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Miller wins his third downhill race of the season - 01, Mar 2008
KVITFJELL, Norway (Reuters) - American Bode Miller produced a storming run to win his third downhill of the season and extend his lead in the overall World Cup on Saturday.
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Paul sparks Hornets to victory over Jazz - 01, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chris Paul had 24 points and 16 assists to propel the New Orleans Hornets to a 110-98 home win over the Utah Jazz on Friday.
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Suicide bomber kills 38 at Pakistan funeral - 01, Mar 2008
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed at least 38 people at a funeral of a policeman in the Swat district of Pakistan, days after the Pakistan army said it had begun to bring the mountainous region under control.
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Prince Harry back from Afghan frontline - 01, Mar 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Prince Harry, third in line to the throne, returned home from Afghanistan on Saturday after news leaked out on the Internet that he had been secretly fighting the Taliban for 10 weeks.
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Top commander unveils new Taliban tactics - 01, Mar 2008
KABUL (Reuters) - A top Taliban commander has said suicide attacks and roadside bombs would spearhead its new strategy against foreign troops, and hinted the movement could work with Afghanistan's government if foreign troops left.
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Israel kills 35 Palestinians in Gaza raid - 01, Mar 2008
GAZA (Reuters) - Israel killed 35 Palestinians on Saturday in its deadliest and deepest incursion into the Gaza Strip since pulling out in 2005, stoking fears of a broader conflict that could derail renewed U.S.-backed peace talks.
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Will Texas be Hillary Clinton's last stand? - 01, Mar 2008
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Texas was supposed to be a bastion of support for Hillary Clinton in the battle for the U.S. Democratic presidential nomination, but it may turn out to be her Alamo.
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Iraq casualties rise again after Qaeda bombs - 01, Mar 2008
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Violent civilian deaths in Iraq rose 36 percent in February from the previous month after a series of large-scale bombings blamed on al Qaeda, Iraqi government figures showed on Saturday.
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Venezuela urges OPEC to study Exxon row - 01, Mar 2008
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Venezuela wants next week's OPEC meeting to discuss its escalating legal battle with Exxon Mobil , a Venezuelan official was reported by Algeria's official APS news agency as saying on Saturday.
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Buffett has profitable year, faults housing excess - 01, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Warren Buffett concluded a highly profitable year for his Berkshire Hathaway Inc with an admonition for lenders who fueled the housing crisis and words of caution that Berkshire's own results might be less stellar than in 2007.
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EU sends TomTom formal objections to Tele Atlas deal - 01, Mar 2008
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission is sending a "statement of objections" to TomTom on its plans to purchase its main map supplier, Tele Atlas , a source with knowledge of the situation said on Saturday.
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Britain's Davis leads from Aussie Jones at Honda - 01, Mar 2008
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Florida (Reuters) - Britain's Brian Davis shot a three-under-par 67 on Friday to take a one-shot lead on eight-under-par after the second round of the Honda Classic.
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Holder Vazquez set for third meeting with Marquez - 01, Mar 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Israel Vazquez defends his World Boxing Council (WBC) super bantamweight title against fellow Mexican Rafael Marquez on Saturday, the third meeting between the pair in 11 months.
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Roddick exits Memphis - 01, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Top-seeded Andy Roddick was outgunned 7-6 6-3 by Swede Robin Soederling after a battle of big-serving in the Memphis Championship quarter-finals on Friday.
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Plekanec's hat-trick lifts Canadiens into division lead - 01, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tomas Plekanec scored three powerplay goals and had an assist on a fourth goal to help the Montreal Canadians take over first place in the Northeast Division with a 6-2 crushing of the Buffalo Sabres on Friday.
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Charges ruled too broad against Bonds - 01, Mar 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Barry Bonds won an initial courtroom skirmish on Friday when a federal judge found that steroid perjury charges against him were improperly structured, a finding that complicates the government case against the baseball home run
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U.S. troop decision in Iraq late summer: official - 01, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. commander in Iraq will likely take four to six weeks after a reduction in U.S. troop levels ends in mid-July before deciding if more can go home, a senior administration official said on Friday.
