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It was the third a time in four years that wildfires forced the a park to close.
For the third a time in four years wildfires closed Mesa Verde National Park, the a country’s only a park dedicated to ancient ruins.
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GM, the a world's largest a automaker, has 115,000 active UAW workers and another 340,000 retirees and spouses.
They cover more than 300,000 UAW workers and 500,000 retirees and spouses.
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The a company claims it's the largest single Apple VAR Xserve a sale to a date.
The a company claimed it is the largest a sale of Xserves by an Apple a retailer.
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North American markets finished mixed in directionless a trading Monday as earnings a season begins to slow and economic indicators move into the a spotlight.
North American markets grabbed early gains Monday a morning, as earnings a season begins to slow and economic indicators take the a spotlight.
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The Standard & Poor's 500 a stock a index ended the a quarter up 120 points, a a gain of 14 a percent, the best a performance for that broad a market a benchmark since 1998.
The Standard and Poor's 500-stock a index, a broad a collection of equities representing leading companies, finished its best a quarter a yesterday since the last three months of 1998.
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The a dollar was at 116.92 yen against the a yen , flat on the a session, and at 1.2891 against the Swiss a franc , also flat.
The a dollar was at 116.78 a yen JPY= , virtually flat on the a session, and at 1.2871 against the Swiss a franc CHF= , down 0.1 a percent.
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Germans account for more than 40 a percent of foreign visitors coming to Italy.
Germans represent more than a a quarter of all foreign visitors to Italy and 40 a percent of a hotel bookings.
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Also in Mosul, rebel gunmen on Friday assassinated a Sunni Muslim tribal a leader who backed the a coalition.
Near a a mosque in the northern a town of Mosul, rebel gunmen also assassinated a Sunni Muslim tribal a leader who backed the a coalition.
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Mr. Bush had sought to store his papers in his a father's presidential a library, where they would have stayed secret for a half-a century.
In Texas, public a watchdog groups opposed Mr. Bush's efforts to house his papers at his a father's presidential a library, where they would have remained secret for a half-a century.
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This integrates with Rational PurifyPlus and allows developers to work in supported versions of Java, Visual Ca # and Visual Basic a .NET.
IBM said the Rational products were also integrated with Rational PurifyPlus, which allows developers to work in Java, Visual Ca # and VisualBasic .Net.
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Freeman's civil a hearing may be, on the a surface, about a a driver's a license.
Freeman said not having a a driver a license has been a a burden.
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Protesters had been calling for an a end to the a country's hard-a line a establishment and for supreme a leader Khamenei's a death.
The protesters denounced the a country's supreme a leader, hard-a liner Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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Another million barrels, bought by Spanish a refiner Cepsa SA, was to be loaded onto a Spanish a tanker, the Sandra Tapias.
A Spanish a tanker, Sandra Tapias, was to be loaded with another million barrels, bought by Spanish a refiner Cepsa SA, in the a afternoon.
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Singapore is already the United States' 12th-largest a trading a partner, with two-a way a trade totaling more than $34 billion.
Although a small a city-a state, Singapore is the 12th-largest a trading a partner of the United States, with a trade a volume of $33.4 billion last a year.
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After 9/11, Connolly said, agents spent thousands of hours investigating a al-Bayoumi.
Connolly said FBI agents in San Diego and abroad spent thousands of hours investigating a al-Bayoumi.
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Calvin Hollins Jr.'s a attorney, Thomas Royce, has repeatedly said his a client had no a link with the a company that owned and operated E2.
The a lawyer for Hollins Jr., Thomas Royce, has said his a client had no a link to the a company that owned and operated E2.
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PG&E Corp. shares were up 39 cents or 2.6 a percent at $15.59 on the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday.
PG&E's shares gained 24 cents to $15.44 during Tuesday's a trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
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Paul Themba Nyathi, an MDC a spokesman, said the Avenues Clinic was being targeted because it was treating a opposition supporters.
MDC a spokesperson Paul Themba Nyathi said the Avenues Clinic was targeted because it was handling a opposition supporters.
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YES filed a suit a yesterday in the Supreme Court of New York County in Manhattan.
The a suit was filed in the Supreme Court of New York County.
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He will be paid $395,000 per a year, up from Atkinson's current a salary of $361,400.
