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Guerrero Leads Angels Past Orioles
Vladimir Guerrero returns from a four-game absence and hit two home runs, leading the Los Angeles Angels past the Orioles, 10-5, Tuesday night. | 1Sports
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Apple deal drives Creative income, revenues skyward
Made more money licensing MP3 player patent than selling MP3 players
You can see now why Creative Technology's now so pro-iPod - last month it announced a range of 'Made for iPod'-branded accessories . Its latest financial results, posted last night, show a massive upswing in revenues thanks, we'd say, to Apple's move to license Creative's key MP3 player patent.⊠| 3Sci/Tech
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Looking for Mr. Goodwrench
Rob Chermesino's college-educated friends went into finance and sales. His fiance is a meeting planner. Chermesino picked up a wrench. | 2Business
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Season far from running course
With the PGA Tour's major championships concluded for 2004, we look for other story lines to sustain the golf season. The back nine: ... | 1Sports
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US treasuries dumping report sends greenback into a tailspin
The US dollar hit a record low against the euro and a nearly five-year low versus the yen after a mainland business newspaper appeared at first glance to confirm the market's worst fears - that China was dumping US Treasuries. | 2Business
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MoD investigates fatal Iraq crash
A probe begins into whether a missile downed an RAF Hercules plane in Iraq, with the loss of up to 15 lives. | 0World
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General Motors to Cut 12,000 Jobs at European Units (Update5)
General Motors Corp., the world's biggest carmaker, will cut as many as 12,000 jobs in Europe, almost a fifth of its workforce in the region, after $3 billion in losses in the past four years. | 0World
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Computerworld Executive Bulletin: Building a Robust Antivirus Defense
(Source: Computerworld) Antivirus software alone isnt enough to prevent todays speedy, sophisticated virus attacks. Security managers should consider multitiered approaches that include behavior scanning, appliances that check e-mail for worms, and estricting user access to dangerous Web sites. Download this Executive Bulletin (a $49.95 value) for free, compliments of MessageLabs, to learn more. | 3Sci/Tech
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Bailed jockeys back in saddle
Champion jockey Kieren Fallon and colleagues Fergal Lynch and Darren Williams are due back in action after their arrests over allegations of race-fixing. | 1Sports
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Storm Clobber Monarchs 82-62 (AP)
AP - Sue Bird had 10 points and 14 assists a day after having surgery on her broken nose, and the Seattle Storm advanced to the WNBA finals with an 82-62 win over the Sacramento Monarchs in Game 3 of the Western Conference finals Tuesday night. | 1Sports
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Time for blogosphere to get real about church-state
Blog: CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says the fuzzy acceptance of "conversational marketing" is leading to confusion among blog readers. Isn't it time to set down clear rules of the road? | 3Sci/Tech
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Taiwan foreign minister criticises Singapore
TAIPEI : Taiwan Foreign Minister Mark Chen has lashed out at Singapore over remarks by the Republic's own Foreign Minister George Yeo at the United Nations. | 0World
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Sirius Names Karmazin CEO, Shares Jump (Reuters)
Reuters - Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.
