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AP - President Bush retains confidence in Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki despite the failure of the Shiite politician's signature effort to improve security in Iraq's bloody capital, the White House said as Bush prepared to host the new leader.	0World
PARIS (Reuters) - European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet on Sunday brushed off French criticism of the ECB, saying that sticking to its job of ensuring price stability was the best way to promote growth and jobs.	2Business
AFP - Germany has again lowered its 2008 economic growth forecast and hatched a plan to fend off a possible global recession, Der Spiegel magazine reported in its issue to be released Monday.	0World
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Arab League chief Amr Moussa said on Thursday he was hopeful he could clinch a deal between rival Lebanese leaders to end a political crisis which has left the country with no president since November.	0World
Canadian Press - MOSCOW (AP) - The head of a parliamentary commission investigating the September massacre at a school in southern Russia said there is evidence of involvement by a foreign intelligence agency, Interfax news agency reported Saturday.	0World
LONDON (Reuters) - Oil rose above $96 a barrel on Monday, heading for its biggest annual gain this decade as dwindling fuel stocks and growing concern over political turmoil offset the impact of a softening U.S. economy.	2Business
AP - Prime Minister Tony Blair said Monday the Sudanese government must end the violence in its western region of Darfur or face possible action by the United Nations.	0World
AP - Barbaro's final resting place could be just a few hundred yards from the scene of his greatest triumph in the Kentucky Derby.	1Sports
Hamid Karzai has been declared as Afghanistan's president after an electoral commission concluded that vote rigging had not affected the result.	0World
The leaders of Japan and China agreed to a one-on-one meeting on the sidelines of a summit, overcoming a diplomatic impasse between the Asian powers that have been increasingly at odds. The breakthrough came as ministers for 21 Pacific Rim economics pledged Thursday work hard for the passage of a global trade treaty.	0World
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli leaders approved on Thursday a troop pullback from West Bank cities and a plan to release Palestinian prisoners, measures crucial to the success of an Israeli summit with the Palestinians in Egypt next week.	0World
After every misfire and misadventure in the lane, LeBron James's debut on the game's grandest stage kept careening off course.	1Sports
Reuters - Thirty-one U.S. troops died in a helicopter crash in Iraq and six more were killed in insurgent attacks on the deadliest day for American forces since they invaded the country 22 months ago.	0World
The Mozilla community has been both shaken and energized by the announcement of three rich internet application frameworks to be released by Microsoft, Adobe, and Sun. Just as Firefox has begun to make headway in the Browser Reconquista, the possibility of a closed, proprietary web seems to loom ahead. With Mozilla 2 kicking off, anxieties about the future of the open web and what Mozilla has to do to keep it open are growing more acute. The question is now whether focusing too greatly on Firefox's successes is in fact myopic and preventing Mozilla from working on the next generation of web technologies. Three groups have emerged in the ensuing debate. Chris Messina fired a shot across the bow with a lengthy complaint about Mozilla and its undue focus on Firefox instead of the broader open web platform. Mozilla Corporation employees have been busy doing damage control, emphasizing that Firefox does not need to worry about proprietary rivals, and that XULRunner ought to be platform enough. Finally, some Mozilla developers are beginning to think that the variety of projects will never receive the support they need, because Mozilla Corporation sees Firefox as the be-all-and-end-all of its strategic horizon.	3Sci/Tech
These six success stories show how anyone can earn fame--and perhaps make income--online.	3Sci/Tech
Iran said on Sunday that the nuclear negotiations with the European Union (EU) in Paris were complicated but progressing, the official IRNA news agency reported.	0World
By MEG KINNARD COLUMBIA, S.C. - South Carolina's attorney general asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to stop North Carolina from draining millions of gallons from a river that provides drinking water and electricity to both states.	3Sci/Tech
Sun City - Ernie Els confessed to being nervous, Retief Goosen has got a cold, Lee Westwood's golf ball got stuck in a bush and Stuart Appleby struggled with his yardages.	1Sports
The networkâs coverage of Super Bowl Sunday and Super Duper Tuesday will meld.	2Business
Reuters - More than 40 percent of people in the European Union take no precautions against AIDS during sex, an EU survey showed on Monday.	0World
