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Afghan Militants Fire at U.S. Troops (AP)
AP - Rebel fighters attacked U.S. troops and fired rockets at American helicopters in a skirmish in southern Afghanistan, the military said Wednesday. | 13World
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PeopleSoft Defies Oracle Bid, Pursues IBM
By Spencer Swartz SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - PeopleSoft Inc. will push ahead
with a new marketing alliance with IBM and other initiatives
despite a recent court ruling that bolstered Oracle Corp.'s
$7.7-billion hostile bid to acquire the company, PeopleSoft's
CEO said on Tuesday. | 6Sci/Tech
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An Online-Gaming Pioneer Is Back, and This Time Heâs Banking on Sci-Fi
In Tabula Rasa, Richard Garriott promises to put the role back into role-playing games. | 1Entertainment
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Family reunion: will the Jacksons return to their ABCs?
In today's comeback news, Michael, Jermaine, Janet et al may reform, while Take That is gearing up for a "huge UK tour". | 10Top News
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Indians Decline Option on Vizquel
CLEVELAND (Sports Network) - Cleveland declined a 2005 option, worth $5 million, on shortstop Omar Vizquel on Tuesday. Vizquel, a 16-year veteran, will receive a $1 million buyout and become a free agent. | 8Sports
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United seeks $500M more in cuts
CHICAGO -- United Airlines has notified a bankruptcy judge it needs to cut $500 million US more in costs than previously stated. The disclosure was made in a filing intended to update the judge before a hearing yesterday on the airline's status. | 0Business
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Emmy voters snub serial killer, teen athletes
(Reuters)
Reuters - While mob boss Tony Soprano was
embraced once again by Emmy voters on Thursday, they apparently
drew the line at serial killers. | 1Entertainment
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King reappointed Bank governor
Mervyn King is reappointed as governor of the Bank of England, the Treasury says. | 2Europe
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Football: Man U reject Saha fears
Manchester United dismiss reports that striker Louis Saha could be out for the season with a fresh knee injury. | 13World
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Mon Sep 03
Mon Sep 03 | 9Toons
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Kennedy urges tough tests for generic biologic drugs
WASHINGTON -- Federal regulators charged with approving generic versions of the world's most expensive drugs should follow the lead of their cautious European counterparts, according to Senator Edward M. Kennedy . In Europe, requirements for approval are tailored to the complexity of an experimental drug and can include clinical trials that cost millions for generic manufacturers to conduct. | 0Business
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Tracking of Killer Asteroids Runs Low on Money and Short on Time
NASA says there is not enough money in its budget to finish tracking nearby asteroids within a 15-year deadline mandated by Congress. | 6Sci/Tech
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USC's Fred Davis won't play in Orange Bowl
Top-ranked Southern California will be without receiver Fred Davis in the Orange Bowl after the freshman didn't make it back from Christmas break in time for the team's trip to Florida. | 8Sports
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Brain creates 'new' nerve cells
Researchers have discovered for the first time that the human brain can grow new nerve cells. | 3Health
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Moda: Milano, sfila la salute
Modelle taglia 42 per dire 'no' all'anoressia | 4Italia
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Lionsgate, Marvel reach deals with striking writers
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Film and television studio Lionsgateon Thursday said it reached an interim agreement with the Writers Guild of America (WGA) enabling striking Hollywood writers to work on its projects. | 1Entertainment
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Gerald M. Boyd, Who Broke Barriers as an Editor at The Times, Dies at 56
The paperÂs first African-American managing editor resigned after a reporter was exposed as a fabricator. | 13World
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It's fun 'n' games again at Florida
The Florida Gators have charisma again and chutzpah. And presence and prestige. And eloquence and arrogance. The Gators introduced Urban Meyer as their new football coach Tuesday, and the man who is named | 8Sports
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PeopleSoft down on testimony, forecast
Investors react to a disappointing earnings projection and to testimony that dampens hopes of negotiations with Oracle. | 6Sci/Tech
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Cavaliers have the answers
The M-V-P chants began somewhere in the upper deck of Gund Arena and floated down toward the floor. This time, they weren't directed at Kevin Garnett. | 8Sports
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Springfields vie for Simpsons' debut
NEW YORK (Reuters) - It's the battle of the Springfields with residents in 14 towns with that name across the United States competing to be chosen on Tuesday to host the premier of the upcoming Simpsons movie. | 12U.S.
