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Nishikori ends wait for Japanese ATP finalist - 17, Feb 2008
DELRAY BEACH, Florida (Reuters) - Teenager Kei Nishikori became the first Japanese to reach an ATP final in nearly 16 years after a 4-6 6-2 7-6 victory over American Sam Querrey at the Delray Beach International on Saturday.
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Pakistan town under curfew after blast kills 39 - 17, Feb 2008
PARACHINAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Authorities imposed a curfew in a northwestern Pakistani town on Sunday a day after a suicide bomber attacked supporters of assassinated prime minister Benazir Bhutto killing 39 people, an official said.
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Rangers strike early to crush Sabres - 17, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Rangers returned from a five-day layoff with a bang, getting a goal from Steve Avery just 10 seconds into the game before crushing the Buffalo Sabres 5-1 on Saturday.
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Pavlik outpoints Taylor in rematch - 17, Feb 2008
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - American world middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik defeated former title holder Jermain Taylor by a unanimous decision in a non-title fight on Saturday.
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Olympic Games offer unique path to China markets - 17, Feb 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - When the world's greatest sporting and marketing event crosses paths with one of the best economic growth stories ever, the result could be the opportunity of a lifetime for corporate sponsors of the Beijing Olympics.
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Sidelined home buyers frozen by fears - 17, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Home prices have plunged by 10 percent or more in some parts of the United States and interest rates on mortgages are at enticing levels, but many potential buyers are waiting for prices to fall further.
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Pakistan tense on election eve - 17, Feb 2008
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani politicians were making final preparations on Sunday for a general election the next day that could usher in a parliament intent on forcing U.S. ally President Pervez Musharraf from power.
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Albanian triumph, Serb anger as Kosovo secedes - 17, Feb 2008
PRISTINA (Reuters) - Kosovo Albanians will proclaim independence from Serbia on Sunday, ending a long chapter in the bloody breakup of Yugoslavia but cementing a bitter ethnic frontline in the Balkans.
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Obama and Clinton take battle to Wisconsin - 17, Feb 2008
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton traded fresh attacks and touted their economic leadership on Saturday as they took their Democratic presidential duel to Wisconsin.
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Bush discusses African crises, aid in Tanzania - 17, Feb 2008
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush on Sunday met Tanzania's leader to discuss Africa's political crises before signing a nearly $700-million grant to help stimulate economic growth in the east African nation.
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Bandleader Quintanilla asks, What's in a name? - 17, Feb 2008
MIAMI (Billboard) - In a world where name recognition is everything, A.B. Quintanilla has flipped conventional wisdom by regularly tinkering with his group's moniker.
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Panic at the Disco sheds glam image, teenage angst - 17, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Billboard) - Given the radical image changes that Panic at the Disco has undergone in the past year, it's hard not to read the lyrics to its new album's opening song as a pre-emptive strike against critics.
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Astronauts work on space lab during busy mission - 17, Feb 2008
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Astronauts worked to outfit Europe's new permanent space laboratory on Saturday as a busy visit by NASA's shuttle Atlantis to the International Space Station neared its end.
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Violent Brazil cop drama named best film in Berlin - 17, Feb 2008
BERLIN (Reuters) - Ultra-violent Brazilian film "The Elite Squad" ("Tropa De Elite") won the top prize at the Berlin Film Festival on Saturday in what is likely to be a controversial decision by the jury.
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Black Tide proves you're never too young to rock - 17, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Billboard) - When Black Tide's members were barely out of high school, they landed an Ozzfest date on the second stage.
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Obama hits back as Clinton heads to Wisconsin - 17, Feb 2008
WAUSAU, Wis (Reuters) - Barack Obama hit back at rival Hillary Clinton on Saturday as she prepared to join him in Wisconsin, which stages the next Democratic presidential battle in three days.
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Democrats accuse Bush of fanning terrorism fears - 17, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats accused President Bush on Saturday of fanning terrorism fears shamelessly as he was about to lose certain authority to wiretap foreign suspects without a court warrant.
