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Tuberculosis Scare at Three Chicago-Area Hospitals
Hundreds of patients and staff at three Chicago-area hospitals may have been exposed to...
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Health Insurance Unaffordable in the US for 1.6 M People in 2007/2008
When it comes to health insurance things don’t look very good for Americans. According to a...
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Complaints Against Peanut Plant Were Ignored, Former Manager Says
Kenneth Kendrick, a former manager at the Peanut Corporation of America’s plant in Plainview,...
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The Economic Downturn Causes Lay-Offs For Dental Offices
Due to the current economic recession, more and more families are losing dental insurance or facing...
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Peanut Plant Owner Knew There Were Some Salmonella Problems at the Plant
According to recent reports in the salmonella outbreak case, the owner of the Georgia plant knew...
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University of Chicago Medical Center to Cut 450 Jobs
The University of Chicago Medical Center said Monday it will eliminate the jobs of 450 employees,...
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FDA Clears First Drug from Genetically Engineered Animals
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday cleared the first medicine made from...
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Doctor Accused of Medical Malpractice Loses License
The Board of Medicine has revoked the license of a doctor accused of medical malpractice in...
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Air-ambulance Pilot – A Dangerous Job
According to experts on this kind of problems, air-ambulance helicopters have the worst fatal crash...
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Delphi Seeks to Cut Health Benefits for Retirees
Auto supplier Delphi Corp. has sought U.S. Bankruptcy Court permission to eliminate health care...
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Former Health Commissioner Accused of Forcing State Employers to Work for Her
A former U.S. surgeon general is facing allegations that she forced state employees to work...
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Recent Studies Should Discourage Smokers
Recent studies show quite some interesting things about smokers and smoking. A West Virginia...
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Child Health Plan Backed Up By Senate
The large majority of Americans get their health insurance from their work place, those who are...
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Report: COBRA Too Expensive for Many Unemployed
According to a report released by Families USA, the national organization for health care...
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If You Are Unemployed Having a Health Insurance Becomes a Luxury
The unemployed Americans have much to lose when it comes to health insurance. Families USA, the...
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Employee Accidentally Spills Pills Into Cake
At a home for disabled clients in Cheshire, residents were sent to the hospital to be checked out...
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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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Smoking Ban Proves Effective in Pueblo, Colo., Cuts Heart Attack Rate
A study released last week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention concluded that...
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Economy Affects Hospitals In U.S.
Healthcare companies and organizations are about to confront with a “watershed” 2009, a...
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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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U.S. Issues Controversial Conscience Rule
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services today issued a regulation that gives employees...
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“Conscience Rule” For Health Care Providers To Take Effect
Unsurprisingly, the Bush administration announced yesterday new protections for health care workers...
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New Rule Protects Doctors Exercising the “Right of Conscience”
The Bush administration on Thursday announced new protections for health care providers who...
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Gas Generator Poisons Families
An attempt to stay warm almost had fatal consequences for eight people, five of them children,...
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Rate of Uninsured Kids Declines, More Children Living in Poverty
According to a report released Nov. 25 by
Families USA, the number of American children without...
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Health Insurer Tests Program For Abroad Surgery
The health insurer Wellpoint is testing a new program that gives covered patients the option of...
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Three Hospital Employees Fired After Patient’s Death
Three employees at Cherry Hospital in Goldsboro were fired and others were disciplined in the death...
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UTMB Announces 3000 Layoffs Because of Damage Caused by Hurricane Ike
The University of Texas Medical
Branch will begin notifying 3,000 workers on
Tuesday that they...
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Health Care Reform, a Difficult Mission for Barack Obama
Health care reform was one of the central issues in his campaign. Barack Obama has proposed major...
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Barack Obama Wins: Will He Keep His Promises about the Health Reform?
Barack Obama has promised major changes to U.S. health care, pledging to create a new national...
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U.S.
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Two dead in California hospital shooting
Los Angeles - A gunman killed one person and then took his own life when he opened fire at the Long...
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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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Seattle Post Intelligencer stops the presses
San Francisco - The Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper will print its last edition on...
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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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Chemical Exposure Scare Shuts Down San Jose Medical Center
Authorities announced that some parts of Santa Clara Valley Medical Center from San Jose were...
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Employees at Georgia Peanut Processing Plant Talk about the Filthy Conditions
After the investigators of the salmonella outbreak tracked Georgia processing plant as being the...
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Super Bowl Ads Put Pressure on Advertisers
The Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League. But it’s not just...