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Clinton and McCain press on after comebacks
MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Led by Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican John McCain, candidates fanned out across the country on Wednesday in a presidential race dramatically reshaped by their comeback wins in New Hampshire. | 10Top News
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US National Rifle Association endorses Bush (AFP)
AFP - The National Rifle Association, a powerful US lobbying group supporting the right to own firearms, endorsed Republican George W. Bush for president in the November 2 presidential election. | 12U.S.
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Emmy "Sopranos" send-off ranks as ratings dud
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The 59th annual Primetime Emmys and its farewell salute to "The Sopranos" was a ratings dud, averaging just over 13 million viewers, the second-lowest number on record for the awards, Nielsen Media Research reported on Monday. | 1Entertainment
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ADV: Distance Learning Directory - Online Degrees
Bachelor, Master and Post-Grad degrees online from accredited colleges and universities. Business, Education, IT, Healthcare, more. Browse by degree or program. Request info and get started today. | 10Top News
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Slouching towards Bethlehem
'.the central lie of this campaign is the way Bush morphed Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein, the religious fanatic and the secular dictator. | 1Entertainment
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Fans in a Video Playoff for Super Bowl Tickets
The Coors Brewing Company is offering consumers a chance to win tickets for the 2008 or 2009 Super Bowl by submitting video clips to its Web sites. | 1Entertainment
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Oden, Hansbrough shine under ESPN lights
After the first half of Thursday night's nationally televised game, Lawrence North junior Greg Oden didn't look like the top player in the nation. | 8Sports
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Souness Salutes Strike Duo
Newcastle boss Graeme Souness warned defences across Europe to beware his in-form strikers after watching Alan Shearer and Patrick Kluivert dismantle Hapoel Bnei Sakhnin in Tel Aviv. | 1Entertainment
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Senate Panel Backs Class Action Suit Curbs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bill aimed at curbing class action lawsuits advanced on Thursday as the Senate Judiciary Committee approved the measure 13-5, voting it out to the Senate floor. | 10Top News
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Iraq Says Offensive Vs. Cleric to Start
NAJAF, Iraq - An Iraqi Cabinet minister said Thursday that Iraqi forces could begin an offensive against Muqtada al-Sadr within hours, despite the firebrand cleric's acceptance of a peace proposal. To prevent an imminent attack on his forces, who are holed up in the revered Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf, al-Sadr must immediately disarm his Mahdi Army militia and hand over its weapons to the authorities, Minister of State Qassim Dawoud said... | 13World
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Roadside bomb kills 3 GIs in Iraq
(AP)
AP - A roadside bomb killed three American soldiers and injured a fourth serviceman north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said Sunday. | 13World
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EU to study energy use by data centers
At a meeting in London next week, the European Commission will discuss the technology available for reducing data center energy use and what a code of conduct -- if one is to be adopted -- should include. | 6Sci/Tech
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Five killed in Montreal-area overpass collapse
TORONTO (Reuters) - Five people were killed in the collapse of a Montreal area expressway overpass when their vehicles were crushed underneath a tangle of concrete debris, Canadian police said on Sunday. | 13World
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Viacom demands $1B from YouTube, Google in copyright suit
Viacom is suing online video provider YouTube and its parent company, Google, for more than $1 billion, saying the companies are infringing on Viacom's copyrights because almost 160,000 unauthorized video clips are available for viewing on YouTube. | 6Sci/Tech
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Greenspan fears China market fall
