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Dixon was otherwise the a class of the a field at Pikes Peak International Raceway.
Scott Dixon eventually made winning the Honda Indy 225 look easy Sunday at Pikes Peak International Raceway.
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By Sunday a night, the fires had blackened 277,000 acres, hundreds of miles apart.
Major fires had burned 264,000 acres by early last a night.
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U.S. forces struck dozens of targets on Monday, killing six guerrillas and arresting 21 others, the a military said.
U.S. forces struck dozens of targets on Monday, killing six guerrillas and arresting 99 others during 1,729 patrols and 25 raids conducted over 24 hours.
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They came despite what BA called a "difficult a quarter", which it said included unofficial industrial a action at Heathrow.
BA said the second a quarter, which included unofficial industrial a action at Heathrow, had been difficult.
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The a author is one of several a defense experts expected to testify.
Spitz is expected to testify later for the a defense.
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The two-a year a note US2YT=RR fell 5/32 in a price, taking its a yield to 1.23 a percent from 1.16 a percent late on Monday.
The benchmark 10-year a note US10YT=RR lost 11/32 in a price, taking its a yield to 3.21 a percent from 3.17 a percent late on Monday.
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As a part of a restructuring Peregrine sold its Remedy help desk a software a unit last a year to BMC Software Inc.
Peregrine sold its Remedy a business a unit to BMC Software in November for $355 million.
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A Part of the a accord was the a implementation of a special a health a council that would monitor a health a spending and a progress in reforming the a health a system.
A key a portion of the a accord was the a implementation of a special a council to monitor a health a spending, set goals for the a system and a measure a progress in reforming a health a care.
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Shares in BA were down 1.5 a percent at 168 pence by 1420 GMT, off a a low of 164p, in a slightly stronger overall London a market.
Shares in BA were down three a percent at 165-1/4 a pence by 0933 GMT, off a a low of 164 pence, in a stronger a market.
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The companies, Chiron and Aventis Pasteur, together made about 80 million doses of the injected a vaccine, which ordinarily would have been enough to meet U.S. a demand.
Chiron and Aventis Pasteur together made about 80 million doses, ordinarily enough for U.S. a demand, The Associated Press reported.
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Investigators uncovered a 4-inch a bone a fragment from beneath the concrete a slab Thursday, but it turned out to be an a animal a bone, authorities said.
Investigators uncovered a 4-inch a bone a fragment Thursday a night, but authorities said it was from an a animal.
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Joining Stern and McEntee on a stage was International Union of Painters and Allied Trades President James Williams.
The International Union of Painters and Allied Trades endorsed Mr Dean several weeks ago.
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The Winston-Salem, North Carolina a company opened six stores during the a quarter, bringing the a total to 282.
Six new Krispy Kreme stores were opened in the first a quarter, bringing the total a number of stores to 282.
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The a report also claims that there will be up to 9.3 million visitors to hot spots this a year, up again from the meagre 2.5 million in 2002.
There will be 9.3 million visitors to hot spots in 2003, up from 2.5 million in 2002, Gartner said.
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Families stuck on the a highway remained in their cars, and used their a cell phones to call home.
Families stuck on the a highway were being urged to remain in their cars, and to use their a cell phones only in a case of a emergency.
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Orange shares jumped as much as 15 a percent.
France Telecom shares dropped 3.6 a percent while Orange surged 13 a percent.
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A a search for three missing teenagers uncovered at least two bodies buried beneath freshly poured a concrete in the a basement of a a house, authorities said Wednesday.
Authorities performed an autopsy Thursday on one of three bodies recovered from beneath a a layer of freshly poured a concrete in the a basement of a northwest Indiana a home.
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Beleaguered a telecommunications gear a maker Lucent Technologies is being investigated by two federal agencies for possible violations of U.S. a bribery laws in its operations in Saudi Arabia.
Two federal agencies are investigating telecommunications a gear a maker Lucent Technologies for possible violations of U.S. a bribery laws in its operations in Saudi Arabia.
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He claimed Red Hat and the Free Software Foundation with trying to undermine U.S. a copyright and a patent a law.
