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Coldplay on a mission to connect with fans - 14, May 2008
LONDON (Billboard) - The album that will put the new EMI under its greatest global scrutiny to date is also 2008's most eagerly awaited release. That's the official word from Coldplay's new boss.
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Canada writing perfect script to world hockey championship - 14, May 2008
HALIFAX, Canada (Reuters) - Canada has written the perfect script to the ice hockey world championship, taking an unbeaten record into Wednesday's quarter-finals.
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Bicycle-makers ride high on surging oil prices - 14, May 2008
TAIPEI (Reuters) - The row of gleaming bicycles being assembled on the factory floor of Giant Manufacturing, one of the world's biggest bicycle-makers, will soon hit streets from Seattle to Sydney, Amsterdam and even Beijing.
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Hard-hitting Brazilian film opens Cannes festival - 14, May 2008
CANNES, France (Reuters) - Hard-hitting Brazilian film "Blindness" gets the Cannes film festival under way on Wednesday, kicking off 12 hectic days of movies, publicity and late-night revelry in the Riviera resort.
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Orioles edge slumping Red Sox - 14, May 2008
BALTIMORE (Reuters) - The slumping Boston Red Sox were beaten 5-4 by the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday and slipped to second place in the American League East division following a fourth defeat in five games.
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Mike D'Antoni says up-tempo style should suit Knicks - 14, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni said on Tuesday there are many ways to win basketball games but that he preferred the up-tempo, run-and-gun style he fashioned in Phoenix with the Suns.
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Penguins down Flyers to close on Stanley Cup final - 14, May 2008
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The Pittsburgh Penguins scored a 4-1 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday to move to the brink of the Stanley Cup finals.
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Pistons sink Magic to advance, Hornets sting Spurs - 14, May 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - The Detroit Pistons beat the Orlando Magic 91-86 on Tuesday to clinch their best-of-seven series 4-1 and advance to the Eastern Conference finals for the sixth successive season.
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U.S. says N.Korea to cooperate on nuclear checks - 14, May 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea has agreed to cooperate fully on verifying its nuclear declaration, a U.S. official said on Tuesday as he displayed some of the 18,822 documents Pyongyang has given Washington about its plutonium program.
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New charges allege Barry Bonds lied about steroids - 14, May 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A federal grand jury brought a longer array of perjury charges against baseball home run king Barry Bonds on Tuesday after a judge tossed out earlier allegations of lies about past steroid use.
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Bush due in Israel as scandal clouds peace hopes - 14, May 2008
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush arrives in the Middle East on Wednesday to celebrate Israel's 60th birthday and to try to energize peace efforts complicated by a corruption scandal that could topple its prime minister.
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Myanmar's cyclone survivors beg for help - 14, May 2008
YANGON (Reuters) - Desperation among Myanmar's 1.5 million cyclone survivors mounted on Wednesday as the international aid flow remained a trickle and police barred foreign aid workers from worst-hit areas.
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Troops rush in to help China quake rescue - 14, May 2008
MIANYANG, China (Reuters) - China poured more troops into the earthquake-ravaged province of Sichuan on Wednesday to speed up the search for survivors as time ran out for thousands of people buried under rubble and mud.
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Clinton vows to keep her uphill bid alive - 14, May 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton won a landslide victory over front-runner Barack Obama in West Virginia and vowed to keep her beleaguered White House bid alive until voting ends in the Democratic race.
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ING reports profit decline on market turmoil - 14, May 2008
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch financial services group ING Groep reported a bigger-than-expected 19 percent drop in quarterly net profit, hit by weaker returns from real estate, private equity and market investments.
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Icahn may run Yahoo proxy campaign: source - 14, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is considering mounting a proxy campaign to replace Yahoo Inc board members after the company failed to reach a deal to merge with Microsoft Corp , a source close to the matter said on Tuesday.
