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Monk Institute bridges jazz gulf in U.S., Panama - 15, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Billboard) - Danilo Perez stood before a blackboard at Loyola University in New Orleans in November. As a visiting instructor for the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance, the pianist addressed seven masters students.
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Japan's space lab set, Canada's new robot next - 15, Mar 2008
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Spacewalking astronauts will work on assembling a Canadian robotic system on Saturday following the successful installation of the first segment of Japan's lab on the International Space Station.
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Recovering Federer upbeat for Indian Wells - 15, Mar 2008
INDIAN WELLS, California (Reuters) - Swiss world number one Roger Federer, a three-times champion at Indian Wells, said he was happy with his game on Friday after recovering from a recent viral problem.
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L.A. hospital may fire staff over Spears - 15, Mar 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The hospital where pop star Britney Spears was hospitalized in late January for psychiatric evaluation has suspended some employees and may fire others for looking at the singer's medical records, a source familiar the situation sa
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Pistons hold off faltering Spurs - 15, Mar 2008
AUBURN HILLS, Michigan (Reuters) - The Detroit Pistons fought off a gritty comeback bid by the San Antonio Spurs to claim an 84-80 win on Friday, sending the NBA champions to their fourth consecutive road loss.
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Hantuchova and Sharapova ease into third round - 15, Mar 2008
INDIAN WELLS, California (Reuters) - Defending champion Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia and fourth-seeded Russian Maria Sharapova breezed through their opening matches in the Pacific Life Open second round on Friday.
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Rockets rally past Bobcats for 21st consecutive win - 15, Mar 2008
HOUSTON (Reuters) - The Houston Rockets rallied to defeat the Charlotte Bobcats 89-80 on Friday and claim their 21st consecutive victory, the second-longest NBA streak.
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Iran counts votes, gains for conservatives seen - 15, Mar 2008
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran tallied ballots on Saturday after officials said two-thirds of the electorate voted in a parliamentary poll likely to strengthen the grip of conservative supporters of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
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Towering Isner advances into second round - 15, Mar 2008
INDIAN WELLS, California (Reuters) - Wildcard John Isner unleashed 16 aces to edge past Italian Simone Bolelli 6-3 6-7 7-6 in the first round of the Pacific Life Open on Friday.
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Tornado hits downtown Atlanta, injures nine - 15, Mar 2008
ATLANTA (Reuters) - A tornado struck the heart of downtown Atlanta on Friday night, injuring several people and damaging numerous buildings, including the roof of the Georgia Dome as thousands watched a college basketball game, the city's mayor and witnes
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Blair says global climate talks need new initiative - 15, Mar 2008
MAKUHARI, Japan (Reuters) - Former British prime minister Tony Blair urged the world's top greenhouse gas emitters on Saturday to launch a revolution to fight climate change and said he'll work to sell a new global framework to slash carbon emissions.
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Bush: economy to grow; Clinton: recession here now - 15, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - President George W. Bush, seeking to bolster faith in the economy amid fears of a recession, acknowledged on Friday the United States was going through hard times but said growth would resume over the long run because economic fundame
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China sets deadline for Tibet rioters to surrender - 15, Mar 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - China set a "surrender deadline", announced deaths and showed the first extensive television footage of rioting in Lhasa on Saturday, launching a crackdown after the worst unrest in Tibet for two decades.
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Countrywide asks for delay in shareholder suits - 15, Mar 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Lawyers for Countrywide Financial Corp and its directors asked a federal judge in Los Angeles to postpone discovery in an investor lawsuit for several weeks in what opposing attorneys say is a "blatant attempt" to shield company d
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French video site stakes claim to indie cool - 15, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Billboard) - With its popular Take-Away Shows -- on-the-spot live music videos -- French music Web site La Blogotheque is becoming an important point of exposure for emerging North American indie bands.
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New bird discovered in Indonesia - 15, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A small greenish bird that has been playing hide-and-seek with ornithologists on a remote Indonesian island since 1996 was declared a newly discovered species on Friday and promptly recommended for endangered lists.
