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{ "text": "Auction for Yukos core set for Dec. 19 A planned sale of Russian energy giant Yukos #39; main asset has become clouded by confusion over the price, the participants and the legality of the sale." }

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{ "text": "Orange Crush Bears Sixth-ranked Syracuse scores the first 24 points of the game and cruises to a 104-54 victory over Northern Colorado on Thursday night in the first round of the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic." }

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{ "text": "Junqueira beats Bourdais to take Lexmark Indy 300 The race for the Champ Car drivers #39; title is going to Mexico City in two weeks. Bruno Junqueira won yesterday #39;s Lexmark Indy 300 ahead of teammate Sebastien Bourdais, stalling Bourdais #39; run to the 2004 championship " }

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{ "text": "Report: Bowa on His Way Out of Philly PHILADELPHIA (Sports Network) - Larry Bowa will reportedly be fired as manager of the Philadelphia Phillies at the end of the season." }

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{ "text": "Quick end to US election crucial US President George W. Bush is on the verge of a re-election victory, but Democratic challenger John Kerry is not conceding defeat, at least not now." }

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{ "text": "Ballesteros Hoping to Play Full Season Next Year MADRID (Reuters) - Severiano Ballesteros said on Friday he has made such a dramatic recovery from his back problems that he hopes to play a full season next year on both sides of the Atlantic." }

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{ "text": "Twists give Game 3 added weight NEW YORK -- The nature of this American League Championship Series fundamentally changed when it turned out that the supposed ankle tendinitis suffered by Curt Schilling was actually a displaced ankle tendon." }

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{ "text": "England job remains full-time THE Football Association yesterday insisted it has no plans to reduce the England coach #39;s job to a part-time position. A report in the Daily Mirror claimed the FA was considering appointing a Premiership boss " }

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{ "text": "Do-not-call bill could be introduced today The federal government hopes to introduce legislation today to establish a do-not-call registry for consumers who want to stop endless telemarketing pitches." }

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{ "text": "McDOWELL SUCCEEDS WHERE AMERICANS FAIL Nobody and nothing could overshadow Colin Montgomerie last week, but Ulsterman Graeme McDowell was doing it at Woburn again today." }

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{ "text": "Ravens Star Jamal Lewis Pleads Guilty to Drug Charge (Reuters) Reuters - Baltimore Ravens football star Jamal\\Lewis pleaded guilty on Thursday to using a cell phone to try\\to broker a cocaine deal, avoiding more serious federal drug\\charges that could have sent him to prison for life." }

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{ "text": "Orion Debuts Cluster Workstation Orion Multisystems, a new company founded by former Transmeta (Quote, Chart) executives, debuted a family of workstations Monday that think and act like a cluster of servers." }

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{ "text": "USC Releases Stewart From Scholarship (AP) AP - Southern California point guard Rodrick Stewart was granted a release from his basketball scholarship Friday." }

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{ "text": "Microsoft corrals changes for Longhorn With SP2 out the door, Microsoft turns sights to Longhorn--which won't look quite as expected." }

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{ "text": "Rules for Overtime Pay To Take Effect Monday Employers and workers are confused by eligibility and classification of the new regulations." }

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{ "text": "What Do Women Want in a Presidential Candidate? (Reuters) Reuters - Tammy Hough is a life-long\\Republican, a socially conservative stay-at-home mother and a\\woman who puts American security as a top priority, so many\\pundits see her vote as an easy one for President Bush. But\\she's not so sure." }

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{ "text": "Security company warning of vulnerabilities in Windows XP SP2 A US security company is warning that it has found ten #39;serious #39; vulnerabilities in Windows XP systems with SP2 installed." }

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{ "text": "Activist's Daughter Speaks Against Castro (AP) AP - Her political activist father is her hero and Sayli Navarro wants to follow in his footsteps #151; at any cost. The soft-spoken, articulate teenager was just 6 when her father went to prison the first time, for posting signs reading \"Down with Fidel.\"" }

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{ "text": "Sex toys find niche market in church-influenced Philippines (AFP) AFP - In this predominantly Roman Catholic country where prostitution is illegal and the church still wields considerable influence on the nation's morals, it is a brave person who goes into business selling sex toys." }

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{ "text": "Africa fights AIDS with girl power A bill is currently in Uganda's parliament that would strengthen women's rights." }

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{ "text": "Putin Visits Chechnya Ahead of Election (AP) AP - Russian President Vladimir Putin made an unannounced visit to Chechnya on Sunday, laying flowers at the grave of the war-ravaged region's assassinated president a week before elections for a new leader." }