1. ABC and the NFL are still wiping the egg of their face for the racy lead-in to Monday Night Football in which Desperate Housewives co-star Nicollette Sheridan dropped her towel and jumped into the arms of Eagles wideout Terrell Owens.	1Sports
AP - Jimmy Rollins' clutch hit moved the Philadelphia Phillies a little closer to the top of the NL wild-card race. Rollins doubled in the go-ahead run in the ninth and the Phillies beat the Chicago Cubs 2-1 on Wednesday night to extend their winning streak to five games.	1Sports
AP - Juergen Klinsmann withdrew Thursday from consideration as coach of the U.S. soccer team after several months of talks failed to lead to an agreement.	1Sports
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Police raided houses on Wednesday in a major security crackdown in Diyarbakir, the largest city in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast, after a bomb blast killed 11 people, five of them children.	0World
Capping a season of suspicion and success, San Francisco Giants left fielder Barry Bonds wins his record seventh NL MVP award.	1Sports
Top-ranked Vijay Singh, Ernie Els, Tiger Woods and other top stars tee off Thursday in the Tour Championship in Georgia. Singh is shooting for his 10th victory of the year and sixth in his last eight tournaments.	1Sports
Tony Kanaan swept to his first Indy Racing League championship yesterday. In doing so, he extended his series records for everything from consistency (14 straight top-five finishes	1Sports
At different times, Doc Rivers has questioned which was the shallowest part of his new Celtics lineup. But after Gary Payton jammed his right thumb against a basket support during Monday's exhibition loss	1Sports
World Cup leader Bode Miller won the slalom yesterday at Sestriere, Italy, to join Marc Girardelli as the only men to win races in all four disciplines in a season. Miller, of Franconia, N.H., won for the sixth time in 10 World Cup races by finishing two runs down the 2006 Olympic course in a combined 1 minute 39.03 seconds. ...	1Sports
Despite the improved security across Iraq, which some parishioners cited as cause for hope, the dayâs sermon focused on continuing struggles.	0World
Seattle, WA, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- RealNetworks Inc., is taking on Apple Computer's wildly successful iTunes Music Store with a half-price sale offering music downloads for 49 cents a song.	3Sci/Tech
The snarky t-shirt retail site, owned by CollegeHumor's parent company, has created a Facebook application so that users can earn a cut of the revenue when people buy merchandise through their profiles.	3Sci/Tech
To the Editor:.	3Sci/Tech
Free Software Poundation SXSW NSFW The computational dildo liberation army (CDLA) has called out device makers for creating boring old kit that just doesn't get the job done. The dildo patrol want to see more creative devices and an influx of open source effort around sex toys.âŠ	3Sci/Tech
ATHENS, Greece - Paul Hamm thought his fantastic finish was too good to be true. Maybe he was right...	0World
US Secretary of State Colin Powell calls off a planned trip to the Olympic Games amid anti-war protests in Athens.	0World
The Conference Board is expected to report that consumer confidence rose in December, when it releases its monthly report on Tuesday.	2Business
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks rallied on Tuesday as a drop in crude oil prices fueled optimism that receding energy costs will bolster consumer spending, boost corporate profits and ease inflation pressures.	2Business
AFP - A pair of space-walking astronauts ventured out of the International Space Station Tuesday to look for the cause of electrical problems in the orbiting laboratory, NASA said.	3Sci/Tech
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's acting parliamentary speaker urged political blocs on Thursday to end their boycott of the legislature to help push through vital laws designed to ease sectarian tension between Shi'ite and Sunni Arabs.	0World
There is outrage in Venezuela as a man accused of torturing and raping a woman is acquitted.	0World
Outback Steakhouse's parent finally seals a deal to go private.	2Business
An explosion hit the Marriott Hotel in the central area of Pakistan's capital Islamabad on Thursday, slightly injuring five people, but the government said it was not a terrorist attack.	0World
By Grand Forks Herald, N.D. Dec. 18--Our opinion:: Enterprise involves imagination, risk and courage. Entrepreneurship is a wonderful thing, and Sunday's Herald presents three wonderful examples. One is familiar. A town hopes to attract additional residents.	3Sci/Tech
Microsoft Corp. announced yesterday that it will leave out some planned features from its next major operating system to meet a goal of rolling out a new version of Windows in the second half of 2006.	3Sci/Tech
AP - Two young sisters wearing only diapers and T-shirts froze to death on a Canadian Indian reservation and police were investigating if alcohol use by their father played a role in the tragedy, officials said Wednesday.	0World