on Thursday named former Viacom Inc. President Mel
Karmazin as its chief executive, in the latest migration of a
mainstream radio heavyweight to the fledgling satellite
industry. | 2Business
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J.P. Morgan Cancels IBM Outsourcing Deal (Reuters)
Reuters - J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. said
on Wednesday it was canceling a $5 billion outsourcing deal
with IBM Corp., and planned to rehire about 4,000
workers who had been transferred to IBM under the pact. | 2Business
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Blockbuster Settles Fight With Netflix
A patent dispute challenged Blockbusterâs entry into online DVD rental. The company also signaled that the new business was taking a toll on its finances. | 3Sci/Tech
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Powerful Nesterenko seizes the moment
It was the final of the forgotten. Those who raced it, this weirdest of women's 100-metres dashes, were a largely unknown lot; the winner, Yuliya Nesterenko, ran into history from the comfortable starting blocks of near-total anonymity. | 1Sports
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Canadian released by Dubai in drug case
(AP)
AP - A Canadian U.N. official who advised the Afghan government on eradicating opium poppy crops was granted amnesty by Dubai Monday, six months after being sentenced to four years in prison on a drug smuggling conviction. | 0World
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Williams Stays Retired
Retired running back Ricky Williams has no immediate plans to resume his NFL career with the Dolphins, his attorney said. | 1Sports
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AMD turns to Chartered for help
The Intel rival known for its Athlon PC and Opteron server processors announced on Tuesday plans to tap Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, a contract manufacturer, for extra chip-production capacity. | 3Sci/Tech
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Long Fall for Pentagon Star
In the macho world of the Pentagon, Darleen A. Druyun was rare: a woman who had scaled the heights of power, controlled billions of dollars in weapons programs and could punish or reward global corporations and the men who ran them. | 2Business
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Private Equity Deal Expected for Lexicon Pharmaceuticals
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals is expected to announce on Monday that it has signed deals with two private equity firms. | 2Business
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Iraqi economy's fate hostage to unrest: IMF
(AFP)
AFP - Iraq's government has made laudable efforts to stabilize the economy but progress remains hostage to the worsening violence, the International Monetary Fund said. | 2Business
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Protecting the Private Side of a Famous Life
Even as she plays the role of cultural ambassador, Yoko Ono has fought fiercely to protect the sanctity of her home. | 0World
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NHL season on ice?
The National Hockey League Players' Association closed ranks yesterday, but in doing so brought the season closer to cancellation. | 1Sports
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Moore, Others Wouldn't Mind Being Out of Position for O's
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Feb. 16 -- Scott Moore's only extended professional experience in the outfield came at Class AAA Iowa, where he played about 20 games as a Chicago Cubs farmhand. But on Saturday, Moore could be found fighting the South Florida sunshine and shagging fly balls during batting ... | 1Sports
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Formula One Racing: Barrichello Wins Pole of Chinese Grand Prix
Rubens Barrichello of Brazil has grabbed the pole position for Sunday's Formula One Chinese Grand Prix auto race in Shanghai. He averaged 208. | 1Sports
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Gnarls Barkley to the rescue
Also: The truth about shopping engines. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra. | 3Sci/Tech
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Viry: The spiritual home of the V10 engine
In 1976, Renault Sport was established in Viry-Châtillon 20km south of Paris. Since 1992, this factory has been Renaultâs F1 engine development arm. | 1Sports
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'Stagnation not deflation' in housing market
The housing market has peaked but is not heading into the abyss, analysts said today, as figures showed property price falls for the fourth consecutive month. | 2Business
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Former Bush adviser to say no to Senate
(AP)
