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| | Rice arrives in India in wake of Mumbai attacks
11 minutes ago @ yahoo! news
AP - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in New Delhi on Wednesday in Washington"s effort to ease tensions in the region after a three-day terrorist attack that left 171 people dead ...
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| Rice arrives in India to ease tension with Pakistan (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in New Delhi on Wednesday as part of intense U.S. efforts to ease tension between India and Pakistan that has surged over the Mumbai attacks.
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| Rice heads to India after Mumbai attacks (yahoo! news)
AFP - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in New Delhi Wednesday for a solidarity visit after the Mumbai attacks and to reduce tensions between India and nuclear rival Pakistan.
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| Rice arrives in India in wake of attacks (msnbc.com)
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has arrived in New Delhi as Washington seeks to ease tensions in the region following the deadly Mumbai attacks.
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| U.S. official lays blame for India attacks (cnn.com)
India has blamed "elements from Pakistan" for the attacks that killed 179 people in Mumbai and is renewing demands for its neighbor to hand over wanted militant leaders. "The government expects that strong action would be taken against those elements, whosoever they may be, responsible for this outrage," a statement from the government said.
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| Police: Mumbai gunmen came by sea from Pakistan (yahoo! news)
AP - The gunmen who attacked Mumbai set out by boat from Pakistan's port of Karachi, a top police official said, as the U.S. secretary of state headed Wednesday to India in Washington's efforts to defuse tension between the two nuclear rivals.
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| Rice arrives in India to cool tempers over Mumbai (reuters)
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice landed in New Delhi on Wednesday, hoping to ease tension between India and Pakistan that threatens ties between the two nuclear rivals and U.S. efforts at regional stability.
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A lifeline abroad for Iraq children
56 minutes ago @ msnbc.com
Frustrated by rules preventing military doctors from treating Iraqis, two U.S. soldiers began arranging for sick children to receive free medical treatment abroad.
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| Biden shares stage with heavy hitters (cnn.com)
In Washington, power is measured by access to the president, and as Barack Obama's team fills up with heavyweights, some are wondering if Vice President-elect Joe Biden is running out of room.
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| Reluctant Gates 'impressed' with Obama (cnn.com)
President-elect Barack Obama and Defense Secretary Robert Gates may have policy differences, but Gates said Tuesday he was "impressed" by statements Obama has already made on issues such as the Iraq War.
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| Gates: Military looks to accelerate Iraq pullout (yahoo! news)
AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates signaled a willingness Tuesday to forge ahead with two key priorities for the incoming Obama administration: accelerating the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq and shutting down the Guantanamo Bay detention center.
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| Clinton for a Clinton? Senate guessing game begins (yahoo! news)
Reuters - New York Gov. David Paterson has famous names to choose from in picking a replacement for Sen. Hillary Clinton, including a Kennedy, a Cuomo and even another Clinton, as in the former president of the United States.
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| Obama pledges to help states weather recession (yahoo! news)
Reuters - President-elect Barack Obama pledged on Tuesday to help state governors cope with a deepening recession and asked for their help in crafting a huge stimulus package to create jobs and tackle the crumbling economy.
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| Obama pledges to help states weather recession (reuters)
President-elect Barack Obama pledged on Tuesday to help state governors cope with a deepening recession and asked for their help in crafting a huge stimulus package to create jobs and tackle the crumbling economy.
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| Gates: Military looks to accelerate Iraq pullout (msnbc.com)
Defense Secretary Robert Gates signals he'll forge ahead with two priorities for the Obama administration: accelerating withdrawal from Iraq and shutting down the Guantanamo Bay detention center.
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| Pentagon chief Gates backs Obama Iraq policy (yahoo! news)
Reuters - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who will stay on under Barack Obama, said on Tuesday he supported the president-elect's Iraq policy but declined to back his proposed timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. forces.
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Thai protesters leave airport as flights due in
11 minutes ago @ yahoo! news
AFP - Hundreds of anti-government protesters left Bangkok"s main airport Wednesday after a eight-day siege, as authorities assured beleaguered tourists that flights would resume within 24 hours.