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{ "text": "Pickup in US insurance sector sends stocks surging despite higher <b>...</b> TORONTO (CP) - A rally in the insurance sector helped take stock markets up sharply - and drove New York #39;s blue chip index to a triple-digit runup - despite higher oil prices and a further slowdown in US consumer confidence." }

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{ "text": "China cracks down on quot;phone sex quot; services BEIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- China is carrying out a nationwide campaign to crack down on quot;phone sex quot; services, paralleling another sweeping operation against Internet pornography, Minister of Information Industry Wang Xudong said here Tuesday. " }

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{ "text": "Federal CISOs Rank Patch Management As Biggest Obstacle Survey by Intelligent Decisions indicates that patch management leaves less time for chief information security officers to work on improving overall security." }

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{ "text": "US not to free female scientists : With time running out to save a British hostage in Iraq, US officials said today they were not about to free female Iraqi prisoners as demanded by an al Qaida ally whose group has already beheaded two Americans." }

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{ "text": "Earthquake Rocks Indonesia's Bali, One Dead-Radio JAKARTA (Reuters) - An earthquake rocked Indonesia's premier tourist island of Bali on Wednesday, killing one person and injuring at least two, El Shinta radio reported, quoting hospital officials." }

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{ "text": "Juniper Takes A Nip Out Of Cisco (BusinessWeek Online) BusinessWeek Online - Had Scott G. Kriens stayed at StrataCom Inc. for a few more weeks in 1996, he would have ended up working for fast-rising networking star Cisco Systems Inc. , which bought StrataCom that April. But rather than take a ride on the Cisco rocketship, Kriens left to run tiny Juniper Networks Inc. Now, Kriens and Juniper are the highfliers. Over the past year, Juniper has handed its Silicon Valley neighbor a string of defeats in the market for gear used to shuttle e-mail, videos, and Internet phone calls between cities and continents. ..." }

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{ "text": "Ford Sales Fall, Chrysler Posts Gain DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co. <A HREF=\"http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=F.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote\">F.N</A> on Wednesday reported its sixth straight month of weaker vehicle sales, prompting the second-largest U.S. automaker to further cut production of cars and trucks, while Chrysler posted another sales gain." }

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{ "text": "Personal Tech Fast Forward columnist Rob Pegoraro discusses his latest column on Windows Media Player 10 and answer your personal tech questions." }

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{ "text": "Nalbandian Is Stunned at the Chica Open BEIJING (Reuters) - Resurgent Finn Jarkko Nieminen overpowered David Nalbandian 6-2, 2-6, 6-2 at the China Open on Friday as the seeds continued to tumble in Beijing." }

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{ "text": "In the end, goofs sink Jays TORONTO -- All the early miscues belonged to the Oakland Athletics but the ones that mattered the most, in the eighth and ninth innings, were made by the Toronto Blue Jays." }

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{ "text": "Chelsea 1-0 West Ham Mateja Kezman finally broke his Chelsea goal duck with the winner against a spirited West Ham in the Carling Cup. The striker was making his 13th outing for Chelsea and he arrowed in a second half shot past keeper James Walker." }

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{ "text": "Sign off, then sign in G. Michael Caggiano Jr. lies awake at night thinking about bank signs. He ponders them during breakfast, while brushing his teeth, and quot;constantly quot; during the day, he says." }

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{ "text": "Europeans hail latest data from Mars The European Space Agency says data collected by its probe, Mars Express, has provided new evidence in the search for life on Mars." }

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{ "text": "Nike founder steps down Nike boss Phil Knight last night announced his decision to step down as chief executive of the footwear company he helped found 42 years ago." }

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{ "text": "IMF: Global financial markets stronger, more resilient Global financial markets are stronger and more resilient than at any time since the stock market bubble burst in the late 1990s, the International Monetary Fund said Wednesday." }

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{ "text": "Lions career sack leader Porcher retires ALLEN PARK, Mich. - Robert Porcher finally couldn #39;t take standing on the sidelines any more. Porcher, the Detroit Lions #39; career sack leader, retired Monday, ending a frustrating season and a 13-year career." }

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{ "text": "Amazon Snaps Up China's Largest Web Retailer (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) has said it will buy Joyo.com Limited -- a British Virgin Islands company that operates the largest Internet retail Web site in China -- for US #36;75 million." }

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{ "text": "Best Software overhauls Act Best Softwarelaunched this week an overhaul of its Act contact management software, adding to the product line a second version with more scalability and advanced functionality." }

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{ "text": "Red Hat opens office in China The Linux firm said it will be collaborating with Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel and Oracle, as well as with Chinese companies." }

