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Microsoft frees rival slate from Yahoo commitment - 09, May 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp has released the nominees on its rival slate from their commitment to stand for election to Yahoo Inc's board in the event of a proxy fight, a source familiar with the situation said on Thursday.
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Facebook, 49 U.S. states agree on Web safety steps - 09, May 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Social networking site Facebook announced an agreement on Thursday with 49 U.S. state attorneys general and the District of Columbia to increase efforts to protect its youngest members from sexual predators.
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Extremists hone Internet skills: Senate report - 09, May 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Al Qaeda and other radical groups have dramatically increased their use of the Internet in recent years to lure and train recruits worldwide, a U.S. Senate report warned on Thursday.
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Cablevision to launch wireless broadband network - 09, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cablevision Systems Corp said on Thursday it plans to spend $350 million to build a wireless broadband network to serve its subscribers in the New York area.
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MySpace to let users share profile across the Net - 09, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - News Corp's MySpace social network will let users choose to share their public profile information, such as pictures, videos, and text, across the Web to spread its service beyond its own borders.
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MySpace's fashionable child launches new designers - 09, May 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Young designers competing to get noticed by fashion labels can now launch their careers online through the fashion world's answer to the social networking Web site MySpace.com.
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Free software takes on Microsoft Office - 09, May 2008
BOSTON (Reuters) - Pierre Avignon is no pirate, but he does not believe in paying for software. His computer is filled with programs like Symphony -- a free suite that he downloaded from an International Business Machines Corp website (http://symphony.lo
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Video games don't create killers, new book says - 09, May 2008
SAN FRANCISCO, May 8 (Reuters Life!) - Playing video games does not turn children into deranged, blood-thirsty super-killers, according to a new book by a pair of Harvard researchers.
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Q&A: Hits keep coming for reality guru Darnell - 08, May 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Fox president of alternative entertainment Mike Darnell is responsible for some of the most vilified reality series ever created -- "The Swan," "Married by America," "Who Wants to Marry a Multimillionaire?" and "Temptati
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China reports two more deaths from child virus - 08, May 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - China reported two more deaths on Thursday from a severe strain of hand, foot and mouth disease, bringing its toll from the outbreak to 30, all of them young children, Xinhua news agency reported.
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Heath Ledger portrait wins Australian art prize - 08, May 2008
SYDNEY (Reuters) - A portrait of a brooding Heath Ledger, painted shortly before the Australian actor died in January, was voted the most popular painting in Australia's top art prize for portraiture on Thursday.
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Madonna tour kicks off in Cardiff in August - 08, May 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Pop star Madonna kicks off her new international tour in Cardiff, Wales, on August 23, she announced on Thursday.
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Amy Winehouse released after drug arrest - 08, May 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - British singer Amy Winehouse has been released from police custody after being arrested on suspicion of drug offences, police sources said on Thursday.
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Dreadlocked Jason Castro tossed off Idol - 08, May 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Jason Castro, the mellow singer whose dreadlocked good looks earned the devotion of countless teenage girls, was voted off "American Idol" on Wednesday, leaving three finalists to compete for the show's top prize.
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Popular Daly in the hunt behind early leaders in Milan - 08, May 2008
MILAN (Reuters) - Twice major champion John Daly fired a five-under 67 in the first round of the Italian Open on Thursday to record his best round in four months and trail early leaders Mark Foster and Marc Warren of Britain by two strokes.
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Lewis, Howard lead Magic revival, Lakers beat Jazz - 08, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Orlando Magic thrashed the Detroit Pistons 111-86 on Wednesday to cut the deficit in their Eastern Conference semi-final playoff series to 2-1.
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U.S. envoy returns to North Korea to extract nuclear list - 08, May 2008
SEOUL (Reuters) - A team led by a U.S. State Department nuclear envoy entered North Korea on Thursday to persuade Pyongyang to declare its nuclear activities as called for in a six-country disarmament deal, an official said.