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Iran reformists say most of its candidates barred - 17, Feb 2008
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's main reformist coalition said on Saturday government bodies had barred the vast majority of its key candidates from running in next month's parliamentary election but that it still planned to contest the vote.
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Quinney ties Mickelson for lead with spectacular ace - 17, Feb 2008
PACIFIC PALISADES, California (Reuters) - Jeff Quinney aced the par-three sixth hole to draw level with leader Phil Mickelson midway through Saturday's third round at the Northern Trust Open.
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Bush discusses Kenya, terrorism and aid on Africa tour - 17, Feb 2008
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush discusses Africa's crises and a mounting terrorist threat on Sunday but he will try to keep his tour of the continent focused on the good news of projects to fight AIDS and malaria.
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Albanian triumph and Serb anger as Kosovo secedes - 17, Feb 2008
PRISTINA (Reuters) - Kosovo Albanians will proclaim independence from Serbia on Sunday, ending a long chapter in the bloody breakup of Yugoslavia.
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Credit Suisse CEO sees credit crisis nadir in months - 17, Feb 2008
GENEVA (Reuters) - The worst of the banking crisis resulting from the subprime meltdown is likely to be over in months rather than quarters, Credit Suisse Chief Executive Brady Dougan was quoted as saying on Saturday.
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Flash drives offer new choices for music fans - 17, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Billboard) - When the Mars Volta put out its latest album, "The Bedlam in Goliath," in January, the act gave its hardcore fans an option that is becoming increasingly popular -- and creative.
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Super Bowl boosts digital sales for Petty and others - 17, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Billboard) - The New York Giants weren't the only ones to come away from Super Bowl XLII with a storybook ending. Artists who were tied to the game through live performance or inclusion in advertisements also notched impressive victories, especi
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Toshiba to give up on HD DVD, end format war: source - 17, Feb 2008
TOKYO (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp is planning to give
up on its HD DVD format for high definition DVDs, conceding
defeat to the competing Blu-Ray technology backed by Sony Corp
, a company source said on Saturday.
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British unmanned Moon probe wins UK-NASA backing - 16, Feb 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - A plan for the first British-led mission to the Moon won the backing of an Anglo-American space committee on Friday.
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Jack Black in comical tribute to film pioneers - 16, Feb 2008
BERLIN (Reuters) - Actor Jack Black stars in a comical and nostalgic tribute to the pioneers of cinema and jazz in "Be Kind Rewind", which brings the 2008 Berlin Film Festival to a fitting close on Saturday.
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Iran plays down Paris meeting it attended with USA - 16, Feb 2008
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran played down on Saturday the significance of an international anti-money laundering meeting in Paris that both the Islamic Republic and its old foe the United States attended.
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Prayer and protest on eve of Kosovo independence - 16, Feb 2008
MITROVICA, Serbia (Reuters) - Serbs held a day of prayer and protest on Saturday on the eve of the independence of their cherished religious heartland Kosovo, a loss marking their final defeat in two decades of conflict in former Yugoslavia.
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Attacks in Baghdad fall 80 percent: Iraq military - 16, Feb 2008
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Attacks by insurgents and rival sectarian militias have fallen up to 80 percent in Baghdad and concrete blast walls that divide the capital can soon be removed, a senior Iraqi military official said on Saturday.
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Bomb kills 37 on last day of Pakistan vote campaign - 16, Feb 2008
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A suicide car bomb outside a Pakistani election candidate's office killed 37 people in the violent northwest on Saturday, the last day of campaigning for an election meant to complete a transition to civilian rule.
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Bush starts Africa trip with call for Kenya deal - 16, Feb 2008
COTONOU (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush began a visit to Africa on Saturday with a call for a power sharing agreement in Kenya to end the post-election conflict there that has killed 1,000 people.
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A wintry wonderland wraps up London Fashion Week - 16, Feb 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - A curtain of snow fell on London Fashion Week on Friday as top designer Julien Macdonald sent fur-clad models gliding through a wintry wonderland for the last show.
