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{ "text": "Georgia Evolution Dispute Embarrasses Some Atlanta, Nov. 11 - First, Georgia #39;s education chief tried to take the word quot;evolution quot; out of the state #39;s science curriculum." }

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{ "text": "Video Game Makers Go Hollywood. Uh-Oh. OVIE producers are often criticized for running at the sight of original ideas, preferring instead to milk plays, books, news events, toys and even video games for their screenplays." }

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{ "text": "UPDATE 1-Jimenez, Garcia, Donald make Langer a happy man Miguel Angel Jimenez and Sergio Garcia warmed up for this month #39;s Ryder Cup with sparkling starts at the European Masters on Thursday." }

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{ "text": "LVMH Plans to Buy Glenmorangie French luxury goods company LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis said Wednesday it plans to buy whisky maker Glenmorangie PLC for about 300 million pounds (euro430." }

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{ "text": "Connect the jovian dots NASA #39;s Hubble Space Telescope (HST) captured an alignment of three of Jupiter #39;s largest moons: Io, Ganymede, and Callisto." }

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{ "text": "War in Iraq Did Not Make World Safer, Annan Says LONDON, Oct. 17 -- The US-led war in Iraq has not made the world any safer, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said in a British television interview aired on Sunday." }

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{ "text": "Consumers #39; view of economy unchanged NEW YORK - Consumers #39; assessment of the economy held largely steady this month, according to a university research report released Friday." }

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{ "text": "UConn Avoids Loss in Overtime The eighth-ranked Connecticut Huskies narrowly avoided their first two-game losing streak in 12 seasons, beating South Florida, 75-65, last night with Barbara Turner getting 8 of her 23 points in overtime." }

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{ "text": "Pro tours: The stops the talk PGA Event: 84 Lumber Classic Site: Nemacolin Woodlands Resort amp; Spa, Mystic Rock Course (7,276 yards, par 72), Farmington, Pa. Schedule: Today-Sunday. Purse: \\$4.2 million. Winner's share: \\$756,000. Television: ESPN (today, 3:30-6 p.m.; tomorrow, 3:50-6; Saturday, 3:30-5:30; Sunday, 3-6). Last year: J.L. Lewis closed with a course-record 62 for a two-stroke victory over Frank Lickliter, Stuart Appleby, and Tim Petrovic. ..." }

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{ "text": "United Seeks Further Labor Cuts United Airlines is moving to obtain another \\$725 million in labor concessions and eliminate employees' traditional pensions as it seeks the financing to come out of bankruptcy." }

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{ "text": "FEC Wants Campaign Finance Decision Stayed (AP) AP - Federal election officials have asked a judge to stay a ruling striking down several government regulations on political fund raising, arguing that rules interpreting the nation's campaign finance law are crucial as the election approaches." }

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{ "text": "J.E. Robert Assembles New Investment Fund J.E. Robert Cos. completed raising \\$823 million from about 40 institutional and private equity investors this week." }

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{ "text": "Ramsey, Redskins Come Up A Little Short in First Start Patrick Ramsey can picture each long pass he threw during his first start this season. The five deep throws came on tight spirals that were only a tad off." }

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{ "text": " #39;Enron of Kansas #39; Trial Begins In the recent annals of corporate fraud, the names Enron, Tyco and WorldCom ring the loudest. But for residents of Topeka, Kan., the former leaders of the local utility company have become just as infamous." }

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{ "text": "Virus-Free Macs #147;The single most effective way to avoid viruses and spyware is to simply chuck Windows altogether and buy an Apple Macintosh, #148; writes Walt Mossberg in the Wall Street Journal. #147;There has never been a successful virus written for Mac OS X, and there is almost no spyware that targets the Mac. Plus, the Mac is invulnerable to viruses and spyware written for Windows. Not only is it more secure, but the Mac operating system is more capable, more modern and more attractive than Windows XP, and just as stable. #148; Sep 17" }