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Austrian father reveals his "addiction" to incest - 08, May 2008
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austrian Josef Fritzl said he became addicted to incest with his daughter, who bore him seven children, and had imprisoned her in a cellar to save her from the outside world.
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Democrats divide by race, gender, class - 08, May 2008
CINCINNATI (Reuters) - It's now common wisdom that Sen. Hillary Clinton attracts older voters, women and the white working class, while Sen. Barack Obama is the go-to guy for youth, African-Americans and the elite.
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Tibetan woman holds Olympic flame atop Everest - 08, May 2008
EVEREST BASE CAMP, China (Reuters) - A Tibetan woman took the Olympic torch the last steps to the top of Everest on Thursday, realizing "a dream of all Chinese people", but Tibetan exiles criticized Beijing for politicizing the Games.
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Myanmar backtracks on aid flight, U.S. says - 08, May 2008
YANGON (Reuters) - Desperate survivors cried out for aid on Thursday nearly a week after Cyclone Nargis killed up to 100,000 people, as pressure piled up on Myanmar to throw its doors open to an international relief operation.
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Oil hovers at $123, focus on dollar, stocks - 08, May 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Oil slipped on Thursday on profit-taking after hitting a record of nearly $124 as traders weighed a rise in the dollar to a two-month high against news of a fall in U.S. diesel stockpiles.
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Toshiba eyes doubled operating profit in 3 years - 08, May 2008
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese electronics maker Toshiba Corp said it expects its operating profit to more than double over the next three years as it cuts costs, ramps up capacity for its semiconductors and seeks nuclear plant orders.
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BoE leaves UK rates at 5 percent, cut seen next month - 08, May 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England kept British interest rates at 5.0 percent on Thursday but analysts say a slowing economy will force it to cut borrowing costs next month, even though inflation is heading higher.
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Shoppers go after bargains in April - 08, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apparel chains struggled through another dismal month in April as they tried to bring in cash-strapped shoppers, but discounters fared well as consumers hungered for bargains to buy necessities.
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Best Buy enters Europe with Carphone retail deal - 08, May 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Best Buy, the world's biggest electronics retailer, is to pay $2.1 billion for half of Britain's Carphone Warehouse chain to take on the European consumer electricals market.
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Toyota issues bleak profit forecasts on yen, U.S. woes - 08, May 2008
TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp posted a bigger-than-expected 28 percent drop in quarterly net profit due to a stronger yen and sliding U.S. sales, and forecast its first annual profit decline in seven years.
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Hong Kong immigration "watchlist" partially leaked onto web - 08, May 2008
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong authorities came under fire on Thursday for the leak of classified data including individuals on an immigration watchlist, as the city's tougher immigration policies in the run up to the Olympics face increasing scrutiny.
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China won't guarantee Web freedom over Olympics - 08, May 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will not guarantee it won't censor the Internet over this summer's Beijing Olympics, nor can it guarantee to stamp out piracy of Olympic-branded goods, officials said on Thursday.
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Academic says gadgets threaten Internet's future - 08, May 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - The rise of gadgets like the iPhone, Blackberry and Xbox threatens to unravel the decades of innovation that helped to build the Internet, a leading academic has warned in a new book.
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Facebook users willing to let employers see profiles - 08, May 2008
TORONTO (Reuters) - While many Facebook users may be secretly surfing the social networking site on the job, many Canadians say they are willing to let their employer look at their profiles, according to a poll released on Wednesday.
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Researchers find neuroblastoma genes - 08, May 2008
BOSTON (Reuters) - An international team of researchers said they have pinpointed three variants of the genetic code that appear to set the stage for aggressive neuroblastoma, the deadliest solid tumor in early childhood.
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Australian platypus genome a link to evolution - 08, May 2008
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's unique duck-billed platypus -- an egg-laying, furry animal with web feet that spends most of its time underwater -- is in fact part bird, part reptile and part mammal according to its gene map.
