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McCain blasts Obama on economy
John McCain -- at a campaign rally in Iowa-- took on his Democratic opponent -- saying it is the...
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McCain suspends campaign
Republican presidential candidate John McCain said he will break off from campaigning to help on...
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Presidential debate in jeopardy
With a $700 billion banking rescue plan hanging in the balance, John McCain said he will break off...
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Debate could be a game-changer
With this debate focused on foreign policy, Barack Obama's task will be to make undecided voters...
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Preparations Continue for Presidential Debate
McCain, or no McCain? Debate organizers in Mississippi don't really
care. They plan on a...
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Palin, Biden prepare for debate
The lone VP debate between Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and Delaware Sen. Joe Biden could play a...
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VP candidates on Iraq
At the Vice Presidential debate in St. Louis, Missouri, moderator Gwen Ifill asked candidates...
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Economy leads off VP debate
As the vice presidential debate got underway Democratic nominee Joe Biden charged that Republican...
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Candidates prepare for second debate
John McCain is hoping that Tuesday night's presidential debate in Nashville, Tennessee shakes up...
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Obama gets independent votes
Barack Obama is widening his lead among the crucial independent voting bloc on the eve of the...
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Debate ends on introspective note
After fielding questions on the economy, health care and foreign policy, presidential candidates...
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McCain, Obama on Pakistan
At the second presidential debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, candidates Sen....
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Debate opens with U.S economy
Presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain promised at their second debate to help...
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US expats vote from Mexico
Election fever fires up U.S. retirees in Mexico where thousands of Americans are rushing to cast...
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Russians question tactics over U.S.
After Obama's election win in the US, Kremlin officials debate whether the Russian President should...
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Insults, Water Hurled During Romania TV Debate
Romania's staid election campaign has been shaken after a former
bodybuilder turned senator hurled...
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A strategy in Progress
The Obama Administration continues to grapple with a strategy for Afghanistan.
Two questions...
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Week ahead: Bernanke in spotlight
Federal Chairman Ben Bernanke will deliver a highly anticipated economic address in New York on...
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'After I Whip His You Know What in the Debate'
Sen. John McCain spoke to volunteers in Northern Virginia on
Sunday, where he said he is preparing...
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Is the race tightening?
Obama leads McCain by 48 to 44 percent among likely voters, down 2 percentage points from the...
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Final debate awaits candidates
In the lead-up to the third and final presidential debate, John McCain is hoping to change the...
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Candidates battle over Ayers, ACORN
Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama battled fiercely in their third debate, with...
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The debate over Bush
U.S. presidential candidates clash over who will succeed President George W. Bush.
In a...
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Plumber Joe is the star of US debate
The big winner of the final U.S. presidential debate may well have been "Joe the Plumber," an Ohio...
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Debating "Joe the Plumber"
"Joe the Plumber" -- Joe Wurzelbacher of Toledo, Ohio -- was the surprise star of the third and...
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Obama and McCain trade jokes
U.S. presidential rival candidates, Barack Obama and John McCain traded wisecracks instead of...
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McCain: Attacks on 'Joe' Are Attacks on Business
Republican presidential candidate John McCain spoke in
Westerville, Ohio Sunday where he asserted...
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Obama's presidency and King's legacy
The election of Barack Obama as the United States' first black president triggers a debate on...
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Obama: Voters "Sent Us Here to Bring Change"
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a House Democrats' retreat in Williamsburg, Va., President Barack Obama
urged the passage...
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‘Open Cloud Manifesto’ Unveiled
The much-discussed, allegedly secretly developed and very rumor-stirring document called...
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Police recover painting by German 15th century master
Oslo - Norwegian police said Wednesday they have recovered a painting by German master Lucas...
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“The Bachelor” Leaves Fiancée for Runner-up
“The Bachelor” trusted his last minute heart call and thus changed his decision,...
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Parents Can Now Have the Perfect Baby
A fertility clinic with offices in New York and Los Angeles will offer parents the chance of...
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Facebook’s Terms of Service Open to Users’ Opinions
Thursday, Facebook announced that it was going to allow the social networking...
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What Killed the Neanderthals?
Scientists will never give up on trying to discover as many things as possible about the species of...
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Senate Expected to Approve Kids' Health Insurance Program
Senators continued to debate the reauthorization of a bill to expand the State...