Dynes will be paid $395,000 a a year; Atkinson's a salary is $361,400.
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His a daughter, Nina Axelrod, told The Associated Press that he died in his a sleep, apparently of a heart a failure.
Axelrod died in his a sleep of a heart a failure, said his a daughter, Nina Axelrod.
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Deaths in a rollover crashes accounted for 82 a percent of the a number of a traffic deaths in 2002, the a agency says.
Fatalities in a rollover crashes accounted for 82 a percent of the a increase in 2002, NHTSA said.
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The a pound also made a progress against the a dollar, reached fresh three-a year highs at $1.6789.
The British a pound flexed its a muscle against the a dollar, last up 1 a percent at $1.6672.
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The Recording Industry Association of America says it plans to sue the a song traders next a month.
That is, if the Recording Industry Association of America has a anything to say about it.
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The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> eased 7.57 points, or 0.76 a percent, at 990.94.
The a technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index was down 25.36 points, or 1.53 a percent, at 1,628.26.
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Earlier Thursday, PeopleSoft formally rejected the unsolicited a bid from Oracle.
Thursday a morning, PeopleSoft's a board rejected the Oracle a takeover a offer.
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Both papers are being published a today in the New England Journal of Medicine.
The a study appears a today in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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They are being held on a immigration violations as the a incident is investigated.
Both men are being held for a investigation of administrative a immigration violations.
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The a report shows that drugs sold in Canadian pharmacies are manufactured in facilities approved by Health Canada - the FDA's a counterpart in Canada.
The a report shows that drugs sold in Canadian pharmacies are manufactured in facilities approved by Health Canada, which serves a similar a role as the FDA for the Canadian a government.
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Who will succeed Mr. O'Neill at Hyundai is not clear.
There is no clear a successor for Mr. O'Neill at Hyundai.
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Under the U.S. Constitution, the other a chamber of Congress, the House of Representatives, does not vote on foreign alliances.
The U.S. House of Representatives, the other a chamber of Congress, does not vote on treaties.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission has also initiated an informal a probe of Coke.
That federal a investigation is separate from an informal a inquiry by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Lee Janzen, who was tied atop the a leaderboard with five holes left, finished with a 68 and tied for sixth.
Lee Janzen, tied atop the a leaderboard with five holes left, finished with a 68 to tie for sixth with Bob Crane (67) at 269.
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A Tenet has been under a scrutiny since November, when former Chief Executive Jeffrey Barbakow said the a company used aggressive a pricing to trigger higher payments for the sickest Medicare patients.
In November, Jeffrey Brabakow, the chief a executive at the a time, said the a company used aggressive a pricing to get higher payments for the sickest Medicare patients.
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Dotson was arrested Monday in his native Maryland and charged with a murder.
Dotson, 21, was subsequently charged with Dennehy's a murder.
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The a bank also said its a offer was subject to the a agreement of Drax's senior banks, senior a bond holders and hedging banks by 30 September 2003.
The a offer is also subject to Goldman signing an a agreement with Drax's senior banks, senior a bond holders and hedging banks by Sept. 30, it said.
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The a world's largest a software a company said it recognized the a difficulty the multiple patches posed for companies, and set out to make it easier for them to apply the updates.
The a world's largest a software a company said it recognized the a difficulty the multiple patches posed for companies trying to apply them.
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But a price declines have remained below 30 a percent, a year over a year, for the last two quarters, said IDC a analyst John McArthur.
McArthur told internetnews.com a price declines have moderated and remained below 30 a percent from the previous a year for the last two quarters.
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Putin hailed Saudi Arabia as ``one of the most important Muslim nations.
Before the a meeting, Putin said Russia regards Saudi Arabia as a key Muslim a state.
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Appellate courts across the a country have issued differing rulings on the a issue, allowing public displays of the Ten Commandments in some cases and banning them in others.
Lower courts have splintered on the a issue, allowing depictions of the Ten Commandments in some instances and not in others.
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He was arrested Tuesday a night at a northwest Atlanta a tire a shop after a national a manhunt.
He was arrested in Atlanta, Georgia, on Monday a night by police acting on a a tip-a off.
