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AP - President Bush, clashing with Congress on several fronts, tried to pressure lawmakers Tuesday into taking up what's left of his shrinking domestic agenda.
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Irons turned in one of the most memorable performances in surfing history to win the Quiksilver In Memory of Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational yesterday.
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JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon late Thursday ordered a troop pullout from a refugee camp, defense officials said, signaling that a two-week offensive in northern Gaza that has left more than 100 Palestinians dead could be easing. The move came hours after Sharon announced that all 8,200 Jewish settlers will...
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - Scott Peterson's lawyers sought Monday to portray his former mistress Amber Frey as a calculated seductress and liar who was more obsessed with him than he was with her...
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President Mbeki orders an investigation into South Africa's top crime-fighting unit, after rows with the ruling ANC.
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AP - President Bush spoke by telephone Tuesday with Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi to reaffirm the importance of holding the Jan. 30 elections in that country, the White House said.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. blue chips slipped lower on Monday as a disappointing sales forecast from Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT.N dampened sentiment toward retailers, although pharmaceuticals benefited as investors changed their focus to less volatile stocks.
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Just four months shy of his 40th birthday, Hopkins—who appeared to be starting to wear De La Hoya down as the fight neared the championship rounds—closed the show with a lethal body shot in the 9th.
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Yahoo began testing a new travel search engine Tuesday night that can be used to book flights, hotels and cars from more than 50 travel sites.
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Blog: Anticipating long lines and eager crowds, AT&T is dialing up 2,000 extra workers for additional security at its stores.
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WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A toddler abandoned in Australia 10 days ago was reunited with her grandmother in New Zealand on Tuesday, while police in the United States stepped up the hunt for her fugitive father.
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WASHINGTON -- A highly classified US intelligence assessment that lays out dismal predictions for the future of Iraq -- including the possibility of civil war by 2005 -- mirrors assessments that are being made by analysts around the world, according to diplomats and members of the intelligence community.
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AP - Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Marvin Harrison will have elbow surgery Monday.
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AP - Japanese baseball players will strike for the first time if owners proceed with a proposed merger of two teams, the players' union said Monday.
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MINNEAPOLIS -- Minnesota Twins first baseman Justin Morneau agreed Friday to a $7.4 million one-year contract, avoiding arbitration.
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After having gone public, EnerNOC buys company that orchestrates energy contract bids.
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LUSAKA (Reuters) - Populist opposition leader Michael Sata took a "commanding" early lead in Zambia's tight national elections, a state-owned newspaper said on Friday.
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SEVILLE, Spain (Reuters) - Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov on Friday rejected U.S. arguments for deploying an anti-missile defense system in eastern Europe and insisted Russia would not be drawn into a Cold War-style arms race.
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AP - Britain is preparing to claim tens of thousands of square miles of Atlantic seabed around some of the country's remote island possessions, a newspaper reported Saturday, including areas around the Falkland Islands.
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InfoWorld - Facebook's safety controls and procedures are deficient and fail to properly protect minors from adult sexual predators in the company's social-networking site, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo charged Monday.
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Christmas Day almost always has its bittersweet elements, except for the very young among us. You give thanks for those who are home for the holiday, and raise a toast and say a prayer for those who aren't and will never be again.
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AP - Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, who has been battling cancer in near-seclusion for months, has accepted President Bush's invitation to swear him in to a second term.
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UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 25 -- President Bush announced new sanctions against the military government of Burma Tuesday, figuratively joining hands with tens of thousands of protesters in the streets of Rangoon and challenging the United Nations to join him in a broader "mission of liberation."
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When will Bill Gates fix my Vista box? Comment Canonical's release of a fresh version of Ubuntu has been met with plenty of grumbles. And now we find some other open source players trying to cash in on Ubuntu's issues.

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Federal prosecutors have launched a far-reaching investigation into potential public corruption in Loudoun County, where officials have overseen billions of dollars' worth of development projects in one of the nation's fastest-growing areas.
