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CNN - Web Site: New Bin Laden Message Coming Soon - 3 Hours ago

Banner ad on Islamist Web sites says al Qaeda leader will release message soon It is not known exactly when the message will come Bin Laden's last communication was an audiotape released March 20 (CNN)

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Arizona Daily Star

China: Quake death toll could reach 50,000 - 3 Hours ago

Troops dug burial pits in this quake-shattered town and black smoke poured from crematorium chimneys elsewhere in central China as priorities began shifting Thursday from the hunt for survivors to dealing

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Pittsburgh Channel

Obama attacks Bush over Iran barb - 81 Minutes ago

WASHINGTON, 05/16 - Barack Obama has accused George W Bush of attacking him after the US president compared those in favour of talking to terrorists to Nazi appeasers. The White House has denied that

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Chinese president flies in amid quake anger
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Chinese Student Rescued After 80 Hours
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BA reports large jump in profits
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Bush, Saudis to discuss soaring gas pricesÂ Â 15 mins ago
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Burma storm aid frustrations grow
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Lebanon leaders to meet in Qatar
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Divers find Caesar bust that may date to 46 B.C.PARIS - Divers trained in archaeology - Auburn Citizen

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Nigerian pipeline fire kills about 100 people - Business Week

California Supreme Court overturns gay marriage ban - 4 Hours ago
San Francisco (PTI): In a landmark ruling, the California Supreme Court has cleared the way for gay marriages by striking down as unconstitutional a state law banning same-sex unions. '... limiting the
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McCain believes Iraq war can be won by 2013 - 4 Hours ago
COLUMBUS, Ohio The Republican presidential contender, in a mystical speech that also envisioned Osama bin Laden dead or captured, and Americans with the choice of paying a simple flat tax or following
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CNNPolice: Florida Arson Suspect Lit Decoy Fires - 4 Hours ago
Brian Crowder, 31, accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail into woods Police say Crowder started fires to throw police off his trail Crowder tells reporters he may have started fire with lit cigarette
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Politics/Law

Senate votes to roll back media ownership rule - 5 Hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate Thursday night voted to nullify a Federal Communications Commission rule that allows media companies to own a newspaper and a television station in the same market. The unusual
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Bush to Saudis: Can We Have Some More Oil, Please - 2 Hours ago
President Bush put the finishing touch on his celebrate-and-be-celebrated Israel stay, leaving the Holy Land Friday with no movement on Mideast peace but hoping to fare better in Saudi Arabia at obtaining
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Bush finishes Israel trip, heads to Saudi Arabia - 3 Hours ago
JERUSALEM - President Bush put the finishing touch on his celebrate-and-be-celebrated Israel stay, leaving the Holy Land Friday with no movement on Mideast peace but hoping to fare better in Saudi Arabia
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Business

CBS to buy web publisher CNET for $1.8B - 3 Hours ago
NEW YORKCBS Corp said Thursday it would buy web media company CNET Networks Inc for about $1.8 billion (dollar figures U.S.) to boost the television broadcaster's reach across the Internet. The deal could
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UN: World economy to grow by 1.8 percent in 2008Â Â 2 hrs ago - 5 Hours ago
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The world economy is 'teetering on the brink' of a severe downturn and is expected to grow only 1.8 percent in 2008, the United Nations said in its mid-year economic projections
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Bare-knuckle fight begins for Yahoo

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A week ago, Jerry Yang was trying to sound buoyant about the prospects for an independent Yahoo and insisting he was in it for the long haul. 'This is not something I got into lightly last year,' he told

Finance

British Airways profits soar to almost 1bn - 5 Hours ago
The airline, which has seen its reputation battered by the disastrous opening of the new terminal at Heathrow, lifted pre-tax profits to 883m in the year to March 31 from 611m the previous year. The 45
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Billionaire launches bid for control of Yahoo - 5 Hours ago
Xinhua English LOS ANGELES, May 15 (Xinhua) -- Voicing disappointment over Yahoo. Inc.'s refusal of Microsoft takeover bid, billionaire investor Carl Icahn on Thursday launched a bid for control of the
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Japan's economy grows at 3.3 pct annual pace in 1Q - 5 Hours ago
TOKYO Japan's economy grew at a stronger-than-expected 3.3 percent annual pace in the first quarter, racking up its third consecutive quarter of growth. Japan's gross domestic product -- or the value
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Sports

Dennis Rodman charged with domestic violence - 4 Hours ago
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Prosecutors say they have charged former NBA star Dennis Rodman with domestic violence for allegedly hitting his girlfriend at a hotel last month. Los Angeles City Attorney spokesman
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Thome's RBI single gives White Sox 4-3 win - 5 Hours ago
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- Jim Thome hit a go-ahead RBI single in the ninth inning, A.J. Pierzynski's RBI double capped a three-run second against former batterymate Jon Garland, and the Chicago White Sox
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Penn State's Paterno released, resting - 4 Hours ago
Hearts fluttered when it was reported yesterday afternoon that Joe Paterno had been taken by ambulance to Mount Nittany Medical Center in the late morning complaining of nausea, weakness and fatigue.
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Industry

