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{ "text": "Chicago OKs Cubs to Play at Wrigley Field (AP) AP - The city gave the Chicago Cubs the go-ahead to play ball at Wrigley Field on Monday night after the stadium passed another round of inspections of repair work done on its crumbling upper deck." }

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{ "text": "Bell would like to manage a contending team In his previous stints with Cleveland and Colorado, the teams were rebuilding. They didn #39;t do well and he was let go. By Don Bostrom." }

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{ "text": "Gray was selected tourney MVP Justin Gray went down to the Madison Square Garden court as soon as Mustafa Shakur inadvertently kicked him in the face while going for a loose ball." }

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{ "text": "Cable and Wireless to cut 600 jobs, shut London headquarters (AFP) AFP - Cable and Wireless, the struggling British telecoms group, said it would cut 600 jobs across Europe, part company with a top executive and shut its London headquarters." }

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{ "text": "Coke CEO gives pep talk as company lowers outlook Coca-Cola #39;s top executive said Wednesday the beverage maker needs to work harder, better execute its business strategy and improve its culture as he warned that third-quarter per-share income will drop at least 24 percent from a year ago." }

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{ "text": "Microsoft releases fix for SP2-adware clash Microsoft has released a critical update for Windows Service Pack 2, designed to resolve an installation problem with a piece of adware -- but it maintains that the update isn #39;ta patch." }

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{ "text": "NASA Chief Is Taking Off Named to head NASA by President Bush in December 2001, Sean O #39;Keefe acknowledged he had no experience in astronautics. His management style aimed at practical economy." }

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{ "text": "Hotel workers #39; lockout off for now Employers, union OK 60-day <b>...</b> Thirty-eight raucous days of picket lines, tough talk and the angst of 4,300 San Francisco hotel workers locked out of their jobs with the holidays nigh were put aside Saturday when negotiators for the hotels and the workers #39; union agreed to a 60-day " }

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{ "text": "Investors put 1.5bn tag on Kidde Shareholders in Kidde, the fire protection group, have indicated they would be prepared to sell out if United Technologies Corporation (UTC), the US industrial conglomerate " }

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{ "text": "AMD Assaults New Performance Heights with New Chips As expected, Advanced Micro Devices, on Tuesday officially released its new microprocessors aimed at high-end desktop computers. The new chips set the new records in a variety of industrial benchmarks and " }

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{ "text": "Wake Forest survives at the NIT No. 1 Wake Forest used a 19-5 second half run to take the lead and then held off Arizona 63-60 to win the preseason NIT. Mustafa Shakur had a chance to take the lead in the final seconds, but he missed a runner in the lane." }

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{ "text": "AOL attacks the spimmers A volley of lawsuits was launched against alleged spammers on Thursday by the four major US Internet service providers. This includes a case brought by AOL against twenty individuals accused of spimming, or " }

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{ "text": "Saddam, Aides to Go on Trial Within Weeks - Daoud Iraq #39;s toppled leader Saddam Hussein and his top aides will go on trial within weeks, Iraqi Minister of State Kasim Daoud said on Sunday." }

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{ "text": "Devil Rays thumbnails at Fenway Park Records: Boston is 86-56 (second in the AL East); Tampa Bay is 61-80 (fourth in AL East). Tonight (7:05, NESN, WEEI): LHP Scott Kazmir (1-1, 5.62) vs." }

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{ "text": "Bush Confronts New Challenge on Issue of Iran While assembling a new national security team, President Bush is confronting what could become the biggest challenge of his second term: how to contain Iran #39;s " }

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{ "text": "Seattle Times business columnist admits plagiarism, resigns A business columnist has resigned from the Seattle Times after admitting he plagiarized the work of other journalists, said the newspaper." }

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{ "text": "Pedro, GM welcome challenge that awaits The Boston Red Sox could offer Pedro Martinez the still-dizzying celebration of a city that he helped to a historic World Series championship." }

