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U.S.-Brazilian venture to turn cane into biodiesel - 24, Apr 2008
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - U.S. company Amyris Biotechnologies and Brazilian sugar and ethanol group Crystalsev have formed a joint venture to produce and sell the first commercial diesel made from sugar cane instead of oilseeds like soy and canola., both side
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Radio telescopes capture black hole mid-belch - 24, Apr 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Using powerful radio telescopes, scientists have captured a supermassive black hole just as it was belching out a jet of supercharged particles, offering a first look at how these cosmic jets are formed, they said on Wednesday.
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Papaya genome bares evolution's secrets - 24, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Papayas have extra copies of genes that make them sweet and nutritious, researchers reported on Wednesday in a study that can help shed light on how flowering plants evolved.
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Praise as good as cash to brain: study - 24, Apr 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Paying people a compliment appears to activate the same reward center in the brain as paying them cash, Japanese researchers said on Wednesday.
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Hollywood actors, studios agree to extend talks - 24, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Screen Actors Guild and major Hollywood studios agreed on Wednesday to extend contract talks into a third week, allowing time to narrow what the studios called "significant gaps" between the two sides.
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Hollywood grizzly bear kills trainer - 24, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A grizzly bear featured in the recent Will Ferrell film "Semi-Pro" and touted as one of the "best trained" in show business has killed its handler, but officials said on Wednesday they were puzzled by what provoked the attack.
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"Jackass" star pleads innocent to cocaine charge - 24, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Steve-O, the stunt-performing star of the MTV series "Jackass" and its movie spinoffs, pleaded innocent on Wednesday to a cocaine possession charge stemming from his March arrest in Hollywood.
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Tina Fey takes on film world - 24, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - She is known as the political and media-savvy comic from "Saturday Night Live," the sketch comedy show that helped her launch her own award-winning "30 Rock."
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Smashing Pumpkins honored in L.A. - 24, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan reluctantly accepted a low-grade honor in Hollywood on Wednesday, after revealing that he had spent a lot of time wondering whether it was "a silly thing."
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Mariah Carey has monster No. 1 on chart - 24, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Billboard) - Mariah Carey scored her sixth No. 1 album on the U.S. pop chart Wednesday, vaulting into rarefied territory in the record books.
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McCain visits "war on poverty" Kentucky coal town - 24, Apr 2008
INEZ, Kentucky (Reuters) - Republican presidential hopeful John McCain said on Wednesday Americans face a tough economic outlook with high gasoline prices likely to remain and his Democratic opponents would make matters worse.
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Trevor Immelman overwhelmed by celebrity status - 24, Apr 2008
IRVING, Texas (Reuters) - South African Trevor Immelman discovered the hazards of becoming U.S. Masters Champion on Wednesday when he made his first golfing appearance since being fitted with the green jacket at Augusta National.
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Concentrate on making 2008 harvest a success: FAO - 24, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON/PARIS (Reuters) - As U.S. rice futures marched to another record, the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization exhorted farmers and governments to ensure this year's crop is a success in order to ease the growing food crisis.
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Iran to address nuclear arms allegations: IAEA - 24, Apr 2008
VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran has agreed to answer intelligence allegations that it studied how to design nuclear bombs, the chief of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Wednesday.
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U.S. thinks N.Korea aided Syria on plutonium program - 24, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration is expected to tell U.S. lawmakers on Thursday it believes North Korea was helping Syria build a nuclear reactor that could produce plutonium, a U.S. official said on Wednesday.
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Carter says Secretary Rice "not telling truth" - 24, Apr 2008
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter on Wednesday accused Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice of not telling the truth about warnings she said her department gave Carter not to speak to Hamas before a Middle East trip.
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Israel willing to give up Golan: Syrian minister - 24, Apr 2008
DUBAI (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has told Turkey that Israel was willing to give back Syria's Golan Heights in return for peace with the Arab state, a Syrian cabinet minister said on Wednesday.
