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{ "text": "Judge declines to dismiss BALCO case A federal judge said Wednesday that she would not immediately dismiss charges against four men accused of distributing steroids to top athletes." }

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{ "text": "Sluman shoots course-mark 62 Consistency was the key to Jeff Sluman #39;s record-breaking round on Thursday on the difficult Copperhead Course at the Westin Innisbrook Resort." }

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{ "text": "Pinochet is ordered to stand trial for murder Augusto Pinochet, the former Chilean dictator, was ordered under house arrest yesterday, charged with kidnapping and murder dating back to his 17-year rule." }

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{ "text": "News: FBI seizes computers in first-ever criminal action against P2P network The Associated Press By Curt Anderson" }

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{ "text": "Verizon unveils wireless retriever Cell phone contacts find their way into new phones for \\$1.99 a month--without the thumb strain." }

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{ "text": "Fed #39;s Pianalto upbeat on growth, inflation WASHINGTON : The Federal Reserve #39;s policy of gradual interest rate hikes is a sign the US economy does not need the stimulus that low rates supply, according to Cleveland Fed president Sandra Pianalto." }

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{ "text": "Iran to cease negotiations with EU in case of dead end A top Iranian official said Sunday that Iran would withdraw from the negotiations with the European Union (EU) if the upcoming talks in Brussels turned into a dead-end, the official IRNA news agency reported." }

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{ "text": "Europe Take Charge at Oakland Hills BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Michigan (Reuters) - Colin Montgomerie inspired an early charge by holders Europe as they led the United States in three of the four opening fourball matches at the 35th Ryder Cup on Friday." }

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{ "text": "Philippines GDP grows 6.3 on strong exports The Philippine economy continued to grow robustly in the third quarter despite rising consumer prices, with the gross domestic product expanding by 6.3 per cent from a year ago " }

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{ "text": "US rules on share options finalised The US on Thursday finalised a new accounting standard that will force companies to subtract the cost of share options from their earnings, a move bitterly opposed by Silicon " }

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{ "text": "US Oil Up Above \\$43, Watches Ivan, OPEC SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.S. oil prices climbed above \\$43 on Monday as energy companies operating in the Gulf of Mexico braced for possible widespread output disruptions from a powerful hurricane and Iraq saw some of the bloodiest violence in weeks." }

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{ "text": "WordPerfect Office 12 - Home Edition Defines Home Productivity <b>...</b> Building on the company #39;s mandate to open the home consumer software market to value-priced alternatives to Microsoft(R) Office, Corel today announced the availability of WordPerfect Office(R) 12 - Home Edition." }

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{ "text": "Candidates Spar on Iraq, Terrorism War President Bush and Democratic challenger John F. Kerry lunged into the final two weeks of the 2004 presidential campaign on Monday by feuding feverishly over the Iraq war and the fight against terrorists." }

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{ "text": "San Diego fiscally sound, mayor says SAN DIEGO - In the wake of another downgrading of San Diego #39;s credit rating, Mayor Dick Murphy today reassured the public that the city is fiscally sound." }

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{ "text": "Microsoft/Sun documents If you #39;re up for some light reading, see the links below for the underlying documents that formed Microsoft #39;s April settlement with Sun Microsystems." }

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{ "text": "Quietly, tide of opinion turns on Chechen war Although discussion of the war has been marginalized, many experts say Russians may not prefer it that way." }

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{ "text": "U.S. Jet Fires at House in Fallujah (AP) AP - An American jet fired a missile at a house where about 10 members of an al-Qaida-linked group were believed to be meeting in the Sunni insurgent stronghold of Fallujah on Friday, police and the U.S. military said. At least three people were killed." }

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{ "text": "3 Giants Contest Fines Over Team Meetings (AP) AP - Three New York Giants have filed complaints with the NFL Players Association after being fined by coach Tom Coughlin for not being \"early enough\" to team meetings." }

