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Republican McCain says he's nervous but looks ahead - 04, Feb 2008
FAIRFIELD, Connecticut (Reuters) - Republican front-runner John McCain admitted on Sunday to nervousness about his chances on Super Tuesday, when almost half of the United States votes, but he was also thinking ahead to a general election battle against t
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Serb coalition in doubt after liberal scrapes win - 04, Feb 2008
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbia's pro-Western president Boris Tadic has won re-election in a contest with nationalist Tomislav Nikolic, but his narrow victory may only have set up a fresh struggle over the country's future course.
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Kobe Bryant's fast start powers Lakers to easy win - 04, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers personally outscored the Washington Wizards in a breakout first quarter to lead his team to a 103-91 road win on Sunday.
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Rangers score five consecutive goals to upset Canadiens - 04, Feb 2008
MONTREAL (Reuters) - The New York Rangers rallied from a 3-0 deficit to stun the Montreal Canadiens 5-3 on Sunday.
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China warns of tough snow relief effort - 04, Feb 2008
CHENZHOU, China (Reuters) - Millions remained stranded in China on Monday ahead of the biggest holiday of the year as President Hu Jintao chaired an emergency meeting to discuss how to beat the worst winter weather in half a century.
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Giants shock Patriots to win Super Bowl - 04, Feb 2008
GLENDALE, Arizona (Reuters) - The New York Giants achieved one of the biggest upsets in NFL history with a 17-14 victory over the previously undefeated New England Patriots in the Super Bowl on Sunday.
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Chad's Deby resists rebel siege, east town attacked - 04, Feb 2008
N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Troops loyal to Chad's president drove back rebels besieging his palace on Sunday, the government said, adding it had repulsed an assault by Sudanese forces in the east that it called "a declaration of war".
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Obama expands lead on Clinton in California - 04, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama opened narrow leads on Hillary Clinton in California and Missouri one day before crucial "Super Tuesday" nominating contests in 24 states, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll relea
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Platinum hits record - 04, Feb 2008
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Platinum roared to another record high on Monday as supply concerns persisted in main producer South Africa, lifting sister-metal palladium to its best level in six years and overshadowing gold.
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MFS to repay debt after selling Stella stake - 04, Feb 2008
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australian financial services firm MFS Ltd said on Monday it will be able to meet a debt repayment deadline thanks to selling a 65 percent stake in its Stella tourism business to private equity firm CVC Asia Pacific.
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Oil steadies below $89, Asian stock gains stem slide - 04, Feb 2008
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Oil prices were little changed on Monday as investors focused on Asian stock market gains, setting aside for now worries of a potential U.S. economic recession that had knocked prices 3 percent lower late last week.
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Mega deals boost Asian stocks - 04, Feb 2008
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian stocks rose on Monday, gaining 2.5 percent as Microsoft Corp's $45 billion bid for Yahoo and China's purchase of a stake in takeover target Rio Tinto boosted investor optimism over share valuations.
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Yahoo says Rhapsody will handle its digital music - 04, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Internet media company Yahoo Inc said on Monday its music service will now be handled by Rhapsody America, an on-demand subscription service run by RealNetworks Inc and Viacom Inc.
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Yahoo may consider Google alliance, source says - 04, Feb 2008
SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc would consider a business alliance with Google Inc as one way to rebuff a $44.6 billion takeover proposal by Microsoft, a source familiar with Yahoo's strategy said on Sunday.
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Trade to contending Lakers delights Gasol - 04, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Newly acquired Los Angeles Lakers forward Pau Gasol said on Sunday he was delighted with his trade from the Memphis Grizzlies to the contending Lakers.
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Russia beat Israel 4-1 to reach Fed Cup semis - 04, Feb 2008
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Defending champions Russia took an unassailable 3-1 lead over Israel in their Fed Cup world group first-round tie on Sunday after Maria Sharapova and Anna Chakvetadze won their singles rubbers.
