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Weekley set for Heritage defense after brutal Augusta - 16, Apr 2008
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Although bruised and battered after tying for 20th on his U.S. Masters debut, Boo Weekley is in upbeat mood for his title defense at this week's Heritage Classic in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.
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PGA Tour throws support behind Olympic push - 16, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The possibility of golf returning to the Olympic Games after an absence of more than a hundred years increased on Tuesday when PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem announced his support for the idea.
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Joe Calzaghe ready for Las Vegas bout with Hopkins - 16, Apr 2008
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Joe Calzaghe said he would show America what he was made of when he makes his Las Vegas debut on Saturday against light-heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins.
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Washington Nats' Milledge still learning - 16, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - There are few grander stages for a baseball player to display his talents or failings than center field in a Major League park. The Washington Nationals' Lastings Milledge is learning this.
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Tiger Woods ruled out for up to six weeks after knee surgery - 16, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Tiger Woods is expected to be sidelined for between four and six weeks after having arthroscopic surgery on his left knee in Park City, Utah on Tuesday.
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Arizona victory spoils Giants' celebrations - 16, Apr 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Conor Jackson hit a homer for the second consecutive day and drove in three runs to help the Arizona Diamondbacks to an 8-2 rout of the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday.
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Canadiens blank Bruins to edge closer to series win - 16, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Montreal Canadiens eked out a 1-0 road win over the Boston Bruins on Tuesday to within a game of advancing to the second round of the Eastern Conference playoffs.
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China steps forward in new bid to end Iran dispute - 16, Apr 2008
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China edges nearer the centre of contention over Iran's nuclear ambitions on Wednesday by hosting talks of diplomatic powers on whether to offer stronger incentives to Iran to curb atomic work.
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U.S. sees food aid on track despite high costs - 16, Apr 2008
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - An injection of wheat into U.S. food aid stocks may help keep donations on track this year, a top official said, but the future is precarious as world hunger grows and high crop prices eat into aid budgets.
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UK's Brown to urge credit crunch action on U.S. trip - 16, Apr 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Plagued by crumbling popularity and slumping house prices at home, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will tell Wall Street bankers on Wednesday to reveal their losses quickly to help end a global credit crunch.
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U.S. would only boycott Beijing over athlete safety - 16, Apr 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The United States would only consider boycotting the Beijing Olympics if China was unable to guarantee athlete safety, United States Olympic Committee (USOC) chief Jim Scherr said on Tuesday.
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Pope to meet Bush, bishops - 16, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pope Benedict, on his first papal visit to the United States, meets President George W. Bush at the White House and U.S. Roman Catholic bishops at a Washington basilica on Wednesday, his 81st birthday.
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"Faith vote" big in Pennsylvania primary - 16, Apr 2008
MECHANICSBURG, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Darwin McAfee is a white evangelical Protestant who is opposed to abortion and likes the great outdoors.
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Energy and banks lift Wall St. - 16, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks gained on Tuesday as record oil prices lifted energy shares and stronger-than-expected quarterly results at several U.S. regional banks boosted shares of financial companies.
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Oil hovers below highs as dollar gains on data - 16, Apr 2008
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices hovered below record highs on Wednesday, after the U.S. dollar rose on surprisingly robust U.S. economic data that moved supply concerns to the back of investors' minds for now.
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Asian shares climb, cheered by U.S. banks, Intel - 16, Apr 2008
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian stocks scored solid gains on Wednesday, with high-tech exporters buoyed by a reassuring outlook from industry leader Intel Corp and energy shares underpinned by record high oil prices.
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Motley Crue launching traveling rock festival - 16, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Motley Crue is taking a page from the Ozzy Osbourne playbook by launching its own touring hard-rock festival, the band said on Tuesday.
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Yahoo search ads grew in quarter vs. Google: report - 16, Apr 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - New industry data out on Tuesday showed Yahoo Inc may have started gaining share in the Web search ad market against Google Inc even as Google's share of search audience inched up.
