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Washington Post Business Adventurer Is Reported Missing Steve Fossett, a tycoon-turned-record-seeker who became the first person to circumnavigate the globe in a balloon, vanished Monday while flying a single-engine plane over rugged terrain in Nevada, authorities said.	0Business
PCWorld news Internet Censorship Won't Succeed, Gates Says Microsoft's chairman weighs in on the Internet, e-business, and his retirement plans.	6Sci/Tech
The Motley Fool The BMW Method GE Analysis	0Business
Berkshire Eagle Duncan, Spurs defeat Knicks Tim Duncan had 17 points and 10 rebounds, and began a key third-quarter burst that helped the San Antonio Spurs beat the New York Knicks 99-81 last night.	8Sports
BBC Sport Sri Lanka keeper calls it a day The 34-year-old decided to quit after being left out of the training squad for next month's tour to New Zealand. He played 49 Tests and 189 one-day games, including the 1996 World Cup final when Sri Lanka beat Australia.	8Sports
CNET personal technology news Exercise 2.0 under way inside Intel Blog: Intel researchers are using motion sensors to help people set goals for weight loss or track patients who are rehabilitating injuries.	6Sci/Tech
Stuff.co.nz Pill failure linked to obesity Overweight and obese women are significantly more likely to become pregnant while on the contraceptive pill than other women, new research shows.	3Health
New York Times world Wives Burdened by Ex-N.F.L. Playersâ Dementia Neither the league nor the playersâ union consider dementia a football-related condition.	13World
Washington Times Putting the deficit in perspective Even though the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) September baseline forecast reduced its projection of the 2004 federal budget deficit by more than $50 billion, it offered little hope that substantive progress would be achieved on the fiscal front any	11Top Stories
Reuters Top News China's Wu meets Bush, Congress on trade concerns WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi on Thursday failed to ease President George W. Bush's disappointment over at least one sticking point in U.S.-China relations and faced more complaints from the U.S. Congress about Washington's huge trade deficit with Beijing.	10Top News
Reuters World Saudi Identifies Gunmen in U.S. Consulate Attack RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia named Tuesday three of the five militants who stormed the U.S. consulate in Jeddah, and said they were all Saudi nationals.	13World
New York Times Movies Tom Cruise and Some Martians Take a Liking to Bayonne The industrial New Jersey town has become a prime location for many films, including Steven Spielberg's latest, "The War of the Worlds."	1Entertainment
The Washington Post sports Astros Plow Forward Roy Oswalt becomes the NL's first 20-game winner on Saturday to give the Astros the NL wild-card lead with a 9-3 victory over the Rockies.	8Sports
Ansa Economia Cambi: euro stabile sul dollaro Moneta unica scambiata a quota 1,3657 sul biglietto verde	4Italia
Ansa Incidenti: muoiono 3 ragazzini Una donna vittima di uno scontro sulla A14 in Puglia	4Italia
Yahoo World Gov't supporters break up Cuba march (AP) AP - Scores of government supporters broke up a silent march by a small group of dissidents marking International Human Rights day on Sunday, roughing up participants and accusing them of being mercenaries and "worms."	13World
Yahoo Science Bush sets out tiny 2.9 percent rise in space budget (AFP) AFP - President George W. Bush Monday set out a modest 2.9 percent rise in funding for the US space agency, just as NASA is racing to finish the International Space Station in 2010.	6Sci/Tech
Motley Fool Browsing at Google Now that Google's (Nasdaq: GOOG) IPO has come and gone, with differing opinions of the relative success of the Dutch auction model, it's been relatively quiet over at the search engine's Mountain View, Calif.	1Entertainment
Reuters Business Stocks surge on merger talk LONDON (Reuters) - European and Japanese stocks scaled multi-year highs on Monday on talk of mergers and bids, while interest rate speculation saw the dollar strengthen against the yen, euro and sterling.	0Business
Reuters Life and Leisure No red roses for Saudi sweethearts on Valentines Day RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's religious police have banned red roses ahead of Valentine's Day, forcing couples in the conservative Muslim nation to think of new ways to show their love.	1Entertainment
Ansa Arthur Miller e' morto Aveva 89 anni, da tempo combatteva con il cancro	4Italia
Guardian Top News Golf: Colleagues come to captain's defence Golf: Some of Ian Woosnam's closest friends have spoken up for the Ryder Cup captain following criticism.	10Top News
Ansa Pg Favara, attenzione alle moschee 'Riscontrato incremento delle minacce contro nostro Paese'	4Italia
The Tribune Efforts to remove fear of China among Asean Even as smaller countries of the 10-member Asean grouping have expressed reservations about the proposed Free Trade Area (FTA) with China as it will put them at a great disadvantage, efforts are on to remove their misgivings.	13World
Yahoo Tech Four critical Windows fixes coming next week (InfoWorld) InfoWorld - Microsoft will release six sets of security patches next Tuesday, four of which will fix critical flaws in the Windows operating system.	6Sci/Tech
BBC UK Jail for teenage double murderer A 17-year-old is jailed for 30 years for the murders of a woman at a christening and a pastor's daughter.	2Europe
The Washington Post sports WIZARDSINSIDER WHO'S NEXT? vs. Denver Tonight, 7 Comcast SportsNet WAGE-1200, WWRC-1260, WNAV-1430	8Sports