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"Hannah Montana" wins box office Super Bowl - 04, Feb 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Walt Disney's 3-D movie "Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert" topped movie box offices, raking in $29 million for the biggest opening over a normally slow Super Bowl weekend, according to studio estimates
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Candidates get a little help from their friends - 04, Feb 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - When campaigning for president in a country as large as the United States, it helps to have famous friends to share the campaigning.
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Sri Lanka railway station suicide blast kills 11 - 04, Feb 2008
COLOMBO (Reuters) - A suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber blew herself up in a packed railway station in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo on Sunday, killing 11 people and wounding 92, the military said.
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IAEA Director sees progress with Iran inquiry - 04, Feb 2008
CAIRO (Reuters) - The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Sunday he was making progress in finishing an inquiry into Iran's nuclear past ahead of his next report awaited by those powers mulling new sanctions.
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Tadic grabs narrow victory in Serb election - 04, Feb 2008
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbia's pro-Western President Boris Tadic won re-election on Sunday against nationalist challenger Tomislav Nikolic in a vote that will determine the country's future ties with the European Union.
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Clinton, Obama in dead heat ahead of big vote - 04, Feb 2008
ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - Democrats Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama were locked in a near dead heat two days before the biggest presidential voting so far while John McCain tried to nail down the Republican nomination for the White House.
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Microsoft-Yahoo deal poses antitrust issues: Google - 04, Feb 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc fired back on Sunday at Microsoft Corp's $44.6 billion bid to acquire Yahoo Inc, accusing Microsoft of seeking to extend its computer software monopoly deeper into the Internet realm.
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Gang of Four recording album of new material - 03, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Billboard) - It's been more than 15 years since the original lineup of groundbreaking British rock act Gang of Four has released new material, but the foursome has been busy since getting back together to rerecord old tracks for 2005's "Return t
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Turkey detects bird flu virus in poultry - 03, Feb 2008
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey detected bird flu virus in dead chickens found late last month in the northern part of the country after it had started culling poultry due to bird flu suspicions, the Agriculture Ministry said on Sunday.
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Miller wins super-combined World Cup - 03, Feb 2008
VAL D'ISERE, France (Reuters) - Bode Miller won the final super-combined event of the season on Sunday and took the discipline's World Cup title.
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Russia beat Israel to reach Fed Cup semis - 03, Feb 2008
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Defending champions Russia took an unassailable 3-1 lead over Israel in their Fed Cup world group first-round tie on Sunday after Maria Sharapova and Anna Chakvetadze won their singles rubbers.
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Music at the movies for rock-heavy Berlin festival - 03, Feb 2008
BERLIN (Reuters) - Music comes to the movies at the Berlin Film Festival this year, with the Rolling Stones and Madonna expected on the red carpet and a heavy metal band from Baghdad banging heads on the big screen.
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Egypt seals last breach in Gaza border - 03, Feb 2008
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (Reuters) - Egyptian forces sealed the last breach in the border with the Gaza Strip on Sunday, stopping an influx of Palestinians into Egypt across a frontier blown open by Hamas Islamists defying an Israeli-led blockade.
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Woods wins in Dubai with closing 65 - 03, Feb 2008
DUBAI (Reuters) - Tiger Woods gave another remarkable display to win the Dubai Desert Classic title on Sunday, his seventh victory in eight tournament appearances.
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Ten killed in Sri Lankan rail station blast - 03, Feb 2008
COLOMBO (Reuters) - A suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber blew herself up in a packed railway station in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo on Sunday, killing 10 people and wounding around 100, the military said.
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Bush budget seen renewing battle with Congress - 03, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush will on Monday unveil a $3 trillion budget that likely will spark anew the wrangling between the White House and the Democratic-led Congress over Iraq war funding, tax cuts and the sagging economy.
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African quakes kill at least 30 - 03, Feb 2008
KIGALI (Reuters) - Earthquakes struck Rwanda and neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday, killing at least 30 people and seriously injuring 350 more, officials said.