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Jaxtr offers free texting between 38 countries - 16, Apr 2008
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Jaxtr, a Silicon Valley startup that lets users bypass a carrier's international phone charges via the Web, said on Wednesday it is offering free mobile phone text messages between 38 countries.
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Japan ageing suit puts car makers in senior circuit - 16, Apr 2008
ATSUGI, Japan (Reuters) - Planning for your old age? Designers in Japan are.
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Plastic bottle chemical may be harmful: agency - 16, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A chemical in some plastic food and drink packaging including baby bottles may be tied to early puberty and prostate and breast cancer, the U.S. government said on Tuesday.
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Misleading medical research common: journal editor - 16, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Misleading research is often published in major medical journals and doctors are lending their names to it, the editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association said on Tuesday.
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Larger hippocampus may ward off Alzheimer's: study - 16, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists may have learned why some people retain sharp minds and clear memories despite having the so-called brain plaques and tangles that are the hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease.
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Gibraltar to kill "molesting" monkeys - 16, Apr 2008
GIBRALTAR (Reuters) - A pack of at least 25 of Gibraltar's famous monkeys are being killed because they are threatening human health in one of The Rock's popular tourism areas, a government minister said on Tuesday.
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Brigitte Bardot on trial for Muslim slur - 16, Apr 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - French former film star Brigitte Bardot went on trial on Tuesday for insulting Muslims, the fifth time she has faced the charge of "inciting racial hatred" over her controversial remarks about Islam and its followers.
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Nanny countersues Rob Lowe for sex harassment - 16, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A 24-year-old nanny, who was sued by actor Rob Lowe and his wife for allegedly violating a confidentiality agreement, filed a counter-suit against the couple on Tuesday, claiming that the "Brothers and Sisters" star groped and sexu
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Chan and Li team up in "Forbidden Kingdom" - 16, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - In a rare moment of candor in Hollywood, Jackie Chan admitted he was unimpressed with the script of his new movie, "The Forbidden Kingdom" but the chance to work with fellow martial arts star Jet Li for the first time lured him to
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Campbell adds voice, not blood, to Rio dengue fight - 16, Apr 2008
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Supermodel Naomi Campbell visited a Rio de Janeiro blood donor center on Tuesday to support the fight against a dengue fever epidemic but her offer to give blood was rejected.
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Author of rival Harry Potter book cries in court - 16, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The author of a Harry Potter encyclopedia cried on Tuesday as he told a New York court about his devotion to the series of books about the boy wizard and denied accusations by J.K. Rowling that he plagiarized her work.
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Federer recovers from early fright in Estoril - 16, Apr 2008
ESTORIL, Portugal (Reuters) - World number one Roger Federer recovered from an early fright to beat Belgian Olivier Rochus 4-6 6-3 6-2 in the first round of the Estoril Open claycourt event on Tuesday.
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U.S. and Britain shift the blame for high oil prices - 16, Apr 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain and the United States blame OPEC for record high oil prices that have exacerbated a global economic slowdown, but some analysts believe the cause for oil's run-up may lie closer to home.
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Revamped U.S. basketball squad to focus on the team - 16, Apr 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Olympic basketball team will go to Beijing with familiar faces but a new attitude in the hope of ending a series of humbling international defeats, coaches said on Tuesday.
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London mayor Livingstone admits Olympic torch mistake - 16, Apr 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - London's mayor Ken Livingstone said on Tuesday it was a mistake to allow Chinese secret police officers to guard the Olympic torch when it was paraded through London earlier this month.
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McCain proposes consumer tax cuts to boost economy - 16, Apr 2008
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - U.S. Republican presidential hopeful John McCain proposed a summer gas tax reduction and other tax cuts on Tuesday in a bid to reassure voters he would help them navigate an ailing economy.
