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Jobs data lifts blue chips; Nasdaq dips on Sun - 03, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks made modest gains on Friday after jobs data that offered fresh evidence the economic slowdown is not as severe as feared, but technology shares faded on a surprise loss from Sun Microsystems Inc .
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Film celebrates tightrope walk between Twin Towers - 02, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Even before they were built, New York's Twin Towers provided a dream for Philippe Petit, and he spent six years chasing that dream until he conquered them with a spectacular, illegal act.
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"Liaisons Dangereuses" in welcome Broadway return - 02, May 2008
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Returning to Broadway for its first revival since its 1987 premiere, "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" proves itself as relevant as ever in its depiction of malicious sexual game-playing.
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Pistorius verdict expected in two weeks - 02, May 2008
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African double amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius will learn in two weeks whether a ban on him competing at the Beijing Olympics will be overturned, his manager said on Friday.
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Britain's Brown punished in local elections - 02, May 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's ruling Labour Party slumped to its worst local election defeat on record on Friday, dealing a blow to Prime Minister Gordon Brown in his first test at the polls since taking over from Tony Blair.
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World powers urge Arabs to honor Palestinian pledges - 02, May 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - World powers called on Friday on Arab states to honor their financial and political pledges to help the Palestinians in their U.S.-backed Middle East peace effort with Israel.
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Rice price overshadows Southeast Asian trade meeting - 02, May 2008
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - Southeast Asian trade officials met on Friday for talks on how to respond to soaring rice prices, after U.S. President George W. Bush proposed $770 million in new U.S. food aid to stave off a global food crisis.
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Dalai Lama envoys travel to China for talks - 02, May 2008
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Senior envoys of the Dalai Lama are traveling to China to meet the government over the crisis in Tibet, the government-in-exile said on Friday, only three months before the Beijing Olympics open.
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Blast at Yemen mosque kills 15, wounds 60 - 02, May 2008
SANAA (Reuters) - Around 15 people were killed and over 60 were wounded when a bomb hidden in a motorcycle exploded outside a mosque in Yemen's volatile northern city of Saada on Friday, a security source said.
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McCain slowly but surely distancing self from Bush - 02, May 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Slowly but surely, Republican presidential candidate John McCain is putting some distance between himself and unpopular President George W. Bush.
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Zimbabwe announces poll run-off, MDC cries foul - 02, May 2008
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai beat President Robert Mugabe in the presidential election but faces a run-off vote after failing to win an outright majority, the electoral body said on Friday.
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Nortel's loss widens but has targets in sights - 02, May 2008
TORONTO (Reuters) - Nortel Networks Corp posted a steeper first-quarter loss on Friday as a series of charges weighed on results, but the telecommunications equipment maker said it still expects to meet its full-year targets.
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Central banks extend liquidity lifeline to markets - 02, May 2008
WASHINGTON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Major central banks on Friday announced larger liquidity injections in a bid to wrestle down market interest rates as they extended joint efforts to tackle stubborn tensions on money markets.
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Job cuts in April less severe than feared - 02, May 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Employers cut jobs for a fourth straight month in April but not as vigorously as feared, according to a government report on Friday that also showed an unexpected improvement in the unemployment rate last month.
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How do baby birdies learn to sing? By babbling - 02, May 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Baby birds babble much like human infants do, and they have their own special brain circuits to do it, researchers reported on Thursday.
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Indie filmmakers brace for hit from recession - 02, May 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - How vibrant is the independent film scene? How much does it depend on the major film festivals? How useful are the markets that accompany them?
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Renee Zellweger producing breast cancer TV movie - 02, May 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Renee Zellweger is reteaming with her "Chicago" producers to executive produce an original movie for Lifetime.
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Tigers complete rare sweep of Yankees - 02, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Detroit Tigers overcame a 3-0 first-inning deficit to beat the Yankees 8-4 on Thursday and complete their first three-game sweep of the Bronx Bombers in New York in 42 years.
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Yankees pitcher Hughes faces long layoff - 02, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Yankees could be without pitcher Phil Hughes for months after tests revealed he had a fractured rib, the team said on Thursday.
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Pletcher out to end long Kentucky Derby drought - 02, May 2008
LOUISVILLE (Reuters) - Top trainer Todd Pletcher will saddle two colts this weekend in a bid to end his long Kentucky Derby drought.
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Second nanny sues Rob Lowe in sex case - 02, May 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A former nanny for actor Rob Lowe has countersued the couple, claiming she was sexually harassed while working for them in 2007 in a case filled with sordid accusations and a claim of extortion.
