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{ "text": "A serving of football EFL style Can't wait to see the Super Bowl champion New England Patriots look to continue their 15-game winning streak when they host the Indianapolis Colts next Thursday? Gridiron junkies will whet their appetite tomorrow at 7 p.m. at Battis Field in Middleborough, where the Middleboro Cobras and Brockton Buccaneers will tangle for Eastern Football League supremacy." }
Sports
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{ "text": "Dell Exits Low-End China Consumer PC Market HONG KONG (Reuters) - Dell Inc. <DELL.O>, the world's largest PC maker, said on Monday it has left the low-end consumer PC market in China and cut its overall growth target for the country this year due to stiff competition in the segment." }
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{ "text": "Former Red left hole struggling bullpen has yet to fill Nearly six months have passed since the Reds traded Chris Reitsma to Atlanta, but Sean Casey still regrets the move. quot;You look at all the success the Braves " }
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{ "text": "Hurricane Worries Boost Oil Prices Worries that Hurricane Ivan will hurt oil production in the Gulf of Mexico boosted oil prices Tuesday. In mid-morning New York trading, oil for future delivery hit \\$44." }
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{ "text": "Toshiba to Unveil HD DVD Laptops in 2005 -- Paper TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Toshiba Corp. <A HREF=\"http://www.reuters.co.uk/financeQuoteLookup.jhtml?ticker=6502.T qtype=sym infotype=info qcat=news\">6502.T</A> will introduce laptop computers with HD DVD technology in December 2005, aiming to pressure rivals in the battle over formats for next-generation DVDs, the Nihon Keizai daily said on Wednesday." }
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{ "text": "Yukos faces tax arrears of \\$4bn MOSCOW: Russias tax ministry said on Friday that it had raised its back tax claims against oil major Yukos by a fifth for 01, to 119." }
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{ "text": "Germany, France support Turkish invitation to EU membership talks (AFP) AFP - Germany and France both support inviting to European Union membership talks at a summit in December in Brussels, Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said." }
World
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{ "text": "With a Rookie Quarterback in the N.F.L., Call It in the Air Debuts are rarely pretty, especially for rookies such as Giants quarterback Eli Manning, who will make his first start Sunday." }
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{ "text": "Is More Aid Needed to Solve Africa's Woes? (Reuters) Reuters - American economist Jeffrey Sachs\\has a novel way to tackle African poverty: Shower more aid on\\the world's poorest continent." }
World
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{ "text": "Hundreds laid off at Fleet offices Bank of America Corp. yesterday laid off hundreds of workers at Fleet bank branches across the Northeast as the North Carolina bank began to implement its brand of ..." }
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{ "text": "Yahoo, EarthLink to Test New Anti-Spam System WASHINGTON (Reuters) - EarthLink Inc. <A HREF=\"http://www.reuters.co.uk/financeQuoteLookup.jhtml?ticker=ELNK.O qtype=sym infotype=info qcat=news\">ELNK.O</A> and Yahoo Inc. <A HREF=\"http://www.reuters.co.uk/financeQuoteLookup.jhtml?ticker=YHOO.O qtype=sym infotype=info qcat=news\">YHOO.O</A> said on Monday they would begin tests of a new anti-spam technology that encodes digital signatures into customers' e-mail as a way to separate legitimate messages from unwanted spam." }
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{ "text": "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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{ "text": "Hit TV series 24 goes from small screen to smaller screen (AFP) AFP - The hit US television show quot;24 quot; is going from the small screen to the smaller after 20th Century Fox and Vodaphone struck a groundbreaking deal to distribute the drama on mobile telephones." }
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{ "text": "Inflation fall eases rates pressure INFLATION fell again in August, slipping further below the governments 2 per cent target, driven down by clothing and footwear retailers failing to raise prices after a poor summer." }
Business
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{ "text": "New Spasm of Violence Sweeps Iraq, Killing 110 BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least 110 people were killed across Iraq on Sunday in a sharp escalation of violence that saw gun battles, car bombs and bombardments rock the capital." }
World
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{ "text": "Photo: Sony's LocationFree TVs The electronics maker's wireless television set emphasizes advances in the boob tube." }
