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Airport slot auctions proposed for Newark, JFK - 17, May 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S.government proposed on Friday to auction some takeoff and landing rights at the New York area's two international airports, as a way to boost competition, a plan that drew sharp criticism from airlines.
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American Axle and UAW reach tentative agreement - 17, May 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - The United Auto Workers and American
Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc reached a tentative
contract agreement late Friday aimed at ending an 11-week-long
strike that had triggered thousands of layoffs and cost General
Motors C
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Q&A: Actor Szmanda tunes in new role at radio station - 17, May 2008
DENVER (Billboard) - When Clear Channel wanted to launch a format-free Internet radio station called erockster, executive VP/head of online music and radio Evan Harrison turned to his old friend Eric Szmanda for ideas. Best known for playing Greg Sanders
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News-starved Burmese snap up grim cyclone videos - 17, May 2008
YANGON (Reuters) - With state TV only showing footage of generals handing out food at model tented villages, people in Myanmar are snapping up bootleg video discs of bloated corpses, desperate refugees and villages ravaged by Cyclone Nargis.
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Nintendo set to launch "Wii Fit" exercise game - 17, May 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - For years, video games have been blamed for turning kids into idle layabouts who only venture off the couch to fill up on potato chips and soda.
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"Narnia" sequel due to roar at North American box office - 17, May 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A talking lion is expected to devour Marvel superhero "Iron Man" at the North American box office this weekend, as Walt Disney Co. opens its much-anticipated fantasy sequel "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian."
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Michael Moore sees danger in "Fahrenheit" follow-up - 17, May 2008
CANNES, France (Reuters) - Oscar-winning documentary maker Michael Moore, who this week unveiled plans for a follow-up to his anti-Bush polemic "Fahrenheit 9/11," said on Friday the new film would cover topics so "toxic" he probably should not make it.
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NHL players ponder next labor move - 17, May 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - National Hockey League players have the option to reopen the current labor deal with owners a year early, but likely will not make a final decision until the middle of next season, the players' union chief said on Friday.
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Federer eases into Hamburg semis - 17, May 2008
HAMBURG, Germany (Reuters) - Holder and top seed Roger Federer scored a comfortable 6-3 6-3 win over unseeded Spaniard Fernando Verdasco at the Hamburg Masters on Friday to ease into the semi-finals.
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Big Brown trainer Dutrow confident of Preakness win - 17, May 2008
BALTIMORE (Reuters) - The only way undefeated Kentucky Derby champion Big Brown can lose the Preakness Stakes is by stumbling at the start, his trainer said Friday.
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Ex-U.S. Olympian Montgomery sentenced to 46 months - 17, May 2008
WHITE PLAINS, New York (Reuters) - Former U.S. Olympic sprinter Tim Montgomery was sentenced to 46 months in prison on Friday for his role in a check fraud scheme, part of a spectacular fall for the onetime world's fastest man.
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Baseball players to OK new drug testing deal soon - 17, May 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The head of the Major League Baseball players' union said on Friday he expects members to ratify tougher drug-testing rules soon.
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Williams sisters out of Italian Open - 17, May 2008
ROME (Reuters) - American Venus Williams lost 5-7 6-2 6-3 to Serb title holder Jelena Jankovic in the Italian Open quarter-finals on Friday while her sister Serena pulled out at the same stage of the tournament with a back injury.
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Motorbike suicide bomber kills 10 in Sri Lanka - 17, May 2008
COLOMBO (Reuters) - A suicide bomber crashed his motorbike into a police bus in the Sri Lankan capital on Friday, killing 10 people, and authorities said Tamil Tiger rebels were to blame.
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Zimbabwe sets run-off date, Tsvangirai to return - 17, May 2008
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe said on Friday it would hold a delayed presidential election run-off on June 27, when the opposition hopes to oust veteran leader Robert Mugabe after nearly three decades in power.
