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Stress tests to show banks need cash; investors feared worse
Washington - Some of the United States' largest banks will be forced to raise...
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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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Oversight group fears fraud, criminal acts in US financial rescue
Washington (dpa) - The United States' dramatic efforts to stabilize the financial system are...
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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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US captain kidnapped by pirates is freed
Washington - US Navy snipers shot dead three Somali pirates who were holding the captain of a...
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Somali pirates rush to help comrades in US Navy face-off
Nairobi/Washington - Somali pirates were on Saturday rushing to the aid of their...
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Standoff continues as Somali pirates foil escape attempt
Nairobi/Washington - Somali pirates recaptured the captain of a US-operated ship after he jumped...
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Obama sees "glimmers of hope" for US economy
Washington - President Barack Obama on Friday pointed to some signs of progress for the US...
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Report: Somali pirates foil US captain's escape attempt
Nairobi/Washington - Somali pirates recaptured the captain of a US-operated ship after he jumped...
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Food-Borne Illness Rates Still High in the US
Despite efforts to improve food safety in recent years, the United States is still confronting with...
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US Navy increases pressure on Somali pirates in hostage standoff
Nairobi/Washington - Further US Navy ships were steaming Friday to the coast of...
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Pirates still hold ship captain, but running out of fuel
Nairobi/Washington - Somali pirates were Thursday holding the captain of a US-operated vessel...
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Madoff's waterfront Florida home, three boats seized
Washington - Prosecutors started seizing the property of the fraudster-financier Bernard Madoff on...
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House approves new controls on tobacco in United States
Washington - The US House of Representatives on Thursday approved tougher anti-smoking controls in...
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Obama tackles US tax code, 300 billion dollars in savings
Washington - US President Barack Obama will name a task force to overhaul the country's 96-year-old...
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Obama defends spending as key to future economic growth
Washington - US President Barack Obama defended the spending outlined in his budget Tuesday,...
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US seeks powers to take over non-financial firms in wake of AIG
Washington - US authorities need broad new emergency powers to take over non-financial firms whose...
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US Treasury Secretary Geithner to unveil details of finance rescue
Washington - US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner plans to unveil later Monday details of a...
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US House backs 90-per-cent tax on bail-out bonuses
Washington - Spurred on by public ire over bonuses paid at firms that received government...
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US Congress to vote on 90 per cent tax on bail-out bonuses
Washington - Spurred on by public ire over bonuses paid at firms that received government...
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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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Prosecutors go after Madoff's luxury homes, cars, boats
Washington - US prosecutors intend to seize millions of dollars of homes, cars and other...
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Bernanke: US recession could end this year
Washington - US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said in a television interview aired Sunday...
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Madoff jailed, pleads guilty to massive fraud in court
Washington - Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff will go to jail after admitting in court Thursday...
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Nancy Reagan praises Obama reversal on stem cell research
Washington - Former first lady Nancy Reagan welcomed President Barack Obama's decision Monday to...
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US unemployment jumps to 8.1 per cent; 651,000 jobs lost
Washington - The United States shed 651,000 jobs in February, the latest sign of a deepening...
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TV Stations Cutting Off Analog Signals
Approximately one quarter of the television stations all throughout the United States have...
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Second Peanut Butter Factory Closes Its Doors
The authorities continue to investigate the salmonella outbreak. Representatives at the company...
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Expansion of Health Care for Children Signed into Law
Four million more children in the United States will have their health insurance covered thanks...
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Senate: FDA Acted Very Late in Salmonella Outbreak
One of the main causes of the salmonella outbreak which lead to eight deaths across the United...
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Specials
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US Supreme Court upholds government ban on profanity
Washington - The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled the government has the right to fine...
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FDA Ordered To Reconsider Restrictions on the Morning-After Pill
No matter she’s over 18 or not, every girl in the US should have access to the morning-after...
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Michigan Man Tricks Apple into Sending him over 9,000 iPod Shuffles
A Michigan man was accused of tricking Apple Inc into sending him more than 9,000 replacement iPod...
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Johnson&Johnson Sued by the United States
The United States has sued the Johnson&Johnson company for marketing the heart drug...
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Digital TV Switch Happening For Over 600 TV Stations
For more than a quarter of the nation’s total of around 1,800 television stations,...
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FCC Targets TV Stations Going Through With Digital TV Switch
The owners of over 100 television stations that had planned to go ahead with the switch to digital...