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Seen from above, ash paints Chile white - 08, May 2008
ABOVE CHAITEN VOLCANO, Chile (Reuters) - Looking down over the ash cloud soaring from Chaiten volcano in southern Chile, the whole area is carpeted in white and experts say the eruption that began last week could last for months.
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Blondie connects "Parallel Lines" to tour - 08, May 2008
NEW YORK (Billboard) - Blondie will mark the 30th birthday of its "Parallel Lines" with a summer tour and an expanded anniversary edition of the album.
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Sexy orchids do more than embarrass wasps: study - 08, May 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Orchids that mimic female wasps may not only waste the time of the male wasps they lure into spreading their pollen -- they also seduce them into wasting valuable sperm, Australian researchers reported on Wednesday.
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Diversity a common theme among Players champions - 08, May 2008
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida (Reuters) - If variety is the spice of life, then the list of winners at the Players Championship must rank among the tastiest in the game.
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Q&A with Screen Actors Guild head Alan Rosenberg - 08, May 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Screen Actors Guild President Alan Rosenberg was elected as head of the nation's largest performers' union in 2005 on a pledge to take a tougher stance in labor talks than his immediate predecessor.
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Swiss stun Swedes as hockey prelims end in drama - 08, May 2008
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (Reuters) - Switzerland held on to shock Olympic champions Sweden 4-2 on Wednesday as the preliminary round of the ice hockey world championships ended with drama on and off the ice.
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Lee outduels Wang to lead Indians past Yankees - 08, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Indians left-hander Cliff Lee outduelled New York's Wang Chien-ming to lift Cleveland to a 3-0 win over the Yankees in a battle of undefeated pitchers on Wednesday.
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Technical flaws mar hearing in new Guantanamo court - 08, May 2008
GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden's suspected "media director" rejected U.S. terrorism court proceedings and renewed his allegiance to the al Qaeda leader on Wednesday in a hearing marred by technical flaws in a new Guantana
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U.S. envoy returns to N.Korea to extract nuclear list - 08, May 2008
SEOUL (Reuters) - A team led by the U.S. State Department's nuclear envoy was set to enter North Korea on Thursday to persuade Pyongyang to declare its nuclear activities as called for in a six-nation disarmament deal, an official said.
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Cheney aide subpoenaed to testify to Congress - 08, May 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff was subpoenaed on Wednesday to testify in a congressional probe of the administration's treatment and possible torture of enemy combatants.
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U.S. and NATO battle on uneven Afghan patchwork - 08, May 2008
MAIDAN SHAHR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Last week U.S. Captain Roger Hill led a patrol into the Jaldez valley, just southwest of Kabul, and was immediately ambushed from three sides by 50 Taliban fighters armed with rocket-propelled grenades.
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Clinton gives herself a loan and vows to fight on - 08, May 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Barack Obama took a commanding lead in the Democratic presidential race on Wednesday, but Hillary Clinton vowed to fight on after loaning her campaign $6.4 million.
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First U.N. aid flights start arriving in Myanmar - 08, May 2008
YANGON (Reuters) - The first United Nations relief flights started to arrive on Thursday for cyclone victims in military-ruled Myanmar as a U.S. diplomat said that more than 100,000 people may have been killed.
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CORRECTED: Oil steady above $123 as dollar rise trims gains - 08, May 2008
TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil futures were steady over $123 a barrel on Thursday, pulling back from a record high as the dollar's rise to a two-month high against the euro offset news of falling U.S. diesel stockpiles.
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NY judge orders trial in Clear Channel buyout fight - 08, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York state judge said on Wednesday a dispute over financing the $20 billion buyout of Clear Channel Communications Inc would go to trial on a breach of contract claim filed against six banks, according to a court filing.
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Toyota to buy back rusted Tacomas - 08, May 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp has offered to buy back Tacoma pickup trucks with frames rusted beyond repair and to extend the warranty on over 800,000 of the vehicles in North America.