Woman indicted in Missouri MySpace suicide caseÂ Â 1 hr ago - 109 Minutes ago
LOS ANGELES - A Missouri woman was indicted Thursday for her alleged role in perpetrating a hoax on the online social network MySpace against a 13-year-old neighbor who committed suicide. Lori Drew, 49,
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Vitamin D may help curb breast cancer, study finds - 82 Minutes ago
-- Breast cancer patients with low levels of vitamin D were much more likely to die of the disease or have it spread than patients getting enough of the nutrient, a study found _ adding to evidence the
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Police: 9 killed in Philippine bank robbery - 4 Hours ago
At least eight bank employees and a security guard were lined up and shot dead in the head Friday in a bloody Philippine bank robbery, police said. Another employee was in critical condition at a hospital.
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Internet

TD Ameritrade COO named next CEO - 5 Hours ago
TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. named Fred Tomczyk chief executive officer, while Joe Moglia will assume the post of chairman. Mr. Tomczyk, 52, and Mr. Moglia, 59, start their new jobs Oct. 1, the Omaha,
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Yahoo rebuffs plan to oust board - 75 Minutes ago
Mr Icahn has a history of waging corporate battlesYahoo has rebuffed billionaire investor Carl Icahn's plan to oust the current board of the net portal. Mr Icahn is amassing a stake in Yahoo in an attempt

Microsoft hits back at Vista security critics - 5 Hours ago
Software giant Microsoft has claimed user 'complacency' is to blame for malware infections, and denied that its is less secure than Windows 2000. The claim that Vista is less secure than Windows 2000
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Science

Bayer says Nexavar prolongs liver cancer patient's lives in phase III studyÂ Â 13 - 5 Hours ago
FRANKFURT (Thomson Financial) - Bayer AG. said that its Nexavar cancer pill was shown to prolong the lives of liver cancer patients by 47.3 percent compared to patients receiving a placebo in a phase
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Obesity contributes to global warming - 4 Hours ago
GENEVA: , too. Obese and overweight people require more fuel to transport them and the food they eat, and the problem will worsen as the population literally swells in size, a team at the London School
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Singapore non-oil domestic exports rebound in April on petrochemicals growthÂ Â - 6 Hours ago
SINGAPORE (Thomson Financial) - Non-oil domestic exports rebounded in Singapore in April supported by growth in demand for petrochemical products which offset the continued weakness in electronic shipments.
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Entertainment

Al Green to scoop lifetime gong - 4 Hours ago
Soul star Green enjoyed great popularity in the early and mid 1970sUS soul singer Al Green will be honoured with a lifetime achievement prize at the Black Entertainment TV (BET) Hip-Hop Awards. The 62-year-old

Top Hollywood agent Cowan dies - 3 Hours ago
Mr Cowan's family were with him when he diedHollywood agent Warren Cowan, who represented stars such as Frank Sinatra, Cary Grant and Elizabeth Taylor, has died aged 87. The publicist died in hospital
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Taylor Hicks to appear on Broadway - 7 Hours ago
NEW YORK - Taylor Hicks is going from "Idol" to "Angel."The "American Idol" alum will join the Broadway cast of "Grease" on June 6, playing Teen Angel in the revival of the popular musical.The gray-haired

Technology

'$100 laptop' nonprofit now teamed with Microsoft - 3 Hours ago
BOSTON - The One Laptop Per Child project is about to find out whether Microsoft Corp., a rival the nonprofit group once derided, is the solution to its problems in spreading inexpensive portable computers
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Windows to run on low cost computers - 4 Hours ago
SEATTLE: Microsoft Corp reached an agreement to make available its Windows operating system software for the One Laptop Per Child Foundation's XO Laptop, the company said on Thursday. Microsoft was not
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Microsoft to support One Laptop Per Child - 3 Hours ago
Software giant will start Windows trials on XO low-cost PC. Microsofthas said it will support theOne Laptop Per Child Foundation's XO Laptop by offering a version of the Windows operating system for the
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Health

Low vitamin D heightens breast-cancer mortality rate - 3 Hours ago
Disease twice as likely to spread in women deficient in the nutrient, study finds MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT From Friday's Globe and Mail Women diagnosed with breast cancer are nearly twice as likely to have
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Guidelines issued on heart devices - 4 Hours ago
People with implanted heart devices need closer follow-up care, an international panel of heart specialists recommended Wednesday in the first guidelines for monitoring this rapidly growing group of patients.
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More cancer patients having whole breast removed - 4 Hours ago
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Culture

Man held over missing make-up artist - 3 Hours ago
LONDON (Reuters) - The husband of an award-winning TV make-up artist is being questioned over her disappearance, media reported on Friday. Diane Chenery-Wickens, from Duddleswell in East Sussex, has not
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Children's Museum battle fought before city panel - 8 Hours ago
After months of public-relations jockeying, both sides of the high-profile divide over the Chicago Children's Museum's plan to relocate to Grant Park packed City Hall Thursday to sway leaders who will

Body found as search was due to close - 3 Hours ago
The private search for missing Israeli tourist Liat Okin was about to be abandoned when items belonging to her were discovered in Fiordland bush yesterday. A body believed to be that of Ms Okin was recovered
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