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{ "text": "Team Directors Criticize Hamilton Test Procedure Two Spanish cycling team directors have criticized how American Tyler Hamilton #39;s positive test for a blood transfusion was carried out." }

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{ "text": "Jos. A. Bank Profit Jumps Jos. A. Bank Clothiers (JOSB:Nasdaq - news - research) posted a handsome third-quarter profit Monday, as strong Internet and catalogue sales helped drive a 17 hike in net income." }

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{ "text": "LCC Int #39;l Posts 3Q Profit, Shares Tumble LCC International Inc., which offers wireless voice and data technical consulting, on Monday saw shares plummet as much as 12 percent in after-hours trade after the company swung to a third-quarter profit but predicted lower revenues are ahead." }

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{ "text": "26/10/04 Savabeel Compared To Dubai Millennium The man who says he didn #39;t have a pair of shoes until he was 12 is now fielding offers in the millions for a horse he compares to the late Dubai Millennium, the best in the world a few years ago." }

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{ "text": "American Economist Expected to Win Nobel (AP) AP - Americans have dominated the annual Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences five years running, and it may not surprise Nobel watchers if the trend continues." }

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{ "text": "NKorea warns Japan against economic sanctions North Korea has warned Japan that it will treat economic sanctions as a quot;declaration of war quot; and threatens to try to exclude Tokyo from six-party talks on Pyongyang #39;s nuclear arms programs." }

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{ "text": "Report: Japan PM Advisers See China Military Threat (Reuters) Reuters - In a move that could further chill ties\\between the two Asian powers, an advisory panel to Japan's\\prime minister will say China should be described as a military\\threat in a defense review, the Nihon Keizai newspaper reported\\on Wednesday." }

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{ "text": "Double dip NEW YORK - Maybe it will seem just mere whistling in the Bronx, these pledges by manager Terry Francona and general manager Theo Epstein even before Boston's 3-1 loss in Game 2 that the Red Sox would somehow find a way to overcome the possible loss of Curt Schilling for the rest of this American League Championship Series because of ..." }

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{ "text": "Venus and Jupiter witnessed in dawn rendezvous WITH no planets on view, and with large areas of the southern sky devoid of bright stars, the evening sky at our star map times may not be the most exciting of the year." }

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{ "text": "You Say Sell, I Say Potato Disgruntled shareholders file suit to force talks with Oracle while PeopleSoft's two largest shareholders agree to disagree." }

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{ "text": "Finley is new Angel in outfield The Angels rounded out their starting outfield yesterday, signing center fielder Steve Finley to a \\$14 million, two-year contract as baseball's winter meetings in Anaheim, Calif., began to percolate." }

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{ "text": "Bosnian-Serb prime minister resigns in protest against U.S. sanctions (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) - The prime minister of the Serbian half of Bosnia resigned Friday, a day after the U.S. government and Bosnia's top international administrator sanctioned Bosnian Serbs for failing to arrest and hand over war crimes suspects to the UN tribunal." }

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{ "text": "Cox brings VoIP service to more cities Company also plans to launch a business-class Net phone service in Roanoke, Va., as cable providers battle to gain market share." }

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{ "text": "4 US soldiers killed in roadside bomb attack; coalition steps up <b>...</b> Roadside bombings killed four American soldiers in Baghdad, the US command said Wednesday, as US and Iraqi troops stepped up pressure on Sunni insurgents before this week #39;s start of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan." }

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{ "text": "Saudi Denies Failure to Pursue Insurgents (AP) AP - A senior Saudi official rejected on Friday a suggestion that his government was lax in pursuing Saudi nationals who provide money to Iraqi insurgents or terrorist groups." }

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{ "text": "New Overtime Rules Take Effect New Bush administration rules that scale back overtime eligibility for white-collar workers took effect on Monday over protests that they would slash paychecks at a time of economic uncertainty." }

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{ "text": "Fed Cup all tied up FRANCE #39;S Russian-born Tatiana Golovin left the Fed Cup final hanging in the balance today as she beat Russia #39;s US Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-4, 6-1 to level the tie at 2-2 and take it to the final doubles match." }

