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  Wachovia board forces out CEO Ken Thompson AP - 9 minutes ago

  CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Wachovia Corp. chief executive Ken Thompson was pushed out Monday as head of the nation's fourth-largest bank, becoming the latest financial services executive to be ousted amid turmoil in the U.S. housing market.

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  Study: Kids' cancer rates highest in Northeast AP - 2 hours, 28 minutes ago

  CHICAGO - Surprising research suggests that childhood cancer is most common in the Northeast, results that even caught experts off guard. But some specialists say it could just reflect differences in reporting.

• Adobe launches new version of Acrobat with Flash AP - 1 hour, 7 minutes ago

  SAN JOSE, Calif. - Adobe Systems Inc. is launching a new version of its document sharing software Acrobat on Monday, and this time it can package videos.

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  Police: Tatum O'Neal arrested in NYC drug bust AP - 1 hour, 18 minutes ago

  NEW YORK - Police say Academy Award-winning actress Tatum O'Neal has been arrested after buying crack cocaine near her home in Manhattan.

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  Dementieva reaches French Open quarterfinals AP - 35 minutes ago

  PARIS - Elena Dementieva advanced Monday to the French Open quarterfinals, winning five consecutive games to start the final set and beating fellow Russian Vera Zvonareva 6-4, 1-6, 6-2.

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  Sen. Kennedy to have cancer surgery Reuters - 32 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sen. Edward Kennedy, a leading Democrat and patriarch of a prominent U.S. political dynasty, said he would undergo surgery on Monday for treatment of a brain tumor diagnosed last month.

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  Wachovia ousts CEO Thompson after losses mount Reuters - 36 minutes ago

  (Reuters) - Wachovia Corp , the fourth-largest U.S. bank, said on Monday it ousted Chief Executive Ken Thompson, following a series of disappointments including an ill-fated purchase of a big mortgage lender at the height of the nation's housing boom.

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  Clinton wins, but Obama closer to nomination Reuters - Sun Jun 1, 11:47 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton won the Democratic nominating contest in Puerto Rico on Sunday, but still badly trails front-runner Barack Obama as he draws closer to clinching the party's presidential race.

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  IAEA to visit Syria to probe atom reactor claim Reuters - 24 minutes ago

  VIENNA (Reuters) - A U.N. nuclear watchdog team will visit Syria from June 22-24 to pursue an investigation into U.S. intelligence alleging that Damascus secretly built an atomic reactor, the agency's chief said on Monday.

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  Suicide car blast kills 6 at Danish mission in Pakistan Reuters - 1 hour, 29 minutes ago

  ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A suspected suicide bomber blew up a car outside the Danish embassy in the Pakistani capital on Monday killing six people and wounding about 20, police and hospital officials said.

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  Soaring prices compound Myanmar's cyclone misery Reuters - 10 minutes ago

  YANGON (Reuters) - A large "Happy World" sign hangs above a dilapidated food market in Yangon, but on the streets shoppers are far from content.

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  "Confident" China rules out post-quake epidemics Reuters - Mon Jun 2, 4:56 AM ET

  YONGAN, China (Reuters) - Chin said on Monday it could guarantee there would be no epidemics in the earthquake zone, while some survivors complained their farmland was being bulldozed to make way for temporary housing.

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  Tatum O'Neal arrested on drug charge: report Reuters - 1 hour, 47 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Academy Award-winning actress Tatum O'Neal was arrested in New York on Sunday for buying crack cocaine, CNN reported on Monday.

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  Suicide blast at Danish embassy in Pakistan kills eight: state media AFP - 32 minutes ago

  ISLAMABAD (AFP) - A suicide bomber blew up a car outside the Danish embassy in the Pakistani capital Islamabad on Monday, killing eight people and wounding nearly 30 others, state media and officials said.

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  Fashion icon Yves Saint Laurent dies at 71 AFP - 9 minutes ago

  PARIS (AFP) - French fashion legend Yves Saint Laurent, who changed the silhouette of 20th century woman with a daring new dress code, has died aged 71.

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  Search for crashed chopper in China quake zone AFP - 18 minutes ago

  SHIFANG, China (AFP) - Thousands of soldiers scoured China's mountainous earthquake zone Monday for the wreckage of a military helicopter that was carrying injured quake survivors when it crashed at the weekend.

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  Clinton looks to fight after Puerto Rico win AFP - Mon Jun 2, 5:20 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - Hillary Clinton said in comments published Monday that she may challenge a decision by Democratic Party leaders on convention delegates, threatening to prolong her nomination fight against Barack Obama.

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  Drug prolongs life expectancy for lung cancer patients: study AFP - Mon Jun 2, 5:41 AM ET

  CHICAGO (AFP) - The cancer drug Erbitux prolonged the lives of patients with advanced lung cancer by five weeks, according to a new clinical study described as an important gain for such individuals.

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  British bank Bradford & Bingley sells stake to US fund AFP - 2 hours, 39 minutes ago

  LONDON (AFP) - Shares in Bradford & Bingley fell by 30 percent on Monday after the bank issued a profits warning, agreed to a massive cash injection from a US investment fund and lost its chief executive.

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  Crisis-hit airlines to lose 2.3 billion dollars this year: industry body AFP - 47 minutes ago

  ISTANBUL (AFP) - Air travel industry body IATA predicted Monday that airlines would lose 2.3 billion dollars this year, dramatically reversing an earlier forecast of profits nearly twice this figure.

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  China kicks off drive to kick plastic bag habit Reuters - Sun Jun 1, 7:07 AM ET

  BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Sunday became the latest country to declare war on plastic bags in a drive to save energy and protect the environment.

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  One dead in Macedonia election violence Reuters - Sun Jun 1, 9:44 AM ET

  SKOPJE (Reuters) - Macedonia's parliamentary election was marred by violence in Albanian areas and suspected fraud on Sunday, with one person shot dead and nine wounded, and voting halted in one town after a gun battle.

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  Amazon tribe sighting raises contact dilemma Reuters - Fri May 30, 1:47 PM ET

  RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Dramatic photographs of previously unfound Amazon Indians have highlighted the precariousness of the few remaining "lost" tribes and the dangers they face from contact with outsiders.

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  Mexicans believe drug gangs winning war with gov't Reuters - Sun Jun 1, 2:39 PM ET

  MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A majority of Mexicans believe violent drug gangs are winning a war with President Felipe Calderon's government after one of the worst months on record for killings, Reforma newspaper reported on Sunday.

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  What's next for Clinton camp after delegates decision? The Christian Science Monitor - Mon Jun 2, 4:00 AM ET

  Washington - Democratic leaders have addressed the lingering issue of Florida's and Michigan's rogue primaries, but the saga is not over.