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Sprint Nextel (NYSE:S): WHEN: Feb.
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By Susannah Bryan, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Feb.
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AP - For decades, people with so-called juvenile diabetes have been told that controlling their blood sugar was all they could do to prevent nerve damage that can lead to the amputation of a foot or leg.
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Boeing said that it had sealed a deal with British Airways, raising the number of orders for its long-awaited 787 Dreamliner plane to 790 during the last three years.
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MIAMI - The Florida Marlins are fading so badly they can't even beat the Philadelphia Phillies anymore. Cory Lidle took a no-hitter into the seventh inning, Ryan Madson escaped a jam, and the Phils ended two
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - A spate of attacks including a suicide car bombing pushed the number of U.S. military deaths in the Iraq campaign past 1,000, with the majority inflicted by an insurgency that bloomed after President Bush declared major combat over...
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OSLO (Norway): A passenger on a Norwegian regional flight linking the northern towns of Narvik and Bodoe on Wednesday attacked two pilots with an axe while the plane was in the air, but the plane was later able to land.
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A planned strike by British Airways(BA) workers on the August Bank Holiday has been called off after a pay settlement was reached between employers and BA staff, Sky TV reported Saturday.
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LONDON, England -- Britain's double Olympic gold medalist Kelly Holmes said she was amazed and honored after being made a dame in Queen Elizabeth II's New Year's Honors list.
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The use of pressure tactics is one of the ancient principles of diplomacy. Not many nations practice it as effectively as the United States, the lone superpower.
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AP - Spain will step up protection for recently elected government and opposition town councilors after the armed Basque separatist group ETA said it was ending a 15-month cease-fire, security officials said Monday.
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Anil Ambani, the Vice Chairman of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), on Monday virtually created a divide between himself and his elder brother Mukesh, the chairman of the group, by saying that the group's announcement last week to buy back shares is
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BESLAN, Russia (Reuters) - Children clutching their mothers' hands, some with tears in their eyes, returned to schools in Beslan amid heavy security Wednesday, two weeks after a hostage massacre at a school in the town.
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Palestinians are voting in local elections today to fill around 300 seats in 26 municipalities across the West Bank. More than 140,000 electors will choose from 886 candidates as they select local council officials for the town of Jericho and 25 villages.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Food and Drug Administration staff reviewers on Tuesday questioned clinical data for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma drug Marqibo, made by Inex Pharmaceuticals Corp. and Enzon Pharmaceuticals Inc..
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AP - Obama says borrowed lines not a big deal ... Former President Bush endorses McCain ... Clinton camp seeks to undermine Obama ... McCain still has work to do to wrap up GOP nomination ... Huckabee urges Wisconsin voters to shake up Republican race ... Ben & Jerry's founders endorse Obama.
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U.S. stocks opened higher as Wall Street, looking to resume this week’s rally, drew confidence from strong earnings from Oracle.
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Annika Sorenstam produced a typically rousing finale to beat Grace Park in the Samsung World Championship here in Palm Desert, California.
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Matt Gutierrez will start at quarterback for the University of Michigan on Saturday against Miami (Ohio). It's right up there with "dog bites man" on the surprise scale.
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AP - Putting Saddam Hussein on trial for war crimes is turning out to be a trial in itself, as escalating violence across Iraq makes preparations harder and riskier.
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AFP - Singapore has issued another warning about terrorists' intentions to attack soft targets in the city-state following the deadly bombing of the Australian embassy in Jakarta, reports said.
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Scottish Football Association chief executive David Taylor has issued a stark warning to the critics who are calling for the demise of Berti Vogts.
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Don't mess around when it comes to your wealth.
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SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Debate over the cause of Brazil's worst air crash began to shift on Thursday from widespread claims of a faulty runway to potential pilot error or mechanical failures.
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AP - Acting President Raul Castro sat in for his ailing brother Fidel Wednesday at the 13th birthday celebration for Elian Gonzalez, the boy at the center of an international custody dispute nearly seven years ago.