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China must stop cursing the Dalai Lama and talk: U.S - 24, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday urged China to stop vilifying the Dalai Lama and instead talk to the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader in order to achieve peace and stability in troubled, Chinese-ruled Tibet.
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Gen. Petraeus picked to lead Iraq and Afghan wars - 24, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration picked Gen. David Petraeus, its top commander in Iraq, on Wednesday to take charge of operations across the Middle East and chose his former No. 2 to take over in Baghdad.
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Liberty Mutual to buy Safeco for $6.2 billion - 24, Apr 2008
PHILADELPHIA/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Diversified insurer Liberty Mutual Group said on Wednesday it would buy Safeco Corp for $6.2 billion in a deal that would make Liberty Mutual the fifth-largest U.S. property and casualty insurer.
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Clinton says she can win White House for Democrats - 24, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama entered the final phase of an increasingly nasty U.S. presidential fight on Wednesday, with Clinton saying her decisive Pennsylvania win proved she was the best candidate to lead the Democrats back t
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Qualcomm quarterly profit up, raises '08 view - 24, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wireless chip and technology supplier Qualcomm Inc posted a higher profit for its fiscal second quarter on Wednesday, and raised its full-year earnings and revenue targets.
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Oil gains on U.S. gasoline inventory fall - 24, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil rose on Wednesday after U.S. government data showed a bigger-than-expected decline in gasoline stocks ahead of the summer driving season, offsetting a build in crude inventories.
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Tech sector's gains lift Wall St. - 24, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks rose on Wednesday as a range of technology companies posted results that showed the sector's resiliency in the face of an economic slowdown.
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GE hikes cost-cutting goal to $3 billion - 24, Apr 2008
ERIE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - General Electric Co chief Jeffrey Immelt said on Wednesday U.S. capital markets have improved since the end of the first quarter but the overall U.S. economic picture is unchanged, and the company has raised its 2008 cost-c
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Starbucks slashes outlook, blames housing meltdown - 24, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp said on Wednesday it was the latest victim of the U.S. mortgage meltdown.
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Anna Nicole Smith's mother sues lawyer, Web sites - 24, Apr 2008
HOUSTON (Reuters) - The mother of Anna Nicole Smith has sued the deceased television star's lawyer and several media outlets including celebrity Web site TMZ.com, claiming she was defamed.
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Microsoft CEO willing to walk away from Yahoo bid - 24, Apr 2008
SAN DONATO MILANESE, Italy (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp is prepared to walk away from its $43.6 billion bid for Yahoo Inc if the two sides can't agree on a price, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Wednesday.
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Apple profit rises on strong Mac, iPod sales - 24, Apr 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc on Wednesday posted a 36 percent rise in quarterly profit, helped by strong sales of Macintosh computers and iPod players, but its profit margin and cautious outlook disappointed investors.
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Apple buying microchip designer P.A. Semi - 24, Apr 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc is buying P.A. Semi, a designer of low-power microchips, in a move that could bolster its ability to customize key parts for its iPhone, iPod and Macintosh product lines.
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Eastwood and Allen showing films at Cannes - 23, Apr 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - Clint Eastwood and Woody Allen will be among high-profile U.S. directors at this year's Cannes film festival, where Hollywood will also be on show with the world premiere of the latest Indiana Jones adventure.
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Russia investigates off-course space landing - 23, Apr 2008
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has launched an investigation into why a manned space capsule returned to earth hundreds of kilometers (miles) off course, a space industry official said on Wednesday.
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Sharks salvo extinguishes Flames playoff hopes - 23, Apr 2008
SAN JOSE (Reuters) - The San Jose Sharks scored four second period goals in less than nine minutes to seal a 5-3 home victory over the Calgary Flames in a decisive Game Seven of their Western Conference quarter-finals series on Tuesday.
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Iran's leader to visit India to deepen energy ties - 23, Apr 2008
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will make his first official visit to India next week in a sign of the two countries' ambitions to deepen energy ties despite opposition from the United States.