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{ "text": "Iraq continues battle against insurgents BAGHDAD, IRAQ - Insurgents continued to strike against coalition targets in Iraq Saturday, resulting in the deaths of one US soldier and four government employees in Baghdad." }
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{ "text": "Supernova Warning System Will Give Astronomers Earlier Notice Duke University -- A Supernova Early Warning System (SNEWS) that detects ghostlike neutrino particles that are the earliest emanations from the immense, explosive death throes of large stars will alert astronomers of the blasts before they can see the flash. SNEWS \"could allow astronomers a chance to make unprecedented observations of the very early turn-on of the supernova,\" wrote the authors of an article about the new system in the September issue of the \"New Journal of Physics.\" They also noted that \"no supernova has ever been observed soon after its birth.\" Big stars end their lives in explosive gravitational collapses so complete that even the brilliant flashes of light usually announcing these extremely rare \"supernova\" events stay trapped inside, unseen by astronomers, for the first hours or days..." }
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{ "text": "Single License for Dual Core at Microsoft Microsoft (Quote, Chart) said it has clarified its software licensing policies to address a new trend in microprocessors and to keep the pressure on its rivals." }
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{ "text": "B.C. Mountie killed in stolen truck crash leaves wife, two small children (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - VERNON, B.C. (CP) - Vernon RCMP have identified the auxiliary officer killed when the cruiser in which he was riding was struck by a stolen truck as Glen Evely, 39." }
World
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{ "text": " #39;Emperor #39; Adriano has Inter under his rule One match into the Italian league season and (Emperor) Adriano already has Inter Milan under his rule. The Brazilian striker has scored six goals in Inter #39;s first four matches this season, including " }
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{ "text": "Exit Polls: Hong Kong Democrats Win Limited Gains HONG KONG (Reuters) - Pro-democracy candidates won limited gains in Hong Kong's Legislative Council election on Sunday and the pro-Beijing camp achieved a better-than-expected showing, exit polls showed." }
World
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{ "text": "In Athens, the other Olympics It was a sight the Greeks had never seen: Beneath the ancient temples of the Acropolis, dozens of international visitors maneuvered " }
Sports
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{ "text": "Terror Suspect Escapes From Bahrain Court A terror suspect escaped from court in Bahrain Monday after a judge renewed the detention order and three fellow detainees for 30 days." }
World
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{ "text": "FBI Suspects Israel Has Spy in Pentagon -- CBS News WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI believes there is an Israeli spy at the very highest level of the Pentagon, CBS News reported on Friday." }
World
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{ "text": "Britain Edges U.S. for 400M Relay Gold (AP) AP - Stymied by a sloppy handoff in the middle of the race, the United States lost to Great Britain by a hundredth of a second Saturday night in the 400-meter relay #151; a race the American men usually dominate." }
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{ "text": "Hilfiger tumbles on grand jury probe CHICAGO (CBS.MW) -- Shares of Tommy Hilfiger Corp. tumbled Monday after the company disclosed that a grand jury was looking into the buying-office commissions the retailer pays to a non-US subsidiary." }
Business
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{ "text": "US planes again hit Sadr City BAGHDAD US warplanes fired on targets in the east Baghdad slum of Sadr City on Thursday, the second day of fighting in the Shiite militia stronghold." }
World
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{ "text": "Dolphins and Steelers Will Play Sunday Night (Reuters) Reuters - The Miami Dolphins and\\Pittsburgh Steelers will play their scheduled game Sunday night\\at 8:30 p.m." }
Sports
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{ "text": "Forecast Frosty for U.S.-Canadian Ties TORONTO -- The weather won't be the only thing that's cool when President Bush visits neighboring Canada next week." }
World
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{ "text": "World #39;s smallest digital camera with zoom lens Come September, Japanese electronics giant Casio Computer will launch the world #39;s smallest digital camera with a zoom lens. Casio #39;s palm-sized Exilim camera is much smaller than others as, for the first time, it uses a ceramic lens." }
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{ "text": "Najeh to the rescue for Packers No Ahman Green, no problem. At least that #39;s what it looked like on Monday night, as the Green Bay Packers ran roughshod over the St." }