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"Iron Man" producer Marvel mulling next movie - 02, May 2008
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - With "Iron Man" set to explode this weekend, the next question for producer Marvel Entertainment is: What now?
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U.S. sports dispute "white space" airwaves plan - 02, May 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of major U.S. sports leagues raised doubts on Thursday about a proposal to allow more wireless devices to operate over airwaves to become available next year when television broadcasters go digital.
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Rangers blank Pens, Wings complete sweep - 02, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Rangers, led by two goals from captain Jaromir Jagr and a penalty-shot save by goalie Henrik Lundqvist, beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-0 on Thursday to stave off playoff elimination.
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Pistons crush Sixers to advance - 02, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Detroit Pistons easily moved into the second round of the NBA playoffs with a dominating 100-77 win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Thursday.
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Bush proposes $770 million for world food crisis - 02, May 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush called for $770 million in new U.S. food aid donations and other measures on Thursday as Washington seeks to stave off a food crisis threatening to envelop the developing world.
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Senators ready dueling energy plans - 02, May 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats and Republican lawmakers in the U.S. Senate on Thursday set the stage for a divisive energy policy debate with two dueling party-line bills to combat high gasoline prices.
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Corruption trial hears of plot to fire prosecutor - 02, May 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A witness at the trial of political fundraiser Antoin Rezko testified on Thursday that then-White House aide Karl Rove was asked to replace the federal prosecutor in Chicago to abort a probe of Illinois corruption.
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Rice skeptical about sweetening Iran incentives - 02, May 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice voiced skepticism on Thursday about sweetening incentives for Iran to halt sensitive nuclear work and urged tighter enforcement of U.N. sanctions against Tehran.
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Palestinian donors meet amid doubts on peace moves - 02, May 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Donor nations meet on Friday to discuss aid to the Palestinian Authority among recriminations that some have been slow to provide promised money and doubts about a U.S.-backed Middle East peace effort.
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Immigrants march in U.S. but rallies lose steam - 02, May 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Thousands of immigrants marched through cities across the United States on Thursday, but smaller crowds suggested their cause had lost momentum in this election year.
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Jobless claims jump as factory sector contracts - 02, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. manufacturing contracted for a third straight month in April while the number of workers claiming jobless benefits hit a four-year high and planned layoffs soared, according to data on Thursday that showed the economy remained on
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Sony 07/08 profit to quintuple but miss target: report - 02, May 2008
TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp's operating profit likely jumped more than fivefold to 380 billion yen ($3.6 billion) on strong sales of digital cameras in the year just ended, but it missed the company's forecast by 30 billion yen, the Nikkei business daily
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Microsoft poised to detail next moves on Yahoo: CEO - 02, May 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Thursday that walking away from a deal with Yahoo remained one of "three big options" the company is weighing and to expect an announcement shortly.
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April auto sales plunge 14 percent - 02, May 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - U.S. auto sales fell 14 percent to their lowest annual rate in a decade in April as weak consumer confidence and rising gas prices hit the industry's most profitable vehicles hardest.
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Exxon profit disappoints despite high oil prices - 02, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp posted a $10.89 billion first-quarter profit on Thursday, but still managed to disappoint investors as weak production volumes and low refining margins blunted the impact of record-high crude prices.
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Jimi Hendrix company says sex tape not genuine - 02, May 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The company that controls rights to rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix's music and likeness said on Thursday a purported sex tape of the musician being sold on the Internet was not authentic.
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Older Japanese go online in search of love - 02, May 2008
That's what Yoji Kawamura figured after retiring at the age of 62 and deciding that part-time work and his new hobbies of photography and computers weren't enough to fill his days.
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Walmart.com using Wii Fit to boost Mom's Day sales - 02, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Forget the flowers and candy -- Nintendo Co Ltd's highly anticipated "Wii Fit" video game will debut in the U.S. later this month, and Wal-Mart Stores Inc's online division is trying to persuade shoppers to order the game as "a perf
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Scientists find a quicker way to make antibodies - 02, May 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A new process to extract and copy the essential elements of cells that make human antibodies has provided a shortcut to making targeted, infection-fighting proteins known as monoclonal antibodies, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.
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Swiss discoverer of LSD dies, aged 102 - 02, May 2008
ZURICH (Reuters) - Albert Hofmann, the Swiss chemist who discovered the hallucinogenic drug LSD, has died aged 102, the organization that republished his book on the mind-altering substance said.