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Russia hopes for new offers to Tehran soon - 17, May 2008
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Friday it hoped the six nations negotiating with Iran to suspend its uranium enrichment program could meet in Tehran soon to offer the Islamic Republic new proposals for talks.
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McCain says Obama and Clinton threaten gun rights - 17, May 2008
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain warned gun owners on Friday that his Democratic opponents Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton would threaten their right to bear arms, as he sought to rally conservatives' support
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Saudis slightly increase oil output as Bush visits - 17, May 2008
RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia announced a modest increase in oil output on Friday after an appeal from visiting President George W. Bush but the news did little to douse oil prices that hit a new record earlier in the day.
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FBI assists with detainee cases, differs with CIA - 17, May 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI is helping to get information from detainees and prepare terrorism cases against suspects at Guantanamo Bay, despite differences with the CIA over harsh interrogation techniques, the bureau's director said on Friday.
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Fannie Mae relaxes loan down-payment requirements - 17, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fannie Mae, the largest U.S. home funding source, is setting a single national standard for down payments on mortgages it buys, including areas where home prices are falling, in an effort to stimulate the housing market.
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China buries quake dead as new aftershock hits - 17, May 2008
BEICHUAN, China (Reuters) - China struggled to bury its dead and help tens of thousands of injured and homeless on Friday when a powerful aftershock brought new havoc four days after an earthquake thought to have killed more than 50,000.
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Consumers' mood as grim as early-80s - 17, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. consumer confidence tumbled to a 28-year low this month as rising prices strained household finances, while another drop in single-family housing starts underscored problems still plaguing the economy.
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Lawmakers fret about Charter Web tracking plan - 17, May 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two U.S. lawmakers raised privacy concerns on Friday about plans by cable company Charter Communications to track some subscribers' Internet visits and asked for a meeting before the program goes ahead.
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Wall St ends flat as energy gains offset sentiment - 17, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks finished little changed on Friday as surging oil prices lifted energy shares and offset data that showed consumer confidence sank to its lowest in 28 years.
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Web classifieds rise point to consumer bargain-hunt - 17, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Used goods are finding a new life on U.S. classified sites, as a growing number of consumers wary of a weaker economy search for bargains online, according to data from eBay Inc's Kijiji.com.
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U.S. helps China with satellite data on quake - 17, May 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has provided China with satellite images of earthquake-stricken areas, and will provide two planeloads of relief for quake victims this weekend, the State Department said on Friday.
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Shareholders file new legal claims in Yahoo case - 17, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors suing Yahoo Inc over its rebuff of Microsoft Corp's $47.5 billion buyout bid have filed a new case that adds company co-founder David Filo as a defendant, but they say much of their complaint is being kept under seal at Yaho
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"Kung Fu Panda" a martial arts masterpiece - 16, May 2008
CANNES (Hollywood Reporter) - Martial arts movies have always had a certain cartoonish element, so DreamWorks Animation's "Kung Fu Panda" makes perfect sense.
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Bluetongue animal vaccination starts in most of EU - 16, May 2008
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU farmers have mostly started vaccinating animals against bluetongue, the virus that ravaged northern Europe's cattle and sheep in 2007, but success depends on vaccine supply and speed of applying it, officials say.
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Shakira campaigns for poor children - 16, May 2008
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Colombian pop singer Shakira is using her fame to help poor Latin American children, but she also has her heart set on a new role -- mother to her own offspring.
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Austria's singing monks hail miracle debut album - 16, May 2008
HEILIGENKREUZ, Austria (Reuters) - Monks in Austria hailed a "miracle" on Friday as they released an album of Gregorian chants under the same record label as Amy Winehouse and Eminem.
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Film tackles IRA leader Bobby Sands hunger strike - 16, May 2008
CANNES, France (Reuters) - The director of a powerful film about the final days of Bobby Sands said he had not made a hero of the IRA prisoner whose death in a 1981 hunger strike made him one of the most prominent symbols of opposition to British rule in
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"Sex and the City" girls flabby on big screen - 16, May 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Big is not necessarily better for the highly anticipated "Sex and the City" movie, which reaches theaters on May 30.