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Federer survives Spanish scare in Monte Carlo - 23, Apr 2008
MONTE CARLO (Reuters) - Roger Federer was two points from an embarrassing exit from the Monte Carlo Masters on Wednesday before rallying to beat Spanish qualifier Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo 6-1 3-6 7-6 to reach the third round.
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Australia to have unprecedented torch security - 23, Apr 2008
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Police began an unprecedented security crackdown in Australia's national capital on Wednesday to protect the Olympic flame from protests during the latest leg of the torch's troubled journey around the world.
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Bangladesh evacuates stranded workers from Iraq - 23, Apr 2008
DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh has begun evacuating thousands of stranded workers who were trafficked into war-ravaged Iraq by illegal manpower traders, officials said on Wednesday.
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Carter denies State Dept. told him to shun Hamas - 23, Apr 2008
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter denied on Wednesday that the State Department warned him not to meet with leaders of the Islamist group Hamas before he made a recent trip to the Middle East.
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Years of poor decisions created food crisis: FAO - 23, Apr 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - Poor policy decisions over the past two decades have combined to create the current food crisis and resources must now be focused on the 2008 harvest, the head of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation said on Wednesday.
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Iran agrees to address nuclear arms allegations: IAEA - 23, Apr 2008
VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran has agreed to clarify intelligence alleging that it studied how to design nuclear bombs, a gesture the U.N. nuclear watchdog chief on Wednesday called a "milestone".
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U.S. military says kills 15 gunmen in Baghdad - 23, Apr 2008
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. troops said on Wednesday they killed 15 gunmen overnight in Shi'ite areas of Baghdad where fighting has raged for weeks between militiamen loyal to Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and security forces.
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Israel braces for fallout from U.S. spy case - 23, Apr 2008
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel was tightlipped on Wednesday over the arrest in the United States of an 84-year-old American suspected of providing it with U.S. military secrets in the 1980s, a new case that has opened old wounds.
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UPS profit dips, cites sharp decline in economy - 23, Apr 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Package delivery company United Parcel Service Inc reported lower quarterly earnings on Wednesday, citing a sharp decline in U.S. economic activity, and cut its earnings forecast for the full year.
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Clinton claims broad support after Pennsylvania win - 23, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton said Wednesday her victory over rival Barack Obama in Pennsylvania showed she had the broad support needed to recapture the White House for Democrats in November's presidential election.
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Ambac shares dive after steep loss - 23, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ambac Financial Group Inc , a bond insurer that struggled to raise capital earlier this year, posted a surprisingly wide first-quarter loss on Wednesday after setting aside $1 billion to cover future payouts on mortgage bonds.
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Oil below $118 ahead of U.S. supply data - 23, Apr 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Oil eased on Wednesday from a record high of nearly $120 a barrel in the previous session, as traders anticipated a rise in crude oil stocks in the world's top energy consumer the United States.
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GE's Immelt says capital markets have improved - 23, Apr 2008
ERIE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - General Electric Co chief Jeffrey Immelt said on Wednesday U.S. capital markets have improved since the end of the first quarter but the overall U.S. economic picture is unchanged.
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Wall Street opens up on Boeing; Apple lifts tech - 23, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks opened higher on Wednesday, buoyed by news of stronger-than-expected quarterly profits from bellwether Boeing Co and expectations of encouraging results from tech heavyweight Apple Inc .
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Boeing profit up on plane deliveries - 23, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Boeing Co reported a greater-than-expected 38 percent jump in first-quarter profit on Wednesday as increased deliveries of its commercial planes offset a dip in military sales, and manufacturing operations became more efficient.
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"Irresponsible" online gambling advert banned - 23, Apr 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - A gambling advertisement that claimed online betting would improve sexual prowess and self esteem has become one of the first campaigns to be banned under tough new laws, following criticism from the advertising watchdog.
