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The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> added 8.27 points, or 0.51 percent, to 1,633.53.
The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX crept up 4.3 points, or 0.44 percent, to 980.52.

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Benzema faces possible charges in sex-tape case
Menendez faces possible corruption charges

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It will also help reform the Royal Solomon Islands Police, strengthen the courts and prisons system and protect key institutions such as the Finance Ministry from intimidation.
The intervention force will confiscate weapons, reform the police, strengthen the courts and prison system and protect key institutions such as the Finance Ministry.

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The average American makes four trips a day, 45 percent for shopping or errands.
Nearly half - 45 percent - are for shopping or running errands.
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