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Ailton Weighs Rising Sun Offer Schalke 04 striker Ailton has revealed that he has a big bucks contract waiting for him in Japan. (My agent) put a concrete offer from Japan in front of me, quot; the reigning German Footballer of the Year told SportBild.

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Business Week Names Adler Its New Editor Stephen J. Adler, deputy managing editor of The Wall Street Journal, has been named editor of Business Week magazine, succeeding Stephen B. Shepard, who announced last week that he would retire from the magazine to become the first dean of a new

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Sex Drive With Gina Lynn Wired News introduces a new column by Regina Lynn Preciado. It's about sex. And technology. You'll dig it.

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Sorenstam maintains Florida lead Annika Sorenstam could only manage a level-par 72 on day three of the ADT Tour Championship in Florida but it was enough to maintain a one-stroke lead.

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Opportunity Rings (Forbes.com) Forbes.com - This past summer 25,000 consumers, aged 18 to 24, received short text messages on their cell phones alerting them to numbers on 225 million bottle caps of Snapple iced tea, pink lemonade and the like. People holding a winning number, announced by text message and traditional media, landed overseas trips and walk-on parts on TV shows.

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Lady Tigers run past Gophers MINNEAPOLIS -- One is a 6-foot-1 National Player of the Year candidate, looking to lead her top-ranked team back to the Final Four.

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Sun makes run for supercomputing title With the economy slowly turning up, upgrading hardware has been on businesses radar in the past 12 months as their number two priority.

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Robinho #39;s mother releaased by kidnappers The mother of Santos striker Robinho was released unharmed on Friday, 40 days after she was kidnapped at a family gathering. Marina da Silva de Souza, 44, appeared healthy but thinner than when she was abducted

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Beckham Practicing Again With Real Madrid David Beckham trained with Real Madrid on Monday for the first time since breaking two ribs last month during a World Cup qualifier.

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Bush says he will work with allies President Bush told a Thursday news conference he would continue to lead the United States in promoting freedom and democracy in the Middle East.

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Golf: Woods #39; bitter sip from cup MICHIGAN - Tiger Woods finished the 35th Ryder Cup on a personal winning note in the last-day singles, but the enigma of his relationship with the biennial team competition remains.

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PalmSource Embraces Linux with China MobileSoft Acquisition (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Mobile software provider PalmSource is leaping into a market with a\potentially huge upside with the acquisition of China MobileSoft (CMS),\and at the same time is giving a big boost to the open source developer\commmunity.

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Sony NW-E95 and NW-E99 Network Walkman Sony Europe has launched two tiny 512MB and 1GB MP3 players, the NW-E95 and NW-E99 Network Walkman. Both play MP3 (Sony has officially bit the mp3 bullet) and ATRAC3plus compressed files and have a small blue backlit LCD screen.

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The Russians are back St. Paul, Minn.Outclassed and completely humiliated by the Russians here last night, the reeling and desperate Americans are planning wholesale lineup changes to get back on track in the World Cup.

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UPDATE: NZ Auckland Airport FY Net Surges On Travel Boom WELLINGTON (Dow Jones)--New Zealand #39;s Auckland International Airport Ltd. (AIA.NZ) Thursday posted double digit annual profit growth, buoyed by a surge in passenger travel, and said it expects to meet market consensus for the 2005 fiscal year earnings.

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Victory Looms for Karzai as Vote Probe Continues Hamid Karzai was assured of a majority in Afghanistans election to become its first democratically chosen president. With nearly 95 per cent of votes counted, the interim leader already has more than half

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Powell to Japan; US Troops, N.Korea on Agenda Secretary of State Colin Powell will visit Tokyo for two days next weekend to discuss security and trade as well as stalled talks aimed at ending North Korea #39;s nuclear ambitions, Japanese officials said on Sunday.

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Peter Griffin: A9.com makes searching personal I #39;ve really taken to A9.com. It #39;s almost as if this new player in the search engine game has been built specifically for me.

