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Flowers working on sweetened Friends bid: report - 07, Apr 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. buyout firm J.C. Flowers is working on a sweetened bid worth around 3.5 billion pounds ($7 billion) for British insurer Friends Provident Plc , the Sunday Times said.
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Bear Stearns employees flood Wall Street rivals with resumes - 07, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bear Stearns employees are flooding Wall Street with their resumes as the firm is acquired by rival JPMorgan Chase, but the job market looks bad, investment bankers and recruiters said.
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More than 50 percent chance of U.S. recession: Greenspan - 07, Apr 2008
MADRID (Reuters) - There is more than a 50 percent chance the United States could go into recession, former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan told El Pais newspaper in an interview published on Sunday.
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Alitalia flies into critical week - 07, Apr 2008
MILAN (Reuters) - Alitalia faces a critical week of board meetings, labor talks and a change of government as the state-owned airline balances precariously between seeking protection from creditors or being swallowed by Air France-KLM.
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Recharged Phelps romps to win in 400 individual medley - 06, Apr 2008
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - A recharged Michael Phelps shot to victory in the 400 meter individual medley at the Columbus Grand Prix on Saturday, after earlier pulling out of the 400 freestyle when he felt asleep on the diving tower.
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Serena says her life is all about playing tennis - 06, Apr 2008
MIAMI, Florida (Reuters) - Serena Williams once fancied herself an actress or fashion designer, often seeming to be more focused on those aspirations instead of her tennis.
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Capitals complete march into NHL playoffs - 06, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON D.C. (Reuters) - The Washington Capitals completed their improbable second-half run and qualified for the NHL playoffs as the Southeast Division champions following a 3-1 victory over the Florida Panthers on Saturday.
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Struggling Tigers lose to White Sox - 06, Apr 2008
DETROIT, Michigan (Reuters) - The Detroit Tigers were beaten 5-3 by the Chicago White Sox on Saturday, their fifth loss of the season but the team said there was no need to panic.
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Ochoa edges one ahead at blustery Mission Hills - 06, Apr 2008
RANCHO MIRAGE, California (Reuters) - World number one Lorena Ochoa shrugged off two late bogeys to take a one-stroke lead in Saturday's third round of the Kraft Nabisco Championship, the opening women's major of the year.
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Wagner leads Houston Open by one shot - 06, Apr 2008
HOUSTON, Texas (Reuters) - Johnson Wagner, aiming for his first PGA Tour victory, shot a three-under-par 69 to take a one-stroke lead over Chad Campbell after the Houston Open third round on Saturday.
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Memphis to play Kansas for NCAA title - 06, Apr 2008
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - Kansas and Memphis will meet in the NCAA championship game on Monday after using superior guard play to overwhelm their semi-final opponents on Saturday.
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Fukudome leads Cubs past Astros - 06, Apr 2008
CHICAGO, Illinois (Reuters) - Kosuke Fukudome continued his sensational first week in Major League Baseball to lead the Chicago Cubs to a 9-7 victory over the Houston Astros on Saturday.
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Legendary actor Charlton Heston dies at 84 - 06, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Oscar-winning actor Charlton Heston, whose chiseled features and commanding presence won him epic roles from Moses to Michelangelo, died on Saturday night at the age of 84, his family said.
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Texas removes 183 women and girls from sect ranch - 06, Apr 2008
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Texas officials investigating a potential child abuse case said on Saturday 183 children and women had been removed from a ranch that is home to a breakaway Mormon sect linked to jailed polygamist leader Warren Jeffs.
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Bush and Putin face tough tasks in farewell summit - 06, Apr 2008
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - President George W. Bush and Russia's Vladimir Putin began a final effort on Sunday to mend frayed relations face-to-face but with little hope of resolving the biggest dispute that divides them.
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Suicide blast kills Sri Lanka minister - 06, Apr 2008
COLOMBO (Reuters) - A suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber killed Sri Lanka's highways minister and at least 11 others on Sunday gathered for a marathon race near the capital, the government said.