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Japanese lab Kibo attached to space station - 15, Mar 2008
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Astronauts attached the first piece of Japan's Kibo laboratory to the International Space Station on Friday, finally giving the Asian country a permanent place on the orbital outpost.
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At trial, woman says rapper Remy Ma shot her - 15, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rapper Remy Ma discovered a wad of cash missing from her purse after a night out in New York and shot the woman she believed was the thief, the victim testified at the rapper's assault trial on Friday.
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"Jackass" star Steve-O faces cocaine charge - 15, Mar 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Gross-out stunt performer Steve-O of the MTV television series "Jackass" and its movie spin-offs has been charged with cocaine possession, prosecutors said on Friday.
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Recycling and wild cats keep London busy - 15, Mar 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Commuters traveling into London from the eastern suburbs are treated daily to the sight of construction vehicles, yellow lights blinking in the winter gloom, snaking across huge mounds of earth.
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Gebrselassie told to obey Ethiopian rules for Beijing - 15, Mar 2008
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - World record holder Haile Gebrselassie cannot opt out of the Beijing Olympics marathon and must follow Ethiopian sports rules, the country's athletics federation said on Friday.
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Singh leads Palmer event after being hit by virus - 15, Mar 2008
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Holder Vijay Singh, who had to go to hospital last week after being weakened by a stomach virus, fired a five-under-par 65 to take the lead early in the Arnold Palmer Invitational second round on Friday.
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Vonn takes title for dominant U.S. - 15, Mar 2008
BORMIO, Italy (Reuters) - Lindsey Vonn joined Bode Miller as World Cup overall champion on Friday after the Americans underlined their domination of Alpine skiing in the final week of the season.
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U.S. assesses Israeli and Palestinian peace shortfalls - 15, Mar 2008
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A U.S. general on Friday gave his first assessment of where Israel and the Palestinians were failing to meet their peace commitments but Israel's defense minister did not attend, irking the Palestinians.
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Senior al Qaeda suspect sent to Guantanamo prison - 15, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A suspected high-level al Qaeda member who helped Osama bin Laden elude U.S. forces in Afghanistan has been captured and sent to the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, the Pentagon said on Friday.
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Spitzer's call girl could parlay infamy into payday - 15, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The $1,000-an-hour prostitute reportedly hired by New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer may soon make much more than that, turning her 15 minutes of infamy into a tidy sum of money.
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U.S. struggles to interest Russia in missile shield - 15, Mar 2008
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Friday Russia had shown some interest in U.S. ideas on cooperating on plans to build a missile shield in Europe but remained fundamentally opposed to the system.
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Chavez goads U.S. over terrorism blacklist, sanctions - 15, Mar 2008
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez dared the United States on Friday to impose sanctions on his OPEC nation as a terrorism sponsor after U.S. officials said they were investigating his support for Colombian rebels.
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Bush optimistic on economy, Clinton says in recession - 15, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - President George W. Bush, seeking to bolster faith in the economy amid fears of a recession, acknowledged on Friday the United States was going through hard times but said growth would resume over the long run because economic fundame
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Deaths reported in Tibet as China blames Dalai Lama - 15, Mar 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - Independence protesters burned shops and cars in the Tibetan capital Lhasa on Friday and Chinese police were reported to have shot dead at least two people, in the fiercest unrest in the region for two decades.
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House passes spy bill and rejects phone immunity - 15, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives defied President George W. Bush on Friday and passed an anti-terrorism spy bill that permits lawsuits against phone companies.
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U.S. faces severe recession: NBER's Feldstein - 15, Mar 2008
BOCA RATON, Florida (Reuters) - The United States is in a recession that could be "substantially more severe" than recent ones, National Bureau of Economic Research President Martin Feldstein said on Friday.
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With high risk and cheap stock, will Bear be sold? - 15, Mar 2008
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The emergency rescue of Bear Stearns Co Inc on Friday left observers from all quarters wondering who would be the last man standing at the Wall Street bank.
