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Wesley Snipes jailed for 3 years in tax case - 25, Apr 2008
OCALA, Florida (Reuters) - A "very sorry" Wesley Snipes, star of the "Blade" movies, was sentenced to three years in prison on Thursday for willfully failing to file U.S. income tax returns for 1999 through 2001.
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Winehouse joins UK millionaire music rich list - 25, Apr 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - British singer Amy Winehouse joined the elite ranks of music millionaires on Friday but she may struggle to reach the dizzy heights of "wrinkly rockers" like Paul McCartney, the editor of an annual rich list said.
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Hollywood is on edge ahead of summer movie season - 25, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - With the summer movie season set to begin with next week's release of comic book movie "Iron Man," Hollywood is holding its breath, hoping for a big start to the lucrative moviegoing period.
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Young sprinters put Trinidad on map again - 25, Apr 2008
SALVO, North Carolina (Reuters) - These are special times for sprinters from the small Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago.
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Zimbabwe police raid opposition HQ, scores held - 25, Apr 2008
HARARE (Reuters) - Armed riot police raided the headquarters of Zimbabwe's main opposition party on Friday and detained scores of people in the biggest crackdown on the MDC since disputed elections last month, officials said.
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Interpol says terror attack at Games possible - 25, Apr 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - The head of Interpol said on Friday that there is a "real possibility" that the Beijing Olympics will be targeted by terrorists or that anti-China groups could attack athletes.
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Top Russians face weak U.S. in Fed Cup - 25, Apr 2008
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Holders Russia should cruise into the Fed Cup final when they pit a line-up featuring three top-20 players against a U.S. team devoid of big names at the weekend.
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Israel snubs Hamas offer of six-month Gaza truce - 25, Apr 2008
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel dismissed on Friday a Hamas proposal for a six-month Gaza Strip truce during which an embargo on the territory would be lifted, saying the Palestinian Islamists wanted to prepare for more fighting rather than peace.
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Rice price surge frustrates and puzzles Asians - 25, Apr 2008
MANILA (Reuters) - From the airconditioned supermarkets of Tokyo to the open-air stalls of Manila reactions across Asia to record leaps in the price of rice vary from fear and frustration to a nonplussed shrug of the shoulders.
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U.N. official to visit Iran again for nuclear talks - 25, Apr 2008
TEHRAN (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog's top investigator will arrive in Tehran next week to hold more talks over Western allegations the country had studied nuclear bomb designing, a news agency reported on Friday.
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IAEA to probe U.S. report of Syrian atom reactor - 25, Apr 2008
VIENNA (Reuters) - The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog pledged on Friday to investigate what he called serious U.S. accusations that Syria secretly built a nuclear reactor with North Korean help.
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China to meet Dalai Lama aides amid Tibet tension - 25, Apr 2008
NYIMU COUNTY, China (Reuters) - China is to hold talks with envoys of the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism whom it blames for a wave of unrest, state media reported on Friday, as the Olympic flame arrived in Japan.
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Coventry Health profit up 3 percent - 25, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Insurer Coventry Health Care Inc posted a 3 percent first-quarter profit increase on Friday, matching Wall Street estimates, helped by higher membership.
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NY police cleared in 50-bullet wedding day shooting - 25, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Three New York City police officers were found innocent of all charges on Friday in the shooting death of an unarmed black man killed in a hail of 50 bullets on his wedding day.
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American Axle posts quarterly loss amid UAW strike - 25, Apr 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc posted a bigger-than-expected quarterly loss on Friday, hit by a strike at five U.S. plants, and it repeated threats to close the factories unless workers accept steep wage cuts.
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Honda tumbles on tax woes - 25, Apr 2008
TOKYO (Reuters) - An unexpected tax bill sent Honda Motor Co's quarterly profit tumbling 86 percent, and Japan's No.2 carmaker warned of a weak year ahead due to a stronger yen, rising materials costs and a soft U.S. car market.
