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Spending cuts 'to hit north harder' - 6 Hours ago
Middlesbrough is the area of England least resilient to economic shocks, according to BBC-commissioned research. The study, carried out by Experian, looks at the ability of each local authority area to
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Highway deaths fall to lowest level since 1950 - 4 Hours ago
WASHINGTON -- The number of people dying on the nation's roads has fallen to its lowest level in six decades, helped by a combination of seat belts, safer cars and tougher enforcement of drunken driving
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North East town 'least resilient' - 6 Hours ago
Middlesbrough 'least resilient' area in England Middlesbrough is the area of England least resilient to economic shocks, according to BBC-commissioned research. The study, carried out by Experian, looks
 
Federer Tops Soderling, Reaches US Open Semifinals
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BP releases report on spill investigation
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ANA setting up low-cost carrier, a Japan first
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Sri Lanka lifts term limit on presidency
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China prepares further property tightening
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4th US missile strike in 24 hrs in Pakistan
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MGM defends practices after lion attack - 5 Hours ago
(CNN) -- MGM Resorts defended its safety practices Wednesday after amateur video surfaced showing a lion attacking its trainer inside its habitat at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, as horrified visitors

Imam: U.S. must handle center plan right - 5 Hours ago
Share your thoughts on Imam 's interview on iReport.com. (CNN) -- The religious leader behind plans to erect an Islamic center and mosque a few blocks from New York's ground zero said Wednesday night

Warren visits with Obama - 9 Hours ago
Elizabeth Warren slipped quietly into Washington on Tuesday to talk with President Obama about the possibility of leading the new , according to people familiar with the meeting. An administration official,
 
>>   Politics/Law
Quran burning flap a distraction from Obama agenda - 4 Hours ago
WASHINGTON -- First came the outrage over plans for a mosque near ground zero. Now there's anger over a Florida church's plan to burn copies of the Quran. Caught up in it all is President Barack Obama,

Obama: U.S. can't afford tax cuts for rich - 6 Hours ago
On a campaign trip to Ohio roughly two months before November 2 midterm elections, Obama admitted his economic policies had not worked as quickly as hoped, but said his party and proposals were still
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Clinton stands firm on N.Korea nuclear abolition - 6 Hours ago
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says her country will keep urging North Korea to give up its nuclear ambitions, regardless of who is the nation's leader. Clinton made the remarks on Wednesday in
 
>>   Business
Philippines admits police may have shot some tourists - 4 Hours ago
Philippine investigators admitted for the first time Thursday that police may have shot some of the tourists in a bungled operation that left eight Hong Kong residents dead on a bus in Manila. Justice
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KNOC rules out higher bid for UK's Dana Petroleum - 4 Hours ago
LONDON - Korea National Oil Corp. says it won't raise its hostile takeover bid for Britain's Dana Petroleum. The statement released Thursday follows Dana's publication of a defense document which argued

New York Fashion Week begins - 3 Hours ago
New York: Models (L-R) Karolina Kurkova, Lily Donaldson, Coco Rocha, Laura Stone, Jourdan Dunn and Caroline Trentini pose on a bus during Fashion's Night Out: The Show at the Lincoln Center. Picture:
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>>   Finance
Fed signals 'widespread' slowdown - 73 Minutes ago
The U.S. economy continued growing this summer, but 'with widespread signs of deceleration,' according to a new report on business conditions around the country. The Federal Reserve's 'beige book,' an
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European Stock-Index Futures Fall; Axa, Swiss Prime May Move - 3 Hours ago
European stock-index futures fell, indicating the Stoxx Europe 600 Index may decline from a four- month high, as the Federal Reserve said the American economy showed widespread signs of slowing. U.S.