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Consumer prices flat but confidence dips - 15, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cheaper gasoline and food helped keep U.S. consumer prices in check during February, the government said on Friday, but a gauge of consumer hopes showed growing fear of rising prices in a slowing economy.
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Dollar falls below 99 yen as Bear Stearns weighs - 15, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar fell below 99 yen and hit a record low against the euro after Bear Stearns said a worsening cash position forced the Wall Street firm to secure emergency financing.
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Banks, Fed to take stocks on rocky ride - 15, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The rocky ride in U.S. stocks looks set to intensify next week with the survival of one of the biggest investment banks in doubt and regulators rapidly burning through options to limit more damage to the financial system.
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High-profile lawyer Scruggs pleads guilty - 15, Mar 2008
ATLANTA (Reuters) - A high-profile Mississippi lawyer, who became unpopular on Wall Street for battling powerful companies, pleaded guilty on Friday in a case in which he was accused of conspiring to bribe a judge.
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Stocks sink as Bear Stearns reignites credit fears - 15, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks tumbled on Friday as an emergency rescue of Bear Stearns orchestrated by the Federal Reserve revived fears about a deepening global credit crunch, triggering a massive sell-off in shares across the board.
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Fed comes to Bear Stearns' rescue; shares dive - 15, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bear Stearns, slammed by a sudden cash crunch, hammered out an emergency funding deal with the Federal Reserve and JPMorgan Chase, intensifying fears the global credit crisis will claim more victims and driving Bear's shares down by a
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Mastodon skeleton awaits sale in California garage - 15, Mar 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California resident Nancy Fiddler has put for sale on eBay a mastodon skeleton that takes up most of her garage. The minimum bid -- $115,000.
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California Internet sales tax bill faces long odds - 15, Mar 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A California bill that could lead to a tax on Internet music downloads faces slim odds of success, but the Democrat who wrote it says a debate over taxing such online retail transactions is overdue.
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Court to rule in late March on IAC's Diller - 15, Mar 2008
WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - A court ruling on whether IAC/InterActiveCorp chief Barry Diller breached his proxy agreement with controlling shareholder Liberty Media Corp and can be removed from office is expected in late March, lawyers involved in th
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Microsoft and Yahoo met to discuss merger: sources - 15, Mar 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Senior executives from Microsoft Corp and Yahoo Inc met on Monday to discuss Microsoft's takeover bid for the company, according to two people familiar with the matter.
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War film "Stop-Loss" downplays Iraq theme in ads - 14, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - With its morally complex story of soldiers who've served in Iraq, "Stop-Loss" offers a more direct and gritty account of a current soldier's experience than any commercial feature to date.
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Texas film fest accomplishes historic movie deal - 14, Mar 2008
AUSTIN, Texas (Hollywood Reporter) - When it kicked off March 7, the South by Southwest Film Festival wasn't necessarily in line for a watershed moment. The easygoing, jeans-and-beer atmosphere, which will come to an end Saturday, made for a casual set of
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Software "hiccup" undermines trip past Saturn moon - 14, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A software malfunction prevented a key piece of equipment on the Cassini spacecraft from recording data as it flew through the plume from a geyser shooting off a moon of Saturn, NASA said late on Thursday.
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Astronauts leave station to install lab section - 14, Mar 2008
HOUSTON (Reuters) -- Two U.S. astronauts floated out into open space on Thursday to get a section of Japan's elaborate research laboratory ready for installation on the International Space Station.
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Japan lab segment attached to space station - 14, Mar 2008
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Astronauts used a robot arm to attach the first piece of Japan's Kibo laboratory to the International Space Station on Friday, finally giving the Asian country a permanent fixture on the orbital outpost.
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Who wants to be Paris Hilton's new best friend? - 14, Mar 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Who wants to bask in the reflected glory of Paris Hilton?
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Hollywood P.I. Pellicano has a fool for a lawyer - 14, Mar 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter, ESQ.) - Russian roulette. Speeding the wrong way on the freeway. Frequenting prostitutes while serving as the crime-fighting governor of New York.