AP - President Bush's former political director says she intends to follow his directive and not answer questions about her role in the administration's firing of federal prosecutors — unless a court directs her to defy her former boss. | 0World
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Spirit of Jimi Hendrix haunts London's new Marquee Club (AFP)
AFP - "Jimi at the Marquee." | 0World
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MSN takes downloads fight to Apple
Microsoft has announced an expansion of its MSN Music Store, adding eight new countries to bring the total number covered to 17. The enlargement, says Microsoft, is a significant challenge to Apple, who recently | 3Sci/Tech
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Kazaa offering free Internet-based calls
Free Internet-based phone calls are the newest feature of the popular Kazaa file-sharing program. The offering, in a software upgrade this week, comes as Kazaa's maker, Sharman | 3Sci/Tech
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'Massive' aid needed for African floods: Red Cross
(AFP)
AFP - The Red Cross warned Friday that a massive aid effort is needed to cope with floods in 18 countries across Africa that have already affected at least 1.5 million people and killed nearly 300. | 0World
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Cooperation Doesnât Stop TV Price Wars
Will deals among the manufacturers of flat-panel displays lead to slower price declines of L.C.D. televisions? Donât count on it. | 3Sci/Tech
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IBM Claims Computer Speed Title
IBM Corp. plans to announce today that it has built the world's fastest supercomputer at one of its facilities in Rochester, Minn. | 2Business
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Returning to Office, Dominican Focuses On Economic Woes
Leonel Fernandez was sworn in as the Dominican Republic's president Monday, returning to power after four years out of office to lead a nation struggling through its worst economic crisis in decades. | 0World
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Soccer: Inter Milan trounces Valencia
Dejan Stankovic and Christian Vieri scored in a two-minute spell early in the second half Wednesday to help Inter Milan rout Valencia by 5-1 in a Champions League Group G game. | 1Sports
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1,100 Royal & Sun jobs for India
Royal & Sun Alliance, Britain's second-largest insurance company, is planning to shift over 1,100 jobs to India as a part of its cost-cutting exercise. | 2Business
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Google releases customized version of Internet Explorer 7
( InfoWorld ) - Google has released a customized version of Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7 (IE 7) browser  in which Google, not Windows Live Search, is the default search engine.
Google's customized version of IE 7 can be downloaded from this Web site.
In addition to using Google as the default search engine, Google's customized version of IE 7 also provides users with the Google Toolbar and a Google homepage they can personalize.
According to a posting by Microsoft Group Program manager Tony Chor on Microsoft's IEBlog, Google and other companies -- including Yahoo Inc. and USAToday.com -- were able to build customized versions of IE 7 by using the Internet Explorer Administration Kit.
Microsoft released the toolkit so developers could customize IE, as well as to provide companies with help to configure and deploy the browser through the enterprise, Chor wrote in his posting.
Microsoft released IE 7 for Windows XP on Oct. 18. IE 7 is also included in Windows Vista , which is currently available in full release only to business users. Windows Vista will be available to consumers on Jan. 30. | 3Sci/Tech
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Shell Q4 profits up as output rises
LONDON (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell Plc posted a 2.6 percent rise in underlying quarterly profits on Thursday, beating analysts' forecasts, thanks to higher production and strong oil prices. | 2Business
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At Fannie, Tougher Tasks Lie Ahead
Fannie Mae's board of directors may have found it hard to get rid of the company's top two executives, but a difficult job remains in navigating the transition to the next senior management team. | 2Business
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Australia welcomes arrest of embassy bomb suspects
The Australian Government has welcomed the arrests of four key suspects in the bombing of Australia's embassy in Jakarta in September. | 0World
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Fed Leaves Key Interest Rate Unchanged
The rate hasnât changed since last June, and the Federal Reserve signaled that it will hold steady for some time. | 0World
