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The Register
Wii predicted to win 2008 sales race
On your marks. Get set. Sell
Gaming megapublisher Electronic Arts officially predicts that Nintendo's Wii will be the highest selling gaming console in North America and Europe.⊠| 3Sci/Tech
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Computerworld news
Performance Retailing Solutions: Case Studies in the Retail Industry
Join HCL Technologies as they review case studies from three retail companies. This white paper explains how to remain successful in the global competitive market, keep customers brand loyal, and increase your e-commerce presence. | 3Sci/Tech
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Yahoo Sports
No. 23 Lobos smother Sam Houston State
(AP)
AP - Julie Briody scored 15 points and helped No. 23 New Mexico score 14 straight points in the first half en route to a 77-41 victory over Sam Houston State in the first round of the Southwest Airlines Shootout on Friday night. | 1Sports
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Bloomberg
Australia Dismissed for 381; Langer Hits 191 Against Pakistan
Justin Langer scored 191 as Pakistan dismissed Australian for 381 in the first cricket Test in Perth. He fell short of a double-hundred in successive Tests after becoming Shoaib Akhtar's fifth wicket early on day two. | 1Sports
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CNET networking news
Haute Secure offers safe surfing toolbar for Internet Explorer
Blog: Company hopes to improve upon existing toolbars already on the market. | 3Sci/Tech
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CNN International
Bush, Iraq dominate EU summit
European Union leaders launched a two-day summit Thursday with how to react to the return of US President George W. Bush for a second term dominating thinking. | 0World
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PCWorld news
Tech-Savvy Young Brits Prove Challenge for Employers
Skilled and confident, ethical and demanding, they enter the job market in uncertain times. | 3Sci/Tech
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NYMfansonly.com
Stone Gone
CHICAGO - After a season full of frustration and several well-documented hissy fits from Cub players, veteran broadcaster Steve Stone announced his resignation Thursday night on WGN AM Radio. | 1Sports
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International Herald Tribune
Cycling: Hamilton wins time trial
VOULIAGMENI Tyler Hamilton of the United States won the men's time trial gold medal Wednesday, beating defending champion Viatcheslav Ekimov of Russia and another American, Bobby Julich. | 1Sports
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The Washington Post sports
Hens Are Grade A
Defending I-AA national champion Delaware, the Midshipmen's opponent in Saturday's homecoming game, already has proved it can play against Navy. | 1Sports
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Yahoo Business
Arne Alsin: Heed history's lessons and the gap between price and value
(FT.com)
FT.com - Staring you square in the face is the best buying opportunity in stocks in 18 years - since the market lows in 1990. Even with the recent dramatic decline in stocks, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 are up more than four-fold from those 1990 lows, and the Russell 2000 is up by more than five-fold. | 2Business
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Salt Lake Tribune
LDS Church now a major player among Nebraska landowners
The LDS Church has bought a large part of a western Nebraska ranch, becoming one of the state's largest landowners. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recently paid $17. | 2Business
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New York Times sports
Mets still pursuing Delgado
The New York Mets and Carlos Delgado resumed talks yesterday, a day after the free agent first baseman let the team's deadline for a deal pass. | 1Sports
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Scotland on Sunday
Fergie the Man to Mould Rooney - Becks
Former Manchester United midfielder David Beckham has backed his old boss Sir Alex Ferguson to ensure Wayne Rooney remains focused enough to fulfil his enormous potential. | 1Sports
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Reuters Business
ECB policymakers say growth OK, differ on inflation
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Financial market turbulence should have only a limited impact on euro zone growth, European Central Bank policymakers said at weekend meetings of global financial officials in Washington. | 2Business
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NDTV.com
Agassi in third round of Madrid Masters
Andre Agassi returned to competitive tennis action on Tuesday with an appearance at the Madrid Masters Series event in Spain. Agassi had had a bye in the first round, and his match against Max Mirnyi of Belarus | 1Sports
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Yahoo Sports
Williams' Status at USC Still Unresolved (AP)
AP - Standout receiver Mike Williams is all but certain not to play Saturday night when top-ranked Southern California opens its season because of continuing delays in the school's appeal process to the NCAA. After that, who knows? USC has applied to the NCAA for a progress-toward-degree waiver and reinstatement of Williams' eligibility. | 1Sports
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New York Times Business
No Charges Will Be Filed in Fund Managerâs Death
The state attorneyâs office in Palm Beach County, Fla., said Monday that no charges would be filed in the drowning of Seth Tobias, 44, a hedge fund manager and regular commentator on CNBC. | 2Business
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Yahoo Sports
Eagles' Westbrook Turning Into Elite Back (AP)
