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Chavez tells troops to ready for war with Colombia - 1 hour ago
President Hugo Chavez ordered Venezuela's military on Sunday to prepare for a possible armed...
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La. under state of emergency as Hurricane Ida strengthens - 1 hour ago
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has declared a state of emergency to prepare for Hurricane Ida in the...
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In wake of attack, military asks: Who cares for the caregivers? - 1 hour ago
Amputations. Combat stress. Divorce. Suicide. For troubled service members, military therapists are...
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Suspected shooter sent to Fort Hood for 'fresh start' - 1 hour ago
The military must answer for whether it missed warning signs when the Fort Hood shooting suspect...
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Muslim image campaigns suffer after Fort Hood shootings - 2 hours ago
The tragic shootings at Fort Hood, Texas, allegedly by an Arab-American Army psychiatrist, may deal...
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Army chief: Avoid speculation about Hasan's faith - 2 hours ago
The Army chief of staff says it's important for the country not to get caught up in speculation...
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No new talks scheduled in Philly transit strike - 3 hours ago
No new talks are scheduled as the strike by Philadelphia bus drivers, subway and trolley conductors...
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Government: 40 dead in El Salvador flooding - 7 hours ago
El Salvador's interior minister says that 40 people have died throughout the country following three...
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Karzai: 'No place' for corrupt officials - 8 hours ago
Afghan President Hamid Karzai, under fire from his international partners to clean up his...
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Police: Suicide bomb in Pakistan market kills 12 - 8 hours ago
A suicide bomber apparently targeting an anti-Taliban mayor struck a crowded market Sunday in...
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Historic, Obama-backed health care bill passes House - 5 hours ago
In a victory for President Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health...
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Funeral services held for slain New Mexico nun - 16 hours ago
A slain Catholic nun who lived and worked on the Navajo Indian reservation was remembered Saturday...
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Lawyer: Accused Orlando office shooter mentally ill - 3 hours ago
The engineer accused of fatally shooting one employee and wounding five others at the firm where he...
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Spain works to free 33 crew held by Somali pirates - yesterday
Spain said Saturday it is working to free 33 crewmembers of a fishing vessel held by Somali pirates...
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Afghan ministry: NATO strike kills Afghan soldiers - yesterday
Afghanistan's Defense Ministry said Saturday that a NATO airstrike in the western province of...
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Bill Would Repeal Antitrust Exemption - 6 hours ago
The House health-care bill would repeal an exemption from federal antitrust oversight that the...
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Northrop to Sell Consulting Unit for $1.65 Billion - 51 minutes ago
Northrop Grumman has agreed to sell its TASC consulting unit to private-equity firms General...
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Hedge-Fund Giant Surfaces in Trading Probe - 2 hours ago
The widening probe of insider trading on Wall Street is expected to examine transactions at Steven A...
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Bankers Cool on Rusal IPO - 2 hours ago
A $2.5 billion IPO by aluminum firm Rusal will be one of the year's hottest deals. But some banks...
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Treasury Blocks Fannie Tax Credit Sale - yesterday
The Treasury blocked Fannie Mae's proposed sale of $3 billion in housing tax credits to Goldman...
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Freddie to Request Further Handouts - yesterday
Freddie Mac posted a loss of $6.3 billion and said it expected to ask for more handouts from the...
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Berkshire's 'Green' Bets - 2 hours ago
Buffett's MidAmerican Energy is building windmills and investing in high-tech batteries in one of...
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Grim Milestone: Jobless Rate Tops 10% - 2 hours ago
The jobless rate jumped to 10.2% in October, the first time above 10% since the early 1980s. A total...
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Bank Failures Hit 120 for the Year - 6 hours ago
U.S. regulators closed five more banks, reaching 120 for the year, as souring loans and the...
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California May Limit Placement Agents - yesterday
California's state controller and treasurer are drafting legislation that could curb pay for...
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Tax Refunds, Relief for Builders - yesterday
The new tax break for businesses signed into law on Friday will result in a windfall valued at...
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GM Advances Opel Restructuring - yesterday
GM marketing chief Robert Lutz will be installed to head Opel's supervisory board as the U.S. auto...
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EBay Settles Suit Over Skype - yesterday
Ebay announced a legal settlement with the co-founders of Skype, allowing a planned $2 billion deal...
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More Profit For AIG, But Challenge Too - yesterday
AIG posted its second profitable quarter in a row, but weak results at its main insurance businesses...
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News Corp. to Expand in Italian TV - 1 hour ago
News Corp. is planning a new free TV channel in Italy that will bring it into direct competition...
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Cioffi Lawyer: Case Lacks 'Credibility' - yesterday
Defense lawyers made their final arguments in the trial of two former Bear Stearns hedge-fund...