New York Times world Oldest Profession Is Still One of the Oldest Lures for Young Nigerian Women For nearly 20 years, the women of Benin City, Nigeria, have been going to Italy to work in the sex trade.	13World
ESPN Murphy's lawyers claim allegations are over money HOUSTON -- Taking the stand in his own defense, Hall of Fame basketball player Calvin Murphy denied allegations that he sexually abused five of his 10 daughters.	8Sports
Reuters Business Blue chips slip at open on inflation data NEW YORK (Reuters) - Blue-chip stocks opened down slightly on Thursday after government data showed first-quarter core personal consumption spending, an inflation gauge favored by the Federal Reserve, was revised higher.	0Business
MSN Money SunGard to Spin Off Data Recovery Unit SunGard Data Systems Inc. (SDS) on Monday said it would spin off its data recovery business, sending its stock up 11 percent to a four-month high.	0Business
The Washington Post sports Steffy Needs Practice Ralph Friedgen said freshman quarterback Jordan Steffy "needs to play more" and that there is a chance both he and Joel Statham will play Saturday.	8Sports
CNET personal technology news Cool customers hot for Barcelona Peter Glaskowsky analyzes the potential benefits of AMD's new quad-core Opteron processors for data centers.	6Sci/Tech
Reuters Health Anger speeds up deterioration of lungs: study LONDON (Reuters) - Lung power normally declines as a person ages but being angry and hostile can speed up the process, researchers said on Thursday.	3Health
Tiscali Notizie Il crocefisso resta a scuola: lo stabilisce la Corte <b>...</b> Il Crocifisso non sarÃ tolto dalle aule scolastiche. La Corte Costituzionale ha giudicato infatti "inammissibile" il ricorso del Tar del Veneto. Il Tribunale amministrativo del Veneto aveva impugnato le norme	4Italia
Philippine Daily Inquirer Train falls into ravine in Quezon province; 10 dead (6TH UPDATE) At least ten people were killed and 115 wounded after a Manila-bound train from the Bicol region slipped of its	13World
The Washington Post sports Utah Slips in BCS Poll Despite walloping Colorado State, 63-31, to extend their record to a school-best 9-0, the Utes watch their ranking in the Bowl Championships Series standings drop a spot to seventh.	8Sports
Rediff We're stronger and better prepared, says Gilchrist For all the hype surrounding the upcoming India-Australia Test series, Australia stand-in captain Adam Gilchrist's perspective of it is simple: "It's a very big tournament, but it is not the be all and end all of our cricketing careers.	8Sports
MOSNEWS Soyuz Landing Delivers Fincke, Padalka to Earth After Six Months <b>...</b> A Soyuz capsule made a precision landing in Kazakhstan Sunday, safely delivering two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut to Earth after several months on the International Space Station.	6Sci/Tech
Medical News Today How running made us human Endurance running let us evolve to look the way we do - Humans evolved from ape-like ancestors because they needed to run long distances - perhaps to hunt animals or scavenge carcasses on Africa's vast savannah - and the ability to run shaped our anatomy	1Entertainment
Yahoo Sports Giants' Barber Leads NFL in Total Yards (AP) AP - Tiki Barber won the NFL yards from scrimmage title and set the New York Giants' all-time rushing record in Sunday night's game against the Dallas Cowboys.	8Sports
Yahoo Health Clinical Trials Update: Nov. 30, 2004 (HealthDay) HealthDay - (HealthDayNews) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:	3Health
News24 Xmas violence kills 24 in Iraq Baghdad - Attacks against Iraq's fledgling security forces claimed more lives on Sunday, bringing to at least 24 the number killed in three days of violence over the Christmas period.	11Top Stories
Boston Herald A study to diet for: Docs canât âweightâ for Atkins <b>...</b> but motivated - adults willing to give up pizza and other bad carbs for the next year and a half. Researchers at Children's Hospital in Boston are launching what they say will	3Health
Ansa Economia Borsa:avvio incerto a Piazza Affari Mibtel +0,04%, SP/Mib -0,02%, All Stars +0,29%	4Italia
BetaNews.Com Microsoft's Virtual Earth 3D gets boost with Caligari acquisition In an attempt to level the playing field with Google Earth, Microsoft has scooped up Caligari, makers of 3-D rendering software.	7Software and Developement
Washington Post Nation Supreme Court Declines to Hear Experimental Drug Case The Supreme Court today declined to consider whether dying patients have a right to be treated with experimental drugs not yet approved by the Food and Drug Administration.	12U.S.
Ananova Business ADV: $150,000 Mortgage for Under $690/Month Mortgage rates are at record lows. Save $1000s on your mortgage payment. Free quotes.	0Business
NEWS.com.au Sony denies plasma exit JAPANESE giant Sony has denied a report it plans to withdraw from the plasma television business but said its priority in flat-panel TVs remains in liquid crystal display (LCD) sets.	11Top Stories
Syfy.com Chat transcript of Meghna Kothari Here is the complete transcript of the Meghna Kothari chat.	1Entertainment
CIOL Cisco Systems Q1 net up 29% Net sales for the fiscal Q1 rose 17.1 percent to $6.0 billion, the sixth straight quarter of sequential growth. directs data over the Internet, said quarterly earnings rose 29 percent on stronger demand for	0Business
Shelby Star Defensive stand allows UNC to stun Wolfpack CHAPEL HILL -- It was an ending that left North Carolina fans storming the Kenan Stadium turf in celebration while NC State fans walked away howling mad.	8Sports