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News Corp sees economy hurting advertising - 08, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch said on Wednesday stress in the U.S. economy is squeezing advertising budgets, adding that News Corp's Fox Interactive Media would miss an ambitious $1 billion annual revenue goal by 10 percent.
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"Grand Theft Auto" sales top Hollywood movie - 08, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Criminal action game "Grand Theft Auto 4" scored over $500 million in global receipts its first week in release, selling over 6 million units to become one of the most lucrative entertainment launches in history.
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Chilean volcano could spew for months - 08, May 2008
PUERTO MONTT, Chile (Reuters) - Experts believe Chile's Chaiten volcano could continue belching out vast clouds of ash for months but distraught people evacuated from nearby towns say they yearn to return as soon as possible.
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Gene trawl shows Druze are living "gene sanctuary" - 08, May 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Druze people of Israel are a genetic sanctuary of ancient lineages of DNA, researchers reported on Wednesday.
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J.K. Rowling wins privacy case - 08, May 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has won her battle to ban further publication of a long-lens photograph of her son, in a privacy case her legal team called a major development in British law.
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Steve Winwood - a '60s rock 'n' roller turning 60 - 08, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Turning 60, Steve Winwood is starting to believe rock 'n' roll may be a younger man's game. Maybe.
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At 63, Rod Stewart not ready to slow down - 08, May 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Hall of Fame rocker Rod Stewart is 63 years old, but nowhere near retirement as he considers a wish list of future projects that include a movie, an R&B album, and maybe even a fling with country and western music.
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Immelman continues to battle with Masters hangover - 08, May 2008
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida (Reuters) - Still grappling with the aftermath of his U.S. Masters victory, South African Trevor Immelman accepts he needs to spend some time away from the game.
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Germany's Holland ruled ineligible at worlds - 08, May 2008
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (Reuters) - Germany defenseman Jason Holland is ineligible to continue playing in the world championships and has been sent home, the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) said on Wednesday.
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Juan Carlos Ferrero ousts triple-champion Nadal in Rome - 08, May 2008
ROME (Reuters) - World number two Rafael Nadal's bid to win the Rome Masters for the fourth successive year was buried on Wednesday when he lost 7-5 6-1 to Juan Carlos Ferrero.
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Anthony Kim basks in player respect at Sawgrass - 08, May 2008
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida (Reuters) - American Anthony Kim has reveled in the congratulatory messages and respect given to him by his peers since winning his maiden PGA Tour title at last week's Wachovia Championship.
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Austrian incest father says he is "not a monster" - 08, May 2008
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austrian Josef Fritzl, who imprisoned his daughter for 24 years and fathered her seven children, said he was no "monster" and he could have killed her and her children had he wanted to, according to his lawyer.
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Maple Leafs fire head coach Paul Maurice - 08, May 2008
TORONTO (Reuters) - The Toronto Maple Leafs fired head coach Paul Maurice on Wednesday after he failed to lead the National Hockey League team into the playoffs during his two seasons behind the bench.
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Jubilation, with some jitters, as Israel turns 60 - 08, May 2008
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Fireworks and military fanfare launched Israel's 60th anniversary celebrations on Wednesday, with leaders of a Jewish state that has known no peace vowing to pursue their quest for accommodation with old enemies.
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WTO says cannot solve food price crisis - 08, May 2008
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Trade Organization cannot conjure up a short-term solution to soaring food prices but a successful end to global trade talks would help in the longer term, the organization's chief said on Wednesday.
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Iraq urges Iran and U.S. to talk - 08, May 2008
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's foreign minister urged Iran and the United States on Wednesday to stop trading accusations and sit down for a fourth round of talks to seek solutions to Iraq's security woes.
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Russia's Medvedev takes power and pledges freedom - 08, May 2008
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Dmitry Medvedev was sworn in as Russian president on Wednesday and nominated his predecessor Vladimir Putin as prime minister, ushering in an unprecedented period of dual rule.
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Clinton gives herself loan, vows to fight on - 08, May 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Barack Obama took a commanding lead in the Democratic presidential race on Wednesday, but Hillary Clinton said she would fight on after loaning her campaign $6.4 million to keep it alive.