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Bayer Agrees to Pay $20 Million to Correct Misleading Information about Its Contraceptive
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals has announced the decision to introduce a new advertising...
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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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The Growth Rate in Health Care Spending in US Lower
The increase in health care spending in the US was the smallest since 1998 due to the growing use...
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Federal Ratings for Nursing Homes
According to a recent analysis of the government’s first ranking of nearly 16,000 nursing...
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Virginity Pledges: Do You Really Trust Them ?
Teenagers who promise to stay virgins until tying the knot are just as likely to have premarital...
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Virginity Pledges Are Not Valid Anymore?
The results, published in the journal Pediatrics, suggest that virginity “pledgers”...
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Teens Who Pledge Virginity Often Don’t Keep Their Promise
Teens who pledge to remain virgins until walking down the aisle are just as likely to have sex...
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US Soup Kitchens Overwhelmed - Number Of Needy Increases
Washington - For 19 years, Alice Hodgkins has been working in the Centre of Hope of the Salvation...
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Are Popular Asthma Drugs Safe? FDA Panel to Decide on Their Safety
A Food and Drug Administration panel of medical
experts is weighing whether to allow certain...
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Court Releases Documents In Hatfill Anthrax Case
A federal court released yesterday almost 100 documents that
it used to mistakenly connect...
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Researchers Link TV Ads With Childhood Obesity
A new study found a connection between fast-food television advertisements and childhood...
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Many People Don’t Get Tested For HIV
A large number of people close their eyes when it comes to getting tested for HIV, even though two...
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Palin Hopefully Looks Towards The Future
Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska stood behind a lectern and held a news conference for the first time...
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Most States Get Ds for Preterm Birth Rate
The United
States’ high rate of premature births has earned the
state a D, according to 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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Update: Top Court Hears Arguments in Wyeth & Levine Case
Patients and drug companies are still waiting
for a decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in Levine’s...
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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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Beluga Whales Officially Endangered
The beluga whales that live in Cook Inlet, Alaska, have been officially placed on the endangered...
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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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United States Government Declares Beluga Whale Endangered
On Friday,
the United States federal government declared the population
of beluga whales in...
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Supreme Court Hears Case on the Effects US Navy Sonar Has on Whales
On
Wednesday, a Supreme Court weighed the pros and cons of a federal
judge's decision to limit...
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Tennessee Student Indicted In Palin’s E-mail Hacking Case
Tuesday, a
federal grand jury in Knoxville
indicted David Kernell of Knoxville, Tennessee,
for...
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Two Rival Biotech Companies Receive Approval to Develop Anthrax Vaccines
Emergent BioSolutions of Rockville and
PharmAthene of Annapolis received separate federal...
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FDA Lacks Staffers, Report Shows
While repeated outbreaks of food poisoning persist in the United States, the Food and Drug...
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Technology
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Reports: Government probes Apple-Google link
San Francisco - The Federal Trade Commission is investigating the close relationship between...
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Update: Tesla Motors Unveils Model S, All-Electric Sedan
After catching all the focus of the press and masses with the unveiling of the...
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Tesla Motors Unveils Model S, All-Electric Sedan
Tesla Motors, Inc., the company focused on the production of high performance,...
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Barack Obama Names Vivek Kundra Chief Information Officer
President Barack Obama has appointed Vivek Kundra as the new federal chief information officer, in...
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The FTC Asks For Better Privacy Protection Online
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has just issued revised guidelines for behavioral advertising,...
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Fannie Mae Worker Pleads Not Guilty
A Fannie Mae contract worked has pleaded not guilty on Friday to a federal charge according to...
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Digital TV – Delaying the Delay
The Senate unanimously voted, again, on Thursday night, to postpone the transition date...
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Data Privacy Day, a Reality
It might sound hilarious, but the U.S. Congress passed a bill that states that January 28 is the...
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Switch to Digital TV – a Complete Mess
The transition from analog to digital television will continue as planned, on the 17th of...
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Switch to Digital TV Delayed
The actual issue is not so much the new TV sales, but the older sets that people still hang...
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People Not Ready for Digital TV
There are a few weeks left before broadcasters are scheduled to replace analog television...
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DTV First Settled in Hawaii
Hawaii is the first state in the nation that went all-digital, turning off all analog programming...
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FCC Chairman Kevin Martin Expresses Concern Over DTV Possible Delay
Following demands from President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team to postpone the...
