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  Google assails Microsoft over Yahoo deal AP - 45 minutes ago

  SAN FRANCISCO - Google Inc. raised the specter of Microsoft Corp. using its proposed $42 billion acquisition of Yahoo Inc. to gain illegal control over the Internet, underscoring the online search leader's queasiness about its two biggest rivals teaming up.

• Yahoo music users going to RealNetworks AP - 1 hour, 16 minutes ago

  LOS ANGELES - Yahoo Inc. will cease operating its online music subscription service and switch its customers to RealNetworks Inc.'s Rhapsody music service as part of a new deal between the companies that calls for Yahoo to promote Rhapsody on its site.

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  Spears' hospital stay extended 2 weeks AP - 55 minutes ago

  LOS ANGELES - Britney Spears' stay in a psychiatric ward was extended for two weeks under a section in state law that allows patients to be kept for medical treatment if they are found to be gravely disabled or a danger to themselves or others, a person close to the pop star told The Associated Press.

• Group calls on China to respect rats AP - 1 hour, 18 minutes ago

  BEIJING - An animal rights group called Monday for China to treat rats with kindness and respect, as millions across the nation begin to celebrate the coming Year of the Rat.

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  Furry critters abound in Super Bowl Ads AP - 40 minutes ago

  NEW YORK - It was an epic battle of the creatures in the Super Bowl ads, ranging from the cute to the menacing to the inexplicably rhythmic. A band of lizard-like reptiles cutting the rug to Michael Jackson's "Thriller"? Hey, it's the Super Bowl.

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  Obama expands lead on Clinton in California Reuters - Mon Feb 4, 1:08 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama opened narrow leads on Hillary Clinton in California and Missouri one day before crucial "Super Tuesday" nominating contests in 24 states, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Monday.

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  Giants shock Patriots to win Super Bowl Reuters - 1 hour, 51 minutes ago

  GLENDALE, Arizona (Reuters) - The New York Giants achieved one of the biggest upsets in NFL history with a 17-14 victory over the previously undefeated New England Patriots in the Super Bowl on Sunday.

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  Suicide bomber strikes in Israel, kills woman Reuters - 33 minutes ago

  DIMONA, Israel (Reuters) - A Palestinian carried out the first suicide bombing in Israel in a year on Monday, killing a woman in a desert town where a top-secret nuclear reactor is located.

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  Bush budget to acknowledge higher deficits Reuters - 54 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush will acknowledge on Monday that a slowing U.S. economy will lead to a higher budget deficit this year and next, as he unveils a $3 trillion fiscal 2009 spending plan that would boost military funding but nearly freeze many domestic programs.

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  Thousands flee Chad capital, fresh attack feared Reuters - 1 hour, 7 minutes ago

  N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Thousands of civilians fled Chad's capital N'Djamena on Monday after rebel forces pulled back from a two-day assault, but the rebels said they would attack again to try to topple President Idriss Deby.

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  Roadside blasts kill 13 as Sri Lanka fetes anniversary Reuters - 57 minutes ago

  COLOMBO (Reuters) - Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels killed 13 people with two roadside bombs on Monday, just hours after the government celebrated the island's 60th anniversary of independence with a parade of military might in the capital.

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  U.S. says 9 Iraqi civilians accidentally killed Reuters - 1 hour, 17 minutes ago

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - American troops hunting al Qaeda militants accidentally killed nine Iraqi civilians, the U.S. military said on Monday, the latest in a series of mistakes in which innocent Iraqis have died.

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  Serb coalition in doubt after liberal scrapes win Reuters - 2 hours, 16 minutes ago

  BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbia's pro-western president Boris Tadic won re-election against a nationalist rival, but the narrowness of his victory may leave the former Yugoslav republic still vulnerable to the rival pulls of Russia and Europe.

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  Rebels threaten fresh Chad offensive, tell civilians to flee AFP - Mon Feb 4, 5:38 AM ET

  NDJAMENA (AFP) - Rebels fighters trying to oust President Idriss Deby Itno threatened Monday a fresh offensive on Chad's capital Ndjamena and told civilians to quit the city immediately.

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  Pro-West Serb's poll win tests govt on EU, Kosovo AFP - 1 hour, 50 minutes ago

  BELGRADE (AFP) - Pro-West Serbian President Boris Tadic narrowly won re-election, piling pressure Monday on a government split over relations with Europe as Kosovo province prepares to declare independence.

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  White House campaign frenzy ahead of 'Super Tuesday' vote AFP - 6 minutes ago

  MINNEAPOLIS, United States (AFP) - Exhausted White House hopefuls launched one last frenzied day of campaigning before a 24-state "Super Tuesday" -- the biggest one-day White House nominating contest in history.

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  Woman killed in Israeli suicide bombing AFP - 1 hour, 34 minutes ago

  JERUSALEM (AFP) - An Israeli woman was killed and 11 people wounded on Monday in a suicide bombing claimed by Palestinian militants at a shopping centre in the desert town of Dimona, the first such attack in a year.

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  Sri Lanka hit by more bombs, president says winning war AFP - 26 minutes ago

  COLOMBO (AFP) - Thirteen people were killed in two roadside bombings in Sri Lanka on Monday, as the island's president marked independence day by insisting he was winning the war against Tamil Tiger rebels.

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  Minister faults bank controls in Societe Generale scandal AFP - 41 minutes ago

  PARIS (AFP) - A failure of internal controls at Societe Generale contributed to the bank's multi-billion-dollar rogue trade scandal, France's finance minister said Monday, calling for tougher penalties for breaches of regulations.

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  Ryanair warns on outlook after profits plunge AFP - Mon Feb 4, 4:47 AM ET

  LONDON (AFP) - Irish low-cost airline Ryanair warned on Monday that its profits could be slashed next year after reporting a 27-percent plunge in third-quarter earnings owing to rising fuel prices.

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  Clinton, Obama in dead heat ahead of big vote Reuters - Sun Feb 3, 3:52 PM ET

  ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - Democrats Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama were locked in a near dead heat two days before the biggest presidential voting so far while John McCain tried to nail down the Republican nomination for the White House.

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  Finnish patient gets new jaw from own stem cells Reuters - Fri Feb 1, 1:47 PM ET

  HELSINKI (Reuters) - Scientists in Finland said they had replaced a 65-year-old patient's upper jaw with a bone transplant cultivated from stem cells isolated from his own fatty tissue and grown inside his abdomen.

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  Huge pro-secular protest in Turkey AFP - Sat Feb 2, 4:33 PM ET

  ANKARA (AFP) - More than 100,000 Turks took to the streets on Saturday to protest against government plans to lift an Islamic headscarf ban at universities and to defend the country's strong secular tradition.

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  Sitting on wet sand too long may cause stomach bug: study AFP - Sat Feb 2, 11:47 AM ET

  MIAMI (AFP) - Beachgoers should take notice: sitting on the wet sand or swimming in the sea for too long may increase the risk of catching an unpleasant stomach bug, a new study found.

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  Weekend Kenya violence claims at least 70 despite peace plan AFP - Sun Feb 3, 7:33 PM ET

  NAIROBI (AFP) - Weekend clashes in Kenya left at least 70 dead as tribal violence gripping the country since flawed polls a month ago showed no sign Sunday of abating despite a peace plan set in place by Kofi Annan.