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Why Wikipedia Will Win
Nice try, DoubleGoo. | 2Business
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But seriously, folks
There are times to go with the strong -- and there are times to go against the weak. In this case, Buffalo, Houston, and Miami. Each looked miserable last week and the hunch is this week will be more of the same. | 1Sports
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Blogs Provide Raw Details From Scene of the Disaster
For vivid reporting from the enormous zone of tsunami disaster, it was hard to beat the blogs. | 3Sci/Tech
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U.S. ally Colombia deserves trade pact, Rice says
MEDELLIN, Colombia (Reuters) - The United States would break faith with a strong Latin American ally that has rescued itself from failure if the U.S. Congress refuses to approve a free-trade agreement with Colombia, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Thursday. | 0World
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Brazil's 1994 World Cup hero calls it a day
RIO DE JANEIRO: Romario, the man who led Brazil to their 1994 World Cup victory, says he's retiring, Brazilian media reported on Tuesday. | 1Sports
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British pop band plays Pac-Manhattan
The Go! Team created a music video for their song "Junior Kickstart" in which they run around the streets of New York City playing live-action Pac-Man. From Crave, CNET's gadgets blog. | 3Sci/Tech
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In Brief: Dell to build PCs at new factory in Poland
( InfoWorld ) - Dell has decided build a factory in Poland to take advantage of low labor costs, a well-educated workforce and close proximity to markets in Central and Eastern Europe, including Scandinavia. The U.S. computer maker will spend â¬200 million ($253 million) to erect a state-of-the-art production facility in Lodz, the company said Monday.
The plant, which will create around 1,000 jobs, is scheduled to begin producing Dell's Latitude and Inspiron notebooks in the third quarter of 2007. Dell's new Polish facility will cut delivery time of its computers to customers in Central and Eastern Europe as well as Scandinavia by two days, the company said.
Dell also operates a factory in Limerick, Ireland. In addition, the company runs customer support centers in Germany, Slovakia, and Scotland. | 3Sci/Tech
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Gordon spins Kenseth to win at Chicagoland
(AP)
AP - Jeff Gordon spun out Matt Kenseth with four laps to go, then held on to win Sunday's Nextel Cup race at Chicagoland Speedway. | 1Sports
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Former N.F.L. Player Pleads Guilty in Steroids Case
Dana Stubblefield was the first N.F.L. player charged in the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative investigation. | 0World
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Dell to open first Indian factory
Dell is to open its first factory in India, in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, as part of wider international expansion plans. | 2Business
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Israelâs Continuing Policies Dim Peace Prospects Israeli <b>...</b>
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) have killed 12 Palestinians in less than a week, including a 7-year old child, 4 extra-judicially executed, and 4 died in sporadic tank shelling inside their homes, to vindicate the Arab League chief Amr Mousaâs statement | 0World
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Sutton Has Confidence in Woods
BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich.âHal Sutton has made it very clear this week who he expects to be his main man in the Ryder Cup starting Friday at Oakland Hills, and also made a bold prediction about how he will play. | 1Sports
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Germany says Chinese state is behind cyber spying
(Reuters)
Reuters - The Chinese state is behind almost daily
Internet espionage attacks on German companies and government
bodies, a top German intelligence official said on Monday. | 3Sci/Tech
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Afghan Vice President Survives Attack
A convoy carrying Vice President Nematullah Shahrani was attacked by remote-control explosives Monday in northern Afghanistan, just four days after President | 0World
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Stocks hurt for 2nd day by Middle East and oil
(Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. stocks tumbled for a second day
on Thursday as Middle East violence pushed oil to a record and
drove investors to safe-haven assets, such as bonds and gold. | 2Business
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Honda Jets to the Future
The Japanese automaker rolls out cool concept cars, including a hybrid fuel cell vehicle, at the Los Angeles Auto Show. In Autopia. | 2Business
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Dick Ebersol Released from Hospital
