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Williams stunned by Czech teenager in Memphis - 27, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Top seed Venus Williams was stunned in the first round of the Memphis International by Czech qualifier Petra Kvitova on Tuesday, the 17-year-old left-hander rallying to defeat the defending champion 2-6 6-4 6-3.
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Bruins hand Senators second straight shutout loss - 27, Feb 2008
BOSTON (Reuters) - The Boston Bruins played no part in a busy trade deadline day, saving their energy to register a fourth straight victory with a 4-0 home blanking of the fading Ottawa Senators on Tuesday.
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Penguins beat trade deadline to snap up Marian Hossa - 27, Feb 2008
TORONTO (Reuters) - The Pittsburgh Penguins made the biggest splash on the NHL's trade deadline day by snapping up Marian Hossa from the Atlanta Thrashers, while Dallas and San Jose also pulled the trigger on major deals.
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Michael Jackson faces forced sale of Neverland - 27, Feb 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Michael Jackson's famed Neverland Valley Ranch in California will be foreclosed and sold on March 19 unless the pop star pays a balance of nearly $25 million, property records showed on Tuesday.
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Two million lose power as outage strikes Florida - 27, Feb 2008
MIAMI (Reuters) - A massive blackout struck parts of Florida on Tuesday, knocking out power to millions of people as it snarled traffic at intersections and trapped residents in elevators across the state.
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Hill stays in Beijing to work on N.Korea issue - 27, Feb 2008
TOKYO (Reuters) - The top U.S. negotiator with North Korea stayed in Beijing for an extra day on Wednesday to work on reviving the stalled effort to persuade Pyongyang to give up its nuclear programs, the U.S. State Department said.
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Anemia drugs up death risk in cancer patients: study - 27, Feb 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Treating cancer patients with anemia drugs increases their risk of blood clots and death, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday, confirming concerns about these widely used drugs.
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New York Phil gets muted reaction in North Korea media - 27, Feb 2008
PYONGYANG (Reuters) - The unprecedented concert of the New York Philharmonic made the world's front pages on Wednesday, but in North Korea merited only brief mention in the main communist daily.
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Quake shakes Britain, no deaths reported - 27, Feb 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 shook parts of Britain on Wednesday but officials said there were no reports of anyone being killed or serious damage.
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Obama and Clinton clash in testy debate - 27, Feb 2008
CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton clashed sharply in a high-stakes one-on-one debate on Tuesday, accusing each other of falsely portraying their stances on health care, trade and other issues.
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Pentagon OKs charges against Guantanamo prisoner - 27, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon on Tuesday approved war crimes charges against a Yemeni Guantanamo prisoner it says was a "media director" for al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.
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Westfield profit rises, sees U.S. malls holding up - 27, Feb 2008
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Westfield Group, the world's top shopping mall owner, said it expected income from the U.S. malls that make up half of its global properties to hold up despite weaker retail conditions, helping its shares rise.
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DreamWorks waiting for cue from Toshiba on Blu-ray - 27, Feb 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc said on Tuesday it was locked in an exclusive deal to distribute DVDs on Toshiba Corp's HD DVD format even though the Japanese electronics maker plans to quit the technology.
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Dollar slumps to record low beyond $1.50 to euro - 27, Feb 2008
TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar hit a record low beyond $1.50 to the euro on Wednesday after surprisingly weak U.S. data and comments by the Federal Reserve's No. 2 official reinforced views that the central bank will keep cutting interest rates.
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Sony to own one-third of Sharp's $3.5 billion LCD plant - 27, Feb 2008
TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp said it would take a one-third stake in Sharp Corp's $3.5 billion LCD panel plant set for completion by March 2010, in an effort to meet fast-growing demand for flat televisions.
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Samsung finalizing LCD line talks with Sony: source - 27, Feb 2008
SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd is in the final stages of talks with Sony Corp to jointly build a new LCD panel production line and the two may cooperate on another, bigger line, a Samsung source said on Wednesday.
