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New Shuttle Fuel Tanks Should Not Shed Foam By MARCIA DUNN CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- NASA's redesigned space shuttle fuel tanks should no longer shed dangerous pieces of foam when launches resume next spring, officials said Thursday...	3	Sci/Tech
Krispy Kreme Doughnut Reward Plan Raises Concerns Krispy Kreme has offered to reward students with a doughnut for every A on their report card - up to six per grading period - sparking concern among school officials trying to fight childhood obesity.	3	Sci/Tech
'Drug Train' Takes Americans to Canada for Pills VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) -- Carla Coco-Boutte stepped off the train for a brief Canadian excursion, but she wasn't looking for typical souvenirs such as aboriginal carvings or smoked salmon. The 51-year-old former airline employee planned to return to her home in Santa Barbara, Calif., with an armload of prescription drugs she bought at a fraction of what she would pay at home...	3	Sci/Tech
More Platinum Found in Women With Breast Implants By DIEDTRA HENDERSON WASHINGTON (AP) -- Researchers have found high concentrations of platinum in women who got silicone breast implants and in the children they bore and breast-fed afterward. The type of platinum found in the women's blood and urine was different than the traces of regular platinum not uncommon in people's bodies...	3	Sci/Tech
CIOs expect moderate hiring, study says IT job growth will be driven primarily by the nation's largest employers, according to new data.	3	Sci/Tech
Breakthrough promises hotter, tougher, faster chips Developments in silicon carbide wafers may lead to a new world of fast, robust electronics.	3	Sci/Tech
Intel's Centrino connects with all Wi-Fi standards New component will help next generation of Intel's wireless chip reach full audience for Wi-Fi.	3	Sci/Tech
Smithfield profits from protein-rich pork The flip side of low-carb dieting is high-protein eating, and that #39;s helping boost profits at Virginia #39;s Smithfield Foods, the world #39;s biggest pork producer.	2	Business
Bill Gates Gives \$400,000 to California Stem-Cell Bond Measure Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates has donated \$400,000 to a campaign in California trying to win approval of a measure calling for the state to sell \$3 billion in bonds to fund stem-cell research.	2	Business
Northwest #39;s Net move hits more turbulence Galileo International is cutting privileges for Northwest Airlines on its travel reservation system, after the airline said it would put an extra charge on bookings made outside its Web site.	2	Business
Intel #39;s Centrino connects with all Wi-Fi standards Intel announced on Thursday a component that #39;s compatible with all Wi-Fi standards, which will let the chipmaker reach the full audience of individuals seeking to be wirelessly connected.	3	Sci/Tech
Sport Fishing Takes Big Bite Out of Fish Stocks Recreational fishing accounts for almost a quarter of the total take of depleted saltwater fish species in the United States, including economically important species such	3	Sci/Tech
IBM buys Venetica Computer giant IBM Thursday acquired Venetica, a privately held company based in Charlotte, NC. The acquisition is expected to close in the fourth quarter.	3	Sci/Tech
Breakthrough promises hotter, tougher, faster chips Powerful processors that run hot but need no cooling and devices capable of withstanding extreme environments may be the result of new research reported today in Nature, the science journal.	3	Sci/Tech
Syniverse to acquire EDS Interoperator Syniverse Technologies in Tampa signed a purchase agreement to acquire EDS Interoperator Services North America for approximately \$57 million payable in cash.	3	Sci/Tech
Intel formally introduces tri-mode Wi-Fi chip As expected, Intelintroduced its tri-mode wireless chip Thursday with several software enhancements to the product to help improve security and reliability, it said during a Webcast.	3	Sci/Tech
US, Brazil tied 0-0 in gold medal match ATHENS, Greece - The US-Brazil soccer game for the gold has started, with a 0-0 score in the first half. This is an unexpected and interesting matchup: the US #39;s seasoned veterans face an up-and-coming, hungry	1	Sports
Israel foils suicide bombing attack: radio Israeli soldiers have foiled a possible suicide bombing attack and detained a Palestinian woman, Israel Radio reported on Thursday.	0	World
Hamza held under Terrorism Act Hamza, 47, was held this morning on suspicion of involvement in the quot;commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism quot;.	0	World
New Hybrid Disc Offers CD-DVD Combination SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Recording companies looking to wring more profits out of music sales are hoping to sell retailers on a new hybrid disc. On one side is standard CD audio; on the other, the enhanced sound, video and other media capabilities of a DVD...	3	Sci/Tech
Tech Firms Seek to Soften Proposed Anti-Piracy Bill By ALEX VEIGA LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Internet service providers and other technology firms are proposing to soften a bill in Congress that they claim will make them targets of frivolous entertainment industry copyright lawsuits. The group, which includes Verizon Communications Inc., SBC Communications Inc...	3	Sci/Tech
Man Buys Up Domain Names in Bush Push RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) -- Type vermontdemocrats.com into your computer and you'll get a surprise: the re-election Web site of President Bush, a Republican...	3	Sci/Tech
Boeing in \$7.5 bn deal with SIA SIA receives offers from both Airbus (the A330-200) amp; Boeing (the 7E7) for its regional routes. Singapore Airlines (SIA) yesterday said it would buy up to 31 long-range Boeing 777s in an order worth up to	2	Business
Deutsche Bank, Thomas Weisel Join Research Settlement Deutsche Bank (DB:NYSE - news - research) and Thomas Weisel Partners, two holdouts from last year #39;s so-called global settlement involving tainted Wall Street research, have finally reached their own deals with regulators.	2	Business