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{ "text": "Red Sox Formula Is a Model for Success As the shuffling of players intensifies this off-season, some of the Boston Red Sox' pictures will come down. The champions will have to change." }

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{ "text": "Microsoft closes Hotmail to Outlook and Outlook Express users From today, new users of Microsoft #39;s Outlook and Outlook Express won #39;t be able to view Hotmail emails for free. The company has announced that in future the service will only be available to subscribers of the MSN premium services costing \\$19." }

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{ "text": "Rebels use late TD to top Gamecocks COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Ethan Flatt found Bill Flowers in the corner of the end zone for a 29-yard touchdown pass with 1:05 left to give Mississippi a 31-28 victory over No. 25 South Carolina yesterday." }

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{ "text": "Online Football: Bruins unable to squeeze past Trojans The UCLA football team had all that it asked for: possession of the ball in the fourth quarter with an opportunity to beat No. 1 USC." }

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{ "text": "Spurs 107, Mavericks 89 Devin Brown sparked a fourth-quarter spurt with two three-point plays and two dunks, helping the San Antonio Spurs beat the Dallas Mavericks 107-89 Monday night to spoil the pseudo-coaching debut of Avery Johnson." }

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{ "text": "Defrocked Priest Gets Suspended Sentence for Marathon Attack A defrocked Irish priest who attacked the leader during yesterdays Olympic marathon was given a one year suspended sentence in Athens today." }

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{ "text": "Foxfire Browser Adoption Accelerating as IE Wains Usage of Microsoft Internet Explorer continues to fall in the United States, dropping 1.09 percentage points to 91.80 percent of the browser market last month, more than triple the rate " }

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{ "text": "Mesic Set to Recapture Croat Presidency (Reuters) Reuters - Croatia's liberal President Stjepan\\Mesic looked set to win a second term in elections on Sunday,\\exit polls released by state television showed." }

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{ "text": "Court rules against state Web-blocking law A Pennsylvania law requiring Internet service providers to block Web sites deemed by the state's prosecuting attorneys to be child pornography has been reversed by a U.S. federal court on free-speech grounds." }

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{ "text": "William Watkins, 78, Recorder of Marine Mammals' Calls, Dies A leading researcher of marine mammal acoustics, William A. Watkins created a database of thousands of underwater calls from more than 70 species." }

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{ "text": "Court Overturns Nigerian Woman's Stoning Sentence (Reuters) Reuters - A young Nigerian mother\\sentenced to death by stoning for having sex outside marriage\\was acquitted and discharged by an Islamic appeals court on\\Thursday." }

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{ "text": "IBM adds midrange server to eServer lineup The new IBM Power5 eServer i5 550 also features higher performance and new virtualization capabilities that allow it to run multiple operating systems at once on separate partitions." }

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{ "text": "Sudanese Decry UN Threat of Sanctions Sudan said Sunday that the UN Security Council #39;s resolution threatening oil sanctions if it failed to end violence in the country #39;s western region of Darfur was unfair " }

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{ "text": "ASEAN to push Australia, New Zealand to sign non-aggression pact (AFP) AFP - Southeast Asian foreign ministers said they would encourage Australia and New Zealand to accede to a non-aggression pact with their 10-nation ASEAN group that South Korea signed." }

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{ "text": "Nova Scotia becomes sixth province, territory to allow same-sex marriages (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - HALIFAX (CP) - Nova Scotia became the sixth province or territory to allow same-sex marriages when the province's Supreme Court ruled Friday that banning such unions is unconstitutional." }

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{ "text": "Utes Pile It On Alex Smith throws for three touchdowns, rushes for two more and finishes with 435 yards of offense, and No. 20 Utah backs up its first preseason ranking with a 41-21 win over Texas A M." }

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{ "text": "No temporary insanity here CLEVELAND -- As he stood on the sideline waiting for the opening kickoff yesterday, Terry Robiskie was excited, but also realistic. The interim coach of the Cleveland Browns knew the score even before the first score had been rung up on his team by the New England Patriots." }