Yahoo World Indian, Pakistani leaders agree to resume Kashmir negotiations (AFP) AFP - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh agreed at breakthrough talks in Havana to resume negotiations on the disputed Kashmir region and jointly battle terrorism.	13World
Reuters Top News Greenhouse gases hit new high OSLO (Reuters) - Greenhouse gases widely blamed for causing global warming have jumped to record highs in the atmosphere, apparently stoked by rising emissions from Asian industry, a researcher said on Friday.	10Top News
The Motley Fool The Demented Dividend Guru He's got a new fund, and he wants you to invest.	0Business
Reuters Top News Bhutto sympathy vote seen key to Pakistan election MULTAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - The strength of a sympathy vote for assassinated Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto in the country's biggest province is likely to determine the result of a general election on February 18.	10Top News
PeerFear Vary: ETag Extensions Sam posts an interesting proposal. This is better than the HTTP delta suggestion but still has a few issues. The client needs to know the ETags before it can start performing differential fetches. With date ranges you still preserve the initial archive query. For example when you first subscribe to a feed you could fetch 30 days worth of posts. If you like the feed you can even fetch older posts which could be really cool. Also even if you still use faster checksum algorithm like CRC32 or Adler32 you still have an O(N) performance hit for your document. If you have a btree on your post dates you will gave O(log(N)) for search for a much smaller string (64bit in most situations). F ...	6Sci/Tech
Ansa Italia Scorta e auto blu, Cossiga rinuncia 'Per aiutare politiche di risparmio del Capo dello Stato'	4Italia
Reuters Business Mexico shutting 600,000 bpd oil output due cold front MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's state-owned oil company Pemex was shutting down about one-fifth of its daily output on Sunday due to bad weather, but said it expects to quickly resume output within days.	0Business
CNET security news Sonos upgrades software, adds Napster, launches ZoneBridge accessory A combination of new software and hardware offerings further enhances the Sonos Digital Music System.	6Sci/Tech
Deepika Irfan elated after his first five-wicket haul Dhaka, Dec 10 (UNI) Indian speedster Irfan Pathan attributed his first ever five-wicket haul in the Test cricket to his disciplined bowling and right direction.	8Sports
Sports Network Safin surprises Hewitt in Paris Paris, France (Sports Network) - Sixth-seeded Marat Safin advanced to the semifinals of the $3.092 million BNP Paribas Masters after upsetting second- seeded Lleyton Hewitt in Friday's quarterfinals.	11Top Stories
Ansa Calcio Meridiana: voli per Roma e Milano Tariffe inferiori anche a quelle di continuita',29 e 39 euro	4Italia
Yahoo World Long deployments pressure National Guard (AP) AP - The Pentagon is asking National Guard troops and their families to make sacrifices like never before in Iraq and other hot spots, the Army's chief of staff told a conference bringing together citizen-soldiers from across the country.	13World
Yahoo Health Poor sanitation seen killing 5,000 children a day (Reuters) Reuters - Five thousand children die every day globally because they do not have access to clean toilets, health experts said on Tuesday.	3Health
Yahoo Tech Million-dollar prize for film-preference predicting program offered (AFP) AFP - Netflix offered a million dollars for a computer program that accurately predicts which films people will rent from its online service.	6Sci/Tech
Reuters Top News Israel eases blockade, Gazans get some fuel GAZA (Reuters) - Israel resumed fuel supplies to the Gaza Strip's main power plant on Tuesday, offering limited respite from a blockade that plunged much of the Hamas-ruled territory into darkness and touched off international protests.	10Top News
Reuters Business Fed sees inflation risk even as growth slows KENOSHA, Wisconsin (Reuters) - Federal Reserve policy-makers on Friday said inflation remained a risk to the U.S. economy, even as data showing factory activity falling for the first time in 3-1/2 years indicated growth was slowing.	0Business
AZ Central.com Stress linked to aging Now a team of researchers has found that severe emotional distress - like that caused by divorce, the loss of a job, or caring for an ill child or parent - may speed up the aging of the body's cells at the genetic level.	3Health
Yahoo Entertainment Was missing Grammy winner in bathroom? (AP) AP - LOS ANGELES (AP) — When veteran Christian rockers Third Day won the Grammy for best pop-contemporary gospel album, they rushed to the stage at the Staples Center minus one member — guitarist Mark Lee.	1Entertainment
Reuters World Hostage-Takers Demand U.S. Allies Quit Iraq BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Militants piled more pressure on Washington's military allies in Iraq on Thursday, seizing an Iraqi-Polish woman and holding a Japanese man under threat of death.	13World
New York Times world Scanning Your Money to the Bank Soon you will be able to deposit checks by scanning them at home and sending them electronically to your bank. No need to visit a branch or even an ATM.	13World
BBC UK Mortgage approvals plummet by 38% The number of mortgages approved in December fall for the seventh month in a row, with 38% fewer mortgages approved than a year earlier.	2Europe
Repubblica Cronaca Immigrazione, naufragio a Capo Passero Due barconi alla deriva chiedono aiuto Un morto accertato, ma ci sarebbero altre vittime e molti dispersi Nella notte 46 extracomunitari portati nel centro di accoglienza Immigrazione, naufragio a Capo Passero Due barconi alla deriva chiedono aiuto (15:05 25/07/2007)	4Italia
