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Hezbollah Now Controls Much of Beirut - 4 Hours ago
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Iranian-backed Hezbollah took control of the Muslim part of Beirut on Friday, tightening its grip on the city in a major blow to the U.S.-backed government. Security sources
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U.N.: Burma junta seized storm aid - 3 Hours ago
Rangoon, Burma (AP) - A United Nations official says Burma's junta has seized all the food and equipment that the World Food Program (WFP) had flown into the country for cyclone victims. He says the WFP
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CORRECTED-Myanmar says no need for foreign aid distribution - 5 Hours ago
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar will accept foreign aid but not foreign aid workers, the foreign ministry said on Friday, after a disaster rescue team from Qatar that arrived in Yangon on an aid flight was
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U.S. military denies capture of top Qaida leader in Iraq
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>>   US
Getting a glimpse of Guantanamo - 3 Hours ago
MIAMI Life-size human silhouettes cut from orange cardboard direct passersby at busy Bayfront Park to the latest effort by human rights groups to get the Guantanamo prison for terrorism suspects shut

Taser parties a growing US trend - 7 Hours ago
By Rajesh MirchandaniBBC News, DenverIn a downtown loft apartment in Denver, Colorado, a group of 30-something women is having a party. They joke easily with each other about men, cats and botox. It's

Idea in mortuary science: Dissolving bodies with lye - 101 Minutes ago
The Associated Press The process is called alkaline hydrolysis and was developed in this country 16 years ago to get rid of animal carcasses. It uses lye, extreme heat and pressure to destroy bodies in
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>>   Politics/Law
Housing aid bill faces veto by President Bush - 5 Hours ago
WASHINGTON Democrats' plans to help hundreds of thousands of homeowners struggling with rising subprime mortgage rates and plummeting house values could be sidetracked by President Bush's threatened
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Obama picks ups N.J., Ore. superdelegates - 2 Hours ago
WASHINGTON - The movement of Democratic superdelegates to presidential hopeful Barack Obama gained steam Friday, with endorsements expected from two more congressmen. Obama spokesman Dan Pfeiffer said
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Beat the Press: High-flying Obama plays to win - 6 Hours ago
PORTLAND, Ore. Perhaps Barack Obama's competitive juices need new outlets now that he has expanded his lead over Democratic presidential rival Hillary Rodham Clinton. On a five-hour flight from Washington
 
>>   Business
BBC secretly banked 106,000 of Children in Need money - 3 Hours ago
The BBC was today forced to admit to another phone-in scandal in which 106,000 that should have gone to charity was in fact secretly banked by the corporation. Viewers who called to take part in fundraising
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Google execs hope for long-term ad deal with Yahoo - 3 Hours ago
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Google Inc.'s top executives expressed hope Thursday that the Internet search leader will be able to form a potentially lucrative advertising partnership with Yahoo Inc. -- a
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Cablevision plans wireless broadband network - 5 Hours ago
Cable TV provider Cablevision Systems Corp. disclosed plans Thursday to offer high-speed wireless Internet service across its coverage area in the New York region. The company also reported a wider deficit
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>>   Finance
Oil hits record high above $125 a barrel - 5 Hours ago
LONDON, May 9 (Reuters) - Oil hit a record high above $125 a barrel on Friday, boosted by strong demand for diesel, concern about supplies and a renewed bout of buying by investment funds. U.S. crude
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Big fall in French factory output - 4 Hours ago
The car industry saw the biggest fall in output in MarchFrench industrial output fell four times more sharply than expected in March, increasing concerns over the state of France's economy. Output declined

