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Bush Signs Expanded Wiretap Law
President Bush signed a bill into law Thursday that broadens the government's surveillance power. The move came just a day...
President Bush signed a bill into law Thursday that broadens the government's surveillance power. The move came just a day...
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Citigroup Posts $2.5Bn Loss
Citigroup posted another loss in the second quarter as it struggled with surging loan defaults, but the $2.5 billion shortfall...
Citigroup posted another loss in the second quarter as it struggled with surging loan defaults, but the $2.5 billion shortfall...
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Texas OKs Massive Wind Farm Project
Texas officials gave preliminary approval Thursday to the nation's largest wind-power project, a plan to build billions of...
Texas officials gave preliminary approval Thursday to the nation's largest wind-power project, a plan to build billions of...
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Gore Challenges US to Produce Clean Energy
Just as John F. Kennedy set his sights on the moon, Al Gore is challenging the nation to produce every kilowatt of electricity...
Just as John F. Kennedy set his sights on the moon, Al Gore is challenging the nation to produce every kilowatt of electricity...
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Photos Suggest Mars Was All Wet, Once
A lot more Martian rocks were altered by water than scientists originally thought, suggesting that early Mars was a very wet...
A lot more Martian rocks were altered by water than scientists originally thought, suggesting that early Mars was a very wet...
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Barack Would End Iraq War
Barack Obama, the Democratic contender for the US presidency, has said his main priority as president would be to end US...
Barack Obama, the Democratic contender for the US presidency, has said his main priority as president would be to end US...
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MIT Perfects Dye Technology that Boosts Solar Power
MIT has perfected a dye technology that could change the solar world as we know it.
MIT has perfected a dye technology that could change the solar world as we know it.
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NY Attorney-General Blocking alt.* Newsgroups
Last month, the New York state Attorney General, Andrew Cuomo, announced that a sting operation had uncovered an indifference...
Last month, the New York state Attorney General, Andrew Cuomo, announced that a sting operation had uncovered an indifference...
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Karl Rove Defies Congressional Subpoena
Former White House adviser Karl Rove defied a congressional subpoena and refused to testify Thursday about allegations of...
Former White House adviser Karl Rove defied a congressional subpoena and refused to testify Thursday about allegations of...
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Bush Signs Surveillance Bill
President Bush signed a bill Thursday that overhauls rules about government eavesdropping and grants immunity to...
President Bush signed a bill Thursday that overhauls rules about government eavesdropping and grants immunity to...
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Toyota to Build Prius in US
Toyota Motor Corp. will start producing the hybrid Prius in the U.S. for the first time as the Japanese automaker adjusts its...
Toyota Motor Corp. will start producing the hybrid Prius in the U.S. for the first time as the Japanese automaker adjusts its...
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Water Discovered in Lunar Samples
Water has been found conclusively for the first time inside ancient moon samples brought back by Apollo astronauts. The...
Water has been found conclusively for the first time inside ancient moon samples brought back by Apollo astronauts. The...
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FDA Reviewing Popular Arthritis Drugs
Federal regulators are investigating whether a group of best-selling arthritis drugs made by Abbott Laboratories,...
Federal regulators are investigating whether a group of best-selling arthritis drugs made by Abbott Laboratories,...
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Benefits to Magic Mushrooms?
In 2002, at a Johns Hopkins University laboratory, a business consultant named Dede Osborn took a psychedelic drug as part of a...
In 2002, at a Johns Hopkins University laboratory, a business consultant named Dede Osborn took a psychedelic drug as part of a...
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US Leading World in Substance Abuse
The United States leads the world in rates of experimenting with marijuana and cocaine despite strict drug laws, World Health...
The United States leads the world in rates of experimenting with marijuana and cocaine despite strict drug laws, World Health...
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Starbucks to Cut 12,000 Jobs
Starbucks Corp (NasdaqGS:SBUX - News) said on Tuesday it plans to close another 500 underperforming stores and eliminate as...
Starbucks Corp (NasdaqGS:SBUX - News) said on Tuesday it plans to close another 500 underperforming stores and eliminate as...
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Heinz Pulls Gay Mayonnaise Ad
A mayonnaise ad that shows two men kissing has been withdrawn from television after 200 viewers complained that it was...
A mayonnaise ad that shows two men kissing has been withdrawn from television after 200 viewers complained that it was...
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Bill Gates Retires
In a corner office on Microsoft's leafy, low-rise campus in suburban Seattle, a bespectacled, slightly portly middle-aged man...
In a corner office on Microsoft's leafy, low-rise campus in suburban Seattle, a bespectacled, slightly portly middle-aged man...
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Briton Entwistle Guilty of Murdering Family
A man who fled the United States for his native England after his wife and daughter were killed was found guilty on Wednesday...
A man who fled the United States for his native England after his wife and daughter were killed was found guilty on Wednesday...
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Police Shoot Man Beating Child to Death
Police killed a 27-year-old man as he kicked, punched and stomped a toddler to death despite other people's attempts to stop...
Police killed a 27-year-old man as he kicked, punched and stomped a toddler to death despite other people's attempts to stop...
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Tiger Finishes Strong at US Open
Tiger Woods delivered a performance worthy of prime time Saturday in the U.S. Open.
Tiger Woods delivered a performance worthy of prime time Saturday in the U.S. Open.
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Tim Russert Dead at 58
Tim Russert, the award-winning NBC political pundit who communicated his love of campaigns and elections to audiences of...
Tim Russert, the award-winning NBC political pundit who communicated his love of campaigns and elections to audiences of...
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Hedge Fund Fraudster Missing
Where in the world is Sam Israel, the hedge fund manager who defrauded investors out of $450 million?
Where in the world is Sam Israel, the hedge fund manager who defrauded investors out of $450 million?
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Supreme Court Rules Guantanamo Detainees Can Appeal
Foreign terrorism suspects held at the Guantánamo Bay naval base in Cuba have constitutional rights to challenge their...
Foreign terrorism suspects held at the Guantánamo Bay naval base in Cuba have constitutional rights to challenge their...
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Gamma-Ray Telescope Blasts Into Orbit
NASA launched a telescope Wednesday to scout out elusive, super high-energy gamma rays lurking in the universe.
NASA launched a telescope Wednesday to scout out elusive, super high-energy gamma rays lurking in the universe.
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Blind man bowls a perfect game
On the evening of May 3, 2008, A 78-year-old man nicknamed “The Hammer” has bowled a perfect game. Dale Davis of Alta,...
On the evening of May 3, 2008, A 78-year-old man nicknamed “The Hammer” has bowled a perfect game. Dale Davis of Alta,...