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Newcastle United manager Graeme Souness has made an offer to Rangers for French international centre-back Jean-Alain Boumsong but the Scottish club have rejected his initial offer.
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Reuters - African governments are denying access to HIV prevention, counseling, testing and treatment to gay, bisexuals and transgender people, according to a new report.
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Raul Ibanez hits two two-run homers and then doubles in the go-ahead run in the ninth inning to lead the Seattle Mariners to an 8-7 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Monday night.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - Iran has the right to harness nuclear energy for civilian use but should abide by its international commitments on the issue, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said in comments published on Sunday.
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NAIVASHA, Kenya (Reuters) - Protests erupted in west Kenya and machete-wielding mobs faced off in the Rift Valley on Monday after dozens died in ethnic violence that complicated mediation efforts by former U.N. boss Kofi Annan.
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ITHACA, NY Control of the Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity has gradually shifted from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, to Cornell University in upstate New York.
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Orange, T-Mobile, Vodafone signed up to sell it Smartphone specialist HTC has revamped its TyTN handset, packing in not only Windows Mobile 6 but integrating support for high-speed 3G downloads and a GPS receiver.

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The group set up by the Recording Industry Association of America to collect royalties for performers and record companies has reached an agreement with the Digital Media Association whose members include large music webcasters, to cap royalty fees at $50,000 per webcaster per year.
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Arron Afflalo scored 14 points to help second-ranked UCLA beat No. 13 Washington State, 53-45, last night in Pullman, Wash., in a showdown of the top teams in the Pacific-10 Conference.
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There's a wireless router gathering dust in Bob LaRocca's office. It's yours if you can hack into his network. First, some background:  LaRocca is director of IT security with the School District of Palm Beach County in Florida, where he oversees a network of 60,000 computers in 175 schools and which he says covers mor...
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AP - Deutsche Telekom AG's mobile phone arm, T-Mobile, said Thursday it would likely shed 2,200 jobs — about 10 percent of its work force — in order to save $195 million over the next two years. It said the cuts will be in Europe.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Private employers added 40,000 jobs in December, a report by a private employment service said on Thursday.
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( InfoWorld ) - A day after Linux creator Linus Torvalds publicly questioned the authenticity of Sun's interest in serving the open-source community, Sun CEO and President Jonathan Schwartz invited Torvalds for a sit-down over dinner to discuss how Sun and the overseers of the Linux kernel can join forces. "I wanted yo...
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Reuters - International Business Machines Corp. and Dell Inc. are poised to gain market share in 2005 while Sun Microsystems Inc.'s outlook remains cloudy, according to a Merrill Lynch survey of 100 chief information officers released on Tuesday
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Howard Stringer is willing to admit that Sony got some things wrong, but he says it won’t happen with OLED technology.
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Nicholas Rapavi grew up in Northern Virginia, and according to his high school principal, "to say Nick was a great kid was an understatement."
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LONDON (Reuters) - The OPEC oil cartel on Thursday said it expected a surge in oil demand to slow next year, projecting weaker economic growth in North America and China.
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Celtics forward Paul Pierce saw his ejection from Monday's game in New York as unwarranted and a lesser deal than what was made of it.
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Mats Sundin and Alex Steen score shootout goals to lift the Maple Leafs to a 3-2 victory over the Boston Bruins on Thursday night.
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Russian shares on Thursday fell below their level at the beginning of the year as investors took flight at signs of government interference in private business.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission launched an interactive tool on Friday that gives investors and the public an easier way to compare executive pay and benefits at 500 of the largest U.S. companies.
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Delta Air Lines Inc., the third-largest carrier in the world, said Monday that it signed a commitment letter from GE Commercial Finance to provide $500 million of financing to the beleaguered airline.
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By Mary Beth Lane, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio Mar. 1--An agreement limiting the number of trees that can be cleared around natural-gas storage wells in the Mohican-Memorial State Forest has eased some opponents' fears.
