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  Incomes and spending both slow in April AP - 2 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON - Consumer spending barely budged in April and growth in personal income slowed sharply, even though the government started sending out billions of dollars in economic stimulus payments.

• Condoleezza Rice meets rock band Kiss AP - 33 minutes ago

  STOCKHOLM, Sweden - The Kiss Army fan club has an enthusiastic new recruit: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. In a departure from her normally staid diplomatic duties, Rice met the legendary glam rock quartet when they happened to share a hotel in the Swedish capital. Rice was in Stockholm on Thursday for an international conference on Iraq. Kiss had a sold-out gig to play on Friday.

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  Comic powerhouse Harvey Korman dies at 81 AP - 2 hours, 2 minutes ago

  LOS ANGELES - Harvey Korman, the tall, versatile comedian who won four Emmys for his outrageously funny contributions to "The Carol Burnett Show" and played a conniving politician to hilarious effect in "Blazing Saddles," died Thursday. He was 81.

• Japan woman caught living in closet AP - 1 hour, 39 minutes ago

  TOKYO - A homeless woman who sneaked into a man's house and lived undetected in his closet for a year was arrested in Japan after he became suspicious when food mysteriously began disappearing.

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  Serena Williams upset by Srebotnik at French Open AP - 50 minutes ago

  PARIS - For Serena Williams, missed chances came in a flurry Friday at the French Open.

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  End of Democratic White House race could be near Reuters - 37 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The end is near. Probably.

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  United-US Airways merger talks suspended: source Reuters - 47 minutes ago

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - United Airlines and US Airways have suspended merger talks due to concerns about labor opposition and integration costs, while United draws closer to an alliance with Continental Airlines, a source close to the talks said late on Thursday.

• Crane collapses in New York City: fire dept Reuters - 9 minutes ago

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - A large crane has collapsed on Manhattan's upper east side, the New York City Fire Department said on Friday.

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  Olmert's party considers ballot over scandal Reuters - Fri May 30, 5:02 AM ET

  JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Leaders of Israel's governing Kadima party plan to meet in as little as a week to decide on an internal ballot that could replace Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, senior Kadima members said on Friday.

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  Luxury firms hope to sail through global slowdown Reuters - Fri May 30, 4:06 AM ET

  TOKYO (Reuters) - Luxury goods makers are hoping to weather a consumption slowdown in the United States and Japan, their two biggest markets, with the help of shoppers in emerging economies and super-rich clients who do not feel the economic pinch.

• China says will name and shame tardy quake donors Reuters - 1 hour, 34 minutes ago

  BEIJING (Reuters) - China will name and shame companies which promise donations for earthquake relief efforts but then fail to live up to their pledges, a government official said on Friday.

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  Ford readies white-collar layoffs as sales tumble Reuters - Thu May 29, 10:50 PM ET

  DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co is preparing to fire U.S. salaried employees over the next two months due to the sudden downturn in auto sales, a drastic step it has so far avoided during its 2-1/2-year restructuring.

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  Al Qaeda near defeat, on defensive: CIA chief Reuters - Fri May 30, 12:54 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Al Qaeda is essentially defeated in Iraq and Saudi Arabia and on the defensive throughout much of the world, CIA Director Michael Hayden said in a Washington Post interview published on Friday.

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  China rushes to clear radioactive materials below quake lake AFP - 2 hours, 24 minutes ago

  DUJIANGYAN, China (AFP) - China rushed Friday to remove radioactive and chemical materials sitting downstream from a "quake lake" that threatens to burst and send torrents of water into heavily populated areas.

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  European fishing fleets strike over fuel prices AFP - 1 hour, 10 minutes ago

  MADRID (AFP) - Spanish fishermen launched a national strike Friday, adding the weight of Europe's largest fishing fleet to growing protests over soaring fuel prices, alongside counterparts in Italy and Portugal.

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  All eyes on palace for Nepal king's eviction AFP - 21 minutes ago

  KATHMANDU (AFP) - Nepal's government said Friday it has started an audit of palace property and sent an official letter telling King Gyanendra to leave after an historic assembly abolished the monarchy.

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  More than 100 countries agree to ban cluster bombs AFP - 18 minutes ago

  DUBLIN (AFP) - A landmark international convention banning cluster munitions was formally adopted by some 111 countries here Friday, in a move supporters hope will stigmatise the lethal weapons as much as landmines.

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  Germ clue to tragic 'cot death' babies AFP - 1 hour, 47 minutes ago

  PARIS (AFP) - British researchers say they have found strains of germs that appear to play a stealthy role in the rare but mysterious disorder known as sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).

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  Former EADS head ordered to pay one million euro bail AFP - 59 minutes ago

  PARIS (AFP) - Former EADS chief Noel Forgeard has been ordered to pay one million euros in bail after he was charged with insider trading at the European aviation group, a source close to the case said Friday.

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  BG Group 'surprised' after Origin Energy snubs bid AFP - 29 minutes ago

  LONDON (AFP) - British oil and gas giant BG Group said Friday that it was "surprised" after Australia's Origin Energy rejected its bid worth 13.6 billion Australian dollars (13 billion US dollars, 8.4 billion euros).

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  China's rich have insatiable appetite for haute couture Reuters - Wed May 28, 8:08 PM ET

  HONG KONG (Reuters) - European and American fashion designers feeling the pinch from the credit crisis can look to the growing ranks of China's nouveau riche to boost sales.

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  Vatican says will excommunicate women priests Reuters - Thu May 29, 3:16 PM ET

  VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican issued its most explicit decree so far against the ordination of women priests on Thursday, punishing them and the bishops who try to ordain them with automatic excommunication.

• Ford readies white-collar layoffs as sales tumble Reuters - Thu May 29, 10:50 PM ET

  DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co is preparing to fire U.S. salaried employees over the next two months due to the sudden downturn in auto sales, a drastic step it has so far avoided during its 2-1/2-year restructuring.

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  Food prices to rise 9 percent a year: analyst Reuters - Thu May 29, 9:02 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. food prices will rise a stiff 9 percent a year through 2012, the largest increase since 1979 and the result of record-high crop prices, the head of an economic consulting company said on Thursday.

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  US soldier suicides the highest on record: army AFP - Thu May 29, 9:50 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US Army said 115 soldiers on active duty committed suicide in 2007, the most in one year since the service began keeping records in 1980. Nearly a thousand soldiers attempted suicide.