Smithfield Doesn #39;t Go Whole Hog When was the last time you heard about a company more than doubling its profit from the previous year, but an error in judgment restrained that profit?	2	Business
Gates, others lead California effort for stem cell research Silicon Valley tycoons, Nobel laureates and Hollywood celebrities are backing a measure on California #39;s Nov. 2 ballot to devote \$3 billion to human embryonic stem cell experiments in	2	Business
CenturyTel to offer EchoStar TV service CenturyTel Inc. (CTL.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Thursday said it would offer EchoStar Communications Corp.(DISH.O: Quote, Profile, Research) satellite television service to	2	Business
OPEC expects oil prices to fall to \$30 per barrel The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) expects to see a fall in global oil prices to as much as US\$30 per barrel, its president Purnomo Yusgiantoro said here on Thursday.	2	Business
Intel Unveils Tri-Mode Centrino Intel Thursday unveiled tri-mode Centrino technology that will enable laptops to access WLANs based on the 802.11a, b and g specifications.	3	Sci/Tech
Siemens warns of problem with 65-series phones Siemens has issued a statement warning users of a bug in their 65-series handsets (C65, CX65, M65, S65, SL65 as well as all provider variations such as the CV65, CT65, CXV65 and CXT65).	3	Sci/Tech
ATHENS OLYMPICS 2004 / US beats Spain to reach semis Stephon Marbury, concerned about his lousy shooting in Athens, used an off day to go to the gym and work on his shot. By finding his range, he saved the United States #39; hopes for a basketball gold medal.	1	Sports
Mystery Persists Behind Causes Of Double Plane Disaster Russia is observing a day of mourning for the 89 people killed in two plane crashes that occurred within minutes of one another late on 24 August.	0	World
Panama Pardons Four Anti-Castro Figures (AP) AP - Panama's president on Thursday pardoned four Cuban emigres accused of trying to assassinate Cuban President Fidel Castro despite Havana's threat to cut diplomatic ties over such a move.	0	World
Researchers Urge Stricter Fishing Rules (AP) AP - Millions of casual fishermen reel in a higher take of the nation's most prized saltwater fish than previously thought, researchers say, prompting them to urge improved regulation of recreational fishing.	3	Sci/Tech
quot;Phishing quot; lures German banking clients Two clients of Germany #39;s Postbank have fallen for an e-mail fraud that led them to reveal money transfer codes to a bogus Web site -- the first case of this scam in German, prosecutors say.	3	Sci/Tech
EU launches another probe into Microsoft monopoly The European Commission has announced that it is to investigate the recent purchase by Microsoft and Time Warner of ContentGuard, a specialist in digital rights management.	2	Business
Nigeria hits Shell with 840m compensation claim SHELL has been hit by an 840 million compensation claim from the Nigerian government only 24 hours after being fined in Britain and the United States.	2	Business
Krispy Kreme #39;s Bad Dough This morning, Motley Fool Stock Advisor pick Krispy Kreme Doughnuts (NYSE: KKD) announced that second-quarter 2005 net income dropped by 56 from last year despite higher sales.	2	Business
Mortgage rates edge higher Mortgage rates around the country crept up this week, although 30-year mortgages still were below the 6 percent level for a fourth straight week, Freddie Mac reported Thursday.	2	Business
USA: Smithfield Foods reports higher Q1 earnings US meat processor Smithfield Foods has said its first-quarter earnings more than doubled from the year-ago period, boosted by higher sales.	2	Business
Bill Gates contributes to stem cell campaign Microsoft Corp. chairman Bill Gates contributed \$400,000 to the campaign backing a California ballot measure that would make billions of dollars available for human embryonic	2	Business
US Weekly Jobless Claims Rise The US Labor Department said Thursday the number of workers filing first-time applications for unemployment benefits rose by 10,000 last week.	2	Business
Big German banks hit by phishing attacks Two of Germany #39;s biggest banks became the latest victims of phishing attacks last week as internationally organized criminal groups roam the globe seeking new targets, according to a spokesman at Postbank.	3	Sci/Tech
Halkia #39;s Win Extraordinary, Says Pittman #39;s Coach Fani Halkia #39;s victory in the Olympics women #39;s 400 meters hurdles was extraordinary but drug-related questions about the Greek #39;s performance are unfair, Australian coach Phil King said Thursday.	1	Sports
NHL #39;s Bertuzzi Pleads Not Guilty to On-Ice Assault NHL star Todd Bertuzzi pleaded not guilty on Thursday to an assault charge for an on-ice attack that left a player with a fractured neck and shocked the sporting community.	1	Sports
Australia plans #39;most lethal #39; cruise missiles SYDNEY, Aug 26 (AFP): Australia announced plans Thursday to acquire long-range cruise missiles that will give its defence force the quot;most lethal capacity quot; for air combat in the region.	0	World
Senior Islamic Militant Wounded in Gaza Blast An explosion wounded a senior Islamic Jihad field commander in a Gaza refugee camp Thursday in what the Palestinian militant group called an Israeli assassination attempt.	0	World
American to Test Onboard Food Sales (Reuters) Reuters - American Airlines on Thursday said it\will begin testing onboard food sales to coach passengers in\September on a handful of flights, including several in the\Dallas and New York markets.	2	Business
Intel Updates Wireless Chips, Software (AP) AP - Intel Corp. unveiled an update to its wireless networking technology Thursday, adding simpler software, improved security and support for a more robust, less interference-prone radio standard.	3	Sci/Tech
Intel Launches Tri-Mode Wi-Fi Chipset (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Intel has unveiled a new Centrino chipset that supports three \Wi-Fi standards, along with new wireless software and improved security features.	3	Sci/Tech
Stocks Near Flat, Starbucks, Techs Fall NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. blue chips were near unchanged on Thursday but technology stocks slipped, as a broker downgrade on the semiconductor industry rattled investors, while coffee-shop chain Starbucks <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=SBUX.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">SBUX.O</A> disappointed with slowing growth.	2	Business