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Sony posts surprise loss, forecasts growth - 14, May 2008
TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp posted a surprise quarterly loss as the weak stock market ate into the value of its securities holdings, but it forecast a bigger-than-expected profit this year as it boosts sales of digital cameras and flat TVs.
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U.S. could face mild recession, Greenspan quoted - 14, May 2008
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.S. economic data suggests the
world's biggest economy could face a mild recession, former
Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan was quoted as telling
Asian investors on Wednesday.
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HP to buy EDS for $12.6 bln in challenge to IBM - 14, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co plans to buy technology outsourcing company Electronic Data Systems Corp to better compete against IBM , but Wall Street questioned whether the $12.6 billion deal for a slow-growing company was overpriced.
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GPS grows as a crime-fighting tool in U.S - 14, May 2008
BOSTON (Reuters) - It was just after 10 p.m. when William Cotter, wearing a belt full of ammunition, burst into the home of his estranged wife, Dorothy, shooting her in the back with a sawed-off shot gun before taking his own life.
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Electronic Arts profit outlook disappoints - 14, May 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Top video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc issued an annual profit outlook on Tuesday that fell short of Wall Street forecasts as a drive to improve quality jacked up costs. Its shares fell 3.7 percent.
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Gene therapy shows promise in rare brain disease - 14, May 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An experimental gene therapy treatment appears to have helped eight children with a rare and incurable neurological disorder, although it may have been responsible for the death of one, researchers reported on Tuesday.
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Vast Chile volcano ash cloud partially collapses - 14, May 2008
PUERTO MONTT, Chile (Reuters) - A towering cloud of hot ash, gas and molten rock spewed miles into the air by a volcano in southern Chile has partially collapsed, raising fears it could smother surrounding villages, an expert said on Tuesday.
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NASA probe closing in on Mars, but will it land? - 14, May 2008
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Nine months ago, NASA's Phoenix probe blasted off for Mars with an unprecedented mission to sample water on another world.
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ABC unveils modest fall TV schedule; new ad tool - 14, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - ABC on Tuesday rolled out a fall television schedule featuring just two new programs, one a traveling game show and the other a detective drama based on a popular British series, underscoring the lasting impact of a 14-week strike by
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American artist Robert Rauschenberg dies - 14, May 2008
MIAMI (Reuters) - Acclaimed American artist Robert Rauschenberg died at his home on Captiva Island in Florida at the age of 82, his gallery said on Tuesday.
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Von Trapp's "Sound of Music" villa to become hotel - 14, May 2008
SALZBURG, Austria (Reuters) - "The Sound of Music", one of Hollywood's greatest money-spinners, will scale new heights when the original von Trapp family villa near Salzburg opens as a hotel in July.
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Success weighs on Narnia's return to U.S. theaters - 14, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Director Andrew Adamson knows box office magic with his first three feature films grossing more than $2.1 billion worldwide.
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Madonna too busy to attend Malawi adoption ruling - 14, May 2008
LILONGWE, Malawi (Reuters) - U.S. pop star Madonna will not attend the final court ruling on her request to adopt a Malawian child because she is busy with other engagements, her lawyer said on Tuesday.
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Rapper Remy Ma gets 8 years for shooting friend - 14, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Grammy-nominated rapper Remy Ma was sentenced to eight years in prison on Tuesday for shooting and wounding an acquaintance after discovering money was missing from her purse after a night out in Manhattan.
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"In the Heights" leads Broadway's Tony nominations - 14, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - "In the Heights," an original musical written by a university student about life in a working-class New York neighborhood, led the nominations for Broadway's top theater honors, the Tony Awards, on Tuesday.
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Kentucky Bear handlers like their Preakness chances - 14, May 2008
BALTIMORE (Reuters) - The handlers of Kentucky Bear said on Tuesday it would be a mistake to believe Kentucky Derby champion Big Brown was a certainty to win Saturday's Preakness Stakes.