Philippine Stocks Surge to Record, Peso Climbs as Exports Gain - 5 Hours ago
The Philippine benchmark stock index surged to a record and the peso touched a two-year high after an unexpected pickup in exports, brightening the economic outlook and spurring inflows. The Philippine
 
>>   Sports
Houllier ready for Villa challenge - 4 Hours ago
Gerard Houllier is relishing the "tremendous challenge" ahead of him after being confirmed as Aston Villa's new manager. Houllier has quit his role as technical director with the French Football Federation

Joyce to umpire near-perfect Galarraga's start - 4 Hours ago
PITTSBURGH When Armando Galarraga steps onto the mound to face Baltimore on Friday night, the Tigers pitcher will see a familiar face behind home plate in umpire Jim Joyce. This time, it's Joyce who plans
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Wales await Toshack decision - 4 Hours ago
Wales manager John Toshack will clarify his position on Thursday afternoon this afternoon after considerable speculation in recent days that he is poised to quit. The 61-year-old's future has been the
 
>>   Industry
Nissan team checks quality in Thai-made March cars - 5 Hours ago
YOKOHAMA, Japan - Thai-made Nissan March subcompact cars â?? the first major model from a Japanese automaker being mass produced abroad for sale in Japan â?? are getting extra scrutiny from a team of

Chinese UN diplomat unleashes drunken rant - 6 Hours ago
Online news: Asia The most senior Chinese diplomat at the United Nations delivered a drunken rant last week against his boss, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, and Americans at a retreat in Austria, a report
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Ark. GOP hopeful removes school logo from ad - 9 Hours ago
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Republican Senate candidate John Boozman has removed the University of Arkansas logo and football stadium from his latest campaign ad after the school asked him to pull the original
 
>>   Internet
Google Instant: big changes for users, publishers, marketers - 5 Hours ago
(09-08) 15:53 PDT -- Pursuing speed, Google now refreshes search results while people type queries, which could usher in major changes for end users, advertisers and publishers. Announced on Wednesday,

Browser-based games: Mozilla says the time is now - 6 Hours ago
Computer games have played an important role in advancing the state of the art for computing, and now Mozilla hopes to draw upon gaming to advance browser application development. Mozilla Labs has

Firefox 4 Beta 5 Adds Audio Tools, Hardware Acceleration - 8 Hours ago
Mozilla has released a fifth beta for Firefox 4 , adding hardware acceleration in Windows, a new audio API and support for a new security protocol. You can download Firefox 4 beta 5 from the Mozilla
 
>>   Science
INTERVIEW - Brazil firm makes huge potash find in Amazon - 10 Hours ago
By Denise Luna RIO DE JANEIRO RIO DE JANEIRO The company would begin producing around 2 million tonnes per year from the reserves by 2015 or 2016, Potassio's executive director Helio Diniz said. That

Nation's Two Leading Proxy Advisory Firms Recommend That Airgas Stockholders Vote - 4 Hours ago
RADNOR, Pa., Sept. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Airgas, Inc. (NYSE: ARG) today announced that two leading proxy advisory firms, Institutional Shareholder Services ('ISS') and Glass Lewis & Co., recommend

UPDATE 1-Airgas urges rejection of Air Products AGM proposal - 4 Hours ago
* Air Products says recommendation a 'serious error' (Adds details, background) Sept 9 (Reuters) - Industrial gas supplier Airgas Inc (ARG.N In the latest development in the protracted takeover battle
 
>>   Entertainment
Boyle in strop over Reed cover - 3 Hours ago
Scottish-Irish singer Susan Boyle allegedly got upset after Loud Reed said he would not give her permission to perform his song 'Perfect Day' on talent show America's Got Talent. The website TAZ claims
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Morgan wants to interview King - 4 Hours ago
British TV host Piers Morgan said taking over for retiring Larry King is like replacing Frank Sinatra's Las Vegas show. "How can you follow a legend like that?" Morgan said after news that he will take

Larry King's successor promises journalistic rigor - 8 Hours ago
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Piers Morgan, finally confirmed Wednesday as veteran talk show host Larry King's replacement, spoke to THR after last month's Emmys and again Wednesday morning, along
 
