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Still mail bills? Study says go green, go online - 27, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Think your family going green won't make a difference? Wrong, says a U.S. study released on Thursday that shows one household ditching paper statements for Web transactions would save 24 square feet of forest a year.
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"Modder" turns hobby into career - 27, Mar 2008
SAN FRANCISCO, March 27 (Reuters) - If you ever thought it would be cool to have an Xbox laptop, or wished those old Atari games in your attic could be reborn on a retro handheld device, you might want to talk to Benjamin Heckendorn.
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AMD rolls out new Phenom processors - 27, Mar 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Advanced Micro Devices Inc on Wednesday unveiled new microprocessors for the desktop personal computer market, in a move that could sharpen its competitive edge against rival Intel Corp .
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Chikezie is American Idol's latest casualty - 27, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - America voted, and sent the exuberant Chikezie packing from the seventh season of the hit talent show "American Idol" on Wednesday.
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New York subway worker in Hollywood's fast lane - 27, Mar 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - A New York City tollbooth worker in desperate need of a car wrote a crime thriller script titled "Brooklyn's Finest" last year.
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Viewers ignore networks' new TV shows - 27, Mar 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - It's been a midseason muddle for the broadcast networks.
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Beckham proud to win 100th cap - 27, Mar 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - David Beckham showed he could still play a role for England when he won his 100th cap in a 1-0 defeat to France in a friendly on Wednesday.
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Brave woman sprinter leads Iraqi Olympics charge - 27, Mar 2008
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi sprinter Dana Abdul-Razzaq has dodged bullets to pursue her love of running, her determination to succeed pushing her to become Iraq's only female athlete at the Beijing Olympics.
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Giants repeat "no" to Bonds, remove his images - 27, Mar 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The San Francisco Giants will not reconsider a decision to part ways with controversial home run king Barry Bonds, the team president said on Wednesday.
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Celtics crush Suns to maintain grip on East top seed - 27, Mar 2008
BOSTON (Reuters) - The Boston Celtics snapped a rare two-game losing streak with a 117-97 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday, Kevin Garnett leading the rout with a 30-point haul.
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Space shuttle Endeavour returns to Earth - 27, Mar 2008
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The U.S. space shuttle Endeavour returned to Earth on Wednesday, capping a milestone flight that brought Japan fully into the International Space Station partnership with the delivery of the first part of its research l
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Clinton takes hit in new poll on White House race - 27, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's positive rating has dropped to a new low of 37 percent in an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll released on Wednesday.
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U.S. steps up missile strikes in Pakistan: report - 27, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has escalated air strikes against al-Qaeda fighters operating in Pakistan's tribal areas fearing that support from Islamabad may slip away, The Washington Post reported on Thursday.
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Monks in Lhasa interrupt briefing and say China lying - 27, Mar 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - A group of Tibetan monks disrupted an official news briefing at a key temple in Lhasa on Thursday, accusing Chinese authorities of lying after more than two weeks of unrest in the Himalayan region, witnesses said.
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Bank and economic woes hit Wall St; Oracle dives late - 27, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks dropped on Wednesday as financial shares slid when concerns resurfaced that bank profits will take much longer than expected to recover from the housing slump.
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Clear Channel buyers sue banks over $20 bln deal - 27, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The private equity firms trying to buy U.S. radio operator Clear Channel Communications Inc on Wednesday filed lawsuits against the banks that agreed to fund the $20 billion buyout to force them to finance it.
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Tata Motors says Ford deal to improve balance sheet - 27, Mar 2008
BANGKOK (Reuters) - India's Tata Motors Ltd said on Thursday it was confident its $2.3 billion deal to buy Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford should improve its balance sheet in the long term.
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Meriwether hedge fund down 28 percent in 2008: report - 27, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The largest hedge fund run by John Meriwether has plunged 28 percent this year, forcing the co-founder of the defunct Long-Term Capital Management to scramble again to stem losses and keep investors from fleeing, the Wall Street Journ
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Merrill and UBS outlooks slashed by Oppenheimer - 27, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Merrill Lynch & Co and UBS AG may suffer respective first-quarter write-downs of $6.03 billion and $11.06 billion, according to Oppenheimer & Co analyst Meredith Whitney, who slashed her earnings forecasts for the banking gi
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Report shows Google ad viewership flattening - 27, Mar 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc showed modest growth during February in a closely watched report released on Wednesday on how search sites like Google get paid by advertisers, and its shares fell 3.2 percent.
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YouTube helps video creators track viewership - 27, Mar 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Anyone can be a star on YouTube. Now, with tools released on Wednesday for charting the popularity of clips posted to the popular video-sharing site, video creators can analyze their own celebrity potential.