Chinese shares fall after Alan Greenspan said its stock markets were due for a "dramatic contraction". | 0Business
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Selenium loss linked to cognitive decline in aged
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The results of a new study conducted by researchers in France suggest that selenium levels decrease with age, which may contribute to a loss of neurological abilities in the elderly. | 3Health
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Hurricane leaves Florida reeling
Hurricane Frances leaves millions without electricity and widespread damage as it passes over Florida. | 13World
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Light reading for XML with Groovy
Intuitive, naturally
Hands on, part 2 Groovy, unlike Java, provides a relatively streamlined way to read and write XML documents. In the first part of my two-piece tutorial, I looked at how you can use Groovy's flexible strings, closures and iterators to quickly create XML fragments and files.⊠| 7Software and Developement
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Iran must suspend enrichment before talks: Chirac
NEW YORK (Reuters) - French President Jacques Chirac said on Tuesday Iran must suspend uranium enrichment, a process which can produce fuel for power plants or bombs, before talks aimed at defusing a nuclear standoff can go ahead. | 13World
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Chrysler Boss Sets Sights on Europe (Reuters)
Reuters - It has taken six years, but
Chrysler is betting it has improved the quality and style of
its cars to the point where it can win over twice as many
European motorists, its chief executive said. | 2Europe
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New Year tube strike off
The planned London Underground strike on New Year's Eve has been called off after last ditch talks. Members of the Rail Maritime and Transport (RMT) union were planning to strike on New Year's Eve in a dispute over pay and hours. | 11Top Stories
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Hunger stalks displaced civilians in eastern Chad
HABILE, Chad (Reuters) - Mahamat stares out from beneath his mother's shawl, his eyes glassy and bewildered. | 13World
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Borsa: in Europa in fumo 204 mld
Dj Stoxx 600 registra una flessione del 2,3% | 4Italia
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U.S. Album Sales Fell 9.5% in 2007
Album sales in the U.S. plunged 9.5 percent last year from 2006, as the recording industry had another weak year despite a 45 percent surge in the sale of digital tracks. | 0Business
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Gretzky to Bench Roenick for Columbus Game
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) -- Jeremy Roenick is in trouble with the Phoenix Coyotes and will sit out Thursday night's game against Columbus. | 8Sports
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Pfizer, Kindler nuovo presidente
Dividendo aumentato del 21% a 29 cent per azione | 4Italia
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Cemex to buy RMC Group in $5.8bn deal
NEW YORK, September 27 (newratings.com) - Mexican cement giant, Cemex SA (CX.NYS), has agreed to buy RMC Group Plc, a leading British ready-mix concrete company, in a deal valued at about $5. | 0Business
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Hold In That Hot Air!
Winterize your home for big energy savings | 0Business
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Magic Snap Pistons' 10-Game Win Streak
Rashard Lewis scores 20 points as the Orlando Magic end the Detroit Pistons' 10-game winning streak with a 103-85 win Tuesday. | 8Sports
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Chances of New U.S.-EU Aircraft Pact Dwindling -EU
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and the European Union are unlikely to reach agreement on a new civil aircraft pact, a European Union official said on Thursday, increasing chances the two sides could fight out the issue at the World Trade Organization. | 13World
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Museum Seeks Prophet Caricatures
The Museum of Danish Cartoon Art in Copenhagen, part of the Royal Library of Denmark, is in discussions to buy the 12 caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad that ignited riots leading to 50 deaths around the world after they were published in a Danish newspaper in 2005, The Art Newspaper reported. âThe caricatures have become a part of Danish history,â Jytte Kjaergaard, a spokeswoman for the Royal Library, said. Claus Seidel, one of the cartoonists and the chairman of a Danish cartoonists association, said, âWe have generally agreed that we want a museum to have the works, but everyone still has to take a final decision for himself.â. | 1Entertainment