Kerry Challenges Bush to Weekly Debates (Reuters) Reuters - Democrat John Kerry on Thursday\challenged Republican President Bush, to weekly debates from\now until the Nov. 2 presidential election.	0	World
American to Test Onboard Food Sales CHICAGO (Reuters) - American Airlines on Thursday said it will begin testing onboard food sales to coach passengers in September on a handful of flights, including several in the Dallas and New York markets.	2	Business
Charlize Theron to Be Face of Dior Perfume NEW YORK - Add Christian Dior to the list of Charlize Theron fans. The company announced Thursday that the Oscar winner will be the new face of J'adore, the designer's fragrance that debuted in 2000...	0	World
Dream Team Hits Jumpers, Downs Spain ATHENS, Greece - Larry Brown was right. The Americans did start hitting their jump shots, and suddenly they look as if they might be the team to beat at the Athens Games...	0	World
Deutsche Bank, Weisel to Pay \$100 Mln to End Probe (Update2) Deutsche Bank AG and Thomas Weisel Partners LLC will pay a total of \$100 million to settle allegations they published misleading stock research to win investment-banking business, becoming	2	Business
Shell to pay \$1.5 bn as eco-claims in Nigeria LONDON, August 26 (New Ratings) - The beleaguered global oil giant, Shell (SHE1.ETR), has been reportedly asked by the Nigerian government to pay \$1.	2	Business
Beware That WinAmp Skin The popular skinning feature in Nullsoft #39;s WinAmp media player has left the door wide open for malicious attackers to hijack PCs.	3	Sci/Tech
U.S. call center jobs moving to Canada Research firm predicts closure of more than 3,000 U.S. centers as jobs fly north.	3	Sci/Tech
Nokia, Pointsec team on mobile data security Nokia has teamed with Pointsec Mobile Technologies AB on encryption technology for smart phones based on the Nokia Series 60 and Series 80 design platforms, which run on the Symbian operating system.	3	Sci/Tech
CA shareholders back management over bonuses issue Shareholders yesterday rejected a proposal requesting that Computer Associates' board adopt a policy of revoking executive bonuses paid based on financial results that are later revised.	3	Sci/Tech
Via Tunes Open-Source Media Player Xine media player takes advantage of video accelerators in Via chipsets.	3	Sci/Tech
Stocks Near Flat, Starbucks, Techs Fall (Reuters) Reuters - U.S. blue chips were near unchanged on\Thursday but technology stocks slipped, as a broker downgrade\on the semiconductor industry rattled investors, while\coffee-shop chain Starbucks (SBUX.O) disappointed with slowing\growth.	2	Business
Russian Oil Project to Be Vetted for Whale Threat (Reuters) Reuters - A top environmental group said on\Thursday it had agreed to probe an oil and gas project led by\Royal Dutch/Shell off the Russian far east coast because of\fears it threatens endangered whales.	3	Sci/Tech
NASA Experts Report Drought Forecast Breakthrough (Reuters) Reuters - Climate experts at NASA believe they\have found a way of forecasting droughts and floods months in\advance, the New Scientist magazine reported on Wednesday.	3	Sci/Tech
Responding to McCain, Bush Plans Legal Action on Ads (Reuters) Reuters - President Bush on Thursday\sought to smooth over differences with Sen. John McCain by\promising to take legal action to stop political ads by outside\groups, including those attacking the war record of Bush's\Democratic presidential rival, John Kerry.	0	World
Equatorial Guinea Wants Thatcher Extradited --Lawyer MALABO, Equatorial Guinea (Reuters) - Equatorial Guinea wants Mark Thatcher, son of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, extradited from South Africa after his arrest on suspicion of involvement in a coup attempt, one of the country's lawyers said Thursday.	0	World
Auditors get poor grade Big four accounting firms made several major errors last year, regulator says in first report. NEW YORK (Reuters) - The nation #39;s four biggest accounting firms didn #39;t get very good grades for auditing their	2	Business
Ingersoll-Rand to sell Dresser unit for \$1.2bn NEW YORK: Ingersoll-Rand has agreed to sell its Dresser-Rand energy equipment business to private equity firm First Reserve, which specialises in the energy industry, for \$1.	2	Business
Intel updates wireless chips, software Intel Corp. unveiled an update to its wireless networking technology Thursday, adding simpler software, improved security and support for a more robust, less interference-prone radio standard.	3	Sci/Tech
Sport fishermen depleting some saltwater species Americans fishing for sport along coastlines or at sea are doing far more damage to US marine fish stocks than anyone thought, accounting for nearly a quarter of the catch from overfished species, researchers report in the latest issue of the journal	3	Sci/Tech
IBM to Buy Software Developer Venetica International Business Machines Corp. said Thursday that it agreed to acquire Charlotte, NC-based Venetica, a privately held developer of software for organizing and accessing business documents and media.	3	Sci/Tech
NASA #39;s backup plan involves rescue shuttles, space station Significant technical challenges, particularly trouble encountered while developing a way to repair severe wing panel damage, have led NASA to develop an unprecedented backup plan.	3	Sci/Tech
#39;It still hasn #39;t sunk in #39; - Fridman #39;s father #39;I awoke at 2 am in a daze and couldn #39;t get back to sleep, quot; Uri Fridman says of the morning after his son earned Israel #39;s first-ever Olympic gold medal in mistral windsailing in Athens.	1	Sports
Al-Sistani Wants US-Led Forces to Leave Najaf (Update2) Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq #39;s foremost Shiite cleric, wants US-led military forces to leave Najaf and nearby Kufa as a condition for establishing peace with cleric Moqtada al	0	World
Russian jets #39; crashes still mysterious MOSCOW (CP) - Russia mourned 89 victims of a double air disaster today as debate intensified over whether the two passenger liners could have plunged almost simultaneously from the sky by accident.	0	World