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Vietnam seafood exporters and producers on Wednesday hailed a US decision to reduce tariffs on the communist country's shrimp exports, while neighboring China suffered a blow with steeper duties.
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COMPUTER maker Gateway said it has agreed to repurchase stock held by America Online for $US316 million ($422 million). AOL, which is a unit of media and entertainment company Time Warner, invested $US800 million in Gateway in 1999.
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Major Hollywood studios on Tuesday announced scores of lawsuits against computer server operators worldwide, including eDonkey, BitTorrent and DirectConnect networks, for allowing trading of pirated movies.
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It is one of Baghdad's most exclusive neighbourhoods. BMWs and Mercedes cruise the streets, chandeliers hang above shop windows packed with luxury goods, large villas sit behind high walls.
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A man calmly aimed a gun at a policeman and shot him in the head before fleeing, a court is told.
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Five Iranian boats took aggressive actions around three U.S. naval vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, an official said.
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Blog: People walk in and out of the Apple store in a neat single file as employees cheer. Meanwhile, the paparazzi goes nuts.
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While Mac users get busy running Windows virtually, what's Apple got cooking? In Monkey Bites.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan and Australia signed a groundbreaking defense pact on Tuesday that the leaders of both countries stressed was not aimed at reining in China, but the road ahead for a two-way trade deal looked rougher.
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MADRID -- The first trial stemming from the Madrid terror bombing ended after only 25 minutes yesterday with a Spanish teenager pleading guilty to charges he helped transport dynamite used in the attack. The 16-year-old, who said he acted unknowingly, accepted the prosecutor's request for a six-year term in a juvenile ...
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A leading researcher of marine mammal acoustics, William A. Watkins created a database of thousands of underwater calls from more than 70 species.
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Despite renewed controversies across the country over how the creation of the universe is taught, S. Blaire Hedges, Penn State biology professor, said the university will continue teaching the theory of evolution as it always has.
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Today's blast south of Baghdad was the latest in a series of attacks in Iraq that have killed some 150 people in the last four days.
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Marsh & McLennan Cos.' Kroll Inc. took out ads in Brazil's largest newspapers Thursday to defend five employees arrested amid allegations the international security consultant illegally spied in its probe of a bitter corporate dispute.
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On Monday, the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft flew by Titan only 1,200 kilometers above the moon's surface. It was the second such flyby of Titan, Saturn's largest moon, since the spacecraft began orbiting Saturn on June 30.
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By DESMOND O. BUTLER NEW YORK - A state senator stood up and endorsed a development project that includes a new arena for the New Jersey Nets. He was shouted down by a woman who opposes the plan.
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In a briefing later this week, Intel is expected to announce the availability of a "tri-mode" Wi-Fi chip that supports the 802.11b wireless standard and its speedier cousin, 802.11g -- as well as the less-used 802.11a.
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Caron Butler returns to Washington to have his back examined by team doctors, missing the Wizards' game against the Nets on Tuesday night
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Bank of America is to become the largest US private banking firm, with the acquisition of Charles Schwab's US Trust.
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The administration issued a report indicating that emissions of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases were the only likely explanation for global warming.
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On Monday, Starbucks announced that it will be dropping T-Mobile as its exclusive WiFi provider and instead going with AT&T.
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The Arctic is warming rapidly, which in turn is affecting global climate, according to an ACIA assessment to be released next week.
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AP - A judge ordered copies of a satirical magazine confiscated Friday for publishing a front-cover cartoon of Spain's Crown Prince Felipe in an intimate bedroom scene with his wife, Princess Letizia, court officials said.
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Almost shadowed by Eli Manning in pressure’s spotlight is the man with the most to win or lose by the quarterback’s performances: Tom Coughlin, the head coach.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq -- At least 21 Iraqis, most of them civilians, were killed in attacks by insurgents north of Baghdad on Sunday, in the latest strikes on Iraqi security forces and people working with the US military.