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South Korea's first astronaut rescued by startled nomads - 02, May 2008
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's first astronaut said she and her fellow crew were rescued by startled nomads after their space capsule thudded far off course into the remote steppes of Central Asia earlier this month.
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Peer pressure brings docs up to speed: study - 02, May 2008
BOSTON (Reuters) - Is your doctor's practice on the cutting edge of medicine? If not, maybe he or she needs a little peer pressure.
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Shuttle tank delays push back Hubble mission - 02, May 2008
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Delays in producing space shuttle fuel tanks, which were substantially redesigned after the 2003 Columbia disaster, will postpone NASA's final servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope by a month or longer, officials at the U.S.
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Researchers find gene defect that boosts glucose - 02, May 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - An international research team has pinpointed a genetic mutation that can raise a healthy person's blood sugar to harmful levels, putting them at higher risk of serious problems like heart disease.
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Turn-ons, turn-offs, desire varies widely among men - 02, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men aren't all from Mars when it comes to their sexuality, a new study from Kinsey Institute researchers shows.
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Studios and actors remain at odds - 02, May 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - With two days left before a self-imposed deadline in contract talks with actors, major Hollywood studios said on Wednesday the two sides remained far from a deal and that excessive union demands were to blame.
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Critic accuses Hollywood of vilifying Arabs - 02, May 2008
BEIRUT (Reuters) - American films and TV dramas shot since the September 11 attacks have reinforced screen images of Arabs and Muslims as fanatics and villains, ingraining harmful stereotypes, argues an author on the subject.
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Shakespeare's Globe mixes old with new in 2008 - 02, May 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Director Dominic Dromgoole shadows an actress as she steps gingerly onto the stage, surrounded by the cast of "King Lear" as preparations get under way for the 2008 season of William Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.
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Cusack aims to offend with war satire film - 02, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - John Cusack is outraged over the Iraq
war, so the U.S. actor channeled his anger into a low-budget
political satire -- complete with a chorus line of scantily
clad female amputees -- that he hopes will offend.
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Moviegoers have "Sex" on the brain: poll - 02, May 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Sorry "Iron Man." But moviegoers have something else on their minds as spring gives way to summer -- like Sex.
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"Iron Man" poised to blast box office into summer - 02, May 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood studios are counting on actor Robert Downey Jr. and his big-screen incarnation as "Iron Man" to blast them out of a box office slump as the lucrative summer movie season opens this weekend.
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San Jose's Michalek staves off Dallas sweep - 02, May 2008
DALLAS, Texas (Reuters) - Milan Michalek's third period goal ensured the San Jose Sharks avoided a sweep at the hands of the Dallas Stars on Wednesday and kept alive their playoff hopes.
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Nadal says packed calendar is destroying tennis in Europe - 02, May 2008
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Rafael Nadal has made a thinly veiled attack on the ruling body of the men's game, saying that the ATP's crowded calendar is ruining tennis in Europe and endangering the longevity of players' careers.
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Uma Thurman says accused stalker "scary" - 02, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Actress Uma Thurman testified on Thursday that she felt sickened and terrified by a man accused of stalking her and was disturbed to hear he had been in contact with her family.
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Tension follows Olympic torch into China - 02, May 2008
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Tension and anger burned on despite the return of the Olympic torch to China on Thursday after a five-continent tour dogged by protests over Beijing's crackdown on rioting Tibetans.
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Varitek lifts Red Sox to narrow win over Jays - 02, May 2008
BOSTON (Reuters) - The Boston Red Sox secured their second straight win in their final at-bat when Jason Varitek's ninth-inning single lifted them to a 2-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday.
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Outside post no problem for Big Brown, jockey says - 02, May 2008
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (Reuters) - Unbeaten colt Big Brown will have no problem with the rigors of the 20th post position in Saturday's Kentucky Derby, his jockey Kent Desormeaux said on Thursday.
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Underdog Forbes aims to prove the doubters wrong again - 02, May 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former IBF super-featherweight champion Steve Forbes said he intended to prove his doubters wrong once again when he fights Oscar De La Hoya on Saturday.
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Iraq PM sends team to Iran to discuss militias - 02, May 2008
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has sent a delegation to tell Iran to stop backing Shi'ite militias, officials said on Thursday, underscoring Iraq's unease over the influence of its powerful neighbor.
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Cuba urges economic gain, work at May Day rally - 02, May 2008
HAVANA (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of Cubans marched through Havana's Revolution Square on Thursday for a red-splashed May Day celebration that urged economic gains and increased productivity from workers.