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High power prices boost Entergy results - 25, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Entergy Corp reported a 45 percent jump in first-quarter earnings on Friday, beating Wall Street expectations, as it benefited from higher power prices and rising production.
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Goodyear profit beats estimates, shares jump - 25, Apr 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co posted a stronger-than-expected quarterly profit on Friday, driven by price hikes, sales of more expensive tires and favorable foreign exchange rates, sending its shares up 7 percent.
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Record oil price to boost oil majors' profits - 25, Apr 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil , Royal Dutch Shell and BP are expected to report bumper first-quarter profits next week, thanks to record crude prices, but $110 per barrel oil will also squeeze refining profits and delay a return to oil production grow
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Ericsson shares rocket as Q1 tops forecasts - 25, Apr 2008
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Shares in telecom equipment maker Ericsson rocketed more than 20 percent on Friday, their biggest gain in nearly five years, after the company unveiled surprisingly strong first-quarter profits.
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Samsung Elec profit jumps, outlook strong - 25, Apr 2008
SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics , the world's top maker of memory chips, beat forecasts with a 37 percent rise in quarterly profit on stellar performances in flat screens and mobile phones, sending its shares 4 percent higher.
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Yahoo to expand data sharing among friends online - 25, Apr 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc is working to rewire the dozens of services across its site so that users can manage all information about themselves in a single place and share it with friends across the Web.
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China hears death row defense by video for first time - 25, Apr 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's top court has interrogated a death penalty defendant via a video link for the first time since a key legal reform aimed at cutting wrongful executions, Xinhua news agency said on Friday.
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Mexico's del Toro to direct "The Hobbit" - 25, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro was named on Thursday to direct two movies based on the J.R.R. Tolkien book "The Hobbit" to build on the blockbuster success of "The Lord of the Rings" series.
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"Baby Mama" set to deliver box office victory - 25, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Tina Fey's "Baby Mama" and the "Harold & Kumar" sequel -- two new comedies with no overlapping audience -- will take the top spots at the weekend box office in North America.
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Raptors turn tables on Magic for key win - 25, Apr 2008
TORONTO (Reuters) - The Toronto Raptors muscled their way back into their Eastern Conference quarter-final with the Orlando Magic by surging to a 108-94 win on Thursday.
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Yankees' Rodriguez nears return to action - 25, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Injured slugger Alex Rodriguez set his sights on a return to action later this week against the Cleveland Indians after linking up with the New York Yankees on Thursday.
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Canadiens seal OT win over Flyers in Game one - 25, Apr 2008
MONTREAL (Reuters) - The Montreal Canadiens edged the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 in overtime on Thursday, scoring two goals in 77 seconds to win the first game of their Eastern Conference semi-final series.
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Jimmy Fallon to succeed Conan on NBC talk show - 25, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Saturday Night Live" veteran Jimmy Fallon will take Conan O'Brien's place on NBC next year when O'Brien succeeds Jay Leno on "The Tonight Show, a person familiar with the deal said on Thursday.
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Wizards shackle James in 108-72 rout of Cavs - 25, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Washington Wizards shackled scoring king LeBron James and blew out the Cleveland Cavaliers 108-72 to get back into their first-round playoff series on Thursday.
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Wesley Snipes jailed for 3 years - 25, Apr 2008
OCALA, Florida (Reuters) - A "very sorry" Wesley Snipes, star of the "Blade" movies, was sentenced to three years in prison on Thursday for willfully failing to file U.S. income tax returns for 1999 through 2001.
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Senate approves top U.S. honor for Myanmar's Suu Kyi - 25, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate voted on Thursday to award detained Myanmar democracy advocate Aung San Suu Kyi the Congressional Gold Medal, America's top civilian honor.
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More teenage mothers emerge in Texas polygamy probe - 25, Apr 2008
SAN ANGELO, Texas (Reuters) - Texas authorities said on Thursday they identified 25 more mothers below age 18 among those removed from a polygamist compound, raising to about 460 the number of minors at the heart of a huge abuse probe.
