Israel green-lights 1500 settler homes
Israel unveils 1,800 more settler homes

Rate the textual similarity of these two sentences on a scale from 0 to 5, where 0 is "no meaning overlap" and 5 is "means the same thing".

Answer: 3

Shares of Guidant plummeted in trading both on and off the New York Stock Exchange before a news halt was imposed after midday.
Shares of Guidant were down 5.3 percent at $40.92 in afternoon trading on the New York Stock Exchange.

Rate the textual similarity of these two sentences on a scale from 0 to 5, where 0 is "no meaning overlap" and 5 is "means the same thing".

Answer: 3

Cisco pared spending to compensate for sluggish sales.
In response to sluggish sales, Cisco pared spending.

Rate the textual similarity of these two sentences on a scale from 0 to 5, where 0 is "no meaning overlap" and 5 is "means the same thing".

Answer: 5

Death toll in Lebanon bombings rises to 47
1 suspect arrested after Lebanon car bombings kill 45

Rate the textual similarity of these two sentences on a scale from 0 to 5, where 0 is "no meaning overlap" and 5 is "means the same thing".

Answer:
3