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Celebrations Planned For Edgar Allan Poe’s 200th Anniversary
Honoring one of America’s greatest writers, a series of events ranging from a 24-hour party...
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Obama’s Stance on Card Check, Unclear
The president-elect Barack Obama is facing one of his first tough decisions of the term to come....
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Mark Felt Will Always Be Remembered As Watergate's 'Deep Throat'
Renown FBI agent Mark Felt, who became "the most famous anonymous source in American...
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FBI Agent Mark Felt, Watergate’s “Deep Throat,” Dies at 95
Former FBI agent Mark Felt, better known as “Deep Throat,” the man who helped...
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Controversial Film Showing a Man’s Assisted Suicide on TV Sparks Debate
Craig Ewert, a 59-year-old retired university
lecturer form the United
States, suffered from...
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Fertility Patients In A Quandary
Many American women who have successfully followed fertility treatments aren't contended with the...
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Facebook Connect: Ready To Conquer The Web
Facebook Connect is ready to enroll new websites. Unveiled
this summer, during the second annual...
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Italian author Saviano and Rushdie discuss threats
Stockholm - Italian author Roberto Saviano and British- Indian author Salman Rushdie at a lecture...
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'The View's' Hasselbeck Feels Good About Barack Obama's Victory
History was indeed made on November 4th when Democrat Barack Obama became the 44th President of the...
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Fleeting Expletives Brought Before The Supreme Court
The Supreme Court discussed on Tuesday the problem of dirty
words on television and, while...
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John McCain to Turn the Odds in His Favor on Tonight’s “SNL”?
There are just three days left until the long awaited
Election Day and still lots of things to do...
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Update: Report Seriously Questions FDA Ruling On BPA Safety
An expert panel asked by the Food and Drug Administration to
review its way of handling of the...
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US voters to decide best leader in crisis: McCain or Obama
Washington (dpa) - The presidential battle between Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain...
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Holocaust Museum Urges Vatican to Open Archive on Pope Pius
Washington - The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Wednesday renewed its push for the...
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OHSU: 9 Million Kids Have No Health Insurance Coverage in the US
While US
presidential candidates’ debate over health care is making headlines all over
the world,...
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CBS – Still The Ratings King
Television networks usually fight tooth and nail for the position of “most watched network”. Buying...
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Sarah Palin Being Charmingly Goofy
The appearance on “Saturday Night Live” by the Republican vice presidential nominee, Gov. Sarah...
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The Internet Strengthens Family Unity
There has been a lot of talk and debate regarding the effects of the Internet and other modern...
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Canada Puts Bisphenol A On Hazardous Substances List
The federal government has decided to add the synthetic sex hormone bisphenol A on Canada’s list of...
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The Real Sarah Palin To Appear On SNL
Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin is said to
appear on Saturday Night Live this...
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John McCain Ready To Patch Things Up With David Letterman
After suddenly pulling out of his appearance on David Letterman less than a month ago, Republican...
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John McCain Will Make it Up to David Letterman
Wednesday,
September 24, presidential nominee John McCain was supposed to appear on the...
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John McCain Attempts Return Appearance On Letterman Show
John McCain may have disappointed David Letterman last month
when he didn’t show up for his...
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U.S.
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US braces for worse from swine flu
Washington - The United States braced for worse from the swine flu outbreak Tuesday as officials...
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Climate envoys slightly more optimistic after top emitters meeting
Washington - Top climate officials declared themselves slightly more hopeful of reaching a global...
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Sebelius confirmed as US health secretary amid swine-flu scare
Washington - Kathleen Sebelius was approved by the US Senate as health secretary Tuesday,...
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Tax Day in the US: Tea Party protests and last-minute filings
Washington - As US workers rushed to meet an annual deadline to file their tax returns,...
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Alabama crew hails rescued captain, calls for anti-piracy action
Nairobi - Crew members of the Maersk Alabama, whose captain Richard Phillips was freed from the...
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US captain's rescue may mean trouble for other hostages
Nairobi - Three shots from US Navy snipers, and the drama was over. Three Somali pirates lay dead...
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US House, Senate approve 2010 budget outline
Washington - US lawmakers on Thursday approved a 3.5-trillion-dollar budget...
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Obama defends ambitious budget as in-step with economic challenges
Washington - US President Barack Obama on Tuesday defended his ambitious budget proposals,...