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Mauresmo retires, Davenport wins Porsche Tennis Grand Prix This was not the way that American Lindsay Davenport wanted to claim her second career title at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix. In a match between the top two

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Ransom may buy life of Iraq hostage The brother of Iraq hostage Ken Bigley was investigating whether it might be possible to buy his sibling #39;s life. Paul Bigley was looking into reports in a Kuwaiti newspaper that a new Iraqi militant group

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Pilot leaders OK Delta deal The leadership of Delta Air Lines #39; pilot union early this morning approved a tentative concessionary agreement with the company, sending it to a vote of the entire membership.

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Haas, Dent win openers at Madrid Masters Tommy Haas of Germany and Taylor Dent of the United States advanced to the second round of the Madrid Masters after easy wins Tuesday.

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UPDATE 3-Walgreen profit rises, more stores planned Walgreen Co. (WAG.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the top US drugstore chain, on Monday said quarterly profit rose 18 percent on strong sales of prescription drugs

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F1 debuts in China Formula One made its long-awaited debut in the People #39;s Republic of China today as the stunning new Shanghai International Circuit echoed to the banshee wail of Formula One engines being used in anger for the first time.

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Atlanta police arrest Braves player on DUI charge ATLANTA - An Atlanta Braves player is in the Atlanta Jail today after being arrested on a charge of driving under the influence. Members of the DUI Task Force arrested shortstop Rafael Furcal about 4:20 am

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IBM plans Web meeting service, takes aim at WebEx IBM's new Lotus Web Conferencing Service, expected to be offered next month, requires that users simply register an account and have an Internet connection, a Web browser and a phone.

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European Press Review: Climate Change European editorials on Monday commented on the results of the local elections in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

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Football: Brazil legend's UK debut Brazil football great Socrates is set to make his debut for non-league Garforth Town on Saturday.

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Mularkey sticking with Bledsoe as Bills starter Mike Mularkey has a message to those clamoring for rookie quarterback JP Losman to replace Drew Bledsoe as Buffalo #39;s starter. Not yet.

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Best Buy a Bad Deal? Attorney General Jim Petro is suing Best Buy, alleging the electronics retailer has engaged in unfair and deceptive business practices.

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Roadside Bomb Injures Six GIs in Iraq (AP) AP - A roadside bomb exploded near an American military patrol in Baghdad Saturday, injuring six soldiers, the U.S. command said.

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McDonald #39;s CEO Charlie Bell devoted working career to McDonald #39;s OAK BROOK, Ill. Cancer has forced Charlie Bell to step down as CEO of the restaurant chain to which he #39;s devoted most of his working career.

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Compete against your friends, SI experts and celebrities in this <b>...</b> OWINGS MILLS, Maryland (Ticker) -- quot;Prime Time quot; has decided this is the right time to return to the NFL. Deion Sanders, regarded as perhaps the most electrifying cornerback in league history, arrived here

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Are Cheaper Flat-Panel TVs On The Way? (PC World) PC World - IFire aims to displace LCD TVs with its lower-cost display technology.

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Commuter Plane Crashes in China, Killing 54 A China Eastern Airlines commuter plane crashed into a frozen lake in northern China this morning, killing all 53 people on board and 1 on the ground, state media and the airline said.

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Nokia to launch RFID phone kit with a magic touch Nokia has launched its first product that supports Near Field Communication (NFC), an emerging radio frequency identification (RFID) technology that could have significant implications for mobile commerce.

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At Least Five Dead in Russia Mine Blast (Reuters) Reuters - At least five miners were killed and 14\injured in a blast in a coal mine in Russia's Siberia, the\Emergencies Ministry said on Thursday.

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Deco keeps Barca flying high as Ronaldo rescues Real Brazilians bagged the plaudits in Spain #39;s La Liga on Saturday as Deco, Brazil-born but a naturalised Portuguese international, fired Barcelona five points clear of the pack with the only goal in a derby win over Espanyol.

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EU launches graphic tobacco ads The European Commission launches graphic images showing the damage smoking can do to people's health.

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Internet access is free on ferries during tests Tests of high-speed wireless Internet service on one of the region #39;s busiest ferry runs have been canceled, but the service, referred to as Wi-Fi, might still become available on that run, between Seattle and Bremerton, the ferry service said.

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Euro Surges to New High The U.S. dollar fell to another new low against the euro Friday, pushing the European currency higher than \$1.34 after U.S. employment data came in weaker than expected.