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{ "text": "GM, Daimler Go Green Team-up will help the companies compete and fill gaps in both firms' portfolios." }

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{ "text": "Bush, Kerry Seek to Claim Victory in Ohio (AP) AP - Chatter about President Bush and Democrat John Kerry was going strong above the whir of spin cycles at the Soapbox laundry, the debate reflecting the presidential race in a must-win state for both candidates." }

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{ "text": "Australia to Relocate Embassy in Baghdad (AP) AP - The Australian embassy in Baghdad is to be moved into the strife-torn city's heavily fortified Green Zone, the government said Tuesday." }

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{ "text": "Tokyo shares follow NY trend higher Share prices closed higher across the board in Tokyo this morning, as investors were cheered by last night #39;s gains on Wall Street." }

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{ "text": "Iraqi Leader Thanks U.S. in Speech to Congress Offering a simple, \"Thank you America,\" Iraqi interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi declared Thursday that his country is succeeding in its effort to move past the war that ousted Saddam Hussein." }

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{ "text": "UK charges 8 in terror plot linked to alert in US LONDON, AUGUST 17: Britain charged eight terror suspects on Tuesday with conspiracy to commit murder and said one had plans that could be used in striking US buildings that were the focus of security scares this month. " }

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{ "text": "Crude oil futures fall to US\\$46 per barrel after moving above \\$47 Crude oil futures fell Tuesday after moving above \\$47 US a barrel in intraday trading. December delivery crude on the New York Mercantile Exchange dropped 76 cents to \\$46.11 per barrel." }

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{ "text": "Profiling Shaukat Aziz: economic reformist-turned-PM Shaukat Aziz, taking over as Pakistan #39;s 23rd prime minister on Saturday, is a former private banker credited with infusing new life into an almost bankrupt economy." }

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{ "text": "Report: On tape, trainer says Bonds used drug in '03 SAN FRANCISCO -- Slugger Barry Bonds took an undetectable performance-enhancing drug during the 2003 season, his weight trainer said on a secretly recorded tape, the San Francisco Chronicle reported yesterday." }

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{ "text": "Verizon Wireless to Add 16 Cities to Broadband (Reuters) Reuters - Verizon Wireless, the largest U.S.\\wireless company, will expand its high-speed data service to 16\\markets by the end of the year, the chairman of Verizon\\Communications Inc. said on Monday." }

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{ "text": "Renault unveils investment plan for Asian hub in South Korea (AFP) AFP - French auto giant Renault SA said it will invest some 570 million dollars in South Korea over the next three years as part of its global strategy to become a key player in Asia, notably China." }

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{ "text": "SEC chief lashes out at reform opponents WASHINGTON -- Too many business interests are clinging to a failed status quo and resisting necessary governance reforms, the government #39;s top securities regulator said Thursday." }

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{ "text": "Launch Date Set for Solar Sail Summary - (Nov 10, 2004) The countdown has begun for the launch of the Planetary Society #39;s Cosmos 1 spacecraft; the first ever to be powered by a solar sail." }

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{ "text": "McData offers SAN consolidation McData plans to introduce a new SAN router this week designed to connect the growing number of isolated SAN networks in corporations.<p>ADVERTISEMENT</p><p><img src=\"http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/idg.us.ifw.general/sbcspotrssfeed;sz=1x1;ord=200301151450?\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"/><a href=\"http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;9228975;9651165;a?http://www.infoworld.com/spotlights/sbc/main.html?lpid0103035400730000idlp\">SBC Case Study: Crate Barrel</a><br/>What sold them on improving their network? A system that could cut management costs from the get-go. Find out more.</p>" }

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{ "text": "Yahoo! Hires Chief Data Officer In a move that has implications for ad targeting and reporting, Yahoo! has hired Usama Fayyad, a co-founder of the company now known as Revenue Science, to the newly-created position of Chief Data Officer." }