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Zimbabwe opposition says poll recount illegal - 06, Apr 2008
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's opposition said on Sunday a ruling party demand for a recount of the presidential election was illegal and it feared President Robert Mugabe would unleash violence to stay in power.
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Clooney sports comedy fumbles ball at box office - 06, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - George Clooney's screwball comedy "Leatherheads" failed to open in the top spot at the weekend box office in North America, coming in at No. 2 behind reigning champ "21," according to preliminary data issued on Saturday.
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Beyonce and Jay-Z married: People - 06, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hip-hop mogul Jay-Z and Beyonce Knowles married on Friday in New York, People magazine reported on its Web site, citing an unidentified friend of the couple.
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Record labels hit by demise of music magazines - 06, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Billboard) - Harp magazine, which folded last month, is at least the third music magazine to cease publishing in 2008, joining alt-country title No Depression and indie rock mag Resonance in the dead pool.
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Young edges ahead of Ochoa at Mission Hills - 06, Apr 2008
RANCHO MIRAGE, California (Reuters) - Heather Young rolled in a 24-footer to birdie the par-five ninth to grab a one-stroke lead midway through the Kraft Nabisco Championship third round on Saturday.
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Phelps caught napping at Columbus Grand Prix - 06, Apr 2008
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - A brutal training regime caught up with Michael Phelps at the Columbus Grand Prix on Saturday when the American pulled out of the 400 meters freestyle after falling asleep on the diving tower.
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Comply Or Die wins Aintree Grand National - 06, Apr 2008
LIVERPOOL (Reuters) - Comply Or Die produced a gutsy jumping display to win the Grand National at Aintree and hand a first success in the famous steeplechase to jockey Timmy Murphy and trainer David Pipe on Saturday.
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Mosley says he has done nothing wrong - 06, Apr 2008
MANAMA (Reuters) - Motor racing chief Max Mosley, fighting to keep his job after a sex scandal, on Saturday defended his behaviour and said he was "the victim of a disgusting conspiracy".
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IOC head says Beijing was "wise choice" - 06, Apr 2008
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee has no regrets about its "wise choice" of Beijing to host the Olympics, its president said on Saturday.
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Williams battles to fifth Miami title success - 06, Apr 2008
MIAMI, Florida (Reuters) - Serena Williams retained her Sony Ericsson Open title with a 6-1 5-7 6-3 win over fourth seed Jelena Jankovic in windy conditions on Saturday.
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Iraqi leaders call for militias to disband - 06, Apr 2008
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's political leadership on Saturday called on all parties to disband their militias before provincial elections this year, an apparent attempt to isolate the populist Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.
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Bush sees NATO future for Macedonia - 06, Apr 2008
ZAGREB (Reuters) - President George W. Bush assured Macedonia on Saturday that the United States wants it in NATO as soon as possible, along with other former Yugoslav republics.
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Clinton on defensive amid Colombia trade flap - 06, Apr 2008
HILLSBORO, Oregon (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton found herself on the defensive over a top aide's meeting with Colombia on a trade deal, as she and rival Barack Obama courted voters on Saturday in Western states.
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Tsvangirai says Mugabe preparing violence - 06, Apr 2008
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's opposition accused President Robert Mugabe on Saturday of deploying loyal forces and liberation war veterans for a "war on the people" to reverse the result of last weekend's election.
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Bush, Putin face tough tasks in farewell summit - 06, Apr 2008
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - President George W. Bush and Russia's Vladimir Putin will have one last chance on Sunday to try to mend frayed relations face-to-face but with little hope of resolving the biggest dispute that divides them.
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European unions protest over pay - 06, Apr 2008
LJUBLJANA (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Slovenia's capital on Saturday to denounce low pay and corporate greed across Europe as politicians and central bankers called for wage restraint to combat inflation.