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Baseball star Canseco loses home to foreclosure - 02, May 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former U.S. baseball star Jose Canseco said on Thursday he had lost his California mansion to foreclosure -- one of the first celebrities to publicly admit being a statistic in the U.S. housing crisis.
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Congress votes to ban genetic discrimination - 02, May 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A landmark bill to forbid discrimination against people whose genetic information shows a predisposition to certain illnesses won final U.S. congressional approval on Thursday.
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Gates acknowledges mistakes in treatment of troops - 02, May 2008
FORT BLISS, Texas (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday said the military had made mistakes in its treatment of returning combat troops including in their physical and mental health care and by providing some sub-standard housing.
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Bush proposes $770 million in new food aid - 02, May 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush on Thursday called for the United States to offer $770 million in new global food aid in an effort to stem rising food prices threatening to spread social unrest in the developing world.
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McCain says no "mission accomplished" in Iraq - 02, May 2008
CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain said on Thursday he would be reluctant to ever declare "mission accomplished" in Iraq, but suggested rosy predictions of success there by President George W. Bush and other officials fuel
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U.S. air strike kills al Qaeda boss in Somalia - 02, May 2008
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - U.S. war planes killed an Islamist rebel said to be al Qaeda's leader in Somalia and as many as 30 other people on Thursday in Washington's biggest blow against an insurgency raging since 2007.
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Obama fights perception he is elitist - 02, May 2008
FORT WAYNE, Indiana (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama sought to convince Americans he is not elitist on Thursday as new polls showed his aura of inevitability has declined after weeks of negative headlines.
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More women charge Bloomberg LP with discrimination - 02, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The number of pregnant women at news and financial data company Bloomberg LP who claim to have suffered sex discrimination has grown to 58 from three, an attorney for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said on Thursday.
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Home Depot to close 15 stores, curb openings - 02, May 2008
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Retailer Home Depot Inc , which has been battered by the slumping housing market, on Thursday said it plans to close 15 underperforming U.S. stores and will curb future openings, sending its shares up more than 5 percent.
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Factory sector contracts, jobless claims jump - 02, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Manufacturing contracted for a third straight month in April while the number of workers claiming jobless benefits hit a four-year high and planned layoffs soared, according to data on Thursday that showed the economy remained on shak
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Warren Buffett to draw biggest crowd ever - 02, May 2008
OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) - Few 77-year-olds could hold thousands of people in rapt attention for five hours. Sean Connery, maybe; Clint Eastwood, perhaps. Warren Buffett? Definitely.
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Bernanke suggests student lender subsidies review - 02, May 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of the Federal Reserve has suggested that Congress revisit the issue of government subsidies to student loan providers, according to an April 25 letter made public on Thursday.
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April auto sales slump, truck sales plunge - 02, May 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - U.S. auto sales fell sharply in April with rising gasoline prices weighing hardest on sales of large sport utility vehicles and pickups, where the industry traditionally has made its biggest profits.
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Exxon profit disappoints even with high oil prices - 02, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp posted a $10.89 billion first-quarter profit on Thursday, but still managed to disappoint investors as weak production volumes and low refining margins blunted the impact of the record-high crude prices.
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Wall Street rallies on tech and dollar rebound - 02, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks rose on Thursday as a rebound in the dollar and retreating oil prices calmed fears about inflation, renewing investors' appetite for riskier assets, including undervalued technology shares.
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Craigslist blanched as eBay eyed marriage: lawsuit - 02, May 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Web classifieds leader Craigslist sought a divorce, while online auction giant eBay proposed a formal marriage, according to court papers unsealed on Wednesday that detail a testy four-year relationship.
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Poll finds global support for press freedom - 02, May 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People in Argentina, Mexico, Egypt and China are more likely than those in the United States to say it is very important for the news media to be free from government control, a survey published on Thursday found.
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UK indy music: Love the Internet but seek the label - 02, May 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - As musicians they are fiercely proud of their freedom to play what they choose, and revel in being part of a vibrant live scene, but the goal for up and coming British bands is to sign with a major label.
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Bloggers abuzz about Miley Cyrus photo scandal - 02, May 2008
NEW YORK (Billboard) - Miley Cyrus is the only recent teen superstar who has had to manage career-endangering controversy in the midst of major success on several fronts.
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Online music services could pay $100 million in royalties - 02, May 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Time Warner Inc's AOL unit, RealNetworks and Yahoo Inc could stand to pay up to $100 million in royalties owed to thousands of songwriters and publishers, after a federal judge established a formula for determining the payments.