In his a letter, McBride charges the Free Software Foundation and Red Hat with trying to undermine U.S. a copyright laws.
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Police then called a a bomb a squad, but the a device exploded, killing Wells, before a bomb technicians arrived.
While waiting for a a bomb a squad to arrive, the a bomb exploded, killing Wells.
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At 12 months there was still a a difference in a function, although it was not a significant one.
At 12 months, there was still a a difference between the groups, but it was not considered significant.
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The Standard & Poor's 500 Index slipped 4.77, or 0.5 a percent, to 929.62.
The broad Standard & Poor's 500 Index a .SPX shed 0.17 of a a point, or just 0.02 a percent, to 934.
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.7 per a cent to 9,547.43 while the S&P 500 was 0.8 per a cent weaker at 1,025.79.
The Dow Jones industrial a average <.DJI> fell 44 points, or 0.46 a percent, to 9,568.
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A School officials said Van-Vliet reported the a accident using the a bus’ a radio.
Van-Vliet, who was also injured, called in the a accident on the a school a bus a radio.
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Board Chancellor Robert Bennett declined to comment on personnel matters Tuesday.
Mr. Mills declined to comment a yesterday, saying that he never discussed personnel matters.
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Its former chief Mickey Robinson was fired for a cause when he left in September, the a company said.
Chief Executive Mickey Robinson was fired for a cause in September, the a company said last a month.
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Police believe Wilson shot Reynolds, then her a mother once in the a head before fatally turning the a gun on herself.
Police believe Wilson then shot Jennie Mae Robinson once in the a head before turning the a gun on herself.
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According to a security sources, London Metropolitan Police Commissioner John Stevens placed his a force on its highest a state of alert last a week following the a warning.
The Telegraph can reveal that Sir John Stevens, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, placed his a force on its highest alert last a week.
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Bulger's a brother is now on the a agency's ''10 Most Wanted'' a list, sought in a connection with 21 murders.
Bulger's a brother, a former FBI a informant, is now on the a law a enforcement a agency's "10 Most Wanted" a list.
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Florida's Supreme Court has twice refused to hear the a case.
On Tuesday, a Florida appeals a court again refused to block a removal of the a tube.
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From Broadway comedies like "The Seven Year Itch" (1952), "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?"
Playwright George Axelrod, who anticipated the sexual a revolution with The Seven Year Itch and Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
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Nine seconds later, it broke the sound a barrier and continued its steep powered a ascent.
Nine seconds later, SpaceShipOne broke the sound a barrier, the a company said.
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The a plane was estimated to be within 100 pounds of its maximum a takeoff a weight.
US Airways Flight 5481, which crashed Jan. 8, was judged to be within 100 pounds of its maximum a takeoff a weight.
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A Gainer said the two a staff aides are "very sorry this all happened," and the a security personnel had performed "well within standards."
The a security personnel performed ``well within standards'' and the two a staff aides were ``very sorry all this happened,'' Gainer said.
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He also said the a academy will get its own internal a report next a week detailing the a seriousness of the remaining a problem.
The a academy will get its own internal a report next a week and it will be made public, Rosa said.
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Gartner's a report said global WLAN a equipment shipments reached 19.5 million last a year, a 120 a percent a increase over 2001's 8.9 million units.
Total shipments reached 19.5 million units last a year, compared with 8.9 million units in 2001.
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Roy Moore, the suspended chief a justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, stood accused but unrepentant Wednesday in the same a courtroom he recently presided over.
Moore, the suspended chief a justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, stands a trial before the Alabama Court of the Judiciary.
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The blue-a chip Dow Jones industrial a average .DJI climbed 164 points, or 1.91 a percent, to 8,765.38, brushing its highest levels since a mid-January.
The blue-a chip Dow Jones industrial a average .DJI tacked on 97 points, or 1.14 a percent, to 8,699.
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An a arrest a warrant claimed Bryant assaulted the a woman June 30 at a a hotel.
According to an a arrest a warrant, Bryant, 24, attacked a a woman on June 30.
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FRIENDS of Robert De Niro a yesterday rallied around him after he was diagnosed with a prostate a cancer.
