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NCAA Denies Reinstatement for Williams (AP) AP - Southern California wide receiver Mike Williams has had his request to be reinstated denied Thursday by the NCAA.
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Global Warming Means More Frost-Free Days - Report (Reuters) Reuters - Frost will become less and less\common across much of the world as global warming accelerates,\U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday.
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Senators: Intel Chief Needs Budget Power (AP) AP - Two senators working on legislation that would overhaul U.S. intelligence agencies said Thursday a new intelligence chief should have significant and clear power over the budget.
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Long Jump Gold for American Dwight Phillips ATHENS (Reuters) - Dwight Phillips of the United States completed a hat-trick of global long jump titles when he crushed the field with his opening leap to take gold in Thursday's Olympic final Thursday.
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Chiron Delays Flu Vaccine Shipments NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chiron Corp. said on Thursday it is delaying the shipment of its flu vaccine, Fluvirin, because it has found a small number of lots that do not meet product sterility standards.
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Marbury Leads Dream Team Past Spain 102-94 ATHENS, Greece - Written off after their opener and branded failures back home, Stephon Marbury and the Americans are showing signs that they just might be the team to beat after all. Marbury set a U.S...
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Top Russian Official: Plane Terror Likely MOSCOW - A top Russian official acknowledged on Thursday what many citizens already suspected - that terrorism was the most likely cause of two jetliners crashing minutes apart, a feeling reflected in a newspaper headline warning that "Russia now has a Sept. 11." Just a day after officials stressed there were many possibilities besides terrorism, presidential envoy Vladimir Yakovlev told Russia's ITAR-Tass news agency that the main theory "all the same remains terrorism." He said the planes' flight recorders had not provided any clues to the disaster...
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Aide: Al-Sistani Brokers Najaf Peace Deal NAJAF, Iraq - Rebel cleric Muqtada al-Sadr agreed Thursday to a peace deal presented by top Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali Husseini al-Sistani to end three weeks of fighting in the holy city of Najaf, according to a top aide to al-Sistani. Al-Sistani, the most influential cleric among Iraq's Shiite majority, reached the deal in direct talks with al-Sadr in the evening, only hours after making a dramatic return to Najaf...
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Crawford sprints to gold Shawn Crawford leads an American 200m 1-2-3 amid extraordinary scenes in the Olympic Stadium.
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Oil Slides, Najaf Peace Deal Struck Oil prices fell for the fifth day in a row on Thursday after word of a peace deal in the embattled Iraqi city of Najaf raised hopes of more reliable oil shipments from the energy-rich country and encouraged a run of profit-taking by
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Harris Corp. to add 200 DC-area jobs Melbourne, Fla.-based Harris Corp. says it will expand its Washington area work force after winning an IT support contract from the National Reconnaissance Office.
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IBM Buys Venetica for Content IBM (Quote, Chart) announced Tuesday that it will acquire Venetica to manage access to its DB2 Information Integrator for Content software.
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Nokia, Vodafone join forces to simplify mobile phone software HELSINKI : Finnish mobile phone giant Nokia and British mobile operator Vodafone said they would collaborate to simplify mobile phone software using the Java computer language, paving the way for cheaper mobile phones in the long run.
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Finding Super-Earths A European team of astronomers has discovered a planet only 14 times more massive than the Earth. This is the smallest extra-solar planet discovered so far, and it lies at the threshold of the largest possible
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Tomlinson can #39;t rise to the challenge There was disappointment for Britain in the men #39;s long jump final this evening, after Chris Tomlinson could only manage fifth place.
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Goosen leads BMW Open; Montgomerie a stroke back Two-time US Open champion Retief Goosen shot a 6-under-par 66 Thursday for the first-round lead at the BMW Open, and Colin Montgomerie was a stroke behind and bolstered his chances of making the Ryder Cup team.
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Guo wins gold in 3m springborad diving China finished one-two through Guo Jingjing and Wu Minxia in the women #39;s 3m springboard diving final at the Olympic Games on Thursday.
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In Crocodile Evolution, the Bite Came Before the Body A new fossil find suggests that the crocodile's crushing jaws evolved on dry land #151;and long before its water-friendly body.
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Modified Mice Stay Super-Fit -- Without Exercise By altering a gene, scientists have produced "marathon mice" with more muscle, less fat, and twice the endurance of regular mice. The find could lead to new anti-obesity drugs.