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Breast cancer gene carriers need dual screening - 27, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Among women with BRCA1 gene mutations, which are known to increase the risk of breast cancer, annual screening with both mammography and MRI is associated with better survival when compared with screening with either method alo
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North Korea invites Eric Clapton to play Pyongyang - 27, Feb 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - North Korea invited guitar legend Eric Clapton to play in its capital, the communist country's embassy in London said on Tuesday as the New York Philharmonic gave a historic performance in the hermit state.
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Rolling Stone India looks at Bollywood and rock - 27, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Music lovers' magazine Rolling Stone will hit newsstands in India this week with a local edition that dedicates pages to the sounds of Bollywood as well as old fashioned rock and roll.
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Comcast dispute with NFL sent back to trial court - 27, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York state appeals court on Tuesday overturned a ruling that said Comcast Corp could distribute the National Football League's 24-hour football television network as part of a premium package of sports cable channels.
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Norman and Couples named 2009 Presidents Cup captains - 27, Feb 2008
MIAMI (Reuters) - Former world number ones Greg Norman and Fred Couples have been named captains for the Internationals and the United States at the 2009 Presidents Cup, the PGA Tour said on Tuesday.
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Ernie Els in upbeat mood for Palm Beach Gardens - 27, Feb 2008
MIAMI (Reuters) - Ernie Els is eager to bounce back to form at this week's Honda Classic in Palm Beach Gardens after suffering a nightmare first-round exit at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship six days ago.
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Penguins swoop for Marian Hossa as trade window closes - 27, Feb 2008
TORONTO (Reuters) - The Pittsburgh Penguins acquired sniper Marian Hossa from the Atlanta Thrashers in a blockbuster deal completed in the final minutes before the NHL trade deadline on Tuesday.
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Qaeda influence grows on Afghan/Pakistani frontier - 27, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Al Qaeda appears to be increasing its influence among Islamist militant groups along Afghanistan's border with Pakistan, with offers of money, training and other assistance, U.S. experts say.
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Army aims to cut Iraq tours in summer: general - 27, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Army aims to cut the length of deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan this summer, its top general said on Tuesday, as commanders seek to reduce severe war strains on the force.
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Massive power outage hits millions in Florida - 27, Feb 2008
MIAMI (Reuters) - A massive power outage struck parts of Florida on Tuesday, knocking out electricity to millions of people, snarling traffic at intersections and trapping residents in elevators.
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Target profit down, cautious on first half '08 - 27, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Target Corp reported an 8.1 percent drop in quarterly profit on Tuesday as shoppers spurned purchases of clothes in favor of necessities like food, hurting the discount retailer's margins.
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Clinton battling to hold Ohio as primary nears - 27, Feb 2008
CINCINNATI, Ohio (Reuters) - With a week to go before Ohio's pivotal nominating contest, Hillary Clinton was fighting to hold onto a dwindling lead as rival Barack Obama worked to undercut her support, particularly among working class voters.
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Expected loan losses drag down bank earnings - 27, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. banks and thrifts set aside record amounts of money last year in anticipation of higher loan losses, driving down their earnings, as the housing and credit markets soured, U.S. regulators said on Tuesday.
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MBIA unit's "Aaa" rating affirmed by Moody's - 27, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Moody's Investors Service on Tuesday dropped its immediate threat to cut the top "Aaa" rating of MBIA Inc's insurance unit, staving off the prospect of more bank losses and market declines.
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IBM buyback, energy gains lift stocks - 27, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks rose for a third day on Tuesday as technology companies gained on IBM's plans to buy back $15 billion of its shares and the energy sector advanced on a record high close for oil in New York.
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Fed's Kohn says weighing need for more rate cuts - 27, Feb 2008
WILMINGTON, North Carolina (Reuters) - A top Federal Reserve official said on Tuesday that a weakened U.S. economy was a bigger worry than higher inflation, suggesting a willingness to lower interest rates further as the central bank tackles "difficult ti
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IBM board authorizes $15 billion share buyback - 27, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - IBM said on Tuesday its board authorized a $15 billion share buyback program that could boost 2008 earnings by up to 5 cents a share, sending its stock up 4.2 percent.