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Chad's president fights back - 03, Feb 2008
N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Chadian army helicopters and troops loyal to President Idriss Deby struck back at rebels besieging the presidential palace in N'Djamena on Sunday in a second day of clashes after the insurgents pushed into the city.
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SocGen defends itself ahead of money laundering trial - 03, Feb 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - Societe Generale laid out its defense ahead of a high-profile money laundering trial due to begin in Paris on Monday, which could put further pressure on the French bank as it grapples with the effects of a trading scandal.
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Rio Tinto's chief waits for richer BHP offer - 03, Feb 2008
SYDNEY (Reuters) - With his formal training in geology, Tom Albanese could be excused for believing he'd struck the mother lode after orchestrating a bump-free $38 billion acquisition of Alcan just six months into his new job as chief executive of Rio Tin
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Giants' Burress improving, attends final practice session - 03, Feb 2008
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress, unable to practice this week due to ankle and knee injuries, took part in New York's final practice before the Super Bowl, a 50-minute walk-through session on Saturday.
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Holmes takes lead at Phoenix Open - 03, Feb 2008
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona (Reuters) - Big-hitting J.B Holmes was on target for only his second PGA Tour title when his five- under-par 66 gave him the lead after three rounds of the Phoenix Open on Saturday.
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Nervous investors canvass Asian art for big returns - 03, Feb 2008
HONG KONG (Reuters) - The grinning men of "Execution" fetched $6 million at auction late last year, 187 times the price paid seven years ago by a Hong Kong banker for Chinese artist Yue Minjun's oil painting inspired by the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown.
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Harkleroad rescues U.S. after Davenport upset - 03, Feb 2008
LA JOLLA, California (Reuters) - Fed Cup debutant Ashley Harkleroad spared the blushes for the United States by crushing Germany's Tatjana Malek 6-1 6-3 to level the scores at 1-1 in their world group first round tie on Saturday.
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Knuble hat-trick leads Flyers past slumping Ducks - 03, Feb 2008
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The Philadelphia Flyers handed Stanley Cup champions the Anaheim Ducks a 3-0 defeat on Saturday, their sixth successive loss, with Mike Knuble scoring all three goals for his first career hat-trick.
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Chinese duo fail to sparkle, McGrady leads Houston to win - 03, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Houston Rockets beat the Milwaukee Bucks 91-83 on Saturday in a game featuring the second NBA matchup between Chinese players Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian.
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Pakistani Taliban leader sleeps badly at night - 03, Feb 2008
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Baitullah Mehsud, the leader of the Taliban in Pakistan, had just consoled the father of a 16-year-old suicide bomber when he spoke of his religious compulsion to drive American forces out of Pashtun tribal lands.
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Egypt starts to seal breached Gaza border - 03, Feb 2008
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (Reuters) - Egyptian forces began closing the border with the Gaza Strip on Sunday, stemming the flow of Palestinians across a frontier blown open 11 days ago by Hamas Islamists in defiance of an Israeli-led blockade.
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North Korea missiles get boost from outside: report - 03, Feb 2008
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea received a huge boost from Soviet technology to develop its ballistic missiles and still relies on foreign suppliers for key components, a report obtained on the weekend said.
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Sri Lankan rail station bombing kills 9 - 03, Feb 2008
COLOMBO (Reuters) - A suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber blew herself up in a packed railway station in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo on Sunday killing nine people and wounding around 100, the military said.
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Major progress reported in writers talks - 03, Feb 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood's striking writers and its major studios made "significant progress" in recent talks aimed at ending their labor dispute, a source briefed on the discussions said on Saturday, raising hopes a settlement may be near.
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Giants stand between Patriots and the history books - 03, Feb 2008
PHOENIX (Reuters) - The New York Giants stand between the New England Patriots and their date with destiny when the two teams square off in the Super Bowl on Sunday.