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Ford Hopes New, Redesigned Taurus Will Revive the Company
Ford Motor Co. is hoping its new Taurus will save the company again. The giant automaker unveils...
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Electric Car Batteries Provided By Joined Suppliers
In order to build a plant to make advanced batteries for electric cars, 14 U.S. technology...
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U.S. Homes Are Gradually Becoming Landline-Free
Approximately 16.1 percent of US adults (36 million) live in wireless-only households, while 17...
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U.S. Government Is Criticized on Nanomaterials Risks
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No More Free Communication Over The Phone For Barack Obama
Verizon Wireless admitted late Thursday that several of its employees broke company rules by...
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Obama And McCain Targeted By Hackers
A federal investigation revealed that the computer systems of both the Obama and McCain campaigns...
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House Passed Webcaster Act
The House of Representatives has unanimously passed a bill also known as The Webcaster Settlement...
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Mukasey Seeks Immunity Protection Against Surveillance Allegations
Following the Electronic Frontier Foundation's move to file a lawsuit against the National Security...
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FDA Says OK For Using Ionizing Radiation On Spinach and Lettuce
The federal government has decided to allow fresh iceberg lettuce and spinach producers to...
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Google Admits To Tracking User Habits, But Not Like NebuAd
Google defended its Internet practices, and although admitting
to tracking users’ Web-surfing...
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EBay May Be Sued By SIIA, Oregon Man In Jail For 4 Years
The Software & Information Industry Association threatens to sue eBay, frustrated by the lack...
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Lori Drew Has “No Law” On Her Side, Seeks Dismissal Of All Charges
Lori Drew, the woman allegedly responsible for the suicide
of 13-year-old MySpace user Megan...
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Justice Is Served: AOL Spammer Gets 30 Months Behind Bars
Another spammer was sentenced to some “quality time” in
prison, this time for 30 months, after...
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Over 600 Million Internet Users Vulnerable To Web Browser Exploitation
Web browser exploitation has been an increasing phenomenon
in recent years, and according to the...
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FCC Rules against Verizon despite Martin's Opinion
On Friday, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission ruled against Verizon claiming that the...
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Verizon Shakes Hands With DHS For 10-Year $678.5 Million Contract
Verizon unveiled on Wednesday a
10-year agreement with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security...
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FBI Reveals Government Bought Counterfeit Network Parts
The FBI revealed that the U.S. government has unknowingly bought counterfeit networking parts from...
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World
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Obama cuts 17 billion dollars from federal budget
Washington - US President Barack Obama said Thursday his administration has identified 17 billion...
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Bernanke: End-of year recovery depends on financial system
Washington - The US economy continues to show signs of stabilizing and may be growing again by the...
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Schwarzenegger: California prepared for swine flu outbreak
Los Angeles - Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said Monday that California was fully prepared to deal...
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Somali pirates demand ransom as US Navy sends more ships
Nairobi/Washington - Somali pirates, holding a US ship captain in a lifeboat and surrounded by two...
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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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US assures world that economic fundamentals are strong
Washington - The United States sought to reassure other countries Friday that its long-term...
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Wearily, Belgium Heads Back Into The Labyrinth
Brussels - "Christmas greetings from the banana republic called Belgium."
The text...
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African Union Still Fails To Keep The Peace In 2008
Johannesburg/Nairobi - The African Union's attempts to keep peace on the continent were again...
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Europe Gears Up To Mark Decades Of Change
Berlin - Europe is gearing up to mark a series of major anniversaries next year, defining moments...
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Peace In Somalia Appears As Distant As Ever
Nairobi - The war in Somalia, one of Africa's bloodiest ongoing conflicts, shows little sign of...
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Pakistan Teetering In Fight Against Terrorism
Islamabad - In 2008, Pakistan wobbled in its fight against al-Qaeda and Taliban militants, who have...
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Al-Qaeda suspects arrested in Belgium ahead of EU summit
Brussels - Belgian police said Thursday they had thwarted a possible terrorist attack by arresting...
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Ailing US Carmakers Issue Recovery Plans As Sales Tumble
Washington - The struggling Big Three US carmakers on Tuesday submitted the recovery plans demanded...
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US In Year-Long Recession, Top Economic Arbiter Declares
Washington - The United States has been in a recession since December 2007, the country's official...
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Canadian Government Could Be Toppled By Opposition Coalition
Montreal - In a stunning reversal of political fortunes, the leader of Canada's official...
