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  3 Americans win Nobel economics prize AP - 5 minutes ago

  STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Americans Leonid Hurwicz, Eric S. Maskin and Roger B. Myerson won the Nobel prize in economics on Monday for developing a theory that helps explain situations in which markets work and others in which they don't.

• Hitachi: Hard drives are getting better AP - 56 minutes ago

  SAN JOSE, Calif. - Multimedia stockpilers need not worry about laptops, digital video recorders or portable music players hitting a storage capacity ceiling any time soon.

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  Perry's latest easily wins box office AP - 57 minutes ago

  LOS ANGELES - Academy Awards heavyweights such as George Clooney and Cate Blanchett were no match for another of Tyler Perry's populist tales.

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  Fisherman lands record 844-pound shark AP - 58 minutes ago

  DESTIN, Fla. - Six friends went to a fishing tournament looking to catch some grouper. They caught an 844-pound shark instead.

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  Rockies surge to 3-0 lead in NLCS AP - 59 minutes ago

  DENVER - The Colorado Rockies were one strike away from not even making the playoffs. Now, they're one win away from their first World Series. With a cold rain falling, Josh Fogg shut down Arizona's bats in his first postseason start and Yorvit Torrealba hit a tiebreaking three-run homer to fuel the Rockies' 4-1 victory Sunday night in Game 3 of the NL championship series.

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  Putin to go ahead with Iran trip after "plot" report Reuters - 13 minutes ago

  WIESBADEN, Germany (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin insisted on Monday he would make a historic trip to Iran to discuss its nuclear program, scotching doubts about whether a reported assassination plot would force him to cancel.

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  China's president offers Taiwan talks for peace Reuters - 1 hour, 30 minutes ago

  BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Hu Jintao offered on Monday to enter into negotiations with Taiwan to reach a peace agreement in an overture to the self-ruled island which China claims as its own.

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  Turkish general says too early to speak on Iraq move Reuters - 39 minutes ago

  ANKARA (Reuters) - A top Turkish general said on Monday it was too early to speak on the timing or scale of a possible operation against separatist Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, for which parliament's approval will be sought this week.

• U.S. officer goes on trial in Iraq for "aiding enemy" Reuters - 2 hours, 12 minutes ago

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The former head of a U.S. detention facility in Iraq that held Saddam Hussein before his execution went on trial on Monday, facing life imprisonment for charges that included aiding the enemy.

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  Rice meets Palestinian president in West Bank Reuters - 2 hours, 56 minutes ago

  RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday to try to bridge his differences with Israel over the scope of a U.S.-led conference on Israeli-Palestinian peace.

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  American trio wins 2007 Nobel for economics Reuters - 11 minutes ago

  STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - American economists Leonid Hurwicz, Eric Maskin and Roger Myerson won the 2007 Nobel for economics on Monday for laying the foundations of an economic theory that determines when markets are working effectively.

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  U.S. cancer death rates continue to fall Reuters - Mon Oct 15, 12:24 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Death rates from cancer continue to fall in the United States, dropping more than 2 percent per year from 2002 through 2004, cancer experts reported on Monday.

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  Blackwater says lawsuit "politically motivated" Reuters - Sun Oct 14, 6:14 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Blackwater USA founder Erik Prince on Sunday dismissed as "politically motivated" a lawsuit filed against his security company by a wounded survivor and relatives of three Iraqis killed in Baghdad on September 16.

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  Rice meets Abbas as US prepares for difficult Mideast talks AFP - 17 minutes ago

  RAMALLAH, West Bank (AFP) - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was meeting Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Monday to prepare for a US-sponsored peace summit despite playing down hopes of a breakthrough.

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  China's Hu opens key congress with reform pledges AFP - Mon Oct 15, 4:54 AM ET

  BEIJING (AFP) - President Hu Jintao opened China's biggest political event in five years on Monday with pledges to curb the worst excesses of breakneck economic growth and implement limited political reforms.

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  Putin confirms visit to Iran to go ahead AFP - 27 minutes ago

  WIESBADEN, Germany (AFP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed here he was going ahead with a visit to Iran on Monday despite reports of a possible assassination plot.

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  US trio wins Nobel Economics Prize AFP - 18 minutes ago

  STOCKHOLM (AFP) - US trio Leonid Hurwicz, Eric Maskin and Roger Myerson won the 2007 Nobel Economics Prize on Monday for their pioneering work on how to design solutions for complex economic and social tasks.

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  Airbus delivers first A380 superjumbo to Singapore Airlines AFP - 51 minutes ago

  TOULOUSE, France (AFP) - Airbus on Monday delivered the first of its A380s, the world's biggest passenger jet, to Singapore Airlines, 18 months behind schedule but with both sides hailing a major advance in air travel.

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  Oil prices rocket to record highs in London and New York AFP - 1 hour, 19 minutes ago

  LONDON (AFP) - World oil prices surged to record peaks on Monday, breaching 85 dollars in New York for the first time, as traders tracked heightened tensions between Turkey and Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq.

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  Euro shoots higher against US dollar AFP - 2 hours, 13 minutes ago

  LONDON (AFP) - The European single currency rallied against the dollar on Monday, as dealers eyed upcoming US corporate results and a meeting of top world finance chiefs.

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  Expo in Ahmadinejad's Iran showcases avant-garde art AFP - Sat Oct 13, 12:33 PM ET

  TEHRAN (AFP) - A video installation by world-famous US artist Bill Viola. Contemporary Japanese art tackling AIDS. A print by an Iranian filmmaker whose most recent work was not shown in the Islamic republic.

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  Turkish army chief says U.S. ties at risk Reuters - Sun Oct 14, 2:13 PM ET

  ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's powerful military chief said on Sunday if the U.S. Congress approved a resolution branding the 1915 killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks genocide ties between the NATO allies would never be the same again.

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  Ethiopia's ancient church faces competition from evangelicals AFP - Fri Oct 12, 1:53 AM ET

  ADDIS ABABA (AFP) - As Ethiopia enters its third millennium, so does its Orthodox church, a venerable state-backed institution whose dominance is increasingly threatened by a myriad of evangelical faiths.

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  Oscar Wilde crowned king of the quips Reuters - Sun Oct 14, 11:40 PM ET

  LONDON (Reuters) - Playwright Oscar Wilde, who even managed to mutter on his death bed "Either those curtains go or I do," was named in a poll on Monday as Britain's greatest wit.

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  Lipsticks contain lead, consumer group says Reuters - Thu Oct 11, 6:59 PM ET

  ATLANTA (Reuters) - Lipsticks tested by a U.S. consumer rights group found that more than half contained lead and some popular brands including Cover Girl, L'Oreal and Christian Dior had more lead than others, the group said on Thursday.