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Plane crashes in Congo, confusion over death toll - 16, Apr 2008
GOMA, Congo (Reuters) - A Congolese airliner crashed into a market district in the eastern city of Goma on Thursday, killing at least 21 people on the ground, while the airline said most of the 79 passengers on board survived.
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Delta, Northwest seeking support for merger - 16, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Executives of Delta Air Lines Inc hope to win over Northwest Airlines Corp pilots, who oppose Delta's bid to buy Northwest for more than $3 billion to create the world's biggest airline by traffic.
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Obama calls elitism attack "political silly season" - 16, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Presidential hopeful Barack Obama, accused of being elitist for remarks he made about small-town American voters, said on Tuesday the slap at his background is amusing and signals a nation in the midst of "political si
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Producer inflation mounts, fanned by energy - 16, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. producer prices advanced sharply last month on higher energy costs, spelling more problems for the economy and lowering the prospects for another steep Federal Reserve interest rate cut.
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Pope makes first visit to U.S. - 16, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pope Benedict arrived in Washington on his first papal visit to the United States on Tuesday, facing the sexual abuse scandal tarnishing the Roman Catholic Church's image here by declaring himself "deeply ashamed" even before he lan
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J&J profits beat estimates - 16, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson posted better-than-expected quarterly earnings on Tuesday as the weak dollar and cost cutting offset plunging sales of anemia drugs hit by safety concerns and medicines facing generic competition.
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Energy and banks lifts Wall St. - 16, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks gained on Tuesday as record oil prices lifted energy shares and stronger-than-expected quarterly results at several U.S. regional banks boosted shares of financial companies.
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Seagate profit rises but forecast misses estimates - 16, Apr 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Seagate Technology , the world's largest computer disk-drive maker, posted a higher quarterly profit on Tuesday but gave a muted current-period outlook, saying it fell short of its expectations in the laptop-computer and retail m
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U.S. hedge fund oversight needs teeth, say critics - 16, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Critics blasted a Treasury Department call for the $1.8 trillion hedge fund industry to better police itself, saying voluntary guidelines did little to protect investors and regulate the pools of capital.
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Researchers charge Merck misrepresented Vioxx data - 16, Apr 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Merck & Co Inc suppressed evidence that its withdrawn arthritis pill Vioxx could harm patients, U.S. researchers charged on Tuesday.
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Oil hits record $114, Britain calls for OPEC hike - 16, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices jumped to a new peak over $114 a barrel on Tuesday amid lingering supply worries and weakness in the U.S. dollar, deepening concern in world consumer nations that a spike in energy costs could cause severe economic damage.
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Delta/Northwest may spark more airline mergers - 16, Apr 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The proposed merger of Delta Air Lines Inc and Northwest Airlines Corp is likely to spur other carriers to go after the cost savings and global brand recognition required to survive amid soaring fuel prices and a weak U.S. economy.
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WaMu changes executive bonuses, has $1.14 bln loss - 16, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Washington Mutual Inc , under pressure from investors and governance experts, has reversed a decision to ignore mortgage losses in awarding performance bonuses to top executives, including Chief Executive Kerry Killinger.
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Intel firm on margin target for year, shares jump - 16, Apr 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Intel Corp on Tuesday affirmed its profit-margin target for 2008, reassuring investors concerned about falling memory chip prices and the impact of a weak U.S. economy, sending its stock up 7.4 percent.
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Muslim states slam Dutch at U.N. on Islamophobia - 16, Apr 2008
GENEVA (Reuters) - Muslim countries led by Iran and Pakistan called on the Netherlands on Tuesday to combat what they called rising Islamophobia and discrimination against immigrants in Dutch society.
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Yahoo search ads grew in quarter vs Google: report - 16, Apr 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - New industry data out on Tuesday showed Yahoo Inc may have started gaining share in the Web search ad market against Google Inc even as Google's share of search audience inched up.