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Clinton, Obama in close Super Tuesday races - 03, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are running neck-and-neck in California, New Jersey and Missouri two days before the sprawling "Super Tuesday" presidential showdown, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Su
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Erykah Badu returns to recording with 2-part release - 03, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Billboard) - In her decade-plus career, R&B artist Erykah Badu hasn't been afraid to wait long periods between projects.
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Bush to seek $140.7 billion for Army in budget - 03, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush will seek $140.7 billion on Monday for the U.S. Army in fiscal 2009, including increased funds to buy helicopters and other equipment, according to budget documents obtained by Reuters.
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Bryant scores 46 points as Lakers welcome Gasol - 03, Feb 2008
TORONTO (Reuters) - Kobe Bryant scored 46 points as the Los Angeles Lakers laid out the welcome mat for new teammate Pau Gasol with a 121-101 win over the Toronto Raptors on Friday.
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Djokovic gets hero's welcome for Australian Open win - 03, Feb 2008
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbia's Australian Open winner Novak Djokovic was given a raucous welcome by around 15,000 fans in central Belgrade on Saturday following his win in the Australian Open last Sunday.
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Redskins' Monk and Green lead six into Hall of Fame - 03, Feb 2008
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Former Washington Redskins team mates Art Monk and Darrell Green were among six players to win election into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday.
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McCain upbeat on Super Tuesday - 03, Feb 2008
ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - Presidential candidate John McCain urged skeptical conservatives on Friday to rally behind him and said he might clinch the Republican nomination in crucial "Super Tuesday" coast-to-coast voting.
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Colombia nabs FARC rebel wanted for U.S. kidnappings - 03, Feb 2008
BOGOTA (Reuters) - A Colombian female guerrilla wanted in the United States for the kidnapping of three Americans and trafficking cocaine has been captured by the army near Venezuela's border, authorities said on Saturday.
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France's Sarkozy marries Bruni at the Elysee - 03, Feb 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy married supermodel-turned-singer Carla Bruni at the Elysee Palace on Saturday, just three months after they started dating.
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Iraq vows to "crush terrorists" after 99 killed - 03, Feb 2008
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's prime minister vowed on Saturday that attacks by two female bombers which killed 99 people in Baghdad would not derail improved security, but angry residents demanded the government do more to protect them.
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Romney mourns Mormon leader in campaign detour - 03, Feb 2008
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (Reuters) - Three days before "Super Tuesday" voting that could decide the Republican presidential nominee, Mitt Romney detoured from the campaign trail on Saturday to attend the funeral of Mormon church leader Gordon Hinckley.
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France opposed to any hostile SocGen bid - 03, Feb 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - A senior adviser to French President Nicolas Sarkozy said France remained opposed to any hostile bid for Societe Generale , the French bank hit by a trading scandal.
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UBS facing subprime banking investigations: report - 03, Feb 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. government prosecutors are
investigating whether Swiss banking giant UBS misled investors
by reporting inflated prices of mortgage-backed securities it
held despite knowing those valuations had eroded, the Wall
Street Journal
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Lagat outruns Mottram in year's fastest mile - 02, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Kenyan-born American Bernard Lagat out-kicked Australia's Craig Mottram in the year's fastest mile and Adam Nelson dominated the shot put with the season's top performance at the Millrose Games on Friday.
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Spaniard Gasol joins Lakers from Grizzlies - 02, Feb 2008
TORONTO (Reuters) - The LA Lakers have signed Spanish forward Pau Gasol from the Memphis Grizzlies with three players moving in the opposite direction.
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Back-ups prepare to step in for Super Bowl starters - 02, Feb 2008
PHOENIX (Reuters) - They are no-names on the rosters of Super Bowl combatants New England and New York, yet one crunching sack or twisted ankle could thrust Matt Cassel or Anthony Wright into the brightest spotlight of U.S. sports.
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Holmes and LaBelle take clubhouse lead in Phoenix - 02, Feb 2008
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona (Reuters) - J.B Holmes and Doug LaBelle II shared the clubhouse lead after the second day of the Phoenix Open, both ending their rounds tied on nine under par 133.