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Myanmar under pressure, death toll may rise sharply - 08, May 2008
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's military government came under pressure on Wednesday to open its borders to international help after a devastating cyclone that a U.S. diplomat said may have killed more than 100,000 people.
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Fitch says GM and Ford face heavy cash drains this year - 08, May 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Corp and Ford Motor Co will continue to face heavy cash drains in 2008 and are expected to burn cash through 2009 unless industry sales rebound, Fitch Ratings said on Wednesday.
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Oil surges to new highs as dealers focus on diesel - 08, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices rose 1.4 percent on Wednesday, extending further into record territory amid intensifying worries over tight world supplies of diesel fuel.
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Pending homes sales fall, productivity up - 08, May 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Contracts to buy previously owned homes fell in March and businesses, faced with a slump in demand, slashed worker hours in the first quarter to increase productivity and safeguard profits, data on Wednesday showed.
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Consumers mark tax rebates for bills and savings - 08, May 2008
GIBSON CITY, Illinois (Reuters) - The first batch of taxpayers has already started to receive their federal tax rebates as part of the economic stimulus package, but very few consumers interviewed by Reuters in the past week said they plan to spend them o
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Dr Pepper Snapple shares get tepid reception - 08, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc shares began trading in New York on Wednesday at a lower-than-expected $25, showing that U.S. investors are hesitant to invest in the country's third-largest soft drink maker.
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Wall St dives on record oil over $123 - 08, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks tumbled on Wednesday, on concerns about inflation and higher interest rates as oil jumped to a record above $123 a barrel.
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News Corp profit rises on cable and TV ratings - 08, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp said on Wednesday its quarterly net profit tripled on higher advertising sales at the Fox TV network and Fox News Channel, as well as a big one-time gain from its stock swap with Liberty Media .
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Sprint, cable form $14.5 billion Clearwire venture - 08, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sprint Nextel Corp and top U.S. cable companies are investing in Clearwire Corp to introduce high-speed wireless Web services and get a head start on AT&T and Verizon, but analysts said the seven-way partnership may be too complex
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"Grand Theft Auto" sales top $500 mln in 1st week - 08, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Take-Two Interactive Software Inc scored over $500 million in global sales of its criminal action game "Grand Theft Auto 4" in its first week, making it one of the most lucrative entertainment launches in history.
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China child virus cases high but no cause for panic - 07, May 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - China should expect more cases of hand, foot and mouth disease, but there is no sign it is facing a new or more virulent strain despite an unusually high number of child deaths, officials said on Wednesday.
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Steve Winwood - a Sixties rock 'n' roller turning 60 - 07, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Turning 60, Steve Winwood is starting to believe rock 'n' roll may be a younger man's game. Maybe.
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"Haditha" film shows both sides of Iraq killings - 07, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - "Battle for Haditha" dramatizes one of the most controversial incidents of the Iraq war -- the killing of 24 Iraqi civilians by U.S. Marines -- but former Marine Elliot Ruiz who stars in the film says it doesn't give the Marine Corps
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Rowling wins privacy case over photo of son - 07, May 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has won her battle to ban further publication of a long-lens photograph of her son, in a privacy case her legal team called a major development in British law.
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Austrian minister says officials "gullible" on Fritzl - 07, May 2008
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria's justice minister said local authorities were gullible in their dealings with Josef Fritzl, who has admitted imprisoning his daughter in a cellar for 24 years and fathering her seven children.
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Iraq urges Iran, U.S. to hold talks - 07, May 2008
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari urged Iran and the United States on Wednesday to stop trading accusations and sit down for a fourth round of talks to seek solutions to Iraq's security woes.
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Aid arrives for Myanmar; one million homeless - 07, May 2008
YANGON (Reuters) - Aid was trickling in on Wednesday for an estimated one million victims of Cyclone Nargis in military-ruled Myanmar, with the death toll of more than 22,500 expected to mount.