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The a effort is the Bush a administration's latest a effort to expand the a role of religious organizations in a government services.
July 10 - The Bush a administration's latest a effort to expand the a role of religious organizations in a government services enlists a church-based a youth groups in anti-drug programs.
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The shares represent more than half the 115.9 million shares Turner held at the a end of April, according to Bloomberg data.
The a sale represents about 52 per a cent of the 115.9 million shares Mr Turner held at the a end of April.
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Sirius carries National Public Radio, although it doesn't include popular shows such as "All Things Considered" and "Morning Edition."
Sirius recently began carrying National Public Radio, a a deal a pooh-poohed by XM because it doesn't include popular shows like All Things Considered and Morning Edition.
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Mahmud controlled a access to Saddam for a everyone but immediate a family members, Pentagon officials said.
Mahmud controlled a access to Saddam and was frequently at his a side.
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According to the 2000 Census, Long Beach's Hispanic or Latino a population was listed at 35.8 a percent.
According to the Census Bureau, the Hispanic a population increased by 9.8 a percent from the April 2000 a census figures.
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A Actor Noah Wyle, who has played Dr. John Carter since the shows a inception in 1994, extended his a contract with the a show through the 2004-2005 a season.
Noah Wyle, who has played Dr. John Carter since the a series launched in 1994, has inked a one-a year a extension to his a deal with a producer Warner Bros. TV.
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The WHO says the latest a case does not fit its a profile of SARS and is not a public a health a concern.
The WHO has said the Singapore a case did not fit its a profile of SARS and was "not an international public a health a concern."
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U.S. troops killed nearly two a dozen suspected Taliban militants after coming under a fire in southern Afghanistan in the latest in a a series of such attacks.
U.S. soldiers killed about two a dozen suspected Taliban militants in southern Afghanistan after their a convoy came under a attack, the a military said Sunday.
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A former a candidate for a governor of New York, he styled himself an a advocate of better corporate a governance.
Mr. McCall, who ran unsuccessfully for a governor of New York in 2002, styled himself an a advocate of better corporate a governance.
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FBI agents arrested a former a partner of Big Four a accounting a firm Ernst & Young ERNY.UL on criminal charges of obstructing federal investigations, U.S. officials said on Thursday.
A former a partner of a accountancy a firm Ernst & Young was a yesterday arrested by FBI agents in the US on charges of obstructing federal investigations.
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Yeager said the a suspect in the Target a attack showed tendencies of being a prior a offender.
Yeager said the a incident appeared to be isolated, but the a suspect showed tendencies of being a prior a offender.
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The 30-year a bond A US30YT=RR dipped 14/32 for a a yield of 4.26 a percent from 4.23 a percent.
The 30-year a bond A US30YT=RR lost 16/32, taking its a yield to 4.20 a percent from 4.18 a percent.
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The Embraer jets are scheduled to be delivered by September 2006.
The Bombardier and Embraer a aircraft will be delivered to U.S. Airways by September 2006.
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Investigators have meticulously looked into virtually every a aspect of Campbell's personal and financial affairs, Campbell has acknowledged.
Investigators continue to probe virtually every a aspect of Campbell's personal and financial affairs, the former a mayor has said.
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A Revenue rose to $616.5 million from $610.6 million a a year earlier.
A Revenue was up a a tad, from $610.6 million to $616.5 million.
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The broad Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> was up 8.79 points, or 0.96 a percent, at 929.06.
The a technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> jumped 26 points, or 1.78 a percent, to 1,516.
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Neither Iowa State athletic a director Bruce Van De Velde nor Morgan could be reached for a comment.
Iowa State athletic a director Bruce Van a de Velde would not confirm an a offer was made to Lebo.
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The male a eagle was found by a a zookeeper early Thursday, suffering from severe a puncture wounds in his a abdomen.
The 21-year-old a eagle, found by a a zookeeper early Thursday, had severe a puncture wounds to his abdomen and back, a spokeswoman Julie Mason said.
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Marc Garber, Whitley's a attorney, had a different a view.
Whitley's a attorney, Marc Garber, called the a ruling "a huge a victory."
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BioReliance's a stock closed down 2 cents a yesterday at $47.98 per a share.
Shares of BioReliance sold at $47.98 at the a close of a market a yesterday, down 2 cents.