JAKARTA : Voting began on Monday in Indonesia in a run-off vote to select the country's next president, officials in the remote eastern province of Papua said.	0World
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Donald Trump's casino operations filed for bankruptcy on Sunday in a long-expected move that would allow the real estate maverick to restructure the company's debt and overhaul its aging casinos.	2Business
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The struggling New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 8-3 on Wednesday to take their three-game series 2-1 for what they hope is the start of their road to recovery.	1Sports
Three people were found dead inside a truck, in Japanâs latest apparent group suicide, police said. The two men and a woman were found Thursday in Mitama in central Yamanashi prefecture (state), 68 miles west of Tokyo, a police spokesman said.	0World
So many jobs have been cut by the auto parts giant Delphi that workers sound almost existential about their future.	2Business
For many investors, advice to use a more defensive tack when choosing real estate investment trusts may take some getting used to.	2Business
AP - Top-ranked Roger Federer and No. 2 Andy Roddick will meet Saturday in a possible preview of the Australian Open final.	1Sports
WEST PALM BEACH - Cristie Kerr is about as good as any female golfer on the planet whose name isn't Annika Sorenstam. "I was born to do this," Kerr said Sunday afternoon while walking across the parking	1Sports
By Grand Forks Herald, N.D. Mar. 11--The Middle River-Snake River Watershed District has agreed to repair damage it allegedly caused to the Snake River during construction of a flood control project, according to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.	3Sci/Tech
After having failed to get rid of the South African innings on Day, India need quick wickets in the morning to have any chance of winning the match.	1Sports
AP - French-backed government forces regained control of the last rebel-held town in Central African Republic on Sunday, dealing a fatal blow to a weeks-old rebellion in the country's north, a presidential spokesman said.	0World
AT least 84 Thai Muslims died -- mainly from suffocation in the back of packed security force trucks - after police and troops broke up a violent demonstration in the kingdom's troubled south, Thai officials said today.	0World
Chinese authorities work to restore power to millions, as the snow-hit country begins to celebrate Lunar New Year.	0World
AP - A Palestinian suicide bomber blew herself up near a crowded bus stop in Jerusalem on Wednesday, killing one other person and wounding at least 14 others, Israeli authorities said.	0World
Afghan President Hamid Karzai Thursday evening announced the much-awaited new cabinet line-up, replacing some of the influential warlords in the interim government with new faces.	0World
KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine is to hold a parliamentary election on September 30, President Viktor Yushchenko said on Sunday after late-night talks forged a compromise to end weeks of tense confrontation with his prime minister.	0World
Featured posts to the Search Engine Watch blog in the past week, along with recent search-related headlines from around the Web.	3Sci/Tech
Saturn's largest moon Titan may have water-rich liquid welling up on to the surface from its warm interior, data from the Cassini spacecraft suggests.	0World
Related Companies said it would receive $1.4 billion in equity and debt investments from a group including Goldman Sachs, Michael Dellâs MSD Capital and Mubadala Development.	2Business
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Monday let stand a ruling that the Visa and MasterCard credit card associations violated U.S. antitrust law by barring member banks from issuing credit and charge cards on rival networks owned by American Express Co. and Morgan Stanley.	2Business
AP - Mystery surrounds the condition of Tom Brady's right foot like a protective boot.	1Sports
AP - Days after the Steelers wrapped up a 6-10 season that matched the worst record in his 12 years on the job, coach Bill Cowher said in January his team wasn't that far from contending again.	1Sports
AP - On Wednesday, Joe Gibbs kept rubbing his eyes when he spoke after practice, as if in need of a late afternoon nap. On Friday, his answers were short and void of any emotion.	1Sports
By MELISSA ALLISON The Seattle Times They stay busy refuting -- or at times ignoring -- false stories spread online. SEATTLE -- Ever get one of those e-mails purporting that Starbucks doesn't support U.S.	3Sci/Tech
AFP - The Council of Europe has called on its 46 member-states to introduce legislation on the right of reply to correct false information on online media.	3Sci/Tech
AFP - Chintamani Nayak used to earn just a dollar a day as a construction worker whenever he could find work, but that source of income is now gone after he lost his wife to cholera last month.	0World