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (Sports Network) - NBC Sports chairman Dick Ebersol and his son Charlie were released from the hospital Monday, a week after surviving a charter plane crash that killed three people, including Ebersol's youngest son. | 1Sports
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Chertoff scolds Senate on immigration
(AP)
AP - The homeland security chief on Sunday scolded the Senate for failing to pass an immigration bill and said it will be difficult for the government to crack down on illegal workers. | 0World
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BAE Systems, Abu Dhabi mull aerospace business
ABU DHABI (Reuters) - BAE Systems and Abu Dhabi government-owned Mubadala Development Company are in talks to develop an aerospace business in the UAE, the regional head of the British defense company said on Sunday. | 2Business
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Southwest Offering Buyouts to 8,700 Employees
The airline is offering the buyouts in an effort to cut costs as the discount carrier heads into a period of expected slower growth. | 2Business
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Sloppy Nats, Traber Can't Stop Colorado
Billy Traber pitches on short notice but the Nationals commit three errors, and a baserunning blunder stifles a late rally as Washington falls, 3-1, to the Rockies on Friday. | 1Sports
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Roman Ruler best in Norfolk Stakes
Roman Ruler will go to Lone Star Park as a probable favorite for the $1.5 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile on Oct. 30 and the full confidence of trainer Bob Baffert. | 1Sports
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MPs demands controls on Euro police databases
Co-operation needs human touch
The Home Affairs Select Committee has advised government to put its weight behind neglected European efforts to hold the rapidly emerging system of police databases answerable to human rights legislation.⊠| 3Sci/Tech
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Afghanistan expels top officials
Two senior officials - from the European Union and the United Nations - are told to leave Afghanistan. | 0World
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Wal-Mart expects sales to slow
Wal-Mart expects slower sales growth over the next three years and will spend less on new stores. | 2Business
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CHECA TAKES TOP SPOT
Carlos Checa upstaged team-mate Valentino Rossi to take pole position for the inaugural Qatar Grand Prix at Losail. The track, new to the MotoGP calendar, has sprung several surprises throughout practice and | 1Sports
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Bonus Time
Wall Street is nervous. Yet credit problems aside, it's not nearly as bad as it may seem. | 2Business
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AOL to End Support of Netscape Navigator
Netscape Navigator, the worldâs first commercial Web browser and the starting point of the Internet boom, will be pulled off life support Feb. 1 after a 13-year run. | 3Sci/Tech
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FDA Says Approved Drugs Are Safe (Reuters)
Reuters - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration
said on Friday that Senate testimony by a veteran FDA
researcher regarding safety risks for five drugs does not
reflect the views of the agency. | 2Business
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US military deaths in Iraq at 3,896
(AP)
AP - As of Thursday, Dec. 20, 2007, at least 3,896 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eight military civilians. At least 3,171 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers. | 0World
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What Would a Yahoo-Microsoft Merger Look Like? Part 3
We asked search marketers how they would envision a combined Microsoft-Yahoo, in terms of search technology, search advertising, and social media. | 3Sci/Tech
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NJ Teen Takes His IPhone, Kisses AT&T Network Goodbye
Freeing the most hyped cell phone ever for use on the networks of other carriers -- including overseas ones -- a 17-year-old New Jersey kid unlocks the iPhone and says he's using it on T-Mobile's network. | 3Sci/Tech
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Giving Up Gains, Shares Fall for 3rd Day
Wall Street pulled back yet again after a Federal Reserve official suggested that rising inflation could prevent the central bank from making further interest rate cuts. | 2Business
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Park uses late rally to take lead at Wachovia Classic
Park surged into the lead at the Wachovia LPGA Classic on Saturday, shooting a 7-under-par 65 for a two-stroke advantage over Jill McGill through three rounds. | 1Sports
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Cubs brushed back Chicago loses wild-card lead after ninth-inning <b>...</b>