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For the first time since the war ended nearly 30 years ago, a US passenger jet landed in Vietnam today. United Airlines Flight 869 took off from San Francisco yesterday and arrived in Ho Chi Minh City, formerly
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By Jeff Smith Terrific navigational device or over the edge? That's a question many are asking about Google Inc.'s newest map feature, Street View, which offers panoramic images of Denver's downtown streets and those of four other cities.
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Argentina will get to defend its Olympic gold medal. Luis Scola scored 27 points and Argentina, playing without four NBA players from the team that won the gold in 2004, beat Brazil, 91-80, yesterday in the semifinals of the FIBA Americas basketball tournament to earn a berth in the Beijing Olympics.
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A plunder licious Memorial Day weekend for pirate Jack Sparrow broke records domestically and worldwide -- boosting the film industry's growing consensus that this will be Hollywood's biggest summer and year ever.
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KUWAIT CITY Dec 12, 2004 - Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas apologized to Kuwaitis on Sunday for the Palestinians' support of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein after the 1990 invasion of Kuwait, making a gesture many here have long demanded as he
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AP - President Bush is sending Congress a $3 trillion spending blueprint that would provide a big boost to defense and protect his signature tax cuts.
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BESLAN, Russia (Reuters) - Russia on Monday mourned the deaths of hundreds of children and adults in its worst hostage drama as criticism mounted over the way President Vladimir Putin and his security forces handled the crisis.
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AP - Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, a possible White House candidate, will lend a hand to congressional candidates, several of whom just happen to be in presidential battleground states.
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Reuters - Citigroup Inc. is in talks to buy the non-energy related assets of Amaranth Advisors LLC, the hedge fund manager that disclosed billions of dollars in losses in energy trades, a person close to the situation said on Wednesday.
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The attorney for the ousted HP chairman fired back at public comments made by board rival about the HP pretexting scandal.
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The government announced on Sunday a plan to reduce inflation in 2005 by lowing duties on imports from countries without trade agreements and restructuring electricity rates.
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Australia's ace spinner Shane Warne on Tuesday was ruled out of the fourth and final Test match against India after fracturing his right thumb during batting practice.
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Only Syracuse University stands in the way of Boston College as the Eagles vie for their first Big East title and the inside track for the conference's automatic Bowl Championship Series slot.
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After a two-year hiatus, Bertucci's Italian Restaurant is back to opening stores. On Monday, it's unveiling a new look in North Attleborough , with a restaurant that features expanded seating, a new logo, and an upgraded bar.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan wants to hold a leaders' meeting with China sometime in October, Foreign Minister Taro Aso said on Wednesday, adding that a visit to Beijing by new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was one option.
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Forget bookmarks: Web content managers allow you to create your own personal, searchable cache of web pages.
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AFP - China has allowed a high-profile AIDS campaigner under house arrest to travel to the United States to receive an award following Chinese President Hu Jintao's intervention, US Senator Hillary Clinton said.
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Latvian and NHL hockey players and fans were saddened yesterday after national star Sergei Zholtok died while playing in Belarus.
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Reuters - Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards on Sunday disputed a White House assertion that it was right to topple Saddam Hussein even if he had no illegal weapons because he posed a future threat.
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WASHINGTON - Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi sees a bright future for Iraqi democracy, brushing aside skeptics who say elections set for January may be truncated or canceled altogether because of violence. Defense Secretary Donald H...
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WARSAW -- Cardinal Jozef Glemp, who headed Poland's powerful Roman Catholic Church through the dark days of martial law and the country's later jump to free-market democracy, stepped down as archbishop of Warsaw yesterday after more than 25 years.
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AFP - The Chinese government has signed a memorandum of understanding in Beijing with four US and British industry associations for better protection of online copyright.
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Stocks, bonds, the dollar and real estate look pricey. Here's what to do
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Eddie Griffin begins a new chapter in his life as a professional basketball player more than 18 months after the book seemed to close on his promising NBA career.