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Israeli Tanks Surge Into Gaza Refugee Camp -Witnesses GAZA (Reuters) - A column of Israeli tanks surged into the heart of the Jabalya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday as the army broadened its sweep for militants behind a deadly rocket attack on an Israeli town.

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Lethal Bird Flu Reemerges In Four East Asian Countries The avian influenza virus that swept across East Asia early this year has reemerged in at least four countries in the region despite optimism among health and agriculture officials that the disease had been eradicated through the mass slaughter of chickens.

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Broken thumb sidelines Payton Results of X-rays on Gary Payton #39;s right hand revealed a non-displaced fracture in the point guard #39;s right thumb. Payton did not play last night against the

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Cassini Spies Two Little Saturn Moons (AP) AP - NASA's Cassini spacecraft has spied two new little moons around satellite-rich Saturn, the space agency said Monday.

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Oracle expected to push on content management at OpenWorld Oracle is expected to unveil updates to its software's content management and business intelligence functions, as well as other enhancements at next week's Oracle OpenWorld user event.

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Linux groups patch image flaw com December 8, 2004, 2:48 PM PT. Several flaws in common Linux code used to process graphics in the GNOME desktop environment could allow an attacker to compromise a computer that

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Australia Police to Trap Cyberspace Pedophiles (Reuters) Reuters - Australian police acting as part of an\international "cyber cop" network will be able to trap\pedophiles who use the Internet to "groom" or lure children for\sex, under new laws passed by parliament on Tuesday.

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Guidant, J amp;J reportedly are in merger talks Johnson amp; Johnson is in advanced negotiations to acquire Guidant, an Indianapolis-based medical device maker, for more than \$24 billion, executives close to the talks said Monday.

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MSN Messenger difficulties - Virus People using Microsoft #39;s instant-messaging software, MSN Messenger, may have been a mite lonely this weekend, with only a virus to keep them company.

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Carnival crowds likely to top 1m As the Notting Hill Carnival enters its final day, police say they are pleased with how it has gone so far. About 250,000 people took to the streets on Sunday - more than double the first day last year - to celebrate 40 years of the west London event.

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NASA Finishes Redesigned Shuttle Fuel Tank (Reuters) Reuters - NASA has finished building a redesigned\space shuttle fuel tank that was reconfigured to eliminate the\debris problem that doomed the shuttle Columbia and its seven\astronauts, agency officials said on Tuesday.

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NY School Bus Driver Fired Over Stem Cell Talk (Reuters) Reuters - A school bus driver who chatted about\stem cell research with her pupils was fired for inappropriate\behavior, a local newspaper said on Thursday.

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Intel Taps Otellini As Next CEO Intel #39;s board, as expected, has named Paul Otellini to succeed Craig Barrett as CEO effective next May 18, the company announced Thursday.

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Devil Rays thumbnails at Fenway Park Records: Boston is 86-56 (second in the AL East); Tampa Bay is 61-80 (fourth in AL East). Tonight (7:05, NESN, WEEI): LHP Scott Kazmir (1-1, 5.62) vs.

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Top Senate Dem Calls for Bipartisanship (AP) AP - Rallying a party stung by presidential and congressional losses, the incoming Senate Democratic leader reminded fellow lawmakers on Saturday of their shared commitment to help the nation.

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Delta to Cut 6,000-6,900 Jobs CHICAGO (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines on Wednesday said it plans to cut between 6,000 and 6,900 jobs during the next 18 months, implement a 10 percent across-the-board pay reduction and reduce employee benefits in a bid to avoid bankruptcy.

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Pentagon Disputes Red Cross Criticism (AP) AP - A Pentagon spokesman said Monday that Red Cross officials have "made their view known" that the indefinite detention of terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, amounts to torture.

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VeriSign #39;s Antitrust Claim Against ICANN Dismissed quot;VeriSign #39;s contentions are deficient, quot; Judge Howard Matz wrote in the 16-page decision setting aside the antitrust claims against ICANN.

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Mets decline Leiter's \$10.2 million option Al Leiter , 39, became a free agent when the New York Mets declined his \$10.2 million option and decided to pay a \$2.1 million buyout. The lefthander went 10-8 with a 3.21 ERA in 30 starts last season. He was on the disabled list from May 11 to June 1 because of tendinitis in his left shoulder . . ...