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Macworld.com - Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled a new, “completely remastered” version of the iPod nano on Tuesday at a special press event in San Francisco, sporting a new case that comes in a variety of colors. Apple last updated the iPod nano in February, when it released a GB model.
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AP - Coach Phil Jackson agrees with Kobe Bryant — the Los Angeles Lakers need help.
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Tens of thousands of people poured into Martyrs Square in Beirut today, transforming the funeral service for Pierre Gemayel into a dramatic political rally.
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Equipment which could be used in an illicit nuclear bomb programme has disappeared from previously monitored sites in Iraq, and radioactively contaminated items from there have been found abroad, the International Atomic Energy Agency has told the UN.
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WASHINGTON - Teenager Michelle Rome can't imagine life without instant messaging. Baby boomer Steve Wilson doesn't care that it even exists. They're part of an "instant messaging gap" between teens and adults.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC, a multi-strategy investment fund with about $26.8 billion under management, filed for an initial public offering on Monday, making it the latest alternative investment firm to seek a public listing.
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Internet phone service, a burgeoning technology that allows people to make cheap calls to almost anywhere over broadband connections, is getting a boost from retailers.
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THE pounds 370m sale of AOL's UK internet access business to Carphone Warehouse in December has helped lift profits at US media giant Time Warner.
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By Melissa Devaughn, Anchorage Daily News, Alaska Sep. 10--In the deeply forested lands of Afognak Island, fewer than 1,000 Roosevelt elk wander freely, ignorant of the property lines they cross. They ford creeks, climb ridges and wade through kettle ponds.
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The Miami Dolphins have filed a grievance against Ricky Williams , asking an arbitrator to uphold the team's contractual right to recover $8.6 million paid to the recently retired running back in signing bonus and incentives, the Miami Herald reported on its website yesterday.
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A new scheme allowing disabled people to summon emergency services by text message is launched in Hong Kong.
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Arun Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma, urges Palestinians to use peaceful means to resist Israeli occupation.
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AFP - The alleged mastermind of an assassination plot against Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is in Egyptian custody and will be put on trial, a cabinet minister revealed.
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As part of the settlement, UBS will withdraw its claim for about $5 million against Enron.
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The European Union (EU) and Turkeyreached an agreement on Friday to start talks next year on the country's membership of the bloc.
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AP - American commanders are expressing confidence that the Fallujah offensive will restore order in that hotbed of Sunni resistance, but they caution that much fighting remains.
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ATHENS -- The Ano Liossia Olympic Hall looked more like Madison Square Garden yesterday when Olympic freestyle wrestling took on more of a WWE flavour.
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Joe Ogilvie sat atop the leaderboard at the Bob Hope Classic for the fourth straight day on Saturday, carding a three-under 69 to hold the fourth round clubhouse lead by two strokes over Australia's Peter Lonard.
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US Masters champion Phil Mickelson tapped in a birdie on the final hole to become the fifth player in history to shoot 59 as he charged to victory in the PGA Grand Slam of Golf event in Kauai, Hawaii on Wednesday.
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US soldiers talk to journalists, unidentified, after a mortar round, foreground, hit the parking lot of the al-Mansour Hotel in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday Oct 16, 2004, where some foreign journalists and diplomats stay.
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Sales of US Weekly and a new competitor, OK! Weekly, climbed sharply in the second half of 2007, even as price increases contributed to an unusual drop in overall sales of celebrity magazines.
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AP - Navy coach Paul Johnson downplayed the differences between his players in their dress blues and those sitting just a few feet away wearing oversized New Mexico sweat suits.
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SoonR connects mobile phones with the data on a remote Mac or PC.
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Investor's Business Daily - Not all social networking sites are for kids and up-and-coming bands. Two sites, aSmallWorld.net and Ratings.com, are networking sites that cater to the super-rich. The invitation-only sites are compared with that of Harvard Business School's alumni report and some advertisers use the sites ...