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Home prices plunge at record rate in 2007: S&P - 27, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The collapse in home prices accelerated to a record pace in the fourth quarter of 2007, with prices plunging 8.9 percent last year, according to a national home price index released on Tuesday.
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Weak confidence, PPI jump stoke U.S. stagflation fear - 27, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The outlook of U.S. consumers sank to a 17-year low this month as the job market deteriorated, while costly commodities drove producer price inflation in January to its highest in more than 26 years, according to reports that stoked f
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Social networks illustrate how disease can spread - 27, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The best way to stop the next influenza pandemic in its tracks could be to shut down schools and keep students at home, according to the authors of a new study of social contact networks.
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Google falls 8 percent on ad fears - 27, Feb 2008
SAN FRANCISCO/BANGALORE (Reuters) - Google Inc shares fell as much as 8 percent on Tuesday after a U.S. industry report published this week showed a decline in a key measure for how Google gets paid by advertisers.
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Sony to own one-third of Sharp's $3.5 billin LCD plant - 27, Feb 2008
TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp said it would take a one-third stake in Sharp Corp's $3.5 billion LCD panel plant set for completion by March 2010, in an effort to meet fast-growing demand for flat televisions.
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Mandel packs briefcases for "Deal" world tour - 26, Feb 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - With the highly rated "Million Dollar Mission" episodes of "Deal or No Deal" having concluded Monday, NBC is brewing another stunt for its stalwart game show: an around-the-world tour.
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Haas and Davenport advance in Memphis openers - 26, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Champion Tommy Haas easily won his opening match in the Memphis Championships on Monday, defeating Argentine Diego Hartfield 6-3 6-2, while Lindsay Davenport made a successful debut at the tournament with a 7-5 6-3 victory over German
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Iraq condemns Turkish incursion and wants troops out - 26, Feb 2008
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq on Tuesday condemned Turkey's incursion into northern Iraq to fight Kurdish guerrillas in the strongest terms so far and demanded an immediate end to what it called a violation of its sovereignty.
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Nigeria tribunal rejects challenges to president - 26, Feb 2008
ABUJA (Reuters) - A Nigerian tribunal on Tuesday rejected opposition demands for a re-run of last year's presidential election, averting a political crisis in Africa's most populous nation.
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UK's "Osama bin London" found guilty on terror charges - 26, Feb 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - A Tanzanian-born Muslim man who dubbed himself "Osama bin London" was found guilty on Tuesday of encouraging his followers to murder non-believers and of running terrorist training camps in Britain.
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Rice urges China to use influence on North Korea - 26, Feb 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged China on Tuesday to press North Korea to disclose its nuclear programs so that a stalled disarmament deal can move forward.
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Noah's ark for crop seeds opens in Arctic Norway - 26, Feb 2008
LONGYEARBYEN, Norway (Reuters) - Norway launched a Noah's ark of the plant kingdom on Tuesday to protect crop seeds, among mankind's most valuable resources, from cataclysm inside an Arctic mountainside.
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France to send troops to Afghan combat zone: report - 26, Feb 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - France may send hundreds of ground troops to eastern Afghanistan where NATO-led forces are fighting al Qaeda-backed insurgents, Le Monde newspaper reported on Tuesday.
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Musical diplomacy as New York Phil plays Pyongyang - 26, Feb 2008
PYONGYANG (Reuters) - Cold War foes the United States and North Korea enjoyed a rare moment of harmony on Tuesday that could bring them closer together, when the New York Philharmonic played an unprecedented concert in the hermit state.
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Study doubts effectiveness of antidepressant drugs - 26, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Antidepressant medications appear to help only very severely depressed people and work no better than placebos in many patients, British researchers said.
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Office Depot profit falls sharply, expenses climb - 26, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Office Depot Inc , the second-largest U.S. office supplies retailer, posted a sharply lower quarterly profit on Tuesday, hurt by higher expenses and lower sales in North America.