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{ "text": "Team USA barely wins, but struggles not all players #39; fault Now that everybody in and around USA Basketball has breathed a huge sigh of relief, let #39;s not get carried away. " }

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{ "text": "God help us, Yuvi replaces Akash The Team India think tank has put its foot in the mouth again by replacing a specialist opener Akash Chopra by the ODI specialist Yuvraj Singh." }

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{ "text": "Coalition asks US Congress to kill copyright bill WASHINGTON - A coalition of technology and advocacy groups on Friday asked the U.S. Senate to kill copyright legislation that might result in jail time for people who trade copyrighted files online." }

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{ "text": "Nokia to unify smartphone software AMSTERDAM: Nokia, the world #39;s biggest mobile phone maker, said on Wednesday it will create a single software platform for smart mobile phones that double as TVs, MP3 players, radios and e-mail devices." }

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{ "text": "Nintendo to Unveil Handheld Upgrade Facing its biggest threat ever from the arrival of Sony Corp. in the portable video-game machine market, Japanese game-maker Nintendo Co." }

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{ "text": "Bush, Kerry Stick to Issue Of Security Presidential candidates combed the Midwest for the last few uncommitted voters Thursday, each carrying severe warnings that his rival's victory would worsen the security of Americans." }

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{ "text": "Human lives mere pawns in game of political expediency IT WOULD have been obtuse to miss the streak of smug satisfaction in the Western response to the seizure by Al-Qaeda #39;s Pakistani allies of two Chinese engineers working on Pakistan #39;s " }

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{ "text": "Local knowledge produced benefits Patriots fans had one of their own working Sunday's regular-season finale against the 49ers. Fox producer P.T. Navarro considers himself a New Englander, even though he moved around the country as the son of college football coach Frank Navarro (Columbia, Wabash, Princeton)." }

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{ "text": "Latham stands by Bali claims candidate Federal Labor leader Mark Latham has ruled out disendorsing Queensland Labor candidate Ivan Molloy, over comments about the Bali bombings." }

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{ "text": "Pittman misses out Fani Halkia (1980), of Greece, clears a hurdle en route to winning a gold medal ahead of fifth place finisher Jana Pittman, of Australia." }

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{ "text": "Olympics: High-Flying Holm Aims to Defy Science (Reuters) Reuters - Sweden's gold medal-winning high\\jumper Stefan Holm reckons he can leap even higher but\\scientists say he and other athletes were already close to the\\limit of what they can achieve." }

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{ "text": "Oil Prices Rise Despite US Move To Draw On Strategic Reserve NEW YORK, Sept 23 (AFP) - Oil prices edged closer to record territory Thursday as markets shrugged off news that the US government may draw from its strategic reserves to make up for shortages due to Hurricane Ivan." }

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{ "text": "Colombia back in business, needs reforms-Uribe Colombia is back in business and the Andean country has ample room for growth backed by aggressive and transparent government policies but with some challenges " }

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{ "text": "Egypt names former player Shehata as caretaker coach The Egyptian Football Association (EFA) has appointed a domestic coach to take over Italian Marco Tardelli who was sacked earlier this month after a surprise defeatto Libya, a spokesman said Thursday." }

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{ "text": "Olympics: Hansen still strong enough to take bronze Every ounce of his energy was expended, leaving an empty fuel tank. But, even in a depleted state, Brendan Hansen found a way to bolster his ever-growing swimming legacy. " }

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{ "text": "Cingular to Reduce Work Force by Roughly 10 Percent, CEO Says Cingular Wireless LLC, the nation's largest cell phone company, will cut about 10 percent of its 68,000 jobs over the next 12 to 18 months as it combines operations with the recently acquired AT T Wireless, Cingular's chief executive said Tuesday." }

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{ "text": "Dave Hyde column, October 25, 2004 In somber tones and professional adjectives, the president, the athletic director and the no-longer-the-football-coach took turns announcing a University of Florida firing Monday that was surprising only for coming sooner rather than later." }