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Most FCC investigations go nowhere: report - 14, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Hollywood Reporter) - If the Federal Communications Commission were a cop on the beat, congressional watchdogs contend, it would have a lousy conviction record. They find that most of the government agency's investigations fail to result in an
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King scrapes through at Indian Wells - 14, Mar 2008
INDIAN WELLS, California (Reuters) - American wildcard Vania King came from a set down to beat Anne Kremer of Luxembourg in the Pacific Life Open first round on Thursday.
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DiMarco happy to be the butt of wife's cheeky advice - 14, Mar 2008
JEJU, South Korea (Reuters) - Chris DiMarco credits his improved form to some cheeky advice from his wife, who told him to stick out his backside more.
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Raikkonen and Hamilton set practice pace - 14, Mar 2008
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Ferrari's world champion Kimi Raikkonen and McLaren's Lewis Hamilton renewed their rivalry at the top of the timesheets in practice for the season-opening Australian Grand Prix on Friday.
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EU leaders to endorse Mediterranean Union: draft - 14, Mar 2008
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders were set to give formal blessing on Friday to a French proposal for a Mediterranean Union to boost ties with the bloc's southern neighbors, a draft final statement showed.
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Senators shut out Canadiens, retake Northeast lead - 14, Mar 2008
MONTREAL (Reuters) - The Ottawa Senators moved ahead of Montreal for the Northeast Division lead on Thursday after shutting out the Canadiens 3-0.
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Losing is a hard lesson for Joakim Noah - 14, Mar 2008
AUBURN HILLS, Michigan (Reuters) - Joakim Noah has had to adjust to many things during a tumultuous NBA rookie season but the most difficult has been losing.
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Senate, House approve fiscal 2009 budget plans - 14, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate passed a budget plan on Friday to eliminate the federal deficit by 2012 while spending more than President George W. Bush wants on domestic programs like schools and roads.
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U.S. to follow up on nuclear talks with North Korea - 14, Mar 2008
GENEVA (Reuters) - U.S. officials will extend talks in Geneva with North Korea over nuclear disarmament, U.S. envoy Christopher Hill said on Friday, saying considerable work was still needed before resuming six-party negotiations.
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U.S. convenes Israeli-Palestinian talks amid tension - 14, Mar 2008
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A U.S. general on Friday held the first Israeli-Palestinian meeting to assess compliance with the "road map" peace plan but Israel's defense minister, under U.S. pressure over settlement building, did not attend.
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Iraq archbishop kidnappers wanted $1 million: police - 14, Mar 2008
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - Kidnappers of a Chaldean Catholic archbishop found dead in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul had demanded a $1 million ransom, a senior police official said on Friday.
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Chaos in Tibet capital as protests spread - 14, Mar 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - Protesters in Tibet's capital Lhasa burnt shops and vehicles and yelled for independence on Friday as the region was hit by its biggest protests for nearly two decades, testing China's grip months before the Olympics.
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House agrees to rare secret session on spy bill - 14, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives abruptly postponed a vote on a spy bill on Thursday after Democrats agreed to a Republican request to hold a rare secret session to discuss classified security matters.
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Iranians vote, conservatives tipped to win - 14, Mar 2008
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranians voted on Friday in a low-key election likely to keep parliament in the grip of conservatives after unelected state bodies barred many reformist foes of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from the race.
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EU to press banks for speedy subprime remedies - 14, Mar 2008
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Banks must quickly disclose losses on investments hit by a global credit squeeze otherwise governments will intervene if the market fails to sort itself out, European Union leaders were set to agree on Friday.
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SocGen court hearing to weigh freeing jailed trader - 14, Mar 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - A Paris court is due to decide on Friday whether or not Jerome Kerviel, the trader accused of causing record losses at French bank Societe Generale , should be allowed to leave prison.