Reuters Business Some signs of growth slowdown in Q4: Stark MILAN (Reuters) - The first signs of a possible economic slowdown in the euro area emerged in the fourth quarter despite strong growth in the previous quarter, European Central Bank's executive board member Juergen Stark said on Tuesday.	0Business
Daily Times Reform needed in Arab world to defeat terrorism: Powell RABAT: US Secretary of State Colin Powell stressed on Saturday the need for economic and political reforms in the Arab world to defeat terrorism.	1Entertainment
Reuters Health Nerve Damage Risk Seen After Obesity Surgery NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Weight-loss surgery for severe obesity may carry the risk of damage to the network of nerves that runs throughout the body, researchers reported Thursday.	3Health
KWTX Experts Have A Warning About New Google Search Tool Googles new desktop search tool ferrets out files on hard drives much as the traditional Google search engine chases down pages in cyberspace.	0Business
Forbes The Prince In Africa The $20 billion man seeks a new fortune where most investors will not go--yet.	0Business
Yahoo World Rabbi: Non-believing soldiers die (AP) AP - An influential and outspoken Israeli rabbi has said Israeli soldiers died in battle because they were not ritually observant Jews, sparking outrage in Israel.	13World
iTunes Music Take a Chance On Something Beautiful - Half Past Forever Take a Chance On Something Beautiful by Half Past Forever	5Music Feeds
News Is Free Top News Enzo Baldoni Ãš stato rapito "All'Italia ultimatum di 48 ore" On La Repubblica: Mondo	10Top News
Yahoo Politics Safety Groups Want Car Window Rule Review (AP) AP - Eleven auto safety groups asked the government Thursday to revise a new rule that requires safer power windows in vehicles, saying it does not adequately protect children.	13World
San Francisco Chronicle No. 3 Miami 41, No. 18 Louisville 38 The Louisville Cardinals drew a flag for excessive celebration in the second quarter, and another in the third. Against Miami, the displays of jubilation were premature.	8Sports
Yahoo Entertainment Rare Mormon book up for bid (AP) AP - A 177-year-old first edition of the Book of Mormon found in a home near Palmyra — the birthplace of the Mormon religion — will be put up for bid next week at an upstate New York estate auction.	1Entertainment
BBC News entertainment Ban threat aborts Sizzla UK tour The government considers banning reggae star Sizzla from the UK as police investigate "anti-gay" lyrics.	1Entertainment
Guardian Top News England keep NZ series alive Sport: Captain Paul Collingwood hits quickfire half-century to guide England to a rousing six-wicket victory	10Top News
The Register Red Hat heads security initiative Government-backed Red Hat is leading an initiative allowing software companies to brief users of a US government-backed security database on how far vulnerabilities affect their products.âŠ	6Sci/Tech
swissinfo Banned Basque party calls for peace talks unveiled a plan to end the long-running conflict in the region, saying it wants peace talks. demilitarising the 36-year-old conflict and a referendum in the Basque country on its future.	13World
Yahoo World Italy's president dissolves parliament (AP) AP - Italy's president dissolved parliament on Wednesday, clearing the way for early elections this spring, just two years after the last parliamentary vote.	13World
Persian Journal Two Huge Galactic Clusters Are Colliding Millions of Light-Years <b>...</b> Astronomers have spotted two monster galactic clusters slamming together in one of the biggest collisions ever recorded. The smash-up poses no danger to Earth -- it is about 800 million light-years away, and	6Sci/Tech
BBC News health Prozac use 'risky for children' Using the anti-depressant Prozac at an early age may lead to emotional problems later in life, US scientists say.	3Health
The Republican GOP ready for its close-up Republicans tomorrow will gather in New York City for a four-day extravaganza aimed at winning a second term for President George W. Bush.	11Top Stories
New York Times Science Any Other Bright Ideas? Compact fluorescents are efficient, but many people have not embraced their glow.	6Sci/Tech
RedNova technology La Crosse Tribune, Wis., Marc Wehrs Column: Polarization: a Secondary Function of the Stetzerizer By Marc Wehrs, La Crosse Tribune, Wis. Dec.	6Sci/Tech
TheCelebrityCafe.com Sharon Stone Sues Plastic Surgeon The âBasic Instinctâ actress files a lawsuit against a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon for libel. The 46-year-old actress Sharon Stone has made it completely clear that she is 100% natural when she sued	11Top Stories
Reuters Sports Baghdatis sets up final against Roddick in Kooyong MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Marcos Baghdatis set up a final against Andy Roddick at the Kooyong Classic with a 6-2 7-5 win over Chilean Fernando Gonzalez on Friday, declaring himself ready for a good run at next week's Australian Open.	8Sports
Reuters World Former Taiwan President Lee Leaves for Japan TAIPEI (Reuters) - Former Taiwan president Lee Teng-hui left for Japan on Monday on a controversial visit that has sparked furious protests from China.	13World
BBC - Front Page UK officer killed in Basra named A British soldier killed by a roadside bomb in southern Iraq is named as a Second Lieutenant from Hove.	10Top News
The Washington Post health For Merck, a Painful Withdrawal Manufacturer aggressively markets product before drug's long-term safety has been proven.	3Health