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France to crack down on "pro-anorexia" Web sites - 16, Apr 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - French politicians called on Tuesday for stiff penalties of up to three years jail and heavy fines against "pro-anorexia" Web sites and publications that encourage girls and young women to starve themselves.
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Consumer groups urge "do not track" registry - 16, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two consumer groups asked the Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday to create a "do not track list" that would allow computer users to bar advertisers from collecting information about them.
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Wagner women in epic battle to lead opera festival - 15, Apr 2008
BERLIN (Reuters) - The curtain may be rising on the final act of an epic leadership battle at Germany's Wagner Festival after family patriarch Wolfgang Wagner said he was ready to go if his two daughters took over jointly.
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Pickler, Swift big winners at CMT Music Awards - 15, Apr 2008
NASHVILLE (Billboard) - She wasn't in the house, but former "American Idol" finalist Kellie Pickler was the top winner at the CMT Music Awards, held Monday in Nashville.
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Suns snuff out Warriors' playoff hopes - 15, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Phoenix Suns flirted with defeat but recovered to beat the Golden State Warriors 122-116 on Monday, eliminating the visitors from playoff contention.
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Nervous Asians trim Olympic torch relay plans - 15, Apr 2008
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan and India have changed plans for their Olympic torch runs because of worries about security and anti-China protests on the eve of the launch of the torch's tour of Asia and Australia.
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Cleric Sadr key player in helping poor Iraqis: report - 15, Apr 2008
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The anti-U.S. movement of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr is now Iraq's main humanitarian organization helping needy Iraqis, a relief group said in a report that is certain to cause concern in Washington.
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Carmelo Anthony arrested for DUI - 15, Apr 2008
DENVER (Reuters) - Basketball star Carmelo Anthony was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving early on Monday morning, hours after leading his Denver Nuggets to a victory over the Houston Rockets.
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Car bombs kill more than 50 in Iraq - 15, Apr 2008
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Car bombs on crowded streets killed more than 50 people in Sunni Arab areas of Iraq on Tuesday, a sudden spasm of violence in areas which had been comparatively quiet while battles raged in the Shi'ite south.
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"Ashamed" pope vows no more pedophile priests - 15, Apr 2008
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (Reuters) - Pope Benedict said on Tuesday he was "deeply ashamed" over sexual abuse by clergy in the United States and vowed to keep pedophiles out of the priesthood, as he began his first U.S. trip as pontiff.
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Carter, defying Israel, meets Hamas ex-minister - 15, Apr 2008
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter met an ex-minister in Hamas's government on Tuesday, defying Israeli leaders who shunned the Nobel Peace Prize laureate over his contacts with the Islamist movement.
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China says seizes explosives in Tibetan monasteries - 15, Apr 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese police in the northwestern province of Gansu have seized explosives, knives and one gun from six monasteries in an ethnically Tibetan part of the region, the official Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday.
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Iran raises nuclear stakes before big powers meet - 15, Apr 2008
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran says it plans proposals to help end a row over its nuclear ambitions but at the same time it is raising the stakes before world powers meet by expanding work the West fears could produce bombs.
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Foreclosures jump 57 percent in last 12 months - 15, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Home foreclosure filings surged 57 percent in the 12 month-period ended in March and bank repossessions soared 129 percent from a year ago, as homeowners struggled to make mortgage payments, real estate data firm RealtyTrac said on Tu
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U.S. Bancorp profit falls, credit losses increase - 15, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Bancorp , the sixth-largest U.S. bank, said on Tuesday first-quarter profit fell about 3.5 percent, hurt by higher credit losses.
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Oil sets new record high above $113 - 15, Apr 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Oil set new record highs above $113 a barrel on Tuesday as investors sought to hedge against a battered dollar.
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Dollar forces Airbus to rethink methods - 15, Apr 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - Airbus is pondering fundamental changes to the way it builds aircraft as part of ongoing restructuring efforts driven by a slide in the value of the dollar, the head of parent EADS said on Tuesday.