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{ "text": "Stocks Open Lower as Wall St. Pulls Back US stocks opened slightly lower on Monday as investors pause after a three-day rally last week, with interest rates and a weakening dollar gaining focus now that the presidential election is over." }

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{ "text": "Spain hunts for fans who racially abused England players The Spanish government responded to diplomatic pressure from Britain yesterday by starting a search for fans who racially abused England players during a quot;friendly quot; football match with Spain." }

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{ "text": "-Posted by dave.rosenberg 1:51 pm (PDT) In what seems to be one of the more bizarre and confusing aspects of the unholy alliance between Sun and Microsoft, Sun #39;s recent 10k filingincludes previously unseen legalese from the settlement agreement." }

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{ "text": "Sanderson doesn't let gold out of his grasp ATHENS -- Cael Sanderson didn't look too comfortable on the medal stand last night. As the national anthem was played, he went from taking the winners' wreath off his head to putting it back on, to taking it off again and holding it across his chest." }

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{ "text": "Cricket: NZ suffer Franklin blow New Zealand bowler James Franklin misses the first Test against Australia with injury." }

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{ "text": "Comcast Profit Falls Short of Forecasts Comcast Corp. (CMCSA.O: Quote, Profile, Research) , the largest US cable operator, on Wednesday posted a quarterly profit that fell short of Wall Street forecasts but reported better-than " }

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{ "text": "Valencia accept Angulo ban Valencia say they do not plan to appeal against the seven-match ban given to midfielder Miguel Angel Angulo by UEFA for his behaviour during last week #39;s Champions League match against Werder Bremen." }

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{ "text": "Israeli Army Kills 5 Palestinians in Gaza JEBALIYA REFUGEE CAMP, Gaza Strip - Israeli soldiers on Saturday shot and killed a Hamas militant whom the military said was responsible for a rocket attack that killed two Israeli preschoolers last week and triggered an army offensive in northern Gaza. Abed Nabhan, 25, was one of five Palestinians killed Saturday in the continuing Israeli operation in northern Gaza..." }

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{ "text": "Reggae Boyz Head to World Cup Qualifier (AP) AP - Jamaica's soccer team left Monday for Columbus, Ohio, where it will play the United States in a crucial World Cup qualifying match." }

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{ "text": "Airlines Agree to Cuts at O'Hare Federal officials today announced plans to temporarily cut 37 flights operating at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport to help reduce the delay problems that ripple across the country." }

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{ "text": "Governor #39;s proposal: New game, same strategy If Gov. Rod Blagojevich #39;s proposal to crack down on violent video game sales sounds familiar, look no further than the man he beat to become Illinois #39; chief executive." }

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{ "text": "Mauresmo confident of LA victory Amelie Mauresmo insists she can win the Tour Championships this week and finish the year as world number one. The Frenchwoman could overtake Lindsay Davenport with a win in Los Angeles." }

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{ "text": "Zarqawi group claims Mosul killings BAGHDAD -- Iraq's most feared terrorist group claimed responsibility yesterday for slaughtering members of the Iraqi security forces in Mosul, where dozens of bodies have been found. The claim raises fears the group has expanded to the north after the loss of its purported base in Fallujah." }

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{ "text": "Halo 2; Donkey Konga The first Halo game sold quite a few Xboxes (we know a few Xbox owners who don't appear to play any other titles on their consoles), and Halo 2 has already clocked \\$125 million in sales -- on its first day in stores." }

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{ "text": "Newcastle #39;s Boumsong bid rejected by Rangers Newcastle United manager Graeme Souness has made an offer to Rangers for French international centre-back Jean-Alain Boumsong but the Scottish club have rejected his initial offer." }

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{ "text": "Radcliffe to Run in New York Marathon LONDON (Reuters) - World marathon record holder Paula Radcliffe believes she has put her failure at the Athens Olympics behind her after announcing on Tuesday that she will run in the New York marathon on November 7." }