>>   Technology
Intel to Unveil Graphics Chip - 6 Hours ago
Intel Corp., the worlds largest semiconductor maker, will show off its first chip design that has graphics capabilities built into the processor, stepping up a threat to Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and

Microsoft looks to sharpen its CRM hooks - 10 Hours ago
Microsoft is tired of seeing Salesforce.com get all the headlines by dishing out a combination of pithy quotes and branded chocolates to the technology press. Although Redmond has no plans to one-up Salesforce.com
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Microsoft Apologizes to Fort Gay Gamer - 10 Hours ago
Cassville was small town in West Virginia that lies on the banks of the Tug Fork and Big Sandy rivers. In 1932, for reasons that are apparently now entirely forgotten, the town changed its name to Fort
 
>>   Health
Vitamin B could put off Alzheimer's: study - 5 Hours ago
Large daily doses of B vitamins could halve the rate of brain shrinkage in elderly people with warning signs of Alzheimer's, potentially delaying the onset of the disease, a study suggested Thursday.
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Vitamin B 'could slow Alzheimer's' - 4 Hours ago
Vitamin B can halve the rate of brain shrinkage in elderly people and delay the onset of Alzheimer's and age-related memory loss, according to results of a groundbreaking study. The research showed that
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Vitamin B could delay Alzheimer's - 3 Hours ago
Vitamin B could prove to be a revolutionary weapon against age-related memory loss and Alzheimer's, the results of a groundbreaking study suggest. The research showed that large daily doses of B vitamins
 
>>   Culture
Nancy Barton, 47; artist, teacher, and studio owner - 6 Hours ago
Her students liked that she could make them laugh and give them a hug before class. One wrote a tribute to her funny voice. But to Nancy Barton, who taught art for more than a decade in Hopkinton, her

Montmartre artists worry about their future - 4 Hours ago
Globalization has not spared the painters of Montmartre, who are as much a part of Paris as the Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame. They are increasingly finding themselves in competition with reproductions

Pilsen selected 2015 European culture capital - 4 Hours ago
Europe's culture capitals put on a full year of cultural events and have a chance to draw funds to revamp their culture infrastructure. Pilsen, a city of 170, 000 with a conservative reputation, beat
 
>>   Top Stories
Rig firms hit back at BP report - 11 Hours ago
The explosion on the Deepwater Horizon killed 11 workers and injured 17 Contractors who worked for BP on the ill-fated Deepwater Horizon oil rig have criticised the company's report into the Gulf of Mexico

Taliban chief says victory close - 13 Hours ago
Nato has boosted the number of its troops in Afghanistan Taliban leader Mullah Omar says his fighters are winning the war in Afghanistan and that the Nato-led campaign has been 'a complete failure'.In
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DPRK commemorates 62nd founding anniversary - 15 Hours ago
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) holds a meeting to commemorate the 62nd anniversary of its founding at the 4.25 Cultural Hall in the capital of Pyongyang, Sept. 8, 2010, in this picture
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>>   Media & Advertising
Octagon, Sports Marketing Powerhouse, Expands Brazil Footprint by Acquiring Veteran - 5 Hours ago
Sep. 9, 2010 (PR Newswire) --NEW YORK and RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Octagon, the world's largest sports and entertainment consulting and activation practice, has expanded its South American

Microsoft gets legal might to take down spam botnets - 7 Hours ago
SEATTLE -- With a judicial assist, Microsoft has perfected a new superweapon to shoot down botnets, the engines cybergangs use to deliver malicious Internet attacks. The U.S. District Court of Eastern
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Microsoft's Xbox ready for bigger battle in Japan - 7 Hours ago
TOKYO -- Battling its Japanese gaming rivals on their home turf hasn't been easy for Microsoft. Its Xbox 360 game console runs a distant third in sales here behind Sony's PlayStation 3 console and Nintendo's
 
 
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