AP - No matter how Brian Westbrook gets the ball, he's a threat to score every time he touches it. | 1Sports
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Yahoo World
Labour peer says Blair considered quitting due to family pressures (Canadian Press)
Canadian Press - LONDON (AP) - Fuelling persistent rumours that Tony Blair considered resigning this year, an acquaintance said Tuesday the prime minister had come under "colossal strain" at home. | 0World
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New York Times world
In Address to Guard, Kerry Says Bush Isn't Telling Truth on Iraq
John Kerry told a National Guard conference that President Bush had deceived them when he presented an optimistic picture of the war in Iraq two days before. | 0World
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New Scientist
Hubble heats debate over ionised universe
Astronomers poring over the deepest image ever taken of the universe are coming to different conclusions about what made space transparent to light billions of years ago. | 3Sci/Tech
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ZDNet.co.uk
Netscape: A decade of survival
The Netscape browser turned 10 years old last week as a shadow of its former self, but the lights haven't gone out yet on one of the most storied brands in Web history. | 3Sci/Tech
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New York Times Business
NBC, in Shake-Up, Names Outsider to a Top Position
Ben Silverman has been named as a co-chairman of both the entertainment division and its television studio. | 2Business
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USA Today
Roundup: Shock defeated in bid to defend title
Bethany Donaphin hit a turnaround jumper with .5 seconds remaining to lift the New York Liberty a 66-64 victory over the defending WNBA champion Detroit Shock on Tuesday night and into the Eastern Conference finals. | 1Sports
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Yahoo World
Group claims rocket attack on Israel
(AP)
AP - A previously unknown militant Islamic group claimed responsibility Monday for a rocket attack on northern Israel. | 0World
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swissinfo
Thai tsunami tourist toll 2,200
as a temporary mortuary, as a truck pulled in with another load of bloated Thai and foreign bodies. peak of the Christmas and New Year tourist season. | 0World
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Reuters Business
U.S. Stocks End Higher
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks advanced on Wednesday as Internet and semiconductor companies led technology shares higher and crude oil retreated from record high prices. | 2Business
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Boston Globe business
Limping rivals caught up in consolidation trend
Putnam Investments and MFS Investment Management are two big Boston money managers that always have had a lot in common, not the least of which were deep business roots that stretch back to the very early years of the mutual fund industry. | 2Business
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Yahoo Politics
Milosevic Calls for Control Over Own Trial Defense (Reuters)
Reuters - Former Yugoslav President Slobodan
Milosevic made a passionate appeal to judges to allow him to
defend himself at his trial Thursday but prosecutors said he
was not fit enough and was thwarting progress. | 0World
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Washington Post Tech
RIM, Motorola Battle Over Patents
TORONTO -- Research In Motion Ltd. is suing Motorola Inc. over several patents used for wireless devices such as RIM's BlackBerry e-mail devices and Motorola's Razr smart phones. | 3Sci/Tech
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The Washington Post world
WORLD IN BRIEF
PALU, Indonesia -- Thousands of Christians angered by Friday's executions of three Roman Catholic militants in the world's most populous Muslim country torched cars and government buildings, looted shops and attacked a jail, freeing hundreds of inmates. | 0World
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Yahoo Sports
NBA Wrap: Stoudemire Leads Suns to 10th Straight Win (Reuters)
Reuters - Amare Stoudemire had 30 points and 11
rebounds as the Suns won their 10th straight game, downing the
Memphis Grizzlies 109-102 in Phoenix on Thursday. | 1Sports
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The Times
Defence contractors chase $23bn deal
EUROPEâS biggest defence contractors will have the chance to bid for a $23 billion (£12 billion) air refuelling contract for the US Air Force that has been withdrawn from Boeing. | 2Business
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New York Times world
For Lobbyists, the Hottest Parties Fall Outside the Official Lineup
Small, private events will give lobbyists a chance to build the relationships essential to advancing their clients' interests. | 0World
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BBC science
Rubbish charging given go-ahead
Councils in England are to be given powers to introduce controversial "pay-as-you-throw" charges. | 3Sci/Tech
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Washington Post Business
KPMG to Pay $10 Million to Settle Charges Over Gemstar Audits
KPMG LLP yesterday agreed to pay $10 million to settle Securities and Exchange Commission charges that the firm and four accountants engaged in improper professional conduct, leading to repeated audit failures at client Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc. | 2Business
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BBC News world
Diabetes vaccine trials to begin
UK researchers are to begin testing a vaccine on people which they believe will cure Type 1 diabetes. | 0World
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Yahoo Politics
McCain, Clintons focus on N.H.