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| Thai protesters prepare to leave airport (yahoo! news)
AFP - Anti-government demonstrators officially handed over Thailand's main Suvarnabhumi international airport to authorities on Wednesday after an eight-day siege, a protest leader said.
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| Ruling dissolves Thai government (msnbc.com)
Anti-government demonstrators in Thailand declared victory Tuesday and said they will end their occupation of the country's two main airports after the prime minister was forced from office.
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| Thai protesters celebrate PM's ouster (msnbc.com)
Anti-government demonstrators in Thailand declared victory Tuesday and said they will end their occupation of the country's two main airports after the prime minister was forced from office.
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| Thai PM ousted; airports to reopen (msnbc.com)
Thailand's prime minister resigned on Tuesday after protests that paralyzed his government and closed the capital's airports. Protesters promised to lift their siege by Wednesday.
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| Ruling dissolves Thai government (msnbc.com)
Thailand's prime minister resigned on Tuesday after protests that paralyzed his government and closed the capital's airports. Protesters promised to lift their siege by Wednesday.
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| Thai court disbands ruling party (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat was banned from politics for five years and his party disbanded on Tuesday, spurring jubilant anti-government protesters to end their blockades of Bangkok's airports.
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| Thai protests to end after court ousts govt (yahoo! news)
AFP - Thai anti-government activists on Tuesday agreed to end protests that have paralysed Bangkok's airports, after a court stripped Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat of his post and outlawed the ruling party.
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Republicans win crucial Georgia Senate seat
56 minutes ago @ yahoo! news
Reuters - Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss easily won a run-off election in Georgia on Tuesday, denying Democrats the chance for a 60-seat super majority in the Senate that would have enabled them to...
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| Republicans win crucial Georgia Senate seat (reuters)
Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss easily won a run-off election in Georgia on Tuesday, denying Democrats the chance for a 60-seat "super majority" in the Senate that would have enabled them to pass legislation virtually at will.
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| Chambliss claims Senate win, ending Dems' hopes (cnn.com)
GOP Sen. Saxby Chambliss of Georgia claimed victory Tuesday in a U.S. Senate runoff, killing Democratic hopes of gaining enough seats to halt filibusters. "You have delivered tonight a strong message to the world," Chambliss told supporters. Democrat Jim Martin had captured enough votes in November's three-person race to force the runoff.
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| GOP's Chambliss wins Senate runoff (yahoo! news)
AP - Georgia Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss handed the GOP a firewall against Democrats eager to flex their newfound political muscle in Washington, winning a bruising runoff battle Tuesday night that had captured the national limelight.
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| Chambliss to win Senate runoff, CNN projects (cnn.com)
CNN projects that Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss of Georgia will win a Senate runoff, thereby killing Democratic hopes of gaining enough seats to halt filibusters. Chambliss, who failed to win a majority of the vote in November's three-person race, was projected to win more than 50 percent of the vote in Tuesday's rematch against Democrat Jim Martin.
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| Republicans win crucial Georgia Senate seat (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss won a run-off election in Georgia on Tuesday, CNN said, denying Democrats the chance for a 60-seat "super majority" in the Senate that would have enabled them to pass legislation virtually at will.
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| Georgia Sen. Chambliss wins re-election in runoff (yahoo! news)
AP - Georgia Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss handed the GOP a firewall against Democrats eager to flex their newfound political muscle in Washington, winning a bruising runoff battle Tuesday night that had captured the national limelight.
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| Republicans win crucial Georgia Senate seat (reuters)
Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss won a run-off election in Georgia on Tuesday, CNN said, denying Democrats the chance for a 60-seat "super majority" in the Senate that would have enabled them to pass legislation virtually at will.
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| NBC: GOP to win Ga. Senate seat (msnbc.com)
The GOP's Sen. Saxby Chambliss won the Georgia Senate runoff Tuesday over Democrat Jim Martin in a race that attracted light voter turnout despite the contest's high stakes.
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Oil rises more than $1 after fall of over $100
3 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
Reuters - Oil rose toward $48 a barrel on Wednesday, recovering from a tumble of more than $100 off July peaks, but the upside could be limited, with further signs of weakening oil demand expected in ...