Within a decade, General Motors thinks it will have the ultimate solution to the growing problem of distracted drivers: a car that can do the driving itself.	2Business
CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez appeared almost certain to have survived a referendum that sought to oust him, the head of the elections commission said Monday. With 94 percent of the vote counted, 58 percent voted to keep Chavez in office, said Francisco Carrasquero, president of the election commission...	0World
The space shuttle lands after a mission to the International Space Station was cut short by Hurricane Dean.	3Sci/Tech
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Qwest Communications International Inc. Q.N on Sunday hiked its takeover offer for MCI Inc. MCIP.O to about $7.3 billion in cash and stock, sources familiar with the situation said, while rival bidder Verizon Communications Inc. VZ.N responded by altering its lower offer.	2Business
AFP - Japanese police were investigating a small explosion near a US army base outside Tokyo, saying they were looking into possible "guerrilla" involvement.	0World
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - US Airways Group Inc. UAIR.O and its pilots union agreed late on Friday to reopen concession talks after leaders of the labor group declined to endorse a plan proposed by management for nearly $300 million in givebacks, both sides said.	2Business
BRUSSELS: Britain yesterday stuck to its guns in a battle to keep its rebate from EU coffers and led a charge by European paymasters to block a rise in the union's spending in 2007-2013.	2Business
Blog: Consumers can buy a high definition disc player that plays everything, or they can save money and buy separates.	3Sci/Tech
Three local athletes have signed letters of intent to play baseball at Boston College next year.	1Sports
Increased Chinese steel exports give the industry indigestion.	2Business
The Nikkei and the Hang Seng were down sharply after a bad day on Wall Street. European markets remained steady.	0World
Raymond Mikesell was an economist who was part of the Bretton Woods Conference at the end of World War II.	2Business
MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) - An industrial crisis blamed for sweeping job cuts at Europe's Airbus slashed profits at parent EADS by 86 percent in 2006, sending its shares lower on Friday as it ruled out a quick recovery this year.	2Business
AFP - Russian President Vladimir Putin has fired a shot across Europe's bow by saying Russia could form a natural gas equivalent of the oil producers' OPEC cartel, even while insisting that Moscow would become a more reliable energy supplier.	0World
BAGHDAD, Nov. 21 -- A car bomb exploded inside the heavily protected Green Zone on Tuesday in an apparent attempt to kill Iraq's controversial speaker of parliament.	0World
David Bowie makes a $10,000 donation to support six black teenagers charged with assault.	0World
European finance ministers chose Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker to represent the group of 12 European Union countries that share the euro currency Friday.	2Business
Peace on Earth? Not between these two retailers.	2Business
The Houseâs leading Democratic tax writer will propose a sweeping overhaul of the tax code that would raise taxes on many with incomes above $200,000 but cut taxes for most others.	2Business
One need look no further than the heated political and moral arguments about the United States led intervention in Iraq to see that forceful involvement in the affairs of a distant nation	0World
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Countrywide Financial Corp. CFC.N on Wednesday posted a 47 percent drop in quarterly earnings and cut its outlook as mortgage refinancings fell and interest rates climbed, sparking a broad sell-off in mortgage-company stocks.	2Business
Hearing scheduled for next week may be first step in addressing widespread complaints about new federal spying powers signed into law earlier this month.	3Sci/Tech
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Blockbuster Inc. on Monday put its weight behind Sony Corp.'s Blu-ray DVD format, as the No. 1 video rental chain said it would boost its inventory of the high-definition discs to 1,700 stores by mid-July.	3Sci/Tech
It'll make us all rich	3Sci/Tech
AP - Pitt junior point guard Levance Fields will be out eight to 12 weeks after breaking a broken bone in his left foot to become the second Panthers starter knocked out of the lineup in as many games.	1Sports
By TIM CUPRISIN The early news for NBC's much-hyped "Black Donnellys" is as bad as you'd expect from an anachronistic drama about poor but handsome Irish-American lads fighting their way through the fake mean streets of their New York 'hood.	3Sci/Tech
AFP - French President Jacques Chirac called for the United States and Europe to "rally together" to revive the Middle East peace process, declaring the matter urgent following the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.	0World
Envoys in Beijing work to agree a timetable for phase two of a North Korean nuclear disarmament deal.	0World