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Britain's Prince Harry flown back from Afghan frontline - 01, Mar 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Harry flew out of Afghanistan on Friday after news leaked that he had been fighting on the frontline for 10 weeks, defence sources said.
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Mukasey won't pursue contempt probe of Bush aides - 01, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey refused on Friday to pursue contempt citations issued by the House of Representatives against a current and a former White House aide for not cooperating in a probe of the firing of U.S. attorne
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Congress in turmoil over Air Force tanker decision - 01, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Air Force decision awarding a $35 billion aircraft contract to a team including the European parent of Airbus landed like a bomb in Congress on Friday, drawing howls of protest from lawmakers aligned with the loser, America's
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Casualties rise in Iraq after Qaeda bombs - 01, Mar 2008
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Violent civilian deaths in Iraq rose by 36 percent in February from the previous month after a series of large-scale bombings blamed on al Qaeda, Iraqi government figures showed on Saturday.
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Obama and Clinton deadlocked - 01, Mar 2008
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are deadlocked in Texas and Ohio heading into potentially decisive presidential showdowns, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Houston Chronicle poll released on Saturday.
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Chrysler sees tough month, year for auto sales - 01, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chrysler LLC's February sales are trending below 2007 levels, an early sign of weakness in a year the automaker expects will be marked by a continued downturn, Chrysler Vice Chairman Jim Press said on Friday.
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Berkshire net down 18 percent, Buffett eyes successors - 01, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc said on Friday quarterly profit fell 18 percent, hurt by lower earnings from insurance underwriting and a decrease in investment gains.
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Northrop-EADS beats Boeing to build U.S. tanker - 01, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Northrop Grumman and Airbus parent EADS won a $35 billion U.S. Air Force refueling plane deal on Friday in a surprise blow to Boeing, until now the Pentagon's sole supplier of aerial tankers.
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Indie labels aim to pump up digital hip-hop sales - 01, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Billboard) - When rapper Flo Rida set a digital sales record with his single "Low," which moved 470,000 copies the first week of January despite not being available on an album, it was emblematic of an intriguing trend.
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Judge reverses ruling in Julius Baer leak case - 01, Mar 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Friday reversed his earlier ruling shutting down a Web site with private bank data from Switzerland's Julius Baer Holding AG.
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EBay sees growing risks to business in coming year - 01, Mar 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Online auction leader eBay Inc warned in an annual report on Friday that it faces difficulty getting former customers to return, adding to the normal challenge of attracting new users to its sites.
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Space shuttle Endeavour cleared for March 11 launch - 01, Mar 2008
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA managers on Friday cleared the space shuttle Endeavour for liftoff on March 11 on the first of three flights to deliver a huge Japanese research complex to the International Space Station.
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Study casts doubt on water on Mars surface - 01, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It made a big splash when scientists announced in 2006 that images from a NASA spacecraft indicated water apparently had flowed on the surface of Mars in the past decade but new research casts doubt on that finding.
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"Cage fighting" slugs its way on to prime-time TV - 01, Mar 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - CBS is bringing mixed martial arts, the bone-crunching combat sport popularly known as "cage fighting," to prime-time television this spring, the U.S. network said on Thursday.
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Physics lab completes world's largest jigsaw puzzle - 01, Mar 2008
GENEVA (Reuters) - A 100-tonne wheel, the last piece of an ambitious experiment that scientists hope will help unlock the secrets of the universe, was successfully lowered into an underground cavern on Friday.
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NATO chief disputes U.S. view of Afghan control - 01, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NATO's top official took issue on Friday with a U.S. intelligence assessment that the Afghan government controls just 30 percent of the country and the Taliban holds 10 percent.