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Blackstone, Fortress Benefit From Market Gains - yesterday
Both Blackstone and Fortress posted third-quarter earnings that showed how the sharp market rally...
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State Street Adds to Reserves - yesterday
State Street added $250 million to its legal reserve to address legal exposure related to losses by...
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Madoff Trustee Drops Claim Against Merkin - yesterday
The court-appointed trustee in charge of recovering assets for investors burned by Bernard Madoff...
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Executives Express Caution on Hiring - 1 hour ago
Business executives aren't budging much from their defensive crouch and could be slow to hire in the...
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British Airways Plans Job Cuts - 2 days ago
British Airways posted its worst first-half results in history due to falling passenger numbers and...
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Sun's Server Sales Continue to Sag - yesterday
Sun Microsystems continued to suffer from delays in closing its purchase by Oracle and other...
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McDonald's Cooks Up Buck Breakfast - yesterday
McDonald's looks set to launch a dollar menu for breakfast starting in January, as it looks to head...
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Insider Probe Shakes Silicon Valley - yesterday
A widening insider trading probe is causing new tremors in Silicon Valley, as prosecutors say a...
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Boston Scientific to Settle - yesterday
Boston Scientific will pay $296 million in an agreement with the Justice Department stemming from an...
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NYSE, Nasdaq Win Back Ground - 2 days ago
NYSE Euronext and Nasdaq OMX Group in October gained ground on smaller rivals that have cut into the...
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Air Canada Swings to Profit - yesterday
After narrowly averting bankruptcy over the summer, company officials say recovery is a year or more...
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Fortress Posts Wider Quarterly Loss - 2 days ago
Fortress Investment Group's third-quarter loss widened slightly on declines in assets under...
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RBS Posts Loss, Lower Write-Downs - 1 hour ago
Royal Bank of Scotland reported a $2.99 billion third-quarter net loss but indicated it may not need...
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Al Gore: It's not just about the planet - 6 hours ago
In a talk promoting his book, Al Gore looks for fixes beyond renewable energy and draws the link...
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First iPhone, now Droid. Who needs Windows? - 8 hours ago
Windows Mobile is losing the last glimmers of its mojo as phones based on the Android 2.0 operating...
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Judge halts BlueBeat's sale of Beatles tunes - 23 hours ago
Temporary restraining order finds BlueBeat's arguments "lacking in clarity" and sees the threat of...
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How much would you pay to see your future? - yesterday
Three years after the human genome was sequenced at a price tag of $3 billion, Complete Genomics...
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Apple said to be working on 'world-mode' iPhone - yesterday
The AppleInsider blog says it's gotten wind of a "hybrid iPhone," due in the third quarter of 2010,...
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Bird drops baguette, halts Collider - yesterday
Testing on the Large Hadron Collider is halted after a bird drops a chunk of carbohydrates into the...
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Want a Droid on the cheap? Let's start a club! - yesterday
Right now, you have to buy one and sign a two-year contract. Is a Gadget of the Month Club the...
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Is Verizon's new early-termination fee anti-consumer? - yesterday
That $350 fee doubles the current one, but Verizon insists it's justified because of the higher...
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Video: A new workout for the Wii - yesterday
Ubisoft's upcoming fitness game, YourShape, promises an experience a step up from Wii Fit. In the...
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Popular iPhone movie app flops on BlackBerry - yesterday
Flixster's Movies app just isn't up to snuff on BlackBerry.
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Mobile: Still waiting to see what sticks - yesterday
As businesses try to capitalize on the growing mobile software market, open source can offer a way...
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Reporters' Roundtable 9: The business of app stores - yesterday
The App Store business model, nearly perfected by Apple, has changed the way software is made, sold,...
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EMI to offer instant concert recordings - yesterday
An initiative called Abbey Road Live will enable concert attendees to buy CDs, DVDs, or flash cards...
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Sesame Street, Droid get Google's love - yesterday
The search king has given much of its front page love this week to honor Sesame Street's 40th...
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Microsoft launching health tech video show - 2 days ago
Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu is among the guests in the first episode of the Web video show...
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Astronauts prep for not-so-close encounter with space debris - 2 days ago
Space debris had prompted NASA to make plans for the station crew to seek shelter aboard their Soyuz...
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Going rogue? Palin bans gadgets, reporters from speech - 2 days ago
The former Alaska governor joins a tradition of controversial politicians stoking up more press...
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What integrated compute stacks mean for storage professionals - 2 days ago
EMC and Cisco have Vblocks. HP has Consolidated Infrastructure. Is the world changing for enterprise...
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CNET News Daily Podcast: Skype, eBay move forward - 2 days ago
eBay settles with Skype founders, and will sell its controlling interest in the Internet telephony...
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Sorry, kids: No social networking on the Xbox 360 - 2 days ago
Those children under 18 who are members of Xbox Live won't be able to access Facebook, Twitter, or...
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