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{ "text": "Red Sox explode in the 8th for 12-5 win The New York Yankees are going to the playoffs, and they will probably go there as AL East champions, too. They just won #39;t be clinching the division in Fenway Park." }
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{ "text": "As Mets Look Ahead, They Keep Looking Back A handful of potential managers, including Lenny Dykstra, has emerged from the Mets' 1986 World Series-winning team." }
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{ "text": "Kendall Gives Jets' Offensive Line a Boost (AP) AP - Ask Curtis Martin to pick one of the most important additions to the New York Jets this season, and he has a quick answer: left guard Pete Kendall." }
Sports
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{ "text": "France surges into Fed Cup final Defending champion France surged into the Fed Cup final, completing a 5-0 sweep of Spain on Thursday behind singles victories by Nathalie Dechy and Tatiana Golovin." }
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{ "text": "New Russian-US Team to Leave for ISS in October MOSCOW (AFP) -- A new Russian-US team for the International Space Station (ISS) will take off from the Baikonur space station in the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan in October, Russian space officials said. The three-person team, due to be approved on Thursday, will leave for the ISS on board a Russian Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft, Russia's Federal Space Agency, Roskosmos said on its website..." }
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{ "text": "African Troops Begin with Small Steps to Calm Darfur (Reuters) Reuters - The rebels emerge from the desert\\haze like ghosts. First one, silhouetted atop a sand dune and\\holding a grenade launcher, then a dozen more, their shadowy\\figures appearing in unison." }
World
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{ "text": "TiVo loss widens SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) - TiVo said its second-quarter loss widened from a year earlier on higher customer acquisition costs. Free!" }
Sci/Tech
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{ "text": "Clayton Dubilier, Merrill team in \\$3.4B buyout In what would be the largest European leveraged buyout of the year, Clayton Dubilier amp; Rice has teamed with Merrill Lynch amp; Co." }
Business
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{ "text": "Motorola and HP in Linux tie-up Motorola plans to sell mobile phone network equipment that uses Linux-based code, a step forward in network gear makers #39; efforts to rally around a standard. " }
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{ "text": "2004 Signals More Global Warming, Extreme Weather: UN (Reuters) Reuters - Global warming is set to continue, and\\bring with it an increase in extreme weather such as hurricanes\\and droughts, scientists from the United Nations' World\\Meteorological Organization warned on Wednesday." }
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{ "text": "Tough to predict a hurricane landfall this season #39;s busy season of landfalling Atlantic hurricanes has seen a few less-than-perfect calls by tropical " }
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{ "text": "Iraq PM pleads for Europe #39;s help Iraq #39;s US-backed leader has made an impassioned plea for European nations divided by the war to reunite to help stabilize and rebuild his country." }
World
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{ "text": "Nebraska Player Charged With Assault An arrest warrant was issued Friday, Nov. 19, 2004, for Nebraska offensive lineman Darren DeLone, shown in this undated handout photo." }
Sports
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{ "text": "Analysis: US heating oil guides NYMEX The price of oil futures jumped sharply Wednesday when a disappointing decline in the US heating-oil supply trumped growth in the crude stockpile." }
Business
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{ "text": "Lehman in Talks to Buy UK Hedge Fund -WSJ (Reuters) Reuters - Investment bank Lehman Brothers\\Holdings Inc. is negotiating to buy GLG Partners, a large\\British hedge fund, the Wall Street Journal reported on\\Thursday, citing unnamed sources." }
Business
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{ "text": "Taser Execs Selling Heavily on the News Shares of Taser International Inc. (TASR.O: Quote, Profile, Research) have jumped 20 percent since early last week as the stun gun maker issued a slew of announcements " }
Business
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{ "text": "Delta Aims to Cut Jobs 12, Drop a Hub and Reduce Pay elta Air Lines announced yesterday that it would cut 12 percent of its work force over the next 18 months and said a bankruptcy filing would be quot;a real possibility quot; as soon as the end " }
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{ "text": "Ryanair names Liverpool airport as 12th base Ryanair is making Liverpool #39;s John Lennon Airport its 12th European base. The low fares airline is investing \\$240m in four new Boeing 737-800 aircraft and will launch nine new European routes from the airport." }