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AMD rolls out new Phenom microprocessors - 27, Mar 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Advanced Micro Devices Inc on Wednesday unveiled new microprocessors for the desktop personal computer market, in a move that could sharpen its competitive edge against rival Intel Corp .
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Diddy's girl group Danity Kane tops pop chart - 27, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Billboard) - Danity Kane, a prefabricated MTV girl group, scored its second consecutive No. 1 on the U.S. album chart Wednesday, while pop-soul duo Gnarls Barkley's latest release entered at a disappointing No. 18 after being rushed out three we
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Tejano star Navaira's survival chances improving - 27, Mar 2008
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Grammy-winning Tejano music star Emilio Navaira's chances of survival are improving, his doctor said on Wednesday, following a crash this week in which he was thrown through the windshield of his tour bus.
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Bones show humans in Europe 1.2 mln years ago: study - 27, Mar 2008
MADRID (Reuters) - Early humans may have roamed Europe as much as 1.2 million years ago, far earlier than previously thought, scientists said on Wednesday, based on fossils they found in northern Spain.
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Study finds key factors behind bird flu outbreaks - 27, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ducks, people and rice paddies are the primary forces driving outbreaks of avian influenza in Thailand and Vietnam, and the number of chickens is less pivotal, scientists said on Wednesday.
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New kind of gene "silencing" drug works in monkeys - 27, Mar 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - A new class of drug that fine tunes the action of genes has been shown to cut cholesterol in monkeys and may fight a range of ills, including hepatitis C and perhaps cancer, scientists said on Wednesday.
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Henin says she considered surgery after Australian Open - 27, Mar 2008
MIAMI (Reuters) - World number one Justine Henin said on Wednesday that she had considered surgery earlier this year because her inflamed right knee was so painful.
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Bon Jovi guitarist arrested for drunken driving - 27, Mar 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Richie Sambora, lead guitarist for the rock band Bon Jovi, was arrested in Southern California on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol, police said on Wednesday.
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LA Times probes own report on Tupac attack - 27, Mar 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Los Angeles Times on Wednesday launched an internal probe of its recent story about the 1994 shooting of rapper Tupac Shakur after a Web site questioned documents on which the newspaper based its report.
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Injury forces Webber to end long career - 27, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Five-time All-Star Chris Webber retired Wednesday due to a chronic knee injury that had hampered him throughout much of his 15-year NBA career.
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Beckham wins 100th cap for England - 27, Mar 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - David Beckham showed he could still play a role for England when he won his 100th cap in a 1-0 defeat to France in a friendly on Wednesday.
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Richard Widmark dies at 93 - 27, Mar 2008
BOSTON (Reuters) - Actor Richard Widmark, who earned an Oscar nomination playing a psychopath in 1947's film noir "Kiss of Death," has died aged 93, a medical official in his home state of Connecticut said on Wednesday.
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Giants repeat "no" to Bonds and remove his images - 27, Mar 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The San Francisco Giants will not reconsider a decision to part ways with controversial home run king Barry Bonds, the team president said on Wednesday.
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Court: can mentally ill defendant be own lawyer? - 27, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court considered on Wednesday whether mentally ill criminal defendants who have been found competent to stand trial must be allowed to represent themselves.
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Ingredients for life found on strange Saturn moon - 27, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The basic ingredients for life -- warmth, water and organic chemicals -- are in place on Saturn's small moon Enceladus, scientists said on Wednesday in detailing the content of huge plumes erupting off its surface.
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Mass arrests in Tibet; Bush urges China to talk - 27, Mar 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities have launched mass arrests of Tibetans in Lhasa for interrogation about the fiercest anti-Chinese uprising for decades, a Beijing-based source told Reuters on Wednesday.
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Canada court told of Guantanamo rights violations - 27, Mar 2008
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian investigators violated the rights of terrorism suspect Omar Khadr when they interrogated him at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, his lawyers told Canada's top court on Wednesday.
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Battles across Iraq's south in crackdown - 27, Mar 2008
BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki ordered Shi'ite militiamen to surrender on Wednesday as a crackdown on followers of powerful cleric Moqtada al-Sadr spread across southern towns leaving a ceasefire in tatters.
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Fed officials wary of inflation pressures - 27, Mar 2008
WACO, Texas (Reuters) - Two Federal Reserve officials warned on Wednesday that the central bank needs to be wary of a rise in inflation even as it navigates the United States through an economic slowdown.