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{ "text": "AMD Launches Low-Cost Web Device Advanced Micro Devices is launching a low-cost Internet access device dubbed quot;PIC, quot; or personal Internet communicator, targeted at first-time computer users in the developing world." }

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{ "text": "Microsoft #39;s big fix: Security patch now on the market For the past few years, viruses have attacked Microsoft #39;s operating system, Web browser or e-mail programs seemingly on a weekly basis." }

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{ "text": "Hamas military chief killed GAZA CITY: One of the leaders of Hamas #39; military wing was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City early today, a Hamas spokesman said." }

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{ "text": "U.S. Alone Among Allies in Centralizing Spy Powers BERLIN (Reuters) - By creating a new, all-powerful director of national intelligence, the United States departs radically from the practice in most of its Western allies where spymasters shun the public gaze and work by committee." }

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{ "text": "Internet Ad Revenues Jump 40 Percent Internet advertising revenues jumped 40 percent in the first half of this year, driven largely by the growing popularity of keyword ads tied to search results." }

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{ "text": "Angels Rally Past A's to Clinch AL West Crown (Reuters) Reuters - Garret Anderson capped a three-run\\eighth inning rally with a run-scoring single as the Anaheim\\Angels edged the Oakland Athletics 5-4 Saturday to capture\\their first AL West pennant in 18 years." }

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{ "text": "Immigrants settled in big cities, but less likely to find work: StatsCan (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) - Most of the nearly two million immigrants who arrived in Canada during the 1990s settled in one of the country's 27 census metropolitan areas, but still found it harder to find work than natural-born citizens, Statistics Canada reported Wednesday." }

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{ "text": "GM pulls Guy Ritchie car ad after protest Protests from seven safety groups have prompted General Motors to pull a television ad that shows a young boy driving a Corvette sports car so recklessly that it goes airborne, officials of the automaker say." }

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{ "text": "Police, Peddlers Clash in Venezuelan City (AP) AP - Police and National Guard troops fired tear gas and plastic bullets at crowds of angry street vendors in Venezuela's capital Wednesday as officers tried to remove merchants from zones where they are barred from selling their wares." }

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{ "text": "Rapidly expanding Vietnam Airlines ready to take on America HANOI : Yesterday Vietnam, today Asia, tomorrow the United States: Vietnam Airlines has expanded to the point where it is even eyeing the huge American market, a move which would have been unthinkable not long ago." }

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{ "text": "Chambers: Cisco, Fujitsu Team On Japan Networking; 2005 Product <b>...</b> Land of the rising routers. Cisco Systems (nasdaq: CSCO - news - people ) and Fujitsu (otc: FJTSY - news - people ) will join forces to develop high-end routers for Internet networks in Japan." }

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{ "text": "Israel Says Will Scale Back Gaza Offensive JABALYA REFUGEE CAMP, Gaza Strip (Reuters) - Israel said on Friday it was easing a crushing offensive that has killed more than 100 Palestinians since tanks rumbled into northern Gaza 16 days ago to stop cross-border rocket attacks." }

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{ "text": "Drew Out of Braves' Lineup After Injury (AP) AP - Outfielder J.D. Drew missed the Atlanta Braves' game against the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday night with a sore right quadriceps." }

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{ "text": "Coulthard secures Red Bull seat Coulthard, whose McLaren contract expires at the end of this year, tested with the Austrian-owned team in Spain recently, easily outpacing Red Bull hopefuls Christian Klien and Vitantonio Liuzzi." }

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{ "text": "Planned Grand Canyon Flood Seeks to Reverse Erosion Description: Researchers flooded the Colorado River last week, in an attempt to reverse erosion in the Grand Canyon. NPR #39;s Liane Hansen speaks to Denny Fenn, director of the Southwest Biological Science Center, about the experiment #39;s preliminary findings." }

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{ "text": "Hawks soar over Blue Stars The Division 4 Super Bowl last night featured two teams coming off 180-degree turnarounds." }

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{ "text": "Sudan backtracks on aid workers Sudan reverses its decision to expel Oxfam and Save the Children's local heads, accused of political meddling." }

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{ "text": "Huskies trip up Pitt Connecticut linebacker Alfred Fincher matched his career high with 17 tackles and helped the Huskies secure their first Big East win as a conference member " }

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{ "text": "FACTBOX-US Fed policymakers #39; recent comments The Federal Reserve is widely expected to raise the federal funds rate at its policy meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 21, despite recent mixed economic news." }