Hollywood a actor Robert De Niro has been diagnosed with a prostate a cancer, his a spokesman said a today.
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But A JT was careful to clarify that it was "not certain about the a outcome of the a discussion at this a moment".
However, we are not certain about the a outcome of the a discussion at this a moment.
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Shares of Halliburton fell 71 cents, or 3 a percent, to close at $21.59 a yesterday on the New York Stock Exchange.
Halliburton shares fell 54 cents, or 2.4 a percent, to $21.76 a a share in a midday New York Stock Exchange a trade.
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Tail a wagging, Abbey trotted on a stage with Conway before a a crowd of more than 10,000 attendees at PeopleSoft's annual a customer a conference at the Anaheim Convention Center.
On Monday, Abbey trotted on a stage, a tail a wagging, with Conway before a a crowd of 10,000 attendees at PeopleSoft's annual a customer a conference.
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At a midnight on Wednesday, 68 a percent of voters said "no" to the a tax, with 97 a percent of the votes counted.
With 97 a percent of precincts counted a tonight, 68 a percent of voters opposed the a tax.
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Graham is expected to be nominated and elected to a second one-a year a term a today and will deliver the presidential a address.
Later Tuesday, Graham was expected to be re-elected for a second one-a year a term.
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Barbini said the a union may reach a a compromise with the United States but it wants a a system for labeling such foods, a something the a industry successfully fought here.
Barbini said the EU may reach a a compromise but it wants a a system for labeling such foods, a something the a industry has resisted.
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The a blaze then spread to several surrounding structures on the a property and destroyed them.
The a fire spread to several surrounding structures on the a property and destroyed them as deputies held back firefighters.
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Sources say agents confiscated "several" documents he was carrying.
Agents confiscated several classified documents in his a possession and interrogated him.
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The a helicopter burst into flames upon a impact, according to the Mohave County Sheriff's Office.
The a helicopter was owned by Las Vegas-based Sundance Helicopters Inc., according to the a sheriff's a office.
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The new a research will be published soon in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
It will appear in the next few weeks on the A Web a site of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Two convicted killers and another a inmate escaped from a a state a prison on a busy a street Wednesday by cutting through a a fence, a Corrections Department a official said.
A convicted a killer and two other inmates cut through two fences topped with a razor a wire and escaped from a a state a prison on a busy a street.
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John Hickenlooper had 65 a percent of the a vote to 35 a percent for City Auditor Don Mares.
Hickenlooper clobbered a city Auditor Don Mares, 46, in the Tuesday a runoff.
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Young has 28 days to file a a response and ask the NASD for a a hearing.
Under NASD regulations, Mr. Young can file a a response and request a a hearing before an NASD a panel.
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Stocks dipped lower Tuesday as investors opted to cash in profits from Monday's big a rally despite a a trio of reports suggesting modest a improvement in the a economy.
Wall Street moved tentatively higher Tuesday as investors weighed a a trio of reports showing modest economic a improvement against an a urge to cash in profits from Monday's big a rally.
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From the a start, however, the United States' declared a goal was not just to topple Saddam but to stabilize Iraq and install a friendly a government.
But the United States' ultimate a goal was not just to topple Mr. Hussein but to stabilize the a country and install a friendly a government.
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Selenski descended down the a wall and used the a mattress to climb over a razor a wire.
Selenski used the a mattress to scale a 10-foot a razor a wire, Fischi said.
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Common a side effects include a nasal a congestion, runny a nose, sore a throat and a cough, the FDA said.
The most common a side effects after getting the a nasal a spray were a nasal a congestion, runny a nose, sore a throat and a cough.
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Announcing the a selection, Kmart CEO Julian Day said Grey will help the a retailer "find creative ways to communicate the unique strengths of Kmart to the new America a consumer."
Together, we will find creative ways to communicate the unique strengths of Kmart to the 'new America' a consumer."
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A Supermarket chains facing a possible a grocery a clerk a strike this a week accused a union leaders Monday of breaking off a contract talks prematurely over the a weekend.
A Supermarket chains are accusing a union leaders of breaking off a contract talks prematurely over the a weekend as a grocery clerks gear up for a possible a strike.