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McCain calls for more vigorous U.S. diplomacy - 27, Mar 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain, looking to chart an independent course on U.S. foreign policy, called on Wednesday for a more vigorous international diplomacy and a new effort to rebuild frayed relations with allies.
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SEC official says more subprime fraud could surface - 27, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's top enforcement official said on Wednesday that it's still too early to tell whether the current market turmoil involves widespread securities violations or simply bad business decisions
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Bank, economic woes hit Wall St; Oracle dives late - 27, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks dropped on Wednesday as financial shares slid when concerns resurfaced that bank profits will take much longer than expected to recover from the housing slump.
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Protesters enter Bear Stearns building in New York - 27, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - About 60 protesters opposed to the U.S. Federal Reserve's help in bailing out Bear Stearns entered the lobby of the investment bank's Manhattan headquarters on Wednesday, demanding assistance for struggling homeowners.
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New-home sales slowest in 13 years, durables down - 27, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sales of new U.S. single-family homes fell to the slowest pace in 13 years while orders for durable goods tumbled unexpectedly last month, according to government data that added to signs the economy has stalled.
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Oracle new software sales disappoint, shares down - 27, Mar 2008
BOSTON (Reuters) - Oracle Corp , the world's No. 3 software maker, posted quarterly revenue that missed Wall Street expectations on Wednesday, driving its shares down 8 percent and pushing down stocks of some other software makers.
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Rambus says wins memory chip patent case - 27, Mar 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Memory chip technology developer Rambus Inc said on Wednesday it won a key case in a long-running patent lawsuit, sending its shares 39 percent higher.
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Pentagon approves development of new radios - 27, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Wednesday that it had approved the start of development of a next-generation radio system for aircraft, ships and ground stations, paving the way for a huge contract award to either Boeing Co or Lockheed Martin
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Teens turn deaf ear to risks of MP3 players - 27, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Teenagers seem to know that loud music can damage their hearing, yet most see no reason to lower the volume on their iPods, a small study suggests.
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Verizon asks FCC to help consumers move from cable - 27, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc has asked the Federal Communications Commission to make it easier for consumers to switch from cable television to the video services offered by telephone companies, as rivalry grows between the cable and te
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Motorola to split into two companies in 2009 - 27, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Motorola Inc said on Wednesday it would split into two publicly traded entities in 2009, indicating that it had no quick fix in sight for its money-losing handset division.
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Study finds Clinton related to Jolie and Obama to Pitt - 26, Mar 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The presidential candidates may have star qualities -- and they also have stars in their families, according to a genealogical study linking Hillary Clinton to Angelina Jolie and Barack Obama to Brad Pitt.
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Ellen named top TV host, Larry King least sexy: poll - 26, Mar 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Ellen DeGeneres has topped rival Oprah Winfrey in a popularity poll of television hosts -- while veteran Larry King was labeled the least sexy.
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Endeavour heads for home - 26, Mar 2008
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Space shuttle Endeavour headed for home on Wednesday after delivering a Japanese module and a Canadian robot to the International Space Station.
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America's Cup row set to go back to court - 26, Mar 2008
BERNE, Switzerland (Reuters) - Holders Alinghi are preparing to go back to court after again failing to reach agreement with rivals BMW Oracle over the timing of the next America's Cup.
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Oakland beats Boston 5-1 to split Japan series - 26, Mar 2008
TOKYO (Reuters) - Rich Harden pitched the Oakland Athletics to a 5-1 win over the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday, securing a split of the two-game Major League Baseball season-opening series in Japan.
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Britain targets Muslim women to fight extremists - 26, Mar 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - In a school in south London, women in headscarves are learning English, childcare skills and citizenship, to smooth their integration into British life.
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China seeks to contain ongoing Tibet unrest - 26, Mar 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - China sought on Wednesday to contain ongoing protests in its ethnic Tibetan regions, as it stepped up detentions in Tibet's capital Lhasa and vowed tighter control over monasteries.
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Fatah says Hamas must cede Gaza before talks - 26, Mar 2008
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah faction on Wednesday ruled out talks with Hamas unless the Islamist group first cedes control of Gaza, casting doubt on a Yemen-sponsored reconciliation push.
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Big money in politics - sign of excess? - 26, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With eight months to go before the U.S. presidential election, the candidates have raised almost $1 billion to fund their campaigns -- more than the size of the economies of several African countries.
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Battle rages in Basra as government cracks down - 26, Mar 2008
BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi forces fought Shi'ite militants on Wednesday in battles that threatened to wreck a truce by a powerful cleric that U.S. forces had credited for much of the reduction in violence of the past year.
