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World

'No need' to keep troops in Germany - PA - 4 Hours ago

British troops could be withdrawn from Germany for good, nearly 70 years after the end of the Second World War, if the Conservatives win the general election. Shadow Defence Secretary Liam Fox said it

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Obama Job Approval Rating Drops Under 50 Percent - 5 Hours ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's job approval rating has dropped below 50 percent in a second major poll in an indication he is suffering from the long healthcare debate and weakness in

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Blackwater guard charges to drop - 5 Hours ago

Blackwater guards are accused of firing on civilians in the 2007 incident US prosecutors have asked for charges against one of five Blackwater security guards accused of killing up to 17 unarmed Iraqi

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Chinese mine gas blast traps 139
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U.S. serviceman admits to hit-and-run
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As deployment nears, will wavers
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Take a deep breath: Needles are on the way out
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Gangbos become the latest measure for fighting antisocial behaviour
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China is not a party to the Kashmir conflict: Mirwaiz \|
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Swine flu may have hit one peak; more to come - 5 Hours ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The pandemic of swine flu may be hitting a peak in the Northern Hemisphere, global health officials said on Friday, but they cautioned it was far from over. Officials also said
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County jobless rate remains 11.1 percent but state sets another record - 5 Hours ago
(Source: Ventura County Star)By Allison Bruce, Ventura County Star, Calif. Nov. 20--Ventura County's unemployment rate stayed unchanged at 11.1 percent in October. It remains significantly higher than
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Students hold buildings in protest - 4 Hours ago
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Politics/Law

Healthcare reform: Senate releases bill, sets stage for showdown - 5 Hours ago
WASHINGTON â?? The Democrats in the Senate released a healthcare reform bill this week, and as industry stakeholders expected, they didnâ??t drop any provisions related to HME. They did, however, tweak
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Moderate Dems Key In Upcoming Health Vote - 5 Hours ago
WASHINGTON -- A wavering moderate Democrat said Friday he'd stand with Senate Democratic leaders on a crucial weekend test vote on their sweeping health care bill amid indications other moderates would
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Colo. billboard links Obama with jihadists - 5 Hours ago
A billboard at an auto dealer in Wheat Ridge (ProgressNow | ) WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. A billboard in suburban Denver compares President Barack Obama to a terrorist. The billboard in Wheat Ridge shows
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Business

Chase drops arbitration in credit card contracts - 6 Hours ago
* JPMorgan says drops mandatory arbitration * Bank resolves its portion of antitrust lawsuit NEW YORK, Nov 20 (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) on Friday said its credit card contracts will
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Gala cuts 300 jobs amid reorganisation and bingo closures - 5 Hours ago
Administrative staff to bear brunt of cuts as gambling group retrenches. Gambling group Gala Coral is cutting almost 300 jobs as a result of a reorganisation and the closure of five more bingo clubs.
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Cossette Provides an Update on and Reaffirms Support for the Mill Road Transaction - 5 Hours ago
KOS (TSX) QUEBEC CITY, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Cossette Inc. reaffirmed today its support for the privatization transaction (the 'Mill Road Transaction') with Mill Road Capital, L.P. ('Mill Road')
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Finance

Stocks dip as investors weigh recovery bets - 107 Minutes ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks fell for third straight day on Friday as investors took weaker-than-expected results from computer maker Dell and homebuilder D.R. Horton as a further sign that the recovery
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US Fed officials step up asset bubble-watch - 5 Hours ago
US Federal Reserve officials are stepping up scrutiny of the biggest US banks to ensure the lenders can withstand a reversal of soaring global-asset prices, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
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BOJ keeps rates low, is upbeat - 5 Hours ago
The Bank of Japan held interest rates near zero amid mounting government pressure for it to fight deflation that could stunt the recovery from the country's worst postwar recession. Gov. Masaaki Shirakawa
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Sports

Knicks' Answer: No To Allen Iverson - 3 Hours ago
GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- The New York Knicks won't sign Allen Iverson, believing any short-term gain would hinder their plans to build for the future. Team president Donnie Walsh said Friday the team won't
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Police expose Europe's biggest match-fixing ring - 5 Hours ago
BOCHUM, Germany: A match-fixing ring with more than 200 suspected members fixed or tried to fix around 200 matches across Europe, including three in the Champions League, in what UEFA called the biggest
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Henry says Ireland replay would be fairest - 5 Hours ago
'Mad Dog' after another All Blacks scalp All Blacks wary of loading English gun World Cup party's over for Phoenix Huge European football match-fixing ring exposed Collision mars Team NZ semifinal IRB
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Industry