Washington Post Business Adventurer Is Reported Missing Steve Fossett, a tycoon-turned-record-seeker who became the first person to circumnavigate the globe in a balloon, vanished Monday while flying a single-engine plane over rugged terrain in Nevada, authorities said.

0Business

PCWorld news Internet Censorship Won't Succeed, Gates Says Microsoft's chairman weighs in on the Internet, e-business, and his retirement plans.

6Sci/Tech

The Motley Fool The BMW Method GE Analysis

0Business

Berkshire Eagle Duncan, Spurs defeat Knicks Tim Duncan had 17 points and 10 rebounds, and began a key third-quarter burst that helped the San Antonio Spurs beat the New York Knicks 99-81 last night.

8Sports

BBC Sport Sri Lanka keeper calls it a day The 34-year-old decided to quit after being left out of the training squad for next month's tour to New Zealand. He played 49 Tests and 189 one-day games, including the 1996 World Cup final when Sri Lanka beat Australia.

8Sports

CNET personal technology news Exercise 2.0 under way inside Intel Blog: Intel researchers are using motion sensors to help people set goals for weight loss or track patients who are rehabilitating injuries.

6Sci/Tech

Stuff.co.nz Pill failure linked to obesity Overweight and obese women are significantly more likely to become pregnant while on the contraceptive pill than other women, new research shows.

3Health

New York Times world Wives Burdened by Ex-N.F.L. Playersâ Dementia Neither the league nor the playersâ union consider dementia a football-related condition.

13World

Washington Times Putting the deficit in perspective Even though the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) September baseline forecast reduced its projection of the 2004 federal budget deficit by more than $50 billion, it offered little hope that substantive progress would be achieved on the fiscal front any

11Top Stories

Reuters Top News China's Wu meets Bush, Congress on trade concerns WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi on Thursday failed to ease President George W. Bush's disappointment over at least one sticking point in U.S.-China relations and faced more complaints from the U.S. Congress about Washington's huge trade deficit with Beijing.

10Top News

Reuters World Saudi Identifies Gunmen in U.S. Consulate Attack RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia named Tuesday three of the five militants who stormed the U.S. consulate in Jeddah, and said they were all Saudi nationals.

13World

New York Times Movies Tom Cruise and Some Martians Take a Liking to Bayonne The industrial New Jersey town has become a prime location for many films, including Steven Spielberg's latest, "The War of the Worlds."

1Entertainment

The Washington Post sports Astros Plow Forward Roy Oswalt becomes the NL's first 20-game winner on Saturday to give the Astros the NL wild-card lead with a 9-3 victory over the Rockies.

8Sports

Ansa Economia Cambi: euro stabile sul dollaro Moneta unica scambiata a quota 1,3657 sul biglietto verde

4Italia

Ansa Incidenti: muoiono 3 ragazzini Una donna vittima di uno scontro sulla A14 in Puglia

4Italia

Yahoo World Gov't supporters break up Cuba march (AP) AP - Scores of government supporters broke up a silent march by a small group of dissidents marking International Human Rights day on Sunday, roughing up participants and accusing them of being mercenaries and "worms."

13World

Yahoo Science Bush sets out tiny 2.9 percent rise in space budget (AFP) AFP - President George W. Bush Monday set out a modest 2.9 percent rise in funding for the US space agency, just as NASA is racing to finish the International Space Station in 2010.

6Sci/Tech

Motley Fool Browsing at Google Now that Google's (Nasdaq: GOOG) IPO has come and gone, with differing opinions of the relative success of the Dutch auction model, it's been relatively quiet over at the search engine's Mountain View, Calif.

1Entertainment

Reuters Business Stocks surge on merger talk LONDON (Reuters) - European and Japanese stocks scaled multi-year highs on Monday on talk of mergers and bids, while interest rate speculation saw the dollar strengthen against the yen, euro and sterling.

0Business

Reuters Life and Leisure No red roses for Saudi sweethearts on Valentines Day RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's religious police have banned red roses ahead of Valentine's Day, forcing couples in the conservative Muslim nation to think of new ways to show their love.

1Entertainment

Ansa Arthur Miller e' morto Aveva 89 anni, da tempo combatteva con il cancro

4Italia

Guardian Top News Golf: Colleagues come to captain's defence Golf: Some of Ian Woosnam's closest friends have spoken up for the Ryder Cup captain following criticism.

10Top News

Ansa Pg Favara, attenzione alle moschee 'Riscontrato incremento delle minacce contro nostro Paese'

4Italia

The Tribune Efforts to remove fear of China among Asean Even as smaller countries of the 10-member Asean grouping have expressed reservations about the proposed Free Trade Area (FTA) with China as it will put them at a great disadvantage, efforts are on to remove their misgivings.

13World

Yahoo Tech Four critical Windows fixes coming next week (InfoWorld) InfoWorld - Microsoft will release six sets of security patches next Tuesday, four of which will fix critical flaws in the Windows operating system.