AP - President Bush retains confidence in Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki despite the failure of the Shiite politician's signature effort to improve security in Iraq's bloody capital, the White House said as Bush prepared to host the new leader.

0World

PARIS (Reuters) - European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet on Sunday brushed off French criticism of the ECB, saying that sticking to its job of ensuring price stability was the best way to promote growth and jobs.

2Business

AFP - Germany has again lowered its 2008 economic growth forecast and hatched a plan to fend off a possible global recession, Der Spiegel magazine reported in its issue to be released Monday.

0World

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Arab League chief Amr Moussa said on Thursday he was hopeful he could clinch a deal between rival Lebanese leaders to end a political crisis which has left the country with no president since November.

0World

Canadian Press - MOSCOW (AP) - The head of a parliamentary commission investigating the September massacre at a school in southern Russia said there is evidence of involvement by a foreign intelligence agency, Interfax news agency reported Saturday.

0World

LONDON (Reuters) - Oil rose above $96 a barrel on Monday, heading for its biggest annual gain this decade as dwindling fuel stocks and growing concern over political turmoil offset the impact of a softening U.S. economy.

2Business

AP - Prime Minister Tony Blair said Monday the Sudanese government must end the violence in its western region of Darfur or face possible action by the United Nations.

0World

AP - Barbaro's final resting place could be just a few hundred yards from the scene of his greatest triumph in the Kentucky Derby.

1Sports

Hamid Karzai has been declared as Afghanistan's president after an electoral commission concluded that vote rigging had not affected the result.

0World

The leaders of Japan and China agreed to a one-on-one meeting on the sidelines of a summit, overcoming a diplomatic impasse between the Asian powers that have been increasingly at odds. The breakthrough came as ministers for 21 Pacific Rim economics pledged Thursday work hard for the passage of a global trade treaty.

0World

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli leaders approved on Thursday a troop pullback from West Bank cities and a plan to release Palestinian prisoners, measures crucial to the success of an Israeli summit with the Palestinians in Egypt next week.

0World

After every misfire and misadventure in the lane, LeBron James's debut on the game's grandest stage kept careening off course.

1Sports

Reuters - Thirty-one U.S. troops died in a helicopter crash in Iraq and six more were killed in insurgent attacks on the deadliest day for American forces since they invaded the country 22 months ago.

0World

The Mozilla community has been both shaken and energized by the announcement of three rich internet application frameworks to be released by Microsoft, Adobe, and Sun. Just as Firefox has begun to make headway in the Browser Reconquista, the possibility of a closed, proprietary web seems to loom ahead. With Mozilla 2 kicking off, anxieties about the future of the open web and what Mozilla has to do to keep it open are growing more acute. The question is now whether focusing too greatly on Firefox's successes is in fact myopic and preventing Mozilla from working on the next generation of web technologies. Three groups have emerged in the ensuing debate. Chris Messina fired a shot across the bow with a lengthy complaint about Mozilla and its undue focus on Firefox instead of the broader open web platform. Mozilla Corporation employees have been busy doing damage control, emphasizing that Firefox does not need to worry about proprietary rivals, and that XULRunner ought to be platform enough. Finally, some Mozilla developers are beginning to think that the variety of projects will never receive the support they need, because Mozilla Corporation sees Firefox as the be-all-and-end-all of its strategic horizon.

3Sci/Tech

These six success stories show how anyone can earn fame--and perhaps make income--online.

3Sci/Tech

Iran said on Sunday that the nuclear negotiations with the European Union (EU) in Paris were complicated but progressing, the official IRNA news agency reported.

0World

By MEG KINNARD COLUMBIA, S.C. - South Carolina's attorney general asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to stop North Carolina from draining millions of gallons from a river that provides drinking water and electricity to both states.

3Sci/Tech

Sun City - Ernie Els confessed to being nervous, Retief Goosen has got a cold, Lee Westwood's golf ball got stuck in a bush and Stuart Appleby struggled with his yardages.

1Sports

The networkâs coverage of Super Bowl Sunday and Super Duper Tuesday will meld.