(AP)
AP - Republican John McCain, his campaign reeling from staff departures and money woes, accused Democratic presidential candidates of advocating a perilous Iraq policy and singled out Hillary Rodham Clinton as she and her husband courted voters elsewhere in New Hampshire. | 0World
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The Register
Gov egghead: Companies should have daily PT
Then only small firms will be fat cats
One of the government's top social-policy eggheads has said that companies should have exercise periods for their staff, according to reports.⊠| 3Sci/Tech
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Insurance Journal
MMC Makes Management Changes; Egan, Treanor Out
Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc. (MMC) reported on Monday that Roger Egan, president and COO of Marsh Inc., its risk and insurance services subsidiary, and Christopher Treanor, Marsh Inc. | 2Business
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New York Times Business
Foreign Sales Help I.B.M. to a Strong Quarter
The technology giantâs quarterly profit â up 24 percent â may not be as reliable an indicator of broader trends in the American economy as in the past. | 2Business
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The Scotsman
Submarine Fire Survivors Tell of Blaze Horror
Survivors of a fatal fire on a submarine today spoke of their experience as Canadaâs defence minister said he could not rule out suing the British Government. | 3Sci/Tech
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Boston Herald
Short story brings Renteria to Boston: Ex-Card agrees to $40M deal <b>...</b>
By hitting an accommodating bouncer back to Keith Foulke [stats, news] for the final out of the Red Sox [stats, schedule]' first World Series championship in 86 years, Edgar Renteria already was a part of New England folklore. | 1Sports
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Reuters World
Businessman Lee coasts to South Korean poll victory
SEOUL (Reuters) - Right-wing businessman Lee Myung-bak overcame doubts about his ethics to win South Korea's presidential election by a landslide on Wednesday with promises to make voters better off and to stand up to North Korea. | 0World
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BBC News world
US warning set to hit Pfizer drug
Pfizer is expected to see a sharp fall in sales of one of its best-selling drugs after a warning by US regulators. | 0World
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Boston Globe business
Wal-Mart speeds low-cost drug plan
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. expects to offer $4 prescriptions for some generic drugs in most states this year after expanding the program from a test market to all of Florida ahead of schedule, the world's largest retailer said yesterday. | 2Business
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Reuters
Microsoft Launches Regional Versions of Hotmail
Microsoft Corp., the world's largest software maker, has expanded its flagship MSN Hotmail internet email service to include European and Japanese domain names, it said on Friday. | 3Sci/Tech
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The Scotsman
ECB follows British lead with hold on rates
THE European Central Bank has followed the Bank of England and kept its interest rates on hold, preferring to give itself more time to assess the effect of soaring oil prices on the inflationary outlook and slow economic recovery. | 2Business
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Yahoo Tech
Lala rolls out music site with free play on Web
(Reuters)
Reuters - Lala.com, a Silicon Valley-based
digital music start-up, said on Monday it is launching an
iPod-compatible online music service that offers free online
song play in a bid to get customers to buy music downloads. | 3Sci/Tech
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Article Central
Microsoft Extends SP2 Blocking
(Article Central) Microsoft has doubled the time that businesses can block Windows XP Service Pack 2 from downloading automatically, giving them until next April to test the update. | 3Sci/Tech
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The Republican
WMass takes a bath on bill for the Big Dig
Let's see the managers of the Big Dig project dig their way out of this mess. And don't look down the highway toward Western Massachusetts for help. | 2Business
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RedNova science
First Shop Opens in Project
By Joseph Ascenzi Clatchy-Tribune Business News Feb. 19--Eighteen months after construction began on the Claremont Village expansion, the project has yielded its first business opening. | 3Sci/Tech
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Reuters Business
Mississippi attorney general targets State Farm
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mississippi's attorney general said on Friday he would propose legislation to force State Farm, the largest home insurer in the United States, to continue writing new policies in the state. | 2Business
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Yahoo World