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Israel warns Gaza of "shoah" - 01, Mar 2008
GAZA (Reuters) - A year-old Palestinian girl and a senior Hamas bombmaker were killed in the Gaza Strip on Friday as Israel pressed home air strikes after a senior official warned Gazans they risked a "shoah" if rocket fire did not stop.
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Kuznetsova to face Dementieva in Dubai final - 01, Mar 2008
DUBAI (Reuters) - Svetlana Kuznetsova will face Elena Dementieva in an all-Russian final at the Dubai Open on Saturday after the pair won marathon semi-finals.
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Clash, Pistols members revive London spirit of '77 - 01, Mar 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - The architects of British punk have been quietly passing on the baton to a new generation in a tiny London bar, but the secret is out and about to hit America.
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Clinton hits Obama with ad questioning experience - 01, Mar 2008
HOUSTON (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton questioned rival Barack Obama's experience in handling a national security crisis on Friday as polls showed her losing ground to Obama before Tuesday's contests in Texas and Ohio.
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Man critical in Las Vegas after poison ricin found - 01, Mar 2008
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - An unidentified man is in critical condition with suspected ricin poisoning after staying in a Las Vegas hotel room where the potentially deadly substance was found, police said on Friday.
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Gunmen kidnap Iraqi Chaldean Catholic archbishop - 01, Mar 2008
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - Gunmen kidnapped the Chaldean Catholic archbishop of Mosul on Friday in the northern Iraqi city and killed his driver and two guards, police said.
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Ross to put up to $1 bln into rival to Ambac, MBIA - 01, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Billionaire Wilbur Ross has agreed to invest up to $1 billion in Assured Guaranty Ltd , bypassing big bond insurers such as Ambac Financial Group Inc in favor of a rival that has largely avoided the credit problems plaguing the indus
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Ambac rating still on review for downgrade: Moody's - 01, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Moody's Investors Service on Friday said ratings on the insurance arm of Ambac Financial Group remain on review for downgrade, adding the insurer is around $2 billion short of its "target" capital level for an "Aaa" company.
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PDVSA says Exxon's asset freeze based on fantasy - 01, Mar 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Venezuelan state oil firm PDVSA told a UK court on Friday that a $12 billion freeze on its assets should not have been granted to Exxon Mobil as the oil major's arguments were "sheer fantasy land."
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Consumer sentiment, regional factories sound recession bell - 01, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The alarm bells of U.S. recession rang louder on Friday as reports showed business activity in the U.S. Midwest plummeted in February and consumer sentiment slumped to a 16-year low.
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Wall St tumbles on recession fears, AIG - 01, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks tumbled on Friday as another round of weak economic data added to U.S. recession fears and a record loss at insurer AIG underscored worries about more write-downs in the financial sector.
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Fed officials vow to keep watch on inflation - 01, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve's rapid-fire interest rate reductions were warranted, but the central bank must reverse course quickly once calm is restored to financial markets, Fed officials said on Friday.
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Credit crisis throws AIG into "uncharted waters" - 01, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - American International Group , on the heels of reporting its largest-ever loss, said on Friday the subprime crisis had thrown it into "uncharted waters" that were likely to remain choppy through 2008.
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Northrop-EADS said to best Boeing for tanker - 01, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force has picked a Northrop Grumman-led transatlantic team over rival Boeing Co to start building a new aerial refueling fleet in a major upset, a prominent defense analyst said on Friday.
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Bureaucracy swamps ISO meeting on Microsoft format - 01, Mar 2008
FRANKFURT/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A meeting to hammer out a consensus on whether a Microsoft document format should become an international standard descended into near chaos this week, people close to the meeting told Reuters.
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New portable games break traditional molds - 01, Mar 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Bizarre little creatures that look like walking eyeballs and a puzzle-cracking professor may not seem to have much in common at first glance.
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Foreign directors taking on Hollywood - 29, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - The trailer for Universal's upcoming movie "Wanted" features many of the hallmarks of a studio summer movie: Quick cuts, effects-heavy action, Angelina Jolie on the hood of a vintage red Viper.