Business
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{ "text": "UK #39;s Jaguar Workers Vote Against Strike Workers at Ford Motor Co. #39;s luxury British car unit, Jaguar, voted against a strike over plans to cut jobs and scale back production, unions said on Monday." }
Business
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{ "text": "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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{ "text": "AMD readies powerful desktop chips AMD is expected to unveil its most powerful desktop processors to date this week, a few days after rival Intel disclosed changes to its desktop processor road map." }
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{ "text": "French Govt., Muslims Appeal for Reporters' Release PARIS (Reuters) - France's government and leaders of its Muslim minority urged Iraqi militants Sunday to free two French journalists they were holding hostage in a bid to force Paris to revoke its ban on Muslim headscarves in schools." }
World
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{ "text": "PeopleSoft gets closer to IBM As the threat of a hostile takeover by Oracle rumbles on, PeopleSoft has announced a \\$1bn partnership with IBM. Speaking at PeopleSoft #39;s user conference in San Francisco yesterday, the company #39;s chief executive " }
Business
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{ "text": "After the Lord Mayor #39;s show It is just six days since the #39;mulligatawny madness #39; at Old Trafford, but the shock waves are still reverberating around the Arsenal dressing room." }
Sports
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{ "text": "Arafat Meets With Gaza Critic A former Palestinian security minister who could be key to keeping order among rival factions in Gaza after an Israeli pullout held a fence-mending meeting Monday with President Yasser Arafat, officials said." }
World
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{ "text": "Astronaut #39;s kudos to Rutan I applaud Burt Rutan and the SpaceShipOne team for their miraculous achievement of winning the Ansari X Prize. As an astronaut, I understand well the challenges they faced in reaching suborbital space." }
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{ "text": "Exporters Lead Nikkei Up, Trade Slow TOKYO (Reuters) - The Nikkei average was up 0.37 percent in mid-morning trade on Thursday as a recovery in the dollar helped auto makers among other exporters, but trade was slow as investors waited for important Japanese economic data." }
Business
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{ "text": "HDS aims virtual Lightning at EMC, IBM Discovers virtualisation just as everyone else is trying to forget it" }
Sci/Tech
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{ "text": "Olympic traffic measures needed at Paralympics: experts Experts recommend that the traffic control measures taken during last month #39;s Olympic Summer Games and the current Paralympics should be kept in Athens permanently, as they " }
Sports
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{ "text": "ST Tele-TM Intl to buy 47.7 in Idea Mumbai: Singapore Technologies Telemedia and TM International have announced that their consortium has signed definitive agreements for the acquisition of 47.7 per cent stake in Idea Cellular." }
Business
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{ "text": "Sun Reports Smaller Loss and Calls It a Turnaround As it struggled to increase sales and cut costs, Sun Microsystems managed to reduce its net loss in the first quarter to \\$174 million." }
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{ "text": "Md. Board Meeting Worries Democrats Republican-dominated election board met behind closed doors in deliberations that Democrats feared were aimed at ousting Elections Administrator Linda H. Lamone.<BR>\\<FONT face=\"verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica\" size=\"-2\"\\ color=\"#666666\"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>" }
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{ "text": "Troops close Gaza roads after rockets fired at Israel JERUSALEM -- Israeli forces blocked main roads in Gaza yesterday after rockets were fired at an Israeli town, and troops tore down houses in a refugee camp on the Egyptian border, foreshadowing more unrest after Israel #39;s announced planned pullout next year " }
World
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{ "text": "With Ban Pending, Hamilton Loses Ride Tyler Hamilton, who won an Olympic gold medal for the United States in Athens, was fired last Thursday by Phonak, his Swiss cycling team, two months after testing positive for illegal blood transfusions." }
Sports
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{ "text": "Microsoft closes Hotmail to Outlook and Outlook Express users From today, new users of Microsoft #39;s Outlook and Outlook Express won #39;t be able to view Hotmail emails for free. The company has announced that in future the service will only be available to subscribers of the MSN premium services costing \\$19." }