Austin Kearns knows he'll be back home in Louisville, Ky., once the regular season ends on Sunday. The Cincinnati Reds outfielder did his best Wednesday to keep the Chicago Cubs | 1Sports
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Lloyds TSB transfers 1,000 more jobs to India
Lloyds TSB is moving another 1,000 jobs to India, increasing its workforce in Bangalore and Mumbai to 2,500 by the end of next year. | 2Business
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Surfers Defy Giant Waves Awakened by Storm
A perilous spot for surfers off the coast of Southern California had been surfed only a handful of times in the past decade. Four of the most experienced big-wave surfers in the world were not fazed. | 1Sports
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Thompson urges no letup in terror fight
(AP)
AP - Republican Fred Thompson said Saturday people around the world are looking for any signs the U.S. is relenting in combating Islamic radicals. | 0World
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College Football Roundup: Hawaii Offers Jones Contract Worth at Least $1.2 Million
The University of Hawaii has offered Coach June Jones a contract that would make him the highest-paid coach in the Western Athletic Conference or the Mountain West Conference. | 1Sports
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Mack Brown to Get Raise at Texas
LOS ANGELES Dec 27, 2004 - With Texas preparing for its first Rose Bowl, coach Mack Brown is in line for a raise. Brown already is one of college football's highest-paid coaches with a salary of slightly more than $2 million a year. | 1Sports
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Arafat condition improves, illness still a mystery
PARIS Palestinian officials say a medical report on Yasser Arafat's condition will be issued tomorrow or Wednesday. They say he's not suffering "from any serious problem. | 0World
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Robot to Mix Chemotherapy Drugs at U.S. Hospital
The University of Colorado Hospital will use a robot to mix drugs for patients, which its developers say will eliminate human error and protect technicians from potentially dangerous drugs. | 3Sci/Tech
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Internet Extends Reach Of Bangladeshi Villagers
CHARKHAI, Bangladesh -- The village doctor's diagnosis was dire: Marium needed immediate surgery to replace two heart valves. | 0World
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Trident sparks second resignation
Ministerial aide Jim Devine quits over plans to renew the UK's Trident nuclear weapons. | 0World
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Titans agree to terms with Young, White
(AP)
AP - Vince Young agreed to terms with the Tennessee Titans on Thursday, a day before the team is scheduled to open training camp. | 1Sports
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Sprint, AT&T to Pay About $1.5 Million for Unfair Practices
Sprint Corp. and AT&T Corp. have agreed to pay a total of nearly $1.5 million to settle government charges that they denied or limited phone service to hundreds of thousands of customers they considered credit risks without notifying the consumers of their rights. | 2Business
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Microsoft seeks 'competent' resellers
Euro channel programme rollout rolls on | 3Sci/Tech
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North Carolina Beach Tops on `Dr. Beach's' Annual List
The best beach in the United States this year is in the Carolinas _ Ocracoke Lifeguard Beach, on the southermost inhabited island in the Outer Banks. It heads the list of top 10 beaches released Thursday by Stephen P. Leatherman, known as "Dr. | 3Sci/Tech
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GM option in UAW talks excludes health trust: report
(Reuters)
Reuters - General Motors Corp in its
contract negotiations with the United Auto Workers union has
proposed one option that excludes establishing a union-run
healthcare trust but calls for deeper cuts in several areas,
the Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition. | 2Business
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Two Chinese kidnapped in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Oct. 9. - Two Chinese engineers and their Pakistani security guard were kidnapped earlier today by unidentified men in Pakistanâs South Waziristan tribal area, bordering Afghanistan, where security | 0World
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Electronic Arts sees China among top 3 Asia markets
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - U.S. video game publisher Electronic
Arts Inc expects China to join Japan and South Korea
as one of its three largest markets by revenue in Asia-Pacific
in two to three years. | 3Sci/Tech
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Mussina outduels Pedro as Yanks roll
It was about taking care of business, or maybe it was about the Boston Red Sox not â-gain. The Yankees didnât play their best game, but because the Red | 1Sports
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Buy Term, Young Man
Don't fall for insurance hype. | 2Business