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Agreement on Stimulus Bill Reached
An agreement between the House and Congress on the stimulus package to stimulate the American...
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Obama’s $819 Billion Stimulus Measure Passes House
The United States Senate is preparing to debate President Barack Obama’s economic stimulus...
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Legal Immigrant’s Children in Louisiana to Be Covered by SCHIP
Lawmakers in Louisiana consider revising the state’s health insurance program for children...
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President Obama Lifts Restrictions on Govt. Funding for Abortion
On the fourth day as the United States President, Mr. Barack Obama decided to lift the restrictions...
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Obama ‘Faithfully’ Takes Oath of Office for the Second Time
To make sure there will be no debate, President Barack Obama retook the oath of office on Wednesday...
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Hillary Clinton Confirmed and Sworn In as Secretary of State
Hillary Rodham Clinton was sworn in as the 67th U.S. secretary of state last night. The swearing in...
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Bush Holds Final Address, Talks about His Legacy
In his final address to the nation last night before leaving the presidential office next week,...
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Bush defends "tough decisions" in farewell speech
US President George W Bush in his farewell address Thursday said there can be "little...
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Blagojevich Impeached by Illinois House, Trial Moves to Senate
Illinois lawmakers yesterday impeached the allegedly corrupt and conspiring Governor Rod...
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Teen Birth Rates Up Nationwide, Mississippi Has the Highest
According to a report released Wednesday by the Center for Disease Control, Mississippi is the...
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“Fax Tax” Debate Posted on You Tube
State Health Commissioner Richard Daines decided to speak to the people through You Tube. He posted...
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Obama Names Tom Daschle As Health Care Leader
President-elect Barack Obama reasserted his pledge to overhaul the nation's healthcare system when...
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US will join only "global" climate deal, Kerry says
Poznan, Poland - The United States will stay out of any deal to curb emissions of global-warming...
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Obama Is Expected to Meet With Former Vice President Al Gore
President-elect Barack Obama will meet
today with former Vice President Al Gore and Vice...
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ANALYSIS: Obama could unlock impasse on global warming
Poznan, Poland - With talks on global warming stalled, the world's eyes are on Barack Obama to...
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Chambliss wins Georgia runoff, gives Republicans 41 Senate seats
Washington - The embattled Republican Party captured a 41st US Senate seat with the re-election of...
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Bush cites intelligence failure in Iraq as "biggest regret"
Washington - US President George W Bush says his "biggest regret" in office was US...
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Democrat wins key US Senate race in Alaska
Washington - Veteran Alaskan Republican Senator Ted Stevens narrowly lost his bid for re-election,...
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Gay Community Marches against California’s Proposition 8
Flourishing signs and banners, some 1,000 people marched on
Saturday from the Government Center...
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Biden meets Cheney, whom he called "most dangerous vice president"
Washington - US Vice President Dick Cheney on Thursday welcomed vice president-elect Joe Biden to...
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Supreme Court To Rule On Broadcast Swearing
The 1st Amendment in the United States’ Constitution has been the subject of heated debate over the...
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From hockey moms to Paris Hilton - campaign curiosities
Washington - The longest election campaign in US history is over - and in addition to the hard...
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Technology
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Steve Jobs To Show Up At WWDC 09?
When Apple has just announced the schedule for its upcoming WWDC event, one question popped out...
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Facebook Is Being Democratic: TOS for User Vote
After the Terms of Service-related scandal involving Facebook, the free-access social...
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Google Offers Support In EU’s Windows-IE Bundle Investigation
Microsoft is under tight scrutiny by the European Commission, and it looks like the European...
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Computer Manufacturer Makes Mac OS Powered PCs, Apple Gets Angry
The German computer maker PearC has become quite popular lately, as it sells custom-made...
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Google Fights for Net Neutrality
On Wednesday, the websearch giant Google announced that it has been working on a set of measures to...
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Hoax Story About Steve Jobs’ Death Hits Wired
Wired.com has become the victim of a prankster who published a hoax story saying that Apple CEO...
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Could You Imagine Apple Without Steve Jobs?
The announcement made by Steve Jobs that he is leaving the company until June due to medical...
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Google Denies Accusations About CO2 Emissions
A recent research by Harvard University physicist, Alex Wissner-Gross, seemed to reveal...