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{ "text": "Wonkette: Blogs force quick action from major media Plus: Row brewing over peer-to-peer ads. News.com Extra" }

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{ "text": "Desktop Search Avalanche Set to Hit Yahoo, Ask Jeeves, and Microsoft all plan to follow Google to the desktop." }

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{ "text": "Rockets' McGrady Puts on Memorable Finish (AP) AP - Tracy McGrady needed only 35 seconds to turn a sure loss into an improbable win and a listless 20-point night into one of the league's most memorable clutch performances." }

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{ "text": "Poll cost us victory - Cech Referee Graham Poll came under renewed fire today as goalkeeper Petr Cech blamed him for costing Chelsea victory at Highbury by allegedly reneging on a promise to blow his whistle before Thierry Henrys free-kick." }

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{ "text": "Muslim Council joins fight for hostage #39;s life Efforts to secure the release of Iraq hostage Ken Bigley are being stepped up as a delegation from the Muslim Council of Britain #39; heads to Baghdad for talks." }

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{ "text": "CVS Profit Slips as Eckerd Expenses Weigh CVS Corp. (CVS.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the No. 2 US drugstore chain, on Thursday reported a lower quarterly profit as it grappled with expenses tied to its recent purchase of Eckerd drug stores from JC Penney Co." }

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{ "text": "Xstrata Makes a Bid for WMC Resources Swiss mining group Xstrata PLC Monday launched a hostile 7.4 billion Australian dollar (US\\$5.8 billion; euro4.4 billion) bid for uranium and copper miner WMC Resources LTD, increasing pressure on the independent Australian miner." }

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{ "text": "Now It's Official: U.S. Growth Slowed WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy slowed more sharply in the second quarter than first thought as oil prices rose and the trade gap swelled, the government said on Friday in a report that confirmed momentum faltered in the spring." }

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{ "text": "Verizon, Bain Near Canada Directory Deal NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc. <A HREF=\"http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=VZ.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote\">VZ.N</A> is near an agreement to sell its Canadian telephone directory business to private equity firm Bain Capital, the New York Post said on Wednesday." }

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{ "text": "Fresh Fighting Shatters Short-Lived Ceasefire Deal Renewed clashes in South Ossetia, which resulted in death of two Georgian soldiers, erupted late on August 17, several hours after the South Ossetian and Georgian officials agreed on ceasefire. As a result Tbilisi has already announced that it will not ..." }

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{ "text": "Report: Glazer soccer bid near Malcolm Glazer, tycoon owner of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, reportedly plans to bid more than \\$1.2-billion to take control of British icon Manchester United, the world #39;s richest soccer team." }

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{ "text": "Cards all hearts Ten outs away from winter, knowing a 105-win magic-carpet ride was about to hit the runway way too soon. Ten outs away from winter, and the St." }

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{ "text": "Holiday-Shopping Season Remains Sluggish (Reuters) Reuters - U.S. shoppers have kept a tight grip\\on their wallets this holiday season with indices on Tuesday\\showing sluggish sales in the second week of the season." }

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{ "text": "Crude Oil Falls as Purmono Says OPEC Can Boost Output Capacity Crude oil fell as OPEC President Purnomo Yusgiantoro said the group may raise its spare production capacity to as much as 2.5 million barrels a day by the end of this year, reducing concern about shortages." }

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{ "text": "New Tungsten Boasts Big Storage PalmOne #39;s Tungsten T5 comes with 256MB of flash memory, so you never risk losing your data. If you #39;re a pack-rat type who likes to keep a lot of data you can #39;t afford to lose on your personal digital assistant, PalmOne has a handheld for you." }

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{ "text": "China's worst floods in a century kill at least 172, injure thousands BEIJING -- China's Sichuan province faced the threat of epidemics yesterday after the worst flooding in a century killed at least 172 people and left scores missing, while water levels at the huge Three Gorges Dam swelled." }