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Numerous Violations Uncovered in Fishing, Forestry Industries in Far East - Prosecutors
YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK. May 30 (Interfax) - The largest number of crimes in the fishing sector, as well as rampant corruption, in the Far East have been uncovered in the Primorsky Territory, the Kamchatsk and Sakhalin regions, deputy Prosecutor General Yury Gulyagin said. | 3Sci/Tech
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Former No. 1 pick Couch cut by Packers
Quarterback Tim Couch, the top pick in the 1999 NFL draft, was cut Sunday by the Green Bay Packers, who hoped he'd be an upgrade over Doug Pederson as Brett Favre's primary backup. | 1Sports
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Cisco's second-in-command steps down
Charles Giancarlo, 50, resigns as chief development officer at Cisco Systems, saying the timing would never be right for him to succeed John Chambers as CEO. | 3Sci/Tech
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More holiday shoppers say they'll spend less
NEW YORK (Reuters) - More consumers are planning to spend less this holiday season than a year ago, according to a survey released on Tuesday that adds a fresh note of caution to what is shaping up to be a ho-hum holiday shopping season. | 2Business
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Regulators Question Fannie Mae Accounting
Description: Fannie Mae, the nation's largest source of financing for home mortgages, faces accusations of pervasive accounting problems. | 2Business
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Ice Lounge Offers Celebs Charitable Environment
By Schmelzer, Randi NORTH FACE, LEXUS, ST. REGIS PR TEAM: The North Face (San Leandro, CA), Lexus (Torrance, CA). St. | 3Sci/Tech
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Sony BMG settles case over anti-piracy software
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Sony BMG will pay $750,000 in
penalties and costs and reimburse California consumers whose
computers were harmed by anti-piracy software on some CDs sold
by the record company, California officials said on Tuesday. | 3Sci/Tech
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Myriad Computers Around the World Join to Solve Problems Piece By Piece
By Valarie Potell, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson Feb. 6--Dan Duncan works all day and helps fight AIDS at night -- or at least his computer does. | 3Sci/Tech
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Brawl players, fans appear in court
Five Indiana Pacers players and three fans charged in one of the most violent melees in NBA history appeared in court yesterday in Rochester Hills, Mich. -- each at a separate hearing. All were released on bond. The Pacers players, charged with misdemeanor assault and battery in the brawl with Detroit fans at The Palace of Auburn Hills, appeared for ... | 1Sports
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Jazz to Retire Stockton's Number
SALT LAKE CITY, (Sports Network) - The Jazz announced Tuesday that the club will retire John Stockton's No. 12 on November 22, 2004, when Utah hosts the New Orleans Hornets. | 1Sports
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After Waiting a Long Time, Davenport Keeps It Short
The weather played havoc with the U.S. Open schedule Wednesday, but it did not affect Lindsay Davenport, who rolled to a quarterfinal victory over Shinobu Asagoe. | 1Sports
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India wins $77m steel investment
Australia's largest steelmaker BlueScope is to build three manufacturing plants in India, as part of an ongoing expansion across Asia. | 2Business
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Cobbs is in the running
The young running back packed his bags for one weekend, because that's all the Patriots promised him. | 1Sports
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In Change, Busch Puts Teammate First
Over the years, confrontations with drivers have done nothing but reinforce Kurt Buschâs bad-boy reputation. But Ryan Newman had Busch to thank for his Daytona 500 victory on Sunday. | 1Sports
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Canadians go west in black-gold rush
An exodus of job-seekers heading to Alberta's 'oil patch' forces eastern Canada to import workers. | 0World
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Kenyan Nobel Prize winner pledges to continue planting "seeds of <b>...</b>
Kenya's environmentalist Wangari Maathai said Friday that she feels "very excited" to win the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize and pledges to continue to plant the seeds of peace with her fellow Kenyans. | 0World
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Is Peyton magical or just blowing smoke?
