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Orlando Hernández oined in the Marlins’ celebration of Cuban Heritage Night by allowing only two hits over six scoreless innings.
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ACTIONS SPEAK louder than words -- and Bank of America's layoffs this week are another example of its failure to live up to commitments made prior to receiving state regulatory approval to merge with Fleet Bank.
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Reuters - Pfizer Inc. on Wednesday said third-quarter earnings rose on higher sales of cholesterol and arthritis drugs, but the company cautioned that 2005 results will likely be hurt by generic competition for four other popular medicines.
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A Virgin passenger jet bound for Heathrow made an emergency landing today after a suicide bomb threat. The alert unfolded as the plane flew over Southend
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On Monday afternoon, Tigers owner Mike Ilitch praised Ivan Rodriguez's leadership. In the fourth inning Monday night, Rodriguez showed plenty of it.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Comcast Corp. has become the first U.S. cable operator to take on telecommunications providers in the cell phone market, having begun marketing the service to consumers in Boston.
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In the coming months and the coming baseball season, there are a number of questions seeking answers.
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AP - The European Commission on Wednesday ordered Spain's troubled state-owned shipbuilder Izar to repay $702 million in government assistance.
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Filtering out rogue operators Online gambling operators outside Europe will have to seek Government permission to advertise in the UK. The British government's reform of gambling law mandates the seeking of permission in an attempt to crack down on rogue operators.

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BEIRUT: The Lebanese charge d'affaires in Iraq warned Lebanese expatriates in Iraq to take extreme cautions or leave the country entirely, following the kidnapping of a 7-year old Lebanese boy there.
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FOXBORO, Mass. - With a little more than two minutes to play and the New York Jets driving for a go-ahead score, the New England Patriots’ defense huddled on the sideline.
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Yahoo's $350 million purchase shows commitment to communications services as company redefines its place in the market, says exec.
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How do you get on the Metropolitan Opera stage? Stand in line.
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Mark Thatcher, the son of the former UK prime minister, denies any involvement in an alleged coup in Equatorial Guinea.
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Former Maryland basketball player Lonny Baxter extends his contract with his Italian club through the 2007-08 season despite being sentenced to two months in jail.
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A deal on sharing EU passenger data with the US will help fight terrorism, says US security chief Michael Chertoff.
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After just two months in testing, Yahoo has pushed its local search out of beta and is giving the service prominent exposure on the Yahoo home page.
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Shares in the Italian oil company Eni dipped Friday following an unconfirmed report that Kazakhstan was poised to cancel a contract to develop the Kashagan field.
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African Americans are often the target of financial pitchmen trying to convince them they should never pay off their mortgages. Instead, the line goes, people should dig deeper into mortgage debt to purchase cars, fund their chosen lifestyles or invest.
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Flextronics International (nasdaq: FLEX - news - people ) announced fiscal second-quarter earnings in-line with Wall Street estimates.
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City cyclists don't need fancy, fragile, European racing bikes -- they need unpretentious, street-smart machines that can take a beating. Swobo, the San Francisco company known mostly for woolen cycling outerwear, has answered that call with the burly Folsom.
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AFP - Miami Heat center Alonzo Mourning tore the patella tendon tear in his right knee in an awkward fall during Wednesday's National Basketball Association overtime loss to the Atlanta Hawks.
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The News Corp.-owned social network is formally part of the Google-created social networking developer platform.
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The creator of a new video recorder, has invited skilled users to customize or “hack” its device and share the improvements with others.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc. on Thursday said quarterly profit rose 12 percent as consumer and investment banking grew, but said it sees 2005 profit at the low end of Wall Street estimates due to rising interest rates and other factors.
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The merger will give the Orchard a foothold in the online video distribution business, as well as the ability to raise money in the public markets.
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed 135 people on Saturday in the deadliest single bombing in Iraq since the 2003 war, driving a truck laden with one ton of explosives into a market in a mainly Shi'ite area of Baghdad.