CenturyTel to Offer EchoStar Service (Reuters) Reuters - CenturyTel Inc. (CTL.N) will offer\EchoStar Communications Corp. (DISH.O) satellite television\service to its customers in 22 states, the rural telephone\company said on Thursday.	3	Sci/Tech
U.S. Says Over 100 Arrested in Internet Crime Sweep (Reuters) Reuters - More than 100 people have been\arrested in the largest global crackdown to date on identity\theft, hacking and other Internet-based crimes, Attorney\General John Ashcroft said on Thursday.	3	Sci/Tech
Via Tunes Open-Source Media Player (PC World) PC World - Xine media player takes advantage of video accelerators in Via chipsets.	3	Sci/Tech
4 killed, dozens wounded in separatist violence in India's Assam state (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - GAUHATI, India (AP) - Bombs ripped through two buses, killing four people and wounding 39 others, and a series of blasts elsewhere injured 15 more as separatist violence surged Thursday in India's northeastern Assam state, police said.	0	World
MCI Offers to Pay Part of States' Claims NEW YORK (Reuters) - MCI Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=MCIP.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">MCIP.O</A> has offered to pay states from 2 cents to 30 cents on the dollar to settle charges it owes them as much as \$2 billion in back taxes, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday.	2	Business
Cal's Tedford Seeks Accountability in Poll (AP) AP - Jeff Tedford plans to keep California in contention for a Rose Bowl berth during each season of his new five-year contract.	1	Sports
Citigroup Sued Over Enron Securities NEW YORK (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=C.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">C.N</A> faces a lawsuit from angry investors who allege they were defrauded in a "massive scheme of deception" when they bought securities tied to the credit-worthiness of bankrupt energy trader Enron Corp. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=ENRNQ.PK target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">ENRNQ.PK</A>	2	Business
Darfur Rebels Say Power Deal First, Disarming Later ABUJA (Reuters) - Rebels from Sudan's Darfur region Thursday rejected calls to disarm or confine their fighters to their bases before a political solution to the conflict is found.	0	World
Confusion as Yemeni Faces U.S. Military Tribunal A Yemeni accused of guarding Osama bin Laden with explosive belts seemed to acknowledge his Al Qaeda membership.	0	World
CenturyTel to Offer EchoStar Service WASHINGTON (Reuters) - CenturyTel Inc. <A HREF="http://www.reuters.co.uk/financeQuoteLookup.jhtml?ticker=CTL.N qtype=sym infotype=info qcat=news">CTL.N</A> will offer EchoStar Communications Corp. <A HREF="http://www.reuters.co.uk/financeQuoteLookup.jhtml?ticker=DISH.O qtype=sym infotype=info qcat=news">DISH.O</A> satellite television service to its customers in 22 states, the rural telephone company said on Thursday.	3	Sci/Tech
Prices climb after bombing spree LONDON: World oil prices rebounded slightly Thursday in the wake of multiple pipeline attacks in major producer Iraq, traders said.	2	Business
Update 2: Gilead Sciences Stocks Rise Six Percent Biotechnology stocks were trading down marginally Thursday afternoon with the large exception of Gilead Sciences Inc., whose shares were boosted by good results for an HIV treatment.	2	Business
ConocoPhillips eyes \$2B stake in LUKOIL Reuters reported Thursday that Russian officials confirmed that Houston-based oil giant ConocoPhillips is interested in taking a \$2 billion stake in Russian oil major LUKOIL.	2	Business
Centrino to connect with all Wi-Fi standards Intel on Thursday announced a component that #39;s compatible with all Wi-Fi standards, which will let the chipmaker reach the full audience of individuals who want to wirelessly connect to local area networks.	3	Sci/Tech
Revenge Really Is Sweet, Study Shows Revenge feels sweet, and Swiss researchers said on Thursday they have the brain scans to prove it. In a study investigators said might	3	Sci/Tech
How Not to Get #39;Phished #39; With phishing attacks skyrocketing, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued a consumer alert detailing ways Web surfers can avoid being fleeced by online scammers.	3	Sci/Tech
Via Tunes Open-Source Media Player Via Technologies has released a version of the open-source Xine media player that is designed to take advantage of hardware digital video acceleration capabilities in two of the company #39;s PC chipsets, the CN400 and CLE266.	3	Sci/Tech
Practice makes Marbury near perfect No, not by hopping the next flight out of Athens, which was what all the US men #39;s basketball players no doubt felt like doing after shooting bricks and playing like strangers in their miserable first week of the Olympics.	1	Sports
Bangladesh to take Interpol #39;s help to solve Hasina attack Dhaka, Aug 26 (UNI) Bangladesh Foreign Minister M Morshed Khan said the government has decided to take Interpol #39;s help to investigate the August 21 grenade attack on Opposition Leader Sheikh Hasina.	0	World
S Korea sees trouble ahead on N.Korea nuclear talks South Korea is sceptical about reaching a substantive agreement at the next round of six-party talks aimed at dismantling North Korea #39;s nuclear programmes, Seoul #39;s top negotiator to the talks said today.	0	World
Centrino to connect with all Wi-Fi standards New component will help next generation of Intel's wireless chip technology reach full audience for Wi-Fi.	3	Sci/Tech
Intel Unveils Tri-Mode Wi-Fi Chip Centrino update supports 802.11 a, b, and g wireless, and offers improved security.	3	Sci/Tech
MCI Offers to Pay Part of States' Claims (Reuters) Reuters - MCI Inc. (MCIP.O) has offered to pay\states from 2 cents to 30 cents on the dollar to settle charges\it owes them as much as #36;2 billion in back taxes, people\familiar with the matter said on Thursday.	2	Business
Dozens of Internet Crime Suspects Nabbed (AP) AP - A summer-long effort targeting Internet crime has resulted in dozens of arrests and convictions on charges including use of "spam" e-mail to steal credit card numbers, computer hacking and online fraud, Justice Department officials said Thursday.	3	Sci/Tech