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CBS profit drops; TV, radio revenue declines - 26, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - CBS Corp said on Tuesday quarterly profit fell about 15 percent, as sales of radio and TV stations undercut those businesses and its publishing division suffered from fewer hot book titles.
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UAW strikes American Axle as talks collapse - 26, Feb 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - The United Auto Workers union went on strike against American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc on Tuesday, rejecting demands for steep wage and benefit cuts from the parts supplier in a move that could threaten production at Gene
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January foreclosures up 57 percent in year: report - 26, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. home foreclosures for January increased 57 percent from a year earlier, but the pace at least temporarily subsided in response to private and government efforts to help homeowners, RealtyTrac said.
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Target quarterly profit falls over 8 percent - 26, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Target Corp reported a more than 8 percent drop in quarterly profit on Tuesday after shoppers spurned purchases of higher-margin merchandise like clothes in favor of necessities like food.
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Home Depot sees lower profit - 26, Feb 2008
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Home Depot Inc said on Tuesday earnings per share could fall as much as 24 percent this year, and it plans to open fewer new stores due to the slumping U.S. housing market.
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Producer, game firm in rights battle over zombies - 26, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - An independent movie producer with rights to the horror movie "George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead" sued video game maker Capcom Co Ltd on Monday in the latest salvo in a copyright dispute.
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Sony to own one-third of Sharp's $3.5 bln LCD plant - 26, Feb 2008
TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp said on Tuesday it would take a one-third stake in Sharp Corp's $3.5 billion LCD panel plant set for completion by March 2010, to meet rising demand for flatscreen televisions.
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YouTube outage might have been caused by Pakistan - 26, Feb 2008
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani Internet service providers may have inadvertently blocked the popular YouTube Web site across the world at the weekend when they restricted local access to the site, a telecommunications official said.
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Scientists pinpoint why some people become addicts - 26, Feb 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have identified the part of the brain that may hold the key to why some cocaine users become addicts while others just take the drug socially, researchers said on Tuesday.
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Flyers clinch shootout win to end 10-game slump - 26, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Daniel Briere scored in the third round of a shootout to give the Philadelphia Flyers a 4-3 road victory over the Buffalo Sabres and bring an end to their 10-game losing streak.
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Oscars draw record low TV ratings - 26, Feb 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Films about psychopaths, greedy oilmen and corrupt lawyers failed to click with moviegoers, and they proved a turnoff to U.S. television viewers as this year's Oscars show hit record low ratings.
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North Korea to tune into New York Philharmonic - 26, Feb 2008
PYONGYANG (Reuters) - The United States and North Korea have fought a war and played at nuclear brinkmanship. On Tuesday night, they will attempt a unique moment of unity when the New York Philharmonic plays a concert in Pyongyang.
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Duncan leads Spurs to sixth consecutive win - 26, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The San Antonio Spurs recovered from a slow start to collect their sixth consecutive win and move into sole possession of first place in the Southwest Division with an 89-74 home win over the Atlanta Hawks on Monday.
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McCain retracts comment he could lose on Iraq - 26, Feb 2008
CINCINNATI (Reuters) - Republican presidential front-runner John McCain on Monday retracted his earlier statement he would lose the November election if he did not convince Americans they were winning the war in Iraq.
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Rice in China to seek progress on North Korea - 26, Feb 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Chinese leaders on Tuesday for talks in which North Korea's nuclear program is expected to be high on the agenda.
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IBM brings back-to-the-future mainframe to present - 26, Feb 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - IBM is set to launch the latest update of its powerful mainframe computer on Tuesday, a more energy-efficient machine that it hopes will compete with high-end computers from rivals such as Hewlett-Packard Co and Sun Microsystem
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Health care spending surge seen in next decade - 26, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health-care spending will devour an expanding share of the U.S. economy during the next decade, almost doubling to about $4.3 trillion in 2017, government officials forecast on Tuesday.
