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  Romney is his own biggest campaign donor AP - 1 hour, 37 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON - Mitt Romney once said financing his own campaign would be a "nightmare." Writing checks, he said this week, is "painful." It doesn't seem to be stopping him. Romney is his presidential campaign's most generous supporter, lending $17.5 million from his personal fortune so far. His Republican rivals are bracing themselves for him to do it again. And again.

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  New prototype phone gives fitness check AP - 1 hour, 27 minutes ago

  CHIBA, Japan - It can take your pulse, check your body fat, time your jogs and tell you if you have bad breath. It even assesses stress levels and inspires you with a pep talk. Meet your new personal trainer: your cell phone.

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  Tests help mutt owners find identity AP - 1 hour, 26 minutes ago

  LINCOLN, Neb. - Rascal's mom looked like Lassie. And his dad? Well, that's a good question. Rascal's ears make it clear that he was the product of something besides a collie, but his owners couldn't say exactly what. So Kathie Svoboda of Lincoln dabbed a swab in her pet's mouth, mailed it to a lab and, a few weeks later, unlocked the mutt's canine heritage.

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  Jena mayor calls song inflammatory AP - 1 hour, 25 minutes ago

  JENA, La. - A video in which rapper-actor Mos Def asked students around the country to walk out Oct. 1 to support the "Jena Six" escaped comment by this town's mayor. But when John Mellencamp sang, "Jena, take your nooses down," he took issue.

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  Ramirez's homer in 9th lifts Red Sox AP - 1 hour, 24 minutes ago

  BOSTON - Manny Ramirez sent one fan home with a baseball and the rest with a reminder of Boston's last World Series run. The MVP of the 2004 Series homered off Francisco Rodriguez with two outs in the ninth inning Friday night, and the Red Sox beat the Los Angeles Angels 6-3 to take a 2-0 lead in their AL playoff series.

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  Musharraf sweeps vote Reuters - 1 hour, 31 minutes ago

  ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf swept the most votes in a presidential election on Saturday but he has to wait for the Supreme Court to confirm the legality of his bid before he can be declared winner.

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  Western powers circulate Myanmar draft at U.N. Reuters - Fri Oct 5, 11:23 PM ET

  UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Western powers circulated a draft statement on Myanmar to the U.N. Security Council on Friday that condemned repression by the junta and demanded it free political detainees and begin a dialogue with the opposition.

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  Kabul suicide bomb kills U.S. soldier Reuters - 1 hour, 59 minutes ago

  KABUL (Reuters) - A Taliban suicide car bomb killed five Afghan civilians and a U.S. soldier in Kabul on Saturday, the third such attack in the capital in eight days in a Taliban offensive launched during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

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  Jones pleads guilty in steroid case Reuters - Fri Oct 5, 10:04 PM ET

  WHITE PLAINS, New York (Reuters) - Reversing years of denials, U.S. track superstar Marion Jones pleaded guilty on Friday to lying to federal investigators and admitted using steroids, which could cost her the five medals she won in the 2000 Olympics.

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  Romney swipes at Republican front-runner Guiliani Reuters - Fri Oct 5, 9:21 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scrambling to make up ground on his top rival, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney took aim at front-runner Rudy Giuliani on Friday, accusing him of big-spending policies as New York's mayor.

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  Darfur rebel leader threatens to boycott talks Reuters - Sat Oct 6, 5:37 AM ET

  KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Darfur rebel leader Khalil Ibrahim said on Saturday he would not attend peace talks in Libya this month if more than two rival rebel groups are invited, casting further doubts over the peace process.

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  Suspected Islamist rebels kill Somali army general Reuters - 1 hour, 50 minutes ago

  MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Suspected Islamist insurgents killed a Somali army general in an ambush in the capital Mogadishu, witnesses said on Saturday.

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  Rice puts cameras on Blackwater convoys Reuters - Fri Oct 5, 5:24 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Friday ordered tighter controls on U.S. security contractor Blackwater, including putting cameras on its convoys, after last month's deadly shootings in Iraq.

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  Pakistan's Musharraf wins landslide, awaits court ruling AFP - 20 minutes ago

  ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Pakistan's military ruler Pervez Musharraf won a landslide victory in a controversial presidential election Saturday but the Supreme Court might yet snatch another five-year term away from him.

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  Myanmar's military regime tries to cool international pressure AFP - 2 hours, 50 minutes ago

  YANGON (AFP) - Myanmar's junta Saturday tried to cool growing UN pressure over its deadly crackdown on peaceful protests, seeking talks with democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, and relaxing its blockage of the Internet.

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  Kabul suicide attack kills one coalition soldier, five Afghans AFP - 2 hours, 6 minutes ago

  KABUL (AFP) - A suicide car bomb struck a US-led coalition convoy near the Kabul airport, killing one soldier and five Afghans in the latest in a string of attacks by the extremist Taliban, officials said Saturday.

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  African diplomats defend Mugabe's attendance at EU-Africa summit AFP - 1 hour, 42 minutes ago

  ADDIS ABABA (AFP) - African diplomats presented a united front Saturday to support Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's presence at an upcoming EU-Africa summit despite strong European reservations.

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  Leading Iraqi Shiite politician in deal with Sadr AFP - 1 hour, 36 minutes ago

  BAGHDAD (AFP) - Two of Iraq's most influential Shiites, radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and powerful politician Abdel Aziz al-Hakim, signed a deal on Saturday aimed at ending months of deadly rivalry.

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  JAL to book 171 million dollars in possible fines AFP - Sat Oct 6, 4:07 AM ET

  TOKYO (AFP) - Asia's largest carrier Japan Airlines is preparing to book a loss of about 20 billion yen (171 million dollars) in possible fines by US authorities, a report said Saturday.

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  RBS wins clear run at ABN Amro after Barclays bails out AFP - Sat Oct 6, 4:17 AM ET

  LONDON (AFP) - The giant takeover battle for ABN Amro took a fresh twist on Friday after British bank Barclays pulled out, paving the way for a rival bid from a European consortium led by the Royal Bank of Scotland.

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  Bird flu virus mutating into human-unfriendly form Reuters - Thu Oct 4, 8:10 PM ET

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - The H5N1 bird flu virus has mutated to infect people more easily, although it still has not transformed into a pandemic strain, researchers said on Thursday.

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  Music industry wins song-download case Reuters - Fri Oct 5, 8:45 AM ET

  NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) - The recording industry has won a major fight in its effort to stop illegal music downloading with a U.S. jury decision to impose $222,000 damages against a Minnesota woman who used a Web service to share music.

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  Students bask in sun-powered homes contest AFP - Fri Oct 5, 9:59 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - American, Canadian and European university students battle for architectural and engineering supremacy in Washington this month in a contest of homes whose lights, refrigerators and televisions must be powered by solar energy.

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  Russian patriotism drives fermented bread drink craze AFP - Wed Oct 3, 9:47 AM ET

  MOSCOW (AFP) - Moscow streets may be crowded with Bentleys as Russia races into its oil-fueled future, but that has not stopped a boom in a traditional Russian peasant brew that has even caught the attention of US beverage giant Coca-Cola.

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  Chinese flock to casinos across Myanmar border AFP - Thu Oct 4, 9:19 AM ET

  MAIJAYANG, Myanmar (AFP) - Far from the crackdown in the rest of the country, Myanmar's lawless northeast has a distinctly Chinese feel as gamblers eager for a turn at the baccarat table cross into the Southeast Asian nation in droves.