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Ten years after
Five games into the 1997 season, Boston University's second-year football coach, Tom Masella, was summoned to athletic director Gary Strickler's office where, Masella said, "I was brought to my knees." | 8Sports
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National Grid completes KeySpan acquisition
(Reuters)
Reuters - British power company National Grid
said it would complete the acquisition of U.S. utility
KeySpan Corp on Friday after receiving final approval
from New York State regulators earlier this week. | 0Business
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Convicted French aid workers fly home from Chad
N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Six French aid workers sentenced to hard labor in Chad for trying to kidnap 103 children flew out of the African nation on Friday bound for France where they are due to serve their sentences in jail. | 10Top News
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A Portofino nozze Stewart-Lancaster
La cerimonia si terra' a bordo dello yacht del cantante | 4Italia
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Bush, Kerry Clash on State of Economy
AKRON, Ohio - President Bush and John Kerry battled over the economy and jobs in a small corner of the campaign's most fiercely contested state Saturday as polls showed a post-convention surge for the Republican in the White House. With little more than eight weeks remaining to Election Day, a Newsweek survey gave the president a lead of 52-41 over Kerry, with independent Ralph Nader at 3 percent... | 13World
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U.S. Court Upholds Beastie Boys' Musical Sampling
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court has handed a victory to pioneering punk-rap group the Beastie Boys in a dispute over the growing musical practice of sampling, in which recording artists incorporate snippets of other songs into their own work. | 1Entertainment
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Harrah's, Caesars to sell four casinos
CHICAGO (CBS.MW) -- The soon-to-be-merged Harrah's Entertainment and Caesars Entertainment announced their first asset disposals Monday, inking a deal to sell four casinos to Colony Capital for a total of $1. | 0Business
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Car-Free, Solar City in Gulf Could Set a New Standard for Green Design
Masdar City, a nearly self-contained mini-municipality designed for up to 50,000 people, is intended to be a hub for research on nonpolluting energy technologies. | 6Sci/Tech
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Iran FM backs parliament's decision to resume uranium enrichment
Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi on Sunday welcomed the decision of his country's parliament to back the resumption of uranium enrichment. | 1Entertainment
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New Planets could advance search for Life
Astronomers in Europe and the United States have found two new planets about 20 times the size of Earth beyond the solar system. The discovery might be a giant leap forward in | 1Entertainment
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Taiwan president threatens referendum on island's future
TAIPEI (AFP) - In a move likely to anger China, Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian has vowed to push through a new constitution describing the island as an independent state and threatened to hold a referendum on Taiwan's future. | 13World
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MedImmune Tapped For More Flu Vaccine
MedImmune Inc. said yesterday that it is evaluating whether it can help stem a threatened flu vaccination shortage by producing more doses of its inhaled vaccine FluMist after a request from federal officials. | 1Entertainment
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Squash grown 10,000 years ago in Peru
(AP)
AP - Agriculture was taking root in South America almost as early as the first farmers were breaking ground in the Middle East, new research indicates. Evidence that squash was being grown nearly 10,000 years ago, in what is now Peru, is reported in Friday's edition of the journal Science. | 6Sci/Tech
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Ski resorts sweat in warm weather