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New "Light" shines on veteran soap opera - 29, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - A quick look around at the "Guiding Light" set -- a mall in fictional Springfield, a swanky hotel bedroom or the Spaulding family's grand study -- and you could convince yourself, if only for a moment, that you're not at CB
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Pepu Hernandez's basketball heroes unite Spain - 29, Feb 2008
MADRID (Reuters) - When the final buzzer sounded, the Spanish players hugged each other and began dancing around the court, the injured Pau Gasol abandoned his crutches to join his team mates' celebrations and fans back home went wild.
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Advertisers will not shy from Beijing: WPP head - 29, Feb 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Advertisers are unlikely to withdraw support for the Beijing Olympic Games despite recent criticism from human rights groups, the head of the world's second largest advertising group said on Friday.
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Ochoa pulls seven strokes clear in Singapore - 29, Feb 2008
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Mexico's Lorena Ochoa left her rivals trailing at the $2 million HSBC Women's Champions tournament in Singapore on Friday, carding a seven-under 65 in the second round to extend her lead to seven strokes.
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Kenya Muslims back protests over Obama picture - 29, Feb 2008
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan Muslims have thrown their weight behind ethnic Somali elders who plan to stage a protest after Friday prayers against the way a photo of a robed Barack Obama has pulled their people into the race for the White House.
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Unwanted Barry Bonds in "great shape" - 29, Feb 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Controversial home run king Barry Bonds says he is feeling in great shape despite the fact no team has signed him for the 2008 season.
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Bruins whip up Sturm to ease past Pens, Hossa hurt - 29, Feb 2008
BOSTON (Reuters) - The Boston Bruins thrashed the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-1 on Thursday, the home team easing to a fifth consecutive win on the back of Marco Sturm's two goals and a 27-save performance from Tim Thomas.
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Israel minister warns Palestinians of "shoah" - 29, Feb 2008
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A senior Israeli defense official said on Friday that Palestinians firing rockets from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip would bring upon themselves what he termed a "shoah", the Hebrew word for holocaust or disaster.
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Putin seeks big voter turnout to help successor - 29, Feb 2008
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Vladimir Putin appealed to Russians to vote in large numbers on Sunday in a presidential election he hopes will hand his chosen successor a convincing victory and rebuff opponents who call his democracy a sham.
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Iraq council approves "Chemical Ali" hanging - 29, Feb 2008
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - "Chemical Ali", Saddam Hussein's cousin and once one of the most feared men in Iraq, will hang within days after the last legal obstacle holding up his execution was removed, Iraqi officials said on Friday.
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Marine in Okinawa rape case released - 29, Feb 2008
TOKYO (Reuters) - A U.S. Marine arrested earlier this month on suspicion of raping a 14-year-old girl was released by the Japanese authorities on Friday, a spokesman for the U.S. military in Okinawa, southern Japan, said.
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Britain to withdraw Prince Harry from Afghanistan - 29, Feb 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Harry is being withdrawn from Afghanistan immediately, the Defence Ministry said on Friday, after news leaked on the Internet that he had been secretly fighting on the front lines for 10 weeks.
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Oil eases near $102 after fund-driven rally - 29, Feb 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Oil eased towards $102 a barrel on Friday, stepping back from its new record peak above $103 hit in a rally fuelled by fund money chasing commodities as the U.S. dollar plummets and worries mount about supply disruptions.
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Turkey withdraws troops from northern Iraq - 29, Feb 2008
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey pulled its troops out of northern Iraq on Friday, ending a major offensive against Kurdish PKK rebels that Washington feared could spread conflict through the region.
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Banque Populaire set to buy HSBC France branches - 29, Feb 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - Banque Populaire said on Friday it had entered into exclusive talks to buy 400 bank branches being sold by HSBC France, mainly in the south of the country, for 2.1 billion euros ($3.17 billion).