Havret on champagne high after Scottish Open success
(AFP)
AFP - Gregory Havret will head into the first major tournament of his career on a champagne-induced high this week after his stunning Scottish Open success at the weekend. | 0World
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ABC Online
Kluivert gives Souness stuttering start at Newcastle
Patrick Kluivert struck twice as Graeme Souness began his reign at St James Park with a 2-0 win over Israeli Arab side Bnei Sakhnin in the UEFA Cup first round, first leg at Newcastle United this morning. | 1Sports
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Rediff
I was kept in the dark: Anil
Anil Ambani has written to his brother Mukesh, saying his powers as vice-chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries have been diluted by "keeping him completely in the dark". | 2Business
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F1Racing.net
Ferrari will miss F1 team meeting
Team bosses will discuss their plans to cut costs in F1 including a proposal to cut testing to just ten days during the season for all teams. | 1Sports
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New York Times Science
Mystery Solved: This Hummingbird Chirps With Its Tail
A male Annaâs hummingbird emits a loud and quick chirp during its mating display by using its tail. | 3Sci/Tech
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Yahoo World
Greek fires reach ancient Olympics site
(AP)
AP - Firefighters backed by aircraft dropped water and foam on the birthplace of the ancient Olympics Sunday to stop wildfires from burning the 2,800-year-old ruins, one of the most revered sites of antiquity. | 0World
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The Motley Fool
Piling Onto National Fuel
The E&P company has a proxy fight on its hands next month. | 2Business
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InfoWorld news
Senators question FCC on AT&T merger concessions
( InfoWorld ) - U.S. senators questioned Thursday whether members of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission plan to enforce merger conditions that AT&T Inc. agreed to in its December acquisition of BellSouth Corp.
Democratic members of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee questioned why FCC Chairman Kevin Martin and Commissioner Deborah Taylor Tate issued a joint statement while approving the merger saying the FCC couldn't broadly enforce some of AT&T's concessions.
"What I find difficult to understand is that ... you said that you do not intend to stand by the deal that was reached," said Senator Daniel Inouye, the committee chairman and a Hawaii Democrat.
Martin and Tate, both Republicans, had protested a net neutrality condition, preventing AT&T from giving priority transmission speeds to its own or its partners' Web content for at least two years. The net neutrality conditions "very well may cause greater problems than the speculative problems they seek to address," Martin and Tate said in the statement Dec. 29.
Martin on Thursday said he intends to hold AT&T to the net neutrality agreement, but he doesn't plan to impose those standards on other broadband carriers. "Since [AT&T] volunteered to do that, we would enforce that," he said. "That does not mean we were changing our policy."
Martin also suggested another part of the agreement setting out wholesale rates for some data services may be unenforceable.
"What is your legal authority as chairman ... to not enforce something you just did?" asked Senator Mark Pryor, an Arkansas Democrat.
AT&T agreed to lower the wholesale special access prices for DS1, DS3, and Ethernet services available to some regional telecom carriers and large businesses, but not to large competitors. But the FCC's policy in the past has been that wholesale discounts should apply to all customers, Martin said.
"That tariff actually has some components that I believe are illegal under the commission precedent," Martin said. "They can file [the proposed discount], but I'm not committing to approving something that would be in violation of our precedent. We don't allow for that kind of discrimination."
But Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein, a Democrat who pushed for conditions on the AT&T merger, noted that the FCC adopted the AT&T merger conditions on a 4-0 vote. "It's hard for me to understand why we can't implement something we adopted unanimously," he said.
Senators also urged the FCC to work on ways to get broadband service to rural, inner city and poor areas. The FCC on Wednesday issued a report saying the number of high-speed lines in the U.S. increased by 26 percent during the first half of 2006, from 51.2 million to 64.6 million lines in service. The number of high-speed lines grew by 21 percent in the second half of 2005.
Senators also pointed to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development's latest study saying the U.S. ranks 12th in broadband adoption rate among industrialized nations.
Commissioner Michael Copps called on Congress and the FCC to develop a national broadband strategy. He called the U.S. broadband adoption rates "woeful."