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Pew Study Finds People Prefer Internet To Read News
A new Pew study shows that the Internet has surpassed newspapers, as Americans' main source for...
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OIC, Google: WSJ Misunderstood Edge Caching Concept
Net Neutrality is the hottest topic in the media right now,
and rumors that one of Net...
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$99 iPhone: Between Rumors and Wal-Mart
Entering a distribution deal with Wal-Mart to sell its
precious gadget is surely a great thing for...
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Tech Commission Says A New Cybersecurity Post Is Required
A commission of technology experts will propose a new post at the White House, one which will use...
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A New Debate: Barack Obama And His Zune
A new debate has ignited the web and the blogosphere after a
journalist Philadelphia's City Paper...
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Facebook Connect Is Ready To Conquer The Web
Facebook Connect is ready to enroll new websites. Unveiled
this summer, during the second annual...
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Sprint Facing $1.2 Billion Class-Action Lawsuit Over Illegal ETFs
Bad weather heading Sprint’s way these days, as the company
faces yet another class-action lawsuit...
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White Space Debate Intensifies
As the Federal Communications Commission prepares to deliver
the vote on the controversial issue...
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Apple: Any Increase In Royalty Rates Could Jeopardize iTunes’ Future
There is a battle going on in the music industry, and this
time it involves the future of Apple’s...
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Update: Apple Releases 3G iPhone Fix, But…
Following numerous reports about the reception problems with
the 3G iPhone, Apple has released a...
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White Spaces Debate Fires Up With Google's “Free The Airwaves”
As the Federal Communications Commission is still debating
over the approval of free, unlicensed...
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Amidst Rumors About Jobs Health Problems, Apple Shares Drop
On Monday, an article in the New York Post has reopened the debate about Steve Jobs allegedly...
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FCC Chairman Wants Punishment For P2P Interference
Comcast will not get away that easily for interfering with
Internet traffic, and Federal...
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Sun Microsystems Believes In The SDD’s Future
The executives at the Sun Microsystems company announced
their plan to integrate the solid state...
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Windows: Dead OS Running?
In a conference held in Las Vegas, two Gartner analysts presented a report titled "Windows Is...
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Online Scrabble Competition Is On With 'Scrabble By Mattel'
After the long debate about Scrabulous,
which was launched in 2007 and became an instant hit among...
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Comcast Criticized over Net Limiting, Seat Warming and Nonsense
A simple test by the AP last October has found that Comcast appears to interfere with the...
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One Year Later, Windows Slashes The Windows Vista Price
In a move that will surely trigger a heated debate about the
Windows Vista’s success, Microsoft...
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Comcast Limits Both P2P File Sharing And Seats To FCC Hearing?
Comcast Corp. denied accusations
of unfair treatment towards its users through limiting...
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Apple Is Still Able To Reach The 10 Million Mark
Lately, the most heated debate in the telecom world
surrounds Apple and its ultimate gadget,...
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Microsoft Apologizes For Messing Up With Office 2003 SP3
Microsoft’s latest update of Office
2003 brought into question a series of security issues that...
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Google Reader Raises Privacy Issues
A new sharing feature in Google Reader that Google added a
couple of weeks ago seems to be the...
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Health
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Travel and swine flu: US vice president stirs pot
Washington - While countries debate whether it's wise to travel to Mexico or the United...
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Number of suspected swine flu cases rises to six in Israel
Tel Aviv - The number of suspected swine flu cases in Israel has risen to six, two of which...
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New Method to Create Stem Cells Revealed
US researchers on Thursday reported that they found a safer way to create embryonic stem cells...
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Obama lifts stem-cell funding ban in latest shift on ethics
Washington - US President Barack Obama on Monday reversed an eight-year long government block on...
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Forum Calls for Decriminalization of Homosexuality in Asia
On Friday, after three days of debate during a health forum, representatives at health...
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Autism-Vaccine Debate Not Over Yet
Vaccines do not cause autism, a special court ruled Thursday in three cases...
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Bisphenol A Remains In Our Body Long After Intake
There has been a long debate on whether bisphenol A, an organic compound used in many food and...
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Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder May Have Common Genetic Causes
A new study on the link between bipolar disorder and schizophrenia has found evidence that the...
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Merck’s Erbitux, Again On Trial
Drug companies are always holding clinical trials in order to test the efficiency of their...