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| Oil rises more than $1 towards $48 a barrel (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Oil rose more than $1 to almost $48 a barrel on Wednesday, recovering from a more than $100 tumble from July peaks that has left it at three-and-a-half year lows.
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| Oil rises more than $1 towards $48 a barrel (reuters)
Oil rose more than $1 to almost $48 a barrel on Wednesday, recovering from a more than $100 tumble from July peaks that has left it at three-and-a-half year lows.
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| Oil drops 4.7 percent, down $100 from record (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Oil prices fell nearly 5 percent to below $47 a barrel on Tuesday, down $100 from their peak, driven down by a gloomy economic outlook and news that OPEC made only two-thirds of its pledged supply cuts in November.
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| Oil drops 4.7 percent, down $100 from record (reuters)
Oil prices fell nearly 5 percent to below $47 a barrel on Tuesday, down $100 from their peak, driven down by a gloomy economic outlook and news that OPEC made only two-thirds of its pledged supply cuts in November.
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| Oil slips below $48 on OPEC compliance (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Oil prices fell below $48 a barrel on Tuesday as news that OPEC made only two-thirds of its pledged output cuts last month outweighed a rebound in the U.S. stock market.
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| Oil slips below $48 on OPEC compliance (reuters)
Oil prices fell below $48 a barrel on Tuesday as news that OPEC made only two-thirds of its pledged output cuts last month outweighed a rebound in the U.S. stock market.
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| Oil slips below $49 on OPEC compliance (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Oil prices fell below $49 a barrel on Tuesday as news that OPEC made only two-thirds of its pledged output cuts last month outweighed a rebound in the U.S. stock market.
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| Oil slips below $49 on OPEC compliance (reuters)
Oil prices fell below $49 a barrel on Tuesday as news that OPEC made only two-thirds of its pledged output cuts last month outweighed a rebound in the U.S. stock market.
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| | Glazer on NFL suspensions
2 hour(s) ago @ foxsports.com news
Confusion has set in over the six players suspended by the NFL. Count Jay Glazer among those still trying to sort things out.
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| VIDEO: Glazer on NFL suspensions (foxsports.com)
Confusion has set in over the six players suspended by the NFL. Count Jay Glazer among those still trying to sort things out.
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| NFL suspends 6 players for doping violations (yahoo! news)
Six players, including the heart of the Minnesota Vikings' stout defensive line, were suspended for four games without pay by the NFL on Tuesday for violating the league's anti-doping policy.
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| NFL suspends six players for doping violations (yahoo! news)
Six players, including the heart of the Minnesota Vikings' stout defensive line, were suspended for four games without pay by the NFL on Tuesday for violating the league's anti-doping policy.
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| NFL suspends six players for doping violations (foxsports.com)
The NFL has suspended six players for four games each for violating the league's anti-doping policy.The players used a diuretic, which can serve as a masking agent for steroids.The suspended players are running back Deuce McAllister and defensive linemen Charles Grant and Will Smith of New Orleans; defensive linemen Kevin and Pat Williams of Minnesota; and long snapper Bryan Pittman of Houston.
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Giants Suspend Burress for Rest of Regular Season
3 hour(s) ago @ abc news
Giants suspend Super Bowl hero Plaxico Burress for the rest of the season after shooting
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| Giants suspend Burress for rest of regular season (yahoo! news)
AP - Super Bowl hero Plaxico Burress is done for the year. The New York Giants fined and suspended Burress on Tuesday for four games — the rest of the regular season — after he accidentally shot himself in the right thigh over the weekend at a Manhattan nightclub. The team also placed him on the reserve non-football injury list, which means the wide receiver couldn't come back for playoffs, either.
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| Wounded Giants receiver Burress out for season (yahoo! news)
Reuters - The New York Giants placed Plaxico Burress on the reserve/non-football injury list on Tuesday, ending the season for the wide receiver who wounded himself in a gunshot accident last weekend.