2Business

Reuters - More than 40 percent of people in the European Union take no precautions against AIDS during sex, an EU survey showed on Monday.

0World

1. ABC and the NFL are still wiping the egg of their face for the racy lead-in to Monday Night Football in which Desperate Housewives co-star Nicollette Sheridan dropped her towel and jumped into the arms of Eagles wideout Terrell Owens.

1Sports

AP - Jimmy Rollins' clutch hit moved the Philadelphia Phillies a little closer to the top of the NL wild-card race. Rollins doubled in the go-ahead run in the ninth and the Phillies beat the Chicago Cubs 2-1 on Wednesday night to extend their winning streak to five games.

1Sports

AP - Juergen Klinsmann withdrew Thursday from consideration as coach of the U.S. soccer team after several months of talks failed to lead to an agreement.

1Sports

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Police raided houses on Wednesday in a major security crackdown in Diyarbakir, the largest city in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast, after a bomb blast killed 11 people, five of them children.

0World

Capping a season of suspicion and success, San Francisco Giants left fielder Barry Bonds wins his record seventh NL MVP award.

1Sports

Top-ranked Vijay Singh, Ernie Els, Tiger Woods and other top stars tee off Thursday in the Tour Championship in Georgia. Singh is shooting for his 10th victory of the year and sixth in his last eight tournaments.

1Sports

Tony Kanaan swept to his first Indy Racing League championship yesterday. In doing so, he extended his series records for everything from consistency (14 straight top-five finishes

1Sports

At different times, Doc Rivers has questioned which was the shallowest part of his new Celtics lineup. But after Gary Payton jammed his right thumb against a basket support during Monday's exhibition loss

1Sports

World Cup leader Bode Miller won the slalom yesterday at Sestriere, Italy, to join Marc Girardelli as the only men to win races in all four disciplines in a season. Miller, of Franconia, N.H., won for the sixth time in 10 World Cup races by finishing two runs down the 2006 Olympic course in a combined 1 minute 39.03 seconds. ...

1Sports

Despite the improved security across Iraq, which some parishioners cited as cause for hope, the dayâs sermon focused on continuing struggles.

0World

Seattle, WA, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- RealNetworks Inc., is taking on Apple Computer's wildly successful iTunes Music Store with a half-price sale offering music downloads for 49 cents a song.

3Sci/Tech

The snarky t-shirt retail site, owned by CollegeHumor's parent company, has created a Facebook application so that users can earn a cut of the revenue when people buy merchandise through their profiles.

3Sci/Tech

To the Editor:.

3Sci/Tech

Free Software Poundation SXSW NSFW The computational dildo liberation army (CDLA) has called out device makers for creating boring old kit that just doesn't get the job done. The dildo patrol want to see more creative devices and an influx of open source effort around sex toys.âŠ

3Sci/Tech

ATHENS, Greece - Paul Hamm thought his fantastic finish was too good to be true. Maybe he was right...

0World

US Secretary of State Colin Powell calls off a planned trip to the Olympic Games amid anti-war protests in Athens.

0World

The Conference Board is expected to report that consumer confidence rose in December, when it releases its monthly report on Tuesday.

2Business

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks rallied on Tuesday as a drop in crude oil prices fueled optimism that receding energy costs will bolster consumer spending, boost corporate profits and ease inflation pressures.

2Business

AFP - A pair of space-walking astronauts ventured out of the International Space Station Tuesday to look for the cause of electrical problems in the orbiting laboratory, NASA said.

3Sci/Tech

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's acting parliamentary speaker urged political blocs on Thursday to end their boycott of the legislature to help push through vital laws designed to ease sectarian tension between Shi'ite and Sunni Arabs.

0World

There is outrage in Venezuela as a man accused of torturing and raping a woman is acquitted.

0World

Outback Steakhouse's parent finally seals a deal to go private.

2Business

An explosion hit the Marriott Hotel in the central area of Pakistan's capital Islamabad on Thursday, slightly injuring five people, but the government said it was not a terrorist attack.

0World

By Grand Forks Herald, N.D. Dec. 18--Our opinion:: Enterprise involves imagination, risk and courage. Entrepreneurship is a wonderful thing, and Sunday's Herald presents three wonderful examples. One is familiar. A town hopes to attract additional residents.