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FDA: Vytorin Still Good for Lowering Bad Cholesterol Levels
The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it has completed its review of data from the...
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Specialists Say the FDA Is Wrong about Epilepsy Drugs
Epilepsy drugs bringing potentially suicidal patients closer to the brink – this was the main...
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New Vatican Document on Embryonic Stem Cell Research Stirs Debate
A new Vatican document, titled “Dignitas Personae,”
is scheduled to be released at a news...
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Obama Named his Desired Health Care Leader
President-elect Barack Obama reasserted his pledge to overhaul the nation's healthcare system when...
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Montana Allows With Assisted Suicide
The debate regarding whether or not assisted suicide should be legal in the United States has been...
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Medicare Plans Cost a Lot, Offer Little, Study Says
According to studies published on Monday, private health
insurance plans, which server roughly a...
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Health Insurance Inustry Extends Coverage To Everyone, on One Condition
Members of the health insurance industry announced Wednesday
that they would support an overhaul...
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Study Finds Strong Link between Injuries and ADHD Diagnosis
A recent study shows that injuries suffered by very young children are very strongly linked to a...
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FDA Findings On BPA Are Misleading, Experts Claim
An FDA advisory board voted unanimously Friday to say that the agency disregarded significant...
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FDA Findings on BPA Safety Questioned Again by a Panel of Toxicologists
A panel of toxicology experts has urged the FDA to rethink its conclusions on bisphenol A, a...
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Health Insurance Costs – A Burden for Most Americans
Health insurance continues to be a big issue for Americans and a fiery subject of debate for both...
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Update: White House Rivals’ Debate On U.S. Health Care
Health care ranks are among the leading topic for voters according to recent polls, and both...
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Nobel Prize in Medicine Ends Debate between American and French Researchers
The long-running debate between US researcher Robert
Gallo and French scientist Luc Montaginer...
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Tarceva-Avastin Combination Doesn’t Prolong Lung Cancer Survival
According to the results of a late-stage clinical
trial into the benefits of combining Genentech’s...
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Whose Health Care Plan Is Better? Obama Says McCain’s All Talk, No Substance
As the presidential campaign entered its final round, Sen. Barack Obama launched an attack on...
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Three European Scientists Win The 2008 Nobel Prize For Medicine
One German and two French scientists won
the 2008 Nobel prize in medicine for their work in...
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After Years of Effort, Mental Health Legislation Finally Passes
After 12 years of effort to pass legislation requiring insurance companies to cover mental...
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The Debate Over Presidential Rivals’ Health Care Plans Continues
Polls show voters favor Sen. Barack Obama in the presidential contest, with health care as one of...
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FDA Says Plastic Chemical Is Safe, Studies Say It Poses Health Risks
A preliminary report by the FDA declared
the levels of bisphenol A (BPA) in baby bottles and other...
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Food Irradiation, Arguments Pro And Against
The FDA’s approval last month of the
irradiation treatment of spinach and lettuce to kill the...
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Pain Relievers Lower PSA Levels, May Affect Prostate Screening
Pain relievers like aspirin and ibuprofen appear to lower a man’s PSA level, which is measured...
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Science
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Aboriginal remains returned to Australia from museum in Britain
London - The skull of an indigenous Australian taken from the country 100 years ago and kept by a...
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Social Networking Sites: Pleasure, Addiction and… Messed-Up Brain?
The popularity of social networking sites has reached sky-high over the last years, but so have...
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Darwin's Gift To the World Celebrated This Month
Charles Darwin was an English naturalist who realized and demonstrated that all species of life...
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Texas Board Still Threatening Evolution Teaching In Schools
The Texas State Board of Education partially sided with scientists in the debate on whether...
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Internet genome scans are both popular and controversial in US
Washington - Some people who want their genome scanned are only worried about what their hair will...
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A New “Oldest Rock” Discovered Near Quebec
The modern Earth is believed to be 300 million years old,
according to the latest measurements....
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Update 1: The Large Hadron Collider To Be Switched On
At 12.30 a.m. on Wednesday, the Large Hadron
Collider is scheduled to be switched on by the...
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Global Warming Has Reached a Peak in Recent Decade
A study published Tuesday in the Proceedings of the National
Academy of Scientists reveals that...
