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  Chrysler, UAW talk as deadline nears AP - 58 minutes ago

  DETROIT - Negotiators for the United Auto Workers union and Chrysler LLC bargained through the night and continued talks Wednesday morning with just hours to go before a strike deadline.

• China is urged to loosen Web controls AP - 1 hour, 1 minute ago

  BEIJING - An international media rights group called on China on Wednesday to loosen controls on Internet news and personal expression, calling the country's system of censorship an insult to the spirit of online freedom.

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  Sutherland to do jail time on DUI charge AP - 1 hour, 4 minutes ago

  LOS ANGELES - Kiefer Sutherland pleaded no contest Tuesday in his drunken driving case and will begin serving a 48-day jail sentence while his Fox TV drama "24" begins its winter production break in December.

• Exotic dancer worker's comp upheld AP - 10 minutes ago

  INDIANAPOLIS - An Indiana appeals court upheld a worker's compensation award Tuesday for an exotic dancer who was injured while performing on a pole at a strip club.

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  Vick must repay $20 million from bonus AP - 36 minutes ago

  ATLANTA - The Atlanta Falcons are entitled to recover nearly $20 million in bonus money paid to disgraced quarterback Michael Vick, an arbitrator ruled Tuesday. The players' union vowed to appeal.

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  Chrysler and UAW negotiating as strike deadline nears Reuters - Wed Oct 10, 4:55 AM ET

  DETROIT (Reuters) - The United Auto Workers union and automaker Chrysler LLC remained locked in contract talks on Wednesday morning just hours ahead of a strike deadline set by the union that could trigger the industry's second major work stoppage in as many weeks.

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  Security guards fired randomly: Iraq official Reuters - 58 minutes ago

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi officials on Wednesday accused guards working for a foreign security company of firing randomly when they killed two women in the latest incident involving private security contractors that has outraged Iraqis.

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  IAEA chief in India as worries rise on nuclear deal Reuters - 1 hour, 28 minutes ago

  NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog's head arrived on Wednesday in India's capital for talks with government leaders, as concern grew a prolonged row with communists could scupper a nuclear deal with the United States or spark snap elections.

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  Economists cut 2008 forecasts for U.S. growth Reuters - Wed Oct 10, 12:36 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. economists have chopped their forecasts for 2008 economic growth for a third straight month, saying the housing slump will be deeper and last longer than earlier expected, a survey released on Wednesday showed.

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  German Ertl wins Nobel for chemistry Reuters - 17 minutes ago

  STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - German Gerhard Ertl won the Nobel Prize for chemistry on his 71st birthday on Wednesday for work which helped to develop cleaner car exhaust systems and explain the depletion of the ozone layer.

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  Thompson debuts in Republican economic debate Reuters - Tue Oct 9, 6:31 PM ET

  DEARBORN, Michigan (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson made a crisp debut in his first 2008 debate appearance on Tuesday, and rivals Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney battled over their records on taxes and spending.

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  U.S. chides China for "worrisome" industrial policy Reuters - 1 hour, 13 minutes ago

  BEIJING (Reuters) - A senior U.S. official took aim at a clutch of China's industrial policies on Wednesday, saying they could give domestic firms an unfair advantage and spell a retreat from open markets.

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  Russian party receives poll boost from Putin Reuters - Wed Oct 10, 5:15 AM ET

  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Support among Russian voters for the United Russia party rose to a record high after President Vladimir Putin announced he would run on the party's ticket in this year's parliamentary election, an opinion poll showed.

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  Outraged Iraqis condemn killings by foreign guards AFP - 1 hour, 38 minutes ago

  BAGHDAD (AFP) - Outraged Iraqi authorities on Wednesday condemned the killing in Baghdad of two women by foreign security guards but the Australian-run firm which hired the contractors defended their actions.

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  More than 100 killed in DR Congo fighting AFP - 55 minutes ago

  KINSHASA (AFP) - More than 100 fighters, including 85 rebels, have been killed in clashes in the Nord-Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a top army officer said on Wednesday.

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  Pakistan clashes halt as tribesmen bury dead AFP - 1 hour, 17 minutes ago

  IPPI, Pakistan (AFP) - Pakistani troops and militants observed an unofficial ceasefire Wednesday after days of heavy fighting, as thousands of tribesmen buried 50 people killed in airstrikes, officials and witnesses said.

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  Sarkozy fails to soften Russian backing for Iran AFP - 59 minutes ago

  MOSCOW (AFP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin refused Wednesday to bend to Western pressure over Iran, saying after talks with French President Nicolas Sarkozy that he did not believe the Islamic republic was trying to build a nuclear bomb.

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  Germany's Gerhard Ertl wins Nobel Chemistry Prize AFP - 48 minutes ago

  STOCKHOLM (AFP) - Gerhard Ertl of Germany won the Nobel Chemistry Prize on Wednesday, his 71st birthday, for work that has become invaluable to the modern chemical industry and helped the fight to fix the ozone hole.

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  RBS consortium calls victory in ABN Amro takeover AFP - 1 hour, 30 minutes ago

  LONDON (AFP) - A European consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland on Wednesday declared victory in the takeover battle for Dutch group ABN Amro, sealing the biggest takeover in banking history.

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  Cadbury to spin off US drinks arm in NYSE listing AFP - Wed Oct 10, 5:25 AM ET

  LONDON (AFP) - Cadbury Schweppes said Wednesday it would split off and list its Americas Beverages division on the New York Stock Exchange after failing to find a buyer for the unit.

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  Turk PM confirms plan to allow operation in Iraq Reuters - 1 hour, 44 minutes ago

  ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan confirmed on Wednesday his government was drawing up plans to authorize a military incursion into northern Iraq to crush Kurdish rebels using the region as a base.

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  Hard disk pioneers win physics Nobel Reuters - Tue Oct 9, 2:07 PM ET

  STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - France's Albert Fert and Germany's Peter Gruenberg won the 2007 Nobel Prize for physics on Tuesday for a breakthrough in nanotechnology that lets huge amounts of data be squeezed into ever-smaller spaces.

• Board the plane, turn off your phone ... and surf the Web The Christian Science Monitor - Tue Oct 9, 4:00 AM ET

  NEW YORK - Coming soon to an airplane near you: broadband.

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  NASA probe discovers lightning at Jupiter's poles Reuters - Tue Oct 9, 4:22 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A NASA spacecraft observed lightning strikes at Jupiter's poles as it provided insights into the giant planet's dynamic atmosphere as well as volcanic activity on one of its moons, scientists said on Tuesday.

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  Paris Ramadan radio raps Muslim ignorance of Islam Reuters - Tue Oct 9, 9:16 PM ET

  PARIS (Reuters) - It's late of a Ramadan evening in Paris, the iftar dinners are finished and Muslims from around France are calling Ahmed el Keiy to ask questions about Islam.