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NEW YORK - Oakland third baseman Eric Chavez won his fourth consecutive Gold Glove Tuesday, beating out a class of third basemen that included the New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez, who has won the award at shortstop.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Turmoil in global credit and money markets will likely continue as investors worry about the size of financial losses and where they might arise, the International Monetary Fund said on Monday.
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John Amaechi is gay, and now the first NBA player to come out publicly is ready to talk about it.
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Reuters - Inco Ltd. raised its profit forecast for the second quarter on Thursday, citing strong nickel prices and lower than expected costs.
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BANGKOK, Thailand - Roger Federer and Andy Roddick pulled out three-set victories Saturday to set up a No. 1 vs. No. 2 final at the Thailand Open.
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The trade group that represents movie studios filed its first round of lawsuits Tuesday against people who allegedly share copyright films on the internet.
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More than 15,000 peace activists took part in a major anti-war march and rally in London on Sunday to denounce Britain's continued involvement in Iraq.
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Reuters - EBay Inc's Skype is expected to announce a deal soon with wireless service provider 3 to sell the Internet telephony company's first mobile phone, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday.
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VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI yesterday called on China to lift restrictions on religious freedom that "suffocate" the church and sow divisions among Catholics.
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Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens has broken ground for a $12 million renovation featuring geothermal energy and recycled rainwater.
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A group of U.S. senators has introduced legislation that aims to improve how U.S. workers and industries compete against the rest of the world by pumping more money into math and science programs.
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Reuters - Time Warner Inc. is in talks to offer cell phone service over Sprint Corp.'s network on a trial basis early in 2005, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
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The West Virginia Mountaineers blew another chance at a decent win on national television, and left to the wel- earned chants of “Overrated,” as penalties, special teams and questionable decision making by the coaching staff once again doomed the
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NAJAF, Iraq - U.S. and Iraqi forces battled militants in Najaf on Tuesday and Iraqi National Guardsmen surrounded the holy city's Imam Ali Shrine, where insurgents loyal to radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr have been holed up for weeks...
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A Chinese company chairman is sentenced to death for running a scam involving giant ants.
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WASHINGTON -- The Boeing Co., the second-biggest US defense contractor, won a $54 million contract to launch four navigation satellites for the Air Force in the second exception to a ban imposed on the company last year.
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BAGHDAD The families of an American and a British engineer being held hostage by a militant group pleaded Tuesday for officials to help get the men released hours after the group beheaded an American.
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The people of Argentina's capital vote for a new mayor, one of the highest-profile posts in the country.
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VIENNA, Austria - A U.S.-European rift surfaced Tuesday over how harshly to deal with Iran and its suspect nuclear program, with the Europeans ignoring American suggestions and circulating their own recommendations to other delegates at a key meeting of the U.N. atomic agency...
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AP - San Diego Chargers rookie Anthony Waters was charged with hitting a man who threw a rock at his car on a highway.
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By J. Scott Trubey The Columbia County Planning Commission on Thursday tabled a large rezoning request near a proposed high school, but approved a second large development near a new middle school.
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Two more people have been arrested in an investigation of suspected embezzlement of company funds at Siemens bringing the total to six, Munich prosecutors said. The two worked at the internal audit and accounting unit of the electronics conglomerate’s fixed-line communications division. Prosecutors say that the six pe...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Web search leader Google Inc is expected to announce advanced software and services enabling handset makers to bring Google-powered phones to market by mid-2008, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.
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Hundreds of plaintiffs' lawyers who say that people in the United States have been injured or killed by the painkiller Vioxx plan to meet in the coming week to lay groundwork for a nationwide legal drive against the drug's maker, Merck.
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LOS ANGELES/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Oscar-winning film director Steven Spielberg withdrew on Tuesday as an artistic adviser to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing over China's policy on the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region.
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He's not from the U.S.A., and neither are his holdings.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Oil held above $61 on Tuesday after rebounding from a six-month low as dealers focused on whether OPEC might trim output should prices fall further.
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