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Obama Presses Lawmakers on Remaining $350 Billion of Stimulus Plan
In order to get his presidential administration off to a fast start, President-elect Barack Obama...
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Head of the CDC to Step Down
The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is stepping down, according to an...
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Director of Disease Control Centers, Dr. Julie Gerberding, Resigns
Dr. Julie Gerberding, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, resigned. Dr....
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Barack Obama’s Health Reform Gets Vote Of Confidence
The universal health-care systems, proposed by president elect Barack Obama, may be the last hope...
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Obama’s Health Care Reform May Not Work
The universal health-care systems, proposed by president elect Barack Obama, may be the last hope...
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California, Out of Money
The economic crisis, which has now reached global proportions, is taking its toll on the United...
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Goldman Sachs reports first losses since market entry
New York - Goldman Sachs said Tuesday the global financial crisis had pushed it into the red for...
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High Court Dismisses New York Times Libel Suit Appeal
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the lawsuit of a
former Army scientist against the New...
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Workers' Sit-In at Chicago Factory Ends after Banks Agree on Loan
The sit-in at a Chicago window factory ended after five days during which laid-off workers...
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Layoffs At NBC Universal
The financial crisis has affected us all, starting from the economy and the wealthy, down to the...
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Boy, 17, Escapes Captivity, Police Arrest Two Suspects
Police in California are searching for a woman whose 17-year-old
nephew allegedly escaped...
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Wal-Mart Sued by Customers Injured in Black Friday Stampede
Two customers sued Wal-Mart for negligence. The two were injured in the Black Friday brawl at a...
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Gov. Schwarzenegger Declares Fiscal Emergency in California
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a fiscal emergency Monday fearing that the state of California,...
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Black Friday Ends Tragically for Wal-Mart Worker
What was supposed to be the busiest retail day of the year ended tragically for a man working...
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McDonalds Sued by Couple for Nude Pictures
McDonalds is facing a lawsuit of $3 million from a couple
who got racy pictures of the wife posted...
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Verizon Fires Employees Nosing Through Obama’s Phone Records
Verizon wireless has fired employees who looked through
President-elect Barack Obama’s old cell...
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Barack Obama’s Health-Care Reform May Help Many People
The universal health-care systems, proposed by president elect Barack Obama, may be the last hope...
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Obama's inauguration brings booming business to US capital
Washington (dpa) - Ticket scalpers, hotels, airlines, bus services and some Washington residents...
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U.S. Military Launches ‘TroopTube’, Its YouTube Alternative
Because use of the popular video sharing site YouTube has
been restricted for members of the U.S....
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Free Obama Inauguration Tickets Selling For 5 Figures
Tickets for the Barack Obama Inaugural gala of 2009 are
supposed to be free, cannot be reserved...
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Job Cuts at DHL
After failing to gain share in a market dominated by United Parcel Service and FedEx, Deutsche Post...
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Barack Obama Inherits Reform-Wanting U.S. Health-Care System
American
citizens have cast their vote. And they elected Democrat Barack Obama as their
next...
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Movies
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“Hotel for Dogs” Hits Theaters This Friday
“Hotel for Dogs” is a movie that features adorable dogs of all breeds and sizes with...
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“Damages” Returns for Some More Mind-Twisting Wednesday Evenings
Legal thrillers definitely continue to interest us for their magical ability of sending shivers...
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Carell In The Shoes Of Brigadier Gerard
Steve Carell has recently signed for the role of Brigadier
Gerard, Napoleon’s best soldier, in a...
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Full Episodes on YouTube Soon!
The biggest video sharing website with user generated
content, YouTube, was created in...
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Burn After Reading Warms Up Box Office
The warm welcome “Burn After Reading” received at the 2008 Venice
Film Festival apparently was...
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SAG Board Backs Negotiators, Talks with Studios to Stall
The board of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) has unanimously voted 68-0 on Saturday to back its...
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Contract Stalemate Between SAG and AMPTP, No Advance in Sight
There is currently an effective stalemate in negotiating the new contract between the Screen Actors...
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Rob Lowe: Another Nanny, Another Lawsuit
Not long after Jessica Gibson, the 24-year-old nanny, sued
Rob Lowe for sexual harassment, Laura...
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Movie Review: Baby Mama
It would be a lie to state that our main priority nowadays
is anything else but our career....
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Rob Lowe’s Nanny Countersues, Alleges Harassment
The nanny that actor Rob Lowe and his wife have sued for purportedly
violating a confidentiality...