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Leaders call for urgent financial reforms - 06, Apr 2008
WATFORD (Reuters) - Centre-left leaders from around the world called on Saturday for urgent reform of global financial institutions to prevent a recurrence of the credit crisis.
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Digital music firms pay heavy price for labels' support - 06, Apr 2008
DENVER (Billboard) - A stark truth facing any aspiring digital music service these days is that working with record labels is going to carry a hefty price.
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Microsoft CEO sets deadline for Yahoo deal - 06, Apr 2008
SEATTLE/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc has three weeks to accept Microsoft Corp's $31-a-share cash-and-stock offer or Microsoft may lower its bid and take its offer to Yahoo investors, Microsoft said on Saturday.
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Clintons made $109 million since 2000, returns show - 06, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, have made $109 million since 2000, including $51 million in speech income for Bill Clinton, according to eight years of tax informatio
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Microsoft evaluating Yahoo bid: source - 06, Apr 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp is evaluating its bid for Yahoo Inc because the Internet company may have lost value since it made its offer, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday.
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Patience pays off for teen rapper Lil Mama - 05, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Billboard) - Some things are worth waiting for. Just ask Lil Mama.
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Dave Clark Five catalog finally being reissued - 05, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Billboard) - After more than a decade out of print, the Dave Clark Five's catalog looks set to return to circulation in the wake of the band's recent induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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New Orleans gears up for Jazz Fest - 05, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Billboard) - Eight months after the floods following Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans in 2005, there was at least one hard, good fact regarding a threatened music scene: the annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival took place at its
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Latino music biz shuns new artists - 05, Apr 2008
MIAMI (Billboard) - Reggaeton, the urban music genre shunned by radio and maligned by many critics, is still a force to be reckoned with in the Latino community.
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New Bond villain gets subprime era twist - 05, Apr 2008
CERRO PARANAL, Chile (Reuters) - Gone are the days of James Bond villains with bleeding eyes or scars and fluffy cats -- the fictional super-spy's latest adversary has been given a contemporary twist for the subprime era.
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U.S. cyclist found guilty of lying about steroids - 05, Apr 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - In a case that could foreshadow the perjury indictment against baseball's home run king Barry Bonds, a federal jury in San Francisco on Friday found a cyclist guilty of lying to a federal grand jury about past steroid use.
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No fireworks from weary Phelps at grand prix - 05, Apr 2008
COLUMBUS, OHIO (Reuters) - A weary Michael Phelps began another weekend in his build up to the Beijing Olympics with a win at the Columbus Grand Prix on Friday but could not match the record-breaking achievements from around the world.
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Ochoa takes charge with Young at hot Mission Hills - 05, Apr 2008
RANCHO MIRAGE, California (Reuters) - World number one Lorena Ochoa moved ominously into a tie for the lead in the opening women's major of the year, firing a one-under-par 71 in the Kraft Nabisco Championship second round on Friday.
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Hall helps Brewers cut Giants down to size - 05, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Milwaukee Brewers opened their home schedule in style on Friday, routing the San Francisco Giants 13-4 behind two home runs and a career-high six RBIs from Bill Hall.
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Slumping Tigers fall to White Sox for fourth loss - 05, Apr 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - The Detroit Tigers, who began the season with high expectations, remained the only major league team without a win this season after the Chicago White Sox beat them 8-5 on Friday.
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Wagner holds clubhouse lead at Houston Open - 05, Apr 2008
HOUSTON, Texas (Reuters) - Johnson Wagner shot a three-under-par 69 to grab a three-stroke clubhouse lead in the second round of the weather-delayed Houston Open on Friday.
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Nadal to meet Davydenko in Miami final - 05, Apr 2008
MIAMI, Florida (Reuters) - World number two Rafael Nadal will face fourth-seeded Russian Nikolay Davydenko in the Sony Ericsson Open final after semi-final victories on Friday.