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| Plaxico meets with Giants; Pierce probe continues (foxsports.com)
Plaxico Burress arrived at Giants Stadium on Tuesday, one day after the star receiver was charged with illegal gun possession.He was told by the team to be there because he is on the active roster and injured.Burress accidentally shot himself in the right thigh at a Manhattan nightclub over the weekend. The case has jeopardized his career with the NFL champions, angered the mayor of New York and raised the strong possibility the wide receiver might land in jail.
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Brunnstroms goal helps Stars win without Avery
41 minutes ago @ yahoo! news
AP - Fabian Brunnstrom"s breakaway goal at 7:53 of the second period stood up as the game-winner as the Dallas beat the Calgary Flames 3-1 Tuesday night hours after Stars forward Sean Avery was s...
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| Avery suspended indefinitely by NHL for crude line (yahoo! news)
AP - Of all the cajoling, snide remarks and other stunts Sean Avery pulled on the way to becoming the biggest pest in hockey, never had he gone so far that the NHL suspended him — until Tuesday.
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| Avery suspended indefinitely by NHL (yahoo! news)
AP - Sean Avery was suspended indefinitely by the NHL on Tuesday, hours after the Dallas Stars forward made a crude reference to former girlfriends while talking with reporters.
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| Avery suspended indefinitely by NHL (yahoo! news)
AP - The NHL suspended Dallas Stars forward Sean Avery indefinitely Tuesday for making a crude reference to former girlfriends while talking with reporters.
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Burress spends day at stadium as NYPD investigates
8 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
AP - Plaxico Burress spent much of Tuesday at Giants Stadium facing the possibility his career with the Super Bowl champions could be over, while police were still trying to sort out the events surrou...
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| Burress arrives at Giants Stadium after shooting (yahoo! news)
AP - Plaxico Burress arrived at Giants Stadium on Tuesday, facing the possibility his career with the Super Bowl champions could be over and he could land in jail after accidentally shooting himself in the thigh at a nightclub.
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| Burress arrives at Giants Stadium, meets with team (foxsports.com)
Plaxico Burress arrived at Giants Stadium on Tuesday, one day after the star receiver was charged with illegal gun possession.He was told by the team to be there because he is on the active roster and injured.Burress accidentally shot himself in the right thigh at a Manhattan nightclub over the weekend. The case has jeopardized his career with the NFL champions, angered the mayor of New York and raised the strong possibility the wide receiver might land in jail.
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| Burress arrives at Giants Stadium (yahoo! news)
AP - Plaxico Burress arrived at Giants Stadium on Tuesday, facing the possibility that his career with the Super Bowl champions could be over and he could land in jail after accidentally shooting himself in the thigh at a nightclub.
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| Burress arrives at Giants Stadium (yahoo! news)
AP - Plaxico Burress has arrived at Giants Stadium, one day after the star receiver was charged with illegal gun possession.
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| Burress posts bail, will appear in court in March (yahoo! news)
AP - It was just 10 months ago that Plaxico Burress became an instant New York sports hero after his clutch performance in the Super Bowl. But on Monday, Burress was hauled out of a police precinct in handcuffs facing two weapons charges that could send him to jail.
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McGrady says hell miss 3 weeks for knee rehab
8 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
Houston guard Tracy McGrady will miss three weeks to rehabilitate his sore left knee, another blow to an injury-plagued season for the Rockets.
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| | Sandra Oh
1726 hour(s) ago @ hollywood.com entert...
Sandra Oh. Photos of your favorite actors and actresses.
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Jim Byrnes
1726 hour(s) ago @ hollywood.com entert...
An American-born actor long in Canada, Jim Byrnes is best known for playing "Lifeguard", the communications expert and link to the organization on the CBS series Wiseguy (1987-1990), and...
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Owen Roizman
1726 hour(s) ago @ hollywood.com entert...
Began his career working on TV commercials in New York and shot his first feature, Bill Gunn"s Stop, in 1970. Roizman soon became known for his gritty, documentary-influenced urban compositions...
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Paul Le Mat
1726 hour(s) ago @ hollywood.com entert...
A beefy, laconic leading man of the 1970s, Le Mat is best known for his performances in George Lucas" American Graffiti (1973) and especially as Melvin Dummar, an aimless blue-collar worker who...