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Obama: Terrorists will not defeat Indian democracy
Washington - US president-elect Barack Obama late Friday declared that India's "great...
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Brazil floods are early sign of global warming, expert warns
Rio de Janeiro - The rains that devastated 30 towns in the southern Brazilian state of Santa...
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German Exports Slump While Consumers Defy Gloom
Berlin - A slump in exports and a contraction in investment pushed Germany into a recession during...
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Makeover Planned For Hitler's Baltic Sea Hotel Colossus
Prora, Germany - The windows are either broken or boarded up, the roof is leaking and the plaster...
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Ban: Pirates received 30 million dollars in ransom this year
New York - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday that Somali pirates have...
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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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Mexican President's Right-Hand Man Dies at 37 in Crash
Mexico City - Was it an accident or was it an attack? Mexican authorities were beginning to...
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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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Controversies Fade and Legends Grow as Masses Mourn Haider
Vienna - Joerg Haider was one of Austria's most divisive political figures, but his memorial...
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India gears up for ban on smoking in public places
New Delhi - An estimated 120 million smokers in India will have one more reason to try to kick...
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Senate to Vote Wednesday on Rescue Package
Washington - The Democrats who control the US Senate and minority Republicans have agreed to hold a...
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McCain, Obama push for speedy action on financial plan
Washington - The US presidential candidates on Tuesday spent the day after a 700-billion-dollar...
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US financial rescue plan fails as stocks plummet
Washington
- The US House of Representatives on Monday rejected a massive government plan
to...
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Obama, McCain clash over Iraq, Iran in first debate
Washington - Democrat
Barack Obama and Republican John McCain clashed in their first debate...
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Bush Raises Spectre of Painful Recession without Rescue Plan
Washington - A somber US President George W Bush painted a frightening picture of soaring job...
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Business
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CEO says AIG needs no more bail-outs, for now
Washington - American International Group Inc (AIG), the troubled global insurance giant that...
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Report: 10 US banks need more capital
New York - About 10 large US banks will need to increase their capital under a government...
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Federal Reserve chief Bernanke to testify as stress tests near
Washington - With the US central bank expected to release the results of long-awaited bank stress...
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Chrysler to declare bankruptcy as last-minute talks fail
Washington - The long ailing US carmaker Chrysler LLC was to enter bankruptcy protection Thursday...
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Extension sought to Microsoft antitrust supervision
San Francisco - Microsoft and US authorities on Thursday jointly proposed an 18-month extension of...
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Signs that US may be headed slowly toward recovery
Washington - More than a year into one of the longest and deepest US recessions in living memory,...
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Car sales in Germany boom thanks to government handouts
Berlin - Car sales in Germany shot up last month by 40 per cent in annual terms as people rushed to...
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Rackable Acquires Fallen Star Silicon Graphics for $25 Million
The exact same day when Silicon Graphics filed for federal bankruptcy protection in New York,...
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US car sales remain weak, but some signs of improvement
Washington - Car sales in the United States remained very weak in March, plummeting more than 38...
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US demands new chief for GM, Chrysler-Fiat marriage
Washington - The US is carrying out a major family shake-up in the...
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US seeks dramatic expansion of financial regulatory powers
Washington - President Barack Obama's administration, in a massive overhaul of the US financial...
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US unveils trillion-dollar toxic-asset rescue bid
Washington - The United States will use both private and public funds to buy up...
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US central bank chief "encouraged" by market reaction to steps
Washington - Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke Friday was optimistic about the market's responses...
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AIG, Obama under fire as Congress, public take aim
Washington - The US Congress tapped into growing public ire over bailed-out insurance giant AIG's...
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US government, General Motors, trying to avoid bankruptcy
Washington - The auto industry and the US and German governments are working together for the...
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US government, General Motors, trying to avoid bankruptcy
Washington - The auto industry and US government are working to avoid bankruptcy for General Motors...
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AIG gets more US aid after 100-billion-dollar loss
American International Group Inc (AIG) will get access to another 30 billion dollars in government...
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Justice Dept. to Investigate Ticketmaster/Live Nation Potential Merger
The Justice Department will examine the projected merger of ticketing giant Ticketmaster...
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Medicare Decides To Expand Coverage For Cancer Drugs
Doctors and patients who need Medicare reimbursement for certain experimental treatments...
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Fiat Clinches Deal with Chrysler
Tuesday, a deal between Fiat and Chrysler was announced via a letter of intent, which if or...