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New social network targets older music fans - 23, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - GetBack Media, a social network targeted at people over age 35, is set to launch Wednesday stocked with music and TV content.
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Kenyans queue in last minute frenzy for Safaricom - 23, Apr 2008
NAIVASHA, Kenya (Reuters) - Just hours before east Africa's biggest IPO closed on Wednesday, Kenyans -- including many who lost everything in post-election violence -- thronged brokerage houses to buy Safaricom shares.
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Blu-ray boom not enough to rescue DVD sales - 23, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Since Blu-ray Disc's victory in the hi-definition DVD format war, data have trickled in suggesting a sales boost for Sony's fledgling technology. But if the pace doesn't quicken, home video might not return to sustained
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Microsoft CEO stands by bid for Yahoo - 23, Apr 2008
SAN DONATO MILANESE, Italy (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. is standing by its $44 billion bid for Yahoo Inc and will "move forward" if it is rejected, Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Wednesday.
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Web criminals fuel big rise in "trojans" - 23, Apr 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Cyber-criminals are behind a dramatic rise in stealthy programs called "trojans" that infect computers to sell rogue software, send unwanted email or steal personal data, a study has found.
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"Sex and the City" filming is spectacle in N.Y - 23, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "Sex and the City" opens in theaters on May 30, but hundreds of thousands of fans have already been watching the movie piecemeal for months.
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Bon Jovi guitarist pleads guilty to drunken driving - 23, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Richie Sambora, lead guitarist for the rock band Bon Jovi, was sentenced to three years probation on Tuesday after pleading guilty to driving drunk, prosecutors said.
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Soyuz spacecraft safe despite botched landing: NASA - 23, Apr 2008
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The U.S. space agency said on Tuesday it was confident Russia's Soyuz capsules remained safe to use, even as investigators probed an uncomfortably fast and off-course landing of one of the spaceships over the weekend.
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Skipping breakfast may mean your baby is a girl - 23, Apr 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Women on low-calorie diets or who skip breakfast at the time of conception are more likely to give birth to girls than boys, British scientists said on Wednesday.
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Next-generation heart stent beats older device - 23, Apr 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A next-generation artery-opening device from Abbott Laboratories Inc worked as well or better than an older stent at keeping blood flowing through diseased arteries, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
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Tribeca film fest kicks off in New York - 23, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - The Tribeca Film Festival, which kicks off Wednesday with the Tina Fey comedy "Baby Mama," is traditionally not a major market for movie deals.
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Trevor Immelman has first test as Masters champion - 23, Apr 2008
IRVING, Texas (Reuters) - South Africa's Trevor Immelman puts his credentials as U.S. Masters champion to their first test in the Byron Nelson Championship from Thursday.
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Smoltz records 3,000th strikeout in Braves' loss - 23, Apr 2008
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Washington Nationals' lefthander John Lannan overshadowed John Smoltz becoming the 16th pitcher to record 3,000 career strikeouts, to help his side beat the Atlanta Braves 6-0 on Tuesday.
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U.S. athletes divided on politicizing Games - 23, Apr 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A nervous smile steals across Jessica Mendoza's face when the U.S. Olympic women's softball player is asked whether she plans to demonstrate her outrage over China's policy on Darfur at the Beijing Games.
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Uma Thurman takes on challenging new film role - 23, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Uma Thurman has always liked a challenge, and she got one with her new film, "The Life Before Her Eyes," an intense drama about a mother haunted by a horrific decision made as a teen-ager.
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Paul inspires Hornets to second big win over Mavs - 23, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New Orleans Hornets eased to a second consecutive win over the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday, Chris Paul leading the way with 32 points and a franchise playoff record 17 assists in the 127-103 home triumph.
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Flyers edge Capitals in overtime to advance - 23, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Philadelphia Flyers edged the Washington Capitals 3-2 in overtime on Tuesday to advance to the Eastern Conference semi-finals with an electrifying Game Seven victory.
