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Spain's Carlos Moya says Davis Cup victory over the USA is "like a dream".
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Why can't they just get along? David Platt, the scientist and controversy-magnet who runs Pro Pharmaceuticals Inc. of Newton, doesn't see eye to eye with his old employer, GlycoGenesys Inc. of Boston, on just about any subject. Certainly not chemistry or patents.
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CURT SCHILLING, who was instrumental in helping the Boston Red Sox win the World Series for the first time in 86 years, had a better year than people realize.
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Nubian Spann made his first dunk one to remember. He also made it quite costly for his high school. Panther Creek High School
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RICHARD Green is campaigning for a fair go for golfers in a bid to inject more excitement into home tournaments this summer. Green blasted the brutal course set-up for last week #39;s Australian
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MOSCOW The Russian oil producer Yukos sought bankruptcy protection in the United States on Wednesday and requested an emergency court hearing to stop the Russian government #39;s auction of its largest production unit.
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Vodafone UK has introduced a service that will allow businesses to send and receive text messages from their desktops. The Vodafone Text Center is interoperable with MS Outlook and IBM Lotus Notes.
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In a burgeoning political and engineering scandal, Boston #39;s gleaming new underground Interstate 93 highway is riddled with hundreds of leaks.
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Reuters - U.S. forces destroyed a building in the\rebel-held city of Falluja on Thursday that they said was being\used by fighters loyal to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, whose group is\threatening to behead a British hostage.
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Yahoo, owner of the world #39;s second-most-used Internet search engine, said it began testing a service that searches for travel bargains and provides links to hotel and airline booking Web sites.
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There is no legal framework for a member country to re-establish its own currency or for one member to expel another. Leaving would have far-reaching implications for a country's politics, finances, economy, society and future.
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The video game publisher blows away expectations and ups the ante for fiscal 2000.
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The White House embraced the theory that aluminum tubes bound for Iraq were for nuclear centrifuges despite contrary views from America's leading nuclear scientists.
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AP - Virginia Ruano Pascual of Spain rallied past ninth-seeded Jelena Kostanic of Croatia 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4 Monday at the Gaz de France Stars, where Kim Clijsters will make her comeback this week from a five-month injury layoff.
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johnson announces june retirement former england captain martin johnson has announced he is to retire from rugby union at the end of the season. johnson who captained england to world cup glory in 2003 will play his final match in june. johnson won 84 england caps and quit test rugby at the start of 2004 just two m...
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Diesel fumes are really carcinogenic.
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Evidence-based practice, critical discussions.
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A new incarnation of Blue Gene/L can perform 70.7 trillion calculations per second, IBM says.
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Delta Air Lines Inc., the third-largest US carrier, reached a tentative agreement with its pilots union on pay reductions, according to a statement by the union.
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HARMONY Gold, which has managed to acquire only 10,8 of Gold Fields in the first stage of its hostile takeover bid, put a brave face on its offer yesterday, saying it would immediately launch the second part of its offer for the remaining shares.
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Masai herders in Kenya have begun cutting fences and marching their livestock onto the private ranchland of white settlers, where wildlife thrives.
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Brian Binnie (top left in image), grabbed previous Pilot #39;s Mike Melvill #39;s torch and flew the second leg of the X Prize competition in Burt Rutan #39;s SpaceShipOne.
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America has regained bragging rights to the world #39;s most powerful supercomputer, after a two-and-a-half-year hiatus. IBM Corp.
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Exemestane-everolimus in HER2-negative, hormonal receptor-positive, post-menopausal metastatic breast cancer with resistance to non-steroidal aromatase inhibitor: a new option.
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At Boston's Ski Ball at the Ritz-Carlton last Friday night, a marvelous thing happened: Outside the window, snow swirled out of a black sky into streetlights below.
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Remember Digg? Just a couple years ago, it was a major player in crowd-sourced news. Getting a link on the the site's front page meant tons of traffic. Nowadays? Not so much.
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Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany has hailed the failure of a nationalist inspired referendum on Hungarian citizenship as a victory for common sense.
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AP - Former Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, a critic of the most recent Palestinian uprising in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, was named leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization on Thursday within hours of the death of Yasser Arafat.
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GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. -- Breakfast cereal maker General Mills is converting all of its cereals to whole grain. The company says it becomes the first leading food company to make the move involving cereals.
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Rapid detection of BCHE atypical variant (p.Asp70Gly) by high resolution melting curve analysis.
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Dropped Head Syndrome after whiplash injury in a patient treated for a Hodgkin's lymphoma by mantle field radiotherapy.
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LANDSTUHL, Germany - Four US servicemen wounded last week in the Iraqi city of Fallujah on Monday described intense fighting with a skilled enemy, adept at markmanship and rigging booby traps.