6Sci/Tech

BBC UK Jail for teenage double murderer A 17-year-old is jailed for 30 years for the murders of a woman at a christening and a pastor's daughter.

2Europe

The Washington Post sports WIZARDSINSIDER WHO'S NEXT? vs. Denver Tonight, 7 Comcast SportsNet WAGE-1200, WWRC-1260, WNAV-1430

8Sports

New York Times world Oldest Profession Is Still One of the Oldest Lures for Young Nigerian Women For nearly 20 years, the women of Benin City, Nigeria, have been going to Italy to work in the sex trade.

13World

ESPN Murphy's lawyers claim allegations are over money HOUSTON -- Taking the stand in his own defense, Hall of Fame basketball player Calvin Murphy denied allegations that he sexually abused five of his 10 daughters.

8Sports

Reuters Business Blue chips slip at open on inflation data NEW YORK (Reuters) - Blue-chip stocks opened down slightly on Thursday after government data showed first-quarter core personal consumption spending, an inflation gauge favored by the Federal Reserve, was revised higher.

0Business

MSN Money SunGard to Spin Off Data Recovery Unit SunGard Data Systems Inc. (SDS) on Monday said it would spin off its data recovery business, sending its stock up 11 percent to a four-month high.

0Business

The Washington Post sports Steffy Needs Practice Ralph Friedgen said freshman quarterback Jordan Steffy "needs to play more" and that there is a chance both he and Joel Statham will play Saturday.

8Sports

CNET personal technology news Cool customers hot for Barcelona Peter Glaskowsky analyzes the potential benefits of AMD's new quad-core Opteron processors for data centers.

6Sci/Tech

Reuters Health Anger speeds up deterioration of lungs: study LONDON (Reuters) - Lung power normally declines as a person ages but being angry and hostile can speed up the process, researchers said on Thursday.

3Health

Tiscali Notizie Il crocefisso resta a scuola: lo stabilisce la Corte ... Il Crocifisso non sarÃ tolto dalle aule scolastiche. La Corte Costituzionale ha giudicato infatti "inammissibile" il ricorso del Tar del Veneto. Il Tribunale amministrativo del Veneto aveva impugnato le norme

4Italia

Philippine Daily Inquirer Train falls into ravine in Quezon province; 10 dead (6TH UPDATE) At least ten people were killed and 115 wounded after a Manila-bound train from the Bicol region slipped of its

13World

The Washington Post sports Utah Slips in BCS Poll Despite walloping Colorado State, 63-31, to extend their record to a school-best 9-0, the Utes watch their ranking in the Bowl Championships Series standings drop a spot to seventh.

8Sports

Rediff We're stronger and better prepared, says Gilchrist For all the hype surrounding the upcoming India-Australia Test series, Australia stand-in captain Adam Gilchrist's perspective of it is simple: "It's a very big tournament, but it is not the be all and end all of our cricketing careers.

8Sports

MOSNEWS Soyuz Landing Delivers Fincke, Padalka to Earth After Six Months ... A Soyuz capsule made a precision landing in Kazakhstan Sunday, safely delivering two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut to Earth after several months on the International Space Station.

6Sci/Tech

Medical News Today How running made us human Endurance running let us evolve to look the way we do - Humans evolved from ape-like ancestors because they needed to run long distances - perhaps to hunt animals or scavenge carcasses on Africa's vast savannah - and the ability to run shaped our anatomy

1Entertainment

Yahoo Sports Giants' Barber Leads NFL in Total Yards (AP) AP - Tiki Barber won the NFL yards from scrimmage title and set the New York Giants' all-time rushing record in Sunday night's game against the Dallas Cowboys.

8Sports

Yahoo Health Clinical Trials Update: Nov. 30, 2004 (HealthDay) HealthDay - (HealthDayNews) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:

3Health

News24 Xmas violence kills 24 in Iraq Baghdad - Attacks against Iraq's fledgling security forces claimed more lives on Sunday, bringing to at least 24 the number killed in three days of violence over the Christmas period.

11Top Stories

Boston Herald A study to diet for: Docs canât âweightâ for Atkins ... but motivated - adults willing to give up pizza and other bad carbs for the next year and a half. Researchers at Children's Hospital in Boston are launching what they say will

3Health

Ansa Economia Borsa:avvio incerto a Piazza Affari Mibtel +0,04%, SP/Mib -0,02%, All Stars +0,29%

4Italia

BetaNews.Com Microsoft's Virtual Earth 3D gets boost with Caligari acquisition In an attempt to level the playing field with Google Earth, Microsoft has scooped up Caligari, makers of 3-D rendering software.

7Software and Developement

Washington Post Nation Supreme Court Declines to Hear Experimental Drug Case The Supreme Court today declined to consider whether dying patients have a right to be treated with experimental drugs not yet approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

12U.S.

Ananova Business ADV: $150,000 Mortgage for Under $690/Month Mortgage rates are at record lows. Save $1000s on your mortgage payment. Free quotes.

0Business

NEWS.com.au Sony denies plasma exit JAPANESE giant Sony has denied a report it plans to withdraw from the plasma television business but said its priority in flat-panel TVs remains in liquid crystal display (LCD) sets.