New Shuttle Fuel Tanks Should Not Shed Foam By MARCIA DUNN CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- NASA's redesigned space shuttle fuel tanks should no longer shed dangerous pieces of foam when launches resume next spring, officials said Thursday...

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Krispy Kreme Doughnut Reward Plan Raises Concerns Krispy Kreme has offered to reward students with a doughnut for every A on their report card - up to six per grading period - sparking concern among school officials trying to fight childhood obesity.

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'Drug Train' Takes Americans to Canada for Pills VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) -- Carla Coco-Boutte stepped off the train for a brief Canadian excursion, but she wasn't looking for typical souvenirs such as aboriginal carvings or smoked salmon. The 51-year-old former airline employee planned to return to her home in Santa Barbara, Calif., with an armload of prescription drugs she bought at a fraction of what she would pay at home...

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More Platinum Found in Women With Breast Implants By DIEDTRA HENDERSON WASHINGTON (AP) -- Researchers have found high concentrations of platinum in women who got silicone breast implants and in the children they bore and breast-fed afterward. The type of platinum found in the women's blood and urine was different than the traces of regular platinum not uncommon in people's bodies...

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CIOs expect moderate hiring, study says IT job growth will be driven primarily by the nation's largest employers, according to new data.

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Breakthrough promises hotter, tougher, faster chips Developments in silicon carbide wafers may lead to a new world of fast, robust electronics.

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Intel's Centrino connects with all Wi-Fi standards New component will help next generation of Intel's wireless chip reach full audience for Wi-Fi.

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Smithfield profits from protein-rich pork The flip side of low-carb dieting is high-protein eating, and that #39;s helping boost profits at Virginia #39;s Smithfield Foods, the world #39;s biggest pork producer.

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Business

Bill Gates Gives \$400,000 to California Stem-Cell Bond Measure Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates has donated \$400,000 to a campaign in California trying to win approval of a measure calling for the state to sell \$3 billion in bonds to fund stem-cell research.

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Business

Northwest #39;s Net move hits more turbulence Galileo International is cutting privileges for Northwest Airlines on its travel reservation system, after the airline said it would put an extra charge on bookings made outside its Web site.

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Intel #39;s Centrino connects with all Wi-Fi standards Intel announced on Thursday a component that #39;s compatible with all Wi-Fi standards, which will let the chipmaker reach the full audience of individuals seeking to be wirelessly connected.

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Sport Fishing Takes Big Bite Out of Fish Stocks Recreational fishing accounts for almost a quarter of the total take of depleted saltwater fish species in the United States, including economically important species such

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IBM buys Venetica Computer giant IBM Thursday acquired Venetica, a privately held company based in Charlotte, NC. The acquisition is expected to close in the fourth quarter.

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Breakthrough promises hotter, tougher, faster chips Powerful processors that run hot but need no cooling and devices capable of withstanding extreme environments may be the result of new research reported today in Nature, the science journal.

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Syniverse to acquire EDS Interoperator Syniverse Technologies in Tampa signed a purchase agreement to acquire EDS Interoperator Services North America for approximately \$57 million payable in cash.

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Intel formally introduces tri-mode Wi-Fi chip As expected, Intelintroduced its tri-mode wireless chip Thursday with several software enhancements to the product to help improve security and reliability, it said during a Webcast.

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US, Brazil tied 0-0 in gold medal match ATHENS, Greece - The US-Brazil soccer game for the gold has started, with a 0-0 score in the first half. This is an unexpected and interesting matchup: the US #39;s seasoned veterans face an up-and-coming, hungry

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Israel foils suicide bombing attack: radio Israeli soldiers have foiled a possible suicide bombing attack and detained a Palestinian woman, Israel Radio reported on Thursday.

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Hamza held under Terrorism Act Hamza, 47, was held this morning on suspicion of involvement in the quot;commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism quot;.

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New Hybrid Disc Offers CD-DVD Combination SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Recording companies looking to wring more profits out of music sales are hoping to sell retailers on a new hybrid disc. On one side is standard CD audio; on the other, the enhanced sound, video and other media capabilities of a DVD...

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Tech Firms Seek to Soften Proposed Anti-Piracy Bill By ALEX VEIGA LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Internet service providers and other technology firms are proposing to soften a bill in Congress that they claim will make them targets of frivolous entertainment industry copyright lawsuits. The group, which includes Verizon Communications Inc., SBC Communications Inc...

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Man Buys Up Domain Names in Bush Push RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) -- Type vermontdemocrats.com into your computer and you'll get a surprise: the re-election Web site of President Bush, a Republican...

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Boeing in \$7.5 bn deal with SIA SIA receives offers from both Airbus (the A330-200) amp; Boeing (the 7E7) for its regional routes. Singapore Airlines (SIA) yesterday said it would buy up to 31 long-range Boeing 777s in an order worth up to

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Business

Deutsche Bank, Thomas Weisel Join Research Settlement Deutsche Bank (DB:NYSE - news - research) and Thomas Weisel Partners, two holdouts from last year #39;s so-called global settlement involving tainted Wall Street research, have finally reached their own deals with regulators.