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Haiti's hard existence made worse by Jeanne
GONAIVES, Haiti - At a local college being used as a hospital, an elderly woman named Madame Edmey Cimeus shouted "Jezu! Jezu! | 0World
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Death Toll Varies in Blast at Sinai Resort
TABA, Egypt - A car bomb and a suicide bomber tore through a resort hotel in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula where Israelis were vacationing at the end of a Jewish holiday Thursday night. Estimates of the death toll ranged from 19 to about 60... | 0World
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C Palace v Man City (Sat)
Trevor Sinclair is Manchester City's only doubt after picking up a knock in the game against Everton. Antoine Sibierski stands by to replace him, but Steve McManaman is still out with an Achilles problem. | 1Sports
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White House opens doors to Iraq refugees
(AP)
AP - The Bush administration plans to allow about 7,000 Iraqi refugees to settle in the United States over the next year, a huge expansion at a time of mounting international pressure to help millions who have fled their homes in the nearly four-year-old war. | 0World
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Nets Get Solid Return From Kidd While They Can
Jason Kidd, who underwent off-season knee surgery, made his long-awaited season debut for the Nets on Monday night and turned in an impressive effort. | 1Sports
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Discovery of water on Mars tops scientific achievements of the <b>...</b>
The discovery of water on Mars was the scientific breakthrough of 2004, according to one of the world's leading science journals. | 3Sci/Tech
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California hit by raging wildfire
Firefighters in California battle to stem fires that have scorched hundreds of homes as rain eases Alaskan fires. | 0World
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Two U.S. soldiers killed in outpost attack
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Two U.S. soldiers were killed and 17 wounded when insurgents launched a coordinated attack on an outpost north of Baghdad on Monday in what appeared to be one of the biggest such assaults in months. | 0World
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Draw Sets Up Reunion in Barcelona
Jose Mourinho will take Chelsea to Barcelona, the club where he honed his raw coaching talent, for the most glamorous tie of the first knock-out phase of the Champions League. | 1Sports
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Spain Arrests 13 Over Suspected Islamist Plot
MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish police have arrested 13 North Africans as part of a probe into an alleged plot to bomb the Madrid High Court, the Interior Ministry said on Thursday. | 0World
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Space Shuttle Returns to Earth
Atlantis touched down in Florida Wednesday, wrapping up a five-million-mile journey. | 3Sci/Tech
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Turkey weighing land operation vs PKK in Iraq: TV
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey is considering a ground operation against Kurdish rebels based in northern Iraq, private broadcaster CNN Turk quoted Foreign Minister Ali Babacan as saying on Tuesday. | 0World
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More from Microsoft's partner conference
Blog: Here's some tidbits that didn't make it into our stories from Denver, including Microsoft's plans for a fall launch for Office Communications Server. | 3Sci/Tech
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Government keeps the secrets on ID scheme legal advice
'Trust us, it's OK on human rights' | 3Sci/Tech
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Researchers Hoping for a Date With History
JERUSALEM _ In quarantine under protective netting, a palm sapling coaxed from a seed nearly 2,000 years old is growing in southern Israel. | 3Sci/Tech
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Artful Software Spots Faked Masterpieces
The method could also be used to determine if more than one hand was involved in creating the work, something physical forensic science has never been able to do. | 3Sci/Tech
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Music Industry Spurned by Court
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday let stand a lower court decision holding that the recording industry can't force internet service providers to turn over the names of users trading music files online, effectively stopping one of the legal | 3Sci/Tech
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Nebraska holds on for victory
Nebraska capitalized on four Pittsburgh turnovers and batted down a pass in the end zone on the game's final play yesterday to preserve a 24-17 win in the first meeting of the teams since 1958. | 1Sports
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Senate critic now backs Bolton for U.N.