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{ "text": "Ukraine opposition seeks legal changes KIEV -- Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko yesterday pressed for the prime minister's removal from office, dismissal of electoral officials, and new legislation to guard against fraud in a new presidential runoff, warning that his supporters would continue to blockade government offices until outgoing President Leonid D. Kuchma meets those demands." }

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{ "text": "Timing Of Indian Move In Kashmir Vital: Pak Paper Islamabad, Nov. 16 (NNN): Pakistans leading newspaper, Dawn, finds the timing of the Indian announcement on reduction of troops in Kashmir as significance." }

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{ "text": "Kroger Profit Falls, Warns on Sales NEW YORK (Reuters) - Kroger Co. on Tuesday posted a 25 percent drop in quarterly profit and warned it may not reach its sales target for the year, sending shares of the top U.S. grocer down as it grapples with lingering fallout from a strike in Southern California." }

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{ "text": "Iraq #39;s Sunni-Shiite tension rising The killing of two Sunni clerics earlier this week could be part of a slide toward sectarian civil war, analysts say. By Howard LaFranchi Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor." }

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{ "text": "Court bars MCI from making payments A federal court Wednesday barred No. 2 US long-distance carrier MCI Inc. from making further payments to cover more than \\$25 million in unauthorized expenses related to bankruptcy of predecessor WorldCom." }

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{ "text": "Markets Celebrate Bush Victory Wall Street threw a victory rally for President Bush today, driving up the entire market -- especially the stocks that investors believe will benefit from even more dominant Republican control of the federal government." }

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{ "text": "Update 1: Philippine Shares End Up 0.7 Percent Philippine shares finished higher for the seventh straight session Thursday on follow-through buying anchored by improved investor sentiment, traders said." }

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{ "text": "HP Hugs JBoss Tighter HP (Quote, Chart) deepened its relationship with open source software concern JBoss, agreeing to become a major source of support for its application server and Linux." }

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{ "text": "Monsanto Says Justice Dept Closes Inquiry NEW YORK (Reuters) - Monsanto Co. <A HREF=\"http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=MON.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote\">MON.N</A> on Wednesday said the U.S. Justice Department has closed an inquiry into potential antitrust issues regarding a key ingredient used in its Roundup herbicide." }

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{ "text": "Knee Injury Sidelines Chiefs' Holmes (AP) AP - Kansas City Chiefs star running back Priest Holmes will miss the rest of the season with a knee injury." }

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{ "text": "Lehman relishes chance to halt US slide AFTER being named as the 2006 US Ryder Cup team captain by the PGA of America at a press conference in Florida last night, Tom Lehman insisted he saw the chance to halt Americas recent dismal showing in the biennial match with Europe as an opportunity " }

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{ "text": "Jury Can Hear of Kobe Accuser's Sex Life (AP) AP - Prosecutors suffered another setback Monday in the Kobe Bryant sexual assault case, losing a last-ditch attempt to keep the NBA star's lawyers from telling jurors about the alleged victim's sex life." }

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{ "text": "The Crusade Against Evolution In the beginning there was Darwin. And then there was intelligent design. How the next generation of 'creation science' is invading America's classrooms. By Evan Ratliff from Wired magazine." }

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{ "text": "Optimism Drives Google Shares to New Highs (Reuters) Reuters - Stock of Google Inc. powered\\to new highs on Friday, buoyed by the web search leader's new\\products and growth prospects, which complement its recent\\strong financial results, analysts said." }

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{ "text": "Arsenal matches record of 42 league games without a loss on Sunday Arsenal rallied for three second-half goals in 11 minutes on Sunday to beat Middlesbrough 5-3, matching a 25-year-old record of 42 league games without a loss in the top-flight of English soccer." }