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Smithfield Doesn #39;t Go Whole Hog When was the last time you heard about a company more than doubling its profit from the previous year, but an error in judgment restrained that profit?

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Gates, others lead California effort for stem cell research Silicon Valley tycoons, Nobel laureates and Hollywood celebrities are backing a measure on California #39;s Nov. 2 ballot to devote \$3 billion to human embryonic stem cell experiments in

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Business

CenturyTel to offer EchoStar TV service CenturyTel Inc. (CTL.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Thursday said it would offer EchoStar Communications Corp.(DISH.O: Quote, Profile, Research) satellite television service to

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OPEC expects oil prices to fall to \$30 per barrel The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) expects to see a fall in global oil prices to as much as US\$30 per barrel, its president Purnomo Yusgiantoro said here on Thursday.

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Intel Unveils Tri-Mode Centrino Intel Thursday unveiled tri-mode Centrino technology that will enable laptops to access WLANs based on the 802.11a, b and g specifications.

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Siemens warns of problem with 65-series phones Siemens has issued a statement warning users of a bug in their 65-series handsets (C65, CX65, M65, S65, SL65 as well as all provider variations such as the CV65, CT65, CXV65 and CXT65).

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ATHENS OLYMPICS 2004 / US beats Spain to reach semis Stephon Marbury, concerned about his lousy shooting in Athens, used an off day to go to the gym and work on his shot. By finding his range, he saved the United States #39; hopes for a basketball gold medal.

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Mystery Persists Behind Causes Of Double Plane Disaster Russia is observing a day of mourning for the 89 people killed in two plane crashes that occurred within minutes of one another late on 24 August.

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Panama Pardons Four Anti-Castro Figures (AP) AP - Panama's president on Thursday pardoned four Cuban emigres accused of trying to assassinate Cuban President Fidel Castro despite Havana's threat to cut diplomatic ties over such a move.

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Researchers Urge Stricter Fishing Rules (AP) AP - Millions of casual fishermen reel in a higher take of the nation's most prized saltwater fish than previously thought, researchers say, prompting them to urge improved regulation of recreational fishing.

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quot;Phishing quot; lures German banking clients Two clients of Germany #39;s Postbank have fallen for an e-mail fraud that led them to reveal money transfer codes to a bogus Web site -- the first case of this scam in German, prosecutors say.

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EU launches another probe into Microsoft monopoly The European Commission has announced that it is to investigate the recent purchase by Microsoft and Time Warner of ContentGuard, a specialist in digital rights management.

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Nigeria hits Shell with 840m compensation claim SHELL has been hit by an 840 million compensation claim from the Nigerian government only 24 hours after being fined in Britain and the United States.

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Krispy Kreme #39;s Bad Dough This morning, Motley Fool Stock Advisor pick Krispy Kreme Doughnuts (NYSE: KKD) announced that second-quarter 2005 net income dropped by 56 from last year despite higher sales.

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Mortgage rates edge higher Mortgage rates around the country crept up this week, although 30-year mortgages still were below the 6 percent level for a fourth straight week, Freddie Mac reported Thursday.

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USA: Smithfield Foods reports higher Q1 earnings US meat processor Smithfield Foods has said its first-quarter earnings more than doubled from the year-ago period, boosted by higher sales.

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Bill Gates contributes to stem cell campaign Microsoft Corp. chairman Bill Gates contributed \$400,000 to the campaign backing a California ballot measure that would make billions of dollars available for human embryonic

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US Weekly Jobless Claims Rise The US Labor Department said Thursday the number of workers filing first-time applications for unemployment benefits rose by 10,000 last week.

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Big German banks hit by phishing attacks Two of Germany #39;s biggest banks became the latest victims of phishing attacks last week as internationally organized criminal groups roam the globe seeking new targets, according to a spokesman at Postbank.

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Halkia #39;s Win Extraordinary, Says Pittman #39;s Coach Fani Halkia #39;s victory in the Olympics women #39;s 400 meters hurdles was extraordinary but drug-related questions about the Greek #39;s performance are unfair, Australian coach Phil King said Thursday.

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NHL #39;s Bertuzzi Pleads Not Guilty to On-Ice Assault NHL star Todd Bertuzzi pleaded not guilty on Thursday to an assault charge for an on-ice attack that left a player with a fractured neck and shocked the sporting community.

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Australia plans #39;most lethal #39; cruise missiles SYDNEY, Aug 26 (AFP): Australia announced plans Thursday to acquire long-range cruise missiles that will give its defence force the quot;most lethal capacity quot; for air combat in the region.

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Senior Islamic Militant Wounded in Gaza Blast An explosion wounded a senior Islamic Jihad field commander in a Gaza refugee camp Thursday in what the Palestinian militant group called an Israeli assassination attempt.

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American to Test Onboard Food Sales (Reuters) Reuters - American Airlines on Thursday said it\will begin testing onboard food sales to coach passengers in\September on a handful of flights, including several in the\Dallas and New York markets.

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Intel Updates Wireless Chips, Software (AP) AP - Intel Corp. unveiled an update to its wireless networking technology Thursday, adding simpler software, improved security and support for a more robust, less interference-prone radio standard.

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Intel Launches Tri-Mode Wi-Fi Chipset (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Intel has unveiled a new Centrino chipset that supports three \Wi-Fi standards, along with new wireless software and improved security features.