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Linksys, Netgear prep soho VoIP kit WLAN kit makers Linksys and Netgear have rolled out consumer and small-business oriented wireless access points with integrated Voice over IP (VoIP) support.

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Airbus will move forward on 7E7 competitor Airbus has been given the go-ahead to develop a new jet designed to compete with The Boeing Co. #39;s new 7E7, according to reports by The Associated Press Friday.

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Independent directors demanded Black #39;s resignation, investor says Catalyst Fund General Partner I Inc., a disgruntled shareholder of Hollinger Inc., claimed yesterday that the company #39;s independent board members have demanded the resignations of Conrad Black, his wife and other insiders -- a charge disputed by the

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Microsoft antispam suit targets 'bulletproof' Web host Microsoft has filed nine lawsuits against individuals and companies allegedly involved sending out spam, including one suit against a Web hosting company that claimed it was "bulletproof" and couldn't be shut down.

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Blair builds Atlantic bridge Tony Blair last night put worldwide political and human rights at the centre of his hopes to revitalise the United Nations and bring the United States and Europe closer together again in pursuit of global democracy.

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Software revenue pushes up Oracle #39;s Q2 earnings Oracle Corp. reported second-quarter 2005 earnings that beat analyst expectations on Monday, thanks to new software revenue and continued gains from license updates and product support.

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Kremlin keeps all guessing over YUKOS fate As YUKOS contemplates a staggering \$17.5 billion tax bill, the spectre of bankruptcy has never seemed closer for Russia #39;s biggest oil company.

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Toronto Raptors Team Report - November 20 (Sports Network) - The Toronto Raptors found themselves on the wrong end of a 101-94 decision against the red-hot Seattle SuperSonics on Friday at the Air Canada Centre.

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TOMPKINS: Young Brit who fought here has shot at gold Great Britain #39;s Amir Khan, who looked so impressive in winning the 132-pound championship at the Junior International Invitational Boxing Championships here last summer, has a chance for an Olympic gold medal in the lightweight division today.

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Web TV Start-Ups Show Programs Outside the Box (washingtonpost.com) washingtonpost.com - Internet TV is a mirage, seeming so close yet turning out to be far away or downright unreal when you try to watch it. At least that's my take on the many past plans for zapping motion pictures over the Internet.

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Gamecocks can expect fun, intensity from new Coach Spurrier (Columbia-AP) Nov. 24, 2004 - Friends and colleagues of South Carolina #39;s new coach Steve Spurrier say he is a family man who jokes around and likes to play golf, just like his predecessor Lou Holtz .

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ElBaradei strongly rejects charges of collaboration with Iran International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Mohamed ElBaradei angrily rejected allegations that he had collaborated with Iran ahead of releasing investigation reports about Tehrans nuclear program.

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Consumer Prices Down, Industry Output Up WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer prices dropped in July for the first time in eight months as a sharp run up in energy costs reversed, the government said in a report that suggested a slow rate of interest rate hikes is likely.

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Atlantic City settlement In an agreement that could have significant implications for locked- out San Francisco hotel workers, striking casino workers in Atlantic City today are expected to ratify a deal that offers lucrative benefits but abandons the union #39;s strategy to

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No Peace Until S.Korea Explains Atomic Tests-North SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea will not dismantle its nuclear programs or improve ties with South Korea until questions about the South's nuclear experiments are clearly answered, Pyongyang said on Sunday.

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Broadhurst, Fichardt lead Open de Madrid Paul Broadhurst shot a 3-under 68 Saturday for a share of the lead after the third round of the Open de Madrid. Broadhurst finished 54 holes at 13-under-par 200 for a tie with Darren Fichardt, who shot a 67.

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Almost 5,000 jobs cut on Bank of America getting funds Bank of America has an option to cut at least 4,500 jobs while reorganizing its structure. This is not the first time when the bank reduces jobs.

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Navy streamlines NMCI contract Officials at the Navy and contractor EDS said they have reached an agreement to revise performance measurements on the Navy Marine Corps Intranet contract, which EDS called a critical step toward billing NMCI seats on a 100 percent basis.