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{ "text": "Israel levels new accusations against Syria Without acknowledging responsibility for the car-bombing death of a Hamas activist in Syria, Israeli Deputy Defense Minister Zeev Boim yesterday issued a toughly worded " }

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{ "text": "Clashes in Baghdad Slum Kill 22 Iraqis, U.S. Soldier BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi fighters battled U.S. troops in a Baghdad slum district Tuesday, raising the death toll to 22 Iraqis and one U.S. soldier and threatening to wreck a cease-fire called by rebel Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr." }

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{ "text": "Nebraska Player Charged With Assault An arrest warrant was issued Friday, Nov. 19, 2004, for Nebraska offensive lineman Darren DeLone, shown in this undated handout photo." }

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{ "text": "Italian PM #39;s transplant confirmed After days of speculation sparked by the white bandanna worn by Mr Berlusconi on holiday in Sardinia, Piero Rosati said the results of the operation would show in a couple of months." }

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{ "text": "United Airlines Seeks Staff Concessions NEW YORK (Reuters) - United Airlines is expected to ask a bankruptcy judge to let it extract new concessions worth \\$725 million a year from employees as it seeks to reorganize, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing unnamed sources." }

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{ "text": "PeopleSoft CEO Ousted for #39;Situational Ethics #39; AccountingWEB.com - October 06, 2004 - The opening of a trial related to Oracle #39;s takeover bid of PeopleSoft featured the revelation that CEO Craig Conway was fired last week for making misleading statements about PeopleSoft #39;s sales." }

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{ "text": "Nuggets Knock Off Hornets 76-67 (AP) AP - Earl Boykins scored 22 points to help the Denver Nuggets overcome the absence of Carmelo Anthony and defeat the New Orleans Hornets 76-67 on Monday night." }

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{ "text": "AL Wrap: Indians, Twins Split Unique Doubleheader NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ben Broussard belted a two-run homer to give the Cleveland Indians a 5-2 win over the Minnesota Twins to salvage a split of a unique doubleheader on the final day of the regular season on Sunday." }

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{ "text": "Climax to show off Avalon to US publishers #39;Project Avalon #39; becomes just plain Avalon; developer will show playable prototype of next-generation shooter to American execs." }

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{ "text": "E. Guinea coup suspects say they were tortured Equatorial Guinea has told a court he and his comrades had been chained like animals and tortured into confessing. and hand-cuffs to plead their innocence on Thursday." }

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{ "text": "Sun previews next version of Java Sun Microsystems on Monday night posted a prerelease, \"snapshot\" version of Java 2 Standard Edition 6.0, code-named Mustang, which represents the next generation of the Java platform." }

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{ "text": "McCline, Byrd say fight won #39;t weigh heavy on friendship Jameel McCline had made a habit of calling heavyweight titleholder Chris Byrd, his good friend, whenever he found out about his next fight in order to hear Byrd #39;s opinion and discuss strategy." }

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{ "text": "Bride of Kazaa Arnold Schwarzenegger married a Kennedy. Michael Jackson married a Presley. And Kazaa married an Internet phone company. Beginning Monday, the latest version of the embattled file sharing companys software " }

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{ "text": "Montgomerie, Woods, Furyk Tied at Target (AP) AP - Colin Montgomerie was thrilled to get an invitation from Tiger Woods to play in his year-end tournament with 15 of the best players in golf. Even better was matching Woods' score." }

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{ "text": "Start-ups are discovering they might have to wait until the timing is right Is the market for initial public offerings open or closed? Few questions loom larger for venture capital firms, which risk money on entrepreneurial companies and look for ''liquidity events quot; that will help them recoup their investments. But more than at any other time in the recent past, the answer may depend on your vantage point." }

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{ "text": "Israel Accelerates Settlement Drive As Sharon Pushes On With Gaza <b>...</b> The Israeli government was accelerating its settlement program Monday with plans to build hundreds of new homes in the West Bank, bolstered by a US softening of opposition to new construction projects." }