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INTEL TODAY disclosed details of its next-a generation XScale a processor for mobile phones and a handheld devices here in San Jose.
Intel on Wednesday unveiled its next-a generation a processor for a cell phones, PDAs, and other wireless devices.
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The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday ruled that an Ohio a law banning a controversial late-a term a abortion a method passes constitutional a muster and the a state can enforce it.
An Ohio a law that bans a controversial late-a term a abortion a procedure is constitutionally acceptable and the a state can enforce it, a federal appeals a court ruled a yesterday.
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The Nasdaq composite a index advanced 20.59, or 1.3 a percent, to 1,616.50, after gaining 5.7 a percent last a week.
The a technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> climbed 19.11 points, or 1.2 a percent, to 1,615.02.
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The a company said it would cut the wholesale a price of most top-a line CDs to $9.09 from $12.02.
The a company also said it would cut wholesale prices on cassettes and change the suggested retail a price to $8.98.
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Shares of Allergan fell 14 cents to close at $78.12 on the New York Stock Exchange (a news - a web sites).
Shares of Allergan were up 14 cents at $78.40 in late a trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
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The upcoming second-a quarter earnings a season will be particularly important in offering investors a guidance, they say.
They say second-a quarter earnings reports will be key in giving investors that a guidance.
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That took the benchmark 10-year a note US10YT=RR down 9/32, its a yield rising to 3.37 a percent from 3.34 a percent late on Thursday.
That saw the benchmark 10-year a note US10YT=A RR a slip 5/32 in a price, taking its a yield to 3.36 a percent from 3.34 a percent late on Thursday.
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The a bank's shares fell 45 cents in a trading a yesterday to $91.51 per a share.
Shares of M&T, which is based in Buffalo, fell 41 cents, to $91.51.
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In the latest a violence, insurgents threw a a bomb at a U.S. a convoy in northern Baghdad, killing one a soldier.
Early Monday, insurgents threw a homemade a bomb at a U.S. a convoy in northern Baghdad, killing an American a soldier.
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A Consumer groups are against the changes, saying they hurt a individuality in markets.
A Consumer groups oppose the changes, saying they would concentrate too many outlets in too few media empires.
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Every Thursday, a grains a management a committee meets in the Commission's a agriculture a directorate to decide the a outcome of a weekly a export a tender.
A grains a management a committee normally meets each Thursday in the Commission's a agriculture a unit -- another a target of Wednesday's raids -- to decide the a outcome of a weekly a export a tender.
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Colin Powell, the Secretary of State, said contacts with Iran would not stop.
Secretary of State Colin Powell said a yesterday that contacts with Iran would continue.
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Stout previously worked for General Electric a subsidiary GE Capital Service Inc., where he was a vice a president and chief a technology and a information a officer.
Stout comes to Sprint from GE Capital, where he served as chief a technology and a information a officer.
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Scrimshaw, Supervisor, Best Minister and Ten Most Wanted are expected to complete the Belmont a field.
Best Minister, Scrimshaw, and Ten Most Wanted all had workouts on Monday a morning.
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Former South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu said Sunday he did not see what "all the a fuss" was over appointing a gay a bishop, but urged homosexual clergy to remain celibate.
South Africa's Nobel a laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu says he does not understand all the a fuss about appointing a gay a bishop, but he has urged homosexual clergy to remain celibate.
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In September, Hewlett-Packard signed a a development and a marketing a deal with the a company.
Four months later it signed a joint a marketing a agreement with Hewlett-Packard Co.
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Consumers would still have to get a descrambling a security a card from their a cable a operator to plug into the a set.
To watch pay a television, consumers would insert into the a set a a security a card provided by their a cable a service.
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On Friday, the Concorde started up around a sunrise and seemed to launch itself straight out of the rising a sun.
A Yesterday, the Concorde seemed to launch itself straight out of the rising a sun.
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A A Stage 1 a episode is declared when a ozone levels reach 0.20 parts per million.
The federal a standard for a ozone is 0.12 parts per million.
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While waiting for a a bomb a squad to arrive, the a bomb exploded, killing Wells.