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Jazz rout Spurs to end San Antonio's winning streak - 05, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The home-loving Utah Jazz brought the San Antonio Spurs' eight-game winning streak to a resounding end with a 90-64 rout of the NBA champions on Friday.
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Rumored Beyonce- Jay-Z wedding causes frenzy - 05, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rumors of a marriage between hip-hop mogul Jay-Z and singer-actress Beyonce drew swarms of media to the street outside his penthouse on Friday, even as speculation swirled about the possibility of a hoax.
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Jackson sees slowing Hansbrough as a challenge - 05, Apr 2008
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - Kansas forward Darnell Jackson knows the way to stop North Carolina is by stopping their All-America center Tyler Hansbrough.
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U.S. extends Blackwater's Baghdad work for one year - 05, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. private security firm Blackwater's deal to protect American diplomats in Baghdad will be extended for a year while the FBI investigates a 2007 incident in which the company's guards are accused of killing 17 Iraqis, the State D
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Four killed as Haitians riot over prices - 05, Apr 2008
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Four people were killed in southern Haiti when demonstrators protesting the high cost of living clashed with security forces, a local official said on Friday.
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Mugabe defiant as poll battle goes to court - 05, Apr 2008
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's main opposition party goes to court on Saturday to force the release of results from the presidential poll one week ago and President Robert Mugabe signaled he planned to fight to extend his 28-year rule.
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Bush, Putin aim to defuse tensions in Black Sea summit - 05, Apr 2008
ZAGREB (Reuters) - President George W. Bush and Russia's Vladimir Putin will try to ease strains over missile defense and NATO expansion and polish their legacies at a farewell summit on the Black Sea starting on Saturday.
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Texas agencies probe abuse at polygamist sect - 05, Apr 2008
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Texas authorities said on Friday that they were investigating a potential child-abuse case at a ranch operated by followers of a breakaway Mormon sect linked to jailed polygamist leader Warren Jeffs.
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Clintons made $109 million since 2000 - 05, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Hillary Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, have made $109 million since leaving the White House, including $51 million in speech income for Bill Clinton, according to eight years of tax records released
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'80s singer Rick Astley latest Web phenomenon - 05, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Billboard) - It's been more than 20 years since Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" topped the Billboard Hot 100, but it is once again infiltrating the public consciousness thanks to the phenomenon known as "RickRolling."
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Digital firms pay heavy price for labels' support - 05, Apr 2008
DENVER (Billboard) - A stark truth facing any aspiring digital music service these days is that working with record labels is going to carry a hefty price.
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Microsoft evaluating Yahoo bid: sources - 05, Apr 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp is evaluating its bid for Yahoo Inc because the Internet company may have lost value since Microsoft made its offer, people familiar with the matter said on Friday.
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Photographer Harry Benson makes stars shine - 05, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Beatles staged a pillow fight for him to photograph and he turned it into a portrait of poetry in motion. The Reagans and the Clintons posed kissing for his cameras, as did Lisa Marie Presley and Michael Jackson.
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"Stop-Loss" loses battle in wider ideological war - 05, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Last weekend, Hollywood offered moviegoers -- particularly younger ones -- a choice.
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Naomi Campbell bailed after plane arrest - 05, Apr 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Supermodel Naomi Campbell was released on bail pending investigation into a disturbance on a plane at Heathrow's new Terminal 5, police sources said on Friday.
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Show goes on for Cuba's Buena Vista band - 05, Apr 2008
HAVANA (Reuters) - Its oldest stars died after a late burst of international fame, but the show goes on for Cuba's trademark Buena Vista Social Club band as it taps new blood to keep touring.
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Nude Bruni, fashion feature in NY photo auction - 05, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A nude photo of French first lady Carla Bruni, rare Diane Arbus prints and landscapes by Ansel Adams go on auction at Christie's next week.
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Nadal reaches Miami final with win over Berdych - 05, Apr 2008
MIAMI, Florida (Reuters) - World number two Rafael Nadal reached the Sony Ericsson Open final with a 7-6 6-2 win over Czech Tomas Berdych in windy conditions on Friday.