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Rob Lowe Sues Ex-Nannies, Chef in Extortion Claim
Rob Lowe sued two of his former nannies and his former chef on Monday in a Los Angeles court.The...
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And Four Oscars Go To “No Country For Old Men”
As we (and not only we) anticipated, the Academy Award for
Best Motion Picture went to the Coen...
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Warner Bros to Start Layoffs of up to 1,000 Workers Due to Strike
As the stalemate between the Writers Guild of America (WGA)
and the Association of Motion Picture...
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Broadway Strike Continues after Talks Failed Again
The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees' Local One and the League of American...
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Talks between Stagehands and Producers Resume Saturday
The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees' Local One and the League of American...
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Stagehands' Strike Shuts Down Broadway
The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees' Local One in New York went ahead with...
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Science
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FDA Clears First Drug From Genetically Engineered Animals
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday cleared the first medicine made from...
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FDA Approves First Drug Made from Genetically Engineered Animal
The Food and Drug Administration announced the approval of the first drug made from a genetically...
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Griffin Denies Fight With Obama Transition Team
It seems like the fact that NASA administrator Michael Griffin and the space agency were...
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Obama vs Griffin: New Administration Means New Administrator?
The Obama era hasn’t even started yet, and NASA
Administrator Mike Griffin is already showing...
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Private Company SpaceX Launches Rocket into Orbit
Falcon 1, a liquid fuel rocket built by Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, has successfully...
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NASA – 50 Years Of Landmarks In Space Exploration
Fifty years ago, on July 29, 1958, U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower
established the basis of...
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Low-Carb Diet Is The Best Choice To Lower Cholesterol
If you really want to lose weight and decrease your
cholesterol level, you may try the...
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NASA Needs Urine Samples to Test Moon Mission Toilet
The employees at the Johnson Space Center in Huston will be asked to bring a small contribution to...
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NASA Reports Massive Job Cuts After Shuttle Retirement In 2010
The impact of retiring the Space
Shuttle in 2010 could cost thousands of NASA contractors their...
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Ill Beluga Whale At Georgia Aquarium Dies
Marina,
the second oldest beluga whale at the Georgia Aquarium, died Saturday morning.
Georgia...
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NASA’s Astronauts Didn’t Fly Intoxicated
At least this is what NASA administrator Michael Griffin told reporters after a monthlong internal...
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Gadgets
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Curiosity Over Obama Account Gets Verizon Employees Fired
Curiosity killed the cat, or in this case, got some employees fired… Verizon Wireless publicly...
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iPhone Takes Second Place In Smartphone Market
Apple is already racking up blockbuster sales with consumers. The company is making small inroads...
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Motorola Prepares New Business Plan, Android Phone
There have been several reports and articles about Motorola’s
plans for the future. The Wall...
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YouTube To Soon Offer Full-Length TV Shows With Ads
YouTube, the most famous video site in the world, is
planning to introduce full-length TV shows....
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Choosing a webcam: Resolution is key
Images rule the digital media world - even those from your own computer desk. A headset for making...
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Nokia 5800 Xpressmusic Enters The Smartphone Competition
Recently,
Nokia has unveiled their first touch-screen phone, the 5800 Xpressmusic,
which due both...
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The OLPC Organization to Sell XO netbooks through Amazon
One Laptop Per Child is a non-profit organization dedicated
to equipping underdeveloped countries’...
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Google Steps Into The Browser Market With “Chrome”
Google announced today the release of the Beta version of its
new browser, Chrome. In a bold move,...
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Jobs Says Apple Needs To Learn From MobileMe Mishaps
In an internal e-mail seen by ArsTechnica
Steve Jobs, Apple CEO, speaks about the problems with...
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Apple’s AppStore To Open On Friday With 500 Applications
Apple is getting ready for one of its biggest events this year: the launch of the 3G iPhone and its...
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China Mobile Talks With Apple About An iPhone Deal
It seems like Apple’s ultimate gadget, the 3G iPhone will
soon be available in China.
According...
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Gmail Gets Users to Test Its New Features
Starting with Thursday, U.S. and British users of the popular Gmail service will have the...
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China Mobile: No Formal Talks With Apple
According to Xinhua, during a conference held on Saturday in
China's Hainan Province,
Wang...
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Apple Expected to Announce Corporate Email Support
Many analysts predict that tomorrow Steve Jobs will unveil the company's strategy to woo...
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In-Stat Says There Are 400,000 Unlocked iPhones In China
According to a report released by the research company
In-Stat China was the home of nearly...