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Stocks Near Flat, Starbucks, Techs Fall NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. blue chips were near unchanged on Thursday but technology stocks slipped, as a broker downgrade on the semiconductor industry rattled investors, while coffee-shop chain Starbucks <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=SBUX.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">SBUX.O</A> disappointed with slowing growth.

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Kerry Challenges Bush to Weekly Debates (Reuters) Reuters - Democrat John Kerry on Thursday\challenged Republican President Bush, to weekly debates from\now until the Nov. 2 presidential election.

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American to Test Onboard Food Sales CHICAGO (Reuters) - American Airlines on Thursday said it will begin testing onboard food sales to coach passengers in September on a handful of flights, including several in the Dallas and New York markets.

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Charlize Theron to Be Face of Dior Perfume NEW YORK - Add Christian Dior to the list of Charlize Theron fans. The company announced Thursday that the Oscar winner will be the new face of J'adore, the designer's fragrance that debuted in 2000...

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Dream Team Hits Jumpers, Downs Spain ATHENS, Greece - Larry Brown was right. The Americans did start hitting their jump shots, and suddenly they look as if they might be the team to beat at the Athens Games...

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Deutsche Bank, Weisel to Pay \$100 Mln to End Probe (Update2) Deutsche Bank AG and Thomas Weisel Partners LLC will pay a total of \$100 million to settle allegations they published misleading stock research to win investment-banking business, becoming

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Shell to pay \$1.5 bn as eco-claims in Nigeria LONDON, August 26 (New Ratings) - The beleaguered global oil giant, Shell (SHE1.ETR), has been reportedly asked by the Nigerian government to pay \$1.

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Beware That WinAmp Skin The popular skinning feature in Nullsoft #39;s WinAmp media player has left the door wide open for malicious attackers to hijack PCs.

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U.S. call center jobs moving to Canada Research firm predicts closure of more than 3,000 U.S. centers as jobs fly north.

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Nokia, Pointsec team on mobile data security Nokia has teamed with Pointsec Mobile Technologies AB on encryption technology for smart phones based on the Nokia Series 60 and Series 80 design platforms, which run on the Symbian operating system.

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CA shareholders back management over bonuses issue Shareholders yesterday rejected a proposal requesting that Computer Associates' board adopt a policy of revoking executive bonuses paid based on financial results that are later revised.

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Via Tunes Open-Source Media Player Xine media player takes advantage of video accelerators in Via chipsets.

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Stocks Near Flat, Starbucks, Techs Fall (Reuters) Reuters - U.S. blue chips were near unchanged on\Thursday but technology stocks slipped, as a broker downgrade\on the semiconductor industry rattled investors, while\coffee-shop chain Starbucks (SBUX.O) disappointed with slowing\growth.

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Russian Oil Project to Be Vetted for Whale Threat (Reuters) Reuters - A top environmental group said on\Thursday it had agreed to probe an oil and gas project led by\Royal Dutch/Shell off the Russian far east coast because of\fears it threatens endangered whales.

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NASA Experts Report Drought Forecast Breakthrough (Reuters) Reuters - Climate experts at NASA believe they\have found a way of forecasting droughts and floods months in\advance, the New Scientist magazine reported on Wednesday.

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Responding to McCain, Bush Plans Legal Action on Ads (Reuters) Reuters - President Bush on Thursday\sought to smooth over differences with Sen. John McCain by\promising to take legal action to stop political ads by outside\groups, including those attacking the war record of Bush's\Democratic presidential rival, John Kerry.

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Equatorial Guinea Wants Thatcher Extradited --Lawyer MALABO, Equatorial Guinea (Reuters) - Equatorial Guinea wants Mark Thatcher, son of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, extradited from South Africa after his arrest on suspicion of involvement in a coup attempt, one of the country's lawyers said Thursday.

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Auditors get poor grade Big four accounting firms made several major errors last year, regulator says in first report. NEW YORK (Reuters) - The nation #39;s four biggest accounting firms didn #39;t get very good grades for auditing their

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Ingersoll-Rand to sell Dresser unit for \$1.2bn NEW YORK: Ingersoll-Rand has agreed to sell its Dresser-Rand energy equipment business to private equity firm First Reserve, which specialises in the energy industry, for \$1.

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Intel updates wireless chips, software Intel Corp. unveiled an update to its wireless networking technology Thursday, adding simpler software, improved security and support for a more robust, less interference-prone radio standard.

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Sport fishermen depleting some saltwater species Americans fishing for sport along coastlines or at sea are doing far more damage to US marine fish stocks than anyone thought, accounting for nearly a quarter of the catch from overfished species, researchers report in the latest issue of the journal

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IBM to Buy Software Developer Venetica International Business Machines Corp. said Thursday that it agreed to acquire Charlotte, NC-based Venetica, a privately held developer of software for organizing and accessing business documents and media.

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NASA #39;s backup plan involves rescue shuttles, space station Significant technical challenges, particularly trouble encountered while developing a way to repair severe wing panel damage, have led NASA to develop an unprecedented backup plan.

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#39;It still hasn #39;t sunk in #39; - Fridman #39;s father #39;I awoke at 2 am in a daze and couldn #39;t get back to sleep, quot; Uri Fridman says of the morning after his son earned Israel #39;s first-ever Olympic gold medal in mistral windsailing in Athens.

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Al-Sistani Wants US-Led Forces to Leave Najaf (Update2) Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq #39;s foremost Shiite cleric, wants US-led military forces to leave Najaf and nearby Kufa as a condition for establishing peace with cleric Moqtada al

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Russian jets #39; crashes still mysterious MOSCOW (CP) - Russia mourned 89 victims of a double air disaster today as debate intensified over whether the two passenger liners could have plunged almost simultaneously from the sky by accident.