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{ "text": "Enron probe turns focus to 1.3 mn stock sale by Lay #39;s wife : Houston, Nov 17 : US authorities are probing if Linda, wife of ex-Enron Chairman Ken Lay, acted improperly when she had their family foundation sell 1.3 million Enron stocks just days before the energy giant #39;s bankruptcy." }

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{ "text": "Steep rise in Haiti storm deaths The number of deaths from floods in Haiti caused by tropical storm Jeanne has risen sharply to 1,970, with 884 still missing, officials say." }

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{ "text": "So you think you get a lot of e-mail SINGAPORE -- If you didnt think anybody else could possibly get any more spam than you, then think of Bill Gates. The Microsoft Corp." }

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{ "text": "Sirius counting Stern boost Howard Stern #39;s planned defection is a tremendous coup for the emerging satellite radio industry and a setback for the already slumping field of traditional radio -- especially Viacom, which " }

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{ "text": "United without key pair Keane was not with the squad flying out to the Czech capital after contracting a virus and Ferdinand, who would almost certainly have skippered United in the Irishmans absence, was due to attend his grandmothers funeral." }

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{ "text": "Update 1: Negotiators Meet at WTO for Farm Talks Negotiators met Friday at the World Trade Organization for formal farm talks, capping a weeklong series of informal discussions on ways to reach a wider-ranging liberalization accord by the end of 2005." }

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{ "text": "Bofra Worm Spreads by Banner Ads Attacks exploit IE flaw, and allow attacker to gain complete control of your PC." }

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{ "text": "Mounties left in dark by U.S. on deportation of Syrian-born Canadian (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) - The Mounties provided information on Maher Arar to American authorities but were left in the dark when the U.S. deported the Canadian citizen to Syria, newly released documents show." }

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{ "text": "Spurs 88, 76ers 80 The Philadelphia 76ers got a firsthand demonstration of why Tim Duncan might be the toughest player in the NBA to defend. Duncan scored a season-high 34 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to lead the Spurs to " }

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{ "text": "German investor confidence slumped in September BERLIN - German investor confidence dropped sharply in September, a key economic indicator released Tuesday showed amid concerns about the impact of high oil prices on consumer demand and the outlook for the global economy." }

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{ "text": "Tributes flood in for Nicholson Former Tottenham captain Dave Mackay has led the tributes to legendary former Spurs manager Bill Nicholson, who passed away on Saturday aged 85." }

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{ "text": "Cambodia Prince Moves Closer to Throne (AP) AP - The son of King Norodom Sihanouk moved closer Monday to becoming Cambodia's new monarch after legal hurdles were cleared in the complicated succession process triggered by the surprise abdication of his father last week." }

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{ "text": "NCAA Wrong To Close Book On Williams Top-ranked and defending co-national champion USC opens its season tonight against Virginia Tech. Tampa #39;s Mike Williams, the best football player not in the NFL - now officially the best college football player " }

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{ "text": "This silence can't be golden What does Larry Bird think of Ron Artest's recent sabbatical? He's not saying. But given that this was a guy who came out of traction to play a game, we can pretty much assume what he has said behind closed doors." }

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{ "text": "Football: Spanish FA apologises The Spanish FA apologises to its English counterparts following racist chanting." }

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{ "text": "Mauresmo Rallies to Take Advanta Title NEW YORK (Reuters) - Top seed Amelie Mauresmo rallied to beat Russia's sixth-seeded Vera Zvonareva 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 to complete a successful defense of her Advanta championship title in Philadelphia on Sunday." }

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{ "text": "Sudan remains defiant as time starts to run out BRITAIN has warned Sudan that it still has a lot of work to do to satisfy the international community that it is tackling what the United Nations has described as the worlds worst humanitarian crisis." }

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{ "text": "Tacoma weathers ERP and CRM 'perfect storm' Problems with a \\$50 million-plus rollout of SAP's ERP, CRM and other business apps in the city of Tacoma, Wash., have generated a storm of end-user complaints, bad press and a call for an independent audit of the situation." }

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{ "text": "Taiwan Acknowledges Minister #39;s Improper Wording #39; on Singapore Taiwan Foreign Minister Chen Tan- sun, who dismissed Singapore as a country the size of a booger, #39; #39; regretted his improper wording, #39; #39; said Foreign Ministry spokesman Michel Lu." }

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{ "text": "Everton goes second with derby win Liverpool, England (Sports Network) - Everton moved up to second place in the Premiership Saturday with a 1-0 win over arch-rival Liverpool at Goodison Park." }

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{ "text": "Parts pinch shuts down Ford plant Workers at the Ford plant in Hapeville are getting a second unexpected day off during the dog days of summer. The company has stopped assembly-line production at the plant today because of a continued parts shortage, a Ford official said." }