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Zumobi Goes Beta
Zumobi goes Beta! But what is
Zumobi in fact? Zumobi (or the Zooming User Interface) is a mobile...
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New Mobile Management Software from Microsoft
Microsoft is to announce at
the Cellular Technology Industry Association convention in...
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Report Indicates Orange as Euro-Carrier for Apple iPhone
The media frenzy around the European carrier that will bring Apple’s iPhone on the old continent...
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People
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Nottage only second black woman to win Pulitzer for drama
New York - Black women always play central roles in the plays of US playwright Lynn Nottage.
In...
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Pellicano Gets 15 Years Behind Bars
Anthony Pellicano, former celebrity detective, was sentenced
Monday to 15 years in prison in his...
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'Top Chef' Judge Sued By Former Employee
Celebrity chef and "Top Chef" judge Tom Colicchio was accused by a
former waitress of...
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Winona Ryder Caught in the Middle of a Jewelry Disappearance
Actress Winona Ryder reported a Bulgari diamond-incrusted bracelet and ring missing after allegedly...
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Travis Barker Offers Update on Recovery Process
Although he’s still in hospital, Travis Barker found a
minute to thank his fans for their support...
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Lil’ Kim Partygoer Beaten To Death In Times Square
A 24-year-old Queens woman passed away after being beaten black and blue at
a Times Square club...
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Uma Thurman to Marry Financier Arpad Busson
Academy Award-nominated actress Uma Thurman will marry her boyfriend Arpad Busson, who gave her a...
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Second Nanny Sues Rob Lowe
It appears that a former nanny for actor Rob Lowe countersued
the actor and his wife, Sheryl,...
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Hospital Workers Fired for Peeking into Britney’s Medical Records
Several employees of the UCLA Medical
Center will be fired or
disciplined for looking at Britney...
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Jackson's Neverland Saved from March 19 Auction
Michael Jackson managed to reach a refinancing deal and saved his famous Neverland, the 2,800-acre...
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Former Democratic Ohio Sen. Howard Metzenbaum, Dead At 90
Former Democratic Senator Howard M.
Metzenbaum, a well-known champion of workers and consumers,...
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"Survivor" Winner Loses Appeal, Remains in Jail
Richard Hatch, winner of the $1 million prize in the first “Survivor” competition on...
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One More Year of Electric Shock Treatment for Center Students
The Judge Rotenberg Educational Center in Canton has been
granted another year of applying...
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Preferential Treatment for Inmates Gibson and Hilton?
The sixth annual Office of Independent Review released today
announced that three of the Los...
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Brooke Astor's Son Charged with Grand Larceny
Anthony Marshall, 83, the only child of the late socialite and philanthropist Brooke Astor, pleaded...
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Well-Behaved Foxy Brown No Longer In Solitary Confinement
Hot-tempered BlackBerry-throwing Foxy Brown has been released from solitary confinement halfway...
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Britney Will Welcome Santa With Sons
Britney Spears will have sons Sean Preston and Jayden James by her side to open presents under the...
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Rapper Fabolous’ Friend Stabbed To Death At Manhattan Club
A 25-year-old man from Brooklyn, who was a pal of U.S. rapper Fabolous, got stabbed to death on...
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Oprah’s School Ex-Principal Slams Involvement Allegations
The former headmistress of Oprah Winfrey’s Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa claims she...
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Ozzy Osbourne’s Name Used By Police To Set Up Sting
Who said a little trick doesn’t help sometimes? Cass County Sheriff
Paul D. Laney had a great idea...
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Poor Deaf Confined Foxy
Hip-hop diva Foxy Brown is misunderstood: she says she did not take a mandatory drug test because...
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Foxy Brown in Solitary Confinement
Rap diva Foxy Brown has been a bad inmate at Rikers Island, upsetting both guards and fellow...
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Leaking George Clooney's Medical Records Leads to Suspension
Hospital employees that allegedly accessed information from George Clooney's medical records...
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Christina Aguilera Preparing for Baby
Pop singer Christina Aguilera has so far obstinately refused to officially confirm her pregnancy...
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Rather Wants $70 Million from CBS
Former news anchor Dan Rather slapped CBS with a $70 million suit on Wednesday claiming the network...
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Britney's Troubles Keep Piling
Britney Spears is in real danger of losing her two sons and what little is left of her career seems...
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Foxy Brown: New Album, Jail Time and No Baby
Rapper Foxy Brown was sentenced to 12 months of jail last week and now her manager has denied she...