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{ "text": "Yemen Jails 5 Over Limburg, US Envoy Murder Plot A Yemeni court jailed five al Qaeda supporters for 10 years Saturday for the bombing of the French supertanker Limburg and sentenced to death another militant who plotted to kill the US ambassador to the Arab state." }
World
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{ "text": "Twists give Game 3 added weight NEW YORK -- The nature of this American League Championship Series fundamentally changed when it turned out that the supposed ankle tendinitis suffered by Curt Schilling was actually a displaced ankle tendon." }
Sports
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{ "text": "Battling Davenport through Lindsay Davenport continued her dominant recent run and reached the last eight of the Cincinnati Open with a 4-6 6-4 6-1 win over Lilia Osterloh. " }
Sports
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{ "text": "US not involved in Afghan vigilante trial-official An Afghan court was following proper procedures in its trial of three US men accused of torture and kidnapping and the United States would exert no influence on next week #39;s verdict, a US official said on Tuesday." }
World
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{ "text": "Kim Captures 1-Shot Win at Longs Drugs (AP) AP - Christina Kim made a charge on the back nine Sunday, shooting a 6-under 65 at the Longs Drugs Challenge for a one-shot victory over Karrie Webb and her first LPGA win." }
Sports
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{ "text": "'Wikis' Offer Knowledge-Sharing Online (AP) AP - Taran Rampersad didn't complain when he failed to find anything on his hometown in the online encyclopedia Wikipedia. Instead, he simply wrote his own entry for San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago. Wikipedia is unique for an encyclopedia because anybody can add, edit and even erase. And the Wikipedia is just one #151; albeit the best known #151; of a growing breed of Internet knowledge-sharing communities called Wikis." }
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{ "text": "Greene Leads No. 8 Georgia to Rout of Kentucky LEXINGTON, Kentucky (Sports Network) - David Greene became the winningest quarterback in Division IA history and Thomas Brown ran for 130 yards with three touchdowns to lead eighth-ranked Georgia to a 62-17 rout of Kentucky at Commonwealth Stadium." }
Sports
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{ "text": "Glacier Grows in Mount St. Helen's Crater (AP) AP - While earthquakes, steam and magma are getting all the attention on Mount St. Helens these days, the volcano's most unique feature could be the icy epitome of slow motion that has sprouted on its flanks in the last two decades: its glacier." }
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{ "text": "Winter on Saturday: Peace initiative in Spain shows Beckham #39;s <b>...</b> David Beckham prevented a major incident between England #39;s fired-up players and their aggrieved Spanish counterparts in Madrid, according to an England insider yesterday." }
Sports
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{ "text": "Scientists Stumped by Dead Croakers (AP) AP - Thousands of croakers have washed ashore at beaches along the Atlantic coast in recent days, the latest mass deaths of the popular sport fish." }
Sci/Tech
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{ "text": "Large Gambian Rats Worry Fla. Officials (AP) AP - The Florida Keys, already dealing with invasive exotics from melaleuca to iguanas, have added another to the list of unwanted newcomers: the African Gambian pouch rat." }
Sci/Tech
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{ "text": "Mariners torment old foe A #39;s Ichiro, Madritsch and Cabrera are having a blast in an AL West race they watched from a distance. OAKLAND - George Sisler stayed on top for at least another day, but the Seattle Mariners took down the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday." }
Sports
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{ "text": "Jury Can Hear of Kobe Accuser's Sex Life (AP) AP - Prosecutors suffered another setback Monday in the Kobe Bryant sexual assault case, losing a last-ditch attempt to keep the NBA star's lawyers from telling jurors about the alleged victim's sex life." }
Sports
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{ "text": "Old bones unearth new date for giant deer #39;s last stand A new investigation into extinctions caused by climate change has revealed that the giant deer, previously thought to have been wiped out by a cold spell 10,500 years ago, instead survived well into the modern era." }
Sci/Tech
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{ "text": "Globus inventors go commercial The creators of Globus open source grid software have set up a software and services company, Univa, to capitalise on their work on grid computing." }
Sci/Tech
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{ "text": "Virgin Mobile growth prospects disappoint Richard Branson #39;s Virgin Mobile has forecast substantially higher earnings and margins, but disappointing predictions for service revenue " }