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McCain hits Obama on diplomacy over North Korea - 25, Apr 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain challenged Democrat Barack Obama's approach to diplomacy on Thursday, saying U.S. charges that North Korea gave nuclear assistance to Syria showed the folly of unconditional talks with fore
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Bush assures Abbas on statehood - 25, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush assured Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday that Palestinian statehood remained a high priority in his final 10 months in office despite faltering peace talks.
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U.S. says North Korea gave Syria nuclear assistance - 25, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday released photographs of what it said was a Syrian nuclear reactor built with North Korean help, in an effort to pressure Pyongyang to fully disclose its nuclear activities.
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Banks, insurers lift Wall St.; Microsoft down late - 25, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks rose on Thursday as investors poured into beaten-down financial stocks on growing optimism the worst may be over for banks, and after jobs and manufacturing data pointed to a resilient economy.
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SEC settles false rumor charge with trader - 25, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. securities regulators said on Thursday they settled with a Wall Street trader accused of intentionally spreading false rumors about the planned acquisition of Alliance Data Systems Corp while selling the stock short.
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American Express 1st-qtr profit declines - 25, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - American Express Co on Thursday posted a 6 percent decline in first-quarter profit, but results beat expectations and the company affirmed its full-year earnings forecast, lifting its shares after hours.
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Microsoft results disappoint - 25, Apr 2008
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp disappointed investors looking for stellar earnings on Thursday with soft Windows software sales and a below-target profit forecast, which overshadowed a strong outlook for next year.
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Samsung Q1 net jumps on LCDs and handsets - 25, Apr 2008
SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics , the
world's top maker of memory chips, beat expectations with a 37
percent rise in quarterly net profit, fuelled by sparkling
performances in display panels and mobile phone handsets.
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CNET in Yahoo partnership - 25, Apr 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - CNET Networks Inc, fighting dissident shareholders who want to expand the board, posted a narrower first-quarter loss on Thursday and announced a partnership with Yahoo Inc to provide content to Yahoo sites and cross-sell adverti
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Cellphone market Q1 growth fastest since 2006 - 25, Apr 2008
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Handset makers sold 14 percent more phones in January-March than a year ago, growing at the fastest pace in five quarters, research firms said on Friday.
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Microsoft issues final threat to scotch Yahoo deal - 25, Apr 2008
SAN FRANCISCO/SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp gave Yahoo Inc no hope of a higher takeover price, saying it was ready to go hostile or even call off its bid if Yahoo maintains "unrealistic expectations" of a better deal.
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Obesity and low birthweight mar health of kids - 25, Apr 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Rising obesity rates and a large percentage of children born with low birthweights are dragging down the overall health of American children in their first decade of life, according to a report tracking the health and well-being of you
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Study shows how smallpox virus tricks healthy cells - 25, Apr 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - A virus closely related to smallpox disguises itself as a piece of a broken cell to trick its way into cells, Swiss researchers said on Thursday in a discovery that could lead to better drugs and vaccines.
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German team finds new way to fight Alzheimer's - 25, Apr 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - A new kind of drug designed to "hitch-hike" into cells reversed signs of Alzheimer's disease when injected into the brains of mice and may become a potent new treatment for humans, German scientists said on Thursday.
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Irish singer Smithson voted off American Idol - 25, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The music of composer Andrew Lloyd Webber marked the end of the road for "American Idol" finalist Carly Smithson on Wednesday after fans of the hit TV talent show cast the fewest votes for her rendition of "Superstar."
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Protein scraps help fill in dino family tree - 25, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scraps of protein from the bones of a 68 million-year-old dinosaur and a mastodon carcass confirm their places in the family tree of life on Earth, researchers reported on Thursday.
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Hold the marbles: Abstract approach best for math - 25, Apr 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Frustrated math students may have a good excuse -- some of the teaching methods meant to make math more relevant may in fact be making it harder to understand, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.