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Florida moves to curb ocean sewage dumping - 23, Apr 2008
MIAMI (Reuters) - The sun-drenched beaches of southeast Florida lure tourists from all over the world. But few of them may realize that a torrent of human waste is dumped silently every day into the seemingly pristine waters offshore.
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Clinton moves on after Pennsylvania win - 23, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton beat Democratic rival Barack Obama in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, prolonging an increasingly negative presidential nominating fight and keeping alive her slim White House hopes.
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Oil steadies above $118; focus on supply disruptions - 23, Apr 2008
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil held above $118 on Wednesday but stayed on the boil due to a weakening dollar, supply disruptions in Nigeria and fears that a refinery strike in Scotland could hit production in the North Sea.
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Alaska rejects final Exxon plan for giant gas field - 23, Apr 2008
ANCHORAGE (Reuters) - Alaska on Tuesday rejected Exxon Mobil Corp's latest plan for the giant Point Thomson natural gas field on the North Slope despite industry warnings of another lengthy setback to development of an Alaska gas pipeline.
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UAW threatens GM strike at Ohio stamping plant - 23, Apr 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Corp , whose production of the hot-selling Malibu sedan could be disrupted by a strike this week, now faces a possible United Auto Workers strike at an Ohio stamping plant next week.
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WSJ editor quits as Murdoch puts stamp on paper - 23, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Wall Street Journal's top editor resigned on Tuesday, giving News Corp chief Rupert Murdoch an opening to further put his stamp on the newspaper he bought four months ago.
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Yahoo overshadows Microsoft earnings, forecast - 23, Apr 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp is expected to provide a first glimpse at its projections for its coming year, but news of any progress on a possible deal with Yahoo Inc could overshadow even an upbeat outlook.
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Yahoo quarterly results improve; Microsoft shrugs - 23, Apr 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit on Tuesday, but failed to deliver the stand-out results its shareholders hoped might force Microsoft Corp to raise its takeover bid.
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Microsoft links data on phones, PCs in "Live Mesh" - 23, Apr 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp has begun testing technology that brings together a person's pictures, documents and other data scattered across a growing number of machines with the goal of allowing people to access their information from anywhe
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Life expectancy falls in poorer U.S. counties: study - 23, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Life expectancy may have reached an all-time high for the United States, but it is declining in many poor counties, especially among women, researchers reported on Monday.
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Streisand cancels planned performance in Israel - 23, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Barbra Streisand has canceled a planned performance in Israel for an event marking the Jewish state's 60th anniversary, citing personal obligations, her publicist said on Tuesday.
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Jane Goodall passes activist torch to world's youth - 23, Apr 2008
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Renowned primatologist Jane Goodall, 74, symbolically passed the torch on Tuesday to a new generation of hand-picked environmental and peace activists whom she gathered this week for the first Jane Goodall Global Youth Summit.
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Yoko Ono in legal feud over rare Lennon footage - 23, Apr 2008
BOSTON (Reuters) - Footage of John Lennon smoking pot, writing songs and discussing putting the hallucinogenic drug LSD in President Richard Nixon's tea is the focus of a court case starting in Boston next week over whether the video should be made public
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Bon Jovi guitarist Sambora in drunk driving charge - 23, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Richie Sambora, lead guitarist for the rock band Bon Jovi, was charged with drunk driving on Tuesday after being arrested in March in the Southern California community of Laguna Beach.
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Demolition contract awarded for old Tiger Stadium - 23, Apr 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - A contract has been awarded to tear down most of historic Tiger Stadium -- home of some of baseball's greatest players such as Ty Cobb, Hank Greenberg and Al Kaline -- a quasi-public arm of the City of Detroit said on Tuesday.
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Dolphins make Jake Long first pick in draft - 23, Apr 2008
MIAMI (Reuters) - The Miami Dolphins signed Jake Long to a multi-year contract on Tuesday, making the Michigan offensive tackle the top pick in the upcoming NFL draft.