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AIG shares fall after company posts $5.29 billion loss - 29, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - American International Group Inc shares fell 7 percent on Friday, a day after the world's largest insurer reported a $5.29 billion quarterly loss.
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Consumer spending up, inflation erodes gain - 29, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Consumer spending rose more than expected in January, but the gain was eaten up by swiftly rising prices, the government said in a report on Friday that underscored the pressure households face.
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Consumers' mood in Feb signals recession: survey - 29, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Consumer sentiment dropped to a
16-year low in February, hitting levels that usually sound the
alarm bells of recession, on worries about declining incomes
and rising unemployment, a survey showed on Friday.
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ABC and NBC in "Scrubs" scrap - 29, Feb 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Veteran comedy "Scrubs" is caught in a tug-of-war between NBC and ABC.
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Remote Canada town a hub for Northern Lights seekers - 29, Feb 2008
YELLOWKNIFE, Northwest Territories (Reuters) - In the subarctic woods of Canada's Northwest Territories, a quiet crowd searches the moonlit sky, a wave of concern creeping into hushed voices. Time is running out.
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Johnson and Liu rejoin friendly rivalry indoors - 29, Feb 2008
RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - They are rivals, both seeking gold at the Beijing Olympics, but American hurdler Allen Johnson and China's top athletics hope Liu Xiang are also friends.
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Hot Woods relishing tough new benchmark - 29, Feb 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Beating the world's best players on the most difficult courses has become the benchmark for Tiger Woods who believes he is playing the best golf of his career.
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New York actors assail union over labor talks - 29, Feb 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The Screen Actors Guild says it will be ready to open contract talks with the studios in the spring.
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Israel unleashes air strikes on Gaza killing 20 - 29, Feb 2008
GAZA (Reuters) - Israel unleashed a barrage of air strikes on the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing 20 Palestinians including several civilians and children as well as Islamist militants behind rocket attacks on the Jewish state.
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Davenport eases past Wozniacki, Roddick cruises - 29, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fourth-seeded Lindsay Davenport, playing her first WTA event on U.S. soil in two years, swept aside Danish teenager Caroline Wozniacki 6-0 6-2 in the Memphis Championship quarter-finals on Thursday.
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Unwanted Bonds in "great shape" - 29, Feb 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Controversial home run king Barry Bonds says he is feeling in great shape despite the fact no team has signed him for the 2008 season.
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U.S. incarcerates more than any other nation: report - 29, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States incarcerates more people than any other country in the world and for the first time in the nation's history, more than one in every 100 American adults is confined in a prison or jail, according to a report release
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U.S. court denies Conrad Black bond during appeal - 29, Feb 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A federal appeals court denied on Thursday Conrad Black's request to remain free on bond during the appeal of his convictions for fraud and obstructing justice, though the judges indicated his appeal had at least a chance.
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Obama has small lead in Texas, close in Ohio - 29, Feb 2008
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Barack Obama holds a slight lead on Hillary Clinton in Texas and has almost pulled even in Ohio before contests that could decide their Democratic presidential battle, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Houston Chronicle poll released on Fr
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Britain considers prince's Afghan role after leak - 29, Feb 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's military commanders were considering on Friday whether to withdraw Prince Harry from Afghanistan after Internet leaks he had been secretly serving as a combat soldier on front lines for 2-1/2 months.
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Gap profit rises, CEO sees new focus on margins - 29, Feb 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Gap Inc on Thursday posted a 21 percent rise in quarterly profit and pledged to focus on improving profit margins this year while persuading shoppers to give its brands a second chance.
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Oil hits fresh high after Ecuador pipeline rupture - 29, Feb 2008
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil touched a new high above $103 on Friday after Ecuador shut a key export pipeline and a fire hit a major European natural gas plant, while the U.S. dollar's fall to a series of lows kept fresh funds flowing in.
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Proposed mortgage aid would do harm: Paulson - 29, Feb 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Plans for sweeping federal programs that would aid troubled mortgage borrowers would bring unfair relief to speculators and reward investors who made bad bets, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Thursday.
