspected guerrilla positions on a day when a first group of residents displaced by fighting were scheduled to return.
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SANTIAGO, Chile (Reuters) - A Chilean appeals court ruledMonday that murder charges against former Chilean dictatorAugusto Pinochet in a major human rights case filed this monthcan move forward.
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Success in the world's most popular, high-tech and, some might say, glamorous form of auto racing -- Formula One -- can often come down to one decision: when to stop and pit for fuel and tires.
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After fierce criticism, House Republicans reversed a rule change that would have allowed a party leader to retain his position even if indicted.
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A week after Cambodian monarch King Norodom Sihanouk's surprise abdication, a new king has been chosen - his son Norodom Sihamoni.
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AFP - The euro wavered after failing to pierce the symbolic 1.30-dollar threshold, as eurozone officials expressed disquiet at the currency's rise to record highs against the greenback.
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Blog: The U.S. government rejected Google's initial complaint that Microsoft was engaging in anticompetitive behavior, but at least one state attorney general is willing to look into it.
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Is Yahoo! Personals all dressed up with no place to go?
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An official involved with negotiations between Major League Baseball and the players' association said leaders of the two sides had outlined a new and significantly more stringent drug-testing program.
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( InfoWorld ) - Apple Inc.'s update to Mac OS X 10.4.10 last week is driving some users crazy from a new popping sound. Dubbed "Snap Crackle Pop" on Apple's support forum by the first to note the problem, the noise was irritating enough for one to call it "maddening," while another claimed it "would slowly drive m...
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LONDON (Reuters) - Venus Williams strode into the semi-finals of Wimbledon on Thursday while tournament organizers cast anxious glances to the sky.
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AP - Defenseman Jay Bouwmeester recorded a goal and an assist to end an eight-game stretch without a point, and Tomas Vokoun made 44 saves in the Florida Panthers' 3-1 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday night.
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United Airlines, struggling to reorganize after two years in bankruptcy protection, reached a tentative agreement with its pilots' union on additional wage and benefit concessions, the union said yesterday.
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AP - Steve Spurrier wants to return to college coaching.
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VIENNA -- Regardless of who wins the White House on Nov. 2, the occupant will inherit the increasingly creaky, three-decade-old system of global nuclear controls in dire need of an overhaul, nonproliferation officials say.
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The past few days have been a wake-up call for bondholders.
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AFP - A French police officer has shot and killed a Paris-Saint Germain football fan amid apparently racist violence that followed the team's defeat by the Israeli side Hapoel Tel-Aviv.
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During the Cowboys’ victory over the Giants, Fox Sports often concentrated on Tom Coughlin’s face in the hope that it would turn as red as the team’s jerseys.
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AP - Parliament held a special session Sunday to debate penal code reforms aimed at boosting Turkey's chances of starting membership talks with the European Union.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Japanese tire maker Bridgestone Corp. , will buy Bandag Inc. , a maker of tire retreading materials and equipment, for $1.05 billion in cash, the companies said on Tuesday.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wachovia Corp. on Thursday said it will buy A.G. Edwards Inc. for $6.8 billion in cash and stock, creating the second-largest U.S. retail brokerage.
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Euro defense company develops "hacker-proof" encryption.
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A magnificent century from Jacques Kallis has given South Africa control of the second Test against England at Durban, with the Proteas holding a lead of 193 runs on the first innings.
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AP - Allen Iverson overcame his early shooting problems and scored 28 points to lead the Philadelphia 76ers to a 111-104 win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday night.
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Chicago defensive coordinator Ron Rivera, who has talked with eight NFL teams about head coaching positions, will not be back with the Bears.
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NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi police took control of the Imam Ali Mosque in the holy city of Najaf on Friday after entering the shrine and arrested some hundreds of militiamen, Interior Ministry and an Iraqi government source said.
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AFP - A strong tremor measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale on has struck the central Japan region already devastated by powerful quakes, badly damaging at least one building, officials said.
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London - Tens of thousands of flag-waving, cheering Britons took to the streets of central London on Monday to honour their Athens Olympic and Paralympic medal winners.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Foreclosures were once the turf of the most aggressive investors, but these days ordinary home buyers can hunt for fire-sale house prices on a wealth of Internet sites.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices jumped on Thursday after the U.S. government said that crude stocks fell to a fresh five-month low last week, as refineries worked hard to meet demand.
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Birmingham, England (Sports Network) - West Bromwich Albion coach Gary Megson will not re-sign with the club when his contract runs out on June 30, 2005.
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A Russian spaceship blasted off on Friday carrying vital food and water to two astronauts whose supplies have been rationed because they were running so low.
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By Hattie Brown Garrow, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va. Sep. 10--NORFOLK -- Rick Addison was ready to camp out overnight at MacArthur Center -- he brought a sleeping bag, food and books. Mall officials wouldn't let him in.
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You've picked out a name, the nursery colors, and even put your baby -- still in utero -- on waiting lists at day-care providers.
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AP - Hale Irwin became the first player to win a men's professional tour event five straight times Sunday, easily holding off Dana Quigley by five strokes in the Champions Tour's Turtle Bay Championship.
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Donald Trump , the celebrity real estate developer known for his role in the TV show ``The Apprentice" and the signature line, ``You're fired!" plans to open a mortgage office in Massachusetts within a few months, a company official said yesterday.
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THE leader of Hamas in its Gaza Strip stronghold, Mahmud Zahar, has rejected any suggestion that the hardline group could soon call a halt to its campaign of attacks against Israel.
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Libya signed a deal Friday to pay $35 million in compensation to more than 160 victims of a Berlin nightclub bombing in 1986, taking another major step toward ending its international isolation.
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They greet customers with Starbucks coffee, obsess over the exact placement of their teller counters, and monitor customers' reactions to their every move. As banks become more customer focused, they are increasingly looking to retailers for ideas of how to build a better bank branch. After years of ignoring branches d...
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Rookie Diana Taurasi had 21 points and eight assists to lead host Phoenix to a 72-58 victory over Los Angeles last night, snapping the Sparks' 18-game winning streak over the Mercury.
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ATHENS (Reuters) - Twice Olympic beach volleyball medallist Natalie Cook helped new team mate Nicole Sanderson battle nerves to propel Australia to a 21-19 17-21 17-15 win against China Monday.
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