China producer price index up 8.1 percent in April - 5 Hours ago
China's producer price index, a key inflation indicator, rose 8.1 percent in April over the same month a year earlier, the government reported, as a top economic official urged Friday for controls to
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>>   Sports
Pierce, Allen lead Celtics - 5 Hours ago
BOSTONPaul Pierce and Ray Allen found their shooting touch. LeBron James can only hope he left his in Cleveland. Pierce scored 19 points, Kevin Garnett added 13 with 12 rebounds, and Allen broke out of
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Garcia builds 2-shot lead in Players - 5 Hours ago
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. - His age suggests that Sergio Garcia is about to enter his prime and has every reason to look ahead. He already has six PGA Tour victories, 10 more around the world, has made
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Federal judge orders Vick to pay Canadian bank $2.4M - 3 Hours ago
A federal judge ordered imprisoned quarterback Michael Vick to repay more than $2.4 million to a Canadian bank for defaulting on a loan. The Royal Bank of Canada sued Vick in September, arguing his guilty
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>>   Industry
March trade deficit narrows sharply - 2 Hours ago
WASHINGTON - The U.S. trade deficit narrowed sharply in March as demand for imports fell by the largest amount since the last recession was ending. The Commerce Department reported Friday that the deficit
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Oil price hits record high - 3 Hours ago
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- Oil prices soared to record highs near $125 Friday on the eve of the U.S. driving season as a weakening U.S. dollar drove investors to snap up commodities. Oil prices have soared
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Barack Obama: No sprout-eating Volvo-driver - 3 Hours ago
Barack Obama talked about his lousy bowling, his on-again, off-again flag pins and neck-ties and what he's trying to prove with any of this -- nothing -- in that interview with NBC News that aired last
 
>>   Internet
eBay mulls PayPal only payments - 3 Hours ago
SAN JOSE, California (AP) -- eBay Inc. is exploring whether to require customers to use only its online payment service PayPal, a move that has angered users and prompted antitrust scrutiny in Australia,

OpenOffice 3.0 beta gets an airing - 8 Hours ago
Mac support top of the list Tags: windows, mac, openoffice The first beta-test version of the OpenOffice.org 3.0 productivity suite was released this week, adding significant features such as improved

Firefox downloads infected by ad virus - 12 Hours ago
Mozilla has stopped distributing a language pack for Firefox after discovering it had been infected by malicious code for over two months. Although Mozilla's Vietnamese language pack for Firefox has been
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>>   Science
Akzo Nobel strengthens Specialty Chemicals ops with German, Chinese buys - 6 Hours ago
AMSTERDAM (Thomson Financial) - Akzo Nobel NV said it is strengthening its Specialty Chemicals portfolio through the acquisition of businesses in Germany and China. Under the first deal, Akzo Nobel's
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Spending for Agricultural Chemicals and Fertilizers Increases Momentum - 3 Hours ago
SUGAR LAND, TX -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 05/09/08 -- Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- Earlier this year, Industrial Info reported tracking nearly $370 million in future capital
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UPDATE 1-Akzo buying chemicals businesses in China, Germany - 7 Hours ago
(Reuters) - Dutch chemical group Akzo Nobel NV (AKZO.AS: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Friday it is expanding its paper and polymer chemicals businesses by buying specialty chemical producers in Germany
 
>>   Entertainment
BBC admits holding on to charity money - 113 Minutes ago
LONDON (Reuters) - The BBC admitted on Friday it had failed to pay 106,000 pounds which should have gone to charity from viewers' calls to premium rate phonelines, the latest such scandal to hit broadcasters.
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Foxy Brown guilty of phone charge - 6 Hours ago
Rapper Foxy Brown released her first solo album Ill Na Na in 1996Rapper Foxy Brown has avoided a further spell in prison after pleading guilty to menacing her neighbour with a phone. Appearing in a New
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R Kelly porn trial due to begin - 4 Hours ago
The singer was originally arrested in June 2002R&B singer R Kelly is due to face child pornography charges in court, nearly six years after first being arrested. The performer has denied video-taping
 