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Pluto’s Situation Is As Unstable As Ever
Back in 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) decided that Pluto should no longer be...
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Global Warming May Reduce the Number of Hurricanes
It seems scientists have finally found a good side to the
very controversial and much discussed...
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Are We Heading For A Global Pool Or A Global Sheet Of Ice?
What do we know about global warming? For starters…it’s
warm, which hasn’t been the case in recent...
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Florida To Decide On Evolution Standards In School
Florida is debating on whether
to include Darwin’s theory of evolution in the educational system...
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The Bats Flew First, Discovered Echolocation Later
Onychonycteris finneyi, a well-preserved fossil of the most
primitive bat species known to date,...
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Uncontrolled Synthetic Bio-Business in Development
US scientist J. Craig Venter and his team reported a few days ago the creation of first man-made...
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J. Craig Venter Finds The Recipe For Synthetic Life
The US
scientist J. Craig Venter and his team are reporting the creation of first man-made
DNA...
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Mars Closest to Earth Tuesday Evening
Skywatchers had a great opportunity to see Mars yesterday
in the evening, as the orbits of Mars...
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U.S. Could Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions to One Half by 2030
According to a recent report made
public by a leading management consulting firm, it seems that...
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South Africa Discovery Reveals Seafood Diet of Humans
A new study which appears in the journal Nature details archeological discoveries in a sea cave on...
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US Scientist Is On The Verge To Create Artificial Life
The US
scientist J. Craig Venter said for the British newspaper The
Guardian that he has built a...
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Evidence: Indonesian "Hobbit" Not Diseased Human
After a three year long debate, it appears that those scientists claiming that "hobbit"...
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NASA Decides No Repair Needed On Shuttle Tile Damage
Late Thursday NASA mission managers in Houston decided that Saturday’s spacewalk
will not include...
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Humans Originated From A Single Point In Africa Claims New Research
Where was humankind born: on which continent or in which
geographical area? That question has many...
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EPA Proposes New Standards For Ozone Pollution
The US Environment Protection Agency (EPA) said that the
pollution standards adopted back in 1997...
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Business
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Car makers plan smaller, leaner sports cars
Big, high-powered sports cars have an image problem as the debate on climate change heats up and...
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Dollar drops as Geithner sees greater role for IMF currency
Washington - US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner sent the US currency tumbling Wednesday by...
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Bank of England cuts interest rates to all-time low
London - The Bank of England Thursday slashed interest rates to an historic low of 1.5 per cent in...
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Wii, Xbox 360, Ps3: How They All Won The Gaming Battle…
The latest figures published by the NPD Group about the
November gaming sales in US have stirred a...
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Apple's AppStore Reaches 300 Million Downloaded Apps
It seems like everything Apple touches is poised to turn
into a profitable business. After the...
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Google Prepares Its Strategy For 'Attacking' The White Spaces
California’s San Jose hosted yesterday the Wireless
Communications Association International...
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Poor Take Hits too as Financial Crisis Moves Beyond the Rich
Washington - As the world's richest nations debate how to bring a catastrophic financial crisis...
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US emergency finance rescue plan clears final hurdle
Washington - The US House of Representatives approved a revised financial rescue plan on Friday...
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SEC loosens requirements for banks to report investment values
Washington/New York - In an effort to relieve pressure on the banking industry's hard-pressed...
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Apple Drops Its NDA For iPhone Developers
After numerous protests from the developer community, Apple
has decided to drop its NDA attached...
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Uncertainty as House rejects financial bail-out
Washington - In a shocking
development Monday that plunged the United States back...
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McCain, Obama warn of high stakes in financial crisis
New York - Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama on Thursday warned of the high...
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US Fights to Keep Economy Afloat with Fannie-Freddie Rescue
Washington - In potentially the largest financial bailout in US history, the rescue of mortgage...
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German Billionairess Triumphant in Takeover Battle
Berlin - The bitter power struggle for the giant German auto supplier Continental AG ended in the...
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Apple Working To Fix iPhone 3G’s Hiccups
AT&T and Apple Inc developers are currently seeking solutions to solve the faults of the latest...
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Rescue of Fannie and Freddie May Cost Tax Payers As Much As $25 Billion
The presidential administration’s plan to salvage mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie...
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Microsoft And Yahoo Might Be Going At It Again
Microsoft’s dilemma on whether the aqusiition of Yahoo!
might be or might not be a profitable...