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At least 79 people were killed and 74 were missing after some of the worst rainstorms in recent years triggered landslides and flash floods in southwest China, disaster relief officials said yesterday.
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China sent a warning to Japan not to issue a visa to Tibet's exiled leader the Dalai Lama, who is planning to visit Japan in April, China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said.
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Long shunned as a player in US-led international space ventures, China has been admitted to talks with NASA about helping to accomplish President Bush's goals for exploring the moon and Mars.
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The board-sports retailer gets the hang of skiing and golfing.
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When the Giants play in Dallas on Sunday, the outcome may depend on how the Giants’ aggressive defensive line performs against the Cowboys’ big and gifted offensive line.
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Although asbestos was used in such disparate products as building insulation and brake linings, in its raw form it came out the ground, and nobody in Australia mined and processed more of it than the James Hardie group.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai has urged his countrymen to tackle the war on drugs with the same zeal they fought the Red Army during the Soviet Union's decade-long occupation that ended in 1990.
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Find out what -- and where -- the real winners are this year.
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Les sociétés vont concentrer leurs efforts communs en matiÚre de développement, de commercialisation et de marketing en vue de saisir des opportunités d'affaires sur les marchés des réseaux de nouvelle génération et des services de voix aux
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Blog: Apple has released another video showing how to use the keyboard on the iPhone.
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Stocks staged a modest rally Wednesday as Wall Street embraced President Bush's reelection and cheered the absence of a prolonged legal fight for the White House.
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LONDON (Reuters) - European shares tracked Wall Street's gains after the Federal Reserve stuck to its "measured" rate-tightening pace, reassured on inflation and indicated that the U.S. economy was growing at a moderate pace.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday accused a Western Massachusetts company of bilking investors of $9 million by using high-pressure sales tactics and promises of extraordinary returns to induce them to buy shares in unproductive oil and gas projects.
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Developer reaction to Microsoft's decision to hold off on delivering planned parts of the next release of Windows Longhorn to meet the 2006 deadline has been mixed, with many calling it a prudent move and others outright upset by the decision.
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The inclusion of Mail, Stocks, Maps, Weather and Notes has transformed the iPod touch.
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WALTHAM -- OK, granted, we're not Texas or Florida, and we're not Arkansas, Nebraska, or Alabama, either. In the grand scope of Football America, what we are is quaint.
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PITTSBURGH (Sports Network) - The Pittsburgh Steelers defense suffered a major blow on Wednesday when the team placed Pro Bowl nose tackle Casey Hampton and safety Mike Logan on the reserved/injured list, effectively ending the season for both players.
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Early goals by strikers Mohamed Kallon and Javier Saviola earned Monaco a 2-0 victory over Deportivo Coruna in their Champions League Group A match on Tuesday.
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Of all the clues that Osama bin Laden is after a nuclear weapon, perhaps the most significant came in intelligence reports indicating that he received fresh approval last year from a Saudi
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With a short week to prepare for their attempt to go 16-0, the Patriots conducted only a walk-through in the team’s indoor practice facility Wednesday.
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AUSTRALIAN scientists are working with NASA and the French government to create an advanced space weather instrument that will go on board the STEREO (Solar-Terrestrial Relations Observatory) space mission next year.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese court jailed two managers of a state-owned coal mine on Wednesday for negligence two years after a gas explosion killed 166 miners, Xinhua news agency said.
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Afghan warlords are involved in intimidation which could threaten October's elections, Human Rights Watch says.
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BELFAST (Reuters) - Northern Ireland's largest Protestant guerrilla group promised on Sunday to join the peace process in the British-ruled province by ending violence, but said it would disarm only when its republican foes did so too.
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Karen Wright feels a connection with her boss. In 1991, she started as a receptionist at a firm led by Kimberle Levin, an entrepreneur who has founded several technology companies. She had little tech experience other than some college courses, and along came a fabulous mentor.