11Top Stories

Syfy.com Chat transcript of Meghna Kothari Here is the complete transcript of the Meghna Kothari chat.

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CIOL Cisco Systems Q1 net up 29% Net sales for the fiscal Q1 rose 17.1 percent to $6.0 billion, the sixth straight quarter of sequential growth. directs data over the Internet, said quarterly earnings rose 29 percent on stronger demand for

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Shelby Star Defensive stand allows UNC to stun Wolfpack CHAPEL HILL -- It was an ending that left North Carolina fans storming the Kenan Stadium turf in celebration while NC State fans walked away howling mad.

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Yahoo World Indian, Pakistani leaders agree to resume Kashmir negotiations (AFP) AFP - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh agreed at breakthrough talks in Havana to resume negotiations on the disputed Kashmir region and jointly battle terrorism.

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Reuters Top News Greenhouse gases hit new high OSLO (Reuters) - Greenhouse gases widely blamed for causing global warming have jumped to record highs in the atmosphere, apparently stoked by rising emissions from Asian industry, a researcher said on Friday.

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The Motley Fool The Demented Dividend Guru He's got a new fund, and he wants you to invest.

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Reuters Top News Bhutto sympathy vote seen key to Pakistan election MULTAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - The strength of a sympathy vote for assassinated Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto in the country's biggest province is likely to determine the result of a general election on February 18.

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PeerFear Vary: ETag Extensions Sam posts an interesting proposal. This is better than the HTTP delta suggestion but still has a few issues. The client needs to know the ETags before it can start performing differential fetches. With date ranges you still preserve the initial archive query. For example when you first subscribe to a feed you could fetch 30 days worth of posts. If you like the feed you can even fetch *older* posts which could be really cool. Also even if you still use faster checksum algorithm like CRC32 or Adler32 you still have an O(N) performance hit for your document. If you have a btree on your post dates you will gave O(log(N)) for search for a much smaller string (64bit in most situations). F ...

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Ansa Italia Scorta e auto blu, Cossiga rinuncia 'Per aiutare politiche di risparmio del Capo dello Stato'

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Reuters Business Mexico shutting 600,000 bpd oil output due cold front MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's state-owned oil company Pemex was shutting down about one-fifth of its daily output on Sunday due to bad weather, but said it expects to quickly resume output within days.

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CNET security news Sonos upgrades software, adds Napster, launches ZoneBridge accessory A combination of new software and hardware offerings further enhances the Sonos Digital Music System.

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Deepika Irfan elated after his first five-wicket haul Dhaka, Dec 10 (UNI) Indian speedster Irfan Pathan attributed his first ever five-wicket haul in the Test cricket to his disciplined bowling and right direction.

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Sports Network Safin surprises Hewitt in Paris Paris, France (Sports Network) - Sixth-seeded Marat Safin advanced to the semifinals of the $3.092 million BNP Paribas Masters after upsetting second- seeded Lleyton Hewitt in Friday's quarterfinals.

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Ansa Calcio Meridiana: voli per Roma e Milano Tariffe inferiori anche a quelle di continuita',29 e 39 euro

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Yahoo World Long deployments pressure National Guard (AP) AP - The Pentagon is asking National Guard troops and their families to make sacrifices like never before in Iraq and other hot spots, the Army's chief of staff told a conference bringing together citizen-soldiers from across the country.

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Yahoo Health Poor sanitation seen killing 5,000 children a day (Reuters) Reuters - Five thousand children die every day globally because they do not have access to clean toilets, health experts said on Tuesday.

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Yahoo Tech Million-dollar prize for film-preference predicting program offered (AFP) AFP - Netflix offered a million dollars for a computer program that accurately predicts which films people will rent from its online service.

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Reuters Top News Israel eases blockade, Gazans get some fuel GAZA (Reuters) - Israel resumed fuel supplies to the Gaza Strip's main power plant on Tuesday, offering limited respite from a blockade that plunged much of the Hamas-ruled territory into darkness and touched off international protests.

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Reuters Business Fed sees inflation risk even as growth slows KENOSHA, Wisconsin (Reuters) - Federal Reserve policy-makers on Friday said inflation remained a risk to the U.S. economy, even as data showing factory activity falling for the first time in 3-1/2 years indicated growth was slowing.

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AZ Central.com Stress linked to aging Now a team of researchers has found that severe emotional distress - like that caused by divorce, the loss of a job, or caring for an ill child or parent - may speed up the aging of the body's cells at the genetic level.

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Yahoo Entertainment Was missing Grammy winner in bathroom? (AP) AP - LOS ANGELES (AP) — When veteran Christian rockers Third Day won the Grammy for best pop-contemporary gospel album, they rushed to the stage at the Staples Center minus one member — guitarist Mark Lee.

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Reuters World Hostage-Takers Demand U.S. Allies Quit Iraq BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Militants piled more pressure on Washington's military allies in Iraq on Thursday, seizing an Iraqi-Polish woman and holding a Japanese man under threat of death.

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New York Times world Scanning Your Money to the Bank Soon you will be able to deposit checks by scanning them at home and sending them electronically to your bank. No need to visit a branch or even an ATM.