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Nike reports persistent problems at China factories - 14, Mar 2008
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Nike Inc , the world's biggest
sneaker and sportswear maker, said falsified documents,
underage workers and unpaid wages were problems encountered at
suppliers in China, despite what experts say is one of the top
social complianc
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Spot gold nears $1,000-mark - 14, Mar 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Spot gold rose to within striking distance of the $1,000 mark on Friday, a level already broken on the U.S. futures market, as a record low dollar boosted the metal's appeal as an alternative investment.
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Futures lower ahead of CPI - 14, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures slipped on Friday, with investors cautious before key data that may show a rise in inflation and drop in consumer confidence as the U.S. economy deteriorates.
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AOL to buy Bebo social network for $850 mln - 14, Mar 2008
NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) - Time Warner Inc's AOL Internet division will buy social network Bebo for $850 million in cash, bolstering its consumer Web offerings even as the media conglomerate mulls splitting off the business.
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Could woman in Spitzer scandal become a star? - 14, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Billboard) - Could Ashley Alexandra Dupre, the aspiring singer embroiled in the prostitution scandal that toppled New York governor Eliot Spitzer, have a music career?
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U.S. video game sales jump 34 percent in Feb - 14, Mar 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. sales of video game hardware and software hit $1.33 billion in February, up 34 percent from a year earlier, with Sony Corp's PlayStation 3 topping Microsoft Corp's Xbox 360 for the second month in a row.
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Champagne expands domain to answer demand surge - 14, Mar 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - Faced with surging demand, France's champagne producers have decided on a very simple way to boost production -- by widening the vineyard.
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Alligators move lungs to dive, roll in water - 14, Mar 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Alligators can stealthily maneuver through the water leaving nary a ripple, despite having neither fins nor flippers like other adept swimmers. Instead, they use special muscles to shift the position of their lungs, U.S. researchers sa
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DEET works by masking body odor from bugs - 14, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The bug repellent DEET works by making mosquitoes and their brethren unable to smell the sweet aroma of human sweat that alerts them that a meal of blood is nearby, scientists said on Thursday.
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Garry Shandling testifies in Hollywood wiretap case - 14, Mar 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Comedian Garry Shandling offered a rare glimpse into the seamy side of Hollywood on Thursday as he testified in the wiretapping and bribery trial of the so-called private eye to the stars, Anthony Pellicano.
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Final "Harry Potter" movie split into two parts - 14, Mar 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Warner Bros. has conjured up some Hollywood magic for the final installment of the wildly popular "Harry Potter" movies, splitting the seventh and final book into two films, the movie studio said on Thursday.
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Pacquiao hungry for rematch with champion Marquez - 14, Mar 2008
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Filipino Manny Pacquiao said he was hungry to take on champion Juan Manuel Marquez in their WBC super featherweight title rematch on Saturday after admitting he underestimated the Mexican in their 2004 bout.
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Britney Spears says "having a blast" on TV show - 14, Mar 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop star Britney Spears, who was hospitalized twice in January for psychiatric evaluation, seems to be feeling better as she is back to work on a TV show and said in a statement she was "having a blast."
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Fred Couples leads, Tiger Woods frustrated in Orlando - 14, Mar 2008
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - American Fred Couples took the early lead at the Arnold Palmer Invitational on Thursday, firing a five-under 65 at the Bay Hill Club.
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Miller wins overall World Cup title - 14, Mar 2008
BORMIO, Italy (Reuters) - Bode Miller became World Cup overall champion on Thursday after the Swiss team said Didier Cuche, the only man who could catch him, would not race in Saturday's final slalom.
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Billy Crystal lives dream, plays for Yankees - 14, Mar 2008
TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - Comedian Billy Crystal's dream came true on Thursday when he played for the New York Yankees in a spring training baseball game, fouling off a pitch before striking out against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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Islamic Jihad rockets hit Israel after West Bank raid - 14, Mar 2008
GAZA (Reuters) - Islamic Jihad fired rockets into Israel from the Gaza Strip on Thursday after Israel killed five militants in the occupied West Bank, in renewed violence that threatened prospects for an Egyptian-brokered truce.