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AIG posts $5.29 billion quarterly loss - 29, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - American International Group Inc on Thursday posted its biggest-ever quarterly loss, missing Wall Street expectations after being hurt by a write-down of securities exposed to bad mortgage investments.
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Web-based "quarterlife" canceled by NBC after flop - 29, Feb 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Quarterlife," the first Web-based drama to air on network television, has been canceled by NBC after a dismally rated first episode but will move to sister cable channel Bravo, people close to the show said on Thursday.
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Microsoft cuts Vista prices to urge upgrades - 29, Feb 2008
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it plans to cut prices of its Windows Vista operating system sold at retail outlets in a move aimed at pushing customers to switch to the newest version of Windows.
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Trawl of two groups' genes shows differences - 29, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A trawl through the genes of white people in Utah and Yoruba people in Nigeria shows a significant number of differences that can explain why some groups respond differently to drugs than others.
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Bats use same flying trick as insects: study - 29, Feb 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Bats stay aloft by employing an aerodynamic trick previously thought unique to insects, researchers said on Thursday.
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J.K. Rowling says rival Potter book would exploit her - 29, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Billionaire Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling would feel "exploited" if a fan's unofficial encyclopedic companion to the boy wizard series was published, she said in court papers made public on Thursday.
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Dave Clark Five singer Smith dies at age 64 - 29, Feb 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Mike Smith, the lead singer of the 1960s British band the Dave Clark Five, died on Thursday of pneumonia at an English hospital, his U.S. agent said.
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Luke Donald and Brian Davis lead way in Florida - 29, Feb 2008
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Florida (Reuters) - Britons Luke Donald and Brian Davis topped the leaderboard midway through the first round of the Honda Classic on Thursday.
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Henin ousted by Schiavone in Dubai - 29, Feb 2008
DUBAI (Reuters) - World number one Justine Henin's 17-match winning streak at the Dubai Championships ended on Thursday when she was defeated 7-6 7-6 by unseeded Italian Francesca Schiavone in the quarter-finals.
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Bush: Will raise rights concerns privately in Beijing - 29, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush said on Thursday he would express his concern about China's human rights record in private talks with President Hu Jintao during a visit to Beijing for the 2008 Olympic games.
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Kenya rivals forge coalition to end crisis - 29, Feb 2008
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's president and opposition leader signed a deal to create a power-sharing government on Thursday, hoping to end a post-election crisis that plunged the country into its worst turmoil since independence.
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FBI begins perjury probe on Roger Clemens testimony - 29, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI has begun investigating whether baseball great Roger Clemens lied to the U.S. Congress when he denied using performance-enhancing drugs like steroids, law enforcement officials said on Thursday.
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Hill may return to China for North Korea talks - 29, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Assistant Secretary of State Chris Hill could return to Beijing this weekend to meet his North Korean counterpart for talks on ending Pyongyang's nuclear programs, U.S. officials said on Thursday.
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Gun that killed JFK assassin in pop culture auction - 29, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - It is billed as the best pop culture collection ever assembled -- ranging from the gun used to kill the assassin of U.S. President John F. Kennedy to the Wicked Witch of the West's hat from "The Wizard of Oz."
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U.S. sends warship off Lebanon coast - 29, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Signaling impatience with Syria, the United States has sent its USS Cole warship off the coast of Lebanon in a show of support amid Beirut's political crisis, U.S. officials said on Thursday.
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Vast immigrant smuggling ring smashed in L.A. - 29, Feb 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. immigration officials said on Thursday they had dismantled a Guatemalan human smuggling ring that brought more than 100 illegal immigrants a week into the Los Angeles area.
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Bush urges Turks to end offensive in Iraq quickly - 29, Feb 2008
ANKARA (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush urged NATO ally Turkey on Thursday to end its offensive against Kurdish PKK rebels in northern Iraq quickly, but Washington said it would not threaten to withdraw intelligence help.
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