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LA gallery portrays paparazzi photos as art form - 16, Feb 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Paparazzi are getting a lot of bad press these days, so it takes some chutzpah to launch a photography exhibit called "Paparazzi as an Art Form" in the heart of celebrityville.
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Earnhardt Jr. takes centre stage at Daytona 500 - 16, Feb 2008
MIAMI (Reuters) - NASCAR's most popular driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. is aiming to mark his debut for Hendrick Motorsport on Sunday with victory in the 50th edition of the Daytona 500.
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Mickelson takes charge with 64 at Riviera - 16, Feb 2008
PACIFIC PALISADES, California (Reuters) - Phil Mickelson, making the most of a favorable draw, took control of the Northern Trust Open by grabbing a four-shot lead in the second round on Friday.
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Ex-MCA Records flop advances on "American Idol" - 16, Feb 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The integrity of "American Idol" as a contest for raw, undiscovered talent was called into question again after an Irish singer who once had a major-label deal, and solo album that flopped, advanced to the top rung of the competiti
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U.S. meets Iranian official to discuss "terror" funds - 16, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a departure from usual policy, a senior U.S. Treasury official met Iranian representatives in Paris last month as part of a multinational gathering to discuss "terror financing," said U.S. officials on Friday.
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Thrashers win in shootout after late equalizer - 16, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Marian Hossa sent the game into overtime with 19 seconds left in regulation before the Atlanta Thrashers beat the New Jersey Devils 4-3 on Pascal Dupuis's 10th-round shootout goal on Friday.
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Japan's Nishikori reaches first ATP semi-final - 16, Feb 2008
DELRAY BEACH, Florida (Reuters) - Japanese teenager Kei Nishikori reached his first ATP semi-final with a 6-2 6-4 victory over American Bobby Reynolds in the Delray Beach International on Friday.
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Chrysler, Plastech reach short-term supply deal - 16, Feb 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - Chrysler LLC has reached an agreement with bankrupt Plastech Engineered Products Inc to provide the auto maker with parts through February 27, extending an interim agreement while the sides await a legal ruling on whether Chrysler can
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Pakistani politicians wind up election campaign - 16, Feb 2008
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani politicians were winding up campaigns on Saturday for a general election that is meant to complete a transition to civilian rule but has been overshadowed by fear of violence and accusations of rigging.
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Refco ex-CEO Bennett pleads guilty to fraud - 16, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former Refco Chief Executive Phillip Bennett pleaded guilty on Friday to fraud and other charges stemming from the 2005 collapse of the futures and commodities broker.
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United-Continental talks pick up pace: source - 16, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Merger talks between United Airlines and Continental Airlines Inc have picked up pace, but a deal still hinges on the outcome of discussions between Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines Corp , people briefed on the situation said
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Dow and Nasdaq slip on consumer spending worry - 16, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Dow and Nasdaq slipped on Friday on concerns about consumer spending after an index of consumer sentiment fell to a 16-year low and retailer Best Buy warned that shopper traffic dropped off after the holidays.
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Wal-Mart picks Blu-ray in HD DVD disaster - 16, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc on Friday abandoned the flailing HD DVD format, potentially ending a war over next-generation DVDs as it joined Best Buy and Netflix in supporting rival Blu-ray technology.
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Bana: No ego clash in film with Johansson, Portman - 16, Feb 2008
BERLIN (Reuters) - Eric Bana insisted his co-stars Scarlett Johansson and Natalie Portman got on famously and that all three actors were able to raise their game in "The Other Boleyn Girl" with a friendly competition to out-do each other.
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Atlantis astronauts wrap up spacewalk - 16, Feb 2008
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Two shuttle Atlantis astronauts wrapped up a spacewalk on Friday to install a solar observatory and a science experiment on Europe's space lab.
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Cholesterol drug strips staph of color, virulence - 16, Feb 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Potentially deadly staph bacteria may be easily defeated by the body's own immune system once stripped of their golden hue by a drug developed to lower cholesterol, according to new research.