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{ "text": "Sci/Tech - Virus gang wars on the Web Following his arrest in May, the teenage computer wizard admitted to police he wrote the code for Sasser and more than two dozen Netsky viruses that wreaked havoc across the Internet during the first few months of 2004." }

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{ "text": "Stewart hopes Silverstone can hold F1 Jackie Stewart is optimistic Silverstones place on next years Formula One calendar can be saved. Talks between Formula One chiefs and Silverstones owners are understood to be at an advanced stage " }

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{ "text": "Google Toolbar Using Browser Keywords Function Google Toolbar Using Keywords Function\\\\Looks like Google is trying to assure placement within the browser one step at a time. The latest update of the Google toolbar includes \"browse by keyword,\" meaing if I type in \"how do I kill this hangover\" into my IE URL field, I will get ..." }

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{ "text": "Microsoft: No extra licenses needed for multicore chips Customers that use the dual-core processors that Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) are expected to begin shipping next year will not need to buy extra licenses for Microsoft Corp. software, the software maker will announce Tuesday." }

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{ "text": "Bovina upsets Williams at Kremlin Cup Unseeded Elena Bovina upset error-prone Venus Williams, 6-3, 6-2 Friday to advance to the Kremlin Cup semifinals. Bovina, 19, will be playing in her third semifinal this season." }

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{ "text": "Villeneuve and Sauber With Jacques Villeneuve testing for Renault today at Silverstone there has been the perhaps inevitable speculation that this could change things for next season when Giancarlo Fisichella is due to join Fernando Alonso at Renault F1." }

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{ "text": "Gas explosion in Chinese coal mine leaves 56 dead, scores missing (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - BEIJING (AP) - A gas explosion in a coal mine in central China killed 56 people and left scores trapped and missing, the government said Thursday." }

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{ "text": "Shanghai Readies for Rockets-Kings Game (AP) AP - Built in the days of Mao Zedong's 1966-76 Cultural Revolution, Shanghai's rundown city gymnasium is getting the full NBA treatment for next month's exhibition game between the Sacramento Kings and the Houston Rockets." }

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{ "text": "Harmony Gold Posts Fifth Straight Quarterly Loss (Update1) Harmony Gold Mining Co., the biggest miner of South African gold, made its fifth consecutive quarterly loss as the rand #39;s gains against the dollar eroded profit margins, compelling it to seek expansion to cut costs." }

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{ "text": "Informed and Awaiting a St. Helens Eruption The people who remember the eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980 are not as fearful as they were then, with scientists predicting a less powerful eruption." }

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{ "text": "Sheffield day to day with sprained left ankle New York Yankees right fielder Gary Sheffield missed Sunday #39;s against the Toronto Blue Jays with a sprained left ankle. Sheffield is listed as day to day." }

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{ "text": " #39;Hawks primed to finally surpass Rams Editor #39;s note: ESPN senior NFL writer John Clayton #39;s weekly quot;First And 10 quot; column takes you around the league with a look at the best game of the week followed by primers for 10 other games." }

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{ "text": "China plans renewed bank bailout A year after injecting \\$45bn into two state banks to ready them for flotation, China is preparing a fresh bailout for two more institutions." }

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{ "text": "A Senator #39;s Outrage Delays Passage of Corporate Tax Bill The Senate cleared a path on Sunday for a bill to hand out about \\$140 billion in corporate tax breaks, but it was blocked from a final vote by a fight over a provision aimed at helping reservists on duty in Iraq." }

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{ "text": "Software giant Microsoft rings up multibillion dollar profit gain REDMOND, Washington, Oct 21 (AFP) - The world #39;s biggest software company, Microsoft Corp, said Thursday that its first quarter profits swelled to 2.9 billion dollars as consumers and businesses pumped up demand for new computers." }

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{ "text": "Sudanese rebels agree to take part in peace talks in Abuja ABUJA, Aug 25, 2004 (dpa) -- Rebel groups agreed Wednesday to participate in peace talks with the Sudanese government being held in the Nigerian capital of Abuja after coming under pressure to disarm and accept confinement to camps in the country #39;s " }