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BBC UK Mortgage approvals plummet by 38% The number of mortgages approved in December fall for the seventh month in a row, with 38% fewer mortgages approved than a year earlier.

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Repubblica Cronaca Immigrazione, naufragio a Capo Passero Due barconi alla deriva chiedono aiuto Un morto accertato, ma ci sarebbero altre vittime e molti dispersi Nella notte 46 extracomunitari portati nel centro di accoglienza Immigrazione, naufragio a Capo Passero Due barconi alla deriva chiedono aiuto (15:05 25/07/2007)

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Reuters Business Some signs of growth slowdown in Q4: Stark MILAN (Reuters) - The first signs of a possible economic slowdown in the euro area emerged in the fourth quarter despite strong growth in the previous quarter, European Central Bank's executive board member Juergen Stark said on Tuesday.

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Daily Times Reform needed in Arab world to defeat terrorism: Powell RABAT: US Secretary of State Colin Powell stressed on Saturday the need for economic and political reforms in the Arab world to defeat terrorism.

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Reuters Health Nerve Damage Risk Seen After Obesity Surgery NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Weight-loss surgery for severe obesity may carry the risk of damage to the network of nerves that runs throughout the body, researchers reported Thursday.

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KWTX Experts Have A Warning About New Google Search Tool Googles new desktop search tool ferrets out files on hard drives much as the traditional Google search engine chases down pages in cyberspace.

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Forbes The Prince In Africa The $20 billion man seeks a new fortune where most investors will not go--yet.

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Yahoo World Rabbi: Non-believing soldiers die (AP) AP - An influential and outspoken Israeli rabbi has said Israeli soldiers died in battle because they were not ritually observant Jews, sparking outrage in Israel.

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News Is Free Top News Enzo Baldoni Ãš stato rapito "All'Italia ultimatum di 48 ore" On La Repubblica: Mondo

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Yahoo Politics Safety Groups Want Car Window Rule Review (AP) AP - Eleven auto safety groups asked the government Thursday to revise a new rule that requires safer power windows in vehicles, saying it does not adequately protect children.

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San Francisco Chronicle No. 3 Miami 41, No. 18 Louisville 38 The Louisville Cardinals drew a flag for excessive celebration in the second quarter, and another in the third. Against Miami, the displays of jubilation were premature.

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Yahoo Entertainment Rare Mormon book up for bid (AP) AP - A 177-year-old first edition of the Book of Mormon found in a home near Palmyra — the birthplace of the Mormon religion — will be put up for bid next week at an upstate New York estate auction.

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BBC News entertainment Ban threat aborts Sizzla UK tour The government considers banning reggae star Sizzla from the UK as police investigate "anti-gay" lyrics.

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Guardian Top News England keep NZ series alive Sport: Captain Paul Collingwood hits quickfire half-century to guide England to a rousing six-wicket victory

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The Register Red Hat heads security initiative Government-backed Red Hat is leading an initiative allowing software companies to brief users of a US government-backed security database on how far vulnerabilities affect their products.âŠ

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swissinfo Banned Basque party calls for peace talks unveiled a plan to end the long-running conflict in the region, saying it wants peace talks. demilitarising the 36-year-old conflict and a referendum in the Basque country on its future.

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Yahoo World Italy's president dissolves parliament (AP) AP - Italy's president dissolved parliament on Wednesday, clearing the way for early elections this spring, just two years after the last parliamentary vote.

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Persian Journal Two Huge Galactic Clusters Are Colliding Millions of Light-Years ... Astronomers have spotted two monster galactic clusters slamming together in one of the biggest collisions ever recorded. The smash-up poses no danger to Earth -- it is about 800 million light-years away, and

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BBC News health Prozac use 'risky for children' Using the anti-depressant Prozac at an early age may lead to emotional problems later in life, US scientists say.

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The Republican GOP ready for its close-up Republicans tomorrow will gather in New York City for a four-day extravaganza aimed at winning a second term for President George W. Bush.

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New York Times Science Any Other Bright Ideas? Compact fluorescents are efficient, but many people have not embraced their glow.

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RedNova technology La Crosse Tribune, Wis., Marc Wehrs Column: Polarization: a Secondary Function of the Stetzerizer By Marc Wehrs, La Crosse Tribune, Wis. Dec.

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TheCelebrityCafe.com Sharon Stone Sues Plastic Surgeon The âBasic Instinctâ actress files a lawsuit against a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon for libel. The 46-year-old actress Sharon Stone has made it completely clear that she is 100% natural when she sued

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Reuters Sports Baghdatis sets up final against Roddick in Kooyong MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Marcos Baghdatis set up a final against Andy Roddick at the Kooyong Classic with a 6-2 7-5 win over Chilean Fernando Gonzalez on Friday, declaring himself ready for a good run at next week's Australian Open.

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Reuters World Former Taiwan President Lee Leaves for Japan TAIPEI (Reuters) - Former Taiwan president Lee Teng-hui left for Japan on Monday on a controversial visit that has sparked furious protests from China.

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BBC - Front Page UK officer killed in Basra named A British soldier killed by a roadside bomb in southern Iraq is named as a Second Lieutenant from Hove.

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The Washington Post health For Merck, a Painful Withdrawal Manufacturer aggressively markets product before drug's long-term safety has been proven.

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