European ski resorts are hoping for sudden snowfalls to rescue the start of their season. | 10Top News
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Rice seeks to jumpstart Arab-Israeli peace process
AMMAN (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will seek on Thursday to resuscitate the Palestinian-Israeli peace process after coming under pressure from moderate Arab nations hoping to expand a ceasefire deal. | 10Top News
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Channel to Dell - you've lost
Direct vs indirect war is over
The channel model wars are over, and Dell lost, one industry pundit declared today.⊠| 6Sci/Tech
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Offshore Cape Wind project clears federal environmental review
Cape Wind would be the first offshore wind farm in the U.S., capable of supplying 75 percent of the electricity to Cape Cod. | 6Sci/Tech
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US military deaths in Iraq at 3,909
(AP)
AP - As of Saturday, Jan. 5, 2008, at least 3,909 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eight military civilians. At least 3,178 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers. | 13World
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Phone Makers Turn On Mobile TV
Imagine turning on your mobile phone to watch breaking news or an entertainment program. The idea could soon become reality following an announcement last week that five of the world's largest mobile phone | 6Sci/Tech
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Apple rolls out double-quad-core Mac Pro, Xserve
The company introduced a version of its top-of-the-line desktop that is twice as fast as its predecessor, as well as a server that will offer a similar performance boost. | 7Software and Developement
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Intel may have lost e-mails related to AMD case
Some internal e-mails were missing, despite the company's efforts to preserve documents related to the case, mostly due to communications failures inside Intel. | 6Sci/Tech
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Udine, 17:01 - CALCIO, UDINESE; IAQUINTA: IO AL MILAN? NIENTE DI VERO
Vincenzo Iaquinta, intervistato da "Napoli Magazine", commenta le voci di mercato che lo danno al Mi... | 4Italia
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Euronext investors back NYSE
Euronext shareholders back the stock market operator's 10.9bn euros takeover by the New York Stock Exchange. | 2Europe
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Beyonce leads Soul Train Music Award nominations
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Beyonce, snubbed by various film awards for her role in the movie musical "Dreamgirls," led the field of nominees announced on Tuesday for the 21st annual Soul Train Music Awards, honoring the leading lights of soul, R&B and hip-hop. | 1Entertainment
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Microsoft launches OBA partner program
( InfoWorld ) - Determined to get partners on board to help transform Office 2007 from a productivity suite to a platform for business applications, Microsoft on Tuesday unveiled a program to help partners add functionality to the suite by creating Office Business Applications , or OBAs.
OBAs add business processes and intelligence to Office applications such as Excel and Outlook. OBAs are designed to connect functionality from back-end applications such as Microsoft SQL Server and the Microsoft Dynamics suite to front-end desktop applications that business users are familiar with and use often.
Microsoft said it will invest as much as $10 million in the OBA OnRamp Program, which includes technical resources, training and sales and marketing assistance to partners, said Daz Wilkin, a program manager for Microsoft's platform strategy group. Microsoft is unveiling the program at its Worldwide Partner Conference during a keynote by Chris Capossela, a corporate vice president in the Microsoft Business Division. The conference is being held through Thursday in Denver.
The program includes an OBA Quickstart Kit to be distributed to partner attendees. The kit will include case studies and demos that will help partners get up to speed on what OBAs are and how to build them, Wilkin said.
Microsoft partners also can sell the OBAs they develop on a site called OBA Central as part of the program. To drive traffic to the site and give partners a sales boost, Microsoft is purchasing ad words for its own search engine, Windows Live Search, that will link searches to those partners' OBAs, Wilkin said.