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{ "text": "Timeline of past 25 years in Afghanistan 1979: The Soviet Union sends troops into Afghanistan to support a pro-Moscow regime, sparking a decade-long war with anti-communist forces supplied and trained by the United States." }

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{ "text": "Witnesses to Confront Cali Cartel Kingpin Thirteen years into their probe, U.S. investigators have assembled a team of smugglers, accountants and associates to testify against Colombian cartel kingpin Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela." }

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{ "text": "Feds: Syrian Clampdown on Terror Positive (AP) AP - A Syrian crackdown on terror groups would be the best way to halt violence in Syria and promote peace in the Middle East, the State Department said Monday after the assassination in Damascus of a leader of Hamas' bombing unit." }

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{ "text": "Movie Studios Sue File Traders The Motion Picture Association of America slaps an undisclosed number of individuals with lawsuits, accusing them of sharing copyright flicks on the internet. By Katie Dean." }

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{ "text": "Powell accuses Iran of trying to develop nuclear missiles The Bush administration yesterday accused Iran of attempting to develop missiles with nuclear warheads - a charge that could derail the European arms-control agreement struck earlier this week." }

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{ "text": "Bud Selig Has Skin Cancer Surgery NEW YORK -- Baseball commissioner Bud Selig had surgery Monday to remove a cancerous lesion from his forehead. The lesion was detected last month during Selig #39;s annual physical, and a biopsy confirmed that it contained melanoma, a form of skin cancer." }

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{ "text": "Seahawks Take NFC West The Seahawks deny a Falcons' two-point try for the tie with no time remaining to wrap up the NFC West, 28-26, on Sunday." }

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{ "text": "Gough new Livi boss FORMER Rangers, Everton and Scotland captain Richard Gough has been appointed as the new manager of troubled Scottish Premier League outfit Livingston." }

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{ "text": "Security scare as intruder dives in A CANADIAN husband #39;s love for his wife has led to a tightening of security at all Olympic venues in Athens. " }

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{ "text": "Earthquake 'redraws the map' The devastating earthquake that struck the Indian Ocean probably caused some islands to move by several metres." }

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{ "text": "'Wrong kind of fall' for Castro The US declines to wish Fidel Castro a speedy recovery after he fractures bones in a fall at a public ceremony." }

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{ "text": "Saboteurs Blow Up Oil Pipeline in Iraq (AP) AP - Saboteurs blew up a pipeline in southern Iraq on Sunday in the latest attack targeting the country's crucial oil industry, a senior oil official said." }

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{ "text": "Cavs Pick Up Option on Drew Gooden CLEVELAND (Sports Network) - The Cleveland Cavaliers Thursday picked up the team's 2005-06 contract option on forward Drew Gooden." }

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{ "text": "Ofcom's review of telecoms due this week <strong>Analysis</strong> That'll be the circus in town, then" }

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{ "text": "ONGC, Cairn Energy decide to team up Mumbai: Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and Scottish oil firm Cairn Energy Ltd have decided to team up for oil exploration and production (E amp;P) in the domestic as well as international markets." }

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{ "text": "Oil Sets New Record \\$47 on Iraq Threat LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices surged to a new high of \\$47 a barrel on Wednesday after a new threat by rebel militia against Iraqi oil facilities and as the United States said inflation had stayed in check despite rising energy costs." }

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{ "text": "Orioles to get paid off for Expos #39; move to DC In this crevice of the baseball globe, as the season heads to the bottom of the ninth, nothing has changed. It #39;s an annual rite for both teams by the bay to be in prime playoff position with a week to go, and " }

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{ "text": "Microsoft to hire hundreds in India Microsoft on Tuesday announced its decision to localise Windows and Office software in 14 Indian languages over the next 12 months and that the company would hire #39;hundreds #39; in India this year." }