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Hubble telescope captures crashing galaxies - 25, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Images of colliding galaxies show them spinning, sliding and slipping into one another, wreaking stellar destruction that will give birth to new and larger galaxies.
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"I am cool" says "Idol" reject Carly Smithson - 25, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The shocking exit of early "American Idol" favorite Carly Smithson stunned fans, but on Thursday the Irish singer was far from downhearted at being voted off the top-rated television talent show.
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Stuntman hurt on Bond set in Italy - 25, Apr 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - A stuntman was seriously injured in an accident on the Italian set of the latest James Bond movie, the production company said.
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Madonna shines light on Malawi with documentary - 25, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A single phone call prompted Madonna to begin charity work in Malawi and it was while making a documentary on the African country's 1 million orphans that she found a baby she decided to adopt.
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Federer and Nadal ease to Monte Carlo quarters - 25, Apr 2008
MONTE CARLO (Reuters) - World number one Roger Federer got back into his old routine with a 6-3 6-4 defeat of France's Gael Monfils to reach the Monte Carlo Masters quarter-finals on Thursday.
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Rejuvenated Kobe Bryant revels in Lakers role - 25, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Kobe Bryant has become the perfect team player in the championship chase by the Los Angeles Lakers, less than a year after asking for a trade.
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Wall Street may lose 36,000 jobs - 25, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street, the lifeblood of New York City's economy, could lose over 36,000 jobs because the financial credit crisis has rocked markets and stunned the U.S. economy, estimated James Brown, a labor market analyst with New York state'
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Bush assures Abbas statehood "high priority" - 25, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush, trying to shore up a faltering Middle East peace process, assured Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday that Palestinian statehood remained a high priority in his final 10 months in office.
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U.S. arms sales to OPEC at risk over oil: senators - 25, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. Senate stepped up their attacks on OPEC oil producers on Thursday, threatening to block billions of dollars in arms sales to suppliers such as Saudi Arabia if they fail to take action to tame record oil prices.
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Iraq's Maliki says factions agree to rejoin government - 25, Apr 2008
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Parties that walked out of Iraq's government last year have agreed to rejoin, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Thursday, in what could amount to a long-awaited political breakthrough.
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Draft spotlight falls on character in wake of Vick scandal - 25, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With the Michael Vick dog-fighting scandal still hovering over the NFL, some teams are taking a closer took at character than ever before in this weekend's draft.
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Dodgers plan $500 million stadium facelift - 25, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Los Angeles Dodgers unveiled plans on Thursday for a $500 million renovation of Dodger Stadium to be completed in time for the 50th anniversary of the venue in 2012.
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World food fears mount as rice prices hit record - 25, Apr 2008
BANGKOK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Concerns about food security mounted on Thursday, as rice prices hit records in Asia and the United Nations warned that staples for the world's hungry were getting much more expensive.
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McCain sharply critical of Bush response to Katrina - 25, Apr 2008
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain sharply criticized on Thursday what he called the Bush administration's disgraceful handling of Hurricane Katrina and vowed, "Never again."
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USDA's Schafer reassures no rice shortage - 25, Apr 2008
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer on Thursday sought to calm the frayed nerves of consumers, saying there was no shortage of rice in the United States even as a major outlet limited sales.
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House speaker asks Bush to stop stockpiling oil - 25, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Speaker of the House of Representatives on Thursday called on the White House to temporarily stop sending crude oil into the nation's emergency stockpile.
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Arby's owner to buy Wendy's for $2.4 billion - 25, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wendy's International Inc has agreed to be bought by Triarc Cos Inc , the investment arm of billionaire investor Nelson Peltz, in a deal valued at about $2.4 billion that would bring Triarc's Arby's restaurant chain and Wendy's under
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Hamas offers Gaza truce with Israel - 25, Apr 2008
CAIRO (Reuters) - The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas on Thursday proposed a six-month truce between Israel and Palestinians in the Gaza Strip with an option to extend it to include Palestinians in the West Bank.