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Webb wins his ninth in Arizona victory over Colorado - 16, May 2008
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Brandon Webb maintained his unbeaten record to become Major League Baseball's first nine-game winner this season when he pitched the Arizona Diamondbacks to an 8-5 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Thursday.
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Djokovic joins Federer in Hamburg semis - 16, May 2008
HAMBURG, Germany (Reuters) - Holder Roger Federer scored a comfortable 6-3 6-3 win over unseeded Spaniard Fernando Verdasco in the quarter-finals of the Hamburg Masters on Friday.
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Indian village proud after double "honor killing" - 16, May 2008
BALLA, India (Reuters) - Five armed men burst into the small room and courtyard at dawn, just as 21-year-old, 22-week pregnant, Sunita was drying her face on a towel.
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Marine sentenced for sex abuse of Japan teen - 16, May 2008
TOKYO (Reuters) - A U.S. court martial sentenced a Marine to four years in prison on Friday for sexual abuse of a 14-year-old girl on the southern island of Okinawa, in a case that has sparked widespread public anger.
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Indian police suspect Bangladeshi hand in blasts - 16, May 2008
JAIPUR, India (Reuters) - Police probing bombings in western India that killed 63 people said on Friday that new evidence pointed increasingly towards Indian Islamists backed by a Bangladeshi militant group as being behind the blasts.
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Suspected suicide blast kills 10 in Sri Lanka - 16, May 2008
COLOMBO (Reuters) - A suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber crashed his motorbike into a police bus in the Sri Lankan capital on Friday, killing 10 people, the military and hospital authorities said.
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Zimbabwe sets presidential run-off for June 27 - 16, May 2008
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe said on Friday it would hold a delayed presidential election run-off on June 27 in which the opposition hopes to oust veteran leader Robert Mugabe after almost 30 years in power.
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Bush in Saudi Arabia to press king on oil and Iran - 16, May 2008
RIYADH (Reuters) - President George W. Bush held talks with Saudi King Abdullah on Friday to seek help in taming record oil prices and shore up Arab support for his efforts to contain Iran's growing influence.
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Bin Laden marks Israel anniversary with combat vow - 16, May 2008
DUBAI (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden vowed in an audio tape to mark Israel's 60th anniversary to continue to fight the Jewish state and its allies in the West.
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Fannie Mae relaxing loan down payment requirements - 16, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fannie Mae, the nation's largest source of home financing, said on Friday it is lowering the amount of down payments required on mortgages it purchases, even in areas where home prices are falling.
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GE confirms plans to exit appliance business - 16, May 2008
BOSTON (Reuters) - General Electric Co confirmed on Friday it may sell or spin off its century-old appliances unit, saying the business was too focused on the United States.
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Abercrombie & Fitch profit tops view - 16, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Teen apparel retailer Abercrombie & Fitch Co reported higher quarterly profit on Friday, topping Wall Street estimates, as a lower tax rate and better gross profit helped offset the impact of lower same-store sales.
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April housing starts rise best since Jan 2006 - 16, May 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Construction starts on new U.S. homes rose by a surprisingly strong 8.2 percent in April and applications for new building permits turned up for the first time in five months, the Commerce Department said on Friday in a report showi
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Consumers' mood grim as early-80s in May - 16, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Consumer confidence tumbled to its lowest in 28 years this month, a survey showed on Friday, as short-term inflation expectations reached the highest levels since the stagflationary early 1980s.
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Online publishers upbeat despite economic downturn - 16, May 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Online publishers are doing well despite an economic downturn, and the ones who are best positioned to succeed are strong brands with quality content, the head of the Online Publishers Association said on Friday.
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Disney builds virtual bridge for interactive games - 16, May 2008
SAN DIEGO (Hollywood Reporter) - Disney is bridging the gap between gaming and virtual worlds.