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GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Brett Favre did something Sunday he hadn't done for a long time. He finally posted a quarterback rating of at least 100.
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Crude oil futures were little changed after posting their biggest weekly gain in almost five years on expectation below-normal temperatures in the US Northeast will increase demand on heating oil stockpiles.
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BI want to break free Whitepaper Business Intelligence (or BI) is often promoted as a “get out of gaol free” card – surely, intelligence in business is a good thing (although perhaps we wouldn’t know, we haven’t met much of it), so paying lots of money for a BI package is a no-brainer?

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AP - Lou Henson is in a wheelchair and has no mobility in his right leg, but the New Mexico State men's basketball coach is optimistic he'll be back on the sidelines this season.
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Reuters - The Boston Celtics eased to a ninth consecutive victory with a dominant 90-77 road win over the Toronto Raptors on Sunday.
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RABAT, Morocco, Dec. 11 -- Senior Arab officials attending a U.S.-sponsored conference to promote democracy in the Middle East emphatically rejected on Saturday the Bush administration's assertion that greater democracy in the region would help end terrorism. They argued that the administration's strong support of Isra...
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Profits double at American Greetings as new initiatives gain traction.
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The only centers to lead the NBA in scoring in the last 28 seasons are Shaquille O'Neal and David Robinson, but the way Phoenix's Amare Stoudemire has been pouring in the points, he could very well be the third.
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Ancient Egyptians coveted the famed gold of the kingdom of Kush. Now, 2,000 years later, evidence of the massive mining operation has finally come to light.
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A group of enterprising students from a Washington Heights school are wishing for a Christmas that's out of this world - literally.
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com October 29, 2004, 8:21 AM PT. Cyber threats, chiefly viruses like NetSky and Sasser, make security an ongoing concern as it holds steady over software infrastructure as the third top priority.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks gained strength on Tuesday, getting a boost from Pfizer Inc. PFE.N , after investor fears of the withdrawal of its arthritis drug Celebrex were calmed, while IAC/InterActive Corp.'s IACI.O helped fuel the tech-heavy Nasdaq.
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AP - Florida State coach Bobby Bowden turns 75 Monday and wants to keep winning so fans won't say he's getting too old.
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Reuters - Electronics retailer Circuit City Stores Inc. , which is in the midst of a multiyear effort to overhaul its business and win back market share, on Wednesday said it named Bruce Besanko chief financial officer, effective July 30.
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With most of the Globe's All-Scholastics opting to attend local colleges, Stanford pulled off a major coup by nabbing two of the state's best linemen yesterday when Chris Marinelli of BC High and Gatorade Player of the Year James McGillicuddy of St. John's of Shrewsbury signed their commitment letters to play for new c...
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Though closed to new money, these large-cap funds still excel.
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Google.org incites others to share its love for plug-in hybrid vehicles and other cleaner forms.
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Learn currency trading with real-time rates, news, charts, and a free demo trading account from FXCM - the market maker for Forex trading.
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NEW YORK - She came into the tournament as Olympic champion, US Open champion and the world No 1. Justine Henin-Hardenne will leave with just her Olympic title after she was bumped from the fourth round 3-6, 2-6 by Russia's Nadia Petrova.
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Oil prices surged closer to $50 a barrel after hitting yet another record high in the US yesterday, as confusion reigned over the fate of Najaf, sparking fresh fears about Iraq's oil supplies.
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Big holes in Texas could hold carbon dioxide.
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Metacafe, one of the world's largest video sites, today announced it has been named to Business 2.0 Magazine's Next Net 25. The Next Net 25 picks out the top technology companies that are best positioned to succeed in 2007.
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Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi headed to northern Japan on Tuesday to survey the damage wrought by the deadliest earthquakes to hit the country in nearly a decade, as the death toll rose to 27.