3Sci/Tech

Microsoft Corp. announced yesterday that it will leave out some planned features from its next major operating system to meet a goal of rolling out a new version of Windows in the second half of 2006.

3Sci/Tech

AP - Two young sisters wearing only diapers and T-shirts froze to death on a Canadian Indian reservation and police were investigating if alcohol use by their father played a role in the tragedy, officials said Wednesday.

0World

JAKARTA : Voting began on Monday in Indonesia in a run-off vote to select the country's next president, officials in the remote eastern province of Papua said.

0World

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Donald Trump's casino operations filed for bankruptcy on Sunday in a long-expected move that would allow the real estate maverick to restructure the company's debt and overhaul its aging casinos.

2Business

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The struggling New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 8-3 on Wednesday to take their three-game series 2-1 for what they hope is the start of their road to recovery.

1Sports

Three people were found dead inside a truck, in Japanâs latest apparent group suicide, police said. The two men and a woman were found Thursday in Mitama in central Yamanashi prefecture (state), 68 miles west of Tokyo, a police spokesman said.

0World

So many jobs have been cut by the auto parts giant Delphi that workers sound almost existential about their future.

2Business

For many investors, advice to use a more defensive tack when choosing real estate investment trusts may take some getting used to.

2Business

AP - Top-ranked Roger Federer and No. 2 Andy Roddick will meet Saturday in a possible preview of the Australian Open final.

1Sports

WEST PALM BEACH - Cristie Kerr is about as good as any female golfer on the planet whose name isn't Annika Sorenstam. "I was born to do this," Kerr said Sunday afternoon while walking across the parking

1Sports

By Grand Forks Herald, N.D. Mar. 11--The Middle River-Snake River Watershed District has agreed to repair damage it allegedly caused to the Snake River during construction of a flood control project, according to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.

3Sci/Tech

After having failed to get rid of the South African innings on Day, India need quick wickets in the morning to have any chance of winning the match.

1Sports

AP - French-backed government forces regained control of the last rebel-held town in Central African Republic on Sunday, dealing a fatal blow to a weeks-old rebellion in the country's north, a presidential spokesman said.

0World

AT least 84 Thai Muslims died -- mainly from suffocation in the back of packed security force trucks - after police and troops broke up a violent demonstration in the kingdom's troubled south, Thai officials said today.

0World

Chinese authorities work to restore power to millions, as the snow-hit country begins to celebrate Lunar New Year.

0World

AP - A Palestinian suicide bomber blew herself up near a crowded bus stop in Jerusalem on Wednesday, killing one other person and wounding at least 14 others, Israeli authorities said.

0World

Afghan President Hamid Karzai Thursday evening announced the much-awaited new cabinet line-up, replacing some of the influential warlords in the interim government with new faces.

0World

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine is to hold a parliamentary election on September 30, President Viktor Yushchenko said on Sunday after late-night talks forged a compromise to end weeks of tense confrontation with his prime minister.

0World

Featured posts to the Search Engine Watch blog in the past week, along with recent search-related headlines from around the Web.

3Sci/Tech

Saturn's largest moon Titan may have water-rich liquid welling up on to the surface from its warm interior, data from the Cassini spacecraft suggests.

0World

Related Companies said it would receive $1.4 billion in equity and debt investments from a group including Goldman Sachs, Michael Dellâs MSD Capital and Mubadala Development.

2Business

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Monday let stand a ruling that the Visa and MasterCard credit card associations violated U.S. antitrust law by barring member banks from issuing credit and charge cards on rival networks owned by American Express Co. and Morgan Stanley.

2Business

AP - Mystery surrounds the condition of Tom Brady's right foot like a protective boot.

1Sports

AP - Days after the Steelers wrapped up a 6-10 season that matched the worst record in his 12 years on the job, coach Bill Cowher said in January his team wasn't that far from contending again.

1Sports

AP - On Wednesday, Joe Gibbs kept rubbing his eyes when he spoke after practice, as if in need of a late afternoon nap. On Friday, his answers were short and void of any emotion.

1Sports

By MELISSA ALLISON The Seattle Times They stay busy refuting -- or at times ignoring -- false stories spread online. SEATTLE -- Ever get one of those e-mails purporting that Starbucks doesn't support U.S.