>>   Technology
Intel buys license for Sweden-wide WiMax network - 108 Minutes ago
STOCKHOLM, Sweden Intel Corp. dove further into the cellular business on Thursday, becoming one of the winners in Sweden's auction of licenses for nationwide wireless broadband. Intel paid $26 million
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LIVEBLOGGING: Schmidt, Page, and Brin Happy About Failed Microsoft-Yahoo Deal - 11 Hours ago
Im sort of liveblogging a talk that Google honchos Eric Schmidt, Sergey Brin and Larry Page is having with reporters before the companys annual meeting. Ill post their comments in chunks as it goes along&
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Court issues split decision in Lucent-Microsoft patent row - 13 Hours ago
NEW YORK A federal appeals court on Thursday reinstated one of two patent cases tossed out last year in the ongoing user-interface technology dispute pitting Alcatel-Lucent against Microsoft Corp. and
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>>   Health
Aceto Corporation Announces Fiscal 2008 Third Quarter Results of Operations - 3 Hours ago
Aceto Corporation (NASDAQ:ACET), a global leader in the sourcing, regulatory support, marketing and distribution of chemically derived pharmaceuticals, biopharmaceuticals, specialty chemicals and crop
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Bedbugs May Be Biting NYC Commuters - 2 Hours ago
The New York City Transit Authority is defending itself against a report that its subways may be whisking a host of unwanted travelers -- the nonpaying, six-legged, blood-sucking variety -- throughout

The Truth Behind Drug Ads - 2 Hours ago
Merck/Schering-Plough's Vyotrin ad was heavily marketed even as the company delayed releasing a study that called into question the drug's effectiveness. Now it's among several ads pulled from the airwaves
 
>>   Culture
Fame found artist, but not wealth - 10 Hours ago
His masterpiece has been on display for decades in a place no one wants to visit, admired by a rough crowd of critics who study its beauty and nuance for years on end -- or until the parole board lets

Metro Opens Doors to Artists: Entertainers Audition For Gigs Near Stations - 4 Hours ago
All journeys on Metrorail begin with the same introduction: 'This is the [color] line to [terminal station]. The next station is [hopefully, yours].' Should riders expect anything different when Metro

Dance review: Ballet Boyz: Greatest Hits / Sadler's Wells, London - 3 Hours ago
In the six years they have been running George Piper Dances, William Trevitt and Michael Nunn have never had the resources to expand into a full-time ensemble. It is still basically just the two of them,
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>>   Top Stories
Hezbollah: Lebanese Government Has Declared War - 3 Hours ago
Security sources said the fighting killed at least 10 people and wounded 20. The thud of exploding grenades and crackle of automatic gunfire echoed throughout the night in the worst internal strife since
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In Burma's Devastated Delta - 11 Hours ago
BOGALE, Burma, May 8 -- Ma Gan survived Tropical Cyclone Nargis. The storm tore the roof off the tiny brick house where the 22-year-old woman and her extended family live, 60 miles southwest of Rangoon,

Iraqi army: Iraqi al - 15 Hours ago
BAGHDAD (AP) - The leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, was arrested in the northern city of Mosul, the Iraqi Defense Ministry spokesman said Thursday. Mohammed al-Askari said the arrest of
 
>>   Media & Advertising
Clear Channel Communications Announces First Quarter 2008 Results - 3 Hours ago
Clear Channel Communications, Inc. (NYSE: CCU) today reported results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2008. The Company reported revenues of $1.6 billion in the first quarter of 2008, a 4% increase
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Zacks Analyst Interview Highlights: France Telecom, Total, Sanofi-Aventis, Royal - 5 Hours ago
Zacks.com releases the latest Analyst Interview. Today's interview is with senior analyst Santiago Burgaleta, who discusses France Telecom (NYSE: FTE), Total (NYSE: TOT), Sanofi-Aventis SA (NYSE: SNY),
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Google execs defend a Yahoo! ad tie-in - 7 Hours ago
Google's top executives have given a glimpse into how it might try to deflect antitrust concerns of a possible ad-sharing deal with rival Yahoo!, advising observers to look at the overall ad market. Google
 
 
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