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{ "text": "Durable Goods Fall, Aircraft Orders Slump (Reuters) Reuters - Orders for long-lasting U.S. durable\\goods slipped unexpectedly in August as civilian aircraft\\demand plunged, but beat forecasts once transportation was\\stripped out, government data showed on Friday." }

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{ "text": "Hope Fades for Saving 2 Boys Stuck in Mexico Cave (Reuters) Reuters - Hopes of rescuing two small boys\\trapped for five days in a jungle cave faded fast on Friday\\after contact was lost with the brothers and as the cavern\\flooded in overnight rains." }

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{ "text": "Facing a fund gap Lucent Technologies' population of retired workers has grown so large over the years, there are four retirees for every active employee on its payroll. With health insurance costs soaring, Lucent now is saying that it's time for retirees to help pay for the benefit." }

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{ "text": "Antidepressants to Reflect Suicide Risk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration plans to update antidepressant labels to reflect studies that suggest a link between the drugs and suicide in youths, but remains cautious about the strength of such ties, according to documents released on Friday." }

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{ "text": "The Next Giant Leap Rendezvous quot; for the docking techniques he developed while at MIT earning his PhD in astronautics. Lessig: Technology over ideology!" }

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{ "text": "France #39;s #39;Watergate #39; trial opens In France, 12 people have gone on trial for running a phone-tapping operation used by the late President Francois Mitterrand to monitor his opponents." }

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{ "text": "Philippine Floods Kill Hundreds More than 300 people died after flash floods and landslides devastated three coastal towns and left swathes of the northern Philippines under water on Tuesday." }

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{ "text": "ANZ increases IT spend A new \\$100 million retail telling platform, which was completed in the first half of this year, and the growing cost of compliance were the key drivers for the rise according to the bank #39;s 2004 Annual Roadshow presentation." }

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{ "text": "'Nano-needle' operates on cell Scientists have performed a delicate surgical operation on a single living cell, using a needle that is just a few billionths of a metre wide." }

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{ "text": "Swing and a Miss for Asteroid An asteroid the size of a large storage shed came within 4,100 miles of Earth this spring, making it the closest near miss ever recorded, US astronomers said this week." }

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{ "text": "Busch Wins Pole for Season-Ending Race Pressure? What pressure? Kurt Busch, last in the qualifying line and first in the NASCAR Nextel Cup points, waited out 54 other drivers Friday and then won the pole for the season-ending Ford 400, which will determine the 2004 champion." }

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{ "text": "Court considers textbook stickers downplaying evolution A Georgia school board is in court this week over quot;disclaimer quot; stickers it placed on biology textbooks stating that the theory of evolution has not been proven as fact." }

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{ "text": "Apple enhances UK online shopping The store adds such features as details of an expected dispatch date it the point where shoppers select a product. For example the Power Mac G5 Dual 2.5GHz is quot;usually dispatched 1 - 3 Weeks " }

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{ "text": "SEC Charges Hollinger's Black with Fraud (Reuters) Reuters - U.S. regulators filed fraud charges\\on Monday against former Hollinger International Inc. \\Chairman Conrad Black and his deputy, David Radler, moving to\\bar the two from serving as officers of a public company." }

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{ "text": "Rivals Try to Turn Tables on Charles Schwab By MICHAEL LIEDTKE SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- With its low prices and iconoclastic attitude, discount stock broker Charles Schwab Corp. (SCH) represented an annoying stone in Wall Street's wing-tipped shoes for decades..." }

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{ "text": "Order for Saudi tankers goes to Hyundai Heavy DUBAI Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world #39;s largest shipbuilder, has won a Saudi order for two large oil tankers as OPEC pumps near capacity, lifting supertanker prices." }

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{ "text": "NASA Leader Cites Finances and Submits His Resignation Sean O #39;Keefe resigned as NASA administrator on Monday, saying he is leaving the position he has held for three years to pursue better economic opportunity for his family." }