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Britney Spears' father takes over her affairs - 02, Feb 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Los Angeles court on Friday placed the affairs of troubled pop singer Britney Spears under the temporary control of her father while she remains hospitalized under psychiatric care.
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U.S. nuclear power plants to get more Russia uranium - 02, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. nuclear power reactors will be able to obtain more supplies of Russian enriched uranium for fuel, under a trade deal signed by the two countries late on Friday.
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Patriots' face Giants in final run for record books - 02, Feb 2008
PHOENIX (Reuters) - The New England Patriots' pursuit of a perfect season reaches a climax on Sunday when they face the New York Giants in the Super Bowl.
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Jazz overcome Wizards, clinch seventh successive win - 02, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Utah Jazz rallied to beat the Washington Wizards 96-87 on Friday, with Mehmet Okur's 27 points and 11 rebounds steering them to their seventh win in a row.
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Red Wings shut out Avalanche for sixth win in a row - 02, Feb 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - The Detroit Red Wings scored two last-gasp goals to break a scoreless tie and secure their sixth successive win, beating the Colorado Avalanche 2-0 on Friday.
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Spy scandal has not tainted Patriots' season: Goodell - 02, Feb 2008
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A spying scandal at the start of the season had not tainted the achievements of the New England Patriots, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said on Friday.
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McCain upbeat on Super Tuesday, woos conservatives - 02, Feb 2008
ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - Presidential candidate John McCain urged skeptical conservatives on Friday to rally behind him and said he might clinch the Republican nomination in crucial "Super Tuesday" coast-to-coast voting.
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Bomb kills 20 on bus in central Sri Lanka - 02, Feb 2008
COLOMBO (Reuters) - A bomb exploded on a civilian bus in the central Sri Lankan town of Dambulla on Saturday, killing at least 20 people and wounding 50, the military said.
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Wesley Snipes faces 3 years for tax conviction - 02, Feb 2008
OCALA, Florida (Reuters) - Actor Wesley Snipes, star of the "Blade" movie series, was found guilty of three misdemeanors by a U.S. court on Friday for failing to file tax returns but was acquitted of more serious charges.
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Recession looms but Yahoo bid stirs optimism - 02, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fears of a looming recession could batter U.S. stocks next week as investors weigh a dim earnings outlook for 2008 against a view that holds shares are cheap as seen by Microsoft's $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo.
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Wall St rises on tech bid; best week since March '03 - 02, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks rose on Friday, capping Wall Street's best week in almost five years, after Microsoft Corp's $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo Inc overshadowed news that employers cut payrolls for the first time since 2003.
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Motorola may have tough time selling mobile unit - 02, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Motorola Inc has essentially put its mobile phone unit up for sale, but the company is unlikely to be able to seal a deal any time soon despite a plethora of possible buyers.
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Weaving parallels between China and India - 02, Feb 2008
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Whoever first thought of boiling investment decisions down to a simple trade-off between "risk and reward" should try fathoming the world's two most populous markets.
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Yahoos fear loss of fun-loving culture - 02, Feb 2008
SUNNYVALE, California (Reuters) - Will Yahoos' yodels be silenced?
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Banks join to rescue Ambac: sources - 02, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A group of large banks has joined together to find ways to shore up Ambac Financial Group Inc , a large bond insurer battered by the global credit crunch, two people briefed on the talks said on Friday.
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Bidding reaches $18.55 bln in U.S. wireless auction - 02, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bidding reached $18.55 billion on Friday in the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's record-setting auction of government-owned wireless airwaves, but there were no new offers for two large, closely watched slices of spectrum.
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Google clout seen aiding Microsoft antitrust OK - 02, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc so dominates the online search and advertising market that regulators are seen approving any merger of Microsoft Corp and Yahoo after giving the deal a close look, antitrust experts said on Friday.
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Funding shortfalls threaten science research - 02, Feb 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Scientists are chafing at the U.S. government's unfulfilled pledge to boost funding for basic scientific research, the source of innovations ranging from the World Wide Web to high-tech cancer treatments.