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{ "text": "Caminiti, 41, dies of heart attack SAN DIEGO - Ken Caminiti was never short of fearless on a baseball field. He made incredible stops at third base, swatted home runs from both sides of the plate and played through pain that would wither most men." }

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{ "text": "Israel seals off Gaza Strip The Israeli army sealed off Gaza Strip Wednesday by shutting down Erez Crossing and the Industrial Zone and prevented Palestinians from leaving." }

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{ "text": "Stern Blasts FCC at Satellite Promotion #39;Down With the FCC! #39; Howard Stern Says at New York Rally to Promote Switch to Satellite Radio. Radio host Howard Stern, below center, waits as thousands of his fans line up to receive a free Sirius radio from him in Union Square in New York Thursday, Nov." }

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{ "text": "Old Rumors of Gay Sex Prove Powerful on Web Va. GOP members chose Del. Thelma Drake (Norfolk) to replace Rep. Edward L. Schrock after he resigned amidst allegations Schrock indulged in or solicited gay sex." }

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{ "text": "Cougar Football Notes Houston, Texas- - Houston head football coach Art Briles finds himself in somewhat of a quandary as the Cougars prepared to play at the University of Southern Mississippi this Thursday night at MM Roberts Stadium in Hattiesburg, Miss." }

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{ "text": "At Least 10 Iraqis Killed in Insurgent Attack Officials in Iraq say at least 10 Iraqis have been killed and several others wounded in separate insurgent attacks across the country." }

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{ "text": "Howard Stern moves radio show to Sirius Shock jock Howard Stern announced Wednesday he #39;s taking his radio show off the public airwaves and over to Sirius satellite radio." }

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{ "text": "9:22 am: Missing explosives have experts wondering what else is <b>...</b> Revelations that nearly 400 tons of conventional explosives have gone missing in Iraq have experts wondering what other weapons might be in jeopardy of falling into insurgent or terrorist hands." }

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{ "text": "We Are Using 20 More Resources Than The Earth Can Produce The human race is plundering the planet at a pace that outstrips its capacity to support life, according to a report by WWF. The Living Planet Report 2004 shows that humans currently consume 20 per cent more " }

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{ "text": "NetApp claims breakthrough with new storage software Network Appliance has announced what it terms a key milestone in its Storage Grid vision with the release of its Data ONTAP 7G enterprise storage software, which the company is touting as bringing newer functionality and lower costs to the concept of " }

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{ "text": "Take Two Torts and Call Me in the Morning The friction that sometimes strains the patient-doctor relationship when lawyers seek medical care is at an all-time high." }

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{ "text": "Mars is more Earth-like SAN FRANCISCO: Pictures of Earth-like clouds were captured by Nasa #39;s Mars rover on Wednesday. Reports also indicate that there #39;s a rock that doesn #39;t look like anything scientists have ever seen." }

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{ "text": "Toshiba to use perpendicular recording in new HDDs Toshiba is close to commercializing a new data storage technology that could significantly increase the capacity of hard-disk drives, it said Tuesday." }

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{ "text": "Women, and the future of IT <strong>Interview</strong> Professor Wendy Hall talks to <em>The Reg</em>" }

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{ "text": "Nev. Move to Purge Some Dem Voters Fails (AP) AP - Elections officials have rebuffed an attempt by a former GOP operative to purge about 17,000 Democrats from the voter rolls in the battleground state of Nevada, where the two presidential candidates are in a dead heat." }

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{ "text": "Tar Heels beat Miami For the second time this month, UNC football fans had something to celebrate. In a stunning upset, the Tar Heels beat Miami 31 to 28." }

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{ "text": "Jury calls WTC attack two events Silverstein had hoped the 11-member jury would determine that the language of the insurance policy treated the attacks as two occurrences." }

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{ "text": "Steelers' Staley Downgraded to Doubtful (AP) AP - Pittsburgh Steelers running back Duce Staley was downgraded to doubtful Friday with a sore hamstring, meaning he will almost certainly miss a third consecutive game Sunday." }