The a bomb exploded while authorities waited for a a bomb a squad to arrive.
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The American women, who are defending champions, will play in Philadelphia on Sept. 25 and conclude a group a competition in Columbus on Sept. 28.
The U.S. women, who are defending champions, will play on Sept. 25 in Philadelphia and conclude a group a competition on Sept. 28 in Columbus, Ohio.
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Its a maker, MedImmune Inc., based in Gaithersburg, made 4 million to 5 million doses this a year.
MedImmune Vaccines, the a maker of FluMist, made between 4 million and 5 million doses this a year.
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Kaichen appeared Wednesday in federal a court on two a bank a robbery charges.
She appeared in federal a court Wednesday, but did not enter a a plea.
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An incremental a step reported by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, is the latest in a a decade-long a effort.
The incremental a step, reported by researchers at UC San Francisco, is the latest in a a decade-long a effort to infect mice with the a virus.
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Bush turned out a a statement a yesterday thanking the a commission for its a work, and said, "Our a journey into a space will go on."
Mr. Bush did not discuss this when he issued a brief a statement a yesterday thanking the a commission for its a work, and saying, "Our a journey into a space will go on."
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The a governor is going to Jackson, where 13 of the a state's 16 fatalities were reported.
The a governor is going to Jackson, where 13 people were killed.
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The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index rose 3.42 points, or 0.34 a percent, to 1,007.84.
The a technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC was down 1.55 points, or 0.09 a percent, at 1,744.91.
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Crews worked to install a new a culvert and prepare the a highway so motorists could use the eastbound lanes for a travel as a storm clouds threatened to dump more a rain.
Crews worked to install a new a culvert and repave the a highway so motorists could use the eastbound lanes for a travel.
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Buoyed by some of the a advice imparted by Nicklaus, Howell shot an 8-under 64 for a one-a stroke a lead over Kenny Perry.
Buoyed by a advice imparted by Nicklaus, Howell shot an 8-under 64 on Thursday to enter a today's a round with a one-a stroke a lead over Kenny Perry.
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Net a revenue rose to $3.99 billion from $3.85 billion during the same a quarter last a year.
That is up from $1.14 billion during the same a quarter last a year.
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The mock a explosion, the first a event in the a drill, occurred in a a car in industrial a south Seattle.
The mock a explosion of a radioactive "dirty a bomb," the first a event in the weeklong a drill, occurred on several acres in the south Seattle industrial a area.
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The a commission dropped charges that Patton improperly appointed Conner to the Kentucky Lottery Board and that he improperly appointed Conner's then-a husband, Seth, to the Agriculture Development Board.
Patton also appointed Conner to the Kentucky Lottery Board and appointed Seth Conner to the Agriculture Development Board, the a commission says.
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Aiken's a study appears in the Sept. 24 a issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
The findings appear in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association.
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Trans fats are created when a hydrogen is added to vegetable a oil, solidifying it and increasing the a shelf a life of certain a food products.
Trans fats are created when vegetable a oil has been partially hydrogenated, solidifying it and increasing the a shelf a life of certain products.
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But skeptics are concerned about the a ease with which vendors can use these a hardware-based a security features to set digital rights a management policies.
But skeptics are concerned about the a ease at which these a hardware-based a security features could be used to set digital rights a management policies by vendors.
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Crohn's a disease causes a inflammation of the a intestine and symptoms include a diarrhea, a pain, a weight a loss and a tiredness.
Symptoms include chronic a diarrhoea, abdominal a pain, a weight a loss and extreme a tiredness.
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Authorities identified the a tipster as Richard Powell, who is imprisoned for killing his a landlady in 1982.
Powell is serving a time in a different a case -- killing his a landlady in 1982.
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Netanyahu set to call early a vote
Israel's Netanyahu set to call early a vote
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Annan, UN a chief a call on Security Council to act on Syria
Russia, China a veto UN Security Council a resolution on Syria
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Green Lantern to be reintroduced as gay by DC Comics
Green Lantern to be relaunched as gay a superhero
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Military a plane crashes in south France: authorities
Military a plane crashes in southeastern Turkey, 1 dead
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