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Producer prices climb in March - 15, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. producer prices advanced by a more-than-expected 1.1 percent in March after energy costs jumped, Labor Department data on Tuesday showed, but core inflation at the producer level was more subdued.
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Market rises on earnings surprises, data - 15, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks rose on Tuesday after data showed a gain in New York state manufacturing and companies, including several banks, posted profits above analysts' estimates, lifting sentiment after a week of big earnings misses.
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J&J profits rise - 15, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson posted better-than-expected first-quarter earnings on Tuesday, sending its shares higher, as aggressive cost cutting helped offset plunging sales of anemia drugs hit by safety concerns and medicines facing gener
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France to crack down on "pro-anorexia" websites - 15, Apr 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - French politicians called on Tuesday for stiff penalties of up to three years jail and heavy fines against "pro-anorexia" websites and publications that encourage girls and young women to starve themselves.
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Summer cannot come soon enough for Hollywood - 15, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Hollywood is whistling past the box office graveyard. Year to date, ticket sales are off 3% from the same portion of 2007, with misfiring films from an array of genres littering the landscape. The spring tally is off a b
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Testosterone predicts profits on trading floors - 15, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Financial traders make more money when their testosterone levels are high, perhaps because the so-called male hormone makes them more confident and focused, British researchers reported on Monday.
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"CSI" creator plans to drive eyes back to TV - 15, Apr 2008
LAS VEGAS (Hollywood Reporter) - Anthony Zuiker is on a mission to drive viewers back to television.
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Space-age suits race into uncharted waters - 15, Apr 2008
MANCHESTER (Reuters) - Some have called it a technological breakthrough, others simply an elaborate publicity stunt, but a controversial space-age swimsuit has gripped the swimming world.
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Orioles edge Blue Jays to move top of AL East - 15, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Baltimore Orioles maintained their surprise start to the season with a 4-3 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday, the win giving the home team sole possession of first place in the American League East.
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Crosby's Penguins one game from eliminating Ottawa - 15, Apr 2008
OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Pittsburgh Penguins capitalized on a third-period burst led by Sidney Crosby to beat Ottawa 4-1 on Monday, pushing the Senators to the brink of elimination from the NHL playoffs.
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Basketball star Carmelo Anthony arrested for DUI - 15, Apr 2008
DENVER (Reuters) - Basketball star Carmelo Anthony was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving early on Monday morning, hours after leading his Denver Nuggets to a victory over the Houston Rockets.
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Despite missteps, pope reaching out to other faiths - 15, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pope Benedict, who is sometimes seen as insensitive to other faiths, will reach out to other religious leaders during his first visit to the United States, even though the trip is aimed at Roman Catholics.
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Berlusconi sweeps back to power in Italy election - 15, Apr 2008
ROME (Reuters) - Silvio Berlusconi has won his third Italian election with a bigger than expected swing to the centre right, but the media magnate said it would not be easy to solve deep economic problems.
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Treasury wants better hedge fund asset disclosure - 15, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury wants hedge fund managers to improve disclosure of hard-to-value assets and adopt audited public company-style performance reports for investors, a summary of recommendations, obtained by Reuters on Monday, shows.
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Chrysler and Nissan unveil production alliance - 15, Apr 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - Chrysler LLC and Nissan Motor Co Ltd unveiled a production alliance on Monday that gives the U.S. automaker the small car it lacks and allows the Japanese company to stay in the competitive full-size U.S. pickup truck market.
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Continental and United ready if others merge: sources - 15, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Continental Airlines and United Airlines have laid most of the groundwork for a merger, two people briefed on the matter said, and could have a deal ready "pretty quickly" if Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines announce a tie-up,
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Bear Stearns 1st-quarter profit falls 79 percent - 15, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bear Stearns Cos said on Monday profit fell 79 percent in its fiscal first quarter, ahead of a liquidity crisis that led to the investment bank's purchase by JPMorgan Chase & Co .