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Rapper Trick Daddy Arrested in Strip Club
Rapper Trick Daddy, real name Maurice Young, was arrested early Tuesday after getting himself into...
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Britney Was Good to Doggy
The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has exonerated Britney Spears of any supposed...
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Sean Preston and Jayden James, Not Safe?
Britney Spears may have been cleared on that pup of hers but now it seems an investigation is...
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Video Games
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Myst Goes Open Source, More Games To Follow?
Businesses from a wide variety of domains are collapsing, filing for bankruptcy, letting go of...
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EA Los Angeles Pulls The Plug On Tiberium
Citing quality issues, Electronic Arts has decided to cancel
Tiberium, a first person shooter game...
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German rating system targets violent computer gamesBy Florian Oertel, d
Berlin - Violent computer games are sparking controversy all over the world. Legislation recently...
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Cryptic Studios to Deliver Star Trek Online
On Monday, Cryptic Studios has finally put fans at ease when it confirmed that it has taken on Star...
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LucasArt’s Restructuring Leads To 100 Layoffs
LucasArts recently confirmed the rumors about the layoff of about
100 of its employees. The...
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Activision Buys Bizarre Creations
The makers of the famous Project Gotham Racing, the UK
based Bizzare Creations, were acquired by...
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George Harrison, Nintendo US Marketing Chief, Steps Down
The Nintendo Marketing Chief, George Harrison, announced in
an telephone interview with Reuters...
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Crytek Plans to Port the CryENGINE 2 on PlayStation 3
It’s interesting what job-announcements reveal about a developer’s plans: after the famous...
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Specials
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Sony Ericsson posts first-quarter loss
Stockholm (dpa) - Mobile telephone maker Sony Ericsson on Friday posted a loss for first-quarter...
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Two more executives "boss-napped" in France
Paris (dpa) - Employees at a French factory belonging to the US auto equipment supplier Molex held...
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Microsoft Asks Ex-Employees to Return Part of Severance Money
Microsoft accidentally paid the 1400 workers it laid off on January 22 more than it should have and...
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Financial Incentives, a Strong Reason to Quit Smoking
Would you quit smoking for money? A new study suggests that money may be a strong reason to...
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Study: Financial Incentives Push People to Quit Smoking
A new study has revealed that financial incentives determine more people to quit smoking,...
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Former Health Chief Used State Employees for Personal Duties
A report released this week by the New York State Inspector General alleges that a former US...
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“Lipstick Jungle” Stage Manager Charged With Theft
The Brooklyn district attorney's office has informed that a stage manager for the NBC show...
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Steve Jobs Admits of Health Problems
After months during which the media have been speculating about Apple Incorporated’s Chief...
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Google Is Laying Off Recruiters
It seems that the world financial crisis has begun to be quite menacing, as the other days Nortel...
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Nortel Is Filed For Bankruptcy
The world financial crisis has taken its toll on big companies and now it’s Norte’s...
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Couple Gets Married at Taco Bell
Friday, in an orange booth at the local Taco Bell in Normal, Illinois, Paul and Caragh Brooks...
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CES Is Filled with New Technologies, But Will the Customers Afford It?
Even though all big manufacturers have displayed new products and revolutionizing technologies at...
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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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Pittsburgh Care Home Workers Abused 94-Year-Old Alzheimer’s Patient
The former five workers at a Pittsburgh-area nursing home are accused of abusing a 94-year-old...
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Health Care Providers Protected Under Conscience Rule
The Bush administration issued on Tuesday a regulation that expands protections for health care...
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Former Star Detective Pellicano Sentenced to 15 Years Behind Bars
Anthony Pellicano, former celebrity detective, was sentenced
Monday to 15 years in prison in his...
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Third Suspect Identified In The 17-Year-Old Abused Boy’s Case
On Monday afternoon, an emaciated, battered 17-year-old boy wearing only a pair of boxer shorts and...
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Warm Welcome for Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade has become some notorious for some time now. The parade is set...
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Blame Your Boss For Your Heart Attack!
Employees who say their bosses are inconsiderate and uncommunicative are more susceptible to heart...
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Wife’s Buns End up Online after Husband Leaves Phone at Mickey D’s
For Tina and her husband Phillip Sherman of Arkansas, the
meaning of cheap meat at McDonalds...
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Verizon Takes Action Against Its Employees
Verizon Wireless’ officials released a statement to announce
that action has been taken against...