3Sci/Tech

AFP - The Council of Europe has called on its 46 member-states to introduce legislation on the right of reply to correct false information on online media.

3Sci/Tech

AFP - Chintamani Nayak used to earn just a dollar a day as a construction worker whenever he could find work, but that source of income is now gone after he lost his wife to cholera last month.

0World

Within a decade, General Motors thinks it will have the ultimate solution to the growing problem of distracted drivers: a car that can do the driving itself.

2Business

CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez appeared almost certain to have survived a referendum that sought to oust him, the head of the elections commission said Monday. With 94 percent of the vote counted, 58 percent voted to keep Chavez in office, said Francisco Carrasquero, president of the election commission...

0World

The space shuttle lands after a mission to the International Space Station was cut short by Hurricane Dean.

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PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Qwest Communications International Inc. Q.N on Sunday hiked its takeover offer for MCI Inc. MCIP.O to about $7.3 billion in cash and stock, sources familiar with the situation said, while rival bidder Verizon Communications Inc. VZ.N responded by altering its lower offer.

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AFP - Japanese police were investigating a small explosion near a US army base outside Tokyo, saying they were looking into possible "guerrilla" involvement.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - US Airways Group Inc. UAIR.O and its pilots union agreed late on Friday to reopen concession talks after leaders of the labor group declined to endorse a plan proposed by management for nearly $300 million in givebacks, both sides said.

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BRUSSELS: Britain yesterday stuck to its guns in a battle to keep its rebate from EU coffers and led a charge by European paymasters to block a rise in the union's spending in 2007-2013.

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Blog: Consumers can buy a high definition disc player that plays everything, or they can save money and buy separates.

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Three local athletes have signed letters of intent to play baseball at Boston College next year.

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Increased Chinese steel exports give the industry indigestion.

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The Nikkei and the Hang Seng were down sharply after a bad day on Wall Street. European markets remained steady.

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Raymond Mikesell was an economist who was part of the Bretton Woods Conference at the end of World War II.

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MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) - An industrial crisis blamed for sweeping job cuts at Europe's Airbus slashed profits at parent EADS by 86 percent in 2006, sending its shares lower on Friday as it ruled out a quick recovery this year.

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AFP - Russian President Vladimir Putin has fired a shot across Europe's bow by saying Russia could form a natural gas equivalent of the oil producers' OPEC cartel, even while insisting that Moscow would become a more reliable energy supplier.

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BAGHDAD, Nov. 21 -- A car bomb exploded inside the heavily protected Green Zone on Tuesday in an apparent attempt to kill Iraq's controversial speaker of parliament.

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David Bowie makes a $10,000 donation to support six black teenagers charged with assault.

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European finance ministers chose Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker to represent the group of 12 European Union countries that share the euro currency Friday.

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Peace on Earth? Not between these two retailers.

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The Houseâs leading Democratic tax writer will propose a sweeping overhaul of the tax code that would raise taxes on many with incomes above $200,000 but cut taxes for most others.

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One need look no further than the heated political and moral arguments about the United States led intervention in Iraq to see that forceful involvement in the affairs of a distant nation

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Countrywide Financial Corp. CFC.N on Wednesday posted a 47 percent drop in quarterly earnings and cut its outlook as mortgage refinancings fell and interest rates climbed, sparking a broad sell-off in mortgage-company stocks.

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Hearing scheduled for next week may be first step in addressing widespread complaints about new federal spying powers signed into law earlier this month.

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Blockbuster Inc. on Monday put its weight behind Sony Corp.'s Blu-ray DVD format, as the No. 1 video rental chain said it would boost its inventory of the high-definition discs to 1,700 stores by mid-July.

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AP - Pitt junior point guard Levance Fields will be out eight to 12 weeks after breaking a broken bone in his left foot to become the second Panthers starter knocked out of the lineup in as many games.

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By TIM CUPRISIN The early news for NBC's much-hyped "Black Donnellys" is as bad as you'd expect from an anachronistic drama about poor but handsome Irish-American lads fighting their way through the fake mean streets of their New York 'hood.

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AFP - French President Jacques Chirac called for the United States and Europe to "rally together" to revive the Middle East peace process, declaring the matter urgent following the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.

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Envoys in Beijing work to agree a timetable for phase two of a North Korean nuclear disarmament deal.

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