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U.S. to blast satellite after space shuttle leaves - 16, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will have the chance to shoot down a disabled U.S. spy satellite from next Wednesday, after the space shuttle Atlantis ends its current mission, a U.S. general said on Friday.
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Senior Islamic Jihad leader killed in Gaza blast - 16, Feb 2008
GAZA (Reuters) - A senior commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement was among seven people killed and 40 wounded in an explosion in the Gaza Strip late on Friday, a group spokesman and local medics said.
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Democrats defy Bush on spy program and immunity - 16, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic-led House of Representatives defied President George W. Bush on Friday and recessed without replacing an expiring spy law with one that would shield telephone companies from lawsuits.
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Rogge respects Spielberg's Games decision - 16, Feb 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge said he respected film director Steven Spielberg's decision to quit his Beijing Olympics role because of China's policies in Sudan.
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Clinton sharpens attack in presidential race - 16, Feb 2008
CINCINNATI (Reuters) - Sen. Hillary Clinton sharpened her attack on Friday against rival Barack Obama before new contests for the Democratic presidential nomination, casting herself as a champion of the U.S. middle class and saying voters faced a choice b
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Bond insurer FGIC plans to split in two - 16, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - FGIC Corp, a bond insurer that has lost its top credit ratings, has told New York regulators it wants to split into two companies, a spokesman for the state insurance regulator said on Friday.
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Best Buy cuts year forecast as sales soften - 16, Feb 2008
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Top electronics retailer Best Buy Co cut its full-year outlook on Friday, saying fourth-quarter sales would miss its expectations as the softer U.S. economy hurt January store traffic, pushing its shares down 3 percent.
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Hormel profit helped by Spam sales - 16, Feb 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Hormel Foods Corp posted a higher-than-expected quarterly profit on Friday, helped by lower pork costs and strong sales of Spam processed meats, while maintaining its fiscal-year outlook amid soaring grain costs.
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Illinois college shooter stopped medication: police - 16, Feb 2008
DEKALB, Illinois (Reuters) - A man who killed five students and himself during a shooting spree at an Illinois college had stopped taking medication and become erratic in the last two weeks, buying two guns used in the bloodbath just six days ago, officia
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Deutsche Post chief to quit amid tax-dodge probe - 16, Feb 2008
BERLIN (Reuters) - Klaus Zumwinkel will resign as chief executive of German mail and logistics group Deutsche Post, the company said on Friday, as a tax-dodging probe threatened to ensnare more rich Germans.
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Automakers bank on NASCAR to keep driving sales - 16, Feb 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Racing fans will have many questions
when the NASCAR season kicks off Sunday with the Daytona 500
race, but automakers only wonder whether the sport will retain
its popularity and keep driving vehicle sales.
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Bleak economic reports signal recession - 16, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A series of bleak economic reports on Friday showed the mood of American consumers deteriorating in February to a point that has always signaled recession, while factory activity in New York state suffered its biggest drop on record
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IOC gives official go-ahead for blogs at Beijing - 16, Feb 2008
ATHENS (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee on Friday gave the green light to allow blogging at the Olympics for the first time, issuing guidelines for this August's Beijing Games.
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SEC Web site gives new view of company data - 16, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission unveiled a Web site on Friday that lets investors launch charts and graphs to probe the financial data of a select group of companies that have signed on to the agency's interactive data p
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Moroccan held for impersonating prince on Facebook - 16, Feb 2008
RABAT (Reuters) - A Moroccan computer engineer appeared in court on Friday charged with setting up a Facebook account in the name of King Mohammed's brother.
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Digital transition may delete millions of viewers - 16, Feb 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - A year from Sunday, television for many Americans will cut to black. Analog signals will stop transmitting, older sets will become useless and millions of TV-watching households will simply disappear.
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LTE brings fast Web, not gear maker miracles - 16, Feb 2008
BARCELONA (Reuters) - A high-speed wireless technology that is still in development promises to make mobile Web surfing about four times faster, but its impact on the embattled network equipment industry will be much less dramatic, according to industry e
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Precision clock traps atoms in light to keep time - 16, Feb 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. physicists have made a clock so accurate it will neither gain nor lose even a second in more than 200 million years, a finding sure to please even the most punctually minded.