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Murray to face Djokovic in Monte Carlo - 23, Apr 2008
MONTE CARLO (Reuters) - Britain's Andy Murray beat Italian Filippo Volandri 6-4 6-1 at the Monte Carlo Masters on Tuesday to line up a third-round match with Novak Djokovic.
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Cuba lashes out at wives of jailed dissidents - 23, Apr 2008
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba launched a blistering attack on the wives of imprisoned dissidents on Tuesday, accusing them of working with its arch-enemy, the United States, to subvert one-party socialist rule.
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U.S. to brief on alleged N.Korea-Syria nuclear link - 23, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration plans to brief U.S. lawmakers behind closed doors on Thursday about North Korea's suspected nuclear cooperation with Syria, congressional sources said on Tuesday.
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Canada, Mexico brush aside free trade threats - 23, Apr 2008
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - The leaders of Canada and Mexico on Tuesday brushed aside threats by the U.S. Democratic presidential candidates to try to renegotiate NAFTA and adopt a more protectionist approach to trade.
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War costs could be under $170 bln: Pentagon - 23, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will cost the United States less than the $170 billion estimate given earlier this year by Defense Secretary Robert Gates, the Pentagon's budget chief said on Tuesday.
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American arrested as nuclear spy for Israel - 23, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States arrested an 84-year-old American on Tuesday suspected of giving Israel secrets on nuclear weapons, fighter jets and missiles in the 1980s, in a case linked to the Jonathan Pollard spy scandal that rocked U.S.-Israe
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Pennsylvania votes in Democratic primary - 23, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton sought a convincing win to keep her flickering White House hopes alive on Tuesday as Pennsylvania Democrats chose between her and Barack Obama in their presidential nominating contest.
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Existing home sales fall 2 percent - 23, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The pace of U.S. existing home sales fell in March while inventories swelled and prices slid, a trade group said on Tuesday in a report that showed the U.S. housing market continues to struggle.
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WSJ editor quits as Murdoch adds his stamp to paper - 23, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The top editor of the Wall Street Journal resigned on Tuesday, giving News Corp chief Rupert Murdoch an opening to further put his stamp on the newspaper he bought four months ago.
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Broadcom beats revenue view, sees growth continuing - 23, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chip maker Broadcom Corp beat its quarterly revenue target on Tuesday, citing strength in its wireline business segments, enterprise and broadband, and it forecast revenue growth in this quarter.
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Merrill, other banks tap debt markets after losses - 23, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investment banks including Merrill Lynch & Co , UBS and Wachovia Corp sold more than $13 billion in new debt on Tuesday in a move to shore up their balance sheets.
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Surging oil, disappointing outlooks hit Wall St. - 23, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks sank on Tuesday as oil prices neared $120 a barrel and fed worries about inflation and consumer spending, while a series of disappointing profit outlooks made the mood even worse.
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Yahoo results better, not seen moving Microsoft - 23, Apr 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit on Tuesday but failed to do well enough to convince many on Wall Street that Microsoft Corp needs to raise its takeover bid.
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Oil rallies to record near $120 on supply worries - 23, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil surged to records near $120 a barrel on Tuesday on the weaker dollar, export disruptions from Nigerian rebel attacks and concerns a Scottish refinery strike could hit North Sea production.
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EU tells videogame industry to protect minors better - 23, Apr 2008
STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) - Videogame makers and shops have two years to come up with a widely accepted industry code of conduct to better protect children from violent images, the European Union's executive body said on Tuesday.
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EBay sues Craigslist over alleged stake dilution - 23, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - EBay Inc, the world's largest online auctioneer, sued Craigslist, a competitor in which it holds an ownership stake, in a dispute over whether the Internet bulletin board tried to blunt eBay's control.
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FCC chief again critiques Comcast net tactics - 23, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. communications regulator said on Tuesday that an investigation of how Comcast Corp manages its network had raised further concerns about tactics the company has used to restrict Internet users who share movies and other
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