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  NBC to use Olympics to see how people use media AP - 1 hour, 13 minutes ago

  NEW YORK - NBC is using the Olympics as a "billion-dollar research lab" to get a sense of how people are using different media platforms to experience the Beijing Games that begin Aug. 8.

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  9 hurt in 1st day of Spain's running of the bulls AP - 1 hour, 17 minutes ago

  PAMPLONA, Spain - Daredevils kicked off the running of the bulls Monday with a long, messy and particularly dangerous dash through the streets of Pamplona, with nine people suffering bumps and bruises but none gored, officials said.

• Cholesterol drugs recommended for some 8-year-olds AP - 1 hour, 18 minutes ago

  CHICAGO - For the first time, an influential doctors group is recommending that some children as young as 8 be given cholesterol-fighting drugs to ward off future heart problems.

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  Reports: A-Rod's wife to file for divorce AP - 1 hour, 20 minutes ago

  MIAMI - Alex Rodriguez's wife will file for divorce Monday, according to media reports. Cynthia Rodriguez, who married the New York Yankees star in 2002, said the marriage is over because of the All-Star third baseman's extramarital affairs, according to reports that appeared Sunday on the Web sites of Houston television station KTRK and The Miami Herald.

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  Bosox, Cubs each put 7 players on All-Star rosters AP - 1 hour, 18 minutes ago

  NEW YORK - The World Series champion Red Sox will bring seven players to the home of their biggest rival for the All-Star game on July 15. The Chicago Cubs also wound up with seven when rosters were announced Sunday, perhaps further evidence this really is a charmed season for them.

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  Obama, McCain set to duel over economy Reuters - 2 hours, 4 minutes ago

  PHOENIX (Reuters) - The presidential candidates will duel over the economy this week, with Republican Sen. John McCain touting proposals he says will stimulate job growth and Democratic Sen. Barack Obama discussing economic security for families.

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  African leaders call on G8 to honor aid pledge Reuters - 1 hour, 15 minutes ago

  TOYAKO, Japan (Reuters) - African leaders urged the Group of Eight rich nations on Monday to keep promises to help their continent and pleaded with them to remember that soaring oil and food prices were making their poverty worse.

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  Bomb at Indian embassy kills 41 in Afghanistan Reuters - 1 hour, 5 minutes ago

  KABUL (Reuters) - A Taliban suicide car bomb hit the Indian Embassy in Kabul on Monday, killing 41 people and wounding 139, in an attack Afghan authorities said was coordinated with foreign agents in the region, a likely reference to Pakistan.

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  Russia, U.S. need talks despite missile row: Medvedev Reuters - Mon Jul 7, 5:17 AM ET

  TOYAKO, Japan (Reuters) - Moscow and Washington should keep up dialogue despite failing to overcome differences on U.S. missile defense plans in Europe, a key irritant in ties, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday.

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  Iran says demand to halt enrichment "illegitimate" Reuters - 37 minutes ago

  TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday his country would not stop enriching uranium and rejected as "illegitimate" a demand by major powers that it do so, the official IRNA news agency reported.

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  Iraq says may agree timetable for U.S. withdrawal Reuters - 13 minutes ago

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki raised the prospect on Monday of setting a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops as part of negotiations over a new security agreement with Washington.

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  Italy hit by nationwide transport strike Reuters - 2 hours, 33 minutes ago

  ROME (Reuters) - Italian trains, buses and subways ground to a halt on Monday as workers staged a nationwide strike to demand a renewal of their expired labor contracts.

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  First hurricane of 2008 forms in distant Atlantic Reuters - 1 hour, 10 minutes ago

  MIAMI (Reuters) - The first hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic storm season formed on Monday, hundreds of miles (km) away from the United States and the Caribbean islands, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

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  Suicide attack on Indian embassy kills 41 in Afghanistan AFP - 37 minutes ago

  KABUL (AFP) - A suicide car bomber rammed the Indian embassy in Kabul Monday, killing 41 people including two Indian envoys in the Afghan capital's deadliest attack since the 2001 fall of the Taliban, officials said.

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  World's top leaders tackle oil and food prices, Africa aid AFP - 2 hours, 1 minute ago

  TOYAKO, Japan (AFP) - Leaders of the world's richest nations Monday opened a summit aimed at battling skyrocketing oil and food prices, as pressure mounted on them to live up to their pledges to help Africa.

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  EU close to deal on new immigration guidelines AFP - 1 hour, 48 minutes ago

  CANNES, France (AFP) - EU interior ministers pushed Monday for a rapid agreement on new guidelines for controlling immigration, rejecting concerns that the plan would create a fortress Europe.

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  London remembers deadly suicide bombings AFP - 40 minutes ago

  LONDON (AFP) - London marked the third anniversary Monday of the suicide bombings on the city's transport network, with ceremonies at blast sites as survivors and the victims' families remembered the deadly attacks.

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  Hardwired for fat: scientists identify obesity gene AFP - Sun Jul 6, 11:23 PM ET

  PARIS (AFP) - British and French scientists have identified several variants of a single gene that boost the risk of obesity, according to a study published Sunday in the British journal Nature.

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  Brewer InBev seeks to oust Anheuser-Busch board AFP - 2 hours, 31 minutes ago

  BRUSSELS (AFP) - Belgian-Brazilian brewing giant InBev raised the stakes Monday in its takeover battle for Anheuser-Busch by lauching legal action to oust the board of the US brewer.

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  German drug firm Fresenius says it will buy US firm APP AFP - 7 minutes ago

  FRANKFURT (AFP) - The German pharmaceutical company Fresenius said Monday it would acquire APP, a US specialist in intravenously-administered generic drugs, for at least 3.7 billion dollars (2.4 billion euros).

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  Atlantic storm Bertha may soon turn to hurricane Reuters - Sun Jul 6, 3:24 PM ET

  MIAMI (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Bertha, moving briskly across open ocean waters, may strengthen into the first hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic storm season sometime during the next 48 hours, U.S. weather forecasters said on Sunday.

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  California firefighters brace for new heat wave Reuters - Sun Jul 6, 5:03 PM ET

  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Weary California firefighters braced on Sunday for another heat wave in the next few days as they battled to bring two major blazes threatening towns along the central coast under control.

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  Ferrari to slash sports cars' carbon emissions: president AFP - Sat Jul 5, 3:44 PM ET

  BERLIN (AFP) - Sports car manufacturer Ferrari intends to cut its vehicles' greenhouse gas emissions by nearly half and is working on developing hybrid vehicles, the company president said Saturday.