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Yahoo big investors may back Microsoft - 16, Feb 2008
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Most of Yahoo Inc's top institutional shareholders may be more interested in making sure Microsoft Corp does not overpay for the Web pioneer, because they have more money invested in the bigger software maker, a research report said on
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New Guitar Hero gives sweet emotion to Aerosmith fans - 16, Feb 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Activision Inc on Friday unveiled a new "Guitar Hero" video game focusing on the rock band Aerosmith, taking the billion-dollar franchise in a new direction.
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Wal-Mart dumps HD DVDs to back Blu-ray - 16, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc has decided to exclusively sell high-definition DVDs in the Blu-Ray format, dealing what could be a crippling blow to the rival HD DVD technology backed by Toshiba Corp.
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Experts cast doubt on Norway's thorium dreams - 15, Feb 2008
OSLO (Reuters) - Scientists told the Norwegian government on Friday that exploiting thorium, a radioactive metal, for nuclear power production is an interesting but far-away alternative with unknown economic potential.
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Two astronauts leave station for spacewalk - 15, Feb 2008
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Two shuttle Atlantis astronauts resumed work outside the International Space Station on Friday to attach experiments to the hull of Europe's newly delivered research outpost.
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British Moon probe wins UK-NASA backing - 15, Feb 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - A plan for the first British-led mission to the Moon won the backing of an Anglo-American space committee on Friday.
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Polish director Wajda bids farewell to war films - 15, Feb 2008
BERLIN (Reuters) - Veteran director Andrzej Wajda said on Friday he had made enough films about war and his native Poland's past and would turn to modern themes instead.
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Author Steel knows Spears family mental illness pain - 15, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Author Danielle Steel, who experienced the pain of seeing her mentally ill son commit suicide, is urging the parents of pop star Britney Spears to keep fighting for mental health treatment for their daughter.
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Hollywood epic and UK comedy vie for Berlin honors - 15, Feb 2008
BERLIN (Reuters) - Dark Hollywood epic "There Will Be Blood", already awash with prizes and nominated for eight Oscars, takes on a light-hearted low-budget British comedy for top honors at the Berlin Film Festival this year.
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McCartney divorce fight looks set for second week - 15, Feb 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - The divorce battle between Paul McCartney and former model Heather Mills looked set on Friday to run into a second week.
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Canes win but lose Brind'Amour with knee injury - 15, Feb 2008
RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - Ray Whitney scored the tie-breaking goal and assisted on two others to propel the Carolina Hurricanes back into first place in the Southeast Division with a 4-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday.
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Suns use late charge to burn Mavs - 15, Feb 2008
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Amare Stoudemire and Leandro Barbosa both scored 26 points and the Phoenix Suns used an 11-2 run late in the fourth quarter to defeat the depleted Dallas Mavericks 109-97 on Thursday.
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Athletes resist pressure to play politics in Beijing - 15, Feb 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - Britain's climb-down last weekend looks to have ended attempts to gag athletes at the Beijing Olympics but there is growing resentment among top Olympians about pressure on them to speak out on political issues.
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Thousands protest against Philippines' Arroyo - 15, Feb 2008
MANILA (Reuters) - Thousands of people rallied in Manila on Friday calling for the resignation of Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo over a corruption scandal.
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Hezbollah appoints successor to slain commander - 15, Feb 2008
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Hezbollah has appointed a successor to its senior guerrilla commander Imad Moughniyah who was assassinated in Syria this week, a Lebanese security source said on Friday.
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Kenya parties agree to independent poll review - 15, Feb 2008
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's feuding parties have agreed to an independent review of the country's disputed December 27 election, but have yet to agree terms for power-sharing, chief mediator Kofi Annan said on Friday.