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A delegation from the Muslim Council of Britain has travelled to Baghdad to make a plea for the release of British captive Ken Bigley.
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The role of agents in multimillion-pound football transfer deals came under fresh scrutiny yesterday after Manchester United revealed payments of 11m to middle-men for their help in signing players.
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He's ready to chip in now.
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Trying to get three teenage boys to talk to you while they are playing quot;Halo 2 quot; is like trying to find a needle in a haystack -- a wee bit difficult.
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LEXINGTON, Kentucky (Sports Network) - David Greene became the winningest quarterback in Division I-A history and Thomas Brown ran for 130 yards with three touchdowns to lead eighth-ranked Georgia to a 62-17 rout of Kentucky at Commonwealth Stadium.
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Internet use among medical students in Batna (Algeria), Rouen (France), Sousse (Tunisia).
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call to overhaul uk state pension the uk pension system has been branded inadequate and too complex by a leading retirement think-tank. the pensions policy institute (ppi) said replacing the state pension with a citizen s pension would help tackle inequality and complexity. the change would see pensions being calcul...
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SFBC: 70 years of medical biology.
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AP - The San Francisco Giants will honor Barry Bonds' home run milestones and other achievements as they always have #101; with great fanfare.
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Unilever, one of the world #39;s leading consumer-products companies with products from Dove soap to Hellman #39;s mayonnaise, surprised investors today by disclosing that its full
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An Australian journalist was taken hostage in Baghdad for 24 hours last weekend and was released unharmed, according to Foreign Minister Alexander Downer Monday.
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Aug. 19 (Bloomberg) -- UAL Corp. #39;s United Airlines, trying to attract financing to exit bankruptcy, said it probably will terminate and replace all its pension plans.
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DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=F.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">F.N</A> has expanded its recall of Escape and Mazda Tribute SUVs to nearly 600,000 vehicles, according to the automaker and the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety A...
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Reuters - U.S. and Iraqi troops took control\of government and police buildings in Samarra early on Friday\after insurgents had undermined security in the Iraqi city, the\U.S. military said.
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Sven-Goran Eriksson says that he will select either the three-pronged strikeforce or Shaun Wright-Phillips on Wednesday night, but not both.
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Erdogan uses Turkey's religious network to expand government monitoring and gain popular support.
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The Burkinabe experience of the creation of a Community Advisory Committee to improve the support of HIV research projects.
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The causes of heart disease are surprisingly the same in every region and race, and stress seems to play a more important role in heart attacks than previously recognized, a major new study has found.
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The management of Computer Associates (CA:NYSE - news - research) on Wednesday defeated three efforts by shareholders and corporate governance advocates to punish the company for an accounting scandal that led to the restatement of \$2 billion in revenue
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"The two leaders declare before our people of 80 million and the entire world there will be no more war on the Korean peninsula and a new age of peace has begun," the declaration said.
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IBM Wednesday released new SMB tools on its emerging technology Web site to help customers deal with compliance issues as well as enable Business Partners to build solutions on WebSphere Express software.
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PORT Adelaide claimed its first AFL flag and stopped the Brisbane premiership juggernaut with a stunning upset Grand Final win at the MCG yesterday.
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Little is known about the household employee at the center of the controversy enveloping Bernard B. Kerik, the former nominee for homeland security secretary.
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Aaron Peirsol of the United States lowered his own world record in the 200-meter backstroke at the Short Course World Championships on Monday night.
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While waiting to clear the final hurdles for their pending \$41 billion merger, Cingular Wireless and AT amp;T Wireless reported their separate third-quarter results.
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Scleritis as presenting sign of ciliary body melanoma.
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Return to work after brain lesions: cognitive and behavioral factors.
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Named Lockheed's top executive in August, Robert J. Stevens presides over the biggest defense contractor in the world at a time of shifting military priorities and precarious defense budgets.<FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2"\ color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></F...
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The Ravens hold on to a 30-23 victory over the Miami Dolphins after building a 20-point lead and now need losses by Denver and Jacksonville to make the postseason.
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Bangladesh were thrashed by nine wickets in their Champions Trophy match against South Africa at Edgbaston on Sunday. Bizarrely electing to bat first, the Tigers mustered just 93 runs before being bowled out in the 32nd over.
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Large crowds have lined Paris streets to witness military columns roll through marking the 60th anniversary of the citys liberation from German occupation.
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French President Jacques Chirac, on a state visit to China, launch the quot;Year of France in China quot; yesterday in Beijing. He arrived in China from Singapore where he stopped over on his trip, dubbed his continuing quot;30-year liaison with Asia.