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Two Men Shot in Washington Mall
Saturday,
at the Southcenter Mall in Tukwila, Washington, two young men were shot
by a gunman,...
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Obama’s Cell Breached by Verizon Employees
Verizon Wireless said that some of its employees gained unauthorized access to Barack Obama’s cell...
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Mickey Mouse marks 80th birthday
Los Angeles - Mickey Mouse marked his 80th birthday Tuesday, but those expecting a big party were...
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3,800 UTMB Workers to Lose Their Job
Some US
institutions have not been able to catch up with things after the Hurricane
Ike. One of...
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Barack Obama’s Health-Care Reform May Help Many
The universal health-care systems, proposed by president elect Barack Obama, may be the last hope...
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Head of Def Jam Dies from Self-Inflicted Gunshot Injury
A music executive who signed Beyoncé while he was working
for the Hitco publishing company and who...
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Def Jam's VP Commits Suicide
The news reported today about the death of Def Jam Records' Vice-President Shakir Stewart came as a...
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Gap between Rich and Poor Widened in Most Industrial Countries
Paris - The gap between the rich and the poor has widened in most industrial countries over the...
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Gypsy Musicians Serenade Berliners throughout the Year
Berlin - Fifty years ago, organ-grinders were commonplace in Berlin, churning out the music of a...
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Technology
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Did Apple Just Lay Off 1,600 Retail Employees?
The tough economic times are felt everywhere and Apple Inc makes no exception, despite the fact...
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Google- Twitter: Rumors, Rumors….
While everyone talks about the possible deal between Google and Twitter its seems like this is no...
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Yet Another Rumor: Google To Buy Twitter
TechCrunch.com is reporting that according to three anonymous sources Google is ready to acquire...
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Google announces 200 layoffs
San Francisco - Internet giant Google said Thursday that it planned to cut 200 jobs in sales and...
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Cisco to Acquire Pure Digital
Just a few days after launching the new integrating strategy called Unified Computing System (UCS),...
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IBM in Negotiations to Buy Sun Microsystems
IBM is reportedly in talks to purchase Sun Microsystems, an acquisition that would help Big...
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Cisco Launches New Server Strategy - Unified Computing System
Networking solutions developer and provider Cisco has launched a new strategy called Unified...
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Microsoft from Live Search to Kumo
Microsoft execs, over the past years, constantly said that the internet search can be done much...
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Microsoft Plans Internal Testing Of Revamped Search Service
Microsoft is planning on revamping its Live Search service, although the company isn’t really...
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Microsoft Demos Emerging Technology During TechFest 2009
Technology as we see it now is just a small glimpse of what technology will look like in a few...
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Change of Leadership at Google’s Philanthropic Arm
The executive director of Google.org, Larry Brilliant, will step down from his position, the...
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Microsoft Demands Laid-off Employees To Return Overpayments
It’s hard enough losing a job, but paying back some of the money received through severance...
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Yahoo May Face Major Reorganization Next Week
Yahoo Inc Chief Executive Carol Bartz could announce major management reorganization as early as...
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Twitter Gets A $35 Million Infusion
Twitter, the famous messaging network, has just announced a $35 million infusion from new venture...
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Security Breach At The FAA Recently Announced
Even if nobody would have thought, it seems that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has had...
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The FAA - The New Target For Hacker Attacks
According to an announcement made by the Federal Aviation...
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FAA Computer Server Hacked Last Week
The Federal Aviation Administration announced on Monday that their computers had been hacked last...
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Google Hopes to Cut Energy Waste With the Help of its Software
Consumers may some day get a detailed look at their energy consumption using a tool being developed...
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Google Launches Google Latitude
Google has just released yesterday a real-time location tool, Google Latitude, which opens up a new...
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Former Employee Plants Logic Bomb At Fannie Mae
It looks like a former engineer at the mortgage finance company Fannie Mae was found responsible...
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Microsoft Launches Vista SP2
Microsoft has just delivered a preliminary release candidate for Windows Vista Service Pack 2...
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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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Blogosphere Guru Michael Arrington Gives In To Threats, Announces Break
The pressure of being the co-founder of an influential technology blog has become unbearable for...
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Microsoft Shuts Down Flight Simulator Studios
Microsoft has recently announced 5,000 layoffs, but some reports indicate that the giant software...
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Microsoft Cuts Jobs, Local Businesses Fall
On Thursday, Microsoft announced that it would send away over 4,000 people from all the...
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Apple to Release Q1 Earnings Report
Apple Inc will most likely release its earnings report for the first quarter on Wednesday, January...