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Delta, Northwest shares fall amid merger doubts - 26, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines Inc and Northwest Airlines Corp shares fell on Monday partly on concerns their merger talks may fail on the inability of pilots to agree on how to combine their ranks.
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MBIA moves to help stability in credit markets - 26, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - MBIA Inc , the world's largest bond insurer, said it will stop guaranteeing asset-backed securities for six months and plans to split that business from its municipal bond unit, moves aimed at restoring stability in troubled credit ma
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UAW goes on strike against American Axle - 26, Feb 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - The United Auto Workers began a strike against auto parts maker American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc shortly after midnight on Tuesday after failing to reach agreement on a new contract.
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Bloggers test their popularity in Malaysia election - 26, Feb 2008
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - The Internet is changing the face of Malaysian politics, becoming a virtual political party of its own as the country gears up for elections next month.
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TI expands application chips beyond phones - 26, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Texas Instruments Inc unveiled new application chips on Tuesday that can be used in everything from music players to medical equipment, with an aim of expanding its business beyond the cell phone chip market.
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Hair analysis offers new crime-fighting clues - 26, Feb 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Scientists can now tell where in the United States a person may have been by analyzing a single strand of hair, offering a new tool for crime investigators trying to identify a body or track criminals.
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Austrian dies of shark bite on Bahamas trip - 26, Feb 2008
MIAMI (Reuters) - An Austrian scuba diver died after a shark bit his leg in the Bahamas, authorities said on Monday.
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Archeologists find 5,500-year-old plaza in Peru - 26, Feb 2008
LIMA (Reuters) - A ceremonial plaza built 5,500 years ago has been discovered in Peru, and archeologists involved in the dig said on Monday carbon dating shows it is one of the oldest structures ever found in the Americas.
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Pentagon declares satellite shootdown a success - 26, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon declared on Monday that its mission to blast apart a defunct spy satellite with a missile fired from a Navy warship had been a success.
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Hormone therapy skews breast cancer diagnosis - 26, Feb 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Women on hormone replacement therapy have only a slightly higher risk of developing breast cancer, but there are much greater chances they will experience the worry of abnormal mammograms or may undergo an avoidable breast biopsy, rese
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Teams ready to deal as trade deadline approaches - 26, Feb 2008
VANCOUVER (Reuters) - In the weeks leading up to Tuesday's NHL trade deadline, there has been a lot of talk and not much action.
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80th annual Oscars draw record low TV ratings - 26, Feb 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Films about psychopaths, greedy oilmen and corrupt lawyers failed to click with moviegoers, and they proved a turnoff to U.S. television viewers as this year's Oscars show hit record low ratings.
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Major powers push for new Iran sanctions - 26, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Western powers on Monday pushed for new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program as Tehran voiced defiance about any new punitive measures, saying high oil prices would cushion the blow.
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U.S. expects 140,000 troops in Iraq after drawdown - 26, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States expects to have about 140,000 troops in Iraq even after completing a planned drawdown of combat forces in July, the Pentagon said on Monday.
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Lowe's profit better than expected, shares rise - 26, Feb 2008
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Home improvement retailer Lowe's Cos reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit on Monday and said it expects some headwinds facing its business to ease this year, and its shares gained 4 percent.
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Stocks jump after relief on bond insurers - 26, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose more than 1 percent on Monday on signs the two largest bond insurers would stabilize, bringing a wave of relief to a market dogged by concerns of further bank write-downs.
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MBIA keeps top ratings, markets relieved - 26, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - MBIA Inc. , the world's largest bond insurer, held onto its top credit ratings from Standard & Poor's on Monday, in a development that soothed stock and bond investors fearing downgrades would roil capital markets.
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Men need Internet help to get prostate cancer info - 26, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Visiting Web sites that provide general patient information on prostate cancer is not the best way for men to get help deciding whether to be screened for the disease, a new study shows.