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Cable sees opportunities in digital television - 16, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. cable television industry is feeling more confident going into this year's Cable Show in New Orleans, with the transition to digital television expected to pay dividends for cable operators.
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Hollywood private eye convicted in wiretap - 16, May 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Anthony Pellicano, known as Hollywood's private eye to the stars, was convicted on Thursday of running a vast criminal enterprise involving wiretapping and bribery to fix the problems of his wealthy clients.
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Filmmaker Salles focuses on Brazil in new movie - 16, May 2008
CANNES (Hollywood Reporter) - Brazilian filmmaker Walter Salles' career has been characterized by implausibilities.
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Hollywood boys who just don't want to grow up - 16, May 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - When to slow down and retire? For most people in their 60s the decision is a no-brainer -- the sooner the better. But in the rare air of movie stardom, where careers are fueled by a mix of talent, ego, vanity and, sometimes, cosmet
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Documentary revives debate about religious satire - 16, May 2008
CANNES (Hollywood Reporter) - Do we have the right to caricature God? This and other questions involving religion and freedom of speech raised by the controversial Danish cartoons depicting the prophet Mohammed are examined by "It's Tough Being Loved by J
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Fox schedules sci-fi and reality for new season - 16, May 2008
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Sci-fi action dramas and hourlong reality shows populate Fox's schedule for next season, which includes new shows from top producers J.J. Abrams ("Lost") and Joss Whedon ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer").
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Hollywood actors and studios to renew labor talks - 16, May 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Screen Actors Guild and major Hollywood studios agreed to return to the bargaining table by May 28 to resume contract talks that broke off more than a week ago, sources close to the talks said on Thursday.
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Pressure heightens for Gay in Olympic preparation - 16, May 2008
CARSON, California (Reuters) - Double world sprint champion Tyson Gay is already feeling the pressure of expectation in his build-up to the Olympics Games in August.
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Five tied at six under in Atlanta first round - 16, May 2008
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Five players were tied on six under par after a rain-affected, first round at the Atlanta Classic on Thursday.
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Russia and Canada looking for prefect finish to worlds - 16, May 2008
QUEBEC CITY (Reuters) - Canada may be hosting the ice hockey world championships but arch-rivals Russia have made themselves at home in Quebec City.
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NFL rival to reveal West Coast football teams soon - 16, May 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A planned competitor to the National Football League has identified the eight markets it would like to open with next year, and hopes to unveil some of its West Coast teams in the next month.
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Flyers hold off Penguins rally to stay alive - 16, May 2008
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The Philadelphia Flyers scored three first-period goals in a 4-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday, the win keeping the home team alive in their Eastern Conference finals.
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Spurs beat Hornets to send series to Game Seven - 16, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The San Antonio Spurs crushed the New Orleans Hornets 99-80 on Thursday to force a deciding Game Seven in their Western Conference semi-final.
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Bush to press Saudi king on oil prices and Iran - 16, May 2008
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - President George W. Bush heads for Saudi Arabia on Friday to renew his appeal to help tame record oil prices and try to shore up Arab support for containing Iran's growing regional clout.
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Top California court rules gays may marry - 16, May 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The California Supreme Court overturned a ban on same-sex marriages on Thursday in a major victory for gay rights advocates that will allow homosexual couples to marry in the most populous U.S. state.
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New bin Laden message to focus on Israel: monitors - 16, May 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden will address the 60th anniversary of Israel's founding in a Web message expected to underscore a growing focus on the Jewish state, U.S.-based Internet monitors said on Thursday.
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McCain action helped Arizona developer: report - 16, May 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Presumptive Republican presidential candidate John McCain secured millions in federal funds for a land acquisition program that provided a windfall for an Arizona developer whose executives were major campaign donors, according to a
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Amid clamor to drop out, Clinton campaigns on - 16, May 2008
BATH, South Dakota (Reuters) - Sitting on board Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign plane are the remnants of a colorful balloon replica of the candidate, once nearly life-size but now almost deflated and shriveled.