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( InfoWorld ) - Ethiopia, South Africa, Ghana, and Mauritius will be the initial countries for the Indian government's $1 billion Pan Africa E-network project, a joint initiative with the Africa Union (AU). The project aims to develop Africa's information and communication technologies by eventually connecting all of t...
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FOXBOROUGH -- It began as a punch line for Tom Brady's satellite radio ad. "I thought I was his favorite receiver," David Givens says, as Troy Brown and Deion Branch glance at him askance. Right now, he is. Brady, the Patriots' diplomatic quarterback, likes to say that his favorite receiver is whoever's open. It just h...
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Reuters - Ericsson (ERICb.ST), the top global mobile telecoms equipment maker, said on Thursday it expects growth of about 5 percent for the world's biggest mobile standard, GSM, and its successor, WCDMA, in 2006.
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AP - Amare Stoudemire scored 29 points, Shawn Marion had 24, and Joe Johnson 22 to lead the Phoenix Suns to a 108-98 win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday night.
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BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- Four out of five is a bit more than a trend, wouldn't you say?
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The strangest part of the A-Rod saga is the identity of the player who put the hammer down on the most remote Yankee, Jason Giambi.
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LONDON, Sept 30 (AFP) - Oil prices resumed their march towards 50 dollars in New York on Thursday even as peace talks were set to resume in major producer Nigeria and following an unexpected rise in US crude inventories.
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In what was certainly the darkest day for American men's tennis this year, Andy Roddick and Andre Agassi were sent packing out of the US Open quarterfinals Thursday by a classy Swiss and a cool-headed Swede.
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Officials in Nigeria have brought criminal charges against pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. for the company's alleged role in the deaths of children who received an unapproved drug during a meningitis epidemic.
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JAKARTA (Reuters) - Fears of disease gripped Indonesia's flood-hit capital on Friday with thousands of people living in cramped emergency shelters and some streets still inundated a week after the city's worst floods in five years.
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AP - All the Buffalo Bills had to do to make the playoffs was beat a Pittsburgh team playing Brian St. Pierre at quarterback, Willie Parker at running back and a bunch of other no-names.
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If Yahoo’s board resists the offer, Microsoft would have to pursue a proxy contest.
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Sharply higher quarterly profits are the latest sign that cost-cutting and the disposal of some units have set the electronics and entertainment giant firmly on the course to recovery.
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The price for settling state charges of collusion and bid-rigging by America's largest insurance broker could be "far higher" than $500 million, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer said Thursday.
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Democrats signal intention to block trade agreements with South Korea and Colombia.
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We'd all love to find an Uncle Sugar to fork over the dough we need to pay the income taxes we owe Uncle Sam. For most of us, alas, finding such a sugar daddy (or mommy) is only a fantasy.
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Within sight of Delhi's gleaming new metro train, Nawal Kishore slips the body of a baby into the waters of the Yamuna, one of the world's filthiest rivers.
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It just came apart in our heads
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Economic cost of natural catastrophes rises by 50% in 2007 driven by climate change, according to Munch Re.
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AP - Two Republicans will likely go head-to-head in a runoff after Wednesday's election to replace the late U.S. Rep. Charlie Norwood.
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OAKLAND, Calif. -- Trent Green completed 14 of 15 passes after halftime for 229 of his 340 yards and hit Eddie Kennison for a tiebreaking 70-yard touchdown with 2:04 left in Kansas City's 34-27 victory over the Oakland Raiders yesterday.
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A settlement of an inquiry into Lilly’s marketing of the antipsychotic drug Zyprexa could result in the company paying more than $1 billion to federal and state governments.
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GLOBAL semiconductor sales rose to £10.1 billion in August from the previous month and it appears chip inventories are declining, industry trade group the Semiconductor Industry Association said.
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IBM has agreed to buy Watchfire, a developer of web application security auditing tools, and plans to incorporate it into its Rational business unit.
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Mike Sillinger scored two of New York’s three short-handed goals to lead the Islanders past the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday night.
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