(AP)
AP - Sen. George V. Voinovich, the Ohio Republican who frustrated his GOP colleagues by opposing President Bush's choice for U.N. ambassador, announced Thursday he now supports John Bolton and would no longer stand in the way of his confirmation. | 0World
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U.S. thinks Pakistan blast likely caused by a bomb (Reuters)
Reuters - The U.S. State Department said on Friday it believed a blast at an Islamabad hotel was probably caused by a bomb, differing from the Pakistani view that it appeared to be the result of an electrical fault. | 0World
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Sears to double store sites here
Sears, Roebuck & Co. said yesterday it will double the number of stores it operates in San Diego County by acquiring five Kmart locations and converting them to Sears units over the next 15 months. | 2Business
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Iraqi leader says flow of arms must stop
(AP)
AP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday that terrorism is threatening to erase any gains made in reducing sectarian killings and establishing democratic principles in his country. | 0World
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Ethiopian lions poisoned to save money
(AP)
AP - Rare Abyssinian lion cubs are being poisoned at a zoo because staff cannot afford to keep them, a wildlife official said Wednesday. | 3Sci/Tech
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Evidence on second plane backs terror fear
RUSSIAN investigators have found explosive residue on the wreckage of the second of two airliners which crashed at almost the same time, a security spokesman said yesterday. | 0World
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Ashcroft Heralds Cybercrime Crackdown
US Attorney General John Ashcroft heralded the success of Operation Web Snare, a multi-agency crackdown on cybercrime that led to the arrrest or conviction of more than 150 people for a variety | 3Sci/Tech
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Bush Signs $33 Billion Security Budget (AP)
AP - President Bush signed legislation Monday that gives the Department of Homeland Security about $33 billion to shore up the nation's borders, inspect incoming cargo, protect potential terror targets and train first responders. | 0World
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Republicans Aim to Show Party Diversity (AP)
AP - Republican convention organizers have crafted a stage lineup aimed at showing a diverse party, giving a spotlight to Education Secretary Rod Paige, who is black; Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, an Asian American; and minority musical groups. | 0World
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Redskins Rookie Overcomes Rocky Start (AP)
AP - Sean Taylor has fired his agent, been fined for leaving the rookie symposium early, hired another agent, signed a contract and again fired his agent, only to rehire the first one. And he stopped talking to the media. | 1Sports
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Police Blotter: Warrantless eavesdropping rejected
Federal judge denies Justice Department's request to record parts of phone calls sans a wiretap order, concluding it violates the 4th Amendment. | 3Sci/Tech
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Bus accident in India kills 18
(AP)
AP - A bus carrying a wedding party plunged into a gorge in mountainous northern India, killing at least 18 people and injuring another 27, a government official said Tuesday. | 0World
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Bills TE Everett continuing to improve
(AP)
AP - Kevin Everett made more significant strides over the weekend in his recovery from a life-threatening spinal cord injury. | 1Sports
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Disabled Children Need More Than a Check
By Princess R. Moss Editor, Times-Dispa | 3Sci/Tech
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Florida hurricane clean up begins
People lined up for food and water while others searched in vain for generators in the sweltering heat as Florida residents began cleaning up all over again, demoralised by the fourth hurricane in six weeks to batter the state. | 2Business
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Sharon Rejects Army Bid to Wind Down Gaza Offensive
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's Ariel Sharon has rejected his army's request to scale back its Gaza offensive, seeking to avoid any show of weakness after deadly bombings hit Egyptian resorts crowded with Israelis, security sources said. | 0World
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He's the Cisco Kid!