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Statements issued yesterday by the Irish rider, Cian O #39;Connor, and his solicitor, Andrew Coonan, have confirmed the presence of forbidden substances in a blood sample taken from the horse
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Four-time champion Jeff Gordon has the best chance of winning his fifth title at the end of NASCAR #39;s playoff-style 10-race Chase for the Nextel Cup based on past performances, USA TODAY database research shows.
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Draw the line... your personal choice.
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Being resident in hematological and pediatric oncology department: attraction and difficulties.
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Editors Note: Following his record-setting six victory in the World Match Play championship, Ernie Els sat down with the media and discussed his accomplishment.
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Atlanta Braves starting pitcher John Thomson, center, is pulled from the game against the Houston Astros during the first inning of Game 3 of the National League Division Series in Houston, on Saturday.
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After an extensive review, NASA is planning its Return to Flight Space Shuttle mission, designated STS-114, for a launch window that opens in May 2000.
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IF services conglomerate Cendant buys the third-largest US online travel company, Orbitz, as looks probable, then it will be widely seen as another step towards breaking down any lingering sense that business over the internet is quot;special quot; compared to
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In the latest big deal among US real estate companies, General Growth will pay \$67.00 per share in cash for each share in Rouse, a premium of 33 per cent over its closing stock price of \$00.61 in Thursday New York Stock Exchange trade.
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Tokyo stocks slid for a seventh straight session Monday to a five-and-a-half week low due to concerns about rising oil prices. The US dollar was higher against the Japanese yen.
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SEREMBAN: A veterinarian and three of her children, who have been warded for observation at the Kota Baru Hospital, do not have a persistent fever or sore throat - the common symptoms of avian influenza.
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A Greek plane has landed safely atStansted Airport, north of London, after a bomb alert forced it tomake a diversion, the BBC reports on Sunday.
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The carrier will give its broadband subscribers access to 3,900 hot spots for \$1.99 a month.
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IBM has successfully demonstrated a new technique for improving transistor performance that will help the company build smaller, more powerful chips in the next decade, company researchers said Monday.
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If the president fails to continue the suspension of Title III, business relations will be disrupted far more severely and irreparably than they would be by any regulatory change.
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The use of adrenaline for the treatment of anaphylaxis: the use by first-aid personnel is recommended.
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As Boise State has proved in finishing its regular season 11-0, its program has transcended a quirky marketing gimmick: the installation of its blue turf.
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Assisted suicide: what future?.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Marion Jones again denied taking banned drugs to help win five gold medals at the 2000 Olympics, her latest statement coming hours after the International Olympic Committee announced a steroid probe.
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Reuters - As part of a drive to attract more\women into the male-dominated video game industry, a program\for aspiring game developers at Southern Methodist University\will offer a women-only scholarship, organizers said on\Thursday.
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AFP - The US economy grew at a faster-than-expected 3.9 percent annual pace in the third quarter of 2004, powered by robust consumer and business spending, the government revealed.
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quot;Coach called me over the summer and asked me if I was working hard, quot; Carney said. quot;I guess I showed him what I did all through the summer tonight.
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The drug company's experimental treatment for Alzheimer's failed to prove effective in a big clinical trial. The stock closed Tuesday at \$40.80 on the New York Stock Exchange before falling 10 percent in after-hours trading following release of the trial results.
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Anuric acute renal failure after suprapubic catheterization.
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The House votes on Friday.
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The Industrial Accidents act (1903) and the birth of the Industrial Accidents Fund (1967).
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By ALEX VEIGA LOS ANGELES (AP) -- In the first foray by a U.S. wireless carrier into the online music market, AT T Wireless is launching a service that lets subscribers buy songs using their cell phones and later download them to a computer...
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The London-based security firm which employed four former Gurkhas killed in a rocket attack on their compound in Baghdad tonight paid tribute to them as brave and professional individuals.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - US Airways <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=UAIRQ.OB target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">UAIRQ.OB</A> plans to cut its executive payroll by 20 percent, reducing pay and benefits for its 3,000 managers and eliminating positions, The Washington Post rep...
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Reuters - European digital music service Wippit\has signed a deal to license the catalogs of Universal Music\and Warner Music, enabling its customers to download songs from\all of the four major labels.
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What's new in internal medicine?.
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The iPod is proving a colossal hit on the Japanese electronics and entertainment giant's home ground. The tiny white machine is catching on as a fashion statement and turning into a cultural icon here, much the same way it won a fanatical following in the United States.
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CHARLOTTE, NC -- The Hornets left this basketball-crazy city two years ago in a dispute over a new stadium, leaving behind angry fans and leaders disappointed with losing the first big-time pro sports team ever based in North Carolina.
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It all started on May 23 when an alleged fake news report run by a Qatari news agency stated Qatar’s support for Iran and
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The reception of sexual assault victim in a police district.
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Rare diseases: beware of indifference .