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{ "text": "Stelco Loses Contract to Supply GM Steel (Reuters) Reuters - Stelco Inc.\\(STEa.TO) has lost a contract to supply steel to General Motors\\Inc. , its biggest customer, because the insolvent\\Canadian steelmaker failed to strike a deal with its workers,\\the union at Stelco said on Monday." }

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{ "text": "SEC Adopts New Rules for Hedge Funds A deeply divided SEC voted Tuesday to mandate new oversight for hedge funds -- largely unregulated investment pools, traditionally for the wealthy, that have become popular with small investors." }

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{ "text": "Service Sector Hit By High Oil Costs Confidence in service firms has been hit by rising oil prices and interest rates but manufacturers have seen the best rate of orders for nine years, two surveys show." }

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{ "text": "China move on textile exports gets cautious response The US and the European Union responded cautiously yesterday to China #39;s surprise undertaking to impose duties on some textile exports, a step it said was designed to ensure a quot;smooth " }

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{ "text": "Will there be peace in Great Lakes region? To coordinate and cooperate or not to, that is where the rub is, and that is the key issue when it comes to answering the question whether there will be peace in the Great Lakes region." }

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{ "text": "Baseball-Red Sox on Brink of World Series Victory ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - Pedro Martinez pitched seven shutout innings and Manny Ramirez hit a home run as the Boston Red Sox beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-1 Tuesday, moving to the brink of their first World Series title since 1918." }

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{ "text": "Source: Dolphins, Bears on Verge of Deal (AP) AP - The Chicago Bears agreed Saturday to trade receiver Marty Booker to the Miami Dolphins for unsigned Adewale Ogunleye #151; if the Bears can reach a contract agreement with the Pro Bowl defensive end, a source close to the negotiations said." }

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{ "text": "Microsoft signs two Indian deals The announcement came as Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer opened the group #39;s new Indian headquarters in the city of Hyderabad." }

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{ "text": "National Guard HQ attacked near Baghdad A mortar attack on an Iraqi National Guard headquarters north of Baghdad killed at least four National Guards and injured 80 others, officials said Tuesday." }

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{ "text": "Fusion reactor decision must wait Six nations planning to build the world's biggest nuclear fusion reactor fail to agree where to site the facility." }

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{ "text": "President terms Farooqi #39;s death big achievement THE HAGUE: President General Pervez Musharraf Monday described the killing of Amjad Farooqi as big achievement by security forces and said quot;important terrorist has been eliminated." }

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{ "text": "Bush Selects E.P.A. Head to Be Secretary of Health With the selection of Michael O. Leavitt, a former governor of Utah, the shape of the cabinet in President Bush's second term has become clear." }

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{ "text": "Study: VoIP to proliferate in U.S. households The number of homes using Net telephony should reach 12 million by 2009, but existing VoIP players could face hurdles." }

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{ "text": "Big Dig no roadblock Huge cost overruns. Tunnel leaks. Multimillion-dollar lawsuits. Big trouble for the companies managing Boston's Big Dig? Not really." }

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{ "text": "CBI calls for cuts in spending to reduce borrowing GORDON BROWN faces a new warning today that he will have to raise taxes by 7 billion or cut swaths of government spending if Labour wins next years general election." }

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{ "text": "3 Egyptian soldiers killed in Israeli error JERUSALEM -- Israeli troops mistook three Egyptian police officers for Palestinian militants and shot them dead yesterday along the Gaza Strip's border with Egypt, increasing tensions between the neighbors." }

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{ "text": "Ichiro with 260 hits, Writes First New Chapter in 84 Years Japans quot;Baseball talent quot; Suzuki Ichiro (31,Seattle Mariners) has leapfrogged 84 years of outdated records of most hits in a season and stepped into the 260-hit peak." }

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{ "text": "Piller Out for Months After Arm Surgery (AP) AP - Titans guard Zach Piller might miss the rest of the season after having surgery to repair his ruptured left biceps." }

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