GRAHAM Bird from Sutton Coldfield has proved that at 63 years- old it really is never too late to learn or change career. He was in his fifties when he was made redundant from his job as a chartered insurance practitioner. | 3Sci/Tech
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Iraq Sunnis say deal won't end boycott
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A new political accord between Iraq's main Sunni Arab, Shi'ite and Kurdish leaders will not be enough to lure boycotting Sunni Arabs back into the government, a spokesman for the biggest Sunni Arab bloc said on Monday. | 0World
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Newport: Fire at Manufacturer Does Minimal Damage
By Diana Bowley, Bangor Daily News, Maine Feb. 20--A back draft from a wood-fired boiler caused dust to ignite early Monday at the Vic Firth Manufacturing Corp. plant in Newport. | 3Sci/Tech
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Ask Jeeves Search Engine Gets Slim and Personal
Ask Jeeves Search Engine Gets Slim and Personal
Ask Jeeves has introduced new changes which have totally made over the search engine which hopes to give Yahoo, MSN and Google a run for their money. The new changes at Ask.com include MyJeeves personal search, a revamped local search, and an update ... | 3Sci/Tech
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Reds decide not to re-sign Larkin
Cincinnati, OH (Sports Network) - The Cincinnati Reds have scheduled a press conference for 4 pm (et) today, at which time the club is expected to announce that shortstop Barry Larkin will not be re-signed. | 1Sports
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A Step Up to Division I Has Pitfalls for N.J.I.T.
With 25 games left on the schedule, the New Jersey Institute of Technology has much more to learn about playing on college basketball's biggest stage. | 1Sports
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Discovery appears in good shape on way to space station
(AFP)
AFP - Discovery's astronauts scanned the space shuttle's heat shield for potential damage, a day after a launch that apparently did not damage the orbiter, NASA said. | 3Sci/Tech
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Ex-Fresno Coach Accepts $6.6M Judgment
FRESNO, Calif. -- A former basketball coach at Fresno State says she'll accept a $6.6 million judgment in a high-profile gender discrimination case she filed against the school. | 1Sports
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More, and more lake effect
(weather.com)
weather.com - | 3Sci/Tech
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US conferring with foreign regulators on stock turmoil: Paulson
(AFP)
AFP - US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Tuesday he had been in contact with his foreign counterparts on measures to restore calm to roiling global stock markets. | 2Business
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NSA wiretapping program can continue
( InfoWorld ) - A U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) wiretapping program can continue while President George Bush's administration appeals a ruling by a Michigan judge who said the program was illegal.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, in an order released Wednesday, said the Bush administration successfully argued that the program would be irreparably harmed if it were shut down pending the government's appeal of the earlier ruling.
On Aug. 17, Â Judge Anna Diggs Taylor of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ruled that the program, used to wiretap telephone and Internet traffic without court-issued warrants, was illegal and should be halted immediately. The NSA program has allegedly listened in on U.S. residents' conversations with people who have suspected terrorism links.
Several lawsuits have targeted the NSA program. In addition to the Michigan lawsuit, brought by the American Civil Liberties Union, the Council on American-Islamic Relations and others, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and other groups have brought lawsuits being heard in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California . A judge there has ruled against the U.S. government and AT&T Inc., which had requested the EFF case be thrown out.
In the Michigan appeal, a three-judge panel issued a two-page ruling Wednesday, saying simply the Bush administration's arguments had met the standard for a stay of Taylor's ruling. Among the panel's considerations were the likelihood the Bush administration could win on appeal, whether the program and the U.S. government would be irreparably harmed, and the public interest, the judges wrote. | 3Sci/Tech
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City Room: Steep Deficits Predicted in New York
In one of its gloomiest forecasts yet, the Independent Budget Office projected a $3.1 billion budget deficit in the 2009 fiscal year, rising to $4.6 billion in 2010 and $6.3 billion in 2011. | 0World
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Giants, Warner sacked again
TEMPE, Ariz. - Since the day he became coach of the Giants, Tom Coughlin has stressed the importance of dominating the line of scrimmage. | 1Sports
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