"I am really worried that we can go into the 21st century and have a bigger digital divide in this country ... than we had back in the days of plain, old telephone service in the 20th century," he said. "This just isn't feel-good liberal theory -- we're talking about the competitiveness of the United States of America." | 3Sci/Tech
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CNET personal technology news
Microsoft's Open XML hits snag in standards process
Blog: An ANSI committee created to formulate the United States position on ISO standardization does not recommend Open XML. | 3Sci/Tech
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The Washington Post sports
Shaq Returns to Practice for Heat
MIAMI -- Miami Heat center Shaquille O'Neal returned to practice Sunday after missing eight games with a hip injury. Heat coach Pat Riley said O'Neal "is going to be ready for Wednesday" when the Heat play against the Chicago Bulls. | 1Sports
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White Plains Journal News
Dominicans gear up for Martinez
In the bodegas and barbershops of Washington Heights, all up and down the crown of Manhattan, the news was spreading like grease on a plate full of platanos yesterday â-edro Martinez was coming home to his people. | 1Sports
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Wired Tech
Study: More Web Surfing Dulls Concern for Environment
The more time people spend surfing the web and watching TV, the less time they spend in nature. And that loss of contact eventually lessens their interest in protecting the natural environment, a new study claims. | 3Sci/Tech
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Newark Star Ledger
Knicks: Wilkens spells out goals, starting with 'D'
or professional sports, for that matter -- the Knicks talk about wanting to have a good defense. The question is: Can they? | 1Sports
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Yahoo Politics
Where's the president's watch?
(AP)
AP - Whatever happened to the president's watch? | 0World
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Reuters Sports
Bonds Wins MVP Award Despite Tainted Season
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds captured a record seventh MVP award on Monday, providing a sparkling finish to a season tainted by doping allegations. | 1Sports
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New York Times Science
Mind: Feel Like a Fraud? At Times, Maybe You Should
Feelings of phoniness appear to alter peopleâs goals in unexpected ways and may also protect them against subconscious self-delusions. | 3Sci/Tech
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NPR (audio)
Fannie Mae Execs Testify on Hill
Description: Top Fannie Mae executives defend the company's accounting practices in Congress. CEO Franklin Raines denied allegations the company had manipulated its books, telling lawmakers the controversy | 2Business
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Forbes
IBM develops world's fastest supercomputer: reports
NEW YORK, Sep 30, 2004 (Kyodo via COMTEX) -- International Business Machines Corp. has developed the world's fastest supercomputer, US media reported Wednesday. | 3Sci/Tech
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The Delaware County Times
MacCulloch getting last laugh
PHILADELPHIA -- Even at a time of sadness, Todd MacCulloch maintained his sense of humor. During the 76ersâ centerâs press conference to announce his retirement from basketball because of ongoing nerve | 1Sports
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Reuters World
Sri Lanka opposition parliamentarian shot dead
COLOMBO (Reuters) - A prominent Sri Lankan opposition Tamil parliamentarian was shot and killed on Tuesday, the military said, as the opposition charged that a lack of security made the government responsible for the death. | 0World
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New York Times sports
Bruschi ready to tackle another season
Following an emotional loss in the AFC Championship game in January, linebacker Tedy Bruschi was noncommittal about his return to the Patriots for the 2007 season. But Bruschi has since been more definitive and plans to suit up for a 12th season, a source close to the situation confirmed last night. | 1Sports
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New York Times Business
More Caveats Than Clarity in Batteries-in-Baggage Rule
LAST week, I spent most of an afternoon trying to get a cogent explanation of a confusing news release issued late on the Friday before New Yearâs by a mouthful of an agency called the United States Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. | 2Business
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Time World
Kenyan Refugees: With Hatred in Tow
Uganda's government separates those fleeing from its neighbor by tribe in order to keep down simmering tensions | 0World
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Yahoo Sports
Dolphins to Interview Minority Candidate (AP)
AP - The Miami Dolphins will put their courtship of LSU coach Nick Saban on hold to comply with the NFL's hiring policy by interviewing a minority candidate, a team source told The Associated Press on Friday. | 1Sports
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Yahoo World
Departing UN prosecutor demands arrests
(AP)
AP - A departing U.N. prosecutor appealed Thursday for the U.N. Yugoslav war crimes tribunal to keep its doors open until its chief fugitives are arrested and put on trial. | 0World
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Yahoo Business
Roche sues Teva in U.S. over generic bone drug
(Reuters)
Reuters - Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG is
taking legal action against Israel's Teva Pharmaceutical
Industries Ltd in the United States to prevent Teva
from selling a generic version of Roche osteoporosis drug
Boniva, Roche said on Tuesday. | 2Business