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China buries quake dead; school collapses in focus - 16, May 2008
MIANZHU, China (Reuters) - China struggled to bury the dead and help tens of thousands of injured, homeless and hungry on Friday, four days after a massive earthquake which is expected to have killed more than 50,000.
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Lockheed wins potential $3.6 bln US GPS satellite deal - 16, May 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp won a potential $3.6 billion contract to start building a new generation of global positioning satellites that will boost accuracy for worldwide users, the Air Force said Thursday.
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LG Display sinks after Lehman downgrade - 16, May 2008
SEOUL (Reuters) - Shares in South Korea's LG Display plunged as much as 6.7 percent after Lehman Brothers downgraded its rating on the company and the whole LCD sector, citing worries of oversupply and weaker profitability.
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Fed sees some healing in scarred credit markets - 16, May 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Top Federal Reserve officials on Thursday cited progress in alleviating months of turmoil in financial markets, but said a full return to normalcy was still some time away.
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Senators say have accord on housing rescue - 16, May 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leaders of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee said on Thursday they have agreed to the underpinnings of a housing rescue plan that will create a federal backstop for failing loans.
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"Black-hearted" conmen bid for China quake charity - 16, May 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - People across China have opened their wallets to give earthquake aid -- and fraudsters have swung into action to capitalise on the burst of generosity.
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Woman indicted in MySpace hoax suicide - 16, May 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A 49-year-old Missouri woman accused of pretending to be a love-struck teenage boy on MySpace and driving a 13-year-old girl to suicide with cruel messages was indicted on Thursday on federal charges.
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Icahn's Yahoo fight puts Microsoft in driver's seat - 16, May 2008
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Two weeks after Microsoft Corp abandoned its pursuit of Yahoo Inc, a proxy fight launched by activist investor Carl Icahn has put Microsoft in the driver's seat.
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U.S. game sales jump 47 percent in April on GTA4 - 16, May 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. sales of video game hardware and software rose 47 percent from a year earlier, as Take-Two Interactive Software Inc's "Grand Theft Auto 4" and Nintendo Co Ltd's Wii console stole the show.
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New rumbling from Chilean volcano worries experts - 16, May 2008
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's Chaiten volcano groaned, rumbled and shuddered on Thursday, raising new concerns among authorities, as lightning bolts pierced the huge clouds of hot ash hovering ominously above its crater.
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"Sex and the City" film a marketing dream - 16, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - From Manolo Blahnik high heels to designer dresses, the materialism of the characters in television's "Sex and the City" has made the movie version a marketing dream that some companies are paying for dearly and at least one is gettin
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Hollywood private eye convicted in wiretap trial - 16, May 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Self-proclaimed "private eye to the stars" Anthony Pellicano was found guilty on Thursday of racketeering and conspiracy for wiretapping foes of his high-powered Hollywood clients.
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Astronomers baffled by weird, fast-spinning pulsar - 16, May 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Astronomers are baffled after finding an exotic type of star called a pulsar apparently locked in an elongated orbit around a star much like the sun -- an arrangement defying what had been known about such objects.
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Big Brown is the class of the Preakness field - 16, May 2008
BALTIMORE (Reuters) - The only question surrounding Saturday's Preakness Stakes appears to be the margin of victory for unbeaten and untested Kentucky Derby champion Big Brown.
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"Kung Fu Panda" gives Cannes an animated kick - 16, May 2008
CANNES (Reuters) - Who needs movie superheroes like Iron Man when audiences can rely on a panda named Po with a sick kung fu kick? Not Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Jack Black or any of the stars of "Kung Fu Panda."
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Fox adds comedy, thriller to TV's strongest lineup - 16, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fox Broadcasting on Thursday rolled out a fall television schedule that adds a science-fiction thriller, from one of TV's hottest producers, and a workplace comedy to a lineup that is already tops with viewers.