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Swede Hjorth sets clubhouse pace at Mission Hills - 05, Apr 2008
RANCHO MIRAGE, California (Reuters) - Sweden's Maria Hjorth birdied two of the last five holes to hold the clubhouse lead in the Kraft Nabisco Championship second round on Friday.
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Hansen predicts U.S. will smash records at trials - 05, Apr 2008
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - American swimmers will smash up to six world records at the Olympic trials in July, breaststroke supremo Brendan Hansen predicted on Friday.
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Phelps off to steady but quiet start at grand prix - 05, Apr 2008
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - American Michael Phelps got the Columbus swimming grand prix off to a quiet start, qualifying for the finals in three events on Friday as he continued his buildup to the Beijing Olympics.
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Chris Rock testifies in Hollywood wiretap case - 05, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Comedian Chris Rock testified on Friday that he hired Hollywood's so-called private eye to the stars to find incriminating information about a Hungarian model who filed a paternity suit against him.
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Bush pledges more troops for NATO Afghan force - 05, Apr 2008
MUSCAT (Reuters) - President George W. Bush pledged at a NATO summit to provide a "significant" number of extra U.S. troops to the alliance mission in Afghanistan in 2009, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Friday.
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Bush among friends on trip to NATO invitee Croatia - 05, Apr 2008
ZAGREB (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush lauded Croatia as a close and trusted ally on Friday at the start of a visit to NATO's newest recruit in the Balkans.
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Augusta National awaits Tiger juggernaut - 05, Apr 2008
RANCHO MIRAGE, California (Reuters) - The Tiger Woods juggernaut rolls into Augusta, Georgia, for next week's U.S. Masters where he will be the overwhelming favorite to claim the title for a fifth time.
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Queen Elizabeth's husband hospitalized with infection - 05, Apr 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Queen Elizabeth's 86-year-old husband Prince Philip has been taken to hospital with a chest infection, Buckingham Palace said on Friday.
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Bill Richardson plans Venezuela trip on hostages - 05, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Seasoned negotiator Bill Richardson plans to visit Venezuela next month to discuss the fate of three American hostages held by rebels in Colombia, said a U.S. official on Friday.
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Candidates court black vote on King anniversary - 05, Apr 2008
MEMPHIS (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain and Democrat Hillary Clinton tried to shore up support among black voters on Friday in the city where civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was slain 40 years ago.
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Pirates seize French yacht and 30 crew off Somalia - 05, Apr 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - Pirates stormed a French luxury yacht off the coast of Somalia on Friday and took its 30 crew hostage, prompting Paris to send troops to the area to secure the prisoners' release.
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Ford pays CEO $22 million, cites turnaround gains - 05, Apr 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co reported on Friday that Chief Executive Alan Mulally earned more than $22 million in 2007, citing progress in revamping strategy and structure at the struggling No. 2 U.S. automaker.
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Banks seek to dismiss Clear Channel case - 05, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The banks being sued in the Clear Channel Communications Inc case filed counterclaims against the private equity buyers and the U.S. radio operator on Friday, asking a New York state court to dismiss the case against them.
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Job losses mount, recession feared - 05, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Employers cut payrolls in March for a third straight month and the jobless rate jumped to a 2-1/2-year high, further evidence that a housing downturn and credit crisis may have pushed the economy into recession.
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Lehman sees banks, others writing down $400 billion - 05, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lehman Brothers Inc strategists expect financial institutions worldwide to write down as much as $400 billion for bad debts by the end of 2008, and said competing estimates of as much as $1.2 trillion seem implausible.
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Market largely flat as bank fears cool optimism - 05, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks were little changed on Friday as nagging fears about more bank losses and the biggest monthly decline in the job market in five years overshadowed earlier optimism that the credit crisis may be easing.