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Employee: Belkin’s Unofficial Policy: Pay For Good Reviews!
There are many consumers out there basing their product choice on reviews, but how reliable are...
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YouTube Experiments Downloading Option
It looks like YouTube users can finally sit back and relax. They won't have to rely on third party...
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Jobs’ Health Issues Cause Quite a Stir Inside the Company
Apple’s shares were down by 4.8% to $81.29 in morning trading on Thursday as a consequence of...
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Toyota Announces Losses For This Fiscal Year
For the first time in 70 years, Toyota announced on Monday that it will lose money this...
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World
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Sony Ericsson plans to cut 400 positions in Sweden
Stockholm - Mobile telephone maker Sony Ericsson on Friday announced plans to cut 400 jobs in...
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Richard Branson draws criticism for dressing up as a cleaner
London - British billionaire businessman Richard Branson has incurred the wrath of trade union...
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Flu epidemic stifles Mexicans' traditional sociability
Mexico City - A week of measures to combat a flu epidemic - including several cases of swine...
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French "boss-napping" succeeds, workers to get more redundancy pay
Paris - French workers for a British adhesives maker who held their managers hostage were granted...
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French workers take managers hostage - again
Paris - Workers at a French factory producing industrial adhesives have taken hostage a number of...
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Twelve factory workers killed in blast in Philippines
Manila - Twelve factory workers were killed and five injured when a boiler at a...
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Man dies in "revenge" blast in China's Xinjiang region
Beijing - A man died after detonating explosives Thursday in China's far...
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French Caterpillar workers take four managers hostage
Paris - Workers at a French factory of the US industrial equipment manufacturer Caterpillar have...
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French government to pay 10 million euros to nuclear test victims
Paris - The French government will pay out at least 10 million euros (13.62 million dollars)...
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Huge crowds protest Sarkozy's economic policies
Paris - Up to 3 million people took to the streets of cities throughout France on Thursday to...
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Russian police kill hostage taker in Siberian bank
Moscow - Russian police in Siberia stormed a bank and killed an armed man who had taken five...
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16 killed in German school shooting spree
Berlin - A former pupil went on a shooting spree at a school in south-west Germany on Wednesday,...
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China Authorities Take Control Measures After Bird Flu Death
It was reported that the woman, who was identified as Huang Yanqing, has bought nine ducks at a...
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Swiss End Year Still Entangled In Row With Libya
Geneva - In July, employees at a Geneva hotel decided to call the police to complain about the...
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"Will Brussels Kill What Moscow Couldn't?", Poles Wonder
Gdansk - Tourists visiting Poland's Baltic coast often snap photos at the gates of Gdansk's...
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Thieves steal 80 million euros worth of jewels in Paris
Paris - Three armed men broke into a renowned jewellers' in the heart of Paris and made off with...
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Hong Kong Airlines Faces Crew Rebellion
Hong Kong - Hong Kong's flagship airline Cathay Pacific is dealing with significant problems, as...
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Battle with terrorists continues in Mumbai, toll 119
New Delhi - Indian forces continued their battle with terrorists in luxury hotels in the financial...
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Job Cuts Loom As German Auto Industry Battles Slump
Berlin - There's a saying in Germany that when Daimler coughs, the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg...
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8-Year-Old Ariz. Boy Arrested In Double Homicide
Police in a small eastern Arizona community arrested an 8-year-old boy on premeditated murder...
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German Engineering Strikes Enter 4th Day
Hamburg - Workers in Germany's engineering sector were on a rolling strike for a fourth day...
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Investigation into Madrid Air Crash to Hear Witnesses
Madrid - A judicial investigation into the August 20 air crash that killed 154 people in Madrid has...
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Barack Obama Versus John McCain: The Health Care System Round
With the presidential
campaigns nearing the end and the elections on November 4,
2008...
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Witnesses: Metrolink Commuter Had Green Signal before Crash
Federal investigators found three witnesses who said the commuter train involved in the worst train...
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Obama To Launch Multifaceted Attack On McCain’s Health Care Plan
Barack Obama launched an attack on John McCain’s health care plan Saturday and focused its...
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US aerial attack kills at least 16 in Pakistan
Islamabad - At least 16 people, including two women and a child, were killed and around a dozen...
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US Finance Rescue Plan Aims to Help Healthy Companies
Washington - The US treasury secretary and central bank head Tuesday outlined details of a historic...
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RIPTA and SDS Go Head To Head
The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority met on Monday to
discuss a $12 million deficit in the...