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Cannes braces for A-listers, art house, fans, fun - 14, May 2008
CANNES, France (Reuters) - The world's biggest film festival kicks off in Cannes on Wednesday, bringing Hollywood A-listers, obscure art-house directors, international media and fans together for 12 party-packed days on the French Riviera.
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Sorenstam to quit competition at end of the year - 14, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sweden's Annika Sorenstam, who has dominated women's golf for a decade, said on Tuesday she would quit competition at the end of this year.
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Goodell says new Pats tapes do not add to Spygate - 14, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said on Tuesday there was nothing new in videotapes he received showing the Patriots taping opposing teams' signals and that no additional penalty against New England was being considered.
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Seven bombs kill 60 people in India's Jaipur - 14, May 2008
JAIPUR, India (Reuters) - Seven bombs ripped through the crowded streets of India's western city of Jaipur on Tuesday evening, killing around 60 people in markets and outside Hindu temples.
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Lebanon's Hariri vows no surrender to Hezbollah - 14, May 2008
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Sunni Muslim leader Saad al-Hariri pledged on Tuesday there would be no political surrender to what he called a bid by Hezbollah and its Syrian and Iranian backers to impose their will on the nation by force.
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More than 2 million U.S. youths depressed: study - 14, May 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 2 million U.S. teenagers have suffered a serious bout of depression in the past year, including nearly 13 percent of girls, according to a federal government survey released on Tuesday.
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Olmert says understandings reached in peace talks - 14, May 2008
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Tuesday that he and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas had reached "understandings and points of agreement" on some key issues in U.S.-backed peace talks.
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North Korea to cooperate on nuclear verification: U.S. - 14, May 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea has agreed to cooperate fully on verifying its nuclear declaration, a U.S. official said on Tuesday as he displayed some of the 18,822 documents Pyongyang has given Washington about its plutonium program.
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Colombia extradites 14 militia bosses to U.S. - 14, May 2008
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia extradited 14 former paramilitary leaders to the United States on Tuesday to face drug-trafficking and other charges after authorities said the warlords violated terms of a peace deal with the government.
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FBI cites escalating mortgage fraud problem - 14, May 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Mortgage fraud is an escalating problem in the United States, the FBI said on Tuesday in a report that cited the subprime lending crisis as a key contributing factor.
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West urges Myanmar to act on crucial cyclone aid - 14, May 2008
YANGON (Reuters) - Heavy rains pelted homeless cyclone survivors in Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta on Tuesday, complicating the already slow delivery of aid to more than 1.5 million people facing hunger and disease.
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Clinton looks for big West Virginia win - 14, May 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton appeared headed to a big West Virginia victory over front-runner Barack Obama in the Democratic presidential race on Tuesday, although it could be too late to turn around her faltering White House bid.
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Whole Foods acquisition crimps profit, shares fall - 14, May 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Whole Foods Market Inc on Tuesday posted lower quarterly net profit, missing analysts' estimates by a penny, as it booked charges related to its $565 million acquisition of rival Wild Oats Markets in August.
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Bernanke says crisis not over; prices worry others - 14, May 2008
MIDLAND, Texas (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Tuesday the credit crisis was not over, even as his colleagues revealed growing concerns about inflation that could signal a pause in interest rate cuts.
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Sprint faces tough questions - 14, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sprint Nextel Corp faced multiple questions about how it would turn the company around and stop customers from fleeing its cell phone service at its annual shareholder meeting, where voters only narrowly rejected one proposal that wo
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Death toll from China quake soars past 13,000 - 14, May 2008
DUJIANGYAN, China (Reuters) - The death toll in China's earthquake climbed past 13,000 on Tuesday and looked likely to rise much higher after media said some 19,000 people were buried in rubble in just one area.
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Electronic Arts top expectations, eyes share gains - 14, May 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Top video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc on Tuesday posted a quarterly profit that beat Wall Street expectations and said it expects to gain market share on the strength of upcoming titles like "Spore" and "The Sims 3".