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Apple's iTunes sells movies on DVD release date - 02, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Inc said on Thursday it would begin selling movie downloads on its iTunes service on the same day as the titles are released in DVD form, under agreements with most of the top Hollywood studios.
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UK "Lollipop" traffic rage fight goes technical - 02, May 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - British school traffic crossing helpers are being armed with new high-tech weapons in a bid to fight a growing number of so-called "lollipop" rage incidents.
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Volvo's 2020 vision: The injury-proof car - 02, May 2008
GOTHENBURG, Sweden (Reuters) - The destruction of the orange sedan with its slapdash paintwork may have been intentional but it was far from wanton. It was all part of Volvo's bid to create an injury-proof car by 2020.
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Nokia confident free music downloads will profit - 02, May 2008
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Offering unlimited music downloads to phone buyers will make money for Nokia as well as record labels, the handset maker said, dismissing talk the move would come at the expense of profits.
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Scientists develop new type of memory circuit - 02, May 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - It took about 40 years to find it, but scientists at Hewlett-Packard said on Wednesday they discovered a fourth basic type of electrical circuit that could lead to a computer you never have to boot up.
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IBM launches "green energy" tools for data centers - 02, May 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - International Business Machines Corp on Wednesday launched tools to reduce computer energy consumption as IBM hopes to boost its business of selling power-saving technologies.
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Grand Theft Auto IV breaks UK first day record - 02, May 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - "Grand Theft Auto IV", the gangster-themed computer game that earned both critical claim and strong criticism, broke first day sales records in Britain, according to an industry body's initial estimates on Thursday.
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GTA 4 poised to dominate Xbox Live - 02, May 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Players of the popular "Grand Theft Auto" video game series have always reveled in its unique blend of beatings, shootings and vehicular mayhem.
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Lego's latest brick trick: a virtual world - 02, May 2008
BILLUND, Denmark (Reuters) - Millions of children pick up Lego bricks each year to spend hours -- 5 billion, in fact -- creating their own imaginary worlds.
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Colossal squid examined by New Zealand scientists - 30, Apr 2008
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A colossal squid caught from deep Antarctic waters was defrosted on Wednesday by New Zealand scientists keen to discover more about the little-known giant predator.
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TV's "CSI" star Gary Dourdan faces drug charges - 30, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Gary Dourdan, who co-stars on the CBS television hit "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," has been arrested on suspicion of possessing cocaine, heroin and other drugs, police said on Tuesday.
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Purported Jimi Hendrix sex tape sold online - 30, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A videotape said to show rock guitar great Jimi Hendrix having sex with two women was released for sale on the Internet on Tuesday, following a wave of stars, alive and dead, showing up in homemade porn.
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Libby Lenton is a swimming favorite by any name - 30, Apr 2008
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's top female swimmer has changed her surname, built up her backside and recovered from an attack of stage-fright at the Athens Olympics.
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Worst of all worlds for Miley Cyrus - 30, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Another "wholesome" teen icon gone bad? Or was U.S. television star Miley Cyrus' blunder in allowing herself to be photographed wrapped only in a bed sheet simply a mistake that will be forgiven by her young fans?
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Gymnast Strug inspires kids ahead of 100-day countdown - 30, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Kerri Strug, whose vault at the 1996 Olympics clinched gold for the U.S. women's gymnastics team, on Tuesday marked Wednesday's 100-day countdown to the Beijing Games by sharing lessons with children on perseverance.
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Swimmer's success brings rare cheer to Zimbabwe - 30, Apr 2008
BANGKOK (Reuters) - With a gold-medal tally trumped only by swimming giants Australia and the United States, Zimbabwe's performance at this month's world short-course championships was staggering.
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Philippine boxers forced to look beyond Beijing - 30, Apr 2008
BAGUIO CITY, Philippines (Reuters) - Delfin Boholst is training for the Olympics -- the London Olympics.
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Penguins edge closer to series victory over Rangers - 30, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Pittsburgh Penguins capitalized on two powerplay goals from Evgeni Malkin to overcome the New York Rangers 5-3 on Tuesday and take a commanding 3-0 lead in their Eastern Conference semi-finals series.
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Rays winning streak ended by Orioles - 30, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Tampa Bay Rays' six-game winning streak ended when the Baltimore Orioles broke a first- place tie in the AL East with a 7-4 victory at Camden Yards on Tuesday.
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