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Michelle Williams says heart broken over Ledger - 02, Feb 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - In her first statement since the death of her former companion Heath Ledger, actress Michelle Williams said she is suffering from a broken heart and asked for privacy for her and daughter Matilda.
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Germany launches comic book on Holocaust - 02, Feb 2008
BERLIN (Reuters) - German schools will launch a comic book next week that aims to teach above all underprivileged children about the Nazi era and the Holocaust.
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Saints to play Chargers in London next season - 02, Feb 2008
PHOENIX (Reuters) - The National Football League is returning to London next season for another regular season game with the San Diego Chargers playing the New Orleans Saints, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced on Friday.
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Super Bowl a cat-and-mouse reprise of regular season finale - 02, Feb 2008
PHOENIX, Arizona (Reuters) - Sunday's Super Bowl could feature some cat-and-mouse moves as the New England Patriots and New York Giants toy with what to take from their hard-fought, regular-season finale clash of a month ago.
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Irish journeyman McGrane turns up heat on Woods - 02, Feb 2008
DUBAI (Reuters) - World number one Tiger Woods birdied the last hole to earn a one-shot lead but it was Irish journeyman Damien McGrane who grabbed the spotlight during a wild and windy Dubai Classic second round on Friday.
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Finnish patient gets new jaw from own stem cells - 02, Feb 2008
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Scientists in Finland said they had replaced a 65-year-old patient's upper jaw with a bone transplant cultivated from stem cells isolated from his own fatty tissue and grown inside his abdomen.
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Giants coach says London trip helped Super Bowl preparation - 02, Feb 2008
PHOENIX, Arizona (Reuters) - New York coach Tom Coughlin said the Giants' trip to London during the regular season helped his team to cope with the frenzied run-up to Sunday's Super Bowl clash against the New England Patriots.
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Pentagon rejects report, says ready for WMD attack - 02, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon on Friday insisted it is ready to respond to a chemical, biological or nuclear attack inside the United States, rejecting an independent panel's criticism of its preparations.
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U.S. backs modernizing Polish air defenses - 02, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States supports modernizing Poland's air defenses, a key Polish demand for hosting part of a planned missile defense system, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Friday.
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Obama, Clinton say jobs drop shows need for jolt - 02, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama called on Friday for Congress to broaden its planned stimulus package after new data showed a drop in U.S. employment.
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Female bombers kill 72 at Baghdad pet markets - 02, Feb 2008
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Female bombers detonated by remote control killed 72 people in attacks blamed on al Qaeda at two Baghdad pet markets on Friday, the Iraqi capital's deadliest bombings in more than seven months.
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Kenya's parties agree to stop violence - 02, Feb 2008
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's feuding parties agreed on Friday to a framework for talks to resolve a violent political crisis, in which some 850 people have died, within 15 days, former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan said.
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Wal-Mart prepares small U.S. stores to fend off Tesco - 02, Feb 2008
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc is actively working to open its first small-scale grocery stores in Arizona, according to city planning officials, as the world's largest retailer looks to fend off competition from British supermarket rival Tesco
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Market rises as deal news eclipses jobs data - 02, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks inched higher on Friday in volatile trading as optimism over share valuations after Microsoft Corp's $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo Inc offset data showing employers cut payrolls in January for the first time in 4-1/2 years
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Macklowe in tentative deal to cede NY properties - 02, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York real estate titan Harry Macklowe has reached a tentative deal with Deutsche Bank to turn over seven Manhattan office buildings he bought last year for $7 billion, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday.
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Banks join to rescue bond insurer Ambac: source - 02, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A group of large banks has joined together to find ways to shore up Ambac Financial Group Inc, a bond insurer battered by the global credit crunch, a person briefed on the talks said on Friday.
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Exxon and Chevron earnings soar on record oil prices - 02, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp said on Friday record oil prices propelled its quarterly and yearly profits to the highest-ever levels by a U.S. company.
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