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Anna Karina
1726 hour(s) ago @ hollywood.com entert...
Slender, dark-haired actress who appeared in several films of the French New Wave, particularly those directed by first husband Jean-Luc Godard. Karina was outstanding as the lonely, lovelorn prostitu...
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| | FCC to mull free Internet plan at December meeting
11 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
Reuters - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is likely to consider a plan this month to auction public airwaves with a mandate that the winning bidder set aside some for free Internet nationwi...
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| FCC to mull free Internet plan (msnbc.com)
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is likely to consider a plan this month to auction public airwaves with a mandate that the winning bidder set aside some for free Internet nationwide, a proposal staunchly opposed by the cell phone industry.
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| FCC to mull free Internet plan (yahoo! news)
Reuters - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is likely to consider a plan this month to auction public airwaves with a mandate that the winning bidder set aside some for free Internet nationwide, a proposal staunchly opposed by the cell phone industry.
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Ex-AOL boss looking to raise cash for Yahoo bid
8 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
Reuters - Former AOL Chief Executive Jonathan Miller is seeking as much as $30 billion from investors to buy all or part of Yahoo Inc, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, boosting shares of t...
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| Britney Spears: More Interesting than Barack Obama? (yahoo! news)
Just when you thought she had disappeared into relative obscurity, Britney Spears is back. On Yahoo's recently-released list of the top 10 searches of 2008, Britney Spears takes the cake. In this election year, Spears managed to beat out president-elect Barack Obama, who came in at number 3, as the most sought-after search topic of the past year.
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| Britney Spears tops Yahoo searches (yahoo! news)
AP - She did it again: Britney Spears was the most popular search term on Yahoo for the fourth year in a row — her seventh time topping the list.
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| Britney more popular than Obama (bbc news)
The singer, Britney Spears, has beaten Barack Obama to top spot in the world of internet search during 2008, Yahoo says.
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| Britney Spears, Obama lead Yahoo top searches (msnbc.com)
Barack Obama's presidential victory got more clicks than any other story on yahoo.com this year, but the most searched term was "Britney Spears," Yahoo Inc reported on Monday.
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Islamic extremists being coaxed toward YouTube
4 hour(s) ago @ reuters
Islamic extremists are being instructed on how to use the popular video-sharing site YouTube as a way to disseminate propaganda videos, a U.S.-based terrorism monitor said on Tuesday.
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| Classical musicians get shot at fame on YouTube (yahoo! news)
Reuters - The video-sharing website YouTube will take classical music out of pricey concert halls and bring it to the masses by holding an online competition where the public chooses musicians to play at Carnegie Hall.
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Nokia Calls N97 an Advanced Mobile Computer
13 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
Nokia on Tuesday released its N97 smartphone, describing it as the world"s most advanced mobile computer, which will transform the way people connect to the Internet and each other. Jonas Geu...
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| Nokia unveils N97 touch screen phone (msnbc.com)
Nokia Oyj, the world's largest mobile phone maker, unveiled its flagship N97 model smartphone on Tuesday, which drew a lukewarm response from analysts.
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Chinese City Requires Net Cafes to Use Legitimate Software
2 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
Nanchang, the capital of China"s eastern Jiangxi province, has required Internet cafe operators to replace pirated server software with licensed versions. Cafes that don"t will lose their li...
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| | G.E. Warns of Low Fourth-Quarter Profit
2 hour(s) ago @ nyt > business
The company said it expected its fourth-quarter profit to be at the low end of its previous guidance and warned that charges were likely to top $1 billion after taxes.
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| GE shares soar on plan to scale back finance arm (yahoo! news)
Reuters - General Electric Co said on Tuesday it plans to scale back its hefty finance arm and repeated that it will pay its regular dividend next year, sending shares up 13.6 percent, their biggest one-day percentage gain in more than a quarter century.
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| Shares rebound with confidence boost from GE (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Stocks snapped back on Tuesday after a pledge by General Electric , a global bellwether, to leave its dividend intact in a fragile economy sparked optimism.
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| GE ready to play defense (latest financial new...)