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JPMorgan dominates merged investment bank - 05, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co , which is taking over rival investment bank Bear Stearns Cos Inc , will dominate the management ranks of the combined investment banking and trading businesses, according to an internal memo.
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Appaloosa backs out of Delphi deal in blow to GM - 05, Apr 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - Appaloosa Management LP said on Friday it terminated a $2.55 billion equity investment plan to support Delphi Corp , dealing a blow to the auto parts maker's planned exit from bankruptcy and to former Delphi parent General Motors Corp
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UK pedophiles told to hand over email addresses - 05, Apr 2008
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Registered child sex offenders will have to provide their email addresses to police in a move to stop them using social networking Web sites, the Home Office announced on Friday.
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India firms see solution on BlackBerry by next week - 05, Apr 2008
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) is expected to provide a solution by early next week to India's security concerns on emails send through the services that could not be traced or intercepted, an official for mobile operators
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Cuban blogger wins Spanish digital journalism prize - 05, Apr 2008
HAVANA (Reuters) - Independent Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez, who chronicles the woes of life in communist-run Cuba, was awarded one of Spain's top journalism awards on Friday, the Ortega and Gasset prize for digital journalism.
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Vimpelcom sells first Russian BlackBerry contract - 05, Apr 2008
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Vimpelcom became the first operator to introduce the BlackBerry service to Russia, selling a contract to the Russian unit of the world's second-largest cigarette maker, British American Tobacco .
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Gates says all-seeing Web helps government transparency - 05, Apr 2008
MIAMI (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates credited the Internet on Friday with making "phenomenal" inroads in beefing up government transparency, saying cabinet ministers in Scandinavia now keep little, if anything, private.
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Verizon to use new spectrum for advanced wireless - 05, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Verizon Wireless said on Friday it would use the airwaves it won in a government auction last month for its next generation of high-speed wireless services, expected to debut around 2010.
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Madison Square Garden unveils $500 mln renovation - 04, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York's Madison Square Garden on Thursday vowed to spend $500 million of its own money to renovate its arena, rejecting proposals to move the Garden as part of a $14 billion overhaul of the adjacent Pennsylvania Station.
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Clear Channel dispute set for May trial in New York - 04, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dispute over the $20 billion leveraged buyout of U.S. radio operator Clear Channel Communications Inc will go to trial in New York on May 5 or as soon after as can be scheduled, Justice Helen Freedman said in New York Supreme Cou
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Universal extends music market share: report - 04, Apr 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Amy Winehouse and Mika helped Universal Music extend its dominance of the recorded music sector in 2007, taking its share of the market to almost 30 percent, according to new research.
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Ovechkin keeps Capitals alive in playoff race - 04, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Alexander Ovechkin conjured up a record-setting performance by keeping the surging Washington Capitals on course for the NHL playoffs on Thursday.
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Serena beats Kuznetsova to reach Miami final - 04, Apr 2008
MIAMI, Florida (Reuters) - Defending champion Serena Williams beat world number four Svetlana Kuznetsova 3-6 7-5 6-3 to reach the Sony Ericsson Open final on Thursday.
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Scott, Wagner share Houston lead after record 63s - 04, Apr 2008
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Holder Adam Scott of Australia and American Johnson Wagner fired course records of nine-under-par 63 on Thursday to share the lead after the first round of the Houston Open.
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Ochoa lurks one behind pacesetting mum Stupples - 04, Apr 2008
RANCHO MIRAGE, California (Reuters) - World number one Lorena Ochoa justified her billing as a red-hot favorite for this week's Kraft Nabisco Championship by charging into contention in Thursday's opening round.
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Clooney eyes box office touchdown with comedy - 04, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - George Clooney is set to score at the North American box office this weekend.
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Stone Temple Pilots to announce 65-date tour - 04, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rock band Stone Temple Pilots, whose reunion has been overshadowed by singer Scott Weiland's latest contretemps, will launch a 65-date tour of North American amphitheaters next month, the group's representatives said on Thursday.
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