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- Microsoft in quandary over Yahoo bid as key deadline looms - Microsoft Corp. is offering $44.6 billion in cash and stock for search engine operator Yahoo Inc. in a move to boost its competitive edge in the online services market.From cw |
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- Abbas Says Peace Deal This Year Unlikely - After meeting with President Bush this week, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said any deal brokered by the U.S. on a Palestinian state is unlikely this year. Aaron David Miller of the Wilson Center for International Scholars talks about what role, if any, the U.S. |
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- Stealth Fighter Flies to Final Resting Place - The fighter jet commonly known as the Night Hawk was the first stealth fighter that used technology to make it virtually undetectable to radar. Colonel John Forsythe flew the lead plane in the fleet's final mission to a secret hanger in the Nevada desert. Forsythe talks with Andrea Seabrook.From cw |
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- Newsman Jim Lehrer's heart surgery a success (Reuters) - Reuters - PBS anchor Jim Lehrer will return to "The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer" in the coming months following successful heart-valve surgery last week.From cw |
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- Mourners pay tribute to Bob Marley's mom (AP) - AP - Thousands of mourners paid tribute Sunday to the late mother of reggae superstar Bob Marley, whose renowned music promoting social justice and "one love" made him one of Jamaica's most beloved sons.From cw |
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- Prosecutors seek hard sentence for Snipes in tax trial (AP) - AP - There is a perception, federal prosecutors fear, that Wesley Snipes emerged victorious from years of IRS investigation and a highly publicized tax trial.From cw |
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- Prince, Portishead help make Coachella a success in year 9 (AP) - AP - But there was one who rose above all others.From cw |
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- Hollywood grizzly bear kills trainer - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A grizzly bear featured in the recent Will Ferrell film "Semi-Pro" and touted as one of the "best trained" in show business has killed its handler, but officials said on Wednesday they were puzzled by what provoked the attack. From cw |
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- Stuntman hurt on Bond set in Italy - LONDON (Reuters) - A stuntman was seriously injured in an accident on the Italian set of the latest James Bond movie, the production company said. From cw |
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- Getting paid to drink - LONDON (Reuters) - Found: drinking companions to join elderly gentleman for a friendly beer at his local pub. From cw |
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- Prized police catch escapes again - MANILA (Reuters) - The leader of a notorious gang of armed robbers in the Philippines, re-arrested by police after months on the run, escaped again on Friday in a scene straight out of a Hollywood blockbuster. From cw |
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- Anglers let big cash bonanza get away - HONG KONG (Reuters) - Three Hong Kong anglers thought they had hit the big time when they sold their rare giant fish for HK$20,000 ($2,560) -- but they missed out on a HK$1 million bonanza, a newspaper reported on Friday. From cw |
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- Ads seek ex-soldiers for smuggling jobs - GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemala is investigating radio advertisements seeking elite ex-soldiers, who have been known to work for drug cartels, to smuggle goods into Mexico, officials said on Thursday. From cw |
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- Official: Pirates were paid $1.2M ransom - Read full story for latest details. From cw |
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- Police: Captive woman had 6 children by father - Austrian police say they believe a 73-year-old man has held his daughter captive in his cellar for more than two decades and has raped her for even longer, fathering at least six children with her. Police told the state-run news agency the suspect led them to hidden rooms accessible by an electronic passcode. From cw |
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- Human warming hobbles ancient climate cycle - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Before humans began burning fossil fuels, there was an eons-long balance between carbon dioxide emissions and Earth's ability to absorb them, but now the planet can't keep up, scientists said on Sunday. From cw |
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- Fiancee says police acquittal like another death - NEW YORK (Reuters) - The fiancee of an unarmed man who was killed in a hail of 50 police bullets said on Saturday the acquittal of three officers charged in his death was like "they killed Sean all over again." From cw |
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- Greenspan, Bush to blame for U.S. crisis: Stiglitz - VIENNA (Reuters) - Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan and the government of President George W. Bush were to blame for the U. |
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- California wildfire forces 1,000 to evacuate - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A wildfire that began along a popular hiking trail forced 1,000 people to evacuate their homes in the hills northeast of Los Angeles on Sunday, officials said. From cw |
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- North Korea out to "astonish" with torch relay - SEOUL (Reuters) - The Olympic torch will be paraded through the streets of Pyongyang to fawning masses on Monday with North Korea promising its main benefactor China an "astonishing" show certain to be free of protest. From cw |
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- Obama says race not an issue in U.S. election - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Barack Obama, struggling to win over more white Democratic voters, said in a Sunday television interview race would not be a factor in November's election that could make him the first black U.S. president. |
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- Karzai escapes assassination bid - KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai escaped unhurt on Sunday from an assassination attempt by Taliban fighters who fired guns and rockets at an official celebration near the presidential palace in Kabul. From cw |
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- Baghdad Green Zone blasted under cover of storm - BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Militants bombarded Baghdad's Green Zone with rockets on Sunday, taking advantage of the cover of a blinding dust storm to launch one of the heaviest strikes in weeks on the fortified compound. From cw |
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- Bizarre account of S.F. eviction battle - San Francisco prosecutors now say that Macy and her husband, Kip Macy, did have the beams cut supporting the floor of that pesky renter, who had managed to fight off eviction. It was just one salvo in a war of terror that prosecutors say the Palo Alto couple waged against their renters at 744-746 Clementina St. that also included cutting holes in the floor, falsely reporting the troublesome tenant to police as a squatter, and concocting e-mails in his name to an attorney for the landlords, threatening to dismember her children. |
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- Top 10 Guitarists You Don't Know' - We have a few pretty good guitarists and musicians that frequent the List Universe, so I am expecting this list to garner a lot of interest - and maybe even some criticism. Here is a list of the ten best guitarists you probably don't know.From cw |
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- How We'll Know When We've Won - The president's nomination of generals David Petraeus and Raymond Odierno to take command of U.S. Central Command and Multinational Force-Iraq, respectively, was obviously the right decision. By experience and temperament and demonstrated success, both men are perfectly suited to these jobs. Given the political climate in Washington, however, their nominations are likely to be attacked with the same tired arguments war critics used to try to drown out reports of progress in Iraq during the recent Petraeus-Crocker hearings. |
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- The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has today issued its formal, mandatory reference of the Stansted Airport price control to the Competition Commission and has set out a number of options for the price control design. |
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- Al?nt? sahibi: Canadian üzerinde Dün 22: |
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- yellowpark: straight into a live meeting training for session for the next hour. (morning all) |
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- Why do so many of us find sports cars irresistible? Few objects inspire the emotional attachment that sports cars do among auto enthusiasts. |
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- Leading British Local Internet Search Firm, Locallife, Announces U.S. Headquartres. |
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