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

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

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Update 2: Tokyo Stocks Finish 2.6 Percent Higher Tokyo stocks finished sharply higher Monday, fueled by Wall Street #39;s gains last week. The US dollar was higher against the Japanese yen.

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IU researchers helping to study video game-violence link Researchers from the Indiana University School of Medicine are trying to determine whether violent video games such as Grand Theft Auto can make players more prone to violent behavior.

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Broadband Providers Monitor Philly's Plans To Offer Citywide Wi-Fi (Investor's Business Daily) Investor's Business Daily - With Philadelphia's recent proposal to install a citywide broadband wireless network, will there be brotherly love between the city and its broadband service providers?

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Wakefield goes deep this time When it comes to giving up long balls, Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield has a short memory. Just three weeks after he surrendered a club-record six home

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Judge blocks record libel claim against Financial Times LONDON (AFP) - A judge at the London High Court struck out the bulk of a record libel damages claim of 240 million pounds (345 million euros, 434 million dollars) against the Financial Times by stockbroker Collins Stewart Tullet.

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2 D.C. Men Accused of Defrauding Investors The Securities and Exchange Commission sued two District men yesterday, charging them with improperly soliciting more than \$1.3 million for a real-estate-based Ponzi scheme by preying on fears about neighborhood gentrification.

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Paterno #39;s real tragedy may be not knowing when to go Joe Paterno often has talked about the profound impact that a piece of classic literature has had on his life. While a student at Brooklyn Prep in the early 1940s, he devoured TheAeneid, written by the Roman poet Virgil.

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Tennis: Mauresmo books semi-final berth at WTA Tour Championships LOS ANGELES : France #39;s Amelie Mauresmo has booked her berth in the semi-finals of the season-ending WTA Tour Championships with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over US Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia.

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Alleged U.S. Deserter Set to Surrender (AP) AP - Accused U.S. Army deserter Charles Jenkins left his Tokyo hospital for an American military base to surrender to military authorities Saturday, nearly 40 years after he allegedly defected to North Korea.

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GOP to Sue Over 573 Found Wash. Ballots (AP) AP - Republicans prepared a lawsuit Thursday to try to prevent King County from including 573 newly discovered ballots in a hand recount that could erase their gubernatorial candidate's razor-thin margin of victory.

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Cisco #39;s Perfigo Acquisition Delivers Policy Compliance To Channel In a move that targets the increased threats of worms and viruses to networked businesses, Cisco Systems Thursday said it will acquire privately owned endpoint compliance vendor Perfigo in a deal worth approximately \$74 million.

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Samsung looks to top 100m unit sales next year (FT.com) FT.com - Samsung Electronics, the world's second-largest mobile phone maker, expects its handset sales to rise 16 per cent next year to more than 100m units.

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British Re-Enact Charge of Light Brigade (AP) AP - Britain's Prince Philip and saber-waving cavalry re-enactors commemorated the charge of the Light Brigade on Monday, 150 years after the doomed British assault against Russian cannons in a Crimean War battle immortalized by the poet Alfred Lord Tennyson.

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There #39;s a lot on the line for drivers at Richmond this weekend RICHMOND, Va. - Its the 26th race of the Nextel Cup season, and for the first time in the sports history, a season will end before, well, the season.

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Kashmir separatist chief arrested Kashmir separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani is prevented from leading a protest against allleged rapes by an Indian army officer.

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Dino sucked in prey with its giraffe neck The fossil of a sea reptile with a neck twice as long as its body is solving the mystery of how some ancient reptiles used such unusually long appendages.

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Nokia, Pointsec team on mobile data security Enterprises seeking higher security for their growing number of mobile devices may be interested in new encryption technology that Nokia Corp. is deploying in its smart phone products.

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Afghan Forces Arrest 2 Taliban Leaders KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Dec 14 -- Afghan forces have captured two top figures of the deposed Taliban government, including the personal security chief of leader Mohammad Omar, provincial officials said Tuesday.

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

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Peru Gov't: Police Killed in Self-Defense Peru's interior minister said Wednesday that police acted in self-defense when they killed three coca farmers who were part of a group that hurled rocks and tried to burn a police lieutenant alive to protest U.S.-backed eradication of their cocaine producing crop.

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