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The FCC Prepares For Spectrum Auction Debate
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission announced its decision to move forward with its plans to...
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US Employers Slash Most Jobs in Five Years: 80,000
The United States Labor Department has announced today figures for the job market. Employers have...
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Fierce Debate over New Boss for Japan's Central Bank
Japan, the world's second largest economy by nominal GDP, is threatened to be thrown into financial...
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Ukraine's Debt Issue with Gazprom Settled in Moscow
Yuriy Boiko, Ukraine's energy minister, went to Moscow to resolve the issues with Gazprom....
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Update: Ukraine Energy Minister Goes to Moscow
Yuriy Boiko, Ukraine's energy minister, went to Moscow to resolve the issues with Gazprom....
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Google and Microsoft Go Head-to-Head Before Antitrust Subcommittee
Google and Microsoft conducted a fierce but amicable debate Thursday before U.S. senators from the...
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Wyeth's Lybrel Contraceptive Approved By FDA
US
Food and Drug Administration approved the first oral contraceptive designed to
stop women’s...
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Austrian Wine Industry Takes A Hit
The Austrian debate over teenage binge drinking has been
fueled by a controversial radio ad that...
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World
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Germans to run own checks before taking any Guantanamo inmates
Berlin - Germany will run its own checks on Guantanamo Bay prisoners who have been proposed for...
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Sweden approves same-sex marriage legislation
Stockholm - A broad majority in the Swedish parliament Wednesday approved adoption of same-sex...
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A pregnant man? Spain embroiled in sex identity debate
Madrid - His name is Ruben Noe, and he is nine weeks pregnant. The case of the 25-year-old,...
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EU greets US proposal for climate change forum in April
Beijing - The European Union on Monday welcomed US President Barack Obama's...
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Debate on royal succession re-ignited in Britain
London - The debate erupted anew in Britain Friday on whether to end centuries of discrimination...
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Obama angry over AIG's huge bonuses, vows to block them
Washington - US president Barack Obama Monday added his anger to mounting criticism of the...
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EU keeps Belarus visa ban on ice, extends sanctions
Brussels - European Union foreign ministers agreed Monday to keep a visa ban aimed at the...
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German school gunman revealed plans in advance
Winnenden, Germany - The German teenager who shot dead 15 people in a school massacre disclosed his...
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Climate Change Is Irreversible, Scientists Say
A recent research points out that the current effects of global warming are virtually irreversible,...
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Can Anyone Win The Russia-Ukraine Gas War?
Brussels - "A strange game: the only way to win is not to play."
The quote comes...
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On The Tracks Of Villa And Zapata In Mexico City
Mexico City - Whoever follows in the footsteps of Francisco "Pancho" Villa...
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Dutch Lawmakers Debate Financial Support For Newspapers
Amsterdam - The Dutch government and opposition members have joined forces to boost the financial...
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EU Treaty Clears Court Hurdle In Czech Republic
Brno, Czech Republic - The Czech Republic's top court threw out a challenge to the European Union's...
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The EU Recovery Plan - More Than A Christmas Wish?
Brussels - The head of the European Union's executive has an ambitious Christmas wish this year: he...
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Economic Crisis May Prompt Faster Action By China
Beijing - China is already the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases, according to some...
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Latvian Officials Fight Rumours About Economic Future
Riga - The Latvian government might have thought its announcement on November 20 that it was in...
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Disgraced Alaska senator bids farewell
Washington - Alaska Senator Ted Stevens, the longest serving Republican ever in Congress' upper...
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Bush, Others, Support Faith Dialogue; Saudi King Saluted
New York - Government leaders attending the UN General Assembly debate on religion and peace on...
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Youth Meet In East Timor To Grapple With Violence In Society
Dili - Young people from around the world gathered this week in East Timor to participate in a...
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Bush Asks The UN To Promote Democracy Everywhere
New York - US President George W Bush asked the United Nations today not to leave out religion from...
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How Far Will Europe Push the World on Financial Reform?
Brussels - Europe's leaders have already said that they want the world's greatest powers to create...
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Europeans Celebrate Obama Victory
Berlin (dpa) - Europeans turned the US elections into an all-night party with supporters of Barack...