Business
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{ "text": "LeapFrog's Greener Pastures (The Motley Fool) The Motley Fool - If you've ever had the entrepreneurial bug dig its teeth into you, odds are that you might take heart anytime a company's founder steps down and moves on. Granted, sometimes you have instances like Gateway's (NYSE: GTW - News) Ted Waitt and Apple's (Nasdaq: AAPL - News) Steve Jobs in which the originators come back to lead their companies, but that's rarely the case." }
Sci/Tech
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{ "text": "Japanese baseball players set to strike Japanese baseball players will strike for the first time if owners proceed with a proposed merger of two teams, the players #39; union said Monday." }
Sports
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{ "text": "Nigerian Military Officers Charged with Coup Plot (Reuters) Reuters - Four Nigerian military officers and a\\civilian were accused Thursday of plotting to overthrow\\President Olusegun Obasanjo by firing a rocket at his\\helicopter, court documents showed." }
World
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{ "text": "Album-on-a-card p2pnet.net News:- If you #39;re in Britain and you see people peering intently at their mobile phones, tapping their feet and snapping their fingers at the same time, they might be checking out the new Robbie Williams Greatest Hits album." }
Sci/Tech
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{ "text": "Shaq turns up heat in first outing with Miami SHAQUILLE O #39;Neal shot 7-for-9 and finished with 16 points in his Miami debut yesterday as the Heat took a 100-77 victory against the home side New Jersey Nets." }
Sports
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{ "text": "Novell: Microsoft 'sucked \\$60 billion' out of IT CEO Jack Messman tells conference crowd that Microsoft's licence fees have hobbled the IT industry." }
Sci/Tech
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{ "text": "Stocks Edge Up, Goldman Earns Give Lift NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks edged up on Tuesday as investors expected the Federal Reserve to stay on a course of \"measured\" interest-rate increases, while major Wall Street investment banks rose on higher profits." }
Business
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{ "text": "Angels Rally Past A's to Clinch AL West Crown (Reuters) Reuters - Garret Anderson capped a three-run\\eighth inning rally with a run-scoring single as the Anaheim\\Angels edged the Oakland Athletics 5-4 Saturday to capture\\their first AL West pennant in 18 years." }
Sports
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{ "text": "HP Unveils an Array of Printing Products Hewlett-Packard showed off 14 new imaging and printing products during an event in Frankfurt, Germany this week. HP executives showcased the HP LaserJet 4345mfp multifunction copier, which they say can crank " }
Sci/Tech
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{ "text": "OPEC Agrees to Cut Oil Output in Bid to Firm Up Prices OPEC oil ministers agreed today to cut oil production by one million barrels a day to stem a 24 percent price slide in the past six weeks, and they called for an emergency meeting " }
Business
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{ "text": "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 . . ..." }
Sports
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{ "text": "Bonds's Excuse Has the Scent of Snake Oil, Not Arthritis Balm Barry Bonds's ignorance of the substances obtained by his trainer from Balco is more childish than a youngster's excuse that \"the dog ate my homework.\"" }
Sports
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{ "text": "Report: IBM's PC business up for sale IBM Corp. has put its PC business up for sale, according to a story published on Friday on the Web site of The New York Times." }
Sci/Tech
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{ "text": "NASA's Shuttle Hangar Badly Damaged by Storm The gigantic hangar where the space shuttle is prepared for its missions sustained much more damage from Hurricane Frances than initially believed." }
Sci/Tech
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{ "text": "Spammers use sender authentication too, study says The technology hasn't been widely adopted, but spammers are taking it up at a faster rate than legitimate e-mailers." }
Sci/Tech
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{ "text": "Multiplex, Westfield in UK bid SHOPPING centre giant Westfield Group has drafted rival Multiplex and the billionaire Reuben brothers into its pound stg. 585 million (\\$1." }
Business
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{ "text": "Cisco Melds Add-on Features Into Branch-Office Routers SEPTEMBER 13, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - Cisco Systems Inc. tomorrow plans to announce an all-new line of branch-office routers that integrate basic routing capabilities with IP voice support, security tools and other functionality." }
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