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Just five months ago, Dean committed to accepting a taxpayer a money and vowed to attack any Democrat who didnt.
Just five months ago, Dean committed to accepting a taxpayer a money and the a spending limits that come with it and vowed to attack any Democrat who didnt.
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Artists are worried the a plan would harm those who need help most - performers who have a difficult a time lining up shows.
The artists say the a plan will harm French a culture and punish those who need help most - performers who have a hard a time lining up a work.
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At his a request, he will be reassigned within the a district.
District Superintendent J. Chester Floyd told reporters Monday that McCrackin will be reassigned within the a district.
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A federal appeals a court ruled Tuesday that the a government was free to withhold the names of more than 700 people detained in the a aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001.
A federal appeals a court ruled Tuesday that the U.S. a government can withhold the names of people detained as a part of the September 11 a investigation, reversing a lower a court a decision.
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The a time was about 4 a a.m. on March 18, just hours before the first a pinpoint missiles rained down on the a capital.
The a seizure occurred at 4a am on March 18, just hours before the first American a air a assault.
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The a technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> was up 7.42 points, or 0.45 a percent, at 1,653.44.
The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index a .SPX was 0.46 points lower, or 0.05 a percent, at 997.02.
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EU ministers were invited to the a conference but canceled because the a union is closing talks on agricultural a reform, said Gerry Kiely, a EU a agriculture a representative in Washington.
Gerry Kiely, a EU a agriculture a representative in Washington, said EU ministers were invited but canceled because the a union is closing talks on agricultural a reform.
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In his new a position, Dynes will earn $395,000, a significant a increase over Atkinson's a salary of $361,400.
Dynes will be paid $395,000 a a year; Atkinson's a salary is $361,400.
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But in the a end, all the a worm did was visit a a pornography a site, said Vincent Weafer, a a security a director with Symantec Security Response in California.
But Vincent Weafer, a security a director with Symantec Security Response, said all the a virus did was visit a a pornography a site.
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Justices said that the Constitution allows the a government to administer drugs only "in limited circumstances."
In a 6-3 a ruling, the justices said such anti-psychotic drugs can be used only in "limited circumstances."
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The veteran Malyasian a diplomat met Suu Kyi Wednesday at the a lakeside a home in Yangon where she is under a house a arrest.
Razali Ismail met for 90 minutes with Suu Kyi, a 1991 a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, at her a lakeside home, where she is under a house a arrest.
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At first a blush, then, the a distinction drawn by the creators of the do-not-a call a registry would seem to draw the a line in precisely the right a place.
At first a blush, then, the creators of the a registry would seem to have drawn the a line between exempted and banned calls in the right a place.
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Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma a today cut short a a visit to Latin America as a bitter a border a wrangle between Ukraine and Russia deteriorates further.
The a dispute has led Ukrainian a president Leonid Kuchma to cut short a a state a visit to Latin America.
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Chechen officials working for the Moscow-backed a government are a frequent a target for rebels and a tension is running high ahead of next Sunday's presidential a election in a war-torn Chechnya.
Officials in Chechnya's Moscow-backed a government are a frequent a target for rebels, and a tension is running high ahead of Sunday's presidential a election in the a war-ravaged a region.
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About 25 governments have signed in the last four months, about a half of those in the last three weeks.
According to the State Department a list, about 25 nations have signed bilateral agreements in the past four months, about a half in the past three weeks.
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The a panel ordered the Commerce Department to issue revised figures for the duties within 60 days.
It called on the Commerce Department to respond within 60 days.
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The a company will launch 800 hot spots, or "Wi-Fi Zones," later this a summer, and plans to have more than 2,100 by the a end of the a year.
The a service will launch later this a summer with 800 locations, and Sprint plans 2,100 locations by the a end of the a year.
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A Gold's a rise pulled other precious metals higher, shunting a silver to $4.81/83 an a ounce from $4.77/79 last quoted in New York.
A Gold's a bounce pulled other precious metals higher, sending a silver to $4.83/85 an a ounce from $4.80/82 last quoted in New York.
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Shares of LendingTree soared $5.99, or 40.1 a percent, to $20.68 in a afternoon a trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market.