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Tata to buy Ford brands for $2.3 billion - 26, Mar 2008
MUMBAI/DETROIT (Reuters) - India's Tata Motors Ltd on Wednesday announced a $2.3 billion deal to buy Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford Motor Co , in a transaction that gives the emerging Indian automaker a model line-up ranging from ultra-cheap to high-en
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Wall Street falls as financials tumble on bleak outlook - 26, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks slid on Wednesday as surging oil prices raised fears about a slowdown in consumer spending while financial shares tumbled after a prominent analyst said there was no end in sight to lower bank profits.
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Weak durables dent outlook, home sales mixed - 26, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sales of new U.S. single-family homes fell to the slowest pace in 13 years while orders for durable goods tumbled unexpectedly last month, according to government data that added to signs the economy has stalled.
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Dell and HP see laptop battery shortage - 26, Mar 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Dell Inc said on Tuesday the personal-computer industry was experiencing a shortage of laptop batteries partly because of a recent fire at a major supplier, but the company was working with other suppliers to limit any price inc
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Ellen top TV host, Larry King least sexy: AOL poll - 26, Mar 2008
LOS ANGELES, March 26 (Reuters) - American talk show host Ellen DeGeneres has topped rival Oprah Winfrey in a popularity poll of television hosts -- while veteran Larry King was labeled the least sexy.
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Cable companies discuss funding wireless venture - 26, Mar 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Comcast Corp and Time Warner Cable Inc, the two largest U.S. cable operators, are discussing a plan to fund a new wireless company that would be run by Sprint Nextel Corp and Clearwire Corp, people familiar with the discussions s
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Shakespeare goes digital - 26, Mar 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - A U.S. and British library plan to reproduce online all 75 editions of William Shakespeare's plays printed in the quarto format before the year 1641.
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Spy-in-the-sky drone sets sights on Miami - 26, Mar 2008
MIAMI (Reuters) - Miami police could soon be the first in the United States to use cutting-edge, spy-in-the-sky technology to beef up their fight against crime.
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Motorola to split into two companies - 26, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Motorola Inc said on Wednesday it would split into two publicly traded entities to separate its loss-making handset division from its other businesses, sending its shares up about 5 percent.
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Kapur subs for Minghella on "New York" film - 26, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - The director who brought Elizabethan England to the big screen will carry on the legacy of a modern British institution.
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Space shuttle Endeavour heads for home - 26, Mar 2008
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Space shuttle Endeavour headed for home on Wednesday after delivering a Japanese module and a Canadian robot to the International Space Station.
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Hollywood execs testify in Pellicano trial - 26, Mar 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Obsession and deceit dominated testimony and audiotape played Tuesday in the trial of so-called private eye to the stars Anthony Pellicano and four others as prosecutors called up a well-known Hollywood producer and a fo
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Exclusive theater chain targets rich moviegoers - 26, Mar 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Get ready for the $35 movie ticket.
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Kenyan runners seek to put crisis behind them - 26, Mar 2008
ELDORET, Kenya (Reuters) - The post-election violence is over but Kenya's elite runners have not stopped looking over their shoulders.
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"Bucket List" lived life to fullest at box office - 26, Mar 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Multiplication matters, especially when it comes to how movies perform at the box office. Week in and week out, the media spotlight shines on those movies that crack the top 10. And as soon as movies slip out of the top
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Bruins pound Maple Leafs to hold final playoff spot - 26, Mar 2008
TORONTO (Reuters) - The Boston Bruins pounded the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-2 on Tuesday to halt a three-game losing skid and cling to the Eastern Conference's final playoff spot.
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NFL season opener yields to McCain speech - 26, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - The National Football League and NBC will likely move up the time of the league's September season opener so it won't conflict with presidential nominee John McCain's acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention.
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Beckham seeks more glory as milestone approaches - 26, Mar 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - David Beckham, already the world's most famous footballer, is expected to reach another career highlight on Wednesday by becoming only the fifth player to win 100 caps for England.
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Flyers boost playoff hopes with overtime win against Rangers - 26, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Philadelphia Flyers edged the New York Rangers 2-1 in overtime on Tuesday after Mike Richards scored 2:16 into the extra period of a game where both sides boosted their playoff hopes by picking up at least a point.
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Spurs rally past Magic for fourth successive victory - 26, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The NBA champion San Antonio Spurs are getting things together at the right time as they prepare to defend their title. The Spurs won their fourth straight game on Tuesday, scoring a 107-97 road victory over the short-handed Orlando M
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Sport merges into global entertainment industry - 26, Mar 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - An unprecedented auction at the Hilton Towers hotel in Mumbai on February 20 illustrated just how dramatically sport is spreading beyond traditional boundaries and merging into the global entertainment industry.