Microsoft already has built several reference applications that can help partners and developers build specific OBAs. More information about the applications can be found on the OBA portal on the Microsoft Developer Network. | 6Sci/Tech
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Georgian army replaces Kalashnikov with U.S. rifle
TBILISI (Reuters) - Soldiers from NATO aspirant Georgia switched their Soviet-era Kalashnikov rifles on Friday for U.S.-designed M4 carbines in part of a drive to distance themselves from their Russian-dominated past. | 13World
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Thatcher to be tried in absentia
Sir Mark Thatcher is to be tried in absentia over an alleged coup plot in Equatorial Guinea, a lawyer says. | 10Top News
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Powerful typhoon lashes Japan coast, kills three
(AFP)
AFP - One of the most powerful storms in decades barrelled towards Tokyo on Sunday after killing three people and flooding hundreds of homes, officials and reports said. | 13World
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Clashes in Ramadi as militant group executes 11 Iraqi guards
At least two Iraqis were killed in clashes today between US troops and insurgents in the restive city of Ramadi, as a militant group claimed it had executed 11 members of the Iraqi National Guard. | 13World
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Berlusconi resigns as AC Milan president
Silvio Berlusconi resigned as president of AC Milan on Tuesday to conform with Italian laws that prohibit the country's premier from running private enterprises while in office. | 8Sports
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Mo: bottiglie incendiarie su chiese
Sono state lanciate a Nablus dopo parole Papa, nessun danno | 4Italia
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Oracle-- 61 Pct PeopleSoft Stock Tendered
Oracle Corp. Friday said 61 percent of PeopleSoft Inc. shares were tendered for its $24-a-share offer, strengthening Oracle's hostile bid position as it waits to | 1Entertainment
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Russia expels four British diplomats
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Thursday it would expel four British diplomats from Moscow, retaliating for Britain's decision earlier this week to send home four Russian diplomats. | 10Top News
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Prosecutors Unleash New Searches at Yukos (AP)
AP - Prosecutors searched the offices of the Yukos oil giant's biggest Siberian subsidiary Friday as this month's auction approached against the parent company's crippling back tax debts. | 2Europe
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U.S. Men Salvage Some Pride with Basketball Bronze
ATHENS (Reuters) - It is not the color they bargained on, but the U.S. men's basketball team were happy on Saturday to take any medal they could get their hands on. | 10Top News
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Cup pairings named, big clash to lead off
Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson will go head-to-head with Colin Montgomerie and Padraig Harrington in the opening battle of this weekend's Ryder Cup competition. | 1Entertainment
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Singapore activist ban "authoritarian": Wolfowitz
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz on Friday called Singapore's restrictions on the entry of activists for the World Bank/IMF meetings "authoritarian." | 0Business
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U.N. concerned as violence escalates in Darfur
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Murder, rape and abductions are on the rise in West Darfur state, the United Nations said on Wednesday, noting with concern that increased violence in the lawless Sudanese region had driven more people into camps. | 13World
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Police: 4 fatally shot in Conn. condo
(AP)
AP - Four people were found shot to death Saturday night in a condominium, and police said the shootings were not a random act of violence. | 12U.S.
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Baseball proves a ratings hit for Fox
(AP)
AP - Fox can look forward to the World Series. | 1Entertainment
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Thaksin Fires Thai Defense, Agriculture Ministers (Update4)
Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra fired the defense and agriculture ministers after his public ratings fell following the government's failure to stop violence in the Muslim-dominated south and the spread of bird flu. | 13World
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Fisco: Visco, nessun calo entrate
Ci sono andamenti stagionali, dato molto buono | 4Italia
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Stocks wait for PPI, mergers and Santa
NEW YORK (Reuters) - With Wall Street in the final stretch of the year and the Dow Jones industrial average in record territory, investors expect next week to bring in even more holiday cheer. | 0Business
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Delphi, XM Unveil Handheld Satellite Radio Receiver
XM Satellite Radio and radio manufacturer Delphi yesterday introduced the Delphi XM MyFi, a portable, handheld satellite radio receiver the companies hope will lure more consumers to a medium currently limited to car and home units. | 0Business
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'Kidnapping plot' search widens
Police will search a further three Birmingham properties in the inquiry into an alleged kidnapping plot. | 10Top News
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72 killed in crash of military truck
Seventy-two people, mostly Ugandan soldiers and their relatives, were killed and 41 were injured, many seriously, when their truck crashed late Sunday into a concrete barrier in the east of the country, a spokesman said yesterday. | 13World
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Bono's New Casualty: 'Private Ryan'
In the new era, merely the threat that the F.C.C. might punish a TV station or a network is all that's needed to push them onto the slippery slope of self-censorship. | 1Entertainment
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Bush to welcome Georgia president
(AFP)
AFP - US President George W. Bush will welcome his counterpart from Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, on March 19 for talks on issues including the ex-Soviet satellite's future, the White House said Friday. | 6Sci/Tech
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