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Trade School Shooting in Finland; Nine Killed
A school massacre in western Finland resulted in nine deaths on Tuesday, police announced at a news...
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Houston Tries to Return Back to Normal after Hurricane Ike
Houston, Texas - Only a few days had passed since Hurricane Ike tore into the Gulf Coast of Texas,...
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Volvo Cars and Swedish government freeze talks on state guarantee
Stockholm - Volvo Cars, the Swedish subsidiary of US automotive giant Ford, and the Swedish...
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Sprint losses widen less than forecast
New York - Struggling mobile-phone service provider Sprint Nextel Corp posted a first quarter...
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GM says Pontiac not gone yet; gets another 2 billion dollars
Washington - Reports that General Motors might kill off its muscled Pontiac line - Firebird,...
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Electrolux reports first quarter loss
Stockholm - Swedish home appliance maker Electrolux recorded an increased pre-tax loss in the...
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Google Feels the Recession, but Still Doing Pretty Well
Even the mighty Google can’t get away from the economic recession that basically hit the...
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Sony Ericsson posts first-quarter loss
Mobile telephone maker Sony Ericsson on Friday posted a loss for first-quarter 2009 in line...
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Tech Mahindra to take over fraud-hit IT firm Satyam
New Delhi - Tech Mahindra Ltd, the technology arm of India's Mahindra Group,...
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Tech Mahindra Highest Bidder for Fraud-Hit Satyam
Tech Mahindra, an Indian joint venture between BT Group and Mahindra & Mahindra, is the top...
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Indian IT firm Infosys sacks 2,100 employees
New Delhi - With business shrinking in face of a global economic downturn, Indian...
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US ratings agency Moody's to quit Taiwan
Taipei - Taiwan confirmed Friday that US ratings agency Moody's plans to quit the country in...
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Daimler warns of exposure to Chrysler collapse
Berlin - German automotive group Daimler, which is struggling with a slump in sales of its...
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Japan to draw up largest-ever stimulus worth 100 billion dollars
Tokyo - The Japanese government plans to draw up a supplementary budget for...
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Gideon Yu, Facebook CTO, Leaves the Company
Facebook’s Chief Financial Officer Gideon Yu left the company. The exit of the 37-year-old...
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Chicago Sun-Times files for bankruptcy
New York - The Sun-Times Media Group Inc, owner of the Chicago Sun Times and more than 50 other US...
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Report: Natixis gives huge bonuses after multibillion-euro loss
Paris - One day after the French government announced that it would issue ban the granting of...
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New York Times, Washington Post lower salaries, cut jobs
New York - The two most prestigious newspapers in the United States both announced job cuts...
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About 7,500 General Motors workers take buyouts
Washington - About 7,500 union workers at General Motors will take company buyouts as part of...
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French government to ban bonuses in state-aided firms
Paris - The French government is to issue a decree next week banning companies that receive state...
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Report: GM subsidiary Saab to continue cooperation with US parent
Stockholm - Although US giant General Motors aims to sell its Swedish subsidiary Saab, the...
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Daimler: Forty per cent of company's workers on short time
Berlin - Just over 40 per cent of the 165,000-strong Daimler workforce in Germany will be on...
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Report: Ford in discussions over sale of Volvo Cars
Stockholm - US car giant Ford is in touch with "a number" of prospective buyers...
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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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Some AIG workers offer to return incendiary bonuses
Washington - In a conciliatory gesture, some AIG employees have offered to return some of the 165...
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Greek government freezes public sector salaries
Athens - The Greek government on Wednesday froze the salaries of public sector employees earning...
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Congress wants AIG bonuses back; AIG head rebukes suicide remark
Washington - The US Congress Wednesday tapped into growing public ire over bailed-out insurance...
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Carol Bartz Shakes Things Up at Yahoo, Changes Management
It didn’t take Yahoo chief executive officer Carol Bartz too much time to show who’s in...
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Yahoo May Face Major Reorganization This Week
Yahoo Inc Chief Executive Carol Bartz could announce major management reorganization as early as...
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Hewlett-Packard Cuts Pay
Hewlett-Packard, the largest technology company in the world, decided to cut its employees’...
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Funding Received By Twitter Exceds $35 Million
Twitter Inc. announced that it managed to close a $35-million venture capital round led by...
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Toyota Cuts North American Production, Offers Buyouts to Workers
Toyota Motor Corp., the world’s largest automaker, announced its decision to reduce...
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