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{ "text": "Some think this metal is golden So many disasters to avoid, so many uncertainties to resolve, no wonder so many investors have been cautious about buying stocks and bonds." }

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{ "text": "Oracle 1Q Earnings Rise 16 Percent (AP) AP - Business software giant Oracle Corp. said Tuesday that first-quarter earnings rose 16 percent driven by new database license sales that rose 19 percent." }

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{ "text": "Lycos offers people and discussion search Terra Lycos SA introduced two search tools on its Lycos U.S. Internet site on Monday as part of a recently announced strategy to focus on services that allow users to connect with others." }

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{ "text": "Who cares about Kerry? It's Bush we can't stand, say Vietnamese (AFP) AFP - The question of whether presidential candidate John Kerry was a coward or a leader during the Vietnam War might be raging in the United States, but on the streets of Hanoi people hope for just one result from the American election -- the exit of George W. Bush." }

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{ "text": "USC rolls to easy win Despite playing well Arizona was unable the hold the top ranked USC Trojans, losing 49-9. The score was a bit deceiving as the Wildcats hung tough with the nations best team for about a quarter and a half." }

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{ "text": "Gunmen Seize Three Britons in Baghdad (Reuters) Reuters - Three British nationals, believed to be\\civilians, were snatched by gunmen from a house in central\\Baghdad early on Thursday, Iraq's Interior Ministry said." }

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{ "text": "Six-month deal for Hoddle at Wolves The 47-year-old former England coach was unveiled at a press conference, bringing to an end Wolves #39; month-long search for a successor to Dave Jones." }

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{ "text": "TSMC, Freescale expect initial production of 65nm SOI in 4Q 2005 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and Freescale Semiconductor expect to begin initial production of a high-speed 65nm silicon-on-insulator (SOI) process in the fourth quarter of 2005, with volume production pending on market demand " }

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{ "text": "Chiefs' Green Expected to Start Sunday KANSAS CITY, Mo., (Sports Network) - Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Trent Green is expected to start in Sunday's game against the Oakland Raiders despite suffering from bruises to his ribs and hip." }

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{ "text": "Egypt steps back on Gaza plan over Israeli attacks Egypt took a step back from plans to help the Palestinians prepare for an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza on Wednesday, saying it could not play its role in full as long as Israeli attacks on Palestinians continue." }

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{ "text": "Swedes beam poetry into outer space (Reuters) Reuters - Swedish poets have broadcast their work into outer space by radio to give alien life forms -- if they exist -- a taste\\of earthling literature." }

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{ "text": "New Media Players Too Small It was a Holy Grail looming on the personal electronics horizon: a pocket-sized device with a workhorse battery and the capacity to hold hours of audio and video." }

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{ "text": "New Russian-US Team to Leave for ISS in October MOSCOW (AFP) -- A new Russian-US team for the International Space Station (ISS) will take off from the Baikonur space station in the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan in October, Russian space officials said. The three-person team, due to be approved on Thursday, will leave for the ISS on board a Russian Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft, Russia's Federal Space Agency, Roskosmos said on its website..." }

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{ "text": "Is Piracy Pushing Linux Sales? More PCs run the alternative OS, but many will end up with a pirated version of Windows, report says. Linux may be shipping on a growing number of PCs sold in the emerging markets of Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe." }

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{ "text": "Golovin and Dechy lead France into Fed Cup final MOSCOW (AFP) - Tatiana Golovin and Nathalie Dechy led holders France to a 5-0 mauling of Spain to set up a Fed Cup final clash against Russia." }

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{ "text": "Earthquake shook Yunnan, China BAOSHAN, China - A strong earthquake shook southwest China. The epicenter of magnitude 5 quakes on the Richter scale was located in the province of Yunnan not far from the city of Baoshan." }

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{ "text": "Bob Evans, Who Helped I.B.M. Transform Data Processing, Dies at 77 Bob O. Evans led the development of a new class of mainframe computers - the famous 360's - helping turn I.B.M. into a data-processing power." }

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