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Delta, Northwest to create largest airline - 15, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines Inc will buy Northwest Airlines Corp for more than $3 billion under a proposal unveiled Monday to create the world's biggest airline, as carriers seek to counter skyrocketing fuel prices and a weak economy.
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Chinese demand Carrefour boycott for Tibet "support" - 15, Apr 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese Internet users are calling on consumers to boycott Carrefour, the French retail giant they accuse of supporting pro-Tibetan independence groups.
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Rowling tells court she's stopped working - 15, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - An emotional J.K. Rowling said on Monday she had stopped working on a new novel because her creativity was stifled by a fan's bid to print an unofficial encyclopedic companion to her Harry Potter series.
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Roger Federer testing out new coach with Roland Garros in mind - 15, Apr 2008
JAMOR, Portugal (Reuters) - World number one Roger Federer confirmed on Monday that he will work with new coach Jose Higueras during this week's Estoril Open in Portugal with the view to teaming up again for the French Open in May.
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Former Olympian accuses Greek coach of drugs link - 15, Apr 2008
ATHENS (Reuters) - Former Olympic weightlifter Christos Konstantinidis has accused suspended national coach Christos Iacovou of giving banned substances to athletes, a court official said on Monday.
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Marilyn Monroe sex film to be kept private - 15, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A 15-minute film of Marilyn Monroe engaging in oral sex with an unidentified man will be kept from public view by a New York businessman who has bought it for $1.5 million, the broker of the deal said on Monday.
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Bush releases $200 million in emergency food aid - 15, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush on Monday ordered the release of $200 million in U.S. emergency food aid to help alleviate food shortages in developing countries in Africa and elsewhere, the White House said.
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Melting mountains a "time bomb" for water shortages - 15, Apr 2008
VIENNA (Reuters) - Glaciers and mountain snow are melting earlier in the year than usual, meaning the water has already gone when millions of people need it during the summer when rainfall is lower, scientists warned on Monday.
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Lel looks certain to represent Kenya in Beijing - 15, Apr 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - London marathon champion Martin Lel looks certain to represent Kenya at the Beijing Olympics after breaking the course record in Sunday's race.
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Berkshire says General Re CEO Brandon resigns - 15, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc said Joseph Brandon resigned Monday as chairman and chief executive of its General Re Corp unit, less than two months after a jury convicted four former executives of the reinsurer of fraud.
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Obama defends "bitter" remarks; McCain attacks - 15, Apr 2008
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama spent a fourth day on Monday defending himself for calling people in small towns with economic blight "bitter" in a controversy that rival Hillary Clinton is trying to use for a co
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Berlusconi wins 3rd term as Italy's PM - 15, Apr 2008
ROME (Reuters) - Conservative billionaire Silvio Berlusconi won a third term as Italy's prime minister on Monday with an unexpectedly strong mandate for reform, but warned of tough times ahead for a country facing deep economic problems.
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Bayou co-founder sentenced to 20 years in prison - 15, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge sentenced the "mastermind" behind the collapsed hedge fund Bayou Group to 20 years in prison on Monday, a sentence that reflects the big losses suffered by investors in the $400 million fund.
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American consumers showing signs of strain - 15, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - While U.S. consumers may have spent slightly more than expected last month, it was because they paid more for necessities like gasoline and food, and not because they bought more discretionary items, analysts said on Monday.
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Ford cutting North American engineering costs - 15, Apr 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co expects to cut its engineering costs in North America by 30 percent under its broad plan to cut complexity and improve global sourcing of materials and development, the automaker's product development chief said at a con
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Wachovia hits banks and cancels oil gains; stocks slip - 15, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks edged lower on Monday after an unexpected quarterly loss from Wachovia Corp dragged down the financial sector, overshadowing strong gains in energy companies as oil closed at a record.
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