General Electric shares rallied more than 13% Tuesday after executives vowed to preserve the company's dividend and work to maintain its triple-A credit rating - a designation that keeps GE's borrowing costs lower than almost any company in corporate America and gives it a significant advantage over its competition.
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| Stocks rebound after GE keeps dividend (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Stocks snapped back on Tuesday from the previous session's huge losses after General Electric , a global bellwether, lifted optimism by pledging to leave its dividend intact in a tough economy.
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| Shares rebound with confidence boost from GE (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Stocks snapped back on Tuesday after General Electric , a global bellwether, lifted optimism by pledging to leave its dividend intact in a fragile economy.
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| GE to trim finance arm, plans job cuts (yahoo! news)
Reuters - General Electric Co plans to scale back its hefty finance arm and cut jobs across its range of businesses as it braces for what it expects to be a worsening economic environment next year, executives said.
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| Stocks rise on financials, energy, GE (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Stocks rose on Tuesday as investors scooped up beaten-down shares after Monday's sell-off and news that bellwether General Electric would keep its dividend unchanged in a tough economy.
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| GE expects to hit low-end of 4Q guidance (yahoo! news)
General Electric Co. said Tuesday it expects fourth-quarter earnings to be near the low end of its guidance and will take a charge of up to $1.4 billion as it starts to shrink its struggling GE Capital finance arm next year because of the ongoing credit crisis.
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| GE and autos ignite Wall Street (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Stocks rose on Tuesday as investors snapped up beaten-down shares after Monday's steep sell-off and news that General Electric would maintain its dividend helped buoy sentiment.
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Wall St. Partially Recovers From Sell-Off
7 hour(s) ago @ nyt > business
Wall Street mounted a modest recovery on Tuesday, gaining back nearly half of the enormous collapse that had seemed to bode badly for this week.
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| Wall Street rebounds sharply after big drop (yahoo! news)
AP - Buyers returned to Wall Street Tuesday, sending stocks higher in a session that was marked by indecision even as the Dow Jones industrials closed up 270 points. Encouraging news from Ford Motor Co. and General Electric Co. calmed the market a day after a massive decline.
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| Wall Street rebounds sharply after big drop (yahoo! news)
AP - In a session that showed more indecision than conviction, the stock market rebounded Tuesday from the previous day's massive decline. The Dow Jones industrials rose 270 points after fluctuating sharply, and all the major indexes rose more than 3 percent.
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| Wall Street wavers after big previous-session drop (yahoo! news)
AP - Investors returned cautiously to the stock market Tuesday, wary about the downtrodden economy while trying to recoup some of the ground in the previous session's enormous decline. The major indexes fluctuated in late afternoon trading after giving up a big early advance.
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| Wall Street cuts gains after grim GM sales (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Stocks sharply pared gains on Tuesday after General Motors Corp posted a 41 percent slide in November auto sales, compounding investors' worries about the fate of the embattled U.S. auto industry.
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| Wall Street rallies on GE and financials (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Stocks rallied on Tuesday as bargain hunters snatched up beaten down shares after Monday's steep sell-off, buttressed by news that General Electric would maintain its dividend.
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| Wall Street recovers some ground (latest stock market ...)
Stocks surged Tuesday afternoon as investors scooped up shares hit in the previous session's selloff - and kept an eye on the latest news from the automaker and financial sectors.
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| Wall Street opens higher after Monday's losses (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Stocks rose 1 percent at the open on Tuesday as investors snapped up beaten-down shares after Monday's losses, while renewed hopes for the auto industry tempered worry about the recession.
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| Wall Street extends gains on autos and GE (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Stocks extended gains on Tuesday, sending the Dow and S&P 500 up more than 2 percent as investors grew optimistic about a rescue for the U.S. auto industry.
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| Wall Street set for rebound on bargain search (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Stocks headed for a rebound at Tuesday's opening as investors went in search for beaten-down shares after Monday's losses, while renewed hopes for the auto industry tempered worry about the recession.
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Pursuing U.S. Aid, G.M. Accepts Need for Drastic Cuts
1 hour(s) ago @ nyt > business
General Motors said it needed an $18 billion package in loans and lines of credit and that it will cut jobs, factories, brands and executive pay.