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BofA Gets New $ 20 Billion Lifeline
The United States government approved a new lifeline of 20 billion dollars Friday to Bank of...
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Ford Is Putting Its Hopes In The New Taurus
Ford Motor Co. is scheduled to present its new Taurus during the auto show in Detroit, with the...
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Indian government names new board for fraud-hit IT firm
New Delhi - The Indian government on Sunday nominated three members to the new board of information...
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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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Waiting List for DTV Coupons
Consumers Union is urging Congress to delay the nation's transition to digital television, because...
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Deal in principle on rescue for US car industry
Washington - US lawmakers were close to agreement Tuesday on a 15-billion-dollar bail-out for the...
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Pelosi: Congress considering short-term funding for carmakers
Washington - Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said late Friday that Congress was considering a...
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US markets continue to revive
New York - After Thursday's holiday, US stocks extended their rally to a fifth day on Friday, with...
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US government rescues Citigroup; stocks soar
Washington - The US government's decision to rescue banking giant Citigroup sent stocks soaring...
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World summit aims to close gaps in finance market rules
Washington - The leaders of the world's top economic powers are expected to agree Saturday to close...
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Science
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Superman's foundation welcomes Obama's stem cell move
Los Angeles - The foundation started by former Superman star Christopher Reeve has applauded...
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Satellite Debris Is Beginning to Make People More Suspicious Than Necessary
According to the U.S. government, there's no relation between the fireballs that streaked the Texas...
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National Health Spending Continues To Rise
According to a study published in the today’s issue of the journal Health Affairs, national...
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Big Changes For The Endangered Species Act
The Interior Department has just finalized the rules which change the way the Endangered Species...
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Bush Administration Loosens ESA Consultation Process
The U.S. Department of the Interior yesterday released
modifications to ease the consultation...
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Report Finds Government Nano-Risk Assessment Plan Faulty
The government’s plan for research on potential health and
environmental risks posed by the use of...
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American Students Gain in TIMSS Test
A recent international survey of student achievement
released on Tuesday, Trends in International...
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Another Attempt For Delisting Gray Wolves
The Bush administration will once again try to take the gray wolf of the northern Rockies off the...
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Palin Loses Again: Cook Inlet Beluga Whales Listed As Endangered
This week, the Cook Inlet beluga whale population near Anchorage has made it onto the list of...
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Congress Report: Bush Administration Changed Environmental Policy
A new congressional report reveals that the Bush administration changed their initial standing on...
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NOAA Initiates Hurricane Preparedness Week
As hurricane season is about to
set in, NOAA has declared this week the Hurricane Preparedness...
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NOAA: Above Normal Hurricane Season Ready To Set In
The upcoming hurricane season in
the Atlantic Basin will be above normal this year, and residents...
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Agency Forced To Meet Deadline on Polar Bear Decision
The Interior Department can no longer postpone the decision
on whether to list the polar bear as...
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Government Forced to Decide the Fate of Polar Bears
A federal judge has ordered the Bush administration to decide by May 15
whether polar bears should...
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Environmentalists Take Gray Wolf Matter To Court
The infamous Federal Endangered
Species Act is not that protective it seems, and environmentalists...
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Gray Wolves To Be Hunted after Delisting
A major environment-related
decision was taken for the northern Rocky Mountains region, as the...
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Conservationists To Fight In Court For Gray Wolves
Environmental conservationists groups plan to fight in court
against the US Department of the...
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The Wolf No Longer Endangered in the Northern Rockies
Canis lupus, better known as the gray wolf, will no longer be protected under the Endangered...
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NASA: Orbital Granted $170 Million To Develop Spaceship Cargo
Orbital Sciences Corp. was
chosen to develop NASA’s future space cargo, capable of commercial...
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Conservationists Oppose Alaska Oil Exploration Decision
Extraction or extinction? That is
the question both environmental groups and oil-and-gas plan...
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Russia Launched Three New Navigation Satellites
On Tuesday night Russia sent three new satellites into space, in
a move that aims to extend the...
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The Endangered Species Act Will Be Revised
The Fish and Wildlife Service
decided today to revise seven decisions on protecting species across...
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American Electric Power Settles with EPA for $4.6 Billion
The largest electricity generating utility in the United States, American Electric Power, as agreed...
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DOI Could Overturn MacDonald's Biased Environmental Decisions
The Department of the Interior is expected to overturn politically-biased environmental decisions...