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{ "text": "10 O'Clock News goes interactive BBC One's 10 O'Clock News is launching the first interactive news television bulletin on Tuesday." }

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{ "text": "Industry Report: Dec. 6, 2004 With a raft of new products ready to roll out over the next few years, Ford Motor Co. is setting big growth goals for its long-troubled Lincoln Mercury division." }

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{ "text": "Serena takes China title Serena Williams got back to winning ways with victory over US Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova in the final of the China Open on Sunday." }

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{ "text": "Cast-aside candidates grab onto Sox coattails By Raphael Lewis and Benjamin Gedan, Globe Staff and Globe Correspondent October 31, 2004. Republican state Senate candidate Rod Jane of Westborough woke up yesterday with a plan to grab some attention from " }

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{ "text": "CARE Official Kidnapped in Baghdad Margaret Hassan, said to be a British-born Iraqi national, the director of CARE International #39;s operation in Iraq is seen in this image made from video footage made on May 20, 2003." }

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{ "text": "Swimming: Phelps eases into world short course 200 free final INDIANAPOLIS, United States : Athens Olympic star Michael Phelps made a relatively relaxed start on the first day of the seventh World Short Course Swim Championship, qualifying second for the 200m freestyle final." }

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{ "text": "Libya hosts #39;mini-summit #39; on Sudan #39;s Darfur conflict TRIPOLI, Libya: Libya confirmed that the leaders of Sudan, Egypt, Chad and Nigeria would join Moammar Gadhafi for a quot;mini-summit #39; #39; Sunday on Sudan #39;s Darfur region, which the United Nations calls the world #39;s worst humanitarian crisis." }

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{ "text": "Unisys to lay off 1,400 workers Unisys Corp. plans to cut 1,400 jobs, primarily in general and administrative areas, and consolidate its office space worldwide, it announced Wednesday. The cuts represent 3.8 percent of the company's staff of 37,000." }

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{ "text": "Sex Toy Shuts Down Australian Airport A scare triggered by a vibrating sex toy shut down a major Australian regional airport for almost an hour on Monday. The vibrating object was discovered on Monday morning inside a garbage can at the terminal " }

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{ "text": "Australia #39;living beyond its means #39; Environmental organisation WWF International has warned that the global population is consuming about 20 per cent more natural resources than the planet can produce." }

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{ "text": "Sid Meier #39;s Pirates! sets sail The fourth-quarter deluge of top-quality games continued today, with Atari announcing that Sid Meier #39;s Pirates! had shipped to stores." }

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{ "text": "Microsoft prepares to ship new corporate IM server A little over a year after introducing the first version of Office Live Communications Server, Microsoft Corp. in December plans to release the next version of its enterprise instant messaging software, it said Monday." }

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{ "text": "Alcoa Warns Earnings to Miss Forecasts (Reuters) Reuters - Alcoa Inc. , the world's largest\\aluminum producer, on Thursday warned that third-quarter\\results would fall far short of Wall Street expectations, hurt\\by plant shutdowns, restructuring costs and weakness in some\\markets." }

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{ "text": "49ERS NOTEBOOK Fumbling holiday-party plans If you think you are having trouble with your holiday party, check out the 49ers. The 49ers planned to have theirs Friday at a hotel near where the team stays the night before games, but coaches and their " }

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{ "text": "A.I.G. Will Accept Monitor and Pay \\$80 Million to Close Inquiries The insurance company has agreed to pay about \\$80 million to settle investigations into insurance sales that were used by companies to manipulate their earnings." }

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{ "text": "Microsoft Will Replace Fake Copies of XP U.K. users will be able to replace pirated versions of Windows that they have purchased." }

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{ "text": "Spammers strike back at Lycos In launching Make Love Not Spam Lycos this week started a controversial bid to battle unsolicited messages through a custom-designed website." }

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{ "text": "Companies Moving Cautiously on Microsoft #39;s SP2 Update quot;Whether companies roll out Windows XP immediately or replace their older operating systems with Windows XP when purchasing new PCs, companies now have to ensure XP SP2 compliancy by determining " }

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{ "text": "SAP Awarded \\$35 Million Postal Service Contract The postal service, which employs more than a third of the civilian employees of the federal government, chose SAP after a multi-year evaluation, it said." }

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{ "text": "World #39;s tallest bridge opens in France A bridge officially designated the tallest in the world was inaugurated by President Jacques Chirac in southern France on Tuesday - a stunning feat of engineering that will carry motorists at 270m above the valley of the river Tarn." }

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