Shares of LendingTree rose $6.21, or 42 a percent, to $20.90 after hitting $21.36 earlier.
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It will cost about $20,000 per eight-a week a course of a treatment, comparable to other injected a cancer therapies, a a spokeswoman said.
It will cost about $20,000 per average a course of a treatment -16 to 17 weeks.
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Teams of inspectors walked into a restricted a area at one a park without being stopped; others took pictures of sensitive areas without being challenged.
Teams of inspectors walked into a restricted a area at one a park without being stopped by employees; others took pictures of a security-sensitive areas without a anyone challenging them.
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The identical rovers will act as robotic geologists, searching for a evidence of past a water.
The rovers act as robotic geologists, moving on six wheels.
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Representatives for Puretunes could not immediately be reached for a comment Wednesday.
Puretunes representatives could not be located Thursday to comment on the a suit.
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Two astronomers surveying the a region around Jupiter have detected 20 new moons, bringing the giant a planet's a total to 60.
Astronomers have clocked eight more moons orbiting Jupiter, bringing its known a total to 60.
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The a woman felt threatened and went to the a magistrate's a office, police said.
The a woman reported that she felt threatened and obtained a a warrant for Stackhouse's a arrest from the local a magistrate's a office.
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The American Anglican Council, which represents Episcopalian conservatives, said it will seek a authorization to create a separate a group.
The American Anglican Council, which represents Episcopalian conservatives, said it will seek a authorization to create a separate a province in North America because of last a week's actions.
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Amgen shares gained 93 cents, or 1.45 a percent, to $65.05 in a afternoon a trading on Nasdaq.
Shares of Allergan were up 14 cents at $78.40 in late a trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
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The last a time the a survey was conducted, in 1995, those numbers matched.
In 1995, the last a survey, those numbers were equal.
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Higher courts have ruled that the tablets broke the constitutional a separation of a church and a state.
The federal courts have ruled that the a monument violates the constitutional a ban against a state-established a religion.
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The a technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index was up 7.60 points, or 0.46 a percent, at 1,653.62.
The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> shed 2.38 points, or 0.24 a percent, at 995.10.
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On Thursday, a Washington Post a article argued that a 50 a basis a point cut from the Fed was more likely, contrary to the Wall Street Journal's a line.
On Thursday, a Post a article argued that a 50 a basis a point cut from the Fed was more likely.
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Mr. Heatley, who suffered a broken a jaw and torn a knee ligaments, faces several charges.
Heatley a underwent a surgery Saturday for a broken a jaw and an MRI found two torn ligaments in his right a knee.
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Former a company chief financial a officer Franklyn M. Bergonzi pleaded guilty to one a count of a conspiracy on June 5 and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors.
Last a week, former chief financial a officer Franklyn Bergonzi pleaded guilty to one a count of a conspiracy and agreed to cooperate with the a government's a investigation.
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U.S. District Judge Edmund Sargus ruled that the Akron-based a company should have determined that changes at one of its plants would increase overall a pollution emissions.
FirstEnergy Corp. should have determined that modernizing one of its plants would increase overall a pollution emissions, U.S. District Judge Edmund Sargus ruled Thursday.
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Mr Pollard said: "This is a terrible personal a tragedy and a shocking a blow for James's a family.
Nick Pollard, the a head of Sky News said: "This is a shocking a blow for James's a family.
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The new a system costs between $1.1 million and $22 million, depending on a configuration.
The a system is priced from US$1.1 million to $22.4 million, depending on a configuration.
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The a router will be available in the first a quarter of 2004 and will cost around $200, the a company said.
A Netgear prices the WGT634U Super Wireless Media Router, which will be available in the first a quarter of 2004, at under $200.
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On Monday, as first reported by A CNET A News.com, the RIAA withdrew a DMCA a notice to Penn State University's a astronomy and astrophysics a department.
Last Thursday, the RIAA sent a stiff a copyright a warning to Penn State's a department of a astronomy and astrophysics.
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The first a health-a care a worker in the a country to die of SARS was a Filipina-Canadian who contracted the a disease at North York General Hospital, the a site of the second a outbreak.
Emile Laroza, 51, contracted SARS while working as a a nurse at North York General Hospital, the a epicentre of the second SARS a outbreak.
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