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Queen's outburst sparks debate about monarchy in Spain
Madrid - During her 33 years as queen, Sofia of Spain had been known for her gentleness and...
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Taiwan Juliet injured after Romeo chickened out of catching lover
Taipei - A Taiwan university student is serioulsy reconsidering the relationship with her boyfriend...
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Israeli Parties Set to Discuss Date for Early Elections
Jerusalem - Israeli Knesset Speaker Dalia Itzik was scheduled to convene the leaders of...
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Russians prefer the more "approachable" Obama
Moscow - John McCain's US presidential campaign begged at the enemy's door this week when a wayward...
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Pakistan: Suspected US Missile Strike Kills 8, Injures 6 Others
Islamabad - A suspected US missile strike Thursday killed at least 8 people and wounded 6 others in...
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Canada Puts BPA On Hazardous Substances List
The federal government has decided to add the synthetic sex hormone bisphenol A on Canada’s list of...
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Jose Manuel Barroso Urges EU to Strengthen Climate Goals despite Financial Crisis
Brussels - The European Union should strengthen its fight against global warming, not weaken it in...
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As Stock Markets Plunge, US Candidates Duel over Way Out
Washington (dpa) - As the financial crisis erodes the retirement nest eggs of millions of...
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Charles Darwin's Gift To the World Celebrated This Month
Charles Darwin was an English naturalist who realized and demonstrated that all species of life...
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Elisabeth Hasselbeck Pregnant Again
Thursday, Elisabeth Hasselbeck of “The View” revealed on the ABC daytime chat...
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Literary Icon Edgar Allan Poe, Subject of Heated Debate
Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most prominent writers of the American Romantic Movement. He is...
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What Should Kids Know About Santa?
Unfortunately for the more religious aspects of the holidays, Santa Claus will always be the one to...
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Jay Leno Moves to Prime Time
Tuesday, NBC
television network decided to move Jay Leno’s show to prime time, a
daring measure...
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Sarah Palin Being Charmingly Goofy On SNL
The appearance on “Saturday Night Live” by the Republican vice presidential nominee, Gov. Sarah...
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David Letterman And John McCain Back On Friendly Terms
After canceling at the last minute, leaving David Letterman feeling like a self-professed...
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Sarah Palin Does Tina Fey Doing Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin’s celebrity is less fame and more notoriety. Her appalling interviews with Katie...
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Live From New York, Tina Fey Nails It Again On SNL
The “30 Rock” creator, writer and star well... rocks, in her square glasses and highlighted bangs...
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Sarah Palin Debated Tina Fey’s “Palin” Instead Of Sen. Biden
If you were zapping through and saw Tina Fey playing Sarah Palin on SNL, without realizing what...
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Letterman Vs. McCain Battle Does Not Sound Good For The Latter
Who wouldn’t love to be on David Letterman’s “Late Show”?
Unfortunately, there is at least one...
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Miley Cirus: The Aftermath of a Semi-Nude Teen Photoshoot
While Miley Cirus is apparently lying low while the heat wears off, the debate has been started and...
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Legendary Patients Rights Advocate Barbara Seaman Died
Female patients’ rights advocate Barbara Seaman, 72, has died of complications related to lung...
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MusiCares Shows Aretha Franklin Some Respect
Three days before the 50th annual Grammy Awards ceremony, the "Queen of soul" for nearly...
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J.Lo Tells Miami Audience She's Expecting
Jennifer Lopez has finally deigned to tell the world what the world already knows: she and husband...
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Vanessa Hudgens Sued for Legal Fees
Disney’s “High School Musical” star Vanessa Hudgens has been sued for an alleged...
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Ang Lee Accepts Censorship of “Lust, Caution"
“Lust, Caution,” director Ang Lee’s Golden Lion winner for best picture at this...
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Defense Witness Brings New Theory In Spector Trial
Phil Spector’s murder trial took an unexpected turn Tuesday, when a forensic pathologist...
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Another Rehab Episode in Lohan’s Life?
Where Is Lindsay Lohan? It seems that no one knows for sure,
but according to the media reports,...
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Lindsay Lohan’s Not Guilty ‘Plea’
Amid the media frenzy surrounding Lindsay Lohan’s arrest on DUI and cocaine possession charges, the...
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James Brown Remembered On His Birthday
The late soul singer, self-proclaimed Godfather of Soul, was remembered by family and friends...
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