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CenturyTel to Offer EchoStar Service (Reuters) Reuters - CenturyTel Inc. (CTL.N) will offer\EchoStar Communications Corp. (DISH.O) satellite television\service to its customers in 22 states, the rural telephone\company said on Thursday.

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U.S. Says Over 100 Arrested in Internet Crime Sweep (Reuters) Reuters - More than 100 people have been\arrested in the largest global crackdown to date on identity\theft, hacking and other Internet-based crimes, Attorney\General John Ashcroft said on Thursday.

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Via Tunes Open-Source Media Player (PC World) PC World - Xine media player takes advantage of video accelerators in Via chipsets.

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4 killed, dozens wounded in separatist violence in India's Assam state (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - GAUHATI, India (AP) - Bombs ripped through two buses, killing four people and wounding 39 others, and a series of blasts elsewhere injured 15 more as separatist violence surged Thursday in India's northeastern Assam state, police said.

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MCI Offers to Pay Part of States' Claims NEW YORK (Reuters) - MCI Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=MCIP.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">MCIP.O</A> has offered to pay states from 2 cents to 30 cents on the dollar to settle charges it owes them as much as \$2 billion in back taxes, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday.

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Cal's Tedford Seeks Accountability in Poll (AP) AP - Jeff Tedford plans to keep California in contention for a Rose Bowl berth during each season of his new five-year contract.

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Citigroup Sued Over Enron Securities NEW YORK (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=C.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">C.N</A> faces a lawsuit from angry investors who allege they were defrauded in a "massive scheme of deception" when they bought securities tied to the credit-worthiness of bankrupt energy trader Enron Corp. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=ENRNQ.PK target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">ENRNQ.PK</A>

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Darfur Rebels Say Power Deal First, Disarming Later ABUJA (Reuters) - Rebels from Sudan's Darfur region Thursday rejected calls to disarm or confine their fighters to their bases before a political solution to the conflict is found.

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Confusion as Yemeni Faces U.S. Military Tribunal A Yemeni accused of guarding Osama bin Laden with explosive belts seemed to acknowledge his Al Qaeda membership.

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CenturyTel to Offer EchoStar Service WASHINGTON (Reuters) - CenturyTel Inc. <A HREF="http://www.reuters.co.uk/financeQuoteLookup.jhtml?ticker=CTL.N qtype=sym infotype=info qcat=news">CTL.N</A> will offer EchoStar Communications Corp. <A HREF="http://www.reuters.co.uk/financeQuoteLookup.jhtml?ticker=DISH.O qtype=sym infotype=info qcat=news">DISH.O</A> satellite television service to its customers in 22 states, the rural telephone company said on Thursday.

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Prices climb after bombing spree LONDON: World oil prices rebounded slightly Thursday in the wake of multiple pipeline attacks in major producer Iraq, traders said.

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Update 2: Gilead Sciences Stocks Rise Six Percent Biotechnology stocks were trading down marginally Thursday afternoon with the large exception of Gilead Sciences Inc., whose shares were boosted by good results for an HIV treatment.

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ConocoPhillips eyes \$2B stake in LUKOIL Reuters reported Thursday that Russian officials confirmed that Houston-based oil giant ConocoPhillips is interested in taking a \$2 billion stake in Russian oil major LUKOIL.

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Centrino to connect with all Wi-Fi standards Intel on Thursday announced a component that #39;s compatible with all Wi-Fi standards, which will let the chipmaker reach the full audience of individuals who want to wirelessly connect to local area networks.

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Revenge Really Is Sweet, Study Shows Revenge feels sweet, and Swiss researchers said on Thursday they have the brain scans to prove it. In a study investigators said might

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How Not to Get #39;Phished #39; With phishing attacks skyrocketing, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued a consumer alert detailing ways Web surfers can avoid being fleeced by online scammers.

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Via Tunes Open-Source Media Player Via Technologies has released a version of the open-source Xine media player that is designed to take advantage of hardware digital video acceleration capabilities in two of the company #39;s PC chipsets, the CN400 and CLE266.

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Practice makes Marbury near perfect No, not by hopping the next flight out of Athens, which was what all the US men #39;s basketball players no doubt felt like doing after shooting bricks and playing like strangers in their miserable first week of the Olympics.

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Bangladesh to take Interpol #39;s help to solve Hasina attack Dhaka, Aug 26 (UNI) Bangladesh Foreign Minister M Morshed Khan said the government has decided to take Interpol #39;s help to investigate the August 21 grenade attack on Opposition Leader Sheikh Hasina.

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S Korea sees trouble ahead on N.Korea nuclear talks South Korea is sceptical about reaching a substantive agreement at the next round of six-party talks aimed at dismantling North Korea #39;s nuclear programmes, Seoul #39;s top negotiator to the talks said today.

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Centrino to connect with all Wi-Fi standards New component will help next generation of Intel's wireless chip technology reach full audience for Wi-Fi.

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Intel Unveils Tri-Mode Wi-Fi Chip Centrino update supports 802.11 a, b, and g wireless, and offers improved security.

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MCI Offers to Pay Part of States' Claims (Reuters) Reuters - MCI Inc. (MCIP.O) has offered to pay\states from 2 cents to 30 cents on the dollar to settle charges\it owes them as much as #36;2 billion in back taxes, people\familiar with the matter said on Thursday.

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Dozens of Internet Crime Suspects Nabbed (AP) AP - A summer-long effort targeting Internet crime has resulted in dozens of arrests and convictions on charges including use of "spam" e-mail to steal credit card numbers, computer hacking and online fraud, Justice Department officials said Thursday.

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