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Obama advances, Clinton hangs on in Democratic race - 07, May 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Barack Obama took a big step toward the Democratic presidential nomination with an easy victory in North Carolina, and Hillary Clinton narrowly won Indiana and loaned $6.4 million out of her own pocket to help keep her struggling ca
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Russia's Medvedev takes power, pledges freedom - 07, May 2008
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Dmitry Medvedev was sworn in as Russian president on Wednesday and just over two hours later nominated his predecessor Vladimir Putin as prime minister, ushering in an unprecedented period of dual rule.
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Oil steady ahead of U.S. inventory data - 07, May 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices steadied on Wednesday, down from the record high over $122 hit the previous day, ahead of U.S. weekly oil inventory data.
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Fed to teach groups how to buy foreclosed homes - 07, May 2008
CINCINNATI (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Board Governor Randall Kroszner said on Wednesday that the Fed would work with a national affordable housing group to help stabilize neighborhoods with high foreclosure rates.
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Merrill's Thain: Credit crisis easing - 07, May 2008
MUMBAI (Reuters) - The U.S. credit crisis is easing and the risk in its housing market is dramatically lower now, but economic growth will remain under pressure over the next year, the chief executive of Merrill Lynch & Co Inc said.
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Wall St to start slightly higher on data, profits - 07, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks looked set to start the session slightly higher on Wednesday after productivity and labor costs data eased inflation worries and Walt Disney Co and Cisco Systems Inc posted higher-than-expected earnings.
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Consumers mark tax rebates for bills, savings - 07, May 2008
GIBSON CITY, Illinois (Reuters) - The first batch of taxpayers has already started to receive their federal tax rebates as part of the economic stimulus package, but very few consumers interviewed by Reuters in the past week said they plan to spend them o
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Abuse changes brains of suicide victims - 07, May 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Suicide victims who were abused as children have clear genetic changes in their brains, Canadian researchers reported on Tuesday in a finding they said shows neglect can cause biological effects.
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Deadly China child virus not another SARS: doctor - 07, May 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - A prominent Chinese doctor said on Wednesday that China's deadly hand, foot and mouth outbreak will not become another epidemic on the scale of the SARS virus, even as the numbers of reported cases mounted around Asia.
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Sex-crazed "Superbad" nerds rule MTV Movie nods - 07, May 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Two sex-obsessed nerds in teen comedy "Superbad" topped the nominations for the 2008 MTV Movie Awards with five nods, while quirkie "Juno" about a pregnant 16 year-old came in just behind with four.
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History looks down on New Zealand rowers - 07, May 2008
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - History casts an imposing backdrop over Hamish Bond's disfigured right shoulder as he sits and chats at Rowing New Zealand's Lake Karapiro headquarters.
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Hollywood studios, actors break off labor talks - 07, May 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Major studios and the Screen Actors Guild broke off three weeks of contract talks without agreement on Tuesday, stoking fears of renewed Hollywood labor unrest after a 100-day writers strike that ended in February.
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Q&A: "Idol" contestant Archuleta finds his voice - 07, May 2008
LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Just 17, David Archuleta is the youngest contestant still in the running to win Season 7 of the Fox contest series "American Idol." In this exclusive Billboard interview, the Utah native opens up about the vocal paralysis that al
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Players not distracted by Tiger's absence from Sawgrass - 07, May 2008
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida (Reuters) - Although the absence of Tiger Woods from this week's Players Championship will be severely felt by the fans, his rivals at Sawgrass say their tournament preparations have been totally unaffected.
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Capitals' Ovechkin exceeds his lofty expectations - 07, May 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bruce Boudreau became the Washington Capitals coach in a mid-season shake-up and admits to being awestruck by All-Star left wing Alex Ovechkin.
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Grant Hackett resurfacing in time for Beijing - 07, May 2008
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Plenty of male swimmers have won the same individual event at two Olympics but none has claimed three in a row. Grant Hackett plans to change that.
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