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{ "text": "Straw: No British troops to Darfur British Foreign Minister Jack Straw said his country does not plan to deploy forces to Darfur in western Sudan but will provide technical assistance." }

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{ "text": "Arafat dead at 75 PARIS -- Yasser Arafat, who triumphantly forced his people's plight into the world spotlight but failed to achieve his lifelong quest for Palestinian statehood, died this morning at a French hospital, the chief doctor at the hospital said. He was 75." }

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{ "text": "US Airways To Ask Court For Pay Cuts S Airways said yesterday that it would ask a bankruptcy judge to approve emergency pay cuts - which its unions said would be 23 percent - and other moves to raise cash." }

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{ "text": "Fed Sticks With Its 'Measured' Pace Federal Reserve officials agreed at a meeting in September that they probably would keep raising their benchmark interest rate in coming quarters because of the likelihood of continued solid economic growth." }

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{ "text": "Sharapova advances to Korea Open final Reigning Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova has thrashed Anne Kremer of Luxembourg to advance to the final of the Korea Open in Seoul." }

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{ "text": "Mr Downer shoots his mouth off Just what Alexander Downer was thinking when he declared on radio last Friday that quot;they could fire a missile from North Korea to Sydney quot; is unclear. The provocative remark, just days before his arrival yesterday on his second visit to the North Korean ..." }

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{ "text": "Southwest In, AWA Out Of Midway Bidding DECEMBER 10, 2004 -- Southwest Airlines this morning said it will submit a bid to the federal bankruptcy court in Indianapolis today for certain assets of bankrupt ATA Airlines." }

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{ "text": "US Airways, Pilots Union Near Agreement US Airways is seeking \\$800 million in concessions from employee unions as it attempts to avoid filing Chapter 11. The Air Line Pilots Association will present its proposal on the evening of " }

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{ "text": "Growth cut THE Bank of England yesterday cut its forecast for UK economic growth next year to 2.5 per cent and said inflation could be below expectations." }

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{ "text": "GOLF ROUNDUP: Haas closer to ending drought ATLANTA -- The Tour Championship suddenly is loaded with optimism for Jay Haas and Tiger Woods. Haas, who turns 51 next month, showed no signs of slowing down." }

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{ "text": "Els still has Major ambitions Ernie Els has another 1.4m and a World Match Play record all to himself. But he wants more. And top of the South Africans agenda for 2005 is to try to win the Masters and US PGA titles." }

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{ "text": "Calif. Voters Back #36;3 Billion Stem Cell Measure (Reuters) Reuters - A controversial California ballot\\measure that would fund a decade of stem cell research with #36;3\\billion in state money was headed for a resounding victory on\\Wednesday, initial returns showed." }

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{ "text": "Pacers triumph in Harrington #39;s return Harrington scored a season-high 30 points in a superlative performance against his former team, but the Indiana Pacers still escaped Conseco Fieldhouse with a 93-83 victory over Atlanta." }

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{ "text": "Sharapova Sweeps Into Korea Open Quarters SEOUL (Reuters) - Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova disposed of Japan's Miho Saeki 6-3, 6-1, on Thursday to sweep into the quarter-finals of the Hansol Korea Open." }

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{ "text": "SEC considering civil action over 3 AIG press releases American International Group Inc. said it has been informed by the Securities and Exchange Commission that it could face a civil action over three of the company's press releases, two of which came out in recent weeks." }

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{ "text": "Atomic Power Station Halted in Russia, No Radiation MOSCOW (Reuters) - One reactor at a Russian nuclear power station was closed down after a malfunction, but there was no leak of radiation at the site near the city of Saratov on the Volga river, Russian news agencies reported on Friday." }

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{ "text": "KERR CRUISES INTO LEAD Cristie Kerr carded a nine-under-par 63 to take a four-stroke lead after the third round of the State Farm Classic in Illinois. Kerr entered the day four shots behind Christina Kim but showed the youngster that Tour veterans must never be underestimated." }

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