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Trout Not an Endangered Species in Yellowstone- Study
A study from 2006 showed that trout found in the shallow waters of Yellowstone National Park is no...
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Water Quality Worse in Ireland
The US federal agency Environmental Protection Agency says one third of Ireland’s rivers and...
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Bush Requires His Cabinet To Draw Laws Against Global Warming
On Monday, US President George W Bush requested a draft of
federal rules in order to to cut petrol...
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Health
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New Web Site Helps People Cope With Stress During Tough Times
The federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) launched March 31 a...
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Adoption of Electronic Medical Records Going Slow in US Hospitals
According to a survey published online Wednesday by the New England Journal of Medicine, only 9...
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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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Obama nominates Sebelius as US health secretary
Washington - US President Barack Obama nominated Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius as health...
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Medical Marijuana Supported By President Obama
President Barack Obama said as a candidate that states should decide their own medical marijuana...
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Depart. Of Justice Seeks Damages from J&J, Scios Unit
The US Justice Department on Thursday announced its intention to join two lawsuits against a unit...
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Stimulus Bill, Health Care Reform, Crucial Issues on Obama’s Agenda
Health care reform and the controversial stimulus bill continue to be crucial issues on...
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Court Finds No Link Between Vaccines And Autism
Three families who claimed vaccines caused their children’s autism were denied compensation...
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Economic Stimulus Bill Raises Concern over Rationed Health Care
Opponents to the new economic stimulus bill are concerned that the plan could result in the...
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HIV/AIDS Still a Threat, especially among African Americans
Nowadays HIV/AIDS continues to be a threat to men, women and children to all communities as many...
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The Cigarette Industry Goes Through Hard Times
The cigarette industry in the United States will suffer a lot of tough changes. The government will...
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Nigerian Families Can Now Fight With Pfizer
An appeals court ruled on Friday that Nigerian families can now sue Pfizer in US courts, with...
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FDA To Approve Eli Lilly’s Anti-Clotting Drug Prasugrel
The Food and Drug Administration is expected to approve Eli Lilly and Co.’s and Daiichi...
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Bisphenol A Stays in the Body Much Longer than Thought
The highly debated subject of the plastic chemical bisphenol A (BPA) is not over yet. A new study...
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California Seeks to End Prison Receivership
California Attorney General Jerry Brown and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger filed a motion in U.S....
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Medicare Decides to Expand Coverage for Cancer Drugs
Doctors and patients who need Medicare reimbursement for certain experimental treatments...
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Salmonella Outbreak in Minnesota Kills 7
A woman from Minnesota who was in her 80s died because of the United States outbreak of salmonella,...
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Ely Lilly Settles For More Than $800 Million In Zyprexa Lawsuit
Eli Lilly and Co. has agreed to pay approximately $800 million for unapproved marketing and...
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The Federal Government Advises Consumers To Avoid Peanut Butter Products
Due to the recent salmonella outbreak, the federal government is advising consumers to avoid...
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Seven States Sue Federal Government over Abortion Rule
California and six other states sued the federal government Thursday over the “conscience...
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Seven States Sue Over Bush Anti-Abortion Rule
Thursday, seven states sued the federal government over a rule that further expands...
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Groups, States File Suit against U.S. Government on Abortion Rule
Seven states and two abortion rights groups filed suit against the...
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Lawsuits Filed Over Abortion Rule
Seven states and two abortion rights groups filed a lawsuit on Thursday against the U.S....
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The Senate to Vote on Extra Health Coverage for Poor Children
The House on Wednesday voted to expand The Children’s Health Insurance Program to cover an...
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Children’s Health Program Goes to Senate for Approval
The bill intended to expand healthcare for children in low-income families is expected to breeze...
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WellPoint Suspends Enrollment Of New Members In Medicare Health Plans
WellPoint, parent company to Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Wisconsin, and one of the largest...
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Obama’s Health Care Reform Critiziced
The universal health-care systems, proposed by president elect Barack Obama, may be the last hope...
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National Health Spending Continues to Rise, But at Slower Rate
According to a study published in the today’s issue of the journal Health Affairs, national...
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Study Says Pledge Virginity Doesn’t Work
Teens who pledge to remain virgins until walking down the aisle are just as likely to have sex...
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“Right of conscience,” The Most Disarming and Bitter moral Lesson
A new law known as the “right of conscience” ruled passed by the Bush administration...
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