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Update 1: Glaxo Stocks Advance; Merck Stocks Slip Pharmaceutical stocks were trading slightly higher after news Thursday that GlaxoSmithKline Plc was going to settle with New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer over allegations the company hid safety studies for its anti-depressant Paxil.
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Krispy Kreme stock slump has investors bellyaching Some of the biggest names on Wall Street have gobbled up shares of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. (KKD.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the doughnut store chain
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Gilead says its HIV drug combination beats drug made by <b>...</b> After a preliminary analysis of a late-stage drug trial, Gilead Sciences of Foster City said its two drugs Viread and Emtriva are better able to control levels of HIV than Combivir, a treatment made by competitor GlaxoSmithKline Plc.
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Sears Canada sacks chairman-CEO Mark Cohen over #39;strategic <b>...</b> TORONTO (CP) - Sears Canada Inc. has dismissed Mark Cohen as chairman and chief executive officer, citing quot;strategic differences quot; between him and the board of directors.
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Global Server Sales Up, Gartner Says August 26, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Research and analysis firm Gartner (gartner.com) said on Wednesday that global sales of servers surpassed \$11.
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Ulmer gives Carter golden advice ATHENS: A soothing pre-race pep talk with newly-crowned cycling champion Sarah Ulmer helped Hamish Carter turn a childhood dream into reality and bury his Olympic demons with a coveted triathlon gold in Athens last night.
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China finishes 1-2 in springboard diving Guo Jingjing and Wu Minxia gave China gold and silver Thursday night in the Olympic women #39;s springboard diving event. China ran its diving medal total to seven.
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Pahlavan Rezazadeh quot; stuns world, set new record Iran #39;s heavyweight weightlifting champion Pahlavan Hossein Rezazadeh once again won one of the olympic games #39; most precious gold medals.
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Sports: Sanchez wins 400 hurdles ATHENS, Greece The Dominican Republic has its first Olympic gold medal. Felix Sanchez won the men #39;s 400 meter hurdles in 47-point-63 seconds.
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Williams relieved to have resolution USC wide receiver Mike Williams told ESPN The Magazine #39;s Bruce Feldman Thursday that the NCAA has refused his request for reinstatement.
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South African Police: Thatcher Preparing to Flee Before Arrest South African police say the son of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was planning to flee the country before his arrest on suspicion of involvement in a coup attempt in Equatorial Guinea.
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Terry Hicks slams son #39;s treatment No-one should have to endure the conditions accused Australian Taliban fighter David Hicks has encountered in Guantanamo Bay, his father said before flying out of the US outpost.
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American Air Sees #36;1 Billion More in '04 (Reuters) Reuters - American Airlines expects soaring jet\fuel prices to push its expenses up more than #36;1 billion in\2004 from last year's level, parent AMR Corp. (AMR.N) said on\Thursday.
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U.S. Money Funds Drop to #36;848.66 Billion (AP) AP - Assets of the nation's retail money market mutual funds fell by #36;6.07 billion in the latest week to #36;848.66 billion, the Investment Company Institute said Thursday.
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Margaret Thatcher 'Distressed' About Son's Arrest LONDON (Reuters) - Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is "distressed" about her son's arrest in South Africa on suspicion of involvement in a coup plot in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea, a spokesman said Thursday.
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London oil drops to \$40 a barrel The slide in crude oil prices takes a barrel in London down to little more than \$40, as traders realise profits after the recent surge.
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Sears Canada sacks Cohen Sears Canada Inc. fired chief executive officer and chairman Mark Cohen Thursday, saying the board and Mr. Cohen had strategic differences about the future direction of the business.
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Striking truckers leader arrested Police Thursday arrested a top leader of India #39;s striking truckers who are protesting new taxes, officials said. Truck union leaders say the arrest of OP Agrawal, chief of the All India Transport Welfare Association, would not affect the ongoing strike.
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US Audit Body Says Big 4 Firms Missed Problems The Big Four accounting firms, misinterpreting a nine-year old rule, wrongly let corporate clients understate liabilities and distort their financial health, the regulatory
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State to Start LUKoil Bid at \$1.9Bln The government on Thursday set the date and starting price of an auction for its remaining stake in LUKoil and officially confirmed that US oil major ConocoPhillips will participate.
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UPDATE 4-Citigroup sued over Enron-linked securities Citigroup Inc. (CN: Quote, Profile, Research) faces a lawsuit from angry investors who allege they were defrauded in a quot;massive scheme of deception quot; when they
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Intel Strikes Up Tri-Band Wireless Technology For Centrino Intel, looking to maintain mind share and market share in the mobile PC space, said Thursday it will begin shipping new, tri-band wireless functionality in its Centrino platform next month and will boost software and security support.