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| Another Month of Miserable Auto Sales (nyt > business)
In the worst month yet in a horrible year, U.S. sales fell 41 percent at General Motors and 33.9 percent at Toyota. Honda?s sales declined 31.6 percent, and Ford?s fell 30.6 percent.
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| Chrysler leads dismal Nov. with 47 pct. sales drop (yahoo! news)
AP - U.S. light vehicle sales at General Motors and Chrysler plunged more than 40 percent in November, while Ford's sales dropped 31 percent, battered by an economic storm that has sent consumer demand for new vehicles to lows not seen in decades.
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| Chrysler Nov. US sales drop 47 pct; GM down 41 pct (yahoo! news)
AP - November U.S. vehicle sales at General Motors and Chrysler plunged more than 40 percent, while Ford's sales dropped 31 percent, crushing hopes that the industrywide drop in vehicle demand might be easing as the U.S. automakers prepare to state their second case for a federal bailout.
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| Chrysler Nov. U.S. sales fall 47% to 85,260 vehicles (marketwatch.com)
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Ford tells Congress it may be able to go it alone
7 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
AP - Humbled and fighting for survival, Detroit"s once-mighty automakers appealed to Congress with a retooled case for a huge bailout Tuesday, pledging to slash workers, car lines and executive p...
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| Ford tells Congress it may be able to go it alone (yahoo! news)
AP - Ford Motor Co. is asking Congress for a $9 billion "stand-by line of credit" to stabilize its business, but says it doesn't expect to tap it. Unless one of Detroit's other Big Three auto companies goes bust, Ford expects to have enough money to make it through next year without government help, it said in a plan that projected the firm will break even or turn a pretax profit in 2011.
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| Ford says CEO will work for $1 to get gov't loans (yahoo! news)
AP - Ford Motor Co. will tell Congress that it plans to return to a pretax profit or break even in 2011 when the Detroit Three automakers' CEOs appear before lawmakers this week to request $25 billion in government loans. Ford CEO Alan Mulally said he'll work for $1 per year if the company has to take any government loan money.
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| Ford Says It Can Get By if Rivals Survive (nyt > business)
Ford told Congress that it wanted access to $9 billion in loans but that it could become profitable in three years if Detroit?s other two automakers survived.
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| Ford sales plunge in November (latest financial new...)
On the day Ford Motor laid out plans to stem losses and turn around the company's fortunes, it also reported yet another sharp drop in sales.
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| Ford says CEO will work for $1 to get gov't loans (yahoo! news)
AP - Ford Motor Co. will tell Congress that it plans to return to a pretax profit or break even in 2011 when the Detroit Three automakers' CEOs appear before lawmakers this week to request $25 billion in government loans.
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Ford Motor became the first of the three U.S. automakers to unveil its turnaround plans to Congress Tuesday, but the plan contained little in the way of new cost cuts or other changes beyond what the company had previously announced.
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British Airways in Merger Talks With Qantas
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The addition of Qantas would add a significant Asia-Pacific element to a joint business agreement including British Airways, American Airlines and Iberia.
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| British Airways targets Qantas merger (yahoo! news)
AFP - British Airways said Tuesday it was "exploring a potential merger" with Australian rival Qantas Airways as part of a broad tie-up in the struggling aviation sector.
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| British Airways in merger talks with Qantas (yahoo! news)
Reuters - British Airways is in merger talks with Australia's Qantas , it said on Tuesday, adding to various attempts at consolidation in an industry desperate to cut costs in the global economic downturn.
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| British Airways in merger talks with Qantas (yahoo! news)
British Airways PLC said Tuesday it is in talks with Australia's Qantas Airways Ltd. about a potential merger, sending its shares soaring as it confirmed expectations of consolidation in the hard-hit aviation industry.
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| British Airways in Talks With Qantas (nyt > business)
The addition of Qantas would add a significant Asia-Pacific element to a joint business agreement including British Airways, American Airlines and Iberia Airlines.
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| BA talks merger with Qantas (business and financi...)
British Airways is in merger talks with Australian airline Qantas, BA confirmed Tuesday.
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