(AP)
AP - He points, he pivots, he barks out more orders than a coffee shop waiter at lunchtime. When Peyton Manning is running the show for the Indianapolis Colts, it's difficult to decipher if he is performing magic or just blowing smoke. | 1Sports
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Mexico governor's race is heated battle
(AP)
AP - Mexican police said Saturday they had broken up a vote-buying scheme in Chiapas on the eve of state elections, which will be closely watched in a country already straining under the turmoil of a disputed presidential election last month. | 0World
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Global Markets: Euro Eases from $1.30
LONDON (Reuters) - The euro EUR= made a renewed attempt to test the key psychological level of $1.30 on Tuesday, but lacked fundamental impetus and eased back after data showed a dollar-friendly improvement in U.S. net capital inflows. | 2Business
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Listen to your maps with Wild Sanctuary
Blog: Put sound on your maps with Wild Sanctuary | 3Sci/Tech
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Oklahoma-Nebraska Rivalry Still Shines (AP)
AP - Even though he grew up hundreds of miles away, a young Bob Stoops was intrigued by the rivalry. In Chicago, Bill Callahan was watching, too. | 1Sports
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Stocks to Watch on Nov. 5
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks to watch on Friday: UNIVISION COMMUNICATIONS INC. UVC.N : The Spanish-language broadcaster forecast earnings below Wall Street expectations. | 2Business
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Chirac belittles Iran bomb threat, then retracts: IHT
(Reuters)
Reuters - French President Jacques Chirac told
reporters an Iran that possessed one or two nuclear weapons
would not pose much of a danger and then retracted many of his
comments, the International Herald Tribune said on Thursday. | 0World
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Donât wait for courts to fix finance problem
Let us hope that the ruling from State District Judge John Dietz is the first nail in the coffin of the Robin Hood school finance plan. | 2Business
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Boeing Unit to Sell Hawaiian Air Claim
Boeing Capital Corp., the finance unit of aircraft maker and aerospace defense systems provider Boeing Co., said Thursday that the recent agreements reached on its claims against insolvent Hawaiian Airlines will not affect the company's earnings or cash | 2Business
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India wakes to day of mourning
Churches in north-east India are to hold special services after blasts and gun attacks killed at least 56 people. | 0World
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New iMac rumors growing; new iLife to come as well?
The back-to-school season is always one of Apple's most important quarters of the year. Buzz is building that the company won't let the season pass by without a new iMac. From Crave, CNET's gadgets blog. | 3Sci/Tech
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April durable goods orders tumble 4.8 percent
(Reuters)
Reuters - New orders for U.S.-made durable
goods tumbled an unexpectedly large 4.8 percent in April on
drops in orders for civilian aircraft and computer and
electronic products, a government report showed on Wednesday. | 2Business
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IDC: Service Providers Could Earn More From Mobility
Few service providers are stepping forward to assist businesses with mobile services, according to an IDC survey. | 3Sci/Tech
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Iraqi President To Leave Hospital
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, who collapsed from exhaustion and dehydration after suffering lung and sinus infections, will leave the hospital soon, his doctor said | 0World
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Syria tells US senator it values dialogue
(AFP)
AFP - Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said that Damascus values dialogue with Washington in a meeting with visiting US Senator Arlen Specter on Saturday, official media reported. | 0World
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Vazquez: You'll regret it
"I still trust in my abilities and if the Yankees trade me, they'll regret it," Vazquez told the Puerto Rican newspaper La Perla del Sur in yesterday's editions. | 1Sports
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Bangladesh to ask Interpol to probe into grenade attack case
The Bangladeshi government Thursday decided to seek help from International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) to investigate the Aug. 21 grenade attackon opposition | 0World
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Opinion polls send mixed signals ahead of Australian election (AFP)
AFP - The latest opinion polls ahead of Australian elections next month sent contradictory messages with one survey giving the opposition Labor Party a big lead and a second tipping the conservative coalition of Prime Minister John Howard. | 0World
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Saint Francis Hospital digitizes patient records with GE systems
TULSA, Okla. - Saint Francis Hospital, a Tulsa heart-care center, announced on Monday that with the aid of GE Healthcare it has installed of a new information technology system to handle hospital files. | 3Sci/Tech
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Google Deal's Details Show Flaws: It's Tough to Assess the $260 Million, 30-Year Agreement
By Jonathan B. Cox,Economic incentives are again in the spotlight after Google was promised as much as $260 million in tax breaks and other perks to create 210 jobs. | 3Sci/Tech
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Howard aims for security, economy
Australian Prime Minister John Howard expects to hold talks on anti-terrorism cooperation with Indonesia's President-elect Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono next month. | 0World
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Hands-on Vista SP1: Better but slower?