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Justice Department fights cyber crime WASHINGTON -- Moving against Internet crime, the Justice Department has launched a new crackdown on people who trade copyrighted programs over the Internet.
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Recreational Fishing Puts Bite on US Fish Stocks, Study Says Researchers behind the study say fishing for fun now makes up almost a quarter of the total take of overfished populations. These include seafood favorites such as red snapper, red drum, and bocacciospecies
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China May Join \$10Bln Sakhalin-2 Russia said Thursday that China Petroleum amp; Chemical Corp., Asia #39;s biggest oil refiner, may join Royal Dutch/Shell Group #39;s Sakhalin-2 project in the Pacific and buy liquefied natural gas from the venture #39;s offshore fields.
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Lashko retires with no gold AFTER four Olympics competing for two countries, Irina Lashko ended her diving career in Athens without a gold medal. Melbourne-based Lashko, who owns two Olympic silvers and a bronze, finished seventh in
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Golden Joy for Fabulous Felix Felix Sanchez justified his status as the most fancied of all track and field favourites with a magnificent victory in tonights final of the 400metres hurdles.
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German Women Grab Hockey Gold The women #39;s hockey team secured Germany #39;s tenth gold medal at Athens in a sensational surprise victory over the Netherlands.
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American Dwight Phillips Captures Long Jump Gold Dwight Phillips of the United States completed a hat-trick of global long jump titles when he crushed the field with his opening leap in Thursday #39;s final to win Olympic gold.
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NCAA says Williams can #39;t return to Trojans Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) - The NCAA has rejected wide receiver Mike Williams #39; bid to once again play football at Southern California.
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Panama Pardons Cuban Exiles in Castro Bomb Plot PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Panama's outgoing president on Thursday pardoned four Cuban exiles jailed for plotting to kill Cuban President Fidel Castro in 2000 and three or them flew straight to Miami, a haven of anti-Castro groups.
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Crawford is Golden as the Crowd Boos ATHENS (Reuters) - Shawn Crawford denied fellow American Justin Gatlin a sprint double as he set up a United States clean sweep in the Olympic men's 200 meters Thursday.
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Olympic Wrap: Crawford Wins the 200m Amid Jeers ATHENS (Reuters) - Shawn Crawford led an American sweep of Olympic medals in the 200 meters in Athens Thursday, ignoring the jeers of a hostile crowd livid that their local hero was not on the starting line after missing a doping test.
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Law Banning Type of Abortion Is Unconstitutional, Judge Says A federal judge said that a Supreme Court ruling in 2000 required a clause allowing abortions if a women's health is at risk.
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Wambach Lifts U.S. in Women's Soccer Final Abby Wambach scores the winning goal in overtime to lift the United States past Brazil for the women's soccer gold medal Thursday.
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Sun to tout Wall Street wins in September Struggling company set to show that it's grabbed some customers in the financial community, one of Sun's three chief markets.
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Sprint backs Apple tech for video streaming Cell carrier certifies QuickTime format for delivering video to handsets.
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Cisco warns of flaws in ACS product Cisco Systems is warning customers about security holes in two Access Control Server products that provide user authentication and authorization services for network devices such as firewalls and routers.
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Latest spam scams use Google, Olympics A rash of recent e-mail scams relies on new techniques to try to fool PC users, according to e-mail filtering vendor SurfControl.
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SEC deadline delay spells Sarb-Ox relief The SEC has postponed by a year its plans to shorten the time companies have to file their annual reports -- a move expected to help firms more easily adopt Sarbanes-Oxley reporting requirements.
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Financial firms compare notes on disaster recovery Executives at eight leading financial services firms met earlier this year to share their disaster recovery strategies -- and found that they all face many of the same issues.
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TSA readies security systems rollout The Transportation Security Administration has announced a series of IT-based pilot programs to bolster airport security, but lawmakers and industry executives are frustrated by a lack of progress in deploying needed technologies.
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Hackers target French ISP's site A hacker compromised the corporate Web site of France Telecom SA's ISP subsidiary earlier this week, causing the site to try to install a malicious software program on visitors' computers.
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LG Preps Handheld Audio, Video Device Hard-drive based multimedia player will be available later this year.
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Panama Pardons Cuban Exiles in Castro Bomb Plot (Reuters) Reuters - Panama's outgoing president on\Thursday pardoned four Cuban exiles jailed for plotting to kill\Cuban President Fidel Castro in 2000 and three or them flew\straight to Miami, a haven of anti-Castro groups.