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BBC News world
Modi begins new term in Gujarat
Narendra Modi is sworn in as the chief minister of the western Indian state of Gujarat for a second consecutive term. | 0World
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Computerworld news
Matsushita to foot $172M Nokia battery bill
Consumer electronics maker Matsushita has agreed to pay for the replacement of batteries in 46 million Nokia cell phones, a move that could cost Matsushita $172 million. | 3Sci/Tech
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New York Times world
Setting Restaurant Records by Selling the Sizzle
The philosophy at Tao Las Vegas is at once high concept â multiple opportunities for eating and drinking under one roof â and blue collar. | 0World
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Yahoo Science
Scientists remove Hunley's rear hatch
(AP)
AP - Scientists on Tuesday removed the rear hatch on the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley, although the work won't immediately remove the questions surrounding the sinking of the sub in 1864. | 3Sci/Tech
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Yahoo Politics
AP: Bush Stopped Attending Guard Drills (AP)
AP - Unearthed under legal pressure, three-decade-old documents portray President Bush as a capable and well-liked Air National Guard pilot who stopped flying and attending regular drills two-thirds of the way through his six-year commitment — without consequence. | 0World
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Houston Chronicle
Get in gear for vehicle deductions
If the IRS took out billboards to advertise recent changes in the tax code, one of them might read, "Last best chance to use a vehicle to drive down your 2004 tax bill. | 2Business
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Channel News Asia
OPEC kingpin argues against raising quotas or price band
VIENNA : OPEC kingpin Saudi Arabia on Monday hinted the cartel would not raise either its official production rate or the price band at a ministerial meeting, as the oil price had stabilised. | 2Business
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The Herald News
McMorris removed as director and officer of Rockies
Denver, CO (Sports Network) - Colorado Rockies vice chairman Jerry McMorris has been removed from the team's board of directors and also as an officer. | 1Sports
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The Register
PeopleSoft boss gets $18m to walk away
Just go... | 3Sci/Tech
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Hi Pakistan
Decision on dams soon, says Rashid
LAHORE - Federal Minister for Information, Sheikh Rashid Ahmed Friday reiterated that President Pervez Musharraf should retain both the offices in view of the changed internal situation and geo-political conditions of the region. | 0World
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BBC News Business
NTL renames itself Virgin Media
Cable firm NTL relaunches itself as Virgin Media to strengthen its challenge to pay-TV rival BSkyB. | 2Business
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Reuters Sports
Stanley Cup champs Carolina suffer opening loss to Sabres
RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) -- Carolina's Stanley Cup banner-raising night ended on a flat note on Wednesday as Daniel Briere's shootout goal gave the Buffalo Sabres a 3-2 win over the Hurricanes. | 1Sports
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RedNova science
Workers Hurt, Evacuated After Liquid Chlorine Spills
By Paul Sand, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. Feb. 13--A chlorine leak at a chemical plant on Tacoma's waterfront Monday night sent a large force of firefighters and medical personnel to the scene and forced the evacuation of the industrial area around the plant. | 3Sci/Tech
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New York Times sports
Respect, not fear, on deck
The "wow" moment for Joel Piñeiro came last June in Seattle, when Barry Bonds was in town. Piñeiro's teammate, then-rookie fireballer Felix Hernandez, was the victim. | 1Sports
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CricInfo.com
Mellow McGrath has Laxman in his sights
Glenn McGrath has mellowed in his old age. No needling of the opposition this time around, just quirky remarks, a big smile, and an accommodating presence. | 1Sports
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RedNova science
The Way It Was: Gullahs of Hilton Head Island Try to Hold on to Their Culture
By Janice Gaston, Winston-Salem Journal, N.C. Feb. 11--HILTON HEAD, S.C. Late on a misty day, when the wind sighs through trees lining a deserted road and sets their beards of Spanish moss to fluttering, nature takes center stage here. | 3Sci/Tech
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The Times
Journalist at centre of Kenteris row is stabbed
A GREEK journalist, who has been giving evidence in the Konstantinos Kenteris Olympic doping scandal, was yesterday recovering in hospital in Athens after being stabbed and beaten up with iron bars. | 1Sports
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New York Times Business
Brazilian Mine Company Will Buy Inco of Canada
Inco, one of CanadaÂs two largest mining companies, agreed Sunday to be acquired by Companhia Vale do Rio Doce of Brazil for $17 billion. | 2Business
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Yahoo Science
Anti-whalers oppose Japanese coastal whaling proposal
(Reuters)
Reuters - Japan clashed with
anti-whaling nations on Wednesday over its proposal to allow
four of its small coastal communities to hunt whales. | 3Sci/Tech
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The Motley Fool
Will Fox's Bowl Runneth Over?
The company wants to charge more money for ad time during the Super Bowl. | 2Business
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