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Leaders from the energy industry call for a global carbon market to help tackle climate change.
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FRANKFURT Lufthansa canceled about 60 European flights and its services around the world were delayed on Thursday after a computer fault in its check-in system, the German airline said.
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Despite strong growth in software sales at IBM, only certain parts of the enterprise software market are set to rebound this year.
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John Danforth, the US ambassador to the United Nations, will leave his post in January after less than seven months on the job. In a letter of resignation sent to President Bush on November
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Online advertising revenues jump 40 percent in the first half of this year, but e-mail marketing revenue falls off. Also: Beyond passwords: AOL offers an optional second layer of security & hellip;. Ask Jeeves adds features & hellip;. and more.
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LONDON, Oct 25 (IranMania) - Iran has enough patience to go through a confidence-building process in nuclear affairs, said Secretary of Supreme National Security Council Hassan Rowhani Monday, Iran's Official News Agency (IRNA) reported.
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A new metamaterial could lead to cloaking devices and diagnostic devices with unprecedented accuracy.
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( InfoWorld ) - An acquisition of Avaya by Nortel might help the buyer expand its enterprise telephony business and pare down a crowded industry, but the deal could be tough for customers. Avaya is in talks with possible buyers and recently discussed a possible deal with Nortel, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesd...
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Michigan, Michigan State and Western Michigan have the highest graduation rates for athletes among the state's seven NCAA Division I schools, an NCAA report showed Monday.
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(New York City-December 9, 2004) - Two days of grievance hearings stemming from the November Pacers-Pistons brawl are unfolding in New York City.
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AP - With the NHL closed for business, minor league hockey is thriving. Attendance is up and some players with NHL experience welcome the playing time in the minors. Ten of the American Hockey League's top 13 scorers were on NHL rosters a year ago.
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Jury selection began today in Fort Hood, Tex., in the military trial of the so-called ringleader of the prison scandal in Iraq.
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By Shelley Byrne, The Paducah Sun, Ky. Mar. 14-- -- During his 21 years working for the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, Sgt. Garry D. Clark has arrested poachers, checked thousands of hunting licenses and driven countless miles on patrol.
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Israel decides to release frozen tax funds to the new Palestinian government that excludes Hamas.
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AP - In a judicial blow to the entertainment industry, a federal appeals court ruled that makers of two leading file-sharing programs are not legally liable for the songs, movies and other copyright works their users swap online.
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BAGHDAD (AFP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin cast doubt over the viability of holding elections as planned next month in an Iraq under "total occupation", as the number of US soldiers killed in combat neared 1,000.
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The last few years have been a banner time for those inclined to play penny stocks, if only because there are so many of them.
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Raising the retirement age to 68 will avoid shifting the tax burden onto the young, minister John Hutton will say.
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Microsoft said last week that its first-quarter net income rose 11% and revenue 12% because of strong server-software demand and steady sales of PCs that run its products.
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Two games after abruptly benching Josh McCown in favor of Shaun King, Green announced yesterday that John Navarre, a rookie from the University of Michigan, will start Sunday's game at Detroit.
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AP - China's senior safety inspector urged the public and the media Tuesday to expose workplace accidents in a bid to end corruption and official misdeeds aggravating the country's high rate of work deaths.
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Zack Snyder's adaptation of Frank Miller's 300 is here, but we're already wanting more. Watch for a summer production of Alan Moore's canonical Watchmen. In Underwire.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Justin Morneau, whose breakout season helped the Minnesota Twins claim their fourth Central Division title in five years, was named the American League's Most Valuable Player on Tuesday.
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For many New Yorkers, it is an unpardonable insult that Rudolph W. Giuliani has declared he will be rooting for the Boston Red Sox against the Colorado Rockies in the World Series.
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A powerful car bomb exploded at dusk Sunday outside the downtown office of an American security contracting firm and an adjacent building used to train Afghan police.
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