Fans mourn end of 'Oprah' show - 2 Hours ago
48:21 EST CNN SWITCH TO: Share this on: By Jo Piazza, CNN 's syndicated talk isn't ending for another two years, but fans are already mourning. STORY HIGHLIGHTS'The Show' won't disappear until 2011, but
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DJ USDA Natl Daily Lamb Neg/Formulated Purchases - Nov 19 - 4 Hours ago
USDA Market News Service NATIONAL DAILY LAMB REPORT (NEGOTIATED AND FORMULA PURCHASES) - DOMESTIC ONLY *Today's trades not reportable because they did not meet the confidentiality guideline for live lambs.
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Police urged to visit all victims - 5 Hours ago
Dorset Police's website is an example of naming and shaming criminals Police should visit every victim of crime no matter how minor the offence, the home secretary has said. Alan Johnson made the call
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Internet

TD Ameritrade Offering $1.25B in Senior Notes - 5 Hours ago
Online retail brokerage TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. said Friday that it will sell $1.25 billion in senior unsecured notes in a public offering and use proceeds to retire debt and stagger the maturity
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Seize Seesmic Twitter app on BlackBerry, Android - 5 Hours ago
The Twitter service with the cutesy raccoon mascot is making a new home on BlackBerry and Google Android phones. The free Seesmic, like its proliferate rivals, lets you read, manage, and compose Twitter

Security Problems Found With Firefox Extensions - 3 Hours ago
[ insider_reports_insider ] Doug Caverly Staff Writer 2009-11-20 Firefox users should take a moment to reevaluate which of the extensions they use they can do without. Security consultants have determined

Science

Large Hadron Collider up and running again - 6 Hours ago
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Monsanto aims to stop leaks at Idaho mine dump - 5 Hours ago
BOISE, Idaho -- Monsanto Co. is installing a water management system at an Idaho phosphate mine the company depends on to make its Roundup weedkiller to stop the leakage of selenium and heavy metals into

Cabot Microelectronics Corporation Receives Ruling on Pending Summary Judgment Motions - 5 Hours ago
Cabot Microelectronics Corporation (Nasdaq: CCMP), the world's leading supplier of chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) polishing slurries and growing CMP pad supplier to the semiconductor industry,
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Entertainment

'The Twilight Saga: New Moon' - movie review - 5 Hours ago
Robert Pattinson as Edward Cullen (l.) and Kristen Stewart as Bella Swan in a scene from "The Twilight Saga: New Moon." Kimberley French/Summit Entertainment/AP The latest in the 'Twilight' series, 'New
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'The Blind Side' - movie review - 5 Hours ago
Sandra Bullock plays a feisty Southern belle in this true story of a wealthy family who takes in a near-homeless black boy and nurtures his talent for football.
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Jackson's doctor says others gave him propofol - 4 Hours ago
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Michael Jackson's personal physician told investigators he was not the first doctor to give the pop star propofol, the powerful anesthetic that was one of the drugs to cause his
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Technology

Istanbul Opens Worldâ??s Largest Earthquake-Safe Building - 5 Hours ago
The worldâ??s largest seismically isolated building, the new international terminal at Istanbulâ??s Sabiha GÃ¶kÃ§en Airport, is now complete and open for business. Stretching across more than 2 million
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Surround 3D TV: Sneak peek - 2 Hours ago
Surround 3D TV is making its way to your living room. To get a sense of what it may look and sound like, look no further than the cutting edge of virtual reality taking shape at academic research centers

Vanish! How Wired Readers Caught Our Fugitive Writer - 2 Hours ago
Photo: Joe Pugliese 1August 13, 6:40 PM: I?m driving East out of San Francisco on I-80, fleeing my life under the cover of dusk. Having come to the interstate by a circuitous route, full of quick turns

Health

Guidelines push back age for Pap smear - 5 Hours ago
NEW YORK - New guidelines for cervical cancer screening say women should delay their first Pap test until age 21, and be screened less often than recommended in the past.
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Pa. university students upset about fitness class - 3 Hours ago
Officials at historically black Lincoln University said Friday that the school is simply concerned about high rates of obesity and diabetes, especially in the African-American community. 'We know we're
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Allergy danger prompts Country Crock products recall - 3 Hours ago
NEW YORK, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Unilever United States Inc. said on Friday it was voluntarily recalling certain Shedd's Country Crock chilled side-dish products because they may contain sulfites. People

Culture

ART Advanced Research Reveals Restructuring Agreement And Proposal To Creditors - 4 Hours ago
(RTTNews) - ART Advanced Research Technologies Inc. (ARA.TO: News ) said on Friday that its strategic review process has culminated in ART entering into an agreement with Dorsky Worldwide Corp. to restructure
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Vincent Van Gogh: The Complete Letters - 6 Hours ago
Van Gogh's letters provide an extraordinary map of the artist's interior world Michelangelo wrote some wonderful sonnets; Constable's correspondence has a fascinating tough-tenderness; most visualisers

Two of Hubble's instruments to go on display at US museum - 6 Hours ago
Two instruments that served more than 15 years aboard the Hubble telescope have gone on display in the US. Washington DC's National Air and Space Museum is the new home for the WFPC-2 and Costar, which