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Serbian president Tadic vows to preserve Kosovo - 15, Feb 2008
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbia swore in President Boris Tadic on Friday two days before Kosovo proclaims independence, in the country's most traumatic moment since it was bombed by NATO in 1999 to end ethnic cleansing in the province.
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Democrats in standoff over Florida - 15, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama battle to be the Democratic presidential nominee, the winner could be determined by primaries held weeks ago in Florida and Michigan, even though the party decided to ignore their results.
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Illinois college shooter said to be prison expert - 15, Feb 2008
DEKALB, Illinois (Reuters) - A man who killed six students and then himself during a shooting spree at an Illinois college was an expert on prisons whose work had drawn notice in academic circles, one report said on Friday.
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UBS write-downs could double - 15, Feb 2008
ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss bank UBS could face billions of dollars more in subprime-related write-downs in 2008, which could tip it into a second year of losses, analysts warned investors, sending its shares tumbling again.
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Best Buy cuts 2008 outlook - 15, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Best Buy Co Inc cut its fiscal 2008 profit outlook on Friday, saying it expects its fourth-quarter sales to miss its own target on lower-than-expected January sales growth, sending its shares down 4.5 percent.
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Filmmakers call for hot submissions to chick flick - 15, Feb 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - It could produce the ultimate "hot chick flick", or it may erupt as a boiling international rant against the threat of global warming.
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Street Fighter IV focuses on strategy, nostalgia - 15, Feb 2008
CHIBA, Japan (Reuters) - Lining up for an hour and a half is a long wait to pick a fight. But for those in the arcade and gaming industry, the global unveiling of Street Fighter IV, the first new version of the classic fighting game in nearly eight years,
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New "Guitar Hero" gives sweet emotion to Aerosmith fans - 15, Feb 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Activision Inc on Friday unveiled a new "Guitar Hero" video game focusing on the rock band Aerosmith, taking the billion-dollar franchise in a new direction.
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Teen's interview with John Lennon yields Oscar nod - 15, Feb 2008
TORONTO (Hollywood Reporter) - A 1969 encounter between a 14 year-old Beatles fan and John Lennon has inspired "I Met the Walrus," a five-minute Canadian film contending for an Oscar for best animated short.
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School fights to revive native Canadian language - 15, Feb 2008
OHSWEKEN, Ontario (Reuters) - In a grey, shed-like building on the Six Nations of the Grand River reserve in southern Ontario, Esenogwas Jacobs is getting her kindergarten students ready to head home for the day.
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NBC apologizes for Jane Fonda's offensive word - 15, Feb 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Television network NBC apologized for itself and actress Jane Fonda on Thursday after she used an offensive word on the "Today Show."
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Toy time for movie industry - 15, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Toys based on the upcoming
movies "Speed Racer," "The Dark Knight," "Indiana Jones and the
Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" and "Hulk" are expected to be the
biggest hits at Toy Fair, which kicks off Sunday in Manhattan.
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Auction nets over $40 million for AIDS in Africa - 15, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Contemporary art collectors opened their wallets on Thursday and shelled out $42.6 million at a Valentine's Day charity auction spearheaded by rocker Bono and British artist Damien Hirst to benefit the fight against AIDS in Africa.
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Director and editor chemistry key to a film's success - 15, Feb 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - When Tony Gilroy's
mother heard that he was going to have his younger brother John
edit his directorial debut, "Michael Clayton," she was worried
her boys would clash.
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Full steam ahead for Oscar telecast - 15, Feb 2008
LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - With the threat of picketing writers having passed, Oscar organizers on Thursday unveiled presenters and performers for their upcoming telecast.
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Korean Choi sets early pace at blustery Riviera - 15, Feb 2008
PACIFIC PALISADES, California (Reuters) - South Korea's K.J. Choi made the most of relatively calm morning conditions to grab a one-shot lead in the Northern Trust Open first round on Thursday.
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Court filing seeks to move Britney Spears case - 15, Feb 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The father of troubled pop star Britney Spears will retain control over her affairs for about three more weeks, a court ruled on Thursday, even as a new attorney sought to move the case to federal jurisdiction.
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