The final version of Vista SP1 kills the Kill Switch, and adds many under-the-hood improvements -- but on at least one system, file copying is actually slower. | 3Sci/Tech
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Ivory unrest drives cocoa prices
Cocoa traders face a volatile week as unrest in the Ivory Coast threatens to disrupt supplies from the world's biggest producer. | 2Business
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Electronic-Vote Critics Urge Changes to System (Reuters)
Reuters - Voting activists on Wednesday
enlisted computer experts, a trained monkey and a man on a
hunger strike in a last-minute pitch to convince officials to
improve the security of electronic vote-counting systems. | 3Sci/Tech
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Sirius Isn't Stupid
Ask yourself why the satellite radio star is taking on more debt. | 2Business
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RMC cements £2.3bn link with Mexican rival
THE creation of the worldâs biggest building materials company is on course after Britainâs RMC group agreed to be bought by Mexican rival Cemex, currently the third-biggest cement maker worldwide, for £2. | 2Business
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Week 6: Game Day
No. 5 Texas (4-0) vs. No. 2 Oklahoma (4-0): Noon today, Dallas. TV: None in immediate Pittsburgh area, though it will be televised on WYTV (Youngstown) and WATM (Johnstown). | 1Sports
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Bhutto Denies Doing Deal for Husband's Freedom
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto denied today that she had struck a deal with President Gen. Pervez Musharraf to secure her husbandâs freedom, but said leaders from her opposition party had | 0World
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Putin Tells Bush Russia Boosting Oil Exports
Russian President Vladimir Putin told President Bush on Monday that Russian oil companies were boosting production as well as exports and would continue to do so. | 2Business
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T-Mobile USA Sees High-Speed Network 2 Years Off (Reuters)
Reuters - T-Mobile USA, the U.S. wireless unit
of Deutsche Telekom AG (DTEGn.DE), does not expect to offer
broadband mobile data services for at least the next two years,
its chief executive said on Thursday. | 3Sci/Tech
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Moratorium on Web Tax Advances (washingtonpost.com)
washingtonpost.com - Congress yesterday cleared the way to keep access to the Internet largely free from taxes for the next three years, breaking a year-long deadlock. | 3Sci/Tech
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Apple earnings soar, 1.4 million iPhones sold to date
As expected, it was another great quarter for Apple, with Mac shipments leading the way as the company sold more than a million iPhones. | 3Sci/Tech
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Court Deals Blow to Anti-Piracy Efforts
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Thursday delivered a stinging blow to the anti-piracy efforts of major movie studios and music companies, ruling that several major online file-sharing software companies are not liable for copyright infringement. | 2Business
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'Unexpected growth' in CO2 found
Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have grown more quickly than expected, say scientists. | 0World
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McConnell: Repression in Cuba increases
(AP)
AP - Repression is increasing in Cuba under the control of Raul Castro, and the domination of the government by his brother, Fidel, is nearing an end, Bush administration officials said Tuesday. | 0World
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Footbridge Worry
Concerns have been raised about a plan to build three footbridges as part of safe routes to school. One could be built across the River Ebbw at Newbridge, another across a railway line and the third over a water course, all close to Newbridge Leisure Centre. | 3Sci/Tech
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Stars win 5th straight at rival San Jose
(AP)
AP - Mike Ribeiro and Brenden Morrow each had a goal and an assist, and the Dallas Stars beat the San Jose Sharks 4-2 Saturday. | 1Sports
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Ford sales up as trucks steady, others down
(Reuters)
Reuters - Ford Motor Co. on Tuesday posted
its first monthly sales gain since January as its light trucks
business stabilized after a downturn that forced an accelerated
restructuring at the No. 2 U.S. automaker. | 2Business
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Classic 5,000 metres in store at Helsinki
A race for the ages is in prospect at next year's Helsinki world championships if three of the world's great runners stay fit, healthy and focused. | 1Sports
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Aaron wants no part of the Bonds saga
(AP)
AP - Hank Aaron wants no part of Barry Bonds. With Bonds closing in on the career home run record, Aaron attended a news conference Thursday at the spot where his 755th and final home run landed in 1976. | 1Sports
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