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Iraqi archbishop found dead, al Qaeda blamed - 14, Mar 2008
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - A Chaldean Catholic archbishop who was kidnapped in Iraq last month was found dead on Thursday, his body half-buried in an empty lot in the northern city of Mosul, police said.
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U.S. urges NATO allies to back 5-year Afghan plan - 14, Mar 2008
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The United States is urging NATO allies at a summit next month to sign up to a five-year plan stepping up efforts to end the insurgency in Afghanistan, according to a document obtained by Reuters.
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Obama blasts McCain on tax stance - 14, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama took aim on Thursday at potential White House opponent John McCain, accusing the Arizona senator of switching his stance on tax cuts in order to help his bid for the Republican presidential nomination.
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Bush, Democrats clash over new spy bill, immunity - 14, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. lawmakers defied President George W. Bush on Thursday and moved ahead with an anti-terror spy bill that allows lawsuits against telephone companies that participated in his warrantless surveillance program after the
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Rice worried about Latam terrorism - 14, Mar 2008
BRASILIA (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Thursday the United States is worried about terrorism in Latin America but declined comment on the chances Venezuela might be put on a U.S. terrorism blacklist.
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Novartis sued in Calif. over kids' cough medicine - 14, Mar 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A California mother has sued drug maker Novartis AG in what the company believes to be the first proposed class action involving its Triaminic children's cough and cold medicines since overdose fears prompted a recall of the drugs.
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Sex scandal passes but Spitzer may face legal woes - 14, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Resigning over reports he paid for a $1,000-an-hour prostitute, New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer leaves behind his political post but could face legal trouble from the stunning sex scandal.
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U.S. airlines hedge less, let fuel exposure grow - 14, Mar 2008
CHICAGO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. airlines, battered by stratospheric fuel prices, are even more vulnerable to oil spikes now than they were a year ago as most have let their hedge positions erode.
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Consumers retrench, labor market weak - 14, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Consumers cut their spending in February and the labor market continued to weaken, suggesting the pillar that had supported the economy's expansion may be giving way.
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Two plead guilty in stock loan case - 14, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former Morgan Stanley trader and his brother-in-law pleaded guilty on Thursday to conspiring to defraud the bank in a case involving phony finder fees and kickbacks in the stock loan industry.
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End in sight to subprime mortgage writedowns: S&P - 14, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Standard & Poor's said on Thursday write-downs for large financial institutions on subprime debt are likely past the halfway mark, but could still hit $285 billion.
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U.S. advisers: Restrict Amgen, J&J anemia drugs - 14, Mar 2008
GAITHERSBURG, Maryland (Reuters) - The widespread use of anemia drugs sold by Amgen Inc and Johnson & Johnson should be sharply restricted for cancer patients amid serious safety concerns, a U.S. advisory panel said on Thursday.
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Foreclosures up 60 percent on year - 14, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Home foreclosure filings in February edged down from January but were a whopping 60 percent higher than a year earlier, real estate data firm RealtyTrac said on Thursday.
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Stocks end higher as S&P view eases credit fears - 14, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rallied on Thursday after a major credit rating agency said the end to subprime-related write-downs is in sight, triggering a rebound in financial shares.
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Regulators unveil plan to revamp mortgage rules - 14, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Financial regulators pledged on Thursday to toughen rules for mortgage brokers, lenders, and credit agencies, to try to restore investor confidence and prevent a recurrence of credit-market problems that threaten to slow the economy
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Syria expands "iron censorship" over Internet - 14, Mar 2008
DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Syrian authorities have ordered Internet cafe users to reveal their identity, the latest measure in their "iron censorship" of cyberspace, a Syrian monitoring group said on Thursday.
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Electronic Arts launches hostile offer for Take-Two - 14, Mar 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Electronic Arts Inc on Thursday launched a hostile offer for rival video game maker Take-Two Interactive Software Inc at $26 a share, taking the $2 billion bid directly to stockholders.
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