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Sharapova battles to Italian Open quarters - 16, May 2008
ROME (Reuters) - Maria Sharapova battled past Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki to move into the Italian Open quarter-finals with a 6-4 7-6 win on Thursday.
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Henin's shock retirement revives burnout debate - 16, May 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Justine Henin appeared to have it all, ranked world number one and with the consistency and mental strength to dominate her sport for years to come.
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Nigeria pipeline blast kills at least 100: Red Cross - 16, May 2008
IJEGUN, Nigeria (Reuters) - At least 100 people were killed and scores injured when fuel from a pipeline ruptured by a bulldozer caught fire and exploded on Thursday in a village near Nigeria's biggest city of Lagos, the Red Cross said.
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Bush hails Israel's "chosen people" as Arabs lament - 16, May 2008
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - President George W. Bush told Israelis on Thursday they were a "chosen people" who can forever count on American support against enemies like Hamas and Iran.
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Taylor death suspect pleads guilty to second degree murder - 16, May 2008
MIAMI (Reuters) - One of five defendants charged with the death of Washington Redskins NFL footballer Sean Taylor faces a 29-year jail sentence after pleading guilty to second degree murder and armed burglary.
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House blocks Iraq war money and sets pullout plan - 16, May 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives, in a surprise and largely symbolic move, defeated legislation on Thursday to fund the war in Iraq for another year.
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Top California court supports gay marriage - 16, May 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The California Supreme Court overturned a ban on same-sex marriages on Thursday in a major victory for gay rights advocates that will allow homosexual couples to marry in the most populous U.S. state.
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McCain: U.S. can win Iraq war by 2013 - 16, May 2008
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain said on Thursday he believes the Iraq war can be won by 2013, leaving a functioning democracy there and allowing most U.S. troops to come home.
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Arab mediators reach deal to end Lebanon violence - 16, May 2008
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Arab League mediators announced a deal on Thursday to end Lebanon's worst internal fighting since the civil war, after the U.S.-supported government backed down in its conflict with Hezbollah.
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Democrats outraged by Bush "appeasement" remark - 16, May 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats erupted in outrage on Thursday after President George W. Bush suggested a pledge by the party's presidential front-runner Barack Obama to meet Iran's leader was akin to appeasement of Nazi Germany.
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Kohl's profit down, sales outlook "conservative" - 16, May 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Kohl's Corp , a mid-priced retailer of apparel and home goods, reported lower first-quarter profit on Thursday, and said its sales outlook remained conservative for the year.
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Nordstrom beats view, lowers 2008 earnings range - 16, May 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Upscale department store Nordstrom Inc reported a lower quarterly net profit on Thursday that beat Wall Street estimates, hurt by lower sales in what the company called a "challenging retail environment."
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CBS to buy web publisher CNET for $1.8 billion - 16, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - CBS Corp said on Thursday it would buy web media company CNET Networks Inc for about $1.8 billion to boost the television broadcaster's reach across the Internet.
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Senators reach deal on housing rescue: sources - 16, May 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leaders of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee have reached a deal on a broad housing rescue plan in which Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would provide funds to support a federal mortgage insurance fund, two industry sources said on Thurs
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Comcast buys social network pioneer Plaxo - 16, May 2008
NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Comcast Corp has agreed to acquire pioneering Web start-up Plaxo Inc, which was first to turn address books into social networks and laid the foundation for Friendster and Facebook.
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Ryanair launches holiday home letting Web site - 16, May 2008
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Europe's biggest low-cost airline Ryanair launched a Web site for holiday lettings on Thursday, providing a platform for owners to create and publish adverts for their properties and manage bookings.
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Oil's fall, techs' gain drive stocks higher - 16, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks rose in light trading on Thursday, pushing the S&P 500 to its highest close since January, as a pullback in oil prices eased concerns about inflation and a battle to control Yahoo Inc helped the tech sector.
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