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Hillary Clinton calls Bosnia sniper story a mistake - 26, Mar 2008
GREENSBURG, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday she made a mistake when she claimed she had come under sniper fire during a trip to Bosnia in 1996 while she was first lady.
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New-home sales seen weaker still in February - 26, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sales of new homes in the United States probably deteriorated again in February, according to a Reuters poll, as the beleaguered housing market continues to search for bottom.
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China scholars vow patriotism drive for Tibet - 26, Mar 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese scholars vowed on Wednesday to press ahead with "patriotic education" in Tibet's monasteries, accusing monks there of being duped by the Dalai Lama into supporting separatism.
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Vale says Xstrata takeover talks fail; to look at other targets - 26, Mar 2008
SAO PAULO/LONDON (Reuters) - Brazil's Vale , the world's largest iron ore miner, said that talks to buy Swiss rival Xstrata had failed and that Vale would look at other potential takeover targets.
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February durable goods orders seen up slightly - 26, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Orders for U.S. durable goods should post a slight recovery for February owing to a rise in aircraft orders, according to a Reuters poll, but business investment remains subdued as the economy struggles against the head winds of reces
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Clear Channel buyout in trouble: source - 26, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The $20 billion leveraged buyout of U.S. radio operator Clear Channel Communications Inc was in jeopardy on Tuesday, with banks increasingly reluctant to provide financing, a source familiar with the situation said.
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Corus Bankshares may suffer from condo loans: report - 26, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Corus Bankshares Inc faces extensive pain in the coming months as more commercial real estate construction and development loans go sour, and as regulators step up their scrutiny of such lending, the Wall Street Journal said on Wedne
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NRG forms new nuclear unit with Toshiba - 26, Mar 2008
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Power producer NRG Energy Inc on Tuesday said it formed a new company with Japan's Toshiba Corp to develop and build new nuclear energy projects in North America.
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Court agrees to stay FCC's new "E911" standards - 26, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An appeals court on Tuesday put the brakes on stricter standards that regulators are seeking to impose on wireless phone carriers to help police and firefighters more accurately locate callers in an emergency.
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Yahoo backs Google's push for open social networks - 26, Mar 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc said on Tuesday it is backing a program by rival Google Inc to make software work fluidly across different social networks, and will create a joint foundation to promote the effort.
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Dell, HP confronting laptop battery shortage - 26, Mar 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Dell Inc said on Tuesday the personal-computer industry was experiencing a shortage of laptop batteries partly because of a recent fire at a major supplier, but the company was working with other suppliers to limit any price inc
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Fleetwood Mac surprised by Sheryl Crow claim - 26, Mar 2008
DETROIT (Billboard) - Sheryl Crow's recent claim that she
would be working with Fleetwood Mac surprised a lot of people
-- including the members of the classic rock group.
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Smashing Pumpkins sue Virgin Records over Pepsi ads - 26, Mar 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The alternative-rock band Smashing Pumpkins have sued Virgin Records, saying their former record label damaged the Grammy-winning band's image and reputation for artistic integrity by using it in a worldwide promotional campaign.
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Shuttle astronauts prepare for Wednesday landing - 26, Mar 2008
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Shuttle Endeavour astronauts stowed gear and tested flight systems ahead of Wednesday's return to Earth that will end what NASA hailed as a landmark mission to the International Space Station.
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Protein map of human spit created - 26, Mar 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. researchers have identified all 1,116 unique proteins found in human saliva glands, a discovery they said on Tuesday could usher in a wave of convenient, spit-based diagnostic tests that could be done without the need for a single
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Government sees overhaul of AIDS vaccine effort - 26, Mar 2008
BETHESDA, Maryland (Reuters) - The U.S. government began a major overhaul of its effort to produce an AIDS vaccine on Tuesday, stressing a return to basic scientific research after the failure of a key clinical trial last year.
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Red Sox defeat A's 6-5 in MLB opener - 26, Mar 2008
TOKYO (Reuters) - Manny Ramirez powered the Boston Red Sox to a 6-5 win in 10 innings over the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday, with pitcher Hideki Okajima earning the win in Major League Baseball's season-opener in Japan.
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WADA slams UCI for lawsuit against former-chief - 26, Mar 2008
MONTREAL (Reuters) - The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) blasted the International Cycling Union (UCI) on Tuesday for filing a lawsuit against former chief Dick Pound and said the money should have been spent on the Floyd Landis appeal.
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