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New home sales plunge but jobless claims cheer - 25, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. new home sales plunged to their lowest in more than 16 years in March and prices plummeted but jobs and factory data suggested slumping home values may not be hurting the economy as much as feared.
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Banks and insurers lift Wall Street - 25, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks rose on Thursday, after Merrill Lynch & Co left its dividend unchanged, a signal that strains on bank finances have eased.
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Aero, defense profits buck economic downturn - 25, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Raytheon, L-3, Rockwell Collins and Goodrich all beat Wall Street profit estimates on Thursday, as the long boom in the defense and aerospace sectors showed no signs of being affected by the U.S. economic downturn.
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Ford swings surprise profit - 25, Apr 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co posted an unexpected quarterly profit on Thursday, led by strong results in Europe and a sharply narrower loss in North America due to cost-cutting, sending its shares up more than 16 percent.
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Paulson cites progress in calming markets - 25, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson cited encouraging signs of progress in calming financial markets, which he said made it possible to turn more attention to measures aimed at stimulating a slowing economy.
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Delta and Northwest try to reassure Congress on merger - 25, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chief executives of Delta Air Lines Inc and Northwest Airlines Corp sought to reassure Congress on Thursday that their planned merger would not hurt service, cut jobs, or blunt competition.
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Amgen 1st-quarter profit rises on cost cutting - 25, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Amgen Inc reported higher first-quarter profit on Thursday, topping estimates, as cost cutting helped offset declining sales of its anemia drugs hit by safety concerns and reimbursement restrictions.
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Microsoft quarter view disappoints, bullish on '09 - 25, Apr 2008
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp reported weak quarterly Windows sales and gave a current-quarter earnings forecast at the low end of Wall Street expectations, sending its shares down nearly 5 percent on Thursday.
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Asian history inspires new online games - 25, Apr 2008
SEOUL (Reuters) - After exhausting just about every elf, dragon and knight featured in Western cultures, makers of popular online games are turning to ancient Asian history and war heroes for new inspiration.
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Thousands flock to exhumed body of saint Padre Pio - 24, Apr 2008
SAN GIOVANNI ROTONDO, Italy (Reuters) - The exhumed body of Padre Pio, a saint considered a miracle worker by his devotees, attracted thousands of pilgrims on Thursday when it went on display 40 years after his death.
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Federer eases into last eight in Monte Carlo - 24, Apr 2008
MONTE CARLO (Reuters) - World number one Roger Federer got back into his old routine with a 6-3 6-4 defeat of France's Gael Monfils to reach the Monte Carlo Masters quarter-finals on Thursday.
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Jane's Addiction reunites at L.A. bash - 24, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The four original members of pioneering alternative rock band Jane's Addiction performed in public for the first time in 17 years on Wednesday, burying their differences to receive an award for career achievement.
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Chinese rally in Australia for troubled torch - 24, Apr 2008
CANBERRA (Reuters) - More than 10,000 Chinese Australians staged the biggest pro-Beijing rally of the protest-marred Olympic torch relay on Thursday, bringing a sea of red Chinese flags and drowning out Tibetan demonstrators.
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Fun is latest casualty of Beijing security drive - 24, Apr 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - Fun has become the latest casualty of Beijing's drive to ensure security in the sensitive time ahead of the Olympics Games, with at least four outdoor events cancelled or curtailed within a month.
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Juncker: EU to agree Russia talks in days - 24, Apr 2008
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Luxembourg's Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker said on Thursday the European Union would overcome internal tensions and agree to start long-delayed talks on a new partnership deal with Russia in the coming days.
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Bryant shines as Lakers beat Nuggets - 24, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Kobe Bryant poured in 49 points to lift the Los Angeles Lakers to a 122-107 victory over the Denver Nuggets in Game Two of their Western Conference quarter-final on Wednesday.