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JPMorgan may cut 4,000 jobs on Bear deal and markets - 14, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co could cut as many as 4,000 of its own employees worldwide as the bank prepares to take on staff from Bear Stearns Cos at the same time it deals with turmoil in financial markets, people familiar with the situat
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Icahn may run Yahoo proxy campaign: sources - 14, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is considering running a proxy campaign to elect new board members at Yahoo Inc after the company failed to forge a deal to merge with Microsoft Corp , sources close to the matter said on Tuesday.
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Oil price, financials hit Dow; techs lift Nasdaq - 14, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Blue-chip stocks declined on Tuesday as oil rose to another record and underscored concerns about inflation, while the Federal Reserve chairman said financial markets are still troubled.
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Craigslist sues eBay, alleges corporate spy plan - 14, May 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Online classifieds leader Craigslist.com filed a countersuit on Tuesday against business rival eBay Inc, alleging eBay had used its minority stake in Craigslist to steal corporate trade secrets.
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HP seals EDS deal for $12.6 billion - 14, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co plans to buy technology outsourcing company Electronic Data Systems Corp to better compete against IBM, but Wall Street questioned whether the $12.6 billion deal for a slow-growing company was overpriced.
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Mobile phones more important than wallets: survey - 14, May 2008
TORONTO (Reuters) - More than one-third of workers would choose their mobile phone over their wallet, keys, laptop or digital music player if they had to leave the house for 24 hours and could take only one item, a new survey has found.
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Eli Lilly to help train doctors on drug-resistant TB - 13, May 2008
GENEVA (Reuters) - U.S. pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly will donate $1 million to train doctors treating tuberculosis (TB), a disease that infects 9 million people every year and kills nearly 2 million.
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Fox TV Studios takes production abroad with "Mental" - 13, May 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Fox TV Studios president Emiliano Calemzuk is going back to his Latin American roots. In doing so, he also is reinventing the company's business model.
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In-form Astros rally to soar over Giants - 13, May 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The Houston Astros rallied from an early three-run deficit to notch a fourth straight victory with a 7-3 triumph against the San Francisco Giants on Monday.
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Datsyuk hat-trick powers Wings to brink of finals - 13, May 2008
DALLAS (Reuters) - Pavel Datsyuk scored his first career hat-trick to power the Detroit Red Wings to a 5-2 victory over the Dallas Stars on Monday, moving the Western Conference top seeds to the brink of the Stanley Cup Finals.
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Lebanese army begins drive to restore order - 13, May 2008
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's army stepped up patrols on Tuesday as part of a drive to restore order after a week of fighting between Hezbollah fighters and pro-government gunmen.
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Shi'ite gunmen in Baghdad ignore truce - 13, May 2008
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - An agreement aimed at ending fighting in the Baghdad bastion of Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr was on the verge of collapse on Tuesday after gunmen launched a spate of attacks on U.S. troops.
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Rain lashes Myanmar cyclone survivors - 13, May 2008
YANGON (Reuters) - Heavy rains pelted homeless cyclone survivors in Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta on Tuesday, complicating already slow delivery of aid to more than 1.5 million people facing hunger and disease.
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Finmeccanica buys DRS for $5.2 billion - 13, May 2008
MILAN (Reuters) - Finmeccanica SpA has agreed to buy U.S. military contractor DRS Technologies Inc. in a $5.2 billion deal, the biggest so far in European defense contractors' bid for a slice of the growing U.S. defense market.
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Credit Agricole to raise $9.1 billion after writedown - 13, May 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - France's biggest retail bank, Credit Agricole, announced a 5.9 billion euro ($9.1 billion) rights issue to shore up its capital after new writedowns at its Calyon investment bank, hitting its shares.
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Corp Express willing to talk as Staples ups bid - 13, May 2008
NEW YORK/AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Corporate Express said on Tuesday it was willing to talk to U.S. office supplies retailer Staples Inc after it raised its offer for the Dutch business products wholesaler.