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Radical cleric arrested under British anti-terror law; U.S. wants extradition (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - LONDON (AP) - Police arrested a radical Muslim cleric Thursday on suspicion of preparing or instigating "acts of terrorism," a move that could delay U.S. attempts to extradite the suspect for allegedly trying to establish a terrorist training camp in Oregon and on other charges.
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Darfur Displaced Angry as U.N., Govt Visit (Reuters) Reuters - Angry Darfuris who fled Arab\militias told the U.N.'s top envoy in Sudan Thursday they are\still not safe because the Janjaweed who tormented them at home\are among security forces guarding refugee camps.
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Jokinen, Peltonen Combine for Four Goals (AP) AP - Olli Jokinen of the Florida Panthers scored twice and teammate Ville Peltonen added two goals and an assist, leading Finland to a 4-2 victory over Germany in a World Cup of Hockey exhibition game Thursday.
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Crawford is Golden Amid a Chorus of Boos ATHENS (Reuters) - Shawn Crawford denied fellow American Justin Gatlin a sprint double Thursday as he set up a United States clean sweep in a controversial Olympic men's 200 meters final.
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Swiftboat Crewman: Kerry Boat Under Fire (AP) AP - A swiftboat crewman decorated in the 1969 Vietnam incident where John Kerry won a Bronze Star says not only did they come under enemy fire but also that his own boat commander, who has challenged the official account, was too distracted to notice the gunfire.
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MIT Selects Its First Female President (Reuters) Reuters - The Massachusetts Institute of\Technology on Thursday named Susan Hockfield as its first\female president, a breakthrough for the world-renowned school\that has churned out more than 50 Nobel prizewinners but which\ranks below the national average for its percentage of female\students.
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Blue Chips Near Flat, Tech Stocks Fall NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. blue chips closed near the unchanged mark on Thursday in ultra-light volume, but technology stocks slipped lower after a broker cut its growth forecast on the semiconductor industry.
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Chiron Delays Flu Vaccine Shipments NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chiron Corp. is delaying shipment of its flu vaccine, Fluvirin, because lots containing 4 million vaccines, do not meet product sterility standards, the pharmaceutical company said on Thursday .
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Peacekeeper Shortage Hampers UN Mission in Haiti UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A U.N. peacekeeping mission seeking to restore order in impoverished, unstable, Haiti has been hampered by a shortage of promised international troops and police, a U.N. official said on Thursday.
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MTV Awards May Be Toned Down NEW YORK - In the 21-year history of MTV's Video Music Awards, viewers have been treated to some eye-popping moments - Prince's bare buttocks, Lil' Kim's sequined pasty, Britney and Madonna's steamy kiss last year. But after the firestorm over the MTV-produced Super Bowl halftime show, in which Justin Timberlake ripped off part of Janet Jackson's costume to reveal her bare breast, might we see tamer VMAs when they air Sunday? MTV President Van Toffler isn't promising any flesh-baring moments...
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Iraqi Government, Al-Sadr OK Peace Deal NAJAF, Iraq - Iraq's top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, made a dramatic return to Najaf on Thursday and swiftly won agreement from a rebel cleric and the government to end three weeks of fighting between his militia and U.S.-Iraqi forces. The renegade Muqtada al-Sadr accepted the proposal in a face-to-face meeting Thursday night with the 75-year-old al-Sistani, Iraq's most influential Shiite cleric...
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Flu Vaccine Is Found Tainted in Factory SAN FRANCISCO - The nation's supply of vaccine for the impending flu season took a big hit Thursday when Chiron Corp. announced it had found tainted doses in its factory...
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Stocks Finish Lower on Rising Oil Prices NEW YORK - A brokerage downgrade of several semiconductor companies pressured tech shares Thursday, while the broader market was little changed as a jump in jobless claims offset investors' relief over declining oil prices. Late summer trading is known for being thin, but with the Republican National Convention set for New York next week, Wall Street is even less crowded than usual for late August...
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UPDATE 1-Chiron delays flu vaccine shipments Chiron Corp. is delaying shipment of its flu vaccine, Fluvirin, because lots containing 4 million vaccines, do not meet product sterility standards, the pharmaceutical company said on Thursday .
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TiVo loss widens, subscribers grow Digital video recorder maker TiVo on Thursday reported a wider quarterly net loss as it increased spending to accelerate subscriber growth.