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GMO coupled with organic farms best for environment - 24, Apr 2008
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Genetic engineering, combined with organic farming, may be the best way to grow food for a rising population as the world confronts climate change and environmental degradation, a U.S. rice scientist said.
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Turkish army says it strikes PKK group in Northern Iraq - 24, Apr 2008
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish warplanes fired on a group of Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq on Wednesday as they tried to cross into Turkey, the army said on Thursday.
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Whirlpool cuts forecast as costs rise - 24, Apr 2008
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Whirlpool Corp , the world's top appliance maker, posted first-quarter profit well below Wall Street estimates on Thursday on declining U.S. sales and rising oil and steel costs, and it slashed its full-year earnings outlook.
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Jobless, durables data ease economic jitters - 24, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Initial jobless claims unexpectedly fell last week while durable goods orders last month showed some signs of resilience, according to government data on Thursday that eased concern about the pace of the country's economic slowdown.
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Arby's owner to buy Wendy's - 24, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wendy's International Inc has agreed to be bought by Triarc Cos Inc , the investment arm of billionaire investor Nelson Peltz, in a deal valued at $2.34 billion that would bring Triarc's Arby's restaurant chain and Wendy's under one u
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Motorola loss widens on weak phone sales - 24, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Motorola Inc said on Thursday its quarterly loss widened on cell phone sales that were at the low end of analyst expectations, signaling further market share losses to Nokia and other rivals.
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Ford swings to surprise profit - 24, Apr 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co posted an unexpected quarterly profit on Thursday, led by strong results in Europe and South America and a narrowing loss in North America, sending its shares up 5 percent in pre-market trade.
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Infamous Taser incident inspires Clash rocker - 24, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - One of last year's most infamous Internet sensations, the "Don't tase me, bro!" arrest of an excitable college student, is getting a new lease of life from former Clash rocker Mick Jones.
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Nintendo Q4 jumps 60 pct on Wii boom, outlook modest - 24, Apr 2008
OSAKA (Reuters) - Japan's Nintendo Co Ltd , maker of the hit Wii game machine, said on Thursday fourth-quarter profit jumped 60 percent but it forecast only modest annual growth of 9 percent as sales of its DS handheld machine slow.
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Sony off to races with "Gran Turismo" - 24, Apr 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Sony's PlayStation 3 is off to the races with a teaser installment of its iconic "Gran Turismo" franchise, starting this year's high-octane video game lineup with a wave of the checkered flag.
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Microsoft could keep XP if customers want it: CEO - 24, Apr 2008
LOUVAIN-LA-NEUVE, Belgium (Reuters) - Microsoft could re-think plans to phase out its Windows XP operating system by June 30 if customers show they want to keep it but so far they have not, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said.
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Embryonic stem cells coaxed into key heart cells - 24, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists say they have coaxed human embryonic stem cells into becoming three of the major cell types in the human heart, and they improved cardiac function when transplanted into mice.
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Brits to Hollywood: We're here to stay! - 24, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - They're the brains behind some of the most successful U.S. television shows and movies. In fact, Britons have a finger in almost every slice of the American media pie, sports (David Beckham), business (Virgin Group) and fashion (Ji
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Megan Fox crowned sexiest woman in the world - 24, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress Megan Fox was named the world's sexiest woman on Wednesday by an annual online poll, while the world's most Googled woman, Britney Spears, barely scraped in at No. 100 after a shocker of a year.
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Angels end Sox streak with Matthews homers - 24, Apr 2008
BOSTON (Reuters) - The Los Angeles Angels snapped Boston's six-game winning streak in a 6-4 victory at Fenway Park on Wednesday, helped by two home runs from Gary Matthews Jr.
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Pistons rebound with big win over Sixers to level series - 24, Apr 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - The Detroit Pistons evened their first round Eastern Conference series with the Philadelphia 76ers with a dominating 105-88 win on Wednesday.
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