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EA's offer for Take-Two undervalued: big investor - 26, Feb 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Video game giant Electronic Arts Inc's (EA) offer of $26 a share for Take-Two Interactive Software Inc undervalues the company, and shareholders are unlikely to sell at that price, an investor who owns about 5 percent of Take-Two
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Next space shuttle crew practices Florida launch - 25, Feb 2008
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Seven astronauts scheduled to deliver the first part of Japan's laboratory to the International Space Station climbed aboard their spaceship on Monday to rehearse for the launch in two weeks.
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Archeologists find 5,500 year old plaza in Peru - 25, Feb 2008
LIMA (Reuters) - A circular plaza built 5,500 years ago has been discovered in Peru, and archeologists involved in the dig said on Monday carbon dating shows it is one of the oldest structures ever found in the Americas.
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News unit wins Italy Olympic rights, seeks partner - 25, Feb 2008
MILAN (Reuters) - Sky Italia, owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, has won the Italian broadcasting rights to the Vancouver Winter Olympics in 2010 and the London Summer Olympics in 2012 and is looking for a free-to-air partner, it said on Monday.
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80th annual Oscars head for record low TV ratings - 25, Feb 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The U.S. telecast of the 80th annual Oscars, dominated by European stars and movies that played poorly at the box office, appears headed for record low viewership, according to early figures from Nielsen Media Research on Monday.
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Antarctic krill found in waters 3,000 meters deep - 25, Feb 2008
OSLO (Reuters) - Shrimp-like krill can thrive in icy waters 3,000 meters (9,800 ft) deep off Antarctica as well as near the surface, according to a study on Monday that shows krill stocks can survive far deeper than previously thought.
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Tiger Woods reflects on fine line in Match Play game - 25, Feb 2008
MARANA, Arizona (Reuters) - Moments after dazzling the golfing world with his 63rd PGA Tour victory, the remarkable Tiger Woods pondered the fine line between success and failure in the head-to-head format.
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CORRECTION: Vietnamese appeal "agent orange" suit in New York - 25, Feb 2008
(Corrects story from June 18, 2007 paragraph 1 to show “agent orange” and dioxin are not one in the same, paragraph 5 to show that “agent orange” releases dioxins)
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Hollywood reduced to supporting role at Oscars - 25, Feb 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Four European actors and the maverick Coen brothers shared top honors at the Oscars, relegating the traditional Hollywood of big stars and box office hits to a supporting role this year.
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Dresdner Bank ready to join Ambac rescue - 25, Feb 2008
FRANKFURT/ZURICH (Reuters) - Dresdner Bank intends to support a rescue package for U.S. bond insurer Ambac Financial Group Inc , but other major European banks declined to say if they would step in.
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Clinton accuses Obama of inexperience abroad - 25, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton called rival Barack Obama a risky choice to lead U.S. foreign policy even as Obama gained ground on her in the battleground U.S. state of Ohio on Monday.
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Lowe's profit better than expected - 25, Feb 2008
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Home improvement retailer Lowe's Cos reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter profit on Monday and said it expects some headwinds facing its business to lessen as 2008 unfolds, and its shares rose nearly 5 percent.
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Private equity to buy Getty Images for $2.1 bln - 25, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Getty Images Inc said on Monday it had agreed to a takeover bid of $2.1 billion from Hellman & Friedman, putting the struggling photo and video supplier in the hands of a private equity firm.
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Investors jump into Genentech but questions remain - 25, Feb 2008
BOSTON (Reuters) - Genentech's Inc's shares soared as much as 11 percent on Monday after U.S. regulators approved its drug Avastin for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer.
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Existing home sales slip and prices tumble - 25, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sales of existing homes fell for a sixth straight month in January, while prices tumbled 4.6 percent amid swelling inventories, according to a report on Monday that offered no end in sight for the housing slump.
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FCC says will act on Web neutrality if needed - 25, Feb 2008
CAMBRIDGE, Mass (Reuters) - The head of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission said on Monday he is "ready, willing and able" to stop broadband providers that unreasonably interfere with subscribers' access to Internet content.
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