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Still No Fix for Problem That Doomed Shuttle-NASA One year after a highly critical report urged NASA to develop the means to fix a broken space shuttle in orbit, the US space agency still cannot repair a
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Sun to tout Wall Street wins in September Struggling Sun Microsystems will try to show next month that it still has a lot of friends in the financial community. On Sept. 21, the Mountain View, Calif.
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Wi-Fi Surpasses \$1B in Quarterly Revenues Researchers at In-Stat/MDR reported this week that the Wi-Fi market has experienced five years of healthy growth since 802.11b emerged as the dominant wireless standard.
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Crawford leads way as US goes 1-2-3 in 200m It wasn #39;t the finish the partisan Greek crowd wanted to see, but Shawn Crawford headlined an American sweep in the 200m Thursday night at Olympic Stadium.
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UPDATE 2-Everton reject Rooney bids Everton have rejected bids from Premier League rivals Manchester United and Newcastle United for England striker Wayne Rooney, the club said on Thursday.
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Seoul doubts North Korea will budge until US vote SEOUL South Korea #39;s deputy foreign minister said on Thursday that progress in resolving the North Korean nuclear crisis is unlikely until after the US presidential election in November.
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Whats Next For Google - ISP, Browser, Desktop Search? What's Next For Google - ISP, Browser, Desktop Search?\\Google has had a meteoric rise to stardom. I remember an article I saw in PC World Indian Edition in the year 1999 which mentioned this small startup with a funny name. I passed it on like yet another search engine which ...
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Opec to raise output ceiling issue in Sept 15 meeting JAKARTA: Opec wants a faster retreat in oil prices and will discuss whether to raise its official oil output ceiling at its September 15 meeting, cartel president Purnomo Yusgiantoro said on Thursday.
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Lukoil Stake to Be Sold for at Least \$1.93 Billion (Update3) The government stake in OAO Lukoil, Russia #39;s largest oil producer, will be sold for at least \$1.93 billion next month in the biggest state asset sale in the country #39;s history.
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Homeland Security taps local Northrop unit The local arm of defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. won a \$45-million contract with the US government to complete a prototype designed to protect commercial airplanes from ground-based shoulder-fired missiles.
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Smithfield #39;s Net Doubles as Pork Demand, Prices Gain (Update4) Smithfield Foods Inc., the world #39;s largest hog producer, said profit in the fiscal first quarter more than doubled as livestock prices and pork demand surged.
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9/11 commissioner: Threat of airplane suicide bombing has <b>...</b> A member of the 9/11 commission told House lawmakers Wednesday that the risk of an airline passenger detonating a suicide bomb has increased as a result of security precautions to prevent hijackings.
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IBM Buying Venetica IBM signed a definitive agreement to acquire Venetica, a privately held company based in Charlotte, North Carolina. The acquisition is expected to close in the fourth-quarter.
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Sweet Revenge May be a Hard-Wired Reward Scientists have discovered that the sweetness of revenge may have a neurological basis. A Swiss brain imaging study shows that punishing people when they behave unfairly
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Warning: Defect in Siemens cellphones may cause hearing damage Ok, so its one thing for a cellphone to have a bug in it, it happens, but theresa defect in Siemens 65 series of cellphones (including the C65, M65, S65, SL65, CV65, CT65, CXV65, and CXT65) that could potentially result in hearing loss.
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Carter quot;bulletproof quot; snatching gold New Zealand triathlete Hamish Carter says he felt bulletproof during his gold medal winning performance at the Athens Olympics. The champion says it has been a crazy day in the aftermath of his win, which
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Smudger on Sport ALL golfers will turn their attention to the BMW Open in Munich this weekend, when the last five places in the European Ryder Cup team will be decided.
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How the Brits Might Fare in Europe Todays Champions League draw in Monaco has again thrown-up some mouth-watering prospects for British clubs. Here, the Press Association assesses the chances of Arsenal, Celtic
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Schumi still looking ahead, not back Michael Schumacher has never cared much about statistics and numbers, but he wouldn #39;t mind if all the right numbers came together during this weekend #39;s Belgian Grand Prix.
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Cracking under the strain Severe cracks surfaced inside the Israeli government this week as its senior law officers publicly fell out with the defence establishment and the Foreign Ministry over the country #39;s future strategy in the face of the July verdict of the International
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Frances a Fast-Growing Hurricane, Far Out at Sea (Reuters) Reuters - Hurricane Frances was born in the\Atlantic Ocean on Thursday but the rapidly growing storm was\many days from threatening any populated area.
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