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Bernanke says markets healing but still not well - 13, May 2008
SEA ISLAND, Georgia (Reuters) - U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Tuesday that emergency Fed liquidity measures have helped relieve strain in financial markets, but the recovery process remains incomplete.
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Stock futures lower on banks, Wal-Mart - 13, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures fell on Tuesday after Oppenheimer & Co slashed its price targets on a number of brokerages and on concern about Wal-Mart Stores Inc's outlook.
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Wal-Mart profit up, but shares fall - 13, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc, the world's largest retailer, reported a 7 percent rise in quarterly profit on Tuesday as discounts drew U.S. shoppers looking for bargains on necessities like food and pharmacy items.
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Fox's "Millionaire" puts charitable spin on reality - 13, May 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Fox's newest reality experiment is a modern-day twist on "The Prince and the Pauper."
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For "Indy" billboard campaign, more is more - 13, May 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Steven Spielberg loves billboards. That's the simple explanation for those giant double-billboard promos for "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" throughout Los Angeles, as well as the huge Indy messages
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Canada and Russia remain on collision course - 13, May 2008
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (Reuters) - Russia and Canada remained on a collision course at the ice hockey world championships on Monday, completing qualification round play unbeaten to take top spot in their group standings.
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James fires as Cavaliers lock up series - 13, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - LeBron James led the Cleveland Cavaliers to an 88-77 home win over the Boston Celtics on Monday, tying up their Eastern Conference series at 2-2.
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Clinton aims for big win in West Virginia - 13, May 2008
CHARLESTON, West Virginia (Reuters) - Democratic front-runner Barack Obama made a quick stop in West Virginia on Monday ahead of an expected bad loss there to White House rival Hillary Clinton, but he was already looking past the contest to November's fig
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Marijuana may up heart attack, stroke risk: study - 13, May 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Heavy marijuana use can boost blood levels of a particular protein, perhaps raising a person's risk of a heart attack or stroke, U.S. government researchers said on Tuesday.
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Bush heads back to Mideast amid fading peace hopes - 13, May 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush heads back to the Middle East on Tuesday facing broad skepticism over his chances of securing an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal before he leaves office in less than nine months.
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U.S. revives reward plan for Rwanda suspects - 13, May 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States announced on Monday it had revived a program offering rewards of up to $5 million a head for information leading to the arrest of 13 suspects in Rwanda's genocide.
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Lebanese army starts drive to end armed presence - 13, May 2008
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's army began taking steps on Tuesday to stop gunmen and groups from illegally carrying arms and to end -- by force if necessary -- a week of fighting between Hezbollah fighters and pro-government gunmen.
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McCain runs strong despite low Bush ratings: poll - 13, May 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain remains a strong candidate despite a gloomy national mood and record low ratings for President George W. Bush, according to a Washington Post-ABC New poll released on Monday.
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Two more U.S. aid flights set to fly to Myanmar - 13, May 2008
YANGON (Reuters) - Two more American aid flights were due to leave for cyclone-hit Myanmar on Tuesday where the reclusive military government is keeping most foreign aid workers away from the devastated Irrawaddy delta.
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Rain hampers rescuers as China quake toll nears 10,000 - 13, May 2008
DUJIANGYAN, China (Reuters) - Heavy rainfall and wrecked roads hampered rescuers' efforts to reach the areas hardest-hit by China's worst earthquake in three decades on Tuesday as the death toll rose to nearly 10,000.
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U.S. victims of attacks in Israel sue Swiss bank - 13, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - American victims of bombings and rocket attacks in Israel have sued Swiss bank UBS AG for more than $500 million, accusing the bank of helping fund the militants behind the attacks through dealings with Iran.
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Hitachi losses grow, forecast below expectations - 13, May 2008
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Hitachi Ltd tumbled to a quarterly loss on slow TV sales and a tax writedown but said it would rebound to a profit this year, and its shares were up 5 percent.
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Finmeccanica to buy DRS for $5.2 billion - 13, May 2008
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's Finmeccanica SpA reached a $5.2 billion deal to buy DRS Technologies Inc. securing itself a bigger presence in the growing U.S. defense market which accounts for half the world's military spending.
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Beazer Homes releases long awaited '07 results - 13, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Home builder Beazer Homes USA said on Monday that it lost $10.70 per share in fiscal 2007, it released restated results for several years, and said it remains the target of several state and federal investigations.
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SocGen net profit falls 23 percent - 13, May 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - Societe Generale , the French bank hit by the world's worst rogue trader scandal, reported a 23.4 percent fall in first quarter net profit although earnings came in above the average market forecast.
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Australia's Westpac bids $17.6 billion for St George - 13, May 2008
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Westpac Banking Corp Ltd launched a $17.6 billion all-share bid for smaller rival St George Bank Ltd in a tie-up that would create Australia's biggest bank by market value.
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AIG sees no need to honor ex-CEO request to delay AGM - 13, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Maurice "Hank" Greenberg, former chief executive of American International Group , has said the insurer is in "crisis" and urged a delay in its annual general meeting scheduled for Wednesday, according to a letter he sent to the board
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HP in talks to buy EDS to compete with IBM - 13, May 2008
NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co is in talks to buy technology outsourcing company Electronic Data Systems Corp for $12 billion to $13 billion in a deal which would vault it to a close second to IBM in technology services.
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Hollywood actors and studios clash over Internet clips - 13, May 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Getting Hollywood actors paid for their smallest performances -- video clips on the Internet -- is shaping up as one their biggest sticking points in stalemated contract negotiations with major studios.
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HBO seen selling shows on Apple's iTunes: sources - 13, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Time Warner Inc's HBO cable network is expected to start selling shows on Apple Inc's iTunes digital entertainment service, with flexible pricing, sources familiar with the discussions said on Monday.
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Microsoft software gives free tours of space - 13, May 2008
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Any Star Trek fan knows that space travel is not always easy, but Microsoft Corp wants to make traveling the "final frontier" as simple as turning on your computer.
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HBO seen selling shows on Apple's iTunes - 13, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Time Warner Inc's HBO cable network is expected to start selling shows on Apple Inc's iTunes digital entertainment service, with flexible pricing, sources familiar with the discussions said on Monday.
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Court hears claim linking vaccines to autism - 13, May 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The parents of two 10-year-old boys who believe vaccines caused their sons to develop autism brought their case to U.S. federal court on Monday, arguing a mercury preservative in the shots caused a rare reaction.
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Sex and The City quartet back with movie - 13, May 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda are back -- The "Sex and the City" TV stars took to the big screen on Monday with the world premiere in London of their tales of love and high fashion in New York.
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Shyamalan delivers intense frights in "Happening" - 13, May 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - If there is one thing director M. Night Shyamalan enjoys, it is spooking audiences with his supernatural movies, and he promises his June release, "The Happening," will be the scariest ride yet.
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CORRECTED: "Xanadu," "Young Frankenstein" nab N.Y. stage awards - 13, May 2008
(Corrects date “August: Osage County” opened on Broadway)
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Being breast-fed may lower breast cancer risk - 13, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Adult women who were breast-fed as infants may have a lower risk of developing breast cancer than those who were not breast-fed, unless they were first-born, study findings suggest.
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FIA to investigate Istanbul dog incident - 13, May 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Turkish Grand Prix organizers could face sanctions after two stray dogs ran onto the Istanbul track and one was hit by Brazilian Bruno Senna's car during a support race on Sunday.
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Jimmy Fallon formally named next "Late Night" host - 13, May 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Saturday Night Live" veteran Jimmy Fallon was officially named on Monday to take Conan O'Brien's place on NBC next year when O'Brien succeeds Jay Leno as host of "The Tonight Show."
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Young NY filmmakers peek inside Japanese baseball - 13, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bobby Valentine hit only 12 home runs during 10 seasons as a player in Major League Baseball, so he knows something about tough pitches.
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